I miss you so much I hope you get back soon❤

Thanks for telling your honest opinion. I just read the book and didn't like it either, mainly the end.

10,000 pages? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

To be fair, I listened to the audiobook, not read it BUT! Misery by Stephen King kept me locked in. Holy moly, I have never wanted a character to escape a situation more fervently than in this novel. Annie Wilks is one of the most terrifying villains I've ever encountered and yes, I saw the movie years before I heard the book and yes, it's even creepier.

The video was long but it was great especially u being natural without editing...loved it

Did you close your Patreon? I can’t seem to find it.

I just finished listening to Eye of the World, and started on The Great Hunt. And I am ambivalent about it! There isn’t a lot of character development. Most of the characters blatantly disregard multiple warnings as they make stupid mistakes. I understand a couple blunders, or one fool - but ALL of them, all the time?? And there are too many details ripped straight out of LOTR. It’s not even that original.

Doctor Sleep didn’t scare me as much as The Shining, but it is so well written that I have read it multiple times.

thank you. I read it and loved it.

As a 17 year old I dont like alot of the Popular and modern books This was truly the Video that I was looking for

Hope you and your family are safe ❤

I'm a new author and I feel so out of it because I haven't read a lot of these. Since becoming a high school teacher, time has been unbelievably limited. I loved Eragon and The Maze Runner.

A recommendation from an American author that is just a little over a century old: The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington. It too may not be cozy all the way through, but I don’t want to say any more.

Great list!

Hope you and the fam are doing well. Hope to see you back soonish ☺

Hi Jessie..I will take you up on the Genre book recommendation as I'm a fan of Poetry I would love for you to read me poetry of TS Eliot.

I miss you and your content! I’ve started watching old videos now from before I discovered your channel 😊 I hope your back soon! 😢

Hope you are well! Just wanted to thank you for introducing me to Legends of the First Empire. Seeing a video soon would be so awesome, but being a mama is first!! Take care!

live ship traders I will start with that one of the best series that I read

im not really a fantasy girlie but i love ur vibe!

same feelings. I didn't like anybody in the book except maybe moiraine. rand mat and perrin could've been eaten by trollocs and I wouldn't feel a thing. I would even like it thinking finally something interesting happened

Miss your content Jessie! Hope you’re well anyway.

i'm currently reading Jade legacy loving it so far and yeah there are a lot of time jumps but they don't bother me

Make sure to remember any lies you ever told and to share food with the homeless ans never lie reverse all lies ever told very important for you

[MAJOR SPOILERS!] The scene in question makes perfect sense if you understand the whole dynamic of the Losers Club and It. It exists both in the Macroverse and our universe. In the Macroverse It is pure devouring light, but in our universe it can only take physical shapes that humans give it through their fears. For that to happen, the human has to believe in the reality of the object of their fear. Only children have that level of faith in things like that, and they are subsequently psychologically overwhelmed by that manifestation of their fear. They can't fight back. Adults, on the other hand, refuse to accept the reality of such fears, and in fact lose most of them by the time they are grown. It can influence them and get them to do things without realizing they are serving It (and in the case of particularly deranged adults such as Henry and Tom Rogan It can reveal Its existence to some extent), but because of their lack of childhood faith and imagination, they can't fight It either. The only way It COULD be successfully fought is by combining intellectual and psychological traits of both children AND adults, creating a person who had the imagination to fully accept It's reality, the intellectual and emotional maturity to be able to be strong enough to engage It and use It's own weapons against It, and the faith to believe they COULD win. This is what happens to the Losers Club. It was already happening before they were together, because most of them had already survived an encounter with It by that time, which most children couldn't do. But as they joined together this got stronger. There are several instances where this is observed by adults, but the most striking is the encounter between Eddie and his mother at the hospital, when he cleverly manipulates her into letting him keep his friends. They were all chosen for this to happen to them, so that together they could successfully challenge It. After their encounter with It in It's lair, when they severely injured but didn't kill It, their mission as 11 year olds was done, and as they were trying to get back out, the adult parts of them began to bleed away, and their bond was weakening as a result. Eddie could no longer guide them properly, and as vast and complex as the sewer system was they had virtually no chance of randomly finding an exit. I don't think Beverly fully understood all this, but she did sense that they needed to somehow renew their added maturity and the bond that had come with it if they were to have any real chance of escape. She also knew about the ultimate adult 'activity,' and sensed that if all of the boys did it with her it would lift them back toward adulthood and a full bond again, at least long enough for Eddie to get them back to the surface safely. And of course, it worked. It's not stated, but I believe that if they hadn't done it, even if they had somehow managed to get back out they wouldn't have thought to make the promise that ultimately brought them all back (except Stan) 27 years later. So as disturbing as that scene is (for me too, don't doubt it!), it was necessary for the story, if one fully understands the underlying elements of it. Hope this helps your own understanding!

