all the books i read and dnfed in september 🪐 brandon sanderson, new romance, booktok favs 

posting on a tuesday morning?! thanks for your patience while i was on vacation - tired to get this to you asap :'''') also more thoughts on 'how to end a love story' (only spoiling the prologue!) - i think it would have been interesting if grant had had an accident with a totally different person and he and helen clashed on their opinions/experience with su!cide. Like helen loses someone she loves vs grant was traumatized by a stranger so they obviously have very different feelings and since they TV show they're working on involves a su!cide, they could clash in the writers room about their experiences and that would have been an interesting way to explore the themes and characters without having grant be the person involved with her sisters death?? i guess it makes the 'i shouldnt feel this way about this guy' feelings a little less strong but they dont NEED to be that strong! we've had romances between coworkers with even smaller issues that still work lol, i just dont know why HE needed to be at the wheel of the car her sister jumped in front of?

Am I overwhelmed by books rn? Yes. Am I watching Cari for more books to read? Yes.

Been having an off day and was thinking “a Cari video sounds really good right now” was trying to decide which old one to rewatch when LO AND BEHOLD!!

OMG I cackled when you said your husband loves perfume 😂😂😂 Love your wrap up as usual, added so many to my tbr

I cheered out loud when you started with A Memory Called Empire. Literally I love that book with my whole heart. No notes. It is perfect.

That little nugget about your husband’s favorite book made me laugh out loud WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT’S HIS FAVORITE BOOK 😂 WHY DIDN’T WE FOCUS ON THAT A LITTLE LONGER????

Literally leaving my state from a hurricane at the moment and this makes my night so so so much better. Thank you as always, Cari!

I really appreciate how you always say the title of the book at the beginning and end of each section about that book, and keep the title on the screen the entire time. Sometimes I'm not interested in a book until I hear what someone has to say, and I appreciate not having to rewind to write it down. 💜 Glad you made it home safe! Hope you have a good week. 🫶🏻

For a year i was ignoring "Sorcery of thornes" and now when i've finally read it, i will not repeat my mistake and just read books that Cari liked. I feel like a year of my life without "Sorcery of thorns" was wasted.

Emperor’s Soul, the Elantris novella, is one of Sanderson’s best works and the best novella I’ve ever read! It’s set in a different part of the world and introduces a new magic system.

As a SFF fan, so happy you're reading A Memory Called Empire and Sanderson! As a big Brando Sando fan, Elantris is the only Sanderson book I've considered DNFing (this was partially due to not vibing with the audiobook reader, sorry to the reader, I'm sure you're very nice). I'd love to see your takes on some of his later books-- I know you read Tress and Mistborn, but "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" and "Warbreaker" might be up your alley if you don't want to commit to something like The Stormlight Archive.

I'm so glad you read A Memory called Empire! I loved that book and feel like its super underrated.

I just finished a Memory Called Empire yesterday! Was actually scrolling back through your old videos to see if you had said anything about it and then you uploaded this one! Definitely one for the Gideon girlies.

an hour of content?? LETS GOOO

I truly think this is my favorite type of video you make. Which is saying a lot because I love them all! I’m always so excited to discover books I’ve never heard of or see titles I’ve considered reading, along with an honest and detailed review. It helps me determine if I’d be wasting my time or if I’d have a new 5 star read!

I saw Brandon Sanderson and RAN

"this is for the gideon girlies" imediatelly dropping the book im reading rn for this.

AHH so glad to see the love for a memory called empire/a desolation called peace!! too underrated in my opinion, it’s a perfect series! If you liked that duology, I would recommend the author Ann Leckie, with her series starting with Ancillary Justice. I see your sci-fi era coming girl!! 💅🪐

Yay! It’s nice to know there’s at least ONE other person on the planet who also didn’t love The Seven Year Slip!

Nothing relaxes me as much as your videos Cari ❤️ will definitely read A Memory Called Empire!

