I loved watching you talk about your favorites of the year. As I have said on some many of these videos everyone just lights up talking about their favorites :) Also that color looks amazing on you. So radiant!
Congrats on 12K subs, your channel was one of the few I watched pretty regularly and encouraged me to start my own channel. I really enjoyed your list, its rare to find a book tuber that will have at least a few non-fiction books on their favorites list. The book on immunity as well as the one that explores how we handle death in america really sounds interesting and I'm looking forward to checking them out along with Signal to Noise. Thanks for the suggestions!
I'm positively doing a happy dance to see Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, and Citizen in your top picks! All three have been favorites of mine. State of Wonder may have made it into my picks a few years ago, too. Good stuff!
Great List! Signal to Noise was awesome! Excited to check out some of the other books and add them to my TBR. I definitely want to check our Smaller and Smaller Circles since I'm trying to read more Filipino literature. I read Americanah as my first Ngozi this year and I leaped into the bandwagon so fast.
So many great titles on your list! I'm so pleased that Cinnamon and Gunpowder made it on your list! I thought it was great when I read it a couple years and I definitely think more people should read it. I read the first three books in The Lunar Chronicles last month and I enjoyed them. I'm definitely curious to see how the series ends!
Am going to have to check out Signal to Noise. I’m so excited for you to continue discovering Adichie! Americanah is one of my all time favourites, and I just gave We Should All be Feminists to my daughter.
+ThePoptimist yay! i hope you like Signal to Noise. and i'm so excited to get to Americanah, too! i hope to read Half of the Yellow Sun in the first half of 2016 and get to Americanah before the end of the year
smoke gets in your eyes was one of my absolute favourites! I work with the elderly so death is a part of my job and having had two family members die within a month this book was such a perfect read this year! so much so I'm keen myself to find further work in the industry! and chimamanda wow! I am too late to this band wagon having very recently finished Half of a Yellow Sun! so soo sooo good!! cannot wait to read purple hibiscus and the rest of her works! great collection of books Rincey :)
I have added some of these to my to-read list! Thanks, Rincey. Suggestions for you: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Non-fiction book about mortality/healthcare/etc. as we age...Gawande is a surgeon, this book is fantastic on audio. Rising Strong by Bene Brown - Also about vulnerability etc. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - Similarly inspiring non-fiction about creativity/creative living. Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski - Book about cis-women's sexuality/sex etc. also great on audio.
+ohcollide thank you for the suggestions!! You definitely are on the nose for what I like because I actually own Being Mortal so that one is on my list to read, and I definitely want to pick up more Brene Brown, and Big Magic I actually read last month! haha
I love Turkey, Istanbul and the history of the Ottoman Empire. Now that you've brought it to our attention I'll need to read The Architect's Apprentice right away.
I just picked up Signal to Noise from the library bc you raved about it! My favorite books of the year were: Speak by Louisa Hall, H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald, The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman, and The Bees by Laline Paull
My favourite this year was The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (talk about being late to the hype....) :) I bought Signal to Noise on your recommendation but haven't started it yet. Also read Where'd you go, Bernadette? based on one of your reviews and enjoyed it a lot! Thanks for your awesome videos and wishing you a very happy New Year!
+Orsolya Toth yayy so glad you enjoyed Where'd You Go Bernadette! hope you enjoy Signal to Noise just as much. And yess to the Book Thief! such a great read!
Added State of Wonder, Signal to Noise and The Architects Apprentice to the TBR. Thanking you. Not of 2015 but my favourites read in 2015 include The Little Stranger and A Clash of Kings. Reasons She Goes to the Woods I gave 4 stars, but it really stuck with me and the writing is beautiful. I’ll probably move it up a notch and bump it onto the favourites shelf.
I absolutely loved Citizen. It was one of the few times I've read a library book and half way through wanted to buy my own copy. I've had Half of a Yellow Sun on my shelf for 2 years but I think I am going to start with Purple Hibiscus. I keep hearing you should read her books chronologically.
+It's On Page 47 that's exactly what i heard about Adiche's work, which is why i picked up Purple Hibiscus first even though i own all 3. i've heard you can really see her growth as a writer
It's about a daughter of a famous NY critic who passed who finds out after her father died that he was black...and the story from there .. ..great history of the family and New Orleans....wonderful.
I just love a very diverse list. I also really like the fact there is a lot of nonfiction on this list. I'm planning to increase my nonfiction in 2016 so this list came in handy. Also I will finally tackle a book by Adichie.
I really liked State of Wonder and Purple Hibiscus, too, and I think Adichie is getting better with each novel. A few of my faves I read this year are The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (as well as the sequel, Days of Blood and Starlight); Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older; Uprooted by Naomi Novik; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; and Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story by Mac McClelland
+rincey reads I used to work with the author and she's amazing at raw emotion and depth. The book is harrowing and a tough read at times, but so so good.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was great but it didn't get added into my top list, because of the unevenness of the book but I loved the death positivity and history. Great list! ^_^
+CravingBooks i can totally see that! i think i just loved the way she talked about death so much and how she talked about something that is often so hidden
Exactly. I love how involved people once were with death. Housing the body for a few days just to be close, creating jewellery from their hair as a momento. It's so cool. It's sad that we are growing colder towards it and no embracing it. This book did a great job on how we can embrace death. =)
Rincey, I love that your videos have closed captions available. Thank you so much for putting the effort into that.
