the *158 BOOKS * I read in 2024... and if I recommend them or not 📚👀

[@jaimefok]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 what’s your yes/no/maybe book rec? 💕

[@jenniferlink7520]

Yes-Rebecca, No-Conversations with Friends, Maybe-The Maid

[@jaimefok]

@ ooh interesting!

[@rebeccahri2543]

Yes- The addicted/Callaway series, Maybe-Tiny Pretty Things, No-Love Redesigned

[@jaimefok]

@ I’m so curious about the addicted/calloway series!

[@rebeccahri2543]

@ MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SERIES EVER ( but it's very character based so you need to love them )

[@MC-su3sd]

Wowww! 158 is crazy! That’s a serious accomplishment. I’m happy with my 58 but I always wish I could read more and faster because I have so many books on my never ending tbr.

[@jaimefok]

@@MC-su3sd 58 is SO GOOD! Lol the never-ending TBR is so real 😂💕

[@missveni7886]

And here's me, proud of myself that I read ✨️18✨️ books last year😂😂 Happy New Year Jaime!🎉 I love your videos, they are just my "feel-good" vibe and a huge bonus is, that I get more books to put on my TBR🤭❤️🥳 PS: Reading Phantasma right now and I am quite enjoying it so far...have about 100 pages left🥹

[@jaimefok]

@@missveni7886 18 books is SO AMAZING! I’m so glad you’re loving the videos 💕 ENJOY Phantasma, it’s just so much fun!

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Love your mix of genres! I read over 90 but I’ve too often been reading a little more hyped books that aren’t usually genres I enjoy. 2025 is the year I read more of what I love and less what everyone else does that isn’t my usual cup of tea. I also decided to not buy any books this year at all! I have a huge physical tbr and need to get through it 😂❤

[@jaimefok]

@@kurlykaitlyn YESSS read what you love!

[@HomeschoolwithRachel]

Happy new year! Yes - Carrie Soto is Back Maybe - The Fury No - The Paris Apartment

[@jaimefok]

Happy new year!! Omg you are so spot on with all three of these 😂 100% agree!

[@rue353]

happy new year jaime! sorry i haven’t commented much lately i was sent to a psych ward and didn’t feel up to typing anything, but i’ve been watching all your videos and just wanted to say i’m loving the content you’re putting out and can tell you put your heart into these videos! your hard work isn’t going unnoticed 🩵🌟 happy new year :)

[@jaimefok]

@@rue353 happy new year!!! Wishing you the best, hope everything is ok, love 💕

[@mickeyhank]

That was incredible. And enjoyable. Thank you for reviewing every book you read -- very helpful!

[@jaimefok]

@@mickeyhank so glad you enjoyed it!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

this is a fun way to do your yearly wrap-up.. pulling them off your shelves. I couldn't do that because half the 125 books I read this year were from the library, and if I read it from the library I only purchase a copy for my collection if I like it enough... annnnd I still need to get them lol.. though I do still buy some books I haven't read yet .. I love being able to "shop my shelves"! Happy New Year!

[@jaimefok]

@@the_eerie_faerie_tales that’s a great way to read books! I should use the library more, but I love my collection too much 😂 happy new year!!

[@kelseywayland770]

Happy New Year!! So excited for all the fun books coming out this year 🎉

[@jaimefok]

@@kelseywayland770 HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2025 is the year of exciting book releases 🥳💕

[@witandlearning]

Happy new year! Love the tour of the bookshelf!! 🥰 I love hearing about your reads then adding them to my TBR 😂

[@jaimefok]

@@witandlearning happy new year!!! So glad you liked this one 💕

[@Deztyni13]

happy new year!!

[@jaimefok]

@@Deztyni13 happy new year! Omg the sci-fi Romeo and Juliet sounds so intriguing!

