**A Guide to Recommendations from "Subscriber Q&A" with [Creator's Name]**

In this episode of "Subscriber Q&A," the creator is excited to share some book recommendations with their audience. They start by talking about the books that have caught their attention recently, including "There Are Three" by Jennifer Latham, a story built around Hindu mythology. The creator finds this theme prevalent in the story and notes how interesting it is.

The next book mentioned is "Star Daughter" by Shvita Thakura, which also draws heavily from Hindu mythology. This historical romance novel features angsty relationships, making it a great fit for fans of that genre. Another recommendation comes from a fan who asks about books with a similar vibe to Alice in Wonderland. The creator responds by recommending "Furthermore" by Tahara Mafi, describing the book as "whimsical," "weird," and "super fun." They also mention "On Birthday on Birthday" by Liz Brazwell, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland that stays true to its original spirit.

The creator then shifts their attention to more emotional and intense stories, like "Heartless" by Marissa Meyer. This book tells the story of a character who is willing to do whatever it takes to get someone they love back. The creator notes how much they loved this particular take on the classic tale, but admits that finding one that flips the typical enemies-to-lovers trope to lovers-to-enemies might be challenging.

In another section, the creator talks about books set at weddings or centered around this event. They mention "Save the Date" by Morgan Matson as a great choice for fans of wedding stories. This novel follows the lead-up to the older sister's wedding and features a prominent wedding setting throughout the plot. The creator concludes that this book would be an excellent fit for readers looking for something related to weddings.

The next topic discussed is books with "lost" in their titles, which sparks a interesting conversation about how common this trope actually is. The creator highlights "Lost in the Never Was" by Aiden Thomas as an example of an urban Peter Pan retelling that explores themes of grief and loss. While they didn't finish reading this book, they think it might appeal to fans of similar stories.

The creator also mentions a contemporary novel with a unique twist, specifically Justin Reynolds' "Opposite of Always." This book features a protagonist who keeps reliving the same loop of time in an attempt to save his deceased girlfriend. Although the creator hasn't read this one yet, they think it could be a great fit for readers looking for something different.

In addition to these examples, the creator mentions two more books that might interest their audience: "What's Not to Love" by Emily Whiberly and "Prince Charming" by Rachel Hawkins. Both of these novels follow the academic rivals-to-lovers trope, but with distinct twists that set them apart from other stories in this genre.

The final section of the Q&A is dedicated to leaving room for audience engagement. The creator asks their viewers to share any book recommendations they think might challenge them or offer something new. They also invite readers to participate in a read-a-thon by suggesting titles with two-word titles – the more specific, the better! This invitation encourages viewers to engage with the content and potentially discover new books that resonate with their interests.

Throughout this episode, the creator demonstrates their enthusiasm for discussing books and sharing recommendations with their audience. Their passion is evident as they delve into various genres and themes, making it an enjoyable experience for readers who tune in.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eneveryone it's haley and today i'm going to be doing another subscriber recommendations video so i did this video for the first time last year around this time and then i did it again for bookmas and i haven't done it since but i really love doing it so it is one that i want to try and implement into my routine more so i asked you guys on instagram just in case you guys aren't familiar with this video what i did was ask you guys on instagram for like a prompt and it can be whatever like kind of the more specific the better because it's more of a challenge and i will recommend a book to you based on that prompt for example like a book with the enemies to lovers trope or there was one that i couldn't find again but someone asked for a book that set on a boat and i meant to screenshot that one but i didn't but for that one i thought of escaping from houdini by kara maniscalco but yeah basically things like that i love the challenge of trying to find a book that fits with those prompts like i just think it's so much fun so really excited for today's video and let's just get into it i did get like a ton of these i always get a lot every single time so i'm going to try and get through as many as i can but if i didn't get to yours i'm sorry i will be doing this video again in the future because i have so much fun with it so first up is a book that will take me somewhere sunny and there are a few that come to mind when i think of this prompt but i decided to go with two so the first one is beauty queens by libba bray and then we have the unhoneymooners by christina lauren so this is set in hawaii i think it's in maui specifically but obviously that's pretty sunny and then we also have beauty queens which is set on an island a deserted island which just makes me think of sun and you follow a bunch of beauty queens who ended up stranded on an island and it's really funny and totally weird but really good so both of these definitely will take you somewhere sunny next is a book where