"If any cat would be a murderer, it would be her." 🤣🤣🤣 No, that would be my Simba. Lol. He is vicious sometimes.
@ItsVidaK Жыл бұрын
I think Catriona Ward handled any mention of mental health really well in The Last House on Needless Street, and the epilogue in particular explains why, so while I don't normally enjoy the useof mental health to explain certain things in horror books, in this case I think it was done well
@Hillary429 Жыл бұрын
I think Catriona Ward handles the mental health “twists” well in needless street and I recommend reading the epilogue afterwards (If I remember correctly) but ya that book is a very acquired taste 🧸
@katiek3258 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, if I hadn't read the epilogue I wouldn't have felt as positively as I did about the book
@Space-m3w Жыл бұрын
I wish I could marry a girl who loves books😍
@AFrolicInTheTomesxx Жыл бұрын
I disagree and don’t think she handled it well personally. I also found her afterword to be kinda contradictory
@melissabereading Жыл бұрын
I didn’t go into needless street reading it as a scary horror. It actually made me cry at the end. I thought the mental health was handled well, it wasn’t some cheap twist like in the wives (iykyk). I think Katie Colson set the right expectation for me for this book lol
@kenzienoelle124 Жыл бұрын
Yes this👏🏼👏🏼
@greeranelson11 ай бұрын
I agree - I ALMOST DNFed this book and ended up giving it 4 stars at the end. I really liked how much the author researched a mental health condition before writing, and how much care she took in writing it. It was a very creative way of cultivating empathy for a character that is initially so unlikeable.
@aryelle7396 Жыл бұрын
Seeing people read Fredrik Backman makes me so unbelievably happy. I don't think Beartown is the kind of series to be like binged, i do recommend reading the next books too but like not back to back, with other books by him in between. I really recommend Anxious People (a book about people and also a hostage situation) and A man called Ove (it's about just like loneliness if i were to describe it in one word).
@ayantikasen3490 Жыл бұрын
I honestly loved A man called Ove and am excited to continue reading from him.
@BookedandBusy Жыл бұрын
Your clogs are some of my favorites ❤ I always look forward to your uploads 😊
@mockingjayreads414 Жыл бұрын
Clogs is making me laugh way too much hahahaha
@maireadsbookshelves Жыл бұрын
Beartown is my favourite books of all time, and I did finish the series! I would recommend continuing the series, I loved where the series went, and the second book make me sob so much (I didn't cry that much at Beartown).
@dareisayit Жыл бұрын
Yes! I think the more you read the more you get invested in it the characters. The beginning of the last book made me tear up and I haven’t had the heart to read it because it’s about my favorite character😬
@r4ch4elreads Жыл бұрын
I would definitely recommend continuing with the Beartown series. Other things he has written are very different to Beartown though, so you’re getting something significantly different in tone with his others. (I really didn’t like Anxious People at all, but Beartown is one of my favourite books) so just be aware of that if you pick up his other stuff 🥰
@maskedmarvel09 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the last house on needless street, I think it was done well
@missjacksonREADS Жыл бұрын
You've gotta continue the Beartown series. Benji Ovich is one of my favorites of all time.
@Steph-qs4yq Жыл бұрын
If you're entering your cozy game era, try A Short Hike. I think you might love it.
@naquitaroberts Жыл бұрын
The way I screamed when you picked up Beartown, I’m like 9 minutes into the blog but I hope you like it!!
@selenematheson3782 Жыл бұрын
If you love the characters in Beartown I would recommend continuing the series as it’s so character focused
@neelanjananegi7821 Жыл бұрын
the series is just so beautiful and it just has some amazing character arcs
@neelanjananegi7821 Жыл бұрын
beartown trilogy was my favourite of the year too
@brittianywatts1041 Жыл бұрын
Ohh!! Read A Man Called Ove. 💕💕💕 Just be ready to cry!
@stephanierenee7655 Жыл бұрын
My favorite book of the year has been Sea of Tranquility. I really want to read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow as I think I will really love that one!
@sarawithoutanH Жыл бұрын
i felt the same way about the very secret society of irregular witches!! it was cozy but it was also too fluffy and didn't have enough meat to it. so much telling and not enough showing! i also gave it 3 stars.
