Please continue to share your reviews! They're ACTUALLY helpful and normal and not stuffy and formal- does that make sense (despite rhyming 😂)

Hey, as a an English teacher and regular book reviewer, I must say you are GREAT at this! You mixed in objective critiques with your personal reactions, and you have a good sense of what works and what doesn’t. Never let your past (you said you struggled with reading in school) keep you from enjoying something now. You’re a great reader!

I've restrained myself for two weeks now, BUT OHMIGAWWWWWD I CANNOT BELIEVE THE ELYSE MYERS IS TALKING ABOUT MY BOOK!!!!!!!!! I screamed at a public event when I was shown this!!!

I know Abby Jimenez and she lives in Minnesota now! :) She started her cupcake store Nadia Cakes in California then opened up two more locations here in Minnesota - and as a fellow Minnesotan I gotta say her references to real places is definitely a fun detail I've loved! :D Love this review video!

Booktube Elyse is one of the best Elyse’s of all the Elyse’s

Had to pause the video to say, im SO glad u stopped to have that coffee and didnt listen to urself when u doubted anyone would want to hear this. I am LOVING this!! As a fellow book lover (aka Book Dragon 😂), I was squealing with glee as soon as I saw this title. I love when my fav content creators do book reviews. I could watch you rate books for hours on end. Also, I think your rating scale is GENIUS!! I'm so happy you did this, Elyse! 😍📖😍

This is THE GREATEST book review video I've ever watched. It feels like a realistic book review from a friend. The good, the bad, relevant plot information to communicate the vibes, and good explanations of what you liked or disliked. Perfect. 10/10

Now we need monthly book reviews. Your rating scale is great. Your Emily Henry reviews is so on point, honestly your described exactly how I’ve experienced her books. Immediately added Better than the Movies to my list.

I love that you are finding hobbies that bring you joy from crocheting, film development, painting, and now reading! Glad you are able to share your love for reading with the internet.

Elyse I lovee your bookish content! YASSS to your booktube era!❤😁

I am HERE for this content! I left social media a couple of years ago, but when I check in a couple of times a year I always go to your Instagram page. I've always been an avid reader and a few years ago I started reading romance when I was low mentally and after I saw someone point out online there's no other genre of book where women definitely get a happy ending. My favourite ones are those that also involve the love and support of community and friendships. I read all sorts and I never thought I'd pick up romance books, but they really do bring me so much joy. I've added your recommendations to my 'want to read' list. ❤

Fun fact from Abby about The Friend Zone ending... The Happy Ever After Playlist was actually the first book she wrote and she went back and wrote The Friend Zone and because that storyline happens first, they decided to lead with that as her debut novel! Abby says, "obviously because Sloan's book was already written, certain *ahem* THINGS in The Friend Zone had to happen - because they already did. They happened before I ever wrote one word of Kristen and Josh's love story. The *big thing* in The Friend Zone wasn't done to facilitate Kristen and Josh's HEA or to add drama."

I LOVE YOUR RATING SYSTEM. The ocd, adhd is working as a superpower in this video. Chef's kiss.

To quote Brea and Mallory: If a book does not bring you joy: Dump! That! Book! ...

I LOVE your spice scale and rating system!! I also find it absolutely wonderful that you and your husband read these aloud together. And the content warnings are SO HELPFUL.

Huge Abby Jimenez fan here! No shade for books you didn't care for or didn't finish, they each bring something new to the table and we all react differently. Few things for you: 1. Abby lives in Minnesota now, so that's why she focuses there. :) 2. The audio books are SO GOOD! As a podcaster and producer, you will really appreciate the effort she puts into casting her dual narrators. It's also a great way to have another "first" with your favorite books. You know the plot, but they bring it to life in a new way.

Please please please please please do these every month! I love to hear you talk about books. Literally my favorite thing to watch on you tube right now is you talk about books. More please. 😊

so wonderful to watch someone talk about books like a normal person - not constantly apologizing for not liking certain things or trying to write weirdly formal reviews. love it, and love that you're enjoying your newfound (re-found?) interest in reading! ❤

Agree with everyone recommending Rainbow Rowell. If you want to give Beth O’Leary another shot her first book “The Flatshare” is one of my favorites. I read spicier than you do, but I think Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities series is probably in the 2.5-3 range. My favorite is the second book “Pretty Face”.

I'm so glad we are getting long form content from you and I love that you don't stay in one lane, we've had photography, crochet, art, lifestyle and now booktube content (and more I'm sure). I'm here for all of it. I mainly watch booktube content and I would never watch someone talk about romance books, I would never read a romance book but I still loved watching you review them. I could watch you do a review of the phone book tbh. Now I'm just excited for you to become obsessed with fishkeeping because that's a huge area for you to fully immerse yourself in with lots of things to learn and they're beautiful and great for your mental health. Anyways, even if not, any long form content from you is just gold!

