I read 5 books about criminals in 5 genres 🕵️ COOK & BOOK (does my food deserve jail time?)

[@booktales1687]

When the Portrait of a Thief movie comes out, Cindy’s going to skip to the sapphicness. And honestly? I don’t blame her.

[@withcindy]

ur damn right

[@user-vy2hz6fl6x]

Could never blame her for that

[@Sam-0827]

I saw Sapphic and Portrait and thought of portrait of a lady on fire lol

[@IgoIgoIgo]

“What is in the air?” It’s Cassian and Nesta’s arousal spores misting in the air Cindy dw we solved it

[@withcindy]

STOP

[@jillcannata1142]

I DIDN’T NEED THIS TODAY😂

[@goldglitterglam]

every week i learn something new from that series against my will

[@lianasalazar2920]

"He's an art history major so he needs this heist to work, otherwise what the hell else is he gonna do for a job?" Me holding my art history diploma: Damn she came for my neck. Time to plan a heist I guess

[@withcindy]

easy money!

[@osteophagus]

I have an art degree, I'll join

[@francescakyanda9182]

there's nothing more POC than "need to make something with this huge batch of rice"

[@withcindy]

Exactly 💯

[@nhatduy71]

yassss cook with cindy where she rants about book and points knives at us is back 🥰

[@withcindy]

cant forget the knife!

[@user-vy2hz6fl6x]

@@withcindy 🔪💕

[@Muted_Marcus]

There's nothing better than a Stockholm syndrome POV! 😋

[@angelicaamora11]

YASSS

[@xRaiofSunshine]

🔪

[@scarlettw730]

i have never heard “possibility” and “it went like this” so many times in my life- so it went like this, cindy trying to enumerate the amount of possibilities in the wondrous bok choy air

[@withcindy]

Don't 😭😭😭

[@mplbooks]

As an author who also reads, when I send out ARCs, I add a disclaimer: "Authors and their books rely on readers, and I appreciate your help in letting others know about [insert book title here] by leaving reviews on Amazon and Goodreads and using your preferred social media platforms to spread the word. As a reader and reviewer myself, I promise to respect your space with the understanding that reviews are for other readers, not authors; I do not respond to individual reviews of my work unless I am contacted directly with questions or comments." I never want readers and reviewers to be afraid to voice an honest opinion of my work.

[@withcindy]

Love that!

[@soybeanandmilk_9003]

What's ARCs?

[@Melissa-sx9vh]

@@soybeanandmilk_9003 Advanced Reader Copy, it's a pre-published/nearly finished book that is sent to professional reviewers and/or book bloggers to review.

[@Forty2Times]

99% of the time, when an author strays to the reader side of the internet, the result is bad (see Sara Dessen, Lauren Hough). It's the same weird toxic feel as readers attacking other readers for disagreeing with 5 Star Reviews of Popular books (I was called an "illiterate turd monkey" for being meh on Addie LaRue). It's a weird bummer. We're all just beautiful weird book nerds on the internet. There shouldn't be cliques and bullies.

[@withcindy]

Authors and readers are some of the most thin-skinned ppl I've seen online lol

[@awkwardotter13]

What happened with Sara Dessen?

[@mentallyunstable1926]

@@awkwardotter13 daniel greene has a video about it i’m pretty sure?? i don’t remember a lot about it but there’s a video on youtube somewhere

[@universedonut159]

Yeah, it's so weird. Like why create a work- book, song, show, movie- etc, especially a creative one and expect everyone to love it or not discuss it? Just because it's not for one person doesn't mean it isn't for another. Just baffling, lol

[@awkwardotter13]

@@mentallyunstable1926 thank you, I’ll look into it! Edit: I looked into it and remembered hearing/reading about it closer to when it happened but the gist is one of her books was nominated for a college reading list and some student I believe said it wasn’t really college level reading (I love Sara Dessens books and read them a lot when I was younger but I agree, not difficult reading and don’t really have any super deep messages) and Sara Dessen tweeted about it and got super defensive. Some of her fans and other authors joined in on criticizing (and basically bullied) that college student. It’s pretty nasty behavior for a YA author to be mad about not being labeled as college level.

