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Mine too. It was a fun way to start of the reading year though.

I appreciate your interest but I'm not looking for consulting or coaching services at this time.

@jessicadoneganreads ok

Yes, I love giving authors a chance. And this was the perfect way to push me into finally reading all those ebooks I'm just collecting on FMO

Me too. At this point I'm just trying to the reading part, I haven't stopped picking up free ebooks, so it's not exactly bringing the list down 🤣

Thanks for the engagement. This specific video isn't an SEO kind of release, but if you look at the channel as a whole, there's a ton of direct titles and thumbnails that basically tell a viewer it's a review or deep dive video of X thing. Tags do not matter and are a waste of time in the TH-cam landscape. End screens have fallen out of trend. I don't engage in other social media. Ouch on the thumbnail though. You get the point there.

@jessicadoneganreads Yes you are using thumbnail it is very good it attracts viewers but your SEO score is very low due to which the video is not going to the audience your video has no ranking rank keywords in the leave list but if you SEO your video the views subscribe will increase quickly thanks.

@jessicadoneganreads Yes you are using thumbnail it is very good it attracts viewers but your ACO score is very low due to which the video is not going to the audience your video has no ranking rank keywords in the leave list but if you ACO your video the views subscribe will increase quickly thanks.

Awe thank you, you're so kind. I'm glad you like the channel ☺️

I haven't seen that yet, but I can see why that would be really annoying.

Yes! I see this in so many FB book groups. Most of these ladies only started picking up reading like a year or two ago and have NO CLUE what else is out there. They're only reading BookTok recs so they really just haven't been exposed to good fantasy or the difference in fantasy versus romantasy.

Yes, I have a couple IRL friends like that too. I like asking them what they liked about 4th Wing so I can direct them to better reads for them.

Silo is awesome, and I wanna check out Severance sometime too.

Good catch

@@jessicadoneganreads Glad I could help.

Thank you. It's surprising how often just pausing and thinking about it can save you some money.

Yes, you're always so good about using the library. I've seeing those glossy cover protectors in your monthly wrap-ups that let me know our public system is working at least in some states. Here my options aren't quite up to the standard my MA upraising set 😮‍💨

Thank you, you're so sweet.

I glad I could help and it's nice to hear I'm not alone. Sometimes you see a book or series everyone is universally loving and wonder if you're the issue lol. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for anyone still enjoying the series, I just am not there anymore.

Thank you. I can't keep away from shifter stories for long, but I find more duds or "so bad it's good" than actually good 😅. Oh well.

@@jessicadoneganreads the premise is just so attractive. Luckily there is lots to choose from

Happy New Year to you too! 🎉

I hope so. Happy 2025 to you too.

Thanks Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too.

I'm glad you enjoyed listening to it. I'm not sure how much that would have helped my experience with this one though.

Thank you,. I haven't read Boxing Helena but I'll have to check it out.

@@jessicadoneganreads not a book, but a movie. A lot lighter on the horror aspect, goes deeper into the psychology of both parties involved.

So disturbing yet the film was so good. The casting was perfect. One of my favorites.

I can understand that, it's not a book for everyone but hopefully the video helps this book find its audience too.

Thanks so much! That means a lot 😊

^_^

Thanks 👍

No problem, I'm here to help ^_^

Thank you ❤️. From what I've seen, the authors seems to struggle to give us so many detailed elements. There's a temptation to tie the character into the fantasy elements, but I think that does more harm than help when the "magic" explains all the character building moments. I think they could make an excellent Romantasy, I just don't think the rapid release format gives people enough time or editing passes to really cook that series up for us.

Thank you ☺️

Yeah, this one didn't even do that so much. It was more like the lead was a taller size 14 and she wanted to feel dainty and dragon man was sooooo big and strong that she got to experience that for the first time 🙄. I don't really see how this is good wish fulfillment for ladies who are tall or curvy as they're not gonna experience being "so small" any more than my 5' is gonna meet a partner and suddenly be the go-to person to g et stuff off the top shelf.

@jessicadoneganreads maybe this is just the author letting out internal desires? I don't get it personally but hopefully some of there resonate with the fantasy for themselves.

One more thing to make me hyped for season 3 🎉

Thanks 🤗

Gracias. También es uno de mis programas favoritos. No puedo esperar a que llegue el arco de "La reina de los condenados". Lestat como estrella de rock es un triunfo. Utilicé el traductor de Google para esto, así que me disculpo si no es el mejor.

