December 2023 Reading Wrap Up
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Күн бұрынLet's talk about the great books I read in December 2023!
00:00 - Intro & Stats
02:20 - Reading Wrap Up
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Books Mentioned (all links are affiliated):
BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood - amzn.to/3GhUaVg
RANDOM IN DEATH by JD Robb - amzn.to/3sWfTPr
MISLAID IN PARTS HALF KNOWN by Seanan McGuire - amzn.to/49XZDOQ
IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET - amzn.to/3U4k3Qt
CROOKED KINGDOM by Leigh Bardugo - amzn.to/3XI66Xd
THE FAKE MATE by Lana Ferguson - amzn.to/48Ug1yk
THE CHALICE OF THE GODS by Rick Riordan - amzn.to/3grE5mL
THE CENTRE by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqui - amzn.to/3SjFtb8
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (ISBN: 9781627798556)
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS by Janice Hallett - amzn.to/3KMUrCN
THE MAID'S DIARY by Loreth Anne White - amzn.to/3Q5gDJG
THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE by Richard Osman - amzn.to/3tHupL7
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@Katiedora122 6 ай бұрын
I had one (very online) friend who loved The Fake Mate and convinced my roommate (who doesn't know anything about omegaverse) to read it. And then I happened to be with my roommate when she was talking about the book because she was confused, and then brought up knotting because she assumed it meant ropes, and I was like OH NO. So then she looked it up, audibly gasped, and looked like a grandmother clutching her pearls 🤣 She wound up really really enjoying the book, so I'll probably get around to it soon, lol
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
This made me literally lol 😹😹
@MarieOnYoutube 6 ай бұрын
It’s really interesting to me, because Crooked Kingdom is an all-time fave for me, but I completely get the “they read like adults” thing. I think because my introduction to the universe was the tv-show (where they’re aged up, rightly so imo) I just ignore the ages mentioned in the books and read them like their tv-counterparts 😅 otherwise I think I probably wouldn’t enjoy it as much
@WildeBookGarden 3 ай бұрын
OKAY YES Chalice of the Gods is one of my favorite PJO books too!!! major props to Rick Riordan for being able to stay consistent with characterization but also giving the main cast so much growth, I'm so proud of those lil demigods 🥹
@thischannelisdead9 6 ай бұрын
I feel the same about the characters reading like adults. It brought the first book down for me from maybe a 4-star to 3-star since it was just too distracting for me to actually pay attention to the plot :,)
@tawnyachristensen7310 6 ай бұрын
Great month!
@debralavoie9095 6 ай бұрын
Another excellent video, thank you. 😊
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@bonniestevens4329 6 ай бұрын
Currently reading Chalice of the Gods, and having a great time!
@PokhrajRoy. 6 ай бұрын
Happy Sunday! Also, it’s never too late to wrap up 2023 😂
@brigittemccray8330 6 ай бұрын
Just a note for folks who have an Audible membership-It Came from the Closet is available for free in Audible, if you’re a member 💕
@MarieOnYoutube 6 ай бұрын
Mysterious case of Alperton Angels was amazing 🙌🙌
@lilyc7922 6 ай бұрын
So glad you recommended it came from the closet! I similarly watched the hbomberguy plagiarism video recently (in many many parts cause ohmygod that was so tiring lmao) and had this book on my radar for a while, just kept kinda forgetting about it cause I don’t own it. I needed something to listen to at work and remembered you mentioned it and it’s PERFECT for what I need rn!!
@knottyneedle 6 ай бұрын
I agree with your 'read' on The Last Devil to Die. You need some background for it to become a crying session.
@robgst100 6 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for that Janice Hallett. I picked it up when I was in England last year but was saving it for this dreary month. Have you heard of City Under One Roof? If not, you should look it up. I’m reading now - think it might be up your alley. Happy new year. All the best.
