What a fun B-Day! And absolutely agree about the book, I live in a pretty historical state so when people write modern literature set there there are a lot of inaccuracies 😂😂. Glad to see you’re supporting local coffee shops as well :) Also! If you like historical fiction, I really enjoyed the book Ivory and Bone!!
Hehe I try not to be a stickler about stuff like that but it's hard because I'm so familiar with both neighborhoods so I kept being taken out of my own imagination!
Your birthday looked so fun! It reminded me of that Broadway whodunit thing you guys did during the pandemic haha Also Denise might be one of my fav people ever she is so funny!! Gotta check out those books too, I just started The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Have a wonderful week :)
@@MerediddyS I don't know how to feel about it yet! The idea is super intriguing to me and I'm enjoying it so far. I think it depends on how it ends for me so I'll see :D
The show sounds like so much fun! Your cozy videos inspire me to become more motivated and creative. Also, finally caught up on the last 2 months of vlogs! 😊
I really enjoyed The Left Hand of Darkness. The world is so different from ours that it took a bit of time to wrap my head around but i still loved reading it
Happy belated birthday!! Thank you so much for sharing your life. It truly is a bit of therapy for myself. I came to your channel because FireBringer has been my comfort.. if I’m stressy & depressy.. I’ll put it on. So.. of course I wanted to know more about the amazing people involved. Your vlogs have helped me escape my cyclical BS. Knowing that there are people out there like y’all.. truly relaxes my nerves and ignore the chaos I struggle with in my daily life. Also seeing your journey with sweet Luna aligns with my journey with my lil angel, Tiger. She’s a reactive and anxiety riddled baby angel too. So.. again.. thank you so much ❤
I have also been doing the 30 day yoga journey. It's my second year. I am currently two days behind due to this week getting out of control, but I'll catch up!
The murder mystery birthday party looked SO FUN OMG!! My birthday is coming up next month so I’m taking notes 😂 My BOTM book arrived too! I picked The Bullet Swallower and I’m very excited to dive in!! ❤
Omg! Emily R Austin is one of my favorite authors, her debut novel “Everyone in this room will someday be dead” is one of my all time favorite books, and I can’t wait to read interesting facts about space. Her writing is definitely very wacky but I absolutely love it, so happy you’re enjoying the books. Also, happy birthday! that party looked like a lot of fun🩵
Great vlog as always! The mystery party looked really fun. I hope I'll be able to do something like that someday as well! Hope your early 2024 is going well :D
Happy Birthday Mer! Your videos have inspired me (in so many ways!) to get a book of the month subscription! I chose The Fury as my January pick. I also have been listening to the lessons in chemistry audiobook, because I love how you and Brian listen to audiobooks together. I tried to share this audiobook with my mom while we were cooking together, but she didn’t really like the experience. But I’ll continue to listen, especially as I walk to my classes around my college campus.
I had a fairly snowless winter as well but this week was the first time it snowed and it was A LOT. There was even a rain storm last night and it didn’t all wash away. There’s still about half the snow that there was previously. I guess it just gets colder later than expected
What a fun birthday! And Happy Birthday heehee!!! My winter reads are rereading The Hunger Games series cause I need something I know I like and is comforting in its familiarity cause I'm in recovery from surgery. After that I'm thinking I might read The Sentence, I've been wanting to read it for yeeeears.
So there’s a neighborhood in Chicago called Pilsen🤩. I had to play the part where you were talking about Pilsen again as I live in a city called Pilsen in the Czech Republic in Europe which might be famous for our beer Pilsner 👀😁 but it might not😁. When I lived in England I found out quite soon after arriving that nobody knew about the beer so we live in an illusion here that our beer is worldwide famous 😁. I was glad that people abroad had known about Prague even though they hadn’t known it was the capital of the Czech Republic or they still had thought we were called Czechoslovakia. The city Pilsen is 100 kilometers far from Prague by the way☺️. I am happy to hear that Pilsen gets some recognition in the world by its namesake in Chicago😁. Greetings and thanks for the cozy and warm vibes from the Czech Republic ♥️☺️.
Looks like a super fun birthday, and Yay! more book talk! How the light gets in is probably my favourite of the gamache books, its sooooo good! Does anyone have any recommendations for books or series similar to the Gamache ones?
If you've never tried the Tana French Dublin Murder Squad series, they are really fun! The first one is pretty dark, but I LOVED the second one. It had cozy creepy vibes. They're darker than Gamache for sure, but I do like them!
