🔥 FOUR NEW FAVES, FOUR FOR THE TRASH!! 🗑️ | APRIL READING WRAP-UP

🔥 FOUR NEW FAVES, FOUR FOR THE TRASH!! 🗑️ | APRIL READING WRAP-UP | Literary Diversions

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@emmal7510 Жыл бұрын

Mishearing beads as beets produced some interesting interesting mental imagery of that magic system.

@spiteandbooks Ай бұрын

mixed media you say? 👀 I NEED! That it one of my favorite formats. Have you ever thought of doing a video talking about your favorite books that use that?

@Biobotica Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear such great things about Emily Wilde! It’s on my shelf and that sounds fantastic!🧚

@lilybugslibrary Жыл бұрын

I love your enthusiasm, and Emily Wilde's Encycopaedia of Faeries sounds amazing. I have added it to my TBR list. I read books with my lovely spouse John every evening. It's fun to read books together and then talk about them.

@angelicabalia6143 Жыл бұрын

About Janice Hallet, fear not! She has a new book coming out in October, and it is a Christmas special of the Appeal! Mind you I think it's going to be one of those small Christmas books but we'll take it!

@Luna-po5ui Жыл бұрын

🧚‍♀ Thrilled to see you also loved Emily Wilde to pieces and vindicated to see someone else not love Iron Widow (performative hits the nail on the head) but I must say I'm, like, comically baffled to see anyone like anything at all about The Cloisters. For me, it's like how you felt about The Companion: great premise, give it to someone else. I thought the writing was flat and the plot pointless and the villain obvious, but hey! Very glad you got to enjoy that sensational cover and I don't begrudge you it lol. I'll be reading that Lady Trent series IMMEDIATELY on my way to get it ASAP thank you kindly for the rec

@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын

Janice Hallett is bringing out A Christmas Appeal with some of the people from The Appeal

@maartjedegroot9598 Жыл бұрын

Emily and her fairies are waiting for me ❤

@edwardsjarje Жыл бұрын

I love the UK cover of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries. The US version is so dark and gives off a completely different vibe

@aliteraryfan Жыл бұрын

I'm currently reading The Cloisters, and I'm so happy to hear you loved it! I'm very excited to hear a glowing review! I also just bought Alperton Angels earlier this week!

@marynuttall163 Жыл бұрын

🧚🏽‍♂️🧚🏻‍♀️ The Cloisters was so good.

@AdrianasWonderland Жыл бұрын

you are such a cute and positive person! so fun to watch you

@Siavahda Жыл бұрын

SO MUCH FUN, as usual!🧚🏿 I confess I did enjoy Helm of Midnight, but there's no getting around the fact that the speaking beads were EXTREMELY ridiculous. Also, a relief to hear from someone else who didn't click with Iron Widow! Have you taken a look at Saint Death's Daughter by CSE Cooney? Or really just anything by her - what you said about descriptive prose, hers is hands-down the BEST. She writes really beautiful fantasy that tends to also be delightfully strange.

@nat6098 Жыл бұрын

Emily Wilde is the first book in years that I bought without reading it via the library first. I loved it and I agree that it's very much like the Memoirs of Lady Trent, and the romance is very cute which is my favourite type of romance.

@writtendell Жыл бұрын

Initially I was really excited for "The Cloisters" but then all those mixed reviews came in. After watching your review however, I feel reaffirmed that I will love this book a lot so it climbed up my tbr again. I must say though that after your immense enthusiasm for "Emily Wilde" I have to prioritize that one for this month. 😄🧚‍♀

@Liba_Elena Жыл бұрын

I have no salt to add, but I have to add Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries to my TBR. Sounds amazing!🧚‍♂

@sabrinaburton7158 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved The Cloisters! Disappointing about Iron Widow 😢 You are the reason I picked up A Natural History of Dragons and I loved it! I will definitely be picking up Emily Wilde ❤🧚‍♀️

