 Hey everyone, so you might have seen my vlog on holiday on a cruise last week and I thought I would do a special video showing you the cruise library. You need to go outside in the back, set your forecast, we'll be right back. So they have a special library here on the cruise and I thought we could have a little look at it and see what kind of books they have, what kind of selection they have because I was thinking of doing a vlog where I read the books from here instead on the holiday but then I thought they might not have a good selection so let's have a look and see what they have. And see if there's anything that kind of is popular on Booktube. Oh shit. Okay, okay. Well, the lighting may have changed a bit because we filmed the intro and then we found out that the doors were locked. The door is closed! So we had to go away and a guy told us it was like a gin tasting thing in his day so we've come back in the afternoon and he very kindly unlocked the doors for us so we can look and see what books are in here now. So I thought we could have a little look and see what are you... Oh my god, I spoke a lot of languages. See what the different books are, see if there's anything... Oh! The style is seen. I approve. Appropriate. One of my favourite books. You know what's the most exciting thing about winning? It's when you win. I love that feeling. I basically want to see if there's any that I've read, any that are on my TBR and any that I've heard good things about but aren't on my TBR because you kind of expect it all to be like what the older population want to read. From a quick glance it feels like they have a good selection. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. One of the first to as I've read. That's a good cruise book I think. A good cruise one. Him and Ruth Ware I feel like are just the best like solid thriller authors. There was a book I saw. I had a little cheeky peek. And it was a book I saw that I couldn't believe they had. But now I can't see it. They had the Dragon Republic by I of Quang. Which is the second in the Poppy War. They didn't have the Poppy War. So I feel bad if anyone picks up the Dragon Republic. In the box. Yeah but I saw it here all week. And now it's not here. I always love this cover. They have two new release thrillers. So these have both come out this year that I want to read. I could have totally done a vlog reading books from here. I can't believe what a good selection they have. The code is by the author of the appeal. You like her style of covers don't you? I think that's a great cover. Yeah it's cool. It might be the best I've seen actually. This one's all to do with coding. The first one was all emails. Whereas I think a lot of this is like audio files and coding. Your software slays by the way. And then this one I'm not really sure what it's about. But it's a new release mystery. Mystery's always good for a cruise I think. They've got a really good selection you know. I'm actually surprised. Let's go and see. Yeah. There's a colour card. They're all in red to be honest because most of them are fiction. They have another one. This is a really new release mystery as well. The Apollo murders. I almost got this. This is by an astronaut. What did he do? That's quite cool. One of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. What is that guy? He used to make the songs on the spaceship. Oh. I almost got this. It's the YouTube man. I don't know him. He was famous for singing David Bowie in space in about 2016 I think. Oh. I'm impressed by how many 2022 releases they have. I wouldn't expect that. Oh the furies? Isn't this YA? Yeah it's just like a YA about girls and private schools and stuff like that. See that's the kind of book. That's a good setting. I feel like if I were to come on a cruise I wouldn't actually end up picking the books like a Twyford Code or whatever that I own because that's the point. But I think I'd pick up books like this that I've just heard on the grapevine about and I'd kind of pick up stuff on a whim. If I had them on the vlog I probably maybe would have picked that up. Oh there it is! The Dragon Republic. Why do they have this? Why they're still here? It's a bit of a mystery. Why don't they have the second in the series? But I have not seen the Poppy War anywhere. They don't have it. But they have this. Oh the Grace year? Oh! I'm just giving it one of them. The Grace year is one I've heard things about? Is this the one? Yes. This is one where girls at 16 are banished into the forest and they have to survive for a year. Isn't that crazy? A little bit cliche but okay. Tom, turn it around so you don't approve. Nah. You can see me in the mirror. He doesn't approve. Oh it's got pine, Meg's pine. Oh Tom likes pine. He likes to cover. Did you ever read it? No I haven't read it yet. Isn't it about like some sort of cabin in the woods? No it's about this dad and daughter who like to pick up a woman who's like stumbling by the side of the road and then she disappears. It