✨ EVERY BOOK I'VE READ SO FAR! | Spring Quarterly Reading Review and Wrap Up! ✨

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QOTD: What are the best and worst books you've read so far this year?
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Books Mentioned:
Literary Fiction
🌼 Mrs. S
🌼 Big Swiss
🌼 Poor Things
🌼 Less
🌼 Greta and Valdin
🌼 The Dutch House
🌼 Fruit of the Dead
Contemporary Fiction
🌼 Bad Summer People
Horror
🌼 Bloom
Poetry and Short Story Collections
🌼 Unexhausted Time
🌼 What we Talk About When we Talk About Love
🌼 Bliss Montage
🌼 The Orange
Nonfiction
🌼 The Art Thief
🌼 Wintering
Translated Work
🌼 Dogs of Summer
🌼 My Husband
🌼 Thirst
Fantasy
🌼 This Poison Heart
🌼 A Court of Thorns and Roses
🌼 A Court of Mist and Fury
🌼 Nettle and Bone
🌼 The Ogress and the Orphans
🌼 Assistant to the Villain
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[@aamnahere6250]

Your videos always lift up my spirits. I love the passion that you have for books and the joy you get while talking about them. You're the extroverted angel for my introverted self lol. I am currently reading 'Pachinko' by Min Jin Lee and loving it so far. The best book I've read in April is 'Think of a Number' by John Verdon. If you're looking for a great thriller, it'll be quite hard to put down 😎

[@alexandraroselyn]

This is so incredibly sweet omg thank you 😭😭😭 and also I’ve heard great things about that book!!

[@aamnahere6250]

@@alexandraroselyn You're welcome :)

[@_ashleylh]

Thank you for the wrap up. You are truly one of the best reviewers on KZbin so your reviews are some of my favorite videos. You cannot make me pick one favorite of the year so far lol. I was on a huge fantasy kick all winter so my favorites of 2024 so far are: "The Will of the Many", "A Court of Mist and Fury" (I read the whole series in March and I am so glad I did) and "A Dowry of Blood". Favorites in other genres were "The Secrets We Kept" and "Oona Out of Order". My least favorites were more disappointing to me. I am really sad about them both because I really wanted to like them: "VenCo" and "The Wishing Game". I am moving into a literary and contemporary mood so I expecting a good time in the coming months!

[@suchafaff]

yay for the storygraph! you can even import everything you previously tracked on goodreads, so you get even more fun stats for past reading years :)

[@mlleChesca]

Omgggg the necklace 😍😍😍

[@katiecobb2592]

I just want to say how much I love these recommendations!! I haven’t heard of a lot of them and it’s so refreshing. I also appreciate how many genres you picked from! Thank you :) 😎

[@melissamcconnell6618]

ACOTAR is my favorite series ever. I cannot wait to see your VLOG on this.

[@Angela-hy2ze]

I’ve dnf’d so many books this year, but I just started A Court of Mist and Fury and I can’t sit it down! 💜 😎

[@madsisreading]

Your videos are always so fun! I need to watch more of them again

[@Sagaofhygge]

How could I not stay until the end?!😎 Lovely vid💜 This year I read Divine rivals & Ruthless vows and just loved that series with my whole heart💜 Also Fourth wing and Heartless hunter (the Crimson moth) were amazing. Read a few classics that didn’t do it for some reason.

[@bykensie]

😬😬

[@rbryant1234567845678]

I always look forward to your videos Lexi, I swear they lift up my spirits when I need great book recommendations or a good giggle. ❤

[@starlasell5698]

Yay, I picked up Less at the thrift store a few weeks ago!! ❤📚❤️ Loved hearing your reviews of the books you read.

[@lauraa1345]

Oh I love wrap up videos and I'm so excited to find out what you have read so far this year, Lexi 🥰

[@felicidadlopez1675]

🤓😎 I literally have to say you have got to be my favorite Book-tuber. I can sit here and get all the books you review and recommend if you let me lol Which btw I have so far read a few you have reviewed and I’ve loved them. The way my wallet trust you now its wild 😂 Thank you so much for sharing your love of books with the rest of us.

[@LibraryBandit]

Thank you for sharing another reviews video with us, even thought I'm sure you weren't feeling up to it at times. It hurts my heart to see you so down and so blue. Truly hope and pray for the best for you. Take care of yourself as best as you can, and show yourself buckets full of grace. There are a lot of strangers on the Internet who care about you, for whatever that's worth!