[@Mothballzzz]

I listened to Portrait of a Thief on audio and wanted to slam my head against the wall every time something was described as “all _____ and ____.” I don’t have the book in front of me, but it would be stuff like “the city was all lights and glass, “she was all angles and shadows.” I was all bitterness and disappointment.

[@SunnyBunnyyy]

Repetitive books are AWFUL as audiobooks, you can’t just skip over the repeated phrase instead you’re forced to listen to it

[@aaalex1311]

ngl i felt like the phrase "spread out in front of him/her" was repeated a lot too

[@victorianmelodrama]

Literally no one: Portrait of a Thief: It began like this: studying for her bio test at 3 am. Her ramen dinner tasted like possibility.

[@alleyaellarina6828]

I MISSED THIS KIND OF CONTENT!!! You know you just trying to cook something edible, hoping it's not poisonous while trying to tell us your thoughts about certain books. It radiates comfort.

[@withcindy]

feels like we're just hanging out!

[@angelicaamora11]

Omg yesss 😂😂😂

[@booktales1687]

The Chinese Corporation: we’re going to put our artifacts at risk for the sake of their ✨ character development ✨

[@withcindy]

gotta do it for the vibes

[@PokhrajRoy.]

“The brilliant food cooked by Cindy and the kitchen being filled with an aroma and possibility.”

[@withcindy]

Don't 😭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘Confident Women’ by Tori Telfer sounds like a blueprint for Netflix to create a bunch of series.

[@withcindy]

oOoOO ur so right !!

[@darwiinn8666]

i really hope netflix will pay you bc that really does sounds like something they would make

[@PokhrajRoy.]

When it comes to this video: “It began like this: Cindy doing a brilliant cold open which included the word ‘piss’.”

[@withcindy]

The way we could all literally replicate this writing style right now

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@withcindy The author’s sister is going to come after me lol

[@TheLemonWedge]

Damn you’re spitting bars

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “There’s also this Sapphic subplot that I really enjoyed because I’m very biased like that.”

[@withcindy]

Love the sapphos

[@o_o-lj1ym]

“Smoke, gasoline and possibility” Sounds like the possibility of a fire to me

[@viscorner4]

I was cooking a dish full of possibilities while listening to this video full of possibilities and when Cindy started quoting that book full of possibilities, I swear I had to stop and check she wasn't on a loop... A loop of possibilities of course

[@withcindy]

theres a POSSIBILITY this word will haunt me

[@PokhrajRoy.]

You know you are PEAK negative and bitter when you read a novel that doesn’t match your threshold of negativity and bitterness 😂

[@withcindy]

Yup yup 👍

[@morphing_erebus]

It went like this: I watched the hollow of the soy sauce bottle's throat while CIndy cooked in the background. The air shimmered with possibility.

[@withcindy]

NOOOO

[@reysterlightwood4127]

It started like this: While reading that book, I cackled out loud because I'm bewildered how they managed that heist. I didn't know it was a possibility.

[@withcindy]

jdlkasjdklasdjkla

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘Jaded Bitter Old Lady’ in the colour Jade as a MERCH line for next year’s Asian Heritage Month.

[@withcindy]

Omg love that idea

[@tecsiederp]

i need this in my life

[@nickynguyen6809]

@@withcindy the way i would buy that immediately plz make it!!!

[@Showtunediva]

I would totally buy this Cindy

[@tiachu]

YES CINDY I DNFed Portrait of a Thief because of how repetitive I found the writing, it was literally so distracting. I was sooo excited from the synopsis, especially as a young Asian American woman, but I could NOT get past the writing to enjoy the plot. Bummer. Maybe I’ll pick it up again for the sapphic shit HAHA

[@withcindy]

are we bad asians for not loving this book?!! time for us to get banished from the diaspora

[@brooke5258]

I didn't even get past the preview lol. The premise sounded great. I was looking forward to it. But no.

