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  @geogeo259624 күн бұрын

  Hello Jeni I'm teacher of Geography and i like your channel

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  @jenienjaian24 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @Tarantella.SerpentineАй бұрын

  No Lit Rpgs?

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  @jenienjaianАй бұрын

  I'm sorry. I don't understand.

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  @Tarantella.SerpentineАй бұрын

  @@jenienjaian LitRPG, or literary role-playing game, is a subgenre of fiction that combines computer RPG conventions with science-fiction and fantasy novels. In a LitRPG novel, games or game-like challenges are a central part of the story, which may take place in a virtual reality RPG, or the world itself may be the game. The story may also follow characters both inside and outside of the game world, and some characters may be aware that they are playing a game. For example, the main character might be a wizard in Dungeons and Dragons, a space pirate in an MMORPG, or a zombie in a survival horror RPG.

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  @jenienjaianАй бұрын

  @@Tarantella.Serpentine Oh, I know what a litRPG is! I should have been more clear. Sorry about that. I meant that I did not understand the connection of lit RPGs to my TBR.

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  @lexyreadsАй бұрын

  So many great reads coming up for you. I just got the fairyloot edition of Ruthless Vows and posted my unboxing too😀

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  @jenienjaianАй бұрын

  I'm so excited! I hope you really enjoy Ruthless Vows :)

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  @TangibleReadsАй бұрын

  😀

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  @Tarantella.SerpentineАй бұрын

  Thats alot of books!

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  @jenienjaianАй бұрын

  Yes indeed! I still don't know how I managed to read that many!

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  @jesusdzargoza-rv9joАй бұрын

  Love the choice of books sound interesting

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  @jenienjaianАй бұрын

  Thanks so much!

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  @michelleneal20232 ай бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! Great reading vlog as always 😊😊😊

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  @jenienjaian2 ай бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @BenjaminsBookclub3 ай бұрын

  Realising what books you enjoy, and pairing down your collection to fit your tastes is a great achievement!

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  @jenienjaian3 ай бұрын

  Thanks :)

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk5 ай бұрын

  Best wishes with your reading choices this year. I hope they make you happy.

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  @jenienjaian5 ай бұрын

  Thanks

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  @MrBaskins20105 ай бұрын

  Love your positive energy. Good to see you starting the year off right

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  @jenienjaian5 ай бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @oomaithamizhan31476 ай бұрын

  Great job bud ❤

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  Thanks??

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  @rebeccarayz6 ай бұрын

  Your shelves look really good!

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  Thanks so much!

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  @JaswantSingh-gk8mm6 ай бұрын

  ❤

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  @TangibleReads6 ай бұрын

  Quite a feat. Big room. 329 wow

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  Yeah...the video took over an hour to film! Hopefully I won't double this next year! lol

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  @burge26956 ай бұрын

  I have so many series to read in 2024..my goal is to read 100 books...i have 1st law and game of thrones and faithful and the fallen and mistborn/stormlight and stephen king and murakami and guy gavriel kay and some classsics like count of monte cristo and some really big books like lonesome dove and shogun and some easy rom/com type reads and lots more! Ohh yes i want to reread twilight lol

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  those all sound like great goals!

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  @burge26956 ай бұрын

  Great job! I can't even imagine reading that much! You have good taste 😊

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  @burge26956 ай бұрын

  Im really excited to read will of the many next year!!

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  thanks so much!

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  @jenienjaian6 ай бұрын

  @@burge2695 it's such a good book!

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  @tfo197 ай бұрын

  Awesome picks Jen!!

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  @jenienjaian7 ай бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @TangibleReads7 ай бұрын

  Justina Ireland has good writing. I read Dread Nation series which was awesome. May need to check out Rust in the Root.

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  @jenienjaian7 ай бұрын

  It's so good!

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  @LoudMindedGuyReads7 ай бұрын

  Great video! I wish I had the time to read all of these books before the voting ended. I'm usually not into biographies, but I'm curious about reading Britney Spears's biography. Starling House is also a book I have my eye on!

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  @jenienjaian7 ай бұрын

  It has been surprising to me how much I've gotten out of reading memoirs.

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  @LoudMindedGuyReads7 ай бұрын

  I really want to read books by Martha Wells and V. E. Schwab. Nice to see you've already read so many books that are part of the Goodreads Choice Awards! Great video! :)

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  @jenienjaian7 ай бұрын

  Thanks! I haven't read many by Martha Wells but I've read almost all of V.E. Schwab's backlist.

