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@ambermashalreads 2 күн бұрын
The only one of these I read was powerless which I 100% agree is a guilty pleasure book. The best fantasy ever? Absolutely not. But is it really fun? Totally! And sometimes you just need a fun fantasy that’s all you favorites combined😆
@RaesReads 5 сағат бұрын
Haha, exactly!! I am hoping the sequel miiiight be a bit better, but we shall see 😂
@ambermashalreads 4 сағат бұрын
@RaesReads oh yeah, just going in for a good time!
@marie-everuel3806 8 күн бұрын
I just wish you would let the image of the book on the screen ... Sometimes I forget what book you are talking about or I missed it 😅 other than that I really really like your video 🩷
@RaesReads 5 сағат бұрын
Hi! I am so sorry for my super late reply, but thank you so much!!! I am so sorry that the images of the books were not on the screen for that long - I did ramble quuuuuite a bit in this video, haha. That is a really great idea, though, to leave the images up the whole time I am talking about said book and I already started doing it in my most recent video - thank you!!!🥰
@Nanna_reader 21 күн бұрын
The hunger games cover is so pretty ❤ funny tag! I havn’t heard of it before 😊
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Thank you! It's so simple, but it definitely stands out on the shelf, haha. It's a suuuuuper old tag, but it was one of my favorites back in the day so I thought I'd give it a go now 😄
@drphilreadstowrite 22 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed your energetic, creative intelligence. I look forward to following your adventures. Give me a dragon and map to heaven (Middle Earth or Neverland or Earthsea) & I'm one happy boy.
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Thank you, that is so kind ☺ Haha, I agree 100% - those three amazing worlds!!
@Kaikive 23 күн бұрын
I read Love, Theoretically and expected better too! I feel like I hate how everything stems from miscommunication which can be solved with one conversation lol
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Oh no, haha. Guess I wont like that book too much either. I *hate* the miscommunication trope 😅
@bookishlylori 23 күн бұрын
I had some much fun watching you create your TBR jar, I love the idea of using prompts rather than just doing the titles - i may be stealing some for my TBR jar too! It was fun to see little vlog clips of your life too :) Great video!
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Thank you! I looooove it so far, its so much fun pulling prompts! Steal away, haha 😄 Thank you 💜
@ambermashalreads 23 күн бұрын
More vlogs!!! I hate that spotify issue!! it should absolutely be how many hours you're aCTually listening for. That hail storm was so sad! hopefully you can get the plants to regrow😥
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Haha, I am liking vlogging so I think I might do it regularly now 😄 And thank you! My mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law actually came a couple of days after this with a TON of plants they bought for us to replace our ruined ones 🥺💜 It was so sweet of them and our garden is almost back to normal!
@ambermashalreads 19 күн бұрын
@RaesReads awe yay!! That’s so good to hear!!
@BandysBooks 24 күн бұрын
Fun vlog. I enjoyed seeing a bit of the city. :) Glad to hear that you've enjoyed Fourth Wing. It's not a book I gravitate to, but I appreciate everyone's enjoyment of it. Mmm. I love Spaetzle. It's been a long time since I've made it. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi was my second favorite book of last year. It was so good! Super frustrating with Spotify. I've never gotten a subscription with them just because of those issues.
@RaesReads 19 күн бұрын
Thank you! I love that you know about Spätzle and enjoy it too, haha 😍 I actually started reading that book because of your comment a while ago on another one of my videos! ☺You said you loved it so much and it was already on my TBR _and_ it was available on Spotify so I thought, why not?! I am happy it was on Spotify so I could listen to some of it, but super annoyed with Spotify in general, yeah. Toooons of issues.
