every book we’ve read in 2023 (so far) 📖 we read 90 books & let you know if they’re worth reading

♡ T O D A Y ' S V I D E O ♡
All the books we’ve read so far this year! This was so fun to go back and reflect/revisit every book we’ve read in the first half of 2023. So many amazing books and authors we can’t wait to see what the second half of the year has in store for us! Let us know some of your favorites this year and books you’re excited to read in the second half of the year!
♡ B O O K S M E N T I O N E D :
Carrie Soto Is back - amzn.to/3K3QYyM
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - amzn.to/3XVrcTe
The Resurrection of Wildflowers - amzn.to/3PXqT8s
Five Survive - amzn.to/3K66RVA
The House Across The Lake - amzn.to/43Mr7mh
Throttled - amzn.to/3pTHqjc
Shatter me - amzn.to/43F1Ni0
LightLark - amzn.to/3pYq2JW
Project Hail Mary - amzn.to/43wovZm
Wretched - amzn.to/3pRtlml
The Housemaid - amzn.to/44uMIkh
Saint - amzn.to/3OlrW0Q
A Good Girls Guide To Murder amzn.to/44OvYUS
The Poppy War - amzn.to/3OhPQdo
Things We Never Got Over - amzn.to/44nyVvH
Everything I Never Told You - amzn.to/3NXnowe
The Last Thing He Told Me - amzn.to/3rxb26u
Nine - amzn.to/44Ndy6P
Twisted Love - amzn.to/3K35c30
Coraline - amzn.to/3DjWGc9
The Nightingale - amzn.to/3QkMzvB
If He had Been With Me - amzn.to/46S7ITx
Everything I Know About Love - amzn.to/3Q35jzn
7th Circle - amzn.to/3OhPYcS
Mary Jane - amzn.to/3Q3iyjM
We Are The Brennan’s - amzn.to/3Q3ZxgX
The Wife Upstairs - amzn.to/459gVW3
Before The Coffee Gets Cold - amzn.to/3Q1fRyS
Then She Was Gone - amzn.to/3ruebnj
Promises and Pomegranates - amzn.to/43yFCdd
The Bodyguard - amzn.to/3pYpIec
Gallant - amzn.to/43xyYUg
Icebreaker - amzn.to/3rArnHu
Electric Idol - amzn.to/3DjXfCL
The MindF Series - amzn.to/478gZXV
The Predator - amzn.to/44xcFzv
Indigo Ridge - amzn.to/3DhNZiu
The Lies They Tell - amzn.to/3K6gIdX
The Kiss Quotient - amzn.to/3Dmg2gE
Zodiac Academy - amzn.to/46OyTyF
Behind Closed Doors - amzn.to/3pX2R2P
And Then There Were None - amzn.to/3pZuKXR
The Selection - amzn.to/3NZAk4B
Caraval - amzn.to/3PXLvxn
Red, White & Royal Blue - amzn.to/3K3RoFm
One Last Stop - amzn.to/3XZxroR
Daisy Darker - amzn.to/43CRpa9
Dark Shores - amzn.to/3XVrZna
Finlay Donovan - amzn.to/43ri3CY
Throne of Glass - amzn.to/3Q4rDJ4
Truly Devious - amzn.to/3Om52GH
Blade of Secrets - amzn.to/3rpDM0H
My Dark Vanessa - amzn.to/44IoFy4
Annihilation - amzn.to/3pSHv6z
Fuel The Fire - amzn.to/3ryN8Y8
Meet Me At The Lake - amzn.to/3XXy0j3
Fourth Wing - amzn.to/44PpqFh
The Hotel Nantucket - amzn.to/44xmopF
No Exit - amzn.to/44u3orP
My Policeman - amzn.to/3ryNoq4
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[@laurandareads]

90 books and counting, this was so fun to film! 📖❣️ What books are you excited to read for the second half of the year?

[@ashlynncruz8405]

A thousand heartbeat by Kiera cass and one of us is back by Karen m. McManus

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

All I can say is that thank you for adding to my tbr list with some of your amazing books 📚 you have read please stay safe and healthy and prayers and blessings to you both and your families love your Aussie family friend John 💚💛💚💛

[@nikki2442]

Twisted love was a five star read for me meanwhile things we never got over was two stars lol just shows how everyone perceives things differently

[@laurandareads]

Yess exactly!!

