Your videos always lift up my spirits. I love the passion that you have for books and the joy you get while talking about them. You're the extroverted angel for my introverted self lol. I am currently reading 'Pachinko' by Min Jin Lee and loving it so far. The best book I've read in April is 'Think of a Number' by John Verdon. If you're looking for a great thriller, it'll be quite hard to put down 😎
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
This is so incredibly sweet omg thank you 😭😭😭 and also I’ve heard great things about that book!!
@aamnahere62505 ай бұрын
@@alexandraroselyn You're welcome :)
@_ashleylh6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the wrap up. You are truly one of the best reviewers on KZbin so your reviews are some of my favorite videos. You cannot make me pick one favorite of the year so far lol. I was on a huge fantasy kick all winter so my favorites of 2024 so far are: "The Will of the Many", "A Court of Mist and Fury" (I read the whole series in March and I am so glad I did) and "A Dowry of Blood". Favorites in other genres were "The Secrets We Kept" and "Oona Out of Order". My least favorites were more disappointing to me. I am really sad about them both because I really wanted to like them: "VenCo" and "The Wishing Game". I am moving into a literary and contemporary mood so I expecting a good time in the coming months!
@suchafaff6 ай бұрын
yay for the storygraph! you can even import everything you previously tracked on goodreads, so you get even more fun stats for past reading years :)
@katiecobb25926 ай бұрын
I just want to say how much I love these recommendations!! I haven’t heard of a lot of them and it’s so refreshing. I also appreciate how many genres you picked from! Thank you :) 😎
@melissamcconnell66186 ай бұрын
ACOTAR is my favorite series ever. I cannot wait to see your VLOG on this.
@Sagaofhygge6 ай бұрын
How could I not stay until the end?!😎 Lovely vid💜 This year I read Divine rivals & Ruthless vows and just loved that series with my whole heart💜 Also Fourth wing and Heartless hunter (the Crimson moth) were amazing. Read a few classics that didn’t do it for some reason.
@bykensie6 ай бұрын
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@mollyjaybooks6 ай бұрын
😎 I was so excited when I saw the notification for this! I haven't read any of these so it's great to add more books to my ever growing TBR list! 😆
@mlleChesca6 ай бұрын
Omgggg the necklace 😍😍😍
@Anna-dp8ee6 ай бұрын
It’s always a good day when there’s a Lexi video 🥰 my top favorites so far this year are Nettle & Bone, Wayward Children series and Unmaking of June Farrow 😍
@Angela-hy2ze6 ай бұрын
I’ve dnf’d so many books this year, but I just started A Court of Mist and Fury and I can’t sit it down! 💜 😎
@felicidadlopez16756 ай бұрын
🤓😎 I literally have to say you have got to be my favorite Book-tuber. I can sit here and get all the books you review and recommend if you let me lol Which btw I have so far read a few you have reviewed and I’ve loved them. The way my wallet trust you now its wild 😂 Thank you so much for sharing your love of books with the rest of us.
@lauraa13456 ай бұрын
Oh I love wrap up videos and I'm so excited to find out what you have read so far this year, Lexi 🥰
@Lauren-de3wi6 ай бұрын
TOO many favourites this year! Fantasticland, Mead Mishaps series, and continuing on with the Wayward Children… so many 5 stars so far!
@LibraryBandit6 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing another reviews video with us, even thought I'm sure you weren't feeling up to it at times. It hurts my heart to see you so down and so blue. Truly hope and pray for the best for you. Take care of yourself as best as you can, and show yourself buckets full of grace. There are a lot of strangers on the Internet who care about you, for whatever that's worth!
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
This is so sweet omg thank you 🥹❤️❤️❤️
@madsisreading6 ай бұрын
Your videos are always so fun! I need to watch more of them again
@laurengoode41956 ай бұрын
This was a great reminder of how much fun I have had with our book club books so far this year! 😎😎 It’s only getting better with June Farrow- that book was amazing.