@bookishlylori 26 күн бұрын
Welcome Rae! I loved Goosebumps as a child too! I'm re-reading them now for nostalgia and it's a great time :)
@RaesReads 25 күн бұрын
Hi, thank you! 💜 How fun to give Goosebumps a re-read nowadays! Maybe I should also give some of my old favs a peek, haha
@ambermashalreads 26 күн бұрын
So many pretty books!! I LOVE that Bible oh my goodness!! I also love how you mostly buy books in the language you’re learning! I wana do that with French now
@RaesReads 25 күн бұрын
Thank you!! Yes, definitely give it a go in French. If you love a book and intend to re-read it one day anyway, I *always* say why not "multitask" and support your language learning at the same time? 🤣
@ambermashalreads 24 күн бұрын
@@RaesReads true!!!
@starlasell5698 27 күн бұрын
❤📚📚♥️
@ambermashalreads 28 күн бұрын
That’s such an in depth rating method, I love it!!!
@RaesReads 25 күн бұрын
Thanks, haha. I might chill a bit next month on the 'in-depth'ness of it all, but I do love this rating system!
@ambermashalreads 24 күн бұрын
@@RaesReads gotta try different things out to see what works best for you!!
@BandysBooks Ай бұрын
Fun video! I like the ranking system that you discussed. RF Kuang is such a fantastic author. She does so many different genres and does them well. Babel is dark academia, but it reverses most of the common tropes. I'm not a romance reader at all, so I don't run into much smut...but on the occasion that I do, I don't mind if it's relevant to the plot. If it's just there for the shock value, then I'm not a fan. For thrillers, honestly, I can't stand Alex Michaelides. I think his books get progressively worse with The Silent Patient being his best. Riley Sager is so overrated imo. And Verity...I almost DNF'd, but kept reading just to see if there was anything redeeming in it. As you can probably tell, I'm really picky about thrillers...and it seems like theyre either super predictable or the author gives you such insane plot twists that it's like it might as well be aliens. Good hearing your wrap up on all of these books. You do a good job of reviewing.
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
I am super excited to read more from RF Kuang this year. I have been waiting months to get Babel at my library. Just a few more weeks now! Haha I agree - if any smut is actually relevant and not too "gory" then I am totally fine with it. I feel like a lot of authors nowadays go into *extreme* detail and that is where I personally draw the line 😅 It's nice to hear that someone else was not the biggest fan of Michaelides. I just did not enjoy that book at all. I was shocked it (and the author) seem to be sooo beloved. The same with Riley Sager. I found The Only One Left much better than The Silent Patient and Michaelides' writing, but neither were for me. Nor was Verity. I am the *same* way about thrillers and agree 100% with the predictable vs. might as well be aliens comment 🤣🤣 Thank you 💜
@BandysBooks Ай бұрын
Hey Rae! Welcome to booktube! I'm happy to see you here! Yay for multi-lingual readers. I am fluent in English/Spanish and learning/conversational in French/Portuguese. LMK if you ever want to talk books in Spanish! I hear you say that you enjoy Pirate books. If you haven't already read it, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty was my second favorite book of 2023 and is a pirate story! So good. I really enjoy T Kingfisher for horror, but I haven't had as much luck with her fantasy. Maybe I've read the wrong ones. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing more from you soon!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Hi Kaitlin! Thank you for the warm welcome 🥰 That is so awesome to meet another multilingual reader!! I would love to talk books in Spanish one day, but for that I should probably finish some books in Spanish 😂 I have a bit of a problem with starting books in Spanish and then jumping around a LOT, haha. I do this with all my languages, but at least I tend to finish them _some_ time with English and German, hahaha. Thank you so much for the book suggestion! This has been on my Goodreads TBR for *ages* - maybe I will try to fit it in this month! I have actually never read a horror novel by T Kingfisher yet. I love her other books, but she definitely does have a specific style that is quite hit or miss with people, I have found. I've also subbed to you and am excited to see more from you too! 😄
@av_reads Ай бұрын
Hi Rae! So happy I found your channel, love that you’re also a multi language reader 🥰 (I read in English, Spanish and trying to learn Japanese and German so dabbling in some children literature in both of those). I just needed to express how crazy of a coincidence I find it that I stumbled upon your channel as I am planning to start my own and you mentioned you came to Monteverde for your honeymoon and are using the Monteverde Brewing Company sticker as a bookmark, that brewery is besides my moms house in Monteverde and I go to there so often when I visit home!! I hope you had an amazing honeymoon when you came and so excited to continue following your channel! I can tell we have very similar taste in books 😊 Also currently reading 5 books so you beat me haha
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Hi Ana! It is so nice to meet you! 😄 I am currently learning Japanese, but I am sooooo far away from even being able to read a children's book in it, haha. One day! I just subbed to your channel! Im excited to see what you will talk about once you start it 🥰 (I also took a peek at your IG and I LOVE that Studio Ghibli tattoo sketch - Princess Mononoke is one of my all time favorite movies!). It is sooo crazy that this brewery is right beside your mom's place! We loved it and we *loved* our honeymoon there. It was 30 days in Costa Rica from coast to coast and is perhaps our #1 favorite trip to date!! 😂 5 books is still quite a lot! Once you are fluent in Japanese and German I am sure you will join me in often breaching the double digits, haha.