[@eileennielsen5165]

The Nightingale is a book I will NEVER forget. One of my all time favorites. The end was a surprise to me(who was telling the story). Presently I am reading " The Stolen Book Of Evelyn Aubrey " by Serena Burdick. So far good. I am too lazy to pause this video, get up and look in my Book Journal to see how many bks. I've read so far this yr. 😋😂. Good video, thank you.

[@hannahbugey6019]

Things we never got over by Lucy Score was amazing. I gave it five stars.

[@laurandareads]

Right!! I loved it! 🙌🏼💖

[@hannahbugey6019]

@@laurandareads ☺️☺️

[@starlasell5698]

❤️📚❤️. I have The Nightingale on my TBR shelves...excited to read!

[@parkerrose3590]

Great job ladies! Kept me focus the whole time.

[@laurandareads]

This is great to hear! Thank you for watching!

[@moodreading.againn]

I heard My Year of Rest and Relaxation was a satire on the shift of society before and after 9/11! The ending felt more complete once I realized that. Love this video!! 💖💖💖

[@laurandareads]

Wait this is interesting, this would make sense!!! I need to look more into it 👀

[@CarlyUTube]

You two are so fortunate to be friends and both enjoy books! Thank you for sharing your reads so far, I am new to your channel and both of you have some great books. The girl in the tan shirt has some of the same taste as I do. I read a few that she read and thought the same about some of them.

[@laurandareads]

Welcome to the channel!! So glad we enjoy some of the same books!! 💖🙌🏼

[@NovasLitLibrary]

Ahhh i love how diverse yalls reading tastes are rather than just romance & fantasy! I also love a good sci-fi or lit fic so i love that y’all discuss those too! Definitely subscribed :)

[@laurandareads]

Yesss! Thank you so much for watching! 🙌🏼🫶🏼

[@Jessicareads]

Kathleen brooks has a book coming out August 8 Forever Connected that I’m excited for and 3 more coming out also some are next year but I count down the days for all of them lol (forever covert, face-off, and hunted)

[@sammodel18]

I really enjoyed this video! I found another book to add to my TBR because of it. I love that you both seem to really take your time reading books because you are able to remember plots, names and setting. I sometimes get annoyed when people a ton of books in a month and are unable to remember anything about the book, only looking to say, “I read this many books this year.” Your videos and love for reading are refreshing 📚💕

[@laurandareads]

This means so much 😭🥹 thank you so much for the support!

[@ItsVia..3]

Yay new post!! Your videos are my favorite ❤️

[@laurandareads]

Ahh thank you so much for watching!!

[@mollyb698]

I would have to say my two top books so far this year have been Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb & The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson! I'm so excited for the fourth Thursday Murder Club book to come out in September! And looking forward to FINALLY getting Project Hail Mary read lolol. Thanks for another great video!

[@ItsVia..3]

Hoping to read the Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Circe ❤ maybe lightlark to, it sounded interesting when you were describing it ☺️

[@laurandareads]

Light lark was so fun!! Hope you love 7 husbands! We want to read Circe as well!

[@teenaredhorse2752]

This is amazing! I only got through 15 books this year! My favorites this year has been ACOTAR, The Heretic's Daughter, and It Ends with Us.

[@laurandareads]

These are some great ones! We have to look into The Heretic’s Daughter!

[@author.gabrielavrivera]

I really love these longer videos! 1:54 I just got this and plan to read it after my current read (The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma its amazing)! 10:16 Wait do you guys roll your carts to each other's houses? 17:15 AH awesome please recommend every single one that you find lol

[@laurandareads]

Let me know your thoughts once you read it!! LMAO no Amanda had two carts at her house but I had to bring all my books 😓🤣 Will do!!

[@alexisballard07]

There's a novella coming out for the Wildflowers Duet 😊

[@laurandareads]

Omg I had no idea! I will def be reading it!

[@BlueEyedBabe03]

Just added a couple of new books to my TBR. Thanks, ladies!

