✨Rainy Day Reading Vlog | Mexican Gothic, Where the Crawdads Sing, and bookstore shopping✨

[@DarlingDesi]

Your idea of a night at home with jazz music, a puzzle, soft audiobook playing and fancy brie 👌🏻 goals

[@alexandraroselyn]

It's my new favorite Friday night activity!! Wish you lived closer so we could have a bookworm hangout!!

[@vivianwakoff]

You make bookworming cool! I just needed to put this out there!

[@alexandraroselyn]

I love this! Thank you!!

[@DarlingDesi]

OMG THAT FIRST PUZZLE YOU HELD UP 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh I could see you loving that Desi!!! Its def got the pretty pastel colors you like!!

[@MLLatUtube]

I really need to read Where the Crawdads Sing. Your cozy night looked lovely.

[@glacyneyla-booksmanga]

THIS is a really big book store!! 😰 Never seen something like that wooooow!!

[@alexandraroselyn]

ya it's called Mckays! Its a used bookstore and record store! It's always fun to go in there and see what's new!😊💕

[@bookschocaholic]

I'm totally with you that thrillers and horrors suit first person more!!

[@SoleilCeline]

Hehe low key buddy read, yeah here I come, a week later finishing the buddy read. ooppsss. But so glad I have someone to discuss the book with! THERE'S SO MUCH TO DISCUSS!

[@ciarascorner]

Was so interesting to hear your thoughts on Mexican Gothic - I'm hoping to pick it up next week and I have no idea whether I'll like it or not! Also, your little bit trying to pronounce 'Horror' gave me such a good giggle!

[@VeronicasVisions]

I just started the audiobook for Mexican Gothic. So far, I am loving it!

[@homebodywitherinn3003]

I agree! I recently realized that I also HATE watching scary stuff but LOVE reading it :)

[@bridgetthomas4681]

You are my favorite! Love all the vibes you give off!

[@enchantedadventuresthrough3065]

Hey Lexi, I'm back for a few videos today. I figured that since I was not reading anymore (wanting to take a break from what I was reading) and had nothing to do but be bored all day, I thought "why not watch Lexi's videos?" So, here I am! I think I will watch at least 2 or 3 videos today, and I'll see if I can watch some more tomorrow, but I have something going on, so not sure if I can do anything else tomorrow... I have not read A Million Junes yet, but it's on my TBR still, of course. If I can, I will buy it in California. See you in the next video!

[@beckyduff]

Love your puzzles! i just got 2 puzzles and I really need to start in on them!

[@kaitlyn.444]

I have 5 or 6 puzzles that I need to do. I have a few audiobooks I can choose from and I can’t wait to have a cozy night

[@melaniecardona6416]

I just love your idea of a great day! Books, puzzles, calming music...❤

[@kaitlyn.444]

Take me to church by Hozier is so good!

[@alexandraroselyn]

I agree!!

[@Juless132]

The synopsis for Mexican Gothic makes me think of one of classic you got for your birthday My cousin Rebecca???

[@The9226192]

Loved the video! That Mexican Gothic book jacket was trying to escape lol

[@alexandraroselyn]

Omg you’re so right hahaha!

[@bethmw28]

Love that I'm wearing my Hozier tour tshirt as I'm watching this ♡

[@enchantedadventuresthrough3065]

Records, yes! If I had space for them, that's what I would have. I don't have space for CDs either but that's okay, we have Spotify for that now. Not sure what type of music I would buy, though. I'd have to think long and hard about that one. A Million Junes, I need to read that soon. Thanks for the reminder. Actually, it's in my Audible cart so it's coming to the TBR soon. I'm probably gonna buy the physical copy as well. I love your shelves. I dream of one day having a house where I can have a good 2 full floors or so dedicated just to books. Maybe one floor for middle grade and another for YA but then I would have to find a way to store any adult books I may acquire. And picture books. I need to think about this one too. It's been raining here this morning as well. Not sure if it's still raining but I can't hear it now. Maybe it's over. Where the Crawdads Sing was a 5 star read for me. It was the 2nd book I read after I came back to reading and after I finished all of Carrie Fisher's books (should I count her books as the first ones I read when I came back to reading or should I start with Eleanor Oliphant and Crawdads? LOL). I loved it so much that it made me decide to keep reading (same with Carrie's books) so I feel that it's responsible for me not giving up on reading. I didn't have much luck with a bunch of the next books I read at that time. 2018. Horrible books for a long while after Crawdads and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Those 2 were my first 2 (after Carrie's 5 books) and 5 stars and now on my top reads of all-time. :) I read Crawdads in 3 days! Took me 2 weeks for Eleanor, though. LOL Still awesome!

