**The Great Book Pick-Off: A Fun and Random Reading Experience**

In this episode of our reading experience, we had the pleasure of participating in a fun and random book pick-off with Chris. The process started when I put out a call for volunteers to help me choose some books from my ever-growing To Be Read (TBR) list. Chris was one of the lucky ones who got to join in on the fun.

**The "No" Pile**

As we began selecting books, it became clear that some titles would not be getting a second chance. I had prepared two "no" piles, which included books like "Brutal," "Prince Blood and Honey," and "King of Battle and Blood." These books were set aside for now, but I assured Chris that they wouldn't be forgotten entirely. "Just because they're in my 'no' pile doesn't mean I'm not going to read them this month," I said with a smile.

**The Picks**

On the other hand, we had two piles of exciting new additions to my TBR list. The first pile consisted of books that I thought Chris might enjoy, including "The Serpent and the Wings of Night" and "Throne of Glass." Both of these titles are part of popular series that have received rave reviews from readers and critics alike. I was thrilled to see how Chris would choose between them.

As we deliberated over the picks, it became clear that both books were highly anticipated by fans of fantasy literature. "The Serpent and the Wings of Night" is often compared to "A Court of Thorns and Roses," a series that has captured my heart with its lush world-building and intricate characters. Meanwhile, "Throne of Glass" is the first book in a beloved series that follows the story of Celaena Sardothien, a young assassin competing in a tournament to become the king's champion.

**The Final Picks**

After much deliberation, Chris made his final picks from Barnes & Noble. The first book was "Ninth House," which is written by the author behind the popular series "Six of Crows." I had mentioned this title earlier because it's also part of a larger series that we've been watching on Netflix. I loved the cover of this book and couldn't resist adding it to my pile.

The second book picked up was "The Witcher," which Chris had seen advertised on Netflix but hadn't actually watched. He wasn't familiar with the story, but he liked the cover art and thought it looked interesting. I admired his enthusiasm and willingness to try something new.

**The Mysterious Case of City of Bones**

As we continued selecting books, a mysterious title popped up in our conversation: "City of Bones." This book is part of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, which has gained a huge following among fans of urban fantasy. However, I must confess that I had no recollection of actually picking this book or even discussing it with Chris.

**Quarter Silver Flames and The Woven Kingdom**

Another surprise pick was "Quarter Silver Flames," the latest installment in the Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas. This title was a huge seller at Barnes & Noble, and I couldn't resist adding it to my pile. I loved the cover art and was excited to dive into this new world of magic and romance.

Finally, we had "The Woven Kingdom" as our final pick. This book is part of The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, which has gained a massive following worldwide. Chris had seen the show adaptation on Netflix but hadn't actually read the books yet. I was thrilled to see how he would approach this new world of fantasy.

**The Picks and Piles**

As we concluded our book pick-off session with Chris, it became clear that both of us were excited about the new additions to our TBR lists. We had a good mix of popular series, thrilling adventures, and mysterious worlds to explore. I was pleased to see how much enthusiasm Chris brought to the table, even if he didn't always know exactly what each book was about.

**The Next Steps**

Now that we have our new books picked out, it's time to start reading! We'll be sharing our progress on this blog and creating a series of reading Vlogs, where we'll dive into our thoughts and reactions to each title. If you're interested in joining us on this journey, be sure to like, comment, subscribe, and turn on those notification bells.

