2008: A Year in Books

[emann43]

you have read SO many books! holy shit. I looked up "The Host" and the plot sounds really interesting. Gonna check it out.

[HeidelsCorner]

Great list :) I wanted to read a tonne of books this year however I've fallen off the reading bandwagon the last couple of months due to work and other commitments. What did you think of The Host?

[metalheadache]

a fine balance!! geez i wish i had all the time in the world for 50+ too

[tempss]

You had me at books. 

[mucookre]

okay,i meant white mughals,spelling mistake.anyway ,how u finish reading that no of books,while being active in youtube and so?after reading ,what you do with those books.

[mucookre]

hey u seem to be reading too much of fantacy.take adifferent road for a change.by the way its not how much you have read that matters in the end its what you read.try 'white moguls'.still you insist on your own style,do try diana gabldon "outlander '.

[JessiEvaS]

@mucookre I think you mean "White Mughals."

[24601Robert]

I read a book once! "War and Peace" - I only read the war side, the peace side was too slow!

[booksandquills]

The Host is so so so good. I think I've read it twice each year so far.

[cefanine]

Don't you read one of the books of J.R.R Tolkien??

[missburn]

Good video. Subscribed :) I wanna read The Host, but I'm kinda scared that it's weird and blah.

[wwjj2255]

you're hot

[45EmoGal45]

Kissed by an angel by elizabeth Chandler

[Hermann759]

As for book of the year, here is the one: Free to Be Me by Arthur Vonshtain.

[JustAPrayer]

You read a fistful of sky! What'd you think? Personally I thought the ending didn't wrap everything up, not to say the book itself was bad.

[JessiEvaS]

@JustAPrayer Hmm. I read it a long time ago, so I don't remember all the details. But I liked it, it was a quick read. There's something really fascinating about the LaZelle family.

[usernameT916]

Wow, you read so many books...

I feel so useless I only "On The Road", "Never Let Me Go" and "Brave New World".

btw great video

[JessiEvaS]

@usernameT916 haha I wouldn't feel useless - those are great books!

[akeloteirko]

you are so smart and so beautiful I could imagine that these thing can mach together

[Nicholase1]

what was city of bones about pls comment by tommorow cause sat. im goin to tha library and if it is good i will get it

[ImPinkShesPurple]

are you going to read the other two books after a great and terrible beauty

i did and they were the 2nd best series ive ever read

[JessiEvaS]

Yep, I read them a few months ago. What a great series!

[230emogirlrocks]

yes

[hckyplyr143]

good picks!

[MandaOwl]

Good goal :) everyone should read more. I read thirty books this summer, maybe this is an idea to do smething fun with them, besides book reviews.

[Gryffinclan]

I don't know how many books i've read this year but some of my favorites are The Valley Of Horses, The Realms Of The Gods, Forest Of Secrets, Twilight (Warriors), Werewolf Rising, Blood & Chocolate, The Deathly Hallows, Tricksters Queen, The Neddiad, Wolf Brother and Sunrise.

[underwearskids]

I thought you said 'good' books. :(

[JessiEvaS]

Nope, just all 50 books that I read in the year. I'm not psychic: I don't know if they're going to be good before I read them.

[underwearskids]

Which one was your favorite?

XD

[JessiEvaS]

"Paper Towns" by John Green.

[TheCassCass]

58 rymhed haha

[JustAPrayer]

I think I love you. You read Tamara Pierce! I never find anyone who reads her books. Isn't she fantastic?

[goohber1]

wow. even if i made this goal 4 myself, i don't think i could stick 2 it cause i would eventually get bored with many books, causing me 2 search 4 other boooks. u have n outstanding ability 2 pick the right books & not get bored, making it easier 2 stick 2 ur goal. oh, & i think ur so damn cute. by by ;-)

[1a1a2a3a]

Have you read family matters?

[perpetualmonday]

haha i enjoyed this!! great job!!

[Reese2211]

You do have a good taste in books I've read most of the same books you have. I loved Sunday at Tiffany's. It was different from what I was expecting.

*Reese*

[ASLmusicLearner]

I think you have really good taste in books. I have a goal for this year. I am going to try and read 500 books in 2009. I am at 133 books right now. I running my library dry of books. I am glad you put this up. I have some new books i can read. Thanks!

[Shoppiholic]

wow!! good job!!! keep it up!! :)

[SeeleyBooth]

I really enjoyed shifting through your list of books. I'd read most of them but there were some petty nice jems in there. By the way, and sorry if this is a little picky of me, you held up Spindle's End instead of the Outlaws of Sherwood! (Didn't like Outlaws, by the way. That was on my own 2008 reading list and I thought it was pretty dry. Deerskin by the same author is quite good, though. Finished it today.)

[llorenx3]

i loved "The Last Summer (of You and Me)". the way she wrote it was beautiful.

[JessiEvaS]

I did, too. It was like a trainwreck - you knew something bad was coming, but it was too good ... okay my analogy just got a little creepy and morbid.

But the point is that I really liked it, too.

[ShakaBeach123]

have you ever thought about showing your whole book collection, i would love to see it. EPIC!!!

[soccertori20]

Hey thats a good list u should read Night World its so good i think its by L.J smith

[NuttyNetterz]

ok... in another comment i recommended that you read "The Host" ..... then i saw this vid and realized you already have LOL you are AWESOME... you know i read that book before any of the TWILIGHT books so needless to say that i LOVE THE HOST more :) and then i got around to reading Twilight hahha and i thought that one was going to be stupid but i ended up liking it. haha

[TheFutureMrs01]

was the host better than twilight?

