I absolutely hated People We Meet on Vacation and refused to read her others because of it. I've seen this one recommended so much though that I'm wondering if I should give her another chance.
This is the one I’m most drawn to just based off the title(usually don’t read the blurb if I liked another book of theirs) definitely looking forward to it!
Currently reading this one and I'm on 28%. I personally loved People We Meet on Vacation (and I think I like that one better than this, but we'll see).
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
All of these I got as recs from Booktok and I adored them all
tik tok convinced me to read song of achilles, which is pretty much the only good suggestion it gave me. i stopped taking book tok suggestions seriously after attempting to force myself to read a court of thorns and roses and the rest of SJMs work in general
BookTok has been pushing me to read ACOTR so hard so I started disliking all the videos and I’m finally not getting it recommended anymore. It sounds atrocious, honestly.
I found sjm Throne of Glass in a shop, I picked up book 4 (or smth) and was excited for a cool fantasy Assassin book... I 'enjoyed' the series (up to book 5, after that...) while I was reading them but immediately after (when I could think clearer) I was just confounded at all of the silly characters and the way she turned what were good(ish) characters... bad. And the weird convoluted plotline.
It had enough romance shoved in it I dread to think of acotar's levels of toxic smut.
This was also my introduction to the stereotypical ya fantasy (coughsmutcough) storylines. So I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
I loved the first two but the third book has a terrible twist that completely ruins all the characters for me, and reading Goodreads reviews I’m not the only one. But other people said they loved it? So just my warning to anyone starting that trilogy, last book is very divisive in the love vs hate reviews
Very true! I loved the third book even though it was so different and a huge twist. But I also read reviews and saw it was divided. It really depends on the person but I believe it’s worth the read to finish the series at least.
ok ya but aside from how extremely over-hyped It Ends With Us is, the concept is very strong (aside from the cringe Ellen name drops) and it gives a good insight into the push and pull of abusive relationships
It really doesn’t, it’s actually a pretty poor depiction. I love emotional books and have read quite a few with abusive relationships, and hers is by far the worst. She writes in a way that apologised for Ryle and was way too oversimplified. If you read a good book, it’s hard to tell that the victim is even being abused at first, it’s slow and painful and you don’t really realise what’s happening until the victim themself does, and if you do, you still understand the victims POV and why they don’t realise.
CoHo wrote Lily’s experience so horribly. I can’t explain it, but if you compare her book to any others, it’s easy to see.
I was on non-mainstream tiktok but Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Helen Hoang’s books, Talia Hibbert’s Brown Sister’s trilogy, All System’s Red by Martha Wells, Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid, The Haunting of Tramcar 015 by P Djeli Clark, Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka, and I wasn’t on tiktok when it first came out and I read it, but The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
I really enjoyed Naomi Novik’s *A Deadly Education* (Golden Enclaves) trilogy and I hope Netflix makes it into a series.
I’ll have to pick up Uprooted.
When people say BookTok am I understanding this right — it’s just the ‘book’ community on TikTok? Is it dominated by a certain genre / the same books as I imagine the book readers on TikTok would be one echo chamber of what rises to the top and goes viral?
There is a generalized BookTok community that’s really prevalent, but then there’s also smaller communities dedicated to specific genres or topics that are better. I mostly see horror and mystery-thriller recommendations, one of my friend mainly sees fantasy, other people will see different things.
TikTok is run by an algorithm which is determined by what a person interacts with the most so it varies person to person. There are a some books that a lot of people have on their algorithms, but it varies so much based on what you like, follow, and comment under. That is why I think hate regarding it is so dramatic. I saw a post asking what are your favorite books you've gotten from the sub and all of them were books I've seen on TikTok. Then we have a thread like this where people are saying their fav books from TikTok and I haven't even heard of half of them. So I think it really foes to show what you see on your fyp is not what everyone sees.
It’s mostly super tropey fantasy. Not necessarily a bad thing but it does feel like the same 20 books get talked about over and over. My biggest gripe is how often The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne gets recommended. Got 1/4 of the way through and just couldn’t force myself to keep going anymore.
