QUIZ to find my READER TYPE picks what i read❓📚

[@megwithbooks]

just wanted to clarify my point about Anthony Horowitz - when i said "i don't know what I make of it" i didn't mean i don't know whether I agree with the opinions that those allegations would suggest as OBVIOUSLY not - I more meant I wasn't sure if these allegations would mean I personally wouldn't read any more of his books. of course it's always a personal decision where to separate the art from the artist and i'm sure there's many authors I have a hard no for that others still read, but I think this is still an important discussion to have and not shy away from!

[@fancifulimpression]

I can understand what you’re saying here but want to emphasize I think that reading books and buying new books especially is more political than ever now. I’d urge not shying away from that. Especially given conservatives push towards outright book bans and defunding or silencing or banning within public libraries (which should be a public good).

[@sc8717]

Anthony Horowitz appeared on a podcast, that you can watch here on KZbin if you want, called The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy. He talks about his life and books that he's read that were pivotal or important or moving for him. It gives you a little bit of insight into him and how his life has shaped his writing.

[@gainsandbrains]

So the other series he wrote I don't know if it will make you go any less "hmm...." than this one. The main character is almost comically bigoted and the self-insert of the author really felt like an "at least I'm not THAT bad." But also that's just my interpretation after reading some of his interviews.

[@alyssahopper9446]

I love Literary Figure Kobe Bryant

[@allen-reads]

starts quiz: “RELIGIOUS?!” 🤣

[@ShakespeareandSuch]

meg: well I need to pick this answer if I want them to give me mystery/thrillers meg when the quiz gives her exactly what she was going for: 😮 😂😂😂

[@meganriley2053]

If you still need ideas for year of recs it would be cool to do an episode on whether you can trust your past recommendations and read books you loved early in your reading journey and see if you still love them.

[@CheyeW13]

i'm not an expert by any means, but from what i remember in school, latin american literature (and usually magical realism) is often styled like that stream of consciousness intentionally to recapture or reimagine traditional oral storytelling

[@amygiuliano4828]

Truly the friendships made on that discord have changed my life, there are people that I speak to every day without fail and people that I hold so dear to my heart. Meeting them all in the summer (we missed our international besties so much) was the best two days I've had in such a long while. We are yappers and silly but so caring and empathetic and all there for the love of books. There are times where I literally have to stop what I'm doing and let the discord know something funny I've just seen. Making friends as an adult is tough but I promise when you join that discord people will treat you like they've known you for years

[@what_the_hecka_rebecca]

I so would love to join the patreon and discord ! My fingers are crossed that my husband will gift me the membership for Christmas 😂 the timing would be perfect since I just started TMC!!

[@lauramichelle6976]

to your point about conservatives lacking empathy - the best response i heard about this election recently is "had democrats won we would be celebrating all the good we get to do, all the ways we could help people. and republicans right now are cheering about all the ways they get to hurt us" and that is 1000% how it feels. I have yet to meet to a person who suppoprts republican (or conservative in general) ideologies that does not also support 'screw you i got mine find your own way forward' as a general philosophy. Its all very self serving on their side and it hurts to see how much they relish in that

[@xxkkl3166]

“Religious?!” Lmao same meg

[@colby840]

I was just thinking during this video that it your Patreon sounds like a fun time, and then boom early Christmas with the membership gift! Yay!

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

Been loving these recent vlog concepts! Also, managed to snag the membership gift before they were gone -- thank u so much! It's like an early Christmas present!!

[@LiteratureLindsi]

This is really cool to see an actually accurate reading quiz 😂😂 I love these more promising recommendations!

[@taliw7736]

This was a delight to watch / so cool there's such a reader quiz

[@lifeworthreading]

I felt exactly like you because I’d been in a relationship for 5 years and I was soooo glad I’d never have to date again but suddenly I’m single and I’m TERRIFIED 😭 it is the wild Wild West out there fr

[@ambersh2566]

Hope you’re doing okay 🫶🏻

[@crushgoil]

I said Evelyn Hugo and I still got the same main reader type as you. We have different second and third types though. I loved the audiobook of The Verifiers. I can’t wait for the sequel next month!

