1 Month, 10 Book Reviews || February Wrap Up 2024
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- Hey Booktube, here's my February Wrap Up 2024! I finished 10 books during my "one week, one shelf" reading challenge and here are my reviews!
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What's the best book you've read in February?
Jade legacy, easy win. 😊
And The seven years slip was fun.
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. The story was very cool and the romance worked for me
I really liked Bright Young Women
A re-read of TJ and Amal, a wonderful queer comic. I have the physical book but it was originally a webcomic and it's fully available online. I don't read much romance but this one gets me emotional every time.
Becoming by Michelle Obama. But I also really liked We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
I finished reading 10 pages this month im not even exaggerating lol. Read a 5 star book in January and feel like nothing compares 😭
This makes me feel better haha I know I finished some books but if it weren't for this challenge I wouldn't have finish any!
My reading slump has been awful 😭
@SolitudeDayys please do spill the secret!
What was the 5 star book?
@@sherig1376 might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it was The Sun Down Motel!
My favourite February reads were Ace by Angela Chen and Braiding Sweet grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
I look forward to your Octavia Butler video in the future :)
I loved “I read this right before Valentine’s Day because I wanted to feel extra single.” 😆
Hope all is well with you!
“I just wanted to feel extra single” can relate
I was also in reading slump in february and march is already way better for me , sometimes you just need a break from reading 😮💨I actually just started Parable of the Sower - my first book by her, atleast it's not the Patternmaster series so it's probably gonna be fine haha
I found the goblin emperor to be so boring 😭🫣
I just finished my coffee, when you posted this. It made my day, so far.
Whoop whoop!
The audio for Comfort Me With Apples was surprisingly good and very short
I don't read a lot of horror but I'll add that to my waiting list at the library!
@@BookswithEmilyFoxit‘s barely horror IMO, tbh. It was a bit unsettling, but that’s all
Yeah it's more dystopian than horror and is really short, help me in a slump last year ❤
Have you watched the new Dune 2 movie? Would like your review 😂. I thought it was better than the book.
Anywho, a make TH-camr reviews a more older book (not Dune) and didn’t like the book and the male fans gave him such a hard time. Reminded me of the backlash you got with Dune.
Not yet! I had found part 1 better than the book (the bar is low lol) so I'll def try it. What was the book? I had found that the comment section of the reviews of men giving Dune 1 star on Goodreads was a lot more mild than mine XD
Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne just got announced it comes out October 23rd
I'm beyond hyped for Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, it got pushed back to december but I'm willing to wait.
Arithmophobia comes out in ten days! It is a math horror book with 13 short stories and a poem written in the Fibonacci sequence
I read Part of Your World recently too and the girl also annoyed me
Best book I read in February-Demon Copperhead. The hype about Barbara Kingsolver as a Pulitzer prize winner is completely warranted.
I'm really looking forward to the release of the new Leigh Bardugo book!! And I took your word and read Kindred as my first Octavia E. Butler in February and it was the best book I read in the month :D
I found it weird how little the meteor hitting the earth came up in The Calculating Stars. I remember reading a banal scene about the main character asking her husband if he wants his sandwich made with rye bread or some other bread and I just screamed: ISN'T THE WORLD ENDING? and then just lost all hope for my enjoyment of the novel, lol. Opening vibes did not match rest-of-book vibes for me 😂. On a positive vibe - I read and loved Susan Juby's new book, the follow-up to the great cozy, amusing Mindful of Murder which I also enjoyed a lot. Def recommend.
My best books so far this year were “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama and “Kindred” (based on your recommendation). Loved both of them!! I also read a couple excellent non-fictions, but I usually read historical non-fiction lol. I loved the BTS biography “Beyond the Story.”
read 11 books and my favourite was how fo you live? by Genzaburō Yoshino. it's my first classic and all in all it was very interesting and I learned much :D but also I kinda have the feeling I'm not ready enough for that xD so I'm very exited to reread it someday and understanding it better😤💕
omg, thanks for the spiders warning about Cackle, it was on my list but NOT ANYMORE!!! lol
You saying you love sci-fi but not the ones on your shelf apparently... I deeply relate with post-apocalyptic fiction! I read 3 in February and I DNF'd all of them. But I love the genre?! Argh! What is happening!
