Oh no, the princess sibling cringe ugh no. No. No. Too weird for me ^^ Omg there are mirrors behind you. I was looking at the reflection of your head in the glass doors and I couldn't figure out how that worked... I thought there was just more room and a window behind you. Wow I just solved a big mystery, I must be a genius. I'm sorry to hear you were bullied. No one should have to go through that. And totally get why you wouldn't rate a story like that higher, that sounds awful and so weird. Another no! Sounds like you had a good month of reading! Even with the highs and lows, that's just part of the ride and trying new things! Sorry about that disappointment though, that's never fun!
absolutely 😭 like im still holding out that the new guy on the second cover is going to be the ACTUAL ml but i will likely drop it before i get far enough to find out hahah i get this all the time hahaha even in a tutoring zoom call a student of mine was like 'must be nice having an ensuite bathroom' and i was like???? im not that fancy? and then realised he thought the mirrors were a path to another room haha, it is pretty trippy when your brain can't quite identify what it's seeing at first thank you haha yeah it was so disturbing like i never understand the appeal of bully romances personally 🤮 Honestly the disappointment was at least accompanied by a whole lot of amusement for how bad some things were and also getting to rant about it is cathartic so i can't complain TOO much 😛
@@love.lauren... Haha I love how invested you are in their relationships! 😁 I'm rooting for which ever relationship is not gross! 😅 It does look super fancy! So spacious. Good angle! I didn't even know bully romances were a thing, that sounds messed up all around. Especially for a younger audience, that sounds like a fast track to abusive relationships in adulthood, depening on how it's depicted of course. We all love a good rant! 😂
oh girl your hair is soooo gorgeous you are an FMC inspo ready to be written into a fantasy book. i'm thinking you're an orphaned girl living with a house full of vampires but one day you get a knock on the door from a strange (but wildly attractive) man who has powers and tells you that you're actually the heir to a kingdom. does this work for you
omg this is everything to me thank you so much!!! i've only just started wearing my natural curls and it's definitely a work in progress so you're gonna make me cry 😭😭😭 Also hell YES that works for me im gonna take that and run with it, this is now officially my backstory
FUNNY STORY 😭 SO GOOD!!! Also how did I not know the author of Divergent had a new book? 😂 Also Ashley Poston I also loved but did not rly enjoy a novel love story 😬
RIGHT??? im so mad at myself like i literally had a countdown in my calendar for the day it came out and then i just built it up too much in my head and worried it wouldn't be good and put it off for MONTHS! i could have experienced this joy months ago why do i do this hahaha I didn't either! I only found out when another booktuber mentioned it and i was like OH i knew the name Veronica Roth sounded familiar! A fellow survivor i see 😭i just don't understand how this happened! i was even about to do an Ashley Poston re-read for the seven year slip and dead romantics because i really enjoyed them but im traumatised now like i need some time 🥲
@ashleybeckrreads_ omg you should! even though its spring in Australia I still like to watch fall read videos haha it's like a window to the other side!
