🎃 october wrapup: renegades, furyborn, rupi kaur, & more 🌻 

“The fact that she posted this while I was away was a hate crime” 😂😂😂 I’m dead

I just really appreciate how even when you dislike a book, you’re still able to verbally express your criticisms. Let me get like you, Cindy.

“It was whelming” a mood

“It pretty much lived up to my expectations.” Me: Oh, that’s good! “Which were low.” Me: Well damn

i long to be a lily pad. this is why i can never get myself to pick up a rupi kaur collection. my eyes would roll so far into the back of my head, they wouldn't return

"Im bored of racism, let it die" Will be tattooed on my forehead.

I love how you can be self-deprecating and be aware that you’re a strong, independent, intelligent woman. It’s a great quality. I’m trying to raise my daughter the same way.

"It was whelming" Now that you say it, there are so many times I should've/could've used that line.

love the new hair!!! aw im sorry you didn't LOVE renegades but i'm happy it was still enjoyable to you! i do agree there are certain tropes that can be found in a lot of ya, and for that reason i think it can definitely be a good comfort read :) i always feel you do a great job at discussing positives and negatives! ive been interested in furyborn but i feel similar to the way you felt about starting renegades; im not sure if i want to commit to something so big when im not sure ill love it! "dope squad" omggggg im not a big fan of poetry but i totally understand why so many people are drawn to rupi kapur. oh god i hate poetry that just feels like a statement ITS THE WORSTTTT (pls read your bad poetry)

"The main girl comes from the villain's side..." And just from that I can see the whole cliche plot unfolding before my eyes.

“she never sleeps and she can put others to sleep with her touch. um, honestly, same” 😂 I have read Snotgirl and the art is what made me love it. I didn’t like the main character, either. she is everything I don’t like in a person (personality wise) I read the second volume and I guess people are right...? Idk. but for someone who now doesn’t like it as much, I still have two copies of the 1st volume.... yikes. I’m going to read Renegades (well, listen to) because Emma from Emmmabooks talks about it ALLL the time. & I’m going to take your word for Furyborn. I was fighting with myself if I wanted to read it or not. guess it’s a not. glad to have you back, purple yam! 💜

The Renegades trilogy is my favorite rn because it makes me squeal because cuteness

"it was whelming" that's literally a perfect description of Renegades and also of me I love it Listen maybe the real dope squad is the mistakes we made along the way.

"I long to be a lily pad" 😂😂😂 I mean if you're gonna make a wild statement like that Rupi, at least tell me why 😂

Cindy you and your non-reader friend listening to that audiobook going to sleep is friendship goals 😭

did you really say you look like a yam girl

I always miss these drama things before they get deleted. Not sure if that's good or not.

the thing about Renegades is that i had the same opinion of it at first, i enjoyed it but i thought it was kind of predictable and the tropes were often used (but i am a basic bitch and love cliches but whatever) and i was kind of in the same boat for the second one but the third book is what really made the series for me. the third had me blown away because i just wasn’t expecting so much stuff and it was more unpredictable than the last books. it was amazing and what made me really end up loving the series

"this is a hate crime" I'M DEAD. I totally agree with you on the sun and her flowers! Can't wait for cringy poetry!!

Finally a booktuber that’s completely honest and able to give actual reasons of why they don’t like a book !

That's is. Our fandom name! Purple yams! Or just yams! THE YAM FAM. also thanks for the ♥!

Forcing your friends to read your favourites is such a me thing honestly

I was ducking and covering for your review of Renegades, because I like it so much. You were so fair, your critique was valid and I adore your non-yam'ish face.

I also got one of my friends to read Evelyn Hugo. She loved it !

I am loving the purple hair!!!

"I long to be a lily pad" I have soooo many questions! I need followup. I NEED CONTEXT RUPI! Why a lily pad?

You are a breath of fresh air in this community. I have a smaller booktube channel (like under 50 subs, and I don’t post regularly. It is Book Dragons) but you are so real! I love how you are able to express what you are feeling with your words. And the editing of you vids is amazing! I am so glad to have found you.

