Giving & Getting Book Recs Based on Reddit Aesthetics

[@tawniethetiger]

It’s like you know when I need a nice long, calm video. When I’ve had one of those days, I can always count on you to calm my thoughts.

[@CalliAMusic]

Big agree. Kayla’s uploads are always a mood booster!

[@savannahm8526]

You know it’s a good casual Wednesday video when Kayla can’t help but turn the concept into a vlog!

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

It may be way too chaotic to pull off, but a video where your members send in a couple of pictures for vibes to you for recommendations would be fun.

[@AliDoisRead]

my visual brain looooves this idea. thank you for teaching me how to reddit, because I thought it was only a space where grown men complained about things 🤣

[@morganarosana]

Oh I get a lot of book recs on Reddit, it's amazing if you want a very specific theme and discover new things

[@SillyCelly411]

Finding out you ship Rory x Logan and Jackie x Hyde is not what I was expecting, but as a fellow Rory x Logan and Jackie x Hyde girl I am all for it!! Also, maybe another version of this video where you recommend books based of ships from your favorite shows?

[@majonnaise]

OMG? this is crazy because about a week ago I was made aware of this subreddit and what it is and I fully thought to myself “this would make such a cool video idea that I could see Kayla make” and I even briefly thought of suggesting it (but didn’t) 😭 what is this sorcery!!!

[@pucksandpaperbacks]

for GG vibes, "if it makes you happy" by claire kann! it reminded me so much of the episode where Rory is crowned the Ice Cream Queen.

[@BooksandLala]

Oooh okay noted!! ✍🏻

[@natalieandco]

Honestly love this !! Feel like reddit is such an underused tool for conversation about books. Love reading conversations of people book opinions from years ago.

[@helloamycus]

I just want you to know I love your relax posting schedule. It’s always a surprise in my inbox and makes my day!

[@renee_3364]

This is why you are my favourite KZbinr: this is the best video idea ever and you also nailed the recommendations!

[@Deiicide]

Vita Nostra would be like Dark Academia Magic but in a weird different way that reminds me a lot of your post in reddit

[@gabrielleandsamuel4073]

Ooh, I love both The Bear and the Nightingale and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms!

[@sarahfloyd1394]

It’s a trilogy, but have you read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness? It has a woman discovering her magic, group dynamics, a mix of creatures (human, vampire, witches, demons), romance, and academia. It has other things on your wish list (and that you like), but I fear they are spoilers. It’s also very atmospheric. It’s a great fall read. Bonus: I love the audiobook narrator Jennifer Ikeda.

[@BeccaisReading]

I agree with this recommendation!

[@kristagallitelli]

LOVE the format of this video. It was so great to see random books recs whether I’d never heard of them or they were reminders of books I meant to read. Booktube is a lot of the same over and over. This was such a cool change up.

[@ChanelChapters]

Reddit is great as long as you stick to the surface and don’t look under the bed 😳

[@AlexisFullyBooked]

your post INSTANTLY made me think of An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson, the vibes fit perfectly ✨

[@thomas7939]

Whelp, guess sleep has to wait… 36 minutes and 27 seconds.

[@BooksandLala]

😂😂

[@jwi1085]

I woke up 3am to go to the bathroom my time and had to stay up. Had to come back hours later to rewatch the second half as I feel asleep. Oops

[@Clare-HazelMoony]

I saw the car one and IMMEDIATELY thought of the Raven Cycle 😅

[@xxlipstickandlyricsx]

I did leave you a comment on your reddit post (in fact I didn't even realize it was you until it came up in the video) and recommended Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle - dark brooding academia, strong romance plot, mysteries and missing people. Plus a Canadian author!

[@desiabri]

The windows Screensaver/background reminded me of I Have Never Known Men and how they don't really know where they are but it's just land and the weather pretty much the same. Just vastness

[@BooksandLala]

ooooh I like that one.

