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@tophs11 5 ай бұрын

a banger. no notes. one hour of joy curled up with a cup of tea and a blanket. thank you for delivering x

@Anna2187_ 5 ай бұрын

Screaming crying throwing up I’ve been so nervous about you reading Emily Henry for the first time!! 🫣

@BRhymesss 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t even think of this and now I’m terrified

@libraryofkaris 5 ай бұрын

ahh i'm happy that you had such good success with these books!!! and I'm SO happy that you liked emily henry!!! i think you will like her others too, because the reasons you said that you enjoyed happy place do mostly run through her others too

@colleenandmark 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤. You don’t have to feel bad about Henry, I loved watching him on happy days in the 70’ , I am in my late 50’s. I enjoy watching and listening to you, you make it so fun and interesting. Blessings from Colleen in NZ😊

@chelsey8737 4 ай бұрын

I only know who he is bc he's the dad on Royal Pains 😂

@morganarosana 5 ай бұрын

Misery is my favorite from King, and I think you would like it

@KatieColson 5 ай бұрын

I’m going to pick up Check & Mate right now. I’m in a funk but you’re talking me into trying a book tonight 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

@theborky 5 ай бұрын

when you talk about the nancy drew pc games, i feel so seen, i still have fun replaying them. they have the best vibes!

@chloe.imogen 5 ай бұрын

SCREAMING at the fact that I'm watching this in a Premier Inn in London that has the same artwork on the wall!! My jaw literally dropped. Also whenever you mention the Nancy Drew games I cheer!! I absolutely love those games, definitely encourage you to get back into them. Whenever you compare a book to them it makes me want to read that book immediately 😅

@mollyb698 5 ай бұрын

SUCH A FUN VIDEO! Loved seeing you tackle so many different genres in one video!

@missblondiee22 5 ай бұрын

I'm calling it - Book Lovers will be your Emily Henry!!

@chelsey8737 4 ай бұрын

Its the only one I've read and I don't want to be let down so I won't read any more 😂

@dobetterwithchristian4472 5 ай бұрын

Yay Meg! I'm so glad your rocky starts is smoothing out. Happy Place is my favorite Emily Henry book and Check and Mate was fantastic!

@plansandjacy 4 ай бұрын

Omg omg this was so much fun to watch!! I loveeeddd Check and Mate too!! 🏆🏆

@theborky 5 ай бұрын

ugh best thing to come back from class to!! time to curl up for an hour of megan content🥰

@laurenloveslibros 5 ай бұрын

I was so nervous about you reading Emily Henry but I’m so excited you enjoyed it!

@MoominAlanna 5 ай бұрын

I’m so happy for you and all your positive stars ✨

@janelleblack9019 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are the highlight of my days

@heidiu2scrap 5 ай бұрын

Yes! An hour of Meg!🥰

@novaartino2874 5 ай бұрын

🏆 I loved check and mate 😍😍 You spoke my thoughts exactly, I NEED more fiction about chess it’s so much fun. There’s just something about characters liking niche/nerdy things that’s just so fun to read about! This video was awesome 😊

@maureenp2248 4 ай бұрын

Yay, you're making so much progress toward your nonfiction reading goal! :)

@alyssa_jensen 5 ай бұрын

Omg can you IMAGINE if you had to read Fourth Wing, Weyward, AND Frieda for this video too?? The horror!😂

@VeraFran 5 ай бұрын

Meg's year finally started!

@Kittyzero13426 5 ай бұрын

Such a fun video.

@AliDoisRead 5 ай бұрын

I have been BINGING your videos today which is funny because I don't navigate toward mystery/thriller too much but omg you are so good at talking about books and you're entertaining af! So glad this video got me invested in your channel 🥹 My job needs to pay you for keeping me sane for the 8 hours I worked today 🥲🏆

@ChemicalPenguinn 5 ай бұрын

Yay, you got the video up!

