March Wrap Up! I Read 7 Books!!

[@kathaiia]

I read 12 books this month, which is the most ive ever read in a month

[@heyitsbookish7494]

I’m trying so hard to get caught up on Shadowhunter books so I can start Chain of Gold. I want to be able join in all the fun of reading it!

[@samankhalid8590]

According to cassie, you do not have to have read the other shadowhunter books before reading chain of gold,although reading the infernal devices will definitely enrich your experience.

[@heyitsbookish7494]

saman khalid I read Infernal Devices last month. It’s more of a mental thing that I won’t be happy with myself if I don’t read all the others first 😂

[@khaosreads1785]

Same I'm currently reading Clockwork Prince!

[@heyitsbookish7494]

Khaos 1785_ Clockwork Prince broke my heart in the best way possible.

[@HHHilary]

Bringing Down the Duke is a new favorite for me. So freaking good! I stayed up for an entire night finishing it. If you find books similar to it I would love a video on that!

[@_sarathedreamer]

Read Red White and Royal Blue if you want good romance! It’s not historical but it is hilarious and super cute!! 💓

[@myribstellmesheslying]

I was like "I'm going to start the entire series now" literally everytime another shadowhunter book is released. But, alas, I still haven't finished City of Bones.

[@aden.e]

John Peter Martinez Tolio it’s been on tbr for eight months. i don’t think it’s happening

[@Anna-ou7or]

You aren't missing much. It's a Harry Potter rip off.

[@user-fy3nr7ei6b]

If you cant get past city of bones you can start with clockwork angel it might make diving into it easier

[@katieharrison4663]

@@Anna-ou7or nothing like Harry Potter!

[@Anna-ou7or]

@@katieharrison4663 erm ginger haired heroine (ginny), blonde haired anti-hero (draco), they use magic using spells (runes) with wands. They live in institutions hidden from the mundanes (muggles). An evil wizard whose followers want to take over the shadow hunters. Sound familiar. Voldemort. I could go on. a werewolf who is like a father figure to clary. (Lupin). The downworlders are treated like 2nd class citizens just like Harry Potter. Cassandra Clare literally got her start writing weird Ron and Ginny incest Harry Potter fanfiction. She just revamped her Harry Potter fanfiction changed a few details and called it the mortal instruments. I would advise you to watch the authentic observers videos on the series. They are very enlightening.

[@tracy2919]

Man, revisiting book tube from the beginning of the pandemic is a strange feeling, but grateful for the playlist that makes going back in time to videos from a specific time easy!

[@booksandteawithanna-marie6395]

I also really disliked the first 100 pages of Crescent City! I didn’t see how I was going to connect with Bryce at all, but I like how as the story unfolds, she reveals layers of herself to the reader that allowed us to connect with her. I read Warbreaker last year which made me really crave more “god vs. mankind” tropes in books, so I’ll have to try out the N.K. Jemisin series!! Love your channel!!

[@PeruseProject]

Yes you will likely really enjoy the Inheritance Trilogy!

[@reegankay9799]

I just finished A Little Life and I know it’s been on your tbr for a really long time!! I’d recommend it a lot!! It’s super intense but definitely worth the read :)

[@Tillixdful]

Yes she really should read it

[@tobybailey1164]

Reegan Kay only got about 150 pages in and sort of gave up...shall I carry on?

[@mandymotionless7404]

I read 7 books this month as well and honestly I don’t read anything else but romance novels ! They’re just so fun and entertaining! Haven’t read this one yet but it is on my list for sure now!

[@raneemshouaib3375]

Can you please share the books you read this month?

[@mandymotionless7404]

Raneem Shouaib - Sure I read ,While the Duke was sleeping, The Scandal of it All and The Duke Buys a Bride all by Sophie Jordan. Devils Bride by Stephanie Laurens . A Scandalous Midnight in Madrid by Susan Stephens. Barbarians Prize by Ruby Dixon and Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid ! By far my favourite reads this month were The Duke buys a Bride and Dr. Strange Beard !

[@rebeccaolfert2330]

I agreed so much with the beginning of Crescent City! The beginning was so hard to get through! I feel like the author was trying almost too hard to be "edgy" and "adult" but hot dang once you got into it, it was an AWESOME ride! Once I got over that hump of the first 100-ish pages, I fell in love! I'm so excited for the rest of the series!

[@sabrinaodermatt5499]

At this point I'm intimidated by the Shadowhunter series but also very tempted to dive into it.

[@heyitsbookish7494]

You should totally do it! I’m diving back into The Mortal Instruments after 10 years of not reading the books. Refound my love for them all over again.

