Best Books I’ve Read This Year (and the worst) + How to Fall More in Love With Reading

[@brickgarden]

Tips for if you have kids and can’t find the time to read: if the book is appropriate, read out loud! I’m reading the Fellowship of the Ring to my boys (2 and 5) while they play. Sometimes they stop to listen, sometimes they ignore me (lol) and sometimes the 5 year old will stop me to ask questions or ask me to keep reading. It’s also a good way for my 2 year old, who’s been slow to talk, to hear words as he’s playing. It’s been a joy.

[@MusclesandBooks]

I love this so much - LotR was one of the first books I remember my mother reading to me (she reads the series twice a year every year) and it started a lifelong love of fantasy.

[@brickgarden]

@@MusclesandBooks Oh wow! I love that! I hope the boys have fond memories of me reading LotR to them when they're older ☺

[@jesseyhoffman1377]

Such a great tip! Reading out loud with family is so fun!

[@nanixxx1157]

Reading out loud to your children is such an important thing for their development of comprehension skills! I'm a teacher and many young children can't read properly anymore, because parents stopped reading with or to them, so good job for doing that! (Obviously there are more things that prevent children from developing proper reading skills, but this is one of the contributing factors)

[@Supercalifragil]

That lovely love lord of the rings, that work and I can tell you my parents used to read to me and my sister and we both love reading ❤

[@StudioLindsay]

Desi: *Posts a bookish video* Me: *Gets ready to add more books to my TBR* 😊

[@DarlingDesi]

🥰🫶🏻♥️

[@Sagaofhygge]

Same here😊

[@calpal329]

Every. single. time.

[@forestwilde9882]

Literally...I opened Amazon, ready to type in the titles 🥰

[@k49821]

For real! Some of my favorite new books have come at her suggestion. Just finished Miss Newbury's List and it was so cute! And A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting was 5 stars for me as well!

[@KMort]

Girl the sit down videos are my favourite. It feels like a sleepover chat.

[@DarlingDesi]

I always worry a bit that people aren’t interested in sit down chatty videos. It makes me so happy that you enjoy them 🥹🫶🏻

[@Horrorzeit]

@@DarlingDesi They are amazing!!

[@MarianneLandry]

@@DarlingDesiIt’s your personality that I love! 💕 So I love any vidéos you make. And it was also great that you sparkled some images and footages

[@Abergie15]

They are my favorite too!

[@JillWilliams603]

@@DarlingDesi do more of these!! i love them!!

[@lisamcfall1210]

I wake up between 5:30 and 6:00 every morning. I open my bedroom window to hear the birds in the garden, make a cup of coffee and get back in bed to read a couple of hours 😊😍

[@DarlingDesi]

That is the definition of my perfect morning 😍

[@Dragonpuppeteer927]

i love waking up to the bird's making coffee in the morning lol😂❤❤❤

[@catiesteas]

I remember devouring books in a day or two when I was a pre-teen. So lately, when I’m in a book slump, I will go to the kids section of the library and pick up a sweet middle grade adventure book. They can be so heartfelt, sincere, and deep-yet-digestible. I have cried when reading those middle grade books like “Love, Ruby Lavender” for how genuine and heart-filled they are. They’re not usually long, and they’re always so atmospheric!

[@nelliecoody19]

My tip to becoming a reader is to make a thing out of it. Go to your favorite bookstore, grab your favorite coffee, and browse the shelves to your heart’s content. Pick a book that catches your eye

[@KathyDubs]

Another tip for getting back into reading if you used to enjoy it: Pick a book from the same genre or maybe reread something that you remember liking from that earlier period in life. That puts you back almost age-wise from where you stopped and then youvcan work your way up to new reading new things. I had a coworker try this (she started reading fantasy from her middle school years) and then she worked up to adult fiction.

[@laurenschmelzle9979]

I’ve just discovered your KZbin channel and absolutely LOVE IT! You are an incredibly talented videographer. My 14 year old daughter asked what “movie” I was watching. Love your cozy, clean content and the reminder to romanticize life! Also a HUGE lover of books and really enjoying your suggestions!

