what i read in april 🥀 rule of wolves, these violent delights, haruki murakami 

Not me not mentioning Nina's storyline at all in kos/row lol - sorry Nins!

POV: cozy book talks with rain, tea, and our favorite woman✨

“ my mental health has been in the garbage *HAHA* “ girl i feel you, hope you feel better soon

I’m always scared of watching reviews after reading a book that i really like because my anxiety people pleaser brain’s always like **change your opinion to what other people like** but you’re just so sweet and nonthreatening that I dont feel that way

I’m reading Shadow and Bone right now and it’s soooo good 📚

14:00 benedikt and marshall!! they have the best dynamic ever and I'm praying we get to explore them a lot more in the sequel T^T

i am reading the grisha trilogy right now just so i can read six of crows because you talk about it so much that i am SO excited to read it

Cari ranting about a pointless, painful death in the KoS duology.... Meantime me: sweating, looking around, applying every single word said to the unspeakable event at the end of Crooked Kingdom... I just finished re-reading it, but the pain was still too great 😭 I cried at the coffee shop I was sitting in and I'm not even ashamed!!

thanks for sharing where you are with your mental health -- it helps just to hear it and talking about it freely with each other makes it feel more okay! ❤️ sending you good vibes

Hope you feel better soon !!! You make us smile and I hope this message gives you some warmth, no matter how small !

Oh my god i’ve been looking for that time-travel café book for years but completely forgot the name and the author! Thank you so much for that, really didn’t expect to find it so randomly! 💕🌿

here in brazil we also have these trucks selling stuff hskahska sometimes out of nowhere you’ll hear É O CARRO DO OVO QUE TA PASSANDO (the egg car is coming through) lmao

I seriously love these videos. I get so many good book recs out of it. Thanks for reigniting my love for reading ❤

I'm so angry at the RoW death!! I bawled through the whole chapter 😭

I swear every time I watch your videos I add two or three books to my tbr list. Thank you for your videos, they bring me such comfort. That being said I also read the shadows between us and thankfully I got it from my library because I agree with just about everything you said.

I was so glad to see Before the coffee gets cold on your list, because it's one of the rare occasions that I read a book that you're talking about in your videos beforehand :D I read it a couple of years ago, and I remember being emotional, but it is one of my favorite stories to this day :)