[@gandalfbutfancier5216]

Popo means butt in my language, so the phrase "Alex's popo" caught me off-guard and sent me into the stratosphere, and before you ask, yes, it truly was full of possibility

[@withcindy]

POPOSSIBILITY

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

Popo (spelled 뽀뽀) is Korean for peck, as in "little kiss"

[@gandalfbutfancier5216]

@@Mecharnie_Dobbs Combine those two and you get popo popo, meaning little butt kiss

[@phix27]

Deutscher 👀

[@Hillary429]

Love the Yearning t-shirt never leaving Cindy’s body.. that’s a true girl boss

[@withcindy]

It's my pajamas

[@hadeshellscape]

I don’t understand authors getting mad when readers give criticism. When I publish my first book, I’d love for a book tuber like Cindy to talk on it so I can improve my writing based on an experienced readers opinion

[@Scipio0404]

Cindy you could be in the process of hiding a dead body and reviewing a book and I would gladly watch it while I eat popcorn and sip my non-alcoholic beverage.

[@withcindy]

The FBI is watching

[@acrynellys]

Portrait of a Thief: wow THANK YOU. I love the premise of the book and there are some truly beautiful lines, but just a few chapters in I desperately wanted to ban all variations of the words "possible", "impossible", "change" and "dream", along with descriptions of fall. I totally agree, I found the repetition really distracting and wearying. Having so much text between lines of dialogue also slowed me down during their conversations - character B would respond and I would have to backtrack a paragraph or two to remind myself what character A had said 🙃

[@withcindy]

Glad I'm not the only one who felt that way!

[@LightintheWasteland]

The word “possibility” means absolutely nothing to me now, but I am absolutely here for this series

[@withcindy]

This series is full of possibility

[@katiewilliams9771]

The repetitions in Portrait of a Thief that drove me crazy were the darkness or the night “pressing down on them”, and all the smiles being “quick” 😂

[@marianamauricio]

"possibility" no longer sounds like a real word asfhsajkfnd 😭😭😭

[@withcindy]

It was the author's favorite word for sure LOL

[@braveheartalice]

The fact that police sirens were going off in the back at around 0:58 while Cindy was talking about criminals 👀

[@withcindy]

Just New York things

[@lu6754]

I’d never heard of “They Never Learn”, but I agree sooo much with everything she said about it. The older I get, the more tired I am of shallow girlboss-esque “feminism” :/ It’s just not for me.

[@withcindy]

same! i need more

[@thewolfandherbooks]

Cuz 99% of it is centered around white privilege.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Is it just me or are Sapphic Sagas having a moment in the literary zeitgeist? I’m not complaining and I’m happy to hear of it.

[@withcindy]

Good for them!

[@chrisisbookinit]

I gave Notes On An Execution 5 stars and I really loved that it was more centered on the women who were affected by him. I also loved but was not expecting the way grief was a huge discussion, that shit hit me like a train but it was so well done.

[@withcindy]

yessss

[@luvdonatello_]

Me: I swear I'm straight Cindy: *uploads Me: Yeah maybe not

[@withcindy]

gasp

[@oranji7258]

Quick garlic tip 🧄: press the flat of your knife on the garlic clove and with the heel of your hand press down, it’ll help with peeling the garlic. If your nervous around knives then just use more pressure with your hand. If you you use too much pressure and crush it then it’s just easier to mince. Cindy watching you cut veggies and cook is like when you’re a parent letting your kid cook all by themselves and I just wanna jump in to help lol

[@withcindy]

LOLOL I wish u could help 😭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I will admit that ‘June’s Journey’ is actually a dope game. Also, so chic.

[@withcindy]

It's like a book in game format!