@ameliabarlowbooks Жыл бұрын

I really struggled with the Laura Bates and now I can’t remember why! 🧚

@bethmw28 Жыл бұрын

You don't even need to explain the plot to me, if you say either Emily Blunt or Emma Thompson should play the MC I'm sold 👌🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️

@dianacantread1463 Жыл бұрын

for a dark academia that actually engages with the subject matter the characters are studying, try David Hoppen's The Orchard!! that book really deserves more attention 😁

@dwoodw6990 Жыл бұрын

When I heard the plot of Iron Widow, I was like nope sounds to much like Pacific Rim to me. So I didn't even bother picking it up. 🧚🏻‍♂

@roevardotter Жыл бұрын

I loved Emily Wildes Encyclopaedia of Faeries and had the same concerns before :D

@iheartwalle Жыл бұрын

Loved Emily Wilde!! Buuuut also loved Iron Widow. 😅

@kirstens1977 Жыл бұрын

Janice Hallet is releasing a Christmas book. It's called the Christmas Appeal

@1Koriander Жыл бұрын

I agree with you on Six stories. It starts out promising but the twist is just too incredible.

@akaneh1989 Жыл бұрын

Your sentence about wanting to see the character study and obsess over their subject in dark academia reminds me so much of Babel by R F Kuang, which I found really managed to get down the magic of languages and translation. As for Men who hate women, I thought it was going to be Stieg Larsson because that is the original Swedish title of the first Millenium/Lizbet Salander book😅

@gabrielletimok3174 Жыл бұрын

I was so sad reading The Cloisters. I didn’t connect with the protagonist at all. I was actually dying for more tarot history and background versus the semi romance that was hit on. The two plot twists left me feeling indifferent because i literally just didn’t care about the protagonist by that point. It had such great potential. I wanted so desperately to love it. It makes me so sad. I kind of felt the same way about it that you did about The Companion. It was such a great plot but I wish another author wrote it. 🫠🫠

@mayhaveproblems Жыл бұрын

I was excited about Iron widow and now I am not sure... great video!🧚‍♀️

@smileytonya Жыл бұрын

🧚‍♀ Loved this video. Added two of these to my TBR. Thank you for the recommendations!

@maeve_ever_manga Жыл бұрын

I agree SO MUCH about The Companion! I was so excited for it. 🧚🏽‍♂️

@Senidhr Жыл бұрын

Read none of them but recently i almost bought The Cloister because of your synopsis (i just didn't want to spend money, so thats why it didn't come home with me).

@doreenarcher8543 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Lianne. You videos are always the best. Love and hugs to you and Harry.💗🌷💗🌷💗

@lisag618 Жыл бұрын

🧚 Adding the Emily Wilde book 🧚 I loved the Alperton Angels too...but I also loved all the six stories books so far. Maybe because I think of them as a podcast? The first one was my least favourite but this series just gets better and better - love these! :)

@silkemaria7339 Жыл бұрын

🧚 Book buying happened today and because I watched this video before hitting the "buy now" button, Emily Wilde has also joined my tbr now, alongside the Janice Hallet book 🥰 Regarding Helm of Midnight: I have this on my tbr and am super excited to read it, because one of my persons rated it 5 Stars and had so many positive things to say. Now I'm even more curious whether I like it or not. It was a fantastic video, as always, and I'm sending you and Harry and the fur (and not so furry) babies lots of love.

@cherubdoll1609 Жыл бұрын

🧚🏻‍♂️ I am so jealous of how fast of a reader you are 💜 love every video 😃

@AbiofPellinor Жыл бұрын

I'd been tempted by Six Stories... It's bring yeeted now 😂

@cleg78 Жыл бұрын

My saviour has come to my rescue on a night where sleep seems so far away, so glad to see you in another video 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

@cleg78 Жыл бұрын

Janice Hallet has a book coming out in OCTOBER ready for Christmas correct me if I am wrong but I am sure that I have seen something floating about

@cleg78 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a fabulous video, you have made this person very happy 😍🥳🤩

@celiagwynn8950 Жыл бұрын

OMG I have loved this video, I also loved The Cloisters, The Appleton Angel's and Emily Wilde having read them all in the last couple of months 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

@ina_loves_books Жыл бұрын

I have Emily Wilde on my TBR and am looking forward to it even more now 🧚‍♀️ And I really need to read The Appeal, which is also still on my shelf. I liked Six Stories, but I haven't continued in the series, yet.