Another great video to watch after i finish the evening shift! I think you've inspired me to get back into reading 'real' books, as opposed to webnovels lol
The murder mystery looked so fun! I did my first one at a friend's for last month and it didn't even have murder weapons. It had a script that we just all had to read off, which was just kinda meh. I think if I were to do something like that again, I'd add in some escape room elements with locks and puzzles to solve.
Meredith do you have a storygraph account to share your books you’ve read? I love using it to track my reading and it gives you so many cool stats. If you’ve got one I would love to follow you on there!
Meredith needs to quit the Adler and work at a library, she would be at the help desk and know the location of any and every single book off the top of her head.
Denise introducing her character killed me 😂 this looks so fun!!!
Hehe she really committed!!
Theatre “kids” acting out a theatre murder mystery - it’s perfect!!!!!
I know we are so TYPICAL!!! hehe
Happy Belated Birthday!! The murder mystery clips killed me (pun intended). Everyone is so frickin funny!
Such goofballs!!!
Happy belated birthday Meredith! 🎉 that murder mystery party felt super cozy and looked like a ton of fun!!
It was so fun!!
What a fun B-Day! And absolutely agree about the book, I live in a pretty historical state so when people write modern literature set there there are a lot of inaccuracies 😂😂. Glad to see you’re supporting local coffee shops as well :) Also! If you like historical fiction, I really enjoyed the book Ivory and Bone!!
Hehe I try not to be a stickler about stuff like that but it's hard because I'm so familiar with both neighborhoods so I kept being taken out of my own imagination!
Brian playing his character in murder mystery is something I never knew I needed.
Hehe he was the perfect host!
Your birthday looked so fun! It reminded me of that Broadway whodunit thing you guys did during the pandemic haha
Also Denise might be one of my fav people ever she is so funny!!
Gotta check out those books too, I just started The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Have a wonderful week :)
Brian's finishing the Midnight Library right now!! He likes it a lot! What do you think? I've heard mixes reviews!
@@MerediddyS I don't know how to feel about it yet! The idea is super intriguing to me and I'm enjoying it so far. I think it depends on how it ends for me so I'll see :D
Wow what a fun birthday Party. Love how you always get me hooked to your vlogs.
Happy Belated Birthday, Meredith! I hope you had a great day!
As a British person, those accents where something else. Looked so fun though
Ok but who was the best? 🙏
Glad to have a nice cozy vlog to watch while I stay in from the snow !!
Stay warm!!!
The show sounds like so much fun! Your cozy videos inspire me to become more motivated and creative.
Also, finally caught up on the last 2 months of vlogs! 😊
Omg!!! Thanks for watching!! That's a lot of catch-up!
Happy birthday Meredith!! I hope your January reads are great!! Currently, I am reading Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman and I love it!
OH I've seen that one bopping around on bookstagrams!
Also happy belated birthday !!! Looked so fun and full of such lovely people
Thank you!! It was so fun!!
Happy Birthday, Meredith!!
Thank you!!
I really enjoyed The Left Hand of Darkness. The world is so different from ours that it took a bit of time to wrap my head around but i still loved reading it
I'm excited to dive in!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!!
Your amazing Meredith I hope you had a fantastic birthday it looked confusing but fun 😊❤
Hehe it was definitely confusing!! Thank you!
@@MerediddySOmg I screamed I didn't expect a reply 😭
Love you mer🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
Happy Birthday Meredith!! 🎉🎉
Thank you!!
Happy belated birthday!!
Thank you so much for sharing your life. It truly is a bit of therapy for myself.
I came to your channel because FireBringer has been my comfort.. if I’m stressy & depressy.. I’ll put it on.
So.. of course I wanted to know more about the amazing people involved.
Your vlogs have helped me escape my cyclical BS.
Knowing that there are people out there like y’all.. truly relaxes my nerves and ignore the chaos I struggle with in my daily life.
Also seeing your journey with sweet Luna aligns with my journey with my lil angel, Tiger. She’s a reactive and anxiety riddled baby angel too.
So.. again.. thank you so much ❤
Thank you so much for sharing!! Tiger sounds so special!
I have also been doing the 30 day yoga journey. It's my second year. I am currently two days behind due to this week getting out of control, but I'll catch up!
The murder mystery birthday party looked SO FUN OMG!! My birthday is coming up next month so I’m taking notes 😂
My BOTM book arrived too! I picked The Bullet Swallower and I’m very excited to dive in!! ❤
Ooooo let me know your thoughts!
Omg! Emily R Austin is one of my favorite authors, her debut novel “Everyone in this room will someday be dead” is one of my all time favorite books, and I can’t wait to read interesting facts about space. Her writing is definitely very wacky but I absolutely love it, so happy you’re enjoying the books.