+Gaia Steinbuch thank you! i definitely want to make my videos accessible to as many people as possible!
I loved watching you talk about your favorites of the year. As I have said on some many of these videos everyone just lights up talking about their favorites :) Also that color looks amazing on you. So radiant!
+Lavender Mud thank you! :D
Thank you for all your videos! Love your diversity in books. Glad you love Chimamanda as well! My favorite book this year was, "The Namesake."
+CE Reads yes! The Namesake is one of my all-time favorite books, I love Jhumpa Lahiri so much.
You've pretty much sold me on Signal to Noise and Deep Down Dark. Gonna add those to my TBR asap.
+Sarai Talks Books wooo hoo! i hope you like them :)
Congrats on 12K subs, your channel was one of the few I watched pretty regularly and encouraged me to start my own channel. I really enjoyed your list, its rare to find a book tuber that will have at least a few non-fiction books on their favorites list. The book on immunity as well as the one that explores how we handle death in america really sounds interesting and I'm looking forward to checking them out along with Signal to Noise. Thanks for the suggestions!
+Independent Thought thank you so much! and i hope you enjoy the reads!
I'm positively doing a happy dance to see Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, and Citizen in your top picks! All three have been favorites of mine. State of Wonder may have made it into my picks a few years ago, too. Good stuff!
+estellasrevenge woo woo! we have such great taste in reading :D
I have added two or three books from this video to my TBR. Thank you for the recommendations and I am glad I found your channel.
+Celticknit1 thank you!! i am so glad you enjoy the video and i hope you enjoy the books!
Great List! Signal to Noise was awesome! Excited to check out some of the other books and add them to my TBR. I definitely want to check our Smaller and Smaller Circles since I'm trying to read more Filipino literature. I read Americanah as my first Ngozi this year and I leaped into the bandwagon so fast.
+Michael Reads (michaelisreading) yaaaas i'm so excited to get to Americanah, but i need to read Half of a Yellow Sun first :)
So many great titles on your list! I'm so pleased that Cinnamon and Gunpowder made it on your list! I thought it was great when I read it a couple years and I definitely think more people should read it. I read the first three books in The Lunar Chronicles last month and I enjoyed them. I'm definitely curious to see how the series ends!
+SCSreads Yeah I saw your instagram about the Lunar Chronicles, and I'm excited to see you talk about it :D
Love watching these lists. The Martian was fantastic. It was one of my top reads last year. I think I'm most interested in reading On Immunity.
+TheShadesofOrange nice! i think you would really like it
Am going to have to check out Signal to Noise. I’m so excited for you to continue discovering Adichie! Americanah is one of my all time favourites, and I just gave We Should All be Feminists to my daughter.
+ThePoptimist yay! i hope you like Signal to Noise. and i'm so excited to get to Americanah, too! i hope to read Half of the Yellow Sun in the first half of 2016 and get to Americanah before the end of the year
+ThePoptimist Signal to Noise is awesome. :D
smoke gets in your eyes was one of my absolute favourites! I work with the elderly so death is a part of my job and having had two family members die within a month this book was such a perfect read this year! so much so I'm keen myself to find further work in the industry! and chimamanda wow! I am too late to this band wagon having very recently finished Half of a Yellow Sun! so soo sooo good!! cannot wait to read purple hibiscus and the rest of her works! great collection of books Rincey :)
+Bex Kitsch yes! we can be late chimamanda bandwagon friends :) I have half of a yellow sun on my list to pick up next. i can't wait to get to her
I have added some of these to my to-read list! Thanks, Rincey.
Suggestions for you:
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Non-fiction book about mortality/healthcare/etc. as we age...Gawande is a surgeon, this book is fantastic on audio.
Rising Strong by Bene Brown - Also about vulnerability etc.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - Similarly inspiring non-fiction about creativity/creative living.
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski - Book about cis-women's sexuality/sex etc. also great on audio.
+ohcollide thank you for the suggestions!! You definitely are on the nose for what I like because I actually own Being Mortal so that one is on my list to read, and I definitely want to pick up more Brene Brown, and Big Magic I actually read last month! haha
I love Turkey, Istanbul and the history of the Ottoman Empire. Now that you've brought it to our attention I'll need to read The Architect's Apprentice right away.
definitely adding Signal to Noise to my TBR :)
+WellDoneBooks yayyy i hope you like it!! :D
I just picked up Signal to Noise from the library bc you raved about it! My favorite books of the year were: Speak by Louisa Hall, H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald, The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman, and The Bees by Laline Paull
+yesknopemaybe oh man, i totally have Speak and H is for Hawk on my want to read list, i've heard such good things about those
My favourite this year was The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (talk about being late to the hype....) :) I bought Signal to Noise on your recommendation but haven't started it yet. Also read Where'd you go, Bernadette? based on one of your reviews and enjoyed it a lot! Thanks for your awesome videos and wishing you a very happy New Year!
