reading books I SHOULD have picked for videos

[@lillym.4093]

IMAGINE if you would have cancelled this video and THEN talked about it in a cancelled videos video and read the book from this video that was from the cancelled videos video, we would have been so deep into the lala lore haha

[@BooksandLala]

💀💀💀

[@cocobarnes8634]

Book inception. 😂

[@vegangurly]

Lol LALA LORE

[@nnennayaihejirikah]

LALA LORE!

[@renatal.129]

oscar winning movie: lalalore

[@BonjourColey]

You liking normal people is the plot twist of the century for me right now and I am shook lol

[@ktxx22]

Thisss!! I’m soo surprised.

[@kellyannaynes2800]

The Gargoyle has a cult following considering it a masterpiece. This author only wrote this book and lives in Canada. I was intrigued so I bought it. It is not about a gargoyle but a haunting story about a burn victim who is cared for by a stranger who claims she has gone through many past lives with him for 700 years! It is a great read so give it a try.

[@ericaallnutt7997]

i bought that book randomly when it came out, and i am STILL reccing it to anyone who will listen.

[@alexandradibenigno1512]

I completely agree with it! It's an absolutely underrated masterpiece!

[@kate2506]

Okay now I want to read it!

[@serafiiiine]

I just picked it up as a result of your comment! Sounds fascinating!

[@kimmilight]

Agreed!

[@NakiasHideaway]

Kayla, the way you analyze things is amazing. I love watching you talk about how you come up with concepts. Also it was so fascinating to hear about how booktube has evolved over the years.

[@anjalibhat14]

I can’t believe that so many guesses were right at the same time 😂 🤯 reading books based on your DNA test, cancelled videos, and booktuber favorites?! Plus more?!! My mind is simply blown

[@samantharose1001]

I loved your Wordle video and it would be fun if you did it again! Maybe giving yourself more time to pick the books like you said? 💛 loved this video!!

[@kzeender]

Yes... Another wordle or Quordle octordle video

[@aoifeoconnell]

You don't know how excited I was to see my comment shown on screen during the Irish books part! 😂 Funny that you mentioned Love Rosie/Where Rainbows End because Cecelia Ahern is also Irish!

[@nisoZ]

The ideal exemplary "Irish reading experience" would be, in my own opinion, Milkman by Anna Burns. The book is a hectic feminist stream of consciousness set during the troubles filled with the typical Irish bleak dark humour and I think you might actually love it. The Water Cure was objectively a bad book made worse by misleading marketing. I read loads of lit fiction and this book failed on every level from writing to characterisation, and I urge you not to belittle your insight as a voracious reader who has been reading across genres for a long time xx

[@meganoconnor1032]

I loved watching you read books by Irish authors/ about Ireland and I’m from Ireland myself! I’ve been wanting to recommend All The Bad Apples by Moira Fowley Doyle for years now. It’s a little dark and has a family curse, a little mystery, Irish history, it’s feminist. It’s fantastic and I think you could really like it so I’d love for you to check it out!!

[@shawnelizabeth3236]

I love All The Bad Apples!

[@mogreads5629]

It's so good! Spellbook of the Lost and Found is unreal too!

[@nola3963]

Also The Call by Peadar O’guillin. It’s horror/ dystopian. It was a 5 stars read for me!

[@manoeksbooknook]

YES all the bad apples is one of my all time favourite books!!! it's sadly so underrared. think Kayla could love the magical realism and all the other things you mentioned

[@talkingtomyshelf]

another iconic addition to the books and lala cinematic universe

[@AbiofPellinor]

Can confirm, middle grade fantasy (I think Liam would enjoy) written by an Irish author - Skulduggery Pleasant - definitely has speech marks!

[@gabbyreads]

Such a fun video! I love the idea of righting your wrongs! I agree The Chain was so fun, but the ending let me down a bit

[@Ashmont27]

I swear you make the most creative content of all of booktube

[@mirandacrisp2160]

You know what could be really fun? If you let the hunger games simulator pick your tbr:) Also I loved this video!

[@ajcoppola8595]

omg! The Chain was the only book from the 2019 video that I actually read so I remember hoping that you would pick it! This is so fun seeing it back!