@gabbyreads 5 ай бұрын

Such a fun video!! 👏 that’s so awesome you had already read so many winners of the categories haha. I’m so glad you enjoyed the Emily Henry!! 🥰 Book Lovers is my favorite from her, I’d be so curious to hear your thoughts on that one! 🥹

@ashleyyeoman9872 5 ай бұрын

not bestie and i having the same watercolor comforter and pillow cases🥰 i actually love the feeling of it haha so i hope you’re enjoying it too

@superjess89 5 ай бұрын

Glad you had some good reads finally! 🏆

@LolaStrick 5 ай бұрын

🏆 our reading champion!!!! On the up!!!

@pullenthreads 5 ай бұрын

I love these 5 star moments for you!!! 🏆

@thepagesofsamantha 5 ай бұрын

SO happy you finally found your five stars!! 🏆🏆

@mickeyhank 5 ай бұрын

A lot of fun, thanks Meg! Happy you got some great reads, finally. 😉 Glad Emily Henry came through, I haven't read her yet either. A surprise with that 5 star YA book - excellent. Cool you took in a couple good non-fiction books as well. Funny edit ads as usual, much appreciated! I looked up Eddie on tiktok with his "This is shit! Wake-up." 😂I think he's right. 😂

@imorca1994 5 ай бұрын

What I need: I vlog where Meg reads a books about the best activity ever: chessboxing.

@samworley3960 5 ай бұрын

the way i was giggling kicking my feet squealing that you finally got a five stars!!!!!!! slay queen

@dolphin1273 5 ай бұрын

I love Ali Hazelwood, too!! I have Bride on my TBR for March!

@emafenn 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to chatting about SK and Holly when i next see you. I have lots you can borrow, been collecting them from charity shops/second hand shops😊

@brandim1230 5 ай бұрын

Henry was also in the original scream movie. He was the principal.

@paperbacksgalore 5 ай бұрын

I’m so happy you had 2 five stars!!! I need to read another Ali Hazelwood soon omg

@chelsey8737 4 ай бұрын

The Aet Thief by Michael Finkel was absolutely outstanding! It was entertaining and enthralling and I adored every single second of the audiobook

@melaniefraser8827 5 ай бұрын

Check & Mate was sooooo good !

@Lucy-nl2ej 5 ай бұрын

the shining is my favorite book of all time so i would def recommend that one lol

@carissa1446 5 ай бұрын

I agree with you on The Woman in Me. I listened to the audio, which she didn’t narrate, and it sounded like a really long interview without the questions. It was good and she got into some details on stuff that was a surprise, but it didn’t feel really personal 🏆🏆🏆

@MissBronwen 4 ай бұрын

You react to Ali books the same way I do 😂 they make me giddy and giggly and happy 😊

@Anna2187_ 5 ай бұрын

Omg yayyy so excited for you to read Emily Henry’s other books 🫶🏽 everything you said is why she is a favorite romance author for me!

@Anna2187_ 5 ай бұрын

I’m so happy that this vlog was such a success!!!

@helena8226 5 ай бұрын

Please read The Shining! You are gonna love it! It’s my favourite book ever!

@JustReadingwithJazzy 5 ай бұрын

Covid being in a Horror makes sense 🤣 That was a horrific time ☠️

@martinmeek2766 4 ай бұрын

King wrote a short story in if it bleeds the same name is a novella with Holly in it. A sequel of the outsider

@ffiontill5924 5 ай бұрын

Hold up you’re in/near Swansea? Please do a meet up, I’d love to go book shopping and talk about books with you!💗 I’m so glad you liked happy place, I was nervous going into it because I read a book with a similar plot and it just wasn’t for me but gosh Emily Henry’s writing is just another level and I’ve loved all of her romance/ contemporary? Books. I haven’t read her other genres though

@ItsVidaK 5 ай бұрын

Yesssss

@RoseArnoldd 5 ай бұрын

Oooooh yes to Misery!