You HAVE to read Rainbow Rowell. All of her books are either in Omaha Nebraska or have mention of it. She lives there too. Most of her books are YA, but she has a new adult book coming out in July. Her characters are chefs kiss.

Not me screenshotting your rating for every book to refer back to later 😂 I've just gotten into reading this year and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS. So much. I love your rating system too, and definitely appreciate your breakdown of the spiciness scale. We have similar preferences for spice/non-spice so your ratings are super helpful! My rating for this video: 10/10. Please keep doing these!!!

First of all, I LOVE these book reviews!!! Please keep doing these deep dives on your hobbies and things you love, because they are such a joy to watch.

DO NOT STOP! Loved, loved, loved your reviews…kept saying “yes! exactly!”. I’m off to two of the books you recommended as I hadn’t yet found them before you. I can’t wait to see what you find next.

I give you 10 points for originality, pacing, themes, etc. thank you for including spice ratings and having a formula for your rating. One of my new fav videos and I hope you continue to share your reading journey whether it’s 10 books or 1!

The best part about The Happy Ever After Playlist is the actual playlist that goes along with the book in the chapter titles. Listening along to the songs as you read truly truly sets the mood of the book. It's one of my all time favorite books, and I put that playlist on regularly and love every second of it because it feels like you're experiencing the book again just by listening to the music. Cannot recommend that book and playlist combo enough!!

Oh my goodness Elyse you’re so amazing at reviewing books!!! Your scales are so easy to follow and helpful. You’re so clear and peaceful to listen to 😊

Please never stop making these videos! They’re actually so helpful and interesting! I love your rating scales & the way you speak about the books ❤

Amazing. I’m here for every SINGLE BIT OF THIS. Also, greatest line ever: “that. Is. For. My. Therapist.” Thank you so much for normalizing therapy and making it such a great part of life!!

Don’t second guess yourself! I’m a former author and I miss reading, especially spicy books - as much as I used to. But I really have no idea where to start these days, so this is useful! And entertaining 😁

I loved this so much, please keep making videos like this!! Happy Place is one of my favorite books of all time, but that’s because I related so personally to Harriett’s experiences. I love that reading is such a shared experience but can also be so personal! One person won’t enjoy something another person loves, one person might not relate to characters, etc. I’m thinking you’ll love Funny Story and 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Love watching this content! You made me a cameo years ago where you said you were proud of me for reading a ton of books and you struggle to finish any. This is so amazing to see that you read 15 books in a single month!! Your words/advice helped me so much and your videos you’re making now are helping so many people! Thank you for being you Elyse 🤗🥰

This is exactly what I’ve been unknowingly wanting oh so badly! I Love this! So: here’s a preemptive thank you, Elyse, as we, the people, trust you babe. 🥰👍👍 + your silent reaction was: everything….

@elyse_myers Elyseeee this video was SO GOOD from the scales to the captions (I'm at work on my break and didn't bring headphones) adding something in the water to my basket! Please add Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus to your list! P.s the AMOUNT of books you read as a married mom of 2 is incredible! This was such a good video 👍

PLEASE KEEP DOING THIS!!!! I have referred back to this video so many times this month!!!!

This professional-esque consumer breakdown is SO valuable, especially as I embark on writing a book myself. Thank you, thank you! Also, if you ever want to explore some fantasy with the most incredible world building and character development, I highly HIGHLY recommend Brandon Sanderson. 💕

This is incredible and I really appreciated the rating system because I feel bamboozled by some reviews! I’ve read two of the books you reviewed and could totally see how you came to that rating based on your system! Thank you a million!!

I’ve been dyyyyying for you to breakdown what you’ve been reading!! I’ve been trying to screenshot which books you’ve mentioned in other videos. 😂

Please do more of this when you can! The format was absolutely perfect and it helped so much. I now have some new books to look forward to, thank you!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE continue to make book content!!!! I love this and I love how chill and honest you are. A lot of other book videos I see are sooo fluffy and cloying and exaggerated. I love this. You're so calm and I love your vibe. I feel like we're hanging out over coffee!

This makes me so happy 💕 I truly believe reading is for everyone, you just need to find your books and the way you like to read. Books are life ✨️

I want so many more of these!!! My friends and I that have a summer book club, we were just talking about what our summer picks should be. I sent this to everyone! We definitely want to hear this content!

I LOVED this!! I’m SO excited to read the top 3 that you put at the end. Literally all 3 are EXACTLY what I was hoping for my new few reads, and it sounds like we have super similar tastes based on what you said in this video so I’m really excited :)

loving this! it will be so interesting to see how your book tastes change over time 🫶❤️🥺

The way you review books is SOOO satisfying!