KING OF SCARS AND RULE OF WOLVES SPOILER WARNING I have many things to say haha I personally felt that David's death was very unnecessary (or maybe I'm just salty lol). And the fact that he died in his wedding clothes? That was depressing! I think it would've been more interesting if he was gruesomely injured in the war rather than killed-it would've been interesting if Nikolai's top engineer, someone he's very reliant on for the war efforts, became immobilized/had his hands paralyzed or otherwise became less capable of doing his job. I would've liked to see Genya support him through it, like how he supported her through getting her scars and dealing with the king after the Little Palace was attacked by the Darkling. (I'm talking about when Nikolai basically kicked his parents out and threatened to charge the king with rape, and Genya had to admit that she was behind the poison). It would've been awesome to see him use his creative ingenuity to still work and help the cast at war. Especially if he entered a state of depression because of his injury! It would be interesting to see him and Genya work him out of that. Here are some other questions/thoughts I had about this duology and the grishaverse! Since Yuri and the Darkling were bound, did Yuri feel the Darkling's pain when his heart was pierced? Or were they separated? I think the idea of resurrection and a possible encounter with the saints should've been hinted at more in King of Scars. It felt weird and unplanned. I didn't hate it though! One thing I loved about the Shadow and Bone series was the foreshadowing of Mal's power. It was amazing writing!! I'm kind of disappointed that the foreshadowing in these books didn't exist to that degree. Why did the Darkling not really experience consequences for the constant use of merzost? It supposedly drains him, but Alina used merzost, was severely weakened (her hair turned white) and lost her power in the end. Is it because he has more experience with merzost? Is it because of his Morozova bloodline? Or is it because he's an old and powerful grisha that supposedly knows more about power than Alina could even guess at? I think Zoya swooping in as a dragon and stopping the war was very deus-ex-machina-esque. I still liked it though! I personally liked the cameos; how we got to see each beloved character one last time before finishing off the Grishaverse. Hanne accidentally Rasmus through Grisha power makes sense! I like that Leigh made Hanne a transgender male. It was properly hinted at. Yay good representation! I wish I knew his knew chosen name so I didn't have to call them "Hanne." I think it would've made more sense if Nina's power had been used to stop blight and possibly renew the Fold. The blight and the Fold have both been compared to death: which is what Nina's power deals in. I think it would've made her role in these books make more sense and it would've connected these two books back to the main plot of shadow and bone. The Obisbaya didn't make sense to me, and I don't think it was properly hinted at. So how exactly did the Darkling get his powers back? It wasn't explained, even when we got his point of view. Why does him getting the blood of Alina and Mal restore his power? It kind of felt like Nina got over Matthias too fast-but maybe I'm just being too nitpicky haha. I think Nina and Hanne moved very fast in their relationship, especially when "Mila Janderstat" was announced to be "Prince Rasmus" bride. Where did Joran end up? Did they ever tell him that the real Prince Rasmus was dead? I'm sure he suspected something. I thought it was brilliant how he ended up to be the one that killed Matthias, yet he was also the one questioning his faith. Wonderful writing! Nina Zenik revealing her identity to Brum would've been satisfying. What would he do, anyways? He lost his reputation and was imprisoned for attempting to kill "Prince Rasmus." Any attempt he made to expose her would likely be seen as a ploy to gain respect. It would still be risky; if they looked into her identify they would find out that she was not who she said she was. But as the prince's bride, what could they really do? And the risk is part of the allure of it, in my opinion. I think it would've been sufficient enough if Nina at least pondered the idea of revealing her identity after they announced Nina would marry "Prince Rasmus." Did they ever tell Yula that her child is alive? Zoya's perspective reminded me a lot of Alina's in the Shadow and Bone series for some reason. Is that just me?? Zoya's coronation was beautiful. I love how she (not-seriously) always wanted the crown and to be with Nikolai, and that's exactly what happened. Lovely! The resurrections of the Darkling took away from the finality of Alina losing her power in Ruin in Rising. It also no longer matters that she was the only one who knew his name and mourned the boy he once was. It just kind of makes me think, "What was the point? Did she even have to kill Mal, have him lose his tracking skills, and lose her power if he was just going to come back AND get his powers back? It was such a big deal that she knew his name in the series. I'm glad that it was cleared up that the Sun Soldiers kept their powers. I was a bit confused about that when I read Ruin and Rising. Mayu's perspective at the beginning of Rule of Wolves confused me at first, but in hindsight I like seeing the perspective of an outsider. I think it's more original than just having all of the perspectives be from the main characters. I liked that there was a guild of fabrikators! How do fabrikators show their power when they are initally tested? I would've liked a clearer distinction between Alkemi and Durasts. Does the classification even really matter? Can Alkemi do the same thing that Durasts can (manipulate solid materials) and vise versa? Or are Alkemis basically just smart scientists with no real power? I would've liked more fabrikator rep to clear this up. I would've LOVEDDD to see Zoya explore her newfound powers more! Those are all my thoughts/questions! I'd love to read your replies and to see if any of you agree/disagree with me. :)

Been panicking for no reasons and seeing your vids really calm me down. Your voice is so soothing and relaxing to watch and im currently rereading my favorite novel Never Let Me Go because of your older video that encouraged me to read it again so thank you, you're amazing! Hope you're doing okay, Stay charismatic and stay you!! 💙

love this wrap up soo much, wanna read almost every book you talked about. and currently reading shadow and bone !

Hope you'll feel better soon!! Whenever I'm down in the blues I like to read Tove Jansson, feels like a grandma's hug :) & good night!

