LOL yes, I think there's versions of La Nora you could like! I was thinking THE OBSESSION because it's romantic suspense where the suspense is a serial killer 👀 But it would be kind of a risky pick, so that's why I didn't go for it... and now I'm nervous about my decision to include Christie! Hopefully this doesn't backfire on me...
YES, so excited you ended up loving The Rook! Totally agree it is verging on clever man syndrome but he somehow pulls it off. The sequel was good but not as strong but we're finally getting a 3rd one this fall that I'm excited for!
What???? 2 5 stars?? That means you only have to give the last one a 3.5 for me to win, which... I think is doable??????? That ANTM meme so is accurate I'm SO NERVOUS
Oh, also, YES, I should have done a problematic disclaimer on the Christie - it is very entertaining but it is very Of It's Time, which is why I'm always glad when they edit to make her more palatable for readers of today - they are so entertaining and readers who are a part of the marginalized identities that she treads on deserve to enjoy her books without having it pull them out of the story. Obviously YMMV, but - yes! Agree it is nuanced and I'm glad they are making updates
I just *knew* you were going to love The Broken Girls the minute you held it up because... I didn't 😅 apart from some overlap, we tend to have a bit opposite of tastes which brings me to this: what if you picked a booktuber whose taste is the opposite of yours to recommend books they didn't like but think you will? as in, someone whose "Worst Of" lists would make a great "Best Of" recommendation for you, and vice versa. ...BookTube ✨Evil✨ Twin Test? 👀
I don't know who I'm more excited for, you for loving these three books so much or Mara for winning the Booktube twin test! Where to go next with this series: YOU get your top three Booktube twins to read YOUR recommendations for them!
Mara is easily one of my favorites to watch. She gives fantastic recommendations and reads like a million different genres and always has such good information about all her reads. She deserves way more subscribers
Mara came in and shook the table ,lol. I think you should keep the series going and then if anyone else ever reaches 15, you can do a "Who is the real twin/ Who is the imposter test" lol. Love these videos.
Awesome that you loved all 3 books so much. I loved to see you gush about them in the end. You should read the other 2 potential TBRs Mara had in mind and see how many points they would have gotten.
Mara really played to win 🥇 Absolutely love this. I always look to Mara for mystery recs. sick of wanting a mystery and getting a thriller. When I want a thriller I’ll pick one. Mara is amazing at digging them out
I love this! When it comes to book twins for mysteries, you and Mara are definitely who I turn to, so this is perfect. No one does dual timelines quite like Simone St James!!
Yes!!! I’m so glad you loved The Broken Girls!!! It was my favorite book of last year, I knew you’d love it. I think I’ve commented it before. 😊 what an awesome reading week you had! And I adore that you and Myra had this crossover, made me smile. 💔
I'm so glad you loved The Broken Girls!! It's one of my favorite books and I 100% cried at the end. It was just so beautiful!! I also loved The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James. Both of them are at the top of my favorites of all time. I think I've read The Sundown Motel two or three times now... I wasn't a huge fan of her most recent book but I will definitely read anything she writes!!
As for continuing the series or not, I think it would be fine either way, so do what you like. There may be another 15 point twin out there. But if you feel done with it, then this is a super great high to finish on. The perfect ending.
NANCY DREW?! Now I MUST read The Broken Girls. Already had The Rook high on my TBR. So this video has definitely given me motivation to get back in a mystery mood. I love this series!
Nancy Drew video games were one of my favorite parts of childhood and I have to know your favs! Mine are probably Treasure in the Royal Tower or Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake for nostalgia, Curse of Blackmoor Manor for the challenge, and Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon overall 💖
These are so much fun! And Mara is just fantastic 🙌 if you like both romance and mystery and want to try them put together, definitely try some Nora Roberts!! I ended up reading them because my mom loves Nora, and I loved them! 😅
I’m reading the Poirot books in order this year, I read all her books back in high school, I got them fortnightly with a magazine subscription which was so fun but I don’t remember them at all.
Nora Roberts is my favorite author, I just finished collecting her complete works. Though I am not a fan of her J.D. Robb stuff. I saw she held up the Obsession which is one of her romantic thrillers and one of the better ones. This was such a fun video and a great idea.
Okay, I’m just at the part where we know all three books and I’m predicting that this is going to go really well. I’ve really been wanting to read all of those, so I can’t wait to hear what you think. And clearly I have a new booktuber to follow as well.