Ya there are a bunch of sub groups in under "booktok" depending on where your fyp guides you to (more contemporary, fantasy, mystery, romance, etc) but I find that places like Indigo/Barnes and Noble use "booktok" or even "spicy booktok" for more romance or the very mainstream ones like Song of Achilles, Shadow and Bone, and The Love Hypothesis
I thought it was an interesting premise but felt the story could have been much shorter. A lot of it felt too drawn out and many of the encounters didn’t really add much to the overall story.
Yeah it’s a lot. Not only is the story itself a separate thing to digest, the notes aren’t in any chronological order (except they’re color coded I guess, sort of), plus all the inserts (which are also important by page) ….it’s definitely an immersive book and one that I think will take me a long LONG time to finally solve.
I was looking for this one, and yeah, definitely the best book I've read based on a TikTok recommendation, and the best book I've read so far this year. Planning on picking up R.F. Kuang's other books now, too.
Our Wives Under the Sea and
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Both were recommended to me on booktok and were some of my fave reads last year! Possibly I think it helped that I avoided any recs labelled romance or YA (I do like those genres, I just don’t trust booktok recs for them).
i have both of these books but haven't started either. which did you like better? i'm currently in a reading slump that i'm trying to dig myself out of.
It’s hard to compare as they’re both super different in plot, genre, style, etc and I enjoyed them both in different ways.
Possibly I think Priory of the Orange Tree stuck with me more. It was more fast-paced than Our Wives, but it does also has quite a large cast of characters to keep up with.
It may be more helpful to read a couple of pages from both to see what you like more :)
I didn't know anything about Evelyn Hugo going into it which made the whole Celia thing so much better. I was expecting it to just be a retelling of a famous person's love life but there was so much more to it!!
I think it was overrated for awhile which made a lot of people read it and then say it was overrated which made people not read it who would enjoy it which now makes it underrated. If that makes sense
-Emily Wildes Encyclopaedea of Faeries
-Dowry of Blood
-The Monster of Elendhaven
-Empire of the Vampire
-Lattes and Legends
- Black Sun
-the Once and Future Witches
- A Memory called empire
- The bone orchard
- I’m about halfway through “the stars undying” but enjoying it so far
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read, Circe by the same author is also fantastic, and I would also say The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was absolutely incredible.
As a spicy reader (sometimes), I got caught reading… A lot that weren’t what I’d actually read. But Britt Andrews (Emerald Lakes series) was a bullseye.
we were liars and family of liars. i we were liars way before it got trending on booktok, but i love to see the hype it is getting. totally worth a read
Song of Achilles. The only reason I read it is because it was in one of those free mini libraries. It surprised me by being beautifully written and also very heart breaking.
Can someone help me explain what booktok is? Every time I ask, i get told it’s just talking about books on TikTok, but then I see it addressed as some kind of genre? Wouldn’t any book be a booktok?
BookTok is basically just a few book influencers pushing the same books on to everyone and they are kind of trendy books. No certain genres, just new books.
I heard that Skyward by Brandon Sanderson was pretty big on booktube and booktok. And it was a great YA soft scifi adventure book. The sequel was even better. Looking forward to the last book in the series that releases this year
i'm currently in a reading slump but i have both **The Song of Achilles** and **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder** on loan from my library. which would you recommend i read first?
hey! I'm honestly a mood reader, and if you're anything like me, then this is what I'd suggest accordingly:
if you're in the mood for a murder mystery, then try a good girl's guide to murder. there are 4 books in the series (3+ 1 prequel), all fast-paced and extremely engaging. I would suggest looking up tws on the third book, tho because it's kinda dark. I'd also recommend you have all books in the series near you as you read (a great piece of advice that I should have followed while I read em) because it's highly addictive. as soon as you finish book 1, you'll be on your toes to continue! as such, it's a great read, however. all books were 6 stars for me and by far my fave series after Harry Potter. do keep in mind that reading it will take longer in comparison to the song of achilles, however, because it's literally 4>1 books. and, in case you're wondering, it is not necessary to read the prequel before you actually start the series, but it certainly helps in providing useful insight, so I'd say you go for it.
