📚 My Favourite Book of the Year: My 2022 Book Bracket! (how do I pick just one 😭)

[@kendralarocca3228]

I think it’s perfectly appropriate that the Plant Based Bride, for Plantmas, chose a book about how plants “…offer us gifts and wisdom.” ❤️🌿

[@PlantBasedBride]

Haha so true! 🥰

[@roseam14]

Recommendation for 2023. If you have a month with no 5* reads, rather than put a 4* in, give yourself a *wildcard* pick where you can choose a 5* read that didn’t win from any other month. That way you keep the bracket to 5* books and don’t eliminate an excellent book just because you happened to read it in a month where you had a lot of 5* reads!!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I considered that but realized it would take me far too long to decide which 5 star book should get that honour! I’ll likely try that next year ❤️

[@roseam14]

@@PlantBasedBride I realized that it might defeat the entire purpose of the bracket as soon as I wrote it! 😂 You could make a rule, like that 5* wild card must be the second place book in the month with the most 5*. More rules to help you avoid the hemming and hawing! I hope you never have to decide, and all your months are filled with at least one 5*!!

[@JeanetHenning]

Or maybe put all the 5 stars that didn't get picked in a jar and pull out a random one.🤔

[@michellekernan6678]

I’m so happy to see Pūrākaū on your list! Your pronunciation was very impressive too! (The last syllable kaū has a pronunciation more like “co”)

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you! I’ll keep practicing 😅 it was really great! I want to buy a physical copy and reread it (I have the ebook) ❤️

[@madeline577]

I absolutely love that you read books by Australian and New Zealand First Nations authors!! I always get so frustrated because there are so many incredible authors here (like Tara June Winch) but they are so slept on by the rest of the world!!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I would love more recs if you want to share them! I need to read all of Tara June Winch’s work ❤️

[@reneemarie7796]

I have made an enormous TBR list off of your recommendations. This year was not a year with much time for extracurricular reads. 2023 goals! Happy Holidays.💞

[@PlantBasedBride]

Amazing! I hope you enjoy them ❤️ happy holidays to you, too!

[@thaynaralima6428]

Can't wait to see your 2023 reading journal set up!

[@MameysMedley]

So fun to watch this.....Love your bookish videos. I would love to see more of your trackers and setup in more detail........

[@bonnierosendale]

I knew it! I knew Braiding Sweetgrass would win! It's one of my faves of all time. Yes, I think you did do better than last year. Hope you and Jason and your families have the best New Year EVER! 🎄🥂💖

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you so much! Same to you 🥰

[@rosyellowbird]

Are you planning on doing a video in the new year reading the 2022 goodreads winners? Lovedddd that video from this year!!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I was considering it! I’ve done it twice now and it’s been a mixed bag both times 😂

[@goddess_eve21]

I look forward to this video! Love watching you break your year down and picking your favorite of the year. ✨️🖤

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’m so glad you enjoy these! They’re really fun to make 🥰

[@melanie98d]

So fun Elizabeth! Sorry for your agonizing 😆 I still have TBRs from last year's bracket but happily adding to it after this one ❤️

[@stephanisoejono8633]

Ah the wonderful plantmas :) Its now a three year tradition for me to listen to this.

[@megankoeller1554]

The winner you picked was my winner from last year! Truly an incredible read, it really stays with you and changed my perspective on nature. 💕💕💕

[@PlantBasedBride]

Yes, so true! It was such a worldview shifting book ❤️

[@JessicaSmith-gd1fu]

Elizabeth, I so enjoy these book videos. Now Braiding Sweetgrass will go on my reading list.

[@PlantBasedBride]

I hope you love it!! 🥰

[@hyrise9]

I'm nearing the end of Legends & Lattes at the moment and loving it!! I've also read Silent Companions, Dracula, The Turn of Screw, and Braiding Sweetgrass. I can totally see why it won your book bracket - so incredible ❤ I'll be adding Purakau to my list for sure!

[@Katiedora122]

I just did a book bracket for myself, and I definitely noticed that some months were chock full of 5 stars, and then others barely even had 4 stars 😂 It was really hard picking the initial round (because some of my feelings have changed over the year), but the second round was super easy. But the way I organized my bracket pitted Something Wilder by Christina Lauren from the first half of 2022 against Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater in the second half, and ultimately I had to pick Greywaren because it wrapped up not only the Dreamer Trilogy but the entire world going back to The Raven Cycle.

