How much of my physical TBR can I read in one week + book club!

[@Geraldine_Kasule]

"that was so painful.. 5 stars" LOL i love it

[@allhailvale]

crying and then having to remind yourself the characters are not even real is so relatable 😭😂 I died when you said "that was painful. 5 stars."

[@autry9562]

Lmao came here to quote this too! 😂💀

[@sydneyholifield2987]

You laying on the floor crying and then holding up your hand and saying “5 stars” should be made into a meme!!

[@lianglam.17]

“if this doesnt have a happy ending im suing” is so real!!!

[@Sam3liza1103]

Omg!! Any Kristin Hannah books needs to come with a box of tissues- literally have cried in every book of hers I've read. I haven't read Firefly lane yet, but it just moved up on my list!

[@Bougie_Nerd]

Mistborn got me out of the post-highschool reading slump and now I've read ALL of the cosmere books and will never stop.

[@puppies983]

I just finished them all as well, do you have any recs to read while waiting for the next stormlight book to come out?

[@lorischneider1688]

Your book club is the cutest thing ever. I love the decorations and the games

[@thepetitemrs]

how she says "its ink on paper, these people arent real, its okay, its just a story....i'm so dramatic.. " I felt that to my core! :( sooo relatable with many many books! I gotta say that book GUTTED me, I love her books! I feel like I wanna read everything by her too

[@alexandracollinss]

the transition from an sad unwatered philodendron at the beginning to a well fed king by the end is peak content

[@pbhh9125]

Omg!! I loved the “tat was so painful….. 5 stars 🤚 “ hahahahha I just laughed so hard!! And now I want to read that book

[@BiancaJuliaVlogs]

Haha me too, can we make it a book girlie gif

[@kansxlibrary]

you're literally my comfort channel 🥹💖

[@leticiaanalima]

i always love seeing people's reaction to the ending of the final empire lol the rest of the series (both the first trilogy and the second series) is equally incredible!

[@ginnyluv4601]

The Nightgale by Kristin Hannah emotionally scarred me. I nearly sobbed my eyes out. I wish you luck ❤

[@kellycook7519]

the way my eyes widened when you held up mistborn lol i finished this trilogy earlier this year and SOBBED so hard for the last 20 pages i could barely see the words

[@poppycalliope]

If a book makes me cry it is automatically 5 stars 😂 your reading vlogs are so wholesome Rachel 💖

[@cassiemeyers-ke5fm]

Watching this while doing a 24 hour readathon

[@elladugan7990]

Stop me too!

[@tasbiha114]

how excitinggg, what books did you read?

[@lubhanshinahar7834]

i'd love to see a book club sleepover reading vlog with all of you!!! that would be so fun!!!!

[@Kittyzero13426]

I have been having a hard time reading my physical TBR but I don't restrict myself to any books. If I don't feel like one book I can switch physical books and reading a library book on the side to help with still reading a book. Happy reading!

[@springoffaith9690]

Drop everything! Queen Rach posted. As a ny girlie I hope you are having the best time, bestie!!!

[@flaura_99]

I'm so used to booktubers having online book clubs that I was surprised when I realised yours an in-person book club with your friends!! I love it, you're living my dream!! This is my first time watching your videos and I'm definitely subsribing 🥰💜

[@emmiedeandean]

I'm so happy you enjoyed Mistborn- it only gets better!!!

[@Kalreadsalot]

Firefly lane is one of my favorite books I have ever read because it is the only books to bring out every single one of my emotions . I literally sobbed the last 20% of the book

[@bea5687_]

Anxiously awaiting the travel vlog!!! Love you bestie Rachel ❤

[@heyitsmakayla111]

Rachel laying on her floor crying while reading is such a mood✨

[@aubreylynnmatt]

So many of Kristin Hannah’s books tug at your emotions! Firefly lane definitely made me cry the most out of the ones I’ve read so far. The only other one I shed actual tears for was the great alone (so good) and I was close with basically every other one I’ve read. Slowly making my way through her back list!

