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[@emmiereads]

I would like to personally extend my condolences for the suffering you’ve now endured😂

[@karin.007]

i cant believe this hi everytime i see u anywhere on youtube im starstruck

[@dollypendleton]

Pm I pal

[@annlillyjose356]

a jesse and jack crossover is the content i need!

[@jessethereader]

i love me some jaaaaack

[@fransgreidanus5678]

Now you said it I won‘t die peacefully if I don‘t see it happen

[@brookepage3752]

Jack, Emmie, and Elias: *makes videos on terrible books to warn people against reading them* Jesse: *now look at me and this opportunity*

[@Grace-s]

i love how artistic and uniquely styled jesse's videos always are. can't wait to watch this one!

[@jessethereader]

thanks grace!

[@ellias]

I KNEW YOU WOULD LIKE TGGGTM!!!! it’s the bad taste for me 😝 Hehe jk daddy

[@emmajane8663]

I’m sooo happy you liked A Good Girls Guide To Murder!! It was the first thriller/ murder mystery I have ever read and I loved it!! The second and third books in the series are amazing too!! By the end of the trilogy you will be so attached to the characters. Holly Jackson has another book that just came out called five survive. It was good and is worth a read but compared to her other books it’s not as good in my opinion. Hope you have an amazing Valentine’s Day!!❤❤😊

[@theelizaaguilar]

I am such a AGGGtM fan and recommend it any chance I get at it. Sadly, Five Survive was a huge letdown.

[@emmajane8663]

@@theelizaaguilar I totally agree. Like I’m glad I read it but it didn’t have the depth that her other books do.

[@ellieli13]

The first book of a good girls guide to murder was good but not amazing for me but I was invested so I read the second and third. Those two are significantly better (and darker) I felt like pip and the side characters were a bit 1-dimensional for me but Holly Jackson really fleshed everyone out in the later books, I loved how pip developed and the way the author depicted her trauma was disturbing and devastating and I definitely understand how she ended up the way she did. OH AND I ALSO LOVE THE PARALLELS SHE MADE BETWEEN ANDIE AND SAL WITH PIP AND RAVI IN THE LATER BOOKS. one thing I didn’t like however was how random pip and ravi’s relationship felt in the first and second book, but in the third I really like the way she wrote them, I don’t know how to describe it without spoilers BUT IT WAS GOOD. the series as a whole isn’t realistic at all but it was enjoyable, a faced paced read and emotional read. Edit: Also the things that seem cliche and out of place all tie together in the second and third books which I really like.

[@walkingintheairr]

Omg the description of 'the scream' in book two has still stuck with me as such a striking representation of trauma MONTHS after I read it

[@concertjunkie973]

I loved good girls guide , I followed along with the audio because it has full cast and the podcast in it which brings it to life more I’m currently reading/listening to the finale of the series

[@lina_t_k]

If you want a translated novel about a cat and an owner, please please please read The Travelling Cat Chronicles. It is beautiful and emotional and definitely worth your time!

[@jessethereader]

oooh! thanks for the rec!

[@deannascorner8112]

I enjoyed Good Girl’s Guide to Murder but also find the criticisms very valid! There are some points when I was so mad at Pip while reading yelling at her and thinking the scenario or circumstance would NEVER happen!! But it was also a lot of fun reading and loved Pip’s notes sprinkled within it!

[@arevikheboyan]

dare I say- books without covers are STUNNING! it's such an awesome idea- they look so much better!

[@jessethereader]

haha it definitely grew on me, but i’ll probably end up putting all the covers back on 😅

[@VicandWes]

I agree

[@nightin_gayle]

Ooooh I love this idea! It's amazing how so many people can read the same book and each will see it differently depending on personal context.

[@jessethereader]

right!!

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

Huge fan of loving books that others hated XD He's so creative, how could I not being his fan?

[@jessethereader]

[@thepagesofsamantha]

I love seeing Emma here!!! I love her so much. I also have kingdom of little wounds and am very slowly making my way through it and literally all my tabs are just for "illness", "death", "weird", "gross"...... 😅 can't wait to see your opinions on all the books haha and now on to watching!