the main character is a writer so i have two again here i'm sorry but first is today tonight tomorrow by rachel lynn solomon i actually just read this one but the main character is a writer she is interested in writing romance novels also beach read by emily henry would be another good one because both the main characters are writers but i also have here eliza and her monsters by francesca zappia this is about an author of a webcomic my voice did all sorts of different weird things there but yeah so she is definitely a writer and an artist as well next is a feel-good contemporary romance and i think that i love you so mochi by sarah kuhn is perfect for this because i just read this recently and honestly it's the cutest like just feel good contemporary the romance is really adorable but you also have a lot of personal development for the main character and it is so great next is a contemporary that is set in a bookstore so i feel like i'm kind of forgetting about some but the one that i thought of is 11 olives by jenna evans welch this is partially set in a bookstore but i like i keep on thinking oh i guess there is words in the deep blue i think it's by kath crowley but i wasn't a huge fan of that one but it is set in a bookstore i believe but then there's also the library of lost things by laura taylor naomi i think might be set in a bookstore but i haven't actually read this one yet something with pirates so first we have in deeper waters by ft lukens which i haven't actually read this one yet but it is described as pirates of the caribbean meets gentleman's guide to vice and virtue so like pirates and princes magic and mayhem this book has it all says the blurb so that sounds perfect but i also have daughter of the pirate king by trisha levin seller which for sure has pirates in it and it is also like a sexy romance like really great pirate super enjoyable story a lesbian fantasy or friends to lovers so i decided to go for a lesbian fantasy and i went with up fire and stars by audrey cultures this is so cute and it honestly is my favorite lesbian fantasy like it's such an adorable romance story honestly something that will make me think so the first book that i thought of is saving savannah by tanya bolden so this is a historical fiction but it's very information based which is why i think it's one that will definitely make you think it doesn't have much of a plot it gives a lot of information which is really interesting but definitely like not much of a plot or like really well developed characters but i did learn a lot so it really did have my brain going miss peregrine night circus or caraval like so i feel like miss peregrine is kind of separate from these because i don't think like they are all three of them alike caraval and night circus for sure are but for something that's like miss peregrine's i would say go for the house on the cerulean sea by tj cloon it's kind of like a more grown-up miss peregrines and it's so cute and really heartwarming and then for something that is like the caraval or night circus stories i don't know why i put the in there but i would go with wear dreams to send by janella angeles totally gives me the same vibes like dark creepy don't really know what's going on but also like a whimsical circus-esque story a summary read that takes place in italy so definitely thought of love and gelato by jenna evans welch i just talked about love in olives which is set in greece but this is set in tuscany and it is such a great story like it's really emotional so it does have a romance in there but there's a lot of emotion to it as well as the main character is grieving the loss of her mother like it's a difficult read but super good too also the italian setting like totally transports you there so if you're looking for a good italian setting i would say go for this one i haven't really read that many but like i felt very transported best book for a rainy day so i definitely would say go with the hazelwood series by melissa albert so particularly i have the first book here the second book as well but also this little book of fairy tales is perfect for a rainy day this is actually the book of fairy tales that is in this story and these tales are just so creepy and spooky and like unsettling that i feel like they are really great for a rainy day when you kind of want something a little bit creepy that's kind of what i want for rainy days i feel like something that i feel like i can curl up with a historical murder mystery preferably from the 1920s so i actually don't have this book here because it's on my downstairs shelves but that is iron cast by destiny soria this is definitely 1920s like that setting flappers all of that stuff actually i think it's like set in 1919 but like close enough it still has those 20s vibes and like speakeasies and all of that but you also have a mystery going on and murders and all of that stuff so everything you want there next is a historical fiction that is based in africa other than homegoing so i haven't read this one yet but i did want to recommend it because this one is like pretty specific and i feel like it is kind of hard to find things like that but that is buried beneath the baobab tree by ada obi tricia noel bonnie this is set in 2014 so it's not super far in history but it is after 276 girls were kidnapped by boko haram and some of them are still missing some of them reappeared but you are following the stories of some of those girls so definitely a really powerful story and going to be very hard to read i also wanted to mention someone knows my name by lawrence hill which is a really powerful book that starts in africa and you're following a slave as she is taken from her home and put into slavery and all she goes through