Can I make money from my youtube videos doing this?

I made a channel reviewing books, video games, and stories that friends have written. I also have an alcoholic beverage I drink in every episode.

However, another youtuber told me that I can’t make money because you can’t even TALK about copyrighted material, such as in book reviews. Yet when I go to the monetize option, it says all my videos are acceptable to be monetized.

I asked Yahoo Answers and got one answer that said I could do book reviews. At this point, I’m just confused on who’s right and wrong.