@AliviaReads Ай бұрын
your cats are absolutely the main characters and im living for it
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Haha, it is 100% their world and I am just a side character 😂💜
@dianaisme Ай бұрын
I thankfully read The Silent Patient from the library but it was so bad and I just can't believe I finished it ??
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Yes, thank you! Finally someone who had the same thought at the end, haha. I was really proud of myself that I powered through and managed to finish it. I can _definitively_ say I did not like it much at all 😅
@dianaisme Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads I kept reading waiting for something to happen, but nothing did. It's not a genre I read alot (if ever really), so I thought maybe I didn't "get" it since everyone else was raving about it. But yeah I only wasted 1 day on this book, I have become more brutal in not finishing books now 🤣
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
@@dianaisme I am the same. It's not a genre I read much at all and so I also thought maybe it's just not for me, but I just think it was bad regardless 😅 One day wasted is not bad at all!
@dianaisme Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads I have just become so critical of books after finding the one that feels superior. Also when taking online recommendations, I know I have to do research beforehand, because I've become so picky 😂
@RaesReads 29 күн бұрын
@@dianaisme Haha, I am the same in terms of pickiness. I have a separate list of books I get recommended so that I can research them later and mayyyybe add them to my actual TBR 😂😂
@karenwharton-so8cy Ай бұрын
LOVE this vlog! Has a little bit of everything! I absolutely hate when I'm almost done and the book gets returned :(
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you!! 💜 Yeah, having a book get returned before you are done is the WORST 😭
@anaiswriting Ай бұрын
love those type of vlogs !
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
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@floraandfable Ай бұрын
I love your cat 🥹💖 Im also not a huge fun of “Shadow and bone”, so I agree, but I still didn’t read “six of crows”. When it comes to “maze runner” I can’t refer to what you said because I read the book, so long ago, as a child and I enjoyed it. I like the silent patient, but the main character was not fun, and I totally understand why someone would not like it. I think we actually have similar taste in books, and what we like in books 💖
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Haha, thanks! 🐈⬛ You definitely have to give Six of Crows a try! It is one of my all-time favorite books. It is soooo much better than Shadow and Bone! I agree - we seem to have pretty similar taste in books! 😄💜
@lilym_p Ай бұрын
Fish is so cute!!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Haha, thank you!! 💜
@HemlockHerringbone Ай бұрын
Oooh Yellowface has been on my to-read list for a while. Glad to hear you enjoyed it and thanks for the spoiler warning so I was able to skip ahead! Hadn't heard of any of the others, but Bridge had me INTRIGUED based on that first sentence of the description you read. And then the rest of the cheesy description, hahah! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
I hope you do check out (and enjoy!) both books! I really liked both, particularly the Bridge Kingdom series. If you like romantasy at _all_, especially romantasy thats less 'magic and epic fantasy' and more just a fantasy world + some war vibes (+ some cliches and cheesiness, of course, haha), you would likely love that series! 💜
@MyMessyBookshelf Ай бұрын
Welcome to Booktube! I loved Nettle and Bone! Really cool that you read in multiple languages. I am trying to read more in Spanish myself.