I'm so happy you read and review books other than those that are popular on booktok! Great recommendations.

omg was not expecting to see elantris pop up on here! i've been mulling over a mistborn reread (i read the trilogy in 2019) and ive decided this was a sign from the cosmere heavens that i should greenlight it. would you ever consider a reread vlog??

This video didn’t come up in my feed on RU-vid at all :( I’m glad I thought to search for Cari because I wouldn’t want to miss this

currently reading mickey 7 and loving it! i just went through and added all your sci fi recommendations to my holds list at the library

A Cari video dropping means my lunch break just became that much more interesting! My favourite book of September was Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova, just an amazing story!

i know this not related at all but i remember you recommending emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faries and I had loved it as well but i recently read the spellsshop by sarah beth durst and omgg i think you’ll love it !!!!

I work at a bookstore and today I put a girl onto your channel to help figure out what she likes/wants to read :)

Elantris can be read as a standalone, I agree, but the sequels (that aren't out yet) won't folllow the same characters, at least as far as Brandon Sanderson has said. I do recommend you read The Emperor's Soul. It's set on the same planet as Elantris, but in a compelitely different country, with different characters and a different magic system, and it is possibly one of Sanderson's best books ever. It's also a novella so you can read it quickly.

I was so nervous and excited to see you read A Memory Called Empire/A Desolation Called Peace. Such wonderful books, some of my favorites I've ever read in Sci-Fi, really happy to hear you enjoyed it!!

can't believe you conviced me to read a sci-fi book but i will look for it immediately, and the seventh veil of salome is already on my tbr but now I'm excited to start it soon

that slack notification going off at 1:01 xD

my favorite when you talk about sanderson :”) night made thank you

Today is my birthday and Cari's posting is the best gift 😊❤

Yessss! I'm so excited you loved A Memory Called Empire!

I have been refreshing your channel daily since I saw your post about having read Elantris, so excited to hear your opinion! 🎉

Love love love your monthly wrap ups. Again some addition to my never-ending TBR 🙈

Ah! Gorgeous Cari you couldn't have posted at a better time🥺💕needed this so bad, I'm glad to hear your trip was lovely

Memory called empire is SO good!! Loved the second book too. I can’t wait for the third.

I don’t even read but I come when Cari calls🎉

So glad you got back safely! Hope you had the best time ❤️

as soon as I heard you were reviewing sci fi this month i stopped what i was doing, put this on full screen and SAT MY ASS DOWN. i am present. i am listening. i am taking notes.

QUEEENN,, right when i needed you the most 😭😭 i love listening to your videos while finishing my lab record. Great video as always. (Alsooo maybe one day you could do a reading vlog of the percy jackson series 🥺🥺 i cant stop thinking about how much you would love it)

Oh I’m so glad you loved A Memory Called Empire. I really loved everything about it and the sequel was great too. There were so many good quotes; the writing was great. The only problem I have is that Arkady Martine hasn’t written any other books 😢. I actually started immortal dark after watching your video and don’t really like it so far about 17% in. But hearing you say that some people like the end and not the beginning makes me want to continue. We’ll see. I was in a reading slump for a week and haven’t really left yet. Thank you for the video!

I love all your videos! Your voice is so soothing and I feel like you do an amazing job of explaining your feelings about all the books you read! Can’t wait to see more! ❤

checked my youtube notifications at the right time🫡 excited to watch this one!!

I’m sending you all the love Cari❤ I hope you have a great fall (;

HEY!!!! Perfume is the best book ever. If he likes it, be happy. That is a great book, a book about how the world smells, a lot of descriptions of the smells of everything.

i was just watching one of your videos earlier today 💥💥💥 i hope you had a great vacation cari!

Ty for your vids I’m in SUCH a slump

I had to put down A Memory Called Empire bc it was too much to keep track of at the time but your review inspired me to pick it back up 👀

Your review of the seventh veil of salome is so validating to me. I felt like an idiot cause I found the book to be soo overwhelming.