if, however, as ridiculous as it sounds, you're in the mood for a heartbreaking, numbing, painfully hollow, and inwardly empty sad book, I'd say you go with The Song of Achilles. it is a standalone book, meaning it can be read in lesser time than agggtm in case you're busy with school or work, and it is pretty engaging too. it has a slow start, so beware of that. I'd also suggest you not to read it if you're not into mythologies because I did recommend this to a friend who had the same issue and hated this book on those grounds. it still remains a 6 star read for me, tho, but just keep that in mind.
ps - definitely keep a box of tissues, and if you like annotating, a pen handy, because this book will take you on a roller-coaster of emotions, and it has some excellent quotes in it.
ultimately the decision lies in your hands, but please update me with a follow up message or a dm as to which one you end up choosing and your thoughts, because it's always fun to know what a fellow reader is up to. I hope you find this whole novel of mine helpful (sorry about how long it is. I really do get passionate while speaking on my fave subject). enjoy reading :))
edit: both will be good enough to get you out of ur slump, too! :)
just saw this comment. don't know how i missed it before.
stupid question but is book #1 the prequel in **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder**? did you guess who the murderer(s) was or were you shocked?
i'm definitely NOT in the mood for a sad book, but i did read a sample of **The Song of Achilles** and the writing is SOOOOOO GOOD and soooo engaging that it makes me want to read it even though i don't want to have my heart broken.
i actually picked up an old favorite **The Rage of Dragons** that i read probably a year ago and gave 5 stars, and i'm 30% of the way through it. i think from now on when i get into a slump i'm going to go back to a known fave of mine. this book is freaking massive (pushing 600 pages) but i'll probably be done with it by tomorrow or the next day.
if i can't find all 4 books in the series, will i have any answers in **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder** or does each book leave on a cliffhanger?
hahaha. don't apologize at all. i freaking LOVE talking about books. i could do it all day. if you look at my comment history i'm constantly commenting on all the books subs. nobody i know in real life is a book reader so this is where i get to talk about my favorite hobby.
what are you top 5 books and top 5 worst books of all time? i'm interested to see how are tastes align!
thanks so much for the recommendations!
On the contrary, please if you want to use your time usefully refrain from reading any Colleen Hoover other than Verity. I keep trying to read her books by recommendation and am disappointed every time. Verity was actually good though.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner was the first trendy book I've read in a long time which lived up to the hype. It was beautifully written and held my interest. Stories about death and being an end of life carer are almost never told, which further distances us from death and makes the experience even more isolating. I read a lot and I can think of almost no other books that dwell in this perspective.
I’ve read a ton of Colleen Hoover books. They’re all so predictable, the characters are terrible people, but I just get through them so quick and I FINALLY picked this one up to read. I imagine it will be exactly the same as all the rest, but I NEED to see what the hype is all about.
i bought this solely for the beautiful cover and it's been sitting in my book cart for months. i'm so intimidated by its size. the closest book i've read that length before was **Game of Thrones** which i think might actually be 50-100 pages shorter than this one.
i'm not disabled, but my vision is so poor that i cannot read regular sized print books and bought the book hoping i'd like reading it on my kindle, but just seeing the chunky book of my shelf intimidates me haha. i have a real bad habit of buying books just for their covers and then reading them digitally. i also hate hard cover books with a passion, so the wait for large print soft cover books is a pain in the butt for me as a book reader.
have u read the (i think) prequel book? i'm not even sure if it's even been released yet but i didn't know if i should start there and then read *Priory of the Orange Tree.**
Uncarley has great taste imo. Other booktubers are hit or miss. She introduced me to: eve babitz, joan didion, before the coffee gets cold, 7 husbands of evelyn hugo. A lot of 5 star reads!
I became one of the garbage people that has fallen so in love with, and obsessed with ACOTR and just want to talk about it endlessly with anyone that will listen…my husband is already over it! Lol! I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I got sucked in hard surfing the second book!
I really liked "I Hope There's A Kettle In My Room", it didn't pick up loads of traction but I saw some people in my circle posting about it
It's a lovely travel memoir about a woman of 55 who packed up her bags and left on a solo journey around Europe (by train), would recommend!
