Again, but Better was definetly a standalone I read at the right time in my life, I start uni in a few weeks and ABB has made me feel ready and so excited. I feel like I really get Shane and how she is feeling, I can not wait for your next book! Thanks for writing such a fantastic novel Christine💛
Also, you were the first booktuber I’ve ever followed and you remain my favourite. I was just starting high school (I’m almost done university now) and my love for books grew because of you so thank you for everything
Jandy Nelson is for sure one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author. The way she writes and the pictures and stories she paints... they’re so amazing and colorful and beautiful even if they can be sad. I’ll Give You the Sun and The Sky Is Everywhere are wonderful novels. I NEED HER TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK
my top standalones are(I haven't read very many yet) 1: Unbroken 2: Pride & Prejudice 3: Again But Better 4: Talking As Fast As I Can 5: Nicholas Nickleby
After all these years, you're still my favorite Booktuber ever, the way you're so passionate about books is so relatable and I love it and I love you! 🥰
Such a great list! I read I'll Give You the Sun for the first time last year. I knew I wanted to read it one day, so when I found it at a thrift shop for like a dollar I knew I had to get it. I read it last August and I still think about it to this day.
“Again, but Better” was the book for me. I read that book a week before I left to go on a trip to Europe for 2.5 weeks. I visited a lot of places that were mentioned in the book which gave me so much joy to be able to relate. I recently broke up with my long time boyfriend, but I remember even comparing my love life to how well you’d written Pilot and Shane. I’m also about to head to college for my freshman year. Thank you for creating something so relatable and personal.
You have no idea how amazing was the timing of this video. I just finished 2 different trilogies, both very dark and hard to read, and didn't want to start another series. I'm dying to read a stand alone and was just looking for some. Thank you so much. Lots of love from Brazil, byee ♥
@@DashawnLoves The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, and The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence ... I read them within a week, I think I shouldn't have done that lol.
@@DashawnLoves Not scary type of dark, but both are very violent and the heroes suffer A LOT to a point that The Farseer actually gets depressing. The Broken Empire is basically about a sociopath looking for vengeance. I loved both series, but as I said I read them to quickly one after the other without a break... I don't recommend that hahaha
When you were talking about how Fangirl was the first book you fully related to my mind jumped straight to ABB and how much Shane reminds me of myself 😂😍. And btw I loveee your book, it was the first YA contemporary I'd ever read and it filled me with so much bubbly joy! I can't wait to read it again 😊😊💕
I read Anna and the French Kiss and Fangirl because I watched you’re video recs for contemporary noobs , and ever since then I always look for books you recommend ♥️ Fangirl and Just One Day definitely left such an impression in my life they’ll always be in my top 3
I guessed Anna and the French Kiss, What if it’s us, I’ll give you the sun, A very large expanse of sea, They both die at the end, And Fangirl correctly. 6/10. I feel so accomplished
Again But Better came out at the perfect time because I just finished my first year of college but I lived at home and commuted and it felt really lonely while all my friends were gone having a great time. So I’m transferring to a new school for this fall and it’s in a state I’ve never been to. I feel like I’m trying to do college again but better. I’m really excited. There’s so much about friendship and travel too that’s inspiring and I love it. Thanks Christine, your book was really happy and encouraging.
I’ve owned “They both die at the end” for about a month and a half, but I wasn’t motivated to read it. After watching this video, I got excited to read it. So, I just read the first 179 pages in three hours while listening to the audiobook, and I’ve already cried thrice. I’m scared but definitely excited. Thank you so much for this! It’s also convinced me to read “I’ll give you the sun,” which I’ve owned for multiple months.
I’m so with you on the Lola and the Boy Next Door above Anna and the French kiss. Mainly bc a lot of Anna’s choices stressed me out whereas Lola’s made perfect sense to me, and her fashion hobby and wonderful family made me so happy
That's my favorite stand alone too! When I finished Just One Day, I just like closed the book and cried, because I knew no other reading experience could top that one.
I'm in an awful reading slump and I just remembered how unique the experience was when I read Verity and watched your review. Time to pick up a book now.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE I’ll give you the sun!!!! So happy you love it too. There aren’t enough people that talk about it. It’s such a beautiful emotional read!
