I’m loving our expanse journey - can’t wait for book 4 🤩 Woohoo for finishing War and Peace!! I loved Take My Hand - great book! I’m reading Evelyn Hardcastle in Feb too!
My fav book from Jan was Diary of a Void. I don't make TBRs so I'm not sure about Feb yet! Very exciting that you finished war and peace! That book and Middlemarch are the books that feel like such an accomplishment when I see people read them!
Oh yeah, Middlemarch also felt like a huge accomplishment haha I think I liked War & Peace more overall, but Middlemarch was easier to read because it was more about the people the whole time
The movie for I'm Thinking of Ending Things is also fantastic (especially after I watched a video explaining scene by scene what I'd just watched, ha.) I love all of Iain Reid's books, his stories are so unique. I really liked A Little Luck, it's written in such an interesting way but yeah, it's a pretty tough read, I'd only read it if you're mentally in a good state. Congratulations on finishing War & Peace! I've started and stopped it so many times, liked the characters and peace scenes, but just couldn't get into the war sections. Reading it along with the Yiyun Li sounds like such a fantastic experience. Looking forward to seeing your review. Favorite books in January were Kala, by Colin Walsh, and The Things We Do to Our Friends, by Heather Darwent. Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertino is up next, it looks like it'll be fantastic.
I'm so excited to watch the movie! and I've ended up deciding to hold off on A Little Luck for another month. I just don't have the time or capacity to sit down with that one this month haha
The Three Body Problem YES! The audio is fantastic! Read the trilogy and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I’ll be re-reading it in like 5 years for sure! So much there!
Take My Hand is a great book. I read it via audio. I started 2024 having got my TBR down to 64. By the end of January it had gone up to 92. This is what happens when you watch best of 2023 videos. Best books in January North Woods by Daniel Mason Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong Tom Lake by Ann Patchett How To Build A Boat by Elaine Feeney I read these with my ears. Currently reading The Bandit Queens Time Shelter 🍀👋☘️📖📚☕️📕
I need to make progress with acotar as I read the first one in 2022 and my husband bought me a complete set. Now I need to read a detailed recap of the first book! Best book of Jan for me was Heartstopper 5 ❤️ Feb - I've started The North Woods on audio which I was so excited about. I am about 10% in, so am excited to see how it progresses. Massively want to read fourth wing. So many congratulations for finishing War & Peace! 🎉
@@FreshlyReadBooks you definitely should and the TV show too, it's sooo heartwarming. Just relating to what I wrote above, I am now reading fourth wing 🎉
Loved the reviews!! A Tale for the Time Being is my Jan fave!! For Feb i am really excited to read Death's End, I love the Three body Problem series and I am nervous and ecstatic to read its finale🫠
My favorite book I finished in February was Whalefall by Daniel Kraus. What a propulsive read! I’m surprised there isn’t more buzz about it. I just started Absolution by Alice McDermott and looking forward to reading it.
I am in the exact same spot as you with North Woods. I have no reason to read it (and a lot of reasons to read a lot of other books) but I want to get to it so bad! Three Body Problem is so good - books 2 and 3 are even better.
I can confirm that the audiobook for The Fury was very well done and the way the story was told lent itself well to an audiobook format...but it does not improve the story. I gave it a 2.5 overall.
I had picked A Little Luck in this video, but I have actually changed to You Have a Friend in 10a (because I don't have time to sit down and read this month, so I wanted something I could listen to)
It's surprising how different he feels to other thriller authors while still being super successful in that space. If it means anything for you, The Fury feels super different than The Silent Patient. He even said that he wrote it entirely differently. I'm not sure you would still want to give it a shot, but figured you should know :)
I’m loving our expanse journey - can’t wait for book 4 🤩
Woohoo for finishing War and Peace!!
I loved Take My Hand - great book!
I’m reading Evelyn Hardcastle in Feb too!
My fav book from Jan was Diary of a Void. I don't make TBRs so I'm not sure about Feb yet!
Very exciting that you finished war and peace! That book and Middlemarch are the books that feel like such an accomplishment when I see people read them!
