I read 13 books and 24 manga in February || February Wrap Up ✨

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[@lesap8889]

This 60 year old woman who watches all of your videos loves you even more!

[@esliet]

Yes 59 is young lol I’m 62 ! I read 7 books in February favorite was The Reformatory. You are inspiring me to read manga

[@alidap2061]

I think in this modern Times Being in sixties is not that old and some People look even Better im that age than when they were Younger.😊

[@sheyannestewart2241]

February was an overwhelming month but all of your content was so comforting and a great distraction! You’ve been killing it thank you ❤❤

[@gabbyreads]

Thank you!! 🥹🥰 I’m sorry February has been so overwhelming 😭

[@romyespy6586]

Yes 59 is SO young! 😊. I’m turning 59 in 3 months 😂

[@polly2900]

Welcome to the club 😀

[@alidap2061]

It these Times it is young indeed.😊

[@georgia_mccx]

"Any trope but make it gay ... and I'll like it!" 😂 love it 💗

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Girl unhaul spells for forgetting 😂😂

[@kaesinfinitelibrary]

Hearing you talk about The Reformatory makes me want to pick it up! Maybe this summer I can get to it! Especially since it takes place in Florida - I have a personal challenge to read as many books taking place in Florida as possible 🤣

[@greeranelson]

Yaaaaaay you read Once There Were Wolves. I was worried you might not like it and it’s one of my favorites. I’m so glad you loved it! I plan to read Migrations this summer :) Kudos to you because my heart couldn’t take the heartbreak of reading these two books back to back.

[@hayley581]

i love your videos! i've been following you for a while on youtube and i always enjoy your reviews:)

[@gabbyreads]

Thank you!!!

[@ReadingNymph]

I love your wrap ups, I always get some great recommendations ✨️

[@64minglei]

Just want to say a big thank you for all your recommendations! I have been enjoying reading more than ever because of all the books you’ve recommended. Thank you !

[@gabbyreads]

I’m so glad to hear that!! 🥹🥰

[@athenasbibliotheca8099]

You got so much done this month. I really enjoyed the manga video!

[@gabbyreads]

Thank you!!

[@AmandaPace85]

WOW!! you've read a lot this month Gabby. I'm so frustrated because I only got to read 3 books because of my mandatory reads for my psychoanalysis course, with that and work I don't have much time for reading books but I'm so looking forward to screaming color since I'll have that weekend off and I'm so ready to read A LOT!!

[@ramsam70]

Once There Were Wolves has my heart ❤ so glad you finally read it! Annie Bot is on my shelf- can’t wait !

[@LorrieReads]

I always enjoy your videos. I love your great energy. I joined your patreon a few months ago and have tremendously enjoyed your patreon content.

[@gabbyreads]

That’s so kind thank you so much!! I appreciate it 🥰🥰🥰

[@KatieColson]

Omg you had such an amazing and productive reading month. I love that for you 👏👏 Also I love this top on you

[@gabbyreads]

Thanks Katie!! 🥹🥰

[@christinacampbellbooks]

I've been wanting to read Once There Were Wolves for ages now. You've encouraged me to bump it up my TBR and read it soon ☺ Annie Bot sounds great. I've just added it to my list of books to read!

[@devonmunn5728]

I added it when Brandon Baker recommended it in one of his videos

[@sadakos-petal]

Can't believe that it's already March....can't wait to see you reading more mangas 🙈

[@zainaimran350]

Not me crying over your review of Butcher and Blackbird 🤣 I loved that book 🙈

[@tammyripp998]

I read 17 books this month. Many good thrillers/mysteries including The Vacation House by Shemitt, Who to believe by Hill, The Guest by Paris (yowza!), One Wrong Word by Phillippi Ryan & The Fortune Seller by Kapelke-Dale. Currently reading One of the Good Guys and enjoying it.

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yeah, I did in fact connect with Ove, especially when he adopts the stray cat, largely because his wife would of liked it. Of course, not everyone is as interested to what happens to a man when he becomes too old to be popular. And unless he has something to give to them there's just not enough time for him. However, maybe with G-d's help Ove finds a new family who treat him in a way that pretty much saves his life. As for the age thing, his heart is too big - as certainly many doctors have told him, and he's aware that in terms of life expectancy he's older than he is in geologic time. Anyway, I very much enjoyed it.

[@17caria]

I read Yellowface this month largely because of you and really enjoyed it. I also read Family Family by Laurie Frankel.

[@Whtpaper]

I had Once There Were Wolves but didn't seem to want to read it. After you said you liked it I read it. It is SO good. Why did I wait so long?! So thank you!

