 For fantasy, I feel like these bitches always look the same. So I'm like, who are you? Who are you? Um, who knows? And I'm actually, I'm actually really enjoying it. For what? We need something to spice it up. Let's mention the serial killer who's, some of his comings happen at the same time as a lot there. Hello friends, we have one cat. We have another cat. Can you even see him? I think you can, you can see his ass. I remember thinking, I'm about to beat this bitch up. Welcome back. It is time, it is time for episode three of Booktube Twin Test. So if you don't know, this is a series I do where I ask a booktuber that you guys who said, do you think I have a similar reading taste to? I asked them for three books that they have loved, book recommendations. I read those books and it is a competition. And in the first two episodes of this, I did it with Books and Lala and Riley Marie and Kayla had 13 points and Riley had 12.5. So it has been a close run competition so far. They've given me some good recommendations. The booktuber I've asked this time is one that four of you said. So previously Kayla and Riley were ones that loads of you have said. And then I didn't want to just keep doing like the ones that most people have said. I wanted to like choose some booktubers that would intrigue me, you know, that make me think, huh, why have you said that? So the booktuber I've chosen for this edition is Aaron from Booktom Busy. So I love Aaron. Aaron is one of my favorite booktubers. I absolutely love her videos. And I never thought of us like as having a similar reading taste necessarily. I mean, I like fantasy. She loves fantasy, but I don't know. I've just never thought of us as having the same reading taste. So I really want to put that to the testers video. I'm really excited to see what she's going to recommend. My guess is a lot of fantasy, but she may recommend maybe more mysteries that she's enjoyed because she knows that's what I enjoy or may kind of adjust what she recommends to me. So I really don't know, but it's time to go ahead and watch the video that Aaron has sent me recommending me books. Hi, Megan. Hello. I am very surprised to find myself here as a contestant on Booktube's contest. But I asked myself, do I want Megan to read my favorite books or do I want to win? Ah! And of course the answer is that I want to win. So. I've done something that may be cheating. Okay. And if it is cheating, I'm going to go back up. So I'm actually going to recommend you four books. Okay. Okay. And I guess we'll read three. And we're going to get to why, and just to say I have a cunning reason behind all of my selection. So let's get into it. The first one, I feel like it's not a book you would expect or anyone would expect me to recommend, but I think it's a private recommendation for you because it is a book that I loved and I got you five stars. Okay. And it has some of your favorite things, murder, mayhem, lost women, true crime, and even better, it's a nonfiction. So my first recommendation is The Devil in the Light City by Mary Larson. This is one of my best books of 2020, the only nonfiction to make this. How exciting! Oh my God. This is a story about the Chicago World's Fear and H.H. Holmes, the serial killer. In this book, we follow, it's nonfiction, but it reads like fiction. I also highly recommend the audio book of this. I had a fantastic experience and it's told in two parts. And one is from the point of an architect who is trying to bring about the Chicago World's Fear. I had no interest in architecture, but I was riveted the entire time. And then we also follow H.H. Holmes on his rise to infamy. My second, it's another book that I don't think people would expect me to recommend here. Okay. When giving people the power to read things. I'm just getting crazy. Expects anything to me. But this is a book that warmed my heart, that I enjoy so much, that's outside of my usual, but that I gave five stars. It has dark academic elements. It's a mystery. It is just very fun. And it's also a middle grade. So my second choice is going to be the mystery of black Hollywood. I've never heard of that in my life. I know that you're a fan of mystery, you should have a genre. I know that you like middle grade. I know we had similar ratings for Martin and the Night Brothers. And I think that you're going to love this. This is the only middle grade that I've given five stars in the middle of the world. And the setting is just perfect for this time of year. And I think you're going to love it. We follow our main character, Lola. This is not what I was expecting at all. This is something very different. Before she gets there, she finds these mysterious things about the academy that her father left to her. And when she gets there, she finds out that her father may have been into more than she imagined, even though she hadn't seen him since she was three. So my next choice is here's where it comes in, where it's cheating, maybe. I don't think it's cheating, but you know, house rules. So this is where it came down to, do I want to win and do I want to be nice? Well, really