[@jadaschellenberg8022]

Happy New Year! ☺️ Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Yes! Lemon - Maybe Twice in a Lifetime - No

[@jaimefok]

oooh! I haven't read any of these! happy new year :)

[@irissu02]

I'm happy to see you liked sorcery and small magics too !!! It was my last read of the year and I had so much fun with it (it reminded me one of my favorites book Carry on with the vibes and characters) can't wait for the next volumes as we need the romance 😭😭😭😭 so it's a yes for me too I don't really have maybe or no because as don't read much so if I'm not feeling it it always end up in dnf without me even realizing I personally only read 19 books but my goal was 12 books so I'm actually very happy with what I did (and it's without counting the fanfic I read that do amount to quite a number of books word count wise)

[@jaimefok]

@@irissu02 aw that’s amazing!! I wish I had the ability to DNF sometimes 😂 I’m too stubborn!

[@turkeyrunner712]

What a great year of reading you had! I loved getting to hear your quick recommendations on each book. As far as Brandon Sanderson - I really think you should give Yumi & the Nightmare Painter a try next. It’s a standalone and it has a lot of Asian influence. The two main characters are based on cultures in historical Korea and modern Japan.

[@turkeyrunner712]

Yes- Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang Maybe- My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (Heartbreaking, but captivating. Check triggers. ) No- Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

[@jaimefok]

@@turkeyrunner712 oooh yes, I’ve heard great things yumi and the nightmare painter!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooo obsessed with the chocolate frames!!

[@jaimefok]

@@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm aren’t they CUTE?

[@anniannianniii]

Yes - the rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk Maybe - the mayor of Maxwell street No - business or pleasure so excited for so many new reads in 2025!! ♡ I’m a relatively recent subscriber but I’ve been really enjoying your videos! We don’t have 100% the same taste but tbh I think that makes it really interesting hearing different POVs on books! wishing you a swell 2025 ❤

[@jaimefok]

@@anniannianniii hiii!! Aww I love that 💕 so glad you’re here :)

[@Mimlou]

Tress was a “maybe” read for me, too. Mistborn is my next read, along with Way of the Kings.

[@jaimefok]

@@Mimlou enjoy the Brando sando journey!!

[@olivesbooknook]

YES GIVE IT TO ME BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

[@jaimefok]

@@olivesbooknook YASSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@galaxyj8556]

Happy New Year 🎊 jamie 😊. One of the best thing that happened to me was finding your channel in 2024 😊. I never interact with anyone on online platform until I discovered your channel, all your videos gives me warm cozy feeling maybe that's why I love to interact 😊❤. Btw if you enjoyed half a soul definitely check out ten thousand stitches I just finished and absolutely loved it. Lovely fairly tale-isk story. Its a really sweet story 😊.

[@jaimefok]

@@galaxyj8556 happy new year!!! Aww that makes me so happy, thank you 💕 I’ll have to look up ten thousand stitches!

[@yuechang2330]

happy new year!!! girl keep going, love your content

[@jaimefok]

@@yuechang2330 happy new year!! Thank you so much 🥳💕

[@StefAM88]

I can’t wait for the second book in heartless hunter…. That cliffhanger had my mouth on the floor I need to know what happens! Also. I agree with fate inked in blood. I wanted to love it soooo bad. I dnf’ed it

[@jaimefok]

@@StefAM88 been waiting on this cliff for months! Excited for the next oneee :)

[@jasmine-b5j]

Happy new year jamie!! I loved this vid, and have a great year ahead

[@jaimefok]

@jasmine-b5j HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 all my love!!

[@SylviaGdeVries]

Great way to show all the books you read last year! ❤ Are you going to unhaul the books you said no to?

[@jaimefok]

Glad you liked it!! I’ll likely do an unhaul when my shelves start overcrowding 😂

[@juilie3287]

Wow 😮 158 Book 😍 You are super awesome!! Happy New Year to you and your family ❤ May this new year brings lots of love, happiness, new opportunities and success to you 💕

[@jaimefok]

aww thank you so much!! happy new year

[@Hosigie]

I definitely recommend Stormlight Archive, but only if you like epic fantasy.

