 Hey cuties! How are we doing? If you didn't watch my last video, I'm in Wales, yes. I'm here for the next couple months. So that's the change of scenery. You're like, where is she? What's going on? I don't know how many videos I have to say that for. I think that's enough now. Like two videos is enough to get most of you up to speed. I wonder where I am. Today, we're doing a video I don't want to film. I'm gonna be honest, I don't want to film it, but I have to to hold myself accountable because otherwise some of you guys would be like, why didn't you film that? And we all know the reason. So I just gotta rip the band-aid off and go through this together. So you guys will know that every year I make two big year-long TBRs that I actually try to stick to. Sometimes I make seasonal ones, but they're not like binding. The ones that are like, I'm actually really trying to achieve this are my X books I need to read in this year, TBR. So this year I did my 24 books I need to read in 2024, which I honestly think I freaking slayed at. And then I do this amount of books I need to read before I turn this age. So last April time I tend to do them around that time, I made 24 books I need to read before I turn 24. And I turned 24 on Sunday, which let's just take a moment. I don't want to turn 24. Like it's so crazy to me. I'm gonna be in my mid-20s. And I know some of you are older than me, Megan, calm down. But like, I'm no longer gonna be my early 20s. That's like mid-20s. And you're supposed to have everything figured out by then. I don't have it figured out. When I was like 14, I was like, oh yeah, I'll probably be like, I might have a kid about time 24. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Touch word. And I'm gonna be as far away from 14 as 14 was from four. I've connected the two dots. You didn't connect shit, but I've connected them. I feel like I was me by the time I was 14. How is that possible? How has that time passed? Absolutely not. So today we're going to be reacting to the 24 books I was supposed to read before I turned 24. Now what do you all remember? When I reacted to my 23 books I'm supposed to read in 2023 in December. I did so well at that. I just want you guys to remember that. Like, I am not a failure. I can succeed. Doesn't mean I succeed every time. And I think I read 15 out of the 23 on that TBR. So I did really well. Do not expect similar results here. I don't track this so I don't know, but from what I can remember I think there's a lot of books on this TBR I have not read. A lot of books on this TBR I have not read. Like, I might have read three. I'm not kidding. Like, I think it's that bad. I think it's that dire. So I don't really want to film this video. I feel like this whole video is going to be me going like, I haven't read that. I haven't read that. Who knows? It might not be that bad. But I don't know how interesting that'll be for you. So if there's a lot of haven't read, this may be a short video because I don't want to talk about it. Okay, first we have got some horror books. And if you know me, you know, my flavour of horror is Campi. I don't know how much horror I've read. Not too scary. So my first is My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendricks. This wasn't originally on the TBR that I made. Well, I'm glad you put it on the TBR because I have read it. I have read My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendricks and it was five stars. It was my first five stars for Grady Hendricks. Grady Hendricks is definitely I would say like my flavour of horror. We were watching Warme and Tom watching last night in bed. And we were watching Watcher, you know, with Ryan and Shane from BuzzFeed Unsolved Days. And they were playing like a video game. And I kept like jumping and gasping every time there was a jumpscare. He was like, what is wrong with you? I'm a little baby. I'm not telling 24. I'm turning four. So I can't deal with even when it's like written. If there's like a particularly scary scene written in a horror book, I kind of like read it with one eye closed. Like read it really fast to get over with. So Grady Hendricks where it's like kind of fun. There is like real horror in this, particularly I think I remember there being a quite a body horror in My Best Friend's Exorcism. But he does what I want. And I read a few last year from Grady Hendricks. I really enjoyed them all. I think I had a 4.5 and a 5 from him last year. So well done, Megan for putting this on the TBR. Okay, we're off to a good start. Maybe I need to be more positive about this. Maybe it's all gonna go well. Then we have The Drift by CJ Tudor. This is a release that's come out this year. Oh my god, I have read The Drift. Sorry, everyone. I'm kind of having a moment here. I've read The Drift