Summer TBR ☀️

[@rachaelgrimes5775]

Every time you put up a video I add SO MANY more books to my wish list 🤣Lately I've really been feeling wlw romance and mystery/crime novels. Happy reading!

[@JeansThoughts]

Yas we must be in the same wavelength aha

[@katem198]

Summer is actually the best time to read Japanese ghost stories as it’s classed as “spooky season” in Japan (particularly in August). One of the common thoughts is to cool down from the heat and humidity to read a ghost story to send a shiver down your spine! 😆👻

[@rymhreads]

As an Edinburgh dweller can I just say how hilarious it is that you've uploaded a 'summer' tbr on this Saturday which literally looks like we're living in a purgatory

[@JeansThoughts]

Yeah I really hope this is not a sign aha

[@mdzuracka]

🤣🤣

[@TheLunarFire]

Anne Bishop is my favorite author of all time and very few people come across her. I also read her books after first discovering Juliet Marillier. Her books are dark but also leave you with very strong feelings too because you'll just completely fall for all the characters.

[@Alfred_51]

Unicorn is a fantastic read! Glad your back in Scotland

[@JeansThoughts]

I just finished it and love it! 5 out of 5 stars. Aha glad to be here for now although I'm definitely going back to London.

[@Pucabilly]

The audio book for Blue Monday is great!

[@christinacampbellbooks]

Girl, Woman, Other is on my Goodreads TBR - it sounds wonderful! I'm looking forward to the libraries re-opening so I can request it :)

[@ananya5573]

You always put me on to books that I otherwise would not have heard of! Thank you!

[@dawn307]

Tender Morsels has been on my radar since it came out and i'm not sure what's stopped me. It's had a long build up, hope it lives up to expectations. Enjoy!

[@swashbucklerbooks158]

Interesting TBR. I was completely knocked out of my depth after the horrors of the last two weeks so I'm just going to finish my May TBR which includes the last two books in the first Earthsea quartet 😊

[@AilsaVlogs]

I'm still trying to get caught up on my NetGalley books, I've really been slacking on reading ebooks! And I want to reread Station Eleven, for the hopefulness after world-changing events.

[@amyimogenereads17]

YES. Really hope you enjoy Daughter of the Blood! That is Anne Bishop’s best series for high fantasy fans, and is a fantastic character driven series. It’s not *as* female-focused as the marketing implies, but the magic system is the best and honestly so iconic. Really hope you enjoy, but can’t wait to hear your thoughts either way!

[@ms.reader9799]

You're such a smart reader. Sounds like a great tbr!

[@cleg78]

Unicorn is a fantastic book and I thoroughly enjoyed it, parts of it are absolutely shocking though and in other parts you feel devastated that they had to go through so much.

[@booksandthings_with_kate]

I am definitely planning on picking up Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop because her Others series was incredible and I need to read more of her work.

[@nikolettapr]

Blue Monday is great!!! Read it last month and already reading the second book in the series!!

[@ghostly_bookish]

Hi Jean, I don't know if you remember a while ago you posted on instagram about A hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and I commented that I was interested in it but wasn't really a sci-fi reader and I was intimidated by the fact it was such a loved series but you encouraged me to try it and said it was more british humour than really intense sci-fi. I've just started the first book and absolutely loving it- thank you for giving me a push to read outside my comfort zone. Hope all is well and stay safe x

[@JeansThoughts]

I do remember and I am SO pleased. I really feel they are a quintessential example of British humour you're right - sci-fi is more the vehicle to deliver the wit aha.

[@ghostly_bookish]

@@JeansThoughts I was wondering if you had any reccomendations for lovers of Agatha Christie's Poirot series? As dated and as sometimes mysogonistic as he is! I want to delve into some more detective fiction- love Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano, adore Sherlock Holmes so just looking for the same kind of vibes. Any reccomendations? Hope all goes well with your move back to Scotland. Stay safe x

[@LiteraryLily]

Ring Shout sounds so interesting I'm definitely adding that to my wishlist! At the moment I'm really feeling lowkey fantasy and speculative fiction!

[@TheBookishMom]

I have been wanting to get more into hard Sci-Fi as well! Disappeared sounds like a good place to start with it for sure. Crier's War is another one I have had my eye on for a while now and need to get to soon!

[@eringolive]

I recently read Blue Monday on audiobook, and really enjoyed it. I’m waiting my turn from the library for the next in the series. Enjoy.

[@BethVlogs_]

I'm planning on mainly reading books by authors of colour.

[@ryanvale6066]

Great video! Books I definitely need to read this summer (and are currently on the top of my tbr) are Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge and Chasing a Legacy by D.A. Ravenscroft

[@parkerrose3590]

I remember reading about Rose Red when I was a child. Tender Morsels sounds very interesting.

