My TBR list for May
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7 ай бұрын
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@e_nyuszi
@e_nyuszi 3 күн бұрын
Hey Sabrina!! Can't wait to watch! 💞💞💞
@apoetreadstowrite
@apoetreadstowrite Ай бұрын
Nordic crime is fabulous. Oh, I'm with you, anything on Greek mythology is certainly worth while - usually engrossing.
@apoetreadstowrite
@apoetreadstowrite Ай бұрын
Exciting when you track down great books, especially at a reduced price, clever you. I love Fitzgerald - enjoy!
@apoetreadstowrite
@apoetreadstowrite Ай бұрын
I love all these feminist retellings of Greek mythology, & Miller is always great. Really excited to have discovered your channel, really engaging video, I look forward to following your bookish adventures.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot Ай бұрын
@@apoetreadstowrite That's so nice to hear! Glad to have you here, thank you 😊
@apoetreadstowrite
@apoetreadstowrite Ай бұрын
@@sabrinareadsalot: We could follow one another's bookish adventures? This BookTube is a wonderful lark!
@regalcoder4633
@regalcoder4633 2 ай бұрын
Have you found any good first books (a1-a2)? Гаррі Поттер is still above my level, and I've only found graded reader / short stories.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 2 ай бұрын
Ukrainian lessons podcast has a book called "як іноземці козака рятувала" as well as well as Verba School online sells some graded readers! Other than that there aren't a lot of resources like that for Ukrainian unfortunately (at least that I'm aware of)
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 2 ай бұрын
Also Ukrainian lessons podcast lesson notes are a good start for reading at the more beginner levels (although not books)
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 2 ай бұрын
I just recently read and reviewed this book as well. I loved it!!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 2 ай бұрын
@@BonnieNicoleWrites It was a good book!
@jenfnp
@jenfnp 2 ай бұрын
Good book!
@book-ramble
@book-ramble 2 ай бұрын
Just stumbled on your channel... I too am a noob to the tube with my channel, and with your recent about Achilles an instant sub.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 2 ай бұрын
@@book-ramble Thank you! I'll take a look at your channel as well 😊
@Mrs.Kamokatt
@Mrs.Kamokatt 2 ай бұрын
My fiance and I watched "the help" and I didn't know it's a book! Now I'm excited to find the differences in the show and writing. Thank you!!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 2 ай бұрын
@@Mrs.Kamokatt I was in the same boat! Saw it there and it caught my eye since I've seen the movie before as well. I haven't read the book yet so don't know if it's comparable to the movie but we'll see 😊 Hope you like it!!
@MiaRTV
@MiaRTV 3 ай бұрын
I posted a vlog where I met Ali hazelwood because you inspired me!💜
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 3 ай бұрын
@@MiaRTV Wow that's so nice to hear thank you! And so cool you got to meet her I'll have to check out your video 😊
@xaviervinyl
@xaviervinyl 3 ай бұрын
Tip: put it on 1.25
@LynnStryder
@LynnStryder 4 ай бұрын
Congeatulations on passing your test! 😊 I agree with you with 6 of crows, currently reading it, almost done now. I think my expectations were set too high too. I wish the author wouldve found a different wary to tell the reader about the characters background storys... or changed it up a little. I really liked the background stories at first but after some time it was repetetive, just the way it was told. Prolonged the expostion part of the book every time. And this is just a small thing, but by the middle of the book, everytime they would talk about Kaz' skills I felt like... "now this 17 year old is being condescending towards me"😂. When he was explaining that you have to exchange stuff you stole from someones pocket with something else... him talking about that was like 2 pages long when it really didnt need to be. Idk, one second he would be this scary head of the beehive type of guy, pulling eyeballs out of peoples heads and tricking that other clan in the beginning (I really liked that scene as kind of an introduction for him as being smart and calculating), during those scenes I would imagine him as a 20 year old guy, but then he would just cringley start bragging about his pick-pocket and lock-picking skills and really feel like a 17 year old😂 or maybe 14... telling people proudly about the little Trick he figured out. (Actually... now talking about it really does make him sound more like Jasper than Kaz... maybe it was more Jasper talking and less Kaz. I will look it up and correct myself if I'm wrong) But I still had a good time with the book😊
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Now I can read guilty free without worrying I should be studying 😂 And yes maybe that's why it felt boring to me just that everything was so drawn out. Well see if Crooked Kingdom is any better!
