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Liang - "I'm terrified of Salmonella" proceeds to eat raw brownie dough with 3 raw eggs in it.... haha. Same though honestly!
Omg I’m screaming I didn’t even realise 😂😂😂
@@RachelCatherine I thought the same thing!!! especially seeing as you were joking about who was going to eat the raw egg white but then technically all ate it haha :) :) 🥰🥰
Literally was about to comment on this, such a stupid thing to say & immediately contradict yourself 😂
Why did that not even process in my brain as a thing hahahaha
I’m in love with the blanket you made for your nephew 🥹 those are the colors we love for our son as well. Beautiful gift.
My favorite Kristin Hannah book is The Great Alone. It’s set in Alaska in the 1970s and focuses a lot on mother daughter relationships and just women sticking together
Amazing book!!!!!
Yeees my book club did that in January !! It was so good
i know you wanted to read beartown and anxious people so i would recommend those!! loved both of those books and have had really great discussions about the writing and the characters💙
Thank you for the heads up about the Nightingale - it's on my priority tbr for this year, and I was thinking of reading it soon; but honestly I've been in a low place mentally lately. Suggestions like that for when to read certain books is so helpful!!
Beartown would be a great book club book. It definitely tackles hard topics and would be a great one for group discussion.
idea for your bookclub pick: 'the favorites' by layne fargo for me was absolutely mesmerizing and definetly 5 stars! great writing style and fantastic story, really despised the main character just for me to love her on the next page and fascinating setting!
Yesss I want to read this so badly! But I don’t think I can wait until March to read it 😂
The dagger and the flame and an ember in the ashes are really good books:)
oh my god i just finished this book and i am OBSESSED!! will definitely be rereading sometime in the future
i used to bullet journal and rachel, my bullet journal heart is IN LOVE with your january spreads!!!
My first video I ever watched from you was a Kmart shop with me !! This was so fun to watch 💛
Wowww you’ve been here a long time 🥹 thanks for sticking around 💖
For book club I recommend Blue Sisters! I read it, then my best friend did and we had some great conversations about it.
I also loved The Women by Kristin Hannah ❤
As a mama of two I love the shoes idea! Kids shoes are so expensive so it’s such a nice gift to not have to use your own money on them especially a nice brand like vans ❤
As much as I love book content, I’ve missed your vlogs!!
Our bookclub book for December was ‘kingdom of the wicked’ and we all LOVED it! We had so many things to discuss bc it keeps you guessing throughout the entire book🫶🏼📖
i think The Women by Kristin Hannah would be a great book club book for you guys!!! It is truly a love letter to female friendships and was my first 5 year of the month (The Nightingale was my second!!)
currently reading that!! & loving it
in december my book club read in memoriam by alice winn (loved it !!!), january we read kala by colin walsh which generated some rlly good discussion and in february we are reading so thrilled for you by holly bourne (its a new release) 😌
my book club recently read Remarkably Bright Creatures and it was definitely very divisive! some people absolutely adored it and some weren’t sure but it created some very interesting conversation :)) love you rach! 💓
The Women by Kristin Hannah (her latest one) was soul crushing in the best way possible, it destroyed me and I immediately wanted to reread it as soon as I finished!
I recommend The Handmaids Tale for book club! I read it with mine last year and there was such good discussion! Or The Grace Year by Kim Liggett was really good too!
I’m normally a silent viewer but I just wanna say I’ve been watching your videos for so long now and I still love each one sm 💕
I would recommend Banyan Moon. It was my favorite literary fiction book of 2024!!
Your vlogs never disappoint rach 🙌
Totally agree on when to listen to podcasts, audiobooks and music! I thought I was the only one who didn’t listen to audiobooks in the car and only during hobbies and chores!
For book club I would really recommend The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice- it's set in London and is just absolutely brilliant! It's kind of general fiction/ women's fiction with some romance. Was very popular a few years ago and is my ultimate comfort read. It's just complete escapism and the characters are the best! 💞
for my book club a few months ago we read ‘not for the faint of heart’ by lex croucher and it was so fun! it’s a fun sapphic fantasy romance based on Robin Hood. but if you want to have good in depth discussions ‘i who have never known men’ by jacqueline harpman is amazing!! dystopian about a group of about 40 women who live in a bunker and our main character can’t remember her life before
For your book club pick you could do Anxious People or Remarkably Bright Creatures! I also love The Night Circus!
Other favourite Kristin Hannah books (I have read them all!): Winter Garden, Wild/Magic Hour, The Great Alone and Home Front. Think the first two might be most interesting for book club discussions
The Nightingale is my favorite books of all time. So good.
The book thief - this is my favorite book and I would love to see u read it !! ❤
My book club did the Frozen River this month and it was AMAZING -- such a good book club book and most of us really enjoyed it. Also great for conversations.