[@cass.readzz]

Firefly Lane is a tv show and it is so good! I definitely recommend if it is available to you in Australia!!

[@juliacash8135]

The Mistborn series is one of my absolute favorites! You should definitely read them all at some point. There are three in this trilogy then there is another trilogy set 300 years in the future following diffrent characters but in the same world.

[@amy.v.kelly.]

I love Firefly Lane! They’ve made it into a TV show too which is amazing ❤

[@maryscorneroftheinternet]

As a gigantic Kristin Hannah fan it was so fun watching you go through the tornado of emotions she always puts me through for the first time!!

[@kells11290]

Kristin Hannah is amazing! I’m loving seeing all the book girlies reading her books for the first time! You should read the nightingale, the women, and the four winds

[@sydneyrankin6717]

not us reading how to love your neighbor at the same time! my jaw dropped when you said you were reading it

[@rachelwright9226]

Will never forget reading the end of Firefly Lane in my car in a coffee shop parking lot because I was balling my eyes out in public and then crying to dancing queen on my drive home! Love that book so much!

[@LibrariesandLattes]

I felt the same way about Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive! I put The Way of Kings off for so long but finally started it this year and I’m already on the third book in the series, I’ve become obsessed haha! And Kristin Hannah’s books always make me think and feel all the things, she’s so good at creating real characters and bringing out so many complicated emotions ❤️ These are two of my favorite authors so I’m so happy you loved both of these books!! And the book club celebration is so cute 😍📚🎉

[@kidcurry7138]

I’m so happy that you loved the final empire! I was worried that all of us talking it up would make your expectations too high. I love it though ❤

[@rileyfasano2154]

Kristin Hannah is my favorite author!! You’ve got to add The Nightingale & The Great Alone to your TBR!

[@mmwaisner]

I’ve been reading Kristin Hannah books since probably 2008 and I absolutely love them. She is an auto-buy author for me. Before the Netflix show was even released I would recommend it and True Colors to anyone and everyone. I need to reread both of them and maybe finish watching the Netflix series. I am so glad you enjoyed her writing.

[@glitterandguitaars]

I cried myself to sleep more than once watching the Netflix show of firefly lane! Such a good series.

[@elizabethlaflamme7312]

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is in my top 3 most favorite books everrrrr!! So many plot twists, it’s just so good.

[@melbrown6058]

I read Firefly Lane as a teenager and adored it. I'm 25 now and it's stuck with me❤

[@ameliamack9126]

I haven’t read anything I was excited about in a minute and the way you talked about mistborn has me ready to get it from the library tomorrow!!

[@sophiesliskovic212]

Kristin Hannah is incredible! The Great Alone is an emotional train wreck and the nightingale is a modern classic for a reason!

[@AstridPizarro]

“That was painful, 5 stars “ lol now I need to read it

[@gia5034]

Your reading vlogs bring me so much joy, so happy to spend 40 minutes with you ❤

[@emilybalzanna]

HIGHLY recommend reading True Colors by Kristin Hannah. One of her less hyped books but a beautifully tragic love story and one of my favorites of hers. I had the chance to go to her book tour for The Women and she actually said that Firefly Lane was the book she wrote after her mom passed with cancer where she really allowed herself to discover her mother as an adult. They were going to write the book together and only go to the first page before she passed. 😢 So glad to see more book girlies are reading her

[@jenniferm.2142]

That’s how I felt about The Great Alone, which was my first Kristen Hannah book. She really is such a great writer.

[@beemtz88]

I’m so happy that you read mistborn the end broke me

[@alysha.k2011]

OMG The book ranking card is so cute!

