Reading books my girlfriend recommended | Drinking By My Shelf

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

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[@televisionwatcher]

we love you in the philippines

[@televisionwatcher]

come to brazil

[@televisionwatcher]

yaaaaaaaas queen

[@JillianMatchett]

Homophobes can get in the bin.

[@30dgal]

Love your channel! You're a great reviewer!

[@karakask5488]

Not only exceptional taste in books but also in girlfriends! I'm so glad you found each other, you look so happy

[@JillianMatchett]

I think it is awesome that one of the first conversations that you had with her was about books. Very cool.

[@lifeworthreading]

I haven’t even had that many 5 stars in this whole year 😭 Raf is truly an icon

[@hannahxx17]

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS UPLOAD THESE ON THE DAY I GET PAID?!? My bank account really needs to have a serious talk with you about enabling behaviour 🤣

[@Megan-gy4ly]

You're living all of our dreams... Your SO not only liking to read but having great taste and being able to recommend you multiple 5 star reads 😭 I'm not jealous, I swear!!!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

She knows your reading taste impeccably well and that is IDEAL in a partner!!

[@ritajlwang]

its always amazing when you meet someone who has the same taste as books in you, even better when it's with your partner! 💗

[@ferventfei]

this kind of makes me tear up because its so cute that u both have similar tastes and raph knows you so well that you kept giving her recs 5 stars. its rly sweet!

[@maia_gaia]

I just love how you talk about books. You always make them sound so interesting!

[@terese_utan_h]

I somehow feel like Raff is the invisible booktuber. With great taste, I've read or am planning to read every book on that list and now you (both) have bumped Still Life up on top of my TBR.

[@lje05239]

Omg thank you. I'm having the Mondayist Monday and really needed a pick me up! Your videos bring all the good vibes ✨️

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

AHHH SO HAPPY WE FINALLY GET THIS VIDEO

[@lilliknight-hynes8294]

I read Sorrow and Bliss because of your review (and raff now!) And loved it.

[@narflet]

Loving this book synergy you and Raff have going 💜

[@bethanyirene7120]

My first comment is, OH MY GOSH WHEN DID YOU GET A GIRLFRIEND????? So happy for you!!! 💛

[@KristinKravesBooks]

I just finished Still Life this morning and it's a new all time favourite for me! I did cry!

[@goster4070]

Managed to catch Great Circle from your recommendations. I finished it in 5 days and gave it 4 stars. Phew, that was A LOT of book to get through and I can't believe the original manuscript was 1,000 pages long and was brought down to 600. Still a lot of story left. While Marian was a bit of a special character (emotionally), loved the other side of the romance you are referring to, and the relationships there. Loved her long-term thing, and I felt her losses, especially toward the end. Liked the ending very much. Thank you for yet another lovely video, and hope to catch you again soon. Keep up the good work, you are a pleasure to listen to and watch. Bye!

[@leonie-z9j]

With all these great recommendations I am really asking myself how many books Raff reads, to find all these..

[@halesys37473]

I’ve added so many of these to my Christmas wish list and tbr. Thank youuuu!!!

[@IfersInklings]

Welp. It’s official. Your GF does rec the best books. Great Circle is one of my favorites and I read The Paper Palace based on one of your other videos and loved it. And now I have another 6 of the 8 remaining on my TBR.

[@LucyTurnsPagesYT]

I've started Great Circle from hearing it in this video and I'm really enjoying it so far! I'll definitely be checking out your other videos for more recs 🙂

[@indubitablyzara]

A book I loved that has a somewhat similar structure to Trust is Trust Exercise by Susan Choi - it's in three parts, and each part gives you a different perspective on/more questions what's happened than the previous. I read it several years ago and it's really stuck with me!

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I read that one too! It was definitely such a clever structure but such an odd book - I remember saying in some video somewhere that I couldn't decide whether to rate it one or five stars!

[@pettyella6607]

i would suggest a part 2 of the video where you compare storygraph's, subscribers' and the subscription thingie's recommendations but adding raph now, but it is kinda hard to compete with raph lol. happy for u tho, not only a loving gf but a great recommendation service too!

[@sydneytalk_dewey_to_me9304]

Wow all of these sounded like what I’m in the mood for. Great recommendations!

[@bookswithemmie]

Omg this was in my recc'd video and you are adorable! instantly subscribed

[@robotnic]

Ugh if only we all had a Raf in our lives! Let me be your film Raf - since you loved the Sauma and Mandel so much you *have* to watch Another Earth (2011).

[@AbiofPellinor]

I need a Raf to recommend me books!!

[@boojingleful]

I mean of course we knew your girlfriend has excellent taste, she's dating you! 😉 But such a fun bunch of recommendations, I hope she continues to suggest five star books for you to pass on to us. What did she think of Evelyn after she finished it, btw? Have you recommended any other books to her?

[@emmatobias6813]

yesssss i love this

[@SlowpokeReads]

omg i was wondering when this happened! i havent been watching too many booktube videos lately so i've missed these other recommendations! its nice to have an so with good taste isnt it? haha

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

There are 5 on your list I haven’t read. Great Circle was my book of the year in 2021.

[@GunpowderFictionPlot]

Wait, The Paper Palace, who does she pick? Peter or Jonas? Sounds like Raf needs to start some kind of personalise book sommelier business.

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Love this! 💛

[@karenmiddlebrook5069]

Loved Great Circle, after having a failed first attempt a while back. Do you find that? sometimes you pick up a book and it isn't the right time, but a year later you absolutely love it.

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

Yes absolutely! And then sometimes vice versa - I might LOVE a book if I read it at the perfect time, but if I try to revisit it later it won't have the same magic.

[@BooksInTheVoid]

I DNF'd Trust. I was...struuuuuggling and it didn't really start until page 200 for me, by that time I was like ughhhhh naaaaah.

[@yoanagenova6233]

Hiii, for a while now i've been wondering what book text is in the backround of your intro? :)

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I actually have no idea!! Haha

[@yoanagenova6233]

Oh well thank you for taking your time to answer anyway! I really love the content you provide and I’m forever grateful that I stumbled upon your channel :)

[@Palindrome78]

Random suggestion but have you read I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson?

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

I haven't! Should I?

[@Palindrome78]

@@DrinkingByMyShelf It is a good and interesting read. A bit different in format than other auto-biographical books I've read. 😊

[@moonbook12]

:)

[@ririschannelx]

Wait I thought she was married. To a man lol

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

“lol”