[JessiEvaS]

I thought so. Be forewarned that it starts out really slowly (but I consistently weep every time I get to the end). I found the relationships and themes were a lot more complex.

[NuttyNetterz]

i agree with JessiEvaS here. The Host starts off slow. you don't have a grasp on the story at first. THEN you get to somewhat the middle and BOOM you find yourself unable to put it down.  i also cried countless times reading this book and my heart races with the character :) highly recommended.

[cezzie901]

That is awesome. I'm doing a 50 books thing for 2009 :-) I'm on my fifth book so far so am going quite slow.

May I ask, what language did you read Harry Potter in? The cover said "Harrius Potter"

xx

[JessiEvaS]

I read it in English, but I also own the first book in Latin. I pull it out every now and then to refresh my memory of the language.

[TheFutureMrs01]

Ok

thank you for your input. I think I will rent them first and might buy em if I like em

[TheFutureMrs01]

Im thinking of reading twilight

it is as good as people say?

[JessiEvaS]

I'm really conflicted about "Twilight." I wouldn't say it's a good book - it's badly written, and I'm not sure how I feel about some of the underlying themes. However I still find it (and its sequels) highly enjoyable. I would recommend it if you're looking for a fun, quick read.

[llorenx3]

yes yes yes.

read it like you've never heard of it before, so you have your own perspective of what's going on.

[Stephychan0]

I have read a lot of the books you have mentioned. I recommend you read Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside by Holly Black. They are "Modern Faerie Tales" and all while Valient is seperate from the other two it takes place in the same setting and you also have some character's intereacting with each other from the different books.

[JessiEvaS]

Ooh, actually I've read Holly Black's entire bibliography. She's fabulous, isn't she? Her "modern faerie" books remind me of Charles de Lint a little.

[midnight0881]

I love TAmora Peirce books, also I enjoyed "Wicked Lovely", Melissa Marr came out with her next book, by the way.

[JessiEvaS]

Yep, I've read "Ink Exchange." I thought it was okay, but not as good as I was expecting. I'm looking forward to the sequel to "Wicked Lovely" when it comes out in May.

[mebe]

Would it be possibly to review some of your favs?

[JessiEvaS]

I think I'm going to do that this year as I read 2009's fifty books, but I'm not making any promises because I'm chronically lazy and forgetful ;)

[mebe]

family matters; his most recent iirc, is very enjoyable. A family drama about an honourable father put in a morally tough situation.

[Nick1Peterson]

Thats a lot of books.

[yehyakouzi]

These are my best books for 2008..

For 2009, I have to read 65 books, or even more....:)

[uknowwho05]

i love the queen of babble series and i also read twilight. which books are your favorite?

[JessiEvaS]

Between the Queen of Babble series and the Twilight series? Probably Twilight.

[prep4md]

Oh, and happy new year!

[JessiEvaS]

Happy New Year to you, too :)

[Phoenixmmp]

I think I've read at least 30 books this year. This video actually motivated me to move up a notch or two for 2009. bahaha it's not like I have anything better to do, I'm usually dying of boredom these days. ^.^

[WizofLit]

Awesome!

I'm totally doing this to in 2009. I didn't read as much as I would have liked to in 2008.

Thanks for the idea :)

P.S. Can't wait to start...you know that I mean :P

[GaiashKetoji]

I'm planning to pursue this goal in 2009. I really enjoyed reading a selection of books this year and I've already got a few books ready to read that I got for Christmas.

[stevedacool]

Read the rest of the Harry Potter series! Awesome books!

Also, see if you can pick up anything by Dean Koontz. He's fantastic as well :)

[JessiEvaS]

I know, I love the Harry Potter books. I usually re-read the entire series every year, but I got too caught up in life stuff to have time this year :(

[kalaway]

I'm planning on doing this in 2009. I think I read about that anyway though I've never really kept track, which is one of the things I'd like to change, but it should be a good encouragement to continue.

[JessiEvaS]

Well, good luck! Let me know how it goes :)

[bookmouse99]

Great video!

I have read a good chunk of those books.

Jasper Fforde and Tamora Peirce and Meg Cabot and John Green are like my top four favourite authors.

60 in 2009?

[JessiEvaS]

Yeah, I noticed on Facebook that we have so much in common. I can't wait for 5ACG so we can gush about books :)

[bookmouse99]

We totally do! I think that we should do something book related for the channel....not sure what tho

[lizrockstar]

katherines*

[lizrockstar]

an abundance of katherins..

was that book good?

[JessiEvaS]

It's not my favourite of John Green's by any means, but it was really funny and enjoyable - probably one of the better books I've read this year. And the annotations he uses throughout the book are a nice touch.

[prep4md]

The Shawshank Redemption A Brief History of Time by S. H. A Thousand Splendid Suns Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa S. Stupid White Men by M. M. The Kite Runner The Autobiography of Malcolm X by A. H. Dude, Where's My Country? by M. M. Three Cups of Tea by G. M. A Beautiful Mind by S. Nasar Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Da Vinci Code by D. Brown The World Is Flat by T. Friedman The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan + 10s of medical books :p

[JessiEvaS]

Ooh, I've always meant to read something by Khaled Hosseini but I've never gotten around to him. What did you think of him?

[prep4md]

Both of his books were good. Though, I wish they had happy endings.

[Painfoot]

Nice video, that's a considerable list of books! I wish I'd read half as many this year - I think I'll set a goal for 2009. A lot of the books in your list will definitely be on mine. I'm guessing you enjoyed most of them =)

Oh, and lovely Collectors' Beedle!

[JessiEvaS]

Thanks, Beedle the Bard is the prize of my book collection. And I definitely recommend setting a goal - I find I always read more when I know I'll get to add another book to my list.