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@NatReads3 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to say thank you so much because I read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at your recommendation and I absolutely adored it. It’s one of my favorite classics now. Thanks again!
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
@@NatReads oh I love hearing that yay!!
@heatherboo13 жыл бұрын
Omigooooosh! I did it. I even added the mystery bottle. I’m so excited.
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
@@heatherboo1 omg what wines did you get?? I told my friend Kalyn there's a wine they carry all about stars and space that I really want to try.
@heatherboo13 жыл бұрын
@@alexandraroselyn I got matched with the “chene cremeux” white, the sweet white Gladiolus, red blend Cactus Park, a Stone Lantern Malbec from Washington State (new location for me!), Nihilist Malbec, Post Haste Albariño (whatever that is!), and a light bodied red Garnacha (whatever that is!) I appear to have broadened my horizons with new stuff! 😋 I can’t wait!!
@toulouse12 жыл бұрын
4:40 A book that gives studio ghibli vibes featuring tea + dragons 5:25 A book in New York, winter and with cozy vibes (like Green Glass house) 6:15 Clean romance with a bit of pining 7:00 Comfort read that feels like home (like Harry Potter/ Percy Jackson) 7:43 Beautiful well crafted prose with complex relateable (maybe morally grey) characters 8:49 A book about books/bookstores 10:16 Arranged marriage where the mc goes somewhere new 10:41 Winter magic 11:18 Will make you believe in soulmates 12:31 Will make you stare at the wall for hours 13:01 Feels like a warm cup on a cold day 13:41 A book you want to hug 14:28 Annoying but likeable main character 14:58 Actually good slow burn romances +forced proximity+fake dating+one bed trope+ enemies to lovers 16:09 Reminds you of childhood 17:05 For fans of the food network 17:45 Unrequited love, friends to lovers 18:41 A nice needed cry (not A Little Life) 19:21 Feels like a dream 20:32 Feels like Crimson peak 21:02 A book in poetry form 21:33 Follows many familial generations (like Pachinko or East of Eden) 22:19 Pure Slytherin 23:02 Large manor house, many ghosts, heroine carrying a candelabra up a sweeping staircase 23:22 magical/atmospheric, fall-wintery vibes, queer rep (not the starless sea) 23:37 Wimpy Kid type funny 24:01 Unique main character (like Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, A man called Ove, The Rosie project) +set in a hotel 24:34 Cozy sibling adventures, no romance 24:55 texting/writing letters romance, haven't met irl 25:39 Building murder mystery (like Lock every door, Only murders in the building) 26:03 Contemporary with magic and beautiful prose sprinkled in, very sad + queer 26:44 To transition from middle grade to YA 27:12 Underrated, badass mc, little bit of romance, lot of action (I would personally recommend this book!!) 27:33 Kickass morally grey/anti-hero female lead, not YA 28:17 Murder but make it funny 28:50 Spooky, parallel universes, tricks, mystery, scavenger hunt, etc. (like Coraline) 29:15 Cool heist (like the Six of Crows duology) 29:36 No plot, just vibes and enchantment (like The Night Circus) 30:01 Magical realism+ some kind of art 30:42 A book that a librarian would reccomend 31:02 Feel good positive book 31:28 witchy book with dark academia vibes 31:53 Middle grade with a love story 32:17 A controversial book that you actually like 32:47 will make you laugh out loud 33:12 will give you a book hangover 33:54 has poetic lines in it (Would personally recommend this too!! Gave me a book hangover) 34:10 Makes someone judge you in the best way when they see you reading it 34:20 Hades and Persephone love story, full of drama, spicy mythology book 34:39 YA game world with some romance 34:56 Sweet holiday romance (like a hallmark movie) 35:23 intelligent, adult, well-written, make you feel alive 35:56 feels like sipping a cocktail on a rooftop bar looking out at city lights 36:15 main character is into astrology 36:41 feels like walking around a field in the early hours of the morning while mist dances around you 37:01 a book that takes place in an atmospheric november
@alexandraroselyn2 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD YOU WENT THROUGH WITH TIME STAMPS?! That’s amazing thank you!!
