My Final TBR of the Year 📚 and HUGE Plans For Next Year (That Involve YOU!) ✈️❄️

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Fancy going on adventure with me next year? Be sure to fill in this fun and quick survey: my.trovatrip.com/public/l/survey/gavin-hetherington 🥰

[@QueenPrism]

I was a little nervous if this survey was going to have ask for payment at the end. I’m glad it didn’t. I just didn’t expect the questions to be like if I were going on the trip with you. It was fun, I hope I gave you some good answers! 😊

[@MariyaVD]

Done! So many options, I really liked it!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “Some people need hearts, some people need livers, I need a Coffee machine.” It is the new “You chose books, I chose looks.” 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Gavin is that parent now where they’re on a Zoom Call but their children are fighting and having a showdown next to the laptop.

[@andraste6746]

I was thinking that when he was so tired and over the cat shenanigans in a recent video 🤣

[@elfinartist4961]

That sweater is the most comfortable thing I have ever seen and I need it

[@terrilouise91]

I live 20 mins away from york, if the Golden Fleece is too scary I’m available for moral support! 😅😊

[@MilenaReads]

The segway from cosy Christmas middlegrade to smutty romance is 👌🏻

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I love duality ❤️

[@stephaniem1107]

I was literally like 'aww cute' and then 'hang on, does that say ganged as in .. .oh snap' hahahaha

[@wendypridmore2005]

Come to Tasmania with me next year. Am going to historical Tasmania. I am going to visit the notorious Port Arthur.

[@christinfishback4245]

for romance I canˋt recommend Serina Bowens „Him & Us“ highly enough itˋs a M/M sports romance

[@PokhrajRoy.]

2:47 Excuse me but we want 4 Seasons of ‘Gav(in) in Paris’ where we see you fall in love there. Also, have a great trip! Normalise celebrating yourself in exotic locations.

[@sassycatz4470]

Recommended romances or novels with romantic elements set in either Paris or France, generally: Salty, Bitty, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas - young adult/new adult romance with food heavily featured Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins - young adult romance A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera - historical romance with diversity The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand - contemporary romance set in the heart of Paris with magical elements. Sweets heavily featured. The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant - contemporary romance with food heavily featured. A Paris Apartment by Michele Gable - historical fiction Desiree by Annemarie Selinko - historical fiction based on actual history involving Napoleon and the young woman who loved him before he married Josephine. (She didn't do too badly herself.)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Omg speaking of Cindy, both of you have to do a COLLAB! I did hear The Thailand trip was going well.

[@bethmetcalf3447]

I live in Australia and I know about that house 😳 You are brave!!!!😳

[@tjjinx6260]

A ghost story for Paris is the tunnel of bones by Victoria Schwab.

[@OziasJay]

The Little Paris Bookshop would be a good one for your Paris trip :)

[@tanellenash7383]

Katee Robert has a Krampus short story. And “Gifting Me to His Best Friend” is set at Christmas as well

[@zara6472]

I did the survey coz travelling with you would be fun although I would probably be boring with my itineraries and being in bed before midnight 😅

[@thenubianreview]

I love when you're talking to your cats, I have 4 and there's always some kind of drama! As for books, I plan to read the Jade City trilogy finally and reread few love stories. I always enjoy your videos especially your travel vlogs. Til next time...

[@Zoe_Coles]

OMG yes, PLEASE read The Vanderbeekers series. It’s SO good and hardly anyone is talking about it. I love those children with my whole heart. ❤❤

[@joanneingersoll9185]

Enjoy the Golden Fleece. I had dinner there when my daughter got married in York in September 2018.

[@AnnabelleFr]

The trip to Paris sounds amazing and what better way to celebrate (self) love than with a love, cheese, chocolate filled trip to the City of love. As a recommendation I would suggest "Fromage à Trois: Paris. Love. Cheese." by Victoria Brownlee

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ooo thanks for the recommendation!