@RadellasReadingRoom Жыл бұрын

Aww, I was really looking forward to your take on the 'supernatural' aspect in Six Stories. I've read the first three books and they all do the same thing.

@kayleighjustreading4815 Жыл бұрын

Am now so excited to get to Emily Wilde 🧚 ...Also I think in this you described exactly what I dislike about kick-ass female protagonists in YA!

@DebraDarkandTwisty Жыл бұрын

🧚‍♀ I thoroughly enjoyed the Cloisters too & Emily Wilde is on my TBR 🙏

@bethmetcalf3447 Жыл бұрын

I often find that I don’t like popular books. I was undecided if I was going to buy Emily Wild’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries but you sold me on it. Thank you for adding another book to my TBR 😒😂 🧚

@francescathomas3502 Жыл бұрын

I recently purchased the Cloisters because it is set in the cloisters and I LOVE art history. So if you loved the Cloisters then I have high hopes of liking this book for me as well!!! Thanks.

@1book1review Жыл бұрын

Iron Widow is a book that always attracks my attention with that stunning cover , but every time I start reading the synopsis I lose interest. Your thoughts made me not regret that decision. Admittedly most of what put me off is the YA part - not working well for me anymore.

@HeathersHeroesAndHeroines Жыл бұрын

loved this 🧚‍♂🧚‍♀🧚

@2341vivian Жыл бұрын

Hi Lianne, Can you please recommend to me other mixed media content books you enjoyed please....not sure how to search them out. Thanks for another great video!🧚‍♀🧚 Can't wait to read the Emily Wildes book and that cover...I love it!

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm Жыл бұрын

I have an e-arc of The Cloisters but I still haven’t read it 😬

@isirlasplace91 Жыл бұрын

Great recommendations!!😁🧚‍♀️

@pdxleo Жыл бұрын

🧚🏼‍♂ lovely video as always. I'm currently reading The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai - only halfway through but so far I think you may enjoy it. Hope you and Harry have a fabulous day!

@kris-ish600 Жыл бұрын

I read Emily Wilde against better judgement as I don't like fae stories at all, but the cover pulled me in. And guess what, I didn't like the fae aspect in that one either. I did think Emily Wilde herself was a great character though - I just don't like the standard fae tropes 🙃. I would still recommend it to people though. I will try the Lady Trent books, because dragons are far more up my alley.

@bookishmammabudgets Жыл бұрын

Re: Helm of Midnight --- OMG SAME. I was so excited for this book but it just wasn't it. I listened to first half of the second book and it wasn't any better...it might have been worse.

@cazgreene3055 Жыл бұрын

Most of this I was listening to while washing up - imagine my surprise that the book you were disappointed by called Sex Stories (to my ear due to your accent) is actually just called Six Stories, so then I too was disappointed 😂

@edwardsjarje Жыл бұрын

A closed fist in front of my mouth and a snigger might have been the reaction to the Power Rangers comment. I’ll take that one off my list.

@lautjedehasse Жыл бұрын

I actually really loved iron widow 🙈 it’s the book that got me back into reading fantasy! I agree with the critiques that say it isn’t really feminist, to me it read more as a tale of revenge and rage and wanting to burn it all to the ground (if I remember correctly, I’m the kind of reader that immediately forgets what I’ve read)

@chelsey8737 Жыл бұрын

My experience with Emily Wilde's was so different. I DNF'ed after about 2 hours because there was literally 10 minutes that I was interested in. I couldn't stand the idea of sitting through the rest of the book just for another 10 minutes of interesting content. I didn't like the side characters, I didn't get enough fairy content. I was so disappointed that I have now become a resentful of this book and the time I spent desperately trying to hold on When I disliked it so much. It's definitely a case of "I don't think I read the same book as other people" because I have not seen a negative review about this book