My0.25LifeCrisisTwo months ago, I had to pick out book recommendations for the amazing Camila of Haste Ye Books.
The good news? Yay to new internet friends. The bad news? Camila has better tastes than I do.
Please enjoy the behind-the-scenes anguish I went through while trying to pick out books to recommend to her.
📚 Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Message from Editing Jay + Intro 4:36 One More Thing by B. J. Novak 5:34 The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson 7:58 All of Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai 11:04 The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell 12:38 Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner 13:20 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb 13:47 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 16:31 *Skip to here to avoid AART spoiler* 17:26 Dead Mann Walking by Stefan Petrucha 18:46 That's all folks!
All the Books I did not Recommend a fellow Booktuber 📚My0.25LifeCrisis2021-12-07 | Two months ago, I had to pick out book recommendations for the amazing Camila of Haste Ye Books.
The good news? Yay to new internet friends. The bad news? Camila has better tastes than I do.
Please enjoy the behind-the-scenes anguish I went through while trying to pick out books to recommend to her.
📚 Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Message from Editing Jay + Intro 4:36 One More Thing by B. J. Novak 5:34 The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson 7:58 All of Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai 11:04 The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell 12:38 Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner 13:20 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb 13:47 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 16:31 *Skip to here to avoid AART spoiler* 17:26 Dead Mann Walking by Stefan Petrucha 18:46 That's all folks!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~The Finally Fall! Tag 🍁📚My0.25LifeCrisis2024-10-17 | Breaking out my Big Boi flannel for the occasion.
Thx for the tag, @BookBuds
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune Nimona by Noelle Stevenson One More Thing:Stories and Other Stories by B. J. Novak Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari Through The Woods by E. M. Carroll
⏰Timestamps ⏰ / ❓Questions❓ 0:00 Intro 1:07 Q1-In fall, the air is crisp and clear: name a book with a vivid setting! 2:01 Q2-Nature is beautiful... but also dying: name a book that is beautifully written, but also deals with a heavy topic like loss or grief. 2:34 Q3-Fall is back to school season: share a non-fiction book that taught you something new. 3:21 Q4-In order to keep warm, it's good to spend some time with the people we love: name a fictional family/ household/friend-group that you'd like to be a part of. 3:53 Q5-Fall is the perfect time for some storytelling by the fireside: share a book wherein somebody is telling a story. 4:16 Q6-The colourful leaves are piling up on the ground: show us a pile of fall-colored spines! 5:24 Q7-The nights are getting darker: share a dark, creepy read. 5:49 Q8-The days are getting colder: name a short, heartwarming read that could warm up somebody's cold and rainy day. 6:15 Q9-Fall returns every year: name an old favourite that you'd like to return to soon. 7:43 Q10-Fall is the perfect time for cozy reading nights: share your favourite cozy reading "accessories!” 8:18 Q11-Spread the autumn appreciation and tag some people!
🔖Creators Tagged🔖 @jenniferlovesbooks @chiara.kikisbookishservice @BookishChas @JessBookgirlTV @____wicked.witch.of.the.words_ @themidnightreader And YOU!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~A murderous wrap-up: femme fatales, cannibalism, and viva las revolutions babbbyyyMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-10-03 | A year ago, I asked for murderous book recs, and you DELIVERED. Thanks so much all!
📚Books Mentioned / Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro 2:07 A Woman Eating 3:03 Spoiler alert! 3:35 Spoiler over :) 4:02 Sweet Pea 4:35 Daughters of Izdihar 5:39 Murder Your Employer 7:24 Tender is the Flesh 9:50 The Final Empire 10:32 Chain-Gang All-Stars 12:01 Necroscope 12:21 An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good 12:39 Babel 14:10 The "Best of" Awards
😁 Creators Mentioned (Thx for the books!) 😁 @hasteyebooks @pdxleo @themidnightreader @amysrambles6748 @AlexBlackReads @alldbooks9165 @jenniferlovesbooks
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Tress of the Emerald Sea (as told by texts I sent my bff) #brandonsanderson #cosmere #booktokMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-22 | Tress of the Emerald Sea, as told through the texts I sent my booktube bestie @themidnightreaderChp 2: Braving the bus! #yabooktok #chooseyourownadventure #childhoodbooksMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-22 | ...Bienvenido a la clase de español 🇪🇸✨#whatif #chooseyourownadventure #yabooks #booktokMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-21 | ...The Unhaul of a Lifetime | saying goodbye to the books of my tweens, teens, and early 20sMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-19 | To the YA books that raised me.
