I loved your road trip video and decided that I don't watch you enough. You talk about books that no one else on booktube are talking about and make them sound really intriguing. As to your critics and their hate mail, forget them. Just continue being you, that is part of your charm. Not everyone is going to like you or agree with you. Our reading tastes and likes and dislikesare as individual as we are. Keep up the good work.
I can only imagine what it's like to put yourself out there publicly. I thank you for all the hours you've put into your channel. As a fellow Canadian (I'm in Ontario) I especially appreciate the down home feel. You bring a lot of joy :)
I love you Jill! Thanks for sticking around :) I have definitely gotten the itch to make videos again, but I don't even know where to begin. Maybe I'll just make a wrap up at the end of the year or something. But I really do miss making wrap ups mostly. It's fun to unpack my thoughts about what I've been reading.
So glad you got to this. My favorite video of yours (I do love almost all) is about your recent vacation road trip. I appreciate the time you take and the planning that appears to go into in. Did have a fabulous trip to Boston and went to the Isabelle Gardner house/museum. Went to see the missing picture but found instead a museum and art I should have gone to see long ago. The amount of tapestries on display were better than anything I have seen in my many trips to Europe just to see a few. I was absolutely blown away. As a result I've been reading the Art Forger which is a not great novel but does focus much on the heist in 1990 and I just wanted to read more about the museum in any form.
Oh wow, sounds like an amazing visit! I will have to take another trip to check out the museum. Ive watched the documentary about it on Netflix and of course I am intrigued!
Wait! I think you bring a lot of energy (and very positive energy) to your videos. You are a joy to watch and should be very proud! So...amend your answer, missy.
Hi Jill! I have been a fan for awhile now and I am sorry that you have had such harsh comments as of late. You seem to be such a passionate and empathic person, I feel they were not deserved. Hoping you continue to share your wonderful content with us, they are always enjoyable. Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!
I’m so glad you make videos here and love them all! your video on the baillie gifford prize was a standout for me and the most recent haul video :) also I read Empire of Pain because of you and loved it, of course!
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed The Rabbit Hutch so much! I just put it on hold at my library because a book podcast I listen to was discussing it and it sounded amazing. You have made great videos this year! I loved your Booker ranking video and Ballie Gifford Prize video. I really value and trust your opinion and I’m glad you are still making videos.
So agree on not wanting to have a million views and just doing this for fun. I wish I had more time for booktube, but just to engage more with people and have more time for video making, but I'm okay where I am.
I have an arc of And Then She Fell. It sounds so good. Chief Testickle...okay...okay...Curious. Your road trip bookstore video is my fav so far. I love watching your content. You come across as a positive, intelligent, and authentic person and I love your book recommendations. I read Ducks and Trust from your recommendation this year and loved both. I read some great books by Canadian authors: We Spread by Iain Reid, Closer By Sea by Perry Chafe, And the Walls Came Down by Denise Da Costa Other five-star reads for me this year: The Drift by C.J. Tudor, The Wheel of Time #7, Homecoming by Kate Morton, Wayward Children #7, Bunny by Mona Awad, and The Devotion of Suspect X.
Sounds like you have had a great reading year!! I am curious about We Spread! Thank you for such kind encouragement! I always appreciate your comments and thoughts! 💜
Maintaining peace is probably the best channel goal you could have! Also, I am a TBR-Spin latcher 🖐️ it's been one of the highlights of my reading year and has actually made me excited about books I've had on my shelf forever. Fingers crossed you and Sarah host next year 🤞❤
My tbr spin is also really good!! Im reading all the books I have had for years, it really motivates me! Im also behind on the August read because of vacations etc but really enjoy it!
I'm so glad youre loving the Spin too. It has been so great to help me get to books I wouldn't prioritize. We haven't discussed 2024 but your request has been noted 👀
I think about starting a channel - but I can not imagine being out there as a target for all. I so appreciate your videos. They are cozy and good entertainment. Thank you for your effort, hard work, and the joy you have for books. It is contagious.
Thanks for the kind comment 🩷. Honestly I rarely get any sort of mean or unkind comments! Yellowface drew in people from outside my usual demographic and naturally caused some ripples in the surface. Don't let that experience dissuade you! If you want to make videos I will be here to watch!