[@benjaminashank]

I give Magpie a 4, which means I quite liked it. Unlike you, I never ever ever read the back of a book, so I had no idea it was a book within a book etc. It was a bit jarring 1/2 way through, but again , I liked it. I’m a Christie fanboy, and certainly a Richard Osman fanboy!!! I watch you in hopes to find those 5 star murder mysteries that I haven’t read yet!

[@imaginepageant]

1. The reaction to seeing The Housemaid made my day. 🤣 2. Totally feel you about the modern dating scene. I haven’t been truly single and dating new people in 20 years; been with my husband for almost 15. I never did the online dating thing. When I look at how people meet now, I am truly terrified to ever be single again, I could not deal with all that!

[@glenda9730]

Magpie Murders is one of my all time favorite books. Love the series. Third one comes out early next year

[@emmawheeler4624]

This was really fun and interesting to watch, I just wish it had been for you too 🙈 this would be a fun mini series to do a quiz like this each month and see what books come up. ❤

[@avsambart]

"It's got Tory written all over it" 😂

[@scapegoat13]

Loved the quiz, mune was spot on! I got bookworm (true book lover, basically reads everything), then time travel (love me some historical fiction!) and book traveller (discovering new/different cultures, 100% me).

[@danaeleu]

I found THE WORD IS MURDER, the first Hawthorne and Horowitz hilarious, with a great twisty mystery. He sets himself up as the idiot sidekick, to the enigmatic Hawthorne, who on the surface seems so alarmingly not PC. As the series unfolds, we get little peaks into the character that I’m finding so intriguing. There is a scene where Hawthorne crashes a production meeting with Spielberg and Peter Jackson that is not to be missed.

[@ReadingBuckeye]

That scene was hilarious!

[@kaytlinhenderson9206]

Cue me shouting at the TV during the book selection "but you're starting TWO MORE SERIES" 😂

[@avsambart]

Meg, I think most of us singles just decide to stay single these days rather than try dating apps. Or at least I do 😂 you would never catch me on a dating app or site 🤮

[@marie-joseecharest1735]

Bookworm and a little of time traveler here! And in third position: serial reader too. Quite accurate for me too!

[@Caro6367]

omg we have the exact same result ☺️

[@sarreptitious]

The tv show for magpie murders (i think) is much better. The two "timelines" intertwine much more and aren't broken up. I also just love Lesley Manville (who narrates the first two Thursday murder club audibooks and who i easily could have seen playing Joyce or Elizabeth in the movie)

[@pauieeepau]

I wanna try this quiz lol.

[@CLeighB4]

I tried reading magpie murders earlier this year and got about half way and had to stop. I was so bored. I’m glad to hear you struggled too only in the sense of validation that I was right to put it down and give up. Sorry you trudged through but know that you’re not alone in not liking that one 😅

[@bookwormkara]

I've read Moonflower Murders and yes, the format continues where Susan has an Atticus Pund novel that she's sort of using to solve a crime and it takes up a chunk of the overall novel📚 I felt the same about The Verifiers - I liked it but I don't think I'll continue the series unless people really seem to love it!

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

I took the quiz and was just like you! I didn't choose loving cause I didn't want them to recommend romance! 🤣

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I got the same 3 reading types as you!!

[@andrewf7732]

I love the magpie murder series. I love the convoluted and complex mystery plot. The next book is better, but the structure is the same. Maybe try the audiobook if you want to continue? A new one is also coming out next year. I’m also part of the lgbtq community and the representation in these stories don’t bother me. However, the author isn’t and can understand if people have an issue with him writing morally gray/semi-villainous gay characters. I never felt the text was homophobic, just had a flawed gay character.