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Do yall remember the What If books? #booktok #2000sthrowbacks #chooseyourownadventureMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-13 | POV it's the first day of school and we are a 15-year-old girl in the early 2000s. Jesus take the wheel!The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai | Avatar The Last Airbender but...dare I say, better??👀My0.25LifeCrisis2024-09-05 | Apologies for briefly ghosting the internet. Please accept this book review as proof of life!
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai
⏰Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro 1:11 The Plot 3:54 What I liked (spoiler-free) 6:33 Light-spoilery TEA! 8:06 This "love triangle" is my favorite reality tv show (spoilers) 11:13 Outro
😁 Creators Mentioned 😁 @pdxleo
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Tress of The Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson | a straight up book reviewMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-07-14 | 📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Tress of the Emerald Sea
⏰Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro 1:19 Synopsis 2:42 Non-Spoilerly Things I Liked 9:01 (Spoilers) A series of PASSIONATE texts I sent my BFF about this book 12:58 A BIG OL' Spoiler 15:12 Done!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Fictional Couples I would throuple 💞My0.25LifeCrisis2024-06-30 | They saw me from across the bar and really liked my vibe 💁🏻♀️
⏰Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro / Why I've gathered you here today 2:10 Couple #1 2:58 Couple #2 4:13 Couple #3 6:11 Couple #4 7:07 Couple #5 8:49 Surprise Love Triangle! 10:05 Couple #6 10:46 Wrappin' it up!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~❤️🔥Murderous Girlies I would dateMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-06-16 | But would I survive? 💁🏻♀️ 🔪🫀
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Your Answer Cant Be Books tag & vlog 📚🌺 🇵🇪My0.25LifeCrisis2024-06-02 | Bienvenido a Lima Peru. Let me show you around!
⏰Timestamps ⏰ / ❓Questions❓
0:00 Intro 1:12 Q1 What is something you own too many of, other than books? 2:34 Q2 What is something that you do for fun that’s not reading a book? 3:30 Q3 What’s something that you buy at a bookstore other than books? 3:58 Q4 What’s a fun gift that you’ve received that wasn’t a book or a gift card for books? 5:32 Q5 What is something special or important on your nightstand that’s not a book? 6:48 Q6 What’s a YouTube channel that you watch that’s not related to books 7:40 Q7 Tag five BookTubers that you want to learn more about.
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Pitching my favorite book to youMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-05-19 | He's an acquired taste.
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
⏰Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro / Why I've gathered you here today 2:25 The origin story 4:42 No-spoiler pitch 7:09 Reading my favorite part 10:04 Addressing The CONTROVERSY lol 11:36 Wrappin' it up
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Unhinged Book Girlie Rewrites 13 Little Blue EnvelopesMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-05-05 | Hello! And welcome to Jay's unhinged brain, in which she critiques and attempts to rewrites a book that was published in 2005. I hope you enjoy
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro - Why have I gathered you here today? 2:54 Technical Difficulties 3:38 General Notes & Changes 6:30 Letter 1 & 2 - NYC & London 16:09 Letter 3 - London (con't) 18:41 Letter 4 - Edinburgh 24:55 Letter 5 & 6 - Rome 25:45 Letter 7 & 8 - Paris - my favorite letter 31:31 Letter 9 & 10 - Amsterdam & Copenhagen 38:11 Letter 11 & 12 - Greece 45:49 The End (original) 49:53 The End (Jay's Version)
😁 Creators Mentioned 😁 The Queen @JennyNicholson
✨Special Thx to my Beta watchers ✨ My two offline best friends My two online best friends @kellyseeksbooks and @themidnightreader
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Hi, Im alive, missed you! 👋🏼✨My0.25LifeCrisis2024-04-07 | Hi, here's your proof of Peruvian Life! Sorry for briefly ghosting the internet, we're back now!