Loved frozen river
ive read the great alone and the four winds by kristin hannah and i really enjoyed both of them. the four winds takes place during the 1930s in the great depression in the u.s. and i loved it so much i was so invested i cried at the end
4:33 I watch your videos for crochet and crafting💖
I don't know if you have read it, but The Grace Year by Kim Liggett I think would be a good book club pick! Especially as women.
Y’all should read the Handmaids Tale! It’s another kind of heavy one but when I read it back in high-school, my class discussed it for weeks!
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is one of my all-time favorite books. There are 2 books in the series, and it is a fantasy series. It is a YA book I believe but does not read "young" at all.
The Great Alone is my fav Kristin Hannah book!
The Women is a Kristin Hannah must-read! It was my book club’s January pick and my gosh, so good! We had such a great discussion about it. All of our husbands are military helicopter pilots, so that probably increased our interest 🙂
The women by Kristin Hannah is amazing!! Couldn’t put it down!!
This is prefect timing as its Friday evening here in the uk 🇬🇧 I know what I'll be watching tonight...love ur channel Rach ❤xx
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My favourite Kristin Hannah books are The Women and The Great Alone.
The others I’ve read of hers are The Nightingale and The Four Winds
5:02 Omg that is the cutest!! 🥰
Would you do Rebel Witch for your book club pick? I know that y'all read Crimson Moth so that might be fun!
You need to read The Lotus Shoes- I just finished it & it was so good 😊
For book club book. Try Illuminae if you haven’t read it yet. It’s set up like a pile of documents and it’s ya sci-fi but with romance
The jorts look amazing on you!
I think the Sword of Kaigen or Blood Over Bright Haven would both be great book club books. Haven’t read it but heard great things about The Wedding People, which also seems like it would be a good one to discuss.
My book club just read Shark Heart - it sounded so weird from the premise but so many of us loved it and there was a lot to discuss. It is quite heavy though so avoid if you guys need a lighter one 😂
The Women is my favourite Kristin Hannah from the ones I’ve read of hers as well
For my book club we read Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield and overall we all enjoyed it! would defs recommend, ignites great discussion
Our book club has loved: Remarkably Bright Creatures!! So much good things to talk about everyone loved it we just gushed about it for like 2 hours 😂❤
The jorts look incredible!! Keep!!
Some of us in my fantasy book club just read Swordheart by T Kingfisher and loved it! I’ve been told it gives off a Princess Bride feel with the vibes and banter. I found it to be funny, romantic, adventurous and the found family was a lot of fun. Also, we are currently reading Water Moon by Samantha Soto Yambao which is a very whimsical, cozy fantasy with some romance. So far I am loving it as are the others! I’d recommend either for something lighter!
The great alone by Kristin Hannah is really good. I read it last year and loved it. Home front is also good and I rarely ever see people talk about it. Night road is my favorite book by her though. All of these books are really sad of course.
The Women by Kristin Hannah!!! Was an amazing read!!
The Nightingale is one of my fav books of all time! I also loved her book The Women (her newest book)…same kinda vibes but about the Vietnam war. But it’s also pretty intense…
The Five People You Meet In Heaven I think would be a good book club book & it’s so short as well 🥰
I hosted a book club for four years and some of our best discussions/reads were also the nightingale and tomorrow x3. So, my other book club recs are The Collected Regrets of Clover, Remarkably Bright Creatures, We Were the Lucky Ones, and A Man Called Ove
Y’all should read The Favorites!!!
My book club read The Timetraveller’s Wife and it was VERY divisive! Such an interesting read for all of us to discuss (personally, I was team ‘not into it’ but it was fun to hear those who did enjoy!! Xx
Liliana‘s Invincible Summer is really intriguing and I can‘t wait to discuss it with my book club!
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors was fantastic
We are currently reading the favourites ❤
My favourite Kristin Hannah is The Great Alone ❤️
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The Great Alone is my fav!!!! I think you will love the main characters in that one too.
The Women is also good but I personally think you’ll fall in love with the Great Alone characters more, just my opinion though :)
The woman by Kristin Hannah is my absolute favorite! I think it would spark a lot of conversation in a book club, like most of her books it felt very real and very heartbreaking. Would highly recommend, 5 stars for me ⭐️
Book club recs: “The Spellshop” (so cute! however also not everyone’s fave) or “Quicksilver” (half of us loveddd it, the other half were quite disappointed) - or maybe “One Italian Summer” just because it’s so emotional and unique!
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. I think you mentioned it in your 25 books in 2025 video..? I loved it. Lots of discussion to be had. The audiobook is incredible specifically to listen to Marcellus’ POV.
i remember feeling like i was always the one fading into the background while others stood out effortlessly. it was frustrating and made me doubt myself a lot. then i came across this book, Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it showed me things i’d never even considered. it’s not just a self-help book; it’s like a guide to understanding your own energy and using it to connect with people. if you’ve ever felt like you’re not seen, this book might change everything.