Girl, I miss your videos. I use to read a bunch of books, but I got accepted into medical school two years ago and haven’t touched a book since. I will read some of these books, I promise!
I got none right! Yay! But one that I read that turned into my favorite book of ALL TIME, is Call me by your Name. I know there is a second one coming, but the original is so beautiful and an awe inspiring work of words and knowledge and love it blows me away every time I read it. P.s. I’ve read it six times now, not including the audiobook. That’s even worse at a whopping 13 listens. 💙
OMG I LOVE Landline and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!! And I completely agree with your assessments about each! I love them both more every time I read them. I try to read them each at least once a year or every other year. I just love Rainbow Rowell's writing in general though too. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Just One Day too! It's amazing. You have fantastic book taste :). I loved your book too! Easily one of my top 10 favorites in YA!
My favorite standalones are: Fangirl Just One Day Anna and the French Kiss The Book Thief Heartless Eleanor and Park If I Stay The Fault in Our Stars And btw after watching your videos for like 7 years now, I guessed almost every book on your list 🤗🤪❤️
Omg I’ll give you the sun! I read that a while ago and nobody else liked it/ doesn’t read too much! I completely agree with you it’s such a good book and it doesn’t get as much credit as it shouldddd 😍
If you’re in the UK, read ‘I’ll give you the sun’ in Cornwall, it works perfectly, I love’d it, I tend to tie certain places to certain books, like Dante and Aristotle ... in NYC
I just stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish Again, but Better (I started it today) and I have a lot of emotions, but I loved it!! Thank you so much for writing this book, I really needed it. It reminded me of how much I love and want to travel. Also, 🥧🥧😍
Uau, I was betting your first favorite stand alone would be 'turtles all the way down' or 'Evelyn hugo' for some reason haha but it is actually my favorite book too! 'just one day' is so amazing, it makes me think a lot about who Allison was before and who she became and how I relate to that. Great choice!
My favourite standalone is "Midnight at the Electric", which is a book I've never seen on Booktube (well I don't think I have). It really moved me and it's full of mystery and love and hope I loved it so much. I wish more people had read it.
My favorite standalone of all time is Life of Pi, because I was overcome by this refreshing feeling of peace when I was reading it and when I finished it. Oh my god, I LOVE What If It’s Us so much! It HAS to become a movie, it JUST HAS TO! I’ll be SO MAD if it doesn’t.
I got 3 books right yaaay! :) Some of my favorite standalones are Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since you've been gone, Anna and the French Kiss and oh - AGAIN BUT BETTER! ♥
WOOO! I NEED TO REREAD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER IT ENOUGH BUT I KNOW I REALLY LIKED IT. and also ahh! yay
I totally guessed I'll Give You the Sun, Fangirl, Just One Day, The Martian, and They Both Die at the End. I was thinking Lola and the Boy Next Door might be on here, I didn't write it down but I still gave it to myself haha. I expected The Host and The Astonishing Color of After to be on here, but I was surprised that The Host wasn't. Love you Christine!
I'm reading all the books you mentioned that I haven't read yet as soon as possible! VERITY and All Your Perfects is the real deal. The emotional blows were too real for AYP, it was hurting me since it was a struggle I'm closely familiar with. Verity though, was a mind blowing read. A first for COHO and she did not dissapoint. :)
A stand alone i would highly reccomend is Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Cappetta. Its a beautiful story - part murder mystery, part theater story, part girl/girl romance. I read it earlier this year, and I didn't realize until I was done how much I needed the story. Her writing style is amazing, and the story just kind of... changed my perspective. In a lot of ways. Christine, if you ever see this comment, I really, really think you should read it. And if you do, post on instagram or yt about it so that I know if it meant as much to you as it did to me.