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

I can finally complement the gorgeous idea that Jesse had for his bookshelves! I know it can be weird but I'm really in love for how it turn out, like clean and solid, so him! IN LOVE 🥰✨✨

[@jessethereader]

thanks so much! it's definitely not staying this way, but it will be like this for a little longer.

[@ximenaallessandrij.5972]

@@jessethereader yeah I know, I’ll enjoy it as long as you leave it 🥰 Hope one day you mix the naked books with books turned to see the beautiful edges :3

[@17_blacktip]

This video shows that how different people have different opinions and I like that idea. For me the good girls guide series was one of the best series I read last year.

[@theonlyredwolf]

I really enjoyed this video! Jesse's delivery of "I'm smarter than most you and you need to listen to me, okay!?" had me laughing so hard 🤣

[@jessethereader]

LOL :D

[@Avetttaylorsversion]

The thing with the a good girls guide to murder trilogy is that you get SO much more character growth and work in the 2nd/3rd book

[@Joy_Martin]

I already knew you really like Emma as a booktuber so happy that you include her here..😍😍😍

[@jessethereader]

she's a lovely human!! i want to go to a cafe with her and talk all things books.

[@purplexzombie3371]

For the first book it seems like it was YA solely based in character age or the author being a woman ,cause YIKES.

[@amandacosta6759]

I've watched emmie's experience with the kingdom of little wounds and the dread upon seeing it again is severe

[@hollysano03]

Anyone notice the Le Sserafim albums in the background! 😍 💕💕

[@jessethereader]

ant ti ti ti ti fragile fragile :D i'm a sakura stan haha

[@blackheartbooks]

I was so scared for you when I saw Emma’s worst book

[@jessethereader]

I'm scarred for like me thinks.

[@buttercup776]

If you want to get into translated literary fiction more you should definitely try the travelling cat chronicles. Most wholesome and heartbreaking book I’ve read

[@kavya12kohli]

4:56 God! That's horrible. I need bleach for my ears.

[@jessethereader]

i feel that

[@Sophie_likes_reading]

This made me laugh so much, and was just what I needed today. Thank you.

[@jessethereader]

I'm glad!! Thanks for watching. I hope you have a great day!

[@emmal7510]

"And the book that I choose from her worst list, The Kingdom of Little Wounds" 😬 (Haven't read it, but did see her talking about it.)

[@jessethereader]

it was as rough as she said it was hahaha

[@maxallaire7113]

I think my least favorite was Aristotle and Dante, it SURPRISES me how many people love this? Even if you ignore the trainsphobia (for utube), which I don't, there were so many editing mistakes that kept taking me out of the story? I'm not a harsh critic when it comes to grammar and editing mistakes, but actual book critics usually are, and the combination of those and the problematic story line like jump scared me because of all the praise lmao

[@cathyenfield]

I should be talking about books but here I am, shocked at how well you sing

[@jessethereader]

tyyyy 🖤

[@SarahHernandez-zs7jv]

"everone is allowed to have their own opinion on books and criticism is valid-" *ellisa hates A Good Girls Guide to Murder* IM SORRY???????

[@jessethereader]

LOL

[@rainydaysreads]

You made the last two months better for me! I have been dealing with the death of someone really close to me as well as dealing with problematic family members.

[@jessethereader]

i'm so sorry to hear that. hang in there!

[@agispaaa]

God I hated good girl's guide to murder, maybe because I actually read and watch a lot of crime stuff so it was so infuriating. It went down too fast, she had too much plot armour, it was just too easy for her. I just don't get why people love it.

[@gabriellabatel]

I flipped when I saw you read AGGGTM, which is maybe the first one you and I have in common! *Total honesty right now, I thought you had read it because of a KZbin video I did RIGHT BEFORE you put it up on Goodreads, hahaha!* I feel like you and I could just gab about it and have such the same opinions!🤗

[@keti.rg.editzzz]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that didn't like A good girls guide to murder

[@kimberlysreads]

Loved this video! Kingdom of Little Wounds? HATED

[@xCarleex]

I loved A Good Girls Guide to Murder! It's my favourite crime thriller so far after I was let down by The Silent Patient and Verity.

[@gracethomas4167]

I’ve seen this take on a few platforms before but regarding the YA classification (I have very little evidence to this so do your own research) but it seems like a lot of female/fem identifying authors r placed in the YA category when they should have been placed elsewhere.