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you! It is so nice to meet someone else who also read (and loved!) Nettle and Bone!! 😄 Good luck with your reading in Spanish! 💜
@jaimefok Ай бұрын
omg thank you for the tag! LOL love to hear someone else who also doesn't love the smutty gory bits 😂 knotting will haunt me forever.
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Oh my goodness, never in a million years did I think you would see this! Haha Yeah, knotting was definitely... unexpected and a little traumatizing 😂
@Ms.SpookyNerd Ай бұрын
Welcome to booktube 📚☕
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you so much 🥰
@ambermashalreads Ай бұрын
Halfway through! You’ve convinced me to read howls moving castle now😆 will return after I finish the video
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Omg, you are a trooper for getting to the halfway mark 😂💜 I really intended to make it way shorter, but then I realized that I just had a lot of thoughts about these books and hadnt talked about them on my channel yet, haha. I really hope you love Howl's Moving Castle! I am so happy that you are giving it a try!!!💜
@ambermashalreads Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads I finished it!! Love this idea! May want to give it a shot once the hallway point of the year hits!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
@@ambermashalreads Thank you! You definitely should at the halfway mark this year!! I would love to watch it 😄
@ambermashalreads Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads i think i will!!
@ObscureBookAdventures Ай бұрын
Welcome to BookTube Rae. I'm currently reading 7 books, one comic short story collection, three different collections of short stories, one fiction audiobook, one non-fiction and one fiction novel. I love to read a short story before sleeping. An e-reader is ideal for that.
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you 💜 I love that you also read many books at once - and with such variety!! I love my Kindle so much for this reason too. I can jump around whenever I want!
@onceuponabookishsteph Ай бұрын
Hi Rae and welcome to booktube! I definitely don’t have the brain power for epic fantasy hahaha but I try my best. 😂
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you! 💜 Hahaha, same here, though. Love epic fantasy, but it is way more work than the typical book 😂
@tanjasbuecherlaube Ай бұрын
hi rae,subsribed, i am always excited about new booktubers!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Hi Siri! Thank you so much 💜
@ambermashalreads Ай бұрын
So excited to see those 5 star recs!! And I loved your initial answer for the uniqueness question. So excited to watch your channel grow!!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Haha, thank you! We had very similar replies for that question, I think 😄 I am excited to watch yours grow too! Thank you!!
@ambermashalreads Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads that's true, we kinda did!! Thank you as well!!
@floraandfable Ай бұрын
I feel the same way when it comes to reading in different language than my native, this is also why I started yt channel to motivate myself. You seem to be really cool, and I can’t wait to see more of your video, and get more book recommendations! 💖
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Ah, I see you are from Poland! We're not that far from one another, haha. I just subbed to your channel - I am excited to see more of your videos and hear of your book recs too 🥰
@floraandfable Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads yes, we are neighbors! Thank you so mu much 💖
@BonnieNicoleWrites Ай бұрын
Welcome to BookTube! I love that you speak English and German. I know a small amount of German and want to keep learning more.
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you for the welcome! 🥰 If you ever need any extra resources or tips or anything else in German, just let me know! I started studying it almost a decade ago, so I have quite the collection, haha. Viel spaß und Erfolg beim Lernen! (Have fun and success learning!)
@BonnieNicoleWrites Ай бұрын
@@RaesReads Danke! Das ist nett.
@NicholasOfAutrecourt Ай бұрын
Hi, Rae! I'm looking forward to hearing about all bookish things you want to share with us. From an oldie content creator to a newbie, welcome aboard. We're so glad to have you here!
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Hi, thank you so much for the warm welcome! This is such an amazing community, I am glad to be a part of the creation side now 😁
@mildrumpus Ай бұрын
Welcome to the BookTube community! I'm hoping to read something from Robin Hobb soon. Best of luck with your channel - I look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
@RaesReads Ай бұрын
Thank you for the warm welcome!! 😄 Robin Hobb is amazing. I have only read a bit from her, but I have a feeling that any book of hers would be an amazing read. I hope you enjoy her too! Thank you - happy reading to you too 💜