+Orsolya Toth yayy so glad you enjoyed Where'd You Go Bernadette! hope you enjoy Signal to Noise just as much. And yess to the Book Thief! such a great read!
So many of these sound so good agh! My TBR keeps getting longer and longer :')
+The Story Magpie Such is the curse of booktube :D
+rincey reads Indeed :)
Great list! The "Cinnamon and Gunpowder" book sounds really fun, I will have to check it out!
+Reader Vs Reader thank you! and i hope you enjoy it!!
Added State of Wonder, Signal to Noise and The Architects Apprentice to the TBR. Thanking you. Not of 2015 but my favourites read in 2015 include The Little Stranger and A Clash of Kings. Reasons She Goes to the Woods I gave 4 stars, but it really stuck with me and the writing is beautiful. I’ll probably move it up a notch and bump it onto the favourites shelf.
+Ash H i hope you enjoy them! i hadn't even heard of Reasons She Goes to the Woods, i will need to look that one up!
I absolutely loved Citizen. It was one of the few times I've read a library book and half way through wanted to buy my own copy. I've had Half of a Yellow Sun on my shelf for 2 years but I think I am going to start with Purple Hibiscus. I keep hearing you should read her books chronologically.
+It's On Page 47 that's exactly what i heard about Adiche's work, which is why i picked up Purple Hibiscus first even though i own all 3. i've heard you can really see her growth as a writer
YAY!! THE MARTIAN! =D I need to read Purple Hibiscus ASAP!
+Lindsey Rey yesss you are totally going to love it
thanks for the recommendations, I have only heard of a few of them.
I never knew I needed a pirate slash food book in my life... But now I DEFINITELY need that book in my life!
+TheCollectedWorks it really is one of those things you don't realize you need until you realize it exists
Enjoyed this very much! I have just added Signal to Noise to my MUST HAVE list! :-)
Love your variety of books...you are such a great reader and booktuber..My favorite book of the year was "One Drop" by Bliss Broyard
+Sandra Reiss thank you so much!! and i haven't heard of One Drop at all, but now I'll need to look it up!
It's about a daughter of a famous NY critic who passed who finds out after her father died that he was black...and the story from there ..
..great history of the family and New Orleans....wonderful.
+Sandra Reiss omg that sounds great. i will definitely need to look that up!
I just love a very diverse list. I also really like the fact there is a lot of nonfiction on this list. I'm planning to increase my nonfiction in 2016 so this list came in handy. Also I will finally tackle a book by Adichie.
+FreeFormLady yeahhh, come join the Adichie fan club. we need to get everyone in here :D
Girl at war sounds really up my street, I'd never heard of it till now :)
I really liked State of Wonder and Purple Hibiscus, too, and I think Adichie is getting better with each novel.
A few of my faves I read this year are The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (as well as the sequel, Days of Blood and Starlight); Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older; Uprooted by Naomi Novik; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; and Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story by Mac McClelland
+Alison Rose those are some great picks for your favorites! i hadn't heard of Irritable Hearts at all, i will need to look that up!
+rincey reads I used to work with the author and she's amazing at raw emotion and depth. The book is harrowing and a tough read at times, but so so good.
Just went and bought Signal to Noise. Happy Christmas!!!
+yesmissjane aw yay! i hope you like it! Merry Christmas to you, too :D
Oh man, Cinnamon and Gunpowder sounds so wild. Great video!
+Shut Your Typeface! thank you! and it is a lot of fun, but also surprisingly moving
I am reading Purple hibiscus right now and its a fantastic story. The Martian i one of my top 10 2015.
I just put so many of these on my "To Read" list. Thanks!
+Dan Martin awesome! i hope you enjoy them!
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was great but it didn't get added into my top list, because of the unevenness of the book but I loved the death positivity and history. Great list! ^_^
+CravingBooks i can totally see that! i think i just loved the way she talked about death so much and how she talked about something that is often so hidden
Exactly. I love how involved people once were with death. Housing the body for a few days just to be close, creating jewellery from their hair as a momento. It's so cool. It's sad that we are growing colder towards it and no embracing it. This book did a great job on how we can embrace death. =)
I loved Daring greatly; however, my opinion is that Rising strong is even better.
+vhnm 4644b oo good to know! i definitely want to read more Brene Brown
If you haven't already, you should read Biss' book of essay Notes from No Man's Land. It's good through and through. such a smart writer.
+kiya12309 i haven't yet, but i will definitely look that one up!
An excellent video.
+John Simpson Kirkpatrick Historian thank you!
I'll give you one guess what my fave was.
+adultishbooks it was that Alaskan romance novel, wasn't it?
rincey reads #mindreader
Not quite relevant but you look extra pretty in this video.
+Toastwig aw thanks
thanks for the recommendations, I have only heard of a few of them.