@ChanelChapters 5 ай бұрын

“Behind every successful man is the most incredible woman you’ve ever met - I wanna read her book” 🙌

@cieci7465 5 ай бұрын

This was my first time watching your channel and I thoroughly enjoyed you! I would suggest Insomnia by Stephen King if you're looking for an older book of his. It was the second book of his that I ever read and I was hooked from then on. 🏆

@rileyxchaos 5 ай бұрын

I would definitely read Killers of the Flower Moon, it has a lot more suspense to it than the Wager

@miiisssssyyyy 5 ай бұрын

I love broccoli too bestie

@Alex18630 4 ай бұрын

Joyland and Shawshank Redemption were my favourite Stephen Kings, then The Shining. I gave Misery a 3 star, but would like to re-read it. I also enjoyed The Body (the short story) ❤

@lilyc7922 4 ай бұрын

Not sure if you’ve read her but if you like Romance that reads more like general/ literary fiction, I HIGHLY recommend Mhairi McFarlane!! Her characters and friend groups feel so lived in

@Pernille842 5 ай бұрын

Finished Reading check & mate just Yesterday and i gave it 5 stars as well. I was blown away about How well done it was. Couldnt believe a YA romance could be so good! And it’s so Ali Hazelwood even though it’s YA. The book is everything you love about Ali Hazelwood. And I loved Reading about chess as well and I Also wanted to jump straight into my next Ali H. Book 🤭❤️ Also this book did for chess what Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Carrie Soto is back should have done for tennis!! (Sorry about the caps mixed in. It’s my autocorrect that’s going bonkers and correcting it is like playing chess with Koch!)

@monicamerle1417 5 ай бұрын

If you haven't watched "Barry" you don't know what you're missing girl! "Butts" is a great book that I actually read when it came out. You should have add it to your tbr now

@CheyeW13 5 ай бұрын

with regard to loving chess books, maybe take a look at some sports fiction? it's surprising how nerdy things can get behind the scenes. the reason good chess fiction (like queens gambit) works is because it takes tropes from sports fiction (passion, competition, training montages, etc)

@TheBookHoarder 5 ай бұрын

The toilet paper for the permanently blocked nose is sooo real lmao

@krisprepolec5616 5 ай бұрын

As a tall, sarcastic, intentionally childless city-dweller I absolutely love Book Lovers, but I also really liked Happy Place. I cried my eyes out!

@sphinxinherhat 5 ай бұрын

It would seem an obvious next book to go with for Emily Henry is Book Lovers. I dont read her but if I was going to start that is what I would pick up. You're obviously in tune with the title.

@marek3505 5 ай бұрын

Misery! Yes!

@marshalmallow7192 5 ай бұрын

So like Stephen King is not my favorite author, but I do think it would be really fun to see a reading vlog dedicated to some of his classics (e.g., Carrie, The Shining, It, Misery, Pet Semetary)

@Sarah.reads.sometimes 5 ай бұрын

“How am I Ali Hazelwood’s bitch?” 😂 me, after loving Bride when I told myself I wouldn’t read it because I wasn’t interested in the paranormal romance but omg it was so good 😂❤

@hannahduckett7441 4 ай бұрын

Henry Winkler was the principal in Scream

@youtubefreak5935 5 ай бұрын

I’ve never read a Stephen king book yet. I do have Holly (got it as a present ) but can I read this even though I’ve not read the other books? Can I read it as a standalone?

@jennak.6287 5 ай бұрын

I really need to rea Happy Place by Emily Henry but I’m so nervous for some reason 😫 even though I’ve given all of her romance books 5 stars

@AjaReads 5 ай бұрын

The only reason I know 'The Fonz' it because of that one FRIENDS episode where Phoebe is giving birth and her doctor is obsessed with the Fonz LOL

@angelaluz405 5 ай бұрын

🏆You really do have to know who Henry Winkler is to enjoy the book. Also, I have no idea why it was put in comedy. I loved the book, but I'm old and grew up watching him.

@LynnHermione 5 ай бұрын

22:17 I don't know what they do ghostwriters instead of just have the interview. BTS' memoire Beyond the Story is written by a journalist AND BTS because their words are transcribed, in italics, verbatim. The journalist did the interviews for several years and organized the information but it is very clear what are the journalist's words, usually providing context or connecting moments, and what are BTS' words, unaltered.

@aprilduncan5034 5 ай бұрын

You should read Billy Summers by King!