[@alexandraroselyn]

This is so sweet omg thank you 🥹❤️❤️❤️

[@ryreads]

Added a ton to my TBR thanks so much!!!

[@mollypopplewell1655]

😎 I was so excited when I saw the notification for this! I haven't read any of these so it's great to add more books to my ever growing TBR list! 😆

[@jampsonn1826]

Lexi! I've fallen off my reading train lately and am just now getting back into booktube vids again. Happy to still see you here! Great recs as always. Even though you didn't like it, The Dutch House actually sounds really interesting so I might pick it up!

[@Megan.eco-Instinct]

oooo I am so bummed to hear what you think of Mrs. S. I am literally starting that tonight. I was really looking forward to some good ol' lit fiction with a semi-steamy sapphic subplot. I'll will get into it and see how it goes :)

[@Anna-dp8ee]

It’s always a good day when there’s a Lexi video 🥰 my top favorites so far this year are Nettle & Bone, Wayward Children series and Unmaking of June Farrow 😍

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great wrap up 📚☕🫖🍄🌷

[@georgiefarr1094]

I've only read 2 books in April because I'm going to America on Wednesday 1st May to visit my sister and brother in law and reading has not been my priority lately but when I come back from America, I will get back into it 🩷🩷

[@alexandraroselyn]

ooo sounds like you're having fun!

[@laurengoode4195]

This was a great reminder of how much fun I have had with our book club books so far this year! 😎😎 It’s only getting better with June Farrow- that book was amazing.

[@jesshilton1977]

😎 I will put some of these on my TBR. I also LOVED A Court of Mist and Fury. Welcome to Steam Town ☺️ Loved it!

[@HollysBookishRealm]

Yay! I love to see what books you have read and compare. You are absolutely GLOWING! Oh, also, your phone case reminds me of a recent book I just got myself called Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers. Definitely going to watch this video first then edit my next video afterwards 🙊

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aw thanks Holly and OMG I KNOW THE BOOK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! That cover is stunninggggg!

[@HollysBookishRealm]

@alexandraroselyn it so is, like you 💖

[@blfrankwriter]

My favorite book of the year thus far has to be My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. New favorite book of all time. And my least favorite has to be a book I DNFed which was A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson who is the daughter of the infamous BTK killer. It felt like reading her diary and a lot was very boring a repetitive. Thank you for the new video, I loved the wrap up. But...if I could make one suggestion...can there be different background music? The past couple videos have used the same intro song on repeat and after awhile it gets distracting because my brain goes "Is this the same song that has been playing for like 14 minutes straight?". I also miss you vlogs, they are always so much fun 😎

[@kyeoptawerk93ah]

I've only used storygraph since i want to lessen my money/time into amazon so i will def follow you on there! Ive had a great time using storygraph

[@lauraa1345]

I'm reading the acotar series for the first time rn and I'm currently at acomaf! I hppe I'm gonna like it as much as you did😎

[@pepper6528]

You were SO right!! Just picked up Practical Magic at Barnes and Noble. It's everything you promised it would be. Thanks for all you do! Appreciate all your insightful and uplifting videos 🕶📚🍣🍿

[@artbyamyk1000]

😎 Great video Lexi! I always enjoy your videos! The book I read this year and liked the least was The Buried and the Bond by Rochelle Hassan, there was just something off about it for me, didn't end up caring about the characters. My favorite book so far this year is A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross. I loved everything, the characters, the magic, this strange island they are living on. It was magical and I loved it!

[@Lauren-de3wi]

TOO many favourites this year! Fantasticland, Mead Mishaps series, and continuing on with the Wayward Children… so many 5 stars so far!

[@udishaverma7862]

So far this year, My most fav is The ten thousand doors of january by Alex E. Harrow. And the least fav was The sign of four unfortunately, i really wanted to love it but didn't enjoy it as much. And here you go 😎

[@alyssakovacs7234]

😎 you’re inspiring me to pick up the acotar series again 🤔🤔

[@alyssaaddisoncozzens]

Lexi my husband and I recently took a trip to Knoxville, TN and I got to experience my first McKay's! I always love seeing your finds from there 😊

[@claudiapatton9613]

😎😎😎. I have to tell you, my favorite book so far this year is The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. It is amazing…atmospheric, magical, hopeful. Please pick this book up absolutely read it soon.

