I really love watching the best books of the years lists and getting all the recommendations as well! And all The goals and the different ways people approach it too. Love this style of video and thank you for including me ❤

John Green did a video about reading a book and listening to an audiobook.

Very curious what to hear what you think about Nephthys! It sounds like it could to both ways.

I've pre-ordered 'The Lady in the Wallpaper' by Lora Jones.

The sirens by emelia hart is also out in February. I’m excited by deep end toi

I'm looking forward to reading Deep End and First Time Caller. Thank you for telling me about Bad Publicity! Sounds fun!

Hi

Lots of great titles! Just a thought, did you mean for the thumbnail to say January? 😊

You gotta remember the film from 2001 and the series from 2019 but overall good vid. My fave is prob the live recording from 2010 with Michael Ball as Javert

Wonderful goals! Excited for all your videos.

Fair enough, yeah the opening was the best part. Maybe longer or shorter n terms of word count. Like short story might have worked or something longer. Maybe, some kind getting the group together at the end. But then I’m thinking everything just kind of change. Can you imagine being the editor or the agent for this manuscript? I mean there’s so much goodness in the story elements and it structurally makes sense pretty much. I like the idea of it taking placein less than 24 hours. A very very worthy effort.

you have pretty good picks and i overall mostly agree, but is there any reason why you didn’t include the original 1987 broadway cast recording?

I love that book too!

Thank you 🥰 Also, 100% agree on Sophie Irwin!

Love the idea of a booktube spotlight video!! … I still cannot wait for the Shakespeare video - if your worried about it being too long you could always split it into two parts 🥰

❤️❤️❤️

I found a new author: Sophie Irwin.

I personally listen to the All Stars’ Cast, except from any of the Javert solo songs, where I swap it out for Norm Lewis (I don’t really like Michael Ball’s voice - sorry!!!!)

I love Michael Ball and it’s cool that he’s Javert in the 2020 live recording but Gareth Gates empty chairs at empty tables for the 25th has the best emotion out of all Marius’

I couldn't agree more! I thought I was a black sheep for liking the 25th slightly more than the 10th. I have both on DVD and watch them often, but other than Nick Jonas and Alfie (I like him, but it took 2-3 listens to get used to his voice), I think every performance is breathtaking!

Would you dare listening to it in french?

Let me get my goodreads ready! I add so many books from your favourites to my tbr every year.

You are beautiful externally and internally

❤❤❤❤

Alphie Boe did not get any flowers from you? He was literally my favorite Valjean from a vocal perspective; casting an operatically trained tenor that can pull this off is amazing. I wish you had given him time and didn't talk about Nick Jonas. I get hating on people is funnier, but leaving out a shout to Alfie is just not cool. :)

What a year it was last year 😢 I’m so grateful for the meet ups and buddy reading together but losing Alice especially was really hard. I loved temple of fortuna 😊

I have Eighteen on my shelves and I’m excited to get to it soon! ☺️💛

💚💚💚

🩵🩵

Glqd you achieved your goals and are not putting pressure on yourself if a few goals were missed.

Half to 1 sentence.... jumpcut....half a sentence..... jumpcut.....1 sentence.....jumpcut. Well spoken but please speak more than afew words without a jumpcut.

I haven't read Big Magic but I enjoyed Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. 💞

💛💛💛

I've been putting off filming this one 🤣 can't wait to see you read these over the next year!

You’ve got this! 💛

You are right, libraries are great - as a librarian, I have to agree ! And your mother is right too 😁 We all have goals at the beginning of the year, mine are to go through the series I'm reading to keep them up to date AND mostly to read my physical TBR. We all know how goals go but hey, we'll try and if it works, great, if it doesn't, it will just be postponing 😉

Wow great books. I keep getting tempted by the lost queen so May give in and get it

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these books.

📚

they should make a coffin heist song

Best of luck with your goals this year!!

I'm so impressed with how many books are in this unhaul!!

I love vlogs for myself too. I like to rewatch them as well! Haha there's some videos I've been meaning to make for like three years. I'm so bad when it comes to bigger videos.

I really need to read Katie's book! It looks like you had a fantastic reading year!!

Even though I'm a booktuber, I do Saturday morning sprints but I study (I'm doing my degree with the OU) so I call them productivity sprints and run them when I'll be shackled to my desk too. Love your goals! And doing a video just because your mum asked for it ❤

I really like reading sprints! If you'd like to do them more often you could do them a bit shorter, like 90 minutes instead of three hours. I think they would still be effective but more doable! Good look with all your goals!

Your mum is right, I always enjoyed your monthly vlogs, too! I attend some reading sprints, and it's always the un-themed ones I go to. Just a "Come hang out and read whatever you're reading with a cool group of people" type of thing.

Yay so many great videos to look forward to. Good luck with your goals 😊

Good luck with your reading and BookTube goals in 2025. My reading goal is just to read books.

What about the original broadway cast recording with Colm Wilkinson, Terrence Mann, Randy Graff, Frances Ruffelle, Judy Kuhn, Michael Maguire, Leo Burmester and David Bryant? That one i think has some pretty good songs