it follows a very long time period it is such a hard read but definitely a very poignant and important one as well and that one i actually have read and i did really enjoy it this one's really hard but the best y a romance that came out in 2020 so i had a super hard time picking but i decided to actually go with now that i found you by christina forrest because i loved these two characters in their chemistry and i particularly loved milo like he was such a great love interest but honestly this is so hard to choose like don't hold me to this because there are so many really great y romances and i didn't even go to goodreads to look i just looked at my shelves and was like what is sticking out to me so there were a lot of good ones but i would definitely recommend this one historical fiction that set before the 20th century so at first i was like i haven't read any and then i asked to google when the 20th century was and then i realized that i definitely have because the victorian era and i've read a lot of that but the ones that i have here so i have a walk on earth a stranger by ray carson this is set during the gold rush and i also have i couldn't get it off my shelves actually it's up there but whatever but the downstairs girl by stacey lee is set in 1890s so the late 19th century but she also has under a painted sky which is set during the gold rush as well which is why i connected those two but then i also have stocking jack the ripper by carrie maniscalco which is set during the victorian era and then finally i have two that i haven't read but are set in unique time periods so we have guilt by catherine longshore which is set during the tutor era i have like three of her books here but they are all set during the tudor era and then finally the passion of dolsa by julie berry which i really need to read this is by the author of lovely war and this is set in the 1400s so like way way way back i also feel like i've read some books set during uh shakespearean time like the assassins guide to love and treason i can't remember who wrote that but there was also that one but yeah basically yes i have read quite a few and i did not realize it whimsical and slightly magical similar to ava lavender so i went with summer of salt by katrina leno this has a similar sort of message to ava lavender but it also has a little bit of a magical element to it as well and then we also have the astonishing color of after by emily xarpan which is a really powerful and difficult read has a bit of a magical element to it and both of these are fantastic but do be wary of the trigger warnings like this one with suicide and then this one there i'll just have them down below because they can be considered kind of spoilery but if you were interested and worried about that i will have them down below a book related to food or cooking you guys know if you have been watching like my videos in the past year for some reason i have so many of these now and i didn't even pick all of them up but here are just a few to get you started so we have hannah khan carries on by uzma jella luden and this is set in competing halal restaurants and there's a romance there adorable i haven't read it yet but like it sounds adorable and then also with the fire on high by elizabeth acevedo i have read and it follows a main character who really loves cooking and has a passion for it so that definitely comes through in this story and then we have a taste of sage by yafsa es santos and this one is about a girl who i believe she's a sous chef so she's a chef and there's also kind of a magical element to it it deals with dominican cuisine and i haven't read this one yet we also have a cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow by laura taylor and amy which i read recently and the main character is super super passionate about cooking and particularly like cuban cuisine and it is so great and then finally i haven't read these two either but i have a taste for love by jennifer yen and then a fa love story by lonely so i think i'm missing some but i honestly can't think of it there have been so many cooking books recently like i am so excited for it to read all of them i'm just trying to kind of like space it out so that i don't end up getting them confused if i read them too close together hello i'm just editing here but i just wanted to mention that i definitely forgot about simmer down by sarah smith this is about competing food trucks in maui and it's an adult romance and it sounds really good and definitely has a lot of food in it this is the other one i was thinking of actually it's somewhere between bitter and sweet by lakin zay camp the main character wants to be a pastry chef and she also is working at her family's mexican restaurant i also forgot to tell you what these are about so this is about a baking competition that's actually employed by the mother to get her daughter to find the perfect asian american man to date and then this one is set in two competing vietnamese restaurants and has romance as well so kind of similar to hanacon carries on books written in verse so they have already read elizabeth acevedo and black flamingo which i love but there's a book called i can't think of what it is right now but i'll have a picture on the screen but it's actually the true story of an artist and the whole story is written in verse it's really powerful and very interesting so definitely check that one out i also forgot to mention a couple of books here so punching the air by evie zoe and yusuf salaam that one just came out and it is about someone who is wrongly accused of a crime and ends up serving time because of it and then we also have a long way down by jason reynolds which is so amazing but it follows a boy as he