[@jeanettemortimer7800]

I’ve not read any Horowitz but I’ve seen most of Midsummer murders, Foyle’s War and Poirot, and enjoyed those.

[@James_Cooper]

got witches earlier in the year and can't wait to get to it nut now i'm scared still will give it a try as have loveeeed 'witch'-themed books this year

[@rosalie.reads2573]

honestly think u should not continue both series. it seems like you were underwhelmed & there's so many more interesting books/series on your tbr you could pick up instead of hoping the premise of the next in the series will be better than the slightly disappointing first book ya know?

[@BookswithKaitlyn]

I've seen the magpie murder book around but don't feel the need to pick it up as I watched the tv series. I did enjoy the tv series though. Years ago I read his book the word is murder which I thoroughly enjoyed

[@meljstephan]

I got reader type "the bookworm" which basically means... I like... to read.

[@ehdfpropertiesllc4632]

That empathy call-out was spot on unfortunately. ❤

[@danaeleu]

Small Mercies is so intense. I loved it.

[@pallyce]

excited to see some new faces in the discord! I got modern romantic, leading lady, dragon slayer in the quiz which feels pretty accurate!

[@LinnieCat]

26:17 truth 🙌

[@katiek3258]

I also picked Sherlock Holmes, but got Bookworm (which is definitely more me). Serial reader was my second one though and there were of few of yours recommended to me (including Witches)

[@heatherbocks]

I’d say yes online dating has a strangle hold on the singles. God help us. It’s awful, but like what am I supposed to do- leave my house? Put myself out there? 😅

[@nightwillowfox]

Hi hi Meg, hope you are well and also your family and friends? Plus I can't for get the kitties(?) I am not sure if you would enjoy this series but I am enjoying it. The first book of the series is; Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland, the series is called Sano Ichiro. You may enjoy it because it is a murder mystery set in feudal Japan.

[@MacSusi10]

I watched a tv series called Magpie Murders and it was rather good.

[@Sarasstorytime22]

Totally agree about the lack of empathy comment.

[@maryclarke9894]

I did like the first half much better than the second. Horowitz is very good at creating a Christie-like village mystery, something a lot of authors attempt, but very few really nail it. I also feel he did very well with a huge undertaking. I do agree there were parts that dragged, especially in the second half. I didn't notice the conservative view, but then, you read something about it before hand, so maybe would notice it a little more? For whatever it's worth, I enjoyed the first book better than the second.

[@ReaderandWriter.]

Serial reader for me!

[@meikusje]

I DNF'd Magpie Murders. I didn't know about the story switch and didn't appreciate it 😂 it is a trope/device I hate anyway, and I was having so much fun with the Christie-like murder mystery only to suddenly be thrown into something else completely, I was actually annoyed by it 😂 so I just turned it off (I listened to it) and moved on. Perhaps I will give it another try at some point, because now that I *know* what kind of story it is, it is less jarring, but it's not really pulling me back in either, so idk! I just started The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, a Finnish author. I don't think it's as known outside of Finland, so I thought I'd mention it, it sounds like something you might like. It's dark humor mystery/thriller, and it's (the first in) a series!

[@fancifulimpression]

I got woke up like this - You're open-minded and always ready to do the right thing. Whether it’s a twisty thriller or a guilty-pleasure romance novel, you value inclusion in your stories. There is a whole rainbow of books out there ready to brighten up your bookshelf. Fly that flag with pride! I wish the questions were more broad and/ or they asked more because while my answer is okay it doesn’t really reflect the types of genres I like or get very specific.

[@the1disaster]

I wish they had more answers to choose from - I often had to pick something I didn't really like, just because all the other choices were even less appealing! I also haven't watched any of the TV series they listed!