@TrueBlueGeek6 ай бұрын
I always look forward to your videos Lexi, I swear they lift up my spirits when I need great book recommendations or a good giggle. ❤
@blfrankwriter6 ай бұрын
My favorite book of the year thus far has to be My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. New favorite book of all time. And my least favorite has to be a book I DNFed which was A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson who is the daughter of the infamous BTK killer. It felt like reading her diary and a lot was very boring a repetitive. Thank you for the new video, I loved the wrap up. But...if I could make one suggestion...can there be different background music? The past couple videos have used the same intro song on repeat and after awhile it gets distracting because my brain goes "Is this the same song that has been playing for like 14 minutes straight?". I also miss you vlogs, they are always so much fun 😎
@TheGardenOfReading6 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the way you review books . 💕 You can tell you take away things from the books you read . You put a lot of passion and heartfelt words into your reviews for the books you read 📖 and I love that, your love of books radiates off of you 🤗 I definitely have a lot of books on my wishlist of books to buy from books you have bought/ recommended so thank you for that ! 🥰 My favorite book of all time is the Twisted series by Ana Huang 💕😎 As for my least favorite 🤔 I feel like every book I have been reading lately is really good . There is only one book I have ever DNF’d in my life and that book was sooo boring I can’t even remember the title of the book lol 😆
@adacoz6 ай бұрын
Lexi my husband and I recently took a trip to Knoxville, TN and I got to experience my first McKay's! I always love seeing your finds from there 😊
@jamiogonowski376 ай бұрын
😎 Added tons to my tbr! Hate that the Dutch house wasn’t a great read because I loveddd the cover. I’ll probably end up skipping it because no body seems to like it! I love Kelly Barnhill. I know it’s her most popular book, but if you haven’t read “the girl who drank the moon” yet, it’s a fun time. I really need to check t kingfisher because I feel like everyone is raving about them this month, and I had never heard of them! I feel very out the loop lol considering how big their backlist is! This Poison Heart’s cover is gorgeous and sounds so good so I’m definitely going to have to get that from the library this week. Great video!!!❤
@mckennaraulston61736 ай бұрын
I'd love a video of the different book awards and what they exactly mean!! Maybe when they were created. Things like that.
@jampsonn18266 ай бұрын
Lexi! I've fallen off my reading train lately and am just now getting back into booktube vids again. Happy to still see you here! Great recs as always. Even though you didn't like it, The Dutch House actually sounds really interesting so I might pick it up!
@lauraa13456 ай бұрын
I'm reading the acotar series for the first time rn and I'm currently at acomaf! I hppe I'm gonna like it as much as you did😎
@MARIAHTIPTON6 ай бұрын
nettle AND bone will forever be my fav book
@ArtemisC.DAragon5 ай бұрын
Wow! Thank you, Lexy, for a wonderful wrap up & all the enthusiastic recommendations!!! 🤗💖📚🍀☀️ Is this the little face you wanted? 🤓 or the cool Summer one? 😎
@claudiapatton96136 ай бұрын
😎😎😎. I have to tell you, my favorite book so far this year is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. It is amazing…atmospheric, magical, hopeful. Please pick this book up absolutely read it soon.
@udishaverma78626 ай бұрын
So far this year, My most fav is The ten thousand doors of january by Alex E. Harrow. And the least fav was The sign of four unfortunately, i really wanted to love it but didn't enjoy it as much. And here you go 😎
@morganelizabeth5346 ай бұрын
You influenced me to instantly go to the store & pick up Fruit of the Dead- so intrigued
@krisprepolec56166 ай бұрын
😎 so glad that you found Wintering when you needed it. A good when to do next might be Bittersweet by Susan Cain. I definitely recommend the audiobook. This totally spoke to the part of my personality that enjoys the poignant and it may appeal to you as well :-)
@jesshilton19776 ай бұрын
😎 I will put some of these on my TBR. I also LOVED A Court of Mist and Fury. Welcome to Steam Town ☺️ Loved it!
@cocoa32025 ай бұрын
Ughh i have read so many good books this year! Ive read 33 books and my favs are One by One, Lost to dune road, the engagement party, the vacation and Funny story. I love thrillers that have a bit of romance lol Worst book so far was either twisted love or what happens after midnight.
@lizball906 ай бұрын
this Fruit of the Dead review is one of the best things I have ever seen on booktube 😅
@heyyheyypaula6 ай бұрын
I’m having a really good reading year so far! I’ve read 18 books and have pretty much liked them all. Favorites are The Cherry Robbers, The Unmaking of June Farrow, and the Book of the Most Precious Substance.