goes down at the elevator and he's making the decision of if he wants to avenge his brother's death or not so both of those are also fantastic books and verse a quick read which makes everyone cry so i don't cry at books often but this one really got to me and that is history is all you left me about adam silvera it just was like such a powerful and sad story that honestly i had such a hard time with it in the end because i was so emotional and it definitely was quick like i read it in a day and oh my goodness it destroyed me a book with a competition in it so i feel like this is one that i could go on with a bunch of them but i decided to just pick one that i feel like isn't talked about all that often and that one is there many things by heather kuczynski so this is actually a competition in space to get the opportunity to travel through space so you're following all these different people who are competing to get that opportunity it's really high stakes and super interesting next is asian historical fiction so i did mention stacey lee definitely check out her stuff because she has a lot of historical fiction and it's all focused on asian characters my favorite book actually that i've read so far this year though is an asian historical fiction and that is we are not free by tracy highly recommend this one super powerful really really important and i just fell in love with it like definitely everyone needs to read this story it's an own voices story about japanese characters in incarceration camps there's also the war outside by monica hesse but that one is not own voices but it does feature a japanese american main character and then we also have last night at telegraph club which is by melinda lowe and this is set in chinatown in san francisco i believe and it follows the red scare and you're following chinese american main characters and i also believe that it is a lesbian romance but i haven't gotten the chance to read this yet but it is set in 1954 and has asian characters at the forefront i also forgot to mention these violent delights by chloe gong this is set in shanghai i believe yeah in 1926 and it's a romeo and juliet retelling this one is fantastical i really need to read it but i haven't read it yet also more to that what if you asked for historical fiction set in the states and honestly all i could think of was stacy lee once again because her books are set in the states but i don't know why i can't think of anything else like walk on earth a stranger by ray carson is also in the states because during the gold rush but i definitely have read more historical fiction set in america i just can't think of anything else if i do think of anything i will add it in here hello again of course i thought of some so we have alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz which is very american because it actually follows alexander hamilton and eliza and their love story and then we also have the angel of greenwood by randy pink i haven't gotten the chance to read this one yet but this one is set during the black wall street and it's this massacre in tulsa oklahoma it was absolutely horrible and that is also the setting and topic of the book dreamland burning by jennifer latham so there are three for you there are more but i figured i'd just give you three next is hindu mythology so i went with star daughter by shvita thakura because this is a story built all around hindu mythology it comes really prevalent into the story and it was super interesting too historical romance with lots of angst the number one thing i could think of was kingdom of the wicked by carrie maniscalco this is a historical fiction set in italy and it has a fantastical element to it kind of a creepiness to it but the romance is literally so angsty it is ridiculous hello charlie do you have something to say back there something that's weird and whimsical like alice so of course furthermore by tahara mafi is perfect for this it is whimsical weird just super fun and i loved this but then i also wanted to recommend on birthday on birthday by liz brazwell sorry and one hand i'm trying to occupy charlie in the other i'm trying to show you the book it's really a struggle but on birthday by liz braswell is an alice in wonderland retelling but it stays so true to the whimsy and nonsensical nature of original alice that i felt like i had to add it in here also heartless by marissa meyer of course this one i don't have anything for but like i really want someone if you do have one for this please give it to me and also i love the way that this person worded this so pulling an uno reverse so it's lovers to enemies instead of enemies to lovers so please if you have any for this let me know help this person out because i couldn't but i loved the pulling in uno reverse it really made me laugh this next one also made me laugh because it's just so specific a wedding setting but without murder like i haven't really read any wedding books that deal with murder so i guess that's just not something that i'm good at but i decided to go for save the date by morgan matson because this whole story is leading up to the older sister's wedding and the wedding is super prevalent like the whole thing is surrounding it so definitely if you're looking for something with a wedding this is a good book for that so next is a book with lost in the title so this person was talking about how it's not a trope but like this is the perfect question that i love because it makes me think and i think it's so fun so the only book i could think of and once again this is one i'm sure there's more but i decided to go with lost in the never was by aiden thomas i did end up dnfing this one but it's an urban peter pan retelling that i think a lot of people