eep i cant wait to reread hp!!!! love that asmr bookspolosion book clean up XD yes i totally appreciate HP so much more as an adult!! it really is so impressive i just finished wundersmith (book 2 of nevermoor) the other day and i LOVED ITTTTT im so excited to see your thoughts YAAAAY IM SO HAPPY YOU LIKED IT YAAAAS HOLLY CHASEE it was my third book reread lmfao we have VERY similar thoughts about holly chase ahhah im so so so pleased you loved it too
When you were talking about rereading the HP series and you said “2011” I momentarily went like “oh, that wasn’t that long ago”. But then I realized it’s 2019 and I’m old AF
The end of Saga 9 made me throw it across the room and scream. While also crying. It makes it worse that the creators are taking a year break too. Ughhhhhh. My heart!
tfw i'm simultaneously cackling and sobbing at the clip of you finishing saga volume 9 because your reaction was hilarious but also like- i too am dead inside
For real, you forget how good the Harry Potter books are, the storytelling is so insane. Sometimes I think the movies cloud my judgement. Obviously, the movies are great but they don’t have the expansive ability of the books to have everything in the wizarding world woven in like the books do.
I started reading skyward while on a longish car ride (5 hours) and omg I got sucked in it so quickly that I stayed in the hotel until I finished it while my family went out shopping and stuff
❤️❤️❤️❤️ girl you usually crush everything so don’t feel bad if you can’t finish in time. Your hair surprised me but looks so cute. You accomplished absolutely so much this year and should be proud. We are proud of you. I’m loving all the quality Booktuber content we are getting for the beginning and ending of the year;)
Oh Kat! You're energy was so contagiously wonderful! I'm glad you let yourself do what you wanted instead of forcing yourself to do everything and stretch yourself too thin. I can't wait to hear more about Book soon! Also, I've been meaning to read Saga. My little sister is obsessed with it!
I also read those last five volumes of Saga and cried so much while yelling to my husband “I hate Saga! I’m never reading it again! ...I need more like right now.” loved everything about this video :) Good luck with the writing/reading/vlogging combination in the new year!!
YOU WEAR GLASSES?! OMG I LOVE IT!!! You look so good in them!! I wanted to hug when you were crying but then your “WTF” at 28:38 had me scREAMING omg hahahahah. NOW IM SCARED TO READ VOLUME 9 THOUGH. Glad you liked Nevermoor❤️
Your enthusiasm in this video is contagious. If someone was having a not so great day, watching this video would surely make their day a little better :)
Kat!! Happy New Year! Can’t believe I’ve been watching you for almost ten years. You were my first Booktuber and remain one of my absolute favorites. Thanks for just feeling like a friend I’ve gotten to know through the years, and thank you equally for all the great reads. Cheers! ❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽
Yes you should include e-books and audiobooks in your reviews. I once had to rent a storage area, had ... 8 box's of books stored, then bought second copies of some books at a used books store because it was simpler than going to storage and un-packing box's to find the titles. Ebooks are SO more transportable.
This was such a fun reading vlog! I'm OBSESSED with listening to Jim Dale narrate the Harry Potter books! When he reads Hagrid I literally think Robby Coltraine came in to read for Hagrid lol. I plan to restart listening to the series for the third time this month :)
Congrats for you goodreads challenge !! Also, your reaction to saga volume 9 is so relatable... Like 💥😭😢 it really hurts. And saga is on hiatus for a year now...The feels
The Saga reaction was too real. I needed a hug after I finished volume 9..... now they’re on a break so we have to wait until they start back up again to know what happens......my heart still hurts.
I just saw this video and got so excited that you had uploaded that I nearly fell off my chair lol. Thank you for all your videos in 2018!!! Can't wait for another year of your amazing videos!! ❤️
I'll be attempting to read around 60 books this year. Maybe more if I can manage ! Guess it is a good resolution if not the best I've ever had : reading and more reading; for reading is life ! :)
I had my worst reading year in years and years - but I was also horrifically depressed because of my work situation. I hope this year will be better. Praise Dog I got a new job, so, I hope to limit myself to buying only 5 books this year, and reading some of the over x-hundred (I'm too embarrassed by my giant tbr to actually say the actual #) books I already own. But I'm not missing out on new Seanan McGuire books this year.
omg Kat. I finished my Goodreads challenge but for some reason I got it into my head that I HAD to finish HP and the Order of the Phoenix. I read it all day New Years Eve but didn't make it because its a brick of a book. Up till now I've been reading one HP book a year so I felt bad that I hadn't completed it. It's my first full reread and I am amazed at how good those books are.
I LOVE NEVERMOOR AND WUNDERSMITH!! 😱 so glad to see a big booktuber fall in love with it :D such a great series x as for harry potter I listen to it (stephen fry) once/twice a year :p x
OMG! I love this! I love you! I love all of your insightful thoughts on story and storytelling and craft and all the different plots in all of the things and I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME!!!! I also need to do a reread of HP. I think I've only actually read 6 and 7 like once and that is a CRIME! I'm super excited for Nevermoor it sounds so fun and I am here for it! Also, your clip of your reaction to that SAGA volume = omg actual lol I love it this is incredible! Once again, I love this, I love you and can't wait to talk/hear/see everything from you in this new year!!! :D
I read 52 books in 2018, which surprised me because I was only reading 15-20 books in previous years. My 2019 goal is 100 books, including books for the PopSugar reading challenge, and I'm also going to declutter my personal library. Anything I give 3/5 or less will most likely go. I've also made sure to choose some shorter books to help me reach 100 books.
