Literary LilyWhen I was stuck in a slump I made a joke saying I wish someone could pick my next read for me... and someone did! See how I got on after Aoife picked a book to get me out of slump!
how i got out of my reading slump || reading vlogLiterary Lily2023-07-15 | When I was stuck in a slump I made a joke saying I wish someone could pick my next read for me... and someone did! See how I got on after Aoife picked a book to get me out of slump!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4F vlog music: Music by oh, the joy. - 2am in cape town - thmatc.co/?l=9301945B Music by oh, the joy. - 4am in seoul - thmatc.co/?l=DB887247 Music by oh, the joy. - 5am in cairo - thmatc.co/?l=E5AD01A0 Music by oh, the joy. - 12am in amsterdam - thmatc.co/?l=BBED343Csunday reading and productivity sprintsLiterary Lily2024-04-21 | Join me and some friends as we get productive this Sunday! Everyone is welcome whether you're catching up on your latest read, getting in some words on your novel or even powering through your chores.
We'll be sprinting in timed intervals with chatty catch ups in between so make sure you join us in the chat to get involved!
Charlotte: https://linktr.ee/wonderfullybookish
Kate: instagram.com/readingthroughinfinity Sabrina: @SabrinaCoxAtTheWyrmbergtiktok is bad for books?! || reacting to your unpopular bookish opinionsLiterary Lily2024-04-20 | Everyone has their own hot takes about books and the bookish community, so I asked you to share some of yours with me to react to! From unpopular opinions about booktok to Priory of the Orange Tree to spicy books, I cover a lot of bookish drama in this one!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4FHere is my Last, Now, Next, whatβs yours? #booktube #ElsieSilverLiterary Lily2024-04-10 | ...reading/productivity sprintsLiterary Lily2024-01-27 | Join me and some pals as we get to work meeting our reading, writing and productivity goals! During the stream we'll be using a random wheel to decide the lengths of our focused sprints to make the most of our time, with chats in between.
Anyone is welcome to join, whether you're studying for exams, making a dent in your novel writing, working on your next read or anything in between! We'd love to hang out with you.
Anyone is welcome to join, whether you're studying for exams, making a dent in your novel writing, working on your next read or anything in between! We'd love to hang out with you.
π Books mentioned π The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour Babel Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Iron Flame Small Pleasures The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Spin the Dawn This is How You Lose the Time war To Sir Philip, With Love
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fthe best books I read in 2023 || top 20 books of 2023Literary Lily2024-01-14 | I read over 100 books in 2023, so I thought it was time to reflect on my favourite reads of the year. The books are from a wide variety of genres and age categories, so find out how they ranked for me!
π books mentioned π The Appeal - Janice Hallett A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers The Deal - Elle Kennedy Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Freehand - E.M. Lindsey Frostheart: Escape from Aurora - Jamie Littler The Galazy and the Ground Within - Becky Chambers Heartstopper Volume 5 - Alice Oseman If Only You - Chloe Liese Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers Lost in the Moment and Found - Seanan McGuire Love & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch Meat Market - Juno Dawson Painted Devils - Margaret Owen The People on Platform 5 - Clare Pooley Record of a Spaceborn Few - Becky Chambers The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna With Love, From Cold World - Alicia Thompson Wonderland - Juno Dawson
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fbooks i HAVE to read this year || 24 books for 2024Literary Lily2024-01-06 | I may not have done very well with my 23 for 2023, but I am determined to be better with my 24 for 2024! This is a real mixed bag of books, from series finishers to old recs from friends.