YEYYYYY OMG i love caricakes but caricanread its my comfort channel

before the coffee gets cold: category is reading this will make you weep in public

I’m sorry to hear that your mental health is not doing well. Sending you lots of positive vibes and like you said remember everything goes. Be patient with yourself as well, it’s ok to feel down, just take it one day at a time ❤️❤️ always here if you want to talk!

This lightning is so cozy

Thanks for the cozy talk, really soothed my crappy mood ☺️ Take care ❤️💜❤️

I cannot believe that Leigh did what she did to we know who and also thanks to RoW I love Nikolai even more. And looking at how the book ended, I can't wait for the next one, if Leigh writes one. (hope for more of our crows)

Hi Cari, great video. i mainly a subscriber on your main channel and came to check your reading channel, and i have to really enjoy it. i especially like your writing vlogs. i like writing too, but never have the motivation. but seeing someone else documenting themselves doing it, and talk about their process and challenges really gets me going. I am hoping you make more of them, cause i really really love them.

I downloaded most of these in my Kindle to read after To Kill A Kingdom...Ahhhh excited

I dont know if you’ve already read it or heard about it but the mirror’s visitor is the series of book that hypnotised me so much I felt like I was a kid again. I havent devoured books like that in a long time. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

that nervous laugh at 16:09 😩 😅 girl i feel you

yeah last week I felt like that, but things will always get better!

I am also a simp for Nikolai!! My copy of Rule of Wolves is coming this Sunday!! Can’t wait!!!!

WOOO ive been waiting to hear u talk about row 🤗🤗

I'm a literature student and I love deep conversations about books and characters and stories. I would love to hear more of your thoughts on the books in Grishaverse. Lets just get crazy about SoC. Oh Godddd I LOVE THIS SERIES WITH ALL MY HEART!!! I'M SO IN LOVE WITH IT.

I'm reading King of scars, I love the grishaverse so much, and I'm a big fan of Nikolai too ❤️ so excited to see the actor they will cast !!

Yessssss we Stan benedikt and Marshal (Ben and Mars) The plot twist saved my life at the end with those two btw

Hey, me again saying that I now have more books on my tbr hahahaha Just love it and I hope that you get through this brought time! Sending you lots of hugs and love

Thanks for sharing the interview with Murakami. I recently have come to love Mieko Kawakami. I like to see how diverse the Japan sci-fi/fantasy has become in recent years. Now so many female authors are being published worldwide! And I love it. Murakami is great but now I have way more options.

I believe in Benedikt and Marshall supremacy the second book better serve us what we deserve or i will ✨ CRY ✨

Rule of wolves has traumatized me to no end, I hate Leigh Bardugo for the plot twists, I mean I can't be the only one who figured out who Joran would turn out to be from the beginning 👀🔪, also am waiting for the "I am become a tree" memes lol

The death in Rule of Wolves absolutely crushed me

yes finally a review of sorts on the shadow between us. i cannot with the hype this book has on booktok

i started reading SIX OF CROWS because of you cari haha 👏

I'm excited for the sequel to Before the Coffee gets Cold .

ooh i was just about to start drawing! perfect video to play in the background :) also hi cari~

After a run of three meh novels, I am reading See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur. She's a Sikh activist and filmmaker. I'm about a third of the way through and have been highlighting like mad.

For the recommendations, yesterday I finished a poems book "What Kind of Woman" by Kate Baer. Some of the poems really struck a feeling with me, some even gave me excellent goosebumps. And oh!! "The Witch's Heart" by Genevieve Gornichec. Oh my god, I didn't expect it to make me sob ugly tears by the end of it, I definitely recommend this for reading. Almond and The Shadows Between Us are on my TBR, I guess I need to move them up. Specifically Shadows because of your review I'm just intrigued how bad can it really be :D I also cried my heart out to "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", but interestingly enough for "These Violent Delights" I kind of liked the monster aspect? It kept me going for the mystery of it, because the romance was predictable to me...