would enjoy and it does have lost in the title next is a contemporary with a unique twist so you definitely need to check out justin a reynolds so his first book opposite of always here is a contemporary with a unique twist it's where the character keeps on going on this like loop basically to try and save his girlfriend who has died so it's a lot and then his second book that i have but i haven't read yet early departures has kind of a similar topic where it's a contemporary with a little bit of a twist in there next is academic rivals to lovers and this is one that i did actually just talk about this book but today tonight tomorrow is 100 academic rivals to lovers and it is so great like it's really well done so if that's what you're looking for check this out but there is also what's not to love by emily whiberly in austin sigmund broca which is coming out this spring and that is also an academic rivals to lovers story something fun and light with a two-word title like i said the more specific the better but the tumor title part is for a read-a-thon so prince charming by rachel hawkins is perfect we have two words here but it's also so light so cute and so fluffy and just so much fun okay so those are all of the subscriber recommendations that i have for you guys today like i said i love doing these videos so if you wanted to leave your recommendations for any of these down below please do but also if you have any that you would like to challenge me with like i said the more challenging the better leave them down below and maybe i will do one sooner rather than later but i hope you guys enjoyed i hope it helped you to find some recommendations thank you so much to everyone who sent me some that they were looking for oh charles he's just sitting under my chair crying but i hope you guys liked today's video and i will see you guys in the next one soon bye youeveryone it's haley and today i'm going to be doing another subscriber recommendations video so i did this video for the first time last year around this time and then i did it again for bookmas and i haven't done it since but i really love doing it so it is one that i want to try and implement into my routine more so i asked you guys on instagram just in case you guys aren't familiar with this video what i did was ask you guys on instagram for like a prompt and it can be whatever like kind of the more specific the better because it's more of a challenge and i will recommend a book to you based on that prompt for example like a book with the enemies to lovers trope or there was one that i couldn't find again but someone asked for a book that set on a boat and i meant to screenshot that one but i didn't but for that one i thought of escaping from houdini by kara maniscalco but yeah basically things like that i love the challenge of trying to find a book that fits with those prompts like i just think it's so much fun so really excited for today's video and let's just get into it i did get like a ton of these i always get a lot every single time so i'm going to try and get through as many as i can but if i didn't get to yours i'm sorry i will be doing this video again in the future because i have so much fun with it so first up is a book that will take me somewhere sunny and there are a few that come to mind when i think of this prompt but i decided to go with two so the first one is beauty queens by libba bray and then we have the unhoneymooners by christina lauren so this is set in hawaii i think it's in maui specifically but obviously that's pretty sunny and then we also have beauty queens which is set on an island a deserted island which just makes me think of sun and you follow a bunch of beauty queens who ended up stranded on an island and it's really funny and totally weird but really good so both of these definitely will take you somewhere sunny next is a book where the main character is a writer so i have two again here i'm sorry but first is today tonight tomorrow by rachel lynn solomon i actually just read this one but the main character is a writer she is interested in writing romance novels also beach read by emily henry would be another good one because both the main characters are writers but i also have here eliza and her monsters by francesca zappia this is about an author of a webcomic my voice did all sorts of different weird things there but yeah so she is definitely a writer and an artist as well next is a feel-good contemporary romance and i think that i love you so mochi by sarah kuhn is perfect for this because i just read this recently and honestly it's the cutest like just feel good contemporary the romance is really adorable but you also have a lot of personal development for the main character and it is so great next is a contemporary that is set in a bookstore so i feel like i'm kind of forgetting about some but the one that i thought of is 11 olives by jenna evans welch this is partially set in a bookstore but i like i keep on thinking oh i guess there is words in the deep blue i think it's by kath crowley but i wasn't a huge fan of that one but it is set in a bookstore i believe but then there's also the library of lost things by laura taylor naomi i think might be set in a bookstore but i haven't actually read this one yet something with pirates so first we have in deeper waters by ft lukens which i haven't actually read this one yet but it is described as pirates of the caribbean meets gentleman's guide to vice and virtue so like pirates and princes magic and mayhem this book has it all says the blurb so that sounds perfect but i also have daughter of the pirate king by trisha levin seller which for sure has pirates in it and it is also like a sexy romance like really great pirate super enjoyable