My favorite books by Kristin Hannah are The Women and The Great Alone! Both are quite heavy books (especially the Women) but I couldn't put those down!!
Also for your book club: me and my friend both really enjoyed The Shellshop by Sarah Beth Durst :)
Okay you should do the unmaking of June farrow by Adrienne young, for March, it was so good and we had almost all 5 stars in my book club!!
I am a huge Kristen Hannah fan! My recommendation is The Great Alone. Absolutely amazing story!
i adore Kristin Hannah books - I reccomend The Women (women in vietnam war) raw and emotional (honestly might of enjoyed more than the nightingale , and The Great Alone
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I just finished When We Lost Our Heads yesterday and loved it!! I think it would be a great bookclub book, I feel like there's so many layers to peel and I really wish I had someone to discuss it with!! Saying that I loved it feels weird after finishing it because I just have so many thoughts, and I think that was the whole point. I would love to have discussed this in a book club setting! And I feel like either 1 or 2 or 3 of you 4 would like it and the others not so much.
you have to read the housemaid by Freida McFadden, I'm reading and it's so good!!
I'd recommend The French Photographer by Natasha Lester for bookclub, it has romance, mystery, and women in WWII, and Natasha Lester is Australian 😊
Omg girl I love this ❤❤❤❤ hanging with bestie 😊😊 best time ever
Half A Soul was great! If you all love Bridgerton, you'll find this really fun and light-hearted. Love from a freezing cold UK ❤
I’ve already read that one but lovedddd it!!
omg I loved the nightingale
Sooo good!!
Book club book ideas: The Will of the Many by James Islington, Any of the Bridgerton Books by Julia Quinn, and In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. Those are all great buddy reads with ENTIRELY different vibes.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is amazing, a hard read but so good
My book club just finished by another name, by Jodi Picoult and we gave it 5 stars. Loved it, but heavy. Cried a lot!
I love your vlogs SO MUCHH❤❤
one night i was scrolling through my phone, feeling like i’d never figure out why some people just seem so magnetic. then i came across this book, Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and something about it caught my attention. reading it was like turning on a light in a dark room. it’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not; it’s about unlocking the energy you already have. trust me, this book is worth every page
The Kristin Hannah book you should read next is “the great alone” it’s long but I don’t read as fast as you and I flew through it in two weeks. Lots of twists and turns to talk about
i remember this one time i felt like no matter what i did, people just didn’t notice me. i tried everything-confidence boosters, social tips, you name it-but nothing seemed to work. then i found this book, Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it completely shifted how i saw myself. it’s not just about being noticed; it’s about understanding the energy you project. honestly, this book made all the difference for me. if you’ve ever felt invisible, you need to read it.
We read Blue sisters and I think it was e really good choose 🥰📚
hopefully you love onyx storm rachel i just finished it and be warned the ending will make you cry
Oh no I’m scared
@ if you loved books 1 and 2 you will love this one
Amazing video Rachel!😸
I think I have realised that I’m a historical fiction girlie! I’ve read 3 Kristin Hannah books in Dec/Jan and really loved them all. I’d recommend The Women or The Great Alone (audiobooks narrated by my fav Julia Whelan too). Looking forward to being emotionally destroyed by The Nightingale!
Love the jeans Rachel!! I recommend babel by r f kuang- masterpiece ❤ but yeah it’s intense!
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The Let Them Theory would be good.
Not me literally grinning cause you got cytonic and the novellas!! Haha im so excited for you to read them!!
Winston nodding at you when you were talking to him was the cutest thing ever! haha what a smart boy 💕
Where is your bath robe from the start from? The beautiful pink one x
You have to read the women by Kristin Hannah!
For your book club for March, you can pick a book called The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. It is a mystery about a Stradivarius violin but the author is a music teacher and a violin player. While reading the book I thought it was his autobiography but it is not.
maybe pick 'remarkably bright creatures' by Shelby Van Pelt for your bookclub. ooooor you could do anxious people by fredrik backman
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang gives you really good discussions or Boy Swallows Universe also has really amazing discussion points, set in suburban Brisbane too. Or one I just loved (Tomorrow x3 & Lessons in Chemistry are my favourite books) is Remarkably Bright Creatures!
there was a time when i kept wondering why some people seemed to naturally draw others in while i was just…there. no matter what i tried, i couldn’t figure out how they did it. then someone mentioned the book Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and i decided to check it out. the way it explains how your aura affects everything around you? it blew me away. it’s like having a secret code to unlock your magnetic energy. this book is a game-changer.