BOOKS I'VE READ (NOT SO) RECENTLY | #29 

I still want to read Daughter of the Moon Goddess just for the cover alone😍😍😍

I literally have a final in a half an hour and am so stressed about it, but once again, Jesse has come to the rescue. 😁 Also, I hope you know that you HAVE made an impact, and your videos have made me smile, laugh, and feel less alone as a bookworm for years!

Love the shirt Jesse! It matches your eyes perfectly. 💙 I finished Crooked Kingdom recently and man, what a wild ride. Have you read King of Scars yet? Btw, your singing in one of your previous vids was 👌 Would love to hear more!!

That outfit looks so good on you. ☺️

The bookshelves in the background are so stunning 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️

My heart is so happy that you loved Addie! I bawled at the end 😭

"We'll see if I get any reading done" is the forever question of reading sprints 🤣

Like the shirt and the color of it .. suits you 👏🏻

Soo excited for the reading sprints!!

I love the outfits Jess! Keep em coming!

Yaaaaay, reading sprints! Can’t wait 🥰

I agree about Addie LaRue. The character development was amazing, and the writing was so beautiful! 🥰

So good to watch one of jesse’s videos after a bad day 🙌🏽

I got a copy of the invisible life of Addie lerue for Christmas and loved it and I been reading that time I got reincarnated as a slime manga it's pretty interesting

Jesse's shirt it's the best thing that could happened to me today, I know it's not the most relevant part but I do loved it 🥺😍🖤✨✨

I got so excited when you talked about Cloud Cuckoo Land :)) that’s one of my favorite books and I’m glad that you enjoyed it!

That’s awesome you’re reading a lot this year! I’m sticking to my 2022 reading goals so I’m not reading as many books, but I’m going for quality. I’m currently reading The Spanish Love Deception. I started it this month and it’s taking forever but I’m really enjoying it and it’s getting me back into the excitement of reading 😄

I finally know how it feels to get a Jesse-notification while reading^^ And Bookish and the Beast from the Once upon a Con series of all things which I only got into because of this channel. So thanks (:

You will never be forgotten 🥺❤️❤️❤️

I felt exactly the same way about the daughter of the moon goddess but I didn't really love addie larue so much cause the parts set in the past felt kinda repetitive but I still thought it was a masterpiece and gave it 4.5 stars also how come there's not the last two month's booksplosion books on this list like when did you film it?

One of my recent reads was Gallant, my first Schwab book, and oh… I get the hype now.

Jesse casually slipping Taylor Swift references into his videos is what I live for.

love the outfit 💙💙💙

I see Christine’s books on your shelf!!!! Supportive friends for the win!

Jesse, I’m almost done reading The Lucky List and I love it ❤ I’m excited to read my next book 📖

i absolutely loved the invisible life of addie larue, it was so refreshing

I just finished a book while watching this. Though, it is a school book and on the shorter side. Not even 150 words, big printing, a few gaps in text and no chapters. It is one big chapter.

Like you, I really liked Addie LaRue, but it's been a while and this reminded me to maybe re-read it, thanks! Also, the blue looks wonderful on you!

I read One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters recently and I loved it!

How's your book coming along Jesse? Love your videos ❤️

My forever loved booktuber❤️

i just finished the and i darken series and boy am i late but it was amaaazingggg. I will be carrying that series with me for a long time.

Anthony doer also wrote All The Light We Cannot See which is my favorite book of all time

The first 7 seconds of the video is me seeing the notification of your new video update 💯

I read Flyaway when I found a prerelease copy in a little free library about a year ago, and I had many of the same feelings. I just didn't end up connecting to the characters at all and then I blinked and the book was over and someone was a bird all along? (Honestly I don't remember the ending, all I remember is something about birds and something about flowers). But I did really enjoy the prose, when I read the very first pages my jaw hit the floor.

I have Cloud Cuckoo Land and The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue on my physical tbr, hope I will get to them soon, really excited to read them

“Sis what are you doing…” 😂

Love your videos!!!! Best thing to avoid studying for my finals haha

At barnes and noble!!! Need some recs to get out of a reading slump!!!

Mr. Jessethereader looks really good in this baby blue sweater vest

Thanks for the video!!

The outfit is amazing

LOVE THE VEST

Hi Jesse, did you read or are you planning on reading Fable from Adrienne Young? It's a duology and I'd like to hear your opinion. Thanks for your videos, greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina :)

looove addie la rue & lovin this baby blue!

ahhh!! currently reading addie la rueeee !!!!

I actually finished House of Sky and Breath around the beginning of this month and was still in a Maasochist mindset, so I decided to binge the ToG audiobooks. Over the past, like, 3 weeks or so, I started from The Assassin's Blade to now starting Empire of Storms. Just gulping it like I've never done before. This is one of those series where I feel so strongly for the characters that every yearly re-read feels like a reunion with old friends, heartache and all, which is why I love it so much (though ACOTAR is my TOP favorite series of all time >.>). Do you have any books/series like that - re-reads just to reconnect with characters?

I would definitely take a biography about Kaz Brekker!

Heyy I haven't watched the video yet and already know I will love it

"Out Of The Woods" parallel really hit

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Great video! 🙂 Jason Reynolds is such a good author, love him

Jesse please read strange creatures! Its one of my favourite books!!!

Just finished "Blaine for the Win" by Robbie Couch. I give it a 4/5. For me there is something about the stories of adolescent angst that never gets old. Probably because I had so much of it growing up. Feeling a little thirsty so I just started a collection of Vampire Short Stories. Sorry I missed the live show, I just got power restored. Got to love Mother Nature, or was it Old Man Winter? Anyway Cheers !