[@emsalarslan2098]

Love your videos :) commenting to support!

[@JeansThoughts]

Aw thank you!

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

Tender Morsels sounds like an interesting book. I ordered Davis's other book Women, Race, & Class (I think that is right) and I am hoping to read it soon.

[@JeansThoughts]

That one was one of my favourite books of 2019 - it’s fantastic!

[@chloe.imogen]

Ring Shout and the Angela Davis autobiography sound really interesting, excited to hear your thoughts on them!

[@angelamccollister]

I read a fantasy series by Kristina Katherine Rusch many years ago and it was really good. She is a really good writer. She also writes a lot of Star Trek and Star Wars books.

[@polinameisak8899]

Thanks Jean ❤️

[@MLLatUtube]

I am going to try more books by black authors particularly in cozy mysteries which I love - horror is definitely not my genre lol - look forward to hearing how your reading goes

[@danecobain]

JAPANESE GHOST STORIES? Oh hells yeah, that's going on my wishlist! Happy reading Jean :)

[@angelamccollister]

Daughter of the Blood is really good.

[@Sam-du5oe]

Jean, can you recommend any “serious” romance novels? I love romance but don’t enjoy the fluffy, cutesy or funny novels normally available; I prefer a bit more drama and angst. It seems to be more common in fantasy romances, and I know you’re a romance lover too.

[@abk.92]

Here are some of my favourite fantasy with really good romance: The winner's curse trilogy The Inheritence Trilogy by N.K Jemisin Elantris Warbreaker Any of C.L. Wilson Phoenix unbound Amelia Hutchins (lots and lots of sex) chk for trigger warnings The surviving trace And I can go on .... 😋 Hope you enjoy 🤗

[@blessedtobealive]

The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski. I can't get over this book. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16081272-the-edge-of-never

[@ametrinemoon]

Will you being staying at home in Edinburgh or in your own flat? I've downloaded the Queen of the Conquered. Killing me softly is on my overdrive account. Been reading non-stop Ebooks via the library at the moment. Been reading a lot of nordic crimes via my library account.

[@JeansThoughts]

At home ^_^ need to save some money when things are so up in the air financially. But lucky I have a mum who can put me up.

[@ametrinemoon]

@@JeansThoughts Excellent!

[@DaydreamingxIntrovert]

Daughter of blood looks good. I'm sad my kindle has broken so i need to buy a new one sigh...

[@tarotstudent3258]

I think „Hadriana in all my dreams“ is probably about the practice of actually turning people into zombies as part of the Voodoo religion and not about zombies as we understand them as fantastic creatures of scary stories since Rene Deprestre is Haitian and Haiti is the only country in the world where Voodoo is the official religion. Wade Davis wrote a whole book about the process of zombie making in Haiti called „the serpent and the rainbow“ I read it in the 90s the whole practice is fascinating to say the least

[@emelinebon4327]

I just requested Hadriana in all my dreams from my library :D

[@JeansThoughts]

Awesome! I hope we both love it ^_^

[@ashabrijmohan1835]

Have you read any of the older female fantasy authors... Like Ursuala Le Guin... Katherine Kerr... Janny Wurts.. Diana Wynn Jones? I've been seeing alot of their books at second hand bookstores.

[@ninaprabhu627]

Sometimes certain books are not available in the US..

[@rose_and_thorns]

Affinity is the only Sarah Waters book I haven't read yet (and God I hope she has a new one soon!) and I think the reason I've left it for last is because I'm not typically into paranormal spooky stuff because I am A BABY, so I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on the spook-level of it :P (Also...I'm sorry, I know it might be tiresome when people comment about your accent, but this just makes me chuckle - sometimes, if my phone is close enough to my laptop, when you say the word "series", Siri wakes up and pings at me :P )

[@chiming_]

No sHelf control 🤣

[@JeansThoughts]

ahahaha

[@yousefgannour2841]

FIRST COMNT FROM MOROCCO HAVE NICE DAY

[@amandap2579]

Oohhh I read daughter of the blood recently...it’s different, but I’m also in the middle of the sequel 🤷🏼‍♀️ Women in power and lots of tw for sexual violence, pedophilia, no consent and dubious consent

[@moonbook12]

My cat want tell you hi

[@JeansThoughts]

Hi cat!

[@katem198]

Summer is actually the best time to read Japanese ghost stories as it’s classed as “spooky season” in Japan (particularly in August). One of the common thoughts is to cool down from the heat and humidity to read a ghost story to send a shiver down your spine! 😆👻

[@JeansThoughts]

Ah I did not know that but that's fantastic information!