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hi friends! welcome to the ULTIMATE book video 📚✨🏕️ featuring a book haul, journaling, going to the bookstore, book flops, & more… we have some fantasy, romance, manga, and contemporary books in this video. enjoy!
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when browsing for books to read, i always look for book reviews. that's why today, i bring you a reading diaries/ultimate book video vlog that quickly turned into a very chatty video about the books i got recently and me losing my mind over some of the new book releases coming this year. booktube and booktok have buzzed about some of these books… let’s see if i’ll enjoy them. i hope you guys enjoy this one and come out with more books to add to your TBR and some good book recommendations for 2024!
- books mentioned
a sign of affection, vol. 4 by suu morishita
a novel love story by ashley poston
this woven kingdom by tahereh mafi
caught up by liz tomforde
play along by liz tomforde
amari and the despicable wonders by b.b. alston
the adventures of tom bombadil by j.r.r. tolkien
by a thread by lucy score
truly, madly, deeply by l.j. shen
welcome to the hyunam-dong bookshop by hwang bo-reum
the little prince by antoine de saint-exupéry

[@jackieconso]

Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop is such a healing but casual read!! It's actually a translated Korean literary fiction, but it incorporates these though provoking ideas while following the workers and regular customers of the bookshop. It was my favorite read of the year so far!💕 I plan to go through and annotate it for the new year because even the translation was beautifully written without being unnecessarily wordy.

[@caspiansvensson]

I am all here for the lights in the background. So cosy. I am so envious.

[@astoldbykat]

I'm definitely in the minority in that I actually enjoyed A Novel Love Story, but I totally get why so many people don't like it. I do highly recommend you read Poston's debut, "The Dead Romantics," if you haven't yet. It's my favorite of her three books, and may give you some more faith back. I'm definitely going to read ANLS again in spring, though, to re-check my thoughts on it.

[@Stargazerlost]

I second that about The Dead Romantics. It’s so much better than A Novel Love Story.

[@catherinebruno1689]

I enjoyed it too!

[@readbyria]

🏕⛺🚙🥾 I love the shelves so much!!!!!! They are adding all the ambience that we need.

[@GraceyDuprel]

I absolutely ✨LOVE✨ the background! I've been thinking of having an at-home library either at my parents house or when I get my own house (or if I rent a house or apartment) with my own book shelves even if they shelves themselves are from floor to ceiling (with about a foot or so short of the ceiling).

[@ArielAntenna]

I loved A Novel Love Story BUT i totally see why people don’t like it. I didn’t care for the romance, i thought it was weak, way too fast, and the 3rd act breakup and resolution was dumb. I loved the concept of her going to that town and meeting all her favorite characters from her favorite book series. It reminded me SO much of stardew valley (favorite video game) and if I ended up in the world of Pelican Town and met all my favorite characters. It felt like a love story to people who fall in love with a fictional town and characters. The way she knew the shop hours and the characters backstories made me so happy cuz that’s how i am with the town and characters of my favorite video game. I wish she left out the romance aspect completely.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I love the way you do your book journaling!!

[@tiandrawelch9195]

OOOH I want to read "Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop" !!

[@Ivey_reads_and_writes]

Loved this video! Your comment about lit fic and the new year makes complete sense to me-I feel like that can be such a quiet and reflective time of the year, which is often reflected in the tone of those kind of books. I really enjoyed hyunam-dong bookshop!

[@cat.book.nook.]

Your videos are the best for mood improvement 🥹

[@irie4230]

Love what you did with the bookshelf🎉 amazing! 🏕️

[@Lillyjoy]

A sign of Affection sounds so good!

[@huertasbabygirl77]

Rain and cold weather is the best for reading 📚 😌 😍 and LOVE YOUR lights on your bookshelf .. I aspire to have that many books 1 day .I loooveeee Lucy Score but her books are extremely spicy 😂

[@glendaleereads]

Not me side eying my copy of a novel love story now 😅🏕

[@crystalkowalyk3000]

I hope you love Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop, it’s so good! Those hold times were criminal😂

[@katielight539]

I NEED to know what you always have on your lips. It always looks sooo good! 😊

[@caspiansvensson]

Since it is Cinnamon bun day here in Sweden today I am eating cinnamon buns and reading Laurie Gilmores The cinnamon bun book store.

[@aerisnaomi8057]

oh my God same!!! i’ve been reading only fanfics in August and September 😞 i’m blaming this all on the Captive Prince trilogy i read in July lmao. hopefully i can go back into my TBR this month

[@examenesinternacionalesaf3576]

I don't know why. I wrote a super long reply and it was deleted. Can ask you for recommendations of Laurent/Damen fanfics?? I re-read it this year toooo!!