[@croissantluv3r]

same! i couldnt get through the first two though, and theres so many books but i feel like this is the perfect time to pick them back up. think im gonna take reagan’s recommendation and just read the other series. hope u enjoy if u decide to read!

[@Rachel-iz9zx]

Yes join the fun!! You won't regret it! :)

[@charlottejruthauthor]

same... I actually started city of bones today! It's great so far!

[@xoHAUTEGLiTTERS]

Sabrina Odermatt I’m also experiencing this

[@ferjimbar]

Greetings from Mexico. I really enjoy how you explain, in a brief way, the story from each book.

[@BrightnessKatyReads]

I read Chain of Gold in March as well and loved it!!! I love all the characters so much

[@Jeramie26]

I finished Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, The Astonishing Colors of After, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (graphic novel), one children’s book, and a manga (Love is War volume 1) this month. Currently reading, The Hero of Ages, Into the Water, and Walk on Earth a Stranger.

[@robynbrodrick6907]

Bringing Down the Duke was so great! I cannot wait to read her next book! I might need to do a reread soon!

[@toniweller6008]

I loved Ķllers of the Flower Moon! The print version has great pictures. Glad you liked it too.

[@hannahreeves6300]

I finally finished all of the Lunar Chronicles and have just gotten around to Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Mist and Fury! All of the books you mentioned in this video look like really fun reads and I'll have to pick them up!

[@susanisreading5009]

I CANNOT wait to read Chain of Gold the cover is just so beautiful, so glad to hear that you loved it!!

[@charlottejruthauthor]

I'm finally reading City of Bones, and it's really good! I'm so excited to get to the different trilogies within the shadowhunters series!

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

Also read the new Maas this month and had a great time, for sure I think her strongest first book in a series. Also so glad you loved Kingdom of Gods, that one might be my favorite in the trilogy. Don’t forget to found the short story “not the end” after you finish the third one cause its not in the omnibus for some reason. Its only 11 pages but its related to characters in kingdom of gods and a must read

[@PeruseProject]

Thank you for the heads up!

[@twlightluv07x]

You are definitely selling me on reading Chain of Gold and Crescent City this upcoming month.

[@River658]

Luckily we have your video’s to watch! Especially now that the schools are closed up until April 28. Been a hard couple of weeks already. Gotta prepare myself mentally for another 4 weeks. Thank you for your video’s 💜

[@msmaggierose530]

Yep right there with you with Crescent City. First quarter of the book took me nearly two weeks...and the rest I read in a day lol

[@rose_and_thorns]

A great nonfiction history book you might like is The Radium Girls by Kate Moore - all about the young women who worked in factories in the early 20th century painting watches and military equipment with radium so it would glow in the dark, and how dangerous that was for them, causing them all kinds of horrible injuries and sickness. They had to fight in the courts to get help from the companies they worked for. I'd never heard about this part of our history and it was fascinating.

[@Rissaxx]

I loved bringing down the Duke!

[@messagesfromanintrovert5630]

I just finished reading Scythe by Neal Shcusterman yesterday, finished it in 3 sessions, it was so good! Already started on the second book :)

[@DollysGram]

I just watched your video, then went on Amazon to do some book shopping and The Kindle version of The Bear and the Nightengale is $1.99 as of 3/31/20 at 10:30pm Pacific time! I know it's always a reccomend to use for an awesome read so I wanted to share that great price!!😃

[@VeroGVaz]

I love all your videos! We have similar taste so I always enjoy watching and deciding what to read next based on your recommendations.

[@panienkashy]

Omg, same about Bringing Down the Duke! I reread it last week and had sooooo much fun. It brought me much anxiety relief. A Rogue of One's Own which is a sequel (standalone though, it'll be a Tristan/Lucie story) is coming out Sep 1st and I daresay it's going to be just as good if not better if some of the early reviews are to be believed. ;) I'm about to go down the rabbit hole of regency era historical fiction romance novels and Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare and The Duchess Deal (also by her) were both recommended to me.

[@tpstps85]

You should read Julia Quinn too!! So funny and fluff!!

[@panienkashy]

@@tpstps85 thanks, I'll go investigate on Goodreads. :)

[@djamilagina3782]

I totally agree with you when it comes to "Bringing Down the Duke". I saw your story in Instagram and I got this book immediately. I gave it a 5 out of 5.Super Good.

[@nyssahasan1]

If you’re interested in American History I recommend The Warmth of Other Suns. We’re reading it for our social justice book club and I’m loving it!

[@carpelibrum2100]

SO MUCH INFO DUMPING. Having a hard time getting into Crescent City but I know I’ll love it!