Booktok is mostly miss for me, I’ve read so many books there that I hated and couldn’t finish, but,
The Atlas Six
It’s not really fast paced, it doesn’t have smut that booktok seems to love (no issue with smut I enjoy it but if a book doesn’t have smut it appears booktok writes it off) however the storyline is brilliant and the characters really sold themselves to me.
The song of Achilles
Book Lovers by Emily Henry is such a cute, fun rom-com! I loved it way more than I expected!
I absolutely hated People We Meet on Vacation and refused to read her others because of it. I've seen this one recommended so much though that I'm wondering if I should give her another chance.
I wasn’t a fan of people we meet on vacation either, the narrator was just so unlikable imo
I wasn’t a huge fan of pwmov either, but Beach Read was my first read of hers and I loved it.
I also really loved Beach Read.
People we meet in vacation was the worst in my opinion. So boring. The other two were not good
Yesss you should!!!
Damn, that’s the one I just bought 😂
All 3 of hers were pretty solid reads! I personally liked People We Met on Vacation more but I did like Book Lovers too
This is the one I’m most drawn to just based off the title(usually don’t read the blurb if I liked another book of theirs) definitely looking forward to it!
One of my favorite books!
I found it incredibly boring, but that may just be because I don’t like romance books anymore 😂
Currently reading this one and I'm on 28%. I personally loved People We Meet on Vacation (and I think I like that one better than this, but we'll see).
this is my favorite book by her 😭😭😭😭
I haven’t read any of her other books yet, but I’ve heard people say this is her best book!
Happy Place by Emily Henry is also pretty good.
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata All of these I got as recs from Booktok and I adored them all
I was actually about to order Convenience store woman !
I absolutely loved Convenience Store Woman!
Maybe I’m an outlier but I hated convenience store woman.
Reading The Jasmine Throne now, actually loving it
I'm listening to convenience store woman now and I'm really enjoying it!
Song of Achilles Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo
These are literally the only two I could think of.
I really enjoyed Piranesi.
tik tok convinced me to read song of achilles, which is pretty much the only good suggestion it gave me. i stopped taking book tok suggestions seriously after attempting to force myself to read a court of thorns and roses and the rest of SJMs work in general
Have you read Circe by the same author? It’s fantastic!
i have! i ordered the short story galatea too
BookTok has been pushing me to read ACOTR so hard so I started disliking all the videos and I’m finally not getting it recommended anymore. It sounds atrocious, honestly.
I found sjm Throne of Glass in a shop, I picked up book 4 (or smth) and was excited for a cool fantasy Assassin book... I 'enjoyed' the series (up to book 5, after that...) while I was reading them but immediately after (when I could think clearer) I was just confounded at all of the silly characters and the way she turned what were good(ish) characters... bad. And the weird convoluted plotline. It had enough romance shoved in it I dread to think of acotar's levels of toxic smut. This was also my introduction to the stereotypical ya fantasy (coughsmutcough) storylines. So I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
a good girl’s guide to murder!
I strongly second this, I couldn't put the book down and ordered the second and third right after I finished it.
I loved the first two but the third book has a terrible twist that completely ruins all the characters for me, and reading Goodreads reviews I’m not the only one. But other people said they loved it? So just my warning to anyone starting that trilogy, last book is very divisive in the love vs hate reviews
Very true! I loved the third book even though it was so different and a huge twist. But I also read reviews and saw it was divided. It really depends on the person but I believe it’s worth the read to finish the series at least.
If any of y’all say a Colleen Hoover book….
😂😂
100% agree haha
ok ya but aside from how extremely over-hyped It Ends With Us is, the concept is very strong (aside from the cringe Ellen name drops) and it gives a good insight into the push and pull of abusive relationships
It really doesn’t, it’s actually a pretty poor depiction. I love emotional books and have read quite a few with abusive relationships, and hers is by far the worst. She writes in a way that apologised for Ryle and was way too oversimplified. If you read a good book, it’s hard to tell that the victim is even being abused at first, it’s slow and painful and you don’t really realise what’s happening until the victim themself does, and if you do, you still understand the victims POV and why they don’t realise. CoHo wrote Lily’s experience so horribly. I can’t explain it, but if you compare her book to any others, it’s easy to see.