@martinmeek2766 4 ай бұрын

Have you scene scream the first movie Henry was the principal

@gabrielle_vx 5 ай бұрын

I recently read Wild Things by Laura Kay and it was a cute lighthearted LGBT+ romance with wholesome secondary characters. I haven't heard anyone talk about it anywhere so I thought I'd share in the chat :)

@isabellavalentine7268 4 ай бұрын

Meg, I haven’t finished this video, I’ve barely started it in fact. But please know that Happy Place is probably Henry’s worse book. Please don’t give up on her

@miiisssssyyyy 5 ай бұрын

I highly recommend Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king it’s so good

@melaniewall3695 5 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen Waterboy with Adam Sandler. If so, Henry Winkler was in it.

@greeranelson 5 ай бұрын

Re: Holly, I think it’s wonderful when books have COVID-19 at the forefront. We will be happy to have these for historical reference of what it was like many years from now.

@sleuthytv1228 5 ай бұрын

I read Check and Mate and was cracking up that it was YA. Loved it but I’d say 18 plus. I was a little appalled at the dialogue between the 12 year old , the mom and the MC

@lifewithlindsey1920 5 ай бұрын

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@ktxx22 5 ай бұрын

The next Stephen King you read needs to be 11/22/63! It’s excellent!

@kaytlinhenderson9206 5 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@samanthaking3774 5 ай бұрын

My partner of 13 years cheated on my because i ended up in a wheelchair im so glad I read happpy place way before.i get what you mean by it gives aniexty. I've only readthat book of hers also gave it 4 starts

@kathrynsmith141 5 ай бұрын

There's no need to apologise, there's no judgement - Stephen King is great, he's popular for a reason! He's written so many different kinds of things, this series of books being good for you makes sense ☺️ hope you do read more from him because I love his stuff - "11/22/63" and "Bazaar of Bad Dreams" are among my favourites on the newer side, "Misery" is horrifying and amazing, "The Long Walk" is brutal and gross but thought provoking and amazing

@heabooktubes 5 ай бұрын

It can’t be classified as a romance genre book if you don’t know for sure that they’ll be together in the end. That happily ever after is a genre convention in the same way that a mystery book has to actually have a mystery. It doesn’t make it bad if it doesn’t, but it does make it a different genre.

@martinmeek2766 4 ай бұрын

Read Billy Summers by Stephen King or Misery

@ChemicalPenguinn 5 ай бұрын

I DNFd Holly so I do not claim Stephen 😂

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 5 ай бұрын

I’ve still never read an Emily Henry 🫠

@MilenaReads 5 ай бұрын

Fuck Justin Timberlake was my main give away of reading all the goodreads winners. 😅

@Youtuber13111 Ай бұрын

Trophy Emoji 🏆

@bellsbooksnhooks 5 ай бұрын

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@sharonlovesbooks 5 ай бұрын

You made me feel so old when you had no idea who Henry Winkler is,

@Lehcar1 4 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. If you're going to read older Stephen King, don't read misery. I found it gratuitously violent. But I love his books mostly. Read It, Salem's lot, Tommy knockers, shawshank redemption, the body....was made into the movie stand by me. The shining, for me is fantastic and a great place to start. I haven't seen the movie of It, but the book is great

@AnaMoShoshin 5 ай бұрын

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@whispers3661 5 ай бұрын

If you only watch 1 thing with Henry Winkler I highly suggest Waterboy with Adam Sandler. It's soooo funny

@bagbagsbags7425 5 ай бұрын

Can you read “Holly” without reading previous books with her?

@marissalong3197 5 ай бұрын

You can definitely read Holly without reading the other books. However, it does semi-spoil the other books so if you plan to I would say read those first.

@connor98reilly 5 ай бұрын

Yayyy Meg, not you making me want to un-dnf happy place and continue it

@tawnyachristensen7310 5 ай бұрын

Do I need to have read the previous King books with Holly in it to get into Holly? I have had a troubled relationship with Stephen King but have only read a handful, mostly his earlier works. Hated how he portrayed attitudes towards women, sexual innuendo etc..