by CJ Tudor. Again, I enjoyed this. I think this was like a 4 star. It's interesting because it's kind of like CJ Tudor's used to be I'd say more like your traditional thriller. And I feel like this book and also her release coming out next or this year I guess. A kind of blending like horror thriller mystery. Like it's a amalgamation of all the genres. And I do enjoy that. I like when authors put a twist on genres. But I've read The Drift. And then one that I feel like a lot of people were reading like last year. And I'm a bit late to the party on. But I really want to get to is Sleuth It By Brom. I'm sorry. I've only read it. I've already gone and read it. What should I be the only books I've read? Not a joke. Just a fact. I have read Sleuth It. And did I give Sleuth It 5 stars as well? Sleuth It was such a vibe. I understand why everyone was really enjoying it because it just has like I also love books. Talking about books I love. I also love books that like do something different, right? I have not read anything by like Sleuth It before, right? I picked that book up and it was a moment. It was doing something new and original. I hate when I pick up a thriller for example. And I'm like, I've read this 10,000 times. Like as someone who has read so many books now and like this is only going to get worse. I'm going to get more pretentious as time goes on. You have to give me something new that I haven't seen before to get a 5 star or you have to make me cry. That's basically the two avenues to get a 5 star from me. So Sleuth It was absolutely a moment. What a moment. Oh my god guys, we've read three for three. Next I have a few mysteries and they happen to be probably the two longest mysteries on my TVR. I'm putting them on here to try and make you read them. Don't do that. First we have Night Films by Marisha Pessil. I haven't read Night Films. Why? Okay, here's the thing. I do well on these. My success on these lists does not come down to me actually, did I read these books? Like I don't hold me accountable. I hold the list making me get accountable. That is actually what determines the success of these lists. Like it is when I'm making a list, am I realistic? Am I realistic and do I have my best interests at heart? And if I'm going or I'm putting it on here to make me read it, that's not going to happen. Put the stuff on these lists that you think you're actually going to read. Absolutely not. I have not read Night Films. However, I am going to be reading it I think next month. So listen, almost got there. So many people have told me I'm going to enjoy Night Films. So many people have told me that even though it is like 600 pages, it doesn't read like that. It reads very fast. So I think I've got it here somewhere because I'm reading it. I do have my plate. There's not enough time. Ring up Jenny. You're like, can you send it to me? So yeah, I haven't read it. Okay. Is this the downward spiral beginning? Let me guess. The other one is going to be the Enigma of Room 622. That's like my other longest mystery that I can think of. And then another mystery that I really want to get around to is the Enigma of Room 622 by Joel, Joel Dicker. What did I say? What did I say? I haven't read it. I haven't read it. Not for lack of wanting. It's just I haven't got around to it. I'm going to take a page out of my girl behind Facebook. My Jaws Vsives. I don't really have anything to say about that because that's one I haven't... I don't think I've heard anyone speak about that. Then we have... Oh, I don't have much time left on my TBR. Oh, CF Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. That is one of the slides I left on my TBR. Oh, no. Now it's three for three, but not in the three for three. That's like, it's three for six, I guess, is the right saying. I haven't read CF Tranquility. I know it's really short as well. Everyone loves it. I have read both The Glass Hotel and Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel now. And I feel like CF Tranquility is spoken so highly of. I was actually thinking the other day I should have bought it with me because it fits really well the video I'm going to do while I'm here. Like it would have been the perfect book to slot in. Like it's this video where I know most of what I'm reading but I need like two more books and I should have bought it with me. But I haven't. It's not here. So I'm probably not going to be reading it in the next two months. And then one that is wrapped up. I've got quite a few on this list that are wrapped up actually. One that is wrapped up is Someone in Time, which is an anthology of time travel romances. Oh, no. I haven't read Someone in Time. Oh, I just read the whole row and nothing else. Yeah, Someone in Time I got because Theodora Goss has got a short story in