[@aaliyahday889]

The nightingale by Kristin Hannah made me SOB at the end, but it was so good so I definitely recommend that one! Love you💕

[@lauradelgado9880]

Happy one year of book club with your friends🧚🏻‍♀️

[@summerhigbee9553]

I’ve been trying to convince my friends for sooo long to read Mistborn and they just won’t 😢😭 I’m so glad you loved it! It feels like I have a friend now who has read it too haha

[@kidcurry7138]

Yes! I feel this

[@fromdoinawithlove]

Oh, I adore Mistborn trilogy and Brandon Sanderson 3:12 ❤

[@rosealhaddad4700]

“that was so painful… 5 stars” 😭me with every book

[@bonniemae1397]

I love ur reading vlogs!! So cozy

[@bg4945]

I loved this vlog and watching your reactions to Firefly Lane. I watched the miniseries (you must watch!) and had all the same feels. Normally I don’t read the book if I have already watched the movie/series but I may need to make an exception here. And even considering it for my own book club pick! Such an amazing story about flawed characters that you just so want to be happy. ❤

[@kelleypruitt1213]

I cried for the last 100 pages of Firefly Lane. It was such a good book but definitely in the feels.

[@roxschannel]

I cried so much in firefly lane too 😅 cried in the Nightingale, almost cried in the women but it was a 5 stars❤ quickly becoming one of my fave authors ✨

[@marisamuelsson]

Kristin Hannah 😍👌🏼 Her writing is sooo good. I cried my eyes out to that book. 🔥

[@camiii023]

omg i've never seen this pov of your reading room, sooo beautiful!😍💌

[@KoAl-xg8qb]

I also do the thing of reading and listening at the same time! helps my adhd brain focus xD I think it's a great way to combat reading slump aswell!

[@elisapatricialung5132]

Hi! Firefly lane is one of my favorite Kristin Hannah book, made me cry so hard I couldn't bread. Just seeing you read it made me cry and I read it like 2 years ago. You should read The Great Alone( it is brutal) or Four Winds

[@KathyDubs]

I read Firefly Lane last month as well! I had watched the TV show prior to reading it, and while I found the two to differ a bit, I did really enjoy the book. I was in Seattle last week just walking around imaging Kate and Tully, lol.

[@rachelkeyte1002]

Hey Rachel, love the video. I put most of the titles you mentioned in the wish list of my audible. I'm looking forward to reading firefly Lane. It sounds like my kind of book.

[@deathnyyy]

Bestie, your haircolour looks stunning!!🤎

[@mollythompson04]

Love Kristin Hannah so much! I just recently read The Great Alone by her and it was absolutely amazing. Super heavy topics, and at times it was extremely hard to read what was happening but I LOVED the story so so much. Of course the Nightingale is a favorite too by her. And I definitely recommend True Colors as well. I really enjoyed that one.

[@monicacatherine]

I ugly cried both times I read Firefly Lane. It is so beautiful

[@emmaskapetis7603]

Great reading vlog💖. I've read The final empire and Firefly lane and I loved them both.

[@claire.raymond]

Just started watching but already feel so comforted ❤

[@readwithorla]

added firefly lane straight to my cart after watching this

[@daniellejoy116]

I want to read firefly lane so bad! I had no idea it was a book (I’m a new reader lol) but I watched the series on Netflix and it was so well done. But you should continue the series I think there’s three in total!

[@arianasmithreads]

You are the cutest and most thoughtful host, I wanna come to a Rachel hosted gathering!!! 🥰😍

[@SamanthaGraceReads]

I just read firefly lane on vacation with my family and was absolutely balling in the car and my family was extremely concerned for me......five stars for sure!

[@hélène70902]

watching your reaction to firefly lane was so sweet! i hope you’re having fun/had fun in ny + boston! 🌆🏙️

[@cambenouali]

I think your reaction is very typical for one of her books. I’ve read one and I just can’t bring myself to read another yet because I know I’ll be a blubbering mess, even though they are amazing reads🤣

[@susi2316]

„that was so painful… 5 stars.“ - rachel (and every other reader)

[@AshleyJade18]

I watched Firefly Lane on Netflix a year ago AND THEN last month i read the book (i still need to read the sequel) and even though of course i knew what was going to happen, i still LOOOVED the book just as much. 😍 plus, having the images of the characters/scenes in my head from watching the show, made my little brain happy. 🤗👌

[@paigesbooked]

I started Kingdom of Ash yesterday and I have been absolutely sobbing through this I’m so terrified for it to end

[@sereneadair4941]

Netflix also has the Firefly lane series. It was so good. Like the book

[@tabithagilbert8042]

Fire fly lane I’m certain altered my brain chemistry, it’s just so beautiful and tragic but also relatable.