[@daylasimeone336]

I wondered if you had ever read the ACOTAR series! I just finished book 4. I admit, didn't think I would like them at all (not my usual thing). But they really are fun. And that second book, YES!!!

[@user-pj4mg1gf4v]

nettle AND bone will forever be my fav book

[@morganelizabeth534]

You influenced me to instantly go to the store & pick up Fruit of the Dead- so intrigued

[@TheGardenOfReading]

I absolutely love the way you review books . 💕 You can tell you take away things from the books you read . You put a lot of passion and heartfelt words into your reviews for the books you read 📖 and I love that, your love of books radiates off of you 🤗 I definitely have a lot of books on my wishlist of books to buy from books you have bought/ recommended so thank you for that ! 🥰 My favorite book of all time is the Twisted series by Ana Huang 💕😎 As for my least favorite 🤔 I feel like every book I have been reading lately is really good . There is only one book I have ever DNF’d in my life and that book was sooo boring I can’t even remember the title of the book lol 😆

[@stefanienordstrom6750]

What a fun wrap up! I would love to know more about how you are liking Storygraph! Fav of the year so far is hard to choose! Is it Amina al-Sirafi? Maybe June Farrow? Also Far From the Madding Crowd! Least fav was Ten Birds that Changed the World, but like only because it told me truths that I did not like hearing - so not the book's fault? I still gave it a 3 star so... 😎🦊

[@Gracieroseyxox]

🥸 Fave book : the dead romantics. Least fave: iron flame

[@pavithrapraveen783]

Such a great video. 1. My fvt book so far is Jane Eyre and Goat days 2. Least fvt Pamela and Look Back in Anger 😎

[@tanyaembly7630]

Love your videos. 😎

[@andthatsondana]

My favorite of the year so far was the last book in “The Gifts” trilogy, Every Gift a Curse! I love love that series so much. My least favorite book would be the second book in the “No Safety in Numbers” trilogy, No Easy Way Out. It was 500 pages of boring filler and I gave it one star 😭

[@raquelrichards7162]

and now i want to start fruit of the dead you give such good book reviews :)

[@heyyheyypaula]

I’m having a really good reading year so far! I’ve read 18 books and have pretty much liked them all. Favorites are The Cherry Robbers, The Unmaking of June Farrow, and the Book of the Most Precious Substance.

[@megankane4147]

This video has just brightened my day 😊 and to top it all off the new Library in my hometown of Kilkenny, Ireland has finally open its doors 💜One of my favourite books so far this year is Y/N by Esther Yi and currently listening to the audiobook of One Day by David Nicholls

[@souffoue]

Favorite book so far is hard cuz I have like 3 that are tied 😂 Worst is easier: When She Returned by Lucinda Berry Love your videos 😎

[@krisprepolec5616]

😎 so glad that you found Wintering when you needed it. A good when to do next might be Bittersweet by Susan Cain. I definitely recommend the audiobook. This totally spoke to the part of my personality that enjoys the poignant and it may appeal to you as well :-)

[@mckennaraulston6173]

I'd love a video of the different book awards and what they exactly mean!! Maybe when they were created. Things like that.

[@procaffeinate_withbooks]

I am doing some weird reads this year too.. going off really well so far

[@creativehope557]

I loved this video so much! 💞 My favorite book this year has to be A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams and least favorite is probably Death Valley by Melissa Broder (a DNF, I just got so bored!)

[@barbaralemon4170]

Less is one of my favorites! Wonderful novel!

[@janetnicole377]

Great video Lexi!😎 My favorite this year is The Women by Kristin Hannah!💗 My least favorite is The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins.🥴

[@Iced.Coffee__]

😎 Fav books of the year so far are The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling and Twisted Love by Ana Huang. Least fav book is The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 😢 The ending was so violent and traumatizing. I am currently reading Miss Benson’s Beetle and it is such a good one. It is an emotional roller coaster ride and oh my God! It is so hilarious.

[@jamiogonowski37]

😎 Added tons to my tbr! Hate that the Dutch house wasn’t a great read because I loveddd the cover. I’ll probably end up skipping it because no body seems to like it! I love Kelly Barnhill. I know it’s her most popular book, but if you haven’t read “the girl who drank the moon” yet, it’s a fun time. I really need to check t kingfisher because I feel like everyone is raving about them this month, and I had never heard of them! I feel very out the loop lol considering how big their backlist is! This Poison Heart’s cover is gorgeous and sounds so good so I’m definitely going to have to get that from the library this week. Great video!!!❤

[@Kristinna_and_the_Books]

Hi 😎 I absolutely loved your video, so funny. My favorite book this year (so far) is “The Echo of Old Books”, and my least favorite is “House of Sky and Breath” ( I am definitely falling out of love with Sarah J. Mass books) ✌️

[@saraolimpia604]

It has been a fortunate year, literature wise. The one I liked the least (not bad, just alright) was a middle grade book "the train to impossible places". The one I liked the best.. Difficult choice! Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (reread) and the brief lives of flowers by Valerie Perrin.