[@trespiasdemaisss]

omg love the little conglomerate of bunny books on the shelf

[@themrshannonlol2]

The pronunciation of Irish names and places made me chuckle hahaha some can be hard to pronounce 😅

[@WeathersWorldOfBooks]

Your video concepts are my absolute favorite ones out there. 💖 I’m instantly pulled in every time!

[@BookswithNeeks]

Absolutely loved this video as always! Just love the way you talk about your reading experiences and how your channel has grown over the years (also your hair journey!! I always loved your hair but your hair now is so gorgeous!)

[@BrebearMckae]

“Reading comprehension who” 🤣🤣 I feel that sometimes lolol

[@bookofdust]

Organically, a reading goal emerged at the start of the year to read an Irish author or Irish history each month, mainly inspired by my love of Colm Toibin. Part of this was reading a Sally Rooney, although I had no interest, but you can’t deny her importance in contemporary Irish literature. So I started hate reading Normal People and shockingly I really liked it and was impressed. What I most enjoyed was having two protagonists who were smart, maybe brilliant and how despite that they didn’t know themselves. I will say one of the most important books I’ve read since as I wanted to understand Irish history was We Don’t Know Ourselves, which doubles as a memoir with his life paralleling what went on during the second half of 20th century in Ireland and how it was dragged into the modern world. Im also excited to read Say Nothing, which has nothing less then stellar reviewers and love by readers and is by the same author as Empire of Pain.

[@megwithbooks]

genuinely the creative queen of booktube ur the besttttt

[@mcjordie]

Always a good time for a feature length booksandlala video 💜

[@orianaclucia]

as an irish person watching you pronounce the place names was so funny sorry 😭 mayo is a gorgeous county from the short time i’ve spent time there!!

[@Tee84]

I'm pretty sure that Senecal books don't translate good. Quebec writing style and conversation in french are so different than english. I read most of his books, My favorite being: ''Aliss'', ''Sur le seuil'' and ''5150 rue des ormes'' and I'm pretty sure none of them would be great in english. I don't know why they chose Seven days to be translated first... it's far away from the best one. Some of his books have also been made into movies. But, most of his stories are dark and can be gore. Sometimes I'm wondering about his sanity, lol!

[@Gniaget]

I was thinking the same. It's far from being his best book. I would be curious to read it in English.

[@projetsolitudes9410]

My personnal favorite is Le Passager, but the twist is pretty predictable. I have to agree translating Senécal is probably not easy. Seven Days I liked, but def. not the best one.

[@romxilda]

This is SO exciting, just did a huge library haul and now there’s an hour long Kayla video for me to relax with. Thank you as always for the amazing videos!

[@yinandyangmix]

Honestly, if I had seen that cover of "The Man in the Maze," I would've picked it up too!

[@meaganleereads]

Amazing concept as always! I'm happy you said that you don't mind people taking your video ideas and making their own (with credit of course!) because I've definitely considered doing a zodiac sign one. That is if I ever make booktube videos lol.

[@thisnerdycorner4982]

Wonderful video as always. Your dedication to finding new and interesting things to discuss is impressive. Also, you always look so gorgeous!

[@TaylahLouiseBudgets]

I also agree that your creative process is 5 stars. Noone is quite like you and that is a very beautiful thing that I will never tire of watching.

[@MissManicMellie]

I love watching people read when it’s sped up. The eyes just wiggle, it’s amusing

[@ashlei89]

I’m so glad you read the water cure because I always see it and it sounds right up my alley & I always almost pick it up but never do. Now I’m glad lol 😝

[@iamgroot2495]

After receiving two lots of bad news this week this is just what I needed 💜 so thank you for posting this

[@annelarouche3536]

Hope you are doing well❤️

[@iamgroot2495]

@@annelarouche3536 aww thank you! I'm doing better now thanks. How you're doing well 🙂

[@allgirlreview433]

This got me interested to see how my DNA report had changed and it is amazing! Before it was Simply 80% British and 20% greater European. Now I've learned that I have a few ancestors from the same place that my own daughter ended up being born at. So cool!