[@gabbyreads]

I’m so glad to hear that!! 😍

[@cleg78]

Hey Gabby great review of your reading month. With “A man called Ove” try watching the film adaption with Tom Hanks, it is called A man called Otto. It is a very good film and a worthy adaptation x

[@anaiswriting]

Don't be sorry for not loving butcher & blackbird, or any other book. It's your opinion and feeling and it matters, as much as those who loved it.

[@queenkim8631]

I read 10 novels and 5 manga this month😁. My favorite reads being Anxious People and The Reformatory 😁

[@rebekahmackenzie]

Thank you for sharing your wrap up. I finally read The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden and loved it! I read it in one night. I also read a romance called My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh that was good too. Four stars

[@LibrariesandLattes]

I read 7 books in February and my favorites were The Hate U Give, We Were Dreamers, and Crescent City! 😊

[@heyyheyypaula]

I read 5 books this month, and I absolutely loved The Cherry Robbers - I could see it being in my top 5 for the year.

[@girl414]

100% agree on The Creative Act. It was not good and I got so checked out. I’m a creative and I’ve read many of these but this one was not it. The War of Art and Steal Like an Artist are better!

[@devonmunn5728]

Charlotte McConaghy does have a fantasy YA trilogy and i did add Once There Were Wolves on my TBR but Migrations i didn't, not saying i will never read it (I'm a never say never type) but the premise sounds so depressing that i need to wait a while to read it (I'm also a animal lover so I'm sensitive about that). I did read A Man Called Ove in December since the American remake was played twice at separate points at the CTC i started attending last January (it's a education program for disabled adults) and since i already bought the book years ago i finally read it and i thought it was ok. Basically the character of Ove was inspired by a news story in Sweden about a old man who had a yelling spat in public and the author found him relatable and first made blog posts as a fictionalized version of the Ove character then made the book

[@thewolfandherbooks]

Butcher & Blackbird let me down HARD. Word for word, I agree with your review. 😩

[@maddievictoria4947]

I only read 3 books this month - White Smoke by Tiffany Jackson, There's someone inside your house by Stephanie Perkins and All Hallows by Christopher Golden (had me a little Halloween in February lol)

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Good morning Gabby happy Friday morning and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter and I enjoy your channel

[@WhitneyYadonArt]

I really enjoyed Good Morning, Monster. It’s a non fiction book written by a psychiatrist account of 5 patients. It’s pretty intense, so wild, and just gut wrenching but I literally couldn’t put it down. Maybe check out trigger warnings before hand

[@ramsam70]

That sounds so interesting

[@Elle_is_in_Wonderland]

Heaven forbid someone heal themselves 😆😆😆

[@greeranelson]

I finished 12 books in February and there were a lot of misses, but two books I enjoyed were The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa and Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin :)

[@timyank8433]

OMG, Butcher and Blackbird started out as a 5 star read for me and once the romance kicked in full throttle, it plummeted to a 2 star at best. I really enjoyed the killings they were doing but like you said, that all fell to the side when they gave into their crushes and I could not with the sex scenes which were chapters long. I pretty much just skimmed the chapters for the final 3rd because I just wanted to be done with this book.

[@tewsimple]

this man's appendix burst and he KEPT IT IN???

[@gabbyreads]

Exactly 🫣

[@ssd1453]

I also cannot connect with Fredrik Backman's writing style! I am glad I'm not the only one.

[@heatherbenza5185]

I love the spine of your chain gang all stars. Do you know where that version is sold?

[@gabbyreads]

I got mine from Aardvark Book Club! 😊

[@Andreasloveofreading]

First of all..I love you for saying that 59 isn’t old! I read that in AMCO and was like WTF! I am 51 and was straight up offended!😂 Thanks to you I am a full blown TS fan now! 🙌🏼 Butcher & Blackbird was SO bad! I was literally gagging..not at the murder and cannibalism, but at the sex scenes! LOL! And I listened to it and the guys voice! OMG! SO cringy!

[@chrissyodonnell1032]

There’s a movie based on the man called ove.. it was on Netflix.. not sure if it’s still on there but it was really good my hubby and I thought!!

[@savagejazz4958]

I read 11 books in February heres wah i read House of flame and shadow Five total strangers by Natalie d Richards The ashes and the star cursed king by carissa broadbent Holes by Louis sachar The silent patient by alex Michaelides Throne of glass by Sara j maas Crown of midnight by sarah j maas Heir of fire by Sara j maas Everyone in my family has killed someone The assassins blade by sarah j maas Powerless by Lauren Roberts I also read the promise neverland manag im currently on vol 18 n im loving this series so far and im also reading queen of shadows

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's what I read Clytemnestra by constanza casanti Queen of the damned by Anne rice book 3 in the vampire chronicles Tales of the body thief by Anne rice book 4 in the vampire chronicles The hurricane wars by thea guanzon The urgent life by Bozoma saint John memoir Shogun by james clavell Endangered by c.j box While we were dating by jasmine guillory Foul heart huntsman by chloe gong Defiant by Brandon Sanderson Godkiller by hannah kaner

