exclusive edition usually means the publishers gave that bookshop some exclusive content like a author signature, reading group questions or author q+a
i like CAS and a bit of gameplay, im a family player but i like creating a whole universe so i’ll come up with a plotline and then once i get bored i’ll come up with a new one and CAS for days lol
I read the arc and gave it a 2. As in it was ok. Didnt love it didnt hate it. But shes a great author and it showed in the book she put in so much work and i just raised it to a 3. I intend to reread someday maybe
always a joy to get uploads from you😌. I hope your turtle's eyes get better☹️. My sim playstyle is definitely game play orientated. I love creating my sims and just causing the most unnecessary havoc in my game play with mods😩 i try to be a wholesome woman and have one save file where i try to be family oriented but one of the children keeps becoming a menace
Everytime I see you pick up a locker room mystery, I chuckle. What kind of toxic relationship chokehold do they have on you. Also not Babel in the thumbnail with that title. I know the girlies are about to be mad because it was everyone's favorite book last year. I have yet to read it but when I muster the courage, Imma see it for myself 🤭
Love the twists, they look good on you! What kind of player am I? I am the broke laptop player with too much cc, whose game would break at any substantial official update. I also HATE the UI, there is too much of it. Enough already.
Id like you're opinion on ' To Fill A Yellow House' by Susie Anie. Its a debut, but i thought it was honestly incredible, im not usually someone who notices writing, im definetly a story and characters focused reader, but this book was so well-written i had no choice but to notice it!
Oh and I feel like I’m a CAS/gameplay simmer, cause I loveee making my sims and playing out their stories. But one thing I am not is a builder, I can’t build worth shit 😭 I’ll download somebody else’s creation in a heartbeat! Now I might make a lil tweaks here and there but I can’t build from scratch at all 😭
I uploaded a 30 minute rant review on TH-cam on Babel because it was so terrible 💀 Like that book was written for white people not actual BIPOC people and it shows 😫 Like all of the characters in it were characatures than actual real fleshed out people 🙃
How exactly was Babel written for white people when the entire book unapologetically shows the racism, misogynoir, and white victimhood in the white characters present in the book? The book doesn’t coddle with anything. Unless ofc, you believe it was “for white people” because it targeted harmful white behaviour and put it to the forefront and you were offended. Like or don’t like what you want but this critique doesn’t make much sense. If the book was written by someone in the BIPOC community, and it accurately shows the exploitation of BIPOC and the ramifications of colonization, all while giving in depth and historically accurate info on the cultures of all the main BIPOC characters, then in what way is it written for white people? And who exactly do you think were the caricatures? Was it really everyone? Or just the white characters because you felt they were presented too terribly.
I just want you to know when you think you look busted, I just think you were really chilling at home. When you chilling at home, you supposed to look comfortable and this is a damn vlog, girl I get it.
Sci-fi recommendation: Have you read either Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Classics for good reason!
I appreciate what babel tried to do but it was so pretentious for a book that absolutely hadnt earned it. Putting footnotes every other page as though anything other than the etymology and the concept was worthwhile. Stupid characters making stupid decisions inconsistent with their already poor characterisations, frequent misunderstandings of colonial dynamics, and so full of itself. It felt like all it did was show something racist, point at it and say guys look how bad and racist that is, and then say NOTHING else as though youre an idiot whos never heard of the 1800s before.
which one of you recommended Babel for Kenya????? Like I’ll never get her to read fantasy romance if y’all keep setting her back!!! 😭
not me for sure, not me
Setting us back frl😭
wasn't me but Babel was a 5 star for me 😂
It's not us, it's just that the book is popular among our beloved mutual book content creators: they were all reading it AND raving about it.
all fantasy romance I've read has only disappointed me so far, can you drop some recs 😭
I hope your turtle heals and feels better. I love how you describe him as spunky. So adorable
the title for this video done took me out 😂😂🤣 cause dang not you didn’t like ONE book. Lawd i am here for this
Honestly everytime someone talked about Babble I knew it just wasn't gonna be for me and have no plans of ever reading it
People were trying to gaslight me into thinking The Writing Retreat was good smh. I refused to be swayed. Thank you for the validation 👏🏾
I dnf it!
@@saly4762good! I wish I had. I was told the ending was sooo good and wasted my time 🙄
By the end of it I was so confused why people liked it
I knew from the blurb that it would be unserious.
I’m happy that even tho you weren’t loving the books there was still an upbeat energy to this
I had the exact same rating / thoughts about Babel. It wasn’t my favorite, but I respect what it accomplished
Always excited for a new Kenya video. I’m SEATED
I love starting with one sim and growing the family I’m on like my 8th gen right now and one thing about me they gone match for them family photos 😂
exclusive edition usually means the publishers gave that bookshop some exclusive content like a author signature, reading group questions or author q+a
Also my book is hot pink under the dust jacket.
i like CAS and a bit of gameplay, im a family player but i like creating a whole universe so i’ll come up with a plotline and then once i get bored i’ll come up with a new one and CAS for days lol
CAS and Building are my preferred gameplay in the SIMS. Turned on the video while redownloading it since my semester ended!