[@landscapesofink]

THAT LAKE SPOT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS

[@hannahangelina4893]

Your videos are the content version of a warm, fuzzy blanket

[@theririgirl]

i was literally just rewatching "reading books from canceled videos" video so this timing is too wild but i love it

[@theririgirl]

also was fully expecting u to hate normal people since i saw it on your insta but im glad u didnt

[@HERSHISKISS]

If you want to read more Patrick Senecal books, I recommend "Sur le Seuil" it's about a psychologist who gets assigned to an author who cut off his fingers and "Le Passager" about a literature professor who picks up a hitchhiker after driving home late and picks him up every time thereafter. Not sur if there's an English translation for either of these books, but I remember the twist endings being really good.

[@BooksandLala]

Thanks so much for the rec 💕

[@emilybaranski5186]

I’m so excited for your rabbit TBR!!! Seeing a few titles on the shelf behind you 👀

[@kierra2208]

It would be cool in my opinion if you selected a set of your older videos that you would make changes to and re-create them with the changes you mentioned, for example, the video where Rob buys your books or the DNA video.

[@av9665]

As someone who has read and watched Normal People, the series blows the book out of the water. It was fantastic. And the actors that play Connell and MaryAnn are perfect

[@marshalmallow7192]

I’m so happy the chain showed up I was so bummed you didn’t get to read it in the Goodreads video

[@hannahmarie08]

I was just thinking the other day about how older booktube barely had reading vlogs! I love them a lot that it's strange to remember a time when they weren't commonplace lol

[@viennabooks741]

Kayla I really appreciate your content ☺️ I rarely comment on your videos but I watch every one and am always happy when I see that you have uploaded something. So glad that you are on KZbin 🥰

[@kyrasaturn]

That lake portion of the vlog looks so fun 🥺🌊

[@bewitchedbecs]

Yay for Ireland! Not from Mayo but we usually leave out the County. Also I would give your pronunciation of towns and names about 6/10 (Eimear is pronounced E-mer)

[@BooksandLala]

Y'know what's so funny, I filmed this whole clip about how Irish names are never pronounced the way they look, but the audiobook pronounced it the way I pronounced it so I was so surprised I got it right. Come to find as I was editing, the author pronounces her name differently than the audiobook books does. Ridiculous that they couldn't get that right. 🙄

[@bewitchedbecs]

@@BooksandLala I would’ve thought they would check pronunciation for audiobooks but I guess I was wrong 😂

[@fileanavailable]

You seriously have the most creative ideas, I loved this video! Also, your hair looks amazing 🤩

[@Bookedandbaked]

I love your videos and the little clips we get of your family makes me so happy 🥰❤

[@Bookedandbaked]

Also I want to add that I put your videos on so I can read with you in the background but I’m too invested in the videos that the book becomes the background 😂

[@tahirareads]

honestly I get so inspired watching your videos because your concepts are so creative and it makes me want to do them too but I never want to feel like I'm stealing your ideas lol

[@chloefirth8559]

honestly cried happy tears seeing this I just got home from a horrible shift, really needed this I'm so excited 💕💕

[@elsak9981]

i was not expecting you to like normal people. i loved it but it know it’s not for everyone. i HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend watching the show it’s amazing and i loved it more than the book

[@AshleyZieman]

Agreed! The tv show was fantastic.

[@zibbernautinbookspace]

"he's on a scooter, he's not just that fast!!" lmfaoooo

[@SavidgeReads]

ZOMG. I love how you think about your videos in hindsight. I don’t even keep the footage… well loads was stolen when we burgled. I’m so haphazard. It’s made me want to both reflect and plot better. So thank you! I loved Normal People so much, the miscommunication was done brilliantly if that makes sense. I didn’t love The Water Cure either. It felt like a first draft. Ouch. I’ve always wanted to try Hollow Kingdom but somethings held me back.

[@cnrt7835]

Lol i was in county Mayo, and we stayed in Ballina only like Feb '20! It was such a beautiful place and we made some really lovely mates who were still in contact with!