just do I want to win? Or do I want to be risky? So I have chosen to recommend you a book that I did not like at all. No, I ran. And the goal was to beat Kayla and beat Riley. So I want to go with that. No. So that book is, The Dragon's Road Warplong. I know that you really, really enjoyed book one. Yes I did. And I am a fan of Marathon and Series. I know that you're stuck in the middle of quite a few series and making some progress with it. So probably ended up with you reading the last book before the year is out. Don't call me up. So you're welcome. I gave this book two stars because it was more like the half of the popular one. We'll see what book the other recommendation is. I don't think we'll be reading this. This is pretty likely to get a good rating from you. So this is my choice. Now, if for some reason you feel like that's cheap. I think it is. I'm going to give you a fourth option. And this is a book that I gave five stars. Okay, we'll read this one. And that is Assassins of Prentice by Robin. Now I thought about this one and I was going to recommend some to you. I was like, hmm, she's going to be starting a new series and you already know so many series. And I love this book but it's very sad and depressing. But it's a perfect reading time of the year. I read it in the spring and beginning of quarantine. So sad and depressing season. But this book is fantastic. I love it. It's one of my favorite characters of all time. This writing, this story, it's beautiful and it's going to stay with me forever. In this book, we find my main character, Fitzgill, who is the best son of King Ray. I do not think I'll be reading this book anytime soon. He eventually gets trained into being in the Sathin because he can move through both worlds as the son of a noble. I absolutely love this book. Okay, there's five stars. So here are my three official recommendations. And if, you know, the house rules are termed that I am cheating, here is where I am recommending to you. Best of luck. And I can't wait to get my booktube twin test score. I think that's cheating. The rules don't apply. But here's the thing. I would rather read the Dragon of Public, right? I wanna make progress in that series. I really love the Poppy War and then I haven't made progress because I do find those books intimidating, the Dragon of Public and the Burning God. I own them both, but I think it's cheating. The whole purpose of this series is to read books that they have loved to find if we are twins. So I am gonna read Assassin's Apprentice in this video. I feel like that's the whole point of the video. So that's what we're gonna do. So we're gonna read the mystery, the middle grade, I can't remember what it was called, the Devil in the White City and the Assassin's Apprentice. Now I don't wanna read the Devil in the White City. But we're gonna do it because I think that fits the idea of the video. I think I'm probably gonna start with the middle grade once I get my hands on it because I'm kind of in the mood for a middle grade mystery. The way that Aaron described it, I'll be very excited. So I think we're gonna start with that one. And oh my God, this is such a crazy selection. This is not, apart from Assassin's Apprentice is kind of the kind of thing I expected but the other two aren't. So I'm very excited to read some mystery. I did not think I'd be getting to do that. And yeah, I'll chat to you in a bit. We just saw, we're from, it was my and Tom's five year anniversary the other day and we went out for a nice lunch, which I didn't film, I forgot, but I remembered to film a bit of our walk and we went on a really nice walk together and the autumn is right at its end. So like all the trees, I don't know if the clips captured it well enough but like all the trees were so gold and orange and gorgeous. It was absolutely stunning. I had the best time. But about the book. I am about halfway through the mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel. And I'm really enjoying it. It took me a hot second to get into it because this is a middle grade but it reads as quite a young middle grade in my opinion. Like it's like a young middle grade, young middle grade. So for a moment I was like, I just don't know if it's quiet for me. You know what I mean? But as it's gone on, I've gotten more into it. So we're following Emmy who is American but her mother is like this really well-known kind of like parent guru and she's like, I'm too busy with my show that I've got to film. So she sends Emmy off to this private school in England. And I think it's actually near Norfolk but she don't know, I support Norwich City football club who are in Norfolk. And like there's a bit where she like goes to King's Lynn on a trip. And like the way that King's Lynn is romanticized, it just made me laugh. It was very funny. Emmy recognizing all the places talked about and knowing what they're really like. She meets her two friends. She's got this really like type group of friends there and they're trying to solve this mystery of kind of the history of the school and how her dad, who she hasn't seen since she was