I only got two right because I knew you were gonna put Colleen Hoover on the list. The way you talk about those books makes me really want to read it but that goes for every single one of these books because you are so passionate about it! I just love your energy! Also I agree with your number 5 pick. They Both Die At The End is one of my all time favorite standalones. What If It’s Us didn’t do it for me though unfortunately :( But I would really want to give most of these a try. Although I’m surprised you did not pick The Book Thief for this list
In no particular order, my favorite stand-alones are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, A List of Cages by Robin Roe, We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and in honorable mention I'd say More Happy Than Not :)
My number one favorites standalone is Again, But Better!! Not just saying that because it's you lol. It made my top favorites books of the year list. It's even one of my all time favorite books along with ACOMAF, And Muse of Nightmares. It's such a good book and I so related to Shane, but also saw you in her. And I loved Shane and Pilot so much! I don't think I have a top 10 favorite standalones because I honestly don't read that many stand alone, but let me try haha. 1.Again, But Better (p.s. my phone makes the word but change to a capital b automatically now because I've talked about that title so much haha) 2. The Song of Achilles 3.Fangirl. 4.Pride and Prejudice 5.Thirteen Days to Midnight 6.Dreamology 7.Literally 8.Turtles All the Way Down 9. My Oxford Year 10. It Ends With Us
ok lmao what happened to the art of seduction video series on your other channel from like 4 years ago???? lmao i’m still waiting for the next episode HAHAHAH
lol It's not a sequel, it's a retelling from the guy's point of view. honestly, do not recommend. it was super frustrating cuz the whole time i was reading it i thought it was a sequel but they both end ON THE SAME MOMENT.
"This Depressing Depression-son..." 6:19 Haha... Using that now. My favorite stand alone would have to be Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone in 1997. That counts, right?
The way you were talking about Cath is the exact same way that Lara Jean felt to me. I was reading her and I literally turned to my sister, who was sitting in the couch next to me (I was on the floor laying down) and said, “Dude, she is literally me,” and started listing the ways that we were the same
Not that it matters but my favorite standalones are: 13. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 12. How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow 11. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 10. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood 8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 5. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 3. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner 2. November 9 by Colleen Hoover 1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Got a bookstagram @_mirasol__ for more book recommendations. Have a good day, everyone.
I'll give you the sun is a masterpiece. I first read it when I was younger so couldnt really appreciate everything but the second time I read it I fell in love with it!! Its one of my favorites.
I actually had “I’ll give you the sun” on my bookshelf for years and I finally read it back in January and I was so glad I read it and kinda mad that it took me this long to get to it.
1. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour 2. Love & Gelato 3. Perks of Being a Wallflower 4. Love Letters to the Dead 5. If I Stay 6. Night Circus 7. The Unhoneymooners 8. Just One Day 9. TFIOS 10. Isla and The Happily Ever After
Just One Day’s ending gave me the biggest book hangover I was like: no wait, no, MORE!! I read it because you recommended it I think in your contemporary 101 video thank u ♥️
I’m predicting A Very Large Expanse of Sea, What if it’s Us, and They Both Die at the End, mostly because those are the only ones I’ve read and that I know Christine liked lol
It's hard to pick and favorite standalone but i'd say my favorite is Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder. The lead character struggles with anxiety and it's so raw and real how accurate it is and it's so special to me
So I went to walmart Looking for a good book and I looked what I saw was........... Again, But Better I fell in love with the story concept and how this girl just puts herself out there and is Like I'm going to live my Life and do me for a little. The Book is so Good and The Harry Potter References really just amazing. I hope you write more books because I'll be getting them!
“Lock in your bets”
Me: instantly forgets every book that ever existed
LOL
Same lol
But i did get 3 right at the end
Lol me too
The last time I was this early Cassandra Clare was releasing City of Bones
😂
You really remind me of Phoebe from 'Friends' 😂
THANKS XD
polandbananasBOOKS wow I can’t unsee it now.
Christine: yeah u can try to get but idk it’s not that predictable
Me, watching for eight years: ah, she underestimates my power
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell is my favorite book of all time
I love I’ll Give You The Sun! It broke my heart and put it back together! 😊
Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe is hands down my favorite standalone of all time :)
aHHH I have to read that one I keep forgetting! I have to fish it off the shelf and place it front and center cuz I really want to read it
Again, but Better was definetly a standalone I read at the right time in my life, I start uni in a few weeks and ABB has made me feel ready and so excited. I feel like I really get Shane and how she is feeling, I can not wait for your next book! Thanks for writing such a fantastic novel Christine💛
me too bc I just finished my freshman year
It was the last book I read before I graduated high school. :)
Raise your hand if you drop everything to watch a new Christine video!!