@franniepan2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated! 😊👍
@visi55353 жыл бұрын
She has such a positive personality, I could listen to her read for hours!!
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
omg thank you 🥺❤️
@OHeyChrissy3 жыл бұрын
For real lmao
@vanessanicole5163 жыл бұрын
If you make a second part of this.. I’d love to see a cozy warm atmospheric Christmas cottagecore middle grade books 📚
@angiec43303 жыл бұрын
Yes please!!!
@vanessanicole5163 жыл бұрын
@A D A H R O S E I love these type of books
@meghanreynolds35643 жыл бұрын
Omg you could make 100 parts of this and I would watch them all! Great recomondations!
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@kaitlynashleigh53703 жыл бұрын
Seeing a 40 minute video from you just brightened by day Lexi! I got hit by a car outside my college campus on monday and I've just been sitting here pretty miserable with nothing to do, and this was just what I needed to feel better
@Laura-bk6es3 жыл бұрын
sending you all the love!
@oliviareadsalatte3 жыл бұрын
you NAILED my request, Finlay is absolutely hilarious 🙌🏼
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
Thank you bestie!!!
@Ashley-gc7dm3 жыл бұрын
Could you do a part 2? I'm looking for historical fiction, lead by women or a romance with written letters!❤
@brooke52583 жыл бұрын
Historical fiction with women leads: Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo The Downstairs Girl by Stacy Lee Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys So Many Beginnings by Bethany C Morrow
@nicolebegovic14833 жыл бұрын
Last Christmas in Paris by Gaynor. The audiobook is great too.
@aliciaguzman3 жыл бұрын
I’m currently reading The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba and it’s sooo good !
@sheilagagliano4543 жыл бұрын
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!!
@stewart3353 жыл бұрын
I’d read dangerous liaisons if you want a darker malicious female lead!
@hannadiana60722 жыл бұрын
I am HOOKED! You are such a soul sister 🤍 Do you have a video showing HOW you read books? Those colorful tabs really got me curious!
@heathersmith85492 жыл бұрын
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is simply magical. Scary in parts and sad but still magic
@ktcrich3 жыл бұрын
🎄 girl, it takes me so long to watch your videos cause I'm constantly adding to my TBR. Your book recommendations have become some of my faves 🤍
@jessicawas30032 жыл бұрын
I would love a book recommendation that focus on platonic friendship love, loss, celebration, etc… 🎄
@manoeksbooknook3 жыл бұрын
For the person wanting a book where the main character is into astrology I would highly recommend Written in the Stars!! And it's a sapphic pride & prejudice retelling set during the holidays I mean what more could you want 🤷🏼♀️
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
Omg! I want to read that!
@mikithompson7452 жыл бұрын
Such amazing books. Another great cozy series is the Pages and Co. series. I love it so much. 🎄
@tash943 жыл бұрын
I love when you’re talking about the unrequited love and say “so proceed with caution” 😹 that part killed me. Love your vids girl! Would def love a part two for this- loved getting all these recs.
@kitkatkc93 жыл бұрын
I will always vote for a part 2 bc these kinds of videos are my favorite 🥰 Also, We Are Okay 😭😭 my god that book broke my heart in the best way one of my all time favorite books, words cannot express how much I love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@vataidalma68553 жыл бұрын
For a book that you wanna hug: Anxious People by Fredrick Backman 💟
@aroojalvi62413 жыл бұрын
Lexi!!! You are on 🔥…. Part 2 please 🙆🏻♀️(me fangirling)… also some recommendations some tropes you brilliantly already answered: 1) stare at the wall…dunno what you read>>> vegetarian by Han kang (piranesi) 2) romance with letters>>>>>love Rosie (this is how you lose the war/ flatshare) 3. Under rated book…bad ass protagonist…morally gray decisions…little bit of love>>>>witherward (nevernight ) 4. Feels like a dream>>>>> metamorphosis by Kafka (bunny) 5. Book written like prose>>>>the white book (long way down) 6. A book you want to hug>>>the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse(a pinch of magic) 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
@linziscarsella67293 жыл бұрын
I am totally fangirling even more than usual because you used my question, and it was your final one. I'm ordering the Nowhere Emporium now! Thank you so much 💋🎄
@evermoremystic173 жыл бұрын
You were BORN to be a librarian Lexi! 🙌🏼 I am amazed at how many recommendations you could provide for so many questions that have been thrown your way! Well done! 👏🏼 Really looking forward to reading most of these recs!
