omg I'm watching this back now because I just finished Model Home last night and I love that you're using my spreadsheet template 💕 spreadsheets are my love language 😂

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland is another female oriented post apoc. I forgot Octavia Butlers "Parable of the Talents" & "parable of the Sower", Butler was one of the first Black female sci fi writers to achieve critical acclaim. Her 1998 Parable of the talents has a religious zealot President of the US who is "going to make America Great Again" is frigging scarily prescient!

A world made by Hand by Howard Kunstler, Dog Stars by Peter Heller, The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner is the MOST dystopian novel ever! Makes The Road look cheerful!, I really liked Station 11 (and the TV adaptation) by Emily St John, Earth Abides by George R Stewart is a classic with a twist (I have yet to watch the TV adaptation). An ALL TIME favorite of mine is Dies The Fire by SM Stirling, the first 3 in the Emberverse are the best and stand alone (any time the SCA are the bad guys you know it's going to be good!). There are a ton of Oorah military post apoc novels out there that I specifically left out based on your current list. You have given me some new fodder to read, thanks!

Great List. I’d add 1984, Station Eleven, The Road, One Second After (realistic view of life after an EMP). … I’ll think of more… love your variety and your explanations of each book. I know I Am Legend is more well known as a movie, but it’s an amazing book too…

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I was really hoping the theme of aging would be something that prevalent in So Thirsty. I was so disappointed that it wasn't.

That’s a bummer about Beautiful Ugly 😭 I just got an ARC and I’m so hyped for that one haha. But I agree that First Lie Wins wasn’t great, I thought it was overhyped, I think I gave it 2 stars 😅

lol, I didn’t know First Lie Wins would be so divisive. I loved it. I thought it was clever and the friendships and minor romance were good. I like what you said about the author needing to be clever to write this story. Very good point!

First Lie Wins wasn’t it for me. Three star all the way. I gave Look Closer four stars.

I preordered the special edition of beautiful ugly and cannot wait to get it. Alice Feeney is one of my faves. Auto buy!

What digital book journal/planner do u use? I'm looking at planners to use next year. I've never used a digital planner and really don't know where to start. Thanks!!

I loved First Lie Wins, and I'M SO JEALOUS that you have an advance copy of Beautiful Ugly!! 😂 I can't wait to read it! I love all of her books! She never disappoints!

I just used a credit on the lake of lost girls on audible bc the book it's compared to, we are all the same in the dark by Julia Heaberlin, is one of my most favorite books ever. U should try it!! It's set in TX 😉 I think you'll like it. I love your rating system in your vlogs- perfect exactly what I want to know. Ok I'm off to listen to the lake of lost girls ❤

Great video! Btw, what camera and camera lens do you use? It looks amazing!

Love the video and your amazing 🤩 channel and I am giving you five 5️⃣ stars 🌟 for the video love 🥰 your Aussie family friend John xx

Have you read Listen for the lie? It has the podcast element, a great audiobook production and it's a very good book.

You’re necklace is so cute…where’s it from?

I’ve heard such good things about first lie wins!

Do you have a video where you talk about thrillers that made you gasp out loud??

Thriller and fem fiction!😮 meeeee ❤🎉

I would love to see more of your book journal / book notes. So interesting to me ❤

Haha the Michigan accent slip 😂✨

Just watched your video. Which app do you use for your book notes?

Love your hair, earrings, everything 🥰♥️

Oh boy. I’m so nervous about Beautiful Ugly. I wasn’t a fan of her last one 😣

I’ve been wanting to read lake of lost girls for a while (based purely on the cover lol) but now I need to read it! I need to read more podcasts thrillers because the only one I think I’ve read is night swim

Yayyy! Love it when I see a new video from you! Let me just say that you have the best hair and smile!! 🥰 I love how you explain the books…it helps me a lot to determine either how I’m feeling about something I’ve read or to decide if I want to read the book or not so THANK YOU 💜✨ I’m completely off socials other than discord and KZbin obvs lol because I can’t mentally handle all that’s happening right now. I’m very grateful for my booktube besties!!! I saw the feeling in your eyes when thanking Feeney for making the male the unreliable narrator….us women need to stick together for sure! I’ve read a couple of her books but they were just ok in my brain. I’ve read First Lie Wins and liked it pretty good. I’m definitely going to read The Lake of Lost Girls!! And is that an app you’re using on the iPad for your book reviews and notes? I’m looking into getting an iPad but I’ll have to get a smaller one because I have RA and can’t handle the heavier stuff in my hands. I’m also enjoying seeing more of your life. Loving the corgis!! So cute! Great video! Thanks!! 💜✨ CHEERS!! 🥂

Have I been enjoying Alice Feeney's books lately? No. Does your review make me feel like I shouldn't read it? Yes. Will I succumb to the FOMO and read it anyways? Probably. I'll never learn 😂

I dnf'd First lie Wins, boring af

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First lie to complicated ugh . Headache. Have a nice Thanksgiving..

Love your hair❤

You are awesome!

Some input on American rapture from your description, I’ve not read it yet, I think it’s a very conscious choice to have the main character be a naïve teenage girl. It’s very important for adults to remember how young adults may be affected by their upbringing, especially around things so heinous.

I'm looking forward to starting my Rachel Harrison journey with So Thirsty soon!!

"We're all doing what we can." Absolutely. November has been hard.

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I will be SO excited to hear what you guys have to discuss re: Model Home. Ooooof. That was was...whoa. That's all I'll say for now! The Return was my introduction to Rachel Harrison, before I came to think of her as cozy gal-pal horror, and even so, I loved her from the get-go. I guess I never wrote a proper GoodReads review for it, but I did find what I said about it on my blog back in 2020! "If you enjoy stories centered on female friendship and the complicated histories between friends and the secrets they share-or keep-from each other, and how sometimes a friend disappears and you give them up for dead but then they return but they’re all kinds of weird and fucked up and then you all go to a super creepy bespoke hotel in the mountains to reconnect …well, then you may enjoy The Return. I sure did!" That's ...not a good review. But I stand by it :P P.S. I just finished a book called Old Soul...is this on your radar? Literary horror, I guess? www.goodreads.com/book/show/211178725-old-soul

I loved Cackle and The Return, but Harrison's new books haven't been great for me. They feel really clunky and heavy handed

I’m not on track for my goal either. I lowered mine to 50 this year and I’m still behind. I’m going to bust out some end of year novellas in December.

I forgot to add my favorite read from October was Eynhallow by Tim McGregor! Highly recommend!

As a fellow Rachel Harrison girlie, hearing you describe So Thirsty's protagonist as a 36/37 year old type 6 who is obsessed with researching past major disasters... Say less lol as if I wasn't already excited enough for this, now I need to get my hands on it immediately. I also really liked The Return! I did just read Black Sheep and that one didn't hit the same as the others 😞

My favorite book of October was “The Vampire Lestat” by Anne Rice. I loved the tv show so much I decided to read the books too

We used to live here was my favorite for October

Girl, I'm not making my goal this year either. Amen sister. Amen. We are all doing our best.

If you haven’t read Bad Dolls by Rachel Harrison it’s her short story collection. I recently read it and loved it even though I normally don’t love short story collections ❤ Also loved Joyland by SK I rarely hear anyone mention that book 😊

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American Rapture is my top book of 2024 just like Maeve Fly was my top of 2023. It is cemented in my lifetime top reads.

I want to check out the return, I’ve heard such mixed things and I really want to see what I think 👀

my fav from October was Whalefall, loved it so much! also loved Binti and Ajjiit. I just finished What Moves the Dead which was fun 😊