Oop- I’m embarrassingly early but SO EXCITED

As someone who read SOC duology and KOS duology duology before actually reading the SAB series, and personally i felt KOS depends a lot more on SAB, it wasn't a very strong story at all, it was a quick read but i felt bored throughout. and the death in KOS did not have a huge impact for me because i hardly knew the character. i dont think any author (even leigh) can outdo herself after SOC, that series is PERFECTION

Haruki Murakami is one of my favorite authors of all time.

i’m so excited to read king of scars and rule of wolves! i’m starting soon ;)

I am just reading These Violent Delights. Don’t know what to think yet.

I got a copy of KoS and RoW and I'm gonna read it on my rest day,, I'm so excited!

You're right, April went on for a long time. Hope your headspace clears up, brightens up, or mellows down...whatever the case may be. ^J^

😢 todavía no llega "almendra" a las librerías de mi ciudad 😢... 💙💙💙 por tu recomendación de "shadow and bone" lo empecé a leer 💙💙💙... jajajja me encanta cuando relatas tu lectura en publico y dices que empiezas a llorar y es genial jajajajaj me encanta!!!🥰

Before the coffee gets cold is wonderful book, agree that I cried . There is a sequel that is just out called tales from the cafe: before the coffee gets cold, I’m waiting for it on hold at the moment.

SPOILERS FOR RULE OF WOLVES: yeah i can't figure out why she killed off david either becaUSE IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE and i have actually been an emotional wreck over it since it happened since he was my fave for years. i think MAYBE it was to show zoya that love is like worth it, but idk if i were zoya and my best friend's husband died, i would close myself off for the rest of my life. i personally think he should've been kidnapped, it would've been so much more interesting.

ive been reading these violent delights and its taking so long aaaaaaaaa, the last 2 books i read in like a day

Even though you didn’t like ‘The Shadows Between Us’, your review made me so curious lol. I gotta read it just to see all the silliness.

I just started kafka again 🌸 Murakami's words transport my ass like nothing else

I agree that April dragged so much. Everyone I’ve spoken to disagreed and said it went quick, so I’m glad someone feels the same 😂 For me, I failed so much last month (I only read one book 🤦‍♀️ the last paper crane by Kerry Drewery- but it was a good book, I definitely would recommend it. Beware, have some tissues ready 😢) I’m rlly enjoying reading when breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi- it’s been on my tbr list for forever! And I think I have you to thank, as I found it through one of your videos, so thank you Cari! ☺️

I would recommend you to read the murder bot series. I only read the first one, but it was really fun and I related to the murder bot way too much, also they are short, so that might motivate you to finish them. Also I listend to the first one as an audio book and I would recommend it! Sending you lots of love

Yeeey I´m so excited for new recommendations! :) I started a book club with friends this year (because I was so inspired by your booktube channel) and my May book is "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut.

A hot tip for a plot twisty thriller is I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh(current fav author😍). The first half is kinda slow and a bit confusing but after that(!!) s*** hits the fan and I did not see where the story was going and I loved it!!!

I am sorry to hear you are struggling with your mental health, sending you nothing but good vibes. I love your channel and it really helps me threw some tough times. It also helps me add books to my tbr pile, or helps me prioritize if I need to read a book when I have a certain headspace. Have started KoS now, thank you for your review and the heads up to brace myself. I am not sure if you have read these already, but if you have time to help me with my tbr pile, and i hope you find at least one of these helpful. Maybe what’s on my list will turn out to be terrible, I am not sure. (If you know that something is bad, please tell me 😂) 1) Gild - raven kennedy 2) city of brass - s.a. Chakaraborty 3) Poppy wars - r.f kuang 4) night of the dragon - Julie kagawa 5) Scavenge the stars - Tara sim 6) the bone shard daughter - Andrea stewart 7) aurora rising - jay kristoff and amie kaufman 8) four dead queens - Astrid scholte 9) song of the marked - s.m. Gaither. (I don’t know anything about this book, it just has a pretty cover) 10) kingdom of the wicked - Kerri maniscalco What is crazy is that this is just the list I can remember, I am sure there is lots more. If you have already done reviews on any of these, please let me know, so I will go back and watch. First to read is KoS duology. Bring on Nikolai ❤️💕.

