Reading 1 Star Reviews Of My Fav Books of 2020 (I'm feeling personally attacked) || Plantmas Day 4

[@PlantBasedBride]

Sorry for the audio issue for those of you listening in mono on the first upload! I hope this one is better for everyone ❤️ If you entered the giveaway on the first upload I will still count your entry, so don't worry! Congrats Elizabeth, our Day 4 winner!

[@mahamhayat9616]

Thanks 😊

[@nidhikaushik2345]

Thank you

[@beautythroughrecovery1724]

Was the winner announced for this one? I couldn’t find it.

[@MomsterRock]

@@beautythroughrecovery1724 I couldn't find it either....

[@ninaf.2042]

I like your super high ponytail :D A reverse Video could also be fun, where you read 5 star reviews of your lowest rated books - just an idea.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ooo that could be fun, too! Great idea 🙌

[@lauraxyz5388]

Oh fun idea

[@roseam14]

Ha! I literally just wrote the exact same thing before seeing this! Do it!

[@annec8127]

One star reviews can be so skewed by weird stuff. I usually look at 2 star reviews for the straight dope. Love the high ponytail! Thanks for torturing yourself for our entertainment! 😜

[@brenna_marie]

The eyeshadow was on point this video!! Also, your hair looks so cute in a ponytail. Great video!! ❤️❤️

[@emilym7517]

oh my gosh, Elizabeth!!! You look STUNNING, I love the yellow makeup on you!!! It’s so so beautiful. The song of Achilles review HURT me. It was honestly my favourite this year and maybe one of my top books ever 😭🥺

[@PlantBasedBride]

Aw thank you! Haha I know I was in legit shock when I read that review 😳😅

[@mingostudio]

I need like a part 18 of this video loll. I love hearing you talk about reviews and books you’re so passionate about your reads and it makes me want to go buys more books that I probably don’t need haha. (Did not mean for that to rhyme) Yes please make another video like this, or reading your own 1 star reviews that sounds really interesting too! Oh and by the way I love your ponytail 🥰.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Haha thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❤️

[@izzyfigueira2331]

My favorite book of all time is little women, I have read it around 3 times, and I love how carefree their lives are, and how they always find happiness no matter the situation.

[@aleksandrafiedziukiewicz6310]

I fell in love with "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" when I read it last year :)

[@kmillion9586]

So good! Have you seen the movie? I thought it was lovely and did the book justice.

[@KB_Espy2009]

That book was so much fun

[@PANtasticPeach]

I love the "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series by Sarah Maas. I don't use social media but my youtube account works! I recently found your page and LOVE you aesthetic.

[@olivia_vermast]

I love those too! All the characters own my heart🥺💛

[@PANtasticPeach]

@@olivia_vermast ugh yes!!! I can’t wait for the newest book. I might start rereading them later tonight !!

[@olivia_vermast]

@@PANtasticPeach omg love that😂 yes I’m so excited for more content in this world😭💛

[@PANtasticPeach]

@@olivia_vermast i definitely need to get into reading again. I swapped it out for Netflix binges and it’s not nearly as good as a wonderful book series. 😂

[@catcreme]

I completely agree on info dumps in fantasy and Sci-fi. Yes, some things could be shown rather than told, but this is (in many cases) a completely new world you need to learn the ins and outs of, and sometimes info dumps are necessary.

[@lauraxyz5388]

I thought this was gonna be a crappy video about you being mad at people 😂 but actually you said things like this is may not be the reading style of this person so that was a nice perspective :) I listened to this as I was doing something chill creative and I would definitely enjoy a part two!! X

[@jojoirish8523]

I thought this was a super fun video! I subscribed for your bullet journaling content, but I've really been enjoying your book content. :)

[@kristinamin7533]

Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favorite authors. Daisy jones and the six (on audio) is great. My other favorites are One true loves and maybe in another life! But they are allllll good !! 🥰🥰🥰

[@lindavanli]

Honestly, I think you're suuuper brave to read one-star reviews of your favourite books 🙈 I'm soo impresionable when it comes to book reviews that if I read a bad review of my favourite book I would change my opinion of it and then continue on to mourn for the loss of it 😅

[@ellarose8696]

My favourite book series is "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series. I swear this year I've read it at least once a month and I'm so in love with the characters. The solstice night scene in the last book honestly made me feel like they're my family in such a time of loneliness that is 2020.

[@PotchouDoodle]

Thank you for this video. I am amazed with how you and these people are able to put words on their feelings about a book. I feel that it's easier to know why I dislike a book than when I like them.

[@samanthalockhart6455]

I have struggled with readying but the Beautiful Creatures books helped love learning to read all time favorite book!

