ROMANCEATHON VLOGS ♡

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

“I should have planned ahead” me everyday of my life

[@ashleyjoyes4425]

Lol yeah

[@Keridawn13]

This was the first readathon I participated in, and I am so happy that I was able to complete all 7 challenges. Here is what I read and my 1-5 star ratings: Accidental Knight by Nicole Snow 3⭐️ Bad Intentions by Charleigh Rose 4⭐️ The Mistake by Elle Kennedy 4⭐️ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 5⭐️ Lessons in Corruption by Giana Darling 1⭐️ Scoring the Billionaire by Max Monroe 3⭐️ Ride by Harper Dallas 4⭐️

[@alessyagorelova2940]

I can't believe you have only 15k subscribers, you are AMAZING! I love you and your content 😍

[@gabbyreads]

Alesja Gorelova aw thank you so much! I appreciate it!! 😌💕

[@k.j.krimson2590]

I have a great idea. Next year change this to Thrillmance-a-thon. Where you spend a week of reading a TBR of Thriller and Romance books. #ThrillmanceAThon2020 - your welcome. 😁

[@gabbyreads]

K.J. Krimson that is a great idea hahaha!

[@dhanashreekadam5787]

I love this! You crack me up. 😂❤️ I'm so happy you loved "Top Secret". I'm excited for it! ❤️

[@ByMadisonFox]

you gave totally convinced me to pick up Top Secret!! I ADORE your vlogs - SUCH FAVES

[@gabbyreads]

Princess of Paperback aw thank you :)

[@xwallyallyx]

I had so much fun on the romanceathon! I actually managed to read 7 books. Woohoo. It would be great to have a thriller-a-thon in the fall :)

[@elesalesperance4889]

Yesssss

[@amelieromanticreader]

Great vlog! Great books! I was already super excited for Top Secret but now I am even more.

[@oliviabaughman9374]

The trope in “top secret” is what I call the “you’ve got mail” trope

[@books-on-a-wire]

My favorites from the week were Red, White and Royal Blue and Sarina Bowen's Goodbye Paradise. Now I'm ordering Top Secret! I've done 4 readathons this month and just read my 30th book...all ROMANCE. I need a dark read so bad lol

[@yvetteb.4549]

The fact that you love Taylor Swift makes me love your channel even more 🦋💕 great vlog!

[@samanthaeasterly4158]

This was the first readathon I've ever participated in. It was a lot of fun. I really wanted to get to a book per challenge, but I ended up finishing 5 and encompassing all the challenges beside the last one. My favorite was definitely the Unhoneymooners, but Birthday Girl, The Kiss Quotient, and Heels Over Head were all 4 stars for me and I really enjoyed them, so a very successful week. Thanks for hosting this. I had a lot of fun.

[@gabbyreads]

Samantha Easterly aw that’s awesome! Thanks for participating I’m glad you had a good time! You picked some awesome books!!

[@jasmineguerrero8605]

Love the long vlogs! Top Secret is now on my TBR

[@momwifebookishlife]

Many monumental decisions in life have been determined by eeny meeny miney mo! lol

[@scarlettpeach9]

Girl, power to you for reading romance. I have a read a few, some were okay and others I swear I rolled my eyes the whole time :)

[@BookBFF]

Ok now I want to listen to Tswift! haha I hadn't heard anything negative about The Friend Zone yet, but I also find it interesting no one gave TWs for that ending in all the reviews I've seen so far. I feel like that's something someone would want to know before going into it. Great vlog :)

[@emilyrogers3271]

I really liked On the Island! Way to go on your completion of 6 books during Romanceathon!

[@shelbytaggartreads2739]

I just finished the Him/Us duet and LOVED it so I’m dying to read Top Secret! Since I struggle with infertility, I’ve been excited to read The Friend Zone, but I’m nervous since it’s been getting such polarizing reviews. Thank you for hosting this readathon! I had a blast participating. I filmed a vlog as well but it won’t be up for a couple days. I hope you guys do this readathon again! Maybe in the winter? 😍

[@gabbyreads]

ShelbyTaggart Reads yay so glad you loved Him!!! I love that book 😍😍 can’t wait to see your vlog! And I think we are planning on making it an annual readathon every summer!