😁 Creators Mentioned 😁 @kellyseeksbooks
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~❤️🔥 Rom-com recs for if youre in love with a murderous girlie 💁🏻♀️ 🔪🫀My0.25LifeCrisis2024-02-18 | POV: You're in love with a murderous woman, and it's probably a good thing you're still single, b/c it also means you're alive
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Dont even get me started on #matthiashelvar #ninazenik #sixofcrowsMy0.25LifeCrisis2024-02-11 | Why are we still settling for subpar white men in 2024? (kidding ... kind of)The Last Word by Taylor Adams (as told through texts I sent to my Best Friend)My0.25LifeCrisis2024-01-28 | My review of The Last Word by Taylor Adams, as told through the text messages I sent my best friendNew Years Book Tag 2024 | Feliz Año Nuevo 📚🥂🎇My0.25LifeCrisis2024-01-21 | Happy New Year! Dare we be optimistic?
❓The Questions❓ 0:00 Intro 1:26 Q1 How many books are you planning to read in 2024? 1:51 Q2 Name 5 books that you didn't get to this year but want to make a priority in 2024. 3:12 Q3 What genre do you want to read more of? 4:23 Q4 Name 3 non-book-related goals for 2024. 6:44 Q5 What's a book you've had forever that you still need to read? 7:10 Q6 One word that you're hoping 2024 will be. 7:54 Q7 Tag a friend!
💡Tag Created by @Bookables 🔖Who tagged me?: @themidnightreader 🔖Who I tag? 👉YOU! 👈
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Answering 20 Questions in 20 Places | Book Tag ✈️ 🌎My0.25LifeCrisis2024-01-14 | Just a totally normal book tag video lol
❓The Questions (in the original order)❓ 1. How many books is too many books in a book series? 2. How do you feel about cliffhangers? 3. Hardcover or paperback? 4. Favorite book? 5. Least favorite book? 6. Love triangles, yes or no? 7. The most recent book you just couldn’t finish? 8. A book you’re currently reading? 9. Last book you recommended to someone? 10. Oldest book you’ve read? (Publication date) 11. Newest book you’ve read? (Publication date) 12. Favorite author? 13. Buying books or borrowing books? 14. A book you dislike that everyone else seem to love? 15. Bookmarks or dog-ears? 16. A book you can always reread? 17. Can you read while hearing music? 18. One POV or multiple POVs? (POVs = Point of views) 19. Do you read a book in one sitting or over multiple days? 20. Who do you tag?
✨🌎 Time stamps 🌎 ✨ 0:00 Q1 - How many books is too many books in a book series? 1:43 Q2 - Cliffhangers? from the side of a cliff 2:13 Q3 - Hardcover or paperback? 2:44 Q4 - Favorite book? 4:16 Q5 - Least favorite book? 5:35 Q6 - Love triangles, yes or no? 5:48 Q7 - The most recent book you just couldn’t finish? 6:20 Q8 - A book you’re currently reading? 7:50 Q9 - Last book you recommended to someone? 9:10 Q12 - Favorite author? (We're going out of order, don't worry about it) 10:04 Q11 - Newest book you’ve read? (Publication date) 12:17 Q10 - Oldest book you’ve read? (Publication date) 13:01 Q13 - Buying books or borrowing books? 13:34 Q14 - A book you dislike that everyone else seem to love? 14:22 Q15 - Bookmarks or dog-ears? 14:41 Q17 - Can you read while hearing music? 15:03 Q16 - A book you can always reread? 15:43 Q18 - One POV or multiple POVs? (POVs = Point of views) 16:33 Q19 - Do you read a book in one sitting or over multiple days? 17:40 Q20 - Who do you tag?
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Nanowrimo Day 30 vlog | See you in ten years ✍️✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-12-03 | A chill nano-wrimo last-day vlog, in which we reach peak zero f**ks given energy and imagine the many more days of writing ahead of us.