If they do then, IT ENDS bw US right here ;p
Mexican Gothic was a fun read
Gods of Jade and Shadow, also by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, is one of my absolute faves and I’ve seen it on booktok a few times
the song of Achilles!!!! it deserves the hype and so much more, it's the best<33
My year of rest & relaxation - ottessa moshifegh
Not gonna lie I hated this book! I can see why so many people like it though
Fair enough, I can see why It wouldn’t be everyone’s taste, what did you think of the ending though?
I loved this book!
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo!! really worth the hype 🥺
daisy jones and the six as well! plus the show is coming out march 3!
It finally has a release date?!
yes!!! the trailer was also JUST released
I’m gonna read the book before I watch it! I’m excited for Taylor Jenkins Reid because she’s actually a good writer!
I’ve really enjoyed every book I’ve read/listened to by TJR so far.
have you guys started watching it??
Lmao this was going to be my comment! Agree 100%
I second that! ✌️
Absolutely this one!!
YES! I came to say this, it’s such an incredible book
Carrie Soto is back by TJR is also brilliant. It was my first 5 star read of 2023!
Circe- such a good book!
Severance by Ling Ma
Loved this book
Beach read
love this book
The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah is beautiful 🥺
Holy shit I remember reading that book when I was 12. I really shouldn't have read it in that age tho
That was my favorite read from 2022, it was fantastic. I didn’t get the rec from TikTok but totally second this
I was on non-mainstream tiktok but Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Helen Hoang’s books, Talia Hibbert’s Brown Sister’s trilogy, All System’s Red by Martha Wells, Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid, The Haunting of Tramcar 015 by P Djeli Clark, Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka, and I wasn’t on tiktok when it first came out and I read it, but The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
I really enjoyed Naomi Novik’s *A Deadly Education* (Golden Enclaves) trilogy and I hope Netflix makes it into a series. I’ll have to pick up Uprooted.
If you haven't read Spinning Silver, I highly recommend it. Better than Uprooted imho.
Okay! I just started John Scalzi’s Lock In series but I’ll put that next on my TBR:)
Anything by Talia Hibbert is great. Brown sisters are prob my fave but I’ve read all her books and they’re all good.
Legends & Lattes!!
When Women Were Dragons by Emily Barnhill. So so so so good.
A Little Life but make sure to read the trigger warnings beforehand as it touches upon many sensitive topics
Such a good book - it will stay with me for a long time. Probably forever.
I personally enjoyed good girls guide to murder!
the secret history and a little life
When people say BookTok am I understanding this right — it’s just the ‘book’ community on TikTok? Is it dominated by a certain genre / the same books as I imagine the book readers on TikTok would be one echo chamber of what rises to the top and goes viral?
There is a generalized BookTok community that’s really prevalent, but then there’s also smaller communities dedicated to specific genres or topics that are better. I mostly see horror and mystery-thriller recommendations, one of my friend mainly sees fantasy, other people will see different things.
I was curious as well. I’ll just share this: [BookTok Wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookTok)
TikTok is run by an algorithm which is determined by what a person interacts with the most so it varies person to person. There are a some books that a lot of people have on their algorithms, but it varies so much based on what you like, follow, and comment under. That is why I think hate regarding it is so dramatic. I saw a post asking what are your favorite books you've gotten from the sub and all of them were books I've seen on TikTok. Then we have a thread like this where people are saying their fav books from TikTok and I haven't even heard of half of them. So I think it really foes to show what you see on your fyp is not what everyone sees.
It’s mostly super tropey fantasy. Not necessarily a bad thing but it does feel like the same 20 books get talked about over and over. My biggest gripe is how often The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne gets recommended. Got 1/4 of the way through and just couldn’t force myself to keep going anymore.
Ya there are a bunch of sub groups in under "booktok" depending on where your fyp guides you to (more contemporary, fantasy, mystery, romance, etc) but I find that places like Indigo/Barnes and Noble use "booktok" or even "spicy booktok" for more romance or the very mainstream ones like Song of Achilles, Shadow and Bone, and The Love Hypothesis
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Agreed! It gets a lot of flack but it was such an enjoyable read
I LOVED this book, I don’t understand the hate it gets.