This is so timely!! I had gone yearssss without reading, but the other day my boyfriend handed me a comic book that I couldn’t put down. Now I actually WANT to read more but I have no idea where to start. I got so excited when I saw this thumbnail!

Love this! Would watch every month- I always need new book recs

This was so great! You did an EXCELLENT job summarizing and explaining your scores. Please keep doing these, they make my librarian soul so happy.

I really do watch everything you post straight away. Cookie reviews, book reviews, learning how to develop photo’s (which I’ll never do), agorapobia exposures (which I do… do) keep it coming 😂❤️

I’m not a reader for funsies, mostly because every time I try to read, I fall asleep in approximately 2 minutes. So I don’t know what is typical, but this seems like a lot of books to read in a month! I enjoy your reviews and the scales that you used.

You’re so good at reviewing books! It’s like listening to a trusted friend talk about books. Please do more if you can!

almost half-way through the video and im obsessed. Please if you read anymore books this month please do it again! Absolutely lovely and such a comfort video :DDDD

You in a reading era is all I never knew I needed, love it

I normally watch your short form content, but this is absolutely my fav video of yours!! Book videos are my love and your spice scale made me laugh out loud

You are literally incredible at this. Thank you for including the emotional reactions with such thoughtful high level commentary! I'm obsessed

You aren't broken and I loved your reviews! I have a lot of opposite ratings on many of the books but I still loved hearing your take! Books are personal and all our brains are made differently (thank goodness) and I loved hearing your reading journey! 💛 Keep going!

Omg my favorite content creator and my favorite hobby combined! I am going to be late to work now!

I’m mostly online for bookstagram, booktok, booktube, and your videos. So when I saw that my faves were combined in this video, it was the dopamine boost of a life time. 😁 I love that you loved Behind Her Eyes! One of my favorites of all time! The show was really good too.

This was so satisfying to watch. Looking forward to looking these up! Always love you content girl!!

Absolutely am HERE for this content! Not even a fan of romance novels, but I do love reviews! And the way you set this up was just *chefs kiss* !

Abby Jimenez brought me to your youtube page! Just for the summer was my favorite, I think because I relate to her story so much, made me realize my own trauma and brought up conversations with my therapist that i haven’t had before even after years of therapy. That’s why I love Abby Jimenez so much ❤ she goes deep on hard topics and does it in a very responsible and realistic way and describing attachment styles that come as a consequence.

Anyone else hit the like button immediately when starting an Elyse video? I already know I'm going to like it even before I've heard a word. ❤

I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed your content! This popped up randomly and I jumped on it and I’m soooo happy. I took up reading again a few years ago and my heart burst when I saw you were reviewing so many books I’ve read. ❤

YES! Pleeeaaase keep doing these! I only just realized you are still posting on KZfaq and I am THRILLED! ...but now playing catch-up. Sorry in advance for geeking out a bit... Learning that you like the enemies-to-lovers side of romcom, you'd probably love The UnHoneymooners. It's an adorable, fun read (from just a couple years ago) that hits all of the things you mentioned loving in the earlier reviews, and just keeps you wanting to read "one more chapter!" before putting it down (good luck with that). It can be predictable at times (at least for me), but in the best way because it didn't bore me at all. Let me know what you think! Also... are you on Goodreads, because I'd love to connect there! I am a HUGE fan of thrillers, so I'm definitely intrigued by the fact that you typically don't. They're my JAM! I'm a firm believer that you've just gotta read the right ones to get into it. Now I'm curious of your thoughts on Fantasy/SciFi books because there are whole ranges of each but there are some INCREDIBLE ones. I have SO many books to recommend, but I'll slow down. Can't wait to hear what you read next and LOVE your scoring scale.

Two things: 1. I love your book reviews… I need more recs 2. Your hair looks AMAZING in this video!!

This is the start of your book club! Keep it coming!

Absolutely loved this - what a combo, Elyse and romcom book reviews! Two of my fave things! Thank you for sharing :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!! I love how thorough you are with the ratings and you really dive into the book without giving too much away. This video just brought me so much joy! Thank you 🥰

I care Elyse 🥳🎉 Thank you for posting this and sharing your thoughts! I’ve been having a hard time actually reading so I love hearing your synopsis and opinions on the books.

I love that you’re making book content 😻

I’m so excited one of my favorite KZfaqrs is reviewing books now 😭 I REALLY enjoyed your rating scale, and it was very easy to understand. Thank you for being awesome

Thank you so much for including a spice rating!!! Love to know what the content is before I dive in. I appreciate that effort so much!!