three and maybe wrapped up in it. And I'm really enjoying it. It's like a fun, simple kind of mystery middle grade. I'm really excited to read more in this series as well. I really like the characters. I think they have a really kind of pure kind friendship with one another. But yeah, I think Aaron was completely right as well when she said that like it's perfect for this time of year. There is this kind of like dark academia-ness to it. Like it's all about this old school with this like dark history to it. And I'm really enjoying like them and uncovering it and trying to figure out like the history of the school. And it's like a boarding school, right? So they like live there. It has that nostalgic boarding school, dark academia middle grade feeling, which I really, really enjoy. Do you wanna come say hello? Hi, how you doing? Hi, my name is Laura. She says, no Megan. I don't really wanna see her though. Thank you. She was very fucking rude. Weren't sure. But yes, very intrusive to see where it's gonna go. I feel like the mystery has kind of started being laid. We've got a great kind of scooby gang of friends. I'm just really enjoying it. That's all I really have to say. It's not like a five star right now. I don't know if it's gonna be a five star. I'm gonna go to the gym now and then I'm gonna come back and hopefully finish this tonight. So I'll speak to you tonight all in the morning about kind of my final thoughts about it. But yeah, I'm really, really enjoying it. Okay, I have finished the mystery of Black Collar Lane and I'm gonna give it three stars. It's gonna be a three star. So much more pressure in these videos when I'm rating these books because this kind of adds to the points of that booktube and I feel guilty. But anyway, I enjoyed it on the whole but the ending, it just didn't do it for me. Okay, here's the thing, it's a middle grade. I recognize it's a children's book and I'm not out here with unrealistic expectations for what it should do. So I've obviously felt like it was predictable but that's, a children's book doesn't have to be predictable. Do you know what I mean? And I felt like it was very over explained and I just didn't love it as much. When I last checked in with you, I kind of expected it to kind of improve and it didn't improve for me. Like the ending, there's this big explanation for why everything happened and how everything happened and I just don't vibe. Like I don't want that. I don't care, I don't care what age range it is. I don't care. I don't want that. I mean, all I can do is be honest with my feelings. Because Aaron mentioned Amari and the Night Brothers, right? And how I loved that when recommending this book. And Amari didn't do that. Or like it kind of had a moment like that but it was done so well. Like Amari was clever. It's such a clever children's book. And I don't think me saying this wasn't like clever enough or it was too like, the language wasn't quite what I liked. I'm not saying like it should be like adult bros and I'm saying that. I am viewing it through the lens of a middle grade. I wanna make that clear. I was a bit disappointed towards the end of it. I think I'll still carry on with this series although I may just listen to the audiobooks. I may not like collect it physically but I feel like I haven't got much to say. Like it was just, it just got on my nerves a bit at the end. I felt like it wasn't complex enough and I was a bit bored towards the end. You know what I mean? However, I will say I really enjoyed football and this. I love football. If you don't know, I support Norwich. The main character loves, she calls it soccer. And I really loved like seeing that. And like I always love books that talk about football particularly girls playing football. That's like a bit of a niche that I really enjoyed. So that I did really love. I loved the setting but I felt like the characters weren't it. Like I feel like I'm gonna keep comparing it to a Maron Knight Brothers just so we have like a point of reference. But the characters like even the adult figures in a Maron Knight Brothers was so like vivid and interesting and layered. And I didn't feel like these were. So next we're gonna read Assassin's Apprentice which I'm terrified for. Like I'm literally mildly terrified for this. I'm not gonna lie to you. But first I thought we could unbox fairly together. Fairly makes me think of Aaron because Aaron unboxes fairly too. So I feel like this works. This is, I think this is the October box. I think this is gonna be the October box. I've always loved Fairly Loot. So let's show you what we've got this. Oh my God, this is tough. Fuck, what is our theme for this month? Oh, broken heart. Okay, what is this? Oh my God, what is that? Oh, it's a kingdom of the wicked blanket. Oh my God, this blanket is so soft. Blankets are such a good book. Hang on, whoa. It's like a blanket of a snake over this sword. Can you see that? I hope you can see that. But oh my God, that is so soft. Next we've got Once Upon a Broken Heart Character Cards. Okay. Oh wow, they're a load. They weren't kidding. There's loads of these. I always love, these are so beautifully designed. But I, when we get these, I can never tell you. I mean, I know once broken hearts only just come out. But I can never tell you like who's who. Like I don't know what characters look like for the life of me. I have no idea. Is anyone else just unable to like envisage characters? Like if it's for a book I've read and I see like unless it's really obvious like for fantasy of like these bitches always at the same. So I'm like, who are you? Who are you? Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows. Then oh, we've got a Trinket Trey designed by Ars28. Oh, inspired by Adi LaRue. Oh, this is pretty. I do love a good Trinket Trey. Look how cute that is. I'm gonna have to put that on my bookshelf. I really love that. Wow, I do love their Trinket Trey. That is so cute. Where should I put that? We have got a postcard inspired by we set the dark on fire. And then we've got the tarot cards this month inspired by Ray Bearer. Okay, let's look and see what the book is going to be. Oh my God. I'm so excited. I don't know what it is. But she's beautiful. Right. But she's beautiful. Oh my God. Wow, okay. And then, oh my God, get out. Get out. No, no, I can't take it. I can't. The ballad of the art chair and the fucks? No. And then look at the art on the inside of the dust jacket. I actually, I am deceased. I'm leaving. I'm leaving. Oh my God. Fuck. This is gorgeous. This is up there as one of my favorite books I've received from Fairyloot this whole year. What? It is so gorgeous. I mean, get out. I mean, I'm fed up. Oh my God. Oh my God, I love it. Okay, so this is Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber, which I've had a lot of my patrons have actually been talking about how much they've been excited for this. A beautiful story about love curses and the lengths that people go to for a happily ever after. Look at this cover. I can't get over the cover. Okay. It's gorgeous. Listen, you guys need to go check out Fairyloot down below. I will always just love Fairyloot. I cannot get over how gorgeous this edition is. Like it is absolutely stunning. It is stunning. So I will leave Fairyloot down below. I absolutely love this. So anyway, it is now time for me to go read Assassin's Apprentice. I'm gonna try and read almost the whole thing today. I have the audiobook. I need to do a few more work bits, but then I need to just focus on this. This is gonna be my sole focus the rest of the day. I'm nervous. I'm nervous, but I'm excited. I'm hoping I'm gonna love it, but like am I? We shall see. I am 108 pages into Assassin's Apprentice. And I am actually, I'm actually really enjoying it. What? I'm like, oh! I wasn't expecting that at all. I actually can't believe. I'm actually gonna get read. I can't believe how much I'm actually enjoying this. I was thinking to myself, I cannot remember the last time I read an adult high fantasy. I can't, I can't remember. I looked back on Goodreads and the last two things I would class as like high fantasy that I've read were both YA. But I actually can't remember the last time I read an adult high fantasy, which is like a completely different reading experience, right? It's a bit more clever. It's a bit more like there's so many layers to it. There's so many different elements to it and relationships and politics. And I like, I can't remember I read, the last time I read a book like this and I'm really enjoying it. So basically in this, we're following a child named Fitz, who is the illegitimate son of the prince in waiting who eventually abdicates because of this scant, not abdicate, I don't know if that's the right word, but like steps out of line to become king because of this scandal. And we're following Fitz as he kind of grows up in the kind of like royal circle, it's called the keep. So he lives in kind of the area that they all live. He's being looked after by one of the prince's men, like the prince's previous men, but he's also starting to be kind of trained by different people. And that's not a spoiler, is it? Yes, okay, he's being trained as an assassin. Wait, the title is Assassin's Apprentice. Okay, yeah, so he's being trained as an assassin, but that's only really just started. Like we have a lot of him growing up and kind of it seems like he has magical powers that we don't really know much about yet, but he particularly has like an affinity with animals and kind of connecting with them, but it's something that the people in his life are trying to dissuade him from doing. Anyway, all that to say, I'm really enjoying it. I feel like I love being in a fantasy world like this. It's reminded me a lot of, this is YA, but Girl of Fire and Thorns, I think it's called, is a book I read ages ago. It's like a very old, not very old, but it's an older YA fantasy. I did a read along with Nicole from the book, she ran it and I co-hosted it and we read the series. I have, oh, can you see that? Yeah, Empire of Dreams is the new, that came out last year I think, that's like a spin-off of the series, but I really loved that series. Like in a way that I haven't necessarily connected