[@elisegedler6086]

I love the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, would you recommend the inheritance trilogy to me? It sounds amazing!

[@vivianwakoff]

In January I decided to read more nonfiction (I try to read a genre outside my comfort zone every year) and I was a little nervous because I don't know a lot of good books (I refuse to read biographies and/or celebrity books). I'm so glad you're reading so much nonfiction cuz It's helping me a lot!

[@ChronicallyKatiee]

Well Met by Jen Deluca is one I think you’d love!! It’s so much fun and it’s light, and just perfect! Plus it’s set at a renaissance faire!!

[@morgananderson6714]

I just finished up reading Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo and am now over 100 pages into Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin. Loved/Loving them both!

[@britneygallup9434]

I just found out about BookTube recently and you are one of the first few tubers that I've watched! I love your videos and I'm excited to catch up with the rest! I want to read Crescent City soon! I'm just finished Heir of Fire in March because I waited for the whole series to come out before I started them. In March I also read Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell and Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. My favorite romantic comedy author is YA author Janette Rallison.

[@123sccshelby]

I loved Crescent City! I’m glad you enjoyed it too. Now I’m really intrigued by Bringing Down the Duke!

[@XxCarleeBxX]

I saw you post about Bringing Down the Duke so I read the entire thing yesterday 😂 I LOVED IT. It was just the right amount of fluff. Thank you for the recommendation!

[@Myautumnpages]

Reagan I have NEVER been able to watch a single video of yours straight all the way through. Why? Because I keep having to stop and put the books you mention on hold in my Libby app 😂😂. 90% of the books I’m reading these days are ones you’ve talked about... you have great taste!!

[@qtbaba]

I want to read more NK Jemisen, so grateful for the reminder

[@rebekahmackenzie]

I love how you talk about Cassandra Clare 💖

[@Andy-jv4pn]

It was about time you got into regency romance. yay! super excited!

[@mayweallread4731]

You are such a pleasure to watch in this stressing times❤️ thanks for your video

[@kenellenonoda9213]

There is a small town in California called Crescent City :)

[@KLR307]

Ken, Ellen Onoda It is a beautiful place.

[@CookingBookish]

The third book of The Inheritance Trilogy was my favorite so I can't wait to hear your thoughts after reading!

[@aishacoolgirl]

You should read Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christine Lauren (who are a romance writing duo)! It is such a great romance and has a friends to lovers trope =)

[@safinan8008]

Keep safe!! Happy reading to u!!

[@spacecalico]

I just recently started watching you and have binge watched you book hauls! I honestly want to try crescent city so bad!

[@faithrainear2927]

I had the same issues with Crescent City, but I too ended up loving, and I really grew to like Bryce.

[@legendaryreader39]

Great wrap-up, Regan! I need to get my hands on Chain of Gold. The Inheritance trilogy was amazing. May do a reread soon.

[@tessisaac890]

I loved Bringing Down the Duke! I recommend Bet Me or Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie it’s contemporary but feminist without being in your face. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston....it’s just the best.

[@MLLatUtube]

I have been focusing on Middle Grade March this month, but did read and enjoy A Good Girl's Guide to Murder also. I bought The Queen's Poisoner after hearing your review and am looking forward to it.

[@TheKayleighsHQ]

I've not read any of these books but would love to get to N K Jemisin soon. I've recently read The Bear and Nightingale by Katherine Arden and really enjoyed it so will be picking up The Girl in the Tower in April. Great wrap up! ☺️

[@Heytheresaan]

I started reading Crescent City and I had to put it down after like 150 pages? Maybe it is because English is not my first language but I find it hard to focus on it. I really wanted to love it because the A Court of Thorns and Roses trilogy is one of my all time favorites but I couldn't enjoy this book. I may give it another chance after watching your review, who knows.

[@stageybookish9893]

I've read Bringing Down the Duke recently too and LOVED IT!! And thanks for the tip re: Crescent City 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 I'm currently reading Well Met by Jen DeLuca - I think you'd like it very much!

[@myribstellmesheslying]

The Kingfountain Series (The Queen's Poisoner) was what I considered Clean Fantasy good for beginners to fantasy as opposed to Grimdark Fantasy which I think is the most adult of the fantasy sub-genres and can be really hard to go through.

[@SuzyYen82]

I read 6 books for March!!!!! Yayyyy!!! You have inspired me to read more books!! Thank you!!!! Stay safe ok?? Sending you lots of love from Singapore ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@jennifergedney3708]

“Wow.... yes.... cannot wait to be torn apart by this next book” 🤣🤣

[@kaitanthony5408]

Halfway through The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and loving it. Read Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies in March. Probably waiting on Republic of Thieves until we have a release date for book 4

[@amusicalbookworm]

7 books must have been the magical number for March, I read 7 books too! I’ve been loving that you’ve been reading some non-fiction lately!