[@DarlingDesi]

Oh my gosh thank you!! 🥹🫶🏻 That’s so so incredibly kind of you to say ♥️ I’m so glad you enjoy it here! ☺️💛

[@viraghorvath1267]

Can’t fall asleep so this came at the perfect time. I hope you’re doing well, Desi! And everyone who’s reading this. :)

[@DarlingDesi]

Aww I’m honored to be someone you spend your evening with! 🥹🫶🏻 Sending you wishes for magical dreams! 💭

[@Taylor1998taylor]

Watching this cause I can’t fall asleep either ❤😂

[@viraghorvath1267]

Thank you, Desi! 🥺

[@spinstercatlady]

As one of your older viewers, I'd love to see you review/discuss classics, cozy middle grade and historical fiction as you used to do more often! These recent reviews all seem so YA romantasy heavy. Nothing wrong with YA, but bc I'm a bit older, it's often hard to connect with the YA romance at this point in my life. Always loved seeing the beautiful Jane Austen editions and Brambly Hedge style books you'd find and share ❤

[@baus7]

Yes to some classics!🥰

[@meganp708]

Thank you Desi for another wonderful video! A tip I've discovered to help me read is to thrift a bookcase from a charity shop, and then decorate it with new and second hand books you want to read, add a cosy lamp, and create your own reading space with warm lights and blankets that helps you feel excited to read at the end of the day. It makes reading feel that extra bit special and relaxing.

[@coralibear3561]

One of my favorite things to do while listening to an audiobook is to have the book with me and follow along. I love the feeling of having my physical copy, but don't always have the focus to read it, so doing this really helps me stay focused and get the same cozy feeling! Loved this video btw ❤️

[@boscarinoma2305]

I do the same!

[@LAJ173]

You got me into reading last year. I had never read before. I hated it growing up, but now i love it. Thanks so much for your beautiful videos

[@littlelifeofbooks]

Reading and chatting books at the same time you are is my FAVORITE thing. Love you!! ✨🥹💕

[@DarlingDesi]

And the way we consistently read books at the same time without planning it 💛 Bookish kindred spirits for sure!! 🥹🫶🏻

[@cxzybee782]

aghhh! I've been struggling with the toughest reading slump so this is absolutely perfect!! Thank you desi

[@DarlingDesi]

I just came out of almost a month long reading slump! 😩 They’re the worst, but then finding that book that gets you out of the slump is always such a good feeling! Sending you all the hope that you are able to break the slump soon! 🫶🏻

[@Kribsen]

I discovered your channel two-ish years ago and you're the reason why I've fallen in love with reading again 💛 My goal is to read at least one book a month and so far i have if not more! I also love the recommendation of books you've done over the years and i've read a good few of them. You're really inspiring and i love your videos so much. Keep up the amazing work and i hope you'll have a super cozy (hyggelig) rest of your summer. Hugs, from an usually silence viewer, from Denmark.

[@maddy-zzz]

Desi! Add "A Dark and Secret Magic" to your reading list for October. I just finished an ARC of it and am obsessed!!! Here's part of the description "A Dark and Secret Magic is a celebration of the Halloween season and a love letter to anyone who drinks pumpkin spice in August and carries the spirit of a witch inside their heart all year long."A warm, spellbinding tale about a witch and the secrets her coven has been keeping from her, with echoes of the classic Hades and Persephone story, in the tradition of Practical Magic and Witch of Wild Things."

[@DarlingDesi]

Ahhh I have that on my list of books to read this fall! I want to request it on NetGalley but I am so behind with other books I need to get read from NetGalley but I'm sooo tempted! It sounds amazing!

[@HistoryFan27]

OOO definitely getting that

[@MyCozyLife-Lisa]

@@maddy-zzz I’m definitely adding that to my list!

[@meganhernandez857]

MISSSSS DESI I have been anticipating this video!!! I’ve been rewatching ur videos 💗 you are my favorite KZbinr. You’re so inspiring

[@DarlingDesi]

Ahhh omg you’re so sweet! Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoy it 🥹🫶🏻

[@meganhernandez857]

@@DarlingDesi of course!! Girl I love u so much!! You helped me discover romanticizing my life & it has genuinely changed my life for the better in so many ways 🩷 thank you for bringing your beautiful light into this world!!