I'm excited to share my thoughts and experiences with all of you as I delve into these new books. Thank you to Chris for participating in this fun and random reading experience, and thank you to our amazing supporters who have helped make this blog possible.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign hi guys welcome or welcome back to my channel today's video is a very fun one the guest of honor is not in it yet I decided to start this video without him I feel like it'll make it easier to explain what's going on and then just have him do what I want him to do we all know we have a pretty big TBR clearly picking what I want to read as a mood reader is kind of hard I never know exactly what I want to read so I do videos and I have people pick for me and this month is no different this month though is going to be a full month of someone picking my TBR so for the month of April my boyfriend Chris is going to be picking through my physical TBR as well as we are going to go to Barnes and he's going to pick out two books to add to my TBR for April so these are his book options I'm going to go through the TBR that I have I'm gonna name off the books and like why I want to read them and everything like that I'm not going to really tell him all this detail but I want to tell you guys because I feel like you guys would be more interested on why these are my TBR and what these books are because Chris has no idea what they are I mean he's seen them but like not like you guys you know this is a different I'm going to read off without my TBR there's a few on my computer I have the pictures of that I'm going to show them because I don't have the physical copy there's like three on there and then like I said we're gonna go to Barnes to make it fun he could pick out two books for me whatever he wants to pick Oh and before we go I was drinking my greens when we started so thank you bloom for sponsoring this video if you don't know Bloom they are a greens and superfood like supplement it's a powder you put in your water give it a little froth mix it up drink it with ice because I like when my drinks cold I drink it in the mornings as I did this morning usually before I work out I didn't work out this morning I'd usually do drink Liberty Plus organic fruits and veggies antioxidants probiotics which is all things I need I don't eat my fruits and veggies as much as I shared other supplements in here really really helped me especially with my gut and my bloating I highly recommend if you want to try Bloom the link is in my description perfect because it helps balance gut health clear skin boosts energy and AIDS and digestion so yeah I highly recommend I love my greens it'll be in the description I have a pretty big TBR just because I want them to have options to pick out he'll probably pick out like five or six and then a couple at Barnes like I said so this isn't everything that I plan to read in April this is just options of what I would be happy to read any of these in the month of April a lot of these are fantasy I will say I'm in a fantasy mood era but I did sprinkle in other genres just so that's not all fantasy so we'll see what he picks but these are the books that are on my TBR I'm also in line on Ticketmaster right now I'm in the queue to get Hozier tickets Hozier Hozier I don't know how to say it but Laura and I are obsessed with him so I'm trying to get his ticket so if I pause mid-sentence I get in line I'm sorry about that but okay let's go through the TBR up first we have a brutal print it's by Sophie Lark I've had this book for quite a bit now the cover is beautiful I did read one of her fantasy books or her only fantasy book I didn't really love it but I do want to give this a try because it's romance and I've heard great things this is the first one of my together there's not a lot of Romans there is like I said fantasy but there's romance in the fantasy I don't know what's going on with me I just I don't know how to read a regular romance now I feel like I'm gonna be so disappointed reading a romance I don't know what's wrong with me something wrong with me I'm changing I'm evolving this is where I sprinkle in the romance and the young adult the bottom half are like almost all fantasy so I have holding up the universe by Jennifer Niven this is the same author as all the bright places which I really really enjoyed I liked her writing I like the story I liked the theme and the message it sent so I have this one I don't know exactly what it's about kind of giving all the bright places I really enjoyed her writing but I just want to throw in a few also why a to give like a few quick reads in between all of this World building that I'm just now obsessed with the way I used to be this has been on TBR for quite a while now as well this is by Amber Smith this one definitely check trigger warnings if you have not read this but I'm assuming it's just her struggles and all of that but I'm very excited read this eventually I don't know when or if he's gonna pick it there's 200 people ahead of me guys this is getting crazy things we know by Heart Another why this one's pretty short um this is by Jesse Kirby I love the cover of this it is so cute I love anything why I that's like not sad but like a deep white eye I don't know what they hit for me so I have that one then I have the final offer by Lauren Asher this has been my