@roxannejoncas6 ай бұрын
Most fun 💛 Starter Villain by John Scalzi 😎 Least fav: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
@stefanienordstrom67506 ай бұрын
What a fun wrap up! I would love to know more about how you are liking Storygraph! Fav of the year so far is hard to choose! Is it Amina al-Sirafi? Maybe June Farrow? Also Far From the Madding Crowd! Least fav was Ten Birds that Changed the World, but like only because it told me truths that I did not like hearing - so not the book's fault? I still gave it a 3 star so... 😎🦊
@souffoue6 ай бұрын
Favorite book so far is hard cuz I have like 3 that are tied 😂 Worst is easier: When She Returned by Lucinda Berry Love your videos 😎
@ReadingNymph6 ай бұрын
Im reading My Husband currently, I'm liking it so far My favourite has to be Last Tale of The Flower Bride 😎
@pepper65286 ай бұрын
You were SO right!! Just picked up Practical Magic at Barnes and Noble. It's everything you promised it would be. Thanks for all you do! Appreciate all your insightful and uplifting videos 🕶📚🍣🍿
@shellkay6 ай бұрын
My favorites so far this year: classic -Watership Down, literary/historical-The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Mystery/thriller-Sometimes I lie …& least favorites/DNF: Assistant to the Villain & Birnam Wood
@starlasell56986 ай бұрын
Yay, I picked up Less at the thrift store a few weeks ago!! ❤📚❤️ Loved hearing your reviews of the books you read.
@artbyamyk10006 ай бұрын
😎 Great video Lexi! I always enjoy your videos! The book I read this year and liked the least was The Buried and the Bond by Rochelle Hassan, there was just something off about it for me, didn't end up caring about the characters. My favorite book so far this year is A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross. I loved everything, the characters, the magic, this strange island they are living on. It was magical and I loved it!
@Kristinna_and_the_Books6 ай бұрын
Hi 😎 I absolutely loved your video, so funny. My favorite book this year (so far) is “The Echo of Old Books”, and my least favorite is “House of Sky and Breath” ( I am definitely falling out of love with Sarah J. Mass books) ✌️
@ryreads6 ай бұрын
Added a ton to my TBR thanks so much!!!
@lauracerezo76236 ай бұрын
😎 best book audiobook so far.. The Covenant of Water! The Black witch Chronicles is very enjoyable too! Divine Rivals! Tilly in technicolor and House in the cerulean sea.. All 5s for me! Thank for your recommendations!
@daylasimeone3366 ай бұрын
I wondered if you had ever read the ACOTAR series! I just finished book 4. I admit, didn't think I would like them at all (not my usual thing). But they really are fun. And that second book, YES!!!
@georgiefarr10946 ай бұрын
I've only read 2 books in April because I'm going to America on Wednesday 1st May to visit my sister and brother in law and reading has not been my priority lately but when I come back from America, I will get back into it 🩷🩷
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
ooo sounds like you're having fun!
@raquelrichards71626 ай бұрын
and now i want to start fruit of the dead you give such good book reviews :)
@kyeoptawerk93ah6 ай бұрын
I've only used storygraph since i want to lessen my money/time into amazon so i will def follow you on there! Ive had a great time using storygraph
@nicoleallen67786 ай бұрын
😎 Godkiller was a surprise favorite this year! My least favorite has been Faebound.
@Pokucollector4 ай бұрын
Storygraph is GOAT
@allysonhope876 ай бұрын
I loved this video so much! 💞 My favorite book this year has to be A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams and least favorite is probably Death Valley by Melissa Broder (a DNF, I just got so bored!)
@Sagaofhygge6 ай бұрын
Just started reading ACOTAR for the first time😍🤗
@andthatsondana6 ай бұрын
My favorite of the year so far was the last book in “The Gifts” trilogy, Every Gift a Curse! I love love that series so much. My least favorite book would be the second book in the “No Safety in Numbers” trilogy, No Easy Way Out. It was 500 pages of boring filler and I gave it one star 😭
@Vanquished246 ай бұрын
I love storygraph!
@janetnicole3776 ай бұрын
Great video Lexi!😎 My favorite this year is The Women by Kristin Hannah!💗 My least favorite is The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins.🥴
@Iced.Coffee__6 ай бұрын
😎 Fav books of the year so far are The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling and Twisted Love by Ana Huang. Least fav book is The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 😢 The ending was so violent and traumatizing. I am currently reading Miss Benson’s Beetle and it is such a good one. It is an emotional roller coaster ride and oh my God! It is so hilarious.
@Gracieroseyxox5 ай бұрын
🥸 Fave book : the dead romantics. Least fave: iron flame
@Megan.eco-Instinct6 ай бұрын
oooo I am so bummed to hear what you think of Mrs. S. I am literally starting that tonight. I was really looking forward to some good ol' lit fiction with a semi-steamy sapphic subplot. I'll will get into it and see how it goes :)
@megankane41476 ай бұрын
This video has just brightened my day 😊 and to top it all off the new Library in my hometown of Kilkenny, Ireland has finally open its doors 💜One of my favourite books so far this year is Y/N by Esther Yi and currently listening to the audiobook of One Day by David Nicholls
@judytombaugh29906 ай бұрын
Favorite for best time, LOL funny and ease of reading would be Part of Your World. Least favorite would be Before the Coffee Gets Cold - I know everyone loves this one, but I was just bored. 😎
@bettysleeth71456 ай бұрын
first time watching your video...loved it! My favorite of the year so far is Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon and my least favorite is The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng.