[@jessicalynn6506]

Oh my... A Million Junes is one of my favorite books! I listened to the bulk of it a couple years ago while working and I remember having to leave my desk multiple times because I would be nearly sobbing. Everything about this book is so beautiful. I’m so happy you loved it too!

[@anushkasingh7222]

Thank u for making my day wonderful!!!😍🥰🥰😘

[@alexandraroselyn]

awww thank YOU for the kind words!!!❤️🥺💕😭

[@AdrianneChristineBooks]

What a cozy, relaxing vlog! I loved the music and food & drinks so much 💕

[@alexandraroselyn]

Thank you so much!! 😊

[@Blessedmommy22]

Mexican Gothic sounds so good. I just finished Home Before Dark and loved it!

[@sanssmithy8246]

@24:30 I agree 💯 with you re: Mexican Gothic …creepy gross 🤢 grotesque incredibly atmospheric and well written. all the spooky icky vibes and just like you I can’t Watch it and still can’t unsee so many things I read 😂 💕 5/5 ⭐️ for me. The audio 🎧 was sooo so fire 🔥 also don’t read it late at night alone or in a hotel like me 😂

[@thebookbujo]

Loved seeing this in dept reading vlog! Can’t wait to discuss the School for Good and Evil

[@Blessedmommy22]

Just starting the video...38 min...OOMMGGGGGGG 😍

[@niniphoebee]

ahh grey eyeshadow looks so good on you!

[@EmeraldSeaCup]

Always look forward to your videos. You give me so much energy to get through the week and you motivate me to read and take care of myself. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for what you do ♥️

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aww this is so sweet. Thank you so much this just made my day💕💕

[@nicolec6570]

I’m so so glad that you enjoyed Where the Crawdads Sing, it’s definitely one of my favourite books of the year so far. It definitely caught me off guard as well.

[@jenniferthreefrog]

I agree totally about Mexican Gothic just finished it. Spot on review. 👍

[@georgiefarr1094]

Reading vlogs are one of my favourite videos to watch 🤩🤩🎀🎀

[@alexandraroselyn]

me too! I hope you like it! :)

[@alexiamaria9711]

I love your reading vlogs, they always brighten up my day

[@alexandraroselyn]

that's so sweet thank you!!💕💕

[@kaydenjames1994]

That’s one of my favorite jazz albums!! And this whole video was such a vibe!! I absolutely loved it haha 👌🏽😄

[@DogEaredPage]

A Million Junes is one of my favorites. Such a beautiful story! I felt the same about Where the Crawdads Sing; personally a four star, but I gave it a 4.5. I looooved Mexican Gothic but it’s definitely pretty gruesome at times! Love that you’ve been diving into thriller/horror genres more in recent days!

[@katherineschmoyer5042]

One of my favorite videos and also the first one I watched. Because of this one I read Mexican gothic and absolutely loved it! Now that I've been following @zoeyreads I know who you're talking about. She also inspired me to get some puzzles!

[@kaitlyn.444]

I’m so excited for Autumn! I love Hamilton too! I’m also super duper excited for the Wonderland Readathon in September!

[@alexandraroselyn]

I'm excited for the readathon too!! And autumn too!!!

[@thiskindredspiritcozynook]

Love how you describe "Mexican gothic". Which audio app do you use?😊 Here in the Caribbean island of trinidad and Tobago, I cant find a copy of "where the crawdads sing"

[@jessicagolden1631]

I love McKay’s!! We have one in my town and it is literally my favorite place to get books

[@rebekahmackenzie]

This was so cozy!

