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@@tobi_f I totally get that. I think simpler books work really well in audio like YA and romances. Books that require more attention I usually listen to the audio and read physically at the same time. I love doing that. And for really complex stuff I just read regularly super slowly. I don’t usually just put a classic on audio while I drive for example, I’ll play something light and easy to follow at those times. So maybe that method could make it work for you? But I also get if it’s just 100% a pass. Some people are just better visual readers!

girl I- im in shock LOL. Sanderson loves doing his different eras! I actually had no idea about that so that's so good to know, thank you. I won't let it deter me though. I feel like his books are such a fantasy reader right of passage. my audiobook hold for the way of kings came in last week and its 45 hours! so I pushed the hold to be delivered in February because im not quite ready yet... but it will happen this year

good luck! annotations really help keep me on track. if you've never read Jane Austen before I would say give it at least 100 pages and then make judgements. for me the first 100 were a little slow, and hard to get used to, but then I found myself super in love with the story after that point. also the new adaptation on Netflix with Dakota Johnson is wonderful, and I also listened along to the audiobook sometimes while reading it. that helped a loooooot. I listened to the one on Spotify narrated by Cynthia Erivo (which I didn't even know it was her till I just looked it up rn!!! I love her and she was fantastic in it) it's available on there for free! happy reading and please let me know what you think of it!

same here :( and congrats to you too, definitely gotta hang out in queens once I go back home!

thank you!!

congratulations! have you decided to go there or are you still choosing between other schools?

@@bookishbianca Yet to decide as an International student.

@@Precious_Gift_Amaka oh makes sense! if you have any questions about troy, ny or the school please don't hesitate to ask!

@@bookishbianca Thanks a lot.

@@bookishbianca Happy boxing day, can I get your email please, I like to inquire about Student employment on campus. Thanks.

golden son is so crazy! I was intrigued by red rising but not super into it at first, but golden son really changed the game for me. after around the 100 page mark it became super addicting and fast paced for me. I finished up morning star a few weeks ago and that was fantastic as well. it's such a fun series that just gets better as you get further into it imo. and I am so excited for onyx storm! there are 66 holds on it from my library ahead of me so it might be a minute till I get my grubby hands on it but I am counting down the days!

@ ong 66 in front of you! Hopefully ur library will get several copies haha

@@mckenziekate they usually do. there are like 20 libraries in the system and they all get a couple copies so it'll work out lol. excited to see your thoughts once its out!

its the rode wireless me mic!

hardy is just that guy! I remember you mentioning Goethe in an old video, is the sorrows of young Werther the book you read or was it something else? I can't remember, but I remember the feeling I got when you talked about it and he just seems like someone ill love!

@ yes! It is the sorrows of young werther! You must read it and do a vlog! I’d love to watch that

@@mckenziekate totally moving that up on my tbr now!

@ yay!

ohhh that's a good one and its also been on my mind since the majority of my books/reading are from white authors. im adding that to my list! and that book. what's the other book that made you cry?? for me its just been daisy jones and the idea of you

@bookishbianca the other book was song of Achilles lol

@@afsana1743 valid. that book is so good! I need to do a reread. and I also need to read circe

thank you I feel the exact same >.< I love you too! so excited for our Bridgerton marathon hehe

thanks dad :)

lol I don't know how Ive gone this long without knowing the street name

thanks bro!!! it was such a fun video to make

thank you!!! I also took several breaks and covid during undergrad was also crazy. it took me 5 and a half years! congrats on graduating as well that's awesome! what did you study? has the feeling of not having homework sunk in for you yet? I still feel like I have some assignment that im forgetting to do lol

thank you! I love my miranda priestly era too. I was in the trenches in the Spencer era lol. brave new world is such a thought provoking book and I like it a lot more on the reread. super jarring, I agree, but also scarily close to our real world at times...

thanks Matt !!! I appreciate it, I make a setup every month. im also going to post a full reading journal flip through at the end of December

hmmm I see where you're coming from regarding semantics and I agree there are people who hold the semantic inaccuracy as their primary issue, but I've also met people irl who, once I say I listened to an audiobook instead of actually physically reading with my eyeballs, discount my reading of a book and no longer find my opinions worth engaging with since I didn't 'read' it. the people I've come across who feel strongly about this are often coming from, in my opinion, a false sense of intellectual superiority. but I do acknowledge that not everyone comes from that camp and some people really just want to use firm verbs lol. have you come across both sides? or mainly just people who care for the semantics?

Thanks for commenting :)

thank you! let me know if you read anything good!

thanks girly!!! I really appreciate that <3

lol hiiii erwin. you're totally right, I think im gunna go back for it next weekend!

ahh!! thanks Matt I really appreciate that. and happy birthday again LOL

@@bookishbianca For sure! Thanks!

no! so embarrassing that I haven't yet. feels like a crime. ive read the first few chapters and was definitely enjoying it but got distracted and never finished it. ive sold most of my books since making these older videos so I don't have any of these anymore but I can easily get it from the library if someone convinces me to read it... cough cough... is it one of your favorites?

@bookishbianca Yes you should definitely read it, I loved it. 🙂📚

ummm that's actually the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me and you just made my week lol. thank you!!! <3

@@bookishbianca I mean it! You have such a natural way of talking about books in a coherent way, it's very engaging. The topic also resonates with me, because I tend to get very defensive when someone criticises my faves, so it's nice to see how composed you are about it! 😅 I will definitely watch if you make part 2.

