"The main characters who has my full name " not me thinking "her name is also Cari Cakes ?!" 😭 why am I so dumb
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
😂💀
@michaelafintorova4516
4 ай бұрын
This was literally my thought 🙈
@era_by_era5771
5 ай бұрын
0:46 not necassarily on topic but hearing cari say something in korean, understanding it fully, and my brain going to "wow cari said something in korean" before even realizing I'd understood it lowkey just gave me the motivation boost I needed to keep studying. To other learners, I know it seems like a pretty easy word but understanding it so effortlessly (with the ending like !!) was mostly what got me
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
yeeeeeeee congrats!! i always find that 기대해~ is so much easier to say so instead of saying "look forward to it" my brain autocorrects to that hahahha
@sashabsanti
5 ай бұрын
The library at mount char was truly the most unique and wild read! I loved the ending so much.
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
So good 😭😭😭
@addiem4387
4 ай бұрын
the fact that it’s a standalone too is just *chef’s kiss* it’s like 400 pages of pure adrenaline
@ayragon
5 ай бұрын
The English Understand Wool was super surprising and satisfying. I read it on your rec and agree it is so good.
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
that makes me so happy!
@93laurenm
5 ай бұрын
Picked up Five Broken Blades bc of your rec and LOVED it! It’s been like a week since I finished it and I’m still thinking about it, especially the ending
@holly2585
5 ай бұрын
that’s my exact experience with holly black. it’s like this nostalgic feeling i get when seeing jude and carden rather than the reading experience i had
@kailynevans
5 ай бұрын
Cari is my comfort youtuber to such an extent that I physically gasped when I opened the app and saw a new video. Edit: Autocorrect is rude to cari
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
💞💞💞
@chloeeeliza
5 ай бұрын
Always a good day when Cari uploads 🙏
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
:') thank you!
@kiute.c
5 ай бұрын
I borrowed Five Broken Blades from my library because of your TikTok and I devoured it!!! 5⭐️ and bought the physical copy to add to my bookshelf 🤩
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
omg yay that makes me so happy!!
@Apytiksliai
4 ай бұрын
Read it after this video, plot twist really twisted!
@kiute.c
4 ай бұрын
@@Apytiksliai twisted so hard it almost snapped!! 😆
@thethriftyfawn
5 ай бұрын
At 8:51 "a giant... BIRD"... I spit my apple cinnamon tea on the kitchen counter!!! 😂
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@StashaA.
5 ай бұрын
Cari saying: "Weirdly, I'm seeing a theme, I'm reading a lot of books about hell..." and me just reading Hell Bent before watching this video. 😂😅🤣
@jenniferreneesmith5822
5 ай бұрын
Me too!
@umber111
5 ай бұрын
The random big bird appearance 💀
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
LOL!
@emikemi1460
5 ай бұрын
Whenever you post I have my notepad ready so I can IMMEDIATELY put books on hold at the library
@eggmster
5 ай бұрын
i love your taste in books so much i’m so excited to give all of these a chance! thanks cari!
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Wahhh thank YOU!
@Best_Stressed
5 ай бұрын
_Summers at Castle Auburn_ by Sharon Shinn! As far as I know this is kind of a little-known book, but it's one of my beloved comfort reads. It's a coming-of-age slow-burn romance and to me, it manages to be both quietly cozy and also deal with some pretty dark themes without feeling like it's trivializing them. And it has a kind of arc that I love where the heroine starts out young and kind of silly in a very believable way and grows into herself over the course of the book. And there is a very sensible hero. I will recommend this book forever.
@booksmitin
5 ай бұрын
I loved how you described the ending of The English Understand Wool. I totally agree!
@SavidgeReads
5 ай бұрын
‘It had library in the title, so it’s for me’ I feel so seen and so understood. Hahaha. May is historically my slumpy month, so the Helen deWitt will be in my eyeline all month, thank you. I have Fragile Animals on the TBR, I’m looking forward to it.