I've also loved doing TBR spin! I'm so glad we're doing it together and it's so fun to chat about :) ||Heartstopper Spoiler Below|| I was so happy that the teachers got together because I finally got to see people kiss and not feel that weird feeling of seeing teenagers kiss 😂
I'm a fairly recent subscriber, but I've gone back and watched the majority of your videos and I LOVE them! Also, I just looked at my January-June reading list and half of these were titles recommended by you- so thanks! 😊 I think the best book for me so far this year was Audrey Magee's The Colony.
I really enjoyed the Bee Sting, one of the Irish books on the Booker Prize this year. I mention this as you read alot of and enjoy Irish books. I have And Then She Fell on pre order but agree the cover is not the best! Love the cover of Miss Eagle! Booktok is not for me either, I am so glad you are still giving amazing videos for those of us Millenials on youtube 😊
Jill, I've been watching your channel for a long time and I truly love every video you post. I can tell how much appreciation you have for all things books and authors, and that you do it because you enjoy it. I just recently finally bought "Before Your Memory Fades". I loved the 1st book and I'm about to read Tales From the Cafe, was excited to find the 3rd book. Always enjoy hearing your thoughts on books. Building my list of what I'm wanting to read as the weather gets colder as I tend to read more in the colder weather, and I always find more books of interest from watching your channel. Love from Kansas!
@@TheBookBully Your channel is my favorite, our reading tastes are similar, and although I don't read as much as you do, you give me loads of great recommendations that I usually end up adding to my bookshelves. I enjoy hearing why you did or didn't enjoy a book or author, and I always look forward to each new video. I don't have any book buddies so I feel very fortunate to have found your channel!🤗
thank you for calling out adult Heartstopper fans lmfao. i’m ostensibly a young person but when gays my age love that show i’m like… what are you getting out of this? wanting olivia colman to be your mother, now that i get also sorry about the Yellowface video. i always wince when i see a review for a book where the author has actual stans (Kuang, Sanderson, Maas, weirdly Yanagihara) because no matter how measured the review is there’s comments like “actually there’s this thing you maybe missed, it was super subtle, you probably just didn’t read it closely enough” and the condensation almost kills me every time lol
Love the video and selection of books! I was disappointed in “Biography of X”, not a bad book at all but just fell short of expectations coming off of “Pew”.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with Yelloface video. I saved it to watch later as I am still waiting in library queue, but can totally understand your need to take it down to avoid internet silliness and meanness. I value your book reviews a lot and hope making fun stays fun for you. Inspired by your Baillie Gifford video I typed up the >100 shortlist books in a StoryGraph reading challenge to track my progress in reading through them lol. I will be reading A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare next! Two nonfiction that I recently enjoyed are An Immense World by Ed Yong and Chip War by Chris Miller. Have a nice day
Thanks for your comment! I am really curious about An Immense World - haven't heard a bad word about it! Please let me know what you think of A Year in the Life if you get to it!
Wait, am I missing something? I cannot find your Yellowface review. It's one of those books I couldn't put down so had an instinct reaction, but the further I've got from it the less I liked it.
I decided to private the video a little while ago. It was getting quadruple the number of views my videos normally get and the comments were often quite nasty. I decided losing sleep to anxiety over something as asinine as a book review wasn't worth it! But I can sum up my feelings for you: I thought it was sloppy, inconsistent, and doesn't actually achieve what it thinks it does.
Best book so far? Deluge by Stephen Markley Best nonfiction is My Fourth Time , We Drowned by Sally Hayden Best sequel was Exiles by Jane Harper Funniest book was The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue Book that made me cry was All Thats Left Unsaid by Tracey Chein Biggest surprise was Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Most beautiful book was a second hand hardcover copy of Blackwater Lightship byVolm Toibin Most anticipated read is Prophets Song 🍀👋☘️📖📚📕☕️🇮🇪
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I loved your road trip video and decided that I don't watch you enough. You talk about books that no one else on booktube are talking about and make them sound really intriguing. As to your critics and their hate mail, forget them. Just continue being you, that is part of your charm. Not everyone is going to like you or agree with you. Our reading tastes and likes and dislikesare as individual as we are. Keep up the good work.
I can only imagine what it's like to put yourself out there publicly. I thank you for all the hours you've put into your channel. As a fellow Canadian (I'm in Ontario) I especially appreciate the down home feel. You bring a lot of joy :)
Thank you for always leaving such kind comments! Always grateful that you watch and enjoy 🧡
I love you Jill! Thanks for sticking around :) I have definitely gotten the itch to make videos again, but I don't even know where to begin. Maybe I'll just make a wrap up at the end of the year or something. But I really do miss making wrap ups mostly. It's fun to unpack my thoughts about what I've been reading.