[@baejay798]

Always so happy to see a new Darling Desi video! It’s like a treat

[@DarlingDesi]

You are so kind, thank you for being here 🥰🫶🏻

[@PracticalMagic13]

Did not expect a video to be released! What a nice surprise!

[@mavis5020]

I have one child at school, one at kinder and one napping! It's midday here so I am having a peaceful lunch with this new video - absolutely perfect timing!!! Thanks Desi :)

[@taytum.renee.]

Can't wait for your fall videos to come back!! ❤❤

[@CamHanhKinsell]

it's kinda crazy how nobody's talking about the banned ebook Magnetic Aura

[@nameeman01]

I've been reading it for the second time this year, each time I discover something new. Warm recommendations to any book lover such as myself

[@nameeman01]

I bought it at an online store called Borlest

[@evelynthompson755]

Love your videos. Thanks for all the wonderful book suggestions. As an older person, we often get caught up in work and responsibilities (younger people too), and your videos remind me of how much I love reading and just romanticizing life. It's so easy to get bogged down in the mundane parts of living, that we forget to see and appreciate the magic of life that is all around us. Your videos help me to remember. Thank you. 😀🌷

[@MyCozyLife-Lisa]

Desi, PLEASE PLEASE design some Fall and Winter booksleeves❤ We’re heading into the coziest reading seasons of the year and I’d love to purchase some for myself and as Christmas gifts😊

[@DarlingDesi]

It may or may not currently be in the works with The Bestie Booksleeve 🤭

[@MyCozyLife-Lisa]

@@DarlingDesi Yay! You just made my day! I bought 4 last time and meant to give some away as gifts, but couldn’t part with any of them so I kept them all. The designs and quality are unmatched!! I literally can’t wait to see the next batch. Thank you💕

[@livslibrary]

STOPPING EVERYTHING! Best part of my week so far! 💛💛💛

[@DarlingDesi]

Ahhhh Liv you are the SWEETEST!!! Love youuuu! 💖🥹

[@oliversebastian5353]

I'm currently rereading one of my favorite childhood books called Blackbringer by Laini Taylor. If you were a reader and feel like you've lost it somewhere along the way, I highly suggest rereading your favorites again, especially if the last time you touched them was when you were still a kid. It's always a fun experience to travel back to the worlds you held dear and annotate the books with your new thoughts on the happenings between the pages now that you are an adult with more experiences of your own. It can be really nostalgic, like revisiting home, as you relearn the magic spell by spell, word by word.

[@eilindene]

My favorite book this year was The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. Soooo lovely and atmospheric and full of humanity. It made me tear up so many times from how touching it was. If you like historic fantasy that actually takes the history part seriously, The Golem and the Jinni is a perfect book.🥹💖 Hope you have a great late summer, Desi! Looking forward to seeing your summer and traditional autumn videos! 💚

[@federica5651]

I love reading in the morning with a cup of tea and music in the background ❤ Also, I romanticize reading whenever I can, I use ASMR/ambience videos that match the book to really immerse myself in the story ❤

[@cycletr4in]

Omg i was just rewatching all your old book rec videos looking for the next book to check out at the library and then this came!!!

[@DarlingDesi]

Ahhh I love that you loved Edenbrooke! I wish I could read that one again for the first time 🥹

[@theonlymaryam]

With all the love and respect to u... i think people talking abt betterhelp being not a good service... I think u might wanna double check the trust u have for them as a sponsor :/ really, the number of people telling stories against it is enough 💔💓

[@kittyquinn004]

Yay!!! I’m SO here for more book content from you!!! 💚💚💚

[@windofwhimsy]

Loved this video so much!!! My best reading tip is to set your phone down on top of your current book, then whenever you reach for your phone to scroll it will be a visible reminder! I also carry my books with me wherever I would take my phone 😂 and for me, seasonal TBRs are a must!