[@alexandraroselyn]

aw thanks Rebekah :)

[@katarinasvensson9801]

How high is your bookcase with the ladder. I love your decorating style

[@AmaraFranklin]

I have been needing it to be fall so bad and this video gave me ALL the fall vibes I have been desperately needing!

[@truonghuongquynh2882]

love your reading vlog so much !!! I will definitely pick up A million Junes

[@selxdavis13]

I really enjoyed this weekly reading vlog because I love how you're so into the books and you give your full opinions on them talking about the good and the bad & I think that's it's a nice trait of yours. Since you recommended many books to us, I would like to recommend a book series to you called The Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante. I read them last year and I absolutely love them so much and if you ever do read them, I would like to know your full opinions on them! I hope you're having a lovely day :) ♡♡♡

[@ashleyw0826]

I love McKays!! I just go to the Knoxville edition (😆)!! I spend way too much time and money there!! Sorry you didnt get anything there this time!!

[@livslibrary]

Ahhhh I’m so glad you loved A Million Junes! I feel like no one else loves that book but I love it so much! 😭 THE ENDING OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING. I’m messaging you right now! I’m still not over it. 😂 Oooh that’s super interesting about the gothic horror genre. I didn’t know that! I’m still terrified to read Mexican Gothic though. Haha

[@thepageandstage]

I definitely thought for a second from the editing that you dipped a puzzle piece into the Brie 😰🤣

[@alexandraroselyn]

ah yes puzzles- a key part of every bookworm's nutritional diet lol ❤️

[@MaryAmongStories]

ahh your record player is so pretty 🥰 glad you found a new favourite!

[@alexandraroselyn]

Mary! I meant to comment on your last vlog but your aesthetics in it were AMAZING by the way!!! And thank you :)

[@teanlit2949]

Shakespeare retelling? YA fantasy? I’m in!!!

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

All the books you read here I want to read. Watching you enjoy these was great on my end. And also, I really love Hozier as an artist and if you like him you might like Tamino. I will recommend to begin with Indigo Night

[@alexandraroselyn]

oooo Okay I'll def check that out! Thank you I love music recommendations!!

[@JanAgaton]

your "WOO WOOOOO" had me dying😂😂

[@alexandraroselyn]

hahaha thank you :)

[@Rorosierose]

Do you speak Spanish??? You pronounce the authors name so well!!

[@alexandraroselyn]

aw thank you! I'm currently learning!! My parents are both fluent though so I can understand a lot of Spanish since they speak in Spanish sometimes!

[@aphroditereads]

your makeup at 17:00 is SO GOOD cool tones look so amazing on you !!! also this vlog was so calming and I NEED to know where you got your record player

[@alexandraroselyn]

thank you! That's an amazing compliment I feel like you're the queen of makeup (Aphrodite would be proud!). And I ordered it off of amazon actually a few years back and I LOVEEEE it!! It has bluetooth too so it's fun to listen to audiobooks on it! I'll DM you the link.

[@MsDianaJean]

Alexandra Roselyn OMGosh can I get the link too? I have a family member who would LOVE if I got it for them for Christmas! PS I want your hat. Where’d you get it?

[@middlehermana]

Ah that's sounds like a good time to this introvert as well! 🙈Just found your channel and subscribed! x

[@sharmisthadas2026]

Your vlogs are a real beauty🤩🤩🤩

[@alexandraroselyn]

Thank you :)

[@jenrussell4332]

Aww what kind of dog do you have?

[@autumnritchie1473]

Omygosh! Seeing you with that Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane album made my heart so HAPPY! Coltrane is a fave of mine & that is a perfect vibe for a Friday! 🤗🤗🤗 I want to check out Mexican Gothic! It’s on my list of reads! 📚📚📚 Well, Best Wishes with school, Lexi! ☺️✨✨ Love you!💕💕💕 Happy Friday! Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨

[@alexandraroselyn]

ITS MY NEW FAVORITE ALBUM!!! I'm sad I'm just now discovering it do you have any other jazz recommendations??