[@tyttileinonen5948]

yes i totally feel you on the romance burnout thing! i picked up vicious after the readathon for a bit of balance. i also feel you on the ”waiting for one to kill the other” thing, i just had the reverse problem. after reading 7 romance books in a row, even though i knew victor and eli were enemies, i kept waiting for one or both of them to confess that they were actually madly in love with the other 😂

[@gabbyreads]

Tytti Leinonen hahahhaa oh my gosh yessss 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I imagine I’ll have this problem when I pick up my next read lmao

[@tyttileinonen5948]

gabbyreads yeah, it’s a weird phenomenon 😂

[@rubesfood]

Yay Gabby thanks so much for hosting the readathon!Can't wait for the next one :)

[@mom2triplets04]

Guess I should stay away from that first book you mentioned. I struggled with infertility for years. Luckily God blessed us with triplets after many years of trying. I'm reading on the island now. I've read a plane crash before in another book which I loved called Wreckage by Emily Bleeker which I loved.

[@ottoismy1dog]

Congratulations on your first hosted readathon!! I would recommend All the Ugly & Wonderful Things, I read it earlier this year. *off topic, but do you plan on seeing The Dead Don't Die ? I'm going tonight, the another big Jim Jarmusch fan. love you.

[@gabbyreads]

ottoismy1dog thank you! That book is on my long term TBR haha, and no I’m not sure what that is tbh

[@ottoismy1dog]

@@gabbyreads Jim Jarmusch is a indie film director (Dead Man w/ Johnny Depp - Ghost Dog w/ Forest Whitaker etc.) The Dead Don't Die is his theatrical release. A campy zombie film with a huge cast Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Selena Gomez, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, RZA, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, etc etc. It was fun, but kind of lost it's steam about 2/3 of the way through. If you're looking for a avant garde film shot in B&W, give one of his films a try. Even his first film, Stranger Than Paradise, is great. I've shared too much, sorry. thanks.

[@ruksanabegum8011]

I read most of this ..and all are soooo romantic... u recommendations are always the best ... best of luck for the future ....

[@jennainman9915]

Loved your VLOG! Your parents are so adorable...and your dog!!! Love ❤️

[@gabbyreads]

Jenna Inman aw thank you!! 😌

[@AngelikaRenee]

I absolutely love Taylor and her new song is the best!!

[@AnnieStephenie1]

Thank you for introducing me to 'Nevermind' 😁 Great vlog, btw. 😊

[@sjess94]

Great vlog! Love your videos!

[@rasaslase]

I’m so glad I joined romanceathon. It was great. 💛 It was so weird seeing a glimpse of my video in yours 🙈 I still have to edit my vlog... hopefully it will go up on Saturday you did so well. I managed to read only 3 books, but I still feel accomplished 😹

[@gabbyreads]

3 books is awesome! :)

[@k.j.krimson2590]

Yay been waiting for this!! 💖

[@Tisaya]

Aaaah! I was so anxious to know what you thought about Top Secret and smiling like an idiot when you said how you liked it. Now I want to read the book even more!😍😍 Did you read enough MM romance to do an updated video on it?

[@gabbyreads]

Tisaya haha maybe! I might make an updated LGBT+ recommendations video soon!

[@mamesjenkins7583]

Love your videos! You explain the reasons you like or don't like a book so well. You actually got me into reading romance. I didn't use to until I read some that you recommended and I have liked reading romance but like you I can't read too many together. Lol. I need to read other types of books too like thrillers etc. I am so happy that I can enjoy a romance now I usually read one or two a month now! I'm reading Red, White,and Royal Blue currently because of you. I love Taylor Jenkins Reid because of you!!! I'm reading The Immortalists because of you, The Heart's Invisible Furies, and Christina Lauren! This will be my second book by them. Also, Colleen Hoover and All Your Perfects! I'm a huge fan of that book. I had two miscarriages and I now suffer from infertility. I do have a 9 year old daughter so I'm very lucky but it's still hard knowing I'll never be able to have any more children. Thanks so much for your videos and recommendations! I 💙 u!

[@gabbyreads]

Mames Jenkins oh my gosh thank you so much for your comment, you’re so sweet and I’m so glad you decided to pick up those books! I’m sorry to hear about your infertility ): thank you for watching, I appreciate it 💕💕💕

[@Sadie896]

Oh my god you are so lucky to have rain. I love the weather up where you're at. I'm in So Cal and during the day it feels like you're literally stepping out into a furnace.

[@gabbyreads]

Sadie hahaha trust me I get it, I’m from So Cal and that’s part of the reason why I wanted to move to Washington 🤣 I hate the heat and I love the rain!

