We have said it before, and we will say it again: ABBY JIMENEZ SUPREMACY! I am so with you on the ML dilemma because there are so many popular romances or books in general with that 'alpha' overly misogynistic ML that I almost always don't find too appealing (of course with some exceptions) and so Abby Jimenez is just serving the beautiful amazing male leads consistently we are eating so well! 🥰 I REALLY want to get into more work by S. A. Chakraborty because I've heard nothing but good things but I keep putting it off! This may be my push to get into City of Brass! I've also been a quarter into the third book in The Raven Cycle for like TWO YEARS now because I just don't want it to end, but maybe I'll finally bring myself to finish it! And lastly, you're so real for the special edition comment because I literally cancelled any book subscription box I had and stopped buying special editions because I don't want to be dropping like 70 Australian dollars on a book that I might not even like!!! it's madness!

first of all, your bedspread is absolutely ADORABLE!!! also I was SO sat for this video, i love the way you talked about this and every single point you made was so valid! I especially love the idea of New Adult actually being a vehicle for those age demographics to find those kinds of new life-stage stories quicker, so although I probably won't BE a 'new' adult still by the time this genre gets ironed out a little, it's nice to have some hope for the future for the new adult sphere!

Added all these books to my TBR 😍

The intro pls- 🤣🤣🤣 "any classic ever" yep exactly 😙

okay fiiine, you have convinced me to read the Poppy War series. I looove platonic relationship stories! I never heard anyone mention this before This is my first video I have watched from you but I feel like you have good taste. Do you have a favorite Abby Jimenez book? I have not read anything by her yet 23:31 💀 "okay thats a lie" LOL

Justin ate downnnnnn in Just for the Summer!!!!

YOU NEED TO READ AMINA ASAP ESPECIALLY B4 THE END OF THE YEAR

for such a "mid year" you've read a lot of good books!! So many interesting ones

All good points! very curious where the new adult genre will go in the future

ashes of the sun officially added onto my tbr! and a tempest of tea was such a let down for me too, it just felt like everything was there for no reason.

girl same 😭 like how does anyone choose only ONE book for every single question??

9:32 Uff Same girl!

I've had a really mid year too, hopefully it gets better from now 🤞

Yay your first lightstick 😁 I'm not as into kpop anymore but I randomly check out some songs still, mostly girl groups 😂 what are your favourite groups?

yuji is my baby too 🥰 i haven't watched sports animes but it was shocking and refreshing to see recommendations that weren't haikyu or yuri on ice 😂

if you pick up any of these, please let it be red rising 😭 i just finished shadow of the gods, definitely is a slow start because each character is setting up for their own adventures, but i loved the characters and their ruthlessness

I have not read Evan Winters. I've just heard that the main character is not very fleshed out and is all about revenge, revenge, revenge. And the typical "someone murdered my wife so I'm going to kill everyone" which is not bad in itself, it's just that I've seen that used so often by male authors and I'm tired of seeing women's suffering used as a device for the male character and/or plot to move forward. It's why I dnfed The Greatcoats series by Sebastian De Castell.

I've read the Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin and I ADORE them. They will break your heart though. I've also read almost all of Robin Hobb except for the last trilogy because I know it's going to be painful and I need to be in the proper headspace for that lmao. I have the first three books in the Red Rising Saga and have not read it because I've heard there is fridging in the series and that irritates me to no end. But I'm still interested because I love Sci-Fi even though I haven't read enough of the genre. I have the entirety of the Rook and Rose trilogy and I am also super daunted by them lmao. Hopefully we can get them read soon. Im not interested in John Gwynn

Thanks for the shout out! And being willing to listen to us roast even books you like. Also as the guy who does the thumbnails for our channel, your thumbnail game is on point. --Will

Some recs: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna -> super cozy cute fantasy/romance Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi -> gothic fantasy, magical realism, fairytale retelling Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse -> fantasy set in pre-columbian world, very interesting concept Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia -> this one may be more YA but any of her novels are excellent creepy fantasy gothic novels Blood over Bright Haven by M.L Wang -> Another M.L Wang book with a lot of hype, a sci fi academic magical tale

YES EVAN WINTERS <3333333!!! Literally idk why you don't give Rage of Dragons a chance bc it has everything you like in it LOL but you'll get to it when you get to it

hmmm some of these sound familiar....almost like you've explained the entire plotlines to me LOL love that you love so many of these animes

Lol me too! I’m very intentional when It comes to reading books by women too.

Loooove that there was a whole section for sports anime that are kinda fruity like you get it 😭

what do you think about gushing over magical girls? :D

Definitely do more anime content we need more girly anime KZbinrs 😭

yo are you the chef actor from that tv show?

Great vid. Trying to get back into my old anime watching speeds

I wish I could vouch for books but I still mainly read ya fantasy... However, I have some adult books on my tbr! I'll share some I'm very eager to try out just in case a few of them are new to you :)) I tagged them with their storygraph tags The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa - science fiction, dystopian, literary The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa - magical realism Monstress by Marjorie Liu (series) - science fiction, graphic novel How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu - science fiction, dystopian, literary To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose - fantasy Upcoming Releases: Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba - fantasy (6/24/2024) These Deathless Shores by P.H. Low - fantasy (7/9/2024)

I've had Parable of the Sower on my TBR forever and I think this is finally my push to actually get it read!! I've also heard amazing things about pretty much ALL of these (recently Fonda Lee has been popping off on my timeline again so Jade City is creeping up my TBR too) so I think this is the video I'm going to come back to everytime I forget all the amazing books I want to read!! 🥰

brb i'm writing down all of your recs LOL but fr as someone also wanting to explore more adult fantasy this video came at the perfect time!

What was your experience of reading People In The Trees? Why was it the worse thing you ever read?

taste, taste, TASTE ✨️🥰

omgg love this!! have you watched 86 yet?? probably my fav anime that came out during covid

I've only just started getting into anime the last 2 years, but some of my favorites are Akame Ga Kill, Soul Eater, and One Piece. I also liked Love Is War and Komi Can't Communicate.

The manga for Orange has been on my tbr for a while. I didn't know that there was an anime, I might just watch it instead.

I absolutely enjoyed how to fail at flirting need to read denise other book this could be us is so amazing also read helen Hoang books

thank you for reviewing this book!i’ve been looking everywhere for people to review this, it’s been hard to find books that aren’t extremely mainstream. im so excited to read it, you’re phenomenal! 🌟🌟

Could you recommend some middle eastern and North African stories?

Definitely will check out some of these 😊

love this!! lots of new channels for me to fall in love with im sure 🥰

the ember in the ashes campaign continues sabaa tahir needs to hire you for promotion at this point <3

so many good ones but also so many bad ones LOL you have had a weird reading year already

Girl same!! I stay looking at your goodreads because I trust your taste👀🫶🏽

some of these are criminal because ADULT/EPIC FANTASIES ARE NOT AS SCARY AS THEY SEEM

Hi! OMG THIS WAS SO NICE! I'm also really glad to see D Fretter getting love because that dude is such a gem Funny story: this is very serendipitous because Carlos and I are going to be doing reviews of all of the Ember books starting next month. Your wish is my command!