[@samanthalockhart6455]

Ig locked_harts

[@Laura-ib1qv]

I'm not a reader by any means, but I have infact read The Song of Achilles and I think that the book is very well written and Madeline Miller writes exceptionally and poetically so those 1 star reviews hurt me too. I have not read the other books at all. Love the high pony tail BTW you're so aesthetic with the warm tones and especially the scrunchie.

[@StephanieCreations]

I love the one star reviews on romance books, because it helps me find the best ones *winkwink* LOL

[@elizabethtrumble]

Hi Elizabeth, I had to chuckle at the end of the video, I would love to see a video of your one star reviews! I love your sense of humor, and I definitely think you would give an honest review. I love the high pony, but I just love your beautiful hair, period. I used to have long hair, and I miss it. I am trying to grow mine back. Unfortunately, I have not had a lot of time to read for the past several years it seems. I used to be a voracious reader, but single mother-hood pretty much put an end to that. All I did for many years was work and take care of my son. For the last 20 or so years, I have mostly read non-fiction, but 'back in the day', I used to read a lot. One of my all-time favorite books is "Watership Down" by Richard Adams. I highly recommend it, and I think you and your husband would especially like it being fans of Winnie the Pooh. I also love most of the late Lawrence Sanders books. The Archy McNally series is my favorite. Recently (the last 10 years) I have been loving the Charlie Davidson series by Darynda Jones. "First Grave on the Right", "Second Grave on the Left", Third Grave Straight Ahead"). They go up to thirteen I believe, but I have only read to six or seven. Life got in the way. Thanks for the laughs and the reviews. When I get the time, I will check out your Goodreads list. I always love a good book! Forgot my IB/TWT @LizTDesigns for both Socials. :)

[@Puppylover_11]

Ok this is a hard question! I have so many books that I’ve loved so I’m going to narrow it down to books I’ve read in 2020... my favorite would be the secret library series! They brought me to so many different and fascinating worlds!

[@Puppylover_11]

Instagram: alicia3825

[@heatherberg8462]

I had the same astounded reaction when you read the "I didn't DNF this book because I wanted to see them die" comment regarding Song of Achilles. Way harsh! It's one of my fave books so that comment hit different. Still, Hot Take on it, certainly - haha.

[@nataliagruber588]

Oh god, favourite books... No idea, but the last time i _really_ liked a book, like, recently, it was the whole murderbot diaries. It's such a fun series, do recomment.

[@darcyreadssometimes3904]

I looooove Ashley’s channel! That’s so wild you watch her videos too.

[@PlantBasedBride]

She’s great!

[@azzuparis]

I'm going definitely check Goodreads. Thanks for this video, it was very interesting to watch ❤️ ❤️

[@catsandherbaltea4479]

I loved it! I definetly would enjoy to watch another one🧡

[@pyenygren2299]

I'd like more of this, plus reading five star review of the books you gave one star.

[@TheSelkie1990]

Yes, read Daisy Jones and the Six! I LOVED IT! I think it's a book every musician should read. It's basically a guide on how NOT to be band. Lol But I really liked it even more than Evelyn Hugo. Daisy Jones was my favorite book of 2019. :)

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ha ha I love that! I’ll have to check it out 😂

[@olivia_vermast]

I just realised I’ve never seen you in a ponytail lol it looks good tho😊

[@stracciatella]

Very interesting video. Part 2 could be your 1-star reviews, yay!

[@ButterflyMusiic]

One of my favorite books , or series really, is Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie. The reviews for that have always been either really good, or really bad, but I love it more than anything ♥️

[@ArtsyJuni]

I didn't think this would be a video for me, so I didn't watch it until now and to my surprise, I got a book recommendation and what sold me to that book was a one star review! XD The second book had someone writing it's a book for ppl who likes Firefly and Star Wars and I adore Firefly :) I have tended to avoid getting tips of book since I don't have that much money (I've had months where I had to choose between medicine and food a few weeks, until I get money back for the medicine to be able to buy food) and I prefer to read books in it's original language, which can be a problem since I live in Sweden and my Swedish local library tends to only have a few books in English. But I'm going to put that book on my read list. Well the first book and then this book :P

[@brandyxxwine]

I *highly* recommend ‘Water for Elephants’! One of my favorite books of all time. ‘Circe’ by M. Miller was fantastic and I’ll be reading ‘Song of Achilles’ next!

[@kitkatkc9]

Yes to another on of these videos, bookswithemilyfox has done it and I love these 😂💖 you can also try reading five star reviews of books you gave 1/2 stars

[@matildemorais2046]

My favourite book of all time is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. I first read it when I was 8 and it started my passion for the underwater world... I became a Marine Biologist admittedly influenced by this book. And I'm re-reading it for the third time now and still learning with it.