Me:* raises hand* 🙋♂️
Me!!!
Raises hands and legs
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
I was literally searching for ‘best standalone books’ videos and you posted lol.
YAY IT'S FATE
Same, but I'm a bit late
Also, you were the first booktuber I’ve ever followed and you remain my favourite. I was just starting high school (I’m almost done university now) and my love for books grew because of you so thank you for everything
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
take a shot everytime she corrects ten to eleven
Jandy Nelson is for sure one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author. The way she writes and the pictures and stories she paints... they’re so amazing and colorful and beautiful even if they can be sad. I’ll Give You the Sun and The Sky Is Everywhere are wonderful novels. I NEED HER TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK
Isabella Darlington right?!?! I need another book by that author!
One of my favorite standalones is Again, but Better. You should check it out, Christine, I think you'd really like it!
my top standalones are(I haven't read very many yet)
1: Unbroken
2: Pride & Prejudice
3: Again But Better
4: Talking As Fast As I Can
5: Nicholas Nickleby
Yes What If It’s Us is one of fav standalones too! I love that book so much! 😭 I also need to read The Unhooneymooners!
So happy you mentioned Landline! Rainbow Rowell’s adult novels are so underrated
After all these years, you're still my favorite Booktuber ever, the way you're so passionate about books is so relatable and I love it and I love you! 🥰
Omg I love her vids and I have to get Again, but better. I usually read big fantasy series, but that book has been calling my name. ❤❤❤
karla mijić Same, usually a fantasy girl but I ADOREDDD Again but Better
I was expecting Simon Vs the Homosapien Agenda the whole video before realizing that it’s no longer a stand alone, after Leah and the Offbeat
Such a great list! I read I'll Give You the Sun for the first time last year. I knew I wanted to read it one day, so when I found it at a thrift shop for like a dollar I knew I had to get it. I read it last August and I still think about it to this day.
My favorite standalone right now is “The Book Thief” by- Markus Zusak
I'm reading that one right now!
My favorite book of all time
“Again, but Better” was the book for me. I read that book a week before I left to go on a trip to Europe for 2.5 weeks. I visited a lot of places that were mentioned in the book which gave me so much joy to be able to relate. I recently broke up with my long time boyfriend, but I remember even comparing my love life to how well you’d written Pilot and Shane. I’m also about to head to college for my freshman year. Thank you for creating something so relatable and personal.
polandbananasBOOKS you’re welcome!
Red is definitely her color!
She looks so stunning! 🤠✌🏻
your energy never fails to make me smile
You have no idea how amazing was the timing of this video. I just finished 2 different trilogies, both very dark and hard to read, and didn't want to start another series. I'm dying to read a stand alone and was just looking for some. Thank you so much.
Lots of love from Brazil, byee ♥
yay!!!
What was it? I need more dark books to read
@@DashawnLoves The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, and The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence ... I read them within a week, I think I shouldn't have done that lol.
@@yaralppes how dark is it
@@DashawnLoves Not scary type of dark, but both are very violent and the heroes suffer A LOT to a point that The Farseer actually gets depressing. The Broken Empire is basically about a sociopath looking for vengeance. I loved both series, but as I said I read them to quickly one after the other without a break... I don't recommend that hahaha
When you were talking about how Fangirl was the first book you fully related to my mind jumped straight to ABB and how much Shane reminds me of myself 😂😍. And btw I loveee your book, it was the first YA contemporary I'd ever read and it filled me with so much bubbly joy! I can't wait to read it again 😊😊💕
OMOG KENDRA I ANSWERED BEFORE I SAW THIS WAS YOU HI!!!
HI! OMG ILY! 😍😍💕
I love love love I’ll Give You the Sun! It made me happy and angry and sad just all of the emotions!
To All the Boys I've Loved Before was my Fangirl. First time I read it I was like "I am Lara Jean, Lara Jean is me!"
