Backlist Readathon Vlogs ✨

[@gabihull7973]

I have a suppressed immune system and I so appreciate people taking it seriously and not being in public if they don’t have to!

[@crewriver7956]

you probably dont give a damn but does someone know of a way to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot my password. I would love any assistance you can give me!

[@terrencelachlan1633]

@Crew River instablaster =)

[@CozyGamer92]

I watched this whole thing, cleaned my kitchen during and you're greatly appreciated lol

[@paayal649]

I totally agree with you Gabby! It has been so hard to concentrate on reading or anything else, because my mind is constantly thinking about all this. Stay safe when you are at work!

[@lc11214]

I’m with you on Target runs. I hate going there now. It’s disappointing to go there and see all the shelves are empty. On top of that, it’s hard to be “social distancing” when the lines are so long.

[@missburn]

Here in Denmark they have put "keep your distance" stickers on the floor at the supermarkets to avoid people touching each other too much.

[@ashleytunny]

You’re not alone in feeling stressed. I really appreciate your videos even more this week!!

[@TappaBearz]

I feel your spiral. I had the same feelings. I couldn’t focus on any reading. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay happy us bookworms were meant for social distancing. ☮️❤️😀

[@Kindlelover88]

Even though Covid-19 is taking over the world you and your videos are helping me unwind and relax. I am used to watching your channel and you bring normalcy in a stressful time. I just wanted to say thanks to you and your sister (everyone who is in your life) for this!

[@allysoncaldwell8492]

this video popping up on my alerts gave me such a huge smile ! :)

[@rebekahmackenzie]

I'm glad you were able to get all your stuff at Target. Our store doesn't have much we need. I was able to get three books read for the readathon. Didn't complete all the challenges but that's okay. I had a family thing on Saturday so there went any reading I could have done.

[@thecozycommune]

Omg I feel the exact same way as you. I have such major anxiety with working in food service during this time and I'm so stressed. I literally had a panic attack today, and I'm so upset that the last few days of the Readathon were ruined because of the corona virus.

[@gabbyreads]

We Be Book'N Aw I’m so sorry 😭😫 I’m always hear to talk if you need it. And yeah the coronavirus definitely ruined my concentration when it came to reading this week and it still is.. I can’t focus because my anxiety is so bad. I just want it all to be over. I love you and I hope you and all your loved ones are safe ❤️

[@michellemclane3974]

I managed to finish three books for the readathon. I doubled up my prompts because I knew I had a busy week/weekend at work. I hope you and your family are all healthy and doing well. I'm so happy to see people take this seriously!

[@whatruthreads]

I’ve got major anxiety. My partner has an underlying health condition and it’s all I can do to keep him safe. I live in Hong Kong and the corona virus has been terrifying. Schools have been closed since January and I’ve been online teaching the whole time instead. Avoiding everyone I can! Stay safe and wash your hands and don’t touch your face at all. Look after yourself and make sure you look after family too 😘

[@gabbyreads]

Ruth Parker thank you!! You stay safe as well ❤️❤️❤️

[@bts_vinyl]

I'm interested to see what your final thoughts are on Her Royal Highness. Also, I totally relate to your anxiety over the virus and feeling distracted because you're constantly checking for news. There was definitely more time I could've spent reading, but I couldn't stop going through social media and different news sites. I'm feeling a tiny bit better since now I know that the library system where I work is closed for at least 2 weeks. But it's still a super stressful time. So virtual hugs for everyone 💜

[@bobbichamberlain718]

Yes with all that’s going on it is hard to focus on reading and other things. Thank you for putting out content. Stay safe ❤️

[@tiffanylittle7156]

Ooana Out of Order is sooooo good!!

[@Magicme79]

I’m in Denmark. When it started spreading here, it went horrifyingly fast. The government locked us down really quickly, for which I’m grateful. I have a spouse that is immunocomprised, so we are being very careful. We’ve been self isolating now since Thursday. The situation is really bad for all those people that are loosing their livelihood due to the lockdown, and I feel terrible for them. At the same time, I’m grateful that we have protective measures in place. It makes us feel a bit less powerless.