story a lesbian fantasy or friends to lovers so i decided to go for a lesbian fantasy and i went with up fire and stars by audrey cultures this is so cute and it honestly is my favorite lesbian fantasy like it's such an adorable romance story honestly something that will make me think so the first book that i thought of is saving savannah by tanya bolden so this is a historical fiction but it's very information based which is why i think it's one that will definitely make you think it doesn't have much of a plot it gives a lot of information which is really interesting but definitely like not much of a plot or like really well developed characters but i did learn a lot so it really did have my brain going miss peregrine night circus or caraval like so i feel like miss peregrine is kind of separate from these because i don't think like they are all three of them alike caraval and night circus for sure are but for something that's like miss peregrine's i would say go for the house on the cerulean sea by tj cloon it's kind of like a more grown-up miss peregrines and it's so cute and really heartwarming and then for something that is like the caraval or night circus stories i don't know why i put the in there but i would go with wear dreams to send by janella angeles totally gives me the same vibes like dark creepy don't really know what's going on but also like a whimsical circus-esque story a summary read that takes place in italy so definitely thought of love and gelato by jenna evans welch i just talked about love in olives which is set in greece but this is set in tuscany and it is such a great story like it's really emotional so it does have a romance in there but there's a lot of emotion to it as well as the main character is grieving the loss of her mother like it's a difficult read but super good too also the italian setting like totally transports you there so if you're looking for a good italian setting i would say go for this one i haven't really read that many but like i felt very transported best book for a rainy day so i definitely would say go with the hazelwood series by melissa albert so particularly i have the first book here the second book as well but also this little book of fairy tales is perfect for a rainy day this is actually the book of fairy tales that is in this story and these tales are just so creepy and spooky and like unsettling that i feel like they are really great for a rainy day when you kind of want something a little bit creepy that's kind of what i want for rainy days i feel like something that i feel like i can curl up with a historical murder mystery preferably from the 1920s so i actually don't have this book here because it's on my downstairs shelves but that is iron cast by destiny soria this is definitely 1920s like that setting flappers all of that stuff actually i think it's like set in 1919 but like close enough it still has those 20s vibes and like speakeasies and all of that but you also have a mystery going on and murders and all of that stuff so everything you want there next is a historical fiction that is based in africa other than homegoing so i haven't read this one yet but i did want to recommend it because this one is like pretty specific and i feel like it is kind of hard to find things like that but that is buried beneath the baobab tree by ada obi tricia noel bonnie this is set in 2014 so it's not super far in history but it is after 276 girls were kidnapped by boko haram and some of them are still missing some of them reappeared but you are following the stories of some of those girls so definitely a really powerful story and going to be very hard to read i also wanted to mention someone knows my name by lawrence hill which is a really powerful book that starts in africa and you're following a slave as she is taken from her home and put into slavery and all she goes through it follows a very long time period it is such a hard read but definitely a very poignant and important one as well and that one i actually have read and i did really enjoy it this one's really hard but the best y a romance that came out in 2020 so i had a super hard time picking but i decided to actually go with now that i found you by christina forrest because i loved these two characters in their chemistry and i particularly loved milo like he was such a great love interest but honestly this is so hard to choose like don't hold me to this because there are so many really great y romances and i didn't even go to goodreads to look i just looked at my shelves and was like what is sticking out to me so there were a lot of good ones but i would definitely recommend this one historical fiction that set before the 20th century so at first i was like i haven't read any and then i asked to google when the 20th century was and then i realized that i definitely have because the victorian era and i've read a lot of that but the ones that i have here so i have a walk on earth a stranger by ray carson this is set during the gold rush and i also have i couldn't get it off my shelves actually it's up there but whatever but the downstairs girl by stacey lee is set in 1890s so the late 19th century but she also has under a painted sky which is set during the gold rush as well which is why i connected those two but then i also have stocking jack the ripper by carrie maniscalco which is set during the victorian era and then finally i have two that i haven't read but are set in unique time periods so we have guilt by catherine longshore which is set during the tutor era i have like three of her books here but they are all set during the tudor era and then finally the passion of dolsa by julie berry which i really need to read this is by the author of lovely war and this is set in