@sarahdavies3789 Жыл бұрын
I hated Needless Street and wished I’d have DNF’ed it. Congratulations for making better choices than I did 😅
@katrinaandallthebooks7993 Жыл бұрын
The sequel to Beartown is great, I preordered the third one and still haven’t read it as I’m scared it’s not going to live up to my hopes 🧸
@asmrdreamland200 Жыл бұрын
I’m sooo with you about “Secret Society…” I DNF’ed this book ! …because I didn’t freakn feel anything !
@runningchick5505 Жыл бұрын
My favorite book this year was Oona out of Order 🧸
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
I can't wait for this video! If I own any of these books I'll definitely be reading them before the end of the year
@Anna2187_ Жыл бұрын
I felt the same way about the very secret society of irregular witches. I liked it but never connected enough to LOVE it 🧸
@momplans2read Жыл бұрын
The second Beartown book is my favorite book ever. It left me breathless at the end. Stunning. My favorite author.
@louisedoeslife Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you liked beartown bc it is one of my favourite books and I was very scared that it wasn’t going to be for you
@sylviashanabrough6515 Жыл бұрын
I wish you would keep going with Last House on Needless Street. It starts to come together later in the book. I wouldn't give it 5 stars but I did enjoy it.
@elizabethgordon1515 Жыл бұрын
I love how your ranking almost flips beginning to end lol
@katescott6931 Жыл бұрын
Fredrik Bachman is of my absolute favorite authors, and Beartown is my least favorite of his books. I would recommend reading “Anxious People” or “A Man Called Ove” instead of the sequel to “Beartown”. Both are exceptional!
@books_with_m Жыл бұрын
Im totally with you on Irregular Witches so you’re not alone ! With Needless Street you would have to finish it to understand all of it because it’s way different from the “cheap thriller twists” but if you’re not enjoying it now, there’s no point to force yourself, DNFing is the way to go haha. I’m glad you at least had a good time with the other two :) I loved this vlog 💛💛
@zaravive5809 Жыл бұрын
I was sooo curious the hear what you have to say about "Beartown". Just like you, I never thought you would read it 😂. I am so happy that you enjoyed it! It is one of my favourites (but it made me cry so I have that advantage ;). I wasn's sure it was going to be your thing because of your order of writing, plot, characters and this book is very much CHARACTER. But the writing is so superb! So many sentences that hit a punch, for example "Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing." Just 'chef's kiss'!
@shelbyanderson3304 Жыл бұрын
No worries Meg lol. I felt similarly to you about The Secret Society of Irregular Witches and it has all of my buzz words.
@theborky Жыл бұрын
omg i never hear anyone else talk about the nancy drew computer i still play them they are definitely a big comfort game for me i love them
@courtneyr5504 Жыл бұрын
I'm engaged and have been living with him for almost two years, I still cuddle a stuff animal every night! I call it my pillow to feel more adult 😅
@dollycatlin5077 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking for a five star book for this year I have a lot of 4s and 4.5s so I really appreciate this video
@frogggirl2 Жыл бұрын
210 books down and Babel is far and away the best of the year.🤘
@grumpybooks3612 Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with you about Irregular Witches! I did enjoy it but the writing felt very self-conscious and didactic like the author REALLY wanted us to Get The Message (That we already understand 100 pages ago)
@Secret413 Жыл бұрын
I loved Tomorrow 3x. Glad you enjoyed the read.
@katie5827 Жыл бұрын
I feel like you weren’t in the right mind space for the Secret Society…that seems like one of those books where you should go into it wanting warm and fuzzies and not to compare it as peoples favorite read so far? Love the video!
@charliescozycorner Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the cosy upload 🤍🖤
@MichaelaChristineReads Жыл бұрын
Bear Town has been on my tbr for a little while and I've recently really have been feeling like trying to squeeze in it before the end of the year. This is definitely another push towards doing so
@audreanne8635 Жыл бұрын
I’m glad that you liked Beartown :) The serie is great ! I loved the other two books as much as I loved Beartown
@paperbacksgalore Жыл бұрын
My favorite is Cloud Cuckoo Land! Which I think you’d like because the writing is amazing and it’s a bit genre bending as well
@Maddiereads8 Жыл бұрын
I think the irregular society book is one of those books where your mind set and setting really affect your rating, I read it after a massive reading slump and it was the perfect book to get me out of that because it was cute and quick and easy so I gave it 4.5⭐️ but if I’d read it when I’d just read an amazing book I think I would have given it 3 as well! Also please please read anxious people by fredrik backman 🧸
@ashleyslittlelibrary Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be reading Tomorrow x 3 soon and I'm so excited for it!