[@zoeedelaney]

Omg I love your reaction to The Loneliest Girl in the Universe 😂😂 it totally threw me when I first read it too, but I loved it so much!! You also super made me want to pick up The Good Daughter now... 👀 this vlog was so great Gabby!! I’m so glad we got to both be apart of this readathon!! ♥️

[@gabbyreads]

Zoë Delaney awww love you Zoë 🥰❤️ I’m also so glad we decided to do this readathon it was so fun!

[@thecozycommune]

Omg your mom is so stinkin cute!! You all always have so much fun!!

[@trombaba]

I do the same thing with Goodreads reviews. But I try to look at a few of the reviews and see exactly why people loved/hated them...

[@jordanhutson6962]

I had a similar problem during backlist readathon. I DNF'd 3 books but I also found a new author I like. I hear your point about why books might be on the backlist... but I've also read books I've had for a long time and loved them. I guess it's hard to tell sometimes.

[@sabrinasspellbookspens5136]

I still have to get my car inspected this month. Not looking forward to it at all. Unfortunately, I still have work. Though I don't work with customers, I still hear about this from the rest of my coworkers. Management said we weren't shutting down unless it got worst in our area or businesses like Amazon and UPS shut too since we work closely with them.

[@sourgrapes716]

I feel like you’ll look back on the vlog when the panic dies down and be glad to have it as a memory of this historic time.

[@thecozycommune]

I love that nail polish color! Yesss toffee nut! Oh no! Everyone tells me I'll love Before We Were Yours, so now I'm worried. I did enjoy the good daughter, but I liked pretty girls more.

[@beckyduff]

I also read (my first) Karin Slaughter book for the Backlist - well I finished reading it on the first day. I read A Cold Faint Fear, which came out in 2004, so really backlist lol. I really liked it and want to continue with that series (it's #3 haha so now I am going back to read the first couple). It is very descriptive and disturbing but so good. I have 3 kids home ALL DAY LONG with this whole Corona virus going on, so it's actually been harder for me to read these past 2 weeks. But we are home and safe and that's what matters. May 3rd will mark 4 years since we had to suddenly evacuate our town due to a wildfire and we spent a month 5 hours south of our home not knowing if or when we'd be able to go home. This pandemic is different, obviously, and is affecting the world, not just our town, but I am just thankful to be home and safe :)

[@shayydeniece]

Glad I'm not the only one. I finished 2 books and got half way through 2 more for this readathon but I'm totally in a slump now.😣 I feel like 9/10 times readathons put me in a slump which is unfortunate. Especially now with everything happening I could use the distraction but I can not focus on reading at all.😫

[@amalshahinaaz5300]

The love between you and your sister is soooo heartwarming what a blessing ❤️❤️ i love my 2 sisters too. Sisters are the best. Glad you survived the target run😂

[@AngieBee93]

I **just** got done reading 'We are the Ants', after you've talked about it so much. I loved it. 5/5. Thank you for the rec! Agree about Peter's mom. Yikes. Her treatment of Madison was uncalled for. I read 'Before We Were Yours' sometime last year. I also thought it would be really good, but I ended up struggling through it. I gave it 2/5 but that was probably generous. I read the Wayaward Pines series last year. I enjoyed it enough.

[@gabbyreads]

Angela so glad you enjoyed we are the ants!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@AngieBee93]

@@gabbyreads it was beautiful and tragic!

[@tjl594]

Don't worry its definitely super hard to focus on anything right now. I was reading such a good book yesterday but I was in and out of the story because of current events. Your channel is amazing btw!!! Bingeing your videos is making the time fly by. I loved pines by Blake crouch. You have to check out the show if you like the book, they adapted it very well IMO

[@xoxo11040]

dont be sorry for the long vlog; theyre my fave type of vlogs 😛

[@AlyssaReids]

I'm keeping you in my thoughts. I was feeling the same way you were last week. I was really stressed and scared, so you're not alone. I hope you and your family will get through this safely. ♥️

[@lealer9105]