[@jaimefok]

I love epic fantasy! I’ll have to try storm light out at some point

[@mychelweston9037]

Happy New Year!! A yes book is Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson, it is a reread that I do every year and I love this book, would love to hear others thoughts on it. It is a regency romance (not sure if that is your thing). A maybe is Crossed by Emily McIntire. I'm started it a few days ago, if it is done well it will be great, but it is one that I think if the author wasn't careful it could go so wrong so fast. I didn't really have any no's this year, but in March/April I hit a huge reading slump and really didn't read a book between then and end of November. I am curious on your thoughts on The Coven (I think that was the title) and why you said no. I've heard a lot of mixed feelings and would love to hear why you felt how you felt about it.

[@jaimefok]

Oh regency romance sounds great! TBH I don’t remember much about the Coven 😂 I read it in January of 2024 so it’s been awhile LOL. But from what I remember, the romance was very lust-first and bully romance which isn’t my thing. The plot and world had some potential but nothing was properly developed and so I lost hope by the end of the book!

[@mychelweston9037]

@@jaimefok Thanks!

[@chocolateoreo6489]

Congrats on the sponsorship love❤

[@jaimefok]

Thank you!! 💕

[@chocolateoreo6489]

@ Aw yes, it’s a great accomplishment! Love🫶

[@amyahn231]

Happy New Year Jaime 🎊 I love your videos and I'm very excited to see your reading journey this year. Also excited to start mines, so many books on my ever-increasing TBR lol.

[@jaimefok]

@@amyahn231 happy new year!!! AH the neverending TBRs strike again 😂

[@halanehad1683]

hiii, happy new year! love your vids! 💕

[@jaimefok]

@@halanehad1683 HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thank you so much 💕

[@victoriareads99]

Happy New Year! I’m a newer subscriber, and am loving your content so far! Yes: Babel by R.F. Kuang Maybe: Lightlark by Alex Aster No: The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

[@jaimefok]

@@victoriareads99 YAY welcome to the fam, and happy new year! I feel like RF Kuang will always be a yes for me, and Tessa Bailey always a no 😂

[@victoriareads99]

@ I loved Yellowface and Babel, I’m planning on reading The Poppy War this year, super excited! Tessa Bailey was hit or miss for me for a while, but I think she’s become a no author this past year.

[@MegaRaptorsfan]

Happy New Year to you and huffy! Loved this video! No to Zodiac Academy and Quicksilver??? 😮🤷‍♀️

[@jaimefok]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yeah, those two just didn’t work for me 😂💕

[@adrie2408]

Yes- this vicious grace by Emily Thiede (banter and bodyguard trope) Maybe- Yours truly, abby jimenez (it's cute but a lot of miscommunication is frustrating) No- True Love Experiment, Christina Lauren (disappointed bc i really loved the first book soulmate equation)

[@jaimefok]

@@adrie2408 ooooh agree the soulmate equation was so much better than the true love experiment!

[@Stillworking1]

Loving your channel! Can you recommend some book stores you like in Toronto? I’d love to shop them! Thanks!

[@jaimefok]

@@Stillworking1 thank you so much!! I’m boring and mostly go to indigo, because it’s closest to me. But for romance, I recommend Hopeless Romantic in Stackt Market! I also hear great things about Type books and Book City

[@aaryautekar5244]

Haley also posted a video and now u😅😭best start to this year

[@jaimefok]

LOVE THAT! running to her video now :P

[@stuartgriffin1001]

158 is really impressive. Yes - Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang, Maybe - Normal People by Sally Rooney, No - Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

[@jaimefok]

I haven’t read Natural Beauty, but definitely agree with your maybe and no!

[@KiraKiera]

Yes - The Phoenix Keeper by SA MacLean Maybe - The Wren and the Holly Library by KA Linde No no no no no - Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas I finished with 167 books read in 2024 😊

[@jaimefok]

Omg AMAZING!!!

[@CurlyLuci]

YES - Daisy Jones & the Six MAYBE - Frankenstein NO - Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow 🎀

[@jaimefok]

omg! curious about what you didn't like about tomorrow, tomorrow & tomorrow?

[@CurlyLuci]

@@jaimefok Sure! I didn’t really connect to the characters and the story overall :D

[@jaimefok]

@ ooooh interesting!!

