The 26 Books I Read in December

[@kyrasaturn]

i want 2025 to be so full of five stars for you 😭😭😭

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

What a beautiful wish! 🤩

[@33483152]

me? watching it at 3am? yes, yes i am lol happy winter holidays!

[@lottielaw5046]

Literally me, right this second 😂

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

😂 Same!

[@tawniethetiger]

I have been so sick with the flu since Christmas and have been so grateful to have these long falalalala videos to get me through it. Thank you Kayla, for having interesting things to say, and also often being long winded…in the BEST way! Also, I can’t believe you dnfed Incidents Around the House! It was my favorite read of the year.

[@awpageofabook]

I hope you get better soon!

[@JessicaRoseReads]

I hope you feel better soon!

[@rachelw8573]

Your videos are one of my favorite parts of my day! Thank you for being all of our friend! ❤😊

[@BooksandLala]

You're so kind Rachel, thanks for being here!!

[@avsambart]

I love the different rankings you do every time.

[@paularodriguez726]

Yaaas, so excited!!! can you please make one of the intros of falalala with Rob’s voice like you did a couple of years ago xx

[@atikahrockslikecrazy]

I'll be gone for christmas is basically the holiday movie?? Right down falling for the other mc's sibling 😮

[@Horrificbooks]

I love that I think I’m fairly knowledgeable about books, but of course that’s most likely not the case with how many books there are in the world, but videos like these/yours, and book community content on other platforms introduces me to so many cool books I’ve never heard of before, and may not have at all, otherwise

[@alexereads]

your videos bring me so much joy, thank you🫶

[@ndenton31]

Just when I get bored you upload a video to keep me entertained. Thank you!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I want to read the most wonderful crime of the year. It sounds like so much fun

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

It is!! 🤩

[@Katesb17]

I picked up Sky Full of Elephants (even though i don't care much for dystopian or sci-fi) because of your vlog, and i loved it too! 5 stars. thanks for the rec.

[@procrasy]

I’ll Be Gone For Christmas sounds beats for beats like the movie The Holiday, right? 2000s, with Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black?

[@Showtunediva]

That’s what I was thinking too.

[@madi3265]

Omg my reading goal for the entire YEAR is 26 books and you did it in a month 😭 that's crazy lol good for you

[@sooh6299]

Lol yeah I read 32 books this year, and then this video dropped 😂

[@__-yh7pn]

Lol that's my goal for next year. I'm doing the ABC challenge, where every book starts with a letter & I'm reading them in order of letter. I'm pretty sure I'll read some more so I'm doing that first & then when I'm done I'll follow some prompts from both of Kayla's list & some from the 52 book club

[@tinadoesntreadthatmuch]

don't sweat it, it's literally her job to read :D

[@awpageofabook]

@@tinadoesntreadthatmuch Yeah, I feel like quite a lot of people forget that.

[@sarahdavies3789]

Reading sky full of elephants right now after hearing your review and it’s all I want to do

[@bamagirlce12]

Is I'll be gone for Christmas literally just The Holiday?

[@avsambart]

I was thinking the same thing! Just The Holiday but queer

[@BooksandLala]

Definitely a great book recommendation for those of us who love The Holiday!

[@imtahnee9187]

I have ‘The Book of Doors’ 3 Stars too and I really thought from the start that it would be a 5!

[@lilystoyanova4900]

If it's okay with you, in the future, if you talk about Dont Let the Forest In and how the MC deals with his sexuality, could you mention him being asexual and not just thinking if he's gay/bi, since he distinguishes his romantic attraction from his sexual attraction. It was a really big selling point for me as an ace person 🥰

[@theresepazell7875]

Hi lots of good choices...Happy New year to you snd yours..Take care...

[@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing]

Great to see Nebo and I who have never known men on here! I think emotive dystopian fiction is where our tastes align! 😂

[@humairahamdi1887]

I'm sad you felt mediocre about Jade City. To me, the series gets better and Jade Legacy is the best finale for a fantasy series that I've ever read... Please continue reading the series!

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

I loved Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, and First Lie! 🤩

[@janenightreadsandwrites223]

I loved Dungeons and Drama!

[@daryanthelibrarian]

i feel so validated that you didn't like first lie wins cuz when i read it i was like WHAT are y'all talking about

[@MarjanaBosnjak]

I really need your help. You always have such stable lighting in your videos and I for the life of me can't figure out how to make mine as good as yours. What light do you use?

[@BetweenLinesAndLife]

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year could have been SO epic!

[@Bookishdowntime]

I DNF’d Jade City and, although I may still go back to it, I am not convinced that mobster family stories are for me.

[@AnaPleiades]

I come for the books. I stay for the hair 👌🏻💁🏼‍♀️💅🏻

[@Showtunediva]

I loved James and gave it 4.5 stars also. I share your thoughts on The Most Wonderful Crime Of The Year

[@awpageofabook]

I just found a copy of Sky Full Of Elephants for 50% off. That book buying ban can wait!

[@civilg4850]

I am glad I am not the only one regarding The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year. I was really loving the first half and I couldn't figure out why I just was losing interest the last half the book. I feel incredibly board the last 20% and found I was skimming.

[@Katertot8895]

I'm in the minority of enjoying the Green Bone Saga, but no worries for not loving it. I did like the first two books, but I hated the last book because of all the time jumps. The first book mostly lived up to the hype for me, but the series as a whole did not. Also, the "twist" in the third book was so expected; I truly don't understand how people didn't see that coming.

[@rachel43274]

I'm currently at all 4 stars for December and I'm like.. should i try to fit it one more in two days in the hopes it'll be a 5? But the one I was considering was Small Things Like These..

[@reneeelich4893]

If that is the copy of IPB you read, it used to be a lot worse at the start! I think it's that way so you immediately view the other blue aliens as so much better.

[@manumatcha]

oh boy i hated my december darling

[@85arrie]

Do you like vampire books? I just finished The Lesser Dead on audible and it was great! 5 star in my opinion

[@janenightreadsandwrites223]

I love the ice planet barbarians series but I really disliked all the trauma of book 1. There are two versions of book 1 and I read the version that hadn't been softened up and I almost DNF'd it. I think the new cover version you have is the less ick one but not sure. I did it on audio and I just was like why do people like this. Then, after Georgie met Vektal I was more able to get on board with it. But I can totally see anyone thinking the content of that one wasn't right for a series that is mostly light fluffy spicy reads.

[@Bookishbroccoli1]

If you like Quicksilver then you should read Phantasma. For one thing Fischer is a jerk. And you can’t say the same thing for the main character in Phantasma. Also the writing and plot is better.

[@megandent4580]

Manifesting more 5 star books in 2025 for us both

[@BirgitHaeupl]

❤️📚

[@carriecongo7616]

The most wonderful crime romance gagged me. I dislike when people with no reason just become so in love. Nope it takes me out of the story. I gave it a 2. Liked the mystery.

[@AbiofPellinor]

I hope you get more 5* reads in 2025!!

[@Amanda-qt6lc]

My two cents on ice planet barbarians... the first book is one of the weakest, if not the weakest, in the series. They're fun and silly. None of them are the best thing I've ever read, but I can't stop reading them. The corsairs series by Ruby Dixon is my favorite of hers. They're space pirates, and you get to see other planets and species of alien... they can be a little heavy though. Don't expect super fluffy romance.

[@cjar8989]

Hope you.