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Nanowrimo Day 14 vlog | These are all future Jay problems ... ✍️✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-11-19 | Enjoying one week where everything we write is bad, and we give zero sh!ts about it
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Nanowrimo Day 1 vlog | Its too early for doubts ... ✍️✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-11-05 | Reflections from my first day of Nanowrimo 2023, and embracing imperfection.
😁Creators Mentioned😁 @withcindy @kellyseeksbooks
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Past Me asks a bunch of questions! | Time Capsule Tag ⏳ (Original)My0.25LifeCrisis2023-10-15 | In which Jay finds and answers questions from a tea jar that she wrote two years ago, and also creates an original tag in the process
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Somehow, only Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~I need YOUR book recs for my Nanowrimo project, plz✍️📚✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-10-01 | Hello! In preparation for Nanowrimo, I want some book recs to inspire my WIP story.
Have fun guessing what my story is about based on the books/tv shows that are currently inspiring in!
📚 Shows/Books Mentioned 📺 My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaithe 📚 Killing Eve 📺 Yellow Jackets 📺
😁 Creators Mentioned 😁 @HelloFutureMe
✨Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:40 Book request 1 - murderous girlies 2:01 Book request 2 - (literal) enemies to lovers 2:46 Book request 3 - cannibalism 3:34 Book request 4 - viva la révolution, baby!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Summer Wrapped | What I also read in July and August ☀️📚✈️✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-09-17 | Where the hell am I in the world, and what am I reading? Let's find out!
July and August were great reading months for me. Most of those recent reads are in my mid-year freak-out tag video, but there are some that I just didn't have time to mention. These are those books.
😁 Creators (briefly) Mentioned 😁 @pdxleo -- Leo Bandcroft @themidnightreader
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 0:00 Intro 1:16 Not All Boys Are Blue by George M. Johnson 1:56 Good Boy: My Life In Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan 3:28 Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff 5:32 Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari 8:09 House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson [a retrospective lol]
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~A totally late and unbothered mid-year freakout tag 📚⏰My0.25LifeCrisis2023-09-03 | Welcome to a mid-year freak-out tag, in which it is neither the middle of the year, nor am I freaking out.
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Earthlings, by Sayaka Murata Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine Five Survive, by Holly Jackson Gone, by Michael Grant House of Hunger, by Alexis Henderson The Last Word, by Taylor Adams Me, Myself, They, by Luna Ferguson Nightbitch, by Rachel Yoder No Exit, by Taylor Adams Perfect Little World, by Kevin Wilson Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
❓Questions❓ **FYI, I don't know if there's an official mid-year freak out tag list of questions, but if there is, I DEFINITELY DIDN'T adhere to it lol**
1. Best book I read so far? 2. Best sequel? 3. New release that you want to read? 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year? 5. Biggest disappointment? 6. Biggest surprise? 7.Favorite new author? 8. Newest fictional crush? 9a. Newest least favorite character? 9b. Newest fave character? 10. Book that made you cry? 11. Book that made you happy? 12. Most beautiful book I’ve acquired? 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? 14. Content creators I’ve been loving?
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~A July Reading vlog from Bogotá, Colombia 📚🇨🇴 [cc]My0.25LifeCrisis2023-08-20 | Welcome to shitty iPhone vlogs w/ Jay. Where she talks passionately about the two books she's reading and props her phone on whatever stable surface she can find!
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Five Survive by Holly Jackson
😁 Creators Mentioned 😁 @SeasonsReadings
⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 0:00 Intro and Day 1 4:30 Thoughts on House of Hunger 5:36 Mild spoilers on Five Survive 6:17 End of mild spoiler 6:53 Medium-sized spoilers that gave me EMOTIONS 12:02 Day 2 Wrap-up thoughts
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~My Quarter-Life Crisis Goals for 2023 ✨📊🤓✨My0.25LifeCrisis2023-08-05 | Hello, my internet friends! This is a totally not-book-related video today, where I share some personal life goals I have during these months of my quarter-life crisis.
⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 0:00 Chaos intro 1:08 Former film student explains OKRs 2:14 OKR 1 5:05 OKR 2 7:23 OKR 3 9:10 OKR 4
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Doing the #StandWithTransKids book tag 🏳️⚧️📚My0.25LifeCrisis2023-07-22 | 📹📚Hello my internet friends! A few years ago, I was tagged by the great @pdxleo in his original tag, the #Standwithtranskids book tag. I'm so excited to share my pride TBR and contribute to this wonderful tag.
