Freshly Read BooksI actually filmed this video a while ago, and while I was really
0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Day 1: In Ascension 3:11 - Day 2: In Ascension 5:15 - Day 3: In Ascension 6:59 - Day 4: In Ascension and All the Little Bird Hearts 8:37 - Day 5: All the Little Bird Hearts 11:16 - Day 6 Part 1: All the Little Bird Hearts 12:49 - Day 6 Part 2: Western Lane and The Bee Sting 15:11 - Day 7: The Bee Sting 16:37 - Final Thoughts
📚Books Mentioned📚 In Ascension by Martin Macinnes Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Bauman The Martian by Andy Weir Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir All the Little Bird Hears by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Cursed Bread by Sophie Macintosh Western Lane by Chetna Maroo The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Swapping Phone Time for Reading Booker BooksFreshly Read Books2023-09-28 | I actually filmed this video a while ago, and while I was really
0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Day 1: In Ascension 3:11 - Day 2: In Ascension 5:15 - Day 3: In Ascension 6:59 - Day 4: In Ascension and All the Little Bird Hearts 8:37 - Day 5: All the Little Bird Hearts 11:16 - Day 6 Part 1: All the Little Bird Hearts 12:49 - Day 6 Part 2: Western Lane and The Bee Sting 15:11 - Day 7: The Bee Sting 16:37 - Final Thoughts
📚Books Mentioned📚 In Ascension by Martin Macinnes Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Bauman The Martian by Andy Weir Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir All the Little Bird Hears by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Cursed Bread by Sophie Macintosh Western Lane by Chetna Maroo The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
📼Videos Mentioned📼 Picking my next Longlist Read: youtube.com/shorts/FoQ7-r2DZEo?feature=shareGetting My Bookish Life Together | Reading Slump | Finishing Current BooksFreshly Read Books2024-10-17 | I've been struggling with books recently, but I think I'm ready to get back in a reading habit and finish some of the books I'm in the middle of!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comThe 21 Books Ill be Reading This FallFreshly Read Books2024-09-24 | I tried to limit myself to just 20 books on my TBR, but still somehow ended up with 21 books before the end of the video. But my goal this time is just 15 of the books in the season to give myself some freedom to read off of the TBR too!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comLiterary Fiction Fan Reads all 5 of Emily Henrys Viral BooksFreshly Read Books2024-09-15 | I've decided to try out Emily Henry books by reading all of her viral books!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comHow Far Have I Gotten in my Summer TBR? | September TBR SpinFreshly Read Books2024-09-01 | How far have a gotten on my summer reading and the July TBR Spin?
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comCreating My Dream Reading NookFreshly Read Books2024-07-14 | I finally created my dream reading nook! Join me for a bunch of timelapses and struggling to figure out what looks best.
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comAnticipated Releases | First 5 Star of the Year! | Spoiler Free Reading VlogFreshly Read Books2024-07-07 | In May, I focused on new releases which was a nice change of pace from working through my older tbr! Most of this was during a work conference back in Florida.
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comSummer TBR Update | July TBR SpinFreshly Read Books2024-06-30 | How far have a gotten on my summer reading and the July TBR Spin?
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comAll of the series I’m in the middle of | Completing Series Episode 0Freshly Read Books2024-06-22 | I finally sat down and looked at all the book series I'm in the middle of in an attempt to kick start finishing them! Please let me know if a series like this is something you would be interested in :)
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comStarting My Summer of Reading | Summer TBRFreshly Read Books2024-06-10 | Now that I'm in a state where I can enjoy summer, and also in a mental state to be reading consistently again, I'm excited to choose the books I'll be reading this summer!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comBook Haul for my Season | Color AnalysisFreshly Read Books2024-06-06 | In this video, I went to get professionally color analyzed and used my new colors to purchase books with those same colors. This was my honest experience at House of Colour (not an ad).