[@lexismems]

i read 90 books in 2024! that’s the most i have EVER read in a year. i set my 2025 goal as 100 because im feeling ambitious

[@jaimefok]

@@lexismems YOU CAN DO IT!

[@sowzzx]

Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell - Yesss❤️ The do over by Lynn Painter - maybe 👀 Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo - absolutely NO ❌

[@mrsfruity76]

Happy New Year 🥳!

[@jaimefok]

Happy new year!! 🎊🥳

[@JadeMarieOfficial]

Yes - A Song To Drown Rivers No - Pumpkin Spice Cafe Maybe - Quicksilver (I can’t deny I loved the story but the plot holes drove me mad and I couldn’t stop obsessing over them 😂)

[@jaimefok]

@@JadeMarieOfficial LOL so far. A song to drown rivers needs more hypeeeeee!!

[@JadeMarieOfficial]

@@jaimefokmy in person book club always like to pick off a book chart- I saw A Song To Drown Rivers on there and chose it… most of my book club didn’t like it much😭 …said the end ruined it for them. But I was like ‘no, it needed to end like that to highlight all the deception and corruption’!

[@jaimefok]

@ omg nooooooo I love the ending!!!

[@aerisnaomi8057]

Yes - the Captive Prince trilogy!!! Maybe - Hidden Pictures No - Caraval trilogy (sorry 😭)

[@jaimefok]

Oh noooooooo!!!😂 what didn’t you like about Caraval?

[@MichyScents]

I hate waiting for the next book in a series. I need book two for when the moon hatched.

[@jaimefok]

@@MichyScents SAME

[@melaniewiersma7910]

Yes- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (enough said just read the book haha 😂) Maybe- Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson- the story felt disjointed overall but gave small tidbits of info thats useful for the overall story arch of the cosmere and the stormlight archives. No- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - worst book of the year- I think I gave it a two star or maybe a 1 star, the main character just made so many stupid choices and the plot premise was dumb to me.

[@jaimefok]

@@melaniewiersma7910 ooh, we shall see if I end up continuing with the cosmere this year!

[@nataliehlim]

Oh boy so hard but Yes - inheritance games (first and the whole series) Maybe - do i know you? No - if we were villains 😢

[@jaimefok]

@@nataliehlim omg!!! Haha I need to finish inheritance games

[@raneem.e]

Yes to Archer’s voice, no to Corrupt and maybe to Kingdom of the wicked

[@jaimefok]

@@raneem.e oh interesting!!

[@Harley24986]

I swear the Prequel to Six Crimson Cranes is the best one of the series! P.S. I loved Gallant! Lol

[@jaimefok]

@@Harley24986 I’ve heard this too! 💕

[@NovelsWithNicole]

A heads up - the new Adrienne young - A sea of unspoken things is even more of a literary mystery with a pinch to no magical realism. It’s a lot closer to spells for forgetting in style as well.

[@jaimefok]

@@NovelsWithNicole oooh love it!

[@shannx7512]

Wow 1.5x your reading goal this year 👌🏾

[@jaimefok]

A success! 🥳

[@Thedorkyreader]

Yes: Joe Abercrombie’s First law trilogy. Maybe: Throne in the dark (villains and virtues trilogy) by A.K. Caggiano depends on the person, because it does contain spice in books 2-3. But I LoVeD it. Such a cute and super funny romantic fantastical adventure book. NO: Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon. Ooof. Train wreck.

[@jaimefok]

omg I haven't read any of these!

[@charlotteleereads1206]

This is my first video of yours that I've watched and I just love your vibe :)) What book would you recommend in place of Powerless? Is there a book that you think is the same genre/has the same vibe but was done much better? Also Happy New Year!!!😸

[@jaimefok]

@@charlotteleereads1206 hiiiii!! Aww thank you so much and happy new year! If you are looking for something similar in story, Red Queen is almost identical! For other romantasies with sort of the same feeling, Heartless Hunter, Spark of the Everflame, Fourth Wing, Once Upon a Broken Heart are all ones that I enjoyed!

[@charlotteleereads1206]

@ yayayay thank you! i actually got once upon a broken heart for christmas i can’t wait to read it!!!