[@amandacosta6759]

What did you do with the paper covers of your books? How do you store them??? I really like the look but I have no idea what I would do with the covers

[@kavya12kohli]

That's a risky venture. It's like you are setting yourself up for disappointment. But again, views differ. Edit 1- I was right! First book was an abomination that needs to be wiped off the memories of everyone who read it. Edit 2- No! I like Good Girl's Guide to Murder. U can't hate this 🥺 Phew! You don't hate it. Edit 3- An average read. Hmm. It was a good experiment. People can have opposing views on different things. I liked your analysis. Writing a book off based on hearsay isn't always good. We all have our trashy favs that everyone hates but we can't get enough of. I think I'm also going to try this. Reading books that I expect I'm going to Hate because others hate it too.

[@jessethereader]

exactly why i love doing these videos! everyone has their own preferences and it's nice to see where i lie with certain books. thanks for watching and for your well thought out comment!

[@TheMelodramaticBookworm]

Love this idea! One of my worst books of 2022 was It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. *smiles in pain*

[@Yummerfly]

Amazing video as always 😍 the way you speak is so nice Please save yourself the trouble of reading the rest of the gggm trilogy.... loved the 1st books, the 2nd was meh and the 3rd was just so disappointing...

[@imjustagirlintheworld18]

i loved reding a good girls guide to murder up until abt the last 50 pages. it was relatively well written and even though it wasnt realistic it was good, but the insane amount of plot twists at the end rly annoyed me. it was like almost resolved like 15 times and then went back on what it said.

[@miecaf]

The second and third books of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder go way more in depth with the characters so I really recommend reading them! I personally thought the third book was the worst out of the 3 but who knows, maybe you'll like it more than I did. What I will say though is that it gets WAY more intense later in the series

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

I tried The Kingdom of Little Wounds. I didn't make it past the first fifty pages. I didn't like how bodily it was written and it made me uncomfortable. My worst book of the year though was Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill. There was some good stuff in there. A handful of poems and stories. such as seven, a story from the perspectives of the seven drawfs but as sins, and through them it showed the truth of Snow White's relationship to the prince. And the poems and stories also showed all perspectives. So you would get Cinderella's and then you would get the stepmother and the stepsisters, showing how they got to where they were and why they treated Cinderella the way they did. But it did read very much like a first draft. A series of ideas and plans instead of fully realised poems and stories. And as a result the collection fell flat and unremarkable.

[@kylajenifer4156]

I really liked A Good Girl's Guide to Murder because the trope that you disliked (understandably so) I thought was actually done well, in like a silly goofy kind of way. It reminded me of Pretty Little Liars, so even though I'd never read it before, it had this nostalgic air already about it. Though, I haven't read the other two yet. I do have a copy of the second book though...

[@thestarvinggames1281]

I reccomend finishing the series, it just gets better and better.

[@sydneysbooks]

Take a shot every time Jesse says “little bird” 💀💀

[@kenziemccollum7255]

I don't think I've ever heard you sing, but you have an amazing voice

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

Started watching your channel back in 2017, and you were my first booktuber whose recommendations I absolutely fell in love with, and emmie is my recent favorite. It's amazing to see you reading emmies recs. It's like I've come a full circle

[@jessethereader]

love this! emmie is the best.

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

@@jessethereader you both are❤️❤️❤️

[@sitara1250]

Here's a comment for the algorithm because I love your videos 💙

[@jessethereader]

ty

[@delaneyjewel]

Hardcore emmie fans watching him pick up Kingdom of Little Wounds like oh noooooooooo 😳

[@jessethereader]

😭😭😭

[@JamesLawner]

Worst read of 2022 for me was Ready Player Two.

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great video! Love Emmie's videos as well..read good girls guide gave it 5/5 stars 📚☕❄️

[@jessicaochs6761]

Your shelves look gorgeous! 😍

[@jessethereader]

ty!!