​@@damnmamaa thank you again. I really appreciate that, it makes me feel super encouraged. its weird sometimes posting as a small channel because I spend so many hours making the videos and usually like 2 people see it lol. but I have faith that the vids will find the people they're meant to find eventually. like it found you! so glad you're here :) what are some of those favorite books that you would defend until your last breath? im looking for recs... always hehe

@@bookishbianca Ohhh there are so many. At the moment I'm in my Brandon Sanderson era. But watching your video I thought you would probably like "The Testaments" which is the sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale". It's the POV of Aunt Lydia and I thought it really added to the story, I thought it was very good. But I'm a bit of a Margaret Atwood stan, I love the Oryx and Crake trilogy too.

@@damnmamaa oh! I was vaguely aware that there was a sequel but never really looked into it. I really enjoyed the handmaids tale, I read it last year for a class. oryx and crake and the edible woman have also been on my radar for a hot minute. but good to know the sequel is good. definitely putting that on my tbr now. thank you!!!

ohhh! what are your thoughts on it so far? ive never read any Charles dickens books and im so interested to try one out

that review was so out of pocket! LOL people are ruthless on Goodreads but also hilarious. I also just avoid negative reviews. when I love a book I prefer to just read other 5 star reviews and live in an echo chamber of love for the book so I can live my best delulu life. I don't even use the star rating system anymore, I either loved it, liked it, or just didn't finish it. I rarely push myself to finish books I don't enjoy. so basically this is the first time ive ever looked at one star reviews of things I loved but it was really fun!

thanks dad!! lol

Yes and no haha. Yes, that is Blood Meridian on the shelf! But not on my shelf, the shelf behind me belongs to my partner, just used it as a fun background so it's his book. I haven't read any Cormac McCarthy, I've heard his stuff can get pretty dark, and I've also heard similar complaints about him flexing his literary prowess in unnecessarily complicated ways. Interesting that you didn't like The Road, that's usually peoples favorite. Is the movie any good? I've been considering watching it first to see if I even want to try his books.

@@bookishbianca Yeah, they get really dark, and I mean REALLY dark, even Blood Meridian (that one, in my opinion, is very worth it...I've read it now 3 times because the story...very interesting but it will make you uncomfortable in many different ways), but The Road is just needlessly depressing. To give you an idea of just how dark, it talks about kidnapping and harvesting pregnant mothers to cook their unborn babies over a campfire for eating. Just really gross (I was not expecting that, lol), and I found the ending extremely rushed and poor. It does have a couple of good moments, but overall, it's really boring. Nothing really happens the whole book, except grossness and maybe two action scenes. The one thing that could be said about The Road though is it's way easier to understand than Blood Meridian. I think Suttree at least for me would've been the best opener book (it's very funny but worlds apart from his other books). I'll never understand though why McCarthy is praised as the greatest modern American writer though. Ever...he's so depressing and writes without any clarity, but he does "usually" write a hypnotic story. I'll give him that. I couldn't really understand Blood Meridian the first time, but I found myself back at it a second time to understand it better because something about that story was so weird and interesting. It's about a group of Apache scalp hunters hired by the US (or Mexican?) government who eventually go rogue and turn to scalping Mexicans. There are no good guys in that book, but there are some villains worse than others. The Road is not a great thing to read right before a potential nuclear war because it's so negative, and it'll give you fears you didn't have before, lol. I've never watched any of his movies. Suttree doesn't really get all that depressing.

sorry for the late response, TH-cam never notified me for some reason. but that is super dark... it kind of reminds me of the walking dead based on what you're saying. there are similar dark themes and actions that take place in TWD, but the characters are so realistic and lovable (not necessarily always good guys, but you still love them) so we as the viewers understand why they have to commit cruel acts, for survival. I also started watching TWD very young so its never really scared me. but for most other horror or dark media, I tend to stay away because im generally a wuss. cannibals and scalp hunters might be too much for me. but I never say never... ill tell my partner what you said about the books though because he likes dark lit so thanks for explaining and giving advice on the reading order! <3

THIS!!! My physical TBR is also outrageous, I have no business buying more books lol, but I justify myself by going to used books stores and buying books there. I got my copy of the secret history for $8 secondhand instead of the normal barnes price. In my most recent haul video a ton of those books I got second hand for $3-$7. I love barnes because it has pretty much any book I could want, but I love exploring used book stores because I find amazing deals and im a broke student :p but I would highly recommend the secret history, maybe check on libby if your library has it. donna tartts writing is kinda difficult to get into (lots of big words and obscure references), but so worth it, the characters feel super real and the story is super captivating!

thanks! im considering making a walking dead analysis video, im so obsessed with the show

@@bookishbiancayou’re very very pretty and your hair just kills me

@@JordanS-ww4eu I appreciate that, thank you!

This is definitely on my TBR, I'm terrified of big classics, but I NEED to read the count of monte Cristo before I die. I just started Middlemarch by George Eliot today and that's also a huge book so maybe Dumas will be the next big book I attempt... that is if I can make my way through Middlemarch in one piece >.<

@@bookishbiancaI really really like you you’re so sweet and nice you’re like a little sister to me

Thanks so much John! I really appreciate the kind words :)