Book of the Month Reading Vlog: First Lie Wins, The Fury, Interesting Facts About Space

Reading my 3 January Book of the Month picks over the long weekend! Shout out to the snow day I had off work that motivated me to make this reading vlog 😊❄️📚
2:55 Interesting Facts About Space
9:01 The Fury
12:31 First Lie Wins
Books in the Reading Vlog:
Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Other Books Mentioned:
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
Other Things I Mentioned:
NetGalley website to request ARCs (Advance Readers Copies)
Las Culturistas Podcast with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Little Gold Men Podcast by Vanity Fair
Mean Girls Movie 2024
Mean Girls Musical Broadway
Emmy Awards 2024
Succession on HBO
The Great Gatsby Musical Broadway
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[@amyrose0913]

Interesting Facts About Space is a 5 ⭐️ read for me, too.

[@twentyonereaders]

Yay! Glad to hear you enjoyed it and that other readers are enjoying that main character

[@donniebernard9514]

Thank you for doing this review! I am reading Interesting Facts About Space next after Hidden Pictures and was eyeballing First Lie Wins. Definitely picking it up as an extra in my February box.

[@twentyonereaders]

First Lie Wins is definitely worth adding to your next box! Hope you like Interesting Facts About Space and I never ended up reading Hidden Pictures despite it being popular a couple years back

[@luzarvelo2631]

Enjoyed your vlog! I need to grab a copy of First Lie Wins!

[@twentyonereaders]

Thank you and First Lie Wins was incredibly suspenseful and fun!

[@KirstensKorner]

A VLOG! IM SO HYPE

[@KirstensKorner]

We love tabs 😇

[@KirstensKorner]

Oop ok so Alex michaelexws is NOT for me … I am too dumb for that jazz

[@KirstensKorner]

Kk broke for dinner now I’m back

[@KirstensKorner]

Ashley elston writes incredible YA so I’m intrigued by the thriller

[@KirstensKorner]

What do you do for work?? I’m intrigued and nosy lol

[@AnastasiiaBriukhanova]

It seems I'm the only one who didn't enjoy 'First Lie Wins' 😅 It's engaging but only a 3/5 for me. Love the vlog format! I recently moved to America, and I don't have bookish friends here. Your videos always feel like a conversation with a friend. Thank you!

[@twentyonereaders]

Thank you for your kind comment! Glad you liked the vlog format and were able to read First Lie Wins in the month it was released. I hope the next thriller book you read is a higher rating for you!

[@queenvictoria4237]

I'm reading three picks today. Mine are Bullet swallower, breathless and the family game.

[@twentyonereaders]

Nice - I have read and enjoyed Breathless and The Family Game. Eager to hear people's reviews on The Bullet Swallower

[@Whtpaper]

I love the vlog and how you structured it! I'm so happy Succession won so much at the Emmys as well. I really enjoyed First Lie Wins too. Look forward to seeing more vlogs.

[@twentyonereaders]

Thank you for your kind words about the vlog and the structure! Yay for Succession Emmys and glad you liked First Lie Wins too!

[@user-mo1bu5nu6e]

I just finished First Lie Wins and I loved it! My 2nd 5 stars. First was Frozen River it’s just as good.

[@twentyonereaders]

I want to read The Frozen River soon! Glad you loved First Lie Wins!

[@Ruby508707]

Just loved First Lie Wins!

[@twentyonereaders]

It was so impressive! Glad you liked it too!

[@Thepeejay]

So many good recommendations of first lie wins. I quit the genre kinda wanna read this!

[@twentyonereaders]

First Lie Wins rejuvenated my excitement about the thriller genre!

[@JenniferClark-po3bx]

I am anxious to read First Lie Wins. Lately, I have been disappointed in recent thrillers. My daughter picked it as her BOTM choice and we always have two different picks so we can share. Maybe she will let me read it first. I'm glad you enjoyed your snow day. I am a retired teacher-nothing better than a snow day!

[@twentyonereaders]

First Lie Wins would absolutely be a fun book to discuss with your daughter after you both read it! Agreed - nothing beats a snow day!

[@JenniferClark-po3bx]

My daughter is enjoying it so far. I will definitely read it when she's done.

[@yamilette8180]

I wanted so badly to love The Fury, I loved both The Silent Patient and The Maidens, I was underwhelmed with the ending of The Fury and find myself confused as to what actually happened 🤔

[@twentyonereaders]

Now that it's been a couple weeks I have mostly forgotten what specifically happened at the end too haha. So many moving parts and fake outs

[@carltoncummings6442]

I don’t think there was any part that made me cry in the book of the first lie wins. I gave the book a 4.5/5 due to ending. Book was well written and great as a whole. The ending though….now that’s a different story. It gave me game of thrones flashbacks due to corny ending and the reveal of who Mr. Smith was. Mr. Smith wasn’t who I thought it was so that was great! When I found out who it was, it made sense but I thought it would be something bigger. Same thing applies for the ending.

[@twentyonereaders]

I remember tearing up when the football player ended up helping the main character. I agree I thought the reveal was going to be bigger of the identity of the person but then the twist of what was actually going on the whole time made up for it for me.

[@AmyMoore333]

I really disliked Interesting Facts about space. DNF. Fury was my favorite. It was so good. Books don’t need to be “needed in 2024” they just need to be entertaining. IMO

[@twentyonereaders]

I can see that about Interesting Facts about Space especially bc the specific writing style and narrator may not being people's thing for the 300+ pages. Glad you liked The Fury! I also think entertainment is one of the largest factor in how I rate a book. I think it's fun to mention if it's needed in 2024 particularly if I am trying to describe a book in a video without getting too much into plot or spoilers