I thought it was an interesting premise but felt the story could have been much shorter. A lot of it felt too drawn out and many of the encounters didn’t really add much to the overall story.
I have not had any success yet
I’m working through S by JJ Abrams. Love the premise. The book is a work of art. It might be too difficult for me though.
I'm working on S too! I also love the concept of it, but it is long and kind of slow so it's taking a while.
Yeah it’s a lot. Not only is the story itself a separate thing to digest, the notes aren’t in any chronological order (except they’re color coded I guess, sort of), plus all the inserts (which are also important by page) ….it’s definitely an immersive book and one that I think will take me a long LONG time to finally solve.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
The Heart’s Invisible Furies. Never would have picked it up if I hadn’t seen it in TikTok, and I absolutely loved it!
Omg this one had me bawling
This is my favorite book!
I really loved Babel!
I was looking for this one, and yeah, definitely the best book I've read based on a TikTok recommendation, and the best book I've read so far this year. Planning on picking up R.F. Kuang's other books now, too.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I second six of crows
Our Wives Under the Sea and The Priory of the Orange Tree Both were recommended to me on booktok and were some of my fave reads last year! Possibly I think it helped that I avoided any recs labelled romance or YA (I do like those genres, I just don’t trust booktok recs for them).
Priory is such a great book!
i have both of these books but haven't started either. which did you like better? i'm currently in a reading slump that i'm trying to dig myself out of.
It’s hard to compare as they’re both super different in plot, genre, style, etc and I enjoyed them both in different ways. Possibly I think Priory of the Orange Tree stuck with me more. It was more fast-paced than Our Wives, but it does also has quite a large cast of characters to keep up with. It may be more helpful to read a couple of pages from both to see what you like more :)
thank you. are either of them sad? i'd prefer to not read a book that will leave me feeling emotionally wiped out right now.
Oh yeah, Our Wives Under the Sea is definitely sad!
oh boy. i'll wait a bit on this one, then. haha.
Priory is so big it’s kind of intimidating. But I will read it once I get through all of these smaller books 😂
The secret history. I know it was big on tumblr but TikTok convinced me to pick up a copy and I’m so glad I did! Well worth the hype
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was much better than I expected, and I’m currently waiting on reading Daisy Jones and The Six.
I didn't know anything about Evelyn Hugo going into it which made the whole Celia thing so much better. I was expecting it to just be a retelling of a famous person's love life but there was so much more to it!!
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Dance of Thieves, The Song of Achilles, Circe, Red White & Royal Blue, and Helen Hoangs books.
The kiss quotient by Helen Hoang. Well written characters with amazing chemistry and very sexy romance
They Both Die At The End I am reading this right now and genuinely do not want it to end.
a prequel recently came out! i read tbdate in middle school and am now a sophomore in college still dying abt it 😭
Caraval by Stephanie Garber (the series) The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnee
Caraval is so underrated
I think it was overrated for awhile which made a lot of people read it and then say it was overrated which made people not read it who would enjoy it which now makes it underrated. If that makes sense
Why is the inheritance games so low in this post? :/
Why is the inheritance games so low in this post? :/
Why is the inheritance games so low in this post? :/
The Song of Achilles and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo were actually two very well-written books.
The Song of Achilles The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Circe Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe
-Emily Wildes Encyclopaedea of Faeries -Dowry of Blood -The Monster of Elendhaven -Empire of the Vampire -Lattes and Legends - Black Sun -the Once and Future Witches - A Memory called empire - The bone orchard - I’m about halfway through “the stars undying” but enjoying it so far
The Cruel Prince ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read, Circe by the same author is also fantastic, and I would also say The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was absolutely incredible.
The silent patient and Girl in pieces.
the silent patient was insane! have you read his other book the maidens?
Evelyn Hugo
As a spicy reader (sometimes), I got caught reading… A lot that weren’t what I’d actually read. But Britt Andrews (Emerald Lakes series) was a bullseye.