@surenderbeniwal85783 жыл бұрын
Yes yes! This!
@naniisparkles2 жыл бұрын
I am not a cryer! I don’t even cry in sad movies but when I tell you that I was sobbing uncontrollably with The Song of Achilles! That book destroyed me in the best way. I wasn’t even expecting to cry because I’m not a bug fan of romance in books but OMG dis I cry like a child!!
@jennabrasuell93782 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being you, Alexandra!! You radiate good vibes, and watching your videos completely brightens my day
@jenih83023 жыл бұрын
Yay! Great recommendations, I just ordered Fangs and I'm super excited to sink my teeth into it 😉🤣 🎄
@soniciris3 жыл бұрын
A siblings book: Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge (author of The Little White Horse [possibly the most magical book I've ever read]) Relationship over letters: Griffin and Sabine (the letters are in little envelopes as ephemera and the postcards are so cool, a really neat format of book) Laugh out loud: Harriet Hamster Princess by Ursula Vernon. (whole series, don't overlook them for being little illustrated children's books--SO cute and gave me MANY sensible chuckles)
@zephyr22663 жыл бұрын
I never met someone else who loves The Little White Horse as much as I do! But the sheer coziness... The whimsy... The illustrations... The Victorian Fairytale vibes. I read it at least 10 times
@soniciris3 жыл бұрын
@@zephyr2266 oh man, I've never read anything that makes me feel like it does ☺️ I love it so much I've rationed re-reads--for when I REALLY need it, you know? 🥺
@lilaccottage3 жыл бұрын
This video is beyond fabulous! I literally laughed out loud more than once. Definitely one of my favorite book tube channels!
@pipoca9822 жыл бұрын
The ocean at the end of the lane always and forever!!!!
@toulouse12 жыл бұрын
For the book with cosy vibes, winter and New York I wanna recommend Sick Kids in Love. Its a book about a girl with Rheumatoid arthritis and a boy with Gaucher syndrome, falling in love. Its very feel good and the wintery New York setting is pretty important to the story
@kimpfamily99063 жыл бұрын
Hello Lexi! Thank you so much for considering my question and I am gonna drop whatever I am reading right now and pick up your recommendation! Your videos instantly make my day 1000x better!🎄 Update: I just finished reading "A little something different" and it is the most adorable book I have ever read! I love it so much, thanks for recommending it!!
@potternana33032 жыл бұрын
I can really tell that your librarian expertise is shining in this video fantastic
@visi55353 жыл бұрын
Lexi is so inspiring!! She inspired me to create my own channel!! I LOVE HER
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
omg you created your own channel?? WE LOVE TO SEE IT YAS!!
@nonyabizness956 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I wasn't going to comment anything but I'm actually rereading The Name Of This Book Is Secret right now, it was a childhood favorite of mine and I've literally never seen it talked about before. It just feels so synchronicitous 😂 I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good fun middle grade mystery every now and then, or anyone with children! One of my favorite childhood series ❤️
@mintthemuffin3 жыл бұрын
If you ever do part 2, I would love some recommendations of books where the protagonists have amnesia and forget their love interest.
@touringinwonderland8113 жыл бұрын
Remember me by Sophie Kinsella is great fro this.
@leilanibaby39753 жыл бұрын
I'm in here! thank you for the Coraline recommendation! I've been looking for one forever and i will pick up the strangers very soon!!
