🤞 these books help me get out of my reading slump 👀 tbr cluedo picks what i read! 🔎 august tbr-ep 36

Hello friends welcome back to my channel and welcome back to TBR clo if you're new here this is my TBR game that I play every single month where we have different rooms for different genres and then prompts I have to read a book that is that genre and that prompt you'll get it as we go along July was one of my worst reading months ever in existence I think I only read five books I think I have to leave and so I want to have a really good reading month in August but the problem with TBR cludo for August is I still don't know a lot of the books I'm going to be reading in August there's a lot of videos I'm doing where I don't know what I'm going to be reading I haven't found out what I'm going to be reading yet because I'm either finding out in the course of the video well there's one video which I'm going to talk about later which I'm finding out on Friday what I'm going to be reading so it's a bit tricky for TBR C because I can't fit books to proms but we're going to try our best the books I do know I have to read we got a lot of fantasy and sci-fi but that goes into the fantasy room cuz I don't have a Sci-Fi room so should we just begin with August T I'm not feeling the best about my reading about my chances about how kind T may be to me me but let's let's just go ahead and see shall we okay time for roll number one person number three which is red up here in historical I may use it to get somewhere else cuz as we know I've got a lot of fantasy I need to read this month let's see how many We Roll we got a one and a five one two three oh [ __ ] I didn't mean to drop it oh no say three four 5 six that works perfectly that is number 20 which is a five star prediction so RO number one was a fantasy that is a five-star prediction and although I have a lot of fantasy that I want to try and read and want to try and get a lot of fantasy roles this month in T clud I couldn't in good faith really predict many of them as five star predictions either they're really short and I'm like I don't know if I give five stars to novelas or like short stories often or um they're just like unknown authors or series that I tend to give four stars but not five stars so I couldn't really in good faith uh get any of these for this prompt which kind of sucks cuz I like Yay fantasy prompt and I was like oh can't actually use any of the books I need to read so this is the one I gave to my patrons for a book club poll my patrons get to vote on one round of t- Bel cluder every month and that ends up being our book club pick for the month something very exciting by the way guys is I've managed to change my patreon so that you get charged rather than the first of every month like it used to be so like if you're joining on the 20th you'd pay on the 20th and then pay again on the 1 now you pay every month on the day you join so if you join on the 18th you pay every month on the 18th so it's a lot better for you guys so if you want to go check the patreon out down below you can you may want to when you see what a book club pick is this month so the choices that I gave my patrons were unraveler by Francis Harding The Familiar by Lee bardugo the tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett and Starling house by alexie Harrow and guys we had a tie we had a tie both on 35% of the vote we have the familiar and the T painted cup equal equal votage and I think we've had a tie once before and usually what I do is I have the casting vote cuz I don't vote when the poll's live so then I get to vote if there's a tie I can't I can't make this decision please I can't make this decision and the one that I chose basically completely on a whim because I'm so excited to read both of these hence them being five star predictions but I did choose a familiar by leardo so this is our book club pick for the month if you want to come join us there'll be a discussion live show there's discussion sections on the Discord there'll be a reading Vlog for exclusively on the patreon I'm so excited for this one so this is thebody Go's new release this year and it basically is set during the Spanish Inquisition I believe and a girl who's hired to like use magic but then people are hunting down magicians and want to burn them and it's secretive and I'm just so excited because I love anything that is outside of the gr nowadays he does yep yep yep yep yep I a controversial opinion I've spoken about this before I think she should act a g ver give us one more book give us like a book to wrap her all up like a six of crows three wrap it up and then I think we should be done I don't think we should [ __ ] around with the Gish ver anymore because rule of wolves if you don't know is the sequel to King of scars which are the two latest in the Gish verse I just think it's getting a bit convoluted and I didn't like how the Shadow and Bone and six of cow stories have now merged because I like to keep them separate cuz I like one series and don't like the other I just think G should be done and I think she should be writing adult stuff now and of up to date the only adult stuff she's written is the 9th House series so this is her first book that I think is meant to be a standalone I don't think this is meant to turn into a series and um a really