Oh yeah, Middlemarch also felt like a huge accomplishment haha I think I liked War & Peace more overall, but Middlemarch was easier to read because it was more about the people the whole time
The movie for I'm Thinking of Ending Things is also fantastic (especially after I watched a video explaining scene by scene what I'd just watched, ha.) I love all of Iain Reid's books, his stories are so unique. I really liked A Little Luck, it's written in such an interesting way but yeah, it's a pretty tough read, I'd only read it if you're mentally in a good state.
Congratulations on finishing War & Peace! I've started and stopped it so many times, liked the characters and peace scenes, but just couldn't get into the war sections. Reading it along with the Yiyun Li sounds like such a fantastic experience. Looking forward to seeing your review.
Favorite books in January were Kala, by Colin Walsh, and The Things We Do to Our Friends, by Heather Darwent. Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertino is up next, it looks like it'll be fantastic.
I'm so excited to watch the movie! and I've ended up deciding to hold off on A Little Luck for another month. I just don't have the time or capacity to sit down with that one this month haha
The Three Body Problem YES! The audio is fantastic! Read the trilogy and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I’ll be re-reading it in like 5 years for sure! So much there!
That's great to know! I'm in the middle of prepping for a move and audiobooks are so much easier for me right now, so I'll try that out!
I picked up Foe from the library. I’m a Reid fan for sure!
I'm so excited for my next book store trip, because I know I'll be coming home with We Spread or Foe or both haha
Looking forward to the war and peace video!
Congratulations on finishing war and peace 🎉
Thanks!
Take My Hand is a great book. I read it via audio. I started 2024 having got my TBR down to 64. By the end of January it had gone up to 92. This is what happens when you watch best of 2023 videos.
Best books in January
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
How To Build A Boat by Elaine Feeney
I read these with my ears.
Currently reading
The Bandit Queens
Time Shelter
🍀👋☘️📖📚☕️📕
I need to make progress with acotar as I read the first one in 2022 and my husband bought me a complete set. Now I need to read a detailed recap of the first book!
Best book of Jan for me was Heartstopper 5 ❤️
Feb - I've started The North Woods on audio which I was so excited about. I am about 10% in, so am excited to see how it progresses.
Massively want to read fourth wing.
So many congratulations for finishing War & Peace! 🎉
I read the first 2 Heartstopper books but never continued! I should really do that haha They are so cute
@@FreshlyReadBooks you definitely should and the TV show too, it's sooo heartwarming.
Just relating to what I wrote above, I am now reading fourth wing 🎉
Loved the reviews!! A Tale for the Time Being is my Jan fave!! For Feb i am really excited to read Death's End, I love the Three body Problem series and I am nervous and ecstatic to read its finale🫠
My favorite book I finished in February was Whalefall by Daniel Kraus. What a propulsive read! I’m surprised there isn’t more buzz about it. I just started Absolution by Alice McDermott and looking forward to reading it.
Nice! I hadn't heard of it even though I've definitely heard of Daniel Kraus. I'll have to keep my eye out the next time I'm at the bookstore :)
Great tshirt 👀
I had to go back and get it after we talked and I'm so happy I did!
Getting through acotar is a struggle for me too 😂
Glad it's not just me! haha
I am in the exact same spot as you with North Woods. I have no reason to read it (and a lot of reasons to read a lot of other books) but I want to get to it so bad!
Three Body Problem is so good - books 2 and 3 are even better.
Ben I just started North Woods!! I can keep you posted - I was so intrigued I couldn't wait any longer 😊
@@YourTrueShelf awesome! I’ll look forward to your review ❤️
Thanks for being our tester haha
I can confirm that the audiobook for The Fury was very well done and the way the story was told lent itself well to an audiobook format...but it does not improve the story. I gave it a 2.5 overall.
This is very valuable information haha thank you!
What are you reading for the February TBR spin? Perhaps I missed it?!
I had picked A Little Luck in this video, but I have actually changed to You Have a Friend in 10a (because I don't have time to sit down and read this month, so I wanted something I could listen to)
Skip the novella haha its the character you are done with and has no plot
Thank you!!
I disliked The silent patient so much that it put me off anything he writes. I was intrigued by The fury until I saw the author… 😕
It's surprising how different he feels to other thriller authors while still being super successful in that space. If it means anything for you, The Fury feels super different than The Silent Patient. He even said that he wrote it entirely differently. I'm not sure you would still want to give it a shot, but figured you should know :)