@Ms.SpookyNerd 6 ай бұрын
Great wrap up. I seen the horror movie "sleep away camp" was so creepy good, and the shocking ending still hits me every time😂📚☕
@BooksToAshes 6 ай бұрын
Fate Mate?? Omegaverse? Okay I'm adding this to my want to read list right now! I love that concept
@lilyc7922 6 ай бұрын
Pre ordered alperton angels! We were on such a similar wavelength last year with thrillers that I trust you whole heartedly, also I LOVE mixed media
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy!!
@rw6333 6 ай бұрын
Your Seanan McGuire review was all over the place, but your enthusiasm for the Janice Hallett book more than made up for the confusion earlier!! Loved it! 😂
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
lol I was so discombobulated 😅
@badfaith4u 6 ай бұрын
I’m looking forward to reading Bride by Ali Hazelwood. 🧛♀️🐺
@anne-marie339 6 ай бұрын
I’m sorry… an omegaverse novel in trad pub?!? 🤣🤣 I love it
@ohladysamantha 6 ай бұрын
If you have gotten into Chloe Liese's voice I think you should continue on in the series! The Bergman family is just 🥰 a warm hug of a family. So glad to hear that Bride is a hit for you... I hope that I enjoy it too. This is the year I finally try some Seanan McGuire.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I’ll have to check more out
@ChristmasJourney 6 ай бұрын
You struggling through the Seanan McGuire book review was hilarious!
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I was Struggling 😅
@thefairylibrarian3282 6 ай бұрын
I really need to continue on with The Thursday Murder Club series. I read the first book in September. I don't know if i will be able to get to all four this year, but i will get to at least the second one and hopefully the third this year
@jenniwhatsbookin 6 ай бұрын
I saw your review of The First Mate on NYE and that made me immediately pick it up and read it over the course of 24 and was absolutely giddy the whole time. Fanfic omegaverse meets traditional publishing also equals me, and I need more traditionally published rom coms that are mostly contemporary but slightly paranormal immediately
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
LOVE to hear that!! 🙌
@Trish0978 6 ай бұрын
On Crooked Kingdom - THANK YOU. My main snag on Book 1 was that they were teens (~16-18) but they ALL acted like full grown, completely developed adults with equivalent backstories and I just....couldn't reconcile the discrepancy...which is exactly why I've been putting off Crooked Kingdom lmao
@lusalma5404 6 ай бұрын
I always think Tamora Pierce for Creme de le Creme of YA Fantasy :)
@ollieb.9731 6 ай бұрын
Same!! ❤
@emilyreads5207 6 ай бұрын
She's so good and way underhyped
@lusalma5404 6 ай бұрын
@@emilyreads5207 Mostly because she started when I was young back in the 80s. A couple other underrated are Diane Duane and Meredith Anne Pierce.
@emilyreads5207 6 ай бұрын
@@lusalma5404 I don't know those two...
@lusalma5404 6 ай бұрын
@@emilyreads5207 Diane Duane did the So you want to be a wizard series (plus two magic cat books). Meredith Anne Pierce did the Firebringer Trilogy (Unicorns) and the Darkangel trilogy which actually has a heroine that could read as bi.
@KaylasBestie 6 ай бұрын
As usual, your videos are on point. Because of you, I just ordered my 1st romance book, THE FAKE MATE. I'm not one for romances but from your glowing recommendation, I took a chance. I also purchased THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS. Keep those great recommendations coming. Take care!!
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Omg you're diving in the deep end of the smut pool with The Fake Mate - I hope you enjoy! Glad the recs help :)
@WildeBookGarden 3 ай бұрын
strong agree on the virgin hero trope circumventing so much of the unexamined toxic masculinity that pops up so often with heroes! okay now I'm so conflicted about trying Pride! I dnfed Love Hypothesis in the first chapter, but I think it was more about that particular MC and love interest being very much not for me? so I feel like I might vibe better with her storytelling choices in a completely different set of circumstances 🤔
@marianamasbooks 6 ай бұрын
I didn’t know Ali Hazelwood had a paranormal out! I have to get on that! 👀😍 The Fake Mate was also on my radar but I need to bump it up to the top of my list haha! 😍
@dwdillydally 6 ай бұрын
It officially drops Feb 6th, but my little rural library already has a bib-record and wait list for it. The Hazelwood hype is real!