Coming back because I REFUSE TO BE LOCKED UP 👹 (Ellen has a lot of experiences of saving me from jail LOL). FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 SUBS 😍😍I'm so happy for you and I can't wait to see your channel grow bc your content is GOLD. Now onto my attempt of re-writing my thoughts when I initially watched your videos. OK. Wow, I didn't know that A Silent Voice has all of that in it. I don't think I've watched the actual series yet either but I don't think I will now. Originally (but this was a while ago), I thought it was a story about how a deaf girl finds love? receive love? The added layer of the bullying is not it for 😬Because the graphic in the manga?? It seems like the editor for the movie knew something is wrong about the story line... and that's why they adjusted it. Trust me, I LOVE my mean/bully/enemies romance but I think this also touched on what we talked about in the past about being true-insta love. If things are going to be THAT extreme... there should be a lot of character development and growth and explanation on the romance. I really do want to get started on Kaiju 8 but... LOL. I feel like mangas that haven't ended recently have broken my heart 😭 (AHEM JJK) so I'm a bit reluctant to start a series that's not completed. 💀 MY DEAR AGENT SOUNDS SO CUTE. AND IT'S SO SHORT TOO?? Yes, I am most definitely reading it when I'm in bed ✍ Every time you talk about your mangas at the library, I'm SO JEALOUS. We don't even have a full shelf of mangas here 🥲 Looking forward to Not Another Love Song & Four Weekends and a Funeral 🥰
YOURE SO DEDICATED you're a champion honestly 😭❤️🫶🏻 omg thank you so much!!! my most recent videos were pre-filmed before I hit it so I haven't been able to acknowledge it yet 😭 honestly you largely inspire me to create more content with both your recommendations and your own content so thank yourself hehe 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 no you're so right about that because I had the same impression!!! I was initially excited to dive into it but then I was like...what the hell is this 🥴🥴🥴 I've never been the biggest fan of bully romances because most aren't done well, but when there is development, build up, and reasoning it can work (I'm looking at you Cardan!!!! 😛) but A Silent Voice SHOCKED me, and im not easily shocked 💀💀💀 honestly I love kaiju no. 8 so much that even if the end is shit I will NEVER regret having read it because the journey thus far has been so impeccable even a turn for the worse can't ruin this for me!!! and yes dear agent WAS very cute!! and short enough that even if it isn't ground breaking it was fluffy and worth reading! Honestly when I was a kid and first went to this library (before it was nice and renovated) they had shelves of manga (that probably should have been behind curtains because some was VERY ecchi and I didn't know what I was looking at haha) and that's what first got me into it! I live in a very Asian area which is very fortunate because there is a lot of international Asian media at the cinemas and libraries (my library branch even has a whole section for books in Chinese and lots of Chinese storyline events for kids because Melbourne has a huge Chinese community which is so lovely) so I personally am LIVING for all the books and manga available!! And because there are so many branches even though my library doesn't have the hugest selection, I can place holds on the ones at other branches and they arrive in like 2 days at my branch! I'm in love 😭❤️
@@love.lauren... YT can't keep me down (also that's how I know FOR SURE I wrote a comment but I guess YT gonna keep gaslighting me ✨👹) It's well deserved!! 🥹🥹 Honestly, I'm glad I never got around to it then because even if the anime did it well... I feel like the source material should also be noted that it is written in poor taste. You're right though, the journey is half of the fun -- though whenever it gets to an end of a series, I'm always worried because I feel like most serious don't end well 🥲 Makes sense since it's hard to wrap up a 100 chap+ series. MANGAS IN 2000's WERE SOMETHING ELSE. They absolutely did not look at the content before shelving them 💀Like I remember reading Black Bird(?) and some of the scenes were NOT OK. Like it was iffy because it was a 2000 mangas but definitely should not have let a 12 year old check it out LOL. That's honestly awesome that your city has so much resources though!! I'm hoping with me checking out more mangas and books, they'll stock up on some more 🤭
@itsmimiduong I desperately want to get into the JJK manga but I'm too scared now haha, I mean at least from what I've seen VERY recently some fans of a certain character had a big win 👀 but I can't deal with the satosugu angst like I will rip my eyes out and then with everything ELSE that happens that I know about like my heart isn't ready and gege is NOT seeing heaven for what he has done hahahha oh girl I read black bird too 💀💀💀 the questionable shit I read as a kid or young teen that I then REread as an adult and im like UGHHH what the...? It is so clear in retrospect that my brain had not developed and our young brains are so impressionable (especially as girls learning to think toxic shit is romantic) it's like ughhhh yucky 🤡 but yeah I love the diversity of my library in general honestly it's such a bright welcoming place I love being there 😭
A Silent Voice is giving me the ick 🙄🙄 kaiju no. 8 heard. I need more manga in my liiiife. Are there any Horror manga you like? Again, you're welcome queen :)))
absolutely diabolical ick FR 😬😬😬 YES YES YES kaiju no. 8 has truly been my favourite series of this year i think perfect mix of action, gore, comedy, and high stakes! (plus plenty of eye candy hehe) Honestly ive been meaning to get back into Junji Ito because his horror is peak disturbing, but there is a gripping psychological horror manga called Blood on the Tracks if that is up your alley! 👀👀👀
I have always heard a lot about A Silent Voice but....I think it was very romanticized by the people I heard about it from because that is just not appealing 😬 I have been bullied and I cannot imagine ever catching feelings for somebody who tormented me. Unless maybe it was some sick Stockholm Syndrome thing? but ew ew no thank you so I agree with what you said Thank you for mentioning the new releases at the end I will go and watch your other video soon, I love long-form content so I liek that it is an hour long! I was looking forward to reading a few of those so I will be excited to hear your thoughts
yep i was NOT a fan 💀i see people on tiktok talking so lovingly about their dynamic but i just cannot see the complexity they see honestly. so sorry to hear that, i really relate!! i love longform too (probably why i also love audiobooks haha) so glad to be of service!