[@aerisnaomi8057]

@@examenesinternacionalesaf3576 sure!!! where can I send you a DM?? 😆

[@aerisnaomi8057]

@@examenesinternacionalesaf3576 sure thing!! where can I send you a DM? (idk why i replied to you but it disappeared)

[@ExLibrisMara]

I have a few volumes of A Sign of Affection, I’ve been wanting to start it as well since I LOVED the anime !

[@Saphwyn]

I am finishing up the Throne of Glass series for the first time, I am on book 6 and definitely not my normal read but it is still enjoyable, after that I am looking to start Rhythm of War to prepare for book 5 release coming out soon for stormlight AHHH SO MUCH READING 🏕🔥

[@VickyW96]

Ooooh can you please drop your fanfic recommendations? I would love to know more about this as I am fanfic obsessed myself 😍😍

[@goddessnix444]

your shelves look amazing.

[@annmariesloan8406]

That was my first Lucy Score read as well.

[@annmariesloan8406]

Tom is a character in the 2nd season of "Rings of Power"❤

[@sherriewhite5348]

The games Gods play is by Abigail Owens. I’m 68% through and eating it up!!! I’d try it first!

[@juliacash8135]

⛺️ 🎒 You totally need to read the liars crown soon! I read it earlier this year and loved it 5 starts. It is in kindle unlimited as well. I really hope once you read it you like it. This author also just came out with another book called the games gods play which I have heard is really good as well.

[@Thorn_n_thistle_reads]

What reading journal do you have? If your really unsure about a book you could try the kindle sample. I dont use them kften cos i have no shelf controk but theybare super handy when you want to see if a booos your jam

[@TulsaKanette]

i think there is an anime for A Sign of Affection. i keep seeing an ad for an anime where a guy is asking a girl is asking to be shown a sign. 🦋🐝

[@netogrof]

There is. It’s on crunchy roll.

[@mariyajaveedkhan159]

Thats my dream books shelf❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Momo-mw9kw]

Yaaaaayyyy a New videooooo

[@ChanelChapters]

I also dnfd a novel love story

[@MichaelReads]

Nice video. I just wanted to inform you that Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is Korean, not Japanese.

[@examenesinternacionalesaf3576]

THE ULTIMATE BOOK VIDEO, I really thought this type of vide was something like "recommendations for begginers readers". Libros, hablando de marcas de e-readers, o de distintas plataformas para escuchar audiolibros. Things like that, i was wrong all this time 😅 Did you read fanfiction? I would love if you talk sometimes about yours favourites💖What's your favourite ship to read? I only read about one since forever, but last year I start to read some others couples that I don't like but because the writting/story were sooo good to not read it. Un abrazo desde Argentina!! 😘

[@examenesinternacionalesaf3576]

I saw on Goodreads you like ACOTAR, there's a fanfic of Rhysan POV (A Court of Mist and Fury: Rhysand's POV by IllyrianTremors). Maybe you'll like it!

[@hollymillien1795]

Hi. Loved the video. ❤ Can you give me the info for your journal?

[@maxinevivanco-xv6vy]

LUV YA 🐻🐻

[@Nia_meow_]

NEW SUBSCRIBER 🤗💐

[@annmariesloan8406]

I usually read alot of fan fic. But my favorite fics haven't been updated lately 😢😢😢😢

[@lenalotus2484]

I'm watching/listening to the vlog while I'm in work but I really love the calm and cozy feels of the video I was so relaxed the last 45mins thx to the vlog( ˘ ³˘)♥ Also my current recommendation is Guardian by Priest and the Mirage series by Somaiya Duad, I'm not sure if i recommended Mirage as yet but it is my favorite duology of the year⛺🌸🌺🌲

[@MidWestBookLover-jb6jj]

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[@whoviansutton]

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[@cindicleee]

❤❤

[@mimz_]

🏕️🚙 I've read all of India Holton's books and ornithologists field guide to love is her best one so far. 5⭐ for me. I kept imagining every character as a bird 😂 which heads up there's a lot of bird talk. It's also bk1 in a new series, each novel is a standalone and I'm soo ready for bk2 coming out next year. I read novel love story when my brain didn't wanna brain 😂 I think that's the only reason I made it through.

[@nknutson780]

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[@andy12141]

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[@bethmetcalf3447]

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[@deannaelsea9923]

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[@naomiking7518]

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[@zemuogele83]

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[@nyotabm9311]

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[@tomikodickinson2803]

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[@LuuCaicedo]

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[@voidmishka9877]

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