I find it fun to watch other booktubers make their 5 star book predictions then later come back and tell their subscribers whether or not those books lived up to such expectations. I personally never wanted to bother with doing such a thing because I know me and I know that I rarely if ever give a book 5 stars, I hand out 3 and 4 star ratings like candy, though. But I decided to sit down and really think about it because I realized that there is at least one book that I have felt a 5 star vibe from. So there must be more. I came up with 7 books (I don’t have a lot of books on my want to read shelf at all). And when I feel that a book is going to be a 5 star read I tend to either stop reading it or don’t pick it up at all. Maybe because I already figure and believe these are going to be 5 stars so I can just read them whenever. But I’m going to make an attempt to read and finish these books this year and see what I really feel.
#1 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
This book is all the rave right now but I’ve owned this book since 2015. I’ve always known about it and I have a thing for very sad books and I’ve always known that this book is going to shatter me. This should definitely be a 5 star book from me. I am a little more wary about it now, not going to lie, because I’m not all too confident about my mental state being ready to handle this. If not, I’ll just read it slow 😅
#2 The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
This is one of the newer books to join this discussion and I’m not all too fully sure what this book is about and I’ve seen some of the reviews from friends (not good) but I still get a 5 star vibe from it. It could just be because I know it’s gay *Kanye shrug*
#3 Midnight by Sister Souljah
I started reading this book for the first time back in 2013. I was highlighting all the words, all the paragraphs, on every page for the first 5 or so pages because I just agreed with Sister Souljah’s writing and thoughts so much. I decided to put the book down at the time because, like I said earlier, I felt a 5 star vibe from it and thought I need to pick this up at another time to fully take it in. I consider Midnight to be my favorite character of all time and my fictional crush and I’ve only read about 5 pages of him. He does pop up in The Coldest Winter Ever and I believe that’s when I first started liking him but Midnight is the first book in his own trilogy so reading those books back to back is a must.
#4 More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
I’ve owned this book since 2016 and have always felt that this would be the book that I would give 5 stars to but also be my most favorite from him out of all of his books. I can’t wait to not only read this book but to also finally start reading all of his books.
#5 We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
This is one of my favorite booktuber’s favorite books and I decided to give it a shot. And wow have I been blown away. This comes at a surprise because I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I am. Let me back up, no I haven’t read or finished reading this yet. I started it last year and within days I was halfway through it. It’s such a good read and it flies by but that feeling came on. I just know I’m going to give it 5 stars and I’m halfway through it and haven’t picked it back up since May of 2019......
#6 The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Yessssss. Yes. Yes. Damn it. I’m slowly taking this in and loving every minute of it! I love the atmosphere and I just know something is coming so it kind of has me on the edge of my seat. I’m only 114 pages into it but it’s right up my alley so I’ve put it on pause because I just know... I just know, I’m about to love this. I already have a music soundtrack for it (I sometimes do this with the books I read. I used to do this a lot when I was in high school). It’s so funny I feel that this book is going to be 5 stars after swearing I wouldn’t read anything from this author again after giving The Goldfinch 1 star. This is definitely much better and superior.
#7 Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
I read the first book in this series back in 2018 and freaking loved it! It was such a surprise read because I’ve never read this author before and I haven’t read Outlander yet (which I’m iffy about that being 5 stars so it didn’t make the list) but I knew that... Lord John was gay.... so I started this series. And I love it! This is the second book and after reading the first 3 pages or so I had to put it down and away because... why?... I’m getting that feeling again. Lord John, next to Midnight, is one of my favorite characters of all time.
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