putting our friendship to the test | Q&A but make it competitive

You asked, we answered!
Thanks so much for submitting some great questions! We took some time to answer them (and more). We had a blast making this one, so we hope you enjoy and get to learn a little more about us! Feel free to share some of your answers to the questions in the comments. Thanks for watching! We'll see all you readers in the next one!
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:18 How far apart do you live?
3:08 Our jobs
6:27 Unpopular bookish opinion
7:46 How we rate books
10:21 Shrek 1 vs Shrek 2
11:42 Fav color
12:33 Fav musician/band
14:03 Dream job
15:73 Fav Meal
17:40 Storygraph vs Goodreads
19:23 Our first cars
20:15 How we met
23:40 First impressions
25:12 Musical instruments?
26:41 Eye-opening book?
28:05 Fav TV show
29:15 What did we study?
29:30 Travel wishlist
30:00 Big interests
30:48 Fav hobby
31:44 Fav movie
32:24 Fav book of 2024
32:44 Outro

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

the intro always gets me, its so good!!! this is "and they were readers" then the intro comes in (feels like a 90's intro with your own spin).

[@andtheywerereaders]

haha thanks, we love the intro! it reminds us of the youtube we grew up watching

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

@@andtheywerereaders I’m not sure how old y’all are, and if i missed it in the qna; but I do remember those KZbin and 90’s days.

[@crafts_n_books]

ah Sammy Rae and friends!!! also the best live performance I’ve ever seen!!! obsessed

[@dani_wade]

bookish yardies!! I’ve truly found my people! Loved this video💕

[@andtheywerereaders]

yessss!!! thanks for watching!

[@lefttoread]

I loved this! Honestly Sierra, your job sounds really cool!! I love learning and what you do sounds like a dreammmm. Also, to Jon, I get the competitiveness, I also wouldn't leave until the game was finished, I need the results!! 🤣

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thank you!! I feel so lucky that I get to do what I love. -Sierra

[@storiesbydesirae]

It was nice to hear more about you guys! Very cool that Sierra is a professor and Jon wants to be a writer. I liked hearing about the whiteboard marker game and how long you've both known each other. With good reads I haven't tried to get into it, though I know it's popular. I also don't know much about storygraph. Sometimes things are too much for me to keep up with. So, I do only what I can handle rather than learning too many new things. This was a good video hearing more about you guys and your hobbies and favorite things.

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thanks! I’m on my way to professorship 🫡 but hoping to teach at a community college soon as I finish my dissertation! We’ll see :)

[@brooke5258]

​@@andtheywerereaders that's so dope, Sierra! Now I understand your reading taste.

[@josmith5992]

Definitely think you passed the good friends test but knowing anyone else’s favorites is hard especially when you don’t even know your own! Jon, embrace your ability to model while you’re young 👍 and I love that Sierra is already kind of doing her dream job!

[@andtheywerereaders]

thanks! I'll definitely embrace it! appreciate the comment!

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

20:54 ooo childhood best friends!!!

[@demelaya]

Oh! Forgot to mention, ATLA is having a tour of concerts and it’s great! You should see if there are any cities close to you👌🏽👌🏽

[@andtheywerereaders]

I did see that pop up somewhere! Thanks for the reminder!

[@amyb3737]

Loved this video! Also, the world needs more young people like you 😊

[@andtheywerereaders]

That is so kind, omg! Thanks so much!

[@YourTrueShelf]

I loved that you made this into a game! I didn't leave a question only because other ppl had asked all my questions. It's so lovely that you have been best friends for so long 💛 I'm not sure anyone would know the answers to these questions for me, apart from my husband! These are the kinds of conversations you have late at night with your university friends 😊 *nostalgia*

[@andtheywerereaders]

No worries about not leaving a question! We love having you here regardless haha! We've been friends for so long so it was definitely fun to turn into a game. Thanks for watching!

[@awildernessofbooks]

I’d love a summer book recommendation video! I want literary fiction but still on the lighter side. I’d also love to know books on your summer TBRs

[@andtheywerereaders]

Noted, thanks for the recommendation! Crazy how fast this year has gone that its time to think about summer reads already

[@KierTheScrivener]

Having that friend you've known since 6, became friends in middle school and has dated all your friends is the most relateable thing 😂 Also go ATLA!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Hahaha right?! Also, I recently watched all of ATLA and what a masterpiece -Sierra

[@BandysBooks]

I’ve been away for a bit for surgery and am just working on catching up on all the videos from the past month that I missed. I’m so happy to see how much your channel has blown up! Loved that this video helped everyone to get to know you both a bit better. Would be super interested to hear more about the travels. (I too have taken long periods of time to travel around, so I always enjoy travel stories).

[@andtheywerereaders]

Hope all is well as you recover from surgery! I’m sure we’ll share about our future travels as they pop up, especially if we are on the same trip :)

[@tibbarasden]

Fun! When looking up books, I prefer Goodreads, but otherwise, Storygraph is so much better. Great video

[@andtheywerereaders]

Honestly so fair. I end up just using storygraph, but the power of Amazon makes it easier to have all the books! -Sierra

[@readingwithrebeccanicole]

This was so much fun to watch! Also, may I recommend Hardcover instead or Goodreads or Storygraph? It's so much prettier! And you can do half stars

[@zoekirk8767]

Hardcover looks so cool! I quite like Fable, mainly for its community aspect! It also does half stars but not .25 or .75!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thanks for watching, we'll have to look into hardcover for sure! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@andtheywerereaders]

I've heard that fable is really good for book clubs, so we might have to check that one out too!