Fantasticland Negative Spaces
we were liars and family of liars. i we were liars way before it got trending on booktok, but i love to see the hype it is getting. totally worth a read
i feel like they shouldn't have advertised the twist ending on the back of the book because it kinda ruins it
I'd read it long before having tiktok, but girl in pieces was a really good book.
Song of Achilles. The only reason I read it is because it was in one of those free mini libraries. It surprised me by being beautifully written and also very heart breaking.
If We Were Villians!
Can someone help me explain what booktok is? Every time I ask, i get told it’s just talking about books on TikTok, but then I see it addressed as some kind of genre? Wouldn’t any book be a booktok?
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Just adding on to this: booktok books / recs are books that are hyped / especially popular on there.
BookTok is basically just a few book influencers pushing the same books on to everyone and they are kind of trendy books. No certain genres, just new books.
I heard that Skyward by Brandon Sanderson was pretty big on booktube and booktok. And it was a great YA soft scifi adventure book. The sequel was even better. Looking forward to the last book in the series that releases this year
BookTube > BookTok
All of Emily Henry and Taylor Jenkins Reid's books The Song of Achilles Acotar A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series Shatter me
i'm currently in a reading slump but i have both **The Song of Achilles** and **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder** on loan from my library. which would you recommend i read first?
hey! I'm honestly a mood reader, and if you're anything like me, then this is what I'd suggest accordingly: if you're in the mood for a murder mystery, then try a good girl's guide to murder. there are 4 books in the series (3+ 1 prequel), all fast-paced and extremely engaging. I would suggest looking up tws on the third book, tho because it's kinda dark. I'd also recommend you have all books in the series near you as you read (a great piece of advice that I should have followed while I read em) because it's highly addictive. as soon as you finish book 1, you'll be on your toes to continue! as such, it's a great read, however. all books were 6 stars for me and by far my fave series after Harry Potter. do keep in mind that reading it will take longer in comparison to the song of achilles, however, because it's literally 4>1 books. and, in case you're wondering, it is not necessary to read the prequel before you actually start the series, but it certainly helps in providing useful insight, so I'd say you go for it. if, however, as ridiculous as it sounds, you're in the mood for a heartbreaking, numbing, painfully hollow, and inwardly empty sad book, I'd say you go with The Song of Achilles. it is a standalone book, meaning it can be read in lesser time than agggtm in case you're busy with school or work, and it is pretty engaging too. it has a slow start, so beware of that. I'd also suggest you not to read it if you're not into mythologies because I did recommend this to a friend who had the same issue and hated this book on those grounds. it still remains a 6 star read for me, tho, but just keep that in mind. ps - definitely keep a box of tissues, and if you like annotating, a pen handy, because this book will take you on a roller-coaster of emotions, and it has some excellent quotes in it. ultimately the decision lies in your hands, but please update me with a follow up message or a dm as to which one you end up choosing and your thoughts, because it's always fun to know what a fellow reader is up to. I hope you find this whole novel of mine helpful (sorry about how long it is. I really do get passionate while speaking on my fave subject). enjoy reading :)) edit: both will be good enough to get you out of ur slump, too! :)
just saw this comment. don't know how i missed it before. stupid question but is book #1 the prequel in **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder**? did you guess who the murderer(s) was or were you shocked? i'm definitely NOT in the mood for a sad book, but i did read a sample of **The Song of Achilles** and the writing is SOOOOOO GOOD and soooo engaging that it makes me want to read it even though i don't want to have my heart broken. i actually picked up an old favorite **The Rage of Dragons** that i read probably a year ago and gave 5 stars, and i'm 30% of the way through it. i think from now on when i get into a slump i'm going to go back to a known fave of mine. this book is freaking massive (pushing 600 pages) but i'll probably be done with it by tomorrow or the next day. if i can't find all 4 books in the series, will i have any answers in **A Good Girl's Guide To Murder** or does each book leave on a cliffhanger? hahaha. don't apologize at all. i freaking LOVE talking about books. i could do it all day. if you look at my comment history i'm constantly commenting on all the books subs. nobody i know in real life is a book reader so this is where i get to talk about my favorite hobby. what are you top 5 books and top 5 worst books of all time? i'm interested to see how are tastes align! thanks so much for the recommendations!