@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын
You doing the alright? Alright? thing reminded me of Enola Holmes, have you watched the films?
@runningchick5505 Жыл бұрын
Secret society of irregular witches was sooo good to me but I think it’s a right book at right time. I read it before Halloween and I just loved the little girl wotches. Awww that makes me sad you didn’t love it
@runningdowncorridors Жыл бұрын
I felt the same about the society of witches book. I never connected to the characters and I felt like it was telling me not making me feel as well. Like it was fine but I won’t remember it after a month.
@kellyf8500 Жыл бұрын
I gave 4 stars to beartown and 5 stars to Us Against You! I strongly recommend continuing the series. I think that’s going to be my favorite book of the year
@LocDBooktician Жыл бұрын
I really want to read the secret society of irregular witches...
@carriem2655 Жыл бұрын
Definitely read the full Beartown trilogy. It’s the only trilogy I’ve ever read in which I’ve loved every book. You might even like the 2nd book more than the first! And also look forward to reading more by Fredrik Bachman. Start with A Man Called Ove❤
@karinmalmlof4150 Жыл бұрын
What?! Beartown didn't make you cry?!!! 😯 I'm kind of impressed.
@Juless132 Жыл бұрын
I would definitely say to continue Beartown! I haven’t read it yet sadly but it’s on my tbr for the month and I’m so excited to get to it. I have a group of friends who have read on in the series and all of them have told me it gets better after Beartown.
@renee5656 Жыл бұрын
I loved Beartown and the sequel. I haven’t gotten to book 3 yet. I absolutely hated Anxious People but I know some people loved it 😂
@samworley3960 Жыл бұрын
you should read the stardust thief! i think you’d really like it!! OR jurassic park if you haven’t already! both are favs of mine this year 🙂
@roz3908 Жыл бұрын
My favorite books were Babe by R.F. Kuang; Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel; Loose in the Heel, Tight in the Toe by Valentine Wheeler; Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore; and People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn. I can't choose just one because they're all so different and I loved them for such different reasons!
@sarahvoelker2404 Жыл бұрын
I felt the same way about secret society of irregular witches….wanted to love it so bad but DNFed 😬
@sarahblue7446 Жыл бұрын
I'm soooo sad about Needless Street 😭
@MeMyshelfAndI Жыл бұрын
TVSSoIW had a great synopsis, cute cover, cozy fantasy setup... but I just didn't care at any point. About the characters, the plot, the setting... it was just fine.
@linahhabib Жыл бұрын
i havent read beartown by fredrik backman but anxious people and a man called ove (now this is a good cry) are two of my favourite books of the year.
@libraryofkaris Жыл бұрын
i read the entire agggtm trilogy this year and i think those will be my fave books of the year. i would also add piranesi which was a big surprise for me 🧸
@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын
I started The Last House On Needless Street, and I will be picking it back up, it’s very weird but I’m intrigued 😅
@dollycatlin5077 Жыл бұрын
🧸… so far favorite, Leona thriller. Just started pursuing thrillers. Read the secret life of Addie Larue, give it a solid three.
@juliegabrielle11 Жыл бұрын
Not us having the exact same taste in video games as children 🤣
@LexW5 Жыл бұрын
The Quarry Girls is by far my favorite book of the year! I really don’t get into favoriting or rating books, but for me it was even 5 stars. I think you’d really like it for the mystery and what it says about being a woman/teen girl.
