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Matched did have a good world but the romance was just so bad 💀 it’s the only book I actually hate

Have you ever read one of the best scifi novel series I know of: The Expanse by James S. A. Corey(who are actually two people interestingly enough)? If not, I recommend it and doing a review of it.

Can you change fonts in it? Because if so i will 100% look into one because i have dyslexia and anything to get a different font!

ABSOLUTELY LOST MY MIND WHEN YOU COMPARED IT TO PITCH PERFECT KSKDJDJJDJD 😭😭😭💀💀💀 YOU ARE SO CORRECT 😭😭😭💀💀

The Island of the Immortals by Ursula K. LeGuin. Top one You know who else listens to Goldberg variations? Hannibal Lector, who by the by is practically worshipped by none other than Donald Jessica Tr*mp as a "swell guy". yeah. cancelled Also. Loving Poe is such a cliche euro thing to do

As someone who put off reading the selection series for so long because I thought it was exactly what you said in the video, I was so wrong. The social and political commentary in that series along with the little spin-off of their daughter is absurdly good for a series that was only described as ‘the bachelor for royalty’ for *years*. No one told me about the rebels and abuse and massacre that’s in it. Like obviously there are points that are absolutely absurd and sometimes characters are purposefully insufferable, but it’s still such a good series

I think my *favorite* moment from what you talked about was when he realized that he'd "fallen in love but she had just done what women do" which is change his priorities and he changed his schedule and took her on vacations and whatever she wanted to do, when so many times she kept saying *no* to him about that stuff. I haven't read the book, but like, bro, you did that???

I started reading Russian literature because of booktok, in my country, there's not much interest or reading encouragement, so I mostly get recommendations from online friends or the internet, also book prices in Chile are super inflated like 100% compared to the US.

After reading the book what made me mad was basically one thing: Rowan is never really sorry, he is always "I'm sorry buuut actually I may be a bit right". He was NEVER really sorry, not for real. Never a completely sincere apology. My proud self was sooooo mad for that.

I don't really like romance genre and hate romcom with a passion, maybe that's why I always like when the romance is sad, is a tearjerker or doesn't even have a HEA endings (although it won't fit in the genre anymore) 😂

Hello, I just discovered your channel. Solo trip are truly inspiring, especially because I'm afraid of doing this myself. Love the vibes of the video! Also, I have two questions: very nice vest (at 08:06) where did you find it? I'm curious.

... So his best moves is relentless and uncomfortable begging goshhh 😂

love triangles are always “guy that’s obviously going to end up with the main character and other guy that’s just there to create conflict but is never actually an option”

The recent met gala shows we are all in the hunger games.

I’m nearly done reading powerless and I also really disliked the names given to the elite. I just thought it lacked creativity and didn’t want to even read it afterwards. I know its supposed to be enemies to lovers but it didn’t feel like enemies to lovers. I do admit that some of the lines that lauren roberts wrote had me gagged and kicking my feet a little bit. I wish that there were more of the story instead of every scene with kai and paedyn constantly flirting. I feel like the story tried too hard. However I am enjoying it a little more than I had before.

A short story that I really like and that everyone should read is "Continuity of Parks" by Julio Cortázar. It may not cover deep topics like some of the others you read in this video, but it's still great. It's also only a page or two long, so it's really a short story.

"'They cut away pieces of me,' she whispered in the darkness. 'But I handed them the knife.'" Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly is my favorite retelling of Cinderella. It's about the 'ugly' stepsisters and their lives after Cinderella gets her happy ending and how they navigate being outcasts by the kingdom, their injury, and how and why they did wrong with Cinderella.

ah yes the November-ish weather in June. Same !! (I live in France) It's making my exam revisions very very depressing. I'm reading philosophy lessons about how life is fated to be miserable so that doesn't help either

I can't believe this video has spoilt me morphology of the folktale. /j Nah, but that book has been sleeping on my shelfs for AGES. Edit: grammar.

I've read ,,The Giver'' for class and it was the first time that a book for school had me hooked like this. It is really really good. (the movie is trash tho and has little to nothing to do with the book idk what they did there). We've read another dystopian(-ish?) book called ,,Never let me go'' and gosh. That was the most depressing book I've ever read and I hated every second lol. The movie is equaly depressing. Theres another dystopian(-ish? .. its just not the typical futuristic dystopian trope but gives of very dystopian vibes) book I've read and really enjoyed was ,,Numbers''. I liked the setting and the idea of being able to see peoples time of death.

