WHAT WAS BOOKTUBE READING A YEAR AGO? 📅 booktube rewind ep 1 - reading vlog

[@BooksandLala]

OMGGGGGG 🙀

[@wiktoriabadora1243]

how are you SO CREATIVE???????? every time you come up with a new idea for reading vlogs my jaw literally drops

[@megwithbooks]

omg THANK U SO MUCH!!! this means the world hehe!

[@charliemaryann1654]

Not me just watching the kitty sleep 🥺 WAIT MY HEARRT

[@megwithbooks]

the cutest🥺

[@charliemaryann1654]

32 minutes? You really said “I’m gonna bless them” 🥺

[@megwithbooks]

lmaoooo in my head i was like ITS TOO LONGGGGG

[@charliemaryann1654]

@@megwithbooks we love the long videos!!!

[@annab6846]

The longer the better in my opinion

[@ashleyjoyes4425]

I love the long vlogs

[@jellyghostt]

So if you were doing this in October you’d 100% be reading Mexican Gothic because who wasn’t reading Mexican Gothic in October 2020 I’ll save you the research boo 💚

[@megwithbooks]

lmaooooo I WANNA READ MEXICAN GOTHIC SO BAD but im not currently planning on doing this in october (although if i start reading more that may change lmao) - i'm thinking if i do end up doing it as a series it wil be bi-monthly as it takes a lot of time!

[@honestlyholly7657]

I'm reading mexican gothic this October 😅😅

[@KatieColson]

This is so cute. How do you come up with so many amazing ideas? And follow them up with fantastic video editing? I’m stunned

[@KatieColson]

I gave Cemetary Boys 3 stars too. I totally agree with it being very young YA and with not attaching to the relationship.

[@KatieColson]

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[@fatereads]

If this is what I think it is, this video is genius. You're a genius. 👀👀

[@megwithbooks]

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[@annab6846]

The thumbnail is EVERYTHING😍😍

[@megwithbooks]

Thank UUUUU🥺🥺

[@percydoeseverything]

You are just starting all kinds of booktube series! 🤣 LOVE IT!!

[@megwithbooks]

hahah right im like ALLLLL THE BOOKTUBE SERIES

[@percydoeseverything]

@@megwithbooks hahaah LOVE it!!

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[@alliewithbooks]

I love love love this concept so much!! I need to read Jade City immediately. I know I’m going to love that series, and I want to get back into fantasy. When you held up Cemetery Boys I knew that was me 😂

[@megwithbooks]

YAYYY THANK U!! and haha yessss ur influence

[@ldanforth18]

I love this series idea!! I hope you continue with it!

[@ashidotayo6478]

That's a great idea for video.💚

[@megwithbooks]

thank you!!

[@nicolefegan]

okay this idea is BRILLIANT, i am obsessed!

[@erink7050]

This is such a cute idea! In the future, it would be cool to know what the top whatever books were for the month, whether or not you’ve read them!

[@roseofoulesfame]

Girl, same - I always have a zillion books on the TBR trolley so the chances of me immediately reading new purchases instead (I mean, I'm not gonna NOT buy new books, I acknowledge this about myself) is about 50/50.

[@NopeKaty]

I love this video concept so much! Please make this a series!! 💚

[@megwithbooks]

yayyyy thank u so much!! im hoping to!

[@roseofoulesfame]

Books I read in September 2020: Captain Cook's Journals; What Would Boudicca Do?; My Story (Caroline Cossey); Death Comes as the End; The Faraway Nearby; Men Explain Things to Me; and The Barber of Seville/Marriage of Figaro. I feel much better about "only" reading 10 of the 15 books I planned to read last month now, lol.

[@Zoe-lv2rq]

Thank you for cheering me up! Was suffering from a bad stomach ache and your video made me feel better 🥺 thank you ily ❤️

[@megwithbooks]

aw yayyyy im so glad ily i hope you feel much better!!

[@racheltfisher]

I read seven books last September, the long way to a small angry planet, Catherine house, the vanishing stair (2nd truly devious book), wild at heart, Nocturna, Nightbird and to nightowl from dogfish 😊

[@sakshichouhan8617]

Wow.. I loved this concept and this video belongs in superior tier 👏

[@LovelessDegrees]

I read some poetry, novels in verse, picture books, and some YA books in September 2020 💚

[@nherbooks]

i’m sad jade city didn’t live up to ur expectations but i am so excited for another video in this series, this was so so fun to watch!!! 💚💚💚

[@MaryJoHeadrick]

aw I think I read Cemetery Boys last september (or october?), i feel so on trend *flips hair* This is a great video idea, i would have thought that there would be a lot more duplicates!

