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I’m reading Happy Place soon and I’m glad to know going into it that it’s going to be different from Emily Henry’s other books. I probably won’t enjoy it as much but I’m glad to know that beforehand. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the friend group!
I’ve still never read an Emily Henry book 🥲
The New York Times best seller list notoriously doesn't publish the logic (or the numbers) behind their listings. They've very publicly been called out for playing favorites (ie, playing politics) and not representing books that they disagree with politically.
Trash list. Their list is as honest as their reporting. NYT is worthless as anything except toilet paper.
Can someone link the Yellowface review Merphy mentions in the end of the video, please? I can't seem to find it.
#shappie tattoos are real tattoos
Thanks for the huge shout out! Lot of main character energy and unreliable narrator vibes with Yellowface (I love you mentioned Evelyn Hugo, I kept thinking Girl on the Train) But there's a particular type of bookishly online person that will love the deep cuts referenced here, along with a dash of successful Asian woman online having to deal. Let's not forget that perfect, cynical ending to the story too!
Im almost done with the Wager. Its been absolutely fantastic!
I think you should try reading Berserk Manga. It's one of the three legendary seinen manga amongst Vagabond and Vinland saga.
Such a great video! Ngl i skipped most of your talking of Happy Place because I’m reading it next month and want to have my own thoughts but I’ll definitely come back after and see what you thought of it!
Wait, what? Reading a tale of mutiny and shipwreck while on the stern of a boat in a large body of water? What’s next? Let’s read “Christine” while riding in a red 1958 Plymouth Fury. This could be the start of any book lover’s version of X-Games. Let’s live on the edge people!
Not going to lie, was hoping you'd get the Jack Carr book lol
$27?!?! I've seen The Happy Face for fifty cents at the Library. I can't even
can people still join your discord server? I was in there on an old account and have since made a new one cause I forgot my login and wanna join again 😭
Great vlog! Was fun to watch. I had the same thoughts on Happy Place! Glad I'm not alone with how much I hated it and all those stupid people not talking to each other. 🙄
Hey Merph, I think a romance you'd love is the Wisteria Society for Lady Scoundrels.
Having read Babel and Poppy War, Kuang is just a pass for me. Great ideas that never really go past very surface level, simple executions.
Maybe off topic but I am curious…
I will ask until I get your answer…
Did you read the truth books by Dawn Cook???
Have you read The Expanse series? I'm finishing the first book. I liked it. It's a bit of a challenge as it's my first read in years.
Yellowface:
I'm not knowledgeable when it comes to Online Book Space. I watch a BookTube video every now and then. This very comment section on this very platform is the closest I get to engaging in Social Media. I'd say, about half the apps or sites she mentioned, I had to look up.
I loved this book! I loved seeing all the fallacies and hypocrisy in a believable context. I loved being asked questions without seeing them answered, being pushed to come up with the questions myself. And I really enjoyed – with my tablet by my side – learning about em dashes and Little Pink.
Honestly, as someone that was bothered by how on the nose The Poppy War trilogy and even Babel got, it bothered me a lot less in Yellowface. Perhaps it's because the language Kuang uses is more suitable for contemporary stories? As some critics noted for Babel, the terminology Kuang sometimes uses feels VERY modern and probably not something the characters in the story would have known. And personally I think Yellowface has a lot fewer pacing issues that Kuang's previous works do, so that helps. (For reference, the PW trilogy for me is 3 stars, Babel was a 4 star, and Yellowstar full 5 stars.)
The Wager sounds right up my alley. I had heard about it but didn’t know too much. Going to add that to my tbr. Yellowface is one I want to get to at some point. I read Babel and liked it quite a bit, never read the Poppy Wars.
"I don't have twitter and this isn't real" kinda sums up exactly how I feel about Twitter just in general