💻Blogs/Websites Mentioned💻 The Concept Wardrobe Open Culture One Perfect Something Blog The Laurie Loo Classy Yet Trendy Style Rebel Mama (Thumbnail Picture)
📚Books Mentioned📚 Sherlock Holmes Complete Series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borrison In the Weeds by B.K. Borrison A Quantum Love Story bu Mike Chen School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chen Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMoving From Florida to Colorado | Reading & Moving VlogFreshly Read Books2024-05-20 | I've officially traded beaches for mountains! Which is good because I never took advantage of the beach. Don't tell, but the picture in the thumbnail isn't even from Florida; it's in Columbia. Anyway, I moved and read a couple of books very slowly but I still wanted to share this exciting time in my life!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comCan I Visit 8 Indie Bookstores Only Using the Train in Denver?Freshly Read Books2024-05-05 | I set out to visit 8 Indie Bookstores all in one day, but I could only use the Denver train to get to each one. Find out if I made it!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMay TBR Spin and Life Update | Moving, Masters, Work, YouTubeFreshly Read Books2024-04-26 | It's been a while, but I'm happy to be back for TBR Spin!
Timestamps 0:00 - Life Update 2:15 - TBR Spin Intro 2:42 - My Last TBR Spin Reads 8:40 - The Spin!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTBR Spin | March PromptFreshly Read Books2024-03-01 | It's time for tbr spin prompt #3! Let me know what book you've picked for the month.
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReading Dark Academia Books for a Week | Spoiler Free Reading VlogFreshly Read Books2024-02-22 | Back in November, I read dark academia books in an attempt to make it feel like fall in Florida. It kind of worked.
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 10:49 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 18:45 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comBook Recommendations for Every Stardew Valley ✨ marriageable✨ CharacterFreshly Read Books2024-02-13 | Please indulge me while I my love of Stardew Valley and Books in one place.
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comJanuary Wrap Up and February TBRFreshly Read Books2024-02-05 | I finished War & Peace!!!! and also some other books in January. Plus I've set an unrealistic but loose tbr for February.
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 0: 52 - January Wrap Up 14:05 - TBR Numbers / Mini Haul 15:30 - February TBR
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMy Booktube Spin Stack and the First 2 SpinsFreshly Read Books2024-02-01 | I'm so excited to be joining in on Booktube Spin! Here are my 20 books and what I got for the first two spins.
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comBig Book Reading Challenge | 2023 Wrap Up | 2024 TBRFreshly Read Books2024-01-26 | It's time for year 3 of Big Book Reading! This challenge has been the only thing to get me through some of my most intimidating reads. So let's talk about how I did with last year's prompts and what I'm thinking for this year's prompts. Thank you to Carina for creating this challenge! Her Instagram is time4reading
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comGiving Star Ratings to Every Book I Read in 2023Freshly Read Books2024-01-22 | Historically, I almost never rate books. It has made me nervous to do because it felt so definitive. But every time we come to the end of a year, I get jealous of all the stats that I don't get to be a part of because none of my books have ratings. So I figured for 2024 I would rate my books, and I thought a little immersion therapy would help me get over my anxiety around it by rating all of the books I read in 2023 to start.
Update! I'm proud to say that I have been consistently rating and giving short reviews of my 2024 reads. I review them on Threads and share them on my IG story (with a saved highlight for all my 2024 books).