[@monikaradivoj]

I was curious to hear some thoughts about Crescent City. Honestly, I found it a bit boring until the last third, a lot of infodumps and name-dropping. Also, I'm just starting Bringing Down the Duke and hearing this great feedback is really encouraging!

[@djamilagina3782]

You really should start this book. It is super goood. Thry will like it sooo much

[@charityyoder9028]

I tend to use romance as a genre cleanser. Or whenever I want the angst without the fantasy machinations. I suggest Sabrina Jeffries historical romance. Her hellions of halstead hall is my favorite. 😊😊😊

[@akosicvy]

can i read chain of gold with only having read the infernal devices? really tempted to read it right now.

[@jennibickford1384]

I would also like to know this!

[@samankhalid8590]

Yes you totally can!!

[@PeruseProject]

Would def rec against it!

[@akosicvy]

PeruseProject i actually already read the series back then, but now i can’t remember much. i actually still have the books, but it’s back home in my country and sending it over here might be much more expensive. lol i’m at university right now and quarantined, so i just bought a set of the infernal devices (impulsively) XD might buy chain of gold after.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

The queens poisoner sounds so interesting!

[@matteahayn]

My March Wrap-Up: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen (3.5 stars), Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (4 stars), Infinity Son by Adam Silvera (4 stars), One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (3 stars), Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (4 stars), The Toll by Neal Shusterman (4 stars), Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston (5 stars), Lovely War by Julie Berry (5 stars), Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo re-read (5 stars)

[@susanreston4861]

Loved this! Just one thing, The Last Hours is set post- Victorian era, as Queen Victoria died 1901.

[@emilyprior474]

I just finished "Into The Dark" by Karen Rose. I really like this book, it is Mystery-Crime, I don't normally read that genre but I really liked it. Now I need to read Crescent City and Chain of Gold!

[@oliviabrakel6129]

I think you’d like the outlander!

[@cathycl7698]

I love how you seem to be trying to justify why you read a romance book, but that's not necessary at all haha. I read a lot of romance and I LOVED Bringing down the Duke. So you picked up a great one to start with if you're looking into reading more in that genre. It's such a great escapist genre, too. I can't wait for the other books that Evie Dunmore will release in that series!

[@brandim1230]

Gret video I am currently reading rival by Penelope. I have read 11 books so far this month. I'm trying to finish a 12th Book today.

[@FaithMidnight]

I'm reading a bindup of treasure island and captains courageous. I finished treasure island and am now reading captains courageous

[@courteneygallagher1187]

I just want a fantasy tv show about Reagan and Clay, where they’re a gamer couple by day but by night they are superheroes/are magical

[@SusanXG]

I just finished The Seven Realms series last week. Could not put it down. I basically read Book 4 in less than a day. Incredible. I plan on reading the spinoff but I’m kinda scared it’s going to ruin everything...

[@tpstps85]

Yeyyy!!! Historical romance!!! More please!!

[@caliselders4076]

My body is readyyyy

[@willalvarado1651]

Great Video Regan!!!

[@blnortega]

This month I managed to read The Dreamers, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Annihilation, Prodigy, and am currently finishing up Purple Hibiscus.

[@AppleLovely]

I'm just gonna put this out there, the way I listen to Red Notice is basically me going "of course; it's Russia!" in either embarrassed, amused or resigned way. I am Russian, so half the time it's just me making faces at the narrator and chuckling out loud (it was weird to do on the bus, but sine we're all at home it's not so bad XD) love your videos !!

[@moooavila]

wow im so early! you look gorgeous as always! i've been so bored ive read more than i have in the last year...

[@angiegarcia7258]

You might be interested in Dreamland Burning if you have not read it already. It was a part of American history I could not believe was not more known.

[@katysteffens2855]

Hey did clay have a tbr this year again?

[@PeruseProject]

technically yes but he is also not reading at all lololol

[@operativealyssa]

I hope you'll do a reading vlog when you read romance books.

[@saradjaroud971]

Check The girl meets duke historical romance series by Tessa Dare. I think you’d enjoy it as well

[@helenadelapena8678]

I wish I pre-ordered Chain of Gold and Crescent City 😩 They’d be amazing books to read while in isolation but I don’t wanna order them off of Amazon and have workers getting sick because of my cheap ass not wanting to pre-order hahahahaha

[@theo.g.b_striesand-_-5505]

Stick with it, this will be only temporary, the more you stay away from orders and going out the quicker we can get back to normal! I believe in you!