I couldn’t love this more! I actually took notes!

I saw you had mentioned Yours Truly in another video and I was waiting for it to be available at my library. I just got it on Monday and read it in two days…well 6 hours split between two days! I loved it soo much I couldn’t put it down! I laughed out loud, I cried, I giggled. It was everything. Now, I’m reading The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest. Just getting into it, but it’s good so far! It’s giving You’ve Got Mail vibes where she writes an email to her fav author and he writes back…then later he discovers that she is his neighbor but doesn’t tell her it’s him because he used a pen name for his book. (I didn’t give anything away, it says as much on the back cover description) Love your review! I’ll be adding more books to my list!

I am so glad you're doing this! I love to read and this was incredibly delightful to watch.

No, but the numerical ratings and spice scale is actually so helpful. 😭 Please continue!

We love everything you do here!

I absolutely love this! Thank you for the recommendations and your thorough reviews! Im going to check out some new authors now!

This video is a breath of fresh air! Don't get me wrong-I love my other booktuber girlies, but they don't go this in-depth. It inspires me to think a littleee more critically about what I am reading even if it is a cute, fun romance. I hope you keep posting these💖

This is my favorite thing ever!!! I want to hear everything you think and feel about every book you ever read! I literally stopped what i was doing to watch this! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

dude I'M excited! i'm autistic and book are my special interest, so this feels like MY video (also the spicy scale being on a pepper spectrum is EVERYTHING to me)

Love the jazzy background music!!

I love these reviews. I’ve read many of these books and somehow listening to you talk about them makes me excited all over again.

Thank you so much for doing this! I always love reading new books, but I get so nervous picking up anything new because I don't know if I'm going to hate it or not. And your rating system is fantastic!!! Thank you again, Elyse!

Please keep doing these!!!! I genuinely value your opinions and I spend basically my entire life reading so I love that I have read so many of the ones you reviewed in this video!!! I am so excited for more of them if you feel like it brings you joy to keep making them!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Omg I LOVED just for the summer! The way it tied into the previous ones at the end was so surprising and good

Loved this!! Thanks for sharing Elyse! I will definitely be reading a few of these recommendations!

Thank you for doing this! I love the format, thought , and your dual rating system! Looking forward to reading some of these and watching more of your reviews!

This is the best book review video ever with the way your rate it. The scale, points and your descriptions… I LOVE IT!!!

Loved this so much. I have read half the books on this list and agreed with almost all of those reviews! Please make this a regular thing! 🤩

I loved this so much! ❤ I can't wait to see more in the future. Just an FYI, a Romance book ALWAYS has an HEA (Happily Ever After) and the whole story revolves around the romance. A Romance series might not have that HEA until the end of the series. Other genres (like mystery, Sci-fi, women's lit, etc.) might have a romance in it but it's not a guaranteed HEA. I used to review books and that tidbit always helped me. Hope this helps!

Pausing between Abby Jimenez and Emily Henry when you doubt yourself to say I WANT TO HEAR THIS! I also read Yours Truly before Part of Your World and had similar reactions, so knowing the rest of your recs is great for me when I don't know which of the pretty covers *I* will actually like, especially as someone who also likes to read lower on the spicy scale! Keep doing what you're doing, you're doing great

Thank you so so so much for the spice scale!! Was so helpful! Also the editing in this video is chefs kiss

I love this kind of content! I'm a huge reader & love these kind of books. I have a lot of these on my tbr & this helps me decide what I want to read next. And I love the spoiler free, but still descriptive reviews. I hope you continue with the book content! ❤

I’m so here for Elyse book reviews! I’d be so happy if you made one of these review videos every month!

I care! I’ve been so lost on what to read next! This is so helpful, because Abby Jimenez was on my list. Also, it’s so good to see your videos again! I miss you on my other platforms!

Love this! Your rating scale makes so much sense, and actually means something which I really appreciate. Some of my favorite books that made me feel things are by Fredrik Backman. I have only read 'My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry', 'A man called Ove', and 'Anxious people'. Loved them so much. Though 'Anxious people' was hard to follow at times.

Please! Please! Keep doing these reviews! I just got back into reading and literally ordered "Behind Her Eyes" the second I saw your silent review. I love reading. I missed reading! And I'm the only person I know that likes to read as much as I do, so I appreciate this video so much ❤

Love this immensely! Your rating system is helpful for other readers and I loved getting your own perspective as well. Love your reactions and excitement around books. I’m with you!

I would love if you continued to make these videos! It's difficult to find this kind of super honest, entertaining review video! I love the rating system and how you break down the points you took off! I really feel like I can tell whether I'd like these books based on how you reviewed them!