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, by Maya MacGregor She Who Became The Sun, by Shelley Parker Chan Good Boy: My Life In Seven Dogs, by Jennifer Finney Boylan House In The Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva
❓THE QUESTIONS❓ 1. Tag some fabulous friends who also may want to do this tag and #standwithtranskids 2. Tell us about some books on your tbr pile featuring a trans/non-binary character or nonfiction about trans/non-binary stuff 3. Recommend a favorite book/show/movie featuring a trans/non-binary character 4. Everyone has their own journey and no one demographic is a monolith. Recommend a book with a journey (however you define that) 5. None of us knows everything – even about our own identities – especially since we’re not a monolith and each have our own journey – what is a book that taught you something either about yourself or the world around you? 6. When things are hard in the world or in our lives, sometimes we there are things we can do to help center and refocus ourselves, to bring joy, to keep us going, to keep living, resisting, being our authentically amazing selves. What are things you do to center yourself or find joy? 7. What’s your walk-on music – or your feel at home in your body music? 8. Finding mentors, people of wisdom, or heroes can be another way to help us navigate life. Who are some of your mentors? Can you share something they taught you or inspired you to learn more about? 9. Who are some out trans/non-binary booktubers, instagrammers, authors, actors, etc who you’d like to shoutout? 10. What are some organizations you’d like to shout out for supporting trans kids/trans folks?
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Thoughts on Wild by Cheryl Strayed, brought to you from a mountain town in ColombiaMy0.25LifeCrisis2023-07-02 | Hello from Minca Colombia! In the midst of traveling, I wanted to share some reflections about Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, and my experience so far as a solo traveler.
Spoiler alert: I loved this book. It's five out of five stars. Cheryl is an incredible storyteller, and she, herself, has such a unique story to tell.
Anyway, that's the gist of the review. I hope y'all are doing well, wherever you are in the world.
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Wild by Cheryl Strayed
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Learn A Language Booktube tag | Creating an Original tag and Learning EspañolMy0.25LifeCrisis2023-06-06 | Hola, mi amigos of the internet! I missed you! I'm ... back? From the dead? And making content?
Life update: I am traveling through South America for the next couple of months, with VERY LITTLE Español-speaking experience. In my stress-Duolingo-streaking, I was inspired to create a book-tube tag based on the words/phrases I had just learned.
So let's learn a language together, shall we?
*Lo siento -- I realized in editing I got a lot of these translations and pronunciations wrong Dx*
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Deliro, Laua Restrepo Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine Now is Not The Time to Panic, Kevin Wilson The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva Wild, Cheryl Strayed Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed The First Bad Man, Miranda July Comfort Me With Apples, Catherynne M. Valente
❓THE QUESTIONS❓ How the tag works: Translate the questions into the language of your choice, then answer the corresponding prompt.
1. A book in the language you're learning -- Pick a book that is translated from the language you are currently learning 2. What is your name? -- Pick a book with a name in the title 3. I'm sorry, I don't understand. -- Pick a book w/ a miscommunication 4. How much does it cost? -- Pick a book about money. 5. Where is ...? -- Pick a book about a place. 6. How are you? -- Pick a book about emotions, or a book that made you *feel* emotions lol 7. Pick a random word in the language you're learning -- Pick a book w/ that word in the title 8. Please and Thank you! -- Tag your friends!! & Thank the ppl for watching :D
⏱TIMESTAMPS ⏱ 0:00 Intro 1:19 How the tag works 2:15 Número Uno - Un libro en español 4:02 Número Dos - ¿Cómo te llamas? 5:23 Número Tres - Lo siento, no entiendo. 8:02 Número Cuatro - ¿Cuánto cuesta? 9:57 Número Cinco - ¿Dónde es ...? 12:18 Número Seis - ¿Cómo estás? 14:15 Número Siete - Palabra al azar 16:29 Número Ocho - Por favor y gracias
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~The Spring Has Sprung Tag | ft The Midnight ReaderMy0.25LifeCrisis2022-06-19 | It's the collab of the century! Booktube besties Jay (me) and Rosika @themidnightreader travel hundreds of miles for an epic, chaotic good collab!