[@rosarodriguez8984]

I adore this video. I was already waiting for it since last year, literally😂😂😂

[@PlantBasedBride]

Aw thank you! 🥺❤️❤️

[@vataidalma6855]

I loved In the Dream House so I can't wait to read Her Body and Other Parties 🙌 My faves of the year include Our Wives Under the Sea, Just Like Home, This Thing Between Us, The Children on the Hill, Book Lovers, The Charm Offensive, and You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 🌠

[@PlantBasedBride]

In the Dream House is right at the top of my TBR! I plan on reading it next year ❤️ Oo some of those I’ve never heard of so I’ll have to look them up!

[@WilderHeart13]

Loved all the undead noises you were making while you tried to decide what would win each bracket. 😂 I’m going to make one of these before the end of the year, and I’m sure I’ll be doing the exact same thing.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Lol undead noises is a great description 😂

[@scarletmooncreations]

I read Braiding Sweetgrass this year too. I'm ready to read it again, lol. There is nothing like it. But the other top 3 seemed like stiff competition. I'll have to check them out.

[@catherineslater4438]

I really enjoyed this video. I am just getting back into reading for pleasure. Since doing my master's degree and having to do a lot of reading for my professional development, I have not read for pleasure in a long time. A few days ago, I realized how much I was missing it. So, I am going to re-watch this and write down all the books you mentioned to put them on my reading list. Looking forward to watching your book related videos in the future!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ah yay this makes me so happy! I’d love to hear your thoughts on any of these you pick up 🥰 it’s brought me so much joy getting back into reading after taking a break of a few years after college ❤️

[@renmcg12]

The book bracket is so fun and satisfying. While watching your one-sentence review videos, a lot of these titles caught my attention, especially the winner so I'm excited to add them to my 2023 tbr!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oo amazing! I hope you enjoy them all as much as I did 🥰

[@trisanger8104]

Oh this makes me so happy. I’m so so glad you loved Braiding Sweetgrass as much as I did. I loved that book club discussion and this made me very 🥰

[@raven4924]

This was so fun! I was trying to guess which book you would choose! :) Thanks for sharing. There were at least 5 books I added to my TBR list for 2023.

[@ambargonzalez8862]

This was so much fun. Sorry for enjoying your struggle, but is so relatable. 😅 Thanks for sharing! 📚✨ I’ll definitely add Legends and Lattes to my tbr!

[@bea8839]

i adored this video!! it was so relaxing and well made, thank you once again for a lovely relaxing time

[@PlantBasedBride]

You're so welcome!

[@purplexzombie3371]

I could never so this, I can't choose!! Such great books all around 💖

[@lindahigham5317]

Good evening 👋😊 plant based bride 🌹 thank you for sharing all your videos Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year 🎉👍🌹💌☺️🦄👋

[@paaitje]

thanks for the inspo my girl

[@balletbookworm]

EXCELLENT final pick, Braiding Sweetgrass is a forever handsell for me (but yes, agonizing to get to that point)

[@PlantBasedBride]

It’s so incredible! A more than worthy winner ❤️

[@ButterFlYnez]

I love and adore the fact that your choices are almost always opposite of mine. Brings a new view on those reads.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ooo interesting! Which would you pick?

[@iheartmarie]

I loved this last year and now I have a book to check out.

[@PlantBasedBride]

I hope you adore it!

[@iheartmarie]

@@PlantBasedBride It's a very different topic for me but I like to expand my interests, so will try it. Happy Holidays!

[@whitneylevis]

Having read Braiding Sweetgrass, I'm so happy to see it up there. It is so good.

[@PlantBasedBride]

So so good!

[@Amyduckie]

I love the book bracket. I do think this one was faster than last year’s book bracket. I’ll definitely have to check out Braiding Sweetgrass.

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’m so glad you enjoy these videos! It’s such a fantastic book ❤️

[@KirstenTebbens]

I knew you would love Shadow of the Wind! I love the series! I also love this video and how you decide your favourite and how your passion for reading just radiates through.

[@fralou_sind_kreativ]

I got "Braiding Sweetgrass" for Christmas :D Super excited to read it! Sending you love and creative vibes

[@PlantBasedBride]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@mariaclahh]

YOUR NAILS!!!!

[@RMullerEquestrian222]

I've had Braiding Sweetgrass on my bookshelf for almost a year now. This is the push I needed to finally read it lol

[@PlantBasedBride]

I hope you love it!