[@abbielynnjuett4031]

I really like your creative criticism. Your hair looks nice up like this. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@kraeftwerker]

My favorite book this year was "Mexican Gothic." It was SO GOOD and the plot twist was incredible and absolutely not something I would have predicted. I'm definitely planning on reading more by the author.

[@hannah-qg5fl]

this isn't a contest entry but 1) i'm absolutely living for the 30min video! and 2) someone gave The Great Gatsby one star because they didn't like the characters but thats the point?? you're not supposed to like them?? I was heated haha

[@countessh.1792]

It's hard to pick my favorite book, there are quite a few I've read more than once. There are 2 books I read every year at least once - "a little princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett and "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas

[@lizliveslife]

I enjoy the high pony, and often rock one myself. Although I don't think my long hair is as long as yours.

[@evee8462]

Has anyone mentioned that your pendant looks like the one from the 1997 animated film Anastasia? Super sweet

[@mallorybeckman7604]

What lipstick are you wearing in this video? I love your burnt orange warm golden tone vibes!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I believe I was wearing gallop by colour pop! It’s one of my favs ❤️

[@m1dh3ta5]

My favorite book is The Little Prince and I often get "isn't that a kids books" It kills me when they just say that.. Instagram @bujoserendipity

[@averym7068]

I'm loving all the bookish content!

[@ellarose8696]

Your music in the background is instantly calming

[@ThePuigvi]

My favourite book is Valentino from Natalia Ginzburg. It’s short, more like a nouvelle but it is pretty good and beautiful 🤩

[@crzyemz4]

Not a giveaway entry, but I've read "The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo", "Daisy Jones & The Six" and "Maybe In Another Life" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and loved them all! Definitely recommend.

[@olivia_vermast]

I loved The Seven husbands😊

[@bradonpeterson7095]

I listened more than watched; I was downloading papers about autism for a research project. I felt your pain. Mostly because, as I was skimming abstracts, I found a study by a group in California who developed a blood test for "early detection and treatment" of autism during pregnancy. (Hint: the way to "treat" autism in pregnancy, according to the abstract, was at Planned Parenthood.) I also felt personally attacked. It was nice to have company in online collateral personal attacks!

[@HannahHansraj]

If you're looking for other TJR recs, I highly recommend "Daisy Jones & The Six"! It's similar to Evelyn Hugo in the sense that you get a deep dive into the lives of famous people. Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones my two favorite TJR books, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on Daisy Jones if you decide to read it!

[@ZR-xs7nz]

Hard to pick favourite but at moment I would say 'finding love at the Christmas Market ' by jo Thomas

[@talenamanley1742]

More! Haha I loved your reactions so much

[@christinenguyen9834]

When a close friend of mine insulted a book I had recommended to her, it made me question the types of books I read for a short period of time. However, I have learned to love me for who I am and still read the books I like :)

[@christinenguyen9834]

Ig @christy.ngyn

[@IANDMEFOREVER]

I loved reading Factfulness by Hans Rosling this year, very hopeful as well :) I hate it when people hate on the Harry Potter series, those are my favorite books ever :')

[@rebekahdomes7190]

One of my top fave books is uncle toms cabin...I told my step mom that once like 10 years ago and she said it was horrible and why would I like it so much? Was it my first classic book I had read? It was not and I’m still personally offended by the comment lol I don’t know which book it’s my fave of all time as there are so many contenders! Mr. God this is Anna has a special place in my heart.

[@rebekahdomes7190]

Ps. My ig name is @bekahdomes 🙃

[@anapaiva8413]

My absolute favourite book is the Count of Monte Cristo! There's something amazing about a huge book detailing a super complex revenge plot written for my 19th century soul ehehe 😅 If: anapavlova55

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ooo I’m planning on reading this in the original French in 2021!

[@J.Ilene.]

That’s my favorite too!

[@sirenavarma4701]

Please do more of this type of video!

[@MakerFishmeal]

I am so enjoying plantmas! Becky Chambers's works are some of my favorites, so reading those reviews with you were preetty tough 😅 (I'm @makerfishmeal on ig!)

[@lanajay8337]

My favorite book hmmm this is a hard one I think it's a tie between The Secret by Julie Garwood and The Books of Bayern series bu Shannon Hale

[@jocypare6019]

idk what my favorite book would be... I honestly dont finish my books. 😩🤣 here in the KZbins

[@jenniferfranklin9960]

This was a great idea! Lol loved this video!