[@autumnritchie1473]

Alexandra Roselyn Yes! 😊 I would recommend Giant Steps, Lush Life, Blue Train, Coltrane’s Sound by John Coltrane. Definitely Giant Steps is sooo good & one of my fave albums by him! Also, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is a fave of mine. The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane (1955-1961) is really good! The New Standard by Herbie Hancock is one that I highly recommend! The Cannonball Adderley Nat Adderley Quintet Live In Europe What’s This Thing Called Soul? (literally the longest title 😂😂😂) You need this album! It’s sooo good! Invitation by Joe Sample is really pretty & I actually used to listen to that on Fridays during & after work. With The Tenors of Our Time by Roy Hargrove, I like. Lastly, Song For My Father by Horace Silver! Another major fave of mine! :) Highly recommend! I feel like that’s so much! 😂😂😂 But those are some of my fave jazz artists & albums! 🤗🤗🤗 I love most things by Coltrane...but some of his music can get out there so I tried to recommend the ones that are more mellow. But really I would try out different records from these artists! I really like Herbie Hancock & Joe Sample a lot because they do a lot with the piano. This has made me feel like I need to go back into my archives because I haven’t listened to my older jazz as much these & I was still kind of exploring the older jazz genre myself! :) Let me know if you try & like any of these! 🤗💕✨

[@SoleilCeline]

I had to wait to watch your vlog until after I finished reading Mexican Gothic! But now I'm here!! OMG YOU TALKING ABOUT DIRTY CHAIS! AAAHHH that's so wild, I hadn't even watched your vlog when I messaged you the other day all "have you ever heard of dirty chais? well let me explain what a dirty chai is." Oh my goodness I am a COWARD

[@stephaniejohnson597]

I’m just desperate for some good old fashioned pumpkin fun. Ya know what I’m sayin?😂😂 yes, yes I know🎃

[@stephaniejohnson597]

Also, I just picked up a Harry Potter puzzle from Barnes & Noble yesterday!

[@alexandraroselyn]

Stephanie I wish it were Octoberrrr lol lol

[@stephaniejohnson597]

Alexandra Roselyn me too! All of the cozy, spooky vibes!

[@SoleilCeline]

"WHAT A RUSH" Lexi I also get a rush from puzzling

[@benevolentink3552]

Omg Lexi, this video 😍

[@alexandraroselyn]

love youuuu❤️

[@benevolentink3552]

Ahhh, love you too.

[@SoleilCeline]

oh my gosh LEXI! I forgot you were re-watching Umbrella Academy, have you gotten to season 2! Oh my goodness, I need to message you ASAP

[@selfhelp7130]

she’s really pretty

[@alexandraroselyn]

thank you🥺❤️

[@xeniamelnik5752]

Can I just say that this video soothed my soul? Amazing as usual. Also...what book clubs are you a part of? Please let me know so I can join you. 💜

[@geovannapinheiro4751]

your videos are amazing!!! have a great week lexi :)

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aw thank you! You have a great week as well!🥰💕

[@sds7613]

Yesss another vlog! 💃😍

[@sweetheart1023]

Just found your channel and loving it! Do you have a recommendation for a gothic book?

[@alexandraroselyn]

oh yay hi! And yes! My bookclub read The Thirteenth Tale a few years back and it was very unsettling (which I enjoyed). And then there was a Kate Mortan book I thought was equally unsettling...I think was The Distant Hours? Her best book is The Forgotten Garden but that one isn't quite as gothic. And then for classics I personally love Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Grey!! I hope that helps!! ❤️

[@bethmw28]

I fully recommend Rebecca as well by Daphne du Maurier ♡♡

[@sweetheart1023]

beth mobbs-white thank you!!

[@sweetheart1023]

Alexandra Roselyn thank you so much!! I think I actually have the thirteenth tale and just haven’t read it yet ... I know what I’m reading next!!!

[@SoleilCeline]

Yup, body horror was PRESENT. Oooofff trying not to remember that one section.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I need to find a copy of Mexican gothic AH

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

I love you and your beautiful channel please stay safe love John from Australia keep up your amazing work

[@alexandraroselyn]

Aw thank you John! You stay safe as well!💕💕

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

Alexandra Roselyn no worries 😉

[@ChristianWatchesYouTube]

Could these videos be any better? No. No they could not be

[@alexandraroselyn]

😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@middlehermana]

I'm in grad school too! What are you majoring in?