the 1400s so like way way way back i also feel like i've read some books set during uh shakespearean time like the assassins guide to love and treason i can't remember who wrote that but there was also that one but yeah basically yes i have read quite a few and i did not realize it whimsical and slightly magical similar to ava lavender so i went with summer of salt by katrina leno this has a similar sort of message to ava lavender but it also has a little bit of a magical element to it as well and then we also have the astonishing color of after by emily xarpan which is a really powerful and difficult read has a bit of a magical element to it and both of these are fantastic but do be wary of the trigger warnings like this one with suicide and then this one there i'll just have them down below because they can be considered kind of spoilery but if you were interested and worried about that i will have them down below a book related to food or cooking you guys know if you have been watching like my videos in the past year for some reason i have so many of these now and i didn't even pick all of them up but here are just a few to get you started so we have hannah khan carries on by uzma jella luden and this is set in competing halal restaurants and there's a romance there adorable i haven't read it yet but like it sounds adorable and then also with the fire on high by elizabeth acevedo i have read and it follows a main character who really loves cooking and has a passion for it so that definitely comes through in this story and then we have a taste of sage by yafsa es santos and this one is about a girl who i believe she's a sous chef so she's a chef and there's also kind of a magical element to it it deals with dominican cuisine and i haven't read this one yet we also have a cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow by laura taylor and amy which i read recently and the main character is super super passionate about cooking and particularly like cuban cuisine and it is so great and then finally i haven't read these two either but i have a taste for love by jennifer yen and then a fa love story by lonely so i think i'm missing some but i honestly can't think of it there have been so many cooking books recently like i am so excited for it to read all of them i'm just trying to kind of like space it out so that i don't end up getting them confused if i read them too close together hello i'm just editing here but i just wanted to mention that i definitely forgot about simmer down by sarah smith this is about competing food trucks in maui and it's an adult romance and it sounds really good and definitely has a lot of food in it this is the other one i was thinking of actually it's somewhere between bitter and sweet by lakin zay camp the main character wants to be a pastry chef and she also is working at her family's mexican restaurant i also forgot to tell you what these are about so this is about a baking competition that's actually employed by the mother to get her daughter to find the perfect asian american man to date and then this one is set in two competing vietnamese restaurants and has romance as well so kind of similar to hanacon carries on books written in verse so they have already read elizabeth acevedo and black flamingo which i love but there's a book called i can't think of what it is right now but i'll have a picture on the screen but it's actually the true story of an artist and the whole story is written in verse it's really powerful and very interesting so definitely check that one out i also forgot to mention a couple of books here so punching the air by evie zoe and yusuf salaam that one just came out and it is about someone who is wrongly accused of a crime and ends up serving time because of it and then we also have a long way down by jason reynolds which is so amazing but it follows a boy as he goes down at the elevator and he's making the decision of if he wants to avenge his brother's death or not so both of those are also fantastic books and verse a quick read which makes everyone cry so i don't cry at books often but this one really got to me and that is history is all you left me about adam silvera it just was like such a powerful and sad story that honestly i had such a hard time with it in the end because i was so emotional and it definitely was quick like i read it in a day and oh my goodness it destroyed me a book with a competition in it so i feel like this is one that i could go on with a bunch of them but i decided to just pick one that i feel like isn't talked about all that often and that one is there many things by heather kuczynski so this is actually a competition in space to get the opportunity to travel through space so you're following all these different people who are competing to get that opportunity it's really high stakes and super interesting next is asian historical fiction so i did mention stacey lee definitely check out her stuff because she has a lot of historical fiction and it's all focused on asian characters my favorite book actually that i've read so far this year though is an asian historical fiction and that is we are not free by tracy highly recommend this one super powerful really really important and i just fell in love with it like definitely everyone needs to read this story it's an own voices story about japanese characters in incarceration camps there's also the war outside by monica hesse but that one is not own voices but it does feature a japanese american main character and then we also have last night at telegraph club which is by melinda lowe and this is set in chinatown in san francisco i believe and it follows the red scare and you're following chinese american main characters and i also believe that it