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  @danielleoliver17347 ай бұрын

  I’ve been trying to read the fantasy and YA fantasy nominees kind of starting at the beginning of November with ones I was pretty sure would make it then picking my favourites from the list and I’ve done pretty well, just 2 from each category left. My YA pick made it but my adult fantasy fave got cut

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  @danielleoliver17347 ай бұрын

  I voted the Will of the Many and What the River Knows

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  @jenienjaian7 ай бұрын

  Will of the Many is so good! I'm really looking forward to What the River Knows

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  @nikki24428 ай бұрын

  I’m new to your channel and I understand you were caught off guard but gosh your negativity and constant complaints in this video was a lot and it turned me off from subscribing. We all have our days but idk how you edited and uploaded this without considering just how negative you were coming off. Also very elitist.

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  Thank you for coming by and for leaving a comment. I’m so sorry that I came off negative to you. I was really annoyed that they got rid of children’s and middle grade and did mention that several times although I tried to keep myself from mentioning it more. The only other negative thing that I said that I can remember would be disappointment for reading Fourth Wing. I did not say it in this video, but I am not a reader that enjoys romance and otherwise would not have picked up this book. I apologize for not making that clear. As far as being elitist, would you be willing to tell me what came across to you as elitist? I want to stay as far away from this as possible and if I engage in it unknowingly, I want learn and do better.

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  @nikki24428 ай бұрын

  @@jenienjaian i appreciate you taking the time out of your day to respond and for doing so in a very calm and receptive way. I think the elitism vibe came from multiple comments and I’ll explain some of them…from as you said, the comment about having had read fourth wing for nothing which you repeated more than twice maybe three times in the video, came off as very privileged. There are a lot of people who can’t afford to read multiple books a year, especially new releases as popular as fourth wing. A lot of people can only read what they thrift or what is available in public libraries after long waitlists. There are so many people who could not afford to get their hands on that book since it was out of stock for awhile and again not everyone can afford an e reader or to purchase e books…not to mention the countless countries and locations that it wasn’t even printed in because the residents are considered too poor to market to. Therefore your reaction sad conclusion that since you read this book only because you thought it was going to be on goodreads list and because it’s not it’s now considered a major waste to you was just icky. Reading is fun and educational and shouldn’t be just for stats. It left a really bad taste in my mouth that you couldn’t just be like well at least I enjoyed the book or that I was even privileged enough to have had access to the book at all. The fact that you can afford to read books that you clearly had no real interest in is amazing but instead of seeing it that way you just straight complained and complained and like girl…people are dying. Secondly, you did offend me when you skipped over romance and said who cares about romance. Romance readers are still readers. It is was very unfortunate that in our community we promote this behavior that values readers of certain genres over others and trust me there’s deep rooted elitism in that as well since romance books are typically cheaper than other books and sometimes all some people can afford to read. I could go deeper into these issues but I think you get the point.

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  @@nikki2442thank you so much for taking the time to reply! It really helps me understand where you’re coming from. You make a few points that I wholeheartedly agree with and have made similar points myself but did not think about when recording this video. First, I did not realize that I said “who cares about romance,” I absolutely do not believe that. What I meant to say is that I do not prefer romance books and do not know enough about those books to make any sort of comment about an individual book. I am so sorry for how I worded that. You are absolutely right that many people enjoy romance. I think it might be one of the most popular genres! Again, I apologize. Two, thank you so much for explaining how I came across as elitist. I definitely see it now. I do have a tendency to repeat myself and get stuck on a certain point which can emphasize that point more than I mean to. Something I did not talk about in the video is how I source a majority of my books, including 4th wing. I am an avid user of the library and had the privilege of being able to check the audiobook out for 4th wing. I made comments on last year’s video about being upset that so many of the books on the now-defunct middle grade list were not even at my library which meant that so many kids could not even access them. I should have talked about that again this year but I failed to prepare adequately for my reaction video and spoke off the cuff. Again, thank you so much for taking the time to engage with me. This video has gone viral (for me!) and it is quite an adjustment!

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  @localabsurdist66617 ай бұрын

  @@nikki2442you watch a video where somebody gives their opinion on the Goodreads Choice awards and you are upset about their opinion? Maybe don’t watch such videos then

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  @nicolewood17088 ай бұрын

  If you do memoir the Paris Hilton book was excellent. I wasn't a fan and actually had a pretty low opinion of her but I was wrong about her.