Continue the series!!! 💔 I would love to see you do this with someone on Booktube you aren't as familiar with so that you truly have NO expectations as to what their taste might be like!
I really think you should check out Gab Smolders here on TH-cam. I also grew up playing the Nancy Drew games and absolutely loved them. Gab has a playlist on her channel of her going through and playing all the Nancy Drew games from the start for the first time ever and watching her play those games and getting to relive them has been such a fun, nostalgic, good time. Highly recommend.
I haven't read a Nora Roberts book in years, I liked a couple about a decade ago but I haven't read a mystery by Nora Roberts. After finishing this video, I'm waiting for that The Obsession reading vlog video to show up.
Megan, problem with Simone St. James is that "The broken girls" is her best. I read it first, loved it, 5🌟, same emotions as you had. But then I read "the sun down motel" and "the book if cold cases" and both were 3🌟. She repeats the same structure, tropes, gimmicks in ALL her books, so at the end she becomes repetitive. Don't wanna burst your bubble but I think you know. Also, most people who loved her newest books didn't vibe with "the broken girls" 🙄
so true!!! I love The broken girls, but The sundown motel and The book of cold cases are so similar and really overuse the supernatural elements which I really dislike
OMG! I loved everything and I didn't know about Mara channel, following now! I love J.D. Robb - read every single one so far!!! hahaha I guess that's a sign you need to read Naked in Death - Eve and Roarke are amazing together and all the side characters are great as well. Your mom has excellent taste. Now, I need to read The Rook. Maybe you can do a video with The Ultimate Champions where Maura compete against Kayla :) Oh, read The SunDown Motel! #winkwink
💔 The Rook is the first book in a trilogy. Stiletto is the sequel and the final installment is (finally!) being released this October. So, if you didn’t feel satisfied with the ending of The Rook you should definitely pick up Stiletto. Although, strictly speaking, you could call it done with book one.
You know like… in tennis when the points are close you need to score a certain amount of points back to back to win? (At least I think that’s true… I don’t understand sports Lmao) What if you challenged Kayla to pick you three more books & then if she reached 15 Mara had to do it AGAIN?! Lmao Either way I think you should do more of these videos! You could make a whole family tree if you wanted to lmao
OMG I have never been more nervous to watch a video... OK clicking play 🙈
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LOL yes, I think there's versions of La Nora you could like! I was thinking THE OBSESSION because it's romantic suspense where the suspense is a serial killer 👀 But it would be kind of a risky pick, so that's why I didn't go for it... and now I'm nervous about my decision to include Christie! Hopefully this doesn't backfire on me...
YES, so excited you ended up loving The Rook! Totally agree it is verging on clever man syndrome but he somehow pulls it off. The sequel was good but not as strong but we're finally getting a 3rd one this fall that I'm excited for!
What???? 2 5 stars?? That means you only have to give the last one a 3.5 for me to win, which... I think is doable??????? That ANTM meme so is accurate I'm SO NERVOUS
Oh, also, YES, I should have done a problematic disclaimer on the Christie - it is very entertaining but it is very Of It's Time, which is why I'm always glad when they edit to make her more palatable for readers of today - they are so entertaining and readers who are a part of the marginalized identities that she treads on deserve to enjoy her books without having it pull them out of the story. Obviously YMMV, but - yes! Agree it is nuanced and I'm glad they are making updates
I just *knew* you were going to love The Broken Girls the minute you held it up because... I didn't 😅 apart from some overlap, we tend to have a bit opposite of tastes which brings me to this: what if you picked a booktuber whose taste is the opposite of yours to recommend books they didn't like but think you will? as in, someone whose "Worst Of" lists would make a great "Best Of" recommendation for you, and vice versa. ...BookTube ✨Evil✨ Twin Test? 👀
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I love this series, I hope you keep doing it and keep the winners for the future "The ultimate book twin test".
Hahaha if we get more winners I deffo will.
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Loved this so much. Maybe you can do a part 2 where you read the books that she loves but deemed too risky, and see if you really are twins.
Yes! I agree with this idea😊
I don't know who I'm more excited for, you for loving these three books so much or Mara for winning the Booktube twin test! Where to go next with this series: YOU get your top three Booktube twins to read YOUR recommendations for them!
Mara is easily one of my favorites to watch. She gives fantastic recommendations and reads like a million different genres and always has such good information about all her reads. She deserves way more subscribers
A redemption round would be fun to watch as well with the people with the fewest points
Mara came in and shook the table ,lol. I think you should keep the series going and then if anyone else ever reaches 15, you can do a "Who is the real twin/ Who is the imposter test" lol. Love these videos.