interesting different route for her I'm so excited to read this I love Lee you know I have good luck with a lot of Lee stuff like I really have the night House series I really love six of crones cook Kingdom so I'm really looking forward to this one I think it could be a really interesting one to discuss I think the Spanish setting is a really interesting choice for her I think she said that she has some kind of like familial lineage and connection this time period in Spain that could be incorrect I'm not putting words in her mouth but I I feel like I remember her speaking about that in interview so I'm just super excited for hisorical from how I just think oh lee the world of possibilities right Gish Gish was good about lasted but I think like you know how like Marvel I mean obviously the new Mar this is this is this is I'm thinking about this cuz I just watched a podcast about this what does I have to do with anything [ __ ] you know how Marvel obviously the new Wolverine Deadpool movie is like you know doing very well but for the part people have fed up with Marvel right it's been going on for so long with so many films it was like got fatigue about Marvel I don't want us to have that about the Gish ver let's just like leave it a success you know let's not let it die a slow death so anyways I don't know why I'm talking about the Gish ver so much but I am really excited to read this one and see something different from her and her writing I think her writing could suit this historical setting very very well so if you want to read this with us if you want to have some friends through this world if you want to join me on the discussion live show you can join the patreon down below and you'll only be charged on this day every month which I think is way better for you guys I'm so happy I've finally been able to make that change roll number two person number eight which is blue and contemporary oh can we get the rose prompt one and three perfect one oh wait no hang on 1 2 3 4 there we go and that is the Rose prompt which means a patreon is going to pick what I read roll number two was the rose prom which means I have to pick a book that one of my patrons has chosen I know this is a lot of Patron stuff guys there's no more patreon stuff in the rest of this video they've just been you know concentrated to the start of the video so um yeah another thing when you draw my patreon you get to pick two books off of my own TBR that you would like me to read and they go into this pot and we pick one out when there's a rose prompt and we read it so I feel like I can trust my patrons I feel like they make quite good choices so let's see I'm going to get one a little bit of the ways down okay I've got one okay okay okay let's see I hope that's in focus this what is that the girl who fell Beneath the Sea I did not see myself reading that anytime soon if I'm entirely honest with you let's see who picked it and then we will find it on our shelves so we've only got one person who picked it it's so crazy when we get one like a book that only one person has picked because there's so many books on here that like 20 people have picked but Olivia Olivia picked The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea let me I don't know where that is let me try and find it too hot for this approximately 10 hours later okay I found it I checked it down we've got The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by axi O I have this beautiful fairy loot Edition this has been on my TBR for quite a while but I love look how gorgeous those end pages are and oh my God it's so beautiful very stunning absolutely stunning you look stunning darling so stunning absolutely stunning this is about this island where deadly storms rage every year and they believe that the sea god is is the one enacting these storms and every year the island uh throws aadan into the sea as like a sacrifice and many believe that the protagonist's brother's beloved is the true legendary true bride but he jumps in with her when she's supposed to be sacrificed and our protagonist throws herself into the water too and gets Swept Away in this like magical city of gods I've heard really good things about this one it's one I've been meaning to get to for so long I think it's the kind of lyrical magical beautiful writing I would enjoy I just love the cover I I've heard really really good things so I'm excited to be finally made to get to this one I've heard wonderful things and again I just love this addition so much and just like reading a lovely addition just adds something to the reading experience doesn't it it just makes me extra happy I was reading in the Vlog that's coming this weekend this an edition of a book that I just love and I didn't even really love the book but I just had so much fun reading it cuz I love the addition so anyways I'm super excited to this one glad that I've finally been made to get around to it roll number three person number one which is green I'm we yes this is going so well Green in fantasy let's see how many We Roll got four or a one what book in there can I get to with a four and a one I am going to go 1 2 3 4 5 that is number 11 what is that oh a book with plants or an animal on the cover okie dokie roll number three was a fantasy with plants or animals on the cover and I have chosen one with some