Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here is my review for Jade City by Fonda Lee! I kept this book review mostly spoiler-free but there is a small spoiler section near the end, so please check the timestamps if you don't want to be spoiled. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Summary
1:37 - Spoiler-Free Review
10:06 - Spoiler Section
Books Featured:
Jade City by Fonda Lee - amzn.to/2XsMJVr
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Here is my review for Jade City by Fonda Lee! I kept this book review mostly spoiler-free but there is a small spoiler section near the end, so please check the timestamps if you don't want to be spoiled. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Summary
1:37 - Spoiler-Free Review
10:06 - Spoiler Section
Books Featured:
Jade City by Fonda Lee - amzn.to/2XsMJVr
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12273867-kesara
Instagram: instagram.com/readswithkesara
Twitter: twitter.com/ReadsWithKesara
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Bookshelves
Bookshelf: amzn.to/33cxHqm
12- Cube Shelf: amzn.to/2DgF990
9-Cube Shelf: amzn.to/2X70eKb
Book tree: amzn.to/2Xeqja9
Office Short Shelf: amzn.to/2Er6Dt1
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![WORST BOOKS OF 2020 (non-fantasy) || My biggest regrets...
This will probably the only video I actually talk about the books that I regret reading. Here are the worst books I read in 2020. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Books I’d Still Recommend Somtimes...
8:21 - Books I Regret Reading
2020 Reading Recap:
Most Disappointing Books: https://youtu.be/lLg_K3XMJwY
Most Surprising Books: https://youtu.be/2ttUHL_cCPY
Worst Books: This video 😅
Best Books: https://youtu.be/-D33micmDLM
Most Surprising Fantasy Books: https://youtu.be/WPL6bEc_ZS4
Most Disappointing/Worst Fantasy Books: https://youtu.be/BSPCsfsGCyc
Best Fantasy Books: https://youtu.be/MTlagCCiAw4
Books Featured:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia - https://amzn.to/3b8wwwf
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - https://amzn.to/3584JrG
One to Watch by Kate Stayman London - https://amzn.to/35riqm3
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - https://amzn.to/3oj6euI
Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi - https://amzn.to/2Xo39xX
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory - https://amzn.to/2JKD5K5
Pride by Ibi Zoboi - https://amzn.to/2XaLpWt
The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro - https://amzn.to/3ogYTfd
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - https://amzn.to/3b7Gr4Z
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - https://amzn.to/3rOfhGp
Other Mentions:
Unreal - https://amzn.to/3b6nlfx
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - https://amzn.to/3ofQ59y
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - https://amzn.to/3ojs41s
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - https://amzn.to/3oefTD2
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![October 2020 Reading Vlog Part 2: Oct. 11th to Oct. 17th
The fantasy & horror TBR continues... Here is part 2 of by October Reading Vlog. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Sunday, October 11th
6:27 - Tuesday, October 13th
11:31 - Thursday, October 15th
17:10 - Friday, October 16th
20:14 - Saturday, October 17th
Books Featured:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - https://amzn.to/2SLDlcK
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire- https://amzn.to/3dx50HV
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart - https://amzn.to/30VCF8X
Montress Vol. 1 by Majorie M. Liu - https://amzn.to/2IEEhOc
Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling - https://amzn.to/343FJSo
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - https://amzn.to/3lXYxbT
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan - https://amzn.to/347oIa5
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12273867-kesara
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Bookshelves
Bookshelf: https://amzn.to/33cxHqm
12- Cube Shelf: https://amzn.to/2DgF990
9-Cube Shelf: https://amzn.to/2X70eKb
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Office Short Shelf: https://amzn.to/2Er6Dt1
[Disclaimer: Product links in the description are affiliate links, so I get a small percentage of the sale if you use them. Thank you for supporting my channel.] October 2020 Reading Vlog Part 2: Oct. 11th to Oct. 17th](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vn7NISbypxY/mqdefault.jpg)


![SO MANY SCIFI BOOKS || September 2020 Mid-Month Reading Wrap Up
Sci-fi books are really working for me so far in September. I read a surprising amount this month so far, so here is my Mid-Month Wrap Up. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - August Wrap Up
0:52 - Intro continued
1:49 - DNFs and Re-Reads
5:03 - 3-star books
8:11 - 4-star books
14:48 - 5-star books
Books Featured:
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson - https://amzn.to/35UVpbX