[@aubreyjdickens]

this turned out SOOOOO cool i'm so glad you did this

[@Carola16]

I would love more Reddit inspired bookish content, there are some great book centered communities out there, and you using that for a vlog sounds amazing.

[@dragonezreading]

this was such a fun idea!! I’m definitely gonna have to explore that sub-reddit myself

[@ShainaInColorland]

A follow up vlog to this video with all of the books you added to your TBR could be fun 😜💜

[@caroskelchen]

It’s so interesting how differently everyone perceives things. For the “falling one” I was getting a religious vibe!

[@elizabethbarnes3617]

Your last aesthetic feels almost like In My Dreams I Hold a Knife mixed with Midnight is the Darkest Hour haha

[@emmachory4778]

Omg thank you so much for introducing me to this reddit thread, it shall be my new personality

[@corleylauer9090]

oh this is EVERYTHING i needed to watch rn

[@sophiarafferty]

Making a literallydead subreddit would be pretty normal. It might be a nice place for discussion

[@molliee5183]

i vote for another installment of this

[@catharinan9709]

Really like this concept of recommendations

[@esotericareads]

It's not secret society vibes, but I loved The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman for the group dynamic and girl learning to use her powers. A little bit of romance too.

[@virag5627]

The day I get a reading vlog of The Bear and The Nightingale will be my personal Christmas!

[@theglitterybookworm]

i have so many important college classes to attend tomorrow. nevertheless, sleep can wait.

[@BooksandLala]

Bestie get your rest!!

[@maddie2724]

i'm in the same situation rn

[@lisagna7234]

oh no I'm gonna spend hours on this subreddit now! So much fun

[@Kenough_in_Wonderland]

The cutsie one with the animals is shady hollow! It's a cozy mystery with anthropomorphic animals solving a murder in their woodland town in autumn

[@manda0821]

Yes to Rory and Logan and the secret society and banter of it all! Need all of the books that encapsulate this

[@molliee5183]

for the naturalist one - A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent -- by Marie Brennan / it's a fictional memoir about a woman who wants to study dragons, set in a victorian-era world where dragons are known/normal and more of a pest than wondrous to the general population. Think if Jane Austen were writing in the adventure/fantasy (light) genre.

[@abookishlesbian]

Okay for books that feel like Gilmore girls I highly recommend Savor It by Tarah DeWitt. That has by far been the closest I have found to Gilmore girls, specifically Luke and lorelai vibes. I really enjoyed it and I thought that it was very tender and sweet but still had some emotional moments and didn't feel too cheesy. It also has the small town vibes but set in the Pacific Northwest instead!

[@rachaelevelyn7387]

The Gilmore Girls recommendation having "Gilmore" as the author surname 😂

[@tracey7241]

Gilmore Girls - the city bakers guide to country living by Louise Miller is the most Gilmore girls vibes book I've ever read. It's basically if Sookie was the main character.

[@ryannburnett3160]

100% agree

[@brookestrother7504]

What an interesting concept. I love it.

[@samuelcappi5205]

"I think I need to stay out of the comments" Wise words

[@Bookishbroccoli1]

Ooooh, I can't wait to see part 2. I feel like you will like Bear and the Nightengale

[@ReadingAce]

This was fun! I'll be looking forward to the vlog! (whenever it happens lol)

[@awildernessofbooks]

“Elder millennial learns how to use internet now” Also me 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@LornaWallace]

I think An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson would fit your aesthetic board! It's about a girl attending a magical secret school. It's a little bit dark, heavy on the romance, and there's group dynamics with all of her classmates.

[@jjotis9443]

I've never been on Reddit either. Now I feel like I need to check it out. And it's funny the aesthetic and things you describe you want are similar to the current book I'm writing except the FMC is visually impaired like me.

