Welcome back to Book Break! Let's talk about our favourite books of the year
so far. Firstly I would love to know what your guys's favourite books have been so far this year,
so do let us know in the comments below. For us we're actually going to use this to go on a little
trip down memory lane of the last six months. So I have looked back through all of our videos in 2021
so far, and found that we have recommended you over 600 different books. That's a lot of books.
That's a lot of different titles that we have been chatting about in these videos so far this year.
But there were a few recurring titles, there were a few common threads, and a few books that quite
frankly I can't seem to shut up about because they appeared in so many videos. So having counted
them all up, there are six books that just kept appearing over and over. So let's have a little
look back at the last six months and see what they were. Starting in sixth place, the sixth most
talked about book on Book Break so far was Can You See Me Now? by Trisha Sakhlecha. Here's everything
I've said about that one. Can You See Me Now? Can You See Me Now? Can You See Me Now? Can You See
Me Now? This is another thriller. Alia is working as a government minister with secrets in her past
that she doesn't want to come to the surface. In flashbacks we see our main character fall in with
a group of very wealthy privileged girls when she was at this elite school in Delhi. Dark academia
vibes in there maybe. These girls were caught up in such a toxic dynamic, so I can't wait.
And a lot of those mentions were before I'd even read it! I was just so excited for this one.
Moving on to number five - the fifth most talked about book on Book Break was The Office of
Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans, a short story collection that has won my heart well and
truly. So let's see what I've been saying about it. The Office of Historical Corrections. This
is my favourite book that I've read so far this year I think. So this is a collection of short
stories plus a novella. All of the stories share this theme of history: who gets to decide which
history is recorded, what gets passed down through the generations. So the collection works really
well together. This book was incredible, it's so so thought-provoking, I absolutely loved it.
Coming in at fourth place we have How to Save a Life by Eva Carter. Here are some of the times I
have raved about that book. How to Save a Life. This is my gorgeous proof copy. So this one is
about three friends, it begins on New Year's Eve 2000 when these three are teenagers. They're all
at a New Year's party, and then one of them collapses. It's up to two of the other teenagers
at this party, both aspiring doctors, to save his life. And the book then follows those three
characters over the next few decades, seeing how their friendship grows and is affected by
this night. This one is a full nostalgia tour, these characters keep being drawn back together.
I know that one's been a big favourite with you guys as well. Moving on to third place, the third
favourite book that we have had on Book Break so far this year, has been Bridget Jones's Diary.
I adore that book. It is not a new book at all, in fact it just had its 25th anniversary,
but as you are about to see in some of the clips I'm about to show you, I definitely still think
this book is just as relevant today. Bridget Jones is still such an icon. This book is so
good. This I absolutely adore. It's a laugh out loud series following the romantic adventures
and misadventures of 30-something Bridget Jones. Bridget is still just as relatable and hilarious
as ever. It is still just as hilarious, just as moving, just as brilliant as ever. So many of
these stories still ring really true. I absolutely love this new cover with Bridget Jones's famous
pants front and centre. She is hilarious, I literally laughed out loud the whole
way through this book. So I absolutely loved this one. We will forever love Bridget Jones.
Okay and then the top two were actually joint neck and neck, so this is really a tied
first place. One of these books I have read and one of them I haven't,
but both of them I have been so excited to talk to you guys about over this year so far. So in no
particular order because it really was neck and neck, the top two titles on Book Break of 2021
were Yours Cheerfully and The Library of the Dead. Roll the clips! Yours Cheerfully. Library
of the Dead. Yours Cheerfully. The Library of the Dead. Yours Cheerfully. The Library of the Dead by
T.L. Huchu who is a Scottish Zimbabwean author. Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce which is the
sequel to Dear Mrs Bird. So this is going to be such a cheering book. It's a slightly supernatural
mystery. So this is about best friends Emmy and Bunty putting on a brave face and really
making a go of it. So our main character here is a ghost talker, but after investigating a mysterious
message from one of the spirits, she uncovers a whole mystery which leads her to a magical occult
library. This book has got a great setting, it's all set in london during the second world war.
Emmy lake is stepping into the role of wartime advice columnist herself. And it's up to Ropa
to call on her ancestral Zimbabwean magic along with Scottish pragmatism to solve this case. So
it's really about bravery and female friendship. And in this book we see them picking themselves
up, putting on a brave face, and being determined to make a go of it. Delightfully British.
So those were the six books that really won our hearts on Book Break this year
and also the six books that we thought you guys would like the best. I'd love to know
what your favourites of the year so far have been. So do leave a comment below and I will
also link here to a video we made of some of the most popular books on BookTube as a whole. Do
click through and have a watch, because it took a lot of counting. See you next time!