📚Books Mentioned📚 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero (translated by Frances Riddle) The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel) Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo Bird by Bird by Anne Lamot Zero Days by Ruth Ware Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe The Secret History by Donna Tartt Fountainhead by Ayn Rand All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow In Ascension by Martin MacInnes Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Boulder by Eva Baltasar (translated by Julie Sanches) Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles) Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding Cultish by Amanda Montell Western Lane by Chetna Maroo The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades The Dharma Bums by Jack Karouac Death Valley by Melissa Broder Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin This Other Eden by Paul Harding Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell Final Girls by Riley Sager The Greatest by Matthew Syed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Friend by Sigrid Nunez Horse by Geraldine Brooks The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell Homesick by Jennifer Croft The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder) In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Last Ranger by Peter Heller Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and illustrated by Jen Wang The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter The Only One Left by Riley Sager The Plotters by Un-Su Kim (translated by Sora Kim-Russell) Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Pyre by Perumal Murugan (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan) Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Belt Rouge by Mona Awad What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel) Pod by Laline Paull Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes and illustrated by Lynd Ward Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Threads: @freshlyreadbooks Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/freshlyreadbooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMy Channel and Reading Goals for 2024Freshly Read Books2024-01-12 | Last year I skipped goal setting simply because I didn't feel like it. But now I feel more ready and refreshed than ever!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comThe 10 Best Books I Read in 2023 and some Honorable MentionsFreshly Read Books2024-01-09 | I read 89 books in 2023, these are the best 10!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - Book 10 2:02 - Book 9 3:44 - Book 8 4:36 - Book 7 6:05 - Book 6 7:36 - Honorable Mentions 10:45 - Book 5 11:52 - Book 4 13:04 - Book 3 14:37 - Book 2 16:39 - Book 1 17:56 - Outro
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comThe 10 Worst Books I Read in 2023Freshly Read Books2024-01-06 | I read a total of 89 books in 2023 and these were the absolute worst and most disappointing ones.
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Preview 0:30 - Intro 1:48 - Dishonorable Mention/Book 11 3:37 - Book 10 4:47 - Book 9 6:03 - Book 8 7:58 - Book 7 10:25 - Book 6 12:31 - DNFs 16:38 - Book 5 18:08 - Book 4 18:58 - Book 3 21:35 - Book 2 24:13 - Book 1 25:58 - Outro
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTBR Spin 2024 Livestream and first spin!Freshly Read Books2023-12-31 | Join Jill and me as we talk through reflections from TBR spin 2023, what books are on our 2024 stacks and we spin the wheel for the first prompt of the year!
Storygraph Challenge: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/45dbb484-c4da-4210-963c-4c98775a286eNovember went off the rails so Im prioritizing fun books for DecemberFreshly Read Books2023-12-05 | November was a pretty good reading month even if it didn't exactly look like what my plans were for the month. Now I just want to have some fun reads so I've picked a lot of books I'm in the mood for that I think will be quick reads. #tbr
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - November Wrap Up 12:03 - December TBR
📚Books Mentioned📚 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Anthony Briggs) The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Last Housewife by Ashely Winstead Rouge by Mona Awad Sula by Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder) Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown The Secret History by Donna Tartt About a Boy by Nick Hornby The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead Beach Read by Emily Henry A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood Day by Michael Cunningham North Woods by Daniel Mason
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTBR Spin | December PromptFreshly Read Books2023-12-01 | #TBRspin #TBRspin2023 It's the last TBR Spin of the year! Thanks for joining us and we can't wait to have you back next year!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReading Cult Books for a Week | Spoiler Free Reading VlogFreshly Read Books2023-11-21 | I spent a week reading books about cults or that have cults in them and I found a new 5 star! #readingvlog
📚Books Mentioned📚 The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Cultish by Amanda Montell Rouge by Mona Awad Death Valley by Melissa Broder