it. And if you don't know, I love Theodora Goss dearly. She's the author of The Strange Case, the Alchemist's daughter series, the Athena Club series. Those are her only novels. And then she has like a few short story collections, but some of them like have the same short stories in them. And then like her own short story and poetry collections where it's all written by her. And then last year she came last year or the year before. I can't remember. She was in two different short story collections. She had a short story in two of them. And one of them is really expensive here in the UK. So I haven't got my hands on it yet. But Someone in Time I have. And I haven't read it. I think Sean McGuire's also got a short story in it. And the premise sounds so interesting. Time travel romances. But I haven't read it. I do really want to read that. Next we have Fantasies. And one fantasy I'd really like to get to is Keechie's Sus by Charlie N. Holmberg. I don't cut the cameras. Haven't read Keeper in Chartered Rooms. It's a cozy fantasy. I've heard loads of good things about. However, one of the author's books was on the romantic category for Goodreads. And I'm actually a bit nervous about this one. Like is it romantic? I don't get it. I think it's more cozy fantasy. And also that was the only book on the romantic category I would have ever considered reading. Obviously I read Fourth Wing but like wish I hadn't. We also have Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston. This is the sequel to Amari and the Night Brothers which I love. Lord give me strength. I can't believe I have not continued Amari and the Night Brothers. I can't believe what is wrong with me. I want to see law and order return to this country. I want to see the death sentence. That is definitely what I want to make progress in. I would just like to know it's one of those series where like we don't know how long it's going to be. Is it going to be a trilogy? Is it going to be longer? And I would just like to know it. It makes me anxious when I don't know how long a series is going to be. And it's one that I would like to finish. Does that make sense? Like Thursday Meta Club you know that's probably going to have like 20 books in it. I mean I don't know if it can because these characters are like old and they're you know it has to end at some point. When it's like a series I would like to finish. It makes me anxious when I don't know how long it's going to be and then I don't make progress in it. That's like zero logic but alas. Then two that I wrapped up that I would like to get to. First we have Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Skulin Tan. I feel like I need to get to this series. Oh well I've gotten to it. Actually I should be happy. I should be celebrating. I have read Daughter of the Moon Goddess but I didn't like it and I'm very sad about it because I know everyone loves this but this just did not work for me. I think I'm starting to see some patterns in some fantasy that is very popular that I don't end up enjoying. I think we can start connecting the dots with some of these books. Someone left a comment the other day about some of these and I was like yes you are absolutely right. I need to get better in tune I think with the fantasy. I really enjoy it because I just pick up a lot of fantasy and with mixed results. And then we have Unraveler by Francis Harding. Now I love Francis Harding. I read A Skin for the Shadows. I haven't read Unraveler. I haven't read it. I haven't read it. This is what I would love to get to because I also love getting to books before I've heard anyone on Book Cheap talk about them so that like I love going into a book when I have no preconceptions really. I mean I have some preconceptions because I've loved a book by this author before but I do love going into a book when like I haven't seen anyone else reading it and I'm like oh I wonder what I'm gonna think about it. Do you know what I mean? I mean you can go read reviews on Goodreads etc. People have read this book and I'm not gonna be that fast to read it. I haven't read it. I have not read it. I think it's quite a thick boy and it scares me off a little bit. For these two we have All The Rage and Some Girls Art by Courtney Summers. These are the two backfist Courtney Summers that I haven't got around to yet. Okay Courtney Summers I love you. I have read All The Rage. I have not yet read Some Girls Art. I just love Courtney Summers. I want to read one of her backlists. This is not a test I haven't read. Is that it? Is that all the Courtney Summers backlist I have to get to or is there more? I feel like maybe there's one more that I'm forgetting. Yeah All The Rage I did enjoy you know Courtney Summers books and was like I don't want to say I enjoy it because it