[@christiianreedsbooks]

I already entered on the first upload, but I wanted to say, read Daisy Jones and the Six by TJR! So good.

[@shadeneastacio-brown9729]

I usually avoid reading low rated reviews because they usually anger me 😅 so no insulting reviews I can recall but one of my favorite books this year is when no one is watching by Alyssa Cole

[@reginagrant5789]

Well, my son and I had a disagreement about Dashner series “ The Mortality Doctrine- the eye of minds.” My favorite series of book is the Divergent series.

[@tracymil1]

You remind me of myself teaching my English Language seniors. So nerdy.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Haha I love it! I’m in good company ❤️

[@tracymil1]

@@PlantBasedBride indeed.

[@somdeepadas5525]

Can I say I am guilty of doing the same thing that you are doing, i.e. reading 1 star reviews of books I loved. Sometimes I would stalk the profile of the reviewer and see what kind of books they read and try to gauge what kind of a person they were, so that I could judge them properly... god this sounds insane in writing 🙈 Thank you for the giveaway! My ig is @obsessive_procrastinator. Also I just love your eyeliner in this video, was looking at it the entire time!

[@dishadharmraj6986]

Bujo and booktube colliding is something I never thought I wanted but this is perfect ❤️ My favourite books this year are The Way Home Get's Longer and Longer it's a really short book but ohh bit it it packs a punch also keep tissues handy, second book is Little monster's this was an emotional rollercoaster too and lastly Sharp objects an amazing thriller @themindnightproject

[@zeevradolf7613]

I read fiction books. Don't really have a favourite. They all are very similar. They involve the main character maturing and fighting + standing up for themselves.

[@IsadoraOliveiraFranco]

I honestly don't get the first one-star review for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I mean, I don't understand the point they were trying to make lol But anyways, I don't have A favourite book but to name a few that I really like: Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, a couple ones by Gillian Flynn (such as Gone Girl and Sharp Objects) and also a recent one is The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary! @inisaoliveira on both ig and twitter ;)

[@anettemk4941]

Fav book of all time😬 how do you choose?🙈 loving Norwegian writer Maja Lunde at the moment. But I keep returning to the Harry Potter books, so I guess thats a favorite😂♥️ (ig: garmognette)

[@sewerpigeon]

i never give any credit to reviews or critiques where they are trying to exert some sense of superiority for disliking it, when the critique turns into a judgement of people who enjoyed it instead of explaining why they did not. i dunno, maybe it’s just me, i don’t like “no room for discussion” people in things like this. also in regards to the second book, one of my favorite quotes is from david mitchell’s cloud atlas (SUCH a cool book btw, I’ve enjoyed all i’ve read from mitchell so far): “But it’s been done a hundred times before!” -as if there could be anything not done a hundred thousand times between Aristophanes and Andrew Void-Webber! As if Art is the What, not the How!”

[@audreytrecasse]

My favourite book so far is « La tendresse attendra » from Matthieu Simard. 😊

[@alexandracardille134]

When I was interviewing for a job recently, the person asked me what book was like a recent fave... I said The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. She said she tried to read it but it was a DNF for her. I wasn't going to fight with her because I was trying to get employed, but... Lol

[@growsagely5731]

My most favourite books to this day are “তিন গোয়েন্দা”. However, I have not heard any too negative comments about them except that they are addictive.

[@katiro613]

One of my favorite books of all times is "The City of Dreaming Books" by Walter Moers. The perfect book for cold days cuddled up on the couch with a cup of tea ❤️ (my instagram is coffee.and.plan)

[@kartzic4336]

Just asking are you part of potterzone ?

[@nadjabauer9533]

My favorite books are 'All the light we cannot see' and 'Outlander' (which is NOT a Harlequin romance; it is such an amazing book and the TV show is my fave tv show ever) and 'The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo'

[@sscssp4939]

One of my favorite books is “The Night Circus”. The imagination and writing is just beautiful and magic is something I can never really get tired of reading about. Twitter: sushichipss

[@RebeccaAndreaDixon]

Yeees, I've read it over and over, it's beautiful!

[@Lubbehobby]

Like your videos, you offer a variety of ideas

[@MlleJolieChloe]

I loved crazy rich Asians and many think it's just a meh book but I

[@RangerRuby]

I know you didn't have fun but it was such an interesting idea, I had fun lol

[@kuri7262]

One of my favourite books of this year is Atomic habits by James Clear. It really helped me instil good lifelong habits and I feel much better overall as a person. I don't have insta or twitter unfortunately:/

[@AnumWaseem]

BRO, your mustard eyeshadow looks AMAZING??? the super high pony also looks super cute and super swishy. A lot of the 1-star reviews of Evelyn Hugo felt very judgy and silly and they made me very mad! Also, you can find me on anumville @ twitter

[@samanthaericson1097]

My favorite book of all time is a tie between The Book Thief and Bridge of Clay, both by Markus Zusak. Both books hold such special places in my heart. I also really loved These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong when I read it this year! As one of the few who love Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Gong retells the story with such care while also making it completely her own, I highly recommend. My twitter is @apotlesma

[@paperlion247]

I will always support a super high ponytail!

