books that have become a part of my soul (my favorite books)

[@chrysoula5226]

If this channel turns partly into a book channel my heart will be soo happy🥰

[@lornatw]

I love it more when a youtube carries on with their usualy content especially if they're a vlogger but incorporated their love of books in special moments within their videos! Just feels more like a mini girl chat together ! ❤

[@bomathys324]

@@lornatw same! Rachel Catherine is someone who did it perfectly for me

[@e4mi]

YES!

[@ambertaryn]

It was so fun hearing you talk about your favorite books! I love how you’re adding more hobbies into your content.

[@jay-hk6nm]

addie larue yes! thats my favorite book ever, holds such a special place in my heart

[@themindlessmess]

Your quarantine vlogs reignited my love for reading and now I am full-blown BookTuber!! 😂😂

[@daisiesinmyhair4417]

i had the EXACT same feeling while reading bunny!!

[@heybethrenee]

omg i love!! would love to see more book content where you talk about your favs!

[@brookewright5559]

If you haven’t read If We Were Villains yet you totally should! It’s got great dark academia vibes and an amazing story format

[@basicallyreese]

i have read it!! really good

[@v.a.l.i.a]

I never finished it. I'm scared it's gonna hurt

[@dianemayberry1291]

That's so encouraging to me to venture back into reading. It's good for the soul!

[@XxheartaholicxX]

I think my fav book has to be Perks of Being a Wallflower. I thought it had changed but I reread it recently and loved it! A very close second though would be Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. It's so good!!

[@rosessmariie]

Now I need a reading vlog!! loved this video so much

[@lornatw]

SECRET. Love this. Hope you continue with vlogs and incorporate your loves and passions within the vlogs, I love when people do this as it feels more cosy and personal over only book vids (basically no pressure to start making full book videos)! 🩷

[@emilyoftheadamsonyahoo]

GIRL the way several of your faves are several of my faves :,) a court of silver flames is my favorite acotar book, nesta and cassian have my heart

[@raindropchopchop]

this was probably one of my favorite videos of yours!! had to stop the video multiple times to add some of these books to my amazon wishlist ♡ bunny is also one of my fav books ;)

[@brynnjacoby9029]

Reese I love you doing videos on your favorite books!!! I watched this one while having morning coffee and you are inspiring me to pick up old favorites. My favorite Y/A book is Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, I’ve read it through multiple times and it’s such a good book for a trip or an easy read. It’s a hard hitter in some aspects and I definitely ended up crying during some parts. Try Midnight Sun from the Twilight series, and if you want a really great self help book try How to Do the Work by The Holistic Psychologist! Side note I’ve been watching you for a year now and this is my first comment, I’m so excited at all the new content you’re exploring!!! I love all the videos you make, keep being you because you’re such a bright soul!!!

[@Tephcia]

Your taste is immaculate!! Definitely going to read your recs!!

[@ma.l3na]

i bought the invisible life of addie larue thanks to this vid!! i’m so excited to read it

[@maddiepaige7845]

Bunny was an acid trip of a book, in the most delicious and thrilling way 🖤

[@MarisaAndChew]

The books that have become part of my soul are "House of Leaves", "Tommyknockers -Stephen King" (first King book I read and I was like 13 years old! I still remember it), and then "Fairy Tale -Stephen King" - it's not scary or typical of his at all and the fantasy mixed with reality is an amazing balance! I think its my most recommended book ever and I read it when it came out, LOL, as a classic my soul book is "Frankenstein", it is such a tragic love story and also a book that reminds you that your decisions no matter how crazy, can have massive consequences!

[@seigh_rin]

Books that made me cry or that have a special place in my heart : Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo On Earth we are briefly gorgeous Sweet been paste You have reached Sam

[@aristomatcha]

your review on dolly alderton's book SOLD me bcs im not a huge fan of romance either. brb putting it into my tbr list 🤭 & new sub! 💞

[@zoeberrier821]

Yes! I LOVED Percy Jackson I've been meaning to reread the series for a while now! I love the tattoo 😍

[@leahmst1833]

do it!! i lately reread everything and it was purely amazing!!! hit the same as the first time

[@madebyymira]

i loved carrie soto is back and malibu rising by taylor jenkeins reid!

[@basicallyreese]

i have to read those both!!

