Do These Books Live up to the Hype?

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[dagimille]

I seriously need a “childhood friends to lovers” recommendation video omg AHH that would be so amazing

[lyssa]

not just the video i wanted, the video i NEEDED

[Doublehelix_]

I could listen to Hailey talk for hours.. its relaxing for some reason.

[StudioLindsay]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold definitely lived up to the hype for me. I’m so happy it’s a series now!

[hannadavis]

PLEASE Hailey bring on that childhood friends to lovers video ASAP!

[meljstephan]

Hailey, if you have not yet read One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid you need to! It has childhood friends to lovers and so much more!!

[storiesofwonderland]

The premise for Before The Coffee Gets Cold made me so excited to read it, but the story didn't grab me and I dnf'd unfortunately.

[e-nev]

Oh my gosh, Every Summer After was SO good! I loved it so so much. Well written, super addicting, had this great nostalgic feel, and I think the looming "fallout" really grips you as you want to find out what happened. I'm glad you loved it too!

[emilybroderick]

My husband and I are “childhood friends to lovers” so definitely interested in that video!

[Faerieshimmer]

I love your hair! I have been busy been awhile since I watched you. Sorry love your videos !

You seem happy I remember when I saw a video where you were depressed and I was worried. I hope you are doing better! I have depression as well.

[thebookbag]

I was kinda underwhelmed by Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I agree that the stories on their own were interesting but I found that as a collection, they felt so repetitive with the time travel being explained in excruciating detail every time. I really loved Every Summer After though!
A great book similar to Daisy Jone and the Six is The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton. It has the similar interview style but touches on more societal issues of the time!

[witchymary]

I just wish people would stop reading Where the crawdads sing and stop supporting the author. It's not like she said something bad on Twitter, she's literally complicit in a murder

[ThisIsMeEmna]

kudos on this style of video, very well done. would love to see more like this. i read the first story in before the coffee, I found it just okay. didn't like the writing style much.

[francescathomas]

wasnt the summer of '69 the summer of woodstock? I really so want to read One italian Summer which is already on my TBR.

[wellsfiction]

Hi Hailey. I've started reading from Where the Crawdads Sing and definitely feel you lol. BTW love your top ♥♥

[heatherkirchhoffwritesya]

I never read Where the Crawdads Sing but I loved the movie.

[aoifeoconnell]

I'm also obsessed with childhood friends to lovers but booktube loves enemies to lovers 😭 would love to hear any recs you have!

[katiemcgraw]

Gosh, I hated My Year of Rest and Relaxation. It was so pointless and self-indulgent. But clearly I am missing something because everyone else in the world seemed to enjoy it.

[emilyroberts]

I read BTCGC this month (and am planning on reading the sequel in the next couple of days) but yeah, I kinda agree. The book was missing something for me, and my favorite story was Mother and Child. I can't pinpoint what was missing, but I still had a good time reading it!

WTCS was such a tough book to read. I hated the dialect, I hated the time jumps, I literally didn't care until the court case. I hated the ending... like it was just such a blah book for me - I don't understand the hype. Plus, apparently the author is SUPER sketchy and not a great person but idk much about that🤷

[caitlyn.m.t]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold and My Year of Rest and Relaxation are both on my TBR. They sound very interesting and my kind of reads, which is why I want to read them. I have read Malibu Rising and my apologies, but I disagree with you. I thought it was bad. I don't use that term lightly when talking about books, like sure I may not have enjoyed them but I don't usually see any book as straight up bad. But in this case, it was. It gave me nothing, and I am not planning on reading her next work because again, it sounds bad. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a favourite of mine so I'll still keep an eye on her as an author, but this book book wasn't it for me and I have no interest in her most recent release.