[@isabellem5483]

i read 18! i think my fav book was Betty by Tiffany McDaniel :)

[@kjadijamoiz5556]

Hey Gabby, I wanted to know if you've read Billy summers so far. The thing is that, there was a video of yours where you said you had dnfed it, but I can't find that video and idk for sure if you really said that or not. I am going to read Billy summers and I was interested in knowing your thoughts. If you had read it at all❤

[@angelaholmes8888]

I read billy summers 2 years ago I really enjoyed it I hope you will like the book

[@gabbyreads]

I did DNF Billy Summers a few months ago! I might try to get back into it in the future though 😊

[@kjadijamoiz5556]

@@gabbyreads I see, I couldn't find the book in your dnfed list either so I was a little curious. happy reading :DD

[@kjadijamoiz5556]

@@angelaholmes8888 yes I've read about 3 chapters so far, and I have to say that it does look like smth I am really going to love. I was a little skeptical going into it, since it's not a genre I tend to enjoy, it's mostly horror and thriller for me. But I'm definitely invested and intrigued. Glad that you could enjoy it:DDD

[@lesap8889]

How many books are in the Blood on the Tracks series?

[@gabbyreads]

I think there’s currently 15-16 volumes published!!

[@YousufAli-kp4ev]

I think you should read Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki krishnamurthy. It's an epic novel about a real life empire and its fate. It talks about betrayal, trust, love and greed for power. Its a binge read

[@carriem2655]

Since you loved Once There Were Wolves, have you read Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult?

[@taraselby6040]

I loved the movie for A Man Called Ove and was not a fan of the book. I feel like that rarely happens for me!

[@jessr316]

📚💕

[@brandytaylor1986.]

I love the booktube community I’m wanting to get into reading but I have trouble trying to read I can’t shut my mind off and read and when I try audiobooks I just forget it’s playing it’s so frustrating I want to read with my eyes but not be so distracted by noise in my head and I have a hard time pushing in any book even a good book. But other than that books and bookish aesthetic has been slowly calling my name and teasing me past few years. Idk why lol

[@bilhawere7720]

You can try changing you're reading environment, romantise reading, do things to help you concentrate while you read, maybe that'll help

[@thewolfandherbooks]

You can try novellas, anthologies, and other short fiction. I've also set my timer on my phone and try to read in 10-15 minute bursts if I'm feeling especially distracted. I also use instrumental reading ambience/ASMR as my background noise to try to tune out everything else. I am probably neurodivergent 😅

[@EchosintheInk]

Have you tried reading along while listening to the audiobook? I will often get the audiobook from my library and then follow along. I've found it's a more immersive reading experience.

[@roxieswonderousworld]

❤❤

[@ChelseyK919]

I read 8 books! My favorite was none of this is true.

[@freechick4484]

Please please please read big magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Excellent book for creatives.

[@autumnritchie1473]

🥰🥰🥰

[@gail48]

Cooties, heard that when I was little!

[@sheyannestewart2241]

I feel the same way about self help books by men 😂😂 I get so annoyed by them!!

[@adnanferdousleo9528]

I think you look cute with glasses on .

[@AliDoisRead]

Not the anti-appendectomy agenda 😂😂😂😂

[@ririschannelx]

Who’s gonna tell her….. is she you know…

[@Sad.Purple.unicorn]

I strongly disliked A Man Called Ove and dnfed it.

[@karenjobim5794]

The appendix burst and you kept it - BS you wouldn't be alive. Not taking any advice from you mister!

[@bilhawere7720]

Are there books you actually enjoy ??? You just constantly talk about not liking books ?? Not that you should like them! But do uou actually enjoy most books ??

[@bilhawere7720]

Just asking because you rate a book 5 star and say something negative about it, again not that you shouldn't but do you actually enjoy reading really ??!

[@aliaab123]

I don't get that at all. I don't think she's overly negative. Also you can give a book 5 stars and still be critical of the book.

[@bilhawere7720]

@@aliaab123 yeah but she seems to hate every book she reads, no offense but I don't like overly negative book content videos, I love when she gives recs but when she starts to talk about them it's always a deep dark hole of her talking about the negatives of the book even if she rated it 5 stars and then she starts to say something negative about it, she does that with all books I swear I've watched so many of her reviews videos and she never says anything positive about at most two books in a video.

[@gabbyreads]

What 5 star book did I even speak negatively about in this video? I’m just expressing my feelings about the books I’ve read and I don’t even think I’m being that negative lol, but not every reading experience is going to be a positive one

[@angelwalker979]

She talks so fast and flies through the books so fast how did you even know what she liked or didn't like? 😂🤣🤦‍♀️