[@darwiinn8666]

So true omg

[@enieni1134]

i love going through book reviews because they are my free-of-charge manuals of what not to do to when i write my fanfics 😘👍

[@withcindy]

i gotchu boo

[@sierra930]

im buddy reading portrait of a thief right now with a friend ! im feeling the same way right now that the writing style isnt really doing anything for me, but my friends loving it so everyones different i suppose.

[@withcindy]

Yeah tons of people love it! I think I'm just too picky lol

[@TheFlowerbeast]

Wow. This is why I mostly prefer books with multiple perspectives. It gives us more rooms to think for ourselves

[@withcindy]

I think writing books w multiple perspectives can be tricky, but when it's done well, I love it!

[@marissasa]

I also just finished portrait of a thief and felt the same way you did. I thought it was lyrical but too repetitive to the point of purple prose, and the characters having the same pov on their identities made them feel underdeveloped/too similar to each other. The weight of parent expectations and daddy issues were relatable tho so I know it was good asian representation😭

[@withcindy]

the daddy issues were kinda juicy ngl

[@jokubasbalciunas6185]

When cindy is reading quotes about posibility i replace "posibility" with "bees" and it makes more sence

[@fayla8127]

“…full of possibility” 😭😭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I had a feeling that the 2nd book did have parallels with ‘Promising Young Woman’ and yes, more nuance in characters, even the antagonists.

[@withcindy]

Agreed!

[@TheFlowerbeast]

I don't mind your cooking. You're so entertaining that even your questionable methods make me laugh 😁

[@withcindy]

I appreciate that lmao

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

and as i clicked the notification on this sunny afternoon i remembered i hadn't seen a Cindy video so soon after publishing in months (3rd view) and the air suddenly filled with possibilities as Cindy started to list the ingredients

[@withcindy]

Pls no more possibilities

[@mglarson5936]

I just ordered a “yearning” sweatshirt and I’m so excited to wear it 😭

[@withcindy]

Omg I hope you love it!!

[@macke3850]

I enjoyed portrait of a thief but I definitely was expecting more heists. And I agree that all 5 povs sounded practically the same

[@deszra]

the phrase i had the most issue with in portrait of a thief was "and yet--" i swear it was used 5 times ON THE SAME PAGE at some point and once i noticed it, there was no going back lol

[@heyimsasa]

omg i almost skipped the "possibility" segment but i love cindy too much 🤣

[@withcindy]

Feel my pain with me

[@loverofallanimals3112]

0:55 We love the ambulance siren helping to set the mood 🤩 Also, I love your Cook & Book series, and am very happy to see an episode of it again, thank you!

[@withcindy]

Glad you like them!

[@thatseverything3919]

Best cooking show on KZbin Gordon Ramsay could never lol she's coming for your title

[@withcindy]

gordon would have an aneurysm if he watched me

[@clairvaux8459]

Cindy: talking about someone stealing a diamond necklace in 1700s Me, having watched Puppet History: **audible gasp** "JEANNE LA MOTTE???"

[@hyperspecificescapism4657]

YESSSS PUPPET HISTORY

[@hikaritanaka3988]

No scallions in fried rice? :0 But also rip, the idea of a heist to reclaim identity/ artwork is so creative but it's unfortunate that the writing kills it. :'(

[@rafizac8433]

i love that possibility can be touched smelled heard and tasted

[@CedricsMom]

Hey Miss Cindy! Long time no see. I hope one of these books is PORTRAIT OF A THIEF without spoilers! I'm about 15% in and trying to figure out how they think they aren't gonna get caught unless they do the heists all at the same time.

[@withcindy]

yes one of them is portrait of a thief!

[@ML-rn7yd]

I was also really anticipating Portrait of a Thief… had all the same issues you had, which was disappointing bc the premise was so good! Idk if it’s the lyrics style, but why is everyone, everything, everywhere described as so gosh darn beautiful? 😭

[@withcindy]

Bc beauty is full of possibility

[@TheFlowerbeast]

Aw, when I read a nonfiction book, I like it when it feels like I am reading a fiction book. I like forgetting that I'm readin facts. So if it the author's just listing things, I'd rather read articles

[@withcindy]

Yeah I wish there had been more to the book!