[@BuntinCozymysterylover]

Love this series! It was a sweet opening, but the content was spicy! 🤣 Also, I love the string background! Great work👍✨

[@queenkim8631]

I LOVE your bookshelf (books without the covers)🤩🤩🔥🔥

[@jessethereader]

thank you! it's grown on me quite a bit. i'm not keeping it that way for tooooo long, but it's a nice change. :D

[@ShawolfirstStaysecond]

My days always get better because of your videos! Thanks for being authentic and honest, it gives me a comfort since I’ve been watching your channel for so many years

[@jessethereader]

🖤

[@ThisKiwi03]

My worst book ever (not 2022) was the witches of St. Petersburg. About sisters who try to control Rasputin and gain / keep favour with the royal family. Personally i thought it was a disgrace to the Romanov history and relied on explicit scenery that needed a bit of censoring. DNF On the contrary, The Kitchen Boy is my favourite book of all time and about the final days leading up to the deaths of the Romanov family; written from the perspective of both the kitchen boy, and (him) as an old man. Beautifully written and highly recommended if you have the chance.

[@felinedreamer1685]

I kind of also had BIG expectations of "She and her cat" BECAUSE of the creators like former works but I was so disapointed. Like the first cat almost gives us a voyeuristic view of his owner which I wasn't there for low-key, I also feel like the stories were so short I barely cared for anyone besides the pov charas. The side charas were almost non-existent which to me made their correlation with the mcs even more pointless. Plus what they did to Reina and it felt like it was SO FAST, like she wasn't almost SA-ed in her OWN HOME, it almost felt like they rushed passed it. I really wanted to enjoy it but it stayed on the 3/5 for me ONLY because Mimi, Cookie and Shino were my everything lol (Miyu felt a bit bland too me, Chobi... well, John was kind of a weird one for me, Reina was frustrating because of art school flashbacks as I HAD classmates like Reina and hated it lol I DID like her thought just not as much, Aoi I wished had been a bit more fleshed out but then again... that is the issue with this book, EVERYONE needed fleshing out)... Personally I think they could have wrote 4 novellas and actually put development into those charas, specially the humans.

[@Foxheartbooks]

Great video Jesse 😄 I took all of the covers off of my books last year…it only lasted two days before I put them all back. I also once turned all of my books around so they were facing pages out which was difficult when I was looking for something but I kept it for a few months.

[@arobinreads]

Your book shelves look very cool like this

[@claireloueeez]

the horror on my face when you read the description from the first book 💀

[@ErieMaxwell]

Oh god, I /hated/ Kingdom of Little Wounds. The fairy tales and pure spite kept me from just abandoning it to my DNF pile, but it was a close one. It's so good to hear others felt the same fiery rage at subjecting ourselves to that. 😆 If you want to get into translated books and you don't mind reading them digitally, you should read Clear and Muddy Loss of Love and/or Lord Seventh! They have all the political intrigue, messed up people dealing with ✨life✨, and backstabbing I was hoping for in KoLW without all the weird medical facts we absolutely never asked for being dumped on the reader.

[@bookwormnicolo]

@emmiereads hated AGGGTM???!! THAT IS MY FAV BOOK IN THE WHOLE WORLD

[@apageaboutemilie4729]

i love how calm and comforted jesse's videos always make me feel

[@jessethereader]

🖤🖤🖤

[@HannahReadsFiction]

Thanks for making Monday better! I just got A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder but I’m trying to finish Chain of Thorns first. 😅

[@rosinanicolazzo]

i’m not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but there is a manga adaptation of “she and her cat!” it was based off shinkai’s novel and illustrated by the artist behind “blue period”, yamaguchi tsubasa. the book follows one woman through a year of seasons of her life and is all told entirely through the eyes of her cat iirc-rather than the switching pov format. it’s available in english, so if you ever do want to approach the story in another way, i’d see if the adaptation looks interesting

[@kavya12kohli]

I don't know what time u post video acc to ur standard time but as per my time, it's always about 1:30am. N yet, here I am.

[@jessethereader]

LOL typically around 2 PM CST.

[@savannah9647]

I just have to say how could anyone hate on agggtm it was one of my very few completely 5 star series of 2022 I loved it *This isn't hating on anyone who doesn't like it I know everyone has different book tastes but we just have to agree to disagree 😂

[@froukjefaber8229]

8:06 I LOVED this series

[@dania7989]

These types of videos are always so interesting! I have a good girl's guide to murder on hold, now i'm looking forward to reading it after hearing your thoughts :D

[@AnaMoShoshin]

where did you put and how did you store your dust jackets??