[@mekiiiiiiiiii]

Im also a serial reader 🙈

[@joanamgabriel]

Omg I am a Dragon Slayer! Then I am also a Modern Romantic and Bookworm

[@ronelia.creative]

We Solve Murders will be a five star for you 😁

[@practicalcat2443]

I’m admittedly a Verifiers apologist but I do also think that if you have roughly equal enjoyment of both series but only want to continue one, I think the choice between giving a platform to a queer woman of color vs a self-described conservative feels like a really obvious political choice right now. No judgment on continuing to read Horowitz in isolation but if they’re being pitted against each other, it feels really gross to pick him. 😕

[@JennyTHJRXu]

I also think there's something odd about Anthony Horowitz's writing and characters. I did not enjoy his books.

[@alison12171]

Ironic that your reader type doesn’t dnf books and you dnfed a book lol. (I got the same reader type as you and tbh it isn’t really accurate for me)

[@theblueiMe]

I read the first "Hawthorne & Horowitz" and I gave it 3 stars. The author is one of the characters in the story and I really didn't enjoy that concept. The story itself was well-written, but overall forgetful.

[@kellymanfredini3835]

The quiz offered up terrible recommendations. I was nammed a book worm.

[@ReadingBuckeye]

As readers we are very empathetic people. No matter which political party we belong to. No group is monolithic in beliefs and attitudes. I’m sad that Booktube is no longer a refuge from identity politics.

[@Adharamoon]

You haven’t watched criminal minds? 😮

[@iloveluisnani]

As someone who has been called terrible things solely due to my ethnic background, I would hope that you do not truly paint every person who has a certain set of ideals, or philosophies, or beliefs with the same brush before you get to know them as an individual. It really is disheartening to hear, and I do worry about where we are going as a people if we continue to perpetuate these kinds of biases.

[@JadeJuniiper]

Oh hell YES. I loved hearing your political opinions and you totally hit it. It’s the lack of empathy.

[@kiraasay1384]

Disappointed to see political discourse where you feel the need to talk down to people who have different views than you. There is enough fighting and name calling in other parts of the internet- I come to videos like this for an escape from that. It is your channel and you absolutely have the right to express yourself, but it no longer feels like the safe space I have previously enjoyed.

[@kimbberghuis4307]

Her views on politics actually make her videos a more safe space 🥰

[@kiraasay1384]

@ You can express your political views without putting others down.

[@kimbberghuis4307]

@@kiraasay1384 conservative/republican politics is all about putting minorities down 🙄

[@michellehov0203]

I agree @kiraasay1384. The assumptions about conservatives lacking empathy is a massive generalization about the group as a whole and is an unfair judgment. Will there be bad eggs in every group of people? Absolutely. But to categorize all as lacking empathy, etc is inaccurate. Unfortunately, unsubscribed.

[@abibliophobe2731]

​@michellehov0203 When a group of people is actively voting to take away people's rights it's not a huge jump to assume they lack empathy. That's just a factual deduction based on the politicians and policies they actively agree with. Trying to infringe on others human rights shows a clear lack of empathy 🤷

[@carolinaalves1161]

right wing people lack empathy?... it's discourse like this that's making people lean to the right...

[@PleaseExcuseMyExtraz]

If all it takes is someone saying you lack empathy for you to lean to the right, you were probably right-leaning anyway. that's not a normal response lol

[@carolinaalves1161]

zero political awareness lol

[@kiraasay1384]

Yes- very sad to hear a comment like this.

[@wolfiedwarf4382]

You were one of my fav booktubers until you said republicans were just about themselves well I guess that I am on the wrong booktubers. Goodbye sorry you feel that way I guess I expected more of you.

[@PleaseExcuseMyExtraz]

with all due respect, anybody that announces they're leaving before they leave tends to think they're more important than they actually are.

[@zobookish]

It's so funny when people out themselves as actually having no idea what their politics are about. Republicans are all about rugged individualism. Being self-reliant. Not helping others. That's not opinion, that's just fact.

[@joyface]

Fascinating that you made that comment all about you. Huh.