 I just want to start off by saying how ironic it is that from the beginning of this I had chosen everything everything by Nikola Yoon to be the first book for me to read in March for contemporary and I just finished it in the midst of literally what's happening right now. I just think it's so ironic that I don't know I guess my TBR predicted something like this not to this extreme but like still she was quarantined for like her entire life because of an illness and now we're all heading into quarantine in fear of getting ill. What am I gonna read next? Hey guys so I just got back from going on a walk with my dad while listening to my audiobook um I just as a reminder I'm listening to my life next door as my audiobook and oh my goodness it is cold earlier than it was yesterday today and so it was nice to walk especially in like this time of quarantine where I'm not going outside much but oh I didn't vlog because it was so cold but I got a lot done with my audiobook I got another two hours done so I've got about two and a half hours left in my audiobook and the thing is is that this huge thing just happened in the book and it's like this big thing happens and you know exactly what happened but the character is kind of figuring it out and even when like the character has figured it out and the author just kind of keeps talking without just stating the obvious it always annoys me like it's like I know it the character knows that we all know it just hurry up and say it you know rather than like oh dry it out and almost like make it poetic or make it mean something it just it always annoys me and it's like oh just get to the chase this happened which caused this and oh my word it's chaotic but so I'm kind of at that point in the book where it's like what's the character gonna do about it now I hope they do the right thing they're gonna struggle not to the right thing and then they're gonna get found out and then it's all gonna suck and then maybe it'll get better on the last like page or two but um yeah I'm enjoying the book I think it's all right I mean it's just I don't know how many pages it is because it's an audio book but I'm glad it's a shorter book because I'm just not that into it so much as I would be with other books or other genres so I will keep you updated hopefully I can keep listening to it here at home but we'll see especially since today is actually April 3 and so I should have finished this video but I hadn't finished the books for my contemporary genre so I'm gonna try and finish those as I'm working through my OWL's books and requirements and stuff so yeah we're gonna try and get it all done very quickly so I can just focus on passing the OWL's but catch up with you guys later so I finished my life next door today and I gave it three out of five stars because I thought it was a pretty solid story idea it was interesting I liked the characters the ending I wasn't super happy with just because I feel like it all wrapped up so no no not that I wrapped up quickly but that like it didn't wrap up enough like I still had not quite questions but it just wasn't super clear what all was going on and it was just so fast and I don't know the ending just wasn't very satisfying and it wasn't like an ending in the way of like oh I have all these questions I wish I could know oh or that I wish there was a sequel or anything like that it just kind of was like ending ending and then it cut off right before the final details were finished um but yeah I mean it was an entertaining read I'm glad it wasn't super long just because if it were longer it would have dragged on for too long and it would have been started to get boring um yeah and as I mentioned before like it had one of those moments of like yes we all know this happened just hurry up and get to it I mean it wasn't like a slow book or lagging or anything but it just wasn't quite the pacing to my taste so I gave it 3 out of 5 stars still decently solid I would still recommend it for people who really enjoy contemporary novels or romance novels um just because like romance was a huge part in it but it wasn't everything which I really appreciated um but yeah and with that I'm gonna say that this is the end of my March film or my March video um I didn't get to read as many contemporary as I hoped I would due to the craziness of packing up moving back being quarantined not going to not going to the library um just things like that I I was able to read everything everything and my life next door I started another book that I think is contemporary but I'm not 100% sure it seems to be contemporary but I have not finished it and it is April now so I am probably gonna put that one on pause um because April I am doing the Owls Readathon hosted by Book Roast and with G and so yeah things have just been kind of wonky as I'm sure everyone can relate and assume it's been pretty wonky so yeah I in terms of contemporary as a genre as a whole it is not my favorite it is not necessarily one that I am going to gravitate towards when looking for a new book however I do still like it and I think for me contemporary is gonna be much more of a summer read than anything you know schools out I'm gonna go to the beach or I'm going to just sit in the sun and read and for that I'll use a contemporary book but it's it's not a genre that I'm going to follow um if there's a good contemporary I will read it but like I said I just won't quite seek it out as much as I will other genres like historical fiction or fantasy or sci-fi blah blah blah etc and so forth um but I still think it's a pretty interesting genre especially since like contemporary books can deal with such contemporary issues and I think that's a really good thing um especially when society is constantly changing and evolving I think it's very important to write books about it and then to read books about it to get some new perspective to just kind of exercise our minds about different solutions for problems or just understanding things um so I admire contemporary I admire certain contemporary novels that deal with these kinds of things but not all contemporary novels are like that um and yeah and I find that contemporary novels really do dip into romance a lot which I don't know if that's like it's it's fine uh like I don't have a problem with romance obviously that was my last month's video you can go ahead and check it out but yeah I just feel like there aren't as many contemporary books that are popular that don't have some sort of love theme or subplot I don't mind contemporary love novels rather than like specifically romance books I think I'd prefer the contemporary novel just because there's another element of life to it so with that I am gonna just say that this is the end of the video I hope you guys are staying safe staying healthy um we have just been required to well not required but you know it's the the CDC is suggesting that we wear masks and so please don't go out and buy the um medicinal masks that doctors and surgeons and nurses don't buy the masks that they use if anything I would encourage you to find some old scrap of fabric in your house and make yourself a mask it is not that hard I will be doing that and people in my family have already done that um and then I think that's just a fun way to like personalize your own mask because if you make it and then you can use whatever fabric you choose and blah blah blah anyway this is not a health concerned video but I mean yeah speaking of contemporary modern times wash your hands coffin your elbow not into your hands please um but yeah so with that I'm gonna wish you uh not just a happy reading but safe reading we are warriors we are tough we can fight through it so safe reading guys