I had the same issue until I changed the kind of book I was reading (th-cam.com/video/-alzK3AxRAo/w-d-xo.html) I loved so many 2-3 years ago once I did that!
Daniel from Part of Your World is the best! I love him so much I bought a bookmark of him 😂
He was the best! It felt refreshing to actually root for the male MC
Wonderful result Emily! Love your reading month!
Hello! I’ve been watching you for a long period of time! I love your videos but I recommend A Time To Kill by John Grisham. I read The Testament by him last month and I gave the book 5stars! I am looking into reading more by the author and will like to recommend a book I have not read by him yet and it’s his first book but it’s a thriller and sounds really GOOD!!! I love his writing and would love to hear what you think of it. This is a Thriller so that’s why I’m recommending it to you because you’ve had bad luck. Crossing my fingers maybe you’ll like this author? ❤
Regarding The Goblin emperor, if you don't like the MC you will absolutely despise the book. I found him extremely irritating and shallow (can explain why if anyone wants to hear it, but spoiler alert). I read all 3 books in the series and by the end of the series I felt the author hates women. Women are there to be raped, killed, tortured, have miscarriages, use their bodies to get what they want etc. I know I'm going against popular opinion here but it is what it is 😂
If you ever see The Hopkins Manuscript by RC Sherriff at a book sale, pick it up and peruse it. It came out in 1939 in England, its about what people do when they find out that the Moon is going to be crashing into the Earth, intriguing and thought provoking, killer ending. So far, this is the most interesting book that I have read this year. But I have plenty more.
I had the same sentiments about The Calculating Stars! I was so invested in the beginning but the story went downward spiral later on.
Please read The Light Pirate!! I feel like it’s exactly your taste! Kind of gave me The Wall vibes..
Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef is a really good read on the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Never been so early! Yay me 🎉 need some new recs 😊
There’s a new book out which is full of interviews of Octavia Butler. It’s call ‘Last Interview : Octavia E Butler.” I really enjoyed it, you should give it a go!
That series is so great! I read the one for Ursula k leguin and it was extremely interesting to read from interviews compiled from her entire career.
Looks like my first buy of the year!
I enjoyed Murder at the Bookstore, Mika in Real Life, With Any Luck, and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
February fav was Brother by Ania Alhborn
I don't usually keep up with new releases unless it's an author I follow, but I believe Adrian Tchaikovsky has something coming this year and I know you like him.
He comes out with so many books, I can't keep up lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox He really does! I've only read Spiderlight so far and really loved it, I need to tackle the rest to see if he becomes a favorite. I like that he has such a great variety of topics.
Please spoil me the fight in the witches romance book, Im really curious 🙏🏻
Love your videos ♡
SPOILERS
She’s an orphan and he tells her something like “what do you know about family”. Like dude get the duck out. He barely apologizes anyway but it doesn’t matter. That was malicious and I can’t forgive maliciousness.
Well, I started buying some Octavia E. Butler books... I guess I must wait for your recommendations as per the order in which to read them! 😱
Pray tell when is that video coming to TH-cam?❤
I recommend starting with Kindred if you have that one!
Echoes of Obsession
Emily I love your videos keep posting ❤
I‘m excited for Emily Henry‘s new release, Brandon Sanderson‘s secret project 5 and stormlight book 5, Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio, and Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
I read Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and enjoyed far far more than The Gate to Women's Country.
It is 109 years old so quite a few things that didn't age well, but for it's time it was great!
PS in English we pronounce mosque like "mosk"
Have you read The Yellow Wallpaper? It's great and horrifying at the same time when you realize it is the way they treated women for depression back in the day. They went crazy with boredom. We studied it in my advanced psych course.
@@heatherm561
I LO♡E The Yellow Wallpaper! I've read it 6 times, most recently last October in a great collection called "Deadlier than the Male" which had 23 great horror stories written by 18th and 19th century women.
@@zachreads That's awesome! I used to teach it to my more advanced adult ESL students. They always loved it. It got them fascinated in (the horrors of) history.