That intro though 😂 “I long to be a lily pad”... what?? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

omg you and your friend listening to an audiobook together is the cutest thing I've heard.... every time i try to get my friends to read they just steal my books for months and then give it back half ruined and unread

I looooove the purple hair. And I totally agree that Rupi’s poetry is hit or miss. Sometimes her poems make me feel like 😱 and sometimes they make me feel like 🤔. I totally want to hear your angsty poems, btw.

IM HERE FOR THE YAM HAIR YASSSS 😍😍😍 i bask in your energy, cindy, i also love that you're forcing your friends to read evelyn hugo, keep doin the lords work, babe

"It was totally his choice too" haha I just picture you holding him hostage like YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS BOOK IT IS AMAZING!

1:28 lmfaooo cindy you kill me

i love that the whole video kept a purple theme, we love a consistent queen 👏🏽 FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FEELS THE SAME AS I DO ABOUT SNOTGIRL. at least on booktube. my bf brought me his copy to see if i’d like it, i told him i thought it was all over the place and i didnt rly enjoy it apart from the art, he said “same”, and now i can’t get him to take it back. it’s sitting under my desk, haunting me alongside a book of poems i wrote in high school which are all very cringey. bless your whole soul for validating mine LOL “i long to be a lily pad” is so oddly placed when it’s beside other beautiful poems, but it’s also such a 4am mood. like damn, yeah, ur right, take me away from this flesh prison, i wanna be a lily pad

"It was *whelming* " I'm DEAD

The purple hair is actually so dope

"It was whelming." Quote of the Year 2018. Anyway, do you read non-fiction books too?

I love the new hair colour! Ms. Evelyn Hugo is gorgeous, I’m glad you liked the audiobook.👌🏻 Renegades intrigues me, I feel like I could love or hate it. Hope you’re well! 🙂

HEY QUEEN!! Haha, purple suits you tho. OMG YESS, you missed all the drama!! Don't worry, everyone took care of it. Booktube snapped, lmao. Love that 2007 iMovie background music. It fits the mood perfectly 👌😂 I want to read Snot Girl so bad but I'd like to get it from a library. At the bookstore, I can never ever find the first volume. Sorry Renegades was not amazing. It's great to hear your perspective on Furyborn, I was waiting for your wrap up to hear your thoughts. Right now, the people who've read it are very divided. You either LOVE or HATE it. I'm excited about the timelines, but I don't know how I'll end up feeling. I agree about The Sun and Her Flowers. Modern Poetry is usually not for me. I GET YOU.

I love your hair purple is my favourite color!!!

I want to re-live Evelyn Hugo and force my friends to read it too. That whole experience sounds magical. I feel the same way about graphic novels - if the story isn’t good in each volume then what’s the point? I shouldn’t have to read more volumes to “get’ the story. I felt like that way about The Wicked + the Divine. Great wrap up!

Yes! Your criticism was fantastically perfect around Snotgirl.

YOU ARE LITERALLY my favorite booktuber

I had to sub within the first five minutes. *Finally a booktuber I can relate to* I’m obsessed with you.

Yes! I’m here for your poems because god knows I hope all my poems of my youth have been lost to time.

Omfg your humor is everything.. It is impossible to NOT like your video after watching it.. I fucking love your 'zero fucks given' mentality... You are my inspiration

I love the purple hair! Hearing you talk about Evelyn Hugo again makes me want to reread it! I agree that Furyborn was pretty slow at times. I usually love books with dual POVs and alternating timelines but I didn't like how it was executed in the book. It made the story feel underwhelming to me.

😂😂😂. When you were reading the synopsis for Snotgirl, my mind went with it and filled in the blanks. “A graphic novel about a fashion lover but she has a secret...” and I completed it “she’s a lesbian who releases a shit ton of snot every time she meets a gorgeous girl on shoot which is practically all the time because of her job and so she becomes snotgirl and she has to find the fortitude to fight through the snot and the grossed out reactions of potential lovers to find her one true love, a girl who is known as sneezester” (and that folks is the plot of the second book) 😏😏. I know. I know. My mind!!! 🤣🤣🤣. I’m a mess!

"I also don't care enough to fact check this." Baha! So much the same.