[@megwithbooks]

lmao look at u!!!! there were quite a few more books where 2 ppl had read them but if i had listed everything we would've been here 10 years lmao

[@MaryJoHeadrick]

I felt similarly about Cemetery Boys as you did tbh, I wanted so much more from the plot. And I didn't feel like it centered enough around the character to work as a character driven story? Idk man

[@MaryJoHeadrick]

@@megwithbooks I bet! I can't believe you watched 40 people's videos to make this, what a commitment

[@SabinesBookNook]

meg you are a (content) GENIUS

[@ffiontill5924]

Megan, you are so beautiful! And funny and just ugh I love you and so grateful because if I ever feel down I know I can count on your videos and they always make me feel better. Thank you🧡

[@gabbyreads]

Omg this is such a cool idea I love this!!! So creative Meg 😍😍🥰

[@SundayLaughs]

This idea is freaking GENIUS meg, i really hope you do more of these because the length? the content? the concept? i love it all. I'm so glad you mentioned Cemetery's Boys ending because I feel like I've heard no one talk about it but it's what dropped the book down for me. While to me the book read older than it did to you, the ending was predictable and rushed. Completely agree with you!!!

[@isabellavalentine7268]

I’m with you on the feeling disconnected with YA. None of the YA I’ve read recently has blown me away and I’ve struggled to read anything

[@nathaliereads]

Omg I loooved this idea!! So happy you liked a song of wraiths and ruins ☺️💚

[@elif-tp4yv]

💚 I loved the video and I have a suggestion for you, you can make catching-up video series. The series that you started but never continued. It would be good for completing the series.

[@sarawithoutanH]

i always comment this but forever living for the drag race clips also ur the queen of creative booktube concepts

[@nikki9808]

you looked so cute with the little headband when you did your makeup that i'll forgive you for your crimes against cemetery boys 💚🧍🏽‍♀️ no but, all jokes aside, i totally get it. sometimes a book will just read younger than you expected and it can really throw you off. i know that ppl will be like "well you're an adult, it's not for you, read adult books if that's what you want" but that's not quite it, either. i just kind of expect it to... fit? the situation/synopsis? the same way it throws me to hear YA characters talking like they belong in an adult novel. middle grade doesn't have this issue for me because it always knows what it needs to be, but YA is such a broad range that it can be tricky. (maybe it's also to do with everyone maturing at different rates during that time?) idk. i'm sure it'll work itself out in time, but until then, picking out YA books can be hit or miss

[@megwithbooks]

LMAOOOO IM SORRY!!! and yes u summed it up perfectly -its the expectation kind of not being fulfilled!! omg youve made me connect the dots haha cos ur right in thats why it never really happens with middle grade! ur a genius

[@betul6350]

the content genius strikes again!

[@elskabee]

I had the same problem but with Elatsoe and The Night Circus. I kept seeing everyone rave about them and reading them I could kind of see why people loved them, but I just never quite clicked with either of them. Glad you really liked one of them though! and I love this concept! 💚💚💚

[@carissa1446]

It is interesting to remember what everyone read last year. Fun idea.

[@megandcochrane]

The way you feel about Jade City is how I walked away from Gideon the Ninth. I wanted to love but…..I didn’t

[@dianabanana7394]

What a great idea for a video series! I'm off to watch the next episode!

[@booksandwoof6420]

This is how I felt about the inheritance of orquidea divina. I wanted to love it and I saw the things that were great and should have worked for me SO WELL. But it just didn’t click and I just didn’t love reading it. And I can often say why I don’t love a book and idk w that one. I think it must just be the writing and my brain.

[@juliette6704]

the queen of experimental reading vlogs!! love it, it's so creative and engaging!

[@ffiontill5924]

Haha I loved this video!! Megan just elevating and making everybody’s day. One of the best creators out there 💗

[@georgieh7351]

I totally understand where you're coming from regarding feeling disconnected from YA. Same as you, some of my favourite books are YA, but the newer ones seem to be reading younger and younger? Either that or the popular YA books recently are contemporary or have soft magical elements and therefore have a very modern voice, which isn't super enjoyable for me. I have to be very particular about my YA choices now, as I don't want to give a bad review to a book that is probably just not for my age anymore (and I'm nearly 22). I think I'm also just bitter because I don't want to admit that I'm getting older 😭

[@kaysbooknook4932]

i am obsessed with this idea! i love how creative your vlogs are. devastated you didn't love jade city as much, i adore that book

[@GemReadsALot]

Really enjoyed this concept of a vlog, more of these please 😁😁

[@avsambart]

This is an absolutely amazing idea!! I love it 😍 what if you go back one year every time you do this 🤣 there is defo Booktube content going all the way back to 2012 at least. 💚 But the clicking part during the old videos unnerved me a little. It felt way louder than the rest of the video too.