I want to love Silent Voice (manga), but dropped it. It’s not for me and it made my blood boil. Another dollar in my manga I read for too long when I should’ve dropped it earlier 😭. ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ not me adding more to my never ending TBR LOL
okay thank goodness i was kinda nervous because everyone LOVES it and i just don't see it like i was just angry and sad and frustrated the whole time and didn't really like anyone no one felt like real people they just DID SHIT that's always the way haha, i wish i could enter a pocket dimension where time stopped and i could just read to deplete my tbr a bit because she is CHUNKY
IOJAWSIOJAWIJTIOJAJIIOJWA I LEFT SUCH A LONG COMMENT AND WHERE IS IT 😭 I think it got sent to YT jail, I'm literally having to check now because of the long comments -- can you check if it ended up in Held for Reviews (inside your YT Studio --> comments) 🥹 I feel so targeted right now lol
omg this is so weird there is nothing in held for review but i cant see THIS comment on the video, only in youtube studio!!!! i can see your other one though so thank goodness for that haha
Oh no, the princess sibling cringe ugh no. No. No. Too weird for me ^^
Omg there are mirrors behind you. I was looking at the reflection of your head in the glass doors and I couldn't figure out how that worked... I thought there was just more room and a window behind you. Wow I just solved a big mystery, I must be a genius.
I'm sorry to hear you were bullied. No one should have to go through that. And totally get why you wouldn't rate a story like that higher, that sounds awful and so weird. Another no!
Sounds like you had a good month of reading! Even with the highs and lows, that's just part of the ride and trying new things! Sorry about that disappointment though, that's never fun!
absolutely 😭 like im still holding out that the new guy on the second cover is going to be the ACTUAL ml but i will likely drop it before i get far enough to find out hahah
i get this all the time hahaha even in a tutoring zoom call a student of mine was like 'must be nice having an ensuite bathroom' and i was like???? im not that fancy? and then realised he thought the mirrors were a path to another room haha, it is pretty trippy when your brain can't quite identify what it's seeing at first
thank you haha yeah it was so disturbing like i never understand the appeal of bully romances personally 🤮
Honestly the disappointment was at least accompanied by a whole lot of amusement for how bad some things were and also getting to rant about it is cathartic so i can't complain TOO much 😛
@@love.lauren... Haha I love how invested you are in their relationships! 😁 I'm rooting for which ever relationship is not gross! 😅
It does look super fancy! So spacious. Good angle!
I didn't even know bully romances were a thing, that sounds messed up all around. Especially for a younger audience, that sounds like a fast track to abusive relationships in adulthood, depening on how it's depicted of course.