[@beaubooks7287]

I’m having the worst mental health right now, thank you for the distraction 💙

[@thisnerdycorner4982]

I’m sorry to hear that! I hope things get better ♥️

[@gabrielle_vx]

Sending you love 💕

[@DreamersArmy]

Stay strong! U got this xx

[@kelley.s]

I have been curious to see how you would feel about Hollow Kingdom ever since I noticed it on your TBR shelf. Hollow Kingdom really didn't work for me. I read it as part of a book club and everyone else really enjoyed it and found it fun and funny and planned to read the sequel. I am glad you picked another book for that video selection that you did like, I've always thought of the Flatmate whenever you've talked about "righting your wrongs."

[@_echointhevoid_]

i love that we can see the aftermath of an Instagram photo on your bookshelves lol

[@heiditheowl2277]

I know that you've said you've lost interest in it, but I remember the series you did about reading your most anticipated books that you didn't get to, and I think you should pick up The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo. It's got that kind of atmospheric, claustrophobic writing and magical realism elements I think you would really enjoy despite the less than glowing reviews!

[@taliw7736]

Super exciting!!! lol her iconic intros

[@hellobookss]

First of all, as always, your videos are amazing. The concept, the editing, the content itself, this video was so good and I appreciate all the effort you put into it! Also, I LOVE A Heart in a Body in a World, it is one of my favorite books of all time, so I'm glad you have read it :)

[@AlexaSmith]

AN hour long kayla video!??! best day ever

[@tanellenash7383]

Omg did you read The Gargoyle?? It’s one of my all time favourite books and I think you’d really like it

[@monoel2301]

Wait! That book The Gargoyle is so so good! That is the book you should have read from that video!!!

[@monoel2301]

It’s not fantasy. He is not an “actual” gargoyle.

[@justjaq2319]

I found it very interesting that you talked about the dialogue in Irish novels because James Joyce, who is one of the most influential writers of the XX century, invented the stream of consciousness (one of his novels, Ulysses, actually reads very much like A girl is an half-formed thing, because it's meant to mirror the way we think "unconsciously", without rules of any sort). So yeah, I think you might be right on the money!!

[@trespiasdemaisss]

got SO excited when the notification came, you have no idea

[@mayafrank3656]

I genuinely love your channel so much!💟

[@anaos1004]

I didn’t even get close to guessing, but I liked the idea! And I love your reading vlogs 🥰

[@Jennikreads]

The first part of this is so interesting. I had to go back and see when I started doing reading vlogs because I honestly felt like yeah it was something relatively new for me too, but apparently my first reading vlog was in June of 2017, which is just WILD to me!

[@theahegwood]

I’m so happy that you liked normal People!!! I think conversation with friends is not as good as NP but it still a good book!!

[@niamhl6964]

Omg I'm from Mayo!! I live there still, it's the second biggest county in Ireland but one of the most sparsely populated. It's a gorgeous county, so many great historic sites, you should come visit!! The film The Quiet Man was filmed in Cong, and Westport is probably the most popular and well known town, everyone loves it. It was so weird to see you scrolling through all these towns I'm familiar with. I'm so sad you didn't read any Moira Fowley Doyle, as some of her books are set in Mayo and they're exactly the type of books you'd like I think!! I especially recommend The Spellbook of the Lost and Found by her

[@crushgoil]

I really want you to read East Coast Girls. I read it because you’d mentioned it and now I just see it sitting on your TBR shelf in so many videos!

[@simplyreads]

I had so much fun watching this video! Cool concept.

[@violetlilith]

As a person from Québec, I enjoyed Patrick Sénécal's books when I was around 18/early 20s but honestly they really are not that great and often are just shocking without a purpose and kind of juvenile.

[@qtbaba]

i love how meta your videos have become

[@zachzackzak]

I've been looking forward to this!

[@TheBacklistBetty]

Louise O'Neil is my favorite Irish author. I adore her writing style.

[@tayrocks22]

I love this. Especially loved seeing that you read Sally Rooney. (I really want to read one of her books, but I have a hell of a time with the way authors from the UK and Ireland use one quotation mark instead of two.) I also LOVE that you read a Sabrina book! I used to have one, don't think I ever read it, but I literally rewatch the last episode sometimes just for the serotonin of that last scene.