TBR since it came out I am very excited to get to this eventually this is the third in the Dreamland billionaire series it's about the third brother I think his name was Callan Callahan I think there's a second chance also which is very exciting it's definitely thicker but I've heard great things I heard that this is everyone's or majority people's favorite out of the three there's 55 people ahead of me things are getting crazy but yeah I'm excited about this this is like my oh my God oh my God where's my phone hello if you're wondering um we didn't get tickets we're going to get the resale I was clicking every single seat that they were giving me and it was like oh sorry someone beat you to it like I know I know not every single one someone beat me too that was rude anyway final offer was the last one I think that I said then I have Daisy hates too I've been putting this off since finishing Magnolia Parks too Jess's reigning gets me and I know after reading this I'm gonna be just so in love with her writing again that I just I won't be able to move on but it has to happen eventually you know and I kind of miss this little world and I miss these characters so potential I think this is the last like specific like romance book but I want to read Flawless by Elsie silver the cover is just beautiful I've seen so many people reading this it's like a cowboy romance I don't want the tropes that are in it but everything about it I've heard is just extremely good so okay moving on to the rest of the books they're all part of fantasy series that I've either started or want to start or want to get into I feel like I'm in this fantasy mood and I want to read as much as I can before it passes if it ever passes I don't know maybe I'm a fantasy girl right now that would be crazy first one is Blood and Honey this is the second after Serpent and dub I've heard that it's really good actually I've heard mixed reviews either it's really good from some people or some people think that it's just like not not that good I did like the first one I didn't like the beginning of it but the end of it just really did it for me so I kind of want to see where the story goes also the covers are cute this one a few of these are going to be surprising not surprising but I feel like a lot of people are gonna want me to read these so let's see if Chris picks them but the first one is Crescent City by Sarah J Maas I am gonna try to get into the sour day Mass worlds even more now as you will see when I show you some other ones but this one intrigues me a lot why is it so long what is it about I don't know I want to go into all these books extremely blind I don't know what Carson City is about I don't know what the Throne of Glass series is about I want to finish acotar you will see but I want to go in like extremely completely blind because I feel like that would be the most fun obviously I'm gonna be confused that's just given but I feel like going into these blind would be really fun there's a whole fan base on all of these books in this Sarah J Maas world so I want to be a part of it and I want to be able to talk about these books with you guys it's a big one I feel like he might pick this just because of how big it is continuing on with popular fantasy books I have Clockwork no City of Bones The Mortal Instruments I think I don't know I'm so confused with the whole thing but I think I'm going to read these first don't have a reasoning I think just most people said to start with these or I would like this one more I honestly don't know but I have the beginning of this series City of Bones and then Clockwork I have the first book of that at the first of both so I think this is the one I'm gonna start with I feel like he's gonna see these covers and just like not want to choose them because of because of the cover like this isn't this is not that cute she doesn't know about these stories I don't know if he's gonna ask me what they're about but I know he's definitely gonna go by covers so that's why I'm thinking like Flawless and Daisy hates will win because the covers are cute we will see his his reasoning and his logic then I have this woven Kingdom by I don't know how to say her name but she's the author of The Shatter Me series I loved her writing in that whole series it was so beautiful it's just exactly what I like it was very easy to understand easy to read flowing beautifully so I'm excited to get into another one of her worlds another one of her stories she's like one of my favorite authors even though I've never read any of other books but I've read quite a few of them because Shadow made is pretty long series and I loved it so much I have this one and I'm really excited about I really hope he picks it I want to read it so bad continuing on I have Heartless by Marissa yes Marissa Meyer she is the author of The Lunar Chronicle series which is pretty popular this one I was told after talking about this in a haul in a vlog book haul within a vlog is that it's the story like before Alice in Wonderland which I will say I don't really know what that is I don't know what that story is so maybe I'll look into that maybe I'll go in blind I don't know don't remember Alice in Wonderland I know what it is about but when I was younger I've said this before I just didn't entertaining the information so I don't know exactly what it's about but I have this one the