I'm due for a monk and robot reread as well! honestly too good and too short not to. great video!!

I love how you keep it light but real by setting a ✨ hopeful ✨ TBR bc I too can’t plan too far ahead what I might read because I go with what I’m feeling

such a good list! we'll keep you accountable hehe I hope you get to read all you want this season! I'm particularly excited about Eva Evergreen from your tbr, the Little Witch Academia vibes really speak to me, I can't wait to hear your thoughts <3

I've never seen someone explaining the premise of Assassin's apprentice so wrong 😅 You will be very surprised by this book 😁

What You Are Looking For was my favorite read of last year! Highly recommend. Can’t wait to hear what you think🤍

That's a nicely varied TBR that you have there ☺️ looking forward to hearing your thoughts about Iron Flame! Happy reading!

"we went around a round a bout" 😂 Iconic

why was the soundeffect(?) over the bird call so cute hahaha

So with you on Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. I can be a bit of snob and thought I was going to think it's cheezy and dumb but I actually don't remember the last time I had that much fun reading

the puzzle while drinking the tea 😭 so comfy

Happy to see a video of you again 💙

Michael Kramer is so amazing! When you hear Marsh’s voice at the start of Well of Ascension and it’s so much more gravelly but still almost recognizable it’s just so insanely impressive.

I listened to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. And not immediately after, but soonish, I started listening to Fourth Wing again, but in Spanish to practice the language (and re-listen to it). Soooo, there's that 😅

Coming on here to say if you have a Spotify subscription, they have audiobooks on there too :)

Mistborn is one of his earliest works and Brandon Sanderson has mentioned that he regrets not having more female characters, he has said that he focussed primarily on Vin as female protagonist and let other female characters languish. I think he has done a better job of dealing with female characters on series that came after mistborn Era 1. Stormlight Archive, Mistborn Era 2, Warbreaker and all of his secret projects has female characters that are done well.

completely unrelated to the video but I keep forgetting to ask, what part of Australia do you live in? It simultaneously looks very familiar and also aspirationally enchanting

Yay I've finally read enough overlap to make a comment! Unmasking Autism does a great job at leading the reader to self-realisation rather than self-diagnosis e.g. my fav quote "“I absorbed the idea, common to many 'gifted' children, that a person’s intellectual potential belongs to society, not to themselves, and that they owe the world greatness to justify their oddness”. I also finished Fourth Wing this month to get to the good good dragon politics, but every single character in that book (including the dragons...) is only ever motivated by either survival or lust and it makes them feel too boring for me to want to start Iron Flame

I like listening instead.

Given your love for dragons, I suggest you read Vivian Vande Velde's middle grade book "Dragon's Bait." It was first published in 1992.

1:04 classic Cora vacuum

I know its old but welcome to booktube 📚☕

Omggg where do you live its so beautiful and this is my favourite reaction video 🤍

Your fiddle leaf fig’s leaves are turning yellow and drooping most likely for 2 reasons: You are overwatering, and it’s outgrown its pot. Try repotting it in a larger, self draining pot and adding vermiculite to the soil. And don’t water it too often or too much. Think sips vs. gulps.

AW yay this video was exactly the cozy productivity energy i needed today! i'm also in "getting back on track" mode, might make a video bout that soon. in the meantime, thanks as always for the immaculate vibes!

Love the puzzle porn Excited to see the butterflies 🦋

Yeaaah, welcome back! The previous comment makes me giggle because SAME! Was thinking that I was looking forward to your next video and here it is, what a treat ^^ Well done on the plant repotting and deck cleaning, I also need to do that... Puzzle + audiobook is my favorite thing (and Fourth Wing + Iron Flame also destroyed my productivity for a little while, I feel you, you're not alone!) That Sailor Moon sweatshirt looks amazing btw 😍

Was literally just thinking about how good it would be to have a Meekela video to watch this evening. And you provided! thank you <3

I know this isn’t a super recent video- but I just had to say that I love the music you use 🥰

So happy to watch your videos! Any video, but this in particular because I missed you!

Yeah! I love your videos - please don't burn yourself out trying to make them better because 1) they're already lovely, and 2) we want you to keep making them ^^ Also, I have the same cognitive hierarchy XD Take care!

