These Books Deserve More Love!! 📚 Pride Reading Vlog 🌈

I've read books like Anniebot and which I didn't love personally.

My reaction to the first chapter of this was that it felt a little more YA than I had expected.

And the introduction itself was incredibly engaging and fascinating. So, I'm definitely interested in reading the rest of the novel.

I read Death in Her Hands and I liked that one.

This first chapter did not pull me in at all. And I reread it because it's been months and it still didn't pull me in at all.

I liked the first chapter, but it only introduced us to the professor. And I thought it was pretty funny the way that it handled the dynamic between her and her husband as new parents, but it didn't introduce us to the other protagonist.

I read their non-fiction work, How to Read Now, and I adored it and gave it five stars.

And the first chapter was totally fine but didn't necessarily super draw me in. It was it was fine.

There is a very strong clear voice here and even though not a huge amount happens in that first chapter. I felt immediately like I knew the characters especially Cal and his father John and I was immediately drawn into the story even though again not that much happens.

It touched me. It made me cry. It was very heartwarming and hopeful and it was exactly what I needed and I had a lot of fun reading it.

Reading the first chapter, I just found myself thinking about my year of rest and realization by Otessa Mushve and I hate that book.

The prologue really drew me in and was very fast-paced and intense and full of tension. And then the first chapter that came after that sort of cut the tension a bit for me and I wasn't quite as drawn in by it.

The first chapter was fine. I'm just feeling sort of meh on this one currently.

I thought this was a really impressive debut and I just had a lot of fun with it. I thought it was so interesting.

I read Book Eaters by this author and adored it.

I've recommended the Broken Earth trilogy to so many people and people sometimes really bounce off of the first book in that trilogy because it's told in second person and I guess people really hate that.

I thought it was really unique. It was very engaging and immersive. I loved the world building.

Some of the story tech telling technique that feels like we know exactly what the character is going through and what they're experiencing and they don't and we're just waiting for them to catch up. And watching them figure it out is part of it's the journey.

I really liked the writing style. I loved how atmospheric it was. I loved the sort of eerie, melancholic vibe all the way through.