[@PlantBasedBride]

We are in agreement on that one! 😂

[@MaryJoHeadrick]

you should read 5 star reviews of books you didn't like!

[@catatejero]

my favorite book, or books really, are the narnia chronicles by c.s. lewis! those where some of the first books i started reading on my own from when i was around 9 years old. during quarantine i started re-reading the whole series, and it has been amazing to go back in time and fall in love with the stories! :3 my ig is @catatejeror uwu

[@valchester2571]

Looove the high ponytail

[@16ilovevampires]

I like your high pony :D

[@emilymcnabb13]

I really enjoyed reading Series of Unfortunate Events growing up as a kid. I own the last few books in hardcover and even went to 2 signings to get Lemony Snicket’s autograph and people have the AUDACITY to say that the books are dumb. Excuse me, did I ask? Lol 😂 @emilyand is my IG ☺️

[@lachupacabruh]

One of the people on booktube I followed said Aristotle and Dante’s Discover the Secrets of the Universe was boring and bad and I did NOT know what to do 😂😭 I had to pause the video and take a break lol. To be fair, she also said that she was not a fan of character driven stories so I didn’t really take her opinion to heart after that. My ig is literally_literati ❤️

[@elizabeth1234..]

My fiance loves to make fun of my books but he's also my biggest supporter. My favorite book would be pride and prejudice or this year's favorite was Well Met by Jen DeLuca

[@bujodogabs]

reading is something so personal and i usually try not to read a lot of negative reviews, you are brave! Picking favourites is such a hard thing, but i love the shadowhunter books by Cassandra Clare, and one of my favourites books is The Night Circus by Erin Morgentern. @gabrieellbs twitter and instagram.

[@thelucifershimmy]

I can never read reviews before I read a book, it poisons my own opinion on them because I come to look for and expect to find what the review said.

[@ryttu3k]

I am absolutely feeling personally attacked by those A Closed And Common Orbit reviews. Childish?! Softer, kinder science fiction absolute has space to exist. To say otherwise is dismissive of a good chunk of readers, dangit.

[@BinatiSheth]

Someone insulted one of your fav books: Someone called Haruki Murakami a pedophile while describing Kafka On the Shore. I was incensed and there was a debate. My favourite book of all time (so far): Breast and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami My Instagram: instagram.com/binatisheth/

[@anonymouspotato]

I once got bullied for making notes on Harry Potter series for a pottermore fest, because apparently it was too nerdy and Harry potter is for kids. Anyways, I got the final round so screw them. 😊😊

[@tungstensmum1491]

hmmm... I don't know about my favourite book. I really loved the Harry Potter series (thank you Shakira for writing those), the His Dark Materials trilogy, the Adrian Mole diary series, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon and Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan (especially the short story Revenge of the Lawn, contained within). Oh, also Ender's Game. Oh, and most recently, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle . @vegdogmom on instagram :)

[@xAsianTranx]

I totally understand how you feel when you read 1 star reviews of your favorite books lol! Im in my mid 20s and I love reading YA fiction books typically revolving around vampires (these books brings me back to when I was in highschool and the simpler times haha) but those books tend to get such bad reviews it hurts 😭 my favorite 2020 vampire book/series is by Tracey Wolff - Crave/Crush, IG: @ntartistry_

[@IraMishchuk]

You look today so adorable! ❤️

[@JoAnneHartSings]

I feel you on this because I’m SO protective of books I love! My favorite book of all time is The Shack. It challenges my beliefs, makes me think, it’s suspenseful, it has all the things I’m looking for. But it’s funny because my family is so divided on this book! My dad and I love it, but my mom and brother HATE it! My brother isn’t much of a reader so that’s not a surprise. But my mom felt deceived by the writing style because it’s a fiction book written as if it’s non-fiction and she didn’t realize it wasn’t true. I personally like that about the book though 🤷🏼‍♀️ Instagram: @joannehartsings 😊

[@AJ-rl4dp]

Oof. One review called characters I really resonated with “flat” and I felt like they were calling me flat, haha. Not all books work for all people! I’m @whimsicalbiologist on IG :)