[@ladywiththelantern]

Thank you, Desi, for being an internet, reading friend. Life is much richer with books and a friend by your side. The list of books I have read so far is short but they are dynamic. Cozy Read: The Cat Who Taught Zen, Standout Series: The Raven Cycle, Spooky Read: The Invisible Man, Currently Reading: The Count of Monte Cristo and Emma

[@DarlingDesi]

Thank you sweet friend! I couldn’t agree more about life being better with books 🥰 Taking on Emma and The Count of Monte Christo at the same time 👏🏻

[@jeshshe9520]

Another tip I would add is setting a read amount goal! So you could start small and just discipline to reading 10 pages per day to start! Slowly you can build that up! For my younger sister that I have custody of we take the amount of pages in a book. She’s going to read and divide those between two weeks, which gives her a goal to hit and helps her finish a book in two weeks. You could even set the goal to be one week!

[@autumnalfeelings]

Hi Desi. I'm a newer subscriber but I just want to say that your videos have reminded me of how much I loved to read as a child, something I've lost along the way into adulthood, and you have inspired me to start reading again. I'm half way through a book that you actually mentioned in an older video and I have been enjoying it. I am going to start another book right after I finish my current book. Thank you for reminding me of such an important activity from my childhood and helping me to fall in love with reading again. I'm incredibly grateful!

[@Oak-k5m]

I've been struggling with my mental health lately and your videos always make me feel a lot better 😊🌷

[@Raquel_loves_books]

I absolutely love your videos 💖🥹 the last few days have been tough, my grandma is 91 and had surgery and I’ve been with her at the hospital, and yesterday my dog got hurt and needed to go to the hospital for stitches ❤️‍🩹 seeing that you posted a video last night gave me something to look forward today 🥹💖 Thank you for your amazing videos, positivity, and your contagious love for books and all the beautiful little things in life.

[@DarlingDesi]

Oh nooooo i’m so sorry to hear that! 🥺 I hope your grandma will be okay! Sending all the love and healing vibes to your grandma and sweet pup! ♥️

[@Raquel_loves_books]

@@DarlingDesithank you so much ❤️

[@kallistoindrani5689]

I always bring my e-reader to work and read in my lunchtime. Makes me relax and gets me out of thoughts of work. Only downside is when I haven't finished reading a chapter and I need to start again. 😂😂

[@WindingRoadCrochet]

Desi! I just picked up a new book from the library and it made me think of you. It is called From Harvest to Home, seasonal activities, inspired decor and cozy recipes for fall, by Alicia Tenise Chew. I might have to buy a copy because it is full of inspiration.

[@tereziavargova1076]

Dear Desi, since I found your channel, your videos are the first and foremost thing which bring me into the mood of any season of the year! Your book recommendations also helped me after an exhausting year of work to get into the summer mood instantly! Absolutely love you channel! Musical greetings from Germany 🎻🌺🌻

[@beckyr2056]

Some great tips! Especially the screen time being replaced by reading time and morning reading - totally going to use those to help me read more! And sooo excited for the autumn/fall content already!! 😊

[@skylergolombek5714]

Honestly, before i never read. Two years ago i had made a goal to stay off my phone more and spend time reading. My goal was one book a month, i was discourage because i read only 7, I'm dyslexic . I struggled finding books i enjoyed and didn't know what i liked to read. I found your channel and my life changed. I put every book you recommended on hold at the library and i never looked back. I read everyday and i'm always loving getting lost in them. My reading speed has gotten faster than i ever thought was possible for me. I comprehend them more, i enjoy it more and i have never looked back.

[@sleepylen07]

this felt like a hug to my soul 🤎 i haven't finished any books this year cause i became a first time mom and that was obviously a huge change in my life, but ive been trying to get back into reading and i feel like this video came to me in perfect timing. thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it with us 🫶🏻 i hope the rest of the year has many more magical readings for you and anyone reading 🤎🍂

[@avocadosuppe]

My favorite book this year is The House at the Cerulean Sea. Its so cute, so cozy, so sunny. It was the perfect summer read for me and I wish I could read it again for the first time.

[@lisalantz3084]

I read that book and I loved it. I loved ALL the characters.