YAY early again!!💖✨📚

Thank you for the time stamps! We just started watching Shadow and Bone, so I skipped right over those 😂

I hope you feel better soon 🥺 thanks for putting out content 🌻 I agree with your opinion on Haruki Murakami, I've heard people saying that women are portrayed as mere objects I his work and side characters without their own purposes in his stories and while I understand where that critisism might come from I also feel a lot of his work discusses much deeper and more human concepts that go beyond some of these gender distinctions, but like you said, I too might need to read up more on the debate hehe.

Oh, now I want to read "Almond". I also have a mild alexithymia, which in my case shows itself in my struggle to understand my own feelings (like am I sad or scared? Is it contempt or anger? etc.) Whenever in shitty mental health, I read Terry Pratchett, and so I highly recommend his books! Any one of them. But if you've never read one, start with "Good Omens". It's a delight and fun, and just absolutely beautiful through and through. Hang on there, dear, it's getting better, you know that 🌱

SPOILER ALERT FOR RULE OF WOLVES🚨 I KNOW RIGHT, WHY THE HELL THAT HAPPENED!!!! My love David:((( But if you reread the chapter again, (because I did many times), and you will realize that his death created for zoya character development (don't get me wrong, I love zoya with my whole heart

Love your take on Murakami’s ‘misogyny’

I want to hear your unfiltered thoughts of king of scars and rule of wolves😭😭 I wish we didn’t care about spoilers haha

My girl reading the same books! Just read finish almond and going unto before the coffee turns cold ☺️

"everything you ever wanted" by luiza sauma was the first book i've read after some garbage mental health weeks and it really threw me out of the not-reading mood instantly! sending all the virtual good vibes 🍄🌸

If you like the a historical fiction mystery, the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalo is really good. There are four books set in the late 1800s that follow a female protagonist who is interested in forensics. Another good book is Invictus by Ryan Graudin. It’s not exactly fantasy, but it deals in time travel and criminal heists. I just spent last week reading the entirety of the Grishaverse books and Six of Crows is my new all time fav!

i absolutely loved these violent delights!! so excited for the sequel. just curious - have you read the gilded wolves or children of blood and bone?

I haven't read KoS or Row yet, but I'm reading CK, and I love it.

OOOOh yesssss. T'was a crapppp day. But now it's good.

I do agree with you about the KOS duopoly. I feel as though it could possibly have something to do with little to no new ideas, creations and general events; I don't want to spoil anything major, however, this will contain spoilers! SPOILERS: - Zoya and Nikolai wasn't new! Don't get me wrong I love both of them, and them together too, although, it was briefly mentioned in RAR too! - Politics - they almost felt like something that wa always there in the books, but just developed more in this book. not really anything exclusively just for KOS - The demon is a continuation of the SAB trilogy I suppose Nina's POV was kind of new, and I got to experience more of her character. In essence, KOS just felt like a continuation of other books ideas, to tie some small details together!!! Again, I really enjoyed KOS, andLeigh's other books too, Leigh is also an excellent writer :) Happy viewing :)))))))

Your so inspiring💕📚

looking forward to read Almond!! I love Murakami's writing but how he writes about most of his female characters really makes me feel URGH. Loved Mieko Kawakami's Breast and Eggs though!!

"...Dealing with this guy with a really bad sleepwalk tendency" 🤣🤣🤣

Yes, that death in RoW was so unnecessary and painful. I am still recovering 😭

i'm currently listening to these violent delights and i'm loving it so far.. and in the goodreads synopsis, it is actually mentioned that roma and juliette were in love- dunno if you missed that or i am simply imagining things XD but hope you have a goo time reading in the month of may!