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie - https://amzn.to/2ROJfZU
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells - https://amzn.to/3iS0oOp
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - https://amzn.to/33U6bwK
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - https://amzn.to/2ZV0sW2
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin - https://amzn.to/2Em9vrv
Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo - https://amzn.to/3clTsX7
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini - https://amzn.to/3ciY8gB
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman Perkins - https://amzn.to/3mCvxI1
Beach Read by Emily Henry - https://amzn.to/33QJdpU
The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal - https://amzn.to/3hOqsbF
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - https://amzn.to/2ROAhMs
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuval - https://amzn.to/33RFUz7
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn - https://amzn.to/2EjYvLc
One by One by Ruth Ware - https://amzn.to/3hY0keQ
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler - https://amzn.to/32MN5ZY
Other Mentions:
The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin - https://amzn.to/2ZZgRJf
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson - https://amzn.to/2FTUVYT
Adulthood Rites and Imago by Octavia E. Butler - https://amzn.to/2RND7Bi
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer - https://amzn.to/2ZZxHHP
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft - https://amzn.to/3iMistb
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![POPULAR BOOKS IM NOT GOING TO READ || Anti-TBR Book Tag
I saw this tag going around and thought it looked like fun. Enjoy!
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_11...
•QUESTIONS•
1. A popular book EVERYONE loves that you have no interest in reading?
2. A classic book (or author) you don’t have an interest in reading?
3. An author whose books you have no interest in reading?
3.2 A problematic author whose books you have no interest in reading?
*you can combine questions 3 & 3.2 or you can answer them separately if you have an answer for both*
4. An author you have read a couple of books from & have decided their books are not for you?
5. A genre you have no interest in OR a genre you tried to get into & couldn’t?
6. A book you have bought but will never read?
7. A series you have no interest in reading OR a series you started & have dnf’d?
DNF’ed
8. A new release you have no interest in reading?
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Popular Books
1:40 - Classic Books
2:24 - Authors
4:31 - Genres
5:37 - Hauled Books
6:26 - Book Series
8:10 - New Release
Books Featured:
Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce - https://amzn.to/2Ldmzm5
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones - https://amzn.to/3qBu1aX
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - https://amzn.to/3qE8azy
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - https://amzn.to/3ow0VaZ
Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind - https://amzn.to/3qF4UE0
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris - https://amzn.to/33RYs2Y
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan - https://amzn.to/3osouBu
Red Rising by Pierce Brown - https://amzn.to/2VT3rfc
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty - https://amzn.to/39SqleP
Empire of Vampire by Jay Kristoff - https://amzn.to/3mPVYtj
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Bookshelves
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9-Cube Shelf: https://amzn.to/2X70eKb
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![January 2022 Reading Wrap Up
Trying a few new things with the formating of this video. Let me know what you think. Here are all the books that I read in January. Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - January Reading Stats
5:07 - 3-star books
7:57 - 4-star books
15:57 - 5-star books
Books Featured:
The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill - https://amzn.to/3HvCCE1
Crush by Tracy Wolf - https://amzn.to/3ouyb58
Covet by Tracy Wolf - https://amzn.to/3J3yj3e
Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling - https://amzn.to/3LgHyzc
Redawn and Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson - https://amzn.to/3AXQRzb
Saga 55 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - https://amzn.to/3L9lpma
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire - https://amzn.to/3J7bzPT
The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Steward - https://amzn.to/3sqMiJY
Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3B2qAj7
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee - https://amzn.to/3sqMsB4
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12273867-kesara
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReadsWithKesara
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