@black-aliss
5 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who thought The Library at Mount Char was weirdly cosy and comforting? Despite all the violence.
@caitdupree
5 ай бұрын
Yay!!! Another Cari video!! One thing I wanted to point about the hitman POV in five broken blades - as someone from the Southern US that grew up verryyyyy country and by some standards “redneck”, it’s normal to switch around how you speak. Sometimes I say ain’t, and sometimes I don’t. I think that makes it more authentic ❤️
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
to me that was when i started to think that the voices sounded the same because his voice was so different from the other characters so when he didnt do it anymore, it felt more like the author forgot to switch back haha
@kkayziii
3 ай бұрын
As always, these videos (all the videos, but particularly those with recommendations attached) unearth absolute GEMS and I cannot thank you enough for all the inspiration!! Your videos spark a fire that has made me so excited to just pick up a book and READ (a fire that for a while there, was slowly dying) I picked up Library of the Unwritten because it ended up on here, and I am beyond glad I did! I just finished off the final book in the trilogy and I am completely blown away - it felt like every book just kept getting better and better and the way it all wraps up is just so perfect and wholesome. (In other words, even if the first book maybe felt a bit slow at times, Hackwith really finds her groove as they go on!) I am completely obsessed 😂 It has absolutely sky-rocketed to being one of my favourite series of all time. Thank you for all your amazing recommendations!!
@pendragon2012
5 ай бұрын
My best non fiction was Klan War by Fergus Bordewich and my best fiction so far was Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga. Always great to hear from my favorite redheaded reader/adventurer. 🙂
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
i will have to look up both!! thank you~~
@amandatyler
5 ай бұрын
I read The Library at Mount Char in March on your recommendation and loved it so much, I found it so darkly funny and beautiful. I also started the Locked Tomb series last month and I can NOT stop thinking about those books, they are amazing and I LOVE Tamsyn Muir's writing so very much ♥
@Eva-tg7ce
5 ай бұрын
it was on my recommended and said 43 secs ago and I was so excited but when I clicked on it it was 45 mins ago😭
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
KZitem has been wild lately! I even got comments intended for thebookleo on my vids?? the whole system is messed up hahha
@Eva-tg7ce
5 ай бұрын
@@caricanread lol that’s so weird?!
@maryr329
5 ай бұрын
I think you'd enjoy Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. A girl growing up in Philadelphia with a single mom discovers she's an alien who can communicate with her fellow aliens via a fax machine. Lots of reflection on what life on earth is like, what love means. It almost lost me in the first chapter but it was so worth sticking with!
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Still 8+ weeks at the library!
@anyolivna163
5 ай бұрын
i completely get what u mean with the mc who shares your name😭when i was reading juniper and thorn my avatar reid i was SO taken aback because the mc has the same translated family name i have. it was sooo bizarre to read haha😭
@sammileung86
5 ай бұрын
Omg. A book about books and death combined??! I'm there!!!
@Noann100
4 ай бұрын
I felt the same about the "The Stolen Heir" Duology at first, but it has stayed with me for so long after reading it, I love it 😊
@Ruthi3ry
5 ай бұрын
I’m never this early! I added Five Broken Blades to my TBR from the short 😂 Thanks Cari ❤
@whoviansutton
5 ай бұрын
I got it as my BOTM for May and I'm already a quarter of the way thorugh the book and it is amazing!
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy 🙏🙏🙏
@Ruthi3ry
5 ай бұрын
@@whoviansutton I think you just convinced me to add it to my June TBR 🫣
@sabsupsub
5 ай бұрын
picked up 5 broken blades after your rec! can’t wait to ride the wave too! at the first 50 pages and am loving it so far
@saylars8938
5 ай бұрын
laughing bc I wasn't expecting this woven kingdom to make it on this list but I understand why it made it on there despite all its flaws and I completely agree
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
its like i hate you??? but i love you????