[@megk2653]

Yes yes yes I missed your bookish content & this makes me so happy😇 This has been my best reading year so far and I’m so excited for what the future holds❤

[@haileydani1230]

So so cute! Desi, I LOVE autumn but I’m not much of a horror/witchcraft fan do you have recommendations for cozy fall books that feel like your taking a stroll through an autumnal forest? You are always such a light to many.

[@juliearmstrong8781]

Hi Desi! What a sweet surprise to see your new video pop up on my feed. I adore audiobooks, listen to books everyday. You’ve given me some new books to check out. Deborah Harkness’ 5th book, “Black Bird Oracle” was brilliant, magical, and rooted in this deep sense of connection to your ancestors.

[@fannybaud2559]

I simlpy adore your simple sit-down book chat videos, it feels like talking to the sweetest friend. You bring me so much joy and comfort in sometimes difficult and stressful times of my life. I love your bookish videos, they always inspire me and remind me every time why I love reading so much. I don't think a day has passed since I knew how to read without my reading at least one line of a book. I have so many books I want to try now, they all sound perfect and just magical! I discovered the Secret garden this year, and oh my, did I love this book. It's one of my favourite children's classic. It is magical. I also adore the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, as wall as the Land of Stories. For romance, I really loved Done and Dusted. This book has a special place in my heart because it pulled me out of the reading slump I was in since the beginning of the year. It's a cozy, sweet as pie and spicy cow-boy/western romance, reminiscent of a Barbie movie. Lots of love to you and everyone in this beautiful community!

[@DalainaRenee]

Ty for sharing I’m trying to finish so many great books 📚 ❤

[@shelleyjennings2427]

I have read so many books since last September because of you! So thanks for that. I could NOT get into A Discovery of Witches though. I TRIED! My reading tip is - if you're just not getting into a book, even if everyone in the world is loving it, you don't have to finish it. If you connect to stories on a regular basis, and you're trying to get into one that's not drawing you in, don't feel guilty about it. It can still be a good book, and you can still not like it. Life is too short to spend time on fiction that's not doing it for you! Thanks, Desi, for new entries for my TBR!

[@elizabethmoreno5393]

My book club has a rule. If, after 50 pages, you just don’t like the book, you can quit reading it guilt-free. (My husband and I have similar rule for movies.)

[@carolsmith6354]

I loved this video. It was like chatting with a friend. I absolutely love reading. It is a time to get lost in the story and just enjoy some time for myself. Thanks so much! You are a favorite that I love to follow. ❤

[@daphsody]

I can’t wait for your fall content! Seriously one of the biggest seasonal events for me lol the tree outside my apartment changed color already and I immediately thought “yes soon Desi will have the autumn inspirational video!!”

[@janeburkhart4051]

I've been rather depressed this summer so I've had a hard time finding a book that works for me. The one book that I loved is Grange House by Sarah Blake. I think you'd really enjoy it.

[@sweetiemeese216]

Just found this book on sale at my local book seller! 💕 Haven't started it yet. What did you like about it?

[@kristyeperez2052]

You have to read “the remarkable journey of coyote sunrise” it’s so so wholesome. Found family. Middle grade. Amazing wisdom and so much kindness.

[@lpeek56]

I picked that up for my granddaughter and I started reading it and I loved it so much and got halfway through it and I put it down for a while and like a dummy I donated it to the library and now I’ve been looking for a copy of it so that I could finish it. It was so good! I’m so glad to see somebody else. Thought it was a great book even though it was a children’s book!

[@madelineking2202]

Currently devouring The School for Good and Evil series. I’m on book 5 and it hasn’t even been two weeks since I’ve started. Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions. ❤

[@janeeyre2735]

“The Parent Trap” (“Das Doppelte Lottchen”) by Erich Kästner, retranslated from German into English by Anthea Bell. The most sweet, poetic, concise, heart-tugging writing I have ever found in a young-person’s book. The way he writes the scene where Luise meets her mother for the first time!! 😭 Fully accessible, gripping, and thought-provoking for adults. Don’t think Haley Mills - the original story is actually set in the German countryside, then in Munich and Vienna… I checked it out after I heard you recommend the movies and discovered upon googling that there was an original story; I figured if it was re-translated, there must have been a reason - little non-English gems like this are the reason this publishing company exists. Reading about the author's life was fascinating as well!