✨WHO TAGGED ME ✨ Thank you @cherryactually for tagging me in the Spring Has Sprung tag (sorry it took over a year for me to do it lol) youtube.com/watch?v=62YpQFyiwe0&t=524s
❓THE QUESTIONS❓ ORIGINAL CREATOR (Helene Jeppesen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shp2M...
1) How is Spring where you live? 2) Most anticipated book release this Spring? 3) Show us a book cover that makes you think of Spring. 4) Where are you going to read this Spring? 5) Find a cover with the sun on it! 6) What are your favorite Spring reads? 7) Find a book with many different colors on it. 8) Whom do you tag?
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~The Book End Friends are Back...the (very late) Sequel!My0.25LifeCrisis2022-06-17 | Holy crap! I missed y'all. The fashionably late sequel to The Bookend Friends Wrap up w/ me and @themidnightreader is finally here.
Thank you Rosika for your patience and also your help editing this MONSTROSITY of a wrap-up.
Sit tight loves, get out that laundry you've been putting off folding, and listen to me talk about the top tier books that Rosika recommended me :)
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Shatterglass by Tamora Pierce Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Proud DNF-er does the DNF TagMy0.25LifeCrisis2022-05-19 | In 2022, Jay decides she values her time, and she does not waste it on sub-par books.
Thank you Spencer and Cherry, my real-life cousin, for tagging me! And thank you for your patience as I took a whole-ass year to film myself doing it xD
❓THE QUESTIONS❓ Original tag by Gunpowder, Fiction, and Plot youtu.be/n-qnvwPZ120
1) Do you DNF? 2) If you do DNF, does it count for your finished books for the month? 3) Is there a difference between DNF & just putting the book down for a little bit? 4) What popular books have you DNFed? 5) What are some books you wished you DNFed? 6) Have you ever re-attempted to read a DNF? And was this successful for you? 7) What do you do with DNFed books? 8) Do you choose more or less risky titles based on your DNF policy? 9) Tag 5 other BookTubers.
📚 LINKS MENTIONED📚 betterworldbooks.com (for buying used books online)Recent Reads 📚 Nostaglic Cali vlog 🌁 ✈️ 🏖My0.25LifeCrisis2022-05-03 | Hello and welcome to shitty iPhone vlogs with Jay! Apologies for falling off the face of the earth for a hot second, I was gallivanting through San Fran and Los Angeles! On my last day in Cali, I wanted to share a little bit about my pre-pandemic life as a film school grad living in LA, and also do a quick round-up of books I read during this time. I don't know if this will be interesting for you, but I hope it is mildly enjoyable
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune Ain't I a Woman? by bell hooks No Exit by Taylor Adams Series of Unfortunate Events (Books #1 + #2) The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
✨Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Stressed intro energy lol 2:52 Reading Recap 7:09 Talks too long about The Disaster Artist 14:00 Bad b-roll & LA nostalgia
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~The Wishful Thinking Tag 🤔✨My0.25LifeCrisis2022-04-08 | Another tag, hot off the presses, and one of the more fun ones I've filmed. Prepare for some weird sleepy energy as Scripted Jay struggles to keep her fleeting brain cells on task.
Thank you Rosika and Leo for tagging me. You are both delights. Apologies for the weirdly blurry camera quality. My excuse is that I have no idea what I'm doing lol
1. Legacy: Is there an author you wish was still alive today to witness the impact of their work? 2. The Memory Wipe: Which book or series do you wish you could forget either so you could experience it again for the first time or forget completely? 3. Destiny: Which character do you wish had a different fate? 4. Namesake: If a character was going to be named after you what kind of person would you wish for them to be, and what sort of story would you want them to be in? 5. Collectibles: Which fictional object do you wish you could own? 6. The Reset Button: Which book or series do you wish were written by a different author?The Ratings and Reviews Tag 📚 🤓My0.25LifeCrisis2022-03-23 | Thank you Rosika for tagging me, I'm honored! Cheers to new internet friends! Watch a "gut response" thinker make sense of her booktube process for the Ratings and Reviews Tag.