[@dem_itra]

Been really looking forward to this one!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I hope you enjoyed it 🥰

[@Flonnick]

If I didn’t have a 5 star one month, I would have added a 5 star from another month 😊 I’m committed to reading your winner in 2023 💖

[@PlantBasedBride]

I considered that too, but picking one would have probably taken me a very long time 😂

[@Flonnick]

After watching the whole video, I realized it wouldn’t have changed your winner in the end. Already requested it from my library 📚 Thank you for the recommendation & inspiration 💖

[@Lou0302]

When I saw your insta story about book eaters, I went to the bookstore immediately and bought it. Just finished it and loved it SO MUCH. One the best books I read this year, so thank you ❤️❤️ Braiding sweetgrass is in my list now 🤣

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oh I am so happy to hear this!!

[@conniescove5497]

In October I would have picked a five star previously eliminated!

[@lene.m]

My favourite of the year was actually one you hated - 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' 😅 But I love to see that you gave my favorite from 2018 (I think) The Vegetarian so much love. I also read We Are the Weather this year, and I agreed with your rating. It was definitely one of the worst books I've read this year, and a complete waste of time

[@PlantBasedBride]

That’s so funny 😂 I feel like people either love or hate that book and I am squarely in the I hate it camp lol I’m glad it worked for you, though!

[@JuniperPineJournals]

Yay!! 🎉🎉🎉 I love your book journal vids!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’m so glad you enjoy them! ❤️

[@JuniperPineJournals]

Oh man, start of the video me was so joyful…. End of the video me felt all your anguish trying to pick your fave!!😅😅

[@SheMeetsPaper]

Always enjoyable to watch you struggle with your yesröy book bracket😂😘

[@therenatagomes]

I can’t believe you rated Machado de Assis 5 stars hahaha I couldn’t read the first few pages when I was in high school 😅

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oh my gosh really? I loved it! So funny and over the top with really interesting commentary. To be fair I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it if I read it at 16 rather than 29 😂

[@keyschristina]

Got my Libby app open as I watch!! 💚💚

[@PlantBasedBride]

Amazing 🥰

[@usersYT]

Whenever you feel it's too hard to pick one book out of two or four , think of which book out of those would you recommend to someone who has just started reading books (non-academic obviously 😂). That may help.

[@Lbelle99]

For the October slot, you could’ve picked another 5 star read from a previous month rather than picking a 4 star from that month! That way it truly is a ranking of all your favs :) but I get how that messes w the system ahahah

[@PlantBasedBride]

I did consider that! ❤️ I was happy to include Bliss Montage, though, it was a great collection!

[@KB_Espy2009]

I’m curious, if the competition were Jan v. Jul, Feb v. Aug, Mar v. Sep, Apr v. Oct, May v. Nov, Jun v. Dec, how the rankings would have fared.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oo a fun thought experiment! I might try it for fun just to see (though I think the end result would be the same!)

[@KB_Espy2009]

@@PlantBasedBride met a cousin at a halfway-between-us independent bookstore and wound up walking out with Cloud Cuckoo Land and Braiding Sweetgrass. I already own and adore Broken and The Shadow of the Wind. I also own The City We Became but haven’t read it yet. Weird given that I’ve adored everything I’ve read by Jemisen.

[@Kdmud]

Oh the torture!!! But, fabulous choice 🌿🌿🎄🌟✨

[@PlantBasedBride]

Haha thank you!! True torture for sure 😂

[@eskarina8842]

The struggling sounds 🤣 Wait, where's the cat? 🥺

[@PlantBasedBride]

Yoda was on my lap while I was filming and wouldn't get off the table when I stood up to take a thumbnail 😂

[@doordonot16667]

If you haven't read it yet, try "Let's Pretend this Never Happened"...more Jenny Lawson gold!

[@GailB0707]

Will there be 2022 reading journal flip through?

[@PlantBasedBride]

Yes!

[@dormouseintea]

“i hope you all are enjoying listening to my pain” me, out loud: we are!

[@PlantBasedBride]

😂

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦👍🖐♥️🥳🦝🏒🌲⛷🏂❄📚💜📚💜

[@mbrady199]

Since October you didn't have any 5 stars you should have chosen a wild card from all the other 5 stars.

[@MalouLofstrand]

📚🌿

[@pavlinazitkova]

✨💖

[@knittinghands23]

📚📖💚💚💚