[@arandomwillowtree9017]

Yknow it’s a good day when lovely Desi posts a new video! I would have to say my favourite book of this year has to be The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh! ❤️✨

[@DarlingDesi]

Ohhhh I read that one a couple years ago and looooved it! So whimsical and atmospheric and such a beautiful story! 🥹

[@booksandbooks82]

Excited to check out the Lost Story! (I cried when we read the Narnia series out loud with our kids when they were small, all cuddled on the bed... Reepicheep greeting the others in Aslan's Country...weep! I had to pass the book to my daughter, lol. So sweet.) Have you read the new Riley Sager, Middle of the Night? Curious of your thoughts! Also, love your tips for readers. All good ones!

[@CozyLilLo]

Goodreads is down as I try to find my favorite book so far this year, and I feel like it's because all of the kindred spirits shuffling through right now haha. My favorite so far has to be Starling House! It changed my entire heart haha

[@DarlingDesi]

Ahhhh Starling House was one of my favorite reads last year! At the end of this video where I show screenshots of chatting about books with friends, one of them was us talking about Starling House. It was so incredibly beautiful 😩♥️

[@EviBaeck]

So thats why i couldn’t access it this morning 😂 good to know we are all on there at the same time 😂

[@maddisonhoyt]

Love the book content! Wonderful video as always Desi 🫶

[@DarlingDesi]

I’m so glad you enjoy it!! I would love to make book content more often! 😄

[@Belovedinc]

Slewfoot, I couldn’t stop listening to the audiobook! Perfect for fall/spooky season

[@DarlingDesi]

@@Belovedinc I loooove Slewfoot! I listened to the audiobook last fall and it was one of my favorite books of the year!

[@justasksally]

Love and Other Words was the best book I read all year. Friends to lovers, open door, but not smutty and so so so good.

[@laurarwhittaker]

Thank you Desi for a wonderful surprise! On my way home from a big therapy session and I’m looking forward to watching with a cup of tea and a blanket 🫶🏻📖

[@kallistoindrani5689]

The forest where the phoenix sleeps. I was thinking the exact same thing when she mentioned the cover! So beautiful!!

[@LPS-yp1ly]

I love the library 💕. I have found so many great books to borrow that i would have never necessarily bought because I was unsure that I would like it. They also have bookclub once a month which is a great way to meet new people.

[@sieliestschonwieder1987]

Love the tips, especially replacing phone time with reading time! I turned it around: To reduce my screen time, I try to rather fatch up a book 😊

[@tahliahambridge7458]

My book recommendation is the midnight library by Matthew Haig. It's such a wonderful reminder to live to your fullest. Thank you for your recommendations ❤

[@teellis92]

The Black Bird Oracle is SO GOOD!! I hope you enjoy it and can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

[@DarlingDesi]

I’ve only heard good things! 😍 I’m so excited!!

[@gennybadillonightraid]

I have a learning disability and when I'm outside or with my family I can't really focus I just want to read and when I get home, I sometimes read and listen to broadcast on my phone, and it calms me down thank you for this new video

[@VickiMcCormick-jf5pe]

Hi I just found your Christmas channel. Being as we are Utahns , we for sure have to support you. 😃 I absolutely love watching you and your husband do things together. You both are adorable. Its such a breath of fresh air. There is so much garbage pretty much on a lot of videos these days. Its just so nice to watch wholesome videos, and its nice that you teach us Christmas crafts. Thank you for sharing.

[@mycozydailylife]

Desi! we are always so glad when you upload 💖📖

[@DarlingDesi]

Thank you for your excitement! I’m so glad you’re here 🥰🫶🏻

[@KM-ii4sc]

My tip is to listen to rain/storm KZbin videos while reading - this helps calm me enough when I’m anxious or worried to focus on the reading. I LOVE the hour long version of Roslyn by Bon Iver with rain sounds on KZbin, highly recommend :)

[@stephanieknudsen9154]

Yesssss! A Desi video to watch while drinking my coffee in the morning before going down to the beach. You always have books that I’ve never heard of and I love it! Happy reading Desi! 🩵🦋🌼

[@mysilverscreendiary]

