Trials is AMAZING so far. I can’t wait for it to release! I have a feeling you’re going to love it

They set the tone for the rest of the book so perfectly! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it so far 🙌🏽

Thank you! They were both so fun to make ☺️

Lol you got this, and I hope you have the best year! 🥰 And thank you!

Look at you continuing series!! 🎉

Thank you! And I don’t blame you- the end of 2023 went by so fast 😩

Ikr I’m so proud of myself lol

I’m so excited for you to get to Tyranny and hope it’s a good read for you! I personally loved it more than Justice

Thank you!! Happy New Year to you too! 🎉

It's AMAZING so far! I can't wait for you to read it!

Not the overdraft 💀😭

My library is sadly lacking in sci-fi and Fantasy so I have to cough up for these genres. My thrillers and mysteries can mostly be borrowed so it's not all bad.

Love this question! I think a lot of it has just come with time tbh. I have a good sense of what I’ll enjoy based on the kinds of themes/tones/characters, etc. that I already love, but I usually don’t know where, exactly, a book will fall on the enjoyment spectrum. So throughout the year I end up with a mix of solid/enjoyable reads and ones that are incredible! And it’s so rare when I’m confident I’ll love something, and it actually turns out to be true. That’s why I’m so happy about Priory 😄 Some predictions have been flops like Senlin and Name of the Wind lol. But a lot of times, I’m reading repeat authors I already enjoy, continuing with series I already love, or seeing people with very similar taste recommend something, so that helps a lot! It can still be hit/miss sometimes, and I do have bad reading stretches. Feb-April last year was incredibly meh, and I still want to forget about most of the books I read in 2021 😂 I also think it seems like I have a lot of positive reading experiences because I don’t consistently talk about the bad/meh ones! If I don’t like something, you’ll probably only hear about those books only a couple times- once in that month’s particular wrap up, and it if was *really* bad, you’ll hear about it a again in a ‘worst books of the year’ video, but that’s about it! I keep my reading stress free, don’t seek out books I know I won’t like, and DNF the ones I’m not enjoying lol I defintely recommend seeing what all your favorite reads/5⭐️ books have in common! Curating the tbr becomes so much easier from there 🙌🏽

@@ToriMorrow thank you so much for responding!! That makes so much sense. I hadn't thought about the fact that while you might rave about a good read all year, you won't necessarily rant about a bad one all year 😆. And I think you're exactly right about repeating authors and continuing in series upping your chances of a book being great! I had never thought about the fact that I very rarely read series, and rarely repeat authors - most of my reading the past few years have been new author after new author. Thank you again for responding! You've given me food for thought. I had already been toying with the idea of becoming a series reader in 2024 since there are so many good ones I want to try, so I think this might be the year for that!

@@ToriMorrow oh and I just thought of one other thing! You pretty much stick to SFF books, right? I read from sooooo many genres (middle grade, ya, adult, novels in verse, self help, biography, nonfiction, contemporary, sci Fi, fantasy, graphic novels etc) that I can totally see why I may be getting a very mixed bag when it comes to reading books I love. Maybe I can look at my reading ratings for 2023 and cut out a couple of genres I consistently don't enjoy.

Yes!! I loved making it 🥰

That’s fair! From what I’ve heard I think pacing is an issue for most people who didn’t really get on with the book. But I loved watching the world/history of priory unfold so much that it didn’t bother me 😄 I still need to read her bone season series, but looking forward to it!

Aw thank you so much! Happy new year 🥰

@@ToriMorrow Wish the same to you and your family.

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