I read the arc and gave it a 2. As in it was ok. Didnt love it didnt hate it. But shes a great author and it showed in the book she put in so much work and i just raised it to a 3. I intend to reread someday maybe
An hour and ten minutes of crappy books? Let me get my popcorn. 😌
Girl; I agree, you do have gorgeous eyebrows. And thank you for reading The Writing Retreat and helping me avoid another mediocre thriller 💖💖
You’re so iconic Kenya LMAOO
Kenya !!! I so agree with you about living single!
always a joy to get uploads from you😌. I hope your turtle's eyes get better☹️. My sim playstyle is definitely game play orientated. I love creating my sims and just causing the most unnecessary havoc in my game play with mods😩 i try to be a wholesome woman and have one save file where i try to be family oriented but one of the children keeps becoming a menace
This sounds so fun!
😂
Brows looking great!
Not you talking down on us bare-browed b*tches 😂😂😂
Your brows truly are S tier
1) your eyebrows looked SNATCHED 🔥🔥🔥
2) I just love your videos. They bring me so much joy 💕
Everytime I see you pick up a locker room mystery, I chuckle. What kind of toxic relationship chokehold do they have on you. Also not Babel in the thumbnail with that title. I know the girlies are about to be mad because it was everyone's favorite book last year. I have yet to read it but when I muster the courage, Imma see it for myself 🤭
Love the twists, they look good on you!
What kind of player am I? I am the broke laptop player with too much cc, whose game would break at any substantial official update. I also HATE the UI, there is too much of it. Enough already.
Id like you're opinion on ' To Fill A Yellow House' by Susie Anie. Its a debut, but i thought it was honestly incredible, im not usually someone who notices writing, im definetly a story and characters focused reader, but this book was so well-written i had no choice but to notice it!
I literally spent the past few weeks watching living single. 😮We are on the same wavelength. That’s crazy. That show is so freaking funny.
I feel the same way trying to find a fantasy book I like. I like song of achilles and lore
Loved it!
The title?! 💀
The title and Rootless in the thumbnail…oh I’m heartbroken already 😭
Oh and I feel like I’m a CAS/gameplay simmer, cause I loveee making my sims and playing out their stories. But one thing I am not is a builder, I can’t build worth shit 😭 I’ll download somebody else’s creation in a heartbeat! Now I might make a lil tweaks here and there but I can’t build from scratch at all 😭
I didn’t like The Writing Retreat either. It wasn’t for me at all. I felt the main character was annoying. Honestly, I dnf’d it.
We need some sims gameplay content... on the main channel or here!!!
I uploaded a 30 minute rant review on TH-cam on Babel because it was so terrible 💀 Like that book was written for white people not actual BIPOC people and it shows 😫 Like all of the characters in it were characatures than actual real fleshed out people 🙃
Frantically nodding. I feel vindicated.
That's interesting hmm
Where’s the video tho?? 😆
@@zixaz00
th-cam.com/video/ZZ44erISBTI/w-d-xo.html
Here you go 😅🤧😭
How exactly was Babel written for white people when the entire book unapologetically shows the racism, misogynoir, and white victimhood in the white characters present in the book? The book doesn’t coddle with anything. Unless ofc, you believe it was “for white people” because it targeted harmful white behaviour and put it to the forefront and you were offended. Like or don’t like what you want but this critique doesn’t make much sense. If the book was written by someone in the BIPOC community, and it accurately shows the exploitation of BIPOC and the ramifications of colonization, all while giving in depth and historically accurate info on the cultures of all the main BIPOC characters, then in what way is it written for white people? And who exactly do you think were the caricatures? Was it really everyone? Or just the white characters because you felt they were presented too terribly.
I just want you to know when you think you look busted, I just think you were really chilling at home. When you chilling at home, you supposed to look comfortable and this is a damn vlog, girl I get it.
I would totally watch Kenya do a let’s play or hone building video on the sims
Sci-fi recommendation:
Have you read either Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Classics for good reason!
let’s try romance books again pleaseeeee
💗💗💗💗
Kenya have u read what happened to rugby Ramirez
I appreciate what babel tried to do but it was so pretentious for a book that absolutely hadnt earned it. Putting footnotes every other page as though anything other than the etymology and the concept was worthwhile. Stupid characters making stupid decisions inconsistent with their already poor characterisations, frequent misunderstandings of colonial dynamics, and so full of itself. It felt like all it did was show something racist, point at it and say guys look how bad and racist that is, and then say NOTHING else as though youre an idiot whos never heard of the 1800s before.
Ah you just spoiled nine perfect strangers!!!
Y’all call everything a spoiler 🙄
@@ChloeBaileysRightBootyCheekomg I love your user name. I had to do a double check and it made me happy!
10:16 kenya always being a mood 😹
how can i get accepted as a twt follower of yours😭🫶🏽