I would love to watch your videos again! I will be here and waiting when you make your return! 🩷 I'm so glad we are friends!!!!!
@@TheBookBully Me too! 🥰
Equilibrium and peace are excellent goals. I always enjoy seeing you in my feed. My favorite video was your vacation vlog.
Thank you!!! 💙🧡
So glad you got to this. My favorite video of yours (I do love almost all) is about your recent vacation road trip. I appreciate the time you take and the planning that appears to go into in. Did have a fabulous trip to Boston and went to the Isabelle Gardner house/museum. Went to see the missing picture but found instead a museum and art I should have gone to see long ago. The amount of tapestries on display were better than anything I have seen in my many trips to Europe just to see a few. I was absolutely blown away. As a result I've been reading the Art Forger which is a not great novel but does focus much on the heist in 1990 and I just wanted to read more about the museum in any form.
Oh wow, sounds like an amazing visit! I will have to take another trip to check out the museum. Ive watched the documentary about it on Netflix and of course I am intrigued!
Wait! I think you bring a lot of energy (and very positive energy) to your videos. You are a joy to watch and should be very proud! So...amend your answer, missy.
Thank you 😭💙😭🩷😭
Hi Jill! I have been a fan for awhile now and I am sorry that you have had such harsh comments as of late. You seem to be such a passionate and empathic person, I feel they were not deserved. Hoping you continue to share your wonderful content with us, they are always enjoyable. Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!
Really looking forward to your PRK video! I love him too.
Yay Tarot readings 😊
I’m so glad you make videos here and love them all! your video on the baillie gifford prize was a standout for me and the most recent haul video :) also I read Empire of Pain because of you and loved it, of course!
Thank you! This is so kind! I feel like my Baillie Gifford video was a long mess so thank you for watching haha 💙
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed The Rabbit Hutch so much! I just put it on hold at my library because a book podcast I listen to was discussing it and it sounded amazing.
You have made great videos this year! I loved your Booker ranking video and Ballie Gifford Prize video. I really value and trust your opinion and I’m glad you are still making videos.
Thank you for such a kind comment! ❤️
So agree on not wanting to have a million views and just doing this for fun. I wish I had more time for booktube, but just to engage more with people and have more time for video making, but I'm okay where I am.
I have an arc of And Then She Fell. It sounds so good. Chief Testickle...okay...okay...Curious. Your road trip bookstore video is my fav so far. I love watching your content. You come across as a positive, intelligent, and authentic person and I love your book recommendations. I read Ducks and Trust from your recommendation this year and loved both.
I read some great books by Canadian authors: We Spread by Iain Reid, Closer By Sea by Perry Chafe, And the Walls Came Down by Denise Da Costa
Other five-star reads for me this year: The Drift by C.J. Tudor, The Wheel of Time #7, Homecoming by Kate Morton, Wayward Children #7, Bunny by Mona Awad, and The Devotion of Suspect X.
Sounds like you have had a great reading year!! I am curious about We Spread!
Thank you for such kind encouragement! I always appreciate your comments and thoughts! 💜
Maintaining peace is probably the best channel goal you could have! Also, I am a TBR-Spin latcher 🖐️ it's been one of the highlights of my reading year and has actually made me excited about books I've had on my shelf forever. Fingers crossed you and Sarah host next year 🤞❤
My tbr spin is also really good!! Im reading all the books I have had for years, it really motivates me! Im also behind on the August read because of vacations etc but really enjoy it!
I'm so glad you're enjoying it as much as we are! 🩷
I'm so glad youre loving the Spin too. It has been so great to help me get to books I wouldn't prioritize. We haven't discussed 2024 but your request has been noted 👀
Your request has been double noted!! So happy it's helped bring back that excitement for your older books 😊
I think about starting a channel - but I can not imagine being out there as a target for all. I so appreciate your videos. They are cozy and good entertainment. Thank you for your effort, hard work, and the joy you have for books. It is contagious.
Thanks for the kind comment 🩷. Honestly I rarely get any sort of mean or unkind comments! Yellowface drew in people from outside my usual demographic and naturally caused some ripples in the surface. Don't let that experience dissuade you! If you want to make videos I will be here to watch!