π Books mentioned π 00:00 intro 00:50 The Bromance Book Club 01:50 Bunny 02:45 A Darkling Plain 03:39 Divine Rivals 04:24 The Diviners 05:16 Empire of the Vampire 06:23 Jade City 07:12 Kingdom of Ash 08:19 Kingdom of the Wicked 09:08 A Man Called Ove 10:20 Middlegame 11:19 Midnight Sun 11:55 Now I Rise 12:47 The Once and Future Witches 13:30 Once Upon a Broken Heart 14:30 A Psalm For the Wild Built 15:42 Scarlet 16:13 Seven Devils 17:05 Skyward 18:07 A Song of Wraiths and Ruin 19:15 A Study in Drowning 20:20 Truly Devious 21:44 A Vow So Bold and Deadly 22:34 Vulture
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Flast book haul before my book buying ban || Christmas book haulLiterary Lily2023-12-31 | I am going on a book buying ban in 2024, so here is my final book haul of 2023! It includes everything my lovely friends and boyfriend got me for Christmas and books I got using christmas vouchers in the boxing day sales
π Books mentioned π 00:00 Intro 01:10 Disfigured (@BooksNest ) 02:17 Check & Mate 03:24 Sorry, Bro (@readingthroughinfinity5377 ) 04:00 Love Redesigned (@Wanderness ) 05:17 The Appeal 06:14 Five Survive 07:05 Imogen, Obviously 08:35 Walk on the Wilder Side 10:00 The Kingdom is a Golden Cage 10:51 The Christmas Appeal 12:11 Frostheart: Rise of the World Eater 13:05 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop 13:51 Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods 14:25 Divine Rivals 15:09 What You Are Looking For is in the Library 15:38 The Kamogawa Food Detectives 16:05 Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fno more books! I am going on a book buying ban in 2024 || 2024 reading goalsLiterary Lily2023-12-23 | My TBR has been out of control for a while now so it's finally time to tackle it in a more strategic way! I decided to combine my book buying ban with the goals I wanted to set for myself in 2024 to incentivise myself to read the books I already own and do the fun reading things I enjoy!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fcosy contemporaries, rom coms and iron flame putting me into a slump || november reading wrap upLiterary Lily2023-12-09 | I had grand plans for November involving multiple reading vlogs and pushing myself out of my comfort zone and... Iron Flame ruined it all π I only read 5 books in November, but there were some real winners in there, from cosy contemporary to romcoms!
π Books mentioned π Crown of Midnight - Sarah J Maas Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner The People on Platform 5 - Clare Pooler Things We Left Behind - Lucy Score With Love From Cold World - Alicia Thompson
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fa truly delusional 13 book end of the year TBR || december TBRLiterary Lily2023-12-06 | It's time to embrace the festive spirit with my end of the year TBR. Join me as I dive into the TBR pile for Christmas reads and other holiday themed books, spanning from captivating middle-grade stories to heartwarming romances and spine-tingling festive thrillers. Will I read them all this cosy reading season? The jury is still out on that one
π books mentioned π Bookshops and Bonedust - Travis Baldree The Christmasauras and the Winter Witch - Tom Fletcher Frostheart: Escape from Aurora - Jamie Littler Hogather - Terry Pratchett Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros Kiss Her Once For Me - Alison Cochrun Lovelight Farms - B.K. Borison Make You Mine This Christmas - Lizzie Huxley Jones Pumpkin Spice Cafe - Laurie Gilmore Stay Another Day - Juno Dawson Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson The Winter Spirits Wreck the Halls - Tessa Bailey
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4FReading/Productivity sprintsLiterary Lily2023-11-19 | Join me and some pals as we get to work meeting our reading, writing and productivity goals! During the stream we'll be using a random wheel to decide the lengths of our focused sprints to make the most of our time, with chats in between.
Anyone is welcome to join, whether you're studying for exams, making a dent in your NaNoWriMo project, working on your next read or anything in between! We'd love to hang out with you.everything I got at YALC || YALC review and book haulLiterary Lily2023-11-18 | YALC is the young adult literature convention hosted in London every year, AKA a book festival! This is the second time I have attended, and the first time it has happened in the winter. I was super excited to meet some of my favourite authors, get some books signed and buy more books and bookish merch!
Intro: 00:00 Signed books: 2:22 Freebies: 7:27 ARCS: 10:35 Non-book purchases: 13:40 Book purchases: 17:27
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fvampire books, cosy scifi and literary fiction || october reading wrap upLiterary Lily2023-11-11 | October was a whirlwind of a month for me, with a total of 10 books read! From spooky vampire books to cosy scifi to heartwarming non-fiction, I read a little bit of everything! Check out what I thought of all the books I read and share yours in the comments below. Don't forget to let me know what you read in October, your best and your worst!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fsaturday reading/productivity sprints - with friendsLiterary Lily2023-11-04 | Join me and some pals as we get to work meeting our reading, writing and productivity goals! During the stream we'll be using a random wheel to decide the lengths of our focused sprints to make the most of our time, with chats in between.