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 5 ай бұрын
I literally devoured the first one!! And I did really enjoy the second one, just not as much as the first.
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 6 ай бұрын
So many books and so little time! Hope you have a great reading summer. Happy reading and good luck with the channel.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 6 ай бұрын
Yes it certainly feels that way! Thank you, you as well 😄
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 6 ай бұрын
Thats so cool that youre starting to understand some of the conversations ins Ukranian!☺️ Its really hard to avoid Tiktok even when you didnt download it :( does the widget you use have a name?☺️
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 6 ай бұрын
Thanks! And yes it is, I've had a hard time avoiding that type of content myself. The name of the widget is digital wellbeing. You can also find it under the settings in your phone 😊
@islaluvs2read
@islaluvs2read 7 ай бұрын
I haven’t read it yet but I haven’t heard great things about it
@JessicasLibraryCard
@JessicasLibraryCard 7 ай бұрын
I absolutely hated Happy Place! I thought the friends group were the worst and the ending was so unrealistic. Having said that, I really loved Book Lovers and especially Funny Story, so I think it's worth trying some of her other books!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
Okay that's good to know! I might still try some of her other books then at some point. Thanks 😊
@kathychung2162
@kathychung2162 7 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your review! I also did not like this book, and DNFd it, so props to you for actually finishing it!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad someone agrees because it feels like everyone I see talking about it loves this book 😭 I definitely don't think you missed out on anything by not finishing it!
@cottagecore101
@cottagecore101 7 ай бұрын
Kk I didn’t hate the book, I LOVE EMILY HENRYS BOOK, but it wasn’t my favourite (I was crying at the end tgo😭🙏) but all her books are amaizing (my fave so far is book lovers)
@craft_grl
@craft_grl 7 ай бұрын
I love this book...
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
I am reading book lovers (70% through) and Beach read (30% through) from Emily Henry and... they remind me a liiittle bit of the Colleen Hoover formula where the main characters have some form of trauma from sth that happened before the book started (although in this case it was the protagonist who had the bigger trauma so far, but maybe there will some more trauma be revealed for the love interests too. I feel like with collen hoover its mostly the love interest who has the trauma). I mean I guess its not unusual for a character to have trauma, but here its not just something that makes the character more 3 dimensonal, its more like its the main point of the plot. And in book lovers for example, even though I am 70% through, there is still a lot of information missing about what exactly happened that caused the trauma. They keep hinting that something more happened. I dont really like that kind of story telling. I just wanted to read a fun light hearted love story, not some mistery book🫣 if it were something subconscious that she was surpressing that suddenly comes to the surface, that would be fine for me... but the constant hinting along the lines of "just like that night... the night that changed her life forever...." just makes me feel a little bit betrayed, like the book could be a lot shorter but its being dragged out on purpous. I think the main chracter and the love interest work fine together, but there is nothing really interesting about their story, if it werent for the mistery. Although I do appreciate that she described the love interest in beach read as being not entirely convendionally attracitve (although he's still thin and white I think, but still, its a start). I feel like so far I prefer beach read
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I don't mind trauma/mystery as long as it adds to the story and has meaning. I've read a few Coleen Hoover books as well and although I don't usually love her books I often find them better than I thought this was. I heard Beach Read was a lot of people's favorites so maybe I'll give that one a try. Let me know what you think when you finish it!