@MrsBroomeMakes Жыл бұрын
I'm really nervous about reading Needless Street now 😬. My favourite book of the year was either The Night She Disappeared or Burning Girls
@LifeasMonae Жыл бұрын
Such a fun video! I loved it
@CheyeW13 Жыл бұрын
laughing abt ur irregular society review bc that's mostly how i felt abt cerulean sea lmao
@TheThreeBookshelves Жыл бұрын
Honestly shocked you didn't love Irregular Witches! There must be a glitch in the Matrix or something. I was one of the ones who named it in the poll, so I guess... I'm sorry? (I've since decided The Patron Saint of Second Chances is my favorite of the year, though I just started Remarkably Bright Creatures and think it might win.) But FREDRIK BACKMAN. He has one of the most beautiful writing styles I've ever read. Beartown was actually my least favorite of his (though still four stars!) and I haven't continued the series yet but will in the new year. If you want a book that'll make you cry, read A Man Called Ove. I bawled both times I've read it. Also, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. It's an hour-long audiobook and I cried for about a third of it. Fredrik Backman is just magical.
@beamingforbooks Жыл бұрын
Love your videos!
@KayanKollyn Жыл бұрын
Kayan Kollyn ❤ The great fantasy adventure book series by V VN Mangukiya 😊 My favourite book after Harry Potter 😊 Waiting for your review ❤❤❤
@MeMyshelfAndI Жыл бұрын
I think _Babel_ was my favourite book of the year, but _The Bone Orchard_ is a solid second. Books that pleasantly surprised me and also became new favs include: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels, Lightfall (wholesome, funny graphic novel series), How to Kill a City, Mary, the Soulless series, Legends & Lattes, and the Spy x Family series. Most of these^ are seriously underrated. (And I especially think Veronica Speedwell fans would enjoy the Soulless series.)
@saraackerman8019 Жыл бұрын
Yes I so agree with you on The Very Secret Society of Witches. It was all telling, not showing. The character development was very weak, the prose was very cheesy. And it didn't scratch my "itch witch" at all! It was also a complete rip-off of the House of the Cerulean Sea plot. I gave it a 1. Also if you love Frederik Backman, you gotta read A Man Called Ove. It is such a touching book that will warm your heart and maybe make you cry.
@savanha18 Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry you didn’t like The Last House! I definitely didn’t feel like the mental health “twist” was a cheap or gimmicky twist. I thought it was really well done. But I DNF’d Babel so I guess we’re even 😂
@julieannelovesbooks Жыл бұрын
Favorite book I read is transcendent kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. I read it in January and immediately thought ‘it can’t go up from here’. So in a couple of weeks when I sit down to film my favorites of 2022 I’ll find out if it’s actually the #1 book or not.
@BoldBookNerd Жыл бұрын
Unpopular opinion: l liked Us Against You more than Beartown. If you don't continue with that one, l would recommend A Man Called Ove or My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologies by Fredrik Backman.
@betsey2966 Жыл бұрын
I dnf’ed needless street and tomorrow 😂 hi fives to you!
@amygiuliano4828 Жыл бұрын
I so wish I'd dnf'd needless street, I had really high hopes, I really hated the same cat lol
@crushgoil Жыл бұрын
🧸I don’t have a new favourite book of all time from this year. All of my five star reads feel more like 4.5 stars. I think The Roughest Draft is my favourite read of the year.
@clarecarter9172 Жыл бұрын
When my fiancé is over I still sleep with my childhood stuffed animal, no one will part us ahaha 😂 so, not weird!!
@ChloeSPBs Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you have the same feelings about The Last House on Needless Street as me! I DNFed it at like 30 pages because i haaaaated the writing
@tawnyachristensen7310 Жыл бұрын
Bear Town was my favorite of the year,( I also loved Small Things Like These and The Book of Cold Cases) I DNF'd The Last House the first time I attempted to read it. (It really creeped me out) But heard about it from so many book tubers that I gave it another try. I ended up liking it but you have to be OK with the CREEP factor.
@kaytlinhenderson9206 Жыл бұрын
Okay I’m 4 minutes in and I’m like but why didn’t anyone say sea of tranquility?! Did most people that answered know you already read it and knew you were going to pick books to read from the responses? That can be the only reason it didn’t get more responses. 😝
@masonheitner8410 Жыл бұрын
My favourite book this year is Little Mushroom by Shishi, which is a about a mushroom that takes over a human body and tries to find his spore that was stolen from him by humans. Very underrated book!! Also all of MXTX’s books that came out this year- Chinese fantasies with the most unique plots I’ve ever read. Booktubers don’t talk about them ever… unless…? 👀
@Silverraine1 Жыл бұрын
I've only seen 1 small booktuber read Grandmaster this year! Actually it possible that regular readers of webnovels /BL like me have already read fan translations of all of these works when they first came out so none of us are going to talk about them as if they're something new. But it's a pity most booktubers rarely pick up translated books, lightnovels, webnovels, manga, manhwa, etc.