I can totally relate to falling in love with fictional characters and with a good story. I used to read voraciously, book after book. But with life, Marriage, child, divorce, working, blah blah blah lol, I haven't made much time to read. Like your other viewer said, witnessing your enthusiasm for reading and watching your beautiful, artful videos, you inspire me to become a reader again. I also fall in love with TV characters 🤣 Like yourself, I did recently read a Bridgerton book, Romancing Mr Bridgerton but only because I fell so head over heels for Colin and Penelope's love story on the show. So I picked up their book between part 1 and 2. I'm a Polin stan for life now 😂 I am so grateful for your videos. Your love and enthusiasm for books and romanticizing life lifts my often anxiety ridden, depressed soul! Thank you Desi! One day I will sit down and write a list of all your book recs and create a library of my own. 📚 🕯️☕

[@agnesskibicka]

@mysilverscreendiary, an anxious soul here too! Hello 🤗 from Poland 🇵🇱 and my channel 😊

[@uxoaesnal3872]

I think there is no better way to explain what reading is. I love watching your videos because I remind myself to slow down a bit. Hi from Spain!

[@dragonrider4874]

Im doing a 24 hour readathon Thursday with a few other people, and we are so hyped about it!

[@ruleyourfitness]

The Belgariad…. David Eddings. Fantasy land…magic ….twists… emotional …funny bits….serious, mystical, adventure, plays with all your emotions….the characters become your secret friends. it’s a series that I have read so many times for the escapism and company ( written before Harry Potter!) …. Cannot do this justice….once you get your head around the names of different types of people…. You come to know them well. If you had a bad day it will whisk you away from it, you can never be lonely in this series and I have laughed when I really needed to sometimes….. book one ….Pawn of Prophecy…just read it and you will rush for Castle of Wizadry! Enjoy the adventure :)🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jessicajordan680]

YESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Will forever re-read this series!!!! (Not so much the Mallorean but hey...😅 ) The Redemption of Althalus is such a good stand-alone too. My hours get eaten up by Althalus. LOVE.

[@estherhinds6314]

Oh my gosh, thank you for reminding me that I need to finish that book! Near the end of Pawn of Prophecy I stopped reading, thank you for reminding me. It's so good!

[@DRDW]

This was so fun to watch!! I loved hearing all of your book recs as well. So far my favorite books this year have been the Throne of Glass series, now I know why they're so well-loved 😍

[@emelieallred9425]

My tip for reading books is don't force yourself if you're not Vibing with the book, life is too short to read books we hate and forcing ourselves to read bad books leads to burnout

[@margotk4653]

knowing desi fall is just around the corner in a few months... i cannot contain my excitement!

[@liandrih.7128]

I read The Wishing Game and loved it, I'm so excited to read The Lost Story! EDIT: Also I just wanted to say I really appreciate that your making more summer videos this year! Summer is my favorite season

[@cassiebozeman2599]

Currently reading Gone With The Wind and loving it. Gonna rewatch your fall books videos today lol ❤

[@jennyveebaguio8539]

Aloha Desi :) I'm loving all your past fall videos. Please make more videos this fall of 2024.. Take Care

[@LydiahVanLith]

its 6 am where am, but when Desi posts I much watch!

[@themediocrehomestead]

A tip I have for reading is reading on a kindle. Since I started reading on a kindle I don’t try and look ahead and see how many pages are left in the chapter and I don’t feel like I have to stop after reading so many chapters I could just read for ever!!

[@tonyaroche7733]

Oh my goodness. I watched this while folding laundry. I’m going to have to rewatch this all over again so I can take notes. 😂❤

[@robinwilliamson743]

I tutored reading for a couple of years and one thing we taught to help you concentrate was reading aloud to YOURSELF. It helps your verbal skills as you engage both your mouth and brain. You can also experiment with voices or accents to make it fun. You don’t have to just read aloud to children-you will benefit as well! Also, great book choices,Desi! Adding to already too long list! ❤

[@Lillyjoy]