animals and little creatures on it and that is goblins and great coats by Travis bowy this is a short story it's like 11 pages but I'm reading it this one and it fit the prompt if this is a difficult prompt this is a hard prompt and it fit the prompt so we're going with it um I don't really know what this is about I think it's a murder mystery I think it's like a Fantastical murder mystery it's got little horsey on the cover and other creatures it's Travis bowy and I love Travis bow so I'm reading it and I never been told it's m mystery is this one a m mystery or is it his next book that's a murder mystery someone's told me he's writing a murder mystery it might not be this one I don't really want to know I don't want to look up the because it's 11 [ __ ] pages but I guess I will oh no this is a locked room mystery okay it can only be solved by detective her eyes are clean her teeth are sharp she's a little Goblin she's a little Goblin and she's solving a mystery that's all I really want to know going into this it's the very very much not long um but I love Travis bow you guys know I love Legends and lates and I love bookshops and bone dust and the idea of just a little short story from him fills me with such joy and excitement well guess what people I get excited about SMY this is free this is like a free ebook to download so I really recommend go checking it out someone one of my patrons alerted me to this so I just had to I had to go read it so I don't have much to tell you but I am going to be reading a Travis Bower this month and I'm excited to see how he does a short story I think it could be really good roll number four person number five which is white over a non-fiction do I I do have some non-fiction I could read this month let's see what we get we got a two and a four okay both of them are two away so I am just going to go one two that is number 17 would hope if I had the prompts open number 17 is oh a book with multiple Audi book narrators I might have something that works for that role number four was a non-fiction that had multiple audio book narrators this is one of my least favorite problems cuz it's tricky it's actually hard to find but I knew I actually had when I got the role I knew I had a non-fiction that would be likely to have multiple AUD narrators and although this doesn't have as many as I thought it would it does have three according to Audible and I am going to be reading not that bad dispatches from rape culture edited by roxan gay so this is an anthology from many different women essay essays from many different women talking about rape culture addresses what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment violence and aggression they face and where they are routinely second guest blown off discredited many other words for speaking out you know I think this is an incredibly important book it's one I've been meaning to get to for ages I loved Rox Sang's uh non-fiction bad feminist and although this isn't written by her it's just edited by her I just think she takes such care and thought and approaches everything with such thoughtfulness that I honestly I'm looking forward to this cuz I think it's going to be a pretty difficult and hering read but I'm guessing it's going to be the kind of book that I think is really important for everyone to read and um really important for everyone to understand the experiences of of each other so yeah I'm going to be reading this soon actually I'm going to start reading it this week and I just think I don't know I'm getting feelings from this book that it could be a five star which for the video that it's for uh isn't necess the best thing but I'm just getting the feeling that this is going to be an incredibly important read now it could not be a five star because anies are really hard to get a five star because like you have to love every single short story and that's really hard or or short essay and that's really really hard but I don't know I'm just getting a feeling about this one and I think it's going to be incredibly important and I really although this is only edited by Rock sangay I really want to get into reading all of Rox Sang's non-fiction because bad feminist was just like you know being like run over by a train with like incredibleness so yeah I I don't say I'm looking forward to this one but I think it's going to be a very important read roll number five person number seven which is brown up here in mystery let's see how many We Roll we got three and a three okay I'm going to go 1 2 3 4 5 6 that is number eight which is a book with over 12,000 rating ratings on good reads role number four was a mystery with over 12,000 ratings on good reads and I do not have any Mysteries planned this month but I mentioned that video to you guys which I'm finding out on Friday what I'm going to be reading for and I'm making an educated guess that I think they're going to pick this book I'm not going to tell you who's picking it's for year of Rex I'll tell you that but um based on what I think I'm going to say based on how I'm going to describe my reading taste and based on what they would think of I think I might read this be reading this book and if I'm not I will be reading it before the end of the year because I think it's going to be in the good reads mystery through their category so if we're