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comEvery Mile I Run in 30 Days is Another Dollar I Can Spend on Books (for a month)Freshly Read Books2023-11-16 | Part 2 of a challenge I started in September and I was able to get twice the number of books! I don't think I'll be making a full video for the month of November (I got sick at the beginning and missed a few runs, and it took a bit to really get back into it, although I'm doing better now) but I might do a wrap up in January when I run my half marathon :)
📚Books Mentioned📚 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead The It Girl by Ruth Ware If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Memory's Legion by James S.A. Corey
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comI got my 24 Favorite Books of All Time on a MugFreshly Read Books2023-11-09 | I have put off making a favorites of all time video until I realized I could get them put on a mug and then I finally sat down to determine what they would be. Thanks to Ideal Bookshelf for working with me!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Book 1 2:27 - Book 2 3:31 - Book 3 4:31 - Book 4 6:22 - Book 5 7:15 - Book 6 8:20 - Book 7 9:40 - Book 8 10:48 - Book 9 12:17 - Book 10 13:07 - Book 11 13:42 - Book 12 14:29 - Book 13 15:13 - Book 14 15:55 - Book 15 17:46 - Book 16 18:40 - Book 17 19:50 - Book 18 20:16 - Book 19 21:43 - Book 20 22:03 - Book 21 23:24 - Book 22 24:08 - Book 23 25:53 - Book 24 26:27 - Ideal Bookshelf 27:09 - Outro
📚Books Mentioned📚 Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Life of Pi by Yann Martel Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero (translated by Frances Riddle) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Educated by Tara Westover Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Real Life by Brandon Taylor Becoming by Michelle Obama Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi The Overstory by Richard Powers A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comAn October of Disappointing Books and a November TBR of Anticipated Reads!Freshly Read Books2023-11-06 | Well, October didn't go well, but at least I have a space where I can air my grievances. And I've got a long list of exciting books for November, so hopefully I can turn this around! #tbr
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 0:53 - October Wrap Up 15:23 - November TBR 22:06 - Outro
📚Books Mentioned📚 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Anthony Briggs) Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke The Greatest by Matthew Syed The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Last Housewife by Ashely Winstead Rouge by Mona Awad Sula by Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Little Friend by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt About a Boy by Nick Hornby Plastic by Scott Guild
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTier Ranking the Booker 2023 LonglistFreshly Read Books2023-10-21 | I've read all of the Booker 2023 shortlist and almost all of the longlist, so it's time to talk about them!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Tiers 2:04 - The Bee Sting 4:21 - Prophet Song 7:16 - A Study for Obedience 10:24 - In Ascension 12:46 - All the Little Bird Hearts 14:44 - Western Lane 16:05 - This Other Eden 17:49 - If I Survive You 19:49 - A Spell of Good Things 21:50 - Outro
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comRunning a Mile for Every Dollar I Spend on Books in SeptemberFreshly Read Books2023-10-14 | September marked the beginning of me training for a half marathon and I thought, what better motivation for running than buying books? So I made a little challenge for myself and said I had to run a mile for every dollar I could spend on books.
📚Books Mentioned📚 Rogue by Mona Awad Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead You Have a Friend in 10a by Maggie Shipstead The Last Housewife by Ashely Winstead
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comAnother Ambitious TBR | I learned nothing from September | October TBRFreshly Read Books2023-10-02 | Well, I said September was a very intimidating TBR, but now here we are in October and I picked just as many books to read! But as always, the goal is to read at least 8 of those, and then anything else is just a plus for me! #tbr
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 0:53 - How I did on my September TBR 6:14 - October TBR
📚Books Mentioned📚 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Anthony Briggs) Pearl by Siân Hughes Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry This Other Eden by Paul Harding West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Prophet Song by Paul Lynch A Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Zero Days by Ruth Ware Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell The Plotters by Un-Su Kim (translated by Sora Kim-Russell) Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke The Greatest by Matthew Syed The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Last Housewife by Ashely Winstead
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTBR Spin | October PromptFreshly Read Books2023-10-01 | #TBRspin #TBRspin2023 We're nearing the end of the year and the TBR Spin stack is showing it! Let's find out the prompt for October and catch up on how my books for August and September went!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - August Review (The Plotters) 2:05 - September Review (Johnny Tremain) 3:21 - October Prompt
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comI Picked Too Many Books for My September TBRFreshly Read Books2023-09-07 | Let's just ignore that we're a full week into September.