[@zoekirk8767]

It’s actually thanks to Fable that I found out about you guys!

[@tealorturquoise]

That was fun!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Happy you enjoyed it!

[@MLLatUtube]

This was so much fun to watch! You know each other so well. I think that is neat that you have been friends since before high school.

[@andtheywerereaders]

Happy you enjoyed it! Yeah, we have been friends for quite some time now lol

[@cellotag]

I love this energy!! So happy to have found your channel. I do have to say, though, that Storygraph (my beloved) does do half stars and quarter stars. No eighth stars though. 😂 When you go to "add review" there's two boxes - one for the whole number and one for the decimal. I also just love the way you can slice and dice your data! Sierra, your PhD program sounds so interesting! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go catch up on more videos. ❤

[@andtheywerereaders]

Aw thanks for joining us!!! I do love Storygraph

[@BookDateYoutube]

Love this! You guys have such a great energy together.

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thanks so much!

[@samantharose1001]

yayyy loved getting to learn more lore 🩷✨

[@andtheywerereaders]

There’s so much lore 😂

[@MarkiyC]

This was so much fun, loved getting to know you!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Honestly, it was a blast getting to learn some of these things about each other, too! Glad you enjoyed 🫶🏽 -Sierra

[@Avidreaderforever]

This was so fun to watch :D I want to do this with my best friend.

[@andtheywerereaders]

Highly recommend.

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Chopin is my favorite to play as well!! Loved this Q&A. So fun to get to know you better.

[@andtheywerereaders]

so happy you enjoyed!

[@renee1292]

Awesome! What a fun video!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thanks for watching!

[@megansmiley9540]

This video was great! It was so much fun to watch, and I loved learning more about you both! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!

[@esjaymusings]

your videos are so lovely and fun and comforting! hope you're having a beautiful day.

[@andtheywerereaders]

Aw thanks so much! Hope you have a beautiful day as well!

[@LibrariesandLattes]

This was so fun, enjoyed getting to know y’all better! I’m a classical pianist so I love that you two play and love music too! New Girl is one of my favorite shows! And the Spiderverse movies are so good 😍

[@andtheywerereaders]

Love that! Growing up playing music definitely led to our appreciation for it now!

[@brooke5258]

Not surprised Jon is a model. You have great bone structure! Tall and handsome.

[@andtheywerereaders]

hahaha thanks!

[@eliotopian]

story graph is where the GOOD people are... ;D

[@andtheywerereaders]

we tend to agree but the goodreads people are louder haha. we're doing our best to learn

[@readingwithrebeccanicole]

ATLA and the Spiderverse movies are my favorites too! They're so good!

[@andtheywerereaders]

Seems like you have great taste haha

[@demelaya]

Have you seen “An Origin Story” by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye? It’s spoken word poetry about their friendship and you two reminded me of them💕 Also, if you two love Shrek (either 1 or 2), you should MUST DEFINITELY watch it in Latin American Spanish. It’s 100% better than the original. No contest!

[@andtheywerereaders]

We'll have to check out that poetry performance for sure. Haven't considered watching Shrek en español but maybe that can change

[@azu_rikka]

The first 20seconds set the tone😂! Thanks for answering all my questions, the set up and your stories are so interesting. Sierra, if you still want recommendations for Switzerland, here I am. I am Swiss and have lived in Switzerland until 2015. Do you travel for fun or work? When are you going?

[@andtheywerereaders]

I would love any recs for Bern! I’ll be there for work 🫶🏽 thanks for sharing!

[@azu_rikka]

@@andtheywerereaders for outings: Gurten, Elfenaupark and, if you like swimming in a river, Lorraine Bad (is open June to September). You'll find all places on google. For drinks in the evening: PROGR Turnhalle, Les amis For dancing and eating: Gaskessel, Kapitel Bollwerk, Dampfzentrale

[@azu_rikka]

@@andtheywerereaders ...and since you like curried chicken, you might want to try a swiss version called Riz Casimir. My husband is Cape Malay, loves his chicken curries and finds it delicious, but lots in his community find the mix of ingredients very strange🤣...

[@azu_rikka]

​​@@andtheywerereaders ..oh, and if you have time and money, you should go on the Glacierexpress, a very fancy train that goes through beautiful places! It doesn't stop in Bern though, you'll have to go to the nearest stop with a normal sbb train...

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

i've heard hardcover is another alt to good reads!! 19:08

[@andtheywerereaders]

someone else recommended that as well - gonna have to check it out

[@prettyinpink9893]

StoryGraph is black owned and women owned yall. She’s a software engineer

[@andtheywerereaders]

👏🏽👏🏽thank you for bringing the facts to my attention. I will be doubling down on my use of StoryGraph -Sierra

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

11:07 😲

[@lindenreads]

I knew Jon was too cute to just work in corp like us mere mortals. 😛

[@andtheywerereaders]

Corporate America will catch up to me soon enough haha but thank you 😊

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

i feel like we'd be good friends if we saw each other irl, i am critical about music and movies etc. 30:40

[@andtheywerereaders]

haha seems that way! thanks for watching and commenting!