Okay but that copy of death on the Nile is gorg
I want a follow up with the other books she picked as options for you too. Love Mara, love you, a great video
okay but now i want to see you read all the other recs she gave you!
I love this series, I think an all stars finale would be best
Yeeessss Mara, coming through with the killer recs 💗
Literally one of my fave series on your channel. This just came in time😋💞💞
Yayyy I hope you enjoy!!!
Awesome that you loved all 3 books so much. I loved to see you gush about them in the end. You should read the other 2 potential TBRs Mara had in mind and see how many points they would have gotten.
Mara really played to win 🥇
Absolutely love this. I always look to Mara for mystery recs. sick of wanting a mystery and getting a thriller. When I want a thriller I’ll pick one. Mara is amazing at digging them out
omg PLEASE do a vlog wherein you read the other six books Mara talked about
Instantly added The Broken Girls to my tbr!!!
This is such a fun series! I would 100% continue watching!!
I’m new to your channel and I can’t get enough of these twin test videos! And allllll your videos!
omg the amount of excitement you and Maura must feel 🥹🥹🥹🥹 carry the series on if you’d like I’ll still watch 💔
guess it's time for mara to start a book recommendation service.
I would 100% watch livestreams of you playing the old Nancy Drew PC games. Those games are top tier.
I love this! When it comes to book twins for mysteries, you and Mara are definitely who I turn to, so this is perfect. No one does dual timelines quite like Simone St James!!
i love this series, amazing vlog as usual meg! so happy that you find your twinnnn 💔
Yes!!! I’m so glad you loved The Broken Girls!!! It was my favorite book of last year, I knew you’d love it. I think I’ve commented it before. 😊 what an awesome reading week you had!
And I adore that you and Myra had this crossover, made me smile.
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Your makeup in the intro looked so so good !
Love this series! Please continue it 💔
I'm so glad you loved The Broken Girls!! It's one of my favorite books and I 100% cried at the end. It was just so beautiful!! I also loved The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James. Both of them are at the top of my favorites of all time. I think I've read The Sundown Motel two or three times now... I wasn't a huge fan of her most recent book but I will definitely read anything she writes!!
This is so exciting to have 3 five stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ I love the idea of renaming the series looking for your booktube triplet 😂
oh i have been WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!!!!! so excited!!!!!!!
💔 loved this!!!! love you and mara!!!! now officially sold on simone st james!!!
💔💔 so glad this went so well for you! You should definitely continue, there has to be other people who have similar tastes out there!
Please don't stop doing this series this is my fave series. You could find your other twins that's alright but please continue this series
Congratulations! You completed your quest to find your twin! You had an amazing reading week. Such a fun vlog and it made me happy watching it. :)
As for continuing the series or not, I think it would be fine either way, so do what you like. There may be another 15 point twin out there. But if you feel done with it, then this is a super great high to finish on. The perfect ending.
I hope you continue with this series anyways because I love it! But wow, 3 5 stars!!!
NANCY DREW?! Now I MUST read The Broken Girls. Already had The Rook high on my TBR. So this video has definitely given me motivation to get back in a mystery mood. I love this series!
Nancy Drew video games were one of my favorite parts of childhood and I have to know your favs!
Mine are probably Treasure in the Royal Tower or Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake for nostalgia, Curse of Blackmoor Manor for the challenge, and Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon overall 💖
This was soo much fun to watch and as a fellow Agatha Christie (books) and Nancy Drew (games) lover I now have a bunch of new books to check out!
Oh wow my two favorite booktubers 😱
You two crack me up 😭😭😭
These are so much fun! And Mara is just fantastic 🙌 if you like both romance and mystery and want to try them put together, definitely try some Nora Roberts!! I ended up reading them because my mom loves Nora, and I loved them! 😅
The crossover I needed 😍
I’m reading the Poirot books in order this year, I read all her books back in high school, I got them fortnightly with a magazine subscription which was so fun but I don’t remember them at all.
Yes keep going! See how many long lost reading twins you have 😂😂❤️
The moment you said Nancy Drew games I added that book hahaha, I LOVED those games growing up
Please do this with how to train your gavin xx
Amazing vlog! 🙂💔
Highly recommend also reading The sun down motel, it's also very good. Bit horror in there as well.
Love Mara! Imma buy the ones I haven’t read.
