Again, but Better was definetly a standalone I read at the right time in my life, I start uni in a few weeks and ABB has made me feel ready and so excited. I feel like I really get Shane and how she is feeling, I can not wait for your next book! Thanks for writing such a fantastic novel Christine💛
Also, you were the first booktuber I’ve ever followed and you remain my favourite. I was just starting high school (I’m almost done university now) and my love for books grew because of you so thank you for everything
Jandy Nelson is for sure one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author. The way she writes and the pictures and stories she paints... they’re so amazing and colorful and beautiful even if they can be sad. I’ll Give You the Sun and The Sky Is Everywhere are wonderful novels. I NEED HER TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK
my top standalones are(I haven't read very many yet) 1: Unbroken 2: Pride & Prejudice 3: Again But Better 4: Talking As Fast As I Can 5: Nicholas Nickleby
After all these years, you're still my favorite Booktuber ever, the way you're so passionate about books is so relatable and I love it and I love you! 🥰
Such a great list! I read I'll Give You the Sun for the first time last year. I knew I wanted to read it one day, so when I found it at a thrift shop for like a dollar I knew I had to get it. I read it last August and I still think about it to this day.
You have no idea how amazing was the timing of this video. I just finished 2 different trilogies, both very dark and hard to read, and didn't want to start another series. I'm dying to read a stand alone and was just looking for some. Thank you so much. Lots of love from Brazil, byee ♥
@@DashawnLoves The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, and The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence ... I read them within a week, I think I shouldn't have done that lol.
@@DashawnLoves Not scary type of dark, but both are very violent and the heroes suffer A LOT to a point that The Farseer actually gets depressing. The Broken Empire is basically about a sociopath looking for vengeance. I loved both series, but as I said I read them to quickly one after the other without a break... I don't recommend that hahaha
“Again, but Better” was the book for me. I read that book a week before I left to go on a trip to Europe for 2.5 weeks. I visited a lot of places that were mentioned in the book which gave me so much joy to be able to relate. I recently broke up with my long time boyfriend, but I remember even comparing my love life to how well you’d written Pilot and Shane. I’m also about to head to college for my freshman year. Thank you for creating something so relatable and personal.
When you were talking about how Fangirl was the first book you fully related to my mind jumped straight to ABB and how much Shane reminds me of myself 😂😍. And btw I loveee your book, it was the first YA contemporary I'd ever read and it filled me with so much bubbly joy! I can't wait to read it again 😊😊💕
Again But Better came out at the perfect time because I just finished my first year of college but I lived at home and commuted and it felt really lonely while all my friends were gone having a great time. So I’m transferring to a new school for this fall and it’s in a state I’ve never been to. I feel like I’m trying to do college again but better. I’m really excited. There’s so much about friendship and travel too that’s inspiring and I love it. Thanks Christine, your book was really happy and encouraging.
I read Anna and the French Kiss and Fangirl because I watched you’re video recs for contemporary noobs , and ever since then I always look for books you recommend ♥️ Fangirl and Just One Day definitely left such an impression in my life they’ll always be in my top 3
I guessed Anna and the French Kiss, What if it’s us, I’ll give you the sun, A very large expanse of sea, They both die at the end, And Fangirl correctly. 6/10. I feel so accomplished
Oh my goodness, I LOVE I’ll give you the sun!!!! So happy you love it too. There aren’t enough people that talk about it. It’s such a beautiful emotional read!
OMG I LOVE Landline and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!! And I completely agree with your assessments about each! I love them both more every time I read them. I try to read them each at least once a year or every other year. I just love Rainbow Rowell's writing in general though too. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Just One Day too! It's amazing. You have fantastic book taste :). I loved your book too! Easily one of my top 10 favorites in YA!
I'm in an awful reading slump and I just remembered how unique the experience was when I read Verity and watched your review. Time to pick up a book now.
That's my favorite stand alone too! When I finished Just One Day, I just like closed the book and cried, because I knew no other reading experience could top that one.
I’ve owned “They both die at the end” for about a month and a half, but I wasn’t motivated to read it. After watching this video, I got excited to read it. So, I just read the first 179 pages in three hours while listening to the audiobook, and I’ve already cried thrice. I’m scared but definitely excited. Thank you so much for this! It’s also convinced me to read “I’ll give you the sun,” which I’ve owned for multiple months.
I’m so with you on the Lola and the Boy Next Door above Anna and the French kiss. Mainly bc a lot of Anna’s choices stressed me out whereas Lola’s made perfect sense to me, and her fashion hobby and wonderful family made me so happy
ok lmao what happened to the art of seduction video series on your other channel from like 4 years ago???? lmao i’m still waiting for the next episode HAHAHAH
Omg I’ll give you the sun! I read that a while ago and nobody else liked it/ doesn’t read too much! I completely agree with you it’s such a good book and it doesn’t get as much credit as it shouldddd 😍
Girl, I miss your videos. I use to read a bunch of books, but I got accepted into medical school two years ago and haven’t touched a book since. I will read some of these books, I promise!