The comment at the end from Snow that it is what we love most that will destroy us is poignantly true. The mark of a good or evil person is whether they stand by what they love the most as it is destroying them. I think this movie is brilliant as is the novel in that it is so thought provoking.

I love your cat!! Been following you for years! But today back to your channel After a year!! Hope she lives a happy long and wholesome life

i love caraval, so i completely disagree. the series is so good including once upon a broken heart!

I miss the person I was 28 minutes and 41 seconds ago

You should read "Only Ever Yours" by Louise O'Neill - I think you would really enjoy it!

I saw the four horsemen reference coming, but I still love just how far you went with it!

Can’t believe this is how I’m learning Community has an episode with the plot of Selection

Twilight could never

i can't believe we've booktok'd ourselves back to 50 shades of grey

I LOOVE "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin (also on public domain). I wrote a paper on it in college and it's stuck with me ever since.

I am absolutely obsessed with "Emily Wilde's", its the first book (especially tiktok book) in a very long time that made me enjoy reading! From the first experience with the character you do feel a very distinct voice, I mean it feels like you're really reading someone's journal. The setting is gorgeous and comfy, the characters immensely enjoyable, and the romance aspect was perfection. Their extensive history together makes it feel like it's well developed, even if we don't get to experience much of it. I loved, loved, loved this book and agree with everything you mentioned ^^

this video is so long and so beautiful, I've been watching it in pieces for the last week and every time I watch like 30 sec, I regain my desire to read. Thanks for the creativity, Leo ❤

28:42 I thought that in the book Snow gave her the container (his mother's compact) for the rat poison, but that he didn't actually ever tell her to get the poison. He obviously implied it, but he himself was not the one who picked it up and gave it to her (the rat poison was littered around the cage where the tributes were kept and Snow didn't have access to it after Arachne was killed iirc). He simply provided Lucy Gray a method thru which to obtain and bring the poison into the arena and nudged her in that direction, and she was astute enough to pick up on that and take advantage because she wanted to survive. I'm not saying she wanted to kill anyone in the arena (she clearly avoided it at all costs), but I don't think that without the rat poison she would have refused to kill another tribute entirely, or not found another clever way to bring about one or more of their demises.

For better navigation the reader with buttons is so much better

I lived in Edinburgh for a month and fell in love with it.

The Selection had some very silly bits in it, like Italy and France having a monarchy and the unification of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and possibly Finland being called Swendway!

The Giver was the first dystopian novel I read, I thought it was really interesting. Delirium was enjoyable too. I liked the first Maze Runner book then gave up early in the second book

I enjoyed Legend, Cinder and the Matched trilogy.

Obligatory comment to mention that Sarah J Maas took a lot of stuff from the Black Jewels books by Anne Bishop, and none of Anne Bishops characters were fae

Alix E. Harrow is so good she's my favorite author. I recommend Once and Future Witches by her. It's just chef's kiss.

Loved powerless. Didn`t really like bride

Brave woman! I hope you had fun and could be in the moment most of the times. Did you visit the 'storytelling museum'? I went to visit Groningen one time alone. As I set and drank my beer alone amongst student groups, I felt sooo selfconscious. The difference between lunch and dinner is so odd, isnt it? I loved the vibes of this video. Very inspirational, thank you!

That is an amazing list! I’ve read seven out of the ten and those were all fantastic. I will have to find Things We Lost in the Fire, The Egg and All Summer in a Day.

I saw this book in the store I work at and decided to give it a shot... that's two weeks completely wasted.

would love to watch more like these! i can never find any long enough

I still haven't watched the video but I wanted to thank you for focusing on short stories. They are one of the most important formats in my country's literary history (I'm from Argentina) and they often get overlooked in other places. It's so refreshing to see them here, I live short stories so much ❤ Edit: after writing this comment I saw that the first story you read was by a fellow Argentinian, that's so cool ❤

In defense of this series: the second book is better

"We don't have another hunger games movie/book coming" did not except the 2nd Quarter Quell book announcement

Hi! I loved your takes on this topic. As someone who’s always wanted to create video essays I often wonder what editing softwares creators use. Or how they even acquire the media clips from films. I’m sure it is something you had to research thoroughly at the start of your channel. If you have any resources that you could extend I would appreciate it greatly. Nevertheless, you’ve found a viewer in me. I’m excited to hear more of your literary perspectives.

that's coffee, right? That much coffee doesn't come back to uh, disturb your day?