@TheMidnightPotato
4 ай бұрын
15:53 omg!!! You’re the first one to tell me that Whispering Dark needs to be read first. When I got your blood my bones in my owlcrate box I was planning on reading it next, and was already on chapter 1…. But I had also gotten the whispering dark on resale and was going to read that after. You saved me! Phew😅
@beliemilie
4 ай бұрын
It is so relatable to hear you talk about books you aren’t even sure you loved as books you’re obsessed with 😂 Sometimes I read books and LOVE them, then I can’t even explain why 😅
@elle.h3702
4 ай бұрын
5 broken blades was so good!!! I got it immediately after seeing this video and went through it in 2 days. Getting library of the unwritten now and so excited about it
@claudiareadsitall
5 ай бұрын
I am so happy you liked Most Ardently!!! I loved it. AM halfway through Five Broken Blades and loving it.
@jaginaiaelectrizs6341
4 ай бұрын
23:37 - That stop and pause and sigh/huff is ssoo relatable!! 🤭🤭 (Only, sometimes I'm that weirdo/masochist who even actually *_likes_** it* specifically _for_ being that way and having that effect on me, or something; what is wrong with me!.🙃 👀🤦🤦♀️🤣 But, I mean, there are other times where it's just super-duper frustrating and/or can get hella HELLA annoying to me too-and I really don't know what exactly makes the difference for me or not, at times. LOLLL)
@Srbthmlnsmth
4 ай бұрын
I’d never touch a red tower book with a ten foot pole but seeing you and a couple others love it actually makes me tempted
@NovaTheBibliophile
5 ай бұрын
I’m SO glad you liked Five Broken Blades, makes me more eager to read my copy of it.
@mrsbaratheon
4 ай бұрын
I love the Library of the Unwritten so much, especially the 2nd and 3rd book ugh they are so underrated imo!!
@jannaahmad2591
5 ай бұрын
Yesss let's goo me and my TBR are ready 🤩❤
@gabbymnlclc
5 ай бұрын
was looking for something to watch while i crochet and saw a notif that Cari posted a video ♥
@EmmaWinnard
5 ай бұрын
The library of the unwritten sounds so good!!!
@tinagarcia3571
5 ай бұрын
I think I'll try Fragile Animals and The English Know Wool. I'm in the mist of a bunch of Witchy books, finished Other Birds currently reading Weyward , just received 3 other witch books in the mail today.
@MemphisJones
5 ай бұрын
Ohhhhhh Library of the Unwritten sounds really good. I seem to be reading/TBRing lots of books with Library in the plot.
@aseelsahib7039
5 ай бұрын
I read the twisty twisty twist part of five broken blades on public transport during peak hour traffic... I was making faces and sounds and staring off into the distance to understand what happened, the people across me were in for a performance 😂
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
LOL!!
@katiemclean4086
5 ай бұрын
THANK YOU CARI
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
thank YOU!
@agatahighstein
5 ай бұрын
putting all of these on my TBR right now
@sameenmehdi2671
5 ай бұрын
Cari you HAVE to read warm hands of ghosts PLEASE its so so good
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
i read it right when it came out! check my march wrap up!
@Missmaam1823
5 ай бұрын
Cari I just KNOW you would absolutely love artificial condition which is book 2 of the murderbot diaries!! It’s actually the only one I gave 5 stars to. The humor is this book is so so so good
@nataschasongbird
5 ай бұрын
Pleaseeee……the giant bird! I’M SCREAMING…..🤣 Also just downloaded The whispering dark. So excited to dive into that next.