[@materesalabagnoy5021]

The last series ❤❤❤❤

[@michaelacaracappa764]

When I say I have been WAITING for this video 🎉❤ I’m so happy ah love it

[@AfromexicanBuddhist]

Heavyyy on a rereader and rewatcher 🥲

[@mackenziemarkiewicz]

Bunny is so weird/strange but in the best way, love your book recs🫶🏻

[@ASMRfleur]

Bestie if u don’t start a book club NOW

[@beyourselfstudios]

The PJO and HoO books are the best! I literally reread them every year✨

[@eliskakub]

You are right! Hunger games, The Maze runner and Divergent series are the best. So if you have not read these you should give them a chance: 1. The 5th wave series - Rick Yancey 2.the giver by Lois Lowry (my old time favourite) 3. The testing series by Joelle Charbonneau

[@themindlessmess]

I read TSOA because of your vlogs and now it’s an all time favorite!! And same goes for Percy Jackson!! And honestly, come to think of it I also read Dolly’s book because of you and loved it so much! Oh my! I am having a realization that you influenced me to read a major chunk of my favorite books! 😅😅❤

[@thebuglife]

i am OBSESSED with the secret history and am so happy it was in this video lmaaoo. ive reread it 3 times and have listened to the auto book at least 4 times LMAO

[@lightscamerasashley.]

love this 💖I also adore the secret history, I could probably read it again every year for the rest of my life and it would never get old ☺

[@Devywevyy]

I just finished reading the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo (I know I’m late to the party) but it was so addictive that I read it in three days which says something for me 😅👗

[@annasalcove6512]

Can you make a video about how you annotate your books?

[@JenMorlock94]

When my favorite non-booktuber makes a book video…. screaming with excitement!!!!🎉❤

[@meganweijman8724]

i think you'd also like the lorien legacies series!!!

[@annadodge3583]

I would love more reading content from you! You could start a book review series and call it basicallyreading

[@CelestialSnowFrog]

I’m adding Bunny to my wishlist 🩵✨

[@Halseyismyrealname]

your really good at reviewing books, I had to go through 10 peoples channels to find you.

[@lydiaweinberg12]

The new Percy Jackson book just came out called the chalice the of the gods it’s so cute and awesome

[@mansoor3159]

Reese you are one of my comfort youtuber and I love your vlogs so so much you are my inspiration and I wish you have a wonderful weekend💗🤗💫

[@tialora680]

Love your shirt!!

[@icedcoffeeandbookss]

You’re back AND WITH A BOOKISH VIDEO? YES OMG. 🎉

[@juliehubrick9590]

We literally have the same favorites!! I love all of these books to death

[@christinajones2916]

I remember a few years ago you recommended The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and I read it last summer - Easily one of the best!!

[@anjelicaroses_]

ADDIE LARUE!!!!!! ill scream it from the rafters

[@madalynwatson8351]

I also love YA dystopian and fantasy! Hunger Games was def my favorite growing up. 😊 I never read the Percy Jackson books, but I just read the Harry Potter books for the first last year and I loved them so I’ve thought about reading Percy Jackson. I know it’s more for a middle grade audience, but I still reread A Series of Unfortunate Events to this day so who’s to say! Love to the video Reese!

[@sy5486]

have you read 'dark places' and 'sharp objects' by Gillian Flynn?? I love them more than gone girl

[@basicallyreese]

i’ve read sharp objects! it was good but lowkey disturbing LOL which i guess was the point

[@sy5486]

@@basicallyreese yes!!! The tv adaptation is really good as well 😊

[@TayloryvStudio]

Need a part two!!

[@samanthaholland3136]

I really wish I could be a Taylor Jenkins Reed girly but whenever I pick up one of her books (I’ve read the big 3 - Daisy Jones, 7 Husbands and Malibu Rising) it takes me like a month to finish and I get in the biggest reading slump. It’s super sad 😫

[@ms.addiebee]

Thanks so much for sharing these Reese! I can’t wait to read/re-read ALL of them. Your explanations for each book were marvelous ✨

[@gemmagilmore8090]

you should definitely read heroes of olympus! if anything it’s better than the first series!! love this vid Reese! ❤

[@celested2442]

You should make a Goodreads!!

[@doomsiie]

as a self proclaimed basic b as well i do recommend any book from emily henry!! she's just absolutely brilliant and you can easily devoured one book in one day they're that good

[@MonnyArcade]

The taste ✨️✨️

[@xjfsvx]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE!!!!!!!! Yessss

[@simply_kyra]

Omg if you like percy jackson, I highly recommend Lorien Legacies (I am number four)series if you haven't read it already. It is just so good. also the eye of minds by james dashner (same author as maze runner series) is really really good too.