@susanriley91353 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual! The Time Traveler’s Wife is one of my all time favorites! And I cannot wait for the second Finlay Donovan book! So many great recommendations ❤️🎄
@vanessanicole5163 жыл бұрын
Here’s another.. again if you do a second part!! I’d love to know of a book that’s delicious like wine, warm like a hug and an elegant cozy loft Christmas romance
@literatelyalees3 жыл бұрын
The Time Traveler’s Wife is my absolute favorite book 😍❤️ Love these recommendations!
@madisonltree2 жыл бұрын
Love your personality, set up, and style! So happy I found your channel. I feel like youre style is the style I could never pull off but admire soooo much 🤍🤍 much love.
@alexandraroselyn2 жыл бұрын
Your name is Maddie- that literally rhymes with baddie I already know you can pull off ANYYYY style bestie let’s go!! 👏🏻🔥❤️
@madisonltree2 жыл бұрын
Alexandra Roselyn ahh you’re the best ☺️☺️
@samanthaaiello2 жыл бұрын
I am very late to this video. Can I just say… you are fantastic at taking a prompt or request and finding the perfect fit. Honestly, incredible recommendations. You should really be proud of that ability. These aren’t just books you love. These truly fit the requests, no matter how specific and strange. (No hate to the strange ones. Those were even more impressive)
@solangelicag3 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch your videos my TBR becomes longer and longer 😂🎄
@manoeksbooknook3 жыл бұрын
This video is EVERYTHING please do a part two!!! 🥰 I'm looking for a magical realism book, preferably queer, that feels like summer of salt. 🎄
@ClumsyCharlott3 жыл бұрын
not me adding most of these to my want to read. really appreciated how many books i've not heard about were on this list! thank you!
@chehidaimene67713 жыл бұрын
I have discovered your channel accidentally, girl you have such a beautiful energetic versatile content I'm so in love.. Thank you KZbin for introducing me to my new favourite booktube creator 🧡🧡
@abbey56993 жыл бұрын
🎄Woo! Thanks for answering my rec Lexi! I've had my eye on Spinning Silver and and definitely going to bye it next time around!😚🎄
@BeyondBookish3 жыл бұрын
I’ve added Greenglass House and the A Pinch of Magic series to my tbr 🎄
@juliamellett3 жыл бұрын
Part 2 please! I love this kind of content!
@alyssabarroga65183 жыл бұрын
I loved your recommendations, I listed many under my TBR!
@eyelut3 жыл бұрын
can we have a part 2 pleaaase, i am craving for more rn and if you do, please recommend me a old styled kind of set in 1850s-1900s and some really beautiful writing
@amandadorner3 жыл бұрын
I can't recommend Punderworld enough if you are looking for more Hades and Persephone. It is adorable rather than spicy, and one of the prettiest graphic novels I've ever read.
@mariyajaveedkhan1593 жыл бұрын
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!AAARRRGGHHHHH IT FELT ETERNITY!!!!!guess I'm getting addicted and overdosed for your videos!!!!!!
@alexandraroselyn3 жыл бұрын
hahaha well I'm honored and I hope you like this week's video! 🥰❤️
@Crysta_mchenry3 жыл бұрын
For Hades and Persephone with a lot of drama - definitely pick up Lore Olympus! It’s absolutely amazing. Also - for a YA contemporary that illustrates the differences between healthy and non-healthy relationships, Under the Sweet Gum Trees 😊
@librarylover12603 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for all the recommendations 🎄
@jampsonn18263 жыл бұрын
Randomly picked up "in a holidaze" and am really liking it - it's meant to be! 😄
@kaylee72453 жыл бұрын
🎄 We need a part 2! I read Sawkill Girls and now I need more books with monsters!
@kyeoptawerk93ah3 жыл бұрын
I'm about to read sawkill girls! I'm pretty excited
@emilymoorebailey44223 жыл бұрын
Promptly adding every single one of these to my Goodreads 👀🎄
@thecampinglibrarian3 жыл бұрын
🎄 Thanks, I have added more books to my TBR list.