Also, happy birthday! that party looked like a lot of fun🩵
Oh fun!!! I overall loved the book! I'd love to read more from her!
Happy birthday Meredith!! The party seemed like a great time and honestly a sleepy post-birthday week is self care at its finest
Hehe yeah we were definitely forced into a sleepy week!!
Great vlog as always! The mystery party looked really fun. I hope I'll be able to do something like that someday as well!
Hope your early 2024 is going well :D
It was so fun!!
Happy Birthday Mer! Your videos have inspired me (in so many ways!) to get a book of the month subscription! I chose The Fury as my January pick. I also have been listening to the lessons in chemistry audiobook, because I love how you and Brian listen to audiobooks together. I tried to share this audiobook with my mom while we were cooking together, but she didn’t really like the experience. But I’ll continue to listen, especially as I walk to my classes around my college campus.
I love book of the month!! I'm sorry your mom didn't dig audiobook sharing- but I love having audiobooks playing while I walk or do chores!
Victoria Vanderpump much?! :D
especially when she brought up the horses :P
Happy birthday from sweden
Hehe thank you!!
My friends threw me a suprise birthday last year, and we played either this exact game, or an almost identical version.
We had a ball with it!
Omg so fun!!
I had a fairly snowless winter as well but this week was the first time it snowed and it was A LOT. There was even a rain storm last night and it didn’t all wash away. There’s still about half the snow that there was previously. I guess it just gets colder later than expected
Omg yeah the weather this week has been so wacky!!! I love the snow but the ice on sidewalks ruins my daily walk!!
Hope you had an amazing birthday!!!
Thank you!! I did :)
murder mysteries look so fun!! im glad you enjoyed your birthday with so many friends!
Thank you so much! It was a blast!!
What a fun birthday! And Happy Birthday heehee!!! My winter reads are rereading The Hunger Games series cause I need something I know I like and is comforting in its familiarity cause I'm in recovery from surgery. After that I'm thinking I might read The Sentence, I've been wanting to read it for yeeeears.
I loved The Sentence!! I love Louise Erdrich ❤
So there’s a neighborhood in Chicago called Pilsen🤩. I had to play the part where you were talking about Pilsen again as I live in a city called Pilsen in the Czech Republic in Europe which might be famous for our beer Pilsner 👀😁 but it might not😁. When I lived in England I found out quite soon after arriving that nobody knew about the beer so we live in an illusion here that our beer is worldwide famous 😁. I was glad that people abroad had known about Prague even though they hadn’t known it was the capital of the Czech Republic or they still had thought we were called Czechoslovakia. The city Pilsen is 100 kilometers far from Prague by the way☺️. I am happy to hear that Pilsen gets some recognition in the world by its namesake in Chicago😁. Greetings and thanks for the cozy and warm vibes from the Czech Republic ♥️☺️.
Omg so interesting!! Yes Pilsen is an awesome neighborhood!
Happy birthday! The murder mystery stuff looks so fun.
It was really fun!!
Happy Belated Birthmas! Absolutey loved the lighter being the "candle." Also, I ADORE your Brewster sweater!
Thank you!! I got it in Etsy!!
Looks like a super fun birthday, and Yay! more book talk!
How the light gets in is probably my favourite of the gamache books, its sooooo good! Does anyone have any recommendations for books or series similar to the Gamache ones?
If you've never tried the Tana French Dublin Murder Squad series, they are really fun! The first one is pretty dark, but I LOVED the second one. It had cozy creepy vibes. They're darker than Gamache for sure, but I do like them!
Another great video to watch after i finish the evening shift! I think you've inspired me to get back into reading 'real' books, as opposed to webnovels lol
I like to have a "real book" and audiobooks so I can switch between!
@@MerediddyS I do that with webnovels and normal books.
The murder mystery looked so fun! I did my first one at a friend's for last month and it didn't even have murder weapons. It had a script that we just all had to read off, which was just kinda meh. I think if I were to do something like that again, I'd add in some escape room elements with locks and puzzles to solve.
Yessss locks and puzzles would be SO fun!
After watching this video, my completely platonic crush on Denise has increased tenfold. Hilarious!!
I'm turning 30 this year and now I really want a murder mystery party 👀
Do it!!
Meredith do you have a storygraph account to share your books you’ve read? I love using it to track my reading and it gives you so many cool stats. If you’ve got one I would love to follow you on there!
I have a Goodreads! But it's private because I never wanna hurt an author's feelings with my ratings!! haha I'm a weirdo
Meredith needs to quit the Adler and work at a library, she would be at the help desk and know the location of any and every single book off the top of her head.
Haha omg what a dream it would be to have books be your job!
This is Poe Party on crack lmfaooo