was very heavy topics but I will read anything and everything she writes. I would read a shopping list. Courtney Summers I would read your shopping list if you're out there. So you know half is not bad considering it's backlist like you know there's not pressure. Not pressure but like I do often prioritize newer releases so I'm happy I got to at least one of those. Then I also put on this list as long as the lemon trees grow which by the way guys I think this is like one of the highest rated books I've ever seen on Goodreads. Yeah it's still very highly rated but I haven't read it. I haven't read it. I've tried like this isn't entirely my fault. It is some of my fault because I could have picked it up but I've tried a few times to put this on a Patreon book club poll and they never they've it's never won so it's their fault. Patrons it's your fault. I don't want to hear any goddamn excuses anymore. I think I've been a bit intimidated by how highly rated it is. Some of those books when there's quite a few books on my TBR like know my name by Chanel Miller right everyone says it's incredible. I'm a little bit like what if I don't love it you know if I'm the only up person out here giving this like a three star there's something wrong with me you know what I mean and people are gonna take issue with it. I don't know I feel like I often get a little bit scared off by super highly rated books. Oh we've got nonfiction. I was gonna say why'd she was put a nonfiction category on here but I did that in the 2024 TBR and I have the absolute delusion that yes I'm going to read all of them. In the Dream House by Carmen Michardo I have not read. Haven't read. Haven't read. Haven't read. I didn't even actually hear me talk about that I just skipped ahead. This is on my 2024 TBR. I shouldn't have put it on there. I don't usually let myself put books on TBRs I've been on ones previous but I forgot this was even on this list. I read her body and other parties after making this list so I read a Carmen Michardo but alas not the right one. Then we have two Book of the Month books that I haven't gotten around to yet that I really want to. We have Bittersweet House, Sorrow and Longing Makes Us Whole by Susan Cain and Tell Me Everything the Story of a Private Investigation by Erica Krause. I haven't read either of those. Oh dear god it's gotten really bad. 12 haven't read five Jesus Christ. Like I kind of hadn't realized how bad it got and I just looked down and really took in those numbers. I have not read Bittersweet or Tell Me Everything. You know, there are books I look on my shelf and I'm like wow I should read that. I want to read more nonfiction. I want to learn these things. Do I read them? No. How long have I owned those books quite a long time now? Quite a long time. Quite a long time. I really think I could, you know, find those books super interesting. She hasn't read them. Then we have Reach for the Stars by Michael Craig. This is like it looks like a hefty boy. I haven't read it. It's right here. It's sitting right here next to me. Can I get it out? I think I'm intimidated by its size. Like you don't understand there's real weight to this book. How many pages is it? It's like 500 pages but the font is massive. This book if you don't know is all about pop. Particularly Britpop from 1996 to 2006. Like think Spice Girls. Girls are loud. Five. Boyzone. It's basically interviews with a lot of people who are either in those bands or the people behind music steps. There's a lot of, you know, really well known sugar babes. There's a lot of really well known artists that have been interviewed in this and I haven't read it yet and I really really want to. I think this will be so fascinating. I'm a little bit intimidated by the fact that it's literally just interviews. Like it's just paragraphs that he's kind of linked together what people are saying into a topic. But I think I'm going to love it and I haven't read it yet. I'm just scared off by its size. It's really got a heft to it but like that is something that like is a bit of a niche topic that I would really love. And then my final one is I Could The Christy A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley. I haven't read The I Could The Christy Nonfiction by Lucy Worsley. I haven't read it and I really want to. What do you, what do you need me? I've got multiple I Could The Christy Nonfiction on my TBR that I haven't read yet that I really want to. I read part of this when I was doing my research for the I Could The Christy Disappearance video which is still one of the most underrated videos on my channel. I loved making that video. I had so much fun. I really want to make more videos like that this year. If anyone knows of any like bookish mysteries, like you know I Could The Christy