[@daisiesinmyhair4417]

"nick is insufferable in a way.. he's just a man"😂😂😂😂😂 love it

[@madalynwatson8351]

A book I really enjoyed that I think you might like is Red At the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. It also deals with some pretty dark subject matter, but it’s a beautiful read.

[@azuree4988]

ATTENTION💗💗💗💗 I have to share ! read Ember in the Ashes! very beautifully written book and has slightly love story but mostly a dark beautiful fantasy book!! BEST EVER

[@alyssaolafson2922]

loved this video so much !! ☺️ it would be cool to see you rank/break down each of the Percy Jackson books in the series in a video

[@basicallyreese]

omg i don’t think i could do that they’re all 10/10

[@hkqtt]

You should read “the goldfinch” by Donna tartt! It’s my favorite of all time and worlds better than TSH to me(and I did love that one so that says a lot.) a lot of people r intimidated by how long it is but to me not a moment of it felt unnecessary. I was highlighting something every other page. I recommend reading it on a kindle, made it fly by. Here’s a quote from it to hopefully convince you 😉 “between anomie and trance, inertia and parenthesis and gnawing my own heart out, there were a lot of small, easy, everyday kindnesses I missed out on” that sums up the mood

[@tizjoanne]

You have to read Educated by Tara Westover!!

[@AliceAnnRose]

"Bunny" was recommended to me by youtubers many, many times and I finally read it as a part of my next reading challenge (at the eginning of every year I read a book associatet with animal for lunar new year!) and I was dissapointed :c It was supposed to be a fever dream, but it's just too vanilla... If I ever had to describe any book like that I would give that title to "The Tiger's Wife" by Téa Obreht, "Gone girl" or even "Virgin Suicides". Anyway love those videos from you 💕 (and "Pride and Prejudices" will forever be one of my favorites!!!)

[@hopeconnacher]

Here for the book club ❤

[@nicolesfnc]

I highly recommend "Writers and Lovers" by Lily King for a relatable/realistic depiction of anxiety! It is technically a romance book but the romance is secondary to the MC's growth and learning how to navigate life through grief and hardships. I think you'd really like it! 🤍

[@basicallyreese]

yes i did read that!! i really liked it

[@livtupi]

I think about the secret history everyday too aaaaaaa hahaha but what's funny is that i read another book by the same author, the little friend, and i LOVED IT WAAAY MORE but still the one i think about most often is the secret history

[@katesally4584]

I love the book The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington! Anyone interested should read it. 😊

[@HannahDIK]

One of my all time favourites is “Memoirs of a Geisha” it’s fiction but I totally thought it was a true story when I read it. It’s the life story of a girl growing up in Japan and her highs and lows and triumphs.

[@user-qu8zs7vs1x]

I highly recommend Geisha of Gion, the true story that the author of Memoirs of a Geisha actually stole. Memoirs of a geisha is very problematic and not historically accurate at all

[@escapefromreality13]

Oh Reese.. how I didn't know I needed this video. I honestly stayed and listened to you while looking at my bookshelf with so much love, and seeing everything you mentioned. I had a lot of booktubers I watched in 2016-2017, but I slowly stopped, and this video... OMG, chef's kiss! I feel inspired to read again, as my job is so time consuming, so thank you!

[@mauracook03]

my absolute favourite book of all time is the invisible life of addie larue, i want to get a tattoo of the constellation! i also adore a court of silver flames, heir of fire, six of crow, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, and the priory of the orange tree!

[@basicallyreese]

omg a tattoo of the constellation would be amazing

[@themindfullone]

You should read Parable of the Sower!

[@Ivssha]

Thanks for sharing

[@Maroon58]

Agree about Addie! I loved it but my sister and mom did not. Also, loved Song of Achilles. I’ve had Little Life on my tbr for two years but am always hesitant to read it. I’m starting ACOTAR next month. I have all the books and am excited to read it. I read the first book a few years ago and need to re-read it.

[@lweeynm7846]

you should read lonely castle in the mirror by mizuki tsujimura. It has magic, realism a little mystery / guessing and it made me cry

[@courtmarchetti6388]

I'm re-reading hunger games rn and wtf how are these so good?????????????