@cherrynic
4 ай бұрын
This Woven Kingdom, your description of the 3rd book was 100% on the nose! I'm also invested in the characters, but my goodness, the 4th book needs to move the plot. 🙃
@kyooteboo
5 ай бұрын
30:41 I’m so excited to hear how you feel about this book after you finish bc I found the second half of really slowed down
@saramm3765
5 ай бұрын
I had been on the fence about Five Broken Blades. It was sitting in my cart for days. Then you posted your quick review and I trust you so much I immediately bought it. Almost done with The Tainted Cup and then jumping into Five Broken Blades. I LOVED The Whispering Dark and just read her newest Your Blood, My Bones and that was incredible too. I ended up DNFing Untethered Sky. I enjoyed the writing but not the subject.
@sydneyscott9975
4 ай бұрын
Ok I usually love your fantasy/sci fi recs but I'm about 25% of the way through Library at Mount Char and I'm just not vibing (and I LOVED the Locked Tomb series). Is it worth pushing through? Am I quitting right before it gets good??
@watashiwamosura
5 ай бұрын
Untethered Sky sounds like it shares a lot of similarities with the Beast Player duology by Nahoko Uehashi, so you might enjoy it! The books follow a girl from childhood all throughout her life as she trains giant wolf-birds to be used in war and begins to question her life's work. The world building is fantastic, there's a lot of politics and focus on human connections as well as the bonds between trainer and wild animal. Despite being fantasy, it always felt very grounded to me. Cannot recommend enough!
@saeriiss
5 ай бұрын
i live for Cari's notification, it's like a reward lol
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
🥹🥹🥹
@elalangoon
5 ай бұрын
Ooh I've had Library of the Unwritten sitting unread on my shelf for years! Might need to pick it up now and read it
@temporalloop
5 ай бұрын
picked up sooo many recs from this vid, so thank you! 💕 a book i can't get over is Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@Amanda_Rachelle
5 ай бұрын
Re: Five Broken Blades, I practically ran to the bookstore after seeing that reel! Such a good recommendation and I agree about the SoC comparison. Chef’s kiss 🤌🏻
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
yay!!!!
@ChanelChapters
5 ай бұрын
just added the library at mount char to my june tbr so very synchronistic that you started with it
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
ohhh hope you enjoy!
@callistaglover3844
4 ай бұрын
The Whispering Dark changed my brain chemistry. I loved that book so much and it deserves more hype.
@HaveSomePlaid
5 ай бұрын
Not related to this video, but thank you for recommending The Six Deaths of the Saint. It was very unique and evoked a lot of feelings.
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
so glad you loved it too!
@Holynda
4 ай бұрын
I'm interested in checking out some of these! I really enjoy the way you explain books and I end up liking a lot of the same ones you do. I'm wondering how much season/time of year plays into your book choices. I'm a seasonal reader for the most part, and when possible, that extends to movies and TV shows as well. I always appreciate when a book makes it clear at the start what the time of year is, but sometimes I can get 50 or more pages in without knowing when it takes place. Your videos about fall books are great. Would you consider in general saying what season a book is best read it, or for books that extend over different seasons, if one predominates? I love imagining beautiful settings, so I'm often biased toward books where the setting is appealing and almost another character in the book. I like to say the setting draws me in and the dialogue and character development keep me interested.
@corneliaknape1717
5 ай бұрын
Yaaay new Cari Vid! Thank you :D I have an idea for a new video/challenge: how about a focus on ya fantasy with male protagonists? And only a male, not dual/multiple pov with females. I am not even sure if there are any haha. I would love that
@seyiosinubi
5 ай бұрын
such a nice birthday gift !
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
happy happy birthdaaay!
@perpetualcarpet
5 ай бұрын
Oh no… I was just about to go to sleep… one more video won’t hurt
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
😂😂 sweet dreams!
@mattkean1128
5 ай бұрын
I have Library at Mount Char; I think I'll like it. Helen Dewitt has another book she's mostly known for, The Last Samurai (not THAT last samurai), about a mother and her prodigy son, that I know people LOVE.