That was a very cool video! Also very excited for the Halloween romcoms! Hope you'll have a good day and have fun reading the next books!

Monday cari??? what on earth but i’ll take it

I just laid down to start reading before I go to sleep, but this is the most welcome change of plans ❤❤❤ AND IT’S AN HOUR? I’m blessed today

Super love the variety!! Definitely looking into A Memory Called Empire and Elantris!! ❤🎉

Nooo 😢 I wanted you to like how to end a love story but I totally get your thoughts on this. I don’t know why but I loved it. It needed to be marketed better because I think there is an audience for this but the marketing was not done well.

A dark and drowning tide- thank you for saying what I was feeling. I actually felt I was being harsh or I missed something I also loved the beginning but there came a point I just dreaded picking it up again! I couldn’t process the story or plot I guess my brain just checked out it was boring I didn’t care. Because I had no memory of what I read I thought it was me!

My favorite book I read this month was Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis! Our protagonist wakes up with total memory loss and discovers that he’s an evil wizard. It’s super funny and a quick, light read that also brings up some interesting deeper themes. It’s a good autumnal read for those of us who don’t like darker grittier horror books! ☺️

Sheee is backkkk the intro have me giggling already.🫧❤️

Love you so much Cari! You're hilarious 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Feel like I’m talking about books with a friend❤️

I actually have a middle grade suggestion for you that I think you will love. It may actually be my favorite book this year. It’s called “The Whisperwicks: Labyrinth of Lost and Found” by Jordan Lees. It’s magic, two different book shop settings, Greek mythology, found family. I did not see the ending coming and it is by far, a book for any one of any age. I need more people to read this book, especially as it’s now autumn, matches the vibes. It’s a quick read too. Please please read it!

Totally agree with how to end a love story. I was so frustrated when I read it. I also wish it could touch more regarding Asian American perspectives

I am one of the people who loved how to end a love story, but I fully understand how people wouldn’t. I just really emotionally connected to the story and characters because of some of my experience I think and I read it when I was really sick and cried from beginning to end. I wouldn’t just recommend it to everyone looking for a romance. I agree that it’s a book more about the grief and processing something so horrible years and years later than it is a love story.

cari i’m begging you to read a terry pratchett book or hitchhikers guide to the galaxy!!!!! definitely same vibes at the first book you mentioned

You're husband loves Perfume...lol😂...that had me rolling...blink twice in your next video if you need help lol 😂 Me and Sanderson just never vibe unfortunately. Everytime I pick up one of his books thinking this is gonna be the one...zero chemistry...sigh. Great recs and agree on a few of those let downs. Definitely getting A Memory Called Empire immediately, that sounds fantastic.

Ahhh, can’t wait for your Halloween romcom video! I loved your Christmas one - I read those Catherine Walsh books because of it and they were 🤌🏻✨✨

Every book I read in September goes as follows: Read 'Black House' Reread 'Salem's Lot' Read 'Night Shift' That's my September list, but my October is already off to a great start.

I've never been this early!! Was looking for a cozy video for my evening routine, refreshed my RU-vid app, and there you were! Excited to hear what you thought of the Brando Sando book(s??) you read 👀

40:32 Perfume is so interesting to me. I read it a long time ago, and my cousin also read it but for school (i borrowed her book), so we had a convo about it and the movie. I didn't support the main character, but I enjoyed it. In a "this guy is a sicko, what will he do next?" kinda way.

I’m totally with you about How To End A Love Story - I ended up DNFing at 53%. The romance also didn’t really work for me, and although I’m not against smut in fic, the dialogue in the scenes I got to that far into the book I was like…no.

Blood and steel! Shan was very demure, very mindful! 😂😂 The round of editing helped a little bit with the typos, but not with the general plot and with the 1 swearing used by everybody. I felt similar to you. Somebody said on a discord group, that if you cut out the fantasy part, it is a romance and if you cut the romance out it's nothing and I agree with that. This book could have been great, but unfortunately for me it was bad. You made me very curious about A memory called empire. I put it on the list :).