I read Anna and the French Kiss and Fangirl because I watched you’re video recs for contemporary noobs , and ever since then I always look for books you recommend ♥️ Fangirl and Just One Day definitely left such an impression in my life they’ll always be in my top 3
They both die at the end is my top standalone book. I’m using it for my A Level coursework (comparing it to hamlet)
I guessed
Anna and the French Kiss,
What if it’s us,
I’ll give you the sun,
A very large expanse of sea,
They both die at the end,
And Fangirl correctly.
6/10. I feel so accomplished
Again But Better came out at the perfect time because I just finished my first year of college but I lived at home and commuted and it felt really lonely while all my friends were gone having a great time. So I’m transferring to a new school for this fall and it’s in a state I’ve never been to. I feel like I’m trying to do college again but better. I’m really excited.
There’s so much about friendship and travel too that’s inspiring and I love it.
Thanks Christine, your book was really happy and encouraging.
I always liked Lola better than Anna and my friends NEVERRRR understood why!
I’ve owned “They both die at the end” for about a month and a half, but I wasn’t motivated to read it. After watching this video, I got excited to read it.
So, I just read the first 179 pages in three hours while listening to the audiobook, and I’ve already cried thrice.
I’m scared but definitely excited. Thank you so much for this! It’s also convinced me to read “I’ll give you the sun,” which I’ve owned for multiple months.
I’m so with you on the Lola and the Boy Next Door above Anna and the French kiss. Mainly bc a lot of Anna’s choices stressed me out whereas Lola’s made perfect sense to me, and her fashion hobby and wonderful family made me so happy
That's my favorite stand alone too! When I finished Just One Day, I just like closed the book and cried, because I knew no other reading experience could top that one.
I predicted that all of the authors, though not which of their books, would be on the list except one! 💛 Love the video!
I'm in an awful reading slump and I just remembered how unique the experience was when I read Verity and watched your review. Time to pick up a book now.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE I’ll give you the sun!!!! So happy you love it too. There aren’t enough people that talk about it. It’s such a beautiful emotional read!
Girl, I miss your videos. I use to read a bunch of books, but I got accepted into medical school two years ago and haven’t touched a book since. I will read some of these books, I promise!
I also read "Anna and the French Kiss" immediately after John Green recommended it!!
you look so close to tears about your books and thats honestly such a mood
I got none right! Yay!
But one that I read that turned into my favorite book of ALL TIME, is Call me by your Name.
I know there is a second one coming, but the original is so beautiful and an awe inspiring work of words and knowledge and love it blows me away every time I read it.
P.s. I’ve read it six times now, not including the audiobook.
That’s even worse at a whopping 13 listens.
💙
You really need to read all the bright places by jennifer niven, the feels are even more powerful the second time round too
Oh my gosh Christine you are amazing and I love your book!!! 💜
OMG I LOVE Landline and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!! And I completely agree with your assessments about each! I love them both more every time I read them. I try to read them each at least once a year or every other year. I just love Rainbow Rowell's writing in general though too. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Just One Day too! It's amazing. You have fantastic book taste :). I loved your book too! Easily one of my top 10 favorites in YA!
My favorite standalones are:
Fangirl
Just One Day
Anna and the French Kiss
The Book Thief
Heartless
Eleanor and Park
If I Stay
The Fault in Our Stars
And btw after watching your videos for like 7 years now, I guessed almost every book on your list 🤗🤪❤️
Daria Elizabeth the book thief and if I SFSU was great!!
Omg I’ll give you the sun! I read that a while ago and nobody else liked it/ doesn’t read too much! I completely agree with you it’s such a good book and it doesn’t get as much credit as it shouldddd 😍
If you’re in the UK, read ‘I’ll give you the sun’ in Cornwall, it works perfectly, I love’d it, I tend to tie certain places to certain books, like Dante and Aristotle ... in NYC
I just stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish Again, but Better (I started it today) and I have a lot of emotions, but I loved it!! Thank you so much for writing this book, I really needed it. It reminded me of how much I love and want to travel. Also, 🥧🥧😍
polandbananasBOOKS thank you for being amazing!!
Uau, I was betting your first favorite stand alone would be 'turtles all the way down' or 'Evelyn hugo' for some reason haha but it is actually my favorite book too! 'just one day' is so amazing, it makes me think a lot about who Allison was before and who she became and how I relate to that. Great choice!
I had to read fangirl for a class in college and I fell in love with it. I finished it in one sitting.