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 6 ай бұрын
I will ☺️☺️ 50% done now :)
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 6 ай бұрын
But I finished book lovers in the meantime, I actually liked it a little bit better by the end ☺️ I would say it was alright, I did warm up to the characters a little bit more by the end
@TheLinguistsLibrary
@TheLinguistsLibrary 7 ай бұрын
Hi, I love that you're reading HP in Ukrainian. I used to tell my students to read in their target language all time, it works!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I hope so! It's challenging but doable right now, I'm hoping it'll get easier. Thank you 😊
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 7 ай бұрын
I loved Court of Silver Flames! I do definitely think the spice was overdone and it was getting annoying. But I really really liked Nesta's story, her character growth, and the whole Valkyrie plot!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I liked those aspects as well but definitely wasn't my favorite book in the series. No other book in the series could compare to A Court of Mist and Fury to me, maybe that's why! It just set the bar so high
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
How long did it take you to finnish one of these books?👀☺️ I havent read them but i watched the "summary" on Cari Can Read's channel😂
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I would say it took me about 5-7 days per book
@YouTube_still_sucks
@YouTube_still_sucks 7 ай бұрын
Romantasy? I'm glad that they came up with a name for it. This way they can put it in it's own little section in the book store, and it won't be mixed in with the actual fantasy novels. Still, it's always good to see people reading. I'd rather see people reading a romance novel than reading nothing. Even a Harry Potter book is better than nothing, although not by much, if ya ask me.
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 7 ай бұрын
Ooh I hope you enjoy Emily Henry and Fourth Wing! I'm hoping to read Iron Flame in May.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I take it you read Fourth Wing and liked it? That's great to hear 😊
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 7 ай бұрын
@@sabrinareadsalot Yes!! I honestly didn't have very high hopes for it but I ended up loving it! I think it will be a top read for 2024.
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
@@BonnieNicoleWrites That's great to hear! Fantasy romance is my favorite so that's why I decided to give it a try!
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
I just went to the library yesterday looking for Emily Henry books!😂 they didnt hv any, Ill try again next week
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
If you have an e-reader or even on your phone or tablet there's an App called Libby where you can borrow books electronically from your library! That also might be worth giving a try if you haven't already 😊 Good luck!
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
6:15 yeah thats so true, reading something in a language that is not your native language is really exchausting, especially when you try to read out loud to practice speaking. I am trying to do that too with Percy Jackson. But I hvnt read that before so I feel like I am missing out on a lot of context. So I understand what is going on but its hard to understand more complex stuff about the characters, and I am too lazy to look up a lot of words (theres is probably on average one word in every sentence that I do not understand, but I only look up around 2 per chapter) so I probably miss out a lot on the emptions of the characters :D😂
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
​@@sabrinareadsalotoh thats a good tip, thank you ill try that😊
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
@@mayarettinger9908 That's why I'm starting out reading a story that I know super well so I don't feel like I'm missing out on any of the story! But that's great that you are expanding and trying new things. Percy Jackson was another book series I enjoyed in the past as well!
@mayarettinger9908
@mayarettinger9908 7 ай бұрын
I am trying to get back into reading too, I do start a lot of books but then when I am about half way through I just stop reading them and start the next one, so I dont think I hv finished one in the past 6 years. I would love to hear about your recomendations 😊
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
I have so many books I want to read now that it can be hard to resist the temptation sometimes to start the next one but I find the endings are usually always the best part so I'm always glad when I'm able to stick a book out to the end, it's usually so worth it! (if it's a good book at least lol). Good luck on your reading journey, hopefully you'll find my suggestions helpful 😊
@BonnieNicoleWrites
@BonnieNicoleWrites 7 ай бұрын
Welcome to BookTube! I recently started getting into some fantasy (technically mostly romantasy so far). I look forward to hearing your recommendations!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
Romantasy is my favorite, best of both worlds! Hopefully my channel will be helpful for you 😊
@megansreadingrevelations
@megansreadingrevelations 7 ай бұрын
Hi, Sabina! Welcome to the community! I've been at it for a couple of years and enjoy supporting new channels :)
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
That's so great, thank you 😊
@NicholasOfAutrecourt
@NicholasOfAutrecourt 7 ай бұрын
Hi, Sabrina! I'm looking forward to hearing about all bookish things you want to share with us over the course of your channel. From an oldie content creator to a newbie, welcome aboard. We're so glad to have you here!
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the encouraging words and welcome!
@mildrumpus
@mildrumpus 7 ай бұрын
Welcome to the BookTube community! Since you enjoyed Harry Potter, you might want to check out Ursula K. Le Guin's "Earthsea" series. (She originated the idea of a school for wizards.) Best of luck with your channel - I look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
@sabrinareadsalot
@sabrinareadsalot 7 ай бұрын
Never heard of it before but I'll check it out! Thanks so much 😄