February Wrap Up | 2024

I filmed this at the beginning of the month and only now had time to edit it :((( anyway... here's what I read in Feb!
★ Reading spreadsheet I use: • How I Track My Reading...
► End screen song: Magic Forest - Kevin MacLeod
♡ Join THE BIBLIOTHECARY: www.patreon.co...
►► Seekers of The Bibliothecary get perks that allow more interaction with my channel and content such as an exclusive discord, exclusive videos, a year long interactive reading challenge and more
➝ DISCLAIMER: This video is not sponsored. All opinions are my own.
WHERE TO FIND ME
► Twitter: @thoughtsontomes
► Storygraph (alternative to goodreads): app.thestorygr...
► Instagram: @thoughtsontomes
► Tiktok: @thoughtsontomes_
MORE THAN BOOKS?
★ Personal channel: tinyurl.com/z2b...
REVIEW/BUSINESS INQUIRES
➝ Email: [e-mail]
➝ Review Policy: thoughtsontome...
-- due to the volume of email requests I get, I do not accept review requests from indie or self-published authors at this time

[@Ashtiel]

I'm so glad you liked The Spear Cuts Through Water. I swear it rearranged my brain chemistry; the way it was written made me feel as excited about the craft of writing as the Broken Earth did, which showed me that you don't have to follow the old timey literary rules to make an excellent book(which, my high school writing teachers told me I had to follow the rules or my writing was bad). It is CRIMINAL that it didn't get any awards, ugh

[@witchofthewilds.]

omg your sleeping Bulbasaur is adorable 🥹

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you! I also have a tiny sleeping Bulbasaur figurine on my desk. it's my favorite :)

[@KristinKravesBooks]

I definitely need to prioritize To Shape a Dragon's Breath. I love that it has an element of coziness to it!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

omg The Spear Cuts Through Water is so freakin good!!

[@AgricultureSpecialists]

Yay I'm so glad you posted. I really like the way you talk about books and always enjoy your wrap-ups. I really want to read The Spear Cuts through Water, it sounds totally up my alley. Also I've never read an Ali Hazelwood book but I do find it pretty amusing that she's singlehandedly teaching everyone on booktube what knotting is 😂

[@louisesawyer2481]

You should definitely read The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez!! It’s his amazing prose in a sci-if setting. So unique and I think you’d really enjoy :)

[@leahharlann]

I will cackle endlessly if Ali Hazelwood fan girlies start looking for omegaverse stories after reading Bride 😂they will NOT be ready for the mpreg

[@asdfghjklasdfghjkl321]

Omfg I'm just so freaking happy that you're even talking about The Spear Cuts Through Water, like, how on earth was it not nominated for anything and it got like no hype at all 🙄😭😭 And omg you also have a hardback copy!!! I also have one and I feel very lucky cause I think they're only selling it in paperback now 👀

[@AllyEmReads]

To Shape a Dragon's Breath was my FAVORITE book of last year and I'm so glad that someone else has finally read it!!

[@grethen123]

Want the story behind the glasses!

[@MusingsofaCat10]

Have you read Open Deeply? I found that one to be great as well 😊

[@MariaMightReadThat]

So many on here that I really want to read! So Let Them Burn sounds amazing and I hear such high praise for Spear. The Unbroken is high up on my TBR too.

[@greysonkeller5418]

The Spear Cuts Through Water was so cool and while I didnt love all of it, it was an amazing read

[@ChantalsShelfLife]

I really need to get on To Shape a Dragon's Breath - it's been calling me from my TBR for a couple months now and it sounds SO GOOD.

[@bookishbecca]

The way you talked about So Let Them Burn and To Shape a Dragon’s Breath made me immediately put them in my TBR, in spite of the fact that I don’t really read a whole lot of YA anymore. I’ve owned The Unbroken ever since it came out but I still haven’t picked it up. Your high opinion of it has me thinking I should probably rectify that soon, though.

[@_reveux]

tbh this is the first time a review has made me actually interested in the unbroken. so thanks for that, maybe i’ll actually pick it up! i love a complicated sapphic story. i also Need to read the spear cuts through water but i’m waiting for the paperback to be released 😭 veeery much eyeing the other dragon book as well. thanks for sharing sam! hope you’re well!

[@aquariusrabbitfamiliar85]

Where is your shirt from? Love it!

[@kai_winchester_66]

love a good Ali Hazelwood book 💗

[@paperbacksgalore]

hi, I just found your channel and subscribed!! I'm so intrigued by To Shape a Dragon's Breath

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great wrap up 📚☕

[@colegreenofficial]

Well I never heard of omegaverse before this video. Last month I stumbled upon Why Choose trope. I started reading Beasts of the Briar series and Im totally hooked. It's good for what it is. Fitting the actual relationships into the story is a little cheesy for me. BUT I'm still going to finish the series. I just haven't read spicy, kinda cheesy romances in a while. I do like the storylines though.

[@nadiareads6359]

your glasses are so cool. Just saying!

[@mariadamore1963]

In the realm of Polywise, I really liked Designer Relationships by Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I have that one on my TBR!

[@kdbentley7942]

❤

[@nicolekawa1265]

Any idea when the live show will be?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

no clue :( schedules have been really hard to coordinate.

[@user-ci6fq9zg3z]

Just an FYI you should specify what you mean by "indigenous"... you're American so I'm assuming you mean U.S. Native American, but just saying she is "indigenous" or that it's "indigenous-inspired" is even more vague than saying it's "African-inspired." You say there's Norse, Russian, and indigenous folklore, but again, that could mean anything... Cherokee, Maya, Quechua, Uyghur, Polynesian, etc.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I thought of that when I was talking about it but yes I am talking about it from my context so Indigenous American but beyond that, it doesn't really say any more specifics as to the inspiration such as tribe, location, etc because it is still in a fantasy world so I don't have additional information to be more specific. Even saying "Indigenous American" is incredibly vague and general since the Americas are so big. The author is from the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe but even then, we can't assume the book is based on that tribe as plenty of Indigenous authors have written from Indigenous perspectives outside their tribe (Rebecca Roanhorse comes to mind).

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I want to read bride so bad 🥹