cover is pretty I'm gonna have king of battle and blood this is by Scarlett Sinclair this is a vampire romance I'm pretty sure I think it's a duet so this is the first one it's in the romance section not the fantasy section so I'm assuming this has a lot of romance in it which is which is amazing we know I love romance but something about fantasy romance Just Hits it's like the stakes are higher the the feelings are deeper it's like it's amazing I don't know I don't know where this has been all my life I mean I know I know where it's been whatever anyway can't go battle and blood either way I want to read this eventually so if he doesn't pick it I probably will keep this on my TBR I'm very excited about this one okay last actually no we have the ones on my computer that I don't have but lash paperback a court of silver Flames I've read 60 pages in it this is not told with Pharaoh's Point of View or whatever from the rest of them this is actually in Cassian I believe and nessa's point of view I think there's a new character that gets introduced here like there's a lot going on it is thick though I started it and I was like I don't know if I want to get into this world right now I feel like I have to be in the mood I'm in the perfect mood for it right now so this is on my TBR obviously these are all of the paperback tbrs that I have I have three that are not in my possession right now but I really want to read first one is Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas like I said I want to get into the world I heard that all three of these series like interconnect at some point which I think is so cool someone said it's like the fantasy Marvel equivalent and I think that is so fun so I don't know what it's about know nothing about it I was told the reading order and stuff I was talking to Destiny about it how she read it because she just recently finished it so that is that's all I know about it is a destiny Reddit so um but no I'm excited about this one because it's another world that people are just obsessed with I need to I need to join it then we have the second book in the world lost Hearts Trilogy I believe it's a Trilogy this is daughter of No worlds the second one it's called children of Fallen gods and I cannot even express how excited I am about this one but I know he's gonna see the cover of it and just be like like no way because the cover is questionable either way I'm gonna read it so if you picked it or not this is on my TBR whether he wants it to be or not I just the first one was so good and I think Carissa Broadbent is one of my new favorite authors like Shar writing is just exactly what I love my last book speaking of curse of broadband and being my favorite author right now even though I've read one of her books The Serpent and the wings of the night also by Carissa Broadbent this one I heard is like how do I say this without angering people that love Avatar like another version of acotar a better version of acotar dare I say haven't read it yet have no idea but if you like akitar you'll probably like this book is what I've heard love that I did enjoy acotar I thought it was a great series I am obviously wanting to finish it and her writing is so good that I feel like I'm going to love this I've seen literally so many good things about this I think it's also another one's coming out after this I think this is just the first one that's out it's gonna be a series maybe I don't know if this is the first book I don't think the other one's out yet this is also on my TBR for April again if Chris isn't pick it it's fine I'm still gonna read it those are all the books there's 17 that he can choose from again I'm gonna give him five or six and then we'll go to Barnes choose a few it's gonna be super fun we'll see what he chooses I can't wait to see his thought process on what I should read that's gonna be very interesting because he's definitely gonna judge it by the covers and if he's listened to me he'll know what I want to read but all these books I know in his head are just one big book like they're all jumbled up so we will see it's gonna be fun from the entertaining for us I don't know if he's gonna love doing this because it's probably overwhelming let's let's go on to Chris choosing which ones he wants me to read in April I'm excited to see what he chooses she gets scared it's in your hoodie she's so cute she's so cute you need to pick my books for me so I just told Chris what he's gonna do Emojis now also joining us he could pick from these like I said and the ones on my computer and then we're gonna go to Barnes and you can pick two you can go through all of them you can ask questions if you need you started this yeah I read 60 Pages that's part of like the avatar it's like the last one I have to go to I know exactly what this is that's a maybe okay you started this show no that's just the receipt I can give you a gist of what they're all about if you want I think I got it you should tell them which ones maybe this is almost a yes almost a yes maybe it's a Maybe no no oh hard now that's messed up sure maybe even reading what they're about yeah I like this let's say Percy Jackson I thought you weren't gonna like that because of the cover I like this okay that's almost yes no he said no to Crescent City this me absolutely not yo he's looking at Flawless no no think really hard about this one