@caseysacco6 ай бұрын
So far this year my fave's been Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter. Least favourite is In the land of the Long White Cloud by Sarah Lark
@esliet6 ай бұрын
Your top 5 I need on my list. My favorite book this year is The Little Liar 😎
@Monicaurenav5 ай бұрын
😎😎😎my favorite books of the year are The Seven Year Slip and Part of your World and Better than the Movies!! And my least favorite was unfortunately The Last Love Song!
@veronicaprice6 ай бұрын
😎 My favorite read of the year so far is Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans. It’s a wonderful mix of fantasy and mystery. My least favorite is Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young.
@procaffeinate_withbooks6 ай бұрын
I am doing some weird reads this year too.. going off really well so far
@HelenaTheeCarat6 ай бұрын
My favourite book I read this year was girl, goddess, queen. Also a persephone retelling and I loved it. 5 stars. Then my least fav has to be a clash of steel. It just isn‘t my cup if tea. It isn‘t bad and the era and place is amazing but it just didn‘t grip me at all.
@peyton-6 ай бұрын
Favorite so far this year: Recursion by Blake Crouch. Least favorite: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham.
@ParadoxKismet5 ай бұрын
I really want to read Unexhausted Time. You made me so curious about Wintering & that is a gorgeous cover! I don't know why I haven't read Nettle and Bone! If forced to pick one favorite I will pick Babel by R.F. Kuang. Three others in the running though! My least favorite so far hands down is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. I know I am in the minority on this.
@alyssakovacs72346 ай бұрын
😎 you’re inspiring me to pick up the acotar series again 🤔🤔
@EurekaKatie6 ай бұрын
😎Favorite book so far this year: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill. Least favorite book so far: The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. Had to dnf it, just totally interested in characters. I'm currently listening to Less and really enjoying it 😊
@saraolimpia6045 ай бұрын
It has been a fortunate year, literature wise. The one I liked the least (not bad, just alright) was a middle grade book "the train to impossible places". The one I liked the best.. Difficult choice! Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (reread) and the brief lives of flowers by Valerie Perrin.
@Lillyjoy6 ай бұрын
My favorite book of the year is absolutely Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, I loved it so much and it made me smile and laugh. I loved how different it was to most books, like it’s high fantasy creatures they’re doing like the most wholesome and mundane things. My least favorite was A Venom Dark and Sweet
@smileycindy6 ай бұрын
😎 My favorite book this year so far has been A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers and my least favorite has been The List by Yomi Adegoke (bad execution on what should have been a great subject).
@bethylbug75415 ай бұрын
Best so Far: Remarkably Bright Creatures Worst so Far: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 😎
@vieb97426 ай бұрын
39 books read and these are the loose rankings.😎 Top favs so far: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch(nonfiction) Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier (domestic thriller) Carrie Soto is Back(audiobook) Magnolia Parks series (read first two) Least enjoyed books: The Flatshare Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
@mad_at_real_life6 ай бұрын
Love you so much Lexi!!! I can't believe you forgot Thirst, you really hated that book. 🤣😆 However, as usual, another fantastic video from a fantastic booktuber. I also read Bad Summer People, and I think you forgot something in your description, you will have the best time with it if you know that it's just a bunch of toxic rich people in a friend group and it truly is a fun time, if you like that. 🦊💜🤍🖤💗💜💙
@grishmavasoya3746 ай бұрын
So far I’ve read 3 and all of them are favourites. Emily Wilde 1 & 2 and The Ex Hex
@ABetten866 ай бұрын
Great video! 😎 Favorite book so far this year is “Tess of D’urberbilles” by Thomas Hardy, gesh what a tragic story! My least favorite this year so far is “In Watermelon Sugar” by Richard Brautigan, just could not connect with the story. Which is disappointing because it really seemed it was going to be an easy 5 star for me.