So happy to see another vid I know I should be focusing on everything you're saying and this video which I'm only about 2 minutes but I'm really looking forward to those third book after hell bent because I tried to get into her latest book and I was just really sad about it I don't know what I was looking for

If I remember correctly, Elantris was Sanderson's first published novel. Seems like he's just gotten better and better throughout the years. Have you tried the way of kings yet?

needed this to start my day because i am NOT motivated to stay awake

This BOTM month was so insane, I got five books! 💀

How you feel about Adult rating for A Dark and Drowning Tide is exactly how I feel about Fourth Wing being called “Adult” or even New Adult. The sex scenes are SO out of place and jarringly explicit compared to the plot and character development, to me. 😅

The final romance book reminds me of this manga called Haru's Curse. You should check it out, it's amazing!

11:45 ''kind of like this review'' hahahaa omg so excited about your upcoming halloween romance video!! i just know it's gonna be hilarious also the book ur husband loves, omg... lmao what a weird ''coincidence'' 👀

I just got Mistress of Lies. I hope I like it lol. Maybe the edited version is better. Even if it's not, I'm still kinda excited for it 😊

new cari can read video all is right in the world once more

You have no idea how excited I was to see a new video lol

Highlight of my week ❤❤

I am so glad you also hated how to end a love story. it was so frustrating and i was so mad the whole time i was reading it

cariii I saw on instagram that your Slovenia vlog was supposed to be 1 hour long and you reduced it into 45 min. How about making part 1 and part 2 of 30 minutes? I would love to see it!

Your husband favourite book being the perfume is si funny 😂😂 I'm sorry girl are you okay?? Not but seriously how much he relates to the protagonist 😂

Just about to go to bed and I see this! Bye sleep! ♡

how to end a love story was awwwful

Yay, new cideo! Happy you had a great time. Several of these are on my TBR, so it's nice to get an honest opinion to go on. And Monday Cari slays as much as Thursday Cari! Did have a question though. Did I miss the DNF's somewhere? I watched the entire thing and I think I completely missed them somehow... which books did you DNF? Love your videos! Hope you have a great day!

oh its kind of YA/maybe even middle grade almost? but Soulless reminded me of Boneshaker by Cherie Priest! its a steampunk history, although set in Washington state, and also there's zombies. i had some thoughts on certain portrayals, but it was good! (and far more serious than it sounds like Soulless is). that aside, i was instantly attracted to Dark and Drowning Tide when i first heard of it, im very curious to give it a try and see how i feel!! (and A Memory Called Empire im also super interested in, trying to turn my partner on to it too lmao)

I’m dying for intermezzo

Totally agree with your Elantris take. It's a good book, but far from Brandon Sandersons other works. You really notice the difference in writing compared to Mistborn already and even more so to Warbreaker or Stormlight Archive. I am so hyped for Stormlight 5 later this year already, cant wait for it

Oo excited to hear your thoughts on the Sally rooney book before i decide if i want to read it. I read normal people a couple of years ago and i...liked it? I could not put it down but it annoyed me the whole time I was reading it and I've never forgotten it lol

Did a little happy dance

I'll be curious what you think of the new Rooney 👀 I loved Memory Called Empire. The premise was just so interesting! I still need to pick up the sequel. My best read in September was The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Amazing writing, and serious subject matter.

LOL" LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT"😂😉 LOL!

YAY NEW VIDEO

Yeah, I didn't love Elantris either .. you should check out Warbreaker though. I think you'll like it a bit more. At least I did. It's also a standalone (for now, there's supposed to be a sequel after he releases stormlight 5 but we'll see)

I, too, thought The Wren in the Holly Library would be different. I was expecting something cozier and softer (if that makes sense) but got the exact opposite. I didn't finish it. I don't need to read another bad ass girl/misunderstood guy trope.

what a sweet surprise yay ☺️