January 2024 Reading Wrap Up

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Thanks so much for watching! Let me know your thoughts on these books and if you read anything amazing this month!
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Books Featured in this Video:
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Piranesi by Susana Clarke
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Into the Labyrinth by John Bierce
Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh
Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
Manga Featured in this Video:
Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama
A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

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@marilyn7354 4 ай бұрын

I have written down every books I have read since 1981. Started in a woman's group to do it for a week. I just went on.

@EmyN 4 ай бұрын

Damn you are my dream

@kristywhilden3772 4 ай бұрын

Woah.... that's my entire life. That's awesome

@chanda782 4 ай бұрын

Your take on the atlas six has earned you a sub sir 😂 "they all go around being hot and awful!" pretty much how I felt about it, articulately and succinctly put!

@jyishika 4 ай бұрын

I read A Strange and Stubborn Endurance with your Fable book club. And after a 5+ year of a bad reading slump, I was able to read an entire novel and actually commit to reading. I enjoyed the book a lot, but agree with your sentiments of the ups and downs. Best choice I made in January! Just got February's book, can't wait to start!

@EmyN 4 ай бұрын

28:19 “that’s literally all of reality Tv I feel like, it’s about terrible hot people” 😂

@queenjazz3029 4 ай бұрын

Yes January felt like it dragged along ! I also had a crazy month of reading in January I read 13 books

@SundayLaughs 4 ай бұрын

I've been a lover of the Wayward Children series for years, and the books have been my first reads in January the past few years prepping for every new book release, I'm so glad you enjoyed the first one!! You got part of it right part of it wrong, some of the books are interconnected and also stand alone stories! All odd number books are kind of one interconnected story following the various quests the children of the school go on in present day and all even books follow one child going through their door and exploring their world!!!! You're so right and the books on their own are sometimes pretty low plot, as I would say the series as a whole is SUPER character driven. After 9 books I've grown so attached to the characters (even the books following new characters) that some books have left me crying from sadness and joy and its definitely my favorite series atm. Hope you enjoy the books and can stick with them! Oh and HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!

@deedittman946 3 ай бұрын

I love the Princess Bride. It is a fantastic read! I think you'll appreciated it even more if you've watched the movie. The connections are fascinating.

@jenniferhebb9348 Ай бұрын

Found your channel through board games. I also like books. Happy to find two new to me titles to read. Bonus they are Kindle Unlimited available!

@dgs788 2 ай бұрын

Down Among the Sticks and Bones--the next book in the Wayward Children series--is so much better to me than the first one IMO. I loved everything that book had to say.

@katehale7603 2 ай бұрын

I loved Piranesi! I usually read horror books so it was a major change to what I usually read.

@susies.4597 3 ай бұрын

You are the reason I started Signs of Affection and I absolutely LOVE IT!!

@EmyN 4 ай бұрын

I hear it’s your birthday! Happy birthday! 🎉🎊 I live for you and your wrap ups! ♥️♥️

@jeniferalvarez2914 4 ай бұрын

I’m so happy you talked about Squire again! This time I actually put it on hold with the library. I’ve put the Riyria Riyria Revelations on my TBR. It sounds so good! I was hoping that Butcher & Blackbird was going to be in this wrap up! Your video going over some of the TW intrigued me so much! I downloaded the sample just to read the full list of TWs. I honestly think TWs are just there for those of us who have a f*cked up brain and want to read something twisted and dark.

@janenightreadsandwrites223 4 ай бұрын

Happy birthday 🎉 I am reading through the Wayward Children series. Enjoying it too.

@mohdags420 4 ай бұрын

Hey, Happy Birthday Jaysen! I came from IG to wish you well, and man looking at the length of your videos here, you really do enjoy making longer content. 😅🎂🎉

@alldayelong 4 ай бұрын

Happy birthday, Jaysen!! Seanan McGuire is one of my very favorite authors, so I'm excited you started one of her series this month!

@heidiwarner1017 4 ай бұрын

I have also just recently discovered the Wayward children series by Seanan McGuire and have read the first 2 books!I am so excited you have started and enjoyed the first one!

@TeaLoverlne 3 ай бұрын

Saving this video because of course I didn’t write down books as you went, so will have to add to TBR list later.

@miriamrudge7260 4 ай бұрын

I want to read every heart a doorway so it was interesting to hear your thoughts on that. I love the Sherlock Holmes stories so I’m glad you enjoyed a study in Scarlet. I have Princess Bride to read for bookclub in March so I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on that next month! Sign of affection sounds good too.