📚Books Mentioned📚 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Anthony Briggs) Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Zero Days by Ruth Ware West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Pearl by Siân Hughes The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Plotters by Un-Su Kim The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Videos Mentioned: Net Galley Video: youtu.be/qFCtFNx_IJI Q2 Video: youtu.be/n1Kop7Nl5J4Trying the Internets Advice to Get Over a Reading Slump | Reading VlogFreshly Read Books2023-08-20 | I was really struggling through a reading slump at the end of June and decided to try out a bunch of advice from the internet for trying to get out of a slump. I am doing much better now and am working on reading through the Booker longlist!
0:00 - Intro 1:29 - Internet Advice I'm Following 2:58 - Choosing a Book to Read 4:27 - Changing my Scheduled Reading Time 5:02 - Reading Update 1 6:11 - Try a little bit of several books 12:07 - Reading Update 2 14:07 - Reading Update 3 and Wrap Up 17:54 - What are the tips that helped me the most?
📚Books Mentioned📚 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel Zero Days by Ruth Ware The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Cultish by Amanda Montell West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comQ2 Review: A Powerpoint presentation of goals and favoritesFreshly Read Books2023-07-30 | This video took way longer than intended to edit! I took a little break while I had a few vacations and a much busier than usual schedule, but I'm back and ready for Booker season! So, let's catch up with where I'm at!
📚Books Mentioned📚 Midnight’s Children by Salmon Rushdie War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Anthony Briggs) Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Milk Fed by Melissa Border An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The Invisible Man by HG Wells The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead Homefire by Kamilah Shamsie Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMid Year Book Freakout Tag | Favorites, Surprising Reads, Channel Goals, and More!Freshly Read Books2023-06-30 | It's time to check in with my reading! how are my goals doing? What have I loved so far? What am I excited about reading soon? And also my cat is there. What more could you want in a #midyearbookfreakouttag
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:28 - How has your 2023 reading year gone so far? 2:02 - What is the best book you've read so far in 2023? 3:04 - Best sequel you've read so far in 2023? 4:20 - A new release you haven't read yet but want to? 4:48 - Most anticipated release for the second half of the year? 5:22 - Biggest disappointment of 2023 so far? 6:05 - Biggest surprise of 2023 so far? 6:26 - Favorite new author (new to you or debut)? 6:56 - Newest fictional crush? 7:37 - Book that made you cry? 8:16 - Book you saw on TikTok and regret reading? 8:35 - Most beautiful book you bought this year? 9:14 - What are the books you need to read by the end of the year? 9:46 - Favorite video you've made so far in 2023? 10:14 - A video you thought would flop but did well? 10:47 - Any upcoming videos you're excited to make? 10:59 - Any channel goals before the end of the year? 12:19 - Outro
📚Books Mentioned📚 Bird by Bird by Anne Lamot A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead Wayfarer Series by Beck Chambers A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas The Only One Left by Riley Sager Zero Days by Ruth Ware West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman (gifted by Knopf) The Guide by Peter Heller The Last Ranger by Peter Heller (gifted by Knopf) Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh Pod by Laline Paull Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comA Ruthless Unhaul | Going Through All of My Books | Help Me Pick What StaysFreshly Read Books2023-06-22 | It's about time that I go through all of my books and decide which ones I really want to prioritize. But also I'm incapable of making decisions by myself. So please comment about any books you would like to save from my unhaul pile!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReading all of my NetGalley Books | 5 Weeks to Reduce my TBR | Week 1Freshly Read Books2023-06-15 | For 5 weeks I'm focusing on my TBR that I have completely neglected through prize season! This first week we'll kick it off with reading all of the books I've been approved on NetGalley. It feels so good to have these off my list! Full list of weeks below (although these will not be released weekly, as I still have other videos to publish)!