We all love a good rant! 😂
oh girl your hair is soooo gorgeous you are an FMC inspo ready to be written into a fantasy book. i'm thinking you're an orphaned girl living with a house full of vampires but one day you get a knock on the door from a strange (but wildly attractive) man who has powers and tells you that you're actually the heir to a kingdom. does this work for you
omg this is everything to me thank you so much!!! i've only just started wearing my natural curls and it's definitely a work in progress so you're gonna make me cry 😭😭😭
Also hell YES that works for me im gonna take that and run with it, this is now officially my backstory
FUNNY STORY 😭 SO GOOD!!! Also how did I not know the author of Divergent had a new book? 😂 Also Ashley Poston I also loved but did not rly enjoy a novel love story 😬
RIGHT??? im so mad at myself like i literally had a countdown in my calendar for the day it came out and then i just built it up too much in my head and worried it wouldn't be good and put it off for MONTHS! i could have experienced this joy months ago why do i do this hahaha
I didn't either! I only found out when another booktuber mentioned it and i was like OH i knew the name Veronica Roth sounded familiar!
A fellow survivor i see 😭i just don't understand how this happened! i was even about to do an Ashley Poston re-read for the seven year slip and dead romantics because i really enjoyed them but im traumatised now like i need some time 🥲
@@love.lauren... OMG I want to do a Dead Romantics re-read now that you've mentioned it!! It would be so good for spooky season
@ashleybeckrreads_ omg you should! even though its spring in Australia I still like to watch fall read videos haha it's like a window to the other side!
@@love.lauren... omg I love that
Coming back because I REFUSE TO BE LOCKED UP 👹 (Ellen has a lot of experiences of saving me from jail LOL). FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 SUBS 😍😍I'm so happy for you and I can't wait to see your channel grow bc your content is GOLD. Now onto my attempt of re-writing my thoughts when I initially watched your videos.
OK. Wow, I didn't know that A Silent Voice has all of that in it. I don't think I've watched the actual series yet either but I don't think I will now. Originally (but this was a while ago), I thought it was a story about how a deaf girl finds love? receive love? The added layer of the bullying is not it for 😬Because the graphic in the manga?? It seems like the editor for the movie knew something is wrong about the story line... and that's why they adjusted it. Trust me, I LOVE my mean/bully/enemies romance but I think this also touched on what we talked about in the past about being true-insta love. If things are going to be THAT extreme... there should be a lot of character development and growth and explanation on the romance.
I really do want to get started on Kaiju 8 but... LOL. I feel like mangas that haven't ended recently have broken my heart 😭 (AHEM JJK) so I'm a bit reluctant to start a series that's not completed. 💀
MY DEAR AGENT SOUNDS SO CUTE. AND IT'S SO SHORT TOO?? Yes, I am most definitely reading it when I'm in bed ✍
Every time you talk about your mangas at the library, I'm SO JEALOUS. We don't even have a full shelf of mangas here 🥲 Looking forward to Not Another Love Song & Four Weekends and a Funeral 🥰
YOURE SO DEDICATED you're a champion honestly 😭❤️🫶🏻 omg thank you so much!!! my most recent videos were pre-filmed before I hit it so I haven't been able to acknowledge it yet 😭 honestly you largely inspire me to create more content with both your recommendations and your own content so thank yourself hehe 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
no you're so right about that because I had the same impression!!! I was initially excited to dive into it but then I was like...what the hell is this 🥴🥴🥴 I've never been the biggest fan of bully romances because most aren't done well, but when there is development, build up, and reasoning it can work (I'm looking at you Cardan!!!! 😛) but A Silent Voice SHOCKED me, and im not easily shocked 💀💀💀
honestly I love kaiju no. 8 so much that even if the end is shit I will NEVER regret having read it because the journey thus far has been so impeccable even a turn for the worse can't ruin this for me!!!
and yes dear agent WAS very cute!! and short enough that even if it isn't ground breaking it was fluffy and worth reading!
Honestly when I was a kid and first went to this library (before it was nice and renovated) they had shelves of manga (that probably should have been behind curtains because some was VERY ecchi and I didn't know what I was looking at haha) and that's what first got me into it! I live in a very Asian area which is very fortunate because there is a lot of international Asian media at the cinemas and libraries (my library branch even has a whole section for books in Chinese and lots of Chinese storyline events for kids because Melbourne has a huge Chinese community which is so lovely) so I personally am LIVING for all the books and manga available!! And because there are so many branches even though my library doesn't have the hugest selection, I can place holds on the ones at other branches and they arrive in like 2 days at my branch! I'm in love 😭❤️
@@love.lauren... YT can't keep me down (also that's how I know FOR SURE I wrote a comment but I guess YT gonna keep gaslighting me ✨👹) It's well deserved!! 🥹🥹
Honestly, I'm glad I never got around to it then because even if the anime did it well... I feel like the source material should also be noted that it is written in poor taste. You're right though, the journey is half of the fun -- though whenever it gets to an end of a series, I'm always worried because I feel like most serious don't end well 🥲 Makes sense since it's hard to wrap up a 100 chap+ series.