11:21 I recently finished reading the silent patient by Alex michaelides ) & omg it had me from beginning to end this book was by far my most recent 5star book I highly recommend

I understand you completely. Reading should be fun. I love that you’re going on your own with your reading and not getting caught up in the hype. Which is exactly what I am looking for. There are so many good books out there nice it’s to see something new and unique. Thanks so much.

That edition of Fellowship of the Rings looks so cool!! I've never seen a Lord of the Rings cover like that before. Who was the publisher or what edition is it, if I may ask? Love the video. Am adding Bear and the Nightingale to my TBR.

These were my 2023 5 star reads: The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie The Queen of Sorrow by Sarah Beth Durst Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (re-read) The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

What is the software you are using????

I really tried to watch cuz your books are great but you just started saying stunning way too many times.

Doing book reviews, there should be spoilers. I don't understand why anyone would want to hear anything about a book that they didn't read. And if they don't want to hear anything about a book they haven't read. They shouldn't be watching the video about it.

he Icewind Dale Trilogy & The Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore

I'm sixteen and I've been reading seriously since I was in primary school But once I got to grade 9 I stopped making time for reading for fun I started reading seriously this year again, I just don't know what to read anymore These recommendations are super helpful

Currently reading Perdido Street Station and it is mindblowingly creative. It dives into some really cool biology of strange organisms, almost like a scientific approach. And the writing/prose is just dripping with atmosphere. It's like nothing I've ever read.

I have only read 4 series, one of which is the witcher and I agree with every single word you said. So I will try one that you loved :)

I don’t know how I missed watching your channel Jessie. El talks about you all the time. I love Cerulean Sea so much, and I can’t wait until the sequel comes out. I need to try Michael J Sullivan.

I am reading this now & I am finding it INSANELY RIDICULOUSLY BORING! I am going to finish it now only because I want to be legitimate when I give it a single star rating & tell everyone it's the worst book I've ever read in my life!!! Never ever again will I attempt to read this author.

I rated 'The Passage' 2 star-ish. It was initially very good but then I found it messed up. I hope you liked it more than I did!

The Last Word is exactly what you said...BONKERS lol 5 stars one of the most fun I've had reading a thriller

How very dare you bump Tress down 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yaaaas Nolyn. All caught up on the Rise and Fall now and am on to Riyria Chronicles 🙌🏻

I added so many of your favorites to my TBR! Thanks for sharing them!

I love hearing your daughter in the background. She's around my daughter's age and she's the same way.

had a blast hearing about your faves of 2023! wishing you many 5 star reads in 2024 and i hope that by the end of this year i will have read some of your faves of last year (now, who’s behind on things? 😂) have a lovely day + happy reading! 💜

I am going to do this with my physical book shelf and my good reads - great idea

Good take on eragon

Nice to have a video from you, it made me happy ❤ I totally agree with you 100% on all you said about the Greenbone saga, for me it got better and better with every book and Jade Legacy was just wonderful! The novella is good too, not as good but it was fun to spend more time with the characters and have some very interesting revelations. I can't wait to see what Fonda Lee writes next. I am currently reading the Tyranny of Faith and I am enjoying it but I am having similar feelings to you, so it kjnd of made me nervous 😅 but i also enjoyed The first one a lot so i will have to finish to see for myself… *fingers crossed*

I am glad you enjoyed greenbone saga. It is my all-time favorite trilogy. I was bumped when the adaptation deal fell through and now I kinda want it to be an animation of some sort because I think that will give the creators much room for creativity. Hopefully, the adaptation will materialize in my lifetime.

So happy to see you again talking about books that you enjoyed joyfully! 😁

I missed you so much! I love hearing you talk about books!