to a lot of other YA series fantasy, especially it's older and it's kind of reminded me of it. It's got similar kind of like political maneuverings vibes, obviously in an adult version. And here's the thing, I was so nervous to read this book. Like I was very nervous because it is so widely loved, but I am really enjoying it. Like Aaron is kind of, I feel like, I don't know. I feel like I wasn't expecting to be enjoying it this much. Just like I am enjoying reading a book in this tone of voice, kind of this, you know, you know what I mean in like adult fantasy tone of voice. I haven't read anything like that in a long time and it's a slower pace, you know, you get the sense that this is the start of this entirely expensive world that Robin Hobbes books are. Now Aaron did say it's sad and I'm not ready for that because I am feeling quite attached to Fitz as a character. He's very endearing, I think. I like being in his head. So all that to say, I'm really enjoying it. I am just gonna read today. Like there's basically what I need to do. I've got a few other like admin bits I need to do. Maybe if I have time, I'll start editing this video. That's not happening. All right. And I've got the gym at two, but other than that, I just wanna read. So yeah, I have the audio book which is helping me along. But yeah, it's actually like I'm surprisingly really enjoying it. I'm on page 250. I'm still really enjoying it. It's like really enjoyable read. I would not be reading it this quick if it wasn't for the audio book though. I will say that. I will give it that. The one thing I would say is if you go into this thinking, I didn't go into this with this kind of assumption, but if you do, don't. Don't go into it with the assumption that like, oh, you know, it's a book about an assassin. It's like, action pack. Like it's not. Like this is a slow burn book. Like it's probably the most like non-actually assassin book to ever exist. Listen, it's one of those books where you read and you go, okay, Robin Hobb could write. Like I just need to, like Robin Hobb can write. It's got that kind of classical fantasy kind of tone. It's got so much depth to it. And you try to like bow down to Robin Hobb's like, excellence, but I really love the characters. My favorite character is Burrach. Burrach, I really like him. Sometimes Fitz is like, he's so mean to me. He likes to control me. But I don't know, I really like him. I think he's funny and he's caring and he's an interesting character. He's my favorite character so far. My only problem with this kind of book, I have this problem a lot in fantasy, is like, does this feel like a book in its own right? I don't know. Do you know what I mean? Because it really does feel like it's setting up this massive series that Robin Hobb is gonna go on to have, which is what happens. You know, Robin Hobb, I don't know. I don't wanna know how many books Robin Hobb has that are in this series. I don't, hang on. I mean, come on. It's ridiculous. Whoa, I'm not looking at that anymore. Let's just forget about that, shall we? Could you just cut that out? So like, does this feel like a book in its own right? It feels like the start of the movie or the first episode of the first series. Do you know what I mean? So that is something that annoys me. I do like my books to feel like a self-contained story that really has like a full arc to it. And this just kind of feels like the setting up of what's gonna happen. But I'm still enjoying it. Like I'm literally reading this the whole day. I think I started it this morning and I will probably, I've only got about like two hours left to the audiobook. So I'm hoping to finish it tonight. It's still really enjoyable. I love the political maneuverings. That's my favorite thing in fantasy is like all this political court kind of intrigue and conflict. So yeah, like I'm enjoying it but I wish these kind of epic fantasy series. Like I do like them to feel like their own book that has its own identity. And I don't necessarily feel that with this but I am still enjoying it. It is gonna get a pretty high rating, I would say. On the grave, it cracks a thousand leaves Somewhere in past and our future rolling over. Okay, I have finished a stuff with apprentice. I just had sprints on my patrons ring the sprints and I finished it in it and I really enjoyed it. I'm gonna give it four stars. Now, here's the thing. It's another fantasy series on my roster that I'm currently reading but I really enjoyed it. I really loved, like I said, the slow burn of kind of understanding fits and getting to know fits and you know, his life and all the political elements of it. I love political court, maneuverings, drama. Like I love that in a fantasy. The fantasy and the magic kind of took a back seat in this book and I don't mind that. I actually usually quite enjoy that because I don't know, I just like all the sneakiness and people are like trying to get what they want and stuff. The one thing I will say is, whenever anyone, hang on, I've got, I just ate a hobnob. I've got loads of shit in my teeth, hang on. Apologies, if you see anything