Hi! I’m in France and we’re pretty much the next Italy (maybe w/ Spain too and England if they keep their “herd immunity” strategy) and we’re learning a lot about the virus. So we don’t know why that is, there might be so many explanations (food, medicine, virus mutation, lies from other governments like Chine, etc) but we know that, a lot of young people are in really really bad condition too actually. In the region the most contaminated in France, some doctors in hospitals are warning young people especially because they are saying that 50% of cases are healthy young people in the hospital for very severe cases of covid-19. So people who are the most at risk are still elders and people with weaker immune systems and other problems but no one is safe. That said, by washing your hands, not touching your face, trying to stay one meter (idk how many feet that is, sorry) away from people, warning gloves if you come in contact with a lot of people and everyone who’s sick wears a mask, the chances of getting the coronavirus are much lower and, still, 80% of cases are benign and not all 20% left are deadly. Also, you can not show any symptoms for 14 days... and with drive thrus only, it’s going to be way safer bc you’re going to be further away from people and you can obviously wear gloves and it’s just really really safer so that’s great. I know this isn’t that reassuring but we have to try and not be afraid. We have to choose love over fear, and just really pay attention, take all the steps to avoid it for us and mostly for other people while still trying not to panic (hi meditation, taping, sport, etc). Anyway, I love your videos and I hope you stay healthy. I send you lots of love and thank you for every video you make, it’s just what I need right now! 😘 Also, I was kinda struggling to read this past 2/3 days too and I know A LOT of people who this happened too so, it seems to be something in the air, idk 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

[@gabbyreads]

Léa Sunrise yeah very scary times right now! Please stay safe ❤️❤️❤️

[@brookewright3982]

The marriage pact is good! Don’t give up on it!

[@saracrivolio4678]

You’re not alone in your anxiety. My husband just got laid off today, and so my anxiety is thru the roof and the concentration is completely gone.

[@GwendolynKensinger]

I watched the mini series for Pines when it was on TV, but I could not get into the book.

[@monicamerle1417]

"Another update on how coronavirus is taking over the world". I know is serious shit but the way you said it cracked me up 😉

[@cutie45ify]

You should do some videos for the quarantine if you have one . I'm from Indiana we aren't quarantine yet but it is so hard to deal with all this pandemonium. I hope you stay safe.

[@janetteramos1958]

My company is closed for 2 weeks. I work in a casino so we are high traffic. I love the longer vlogs. I’m waiting for Animal Crossing to come out on Friday. In the meantime I’m reading Jessica Simpson’s book. It’s really good. Stay safe💕

[@whatruthreads]

I’ve got major anxiety. My partner has an underlying health condition and it’s all I can do to keep him safe. Xx

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Your food always looks so delicious o.O

[@concertjunkie973]

Breakfast anytime of day love that too

[@richelleshere]

Thankfully i can work from home, but I also love the fact that I can read when i want. no reading slum yet...

[@thecozycommune]

BAHAHAHAH it always surprises me when your like "yeah watching jacqueline's video" 😂😂

[@robyn8221]

Stay safe and healthy. I’m finding it very difficult to concentrate on anything. I’m an ICU nurse and I hope we don’t have the same experiences Italy has had.

[@jlyn446]

Bless you. I’m an L&D nurse and things are starting to get crazy here at my hospital

[@marijabarbaric5727]

This was my first ever readathon and because of the timing I decided to mix this readathon with historical romance readathon. So, technically, I’m still not done. Firstly, I read Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood and I enjoyed reading it. That’s second book in the series and last summer I read the third one. For me personally, third one in the series is better but I would still highly recommend the second one. After that I read Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour by Lisa Kleypas and I loved it. I instantly went to borrow second and third book in the series. After that I picked up Me before you and I had a breakdown reading it. It broke me completely and I could not function the next day. By the beginning of this week I finished On the island by Tracey Garvis Graves. Middle part was the best, beginning was a bit slow and at the end way to many things happened at once. I do not regret reading it because I knew this was the only book that I could calm myself down after Me before you. I’m still reading but it’s getting harder because of online school and all the stuff happening right now. So glad I participated in this readathon 😊

[@cutie45ify]

Idris Elba has it now too, I'm so sorry to everyone who gets it, I hope you start feeling better and motived.