turns out to be like a Fingermajiggy. Fingermajiggy. They have a CJ Tudor, another really great thriller author. I've read two CJ Tudors and they've both been four stars. I think that's a really strong line up then. Yeah. They've got a lot of books you'd like here. I know. It is a really strong line up. They've got a Miss Ruth Ware. The turn of the key, classic. The turn of the key. The first book I remember making reading. The first thriller book I've read and the first vlog I ever did on my channel. That's a great, that's a good cruise. I'm reading Ruth Ware on the cruise and I think she's a great cruise. Let's have a look, let's have a look at our queen. Tell me what she looks like. Bro this is exactly what I imagined her look like. It's fabulous. I can see where the gays love her. I'm reading The Woman in Cabin 10. Who is going to be brave enough to pick up this in a week? It's the Bible. How many pages? God knows. Hey look, I'll do it. 700, okay, look, I'll do it. You just beat her, you are. I'm mean. And she's good at Geoguessa. And like Sam. I feel very attacked. Relax. See again, this is like the second in a series. Why do they have loads of second in series? Again, this is like the third in a series, third in a series I think. That's a whopper. Joe Wolf Hall. Yeah. This is the third in that book. Three in a Mantel. Yeah. Right, we're into not fiction now. Okay. So I probably won't know any of this. I didn't see the Parage in a second. But Tom, vegan style. Oh that's what I've always wanted to read. How to be anti-racist. I have the audiobook. I've had the audiobook for ages. Anti-racist. Yeah. It's a cool front cover though. It is. I always wanted to read it. That might have been another one I picked up since I have the audiobook. I think I recognise the author's name. Let's see. What else did I write? Founding director of the Anto-racist research. Yes, I've read that. I've read Stamped. Oh yes, you've read Stamped. Yes, that's where I go. Tom, in the mirror. Tom approved this time. I think I did. Oh, Roaring Girls. This is one I've always seen about, and I think I have the audiobook on the script. The forgotten feminist of British history. Well that sounds quite cool. So I think this is non-fiction. Yeah, that would be my choice. I think that's the book I would choose to read. These are the different women. Marie Estelle, yeah. This would be a good pick. I have the audiobook on script. This, The Furies and the Gracia, might have been the ones, or maybe the other people by CJ Tudor would probably have been the ones I would have picked had I read from this on the holiday. Murder by the book. What is that? That looks like non-fiction. What? This sounds interesting. Early in the mornings of May 1840, in a Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from the nearby house. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that his head was almost severed. The whole of London, from Monarch to Street Urchin, was gripped by the gory details of the Russell murder. Wow, and this is like telling the story of the murder case, and it's non-fiction. That sounds interesting too. I like the cover as well. Yeah, really pretty, but a bit like an appeal. Kind of. And there's pictures. She loves pictures. She loves pictures. Whoa! He's scurred. That's quite dramatic. We've got quite a lot of Nor Roberts. Shout out to Mara, who's like read every Nor Roberts book ever. I've never read one, but I do want to give Nor Roberts a go at some point. Oh! Look what they have. The Christie Affair by Nina Drugamont. This is a fictionalization of when Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days, and it was good. It's like a full-star. It's not really a mystery. I would say it's more like fiction inspired by that event. But it was good, and it's written from the perspective of Agatha Christie's husband's mistress. Dead in Devon. Dead in Devon. Not only are you dead, but you're dead in Devon. Fucking hell. You decompose really rapidly. Oh, they have the Kingdom of Copper. Isn't this a... Is this the first? This isn't the... This is the second or third one as well. I can't complain. Actually, I can. This is the second one in the series. They have a thing about the second ones in the series. Czech Rabbati? Or Czech Rabboti? Yeah, S.A. Czech Rabboti. This is like a fantasy series. But why do they have all second ones? Okay, so I think that's us done, but I hope you enjoyed having a little look at what was in the crew's library. I think they had a much better selection than I thought they would have. There's so many releases, so many books that are like pop-man booktube, like The Dragon Republic, like Janice Hallett. They had a really good selection, I think. So let me know what you would have read. If you had come on the cruise and had the library to pick what you read, what would you have picked up and read? I'd be really interested to know. Thank you so much for watching, and I will see you very soon in another video. Bye! Okay, okay.