I never had the habit of reading, but this year i decided to read. It s everything so new for me and then I decided a goal (first) it was 6 books in 12 months, but in 5 months i had read all the 6 books so changed my goal to 12 books in 12 months, by now ive read 13 books. Im very happy cause last year i just didn read at all, so

It’s weird but October was actually one of my worst reading months I had this year. I only read 5 books and I sorta feel bad because I am normally reading a LOT this time of year 😅

Hi Katie! You should try The Last tale of the flower bride by Roshni Choksi. I am currently reading it and it has things you love , like sentient houses, mysterious past , folklores and atmospheric writing. Personally this is the first time I'm a book like that but you might like it. By the way I love your videos so much! 💕 I literally re-watch and binge them whenever possible. ❤️ Keep making reading vlogs, absolutely love them! ❤️

I only read 2 books in october.....it was a rough month personally and just didn't care to read anything maybe November will be different....I have finished a book I picked up Nov 3rd so that's a good sign 😊anyways happy reading

I always admired Katie's review of the books she read. She's very articulate and I can see you are passionate about books and reading. 💗

THANK GOD you mentioned the ambiance in "A study in drowning", it's TOP TIER literally.

As far as A Study in Drowning goes, the dark academia genre is defined by its critique of the elitism in academia. I’ve never read it, but I thought this might help.

The whole of September and October I maybe read 4 books total. Was in one of my worst reading slumps ever. But I'm getting back into reading now so hopefully can read a bunch of books before the year ends!

I loved Sleepy Hollow and Interview with the Vampire! Stay out of the Basement was my first Goosebumps book ever as a child. The atmosphere got me hooked to the series back then so it's very nostalgic! But after I had read the entire collection it also ended up on the pile of my least favourites.

Books I Read this month: 1. Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson 2. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson 3. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (re-read) 4. Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo 5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 6. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

My favourite book of October was easily The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab. It was my absolute most anticipated book release of 2023 and it did not disappoint in the slightest. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. I just loved that book so so much and had such a fantastic reading time with it 🥺🧡

Ahhh pretty much all I could really get myself into this month was the Veronica speedwell series. I read the first three :^) I also read what moves the dead, and strange star by Emma Carroll

I read 12 books this month and this was the perfect video for updating my reading journal

Not gonna lie here i loved watching your video and just hearing you talk about the books you've read!!! For me this helps me to remember to ENJOY reading and not just set goals but to jist have fun with the books im reading or plan to read ❤

I read one book in October. And it was The Ex Hex and between work and after work things it took me all of October. It also just took me forever to find more than just a hint of interest in the book, and once i was finally interested it was over. The ending was super rushed. But it was a cute story.

so many books I now need to add to my tbr as they sound amazing! such a cosy video as always 🥰✨

Powerless is my favourite book of the year ! Hope u enjoy it as much as I did katie

I unlocked Stephen King books this October I listened to the outsider and pet symetery on audiobook and im currently reading the shinning 😊

Personally I think of Dark Academia as academia or academic pursuits being used as a setting/ vessel for criticism of how those institutions can be corrupted or misused. The setting/ aesthetic is just window dressing in my opinion, especially when the setting & vibes is more important than the actual core of the story. Vibes wise A Study in Drowning isn’t very ~dark academia aesthetic~ but I think the core of the story actually fits the themes well (I wouldn’t say it’s a super STRONG Dark Academia novel) but it centres literary and institutional criticism. Other Dark Academia books like The Atlas Six and A Deadly Education fall short of the sub genre in my opinion, since those books are to me, almost all vibes without a lot of real critique or substance. For this reason, a lot of super popular ‘Dark Academia’ books, don’t seem to work for me 😭 Love your videos!!

I picked up My roommate is a Vampire on a whim to read on a flight recently, and am thoroughly enjoying it! So much fun and I love the colour scheme on the cover. Also quite a change of pace from the book I finished on the first half of the flight - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Another really enjoyable book. Now I know the solution, I’m going to have to reread it to truly appreciate all the ‘hints’ as the story progresses.

You remind me of Holliday Grainger, the actress...so much alike!

Just a heads up I would recommend reading the Skyward flight (the three novella bind up) before reading the last book, there’s a lot of information that I think is going to playing into the last book!

20?!! How?! Honestly. Teach me!

You had never read sci fi! That's amazing, now you can discover all the great stuff for the first time! 😄 Definitely read Scythe, it's like Interview with the vampire but instead of vampires it's scythes and sci fi in a world where people are immortal, so I think you'll love it!

If you're looking for more Sci fi, Ender's Game is phenomenal! I'm not much of a Sci fi girlie but that book knocks it out of the freaking park.

I read only two books in October (a short one and a Garfield 😂), but I’m more than happy about it because they were my first books in two years… Glad to FINALLY get out of this never-ending slump

I’m in the middle of reading my roommate is a vampire, and I love it so much❤ at the beginning. It was a little boring for me, but now it’s quite funny and sweet.❤

I've been slowly reading Folk of the Air! I love it so much. I've been wanting to read Holly Black for a while because of you and then I went into the sweet used book shop down the street and the owner is a near stalker level fan of Holly Black. She doesn't even have any of her books in the shop and yet she talked me into this trilogy? series? I'm more than halfway through The Queen of Nothing and I'm kind of sad about it. I've comforted myself by buying the Tower of Dawn, which is the next book in the SJM Throne of Glass series for me. I hope I still like it after reading Holly. The number of books I'm reading isn't high and I'm not going to reach my Goodreads goal at all but I'm having a great time!

since you liked dark waters (i haven’t read it myself but from what you described) maybe you should read lockwood and co next october, they had a show abt it but it was canceled 💔

One of my favorite books had a sentient house…Il Bastino in Ninth House and Hell Bent

Im reading A Study in Drowning atm. I agree I dont think its Dark Academia, I feel it has potential and can see why some would class it as Dark Academia but for me no. My favourite book in October was Interview with a Vampire, such good writing

Katie Your videos relax me 🥳♥️ iloveeyouu

If you like 'Interview with the Vampire' then maybe you'll like 'Empire of the Vampire' by Jay Kristoff. The main character is a half-vampire named Gabriel and he's being interviewed in prison. He tells his life story: from being in a half-vampire brotherhood thing that serves to kill full-blooded vampires to falling in love and finding family. It's long and slow but I enjoyed it. The vampire lore and different types of vampires was super interesting!

I really enjoyed finishing The Naturals series and did not really vibe with Skyward because I felt like it was dragging on to much other then that I had a good reading month. November I have no idea how I am reading all the books I want to read considering two pre-orders (Iron Flame and Powerless) plus my current tbr which is Clockwork Princess, Belladonna, and two Yona of the Dawn mangas.

Idk about you but checking out all the books I want to from the library is a valid excuse to dislike somebody for me💀💀

I myself thought it was me because ...I'm not really in the fantasy genre yet but I thought a study and drowning was really lackluster it just didn't do anything for me I hope I have a different view on another good fantasy that I'm going to try out hopefully before 2024 lol

Sorry this is not book related but where are your earrings from? Anyone knows? 💕

Is the glitch in audio & video timing is only for me?? No one mentioned that. It's working well at 0.75x speed only.

I wanted to read interview of the vampire for the longest time. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Now I'm motivated to pick it up(also I think it would be great if you checked out the movie too)

Wondering where your wrings are from? I love them

How many hours a month do you spend reading? I wish I could read 10 books a month, let alone 20!

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