[@bookswithsyock]

lowkey felt the same way about demon copperhead....woof. audiobook helped get through. onto 2025 where we dnf books if we don't like them.

[@jaimefok]

@@bookswithsyock LOL I need to start DNFing 😂

[@Lillyjoy]

I thought Spectacular was going to be lighthearted and showing us all the characters interacting again but we barely got to see the couples interact except for very briefly in the beginning and end of the book. And the middle was Tella getting robbed and locked in a room, just not what I expected at all 😂 it’s a no for me

[@jaimefok]

LOL that kidnapping part was a bit strange 😂

[@debbystragier2154]

I rarely DNF but I couldn’t finish The Priory Of The Orange Tree and Funny Story. I just don’t think these books are for me. I also finished Just For The Summer today and also didn’t really care for it either. I almost feel like something wrong with me for not liking these popular books 😅

[@jaimefok]

@@debbystragier2154 there’s nothing wrong with you! We all just have our different preferences and that’s completely normal 💕

[@radudumanovschi3387]

Yo, Pol Rubio by Hector Lozano - Yes; Iron Gold by Pierce Brown - Maybe; The Hawkling by Rebecca Zahabi - No

[@jaimefok]

@@radudumanovschi3387 I definitely need to start red rising this year!

[@CelineFerocious]

My Goodreads total was 2 😂

[@jaimefok]

STILL GOOD!😂

[@crobichaud]

Loved shadow and bone but the series went downhill for me- Six of crows is so much better. I also agree about thrillers that used to be the only genre I read and then I explored fantasy and romance and my tastes have definitely changed.

[@jaimefok]

@@crobichaud oooh interesting, I’ll see how I enjoy the rest of the series!

[@claudiacote9236]

I have not enjoyed any Stephen King book I've read. I know he's such a popular author but I find his work soooo boring. Don't hate me 😭

[@jaimefok]

LOL I feel like I need to give him at least one more try. Maybe on one of his classics.

[@sophiel.7930]

Such a great video !! I got many new titles to add to my TBR thanks to you :)) The only title I disagreed on was The Nightingale, because as a French person and a historian, I cannot condone the misleading, straightly bad at best and absolutely revisionist and offensive portraying of Occupation France and French Jews this book contained. I don’t even know how it was legally allowed to be published in France

[@jaimefok]

oh no really?? I had no idea :(

[@sophiel.7930]

​@@jaimefok Sadly yeah. There's so many ridiculous things in it that I even made a lost. Some of them are harmless but sloppy, like the Bollinger and macaron thing (postman + school teacher couple would definitely NOT have enough money to buy things + macarons were in trend only starting 1990s) or coffee and butter being ready at hand, but some were also very problematic stuff. The two things that stuck with me the most were : - that the french jews were presented as not knowing was would happen after being rounded up and deport, which is absolutely false because most of Poland, Austria and Germany jews had already suffered the same and even jewish people living in the US pretty much knew what would happen if they went deported, even if they didn't know the detail of how. - The french are presented as all peaceful victims when the Vichy government, widely supported by the population until the end of the war, was a fascist, antisemitism, anti-left, homophobic hellhole and sadly many French people were pro-nazis and collaborated. - The Resistance are also presented as pacifist simple, almost a bit slow, people, when they were very motivated and often ready to do very violent actions. - the most crass and outright offensive thing that made me want to chuck my book across the room was the policeman outright telling the mc they were rounding out people and locking them in the Velodrome d'Hiver to be deported. First it's ridiculous to think that a policemen would tell this to a complete stranger, and second french policemen who participated in this were freakin' VOLUNTEERS. They knew where the people would go and that they would arrest mostly women and kids and they still volunteered to do it, did it gladly and with haste, and Hannah presented them as victims. I feel sick just thinking about it. It's outright revisionist sh*t. I'm so mad at Kristin Hannah for not even doing the most basic research on this (you can find this on the very first lines in the Wikipedia article about the Velodrome D'Hiver roundup) and spreading absolute lies about the french occupation. Sorry for the very long comment, I gave you only the bare bones of it if you can believe it ^^'