[@jennalindsay9749]

Merry Elf-ing Christmas by Beth Bolden is a naughty Christmas Romance on Kindle Unlimited about an Elf called Aiden who meets a shop keeper, Dex whilst accompanying Santa to give out presents on Christmas Eve.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Consider it downloaded 😂

[@nemonomicon483]

I live in Finland, so happy to hear you are planning on coming to Lapland! Hope it will be snowy and there will be cloudless nights so you can have the best experience under the northern lights!

[@StephLoves]

Soooo jealous of all of your plans for next year 🥺 sounds fantastic 🖤

[@vivianwakoff]

Dude, come to Rio de Janeiro! Not only do we have one of the most beautiful libraries in the world (Don't take my word for it! Look it up! Royal Portuguese Reading Room) but we also have amazing authors who are worth all the love! (like Machado de Assis. His The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is a must). But that's not all! We also have some amazing hidden gems most tourists don't get to see, going from fancy to trashy. The trashy ones are my favorite cuz I'm classy like that! I just thought I should throw our hat in the ring!

[@jennywren7435]

Reading the Miraculous Sweetmakers now, it's really good so far, I was not prepared for the start, so warning: the beginning packs a punch, it hit me hard!

[@lex6819]

Gavin, I know you're reading manga right now, but I just heard about a middle grade fantasy adventure series you need to check out maybe for your 2023 TBR: The Path of the Ranger series by Pedro Urvi. It was originally published in Spanish, and my sister-in-law's tween nephews live in Spain and apparently they are wild about this series. It also just came out in an English translation this year. I bought the Kindle version of book 1 "The Traitor's Son", and it's very enjoyable. Very action-y and fun. There are 15 books in the series.

[@TinyNDangerous]

There's something about siblings from the same litter. My cats are six years old and attempted murder is still their favorite game.

[@NakiasHideaway]

"Holiday hedonism"!!! 👀😄 I'm so looking forward to all of your travels next year, Gavin, especially the Paris trip! 🖤🗼

[@gabbyreads]

Ahhh that’s so exciting, I love hearing about all your travel plans for next year!! Can’t wait to watch all the vlogs 😍 can’t wait to see where the Trova Trip location ends up being 😍 Japan would be so epic!!!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Can you imagine you and me in Japan though 😭 I’d CRY and LIVE!!

[@gabbyreads]

@@GavinReadsItAll for real same omg that would be a dream!!!! 😍😍😍

[@judithcakelover]

All those trips sounds amazing and you're so brave to go to all those haunted places. Not sure yet wich christmas themed books I'll read in Dec.

[@KristiHernandezjo5]

Gav you should definitely research The Queen Mary I think it would be an awesome place to read some books set on water.

[@TaysBookTalk]

Your videos always leave me smiling! I’m so low key jealous of your Paris trip! Since Mary Kate and Ashley did Passport to Paris, the inner romantic in me has dreamed of dancing on top of the Eiffel tower!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Omg I need to watch that film before I go to Paris!!!

[@TaysBookTalk]

@@GavinReadsItAll it’s absolutely required! Lol

[@beckyduff]

I will 1000% go to Japan with you! My husband and I went in 2017 and had so much fun. We planned to go as a family this month but we had another baby lol.

[@sophiaamundsen9142]

I've been exclusively reading MM romance for more than a year now. Been down a rabbit (gay) hole since then and I'm never looking back 🤭. I don't remember any books specifically set in Paris but one of my favorite enemies to lovers opposites attract slow burn sports gay romance is Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. The banter!! What a fun and heartwarming story! Loved it so much!

[@nolanol7094]

You’re coming to Finland!!? OMG SO COOOL! Welcome welcome welcome!!!❤

[@jio5680]

I love Darcy Coates! However I have no idea why the Gallows Hill is nominated instead of From Below quite honestly.

[@radudumanovschi3387]

December for me is the last Harry Potter book and The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy

[@leighdanielle]

Come to the USA and stay on the mountain here where I live. It’s gorgeous! Look up Bent Mountain Lodge Bent Mountain Virginia! It’s cozy and relaxing….