@fangirlllll36903 жыл бұрын
Another book about bookstores is The Bookwanderers by Anna James (It’s a light hearted middle grade) 🎄
@extraordinarilyalli78483 жыл бұрын
🎄🎁 So many new books to look into now! Yay!
@cocoa32023 жыл бұрын
You should totally make a part two!! I really enjoyed this video! love your channel Lexi!
@beatrizmercado27223 жыл бұрын
Tis the season 🥂🎄
@gabbyreads3 жыл бұрын
I’m obsessed with the way you edit your videos!!! It’s just so good 😍 also this is such a fun video I love it!
@karenjobim57943 жыл бұрын
Loved it! Please do a part 2.
@cathygonzales50843 жыл бұрын
As soon as you said “ Todaayyy is going to be A very fun video “ - with a glass of wine ; You had me ! Lol 🍷🍷🍷 yessss !!!
@EllaWH3 жыл бұрын
I will forever recommend Neverworld Wake!!
@JayleneP3 жыл бұрын
Please make a part two from the batch of asks, I loved this!
@kyeoptawerk93ah3 жыл бұрын
Read the strangers because of your rec! I have the 2nd book checked out and I'm about to read it with the 3rd on my holds list
@chehidaimene67713 жыл бұрын
+ if you are looking for : - A book with a great heist + six of crows vibes - new magic system - slow buuuuuuuurrrrrrrnnnnnn Read : the last magician by Lisa Maxwell,
@seitengeraschel853 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, please do a second part!
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
For your first request, I recommend Sheets by Brenna Thummler. It's a graphic novel about a girl and a ghost who become friends and overcome their challenges. I hope you enjoy if you read it!
@christinaschulz1313 жыл бұрын
@@thatdamfangirl Oh thank you so much!! I will definitely check it out! 😍😍😍
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
@@christinaschulz131 Of course!
@goblinqueen01413 жыл бұрын
I loved the entire Pillars of the Earth series. I am desperate for another series like it.
@bethylbug75413 жыл бұрын
Love Kate Morton! Her twists are the best.
@nknutson7802 жыл бұрын
I loved this! I can’t wait to read all of these ❤ 🎄
@simplykailyn59082 жыл бұрын
Hi! 🎄I’m a pretty new subscriber! I ABSOLUTELY adore your personality and voice! 🥰 makes me feel safe! I just wanted to ask if maybe (if you feel comfortable and you see this!) if you could do your makeup while doing another one of these videos at the same time? I absolutely LOVE your makeup every time I watch you and I just NEED to know what you put on your face! 😂❤️ you’re stunning! I LOVE that I found your channel! ❤️ Much love from Texas!
@marijkevandersype88693 жыл бұрын
Loved the video as always. 🎄I would love a recommendation for a middel grade with a magic school setting but not Harry Potter or Nevermoor.
@kimpfamily99063 жыл бұрын
Hi! Have you tried the keeper of the lost cities series? :D
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
I recommend Keeper of the Lost Cities as well
@rewbaccan.10053 жыл бұрын
🎄 I love this format!
@HollyWood-pm3xq3 жыл бұрын
Lexie, your book knowledge absolutely astounds me!!! You have inspired me to try many other books 🎄
@RoseLatteGirl3 жыл бұрын
blaming Lexi for my never ending TBR lol these books were literally answers to bookish itches I had lol
@astraeclipse50153 жыл бұрын
Such a cool video!! Thanks for the recs
@christineindorf15843 жыл бұрын
I need this video in slow motion to copy all the recommendations. Excited to read a lot of these. One question, is 52 to old to read middle grade?? Love to hear your response!!?? 🎄
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
Your never to old to read middle grade or young adult
@lesleyszilagyi38593 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos, but this is my favorite! Bid love to find a magical holiday middle grade perfect for reading aloud to my kids during the month of December.
@belenycarmensanchez17873 жыл бұрын
You have to read Time Castaways!!!!!