@inlalaland4 6 ай бұрын
Janice Hallett is now an auto buy author for me. I have spent this first week of the year binge reading her books and The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels was chef's kiss! 5 stars! And the Christmas Appeal had me full on belly laughing at points. So, so good.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@N_Garamond 6 ай бұрын
I have done my duty and requested Alperton Angels from the library. I really liked the other two books I read by Janice Hallett so happy to get into this new one. now I'm super curious your issues with The Centre. But I've seen other booktubers who really enjoyed it, had some critiques but definitely still got a lot out of it, so yes, I'm curious abt your thoughts! also ~~googles Omegaverse~~ gotcha!!! ~~googles knotting~~ oh! lmao
@bjminton2698 6 ай бұрын
Out of 14 books read in Dec, the best was The Fourth Wing by Yarros and the worst was The Templar Legacy by Berry. I'm up to #10 in line for The Last Devil to Die. Surely it will be available soon!! 14 weeks ago, I started in 84th place...
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Slowly but surely getting there!!
@bjminton2698 5 ай бұрын
@@bookslikewhoa Finally!! It's my turn! I'm only on page 40 and am already tearing up - lol. It's such a good series!!
@marisagettas 6 ай бұрын
Two really surprised me this year: 1) PAGEBOY by Elliot Page I dnf’ed at 40% where he started bragging about his sexual exploits and there were so many and all I could think was ‘I hope he’s not outing these people’. I also didn’t feel he was in the best place to write this. A few more years of working with his trauma would’ve been beneficial to a book of this nature. I wanted to love this, and instead I read the whole book hoping there was a person Elliot trusts to just give him huge, gentle hugs for at least about 6 months 2) ONLY FOR THE WEEK by Natasha Bishop (KU) this romance has it all: destination wedding, sand beaches, a man named ROME who is god-like and I wish was a real human, and hot sexy times. I read it on Christmas in two sittings, after gifting it to myself to ensure I would have it. It was a delight!!!! ❤
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I have Only for the Week on my TBR after Ashley from Bookish Realm put it on her best of the year!
@marisagettas 6 ай бұрын
@@bookslikewhoa Ashley was my rec for it too, lol. It was the best romance I read all year, too!! And it’s gonna be a series :)
@mplbooks 6 ай бұрын
Wasn't "Chalice of the Gods" so fun? I loved falling back into that world.
@ashleyslittlelibrary 6 ай бұрын
I'm so excited for that Janice Hallett!
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Yay I hope you enjoy it!
@parkercrystal1 6 ай бұрын
Knotting is now mainstream? Huh. Did not see that coming.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Me neither 😅
@Marie45610 6 ай бұрын
I keep meaning to give Percy Jackson another try. The first time I read it I was around 25, and was a freaking weeb about it being judgemental. Since, as far as I was aware, books like that didn't exist when I was the target demographic in the mid-90s so I just read parts of the original mythology from my school's library and was all "That's not how it was in the myth". So I want to re-read the books and give them a fair chance.
@SrtaMiette 6 ай бұрын
Those earrings 😻😻
@saraackerman8019 6 ай бұрын
I had the exact same opinion about Crooked Kingdom. I liked the first book, the second felt unnecessary. And the characters, while fully fleshed out, read as adults minus Leigh constantly reminding you they are 17.
@jakebates5918 6 ай бұрын
Love these books Mara! Hope you are having a safe and happy new year! Today I'm attending a rally to end the genocide of Palestinians and the occupation of their land in Birmingham, Alabama. Proud to be from the same hometown as Dr. Angela Davis. Free, Free Palestine
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
🙏🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸
@katieparks826 6 ай бұрын
First Thunderhead and now Crooked Kingdom 😩
@parkercrystal1 6 ай бұрын
Right?