[@TheThreeBookshelves]

Love this idea and I'd love to see it again! Last September I read One to Watch, Home Before Dark, and The Vanishing Half... definitely a "trendy Booktube books" month for me apparently. 😅

[@rubyabarlow7991]

💚I only started watching booktube in 2021- so I found this video very interesting!💚

[@lani6700]

Going through all those September wrap-ups instead of best releases of 2020 videos was,,,, a choice 😆 I feel like that's so much extra work with so little overlap

[@yourbiggestflan]

I felt the same way about jade city. I agree with all the the things people like about it, but I wasn’t super invested? For me I think it might be the pacing though. It felt too long / some parts were slow when I expected more of a sense of urgency (like right after that shocking moment in the middle). Love the vlog, this was such a fun challenge! 💚

[@Mymakermovie77]

This idea is so much fun!!! Also have those books still on my TBR 😂😭

[@lanej.6458]

This was super fun and I would definitely love for you it do it again 💚 Last September I was 14 books deep into a kindle unlimited series/world 😬🤷🏼‍♂️ I basically neglected all things (including my “normal” reading) and was heavily invested haha

[@SarahEsmaeWolfe]

Your thoughts about YA are exactly why New Adult should actually be a thing. Instead of guessing if something will read older or younger, we can keep YA appropriate for teenagers and NA written to appeal to twenty-somethings.

[@CarolionCHAOS]

I don’t know that it’s even YA as a genre. I also found Ace of Spaces and Cemetery Boys to both really disappoint me, especially because they’re so hyped!

[@yasminnn8]

💚 love this video idea and looking forward to more if you’re planning on doing more!

[@evireadsbooks5746]

I do the same, i have a lot of books I bought because of booktube, and read them a year later or so 😂

[@FinallyMajor]

You have the best video ideas.

[@annasarchive4189]

Last September was when I first read The Library of the Unwritten. Absolutely choice.

[@astarreads4214]

💚 I read A Song of Wraiths and Ruin last September as well and gave it 4 stars. I agree with you that everything came together in the end and am really looking forward to the second in the series. The book I gave 5 stars to last September was Becoming by Michelle Obama.

[@thoughtsofthereader]

I’ve had A Song of Wraiths and Ruin on my tbr since it came out, may have to try and read it before the end of the year now!

[@mads2327]

Daaaang. How long did it take you to get through all of those videos?!

[@megwithbooks]

A looooooong time hahahha

[@emilyem3]

Loved this idea!! Such a creative way to get through a backlog of books 💚

[@sabrina.lnd95]

I just checked and damn I read The Poppy War in September. Still not over that one 😥 Everything else was backlist, no new (2020) releases.

[@RuesReadingCorner]

Aaaaah this is such a fun idea, I can't believe the amount of research that went into this! Haha I felt the same way about Jade City when I first read it, but I liked it a lot more on reread. I'm really curious to know what you'd think of the sequel! Great video 💚

[@melissabrown3976]

Haven't read any of these books but I love the concept! 💚

[@JordansShelves]

Such a cool idea.

[@crushgoil]

What series do I want you to make more progress in? Jade City. I can’t wait to finish the last book this fall!!!

[@paularodriguez726]

I LOVE this concept. Go off queen

[@laurennewson2795]

I felt exactly the same with Jade City, I also gave it a 3.5

[@jedibookmasterivy]

💚💚💚 last September I read Horrid by Katrina Leno

[@bookswithlexie]

This is such a fun video concept! 💚

[@kaytlinhenderson9206]

I love this idea!!!

[@readem_blog]

I’m having the same issues with YA and I just can’t figure out why or what I need to look for instead 😩

[@isbaileyreading]

I have secondhand stress from the research portion of this 😂

[@disastart]

💚last september i read laura dean keeps breaking up with me, women, race & class and the worst best man! this was a cool video concept, i would've loved to know which books came up that you had already read too

[@Lauren_Jeanne_]

So fun! Love this concept 💚

[@lisabscreativeworld9238]

💚 to be honest, 2020 I read my comfort books, pride and prejudice ect. I just didn't want anything new, everything was so weird and awful. But im back in my stride, much happier. Extra good video concept 🎥🌟🌟😻

[@daryanreads]

i love this idea!!

[@isabellaa.469]

random question: what base makeup do you use? 😍

[@megwithbooks]

I use both the L’Oréal infallible foundation and concealer and the Laura mercier translucent powder!💖💖

[@isabellaa.469]

@@megwithbooks thank youuu

[@trinforeman54]

I am not a character driven reader either. I also like older YA.

[@ffiontill5924]

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[@hannahandherstories]

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[@sabrina.lnd95]

"Can you bitches read LESS" 😂😂😂

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

See I’m the opposite… I buy the “new releases” 4 years later because I’m poor and can’t afford the new books 😂

[@jedibookmasterivy]

So next up we’re getting a “following Regan’s TBR vlog” right? RIGHT!

[@mghrt06]

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[@whitneywest3538]

I’m scared to know what you paid for those candles. I don’t think you have TJ Maxx where you’re from but they’re only $9.99 at TJ Maxx. 😬

[@SageReads]

The aggressive beauty blending

[@SageReads]

Did u get a b00b mug

[@gintoxic4283]

your MIND

[@katecollins2471]

No disrespect, but Lost In the Neverwoods by aiden Thomas (his second book) was my least favorite book of the whole year so far.

[@Charlotte-yn5jj]

I completely agree with Cemetery Boys! The LGBTQIA+ bit was well done and I really liked reading from a transgenders perspective but the story… 🤦🏽‍♀️. Nothing happens, very predictable, didn’t connect to the characters… Gave it 3 stars as well :)

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