@masonheitner8410 Жыл бұрын
@@Silverraine1 yeah true but they’re going mainstream now and are in Barnes and Noble. at my store, they have their own display. you’d think a new wave of readers would get into them, and there are, but only on tiktok. I want to see my favourite booktubers read them 😭
@rosieringlet1 Жыл бұрын
The world will hate me but I was a bit bored by tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and a bit frustrated by the characters. Needless Street was interesting but there are plot holes and she doesn’t get things quite right with the POVs when you realise what’s happening in the story
@racheltfisher Жыл бұрын
Have you read Sweetpea Megan? I had to DNF that one because gore and I hated HATED the main character
@story.struck Жыл бұрын
I'm haven't ranked my favorite books of the year yet so I'm not sure which one is my favorite but I have a feeling it might be I Kissed Shara Wheeler 🧸 This video had such a fun concept!
@AlyssaReids Жыл бұрын
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@leezirkle7840 Жыл бұрын
The Witches wasn't a 5 star for me either
@MeMyshelfAndI Жыл бұрын
Needless Street was compelling... but I really hate mental illness being used for a horror/thriller twist. It just makes me feel dirty. So it's a book that I somewhat enjoyed sometimes? But can never ever recommend. And as far as I can tell, all of Catriona Ward's book do the exact same thing. So I've written her off as an author entirely at this point.
@saiabokor Жыл бұрын
You don’t have to finish the series ,the second one is amazing but the third is just average and was to long ,nearly 800 pages ! :/ Beartown is amazing though 🧸
@TomeWorm5 ай бұрын
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@Rosiedoeslife Жыл бұрын
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! lol!!!!
@KatieColson Жыл бұрын
🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸
@AFrolicInTheTomesxx Жыл бұрын
The last house on needless street is a thriller… not horror. Not really meant to be scary. That being said I disliked it for similar reasons you listed as things that would upset you. So I think dnfing was the right move. I also don’t agree with the majority saying catriona ward dealt with the topic well. I personally think it was a bit off putting even with her trying to be sensitive.
@laurenb008 Жыл бұрын
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@Space-m3w Жыл бұрын
Greetings to every girl who loves books. . . A Moroccan passed by here 🏃🏃🏃
@TheGoofy1932 Жыл бұрын
I DNF'D Babel. I DNF'D The Poppy War too. I just don't connect with her writing style or characters. So many footnotes?! Why?!@#?House in the Cerulean Sea is so delightful. I loved Under the Whispering Door too. Legends and Lattes is a gem and gives the cozy fantasy vibes. Hunt the Stars by Jesse Mihalik gives those same delightfully cozy vibes but in a sci-fi romance. 😍 Tomorrow x3 was giving me Ready Player One combined with Fault in our Stars vibes, and I don't like John Greene's writing or video games. I don't know if it's YA, but it was giving me a YA feeling from the premise and I'm Not a fan of YA so...I'll take a pass, thanks. Needless Street is definitely another pass for me. 😏 I'm a liberal DNF'ER. It's self-care. 🤣 Bachman is the "new Nicholas Sparks". I'm sure they have a manipulative tear 😢 jerker movie or series in the works (one I won't watch 😉). I did enjoy Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews as well as Crowbones by Anne Bishop. Richard Osman's 3rd in his series was quite fun as was Anthony Horowitz's Moonflower Murders. 🐻
@BookishMandy Жыл бұрын
Needless Street made me so angry because of the mental health twist. I don’t care how someone handles it, which I disagree how “well” it was handled, mental health shouldn’t be a twist in a horror book, especially now. That might be me projecting, but I have to daily advocate for myself and my chronic mental illnesses that I don’t appreciate it being portrayed as a twist.
@rachelpuntel Жыл бұрын
Aggghhhhh, my suggestion was featured on one of the title slides and I'm really sorry, eeeek!!!