Thank you. Obviously a huge Halloween/scary stuff person overhear so I've got to represent with the horror seats and fun outfits.

@jessicadoneganreads more fun outfits the better! Haha

Thank you. ❤️

Yes. Looking back on it, it's kind of a wild moment in theater history. Just goes to show everyone loves a good romance

No problem I really liked this one

Can't win them all. I appreciated that it was well written even if the storyline wasn't for me.

Thanks for the advice. Do you think I do better with this on more recent videos or would you still prefer I crop closer to my head?

Glad you enjoyed it. I gave it 4 stars but I'm a sucker for anything even a little goth-y.

Thanks, glad to be back

Thank you, I do think we're a minority opinion here, but oh well. I really am fine with the world building, it's the characters and plot that let the novel down. I think maybe we could have gone meaner to make the story more realistic. Like if Marcos had to fear others would take exception to his temporary vegetarianism and kill him. Making it clear you're either the eater or the food and raising the stakes as a whole might have helped. That plus tying the loss of his child into part of the new meat industry--offically vs his home birth thing. What happens at his house makes him horrible but it doesn't damn the machine that allows for all of it as directly as I'd have liked. And yes I feel Marco's sister and the twins and his wife are all demonized to an unfair degree. Part of what makes dystopia work is for the other characters to be human, for us to want redemption for them or to empathize with them in some way shape or form. I think of the Giver and the intense conflict the protagonist has when he realizes what his childhood friend does to the elderly and babies as a "Carer" or how his growing awareness makes him struggle with his relationships with is parents. Or I think of The Handmaid's Tale and the varied lens one could see several characters as villains or heroes or just trapped and trying to survive. There's a lot to them in so little that makes it engaging to come back to the story and ponder them again. There's nothing but frustration that makes me want to re-examine Marcos and his life.

@@jessicadoneganreads Agreed. Haven't read Handmaid's Tale or The Giver, but the grasp on the core of the issue it poses remains very much a thing this novel lacks. Solid idea about the conflict with the child and vegetarianism you propose! Overall there is an insane amount of missed opportunities in this book. I kept imagining all the great things this topic could have explored and got none. For example - who was chosen to be the "human cattle" and why? Which class of people and how? Where were they pulled from, how was it enforced/perceived? Also, you would imagine there would be much more groups with different voices, actual resistance and humanitarian revolt of either smaller or larger significance, but significance either way. Communicating with them could create wonderful opportunities to explore human nature and topics author wished to cover. Author tries to also bring religion into the mix, but shows lack of understanding of both religion and the way its run, at least on behalf of Catholic Church. Its a miracle if something changes in half a century in the Vatican and she hopes to make us believe somehow there are church denominations on board with this inhumane thing 20 years in? I think even the book itself reveals its own faults in way its framed. We are always moving between "cannibalism institutions" places, lets say, to Marcos's house to a very generic city description and countryside with deserted zoo. Never really got to tap the pulse of society experiencing this. Why? Because its just too crazy, it just wouldn't let itself be portrayed naturally. Dinner scene with the last goodbye in memory of Marcus' father got close, but even that ended quickly and meerely scratched the surface of options available. Sorry for long post, but I have finished this novel yesterday and still can't let go of my sheeer disappointment in it. I have just one more thing that annoyed me tremendously and its that weird insistance of Marcos to believe animal virus isn't real. No friggin' way this virus could be kept under wraps by millions of scientists all over the world. There isn't a force of nature capable enough to force so many people into silence on the matter, let alone a people force to keep them all conspired. Hell, even a layman can buy a microscope and conduct experiments to prove such a thing is bollocks if it were. The whole uncertainty thing about animal virus being real just acted as a nail in the coffin to the whole believability issue of a premise for me.

I didn’t like this book, and so many people told me it was because I “didn’t get it.” I got it, I just think it was presented poorly!

Agreed. But I'm still excited to read her upcoming release. There's enough good writing in this one that I look forward to better in the future.

Thank you and happy reading ^_^

II'm glad it got you ready to finish the series ^_^. Happy reading.

Yes and just in time for Halloween season. It's not going to be as big or cohesive project as previous years but I've got some fun scares planned. So hopefully it's smooth sailing from here. ^_^