My favorite book this year is Bookshops & Bonedust! It made me feel so relaxed and it was just so lighthearted and made me happy. It really made me realize that those are my favorite types of books and that I don’t actually come across those books very often. I don’t think any book has ever made me feel so relaxed and content before. It also has really nice descriptions at times and I just love the way the author makes you slowly care about all of the characters and how they all become friends. I just loved that book so much and it made me hope that cozy fantasy can be my new favorite genre! My library doesn’t really have any other cozy fantasy books though so if anyone has any recommendations for books like that please let me know ❤

[@TiAnnaHagglund]

Same! All this! My favorite this year as well for those exact reasons. I stopped reading at like 40 pages left because I didn’t want it to end 😅

[@robynrussell679]

Loved Bookshops & Bonedust! Beautiful and bittersweet all at once. Can also recommend Legends & Lattes by the same author.

[@Lillyjoy]

@@TiAnnaHagglund aww glad I’m not the only one 🩷 what are some of your other favorite books?

[@Lillyjoy]

@@robynrussell679 Yess I enjoyed Legends & Lattes too 😊

[@jessmate7833]

Just read caraval series and now I'm going to start on once upon a token heart series. So excited. Love your channel and excited you did a book vlog. Good recommendations

[@michelled.3849]

You are totally someone I would’ve loved being friends with growing up and even after. ☺️

[@Oneleggedninja]

Hey Desi! I’ve always been a reader, but recently my husband has gotten into it too. We have been listening to audiobooks whenever we’re in the car. It started with me having him listen to Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Since then we have been listening to classics like Animal Farm and Sounder. One of our favorites was Candide by Voltaire. It’s about a young man who meets new friends and goes on adventures as he travels the world. He’s a bit like a philosopher knight, who’s fatal flaw is that he is candid and overly trusting. I’m really enjoying sharing books with my husband and listening to his suggestions as well. I highly recommend it! Loved this video!

[@clh81]

My advice for getting into reading is reading about something you love. I love everything that is related to the ocean, so most of the fantasy books I read are about mermaids and selkies, my romances of choice follow couples who meet at the beach, and the thrillers I pick up are tales on the high seas. Also, my favorite book that I've read so far this year is "Things In Jars", by Jess Kidd.

[@crowquillgal1016]

The Griffen & Sabine Trilogy!! Illustrated beautifully AND written by Nick Bantock. Mysteriousl! Romantic!! Witty!!!Letters in actual envelopes you can pull out, or written in lavishly illustrated postcards. It’s a classic from the 90’s and if you love artistic ephemera, especially mail-related, this will have you obsessed!!

[@bookwormsandco]

Loved this thank you! My favorite book this year is Born Weird. Truly different and weird and fun and funny and sad and disfunctional and more. A family siblings saga. A tip for non-readers who don't like to read is to perhaps also try a non-fiction book. A memoir, a self-growth, gardening, hiking, etc etc. Sometimes that's just enough to pick up another book. Especially for kids who don't care to read. :)

[@charlottedonaldson9874]

It really is like a video chat... believe me, I am talking back to you 😂 and pausing to look up, and save, book suggestions to help me back into reading. I wish I had a friend like you in real life!! ☺️

[@foreversweaterweather]

My favorite book so far this year, and I think my new favorite book in general, is Flowers In The Attic (book 1 in the Dollanganger series). I'd seen the movies and thanks to a friend finally now have books 1-4. I really related to Cathy's feelings and struggles being trapped because I'm chronically ill/have chronic pain/have vision issues and because of that I can only leave the house when someone allows me to because I can't go out on my own and so I spend almost all of my time stuck at home. To read something where someone understands how that feels was really special.

[@kallistoindrani5689]

I know, I know, not the topic of the video but OMG, i love her dresses/clothes in those clips in the beginning!

[@alliehamilton-calhoun162]

Waaaay back in the day, my 6th grafe teacher used to read to us for a while during class every day. My favorite book that she read, and the one that started my love of reading was 'The Hero From Otherwhere' by Jay Williams. Thank you for the reminder for less screen time, I need to put sticky nites everywhere to remind myself to puck up a book instead of the phone. I've truly enjoyed your summer videos, thank you!

[@riggs20]

The Girl on the Train was so good! I had to fly from Tampa to Los Angeles and the book made the flight just “fly by.”