 Hey guys, it's Julia and welcome back to my channel, and for today's video I wanted to talk to you guys about the books that really surprised me this year, so my most surprising read of 2020. So there was quite a few books, not like quite a few, like five that were like a pleasant surprise and that I enjoyed a lot more than I thought I would, and that maybe made it to my favorites. A few of these were on my favorites, so yeah. First up here we have Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell. I was not really expecting much from this, and I didn't want to buy it physically because I didn't want to spend like $20 or $25 on it. So I got like an ebook copy when it was on sale, I believe, and I really, really enjoyed this. This is like such a fun fall read. I was like dying over the romance, it was so cute, and I love how they had all these little activities that they did, and they were all super festive. Overall, it was like, it was such a cute graphic novel, and if you're interested in it, I would suggest picking it up because it's actually so cute, and like the illustrations are really nice, and they have like a huge map of where they're at, and it just has all like the little sections of where they go, and like it's all fall related and so cute. So I really enjoyed Pumpkin Heads this year. Next I have Metamorphosis by Ovid, which was featured in some of my other like end of the year videos, but this one I really, really liked. It has a lot of triggering content, so I'm gonna say that now, but it's basically poetry, but it's all about different myths, and gods and goddesses and creatures, so all ranging from, you know, Roman, it's mostly Roman and some forms of, some bits of Greek mythology as well, but it is so good, and you, like we studied it in my mythology course in university, and I just was so enthralled with it, I like underlined every single page, it was so interesting, and you hear, like you get to see each individual myth and like all the stories that you hear about, you get to like really see the reality of it, and they're usually very, like it's very dark and brutal, so I will mention that right now, but it was such a fantastic read, so if you are interested in mythology, like at all, I would highly recommend picking this up. It's very, very old, but it was really, really, really good, so I would recommend that one. Next up here I have Sailor Moon, so I did not really know much going into this, I was just like, yep, a lot of people talk about Sailor Moon, it's very cute, it's um, I think it's super cute, come on, like it's a super cute manga, but I ended up being so enthralled with it, even with just the cat, to be honest, the Luna, and I ended up tabbing things, like I just thought it was such, I just thought it was such a nice book, and I just enjoyed it much more than I thought I was going to, and that's why I'm actually interested in continuing with it, because it was so cute, and I love how each Sailor kind of has their own, their own thing, you know, we got Sailor Moon, and there's some other ones, and there's some villains, and there's the cat, and I don't know, I just really, really enjoyed it. It was so, so cute, yeah, like there's Sailor Mars and stuff like that, so I just really, really enjoyed this one, I definitely want to continue with it, it's like, it's definitely like a little bit more, it's more, not juvenile, but it's, I usually read more adult manga, and I don't, this one's not really adult manga, I don't think, it's more, like I think it's more for teens as well, but it's, it's really nice and wholesome at times, so I'm excited to keep reading the manga when I acquire more of them, and then even watching like the anime, so if you guys have read this, or the whole series, or you've watched the anime, let me know what you think about it, because I'd love to hear what you have to say about that. Next Here I Have Things by Sarah Anderson, and this, I mentioned in my favorites because this was so good, and it's a love story between a vampire and a werewolf, it is written by the same author who has done like Sarah Scribbles and like, adulthood is a myth, and like those books, which are also super funny and like have like a cute quirky writing style, which is exactly what this book had, and it had so many just little, like I chuckled throughout it, it was super cute, and yeah, if you like vampires or werewolves, and you just want like a cute wholesome love story, definitely read this graphic novel, it's super cute. Lastly Here I Have Metta by Europe Pides, I probably said that wrong, I, this story was one of the most interesting to me anyways, was such an interesting myth that I learned about, and just with Metta and Jason and the kids, and there's a revenge story, and it's so complicated, like I don't want to spoil anything for you, but I read this from a Greek mythology class, or not my classical mythology class, and I really just was so shocked by one how brutal it was, and then two, it was just very interesting to me, I thought that it was like wow, like this story just stuck out, so if you're interested in mythology, I'd recommend this, like I don't want to say too much about it, I don't want to spoil you about what happens in case you don't know, but I, yeah, I would recommend reading this, or at least watch a video on it, I might link down below some videos about who Metta was, I think this character is super fascinating, and yeah, well there you guys have it, those are my most surprising reads of 2020, let me know your most surprising or just a book that you really didn't think you would like as much as you did down below, I would love to know, and yeah, thank you so much for supporting me, and commenting and liking and everything like that, I really really appreciate it, and I will talk to you guys soon with a new video, bye.