[@Kayconnerx]

Hi Rach I was wondering if you could talk about how you balance reading and your relationship with God? I felt convicted a few months ago to completely stop reading (especially romance) because God revealed to me that it was becoming an idol in my life and I was putting more focus on the books I was reading, more than my relationship with Him 😭 have you ever had this experience or felt any sort of conviction about how often you read? I’d love to hear your experience on it from one believer to another 🥺🫶🏼 ily xx

[@taryndancer29]

As my father says "Everything in moderation". As long as reading doesn't completely take over your life and prevent you from doing other things then you're good.

[@h.bm03]

i love this comment. sometimes it’s hard to prioritize time. i suggest reading christian books/romance to spend time with Him and still get reading in! also set a routine for bible time or worship etc! He still will love you in the end!

[@rw6333]

Book club Jeopardy is ingenious!! ❤

[@Bookswithkay]

I just bought mistborn and then see this video… it’s a sign

[@kirrilyjackson7111]

In love with everything

[@alyssablackford7987]

“That was so painful… 5 stars” soooo real! Lol

[@misskikikat]

Very weird that Firefly Lane is out of print at the moment - it's reprinting; the normal original cover (the tv tie in cover is now out of print indefinitely) - hopefully it's back on shelves before Christmas because it's always one of my go to recs for people when shopping in the bookstore I work at!! And please read "Fly Away" as it continues the story....promise you won't regret it xx

[@laizaslibrary]

AHHH HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAYYYY, LOVE YOU ☺️💘💘💘

[@enya5120]

I haven't read any Brandon Sanderson (yet), but I've just begun reading 'The Shadow of What Was Lost' by James Islington, who has been inspired by Sanderson i believe. Anyway, its the first book in a trilogy and its SO GOOD! I'd definitely recommend, I think you'd like it :)

[@lindsayrosejohnson8432]

Such a great video! Loved seeing you set up for book club, what a fun idea! 🥳 I don’t think I’ve ever heard you mention it before-are you wanting to write novels as well?

[@kattyrein9900]

I prefer to listen to Kristin's Hannah books because I usually bawl my eyes out and can't see the text on the page. Had more than one public crying experience with her books😅 I haven't read Firefly lane yet, but I think it should go on my TBR

[@bonniemckenzie2663]

I legit had this exact reaction a few days ago reading "The Skeleton House" by Katherine Allum (Melbourne author). I haven't ever seen anyone else throw the book away and immediately pick it up because your heart is just so sad. But also the "I can't see the page because of my tears". Was so so real 😂😂

[@tashayleniece]

“That was so painful,5 star” 😂😂😂😂loved that reaction

[@laiaann1999]

The Netflix show is very good too!!!! You should watch it, the actresses are amazing💜💜

[@gabbybertucci5380]

Someone make 25:18 and audio plssssss 😂

[@chewy723]

Haven't read firefly lane, but loved watching the series on netflix!! Would you watch the series after you have read the book?

[@ayanavalijani6027]

“That was so painful…five stars.”

[@zacharyharless6877]

Her book the nightingale made me cry so much a an man it was so sad but very important to read and very impowering to see these two sisters struggling to survive world war 2 France and the impact they had on trying to help the people around them I definitely recommend it by her

[@daniela14_]

"That was so painful, Five stars" so real story of my life 😭

[@hannasmith794]

I wish I’d got to read Firefly Lane before I saw the tv show. Both amazing though. The tv show is different but in the best way.

[@LouisaStefanelli]

If you loved firefly lane PLEASE read nightingale by her omg

[@jenniferwilliams3408]

Firefly Lane - I wanted to seriously get my hands on her daughter. She frustrated me so much! Granted, "auntie" did help the situation. I don't know that I'm going to read the sequel.

[@katiemueller815]

“That was so painful, 5 stars.” 😂