[@courtmarchetti6388]

also you've GOT to read A Man Called Ove. It'll tear you up in the best way

[@basicallyreese]

i just reread them a month or so ago and they blew my mind all over again

[@jordantaylor3182]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Normal People are tied for my favorite book of all time. I have not read Seven Husbands, Pride and Prejudice, or A Secret History yet, but all three of them are on my list to annotate!

[@guadagutmann]

I think you're gonna love Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell. I don't usually read those kind of books but thiss is magic :)

[@annabankston5884]

have you read any sally rooney books?? i love a lot of the books you mentioned and she’s one of my fav authors! plus they’re all set in ireland which is so fun

[@basicallyreese]

i have read normal people! i like the book but don’t ~love it~ simply because i hate miscommunication which is what the entire book is about🥲 but i love her writing and the characters (and the tv series!)

[@annabankston5884]

@@basicallyreese i would recommend her book “beautiful world, where are you?” if you want the great writing and characters but with more of a “happy” ending in comparison to her other books!

[@fionarachel6443]

If you loved the song of Achilles, definitely read ‘The silence of the girls’!!!

[@phoebebridge]

everything i know about. love is the.best.book.ever.

[@thedarkmjollnirgodofthunde7442]

You should give manga a try I recommend dandadan,chainsaw man, jujutsu kaisen, choujin x, and hells paradise. They are very good reads and the art is beautiful.

[@jamunabuchanan5042]

omg I loved song of Achilles it changed my brain chemistry 😅

[@charlottemcpherson6610]

do you have a good reads?? would love to add you ☺️💞

[@yasemintopuz]

Please read Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn. I think you will love it

[@hannahtatehaidle]

Pleaseeeeee read the mortal instrument series, the infernal devices, and anything else Cassandra Clare!!!!! We have the exact same taste in book genres and I really think you would love her books! She’s my favorite author. I have a certain order I recommend people to read the mortal instruments/infernal devices series’ so if you’re interested I can let you know! But they are my FAVORITE Edited to add that I LOVE this video and am all for you doing more book videos!!!

[@basicallyreese]

i have read the first book! it was good but i guess i’ll have to read the rest hehe

[@camillarendalsvik]

I literally own eight of these books, but only read one of them… My tbr is out of control

[@alyssaisawesome3795]

PLEASE read the throne of glass series by sarah j maas. in my opinion it’s much better than the a court of thrones and roses series as a whole

[@mxdhatter]

OMG RICK RIORDAN SUPREMACY, btw who‘s your favorite between the characters who get added in Heroes Of Olympus?

[@basicallyreese]

oh man i love leo he’s so funny

[@ofuchi]

it's almost criminal how no one mentions An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. 4 books and each one so dang good. ALSO RED QUEEN BY VICTORIA AVEYARD. Those two series >>>>>>> Honorable mention The Wrath and the Dawn by Reneé Ahdieh. All these three series have a touch of enemies to lovers (sawwrii that trope is just too delicious) but mainly focus on strong women leads fixing the world.

[@ofuchi]

same w the lunar chronicles by marissaa meyer. love love LOVEE

[@salmayasser9738]

I wonder if you read all the bright places? and what do you think of it?💗

[@basicallyreese]

no but i saw the movie! been meaning to read the book

[@AuthorJgDow]

Try Cracking Ibiza!

[@SavStClaire]

I’m so happy another 20 something love Percy Jackson as much as I do. I read it for the first time when I was in grade 4 and then and there, I decided the Greek Gods were the real deal. Went home and told my parents that was my new religion 😂

[@monoowa]

have you ever thought of making a podcast?? i feel like you would be so good at it and i would be really interested to listen !

[@basicallyreese]

i have actually!! i need to structure my life better to add it in lol but it’s always something i’ve wanted to dk

[@miikasauruss5784]

You should listen to The Newest Olympian podcast!! As a fellow 20-somethings Percy Jackson fan I can say it is sooooo good!!!

[@basicallyreese]

omg yes

[@icedcoffeeandbookss]

Two hundred a year?! I wish.

[@mjrwhitaker]

Where can I buy this top 🥹

[@basicallyreese]

my friend bought it for me but i think etsy!!

[@hannahelizabeth333]

omg liked at 444 AND just saw that there were 44 comments before this one.... i am so cool.

[@basicallyreese]

AND i’m wearing a 444 necklace😌

[@mennatallahahmed483]

Need your Goodreads account

[@katymichele28]

love the bookish content!! 🥰 i’m a brand new author and would love to share my debut romance novel with you!! 💜🫶🏼