Nice video 😊 where are you from

Such a great follow-up to the previous video. The stats were so interesting! I read some of the nominees but didn't feel like I loved any of them so much I would vote for them 😅 (including A Sorceress Comes to Call and Somewhere Beyond the Sea, sometimes I feel like a Grinch 😂). So I ended up picking a book I was most excited about reading.

This was so interesting! Love how in-depth you went with it all.

I read Beartown years ago and haven’t picked up the sequels cause for some reason I’m afraid I’ll hate them 😅

I’m so happy I found this channel

You're iconic <3

If I'm honest I'm mostly just here to hear your thoughts on Voyage - glad that you stuck with it. I personally connected with Dee's humor immediately but I think I'm in more of a minority there. Regardless, I loved how as you kept reading you got to understand how it's a defense mechanism of his. And the twist had me sobbing! I feel like that's one thing Frances did well consistently in this book - planted seeds, but then gave us a lot of information that led us in the wrong direction before showing up the truth. I'm glad Voyage made it to finals for Debut. Anyways, I'm looking to dive more into fantasy as I've only read a few so it's helpful to hear some of your thoughts. Thank you!

Honestly I also haven’t been hauling a lot of books these past few months

I'm impressed by this!!

this was fun

I felt the same way about a song to drown rivers

Wow, this sounds really complicated but also really fun!

Will finally give me motivation to get through Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

I love As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow!! what a debut! beautiful, heart-breaking, and hopeful story. And that cover... stunning! 😻

I just read a few of the recs this month. 😂 But do have some on my TBR as well.

Also, tip for finding books an author. This can easily be looked up on the website Fantastic Fiction

Girl! Just when I thought Nonfiction November would be my last readathon of the year. This sounds like so much fun.

This sounds very fun!

these recs are amazing! so glad i found your channel

wow, incredible work!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Nice video - lotta book reviews. Related to the witch book review, you might like "Margaret Hamilton From Cleveland Ohio to the Land of Oz " about her journey from kindergarten teacher to the Wicked Witch! Yes - she was a kindergarten teacher before becoming an actress.

You're so iconic for putting this together...and reminding me how few new releases I read this year

Wow you killed it! Good job! (Commenting after seeing the actual nominees)

I think you've hit the Lucy Foley nail on the head. I read 3 books of hers back to back and my enjoyment went down as I continued reading. It's all just the same story with different fonts.

I think Goodreads does some curating and doesn't go just by the numbers otherwise VenCo making last year's list doesn't make much sense to me. I could maybe see Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell getting nominated. It's on their Book Picks for 2024 list and currently has a rating of 4.04. I'm pretty sure there'll be at least one book about witches. I'm not sure A Sorceress comes to Call fills that spot, that's more of a fairy tale retelling. So maybe The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke? Also I could see them maybe add a novel that's kinda literary like with Salman Rushdie's Victory City last year, though no idea what recent release could fit.

Very impressive research, and a great video. I’m subscribing ❤

Oh wow!! This is such great work!! I’m impressed! Fantasy stopped being my main genre a few years ago, so I’m curious to know what is going to trend to give it a go and get back to reading it. I’ve heard so much about Blood over bright haven, so looking forward to seeing it nominated. Congrats on the video, it was great and you got yourself a new follower!

OMG - If I ever want to invade a small country, I want you to do my recon. Your research is impressive! 🤩

The Library series by Mark Lawrence is a favorite of mine and the series from Mark that is my favorite of all his series.

Since I’m an audiobook reader I didn’t read Blood Over Bright Haven until a couple of days ago. And I loved it. I’ve loved the two books from her that I’ve read. So glad it got an audio release. I hope it qualifies.

Sunlit Man is definitely a 2023 release. Granted it was released to the wider public in 2024, but still 2023. Also it feels weird for Stormlight Archive 5 not to be nominated this year, but it misses the cut off by a couple of weeks. It should have a good chance of winning 2025.

More graphs please

I heard Spreadsheet and came as soon as I could 😂

Before watching this I have 3 possible winners - The Familiar, Emily Wilde or Somewhere Beyond the Sea

I'm obsessed with the amount of work you put into this. Iconic

4:17 Pacific Rim MENTIONED!!!!! WHAT IS PLOT WHEN YOU HAVE BIG ROBOTS?!?!?!!?

This is so unrelatable 😂 never DNF, always finish your books when you start them, always meet your GR goals

I am also so excited about Everything is Tuberculosis. Been following the Green Brothers for at least 10 years and The Anthropocene Reviewed is probably one of my favourite books

What books do YOU need to read before the end of the year??

You went hard on the data gathering and analysis

This idea was so fun! Might have to do that soon ✨

just finished The Well of Ascension, and started The Hero of Ages. I love it, but I'm also super excited to get into The Stormlight Archive when I'm done.

Gothic or Cozy Autumn vibes recs: Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (Frankenstein-inspired) The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard The September House by Clarissa Orlando The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Gothic or Cozy Autumn vibes TBR: (in addition to The Death of Jane Lawrence mentioned in the video).. The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis The Shadow Key by Susan Chapman-Stokes The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Salt and Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher (Jane Eyre retelling/inspo) Belladonna, and Foxglove, and Wisteria - trilogy by Adalyn Grace I have many more on my Master TBR but I'll keep it there for now 😊

I LOVE Bunny!! I was scared I wasn't going to "get it" so it sat on my shelves for a couple years.. finally read it last year (5⭐!) and did a re-read this year for a Bunny Readathon... and annotated this time! Glad I did that because I caught some deeper things I initially missed. We had fun discussing theories once the Readathon was over (some had read it for the first time, others were re-readers). Honestly even a second re-read would be good, may do that next year. 🐰

omg Middlegame is a 5⭐ all time fave!! I need to continue the ongoing series. least book 2 and 3 now and #4 when it comes out

Jane Eyre is one of the books I'm reading right now! Should finish i. next day or two. 😊 just sub'd!

I didn’t read a dang thing in September 🤣

I would recommend starling house! It’s also a haunting house/suspence Book! I really really enjoyed it, felt like a fever dream!

I’m glad my mum died audiobook was amazing. I highly recommend listening to it. However not in public! You will cry. As she’s talking about her own life the emotion in her voice truly broke my heart in certain scenes. She was choking back tears and as a big fan of icarly it was heartbreaking to know that one of my fave characters was struggling so badly behind the scenes.

I loved The Guest List. I hope you do too 🤞