looking at TBR CL is like a year long like I have to read the books cuz I do want to read every TBR c book by the end of the year that is a goal I'm trying to achieve at the moment I've only got four I haven't read so I just have a feeling they're going to pick it and this is the closest out of all the videos that I'm doing this month that I don't know why I'm reading this is the only educated guess I can make so I'm making it if I'm right it's like but if I'm right it's just like understanding what I'm going to say about my reading taste understanding this is something they'll think of first but I am choosing the last murder at the End of the World by Stuart ton I could not be reading it this month I could just be reading it later in the year the rules don't apply but it will be read this year regardless I've given you this synopsis 10,000 times it's the best synopsis in the world if you haven't heard of it oh my God how can I distill this down there's an island a fog has killed everyone else off in the rest of the world but this island is protected but then a scientist is murdered on the island and it triggers a lowering of the system that protect some from this fog they've only got like 100 and something hours to figure out who murdered them but the security system has also wiped the memory of everyone on the island so someone is a murder and joh doesn't even know it that's what it is it's going to be a crazy murder mystery I'm so excited I love how Stewart Turon really pushes the boundaries of the genre comes up with such imaginative ideas sometimes it sticks sometimes it doesn't I didn't love the seven husbands no the seven deaths of Evelyn H Castle I did love the devil and dark watch I gave that five stars so you know I know that his books can go either way I know his endings are usually bat [ __ ] crazy like the endings of both of his previous books are just like what is going on like what he has big ideas and sometimes they don't stick learning but I love him I love him for doing the Big Ideas so I've been kind of dreading reading this I'm not going to lie to you like I don't really want to read it I I feel like it's one of those books that there's so much pressure around that I'm like how could I ever how could it ever live up to my my idea of what I want it to be but I think I also need to remember you know he doesn't always stick landing and that's okay but I love I love him for trying you know so I could be reading it this month I have a feeling I can't a got feeling I couldn't tell you what else I think they're going to pick but just based on my how I describe my taste particularly comes to murder mysteries about about something that like you know twists the genre comes up with imaginative ideas of how to like reimagine the genre I just feel like they could pick it so it was you know they wouldn't have put this on here otherwise but I was forced You by The Prompt cuz I had no other Mysteries over 12,000 ratings I was planning on reading anytime soon and then I'll fin final roll is person number six which is yellow over here in magical realism see who we roll oh bloody hell we got a one and a three okay I don't know can I get to any other than this one with it I can just go 1 2 3 4 right 1 2 3 4 that is number 21 which is a TBR veteran and then our final rle was a magical realism that is a TBR veteran and I have gone with split tooth by tenure to get I have been meaning to read this forever I mean obviously it's a TBR veteran so I've had it since like 2020 2021 this is about a young indigenous girl in the 1970s but she becomes pregnant I remember I think it's like somewhere between fiction and Memoir this book and I just remember hearing people read it like years and years ago in like 2020 and just saying how incredible it is I remember Kayla read it I just remember hearing wonderful things about this also I also remember hearing I should read the audio book because I think the writer um voices the audio book but it's like poetry almost it's like a mix between fiction and non-fiction a mix between poetry and Pros I've heard wonderful things about this when it came out I haven't really heard a lot of people read it since then but I'm really really looking forward to seeing what I think of this and getting a chance to read it because I think it again could be a super important impactful book I just feel like I'm feeling guys I'm sck do t video always makes me feel good about reading again I've had a terrible reading month in July and I feel like I'm starting to like oh God isn't reading so much fun anyways yeah I think this is going to be hot heartbreaking difficult emotional but I'm really looking forward to picking it up so there we have it everyone that is my August TBR again a little bit of a mess because I don't know a lot of why I'm going to be reading in August um again we've made an educated guest the last night of the world I will be reading it in November if I don't read it in August but um that isn't even that far away God 2020 I just kind of want 2020 2024 to be over it's been a bad year for me it's been a bad year I want it over already um anyways guys thank you so much for watching this video let me know what's on your August TBR I'd love to know some of the books you're hoping to get to this month and I'll see you very soon in another video bye [Music]