@jaginaiaelectrizs6341
4 ай бұрын
25:48 - I think, sometimes, people also forget that "better" doesn't always mean like superior quality and value or done more well than something else in every or any way and that "better" can actually just mean it somehow improved or did some particular things/aspects/ slightly differently in certain ways that worked for differing people and/or whatever function or purpose or service that they really wanted those things to fulfill than something else did. Lol 😅😊
@daniellec4235
5 ай бұрын
I would HIGHLY recommend "The Dark Days Club" trilogy by Allison Goodman, who also wrote the "Eon" and "Eona" duology. It basically boils down to demon hunting in Regency England, and has (in my opinion) a really good, slow burn, "grumpy and sunshine"-esque romance. I read it probably 3-4 years ago, and haven't stopped thinking about it since!
@maggy40404
5 ай бұрын
EARLYYY HECK YEAH your hair looks so godamn healthy
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@bookswithlennon
5 ай бұрын
awesome stuff, adding a few of them to my tbr! great recs as always!
@Giga-lemesh
5 ай бұрын
I love the library of the unwritten
@TheGremlinInTheLibrary
5 ай бұрын
I read Five Broken Blades because of your short and my love of Six of Crows. The quality of the writing felt like bad middle grade in its simplicity. However, I read it super quickly because of that and it kept my interest well enough that I didn't feel like DNFing it even as it had so many elements that would normally be a DNF for me (like the over the top mysoginist and so many bystanders being colateral damage). It felt like a popcorn blockbuster, not much depth but a fun enough ride regardless.
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Especially rotho or whatever his name is pov 😂😭 but it was a fast pace easy read that finally got me out of my slump AND the author has already got the second book underway. Hahha 2024 really has me lowering standards but i just want fun this year 😭🙏
@OrenjiArms
5 ай бұрын
ive never read six of crows so I have no idea what it means to be compared to it, but my friend suggested Five Broken Blades to me and then i saw your youtube short about it and now its on my tbr, I just need to find a time where im inbetween series but still in the mood for a fantasy (every series ive read recently has been fantasy) bc i feel like whenever im inbetween series, my go to book is either a romance or a crime thriller
@hannahloftus8385
5 ай бұрын
the publishers/marketers/whoever is in charge of selling books got me with five broken blades because of the special edition first print with the sprayed edges, so i preordered it. i was already excited to read it based on the premise, but so many people have had such good things to say that i am now suuuuuuper pumped to start it! also, the audiobook has a cast for the characters, which makes me kinda wanna listen to it 👀
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
omg and the artwork inside??? the physical book looks STUNNING
@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing
5 ай бұрын
I have fragile animals and this woven kingdom so will be bumping them up the TBR
@lucdoodle
5 ай бұрын
Library of the unwritten sounds like such a interestiing book 👀: o !! oh btw, I strongly recommend "Sourcery" by Terry Pratchett, I think you would like it !
@witchology
5 ай бұрын
26:29 “a decade ago kaz was learning to read” sent me into hysterics
@elmeelee4109
5 ай бұрын
This Woven Kingdom makes me so upset lol. The second book taking place in less than 48 hours and the main character saying “how dare you” 17 times within that time frame drove me up a wall. The stagnation is just too much for me. I’m glad you’ve been really enjoying it!
@lann41
5 ай бұрын
I got the English Understand Wool today!
@endhymn
5 ай бұрын
Library at mount char is one of my fav books I read this year, I went in blind and I came out crazed and cackling LMAO Also really enjoyed five broken blades, especially since all the characters are adults ;)
@a.rude.person
5 ай бұрын
Ok so a couple of recommendations. 'To Shape A Dragon's Breath' absolutely amazing I need book two yesterday. It's about an indigenous woman who finds a dragon's egg and has to now for the shake of her dragon go to anglish school to learn about the 'proper' way of caring for her dragon. Absolutely amazing it's got great social commentary. Also 'Strange the Dreamer' it feels like 'This Woven Kingdom' in vibes but is a completed duology. We follow Strange as he goes to a city called Weep that is overshadowed by a floating statue/ship after the city killed (and rightfully so) those who lived in it.