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  @supernaturalaesthetic62958 ай бұрын

  Not even that many queer or poc books either, its offensive

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  It's awful! If I had had more time, I would have recorded in the morning and not when I was about to go to bed. I missed a lot that I wanted to comment about.

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  @timmellis50388 ай бұрын

  Why is that offensive? Not everybody's woke- you know that right?

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  @@timmellis5038 Tim, just because it does not cause offense to you, does not mean that it's not offensive. Not everyone is a cishet white man from a Western country. Every human life has value and should be honored with representation. I would also advise that you learn the origins of the term "woke" and refrain from using it if you do not understand how to use it appropriately.

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  @timmellis50388 ай бұрын

  @@jenienjaian The people voted for these books, not some Woke panel. Stop being a cry baby. You can't have a woke panel for everything. I don't walk around yelling at everyone: "YOU BETTER RESPECT ME!!! YOU BETTER RESPECT ME!!!" People are sick of that garbage. Grow up! And it's not cis; it's just man or male... or cishet or whatever garbage you're on about now.

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  @localabsurdist66617 ай бұрын

  @@timmellis5038black and queer people exist… that has nothing to do with “being woke”

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  @fishgerald56798 ай бұрын

  They also got rid of the graphic novels/comics and poetry categories 😢

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  I knew about poetry…or at least hypothesized about that one. I didn’t even realize about the graphic novel until later!

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  @crashedherparty8 ай бұрын

  And added.... ROMANTASY?!?! Wild.

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  As a fantasy reader I am SO thankful they did this. I don't read romance so I can exclude all the books in this category 😂

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  @Sharmainesstaycation8 ай бұрын

  Did you hate fourth wing or something?

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  I didn’t hate it. It was low mid for me. As a reader though, I do not really like romance and so generally do not pick those books up. I read that one only because I thought it was going to be on the fantasy list and I read through that category every year.

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  @cassieath8 ай бұрын

  Really interesting to hear your thoughts! I haven’t read anywhere near as many books on the 2023 Goodreads choice awards as you but am excited to read more of these next year

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  Some of the other categories are definitely providing books for my TBR!

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  @TheAbigailDee8 ай бұрын

  New follower here! I super enjoyed your takes!

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  Thanks so much!

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  @user-km7fu7su1d8 ай бұрын

  I have heard and read so many people not liking choices and categories. I think Good Reads has just gotten so low

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  @jenienjaian8 ай бұрын

  @@user-km7fu7su1dI didn’t even make any analysis about the pics themselves at the time…combination of late night and being so annoyed at the removal of middle grade.

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  @michelleneal20238 ай бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! I'm glad you're brought the reading vlogs back, if only for a little while. Thank you😊😊😊

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  @michelleneal20238 ай бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! I hope you're doing well. I would love to see a reading vlog featuring the book you haven't read from Jenn Lyons. That would be awesome. Great video!!! Take care!!!😊😊😊

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  @kellybarrett156111 ай бұрын

  Lines of courage sounds great have you read words on fire by same author? It was a top 10 favorite of last year for me! If you like WW1 have you read Lovely wars by Julie Berry?

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  @jenienjaian11 ай бұрын

  I have not! Definitely interested. I have heard really good things about Lovely War too and it's definitely on my tbr

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  @PrettyPurplePolkaDots11 ай бұрын

  Who needs school when you can have reading.

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  @jenienjaian11 ай бұрын

  Since I'm the teacher 🤣 If only I could get paid for reading :)

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  @ericwood909611 ай бұрын

  First, this scene is so appropriate for you, sitting in a room surrounded by books. Second, I rally enjoy hearing your analysis of each book, insightful and enjoyable.

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  @jenienjaian11 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @salustianoberrios405 Жыл бұрын

  Can you review my novels?

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  @jenniferenjaian4029 Жыл бұрын

  I would be much more inclined to check out your work if you actually engaged with my content rather than looking at this as a way to promote your own novels. Did you realize that in this video I talk about books that I don't like and am getting rid of?

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  @M-J Жыл бұрын

  You have eleven!?!? Wow. I thought 3 was pushing it for me. This was a great video! I hope I’m not being led down a wrong turn to get MORE subscriptions.😂

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thanks so much! I hope that I'll be able to weed it down because no one needs as many as I have! 😂 I've already cancelled one so that's a good start.