I definitely can see your favorites based on your own book, like Again but Better did have a mix of Anna, Just One Day, and even Landline a bit
My favourite standalone is "Midnight at the Electric", which is a book I've never seen on Booktube (well I don't think I have). It really moved me and it's full of mystery and love and hope I loved it so much. I wish more people had read it.
Some of my fav stand alone include:
The sun is also a star by Nicole yoon
The kiss of death by malcolm rose
And the house on cold hill by Peter james
Lola and the Boy next door is my favourite too! It's just so cute and I could keep reading it forever.
My favorite standalone of all time is Life of Pi, because I was overcome by this refreshing feeling of peace when I was reading it and when I finished it.
Oh my god, I LOVE What If It’s Us so much! It HAS to become a movie, it JUST HAS TO! I’ll be SO MAD if it doesn’t.
I am so happy fangirl was in your top, I feel like people hate on it often and it makes me so happy knowing YOU one of my favorite people like it
I got 3 books right yaaay! :)
Some of my favorite standalones are Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since you've been gone, Anna and the French Kiss and oh - AGAIN BUT BETTER! ♥
WOOO! I NEED TO REREAD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER IT ENOUGH BUT I KNOW I REALLY LIKED IT. and also ahh! yay
SO MANY of my favourite are on here!! But *sniffs* what about Isla????! 🥺 also totally agree that Landline is HIGHLY underrated material
I have to reread Isla, I wasn't in the best place when I read it so it didn't leave any feelings on me
I totally guessed I'll Give You the Sun, Fangirl, Just One Day, The Martian, and They Both Die at the End. I was thinking Lola and the Boy Next Door might be on here, I didn't write it down but I still gave it to myself haha. I expected The Host and The Astonishing Color of After to be on here, but I was surprised that The Host wasn't. Love you Christine!
Christine: Drops a new video
Me: *DROPS EVERYTHING AND RUNS TO WATCH VIDEO*
I totally recommend holding up the universe and all the bright places. My favourite standalones
I'm reading all the books you mentioned that I haven't read yet as soon as possible!
VERITY and All Your Perfects is the real deal. The emotional blows were too real for AYP, it was hurting me since it was a struggle I'm closely familiar with. Verity though, was a mind blowing read. A first for COHO and she did not dissapoint. :)
Omg I'm so happy "I'll Give You the Sun" made the list because it's my favorite book of all time!
A stand alone i would highly reccomend is Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Cappetta. Its a beautiful story - part murder mystery, part theater story, part girl/girl romance. I read it earlier this year, and I didn't realize until I was done how much I needed the story. Her writing style is amazing, and the story just kind of... changed my perspective. In a lot of ways. Christine, if you ever see this comment, I really, really think you should read it. And if you do, post on instagram or yt about it so that I know if it meant as much to you as it did to me.
I only got two right because I knew you were gonna put Colleen Hoover on the list. The way you talk about those books makes me really want to read it but that goes for every single one of these books because you are so passionate about it! I just love your energy!
Also I agree with your number 5 pick. They Both Die At The End is one of my all time favorite standalones. What If It’s Us didn’t do it for me though unfortunately :( But I would really want to give most of these a try. Although I’m surprised you did not pick The Book Thief for this list
Living for the edits in this video
All your perfects ALSO MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON ME. Damn u CoHo, always on the feels
so many feels
I'll give you the sun is one of those books that you just can't forget. definitely in my top 10 too
In no particular order, my favorite stand-alones are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, A List of Cages by Robin Roe, We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and in honorable mention I'd say More Happy Than Not :)
My number one favorites standalone is Again, But Better!! Not just saying that because it's you lol. It made my top favorites books of the year list. It's even one of my all time favorite books along with ACOMAF, And Muse of Nightmares. It's such a good book and I so related to Shane, but also saw you in her. And I loved Shane and Pilot so much! I don't think I have a top 10 favorite standalones because I honestly don't read that many stand alone, but let me try haha.
1.Again, But Better (p.s. my phone makes the word but change to a capital b automatically now because I've talked about that title so much haha)
2. The Song of Achilles
3.Fangirl.