[@Vanquished24]

I love storygraph!

[@fionaj5819]

I highly recommend listening to Ann Patchet books via audiobook. The Dutch House is narrated by Tom Hanks and Tom Lake is narrated by Meryl Streep. She is such a lyrical author it makes such a difference. Fx

[@ReadingNymph]

Im reading My Husband currently, I'm liking it so far My favourite has to be Last Tale of The Flower Bride 😎

[@ParadoxKismet]

I really want to read Unexhausted Time. You made me so curious about Wintering & that is a gorgeous cover! I don't know why I haven't read Nettle and Bone! If forced to pick one favorite I will pick Babel by R.F. Kuang. Three others in the running though! My least favorite so far hands down is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. I know I am in the minority on this.

[@CandiBookish]

I started using Fable and love it.

[@HelenaTheeCarat]

My favourite book I read this year was girl, goddess, queen. Also a persephone retelling and I loved it. 5 stars. Then my least fav has to be a clash of steel. It just isn‘t my cup if tea. It isn‘t bad and the era and place is amazing but it just didn‘t grip me at all.

[@kristyfolsom3218]

I'm up to 16 books. The Kite Runner is my 5 🌟 for this year so far. BOTM Listen for the Lie is great as well. Mockingbird Summer is fabulous if you love To Kill a Mockingbird. I think you'd love The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez.

[@roxannejoncas]

Most fun 💛 Starter Villain by John Scalzi 😎 Least fav: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

[@joannievh2071]

I am so looking forward to pick up some of the books you read! This was a great video- but I wish I would also understand why being compared to a clementine is an insult! 🤷‍♀️ Storygraph? 😖 Guess I am really becoming less and less tech-savvy! As for the books I read... currently reading Circé by Madeline Miller for a favourite and least favourite would have tonbe the Perfect marriage by Jeneva Rose. 😎

[@shellkay]

My favorites so far this year: classic -Watership Down, literary/historical-The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Mystery/thriller-Sometimes I lie …& least favorites/DNF: Assistant to the Villain & Birnam Wood

[@bettysleeth7145]

first time watching your video...loved it! My favorite of the year so far is Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon and my least favorite is The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng.

[@lauracerezo7623]

😎 best book audiobook so far.. The Covenant of Water! The Black witch Chronicles is very enjoyable too! Divine Rivals! Tilly in technicolor and House in the cerulean sea.. All 5s for me! Thank for your recommendations!

[@esliet]

Your top 5 I need on my list. My favorite book this year is The Little Liar 😎

[@kate98765]

T Kingfisher is so great, so funny

[@vintagelace7076]

I understand when you say not every book isn't for everyone..i read Half a Soul and found it just okay but I know some others who love it..books really are personal. I just read Fourth Wing and loved it and now im on to IRON Flame and so far liking it alot.

[@laurenschenck5355]

You look happy and love seeing happy healthy Lexie and love ur weekend vlogs so much 🌺🪻🪻🪻🌸🌺🌺💙🌈💙🌷🌷🌈🌈💘🧡🧡🌈🫶🏻🌈🩶🧡🌞🩵🌺🌸💚🪻🪻🌸🌺🌞🌷🧡🪻💙🌈🌈🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🌈📚📚📙📙📚📚📙📙📚📚📙📙📖📖📖📖📖

[@alexandraroselyn]

aww thank you Lauren!!

[@laurenschenck5355]

@@alexandraroselyn of course BBFL 🥰🥰🥰

[@grishmavasoya374]

So far I’ve read 3 and all of them are favourites. Emily Wilde 1 & 2 and The Ex Hex

[@lizball90]

this Fruit of the Dead review is one of the best things I have ever seen on booktube 😅

[@laurenschenck5355]

I use the story graph so much fun and wonderful so helpful 🌈📚📚📙📖📖📖📚🫶🏻🫶🏻🌈🪻💙💙💙🪻🌸🌸💚🩵🌻🌻💛🌹🌈🫶🏻🌈📙💙💚🌸🪻🩵🩵🌷💜💘🩶🌻🌻🌻💖💙💙💚🌸🌸

[@alexandraroselyn]

Love your comments Lauren 😊❤

[@laurenschenck5355]

@@alexandraroselyn aww thanks BBFL 🥰🥰

[@katiea1760]

Wait… I still don’t get the fruit.