[@Vulphie]

Wow that seems like an impossible amount of possibility concentrated in one place! And yeah, Paris definitely smells like the only portapotty at a rock concert. Your meal looks amazing btw!

[@dropdeadlawrence]

The "possibility" montage killed me.

[@AnaCarolinaVanzetta]

My new fear is walking around, minding my own business, and in comes someone yelling "POSSIBILITY"

[@mntacuyan]

It began like this, watching Cindy cook bachoy and read us the pages that must smell of possibility...

[@withcindy]

NO

[@pikitat]

that final book had so much damn possibility

[@thebookbag]

I felt the same way about Portrait of a Thief. It was one of my most anticipated books but I ended up giving it 3 stars. The “it went like this: a, b, and c” writing was lovely at first but by mid-book I felt like I could guess exactly what was going to be said. I also really struggled with the believability of the heist aspect of the book.

[@withcindy]

glad im not the only one!

[@scasimir1000]

You have gotten much better in your cooking and in knife handling skills

[@IgoIgoIgo]

“It sounds like I really know what I’m doing.” A sentence that can summarize our lives this quarantine

[@withcindy]

do ANY of us rly know what we are doing tho

[@goodbooksarethejoyofmylife4430]

i described potrait of a thief’s writing style as “pretentious”

[@LaraAhmedG]

BABE WAKE UP NEW CINDY VIDEO

[@withcindy]

LETS GO

[@KatBaumgarten]

I missed you as a top chef, queen!!!! 🥰 love cindy's cooking show, i feel so seen and validated

[@withcindy]

yes more cooking videos to come!!

[@MTdaBlacking]

Man, I'm glad I discovered this channel! Just feels like it's full of...possibility.

[@angelk5743]

I just started this video, but when Cindy mentioned the lady who stole the diamond necklace, I immediately thought of that Puppet History episode.

[@withcindy]

maybe its the same story?

[@angelk5743]

@@withcindy it definitely is! The diamond necklace is the musical guest star.

[@guidecfk]

i agree with the writing being very annoying in portrait of a thief, i really don't think it should have been marketed so heavily as a heist book

[@himbosuplex]

Someday when I finally publish a book, I'm dedicating it to you Cindy because I've learned a lot of things to watch out for by watching your channel and also, if you somehow read it and rate it poorly, I'm gonna take the L and know it was my fault and to learn from it LOL

[@CedricsMom]

Honey you're the discount queen! I gotta tell my girl bud to start following you JUST FOR THE DISCOUNTS!

[@withcindy]

we love a discount!!

[@catinanincrediblyfancyhat572]

Maaan, I swear I'm usually picky with my likes but I missed cook & book so much I just clicked the like button immediately😂

[@withcindy]

ill def do more videos then!!

[@jacobaeden]

it's very sitcom-y of using "possibilty" and "it went like this" in each chapter. the air of possibility but new york smelt like piss part made me laugh so hard

[@sisi2654]

8:15 The goose girl is my favorite fairytale!! I rewrote it for my creative writing class and flipped the classist elements around

[@tinan1142]

I’m glad I dropped “portrait of a thief”, I only made it to chapter 4 and it got so repetitive despite having 5 different characters 😭

[@madrigalv5302]

not you leaving the rice inside the pan omg

[@supposedlymel]

The thing with authors getting annoyed at what they consider "bad" reviews is annoying. Reading and writing is subjective, the book you wrote you obviously love the genre, and some readers aren't going to. That's because humans are different, shockingly. You can't get annoyed at what people think of your writing, when you are a writer. It's what we're taught in writing classes and it's just common sense. That being said, when Cindy releases her book I'm going to instantly rate it 5 stars.

