Reading the Lowest Rated Books on my TBR (this was a rollercoaster...)

[@braincabbage]

Just thought I'd mention that Hval is pronounced "vaal", the h is silent :)

[@JeansThoughts]

Aaah thank you!

[@maartjedegroot9598]

I usually don’t watch vlogs because they are too long and almost always have a lot of non-book related content but yours i like a lot. Your train of thought I like a lot.

[@JeansThoughts]

Aw thank you - sometimes I worry there isn't enough non-book content in the vlogs aha.

[@rhiannonmcharrie2243]

So glad it's 2020 and I'm not the only one watching Bones!! Great vid!

[@JeansThoughts]

Bringing Bones back aha

[@MLLatUtube]

I enjoyed your vlog - will have to go look for The Majesties - it sounds intriguing

[@nessalossehelim5026]

I love how honest you are in your vlogs, whether you like a book or not :)

[@aayunda9008]

Glad you enjoyed The Majesties! I came into the book not expecting anything and was surprised as well by the low ratings. But I thought it was a very interesting look into rich Indonesians, and as an Indonesian I'm super happy that there are more English literature that showcase our country! The characters here are definitely a minority in the Indonesian community, but I really liked how the author inserts a slice of historical events like the economic crisis and how it affected Chinese-Indonesian families.

[@beatingaroundthebooks]

I really enjoyed this, even though you didn't like everything you read - I like hearing your reasoning about it, also the spur-of-the-moment reactions. I completely understand that you don't want to force yourself to read something that'll put you in that kind of negative mood. I agree that it's important to read about uncomfortable subjects, but I've also experienced reading a few things that made me feel so sick and disturbed for a prolonged amount of time that I wished I'd never picked it up. I'm really interested to hear what you think about the comedy fantasy (and yay for cats in space helmets!), as I'd love to read more of that by women writers as well.

[@braincabbage]

I'm totally on the same page as you when it comes to books like Sweet Dreams, I personally can't stomach books that deal a lot with sexual violence. It doesn't matter if the book is amazingly crafted, I just can't do it. For example, so many people have recommended A Little Life to me but I'm never gonna read it because of the rape trigger warning, I don't care how good it is supposed to be I just know it's gonna have a negative impact on my mental health.

[@dr.suezettealoysiaandcarla1664]

"A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it." ~Frank A. Clark "Walking distance to the Riverwalk" Dr Suez & Dr Carl 🧡InITTogether🥰

[@Rec426]

I really enjoyed this! I’ll have to sort my books out at some point on Goodreads and try this. It’s made me curious as to what’s considered the lowest rated books when it comes to my books :)

[@leticiatoraci9855]

Chilling Effect is in my TBR too.

[@xxtinkerbell91xx]

I love this style of review! I think you forget how you feel when you review them even the next day, so even if it’s less eloquent, I feel looks you get to the root of your feelings much better this way. Also BONES! I loved that show so much

[@pamelatarajcak5634]

Try 500 Kingdoms Series by Mercedes Lackey for comical SSF (even more up your alley... they're all fairy tale retellings and mash-ups). The dragon scene in The Sleeping Beauty alone is worth the price of admission!

[@N_Garamond]

I just googled The Majesties and a few of the review blurbs mention some similarities to Crazy Rich Asians, so that's where I think people got mixed up. But the mass murder part to me seems like it would heavily override the ultra-rich family in Asia part. LOL. ANYWAY, great vlog as usual. Getting your immediate gut feelings of all the books is totally worthwhile alongside the later wrap-up style ones!

[@butchpoetics5096]

girls against god is one of my favourite books! i haven’t read the translation but the original is great! also it’s interesting that the english translation has been blurbed/marketed as horror because that’s not the case at all in norway, it has been categorised more as a piece of experimental writing/ a bit autobiographical - i also think that listening to jenny hvals music would really enhance the experience of reading her books

[@JeansThoughts]

I feel like this is one of the number one reasons books get rated lower - because of mis-marketing, blurbs that mislead the wrong readers to pick something up! Such a shame.

