the 119 books I read in 2024 reviewed in one sentence *are they worth reading?*

[@vanessalamontagne4443]

Ohhhh and If We Were Villains is an actual masterpiece, especially compared to Graveyard Shift. I highly recommend the audiobook given it's Shakespeare and the characters act out scenes from plays and makes the subject matter more accessible if your Shakespeare is a bit rocky like mine was, given I hadn't read or studied it in well over a decade.

[@LaurenIozzi]

omg the story about not sleeping in Salt Slow by Julia Armfield.....I ALSO think about that one all the time hahah. wish it was longer!

[@isabelsoria9468]

For Isabel Allende, her most loved book is The House of Spirits, and I think it's her best. I also really enjoyed Eva Luna, but I read it many many years ago so I'm curious what I would think of it now

[@Conni-k1g]

The house of the spirits and Eva Luna by Isabel Allende are both amazing, but I loved every single book I read by her

[@mayagorev1967]

Your videos are just the best. Love following along on your journey:)) I am taking these recommendations to heart❤️❤️❤️📖📖

[@katielockhart7232]

My favourite Isabel Allende book is definitely a long petal of the sea I adored it

[@vanessalamontagne4443]

So I know you didn't love Emily Wilde's first book, I think I landed on the same rating for the first one. The second one, however, blew me away. I think it is worth giving another chance for the second instalment, and the third and final book is out soon as well. Also, yes about the Magnolia Parks universe being an amazing series with characters that feel real. I binged all five books in a really short amount of time and each book just gets better and better.

[@mayrose1129]

For Isabel Allende, you should obviously try The House of Spirits, but I also really enjoyed A Long Petal of the Sea and In the Midst of Winter

[@heenapotter]

Let me get this straight: YOU HAVEN'T READ IF WE WERE VILLAINS AS IN MY ROMAN EMPIRE ?!!!!!!! GIRL?!

[@gabrielle7855]

I read 'Violeta' and 'The soul of a woman' by Isabel Allende and I highly recommend both :)

[@mireillebrulin5336]

Thank you as always for so many great book recommendations! x

[@alessandram.9333]

I really like Allende and my favorite of her works is The Daughter of Fortune! Highly recommend :)

[@annabel156]

Violeta by Allende is my favourite from what I've read from her. The House of the Spirits is obviously her most well known, which I also enjoyed (but not as much), but if you are intimidated by One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez then you'd likely be intimidated by The House of the Spirits. I think Violeta or one of her other shorter works would be a good place to go next!

[@sunee_vlogs]

Agree with soo much ❤❤❤

[@gwenellison5386]

Thank you for so many great book recommendations! I've got 9 of them in my cart to buy. =)

[@marereadss]

📕yess me too, the end of TBONA was 😮 I read Throttled by Lauren Asher and I don't know how to feel about it, it was my first of her books and I want to give her books another go but the MMC p!ssed me off 🙄

[@nataliemoon1512]

The carasal books are so whimsical

[@ivyomwanda9612]

Oh wow... I actually liked Private Rites more than Our Wives Under The Sea...

[@mimz_]

Sad to hear you dnfd wicked King. I love that trilogy sooooo much

[@kyleewiser6577]

I'm wanting to start a book club but I have no idea how to pick out a reading list! Any ideas???

[@angie-bd6vw]

ouabh reading vlog …. caraval reading vlog? 👀🤭

[@alisha8617]

I was the opposite with the familiar! Enjoyed the worldbuilding / politics / magic, was so bored by the romance. But the ending ruined it for me anyway! Death in her hands I also loved but Lapvona will always be my fave Moshfeg (so far!!)

[@ReadingNymph]

📚 I felt the same about Poor Things, I wasn't that impressed with the book

[@svs03]

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[@vesnastihovic7014]

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[@CatherineSteele328]

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[@spexi513]

I too was rooting for Orbital and think it deserved the win. There were other books I loved on the list , but this was the only one that gave me major Global Citizen vibes 📖🪱💚