@Curious-Cat brought me here. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

yay meekela vid!! I love your music choices and end card

Hi Meekela, I'm sorry to hear that you feel a bit burned out. You have no idea how much these sections of your videos make me feel seen and heard. I love your videos for what they are and I'm so thankful that you share these feelings. Also, of course I have a banana bread recipe: 2 big bananas (or 3 smaller ones) = 250 g. 1 table spoon of lemon juice 1/2 cup of oil (125 ml) 1/2 cup of soy milk (125 ml) 3/4 cup sugar (about 150g) 1 tea spoon of vanilla extract 1 tea spoon of salt 1 tspoon of baking powder 1tspoon of baking soda 3 table spoon of grounded chia seed (or flaxseed) how many chocolate chips you want 1/3 cup of nuts or how many you want 1 tea spoon of sugar 1 tea spoon of cinnamon Pre heat oven 350°F / 180°C Mash up bananas in a mixing bowl, add lemon juice, sugar, oil and milk. Let it sit until you prepare other ingredients In another bowl, mix the flour, sal, baking powder, baking soda, the seed. Gradually add this to the banana mixture until well blended. Do not beat. Add the chocolate, put this in a loaf pan and add the nuts, and a mix of sugar and cinnamon on top. Cook for 45 minutes or until a knife's blade comes out clean. Let it cool out and enjoy! :)

Yay, meekela video day! (had to force myself to wait until after work to watch) may i ask which mic you use? 🙃

felt deeply heard and seen at the 10 minute mark, i love ur channel and how your videos make me feel so just wanted to let u know you inspire me a lot :) sending lots of love <3

Princess peach is the coolest

I wanna buy the book but english isn't my native language. Do you think it's gonna be hard for me to read it in English?

I started like 5 books, got a chapter in and put them away. All different genres, non-fivtion, sci-fi, fantasy, contemporary. Now I'm currently on my 9th consecutive romance since mid-February. Most of them are re-reads but my brain just can't! right now! We all need that, it's called self-care.

I pre-ordered a sapphic hockey romance set to be published in November 2024 called "Wake Up, Nat & Darcy" by Kate Cochrane

Take the time you need :) We'll be there for the next video when it comes (at least I will ^^)

I think I might need to play Dave The Diver now…. I’ve just finished the game A Short Hike which is a cozy game where you play as a bird and it was very fun. You might like it!!

You mentioned hockey romances, and Elle Kennedy. Which books did you read? I just started one and I’m worried I won’t like the romance, but I may have just chosen the “wrong” one?

I think you could have fun with Divine Rivals. I really like the audio version of Unmasking Autism and I'd highely recommend this book! Also I've recently read The Broken Earth and I LOVED IT! It is a climate sci-fi, if this makes sense. The story and characters are pretty easy to follow. Thank you so much for sharing your TBR, I love how your videos make me feel (mostly cozy)! 😊

I haven't read that many books from your TBR list but I'm excited about the ones on your "genuinely kind of excited" tier too! I have read some Discworld novels, I'm following publication order (so, also started with The color of magic) and I would recommend you to have the second book (The light fantastic) prepared since those two do "go together" (the rest of them I think work better reading them by themselves). Still, I don't want to be discouraging since I do really love and enjoy my time reading them a lot !

I would start with Fourth Wing! It took me like 10 chapters before I got into it, but it really loved my time with it

I've never read it but I hear Graceling is a series that doesn't have to be read all at once because each book centers on the same world but different situations and characters. In case that helps.

I loved your template!!🐝agree with what you said about Atlas Six. Murakami was a snooze fest for me personally, but highly recommend Unmasking Autism! Also agree with the priory placement

My vote is for Jade City. It's a chonker of a book, but doesn't require as much focus to keep track of characters and story world rules as high fantasy tomes.

omg PLEASE read the fifth season, i loved that series but didn't click with The City We Became. the series is so much better to me.

Oh, Dating Mr. Dil sounds perfect to listen to on audiobook while doing a jigsaw puzzle (my favorite thing ^^) -- adding that one to my list! That was a fun video -- the "could sit on my TBR for a decade" made me chuckle, cause I definitely have books that have been sitting on my shelves for years, likely a decade for some of them (ouch)