[@moonbook12]

@@JeansThoughts it happen to me few times

[@moonbook12]

Butch, maybe you can read the translation and see different from the original

[@braincabbage]

nå vil jeg lese det på norsk! jeg har lært meg norsk på universitetet men jeg har ikke lest noe på norsk i cirka to år. vet ikke engang hvor jeg kan kjøpe norske bøker fra i Storbritannia. Kan du anbefale noen norske bøker? Jeg har bare lest to Erlend Loe bøker og Vigdis Hjorth's Arv og milkø (elsket den siste)

[@missburn]

@@braincabbage Ved ikke hvad du er til men måske kan du tjekke Maja Linde ud. Har kun læst hendes bog 'The history of bees' på engelsk og ved ikke om den er til at få fat i på norsk, men undersøg det eventuelt.

[@SparklesBooks]

DNFing a book that isn't working for you is the best thing to do if it has elements that make you feel too uncomfortable. There's been a few books I've backed out of once some themes have came to light.

[@susanlawton9592]

I have Mexican Gothic on my shelf tbr .. after I finish off southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires . After your vlog think it’s going to be my next read .

[@Victoria-Claringbold]

Chilling effect sounds perfect for my mother she has felt a bit lost since Terry Pratchett died. Her favourite genre of books/tv/film is comic sci-fi fantasy stories. Thanks so much 🙂

[@writtendell]

"The Majesties" sounds so so good! I actually disliked "Crazy rich asians" so, for me it's a good sign that it's nothing like it ^-^ What I also wanted to say is, that I don't find your articulation of your thoughts during the reading process incoherent at all. I can follow your train of thoughts pretty well and always get what you're talking about. So, don't worry too much about it. I love these kinds of videos :)

[@agameoffangsandthrones584]

What editing software do you use? Love how I always get so many diverse recommendations from you.

[@moonbook12]

Can you do the breakfast book tag?

[@traciecardone6778]

The Majesties sort of sounds like a retelling of We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

[@CendaquentaBooks]

Oh, the call of the wild bookworm: "I don't know what to reeeeeaaaad!" Is... is your plushie called Sandwich? That's so cute 🥺 I might check out Girls Against God, I like books wot are a bit of a trip. Will definitely try to get my hands on The Majesties too. The first line of the Amazon description for The Majesties is a quote saying, "reads a bit like Crazy Rich Asians if the book began with familicide instead of romance" so... yeah... seems like a deliberate marketing push to compare the two.

[@hannahtaylor6235]

space opera by cat m valente is a really good scifi comedy :)) not sure if youve read it yet :)

[@roz3908]

I read a different Vanessa Riley book in Feb that was also an interracial Regencyromance and didn't really like it. But I also picked it up not realizing it was basically Christian fiction and it was very religious and not at all my thing. The one I read also had a lot of internal antiblackness bc the heroine didn't know she was biracial until she was an adult, which was also offputting for me. Hopefully you'll like A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby more because it does sound like a really interesting premise.

[@tiborkovacs5317]

Good Vlogging Thankyou.

[@bethmw28]

I won Sweet Dreams in a goodreads giveaway and DNFd it after 3 pages... at least it's easy to know whether it's for you or not very quickly - I'm sure some people would love it!

[@starletd6819]

Wow, 3 pages? 😯

[@bethmw28]

@@starletd6819 I think I probably knew by the end of the first page 😂

[@LiteraryKnitterary]

I get frustrated by a lot of book comparisons, and a little suspicious of ones that seem to be motivated more by identity than by content. The Majesties sounds way more like My Sister, the Serial Killer than it does Crazy Rich Asians.

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha honestly it’s nothing like My Sister the Serial Killer either 😂

[@mohankashyap3534]

Sweet Dream book👍

[@thelifeofmiranda]

haha it is funny when i do this because some actually turn out amazing haha!

[@MissFearless1999]

You: i hope i really like these books, bc they all sound great Me, having seen your tweet about dnf’ing a lot of these books: 👀

[@MissFearless1999]

The majesties sounds so good, gonna add that to my tbr

[@ji9838]

Female comedy fantasy, look up Esther friesner

[@ji9838]

Maybe start with Nobody's Princess, a Helen of Troy retelling, but some of her other books are just romp, comic fantasy

[@2345msbubbles]

@@ji9838 Hey, does she have any YA or middle grade books specifically? Thanks!