[@erinasarutobi2206]

the first thing that popped into my head with the windows bg was I who have never known men! the hills give like endless vibes which is why i thought of the book

[@emperorcupcake]

For the distorted landscape image with the clouds - definitely Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan! Also this doesn't fit any of the vibes exactly, but going for that mix of horror and fantasy and magic and general weirdness, I think you could really like Malice House

[@QueenBethJoy]

I love this concept! Such a fun video ❤

[@cyn_marie_reads]

Secret society, "romance", magic, violence, a group dynamic. I didn't really like it, but you just described The Atlas Six 😂

[@BetweenLinesAndLife]

KAYLA! Suuuch a cool idea! ... also the way I gaaaasped about the eyeball

[@grehtaeh]

LOL Slewfoot is recommended on most horror posts in that subreddit, so it's perfect to see you recommend it.

[@howdyhoward]

I haven't seen you rec dress codes for small towns in forever! I read it in 2019 bc of you

[@erinasarutobi2206]

i think for the naturalist and the gnomes+dragons part are books that catalogue creatures so maybe Emily Wilde but fairies instead?

[@jasmine_bejar]

"Books that explore a pair like this" - this is TOTALLY Darkfever, if/when you get around to it for your 2006 video!!!

[@jasmine_bejar]

OH but that is definitely fantasy haha.

[@cerrad.]

Your dark academia romance secret society aesthetic and description made me think of The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (and maybe even more of its sequel)

[@kellymanfredini3835]

Book that feels like that 70's show: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

[@passmethatbook]

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness comes to my mind for your mood board + A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. I also really enjoyed the Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey, it's GAY + magical horses that talk called Companions and there's a school around it. ❤

[@woonsckt]

Awesome video :) "Early Morning Riser" by Katherine Heiny feels like Gilmore Girls! Small Michigan town setting with eccentric characters and cozy vibes.

[@Kat_foss]

I know you’ve done a few videos about blurbs and books blurbed by authors you like; but you could do a little scavenger reading vlog, where you read a book (first one, free pick I guess?) then the next book you read, has to be blurbed by the author you just read from! 🕵🏼🍂

[@snailflowers]

i don’t know why, but i thought of The Monk by MG Lewis for the last image. maybe for midnight mass vibes too?? if you want like a priest being corrupted by dark forces, but not exactly comparable to midnight mass. it’s classic gothic literature and it’s very strange and kind of funny and honestly quite dark, i read it for a gothic lit class and it’s definitely a weird and entertaining read

[@Hello_Kristie]

Yes! The Monk is so good!

[@marabookstagram]

For Gilmore Girl vibes, I'd say All Adults Here by Emma Straub. It's an offbeat family vibe with adult children trying to figure out life.

[@sarahvandervort786]

For the secret society mystery I recommend the book Rule of Four

[@ciaoclaro]

Both this video and that reddit are such a fun idea! I need to go check it out.

[@pennyspreferences561]

For the cat one I would recomend Space Opera.

[@Hillary429]

17:01 the screensaver is giving Midsommar vibes for me 🎥 🍿

[@meganbilbrey4831]

I LOVE this concept

[@hillaryberg6771]

Lol at the two Gilmore Girls reccs, one has an author with the last name Gilmore, and the other has a character with the name Gilmore!

[@fanpiresam482]

I actually live on this subreddit😅and answered some of those posts right before you posted.

[@rebekah5975]

I love that sweater the colour suites you so well❤

[@AnnabelleFr]

For the Secret Society I thought of The Ravens, The Coven, A Discovery of Witches, The Atlas Six but somehow also the Tv Series The Order comes ti mind :D

[@ktxx22]

Ohhh I don’t have a Reddit but based on your requests and mood board I immediately thought of If We We’re Villains by M. L. Rio You love Shakespeare and I think you’ll love this book!!

[@shannonhughes8488]

yay i'm glad you checked it out and had fun with it!

[@marabookstagram]

I loved Several People Are Typing! It was so funny.

[@charliescozycorner]

For books that feel like Gilmore girls I recommend the last book I read - pumpkin spice and poltergeist it’s like Gilmore girls meets Halloween town meets the craft.