Awesome ! Definitely keep going. I enjoy people competing to be your twin. Going to have to check out the Broken Girls now. 💔
Nora Roberts is my favorite author, I just finished collecting her complete works. Though I am not a fan of her J.D. Robb stuff. I saw she held up the Obsession which is one of her romantic thrillers and one of the better ones. This was such a fun video and a great idea.
Zomggg I can’t wait til yall find your triplets! 💔
Death on the Nile is my fav and my first I read from her. Only reason I been making my way through the series
Okay, I’m just at the part where we know all three books and I’m predicting that this is going to go really well. I’ve really been wanting to read all of those, so I can’t wait to hear what you think. And clearly I have a new booktuber to follow as well.
You had me at death of nile and creepy - subscribed.
petition for more lux content in megs vlogs pls and thank u xx
Continue the series!!! 💔 I would love to see you do this with someone on Booktube you aren't as familiar with so that you truly have NO expectations as to what their taste might be like!
I really enjoyed this video. Keep doing them even though you found your twin. 💔
Mara is just so iconic
💔 This was great and I want to go read all of these books now!
See if you find more twins and then make them fight to the death! (Also the chaos of the half way check in for death on the nile 😂) 💔
Well that's another three books added onto my wishlist 😂 also, Random question but I always love your lipstick, what is it?? 😂
I just opened TH-cam and saw this. Lucky me! ❤️
Yayyy love this for u hahaha
@@megwithbooks Me too. ❤️❤️
I really think you should check out Gab Smolders here on TH-cam. I also grew up playing the Nancy Drew games and absolutely loved them. Gab has a playlist on her channel of her going through and playing all the Nancy Drew games from the start for the first time ever and watching her play those games and getting to relive them has been such a fun, nostalgic, good time. Highly recommend.
An all stars finale sounds good to me hahah :)
I haven't read a Nora Roberts book in years, I liked a couple about a decade ago but I haven't read a mystery by Nora Roberts. After finishing this video, I'm waiting for that The Obsession reading vlog video to show up.
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Megan, problem with Simone St. James is that "The broken girls" is her best. I read it first, loved it, 5🌟, same emotions as you had. But then I read "the sun down motel" and "the book if cold cases" and both were 3🌟. She repeats the same structure, tropes, gimmicks in ALL her books, so at the end she becomes repetitive. Don't wanna burst your bubble but I think you know. Also, most people who loved her newest books didn't vibe with "the broken girls" 🙄
so true!!! I love The broken girls, but The sundown motel and The book of cold cases are so similar and really overuse the supernatural elements which I really dislike
I love this series and I now really want to read agatha Christy
You should read the other 3 she held up
But what if you do a like Lala does where she picks books that epitomize that person or finding your booktube triplet
the basking moment 💀😭
Time for a season 2 methinks
Have you read stilleto by daniel OMalley follows on from the rook and would highly recommend it is so good
OMG! I loved everything and I didn't know about Mara channel, following now! I love J.D. Robb - read every single one so far!!! hahaha I guess that's a sign you need to read Naked in Death - Eve and Roarke are amazing together and all the side characters are great as well. Your mom has excellent taste. Now, I need to read The Rook. Maybe you can do a video with The Ultimate Champions where Maura compete against Kayla :) Oh, read The SunDown Motel! #winkwink
Great video!
💔This is so fun! Two TH-camrs I love. Super interested in The Rook now!
Okay but please do a recommendation video of books that have the same vibe as specific Nancy Drew pc games
not the end of an era 😭💔
I think the goal now is to find as many twins as possible!! 💔
Now I want to read The Broken Girls 💔
💔 The Rook is the first book in a trilogy. Stiletto is the sequel and the final installment is (finally!) being released this October. So, if you didn’t feel satisfied with the ending of The Rook you should definitely pick up Stiletto. Although, strictly speaking, you could call it done with book one.
Okay now you totally have to read Mara's other picks she showed just to see how you fare
I've never read a Simone St. James I didn't like! Her older stuff is kind of kitch-y and has somewhat cringey sex scenes, but still so much fun
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You know like… in tennis when the points are close you need to score a certain amount of points back to back to win? (At least I think that’s true… I don’t understand sports Lmao) What if you challenged Kayla to pick you three more books & then if she reached 15 Mara had to do it AGAIN?! Lmao
Either way I think you should do more of these videos! You could make a whole family tree if you wanted to lmao
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I love these and love you Meg but I can’t hear what Mara is saying when you’re talking over her during the reaction 🤦🏻♀️😂
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