@fionaj58196 ай бұрын
I highly recommend listening to Ann Patchet books via audiobook. The Dutch House is narrated by Tom Hanks and Tom Lake is narrated by Meryl Streep. She is such a lyrical author it makes such a difference. Fx
@joannievh20716 ай бұрын
I am so looking forward to pick up some of the books you read! This was a great video- but I wish I would also understand why being compared to a clementine is an insult! 🤷♀️ Storygraph? 😖 Guess I am really becoming less and less tech-savvy! As for the books I read... currently reading Circé by Madeline Miller for a favourite and least favourite would have tonbe the Perfect marriage by Jeneva Rose. 😎
@laceywiththebooks6 ай бұрын
Project Hail Mary is my favorite so far! My least favorite is probably The Unmaking of June Farrow. 😬😎
@laurenschenck53556 ай бұрын
I use the story graph so much fun and wonderful so helpful 🌈📚📚📙📖📖📖📚🫶🏻🫶🏻🌈🪻💙💙💙🪻🌸🌸💚🩵🌻🌻💛🌹🌈🫶🏻🌈📙💙💚🌸🪻🩵🩵🌷💜💘🩶🌻🌻🌻💖💙💙💚🌸🌸
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
Love your comments Lauren 😊❤
@laurenschenck53556 ай бұрын
@@alexandraroselyn aww thanks BBFL 🥰🥰
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm6 ай бұрын
I’ve heard such good things about big Swiss!
@kayhammock6 ай бұрын
What did you rate Poor Things? I've been reading it for months! 😂 Least favorite book so far is Verity by Colleen Hoover and favorite book is Happily Never After by Lynn Painter.
@stacybrown78636 ай бұрын
My favourite reads of the year so far have been Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater, and Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Least favourite has to be Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee. For a book about dreams, it certainly put me to sleep. 😂
@lifewithhollyt6 ай бұрын
Yay! I love to see what books you have read and compare. You are absolutely GLOWING! Oh, also, your phone case reminds me of a recent book I just got myself called Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers. Definitely going to watch this video first then edit my next video afterwards 🙊
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
Aw thanks Holly and OMG I KNOW THE BOOK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! That cover is stunninggggg!
@lifewithhollyt6 ай бұрын
@alexandraroselyn it so is, like you 💖
@laurenschenck53556 ай бұрын
You look happy and love seeing happy healthy Lexie and love ur weekend vlogs so much 🌺🪻🪻🪻🌸🌺🌺💙🌈💙🌷🌷🌈🌈💘🧡🧡🌈🫶🏻🌈🩶🧡🌞🩵🌺🌸💚🪻🪻🌸🌺🌞🌷🧡🪻💙🌈🌈🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🌈📚📚📙📙📚📚📙📙📚📚📙📙📖📖📖📖📖
@alexandraroselyn6 ай бұрын
aww thank you Lauren!!
@laurenschenck53556 ай бұрын
@@alexandraroselyn of course BBFL 🥰🥰🥰
@barbaralemon41706 ай бұрын
Less is one of my favorites! Wonderful novel!
@kristyfolsom32186 ай бұрын
I'm up to 16 books. The Kite Runner is my 5 🌟 for this year so far. BOTM Listen for the Lie is great as well. Mockingbird Summer is fabulous if you love To Kill a Mockingbird. I think you'd love The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez.
@Ms.SpookyNerd6 ай бұрын
Great wrap up 📚☕🫖🍄🌷
@VeraFran6 ай бұрын
I'm in such a reading slump at the moment. One of the books I liked the most so far this year was My husband. Another was Look Closer. My disappointment was I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki. It's not bad but I expected more. 😎
@zpurplejade6 ай бұрын
😎 My favorite book of this year so far is Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. My least favorite has been Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries. I actually DNFed it. 😅
@starlightigniteme59216 ай бұрын
Least favorite Near the Bone Christina Henry Favorites Haunted Forest Tour James Moore & Jeff Strand Vicious Lost Boys series Nikki St. Crowe Every heart a doorway Seanan McGuire
@lisahansen61966 ай бұрын
😎 favorite so far: Kaikeyi ... least favorite: funny you should ask
@vintagelace70766 ай бұрын
I understand when you say not every book isn't for everyone..i read Half a Soul and found it just okay but I know some others who love it..books really are personal. I just read Fourth Wing and loved it and now im on to IRON Flame and so far liking it alot.
@CandiBookishHobbit6 ай бұрын
I started using Fable and love it.
@vaccasfe6 ай бұрын
My favorite so far was Wrong Place wrong time by Gillian McAllister and my least favorite was Seven days in June 😎😎
@CristinaAllegra6 ай бұрын
😎😎 I read 9 books so far and I think my fave was Station Eleven and my biggest disappointment was Sula (sadly, cause I really was expecting to love it)