[@withcindy]

cant wait for my turn to be sensitive and go out of my way to hurt my own feelings

[@foodforthought1007]

I had exactly the same issues with portrait of a thief! So much repetition and so unbelievable 😅

[@ChelseaMonet-h5y]

I absolutely loved little thieves for like three reasons. 1. Me and Vanja have the same birthday 2. I have middle school humor 3. I just love Margaret Owen

[@withcindy]

Margaret seems cool!

[@munkhjin9104]

Knives out? More like Cindy pointing knives at us

[@MarieJes23]

Love watching Cindy gesture with knives like is the safest thing ever

[@withcindy]

I'm just very expressive like that

[@MarieJes23]

@@withcindy the bok choy and the fried rice looked so good

[@fridalozano7795]

I feel like Cindy's cooking level upgrades every time she cooks, points her knife at us, and talks about books🍽

[@withcindy]

Yay I'm evolving!!

[@lauratuominen9296]

The repetition of 'possibility' gave me a pasta craving

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘They Never Learn’ by Layne Fargo feels like a great movie I once saw called ‘Keeping Mum’ where Dame Maggie Smith plays a lady who goes to an English Village where murders and mishaps take place.

[@withcindy]

👀👀👀

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

Hi Cindy, I’m a small very small but tuber and even I’ve had a bad experience with an author not liking a review that I did on both my channel and Good reads. All her supporters came after me. Since I’m really old 70 and not into that BS, I just block them Glad to see you reading my favorite genre of mysteries and thrillers. Aloha

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I missed the cooking segment and I look forward to it. It’s great fun in any case.

[@withcindy]

more to come!

[@Grace_0128]

damn portrait of a theif sounds soooo good I liked the concept its ashame that it was less heist like but it does sound like there's a lot of comedic relief that they watched ocean eleven movie. So strange that these kids are like geniuses but can't think of a decent plan to pull it off? lol

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I was watching your ‘Heartstopper’ again and hoped there’d be a new video out today. So excited!

[@withcindy]

Yay! Thank you!

[@universedonut159]

​@@withcindy s2 and 3 are coming!✨🥳

[@samantharose1001]

also I’m going to go back to watch ur HEARTSTOPPER videos (I was waiting until I could watch and felt emotionally ready for reaction content lol) 🙏🏻 ecstatic for the season 2 & 3 renewal and Alice’s BIG ASEXUAL PLANS 😭🥳💛

[@withcindy]

I told Victoria about it this morning and she is so excited!

[@samantharose1001]

@@withcindy 🤗🤗

[@gregorywiederecht]

I feel like Portrait of a Thief's editor was asleep at the wheel. A good editor would have been like, "hey, maybe cut back on the possibility metaphor so it still sounds like a word?” (I have no idea how they could have fixed "like this," but I have to believe there was a way they could have made it better)

[@withcindy]

the editor should have def cut out more!

[@fttoma]

Portrait of a thief was my most anticipated book of the year and after watching Tammie reviews and I'm so thankful for her honest opinion so I don't waste my money or precious time on it 😊 and I'm so happy to see cooking again it's absolutely delicious 😋 bon appetit 🥰🥰🥰

[@lifewithjown]

I love They Never Learn still, I love Scarlett's rage lol ahaha. that bokchoy and sauce looks yummy!

[@victoria_taing]

there's this one ya "adventure" book that i really like that's called the midnight lie. it's about this girl who meets another girl ('-' ) in jail and they try to find magic on the island. the magic and class system is interesting, there's a nice twist at the end, but the romantic tension was thee best part.

[@ComeUndun.]

Wow the repetition in that book though... It's almost like "they let out a breath they didn't know they were holding."

[@starlitbri]

cindy is talking about books whiike waving a knife at us again 🥰 nature is healing 🥺

[@withcindy]

finally normalcy

[@galerights8983]

OMG CINDYYY i asked about this to you a few days ago and now it's hereee thank you for this queen i hope you're doing well :DD

[@withcindy]

You're so welcome!