[@melissabereading]

Maybe kindle it?! I’ve been utilizing the kindle up heavily at this time. Although I love physical books, I’m making due with what I have!

[@travisw14]

Have you heard anything about “How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse”? I am interested in picking it up and I haven’t seen a lot of buzz about it. It sounds SciFi and Fantasy. Plus I love the look of the cover... 🤷🏼‍♀️ Apparently it is going to be a duology with the second book coming out in October 2020.

[@rickieblu2598]

when she brought up the inheritance trilogy book, im like darn you read taht in one month!? 🙄🤯 thats take me a year or two to finsih taht whole thing.

[@miahua9111]

i read 7 books too!!!!

[@AshleyNoelleLewis]

I've been loving Jeff Wheeler's Harbinger series!

[@hendersonkathleen101]

If you want to hear a very interesting book about American History I recommend "The Making of Asian America" by Erika Lee! I learned so much from it. I listened to it last May during Asian Hertiage Month and I still think about it almost every day. It's non-fiction and is SO informative.

[@FaeryLaume]

If you're looking for more witty, fun romance books, but that's typically not your genre, I highly recommend Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series. The first book is A Curious Beginning. There are four books so far, I'm in the middle of the fourth one right now, which just came out this month. A librarian friend and I traded off and raced through the first three books last summer and I couldn't believe how much laugh out loud fun they were. And I'm not a romance reader at all. I don't mind romance included in a story, but please let it have more plot. These books are also stand alone Victorian mysteries, although you'll want to read them in order to learn all about the character's stories that thread through each book into the next.

[@FaeryLaume]

Also, they are not magical, and they are not YA. She has a second series (which I think is older than this one) and I read the first book in that series, enjoyed it, but it's a bit more sedate and traditional.

[@MrJordwalk]

I'm currently engrossed in "Reaper's Gale", the 8th entry in Steven Erikson's The Malazan Book Of The Fallen. You MIGHT enjoy this series because it has A LOT of interaction between Gods and Mortals, but I have to ask: Do you like challenging reading? BECAUSE THIS SERIES IS A HARD READ LOL. This was far and away the most ambitious Fantasy series ever attempted, Fantasy's answer to Frank Herbert's Dune IMHO, AND ERIKSON SUCCEEDED! By the look of your bookshelf though, you're well traveled in Fantasy, so you might be able to handle Malazan. Erikson drops readers into the world like we're paratroopers jumping from a plane and doesn't hold our hands when we hit the ground, but this is the most immersive Fantasy world I've ever experienced in terms of its depth and scope. He writes civilizations as if they're characters, and the people we meet and follow throughout the story are but tiles in the grand mosaics of their respective cultures, like cells in the human body. Erikson works in Archaeology and Anthropology when he isn't writing for Malazan, and highlights the fact that societies have layers because life and death do. Life is built on death, but even death is built on death too, because the layers of older death get pushed deeper into the earth over the course of centuries and millennia by the layers of newer death above them. Yet the past, no matter how ancient, doesn't stay buried, and many older aesthetics and ideas find their way back into the light of relevance because of human curiosity. For example: Mages draw their powers from The Warrens Of Magic, but this is the current name for ancient realms which have gone by other names.

[@ipek8209]

I had literally JUST picked up “Bringing Down the Duke” when I saw this.

[@Shelby_antaya]

I love your top

[@lyalways8612]

Thank you so much for that warning about Crescent City! I've read the first five chapters (roughly 70 pages I think?) and like you I didn't really like it. The info dumps were heavy and not discreet at all, and the characters and the story.. I just really did not feel like this book would be for me. But hearing what you have to say I think I might give it a second chance 🤔

[@britterapple]

Can you link the clothes you wear please?! I love the top you’re wearing in this video 😍

[@danijelaradanovic9827]

Can't wait to read Chain of gold. I just started Shaddow hunters books, so I have a lots of books 😃 just one question. Cuz I am not a nativ Eng speaker, are her books hard to read in Eng. Some of them aren't translated in my language, so i'll have to read them in Eng. Tnx. And btw i really like your channel. I can learn about lots of, for me, new books 😊

[@malakdjenidi672]

I just read The Song Of Achilles and I'm broke

[@giladsofer2692]

Are you planning to pick up the new Jemisin book the City we Became? Im 75% done and it's AWESOME

[@k1tkat-kate]

If you like historical based romance, have you read Austenland???

[@kaileeortiz8095]

I've met N.K. Jemmison and I would like to say she was such an intelligent and fun person to learn from