✨WHO I'M TAGGIN' ✨ 📚 Kiki's Bookish Service youtube.com/channel/UCly2jSRwSBv9VYthr7mDURw 📚 Leo Bancroft youtube.com/c/LeoBancroftBooks 📚 Anyone who does not use star ratings (see question 4b) 📚 And John Green. (Yes, you read correctly. New York Times best-selling novelist John Green is tagged. Someone please let him know.)
✨THE QUESTIONS✨ The Ratings and Reviews Tag created by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot
1. Tag folks. 2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response? 3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself? 4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not? a. If YES i. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system? ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books? b. If NO i. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews? ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking? 5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”? 6. What book that you hated have you recommended? 7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation? 8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment? 9. Do you consider star ratings or ave. ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR? 10. Who on BookTube; does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good? 11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?Rosika (aka The Midnight Reader) Picks my TBR | Making Internet Friends!My0.25LifeCrisis2022-03-06 | I have friends! I definitely have friends! Look at me go, making friends on the internet.
Check out my incredibly suave, cool-girl friend Rosika, from The Midnight Reader, as we recommend books for 20 minutes (and definitely didn't derail to talk about our love for John Green and what we would call our hypothetical podcast).
✨Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:57 Book 1 5:30 Book 2 8:55 Book 3 11:35 Book 4 (& John Green tangent) 13:23 Bonus Book (Jay's Choice) 14:22 Gushing about House in the Cerulean Sea 16:01 Jay picks her bonus book! 17:41 Book 5 (Rosika forgot this one lol) 19:45 We should start a podcast lol 21:53 That's all folks! 22:37 Bloop! (Just the one really long bloop!)
Collabs with other internet friends: 🎬 Wrap-up ft. Camila (Haste Ye Books) youtu.be/LJO9-pm63tA
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Reading Secrets of my Hollywood Life ... as a grown woman 🎬✨My0.25LifeCrisis2022-02-27 | Does anyone remember being 12 and reading Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita? I sure do.
Move over Hannah Montana, Kaitlin Burke also wants the best of both worlds. 🎬
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Recent Read(s) 📚 The Grace Year (and one other book)My0.25LifeCrisis2022-01-24 | Hello all! Welcome to a singular book review on The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, which I would call the teen YA version of Handmaid's Tale.
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 The Grace Year by Kim Liggett The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Books that are getting me through my Quarter-Life CrisisMy0.25LifeCrisis2022-01-10 | I am so excited to finally bring this video to you. Below, here is my incredibly biased, deeply personal list of books that are currently helping me through my quarter-life crisis.
I hope you enjoy this very personal look into my psyche, and perhaps get a new book rec out of it! :)
✨Timestamps 📚 0:00 Intro 2:22 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb 4:20 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 8:00 The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson 12:19 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 15:44 Spoiler alert! 16:20 Spoiler is over - You're good! 19:01 Outro
Also, in case you're interested, here's a song that is based on An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, and it hits Jay right in the quarter-life crisis feels every dang time: youtube.com/watch?v=cRyrgLdnTRU
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~New Years Tag 2022 📚🎆My0.25LifeCrisis2021-12-27 | Happy almost New Year! Here's hoping that it'll be better than the last two ... although let's be honest, did 2020 ever end?
✨ The Questions ✨ 1. How many books are you planning to read in 2021? 2. Name 5 books that you didn't get to this year but want to make a priority in 2021. 3. What genre do you want to read more of? 4. Name 3 non-book-related goals for 2021. 5. What's a book you've had forever that you still need to read? 6. One word that you're hoping 2021 will be. 7. Tag a friend!
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~November 2021 Wrap-up | All the books Camila recommended me 📚My0.25LifeCrisis2021-12-16 | At last! Camila (Haste Ye Books) and I reunite to give our wrap-up thoughts for the books we recommended to each other back in November. It's a great, spoiler-filled time.
Cheers to internet friends!
📚 Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:57 Recapping the books 2:48 Animorphs by K.A. Applegate 5:25 A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 9:03 The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares 18:03 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 26:23 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 33:43 Wrap-up thoughts!