[@laurandareads]

Yay!! So glad to hear that, hope you love them!

[@ericad3397]

So many books I want to read. I really want to read night tangle, five survive, a house across the lake and gallant. I enjoy watching your videos. 📚🕯️☕️

[@laurandareads]

These are all great picks! Hope you love them, thanks for watching!

[@ashlynncruz8405]

I have only read 30 books so far, agggtm is so good can’t wait for you to finish it and see your review! I love your videos I get so happy when you guys post!

[@laurandareads]

Thanks so much for watching!! Excited to finish the series!!!

[@Usishxbshsh]

I’m excited to finish the ACOTAR and Caraval series. Also,, I still need to read Fourth Wing

[@laurandareads]

How is the rest of the Caraval series? Is it worth continuing?

[@HI-uy3vw]

Don’t forget to read the novelas in the shatte me series !

[@laurandareads]

Yesss! I’ve read them and really enjoyed them!!! 🙌🏼🫶🏼

[@shanice2428]

Did you guys get a new camera? The quality looks amazing! Great video! I love Holly Jackson’s books but I didn’t not like Five Survive

[@laurandareads]

Ahh thank you so much! Haven’t bought a new camera yet, we had different lighting for this one though!

[@taryndancer29]

I am also ride or die for Zodiac Academy and agree that it is a good trashy. I want "To me Blue means You" tattooed on me.

[@laurandareads]

Omg that tattoo will be amazing 😭 the series has me in a choke hold, i dont want to finish it

[@mollytapsASMR]

wait wait caraval wasn’t the best, i agree but legendary & finale was soooo much better!!!

[@laurandareads]

I’ve heard this from several people so I might have to push through! I just am in no rush to pick it back up 😭

[@mollytapsASMR]

@@laurandareads oh i get it, i was trying to rush thru them so i can get to once upon a broken heart but ended up really loving them in the end! way more magical elements and following of clues along with a romance i was actually enjoying 😅 plus the audiobooks are really good!

[@emarielalmazar]

Hey Lauren and Amanda I started my first booktube .

[@laurandareads]

Yay!! Congrats 🥳🥳🥳

[@Mano-Wan]

I have vowed never to read Sarah J Mass 😁 Favorites of the year: Part of Your World, Storied Life of AJ Fikry, The Second Ending, Hothouse Flower, They're Going to Love You, Better Than the Movies, The Winners(Beartown #3), Kiss the Sky, The Good Daughter, Mad Honey

[@bookinitwithemily]

Sarah J. Maas is an amazing author, her books are actually worth reading no matter how overhyped they are.

[@laurandareads]

We know a lot of people who don’t love SJM! This is a great lineup of favorites! We both still need to read Better Than the Movies!

[@felipeayala4405]

I love your guys videos sm 🫶

[@laurandareads]

Ahh that means so much thank you!! ❣️

[@SuperStrangSshadow]

Great summaries. I've read 56 books so far. No reading sprints in July?

[@laurandareads]

That’s amazing! We have it planned for the 30th as of now but we will make an official announcement here on the YT community feed this week!

[@ElinWinblad]

Across the lake I felt could have done more to lead up to the twist to make it more believable and definitely didn’t need that last chapter to tidy things up - made it seem juvenile.

[@laurandareads]

Hate it when endings are like that. Just finished Only One Left by Sager and was pretty surprised at how much I liked it! Have you read that one?

[@eileennielsen5165]

Who is the author of Finely Donovan Knocks Em Dead, please?

[@laurandareads]

Elle Cosimano! We linked the book in the description

[@sjjmitchell]

So I could stop the Shatter Me after book three? I know you mentioned author first intended to stop there. Do I need any half books for the first part of the story?

[@laurandareads]

Yes, you could just read the first three! The Novellas just add extra insight on the characters, but they are not necessary!

[@khonrade98]

aww i wish you wouldn't purchase the hp books by daniel radcliffe 🥲 had to stop there and reevaluate😢

[@laurandareads]

I only currently have 2 physical books because I’ve been trying to find them all second hand at thrift stores!

[@khonrade98]

@@laurandareads oh nice!!!! I really love you guys’ videos and i was so worried about that 😭 much love to you two 💖💖💖