I've also loved doing TBR spin! I'm so glad we're doing it together and it's so fun to chat about :)
||Heartstopper Spoiler Below||
I was so happy that the teachers got together because I finally got to see people kiss and not feel that weird feeling of seeing teenagers kiss 😂
Oh big same!!!! That was my favourite moment in the books
Also I loved Ducks and also loved Heartstopper, which I now feel creepy about 😄
I'm sorry! For the record, you are very not creepy
I'm a fairly recent subscriber, but I've gone back and watched the majority of your videos and I LOVE them! Also, I just looked at my January-June reading list and half of these were titles recommended by you- so thanks! 😊
I think the best book for me so far this year was Audrey Magee's The Colony.
I really enjoyed the Bee Sting, one of the Irish books on the Booker Prize this year. I mention this as you read alot of and enjoy Irish books. I have And Then She Fell on pre order but agree the cover is not the best! Love the cover of Miss Eagle! Booktok is not for me either, I am so glad you are still giving amazing videos for those of us Millenials on youtube 😊
My favourite video of yours was your vlog of the Gillard prize!
Millennials doing it for themselves! Ive heard some good things about The Bee Sting so I will probably pick it up!
Jill, I've been watching your channel for a long time and I truly love every video you post. I can tell how much appreciation you have for all things books and authors, and that you do it because you enjoy it. I just recently finally bought "Before Your Memory Fades". I loved the 1st book and I'm about to read Tales From the Cafe, was excited to find the 3rd book. Always enjoy hearing your thoughts on books. Building my list of what I'm wanting to read as the weather gets colder as I tend to read more in the colder weather, and I always find more books of interest from watching your channel. Love from Kansas!
Thank you for always leaving such kind comments! I always love to hear what you're reading and thinking about 💚
@@TheBookBully Your channel is my favorite, our reading tastes are similar, and although I don't read as much as you do, you give me loads of great recommendations that I usually end up adding to my bookshelves. I enjoy hearing why you did or didn't enjoy a book or author, and I always look forward to each new video. I don't have any book buddies so I feel very fortunate to have found your channel!🤗
If you've not read it, I love James Shapiro's Contested Will so much
I have not but I am definitely going to now.
thank you for calling out adult Heartstopper fans lmfao. i’m ostensibly a young person but when gays my age love that show i’m like… what are you getting out of this? wanting olivia colman to be your mother, now that i get
also sorry about the Yellowface video. i always wince when i see a review for a book where the author has actual stans (Kuang, Sanderson, Maas, weirdly Yanagihara) because no matter how measured the review is there’s comments like “actually there’s this thing you maybe missed, it was super subtle, you probably just didn’t read it closely enough” and the condensation almost kills me every time lol
A big theme in the comments was "the thing you missed is the racism"
...the book is called Yellowface; the racism is not subtle, and I got it.
Love the video and selection of books! I was disappointed in “Biography of X”, not a bad book at all but just fell short of expectations coming off of “Pew”.
Oh I'm sorry to hear that! I didn't read Pew so I don't have any expectations, so maybe my reading experience will be different.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with Yelloface video. I saved it to watch later as I am still waiting in library queue, but can totally understand your need to take it down to avoid internet silliness and meanness. I value your book reviews a lot and hope making fun stays fun for you.
Inspired by your Baillie Gifford video I typed up the >100 shortlist books in a StoryGraph reading challenge to track my progress in reading through them lol. I will be reading A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare next! Two nonfiction that I recently enjoyed are An Immense World by Ed Yong and Chip War by Chris Miller. Have a nice day
Thanks for your comment! I am really curious about An Immense World - haven't heard a bad word about it! Please let me know what you think of A Year in the Life if you get to it!
Wait, am I missing something? I cannot find your Yellowface review. It's one of those books I couldn't put down so had an instinct reaction, but the further I've got from it the less I liked it.
I decided to private the video a little while ago. It was getting quadruple the number of views my videos normally get and the comments were often quite nasty. I decided losing sleep to anxiety over something as asinine as a book review wasn't worth it! But I can sum up my feelings for you: I thought it was sloppy, inconsistent, and doesn't actually achieve what it thinks it does.
Best book so far? Deluge by Stephen Markley
Best nonfiction is My Fourth Time , We Drowned by Sally Hayden
Best sequel was Exiles by Jane Harper
Funniest book was The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Book that made me cry was
All Thats Left Unsaid by Tracey Chein
Biggest surprise was Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
Most beautiful book was a second hand hardcover copy of Blackwater Lightship byVolm Toibin
Most anticipated read is
Prophets Song
🍀👋☘️📖📚📕☕️🇮🇪
I'm also really looking forward to Prophets Song! My copy arrived last week.