is a lesbian romance but i haven't gotten the chance to read this yet but it is set in 1954 and has asian characters at the forefront i also forgot to mention these violent delights by chloe gong this is set in shanghai i believe yeah in 1926 and it's a romeo and juliet retelling this one is fantastical i really need to read it but i haven't read it yet also more to that what if you asked for historical fiction set in the states and honestly all i could think of was stacy lee once again because her books are set in the states but i don't know why i can't think of anything else like walk on earth a stranger by ray carson is also in the states because during the gold rush but i definitely have read more historical fiction set in america i just can't think of anything else if i do think of anything i will add it in here hello again of course i thought of some so we have alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz which is very american because it actually follows alexander hamilton and eliza and their love story and then we also have the angel of greenwood by randy pink i haven't gotten the chance to read this one yet but this one is set during the black wall street and it's this massacre in tulsa oklahoma it was absolutely horrible and that is also the setting and topic of the book dreamland burning by jennifer latham so there are three for you there are more but i figured i'd just give you three next is hindu mythology so i went with star daughter by shvita thakura because this is a story built all around hindu mythology it comes really prevalent into the story and it was super interesting too historical romance with lots of angst the number one thing i could think of was kingdom of the wicked by carrie maniscalco this is a historical fiction set in italy and it has a fantastical element to it kind of a creepiness to it but the romance is literally so angsty it is ridiculous hello charlie do you have something to say back there something that's weird and whimsical like alice so of course furthermore by tahara mafi is perfect for this it is whimsical weird just super fun and i loved this but then i also wanted to recommend on birthday on birthday by liz brazwell sorry and one hand i'm trying to occupy charlie in the other i'm trying to show you the book it's really a struggle but on birthday by liz braswell is an alice in wonderland retelling but it stays so true to the whimsy and nonsensical nature of original alice that i felt like i had to add it in here also heartless by marissa meyer of course this one i don't have anything for but like i really want someone if you do have one for this please give it to me and also i love the way that this person worded this so pulling an uno reverse so it's lovers to enemies instead of enemies to lovers so please if you have any for this let me know help this person out because i couldn't but i loved the pulling in uno reverse it really made me laugh this next one also made me laugh because it's just so specific a wedding setting but without murder like i haven't really read any wedding books that deal with murder so i guess that's just not something that i'm good at but i decided to go for save the date by morgan matson because this whole story is leading up to the older sister's wedding and the wedding is super prevalent like the whole thing is surrounding it so definitely if you're looking for something with a wedding this is a good book for that so next is a book with lost in the title so this person was talking about how it's not a trope but like this is the perfect question that i love because it makes me think and i think it's so fun so the only book i could think of and once again this is one i'm sure there's more but i decided to go with lost in the never was by aiden thomas i did end up dnfing this one but it's an urban peter pan retelling that i think a lot of people would enjoy and it does have lost in the title next is a contemporary with a unique twist so you definitely need to check out justin a reynolds so his first book opposite of always here is a contemporary with a unique twist it's where the character keeps on going on this like loop basically to try and save his girlfriend who has died so it's a lot and then his second book that i have but i haven't read yet early departures has kind of a similar topic where it's a contemporary with a little bit of a twist in there next is academic rivals to lovers and this is one that i did actually just talk about this book but today tonight tomorrow is 100 academic rivals to lovers and it is so great like it's really well done so if that's what you're looking for check this out but there is also what's not to love by emily whiberly in austin sigmund broca which is coming out this spring and that is also an academic rivals to lovers story something fun and light with a two-word title like i said the more specific the better but the tumor title part is for a read-a-thon so prince charming by rachel hawkins is perfect we have two words here but it's also so light so cute and so fluffy and just so much fun okay so those are all of the subscriber recommendations that i have for you guys today like i said i love doing these videos so if you wanted to leave your recommendations for any of these down below please do but also if you have any that you would like to challenge me with like i said the more challenging the better leave them down below and maybe i will do one sooner rather than later but i hope you guys enjoyed i hope it helped you to find some recommendations thank you so much to everyone who sent me some that they were looking for oh charles he's just sitting under my chair crying but i hope you guys liked today's video and i will see you guys in the next one soon bye you\n"