If you’re in the UK, read ‘I’ll give you the sun’ in Cornwall, it works perfectly, I love’d it, I tend to tie certain places to certain books, like Dante and Aristotle ... in NYC
I just stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish Again, but Better (I started it today) and I have a lot of emotions, but I loved it!! Thank you so much for writing this book, I really needed it. It reminded me of how much I love and want to travel. Also, 🥧🥧😍
I got none right! Yay! But one that I read that turned into my favorite book of ALL TIME, is Call me by your Name. I know there is a second one coming, but the original is so beautiful and an awe inspiring work of words and knowledge and love it blows me away every time I read it. P.s. I’ve read it six times now, not including the audiobook. That’s even worse at a whopping 13 listens. 💙
Uau, I was betting your first favorite stand alone would be 'turtles all the way down' or 'Evelyn hugo' for some reason haha but it is actually my favorite book too! 'just one day' is so amazing, it makes me think a lot about who Allison was before and who she became and how I relate to that. Great choice!
My favourite standalone is "Midnight at the Electric", which is a book I've never seen on Booktube (well I don't think I have). It really moved me and it's full of mystery and love and hope I loved it so much. I wish more people had read it.
My favorite standalone of all time is Life of Pi, because I was overcome by this refreshing feeling of peace when I was reading it and when I finished it. Oh my god, I LOVE What If It’s Us so much! It HAS to become a movie, it JUST HAS TO! I’ll be SO MAD if it doesn’t.
My favorite standalones are: Fangirl Just One Day Anna and the French Kiss The Book Thief Heartless Eleanor and Park If I Stay The Fault in Our Stars And btw after watching your videos for like 7 years now, I guessed almost every book on your list 🤗🤪❤️
I got 3 books right yaaay! :) Some of my favorite standalones are Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since you've been gone, Anna and the French Kiss and oh - AGAIN BUT BETTER! ♥
WOOO! I NEED TO REREAD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER IT ENOUGH BUT I KNOW I REALLY LIKED IT. and also ahh! yay
The way you were talking about Cath is the exact same way that Lara Jean felt to me. I was reading her and I literally turned to my sister, who was sitting in the couch next to me (I was on the floor laying down) and said, “Dude, she is literally me,” and started listing the ways that we were the same
I'm reading all the books you mentioned that I haven't read yet as soon as possible! VERITY and All Your Perfects is the real deal. The emotional blows were too real for AYP, it was hurting me since it was a struggle I'm closely familiar with. Verity though, was a mind blowing read. A first for COHO and she did not dissapoint. :)
lol It's not a sequel, it's a retelling from the guy's point of view. honestly, do not recommend. it was super frustrating cuz the whole time i was reading it i thought it was a sequel but they both end ON THE SAME MOMENT.
My number one favorites standalone is Again, But Better!! Not just saying that because it's you lol. It made my top favorites books of the year list. It's even one of my all time favorite books along with ACOMAF, And Muse of Nightmares. It's such a good book and I so related to Shane, but also saw you in her. And I loved Shane and Pilot so much! I don't think I have a top 10 favorite standalones because I honestly don't read that many stand alone, but let me try haha. 1.Again, But Better (p.s. my phone makes the word but change to a capital b automatically now because I've talked about that title so much haha) 2. The Song of Achilles 3.Fangirl. 4.Pride and Prejudice 5.Thirteen Days to Midnight 6.Dreamology 7.Literally 8.Turtles All the Way Down 9. My Oxford Year 10. It Ends With Us
"This Depressing Depression-son..." 6:19 Haha... Using that now. My favorite stand alone would have to be Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone in 1997. That counts, right?
A stand alone i would highly reccomend is Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Cappetta. Its a beautiful story - part murder mystery, part theater story, part girl/girl romance. I read it earlier this year, and I didn't realize until I was done how much I needed the story. Her writing style is amazing, and the story just kind of... changed my perspective. In a lot of ways. Christine, if you ever see this comment, I really, really think you should read it. And if you do, post on instagram or yt about it so that I know if it meant as much to you as it did to me.
I only got two right because I knew you were gonna put Colleen Hoover on the list. The way you talk about those books makes me really want to read it but that goes for every single one of these books because you are so passionate about it! I just love your energy! Also I agree with your number 5 pick. They Both Die At The End is one of my all time favorite standalones. What If It’s Us didn’t do it for me though unfortunately :( But I would really want to give most of these a try. Although I’m surprised you did not pick The Book Thief for this list
I totally guessed I'll Give You the Sun, Fangirl, Just One Day, The Martian, and They Both Die at the End. I was thinking Lola and the Boy Next Door might be on here, I didn't write it down but I still gave it to myself haha. I expected The Host and The Astonishing Color of After to be on here, but I was surprised that The Host wasn't. Love you Christine!
Not that it matters but my favorite standalones are: 13. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 12. How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow 11. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 10. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood 8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 5. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 3. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner 2. November 9 by Colleen Hoover 1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Got a bookstagram @_mirasol__ for more book recommendations. Have a good day, everyone.
In no particular order, my favorite stand-alones are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, A List of Cages by Robin Roe, We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and in honorable mention I'd say More Happy Than Not :)
YESS i needed this video!! I love standalone books, they’re perfect for preventing a burnout while reading a series!! also at 8:18 i was so scared that the martian was gonna suffer the same fate as deathly hallows and get stained with lipstick 😂😂😂
I guess a Series of companion novells or something are still standalone, but for some reason I never consider them as standalones which is why I was quite confused seeing anna and the french kiss and the other one here... but I guess it still counts lol
So I went to walmart Looking for a good book and I looked what I saw was........... Again, But Better I fell in love with the story concept and how this girl just puts herself out there and is Like I'm going to live my Life and do me for a little. The Book is so Good and The Harry Potter References really just amazing. I hope you write more books because I'll be getting them!
I actually had “I’ll give you the sun” on my bookshelf for years and I finally read it back in January and I was so glad I read it and kinda mad that it took me this long to get to it.