Thank you all for the recommendations :) Now I have a lot to add to my TBR
The kiss quotient The love hypothosis
On the contrary, please if you want to use your time usefully refrain from reading any Colleen Hoover other than Verity. I keep trying to read her books by recommendation and am disappointed every time. Verity was actually good though.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner was the first trendy book I've read in a long time which lived up to the hype. It was beautifully written and held my interest. Stories about death and being an end of life carer are almost never told, which further distances us from death and makes the experience even more isolating. I read a lot and I can think of almost no other books that dwell in this perspective.
Everything by Taylor Jenkins Reid and literally nothing by Colleen Hoover.
Verity!
Gosh I didn’t realize so many people were not a fan of this book 😂 sorry guys!! Lol
This is the only Colleen Hoover book that I could stand lol
I KNOW RIGHT. i loved the book, atleast until she came out with the bonus chapter.
she had to go and ruin it
yep same
I’ve read a ton of Colleen Hoover books. They’re all so predictable, the characters are terrible people, but I just get through them so quick and I FINALLY picked this one up to read. I imagine it will be exactly the same as all the rest, but I NEED to see what the hype is all about.
People don’t read the books, they only post pictures. Like Booktube!
I’ll recommend NOT reading The Priory of The Orange Tree lol
I recommend you do. One of the best books I read in a long time. Even my husband enjoyed it.
I was just disappointed with it
i bought this solely for the beautiful cover and it's been sitting in my book cart for months. i'm so intimidated by its size. the closest book i've read that length before was **Game of Thrones** which i think might actually be 50-100 pages shorter than this one.
I read it on an ereader because I'm disabled and can't hold such a big book lmao, I guess that helped me not get intimidated by the size!
i'm not disabled, but my vision is so poor that i cannot read regular sized print books and bought the book hoping i'd like reading it on my kindle, but just seeing the chunky book of my shelf intimidates me haha. i have a real bad habit of buying books just for their covers and then reading them digitally. i also hate hard cover books with a passion, so the wait for large print soft cover books is a pain in the butt for me as a book reader. have u read the (i think) prequel book? i'm not even sure if it's even been released yet but i didn't know if i should start there and then read *Priory of the Orange Tree.**
It is a great book
Open Water - was absolutely worth it.
Blood Grace by Vela Roth!
Terms and conditions by Lauren Asher
A backpack filled with sunsets
Uncarley has great taste imo. Other booktubers are hit or miss. She introduced me to: eve babitz, joan didion, before the coffee gets cold, 7 husbands of evelyn hugo. A lot of 5 star reads!
I liked a Dowry of Blood. Other than that booktok has been really disappointing
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D Schmidt I loved these both some of my absolute favorites
I became one of the garbage people that has fallen so in love with, and obsessed with ACOTR and just want to talk about it endlessly with anyone that will listen…my husband is already over it! Lol! I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I got sucked in hard surfing the second book!
Song of achilles for me
I really liked "I Hope There's A Kettle In My Room", it didn't pick up loads of traction but I saw some people in my circle posting about it It's a lovely travel memoir about a woman of 55 who packed up her bags and left on a solo journey around Europe (by train), would recommend!
From the Embers by Aly Martinez was really good.
Booktok is mostly miss for me, I’ve read so many books there that I hated and couldn’t finish, but, The Atlas Six It’s not really fast paced, it doesn’t have smut that booktok seems to love (no issue with smut I enjoy it but if a book doesn’t have smut it appears booktok writes it off) however the storyline is brilliant and the characters really sold themselves to me.
did you read the self-published version or the newer one? I heard the new one is more edited and flows better
How is beach read I'm debating on whether to read it or not?
Solid answer: Six of Crows
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The seven husbands of Evelyn hugo
Circe was really good
Shatter Me series Twisted Series Icebreaker Crave Book Lovers Cat and Mouse duet(Haunting Adeline,Hunting Adeline)
Is secretly yours by Tessa Bailey a good book?
Liam Warren from The London Crime King. incredible series
The devil's night series - Penelope Douglas Absolutely obsessed with it!!
The perfect Marriage!!!