[@candyhyojung1860]

I mean that's not always true (idk what it depends on though, like the publisher or author or the font/typeface?? idk) but Sally Rooney doesn't use any anyway so that might annoy you less? or maybe even more 😭

[@purpflurp68]

the gasp that left my body when i found out why you did a voting poll for sally rooney books.....

[@neliaaa]

As soon as you said County Mayo, the first thing that came into my head was Sally Rooney. 😂 not gonna lie, I felt pretty chuffed 😆

[@lydiacouture2415]

Im so happy i guessed it right ! I really wished you would of included the video where you bought 5 books you saw on instgram.

[@TheSmallFrey]

Please watch the Normal People Hulu series, it's so good!! I feel like it did a better job depicting the difference in wealth and class between Marianne and connel then on page

[@meganbilbrey4831]

yesss i was just looking for something to watch and you came through 🤩🙌

[@missnewvillage]

What a great video concept!

[@abbyshabbby]

Did you ever read The Lost Causes of Bleek Creek by Rhett and Link , I remember it was on your tbr at some point, I feel like it would be a hit or miss for you but I think it would be intereting to hear your opinion.

[@jessoneil4836]

The way you described your experience with Seven Days was exactly what I thought about A Cosmology of Monsters. Like WHY

[@lilo2910]

Ok, I not really used to commenting but I just saw that she is going to read The Chain and I am scared for her hahaha a lot of booktubers here in Brazil seem to have hated it, excited to see what Kayla thinks of it!!

[@katiemariereads]

Your hair + this burnt orange shirt looks incredible

[@xtheisabellex]

Love this concept and the length of the content 😍 Out of curiosity, what is the lipstick you're using whilst getting ready before Olivia's sprint? Love the colour!

[@ragdollrose2687]

Patrick Senecal is very big here in Québec. Many of my friends LOVED his books in high school, but I never could read more than a chapter because of how graphic and gore it gets. Just hearing my friends discuss some plot twists and topics made my stomach turn, but I also avoid depiction of violence in most of the media I consume cause I'm very sensitive to it. Sidenote: Could be fun for you to do a TBR based on the natural elements! I see you have a lot of books about water, so I don't think it would be difficult to find. And another criteria for rating could be how related to the element (in title or cover) the story actually is 😊

[@mariamacamara9878]

This was a quintessential Kayla video and I loved it!

[@sheenbean92]

I DNF'd the Water Cure & you've validated that choice, ty 😅

[@desireemclaughlin1455]

I picked Normal People as my Book of the Month book back when it first came out. It was pitched as ‘an exquisite love story’. I ended up very disappointed by it, most likely because I’d had that expectation going into it. I do wonder if I were to reread it today knowing what it actually is if I would appreciate it more.

[@arobinreads]

Amazing vlog! 🙂 Seven days sounds a bit like the movie Prisoners. Which was a very good movie, so maybe check that out, if you haven't watched it. Definitely going to check out The chain. Was reluctant to read it, but you have convinced me

[@CompletelyMelanie]

I did the 23 and Me a while back too. (It was probably inspired by your video) I am 90.2% British & Irish. My top British location is the greater London, and my top Irish location is County Cork, but County Mayo is number 4 on that list.

[@beccadoingstuff]

Winding down after work tonight with a Kayla video, nothing better :))

[@WishAtElevenEleven]

My mom’s family is from county Mayo too! We went a few years ago to visit their dairy farm. I’ve never wanted to read sally rooney before but maybe now I have to.

[@Amber-ei6iq]

Is this the BooksandLala multiverse?

[@Hillary429]

Would highly recommend the movie Wild Mountain Thyme for some hilarious Irish accents ☘️

[@kate-ne]

Omg is this the Christopher walken/bumblebee movie???? 💀

[@Hillary429]

@@kate-ne 😂 it’s been so long I totally forgot about him and the 🐝 this confirms I definitely need to rewatch it immediately

[@aganderson7205]

We had to read Hollow Kingdom for Battle of Books last year. It was a split section between people who loved it and people who HATED it. I hated it.

[@throughherpages]

My family is from the county of Mayo!! (Many generations back) that's where we get our last name!