Anyone is welcome to join, whether you're studying for exams, making a dent in your NaNoWriMo project, working on your next read or anything in between! We'd love to hang out with you.
π Find my friends online π Lianne: @literarydiversions Charlotte: linktr.ee/wonderfullybookish
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fa big birthday book haul || 30+ Books!Literary Lily2023-10-14 | I turned 25 a few weeks ago and I was so lucky to receive so many books and some book vouchers! Here is my entire haul π
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fcosy scifi and small town romances || august and september wrap upLiterary Lily2023-10-07 | August and September went by so fast! Here are all the books I read in those two months. Let me know below you best books for August and September!
π time stamps π 00:00 Intro 00:30 Horrorstor 01:34 Throne of Glass 01:46 Icebreaker 03:03 Painted Devils 03:31 Make Me Wilder 04:11 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 05:18 Just Like Home 06:27 The Risk 07:42 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 10:23 A Closed and Common Orbit 12:27 Record of a Spaceborn Few 14:08 Pick Me 15:47 Hand Picked 17:32 Cherry Picked
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fsaturday reading/productivity sprints - with friends!Literary Lily2023-09-02 | Hi pals! It's time to get some reading done so let's sprint together! Everyone is welcome no matter what you're doing. We'll be hanging out from 1pm-5pm UK time (roughly!)
π Find my friends online π Aoife: @PrettyPurplePolkaDots Lianne: @literarydiversions
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4FReading 13 books in one month || July Reading Wrap UpLiterary Lily2023-08-06 | July was a big reading month for me, but the ratings were all over the place! Let me know in the comments what your best and worst books of July were!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fmy best and worst books of the year so far || mid year freak out tagLiterary Lily2023-07-22 | We've passed the half way point of the year, so it's time to look back on what I've read so far and discuss. What are your best and worst books of the year so far?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4FReading/Productivity Sprints (with friends!)Literary Lily2023-07-08 | Come and join us for some chill sprints, everyone is welcome no matter what you'll be doing!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4FAITA for the way I read books? || reacting to bookish AITA storiesLiterary Lily2023-06-24 | Watching reddit AITA stories and reactions are some of my favourite things to do, so I thought why not take a look at some of the bookish ones and react them with you guys?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4Fdragons and smut, what more could you want? || Fourth Wing Reading VlogLiterary Lily2023-06-17 | After all the hype I finally caved and decided to read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, but did I like it?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo) vlog music: Music by Mr. Jello - Afternoon Delight - thmatc.co/?l=0C387D4F Music by oh, the joy. - 2am in cape town - thmatc.co/?l=9301945B Music by oh, the joy. - 4am in seoul - thmatc.co/?l=DB887247 Music by oh, the joy. - 5am in cairo - thmatc.co/?l=E5AD01A0 Music by oh, the joy. - 12am in amsterdam - thmatc.co/?l=BBED343Cnew favourite reads and 2 star disappointments || May Wrap Up [CC]Literary Lily2023-06-08 | May was a quieter reading month for me but I still found some real stand out books - in both good and bad ways!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)tier ranking every popular romance tropeLiterary Lily2023-05-27 | I've really become of fan of romances over the last year or two, so it's time to dive into my opinions on different tropes and see just how controversial I am!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)I finally finished A Good Girls Guide to Murder trilogy π΅οΈ || April wrap upLiterary Lily2023-05-21 | This month as a real rollercoaster with everything from 2 star reads to five star reads! And I am so excited to say I have finally finished the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)answering your weirdly specific book requestsLiterary Lily2023-05-15 | You asked and I answered! I did a call out on instagram for your weirdly specific books recs and here I am trying to find something for each request! If you have any others drop them in the comments and I will answer in a future video :)
π timestamps π 00:00 - introduction 00:37 - queer books with sport 02:56 - middle grade not in UK/US 05:42 - YA not in UK/US 08:43 - setting as place 11:18 - characters meet online 12:06 - scifi that's not how it seems 14:08 - non-binary MC 15:28 - link between queerness and autism 16:34 - books I see myself in 19:02 - games not from our world 20:16 - short king 21:02 - outro