[@Magicme79]

Last week, I went shopping and fell in love with a cute little plant. Bought the cute little plant, obviously. Now I saw the same cute “little” plant in your video and realised how absolutely huge that thing can apparently get. Which also explains why I’ve had it for a week and it already looks bigger. Oh boy…😂

[@thethoughtballoons]

I bought The Kingdom of Little Wounds along with other books that I thought would satisfy my fairy tale retellings... But... I DNF it as soon as I read five pages (?) and it was such a waste for me. I even love the cover. But I knew from the beginning it was not YA.

[@jessethereader]

VERY understandable! It was a rough read.

[@jessethereader]

still shocked it's shelved as YA.

[@danarodz3275]

4:43 that how I felt about Pachinko I just couldn’t finish it 💀💀🙈

[@jessethereader]

oh no!! i've been hoping to get to that one!

[@justjay6388]

7:54 I agree omg the no covers look is a vibe™! especially with the red rose garlands at 15:05 😻

[@ShannenWoo]

I like ur bookshelves...it's pretty...

[@jessethereader]

Thank you! 😊

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Not the milk jellies 😂

[@marianletterio]

I think the worst book I read in 2022 was The Silent Patient. It was really dull and disappointing

[@BookChats]

Oh wow, the historical syphilis book they tried to sell us as YA. Haven't thought about that one in a while.

[@theonlyredwolf]

Jesse, you have such a lovely singing voice! ❤

[@redphantxm]

have you ever read john katzenbach? i'm curious on your thoughts of his work and the way he leads his stories

[@VicandWes]

Love your videos as always! I honestly really like the books on your shelves without the book jackets

[@jessethereader]

Thanks so much!

[@VicandWes]

@@jessethereader you’re welcome!

[@jxxxa2818]

Jesse you should do a class/video on videography and video editing, because your editing is 👌🏼👌🏼....

[@jessethereader]

wow! ty so much 🖤

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

You look like the brother from Good Luck, Charlie.

[@emmacanning496]

i found for a good girls guide to murder got better as the series went along! the second one was my favourite!

[@jessethereader]

ooh! that has me excited to pick up the next book!

[@rivka_sos]

I love the girls guide to murder series it was so entertaining the second two books especially

[@ashleybonenfant5885]

I was going to cry if Jesse didn’t like AGGGTM AHHH

[@zoeeeblue]

where did you get your baudelaire kid poster, that’s so cool!!

[@marianamauricio]

loved this video!!!!!

[@ThisIsMeEmna]

first video i saw of yours. but I love the things you say. video is def energetic, editing slightly chaotic. but I'm a loud person too. so hey, it all good

[@lemoncandyx]

My Question is… where do you store all of the covers 🤔🤔🤔

[@cmondya4919]

Feel like you love to hurt yourself :')

[@jessethereader]

no pain no gain? LOLOL jk jk

[@brightsidegirl]

Susann Cokal's Mermaid Moon is awesome but I've heard weird things about kingdom of little wounds for sure 🤣

[@daniellewilliams1459]

Jesse, I can’t wait for more of your videos and I’m currently reading 📖 I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

[@sarawithoutanH]

The way I also choose to read books ellias hates because I know I might like them 😂 he and I never stop arguing about books!!

[@jessethereader]

RIGHT

[@sarawithoutanH]

glad to know this is a universal ellias experience

[@shamimasad8258]

I love the bookshelves without any dust jackets ✨

[@jessethereader]

ty!! i wasn’t sure about it at first, but it grew on me a lot.

[@carolinelenny]

Yes, now I've finally found a game worth playing: The Book Hunger Games 🤣👍

[@lindakirste4540]

A good girls guide to murder, for me, was a bit too long. I mostly liked it, but I think there were a few to many twists and turns so it felt a bit like going in circles, especially with the suspects

[@jessethereader]

I definitely get that! It's for sure overflowing with twists and turns. I could see it being a book that drags on for some readers.

[@heatherboo1]

Omg you’re hysterical 😂

[@justjay6388]

4:58 suddenly I wish I was jared, 19 😔