The goblin emperor, read it after your blog and loved it. I’m not much into fantasy but loved the (definitely) cozy vibes of this book. Even though the lenguaje was quite complicated at times (English is not my first language).
I wanted to hug Maia in every chapter.
The calculating stars, had the same reaction. First chapter awesome after that not so much.
Didn’t like the MC much, boring mostly.
You might like The Briars Book of the Dead - AG Slater. Witches. Cozy vibes. And not so cozy vibes haha.
I’m excited for Leigh Bardugo’s new book, so I need to preorder that. I did preorder the new Benjamin Stevenson book (Everyone On This Train is a Suspect, er whatever) and I have to go pick it up from my local book store! I have also been very slowly (i mean, trying to be slow…) devouring the Veronica Speedwell series. I’m normally of a similar opinion to yours- I don’t love historical fiction, especially when there is no fantasy involved lol. I especially have little interest in Victorian or Edwardian pieces! But, Speedwell’s character is just so endearing to me. The plotting is always so strong and I also adore the extremely slow burn romance. I just finished book 6- the 9th (i think?) is out later this year!
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts of the companion novel to Part of Your World. I’m impatiently waiting for two books to come out in May: The Malevolent Seven and How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying.
I'm really looking forward to the Octavia E Butler video, since I put one of her books in my Storygraph challenge for this year and I want to see if it's a good start 😄
Which book is it?
@@BookswithEmilyFox it's the Parable of the sower.
That’s a good one! Be prepared for a weird age gap relationship but otherwise it’s good! Book 2 is my favorite book of hers but I never want to read it again 😭
O read one book: Flatshare by Beth O’Leary. I gave it 3.5. I enjoyed it but it’s not gonna make bear books of the year.
My favourite in February was Assassins Apprentice!! So good!
I also read Jade City but it was only okay, hope the series picks up for me. I actually rounded it down to 3.5 from 4 stars after a couple of days because it just didn't feel right lol. (Its the misogyny that I just can't bear like this apparently)
I cannot agree with you more on the very secret society of irregular witches. It wasn't even just what he said in the fight. It was the whole reveal. Hated everyone but mc and kids by the end
Yours truly (the companion to part of your world) was my best book of February! Getting into Jacob's head was fascinating. As an introvert with a large (and loud) family... I've rarely felt so seen. I love my family. And I love being a part of them. But it can be super hard.
I loved The Goblin empire one of my favorite books and seed harvest loved her books so much Octavia A Buttler great series 🫶🏻🌺❤️🌼🦋🌷🪻🌸🌸🌸🌞🌻🌞💕✨🌸🪻🌷🌷🦋🌺❤️🌸🌼🦋🌷🦋🌼🌺🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻❤️🌸🌼🪻🌞🌻🌞💕🌼🌼🦋🌷🌷🦋🌺❤️❤️🌸🌼💕📙📙📖📚📚📚📚📚📙📖📖📖📙📙📖📖😊😊
A Monday video?! Guuurl u saved my day 💖 I’m waiting for the 5th book release on Sanderson’s “the way of kings” series 👀
Ten 🔟 out of ten 🔟 for a fantastic reading month well done to you keep up your amazing reading 📖 prayers and blessings to you and your cats 🐈⬛ love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤
„The ethnic cleansing of Palestine“ by Ilan Pappe is really good. It‘s about the Nakba and how it happend.
He and Noaman Chmosky also have a book named „On Palestine“ i think its more like an interview of their experiences, but its supposed to be really good and i think its also very short
Waiting on Heart of the World release by Amie Kaufman. Also Queen B by Juno Dawson 🔥 love both authors
I think you would really enjoy "Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup."
i have never been so early
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I’be read a couple of Rachel Harrison and tend to really enjoy her blend of light horror and female friendships. Cackle is on my shelf but I haven’t gotten to it yet. Noted about the spiders. Will prepare myself. Lol.
I also don't feel like buying books lately, I rather unhaul books and make space on my shelves before.
There are boxed sets of Butler that are really beautiful. I have Fledgeling that comes in a box, and I have the Parables in a duo box
Hmmm, I might try Cackle…I like horror in small doses!