I really wanted to like Before the Coffee but I ended up shelving it. After watching your review perhaps I should give it another go. Almond was great and I’ve got First Person on hold at the library. I was initiated into the weird and wonderful world of Murakami with Kafka On The Shore and have been hooked ever since!

If you haven't read them already I definitely recommend reading The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (or any of his books really, he's one of my favorite authors). It's really gloomy and sort of magical and you feel like you are walking around Barcelona!

My mind while watching this video: 1. Hmm, this makes so much sense. Our reading tastes are similar. 2. WHY.IS.CARI.THIS.CUTEEEEEEE? like why

My mental health has also been in the gutter this week so I appreciate the talk 😂 And also I’ve been reading Sorcery of Thorns as you have recommended on many occasions and I really enjoy it so far. Also super random but just curious to know how many people here knows that there is a real Prince Nikolai in the world? Prince of Denmark btw, I low key geeked out learning a real Prince Nikolai exists lmaoo even though I know the book one is a king now in King of Scars and everything.

Ahh, I wish I could finally read the Grishaverse, but there's so much work piling up for school! I hope I can get to it in June.

I think you'd really like The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa! I finished it a few days ago and basically ugly cried during the last 20-30 pages. It was great lol

Before The Coffee Gets Cold was the first book I read after not reading seriously since junior year of high school, I loved it it was funny at times and I had the feeling it was gonna get sadder but I wasn't expecting it to get THAT sad, I recommend it if anyone wants to get back into reading

I added Almond in my reading list last year, when i saw Namjoon from BTS reading this book

Hey! I suggest reading Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. The concept of this book really stuck with me. I read this as a teenager and it really changed me with my ideas of after life along with how my brains creativity works. SO GOOD

hi cari! i just realise before the coffee gets cold has a sequel (two sequels in fact - tales from the cafe and another one which title i forgot) have you read it? want to know if it's worth buying or not hahah

Books I read when I wake up feeling like the blasted shadow left on the wall by a dead person in a nuclear explosion and I need other people's words to make me feel alive, real, etc.: THE CHANGEOVER by Margaret Mahy (YA fantasy) NIGHT WATCH by Terry Pratchett (adult fantasy) THE ABHORSEN TRILOGY by Garth Nix (YA fantasy) HEXWOOD by Diana Wynne Jones (YA fantasy/SF) THE CURSE OF CHALION/THE PALADIN OF SOULS* by Lois McMaster Bujold (adult fantasy) MARIANNA by Suzanna Kearsley (adult historical/timeslip) SHADOWS ON THE MOON** by Zoe Marriott (YA fantasy) * the absolute favourite, always takes me out of myself/my head even though I've read it over 10x at this point ** yes this one is by me but I wrote it so long ago that it doesn't feel like mine anymore and now it's just sort of the book that I desperately wished I had growing up but which didn't exist back then and that's basically why I wrote it so... win?

HI YES, I KNOW THE DEATH OF WHICH YOU SPEAK OF. it utterly destroyed me. I almost threw the book in a fit of disbelief and rage. I definitely needed a moment after that. It hurts to think about it again.

Great wrap up videos and I really love your content! BTW Do u annotate your books?

currently listening to we set the dark on fire (my first audiobook, actually loving it heaps but its not quite the same for me as a physical book) and just started renegades by Marissa Meyer. also just recently finished cinder, so hoping to start scarlet asap.

I haven't read all of Murakami's works, but I agree with you about your take on the way he writes women and men.

Heyyyy. I'm currently reading The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi. It's a YA Japanese fantasy and it's honestly sucha nice read so far (I'm 2/3 in). Everything is pretty slow, there are many trivial moments, but the atmosphere has managed to catch my attention and reading through this, it just feels like the coziest book. And there are special creatures, possibly soon turning into animal companions!? - one of my favorite things in fantasy