[@YogawithKaylee]

It’s so funny you just posted this - i’m currently reading a book that was recommended on this very sub! Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.

[@jamieserrano827]

I can give you a recommendation for that weird naturalist picture it's called a natural history of dragons by Marie Brennan

[@odakja]

I also immediately thought of Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill

[@LuKen]

The first book that came to mind from your inspiration photos was A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

[@valentineboudaud1887]

Your mood board is giving the atlas six but the last book in the series, when everything goes down and everyone is depressed and/or angry and/or horny

[@shannondaeley7054]

This was so good I wrote down so many recommendations

[@FullMetalMakubeX]

Thanks for introducing me to a new subreddit to follow! I'm mad I never heard of it earlier. I definitely want book recommendations based on vibes rather than what tropes are involved, so this subreddit is perfect for me. This got me thinking, though...are there any books that you've never recommended on your channel that you would still like people to read? I know you don't post videos for every book you read, so I'd be interested to know.

[@jangeltrain]

Ooh an upload on my birthday, what a present! 😊

[@thebugbear]

I thought In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace was kind of a mash up of Gilmore Girls and Practical Magic. It's a mystery with small town witchy vibes and I really enjoyed it.

[@rachelmaybeidk]

i'm not prepared for the person i will become when you reread mara dyer next year... it's my favorite guilty pleasure teenage-me series and I cannot wait for you to give your thoughts 😂 it's such a ride and will always have a special place in my heart so i can't wait to see you talk about it! the lore is different than other teen books so it's something a little different 🫶🏼

[@BaileeWalsh]

I think that one Love Witch comment was in reference to the film, btw

[@Hollywood4819]

Ninth House & Hell Bent!! I'm not really a series girlie either, but the magic!! There's a secret society, kind of enemies to lovers vibes KIND OF, the thwarting of DEATH ITSELF.....I'm (not so patiently) waiting for the next book in the series.

[@AbiofPellinor]

As someone who's never used reddit... I might have to go sign up!

[@BaileeWalsh]

it is not heavy on romance and it has some questionable things in it but I kept thinking about The Witching Hour by Anne Rice for your aesthetic post at the end. and a good chunk of it is basically going through the family history. so definitely not what you were asking for exactly but I had to mention it.

[@danny_reads_alot]

The picture of the strange house in the middle of nowhere reminds me of a story in Out There by Kate Folk - "The Moist House"

[@BooksandLala]

Ooooh you're so right with that one 🤩

[@kellymanfredini3835]

Book that tastes like strawberry ice cream: Book- Watermelon Sugar

[@KileyYoung]

😂😂😂😂 I see what you did there

[@kellymanfredini3835]

@@KileyYoung thank you. 😊

[@woonsckt]

"Books Lovers" is the romance that comes to mind that gives me Logan & Rory vibes? I don't read in romance too much but I do also recommend books by Mhairi McFarlane for a Gilmore Girls vibe.

[@MoJordanReads]

This is maybe more indirect but whenever you showed the lady laying in the flowers, I kept thinking Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

[@Bookishbroccoli1]

Also here are some recs that match your aesthetic. I also posted this on Reddit! The Scholomance Series. First being, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Or Legendborn by Tracy Deon

[@andieland1923]

For horror/romance/ comedy, anything by Azalea Crowley is so good. Not sure you'd like it, Kayla, but anyone looking for that combination, it's a great time.

[@xxLeMoNiCeExx17]

Amazing video concept!!! Definitely joining that subreddit asap

[@peanutmabel]

not me watching this video as i take a break from reading Foe lol

[@lilaknitsandreads]

If you're looking for Gilmore Girls vibes, check out Savor It by Tarah Dewitt (it's kind of Gilmore Girls meets The Bear as if it was written by Abby Jimenez). Needless to say, I loved it

[@sassysarahreads]

You being a Jackie and Hyde shipper vindicates me. 👏🏼