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I’m truly a BookTube disgrace at this point 😭😭😭
@katieparks826 6 ай бұрын
@@bookslikewhoa we still love you 😂
@parkercrystal1 6 ай бұрын
@@katieparks826 definitely!
@oonam3519 6 ай бұрын
Question about the new Percy Jackson book: do I need to read the other in-universe stories before picking it up? I have read the original series and HoO, but not anything after that.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Nope I think you’re ready to read it without any other series 👍
@oonam3519 6 ай бұрын
Okay, thank you!
@SarahAsYouWish 6 ай бұрын
As someone who read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom first and loved them, I don’t think you need to read The Shadow & Bones trilogy. I read the first of that trilogy and DNFed the series because the writing is not as strong, neither are the characters, and it was too angsty for me. I completely agree that the Six of Crows characters definitely act like adults, which is probably why the duology worked better for me. 😆
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Haha I’m glad you enjoyed them!!
@ollieb.9731 6 ай бұрын
The idea that the normies are being introduced to omegaverse stuff in trad publishing is making me have a lot of feelings 😅
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
What a time to be alive 😅
@Seolhe 6 ай бұрын
I gotta disagree about reading Shadow and Bone first. I don't think you need it to understand or get invested in the world, especially since the two series are set in completely different parts of said world, and there's not a lot of connective tissue between the two series. I personally read the Six of Crows duology first, absolutely loved it, then went back to read the original Grisha trilogy and I actively disliked it. If I had started with Shadow and Bone, I never would have read another thing by Leigh Bardugo. I fully agree with your second point about the characters reading like adults, but that's exactly *why* I liked Six of Crows! Basically, if you want teens being teens, love triangles and angsty drama in a book that's very firmly younger YA, Shadow and Bone is very much that, and if you want something that reads more adult and has more complex character work, Six of Crows is where it's at. I just think it's a matter of taste.
@heabooktubes 6 ай бұрын
Raiders of the Lost Heart was a disappointment to me since it was literally my most anticipated release and it was just ok. 😭
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Oh noooooo yeah if it was your most anticipated I could see it being a let down 😭
@heabooktubes 6 ай бұрын
Wait, how’d you get Bride already lol I’ve been looking at netgalley.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
lol it’s there! Or at least it was
@caleba9648 6 ай бұрын
One of my favorite books in regard to queer analysis of media is Matt Baume's Hi Honey, I'm Homo. It focuses on sitcoms :) He's also a KZfaqr with great mini-docs about gay media
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
I love Matt Baume’s videos!! He’s such a good communicator
@caleba9648 6 ай бұрын
@@bookslikewhoaI feel like so many people flocked to James Somerton and missed Matt’s content but I think he’s absolutely fantastic and I hope people will seek him out :)
@KatieColson 6 ай бұрын
🖤🌹🖤🌹🖤🌹🖤🌹🖤🌹
@WildeBookGarden 3 ай бұрын
apparently this is a multi comment day lol - I h a t e d The Centre so I can't wait to catch up with your videos and hear why you did too lol
@sablestar1956 6 ай бұрын
How many books were audio books in December?
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
3 if I remember rightly
@Books_and_Budget 6 ай бұрын
Suki (?) is one of the the weakest parts of Wayward for me. She’s just chaos without being lovable to me and makes the plots and dialogue more confusing.
@vely8592 6 ай бұрын
Fyi: there's a racist Israeli ad targeting supporters of Palestinians on your video. I don't know if there's anything you can do about it, probably not, but I thought it would be fair to let you know.
@bookslikewhoa 6 ай бұрын
Ugh that’s so infuriating! No, there’s not really much I can do about it, but I wonder if it’s targeted because mention Palestine 😡
@vely8592 6 ай бұрын
@@bookslikewhoa I just realized it might actually be because of me, because I watch a lot of pro Palestinian content (or alternatively: pro human rights content). You are one of the few people with a platform who humanizes Palestinians and gives them a voice. Thank you for that.
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