in my teeth let's not talk about it. The one thing I will say is whenever anyone pictures this book, I'm pretty sure Aaron said this as well, like they say, oh it's so sad. Oh my God, you're gonna cry. Not a single tear, not a single tear. And we all know I'm very susceptible to crying when I read a book. Like I will cry at the top of the hat. And I'm like, you guys were crying? Like what part were we crying at? Like there's moments where sad things happen but I can't imagine them making you cry. I just don't think I felt attached enough to the characters. So that's why it's not a five star. I don't think I was very attached. Like there were moments that were sad. Like I was like, oh no, like oh that's sad. But like I wasn't, I mean every one of these was gonna cry at that. And listen, I'm not stone hearted, I cried anything. Like usually I will cry at stuff people don't cry at. That's like kind of the only downside for me but I really love the slowness of it and I'm very excited to like read this whole fancy series. It's gonna take me until I'm 50. Like if we're realistic, I know some people have read like the whole thing. Like Nicole is very far through. Nicole I think is on like the 20 man trilogy or maybe even further than that. It will take me a long time but I am excited to continue on with it and I really enjoyed reading Robin Hobbs' writing for the first time. So I would do this a success. It now means that Aaron is on seven points total. So I don't think she can even beat Riley. Aaron is gonna come in third place of the episode he's done so far. But it's okay because I am enjoying it. Like we haven't done any duds. Honey, you've got a big storm coming. Yeah, even if this is five stars that will mean only 12 points. And I believe Riley, Riley got 12.5 if I'm remembering correctly, I could be wrong. But anyway, we're gonna start the devil in the White City next. You know, this is long which is a little bit intimidating for me. Like it's quite long, this nonfiction and I haven't read nonfiction in a hot minute like in a long time. All I know about this is we're following the serial killer and an architect around at the time of the Chicago World Fair. So yeah, I'm gonna go start it now and I'll check in with you probably when I'm about halfway because it's a nonfiction. I don't think there's gonna be like loads for me to say about my opinion of it. I, so, so, so everyone. I'm very bored. It's not having a job working 24 seven for two days on the trot. I look like a mess. I've just started my period. The bloating is real. Let's, okay. I feel rough first of all which could be coloring my experience of this but I don't feel like it is, but it may be. So take everything I'm saying with like a grain of salt. I am bored as fuck. I don't wanna do an effort as fuck. I wanna do an effort but like that's harsh for a Booktube Twin Test. If it wasn't Booktube Twin Test and there wasn't, you know, points in the balance of this I probably would just do an effort. And I never do enough. I hate doing anything for videos at all in general but I'm so bored you guys. So we have many problems here. We have many problems of this book. First of all, this is a nonfiction book about the 1893 Chicago World Fair and a serial killer who operated in Chicago around the same time and killed lots and lots of women and got away with it for a very long time because of like, you know, how transient people were at the time, how easy it was to disappear, stuff like that. If this was just a book about the world fair would any of us be reading it? Would any of us be reading it? The answer is no. The answer is no. No one on Booktube would have picked this book up because the serial killer element is a bit as interesting. The true crime bit is a bit as interesting but this poor guy, this author, you can tell it's abundantly clear. He just wanted to write a book about the Chicago World Fair. Like that is what he cares about because that is where all the research is. That is where the majority of the book is. And I feel like his editor was like, we need something to spice it up. Let's mention the serial killer who's some of his colleagues happened at the same time as the author and he used his hotel to lure people in at the time that happened but he also killed way before it and after it. So like it's not really link but let's make that tenure a tiny link. Like the link between these two men and these two stories is like it's minuscule. It is minuscule. And I think for me a big problem is that I know about both of these topics. Like this is what's crazy is that I'm not enjoying it because I already know a lot of this stuff and so I'm kind of bored. But like it should be things I'm interested in but I don't feel like either of the stories are really going into that depth, that much depth. I feel like it's all kind of like surface level stuff. Like I've watched videos about the Chicago World Fair before because it's kind of the kind of history I'm interested in. I think Defunctland, if I remember correctly did a really good video about the Chicago World Fair and I've watched many a video on HH