@Camila-rg2lh3 жыл бұрын
yaay I am really excited because I was looking for recommendations for the winter season, since I will be moving to England next month and I'm hoping to have some cozy reads
@cassandraairoldi91083 жыл бұрын
love the video ! can't help but notice you annotate some of your books ! can you have a video on how you annotate your books?
@Shadivt743 жыл бұрын
Awsome! A complete source for the books i'm going to choose & read, thnx
@lynnbraden10443 жыл бұрын
Loved this. You do such a good job in videos like this one. They really show your knowledge of a variety of books and genres.
@giadavallone22133 жыл бұрын
🎄 Very interesting recommendations! I'd like to read an adult romance where the two protagonists have to go through some struggles before managing to build a relationship but NO miscommunication trope.
@Thechroniclesofnari3 жыл бұрын
OMG Lexie! Thank you so much for taking into consideration my question. 😘😘😘😘 Will definitely read Thousandth Floor
@sanjanababuraj51093 жыл бұрын
Loved this video. It was quite different from what you usually do!🎄
@enviropirate13 жыл бұрын
I would like a book that is very much like Brendan Fraser's The Mummy. Adventure, historical setting, high stakes, supernatural....
@sarahperkins22 жыл бұрын
You randomly popped up on my feed and I couldn’t be happier! Btw I’m applying for the library sciences masters program at my college :3
@Sharifa4663 жыл бұрын
The Strangers is really good! I haven’t enjoyed a middle grade like that for a while 😍
@KalynAbridged3 жыл бұрын
Eee I’m so excited for this one! I’ve been on the look out 😍 such a cool concept, and you did an amazing video ❤️
@hiddenrainbow123 жыл бұрын
The greatest SLOWBURN: the Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn. It follows a grumpy, taxidermist man who looks like a HOT PIRATE & a spitfire butterfly scientist woman in victorian London. They learn to respect each other and become Bff's. I binged it, was obsessed. Incredible characters & dynamics. Plus, they solve a mystery in each book.
@aristosachaion97433 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the rec!! I just saw the covers, and I know I will be obsessed.
@LandOfAnatopia3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Lexi!! 🎄
@briannasbeautycorner98663 жыл бұрын
OMG! I wish I had seen this opportunity!!! I’ve been looking for a romance to read while I plan my wedding🤍
@erykah87203 жыл бұрын
AHHH WHEN IT SAID FOR YOU TO RECCOMEND A POETRY BOOK I IMEADIETLY THOUGHT OF LONG WAY DOWN
@WhiskeyBlack7772 жыл бұрын
It takes me twice as long as the video to watch these cause I have to pause, & look up the book & add it to my wishlist lol.
@seukkaseukka95183 жыл бұрын
Can anybody recommend me a 1. Book with an art student falling in love with a guy whom she never met but they're basically pen pals 2.Books about astrology romance (imma pick up star crossed) 3. Books about time traveling about what the main character could've done when s/he was younger 3. Books about past lives 4. Books about next life This might be a little too much to ask but I would appreciate any recommendations and help I'm new to this community thanks Lexi!!! I've found a lot of books I want to read. Have a nice day/night
@thatdamfangirl3 жыл бұрын
This isn't really time travel but it fits what you want. I recommend The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand. It's a Scrooge retelling. The main character died and was sent to this company that picks a Scrooge every year to try to change. Holly was a Scrooge and failed so that's why she died. It also fits your next life request. If you read it, I hope you enjoy!
@salmahm44813 жыл бұрын
3. Time traveling : Before the coffee gets cold. I can't remember the authors name but it is a Japanese author . Features different characters who can to travel in a certain cafe but there are a few rules to be followed. It explores the choices we make and questions, if we could go back in the past to chage something, would we take the opportunity ?
@Greekorthodoxgirl-w2p3 жыл бұрын
I would love if you would review a book that gives off creepy vibes but isn’t to scary, something like Home Before Dark mixed with a Good girls guide to murder?
@niadavid3530 Жыл бұрын
You’re such a light 💡 🤍
@agatajecna82423 жыл бұрын
Please, do a number 2!!! This was so enjoyable❤️ Loved watching this❤️