The audio book for evelyn Hugo was so well done! I loved it. Also, I feel like listening to an audio book with a friend has the potential to just be a great experience all around. I'll have to try it some time.

Furyborn is legit The queen of Tearling with elements. I was very disappointed as well because I wanted to love it so much!

found your videos today. girl, you're the best thing i've watched the past months. go you. give me more. honestly, i hated strange the dreamer and they both die in the end. mostly don't like all the popular stuff on booktube and always felt like... why is everyone raving... can't trust their reviews anymore. but now i've found you. all is good.

this bishh hates everything lol I love it

"And [listening together] was totally his choice, too!" ... Getting a little bit of Reysand PTSD 😖

The things you said about the booktube drama - me everytime something happens and I've missed it. I love your videos, I'm so happy I've stumbled over your channel! Lots of love

Girl I love your channel but honestly how do you get through so many books? I love to read but it takes me so long to find the perfect book I want to read and then a million and one years to finish it.

Honestly so glad I found your channel. Im always laughing cause of you

"The second reason... this is just what my face looks like." GUUUURL feels like when somebody asked if I got enough sleep, but I have no excuse so I just say yeah 😭😭😭😭🔫

It was such a long time since I've watched one of your video and OMG I missed you haha interesting point of views! I think you're the first person saying that Renegates and Furyborn were just not that great. Cannot wait to hear your poems haha Hope you're good!

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip! That audiobook experience sounds amazing -- it's so rewarding to see someone who isn't much of a reader find a book they love, and getting to listen to the book right along side them sounds so fun! I really enjoyed Renegades, but I totally agree with you about it being kind of generic! Just a right book right time situation I think. It really is a shameless comfort read -- it's not that deep lol but I had a fun time reading it. It mostly just gave me some hard-core Sky High vibes, and I was trash for that movie so I was all about the cheese and superhero tropes in Renegades haha. I've heard a lot of conflicting thoughts about Furyborn! I always worry about books with so much hype, especially fantasies, because they so often miss the mark and fall way short of the hype. And LOL girl we've all gone through our cringey poetry phases, I feel you XD

"some people got naked" 😂 loving your hair 💜 I hope you're enjoying more books this month! x

Ah, Comic Sans- the true font for the trashy soul. Also, we stan the hair, girl. We stan it forever. All jokes aside though, I totally get what you mean about fantasy characters usually not being self-made as such. What you said reminded me of this book I read a while ago called Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson. The novel is about a boy who wants to be a magician (they're chalk-wielding magicians who use math and geometry to defeat evil, and honestly, my engineer soul died of happiness at that) but he isn't. He's still so interested that he keeps studying it theoretically and he becomes better than most of his peers who ARE powerful. I think you might really enjoy the book (and the upcoming series)! Give it a try if you haven't already! Great video as always! :)

Lol the best looking purple yam. Dying to listen to Evelyn Hugo 😭

YES JOIN ME IN THE PURPLE HAIR CLUB I LOVE IT YES

Rupi is great when you are going through something.

well this video has made my mind up [renegades]...... i'm going to wait for the audio book [from the library] to be available and not waste money on the book. you have saved me four quid, cheers for that

I love the purple hair....and yams. 💜

Tooootally agree about Furyborn. The only character I even gave two shits about was Simon but even so his attitude to the MC (can't even remember her name or any other characters) seems to shift so suddenly it's hard to stay on board.

And here I thought I was the only one who wrote bad angsty poetry back in high school and college I still have the old composition books to prove it lol. I think you are the only person I've heard who did not like snotgirl. Furyborn has been on my list to read since it came out someone in the comments mention that book is just like a queen of the tearling just with elements side note I actually like Queen of the tearling so I'm still going to give this book read. Still on the fence about Renegades I don't see myself reading it no time soon especially since I didn't like heartless. I think purple looks great on you but then again I always think you look fabulous! So glad that you had a safe and fun trip and we're glad to see you back on booktube! 💜💜💜

GIRL YOUR HAIR 💜

omg ur so great, i actually adore u and ur content

Yess, looking forward to your angsty poetry :- )) And I love the hair color :- )