[@alexandraroselyn]

Library and Information science with an emphasis on academic libraries!!! But I really want to get a second masters in literature! How about you?! :)

[@middlehermana]

Alexandra Roselyn That’s awesome! I’m in the last year of my program, pursuing a Secondary Education M.Ed. with a concentration in English. After I graduate I’d like to start either a Masters or PhD in English/Creative Writing! I’m also very nerdy and love going to school/learning 🙈 haha

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh my goodness a PhD in English is the dreammmmmm!!!! I love that! And absolutely same. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of school lol

[@geovannapinheiro4751]

did you finish it season 2 of the umbrella academy??? what did you think about it?

[@alexandraroselyn]

I just started it last night!! I wasn’t expecting the direction but I like it so far! What did you think?

[@geovannapinheiro4751]

@@alexandraroselyn i really enjoyed, I couldn't stop watching. who's your favorite character so far???

[@alexandraroselyn]

KLAUS 😭💕❤️ hbu? :)

[@geovannapinheiro4751]

@@alexandraroselyn klausss !!!! he's such a cutie omg, but i must say that Vanya really step out this season and i'm in love with her as well.

[@geovannapinheiro4751]

@@alexandraroselyn i'm gonna wait until you finish it because it has a lot of twists in the end as alwayssss.

[@pu3798]

私も本読みたいけど、途中で飽きてしまうから一冊読みきれない……尊敬の域😨

[@MelIssa-eb9ui]

How do you make the bri?

[@alexandraroselyn]

I feel like someone else will have a better recipe, but I put it with the wax in an oven safe dish and top it with marmalade (apricot, strawberry or blackberry are all favorites). I also top it with fruit (berries or apricots). I bake it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes. Most recipes say 7 minutes but I really like the fruit to get soft. And then et voilà! Serve and cut through the wax and it’ll melt out with the marmalade and fruit! It’s very good!!

[@MelIssa-eb9ui]

@@alexandraroselyn it looks absolutely delicious. Thank you!

[@abbyhoggatt8704]

A tip for saying "horror" from the theatre world: if you pronounce it with more of an "ah" sound like "hah-rror" it sounds less like "whore"! I think everyone, everywhere has this problem as well! :)

[@alexandraroselyn]

OH MY GOD THATS BRILLIANT!! Thank you!! I’m totally doing this next time!!

[@JadeJuniiper]

A Lexi vlog ✨✨✨

[@alexandraroselyn]

love youuu

[@brookemercer2886]

THE BRIE 🤤

[@SarahAsYouWish]

I’m at the part of the vlog where you’re on page 199 of Mexican Gothic and talking about how grotesque it is. You poor thing, it’s only going to get worse. 😬 I appreciated the creepiness. It didn’t cross any lines for me, but everyone’s line is different.

[@alexandraroselyn]

Page 204 killed me😭 but it was still amazing!!

[@Sinatra638]

Kisses from Brazil.

[@marycalderon9363]

Oh man, I love the story of Mexican Gothic, but I didn’t really like Noemi. She frustrated me so much. I gave it 4 stars because I did enjoy it though. The Random House website has paper dolls of Noemi you can print out. I liked Where the Crawdads Sing. I loved the nature writing, but again I didn’t love Kaya. I just wish she didn’t turn into a manic pixie dream girl. I gave it a four also though. 😂

[@alexandraroselyn]

lol I agree with Noemi she was a bit annoying at times!

[@Cyncheed3]

I need to try again with a where the crawdads sing again. I really disliked the narration but I’ll definitely need to pick it back up.

[@alexandraroselyn]

I’m not sure how far you got but I wasn’t super invested until the romance! I’d give it a try until that part because it was super heart melting- but I understand!!

[@Chasing.therain]

Mexican Gothic...i thought the most disgusting parts revolved around the old man. lol I didn't finish that book...I don't think gothic horror is my thing