I've seen a lot of people saying the same thing about the daughter of the moon goddess which has me a bit dubious about it now. I really need to read the jason reynolds book!

You would love Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Obsessed with the shirt/eye matching! Good taste in books ☑Good aesthetics ☑

Your videos mean a great deal to a lot of people. You are always source of sunlight especially during these past three years when life felt hopeless at times. You are always a sense of positivity. Even when you share your anxieties. I also appreciated that you're always inclusive as possible. I've heard you bring up your Christianity a couple of times and I know how important that is to you. However, at the same time, you have always managed to be genuinely, I believe, be pro LGBTQ plus. And as somebody who is in the latter group, that is very life affirming. Plus I don't know if you realize this you are hella cute. LOL. Take that as you will LOL. And I have found many wonderful books that I would not have otherwise come across without your channel. Never underestimate what you and other youtubers bring to the table. There have been times I felt like giving up but feeling your genuine kindness through the screen has made a difference. I know it doesn't make any sense because I don't know any of you in real life but you and other creators on RU-vid I enjoy make me feel better and that my feelings matter. I feel validated. Thank you.

Ballad for Sophie 🧡🧡

I really want to read the Invisible Life someday! I just read The House in The Cerulean Sea and I loved it so much 😊😊

Jesse, plz do a video about where ur at with romance right now cuz if u are liking it more I have so many recommendations for you 😁

Daughter of the moon goddess was a RIDE let me tell you! 😅 i can see where some plot points seemed "convenient" plus for the entire first half i just felt like everything was so rushed! Like i would just settle into her new situation & then BAM suddenly shes doing something totally different then BAM suddenrly its two yrs later! I guess bc mostly the fantasies i read really expand on everything a lot where this one she just crammed SO MANY things into just book 1! And thats not saying i didnt enjoy it, its a great fantasy to get lost in! I really loved learning more about chinese mythology & being immersed in that world. And im very thankful it didnt end on a painful cliffhanger until book 2! Im really excited for it bc i have no idea whats next for her!

If you want a good fairytale/folklore-esque book to read that's not a retelling you should definitely give A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross a try. It was beautifully atmospheric and fantastical, but in a grounded way that I felt was pretty unique. Both great characters and a sound plot are present, so it might do the trick for you!

Hi Jesse, are we getting a fan mail haul soon??

Great video!

I kept comparing Evelyn Hugo to another Taylor Jenkins Reid book while I was reading. (Malibu Rising) It fell short. Will Evelyn Hugo mess with all my future reading because of its greatness?? I don’t know. I do know how you feel, Jesse!!

Distracted by how little Jesse is reading but not complaining

Ok Yall I NEED HELP. I need more books like Six of Crows and The Night Circus. I have downloaded sooo many kindle samples since I read those books and haven’t liked any of them because they just weren’t as good. I love the fact that Six of Crows is a book told from a “villains” perspective (Kaz is a bad person and we love him for it), which is something I’ve always found fascinating. I love The Night Circus because it was a web of out of order story telling that literally did not make sense till the last chapter but also was compelling enough to keep reading. Any suggestions?

Not totally sure, but you might enjoy "Run, Rebel" by Manjeet Mann!

Have you read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell?

I missed the mark on loving Addie LaRue but I can appreciate the originality of it

Addie Larue is not for everybody, but I looked it, I was getting tired of it and almost def it at one point, but that's exactly how Addie felt for 300, no wonder after finishing it I couldn't stop thinking about her

Hey guys so I need some help I wanna buy a book series for a friend's birthday but I'm having trouble choosing . These are my options: Caraval Daughter of a pirate king We hunt the flame What do yall think?

have you read the medoran chronicles?

The first three of Percy Jackson books

have you every read Magic 7

I think you're actually hard to forget lol In a good way!

I fucking loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. It gave me such a different view on life.

Yayyyyy

Why did you stop updating your goodreads? :(

Lately, I've been reading a cozy mystery and a BTS book.　 Reading Party ♪ So excited to reading together (*^-^*)✨

😁👍🏼

I haven’t read anything Recently I’m still stuck in a reading slump🥺

Great reviews! Ay, no shame in showing us the books you read not so recently. 🤣🤣🤣

A book I finished recently (and by that I mean mid March) was Crush by Tracy Wolff and I gotta say.....it might be the worst book I ever read.🙃🙃🙃 It was over 600 pages when it didn't need to be and the writing....we'll just leave it at that.

to me, addie just seemed like she was complaining the entire time like it wasn’t her fault no one would remember her. i understand why people liked it, but i honestly thought it was horrible

Hello!!! I think I am early :D

I've read The invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and I gave it a 1.5 star. The half star rating is for the beginning which I did actually like. I was deeply into it for the first 70 pages, and then all the love and enjoyment I had for it evaporated. Honestly, my biggest issue with the book actually is the fact that it didn't have much in it, especially for such a big book. And I don't mean in terms of plot or story, I mean in terms of characterisation, in terms of development, and so much more. Even the themes and messages in the story, to me, were barely there. I actually think it would have been much stronger if the book was shorter, even a novella, because I feel like the things you said even about running out of time and loneliness and so on, would have been more impactful. It had an amazing concept, and that is why I don't think it is overhyped, but the execution didn't meet it. That being said, I would read a sequel, because I actually liked the direction it took at the very end, and that did actually intrigue me. I want to see how that plays out.

daughter of the moon goddess was so disappointing for me, it was so slow and cliche and i didn't care about the characters at all

Jeessseee omg 😏you are fine af in the baby blue top! ✨✨✨