🎬 The behind-the-scenes anguish I went through trying to pick books to recommend to her: youtu.be/3pnAgdKVUK0
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Part 5 | Rereading Bras & Broomsticks as Grown adultsMy0.25LifeCrisis2021-11-14 | Oh dang, things are getting real for Rachel in Bras and Broomsticks! We got a fashion show, that DEFINITELY doesn't go horribly wrong, A wedding/Spring Fling! Everything totally works out and we all live happily ever after.
Lol but also thank you for watching me, Chelsea, and Maya through this whole buddy read. This is the most we ever expected to spend thinking about this middle-grade witch series from our childhood.
✨ Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:10 The fashion show fiasco 8:09 Jewel, the betrayal! 13:24 Post-fashion show, Mom hugs Rachel 16:36 Who wrote it better? The teen vs the adult plot 19:35 "Tammy for the win!" 21:08 Call your quasi-girlfriend, Raf! 23:09 Is it bad writing? Or is this just how Rachel is? 25:38 Cringey transphobic moment 29:32 Rachel as an unlikable protagonist 32:31 Subverting tropes in teen media 33:46 Final thoughts + Outro
~This is where I'd put my social media accounts, if I had any~ Goodreads: goodreads.com/jaydcalbaFellow Booktuber Picks my TBR | Buddy read with Camila - Haste Ye Books 📚My0.25LifeCrisis2021-11-04 | What's this? An internet friend?! The amazing Camila of Haste Ye Books is giving me book recs to balance out the trashy 2010s YA I've been reading.
✨ Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:09 Meet Past Jay + Camila 1:59 "Unrelated" Little Women tangent 4:00 Camila's book recs for me :D 9:42 Outro
📚 Books Mentioned 📚 Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares The Invasion (Animorphs series) by K.A. Applegate A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Part 4 | Rereading Bras & Broomsticks as Grown adultsMy0.25LifeCrisis2021-10-31 | You made it! Welcome to part 4, where Chelsea, Maya, and I continue talking about Bras and Broomsticks by good ol' Sarah Mlynowski.
✨ Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:18 Melissa, resident Mean Girl 1:56 "Nice" boys who date the Mean Girl 8:04 The cheek kiss -- bold moves! 10:29 Aunt Sasha who lives in "Massachusetts" 11:17 Cringey ED "jokes" 12:40 Breaking up this wedding (attempt #3) 17:56 Stan Tammy! 20:27 The party scene -- uh-oh 26:33 Love spell is in motion! 29:10 The rehearsal dinner (s**t hits the fan) 31:38 Outro
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Part 3 | Rereading Bras & Broomsticks as Grown adultsMy0.25LifeCrisis2021-10-30 | Hello! Welcome to Day 2 of our Bras and Broomsticks book talk. Hope you enjoy and cheers to the last few days of the spooky season!
✨ Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:57 Post-tryouts: Rachel skyrockets to popularity 5:37 Rachel's first "cool kidz" party + Jewel 9:54 Mick + excessive hugs lol 11:21 How are they 14?! 12:54 Bants with Raf 14:37 Rachel goes on a quasi-date! 16:25 Rachel is being the "Jewel" to Tammy 17:04 Rachel+Miri try to break up this wedding (attempt #2) 20:44 Thoughts on Jennifer 28:20 Outro
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~Part 2 | Reading Bras & Broomsticks as Grown adultsMy0.25LifeCrisis2021-10-24 | My friends and I continue our booktalk about the first half of Bras & Broomsticks, by Sarah Mlynowski.
✨ Timestamps ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:45 Pre-book-talk tangents 1:36 Could we read Rachel+Miri as POC? 4:07 Rachel's popularity scheming 5:59 Rachel's Breakfast Club fantasy lol 8:48 We have THOUGHTS about this "fashion show" 13:12 Who's that boy? It's Raf! lol 15:07 Body image + body "negativity" 18:55 Rachel's "not like other girls" energy 21:53 On Sarah Mlynowski's writing style 23:52 Little things about Rachel :) 25:45 Wrap-up 27:40 Outro
~This is where I would put my social media channels, if I had any~