[@amalshahinaaz5300]

Hi my favorite book tuber Can you please make recommendations (feel good novels) at this time of uncertainty and quarantine we need something funny and light any recommendations would be appreciated

[@gabbyreads]

Amal Shahinaaz yes I should do that soon that’s a great idea!

[@catherinesbookisland4159]

Pretty girls by Karin Slaughter was same way for me.

[@mariagiusti9444]

You don’t have to be so anxious about this, you have to stay safe in your house and that’s it. i’m in quarantine for 2 weeks now (i’m from italy 🇮🇹) and i can say i have more time to read now, i discovered your channel, i’ve read the unhoneymooners that you suggested and i’m working from home. Yes, i can’t see my boyfriend, i can’t go out for a walk, but this will pass, so don’t stress. It’s going to be ok at the end. I wanted to suggest you some books, i don’t know if you already read them but i’m in love, and i can’t think about anything else right now, it’s the trilogy of The bronze horseman from Paullina Simons (the bronze horseman, the bridge to holy cross, the summer garden) you will love them, anyone would love them 😍 Thank you for your suggestions, i’m going to choose another one right now 🥰

[@readknitwithcheryl]

Don't get me wrong, I'm taking precautions! Ijust mean why worry about it? I'm not going to stop living my life because I'm scared. That'll just make it all worse and it won't be worth it. I try to relax and take precautions for myself and others, but I refuse to be panicky and scared.

[@michelleneal2023]

I totally agree. We just need to take care of ourselves and do what we need to do to be safe. Most of all pray and give it all to God. That's all we can do. Please stay safe.

[@catherinesbookisland4159]

You should try Lisa Gardner books. I love her books.

[@elizabethvermuth8183]

I managed to get 3 books from the library before the covid19 shutdown of the library.

[@susannacain3564]

Did you design the backlist readathon logo yourself? Because I love the color combination! Very genius!

[@gabbyreads]

Susanna Cain no I didn’t! Zoë did! She did such a great job with it 😍

[@rosierumsey]

Fellow Washingtonian here. The struggle is real.

[@mslaureenslibrary]

I was only able to get through 3 books. Worst book was Murder in Marais. Best book was the Water Museum by Luis Urrea. It was a hard reading week for me too.

[@TheSweetieDarling]

All my thrillers run together with all my datelines 😂

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

I feel like this video is part Backlist vlog and part documenting Corona pandemic. Last week was the biggest week so far in Corona news.

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

I did find myself getting very distracted when I wanted to be reading :-/ only got 3/4 I wanted

[@divad44]

55:20 lmfao hahahahaha

[@fereshte1317]

I'm sad you DNFed Pines :( It's so good

[@garmene]

I was really excited to read Before We Were Yours but I ended up DNFing it too! It was a big disappointment...

[@angeladesilva5256]

Oh it’s one year ago - well that explains that!

[@ashtonclark5212]

I can't focus on anything this last week or so. The world is a scary place right now.

[@readknitwithcheryl]

I have Diabetes so I'm at risk for getting the Corona Virus, but I'm not worried. Its all meh to me. We've gone through so many epidemics in the last ten or fifteen years, that I just don't worry about it anymore. Not that I want to die or someone I love to die, but really if it happens, it happens. Its weird, cause I have panic/anxiety disorders and I'm fine right now. I may get panicky later on, but right now, I'm not worried.

[@sadiatasnuva4227]

Honey, don't push yourself if you don't wanna read any book.. who's gonna judge you anyway? There are so many people who barely reads any books in years.. we love you the way you are ..

[@blomstrandi1825]

Wow I like it.....😘

[@stuffthings3481]

Ur mum and me have the same slippers lol

[@angeladesilva5256]

Where does she live where coronavirus seems to be “going on “ and doesn’t want to go to gym?

[@mayranava7595]

Is there animal abuse in The Good Daughter

[@baileyhett1592]

I can't stand long chapters! I wish chapter length was something more people talked about in reviews!

[@jennifermarea8011]

I'm so confused about how old you are. I thought you were in high school for the longest time but now that you're talking about how naive that character is because she's only 16 I realized that you might be an adult

[@gabbyreads]

Jennifer Marea lol I’m 25

[@blomstrandi1825]

Wow I like it.....😘