“They’re not some weird religious books. Welll… ”
Me who struggles with Octavia butler because of all the religion 👀 😬 🫠
The tainted cup is a new release I have my eyes on. It's a fantasy murder mystery
I need you to read a 5starz sci fi book asap i don't know which one but you must
I just started part of your world yesterday, so nice hearing that you liked 👀.
I’m waiting for the next book from Matt Haig- The Life Impossible I think? In the meantime going to check out more of his books for cozy vibes
I'm waiting for it too!
I wanna know ur beef with Irregular Witches because I relate, such a disappointment 😢
SPOILERS
During their "first fight" (which frankly I don't think she even did anything wrong) he told her "what would you know about family" knowing full well she's an orphan. It was so cruel for no reason and he barely apologized. How am I supposed to root for their relationship after that...
I had the same problem with Riot Baby I still need to continue from the brothers part 😅
I’m so glad it’s not just me!! It started so good!!!
The audio for Calculating Stars is at Audible only. Bummer. I’m also listening to The Spare Man by Kowal, and, like the Stars, she can get a bit long-winded. It feels like the books could be shorter and not lose integrity.
Currently reading Welcome to Hyunam-Dong Bookshop!
I liked the stars better than the spare man! That's a bummer because I would have tried the audio of the rest of the series if my library had them!
Fuck audible, time to sail the high seas!
I know you have mentioned before but I completely forgot and can’t find the video: what lipstick did you use here? It looks so pretty!
I put it in the description box (for once lol) it’s the Clinique lipstick in black honey!
@@BookswithEmilyFoxOmg, I thought your lips look like Arwen’s❤
Emily, I checked The Goblin Emperor on goodreads because I wanted a standalone. It is not a standalone XD I added it to my tbr nonetheless.
It is a standalone. The other books listed on goodreads are the start of a new series in the same world. As of yet, none of those books are a direct sequel to the Goblin Emperor (which is so good btw. Hope you love it!)
@@TheEickert I see. The numbering on goodreads can be misleading. I'll check it out 🙂
Hi Emily ! Happy to see you are doing well. Hope the end of the reading slump is near. Regarding recommendations on the Israel/Palestine conflict, I would recommend "Ten myths about Israel" by Ilan Pappé which I've been selling to my friends as "antizionism for dummies". It's quite short but packs a punch and the author references a lot of other works (such as The Hundred Year's War on Palestine) which in turns is a great ressource for more recommendations. What I specifically appreciate about this book is that it goes through a lot of the talking points we hear about often on the news and such, and deconstructs them in a very digestable manner. Hope you have a great day - and best wishes to anyone in the comment section reading this !
Sending positive vibes happy energy for March reading and hope you get out of reading slump Emily 📚📖📖📙🌼❤️🌼📙🌺🌺🌸🦋🦋🌞💕🌞🌞🪻🌸🌼📚📖📙🌼🌼📙🌺🌺🌸🦋🦋💕💕🌞✨✨🪻🪻🪻🌸🌺📖📚🌼❤️❤️❤️🌼📙🌺🌸💕🌞🌞🪻✨✨🪻🪻❤️❤️❤️🌼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
Great job Emily with ur reading in February 🪻🌼❤️🌼🪻🪻🪻🌼❤️🌺🌺💕📙🌸🦋🦋📚🌷🌷🌷🌻🌻📚🌷🫶🏻🫶🏻📚🌺🌸💕📖🌼❤️❤️❤️🪻🌞✨🪻🌺🌺🌸💕📙🌷📚🦋🦋🦋🌷🌻🌻🌸🌞🌞🌞✨✨❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊
No Hello guys, hi people, hey or some other greeting??!
I don't want to be invasive, but I wonder where is Pear, the mother of the kittens? Why don't we see her more often in the videos? Sorry if you already spoke about this and I am behind! Love your videos and you're such a huge inspiration for me! Honestly, all the books I read are the ones you recommend! And I love them 😄❤️😘
Man I started this year with a huge reading slump 🥲
So many of us are going through the same!
@@vickilimbocker2505 yeah I started reading romance 😂 even though I don’t really stand the logic in it
@@BookswithEmilyFox glad that Im not the only one