Homes who is the serial killer. I've watched like videos of his hotel like being reconstructed, stuff about the true crime and his story. So I've like consumed a lot of media about these two different elements already and I just don't feel like I'm learning anything new. So I am bored as fuck. I'm so sorry, Aaron. Like I'm close, sorry. Like please don't get angry at me. Really, really sorry, Nicky. I'm really, really, really sorry. I didn't realize that it was, I'm sorry. Why are you laughing? I want to love it and I don't really understand why I'm not but I am so bored. Like I'm sitting there like falling asleep and like wishing I was doing something else in my time. So, and like it feels like to me a lot of what is said about HH Homes is like kind of made up. Like I'm like, how do we actually know that? Like the serial killer? I'm like, hmm, how, are we sure? Like it seems like a lot of hearsay, a lot of fictionalization for what is a nonfiction book. So I'm just not vibing. I'm gonna finish it for this video but I know the rating is gonna be low and please don't be mad at me if I very much skim read dress this because I don't want to read it for much longer. So I'm not sure I'll have much just because I've properly sat and like really read the first half, the second half is not getting that treatment from me. I'm sorry, I can't do it. So when I come back to you I'll probably just have a rating and a sad or about me. I don't think I'll be able to say much but I'm gonna finish it but like it's just not, it's just not giving what it wants to give. It's just not, I'm sorry. Listen, we don't even need to talk about it. We don't even need to talk about it. I don't really have anything to say. I read it, I finished it. Can we just applaud me for that? Like, I, my God. Oh, shit, yes! I finished it and I'm so sorry. I'm so fucking sorry, I'm giving it two stars. I'm giving it two stars. Listen, it just, the further this went on the more my thought and belief and assertion that this was just supposed to be a book about the Chicago affair was validated. Like, there was hardly anything until right at the end when it was all about him. There was hardly anything about H.J. Jones, the serial killer. Like, we really forgot about him apart from saying, oh, you went to the fair. Did you know you went to the fair? Oh my God, can you believe it? You went to the fair. Like, come on, come on. I do not care about these old men making business decisions about the fair. Here's the thing, the fair is interesting, right? I have, again, go watch. I'll try and remember to link the defunct learned video on it. It's 20 minutes of your life. This is not 20 minutes of my life. I find it an interesting topic, but it just, I was so bored. And listen, again, I need to assert that some of this may just be me and my problems. And it may just have been a bit like wrong place, wrong time. Do you know what I mean? It just wasn't the right time for me to read this. And in another life, on another day, I would have enjoyed it. But I just, I just, I just did not give a fuck. I'm sorry, I did not care. I don't know, maybe the problem was is that I already knew stuff about this, but like, surely I should be interested to read more in depth about a topic I've already found interesting in the past. But like, I just didn't feel like it hit the right spot for me. And I don't really know why. And I don't wanna talk about it because I'm very sad. And this is like, 10 hours of my life. I'm not gonna get back. So that means, that means at the end that Aaron had a total of nine points, which does per in third place out of the three episodes we've done so far. I'm so sorry, Aaron. I know you wanted to win. I didn't have the best luck with two of them. I'd say the mystery was enjoyable, but I didn't love it. Assassin's apprentice, I really, really enjoyed. And that I don't even wanna, I don't know why I didn't like that. But I really, I was just so bored. I've never been so bored. This is, I don't need, I feel like I need to justify why I was bored. And I don't. But like, it doesn't make any sense why I was bored and didn't like it. But it's the fact. I can only say how I felt. So yeah, I'm sorry, Aaron, but thank you for letting me test out whether we're Booktube twins. But in this case, we're not. In this case, we're not. In these three books, we weren't really Booktube twins. Thank you all so much for watching. As always, I love making these videos, Booktube twin tests, some of the most fun vlogs for me to do. There won't be one next month in December because we've got all of the Christmas content and vlogs coming. I've got so many Christmas vlogs planned. But yeah, thank you so much for watching. If you've gotten to the end, comment a dog emoji, because there's so many dogs in Assassin's apprentice. So many dogs. So comment a dog emoji if you've gotten to the end. Let me know any Booktubers you would like to see on this in the future that you think could beat Kayla, Riley and Aaron. Let me know that down in the comments as well. And thank you so much. I will see you very, very soon in another video. Bye.