@hplovinmama631 4 ай бұрын

The month of January is always a year long. 2024 part 1 if you will. A 2024 trial year... the real 2024, 2024 part 2, starts February 1st. If you've already failed your resolutions, it's okay. Start over now at the beginning of 2024 part 2. A few of these books sound really good. The one about the kids who just need to be taught different is at the top of my list. My younger daughter is 15. She has special needs. She was treated like garbage by teachers and the principal at a school she went to. Worse than the kids who bullied her. She went from doing amazing in school and loving it, to doing absolutely horrible and constantly in trouble. I got her out of that school and into a special education school where they cater the work/teaching to each individual child. The difference was night and day. She started receiving a ton of awards each year and had other kids look up to her. Even older kids. I think because of this, that book really intrigued me. I also think my 15yo, who is in her 6th year at that school, would enjoy it too.

@sb1363 4 ай бұрын

I binged all of Wayward Children back-to-back last year, it was so good!

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

I'm going to start book 2 soon!

@Windkandi 4 ай бұрын

Yay, I love some book content from you! And I agree with pretty much all you said about the books that I have also read: Piranesi, interesting, but imo not as good as Clarke’s other books. Every Heart A Doorway, can’t remember any plot, but am totally there for the vibes, no 2 in the series is my favourite! Atlas Six, hated all of the too, love the comparison to reality tv, which I also hate 😆 I have book 2 bc I got it for free, but … life’s too short! 😂 Going back to my current excellent read, ’Nettle and Bone’. Looking forward to more bookish videos!

@haleyware9962 3 ай бұрын

As a dark academia lover. I dnfed Atlas Six too. I just couldn't with this.

@logann-mackenziefroste563 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video 💯‼️💙🩵 I love 🧡 your massive Stitch in the background 😅😊

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Haha. He’s just quietly judging everything I do lol

@mildrumpus 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed "Piranesi" - a very unusual book! I am hoping to read "A Study in Scarlet" this month, but I have a stacked TBR. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, my TBR this month has already gone off the rails so I get it lol.

@drewsambitiousreading2752 4 ай бұрын

What a great wrap up Jaysen! I love how u do ur reviews, makes me want to do better reviews lol! To let u know the wayward children series isn't adpated yet but I do think it will be great as a tv show or movie!(:

@Brooksie603 4 ай бұрын

Oooo!! I bought The Princess Bride because I’ve only seen the movie and wanted to read it. I’ve watched it so many times I know I will hear the characters voices in my head and picture the scenes too. Not sure when I will it yet though.

@TheMouseDiva 4 ай бұрын

I read "Piranes" because it was a blind book I picked up at a small independent bookstore. While reading, I kept thinking, "was the author drunk while writing this? Do I need to be drunk to read it?". But as you said, it came together later. "Into the Labyrinth" sounds interesting.

@CheeryShine320 3 ай бұрын

Serendipitous! Its February now and I am reading The Princess Bride😊

@meowlo-the-mood-reader 4 ай бұрын

I hope you love the Princess Bride! I read it years ago and remember enjoying it. I keep meaning to do a reread but I have too many unread books to do that right now 😭

@talliyahrose 4 ай бұрын

Oh My!!! So much to take in, might have to watch this a couple of times to get that all. I have the first volume of "Sign of Affection" on hold with my library. I heard about the anime, and as I am trying to read more this year, decided to have this be my first Manga read... ever... I'm looking forward to it even more now. I've only read about a book and a half (I started late). I started with audio book of "Ink Blood Sister Scribe" which I liked very much and was the pick for a book club I joined, and Feb choice is Butcher and Blackbird. I'm currently reading "Grave Secrets" by Kathy Reichs (A Tempe Brennen/Bones) novel to pass the time until since I do love her style. I should have "Sign of Affection" in a few days at most. I'm looking forward to a year of amazing reads.

@conniedawson4219 4 ай бұрын

Happy birthday Jaysen! What a wide range of books. I just read vol 1 of A Sign of Affection based on your video when you first started the series. I LOVED IT! Can't wait to read more ~ you're right, it's so cute! And I love the way they take such care to portray sign language and the deaf community.