cool tattoos Maybe Maybe these are all y a what does that mean that means they're just like gold yeah these are all young adults they're just like thrown in here all right yeah I guess okay nice cover no no no what is your reasoning for all of these cover so you're just going by the cover basically not the story I'm like the first two sentences this looks interesting okay maybe maybe okay here are the nose that he said like we're not reading which I might read some of them but not not right now yeah okay he said no to holding up the universe the way I used to be Things We Know by heart flawless I think I'm gonna pick this because of the cover you don't like this this is so cute it's a weird taste and covers he said no to Crescent I thought you're gonna make me read this because of how long it is no wait why'd you say no to it though you're not the one reading it yeah this is on my TBR anyway so ignore that one and he said no to heartless I'm so sad about I wanted to read this why'd you say no to this one wasn't feeling it just no no okay I'm showing him the Chris abroad Bed Books these two are my new favorite author and this one's part of like a big series everyone loves this is the second in one of my new favorite books no no to this one why he said no to Children of Fallen Gods yes to this one yes to serpent in the wings of the night what about Throne of Glass I like the way that looks we do that one so then one of these yeah pick one of those you want this one right I'm not saying anything I know you do I'm between these two I like this cover do you want this one so it'll be nice oh really yeah yes okay so these are the ones that are going in the no pile the final offer brutal Prince Blood and Honey king of battle and blood children of Fallen Gods the second one in the war of lost Hearts just because they're in my no pile doesn't mean I'm not going to read them this month because I still want to read a lot of these and I thought you were going to pick the ones I liked try that's okay because he got some good ones that I really want to read anyway so it's okay in the ones that I'm gonna read from this TBR The Serpent and the wings of night that's the one that everyone says like acotar and I love her writings I'm very excited hopefully we read that one soon and then he picked Throne of Glass which is like a huge fantasy series okay you think Daisy hates too I'm so excited he picks City of Bones is another huge fantasy series that people like love this woven Kingdom why'd you pick this one I don't remember okay good back I think yeah right down there I always read the wrong thing and then he picked quarter silver Flames the last because everybody bought it oh yeah you came with me to buy it these are the books I will be reading and then the two I still have to get all right okay yeah we're gonna go to Barnes now he's gonna pick two I guess random books he's up and loves us we will be back actually you guys are gonna come with us Star Wars oh I think that I like this you know this book kind of I know that author she wrote six of crows oh yeah I'm sold Lisa scattered okay book number one ninth house it's the author of six of crows and we're watching The Shadow and bones series so I said that to him when he was sold because he likes he likes the show we don't even know what it's about we didn't read the back but good yeah it was good okay I like the cover so I picked it the cover yeah really picked it because of the author that's who Okay The Witcher The Witcher it's a Netflix series he says he's seen it on Netflix he hasn't watched it but he saw that it's a Netflix did you is that what you picked it yeah okay that's it I don't know what it's about over a century humans dwarves gnomes and elves have lived together in relative peace but that piece has now come to an end sure oh my god look how long the series is I'm only probably gonna read the first one what if I like it I mean you'll love it yeah maybe I love it the covers are cool though okay this is the second one so we have The Witcher ninth house and then quarter silver Flames this woven Kingdom City of Bones from the Mortal Instruments series Daisy hates two the serpent wings of the night and Throne of Glass lots of series lots of fantasy are you happy with the ones you chose very happy I'll probably do like a little reading Vlog of some of these books together definitely the ones he picked from Barnes will be in the Vlog the other ones were probably thrown throughout the the month in other reading Vlogs which I think will be kind of fun I'm also going to read some of the ones that he didn't choose just because I really wanted to read them anyway but I'm really excited was this fun for you it was a lot of fun well it though it was good okay thanks it was fun it was fun yeah I gotta go back to work so thank you Chris you're welcome for being in the video you're welcome thanks to all the supporters thank you for picking my books for April you're welcome I'm very excited to read them I'm excited for you please like comment subscribe and tap that Bell icon on the screen down below okay thank you guys for watching let me know if you've read any of these books any opinions in any of these books and yeah stay tuned for all the reading Vlogs these books are going to be in I hope you guys enjoyed let me know if you did and I will see you hopefully in the next one bye goodbye\n"