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  @wburris2007 Жыл бұрын

  that would be at least 3 years of reading for me

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  And the list is getting even longer! It's going to take a while to film this year's edition

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  @CoverswithCassidy Жыл бұрын

  Oh I really hope you enjoy The Ninth Rain! Such a unique world! omg I love how you put a little sticky note with the points on the books! That is dedication, Ilma is lucky to have you!

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thanks! Some people go to the beach for Spring Break...I do readathon prep 😂

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  @TangibleReads Жыл бұрын

  I'd love to be able to read fiction to get PD points for my job.

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Unfortunately, it's not the only thing you have to do. There are a few other things and my indepth review of last year's lists didn't count. *facepalm*

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  @rileyneal2407 Жыл бұрын

  you ask about my home school its not going really well but im trying my best'

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  I'm glad you're trying your best! I hope it goes better

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  @rileyneal2407 Жыл бұрын

  HI miss Enjaian this is your old student Ry just going to give you an update I'm doing okay I switched The Homeschool Miss Brown is now a substitute teacher and everyone is doing okay miss you

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  @jenniferenjaian4029 Жыл бұрын

  Hey Ry! How is homeschool going for you?

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  @rileyneal2407 Жыл бұрын

  @@jenniferenjaian4029 pretty bad

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  @rileyneal2407 Жыл бұрын

  but im trying

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  @michelleneal2023 Жыл бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! I enjoyed Twin Crowns and I gave it 4 stars!!! I can't until the sequel comes out this year. An Enchantment Of Ravens is also on my TBR for this year. Great video!!!😊😊😊

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  @michelleneal2023 Жыл бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! You've picked some great books to start 2023 with. I plan on reading the throne of glass series from Sarah J. Mass. The Acotar series from the same author. The Chain Of Iron series along with the new and final book in that series Chain Of Thorns that come out next month. I also plan on reading The Mortal Instruments by the same author. I do own The Mask Of Mirrors but haven't read it yet. Be safe on your trip to New York and Happy Holidays!!!

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Sounds awesome! I’ll also try to finish the Chain of… series by Cassandra Clare sometime this year too

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  @TangibleReads Жыл бұрын

  I have heard so many mixed reviews of Babel. Too long for me

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Totally understandable! I tend to like big books so this is right up my alley. :) This book definitely will not appeal to everyone but for me it hit all the things I love.

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  @TangibleReads Жыл бұрын

  Good job on working through the list. I havent read too many of them. Babel is a chunker. Sux it's ur favorite and you didn't get a chance to vote for it. Also good job on one take. I struggle.

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thanks so much! I actually listened to Babel on audiobook which made it easier to get through. :) I knew it would likely be my favorite and although I'm a little bummed that I couldn't vote for it, I'm more bummed at the winner.

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  @michelleneal2023 Жыл бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! Congratulations on hitting 100 subscribers. You deserve it!!! Take care😊😊😊

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thanks so much!

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  @michelleneal2023 Жыл бұрын

  Hey, Jeni!!! I hope you are doing well. I would like to start the series by Brandon Sanderson. I know The Lost Metal is part of a series and it sounds real good. What is the name of the series? Great video!!! Take care😊😊😊

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  @jenniferenjaian4029 Жыл бұрын

  The Lost Metal is part of Mistborn: Era 2 set about 300 years after the first trilogy which is where I would recommend you start! The first Mistborn book is called "The Final Empire"

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  @michelleneal2023 Жыл бұрын

  @@jenniferenjaian4029 Thank you, Jeni!!! Have a great evening😊😊😊

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  @isagotta8999 Жыл бұрын

  Remember that time you took our wellness. Remember them angry circles. Remember the terrible haircuts. Remember the vent in the cafeteria.

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  @amritasengupta5251 Жыл бұрын

  Subbed 😀

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @TangibleReads Жыл бұрын

  Hi, i like you enjoy fantasy.. I do too. You deserve way more subscribership. Here is one more

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  @femarskitchen3449 Жыл бұрын

  What's your favorite fantasy book?

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Wow...Thanks so much!

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  @TangibleReads Жыл бұрын

  @@femarskitchen3449 A Ruin of Roses series bc I actually finished all the books

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  Жыл бұрын

  First! 😊 Just discovered your channel through Micah, and so happy that I found you.

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  @jenienjaian Жыл бұрын

  Thank you so much for coming! I'm excited about all the new subscribers :)