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@simulacraet2155 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow your Atlas Six review was sooooo spot on. That book gave me a literal physical headache and I had brought it along as a vacation read, which was just salt in the wound 😂

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

OMG, that book would RUIN a vacation lol

@roorooreads 4 ай бұрын

Ok I definitely need to check our a circle of stars! 🌟 then there's the atlas six....I definitely dnfed it...I just couldn't! All the characters seemed the same so I couldn't keep track of anyone 😅

@Harley24986 4 ай бұрын

DBZ is LIFE. I don't care what anyone says. It's so nostalgic for me. It will always be my favorite manga/anime.

@kateworkman921 4 ай бұрын

Oh, you will LOVE Princess Bride! I finally read it several years ago after growing up watching the movie, and the way that book is structured is just amazing. (Not storytelling, per se, but with how meta it is. You'll see.) I totally get if it's a no, but I've got a bookish channel, too, and if you're able to, I'd love to talk with you on my channel about Princess Bride?

@CimoreneTheRebel 4 ай бұрын

Most of the Wayward Children books are able to be read in any order, but there are several that require that you read them in order (book 5 must be read after book 2, for example). I think you'll like the rest! Each book alternates between a book set in the present, then a book set in the past, in one of the worlds the kids are from.

@brookruck 4 ай бұрын

Happy Happy Birthday!

@tahatavassol4029 4 ай бұрын

the explanation you gave about "The sign of effection" really striked me so similar to "the silent voice" though i don't if it's a manga but i have watched the anime its great

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Similar to a silent voice for sure!

@angelaarcher2355 4 ай бұрын

I’ve read all of the Wayward Children series. Book 3 is a bit meh but the others are so good, especially Jack and Jill. The audio books are everything!

@jeanminnick9617 4 ай бұрын

Could you maybe mention if a book has spice or graphic violence? Saw Scythe on the shelf behind you. Loved that trilogy!

@KatsLovinLife 4 ай бұрын

I DNF'd The Atlas Six. I absolutely hated it, and it was a Bookstagram/BookTube darling for a long time. I constantly felt like I must have read the wrong book. On the other hand, Piranesi and Every Heart a Doorway were great! I like your taste in books.

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

I totally got why it was so popular but man it was not for me 😭

@AJennWhoReads 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE the Wayward Children Series. I'm on book 4 but so far book 2 is my favorite:)

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Everyone keeps saying book 2 is amazing!

@user-bu9nc3gf3v 4 ай бұрын

I was writing my book I’m working on then I heard “ There’s been a ✨murder✨”

@Zozette27 4 ай бұрын

My surname is Holmes. When I was a little, about 9 years old, my father convinced me that Sherlock was real and was my great great grandfather. My father gave me a whole back story about how Sherlock’s son Sherwin hated his father fame so moved to Tasmania (where I live) to escape it. So I started to read some of the Sherlock short stories and it was a couple of months before Dad admitted it was a tall story. He had to tell me the truth before school restarted. By that time I loved the stories so I continue to read them.

@FushigiMini 3 ай бұрын

Love you video as always ! I hated atlas six's characters sooo much ! I dnf this book couldn't read another page and I was I was so angry at it 'cause the plot had everything I should love T_T.

@stressinabox 4 ай бұрын

January has been excruciating and I’m ready for it to end.

@egeozer9916 4 ай бұрын

I actually DNFed Gideon, but Piranesi is one of my favourite books!

@Ezeekat 4 ай бұрын

Ohh, Interesting!

@cocobouuu4163 4 ай бұрын

Love all your video but where did percy jackson reads go ??😢

@gryftkin 4 ай бұрын

I've had Piranesi suggested by so many people. Guess I need to read it. And Seanan is so good. Knowing her, she finished writing another book while I was typing this :D

@MikkiandtheMouse 4 ай бұрын

I started reading the Wayward Children series in December and it’s taking every bit of self control to not binge the series because I want to really take my time, enjoy and live with these stories. I am not someone who enjoys book series and I’m in love! I’m reading books 3 right now. What do you do with the books you hate?

@EmyN 4 ай бұрын

Yayyyyy it’s here! Let’s gooo

@orava931 4 ай бұрын

I want to read Fullmetal alchemist, January was really the month I started reading manga. I'm currently reading Spy family and Witch hat atelier

@TheYarnStop 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking about getting Fable so I looked at the app on the App Store, and did you know your book club is on the advertisement?

@shadowoflugia 4 ай бұрын

I felt like January went by way too quickly lol

@marilyn7354 4 ай бұрын

Yes January seemed long.

@ashleyscozybookcorner5577 4 ай бұрын

Serious question. How do you find anything in your bookcase? I absolutely love the rainbow aesthetic but my brain just won't allow me to leave my series split up 😂.