I feel like your taste in books is very similar to mine (like cough, we're Six of Crows trash), so I hope you end up reading the Bartimaeus trilogy someday. It's similarly action-packed but seriously so hilarious that I think it'll end up really appealing to your sense of humor. Not to mention, it's got one of the best YA finales I've read in my entire life (I'll fight tooth and nail anyone who says otherwise), and I can personally guarantee it'll make you cry. Btw, YES to your purple hair! It matches your skin tone, and it looks very nice on you. :)

Yay!! Cant wait to see next weeks video. Sitting here waiting for the tea.

i know i'm super late but like you should definitely try the rest of the renegades series! i felt the same you did at the first book, but it takes such a turn that it makes it worthwhile at the end. just a suggestion, sending much love! love your channel!

YASS the queen of booktube is back.

I keep going back and forth between wanting to read Renegades... also purple looks so good on you!

I remember reading the first couple of issues of _Snotgirl_ on a recc and I was so baffled and disappointed lol It was nice to hear you talk about it, because I ain't here for the hype 👏🏼

found your video for the rupi kaur review. agree with everything you said. reading your old poetry is such a dope idea! great way for you to self-reflect and your viewers to see + relate to! ^_^

Cindy, you're a breath of fresh air

YES i love the yam look

YAAS Cindy poetry I am so excited!!

I have "The Sun and Her Flowers" on my TBR for this month. I can see where you are coming from and I think that the cool thing about poetry is that much of what we get out of when we read it is what we bring to it in the first place. That is what makes art in general so personal. I still plan on reading it, but now I am really curious what I will get out of since I was never a young girl.

i think i need to read renegades bc i've been in such a bad reading slump omggg also, your hair looks gorgeous!

Furyborn is infamous within my friend for... *Chapter 41...* Let's just say things got steamy. Coincidentally, there was another steamy scene, also at you guessed it-- Chapter 41.

I absolutely agree with you about Furyborn. I was hoping it would be one of the knockouts based on the concept. I was very underwhelmed and I believe the two main characters were "Strong Female Characters," in all the wrong ways. I could compare mountain climbing with a steep drop off, to trying to finish it. I kept going and going no matter how hard it was to read. Then when I got to the climax, it fell BAD. Also love the sass and the satire ❤

I love Renegades, and hearing that she consideres it generic kind of made me reflex on this book. I mean, yeah, looking back on it it pretty muych is, there is not... a really innovative plot in this! The main girl realices that the bad guys are bad, and the good guys are good and that she only misunderstood their positions and that she can't really do the things that she's spected to do of the villains. So, yeah! I kind of generic and I still think that there is not exactly enough elements that makles it a stand out. BUUUUUT, I still loved it XD, I think Its because I like the superheores trope and that when I read this I was just leavin the Miraculous Ladybug Fandom soooooooooooo, I guess It's kind of because of that hahaha. Still Love Nova

NETFLIX GEN WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE THIS YEAR.

"Are personality types genres now?...wtf" Big mood

Cindy you're killing me, I love you.

honestly what a fucking legend, only discovered your channel today thanks to the youtube's algorithm that did something good for the first time, love it, you go!

I could listen to you talk about your grocery list and still be interested/ die of laughter, you're so funny

16 minutes time to grab a snackkkkk and nod and agree to everything you say like you can hear me lmaoooo Cindy you're an absolute community treasure "quality content" x2 HAHA SAME. your videos literally make me laugh every time

Yeah, I was really excited about Furyborn when it was about to be released but no one I know and trust has enjoyed it very much so I'm good. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also I would freaking love a video of your reading poetry. 😂

Honestly I agree with your comments on Snotgirl. I’m still finishing it. Renegades was on my TBR but idk when I’ll actually get to it. I honestly just don’t have time to read mediocre or underwhelming stories. However the story sounds interesting so I will read it eventually Claire is a genius in my opinion and I love her concepts. Plus you’re right like she writes suuuuuch great sex scenes. I heard that Sawkill Girls was much better than Furyborn. Multiple ppl have said that!

The second book sounds exactly like the plot line of that Disney movie Decedents

You make booktube fun

I continue to laugh out loud multiple times during your videos. Incredible 👌🏼

Omg!! love you hair!!!! ♥♥♥