[@kirjakauris]

This readathon tumbled me down a romance rabbit hole :D I read more romance in June (16 romance novels to be exact) than I've read altogether in the first five months of 2019 :'D Am I feeling burnt out on romance? Yes, yes I am.

[@elesalesperance4889]

I only read 3 books the upside of unrequited 5 stars Repeat by Kylie scott sooo food 5 stars and On the island I give 5 stars loved them all . next time I hioe to read more but covered all the tags ... Are you doing summerathon its on right now ? Do we have to wait a whoke noter year for romanceathonnto come back

[@gabbyreads]

Elesa lesperance I’m not participating in Summerathon, and yeah we will probably do Romanceathon annually!

[@nugget0283]

Gabby, where is your bookmark? 😛 I need to send you some that I make.. 💁🏼‍♀️ Actually curious, do you have a bookmark collection? I have an addiction to buying so many 😩

[@markiehicks6740]

Good job on romanceathon gabby I try to read six or seven books but I didn’t happen I only read three books I wanted to do more but I kinda am disappointed in myself but I guess you can’t win them all but the romanceathon was a lot of fun

[@gabbyreads]

Markie Hicks three books is awesome!!

[@kerryann2041]

Awesome vlog!! Loving it!! 👍💜

[@gabbyreads]

Kerry Ann thank you!! 🤗

[@kerryann2041]

@@gabbyreads aww well thank you for your channel and great content. It always feels like watching a friend because you are so sweet and so relatable. 💜🤗

[@joanna5747]

Lowkey you encourage me to read😂

[@mehrr7893]

Can you please tell me what is the ending of the friend zone. Im not sure I’d want to go through all that if the end is not good. Don’t mind the spoilers tbh 🙈 also have heard that fix her up is good and the romance is top notch so I’m excited to see your review

[@gabbyreads]

Mehrr (spoiler warning) well basically the entire book is about how she has to get her uterus removed because of cysts on her uterus and they explain how it’s nearly impossible for her to get pregnant, and she says she’s never once used protection during sex because there’s never been a point, at the end of the book she goes to the doctor and they tell her she’s four months pregnant and she didn’t even know, and she got pregnant after the FIRST time she had sex with the love interest Josh. So she somehow just magically gets pregnant even though she was basically infertile??? And then the author kills off one of their best friends just to teach the main characters a life lesson which was bull shit. In the authors note she says the story “isn’t about her getting pregnant, it’s about her accepting herself the way she is” and I think the story should reflect that then? Instead of giving people this false hope of actually getting pregnant even though it was dangerous for her to even keep her uterus that long. I could go on but it was just such bull shit.

[@mehrr7893]

gabbyreads thankyou for responding! I totally agree with you. I’m gonna pass bc this is really stupid and I absolutely hate when authors do that and like for whaaaat?! Makes the entire plot irrelevant.

[@BooksNChili]

Dang, you really hyped up Top Secret, now I gotta take a look at it Also would like to point out, I don't think you should say it's two men on the cover of I Wish You All the Best since that character is non-binary. I've seen the author talk a bit on twitter about not using those terms for them

[@gabbyreads]

BooksNChili that’s awesome I hope you do! And gaaah you’re totally right that’s my bad!! :/

[@BookishRaider]

Me By Taylor Swift is slowly getting to me

[@brookecullen9812]

What do you take notes on in your book!?

[@gabbyreads]

Brooke Cullen things I want to remember about the book

[@britnihill9457]

The Friend Zone had the opportunity to do great things but I fucking hated it in the end.

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

gabbyreads hi

[@lambbees104]

Aren't those characters non-binary? Meaning there aren't actually "men" on the cover?

[@gabbyreads]

Elizabeth Mackay only one of the characters identify as non-binary, so technically there’s only one man on the cover, I shouldn’t have said there were two that was my mistake! /:

[@lambbees104]

@@gabbyreads ok.. just for the record I wasn't trying to call you out or anything... I'm just not 100% clear on everything and wanted to check :)

[@kaitrooney3523]

Hey, no hate meant - but you read Mason Deaver’s book and misgendered the main character by saying there are “two men on the cover.” I understand you mentioned in the vlog it was the first non binary character you’ve read about, but please take what you learned from the novel and work to accurately use the gender pronouns of the individual characters you discuss.

[@gabbyreads]

Kait Rooney yeah that was my mistake! Sorry!

[@kaitrooney3523]

@@gabbyreads No worries - that's what we're all here for. learning and growing daily