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
i have read and have a separate vid for strange the dreamer! and i've been waiting at the library for dragons breath for SO LONG
@OliviaKunze
4 ай бұрын
Low key BOM had some bangers last month, kicking myself for not getting 5 broken blades.
@cedartonk3382
5 ай бұрын
Ooo I might have to reread the prisoners throne to see if I like it better 2nd round.
@fernandadiesel8369
5 ай бұрын
five broken blades quickly became my favourite read of the year, it gave me the exact same feeling as six of crows. i think i should maybe reread the cruel prince because i really didn't like the trilogy but LOVED stolen heir, and that doesn't make any sense lol
@tanushreee
5 ай бұрын
Love your wrap ups 💞
@marieh5228
4 ай бұрын
I only read two silly romance books in April that I didn’t really like, but I’ve already read 6 books in May, and I enjoyed them all, so maybe there really was something in the air in April lmao
@o1ven
5 ай бұрын
Read the "Untethered Sky" after your recommendation it was SOLID 👌👌👌 Loved it ❤
@chacharealsmoove
5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you liked this woven kingdom because I thought it was so cool but yea it felt like there were times the writing could have been simpler pls
@suchetadas9744
4 ай бұрын
Cariiiiii please do a plot summary of the throne of glass series please please please please please 😭😭😭
@QueenXKnit
4 ай бұрын
With this kind of intro you could have said: "Welcome to the chaos!" XDXD
@jaginaiaelectrizs6341
4 ай бұрын
Library of the Unwritten sounds great, too! 🤭🤭😊💖💖💖
@zlicko7735
5 ай бұрын
Hey! I also want to read a book where the main character has my full name! That would be so cool! But doubt it exists, I can not even find a magnet with my name on it... "the struggle of Aida"
@alexandergarrett3684
5 ай бұрын
I’m sick rn and I’ve just been sitting around all day, so thank you for this video Cari!! 🫶
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
Omg get well soooon 💕
@willchar13
5 ай бұрын
omg i love most ardently!!!!
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
added immediately to my comfort read shelf!
@larissaprates1384
5 ай бұрын
I dont know if youve read this book before, but FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY has not left my mind ever since I read it… 2 years ago. It’s beautifully written and painful in a way that it wrecked me and I don’t think I will ever heal from it, which love that for me! would love to know your thoughts on that one 😊 also, 1. i’ve immediately put Five Broken Blades on hold in the library; 2. I’m reading Where Sleeping Girls Lie on your recommendation. I’m up to 22% now and the mystery is picking up! so excited!!! I will come back with my ideas later 😊
@agatahighstein
5 ай бұрын
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth is a book that I would highly recommend that I'm not sure if you have read yet. I first read it in 2020 and I have reread it about 7 times since then. I feel like we usually have pretty similar tastes so I think you would like it. It is a YA Romance, definitely my favorite YA Romance ever, and it is just so funny! The characters are so loveable and feel so real, the plot is so full of different plotlines that you feel like they shouldn't all fit but they do, the bond between the characters is darling and the writing style and narrator's voice are just laugh out loud hilarious. It is an Irish book and I loved all of the Irish slang and humor. I love it so much and I would love to hear your thoughts on it!
@Sophia-ss8gr
5 ай бұрын
Two books that wrecked me but are absolutely beautiful are Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt and My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino but tw: religious trauma
@TheEmeraldSword86
5 ай бұрын
The books I can never stop thinking about are 'Carrie', 'Misery', and 'Rage'. Pretty good books that speak to me. Not the popular way with 'Rage', though. The true intention way.
@annambb26
5 ай бұрын
Have you read Masters of Death by Olivia Blake? It has sassy angels, the death and his godson, a vampire, a ghost, a demon and a mysterious game to name a few!
@caricanread
5 ай бұрын
yes! i read it last year so i think my review is in my august or september wrap up!
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