[@Monicaurenav]

😎😎😎my favorite books of the year are The Seven Year Slip and Part of your World and Better than the Movies!! And my least favorite was unfortunately The Last Love Song!

[@ArtemisC.DAragon]

Wow! Thank you, Lexy, for a wonderful wrap up & all the enthusiastic recommendations!!! 🤗💖📚🍀☀️ Is this the little face you wanted? 🤓 or the cool Summer one? 😎

[@anishavinayak9091]

Love your videos 🎉😊😎

[@alexandraroselyn]

thank youuuuuu😊♥♥♥

[@tawnyachristensen7310]

I'll have to pick up the Ogress and the Orphans! 😍

[@stevencarsley2446]

😎 nice to see you again

[@Sagaofhygge]

Just started reading ACOTAR for the first time😍🤗

[@suppleleo]

I loooove your necklace! Where is it from?

[@Sama-yd4cl]

I so understand the Pineapple Clementine thing 😂 one of us is an exotic fruit and the other is me??

[@laurenschenck5355]

OMG! Love ur gold heart necklace where did you get it? 🌷📙🌷🌻💙🫶🏻🌸📙💜🩷🌹🩵🌈🌈🩵💖🌼🌼💛💛🌞📖🌸🩶📚📚📚🌷🌷💜🌻💙🌈🌈💘💘🌹🩷💜💜🌷🌸🌸🌸🌸📚📚🌷🌷💚🌸🌹🌹📖📖📖📙📙

[@alexandraroselyn]

I think it's an Allie and Bess charm!

[@laurenschenck5355]

@@alexandraroselyn Wonderful I am getting it 🥰🥰

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I’ve heard such good things about big Swiss!

[@asan1050]

Alexandra Roselyn Thanks for posting this video

[@alexandraroselyn]

thanks for watching 😊♥

[@EurekaKatie]

😎Favorite book so far this year: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill. Least favorite book so far: The Stolen Heir by Holly Black. Had to dnf it, just totally interested in characters. I'm currently listening to Less and really enjoying it 😊

[@nicoleallen6778]

😎 Godkiller was a surprise favorite this year! My least favorite has been Faebound.

[@peyton-]

Favorite so far this year: Recursion by Blake Crouch. Least favorite: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham.

[@vieb9742]

39 books read and these are the loose rankings.😎 Top favs so far: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch(nonfiction) Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier (domestic thriller) Carrie Soto is Back(audiobook) Magnolia Parks series (read first two) Least enjoyed books: The Flatshare Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

[@veronicaprice]

😎 My favorite read of the year so far is Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans. It’s a wonderful mix of fantasy and mystery. My least favorite is Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young.

[@Lillyjoy]

My favorite book of the year is absolutely Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, I loved it so much and it made me smile and laugh. I loved how different it was to most books, like it’s high fantasy creatures they’re doing like the most wholesome and mundane things. My least favorite was A Venom Dark and Sweet

[@ABetten86]

Great video! 😎 Favorite book so far this year is “Tess of D’urberbilles” by Thomas Hardy, gesh what a tragic story! My least favorite this year so far is “In Watermelon Sugar” by Richard Brautigan, just could not connect with the story. Which is disappointing because it really seemed it was going to be an easy 5 star for me.

[@andreapulsifer5326]

My favorites was once apon a broken heart trilogy by stephanie garber and powerless by lauren Roberts and least favorite was the secret staircase by Sheila Connolly 😊

[@astoldbykat]

My favorite book of the year so far is Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, and my least favorite is Murder at the Bookstore by Sue Minix.

[@laceywiththebooks]

Project Hail Mary is my favorite so far! My least favorite is probably The Unmaking of June Farrow. 😬😎

[@stacybrown7863]

My favourite reads of the year so far have been Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater, and Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Least favourite has to be Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee. For a book about dreams, it certainly put me to sleep. 😂

[@smileycindy]

😎 My favorite book this year so far has been A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers and my least favorite has been The List by Yomi Adegoke (bad execution on what should have been a great subject).