Disappearance, it's the perfect thing. Like any kind of historical British mysteries. I've got a few ideas that would be interesting to talk about. If anyone knows of any because like when I search bookish mysteries or mysteries related to book authors it all comes up with mystery books. But I want like stuff to happen in real life to talk about. If anyone knows of any, please let a go know. But um I haven't read it and like I wanted to put this on my 2024 TBR but then I remembered oh I think that was on the previous one so you're not allowed. We have The Once and Future Sex by, I didn't write the authors down for any of these. Eleanor someone you'll see it here. I still, I don't even own this guys. It's really expensive. It's like 20 pounds. I very rarely spend 20 pounds on a book. I haven't read it. I don't even own it yet. But it's about women's role within medieval society and also how that portrays I think to like modern day. It sounds so interesting. It sounds so interesting. It sounds like I'm like kind of on fiction but alas. Then I only wrote Vera Wong's Unsolicited. Is it advice for murderers? I've read Vera Wong's. I really enjoyed Vera Wong's. I really enjoyed it. It's such a fun cozy mystery with a found family. I really had a fun time reading Vera Wong's. Oh my god I'm proud of myself. Then we have Death of a Bookseller. This is I think kind of like a thriller. Okay I haven't read Death of a Bookseller but I think it's going to be my February Book Club pick for my Patreon. They'll tease that. I haven't confirmed to them. The vote hasn't closed yet when I'm filming this but it's pretty clear it's going to win I think. So I will be reading that in February slash March. So listen I'll be reading it soon. There's a few of these I'll be ticking off soon but yeah Death of a Bookseller I'll be reading soon. We also have the golden spoon which when I'm going to tell you thank god I have read the golden spoon. Finally some good fucking food. It was a little bit disappointing. This is the Great British Bake Off meets Murder Mystery which are two things I love so really I should have loved this. It was okay. The writing wasn't great. The writing wasn't great and there wasn't much to it. I really find with a lot of like particularly debut Murder Mysteries there's not enough to it. There's not enough scenes. There's not enough moments. There's not enough clues. There's not enough like they spend too long on like people chatting or whatever like I need my some I need Murder Mysteries to have a pace to it right. Look at Richard Osman's books. They have such a pace to them with so many things happening. I felt like this with a few new release Murder Mystery Debutes where it feels like there's three scenes and I'm like what are we doing here? Finally I'm like guess the similar note. We have Love Theoretically by Ali Hazel word. Ali Hazel is my favorite romance or that. I haven't read Love Theoretically. That one hurts. That one hurts. No no no no there's no way. No. I should have read that maybe it's my first book of the year. Regrets. We all have them. Right that's it. That's it right? I read seven of them. Oh my god. I told you guys it was going to be bad but I didn't think it was going to be this bad. I don't want to talk about it. Seven books. My hair's almost up from my from my headphones. Seven. I read seven. I read seven. I read seven books off of my 24 books in 2024. That was bad. That was bad. But again I don't place the blame with me. Well some of the blame comes with me right but like the blame goes to Megan making the list right. I think I've made an absolutely fire list for my 24 books in 2024. I'm going to read all those books right. Delusion. Cut back to me reacting to that December considering I haven't read any of them yet but I've already read like three books. I've had a terrible start to my freaking year. Absolutely dire dire disgusting. This was just a bad list. I think I don't think I selected well. I think making making the the this amount of books like three before I turn this age video is harder than the start of the year because I think a start of the year I have a clearer idea on like reading goals. Books that are coming out I want to read like my video plans but I think this this list I often struggle with making more. So we'll see what I do when I make my next one of these in like April May time. But last tell me which of the books I have not read yet. I should read soon. Please let me know which ones you've enjoyed because that will help me prioritize which ones to get to but listen I could have not made this video. I could not have admitted my faults but I did. So we should all applaud me for that. Anyways I love you guys thank you so much for watching this video and I'll see you very soon in another one. Bye!