📚5 Weeks With My TBR📚 Week 1: NetGalley Books Week 2: TBR Spin Catch Up Week 3: Books Sent by Publishers Week 4: Books From my 23 Books in 2023 Week 5: Mood Reading from my TBR
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro and Books to Read 2:53 - Cursed Bread Update 1 4:47 - Cursed Bread Update 2 7:07 - Holdout Update 1 7:39 - Cursed Bread Final Update 8:27 - Death Valley Update 1 10:17 - Holdout Update 2 10:44 - Death Valley Final Thoughts 11:53 - Malibu Rising Update 1 12:11 - Holdout Update 3 14:13 - Holdout Final Thoughts 15:01 - Malibu Rising Update 2 15:51 - Malibu Rising Final Thoughts 17:34 - Outro
📚Books Mentioned📚 Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger Death Valley by Melissa Broder (Publish Date: October 24th, 2023) Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReacting the the 2023 Womens Prize WinnerFreshly Read Books2023-06-14 | The winner has been announced!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comTBR Spin | June PromptFreshly Read Books2023-06-01 | #TBRspin #TBRspin2023 A fun month of the wheel!
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comThe Meaning Behind the Books of Ted Lasso Season 1Freshly Read Books2023-05-30 | Today, the finale of Ted Lasso airs. I am so sad to see it go, but so excited to see how it ends. I've also been having a great time of reading through the books from Season 1 of the show. Let me know if you would like me to do more seasons!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:16 - The Dharma Bums by Jack Karouac 5:14 - Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 10:14 - Trying the Biscuits 11:29 - Alex Haley's Most Seminal Book? 13:39 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 18:43 - The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald 22:26 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 24:43 - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 27:30 - Shout Out to the Background Characters 28:24 - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 31:45 - Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding 33:09 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 34:42 - Coach Beard's Books 37:04 - Outro
📚Books Mentioned📚 The Dharma Bums by Jack Karouac On the Road by Jack Karouac Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Roots by Alex Haley Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success by Jay Carty Quiet Genius by Ian Herbert
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReading, Ranking, and Predicting the Winner of the Womens Prize ShortlistFreshly Read Books2023-05-19 | In this video, I read the entire shortlist, ranked my favorites, and chose my predicted winner!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 1:52 - Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks 5:05 - Pod by Laline Paull 9:06 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 12:24 - Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 15:17 - Ranking and Winner Prediction
📚Books Mentioned📚 Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks Pod by Laline Paull The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comMy First (and only?) Book Haul of 2023Freshly Read Books2023-05-11 | I don't typically indulge in book hauls, except when I visit my parents in Columbus where my favorite book store is! And it didn't feel so bad after 3 months of not buying any books. So let's talk about the books I got!
📚Books Mentioned📚 Atonement by Ian McEwan Lessons by Ian McEwan Daughters of Fortune by Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Appeal by Janice Hallett Cultish by Amanda Montell True Biz by Sara Nović Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comReading the Carol Shields Shortlist Featuring a New Favorite!Freshly Read Books2023-05-04 | In this video, I read the entire shortlist, ranked my favorites, and chose my predicted winner!
⌚Timestamps⌚ 0:00 - Intro 2:09 - What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri 4:35 - The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr 7:13 - When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar 10:18 - Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin 14:01 - Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades 15:09 - Ranking and Winner Prediction
Instagram: @freshlyreadbooks Twitter: @FreshlyBooks Email: freshlyreadbooks@gmail.comQ1 Reading Review Featuring a PowerPoint Presentation No One Asked ForFreshly Read Books2023-04-30 | Thanks to Babbel for sponsoring today's video. Go to strms.net/babbel_freshlyreadbooks to get up to 60% off! #ad Let the meeting commence!
📅Today's Agenda📅 0:00 - Intro 0:18 - Agenda 0:58 - Goal: Big Book Reading 4:33 - Goal: 23 Books in 2023 5:08 - Goal: Learn a Language 6:06 - TBR Spin Update 6:57 - Overall TBR Progress 8:44 - More TBR Numbers 9:25 - Favorites 11:11 - Q1 by the Numbers 12:24 - Next Quarter's Focus 14:02 - Outro