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)new thrillers and steamy romances || march reading wrap upLiterary Lily2023-04-10 | March was a very varied month for me, but I definitely enjoyed my steamy romances and graphic novels! What was the best book you read in March?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)rereads and new favourites || february wrap upLiterary Lily2023-03-12 | February was a slow month for me but I managed to get a few reads in! Rereads really carried me through this month and I found some new favourites. If you read anything good in February let me know in the comments below!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)did this book make me like second chance romance?? || Final Offer by Lauren Asher - Reading VlogLiterary Lily2023-02-25 | The Dreamland Billionaires series has sadly come to end, so join me on my reading journey for final offer and see what I thought! Spoilers ahead!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480
by oh, the joy. - 5am in cairo - thmatc.co/?l=E5AD01A0 by oh, the joy. - 4am in seoul - thmatc.co/?l=DB887247 by oh, the joy. - 2am in cape town - thmatc.co/?l=9301945B by oh, the joy. - 12am in amsterdam - thmatc.co/?l=BBED343C by oh, the joy. - 11pm in dubai - thmatc.co/?l=1426F237i have over 60 unfinished series on my tbr || all my unfinished seriesLiterary Lily2023-02-18 | Ok so... I may be a bit of a nightmare for not finishing series. To rectify that I have decided to start tracking them all and seeing how many I can finish each year!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)I hated Babel π¬ || january wrap upLiterary Lily2023-02-12 | January was such an interesting and varied reading month for me with some real highlights and some disappointing DNFs. What was your favourite book of January?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)spend a day in thame with me! [CC]Literary Lily2023-01-29 | Beth and I met up in Thame for an explore and some book shopping, come along with us!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)my reading rituals || finish the book tagLiterary Lily2023-01-15 | Thank you so much to @asparagusisreading for tagging me, this was so much fun! If you would like to take part consider yourself tagged!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)i read 131 books in one year!! || 2022 reading stats and 2023 goals [CC]Literary Lily2023-01-12 | 2022 was a reading year like no other for me; I read more books than I ever had and read a huge number of 4 and 5 star books. Come join me as I look through my stats and formulate my goals for 2023
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)my worst books of 2022Literary Lily2023-01-08 | I read over 130 books last year and had some real amazing reads, but I also had some really disappointing reads. Here is a few of the books that disappointed me the most!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)my top 20 books of 2022Literary Lily2023-01-03 | I read over 130 books in 2022, here are my top 20! I read very broadly last year so this list is a real mixture.
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)christmas book haul || all the books I was gifted and bought this ChristmasLiterary Lily2023-01-01 | I was so fortunate to receive so many awesome books from some lovely people, as well as snagging some deals in the sales!
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)what I want to read before the end of the year [CC]Literary Lily2022-11-26 | The end of the year is fast approaching, so it's time to have a think about the books I want to read before it's over! Which books are on your end of the year TBR?
~Music~ Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)i hated love on the brain? || september - october wrap up [CC]Literary Lily2022-11-12 | It's been a real mixed reading time over the last couple of months, with 2 stars and 5 stars and everything in between!
~Music~ Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)come bookshopping in oxford with me || book shopping vlog + haul [CC]Literary Lily2022-11-05 | It's been a long time since I bought more than one or two books at once, so @BooksNest and I decided to have a little bookshop tour in oxford!
π The questions π 00:00 Intro 00:17 - 1. Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish? 01:00 - 2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year? 01:45 - 3. Is there a new release you're still waiting for? 03:07 - 4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year? 04:33 - 5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year? 06:03 - 6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year?
π Music π Intro: Music by frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - thmatc.co/?l=2F99A480 Outro: River (Prod. by Lukrembo)spooky season books for all types of readerLiterary Lily2022-10-23 | I love reading some spooky books as halloween approaches, but not always super scary ones! I know spooky season is different for everyone so hopefully there is something for you all here!
π books mentioned π Deadendia - Hamish Steele Coraline - Neil Gaiman Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman Alice - Christina Henry Lost Boy - Christina Henry The Mermaid - Christina Henry Girl in Red - Christina Henry A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson The Perfect Child - Lucinda Berry Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir City of Ghosts - VE Schwab The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune