Reading Rejected Thrillers I Didn't Pick for My Book Club

0:00 intro
1:35 vera wong's unsolicited advice for murderers
8:12 the golden spoon
14:02 killing me
23:07 the woman in the library
28:16 death of a book seller
32:53 kill creek
39:37 the overnight guest
47:55 the hole
50:33 linghun
53:46 green fuse burning

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[Soyboyanarchy]

This channel is like a warm blanket to me. You are the most comfortable corner of the internet to be in

[anjalibhat]

I run a book club for children at the library where I work, and I’m also very deliberate and intentional with my picks, often looking back to see what we’ve recently read, making sure there’s a diversity of genres, topics, and authors represented too, and a mix of debut authors and recognizable favorites. Even though I’m more well-versed in middle grade than adult horror and mystery/thriller I LOVE seeing that your brain works the same way in selecting titles!!!

[taylorgayhart]

29:36 I’m really glad there are books addressing the problematic nature of the true crime genre. I know someone who was a victim of a “true crime” podcast exploiting her tragedy, and whenever I bring up how problematic it is, *I* end up getting attacked by fans.

[tracy]

loved this video. 10/10 concept per usual. having a timelapse of the different hair colors over the last X months was the cherry (Spoiler: all a slay)

[kyrasaturn]

Kayla, I love when you recommend a book for fans of another genre. It helps to narrow down the target audience and get the book in the right hands. I think that would be a fun video concept. Thriller recs for nonfiction readers, romance recs for horror readers, nonfiction recs for romance readers, memoirs for fantasy readers, etc!

[PattyEverAfter]

Idk, but I'd be down to read two novellas with similar themes. That way people have options to read one or both and then guests can talk about comparisons between the themes.

[JoshsBookishVoyage]

Great vlog. Interesting to see your thought processes on what should and should be a book club pick

[amandaplaysthesims]

Best grief writer. Daniel Barnett. He's a self-published author, and I love his writing. The Safe was amazing, but the best thing I've read in a really long time is his Nightmare Chronicles. THE BEST!!

[spines.and.needles]

I loved Monstrilio and Twisted Love Story this year.

[sillyleebug]

whenever i see that you posted, my day gets 100% better !!

[astoldbydeedra]

New to your channel and the book club, I appreciate how thoughtful and thorough you are about book club selections. I already read March selection, and I can't wait to talk about this book with everyone else, because I loved it! I actually used some of your suggestions for your reading challenge to test out some new genres I don't usually gravite too, and I've enjoyed all of the books I've read this year thus far.

[BellesLibrary]

Vera Wong is one on my tbr, I think a good book club pick!

[terryboot]

i'm so glad you loved The Woman in the Library! It was one of my top reads of the year but I've not really seen anyone talk about it lmao. I'd also absolutely recommend Sulari Gentill's other book After She Wrote Him - I think I enjoyed it just a little more than TWITL. It also plays with those confusing story within a story type vibes and revolves around characters who are authors.

[paperbacksgalore]

I read The Woman in the Library last year and gave it 5 stars!! I thought it was very unique and I was completely engaged the entire time. I enjoyed reading about the friend group dynamics and also Boston haha

[taylorgayhart]

I’m not a big mystery reader, but I recently picked up Murder on Sex Island, and I LOVED it and highly recommend! It’s a cozy mystery I guess, but it’s not like “cozy” it’s more silly!!

[kelley.s]

I'm so glad to hear you loved Green Fuse Burning, because I have also been obsessed with the cover since I saw it on Instagram!

[JanAgaton]

yesss I gave Vera Wong & The Overnight Guest solid 5 stars!

definitely going to put Kill Creek & Green Fuse Burning higher on my priority list 👀

[Fiberedfolios]

Vera wongs’s unsolicited advice for murderers was probably one of my favourite reads of 2023! Vera was hilarious and really made the story!
Golden spoon I listened on audio and it wasn’t bad at all!
I’m two months late on this video but I’m okay with that 🤣

[BresBooks]

I loved loved loved vera wong. It is hilarious and heartwarming. Def more of a cozy mystery feel. I hope y'all enjoy it next year🎉🎉🎉

[heidiwarner]

I love your review of The Woman in the Library, I read it in October and gave it 4 stars! My one critique that brought it down is I thought going in that it was a story of the 4 friends trapped in the library over the span of hours because the body was found and they had to figure out between them who the killer was. So it just went in a different direction than I was expecting, but it was still a good book!