4.Pride and Prejudice
5.Thirteen Days to Midnight
6.Dreamology
7.Literally
8.Turtles All the Way Down
9. My Oxford Year
10. It Ends With Us
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
ok lmao what happened to the art of seduction video series on your other channel from like 4 years ago???? lmao i’m still waiting for the next episode HAHAHAH
Same!!! I loved those videos so much
Still something I think about haha
I loved Fan Girl and Elenor and Park.Still haven’t read Carry On but I will probably love that too
Fangirl is just such a nice feel good book and although it's been years since I've first read it, I feel giddy at the thought of Levi and Cath
Came here to not have to study, thank you so much! Also I loved your book, greetings from Germany:)
thank you =D
omg thank you :D
Is Just One Day a stand-alone? Isn’t Just One Year a sequel? Or is it a companion novel?
lol It's not a sequel, it's a retelling from the guy's point of view. honestly, do not recommend. it was super frustrating cuz the whole time i was reading it i thought it was a sequel but they both end ON THE SAME MOMENT.
One of my favorite stand alone is Again, but Better!!!!!
polandbananasBOOKS you’re welcome 😉 it was great
same bc I read it at the perfect time like she was talking about
"This Depressing Depression-son..." 6:19 Haha... Using that now. My favorite stand alone would have to be Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone in 1997. That counts, right?
again but better is one of MY favorite stand alone books of all time😊❤️
AH! I KNEW Just One Day would be your #1 it's mine too, because of you!! Love it.
The way you were talking about Cath is the exact same way that Lara Jean felt to me. I was reading her and I literally turned to my sister, who was sitting in the couch next to me (I was on the floor laying down) and said, “Dude, she is literally me,” and started listing the ways that we were the same
Book series I recommend
The White Rabbit Chronicles by Gena Showalter
Pegasus by Kate O’hearn
Endling by
Not that it matters but my favorite standalones are:
13. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
12. How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow
11. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
10. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
5. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner
2. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Got a bookstagram @_mirasol__ for more book recommendations. Have a good day, everyone.
I'll give you the sun is a masterpiece. I first read it when I was younger so couldnt really appreciate everything but the second time I read it I fell in love with it!! Its one of my favorites.
I actually had “I’ll give you the sun” on my bookshelf for years and I finally read it back in January and I was so glad I read it and kinda mad that it took me this long to get to it.
I read What If It’s Us early July this year and finished it within 26 hours.
It began reading hangover/slump that I’m still not over.
No regrets.
Have you ever read Kiss an angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips? It’s one of my favorite books ever, so romantic and moving, an oldie but soooo goodie
1. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour
2. Love & Gelato
3. Perks of Being a Wallflower
4. Love Letters to the Dead
5. If I Stay
6. Night Circus
7. The Unhoneymooners
8. Just One Day
9. TFIOS
10. Isla and The Happily Ever After
I thought The Host by Stephenie Meyer would be in the list! I still love it today and find it very thought provoking
im waiting for we were liars ahhh haha anw i love anna and lola too 😍😍😍 (adding a very large expanse of sea on my tbr list ty!)
CHRISTINE! I could’ve SWORE that your number 1 was “Since Youve Been Gone”!!
Just One Day’s ending gave me the biggest book hangover I was like: no wait, no, MORE!! I read it because you recommended it I think in your contemporary 101 video thank u ♥️
NOTIF SQUAD!
Yey! Can’t wait to watch it.
YAY!
I LOVED the unhoneymooners too!
I have yet to read fangirl yet but I own it now so that’s a start right!? 🤣
I’m predicting A Very Large Expanse of Sea, What if it’s Us, and They Both Die at the End, mostly because those are the only ones I’ve read and that I know Christine liked lol
It's hard to pick and favorite standalone but i'd say my favorite is Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder. The lead character struggles with anxiety and it's so raw and real how accurate it is and it's so special to me
So I went to walmart Looking for a good book and I looked what I saw was........... Again, But Better I fell in love with the story concept and how this girl just puts herself out there and is Like I'm going to live my Life and do me for a little. The Book is so Good and The Harry Potter References really just amazing. I hope you write more books because I'll be getting them!
You explaining about picking up a book at the perfect moment describes how I felt about Again, But Better!