[@bearfamilyreads]

I love your haunted travel vlogs! (Even though they scare me and make me worry for you!) My December TBR includes Tinsel by Sibéal Pounder and The Miracle on Ebeneezer Street by Catherine Doyle, both of which I bought last year from your recommendations, I think! Happy almost December, Gavin! ❤️📚

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ahhh I love those books so yay glad you’re going to be reading them!

[@arobinreads]

Hope you enjoy all the books! I'm so excited for 2023, can't wait

[@queenkim8631]

Your planned trips for next year sounds fun!! And reading 3 more arcs from One piece? LFGGGGG🔥

[@holly9987]

Looking forward to your vlog at the golden fleece Gavin! When I stopped in Catherine's room I had a paranormal experience and that isn't even the most haunted room. If you get chance, speak to the landlady. She was a skeptic until she joined and has some great stories. Good luck! 👻

[@minouschka76]

You will be haunted for the rest of your life!! 🤣😂 Lappland looks amazing!! I am so jealous ( in a good way) ^_^

[@roguebookwoman_sara]

You have such amazing things planned--both reading and travel!

[@theoretical8665]

Omg Gav!! When you‘re staying in York we should go for a cocktail!! I live here and ngl we have some killer bars that make great deals for cocktails

[@ravenleigh9155]

The pontefract ghost 👻 not far from my area you will definitely see some spooks. In York at the back bar at the pub you should feel like you are been choked. And read the story they have which they keep behind the bar.

[@cleg78]

Holy shit Gav I would love to go to East Drive with you, oh my word. That is one place that I would love to go. Just be careful. I know of the pub in York as well and when I was there we watched a pint glass that was full move down the bar and tip over. It was mind blowing xx I will find the place of another haunted hotel and they also document all activity that goes on and log everything xx

[@cleg78]

Teen cats are little bleeders at times. Mine drove me nuts through their teen years xx

[@florencebastien2162]

I took the survey and signed up for so many things! I would love to make some new friends, and I love traveling, so it makes me happy that maybe we could all go on an adventure together.

[@LorisBookTrials]

I don't know if I will be able to go but I still filled out the survey. Can't wait for Camp Readathon, still have to figure out my tbr. So Excited.

[@malloryr4883]

Gavin, literally, your haunted travel vlogs are my most anticipated content on the entire Internet. You are a legend and I can't wait!!!

[@Cptjewell]

Skypiea is such a great arc!!! Definitely one of my favs!!!

[@MagikMoonchild_]

I'm very much hoping we go to aus

[@GavinReadsItAll]

The men 🥵 The spiders 😬 The friends we make along the way 🥰

[@andraste6746]

Same! As I live here.

[@atlantisfrost52]

Gavin! Looking forward to more amazing content from you. I love your travel videos. I was wondering if you could do a video on growing your book collection (how do you track down special editions, how do you get books signed, etc)

[@Karnusha]

I live in Japan. If you get here I’ll be happy to join you here.

[@traceyvince258]

yes to the miraculous sweetmakers frost fair i was on a blog tour for it and it was truly amazing i couldn't believe that it was natasha''s first book. i am also reading the vanderbeeks of 141st street and operation nativity. also very apt for christmas aggie morton mystery queen peril at owl park is set at christmas time .all your plans sound amazing xxxx

[@emsbookishempire1546]

okay but dude the way you calm me down when bipolar things is hectic

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I love your hoodie! It’s so cute. I want one ❤

[@booksgurrsandpurrs]

Your channel is so cozy.

[@cakt1991]

Read Santa Claus is Going to Town on Me by ML Eliza! It’s a sexy short about a woman who has become a nonbeliever who ends up falling in love with (and fucking) Santa! There’s a sequel, Plowed coming out on December 1 too!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Omg those titles sound HILARIOUS!!

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Santa's village 😍😍 that's awesome!!! That is if you don't get murdered by ghosts first 👀👀👀

[@awpageofabook]

I haven't read it, but Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop is a romance book that takes place in Paris (if it wasn't obvious by the title 🤣)

[@sunshinelorena]

Your next year content sounds amazing 😊 I have just downloaded regifted to my kindle 🎅

[@lauraa1345]

I hope you get to read all of these books😁

[@mindyschiedler1386]

I want to read The Miraculous Sweetmakers too! 🍭

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Looks sooo good doesn’t it? And I love the cover!

[@leeh4343]

I went to Lapland in 2018 and it was fabulous - I’m going back in Feb 2024! The Vanderbeekers is a really good read - hope you enjoy it 😊

[@Cat-fz1uu]

My water heater for tea broke so i had to get an electric kettle like right before black Friday so i get it

[@PokhrajRoy.]

5:07 It’s the most Facebook thing to see visuals of this.

[@FrankieReads]

I've read a few really cute short & spicy Christmas Romance novellas so far on KU: A Kiss for Santa, The Naughty List, & Meet Me in Los Feliz. I enjoyed all three of these. Some others I have on my TBR for Nov/Dec are Her Night with Santa & Santa Claus is Going to Town on Me.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ooo thanks so much for the recommendations 🙌

[@colleenequinn3]

I read The Naughty List last year and liked it!

[@rikkebay8548]

Vanderbeekers' is so wholesome! Would really recommend!

[@Onechaoticlibrarian]

I love your content and look forward to what you have in store for us next year. And thank you so much for you “One Piece” videos, they got me into the anime and I adore it so, so much. I’m only on episode four though so I do (thankfully) have a long way to go. 💖🌸😊

[@heabooktubes]

My Chistmas KU tbr is Dirty Intentions by Aubrey Bondurant, Christmas on the Thirteenth Floor by Lee Jacquot, Melt For Us by Molly Doyle, and A Very Krampus Holiday by Katee Robert.

[@rebekahdeveraux9565]

Book recommendation for Paris: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

[@ladylovesteadreads]

Your plans for 2023 sound amazing!! I can't wait!!

[@ReadingNymph]

Hahaha have fun with the troublesome duo 😅 they are so cute

[@liminal.season]

Im a new follower here and Im excited for your trips! I cant wait for the haunted house(s) and castle. And once you said you were going to Lapland i knew I was here to stay! Im half finnish and am absolutely jealous you're going to Santa's village 😄

[@kittyshiv]

excited for future travel vlogs againnn

[@AdrianasWonderland]

oh gosh i want to go for a trip with you!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Romance Recommendations: ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Series or literally anything by Sophie Kinsella (she wrote under a pen name as well), Lindsay Kelk’s ‘I Heart’ Series, ‘The Unhoneymooners’ by Christina Lauren, ‘ How to Salsa in a Sari’ by Dona Sarkar, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ by Lauren Weisberger (and the rest of the Shoebox Collection), ‘The Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri, ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ by Jhumpa Lahiri, ‘French Lover’ by Taslima Nasrin, ‘A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft, ‘The Note’ by Zoë Folbigg (there’s a sequel to it as well), ‘Out of the Blue’ by Jason June, ‘Good Intentions by Kasim Ali, ‘Weather Girl’ by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Anything by Barbara Pym, ‘The Gold Rimmed Spectacles’ by Giorgio Bassani.

[@MichaelaChristineReads]

I'm hoping to cut down on the number of series I have going on by the end of the year. I'm going to try and finish the Bridgerton books and also the Red Queen series 😊

[@tibbarasden]

I look forward to the haunted content. I love watching people go to spooky places. Excited to see where the new year takes you. Hope you enjoy your reads in December.

[@luvBB4lyf]

Love your travel vlogs! Very excited for next years content. Just letting you know there is a One Piece arc that could also fit a spooky trip based on the arc’s setting alone (story’s not horror,it’s still one piece lol) 👀 let us know if you want to know the name of the arc! There are no spoilers in its name or placement in the story btw. Just letting you know in case you were interested in planning something for it! Soooo excited for you to get to Skypeia 😍 it’s one of my favourite arcs

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ooo yes please I’d love to know which arc I could possibly read on a spooky trip!

[@luvBB4lyf]

@@GavinReadsItAll the arc is called Thriller Bark! It comes right after the Water 7 Saga 😊

[@esliet]

Love love “ some people need livers , I need coffee machine ❤I agree 100 %

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

Gavin the cat dad- they are SO cute!. Good luck with your December TBR- all the books sound like fun reads. I also have The Miraculous Sweetmakers on my TBR for Christmas on my kindle for next month.

[@BlairBoggletrot]

I'm absolutely the same with my coffee machine! I can't live without it 🤭

[@GavinReadsItAll]

If something brings us joy, we must protect it

[@cassiebooks9074]

Omg!!! im so excited for all your content, you are honesty onebof the most creative booktubers out there. Although I'm sure California might be a bit to far to travel i want to share some of my states most haunted places. The Cecil Hotel in LA. This one has since been remodeled, I think into a housing complex (which.... yikes) but I still recommend just reading about it. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. You cant stay overnight as far as I know but you can take tours, my sister went and all she said was that it was shocking. The Queen Mary. Its one of the most haunted ships in the world. Room B340 being the most haunted, Bodie (ghost town). I've actually been to this one and it def had weird vibes, apparently theres a curse on the town. Alcatraz in San Francisco, so this another one you can only tour, but I highly recommend. Outside of CA one of the most haunted places in America is the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Its the hotel the Shining was based on. Room 401 is one of the most haunted rooms. I knew something who tried staying the night in room 401 and she gave up around 10:00 when something started pulling her hair. sorry for such a long comment, haunted locations are just so interesting to me.

[@meloveschocolate]

So you do have other mugs lol I've only seen the pumpkin until now lol

[@cindywingetbooks]

I love your haunted travel vlogs! Keep them coming! Hope you have a cozy December.

[@jeaneritemon347]

already did the survey when u posted it on ig stories. love you gav! ive been in my spooky/mystery era as well. i hope to read the taking of jake livingston and arsenic and adobo

[@melissajackson4173]

Would you like company on any of these trips? I think your ideas are exciting

[@gotathingforthings]

Omg i need that sweater 🐼

[@natasagajic1061]

Don't worry Gavin, your place is safe from any hauntings - you have a Luffy mini to protect you from any undead entities 😉 Also, I laughed out loud at your confusion when you said "Long Ring Long Land arc... whatever does that mean" 😂 Jaya and Skypiea are amazing arcs, imo, and while that might be an unpopular opinion in the OP community, Skypiea is my favorite OP arc out of the all OP arcs that I have read so far (and I have been caught up to the story for many years). I'm looking forward to hearing young thoughts on Alabasta, Jaya, Skypiea and LRLL and all the rest once you reach them 😊🏴‍☠

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

“Some people need their hearts..some people need their livers… I need my coffee machine” I’m obsessed with you 🥲😂

[@mysticphoenixreads]

Filled out the survey. And what did I tell you about ghostly hitchhikers, Gav?! Holy water and Dragon's Blood incense. Go through the house doing a full cleansing, with all windows and doors open.

[@literatelyalees]

Those trips sound so fun! I definitely love the haunted vlogs you do 😄

[@Gillian.Ashcroft.66]

Love your travel vlogs.

[@kirikat9365]

I mean if I can suggest a trip, a piratey place to read One Piece would be pretty dope 😉

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Huge plans 👁️👁️ I like to see that!!!

[@Lifeonasofa]

Can’t wait for next years vlogs 😍

[@ThatSpoonieTransGuy]

I still say my cat is in his teens (either that or he's a toddler with fewer responsibilities), but he's 9 now so good luck with that 😅 worth it though

[@juniper544]

I loved everything about this video!! So excited for all your upcoming travel plans and reading updates, and my first CAMP BELIEVATHON ahhhhhh!!!! I’ve honestly had the shuttles day but this video just cheered me up so much. Thank you Not sure if I’m able to potentially join a trip from the complete opposite end of the planet?? But will complete the survey nonetheless!!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you for completing the survey ❤️ and AAHHH so excited to be doing camp Believathon with you!!