MANGAS IN 2000's WERE SOMETHING ELSE. They absolutely did not look at the content before shelving them 💀Like I remember reading Black Bird(?) and some of the scenes were NOT OK. Like it was iffy because it was a 2000 mangas but definitely should not have let a 12 year old check it out LOL. That's honestly awesome that your city has so much resources though!! I'm hoping with me checking out more mangas and books, they'll stock up on some more 🤭
@itsmimiduong I desperately want to get into the JJK manga but I'm too scared now haha, I mean at least from what I've seen VERY recently some fans of a certain character had a big win 👀 but I can't deal with the satosugu angst like I will rip my eyes out and then with everything ELSE that happens that I know about like my heart isn't ready and gege is NOT seeing heaven for what he has done hahahha
oh girl I read black bird too 💀💀💀 the questionable shit I read as a kid or young teen that I then REread as an adult and im like UGHHH what the...? It is so clear in retrospect that my brain had not developed and our young brains are so impressionable (especially as girls learning to think toxic shit is romantic) it's like ughhhh yucky 🤡 but yeah I love the diversity of my library in general honestly it's such a bright welcoming place I love being there 😭
A Silent Voice is giving me the ick 🙄🙄
kaiju no. 8 heard. I need more manga in my liiiife. Are there any Horror manga you like?
Again, you're welcome queen :)))
absolutely diabolical ick FR 😬😬😬
YES YES YES kaiju no. 8 has truly been my favourite series of this year i think perfect mix of action, gore, comedy, and high stakes! (plus plenty of eye candy hehe) Honestly ive been meaning to get back into Junji Ito because his horror is peak disturbing, but there is a gripping psychological horror manga called Blood on the Tracks if that is up your alley! 👀👀👀
I have always heard a lot about A Silent Voice but....I think it was very romanticized by the people I heard about it from because that is just not appealing 😬 I have been bullied and I cannot imagine ever catching feelings for somebody who tormented me. Unless maybe it was some sick Stockholm Syndrome thing? but ew ew no thank you so I agree with what you said
Thank you for mentioning the new releases at the end I will go and watch your other video soon, I love long-form content so I liek that it is an hour long! I was looking forward to reading a few of those so I will be excited to hear your thoughts
yep i was NOT a fan 💀i see people on tiktok talking so lovingly about their dynamic but i just cannot see the complexity they see honestly. so sorry to hear that, i really relate!!
i love longform too (probably why i also love audiobooks haha) so glad to be of service!
I want to love Silent Voice (manga), but dropped it. It’s not for me and it made my blood boil. Another dollar in my manga I read for too long when I should’ve dropped it earlier 😭.
ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ not me adding more to my never ending TBR LOL
okay thank goodness i was kinda nervous because everyone LOVES it and i just don't see it like i was just angry and sad and frustrated the whole time and didn't really like anyone no one felt like real people they just DID SHIT
that's always the way haha, i wish i could enter a pocket dimension where time stopped and i could just read to deplete my tbr a bit because she is CHUNKY
IOJAWSIOJAWIJTIOJAJIIOJWA I LEFT SUCH A LONG COMMENT AND WHERE IS IT 😭 I think it got sent to YT jail, I'm literally having to check now because of the long comments -- can you check if it ended up in Held for Reviews (inside your YT Studio --> comments) 🥹 I feel so targeted right now lol
omg this is so weird there is nothing in held for review but i cant see THIS comment on the video, only in youtube studio!!!! i can see your other one though so thank goodness for that haha