I thought The Afterlife of Holly Chase slogged badly around the middle and was feeling less than impressed, but the last third of the book is so good that it completely won me over and I ended up really liking it. Really the perfect book to end 2018.
Saga volume 9...WTF is RIGHT!!! I just can't with that one right now. And they are going on a writing hiatus for at least A YEAR!!! WHY?!?!? Good job on finishing your Goodreads challenge. Sad you had to end it the way you did ;-) Good luck in 2019
would you consider doing an unhaul?? not even as a video but for ur piece of mind. if you're overwhelmed by the number of books u own...i know it really helped me
Yay!!!! New video!!! And it’s 30 mins long! 💗 I managed to way surpass my goal this year thanks to marathoning a lot of manga & this year my goal should be easy too. I can’t imagine reaching 52 - that blows my mind!! I really need to read Skyward... I am also large overdue a HP reread. I haven’t reread the whole series since DH came out. Love your slytherin sweater xD What was your favourite booksplosion book of the year? I also really want a dog really badly! But my apartment place is a No Pets so I need to move first 😭 I didn’t realise how BIG GoF was! 😱 Your idea of reading fellow booktubers fav books is a great idea! The thought of moving house with all my concert and idol Goods is just... I feel your pain xD BTW!! I was never really into KPop (used to listen to TVXQ and Shinee back in 2009 but nothing serious) until Super Junior took over my entire life this July and I saw them twice in concert!! I know they aren’t exactly up your alley (you prefer BTS and the 3rd gens right?) but I wanted to let you know that a follower of yours has finally fallen and joined you in KPop hell xD luckily I live in Japan so my KPop coworker will probably drag me to Korea a few times this year haha you should join us! XD Yup comics is a great way to catch up! Don’t feel like it’s cheating!! XD Sorry my reply is so long!! But you gave a long video so you deserve a long reply ^_^ Have a good day!
Try the Harry Potter audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry, this is the UK edition, they are AMAZING! You will never want to hear another audiobook again :) They led me to an audiobook reading slump, they were so good. Regarding Brandon Sanderson's books- amazing magic systems, too melodramatic (not very relatable or realistic) characters. I know it is just me, but I can't get pass the first books in his series, so I gave up on him a log time ago. I am a huge Carry on fan, if you can, please, make a video about your expectations regarding Wayward Son.
Wow Kat u read a lot of books! Skyward is on my tbr and dying to read it. I loved the saga series, ur reaction was the same as mine. I am reading the towering sky by katharine mcgee have u read it yet?(:
Maybe you could do a vlog for each book you're reading that one of your friends recommended? So instead of doing a week of just reading and vloging for these books you could do single vlogs and make it a little series on your channel.... just an idea. I'm a mood reader too, that's why I don't do tbrs. So reading book recs back to back for a week or even longer sounds a bit terrible to me 🙈 But I'd love to see what you're reading because of your friends and how you like the books.
“I care enough to try but not enough to force myself and make myself miserable.” Why is that my mood during school
lol XD
“... it’s 394!”
*is currently rereading Prisoner of Azkaban*
*didn’t make the reference*
My heart has crumpled.
OMG WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
Haha I noticed that too
THAT IS WHAT I SAID!!! So funny!
eep i cant wait to reread hp!!!!
love that asmr bookspolosion book clean up XD
yes i totally appreciate HP so much more as an adult!! it really is so impressive
i just finished wundersmith (book 2 of nevermoor) the other day and i LOVED ITTTTT im so excited to see your thoughts
YAAAAY IM SO HAPPY YOU LIKED IT
YAAAAS HOLLY CHASEE it was my third book reread lmfao
we have VERY similar thoughts about holly chase ahhah im so so so pleased you loved it too
Okay but that section where she put the books back was so satisfying 👌
When you were talking about rereading the HP series and you said “2011” I momentarily went like “oh, that wasn’t that long ago”. But then I realized it’s 2019 and I’m old AF
7:52 Turn to page three hundred and nighty four
You deciding that you actually cared about completing the challenge last minute is such a MOOD
The end of Saga 9 made me throw it across the room and scream. While also crying. It makes it worse that the creators are taking a year break too. Ughhhhhh. My heart!
i literally haven't even processed it yet i'm still in shock
Lee Marie I’m only on volume 3 and this makes me nervous to catch up lol.
Just liked to say thankyou kat for all the entertainment u gave me in 2018, its 2019 now, and can't wait for a whole new year full of great content✌️
tfw i'm simultaneously cackling and sobbing at the clip of you finishing saga volume 9 because your reaction was hilarious but also like-
i too am dead inside
For real, you forget how good the Harry Potter books are, the storytelling is so insane. Sometimes I think the movies cloud my judgement. Obviously, the movies are great but they don’t have the expansive ability of the books to have everything in the wizarding world woven in like the books do.
I started reading skyward while on a longish car ride (5 hours) and omg I got sucked in it so quickly that I stayed in the hotel until I finished it while my family went out shopping and stuff
a whole half hour of kat!!!! my day is madeeee
❤️❤️❤️❤️ girl you usually crush everything so don’t feel bad if you can’t finish in time. Your hair surprised me but looks so cute. You accomplished absolutely so much this year and should be proud. We are proud of you. I’m loving all the quality Booktuber content we are getting for the beginning and ending of the year;)
thank you
Oh Kat! You're energy was so contagiously wonderful! I'm glad you let yourself do what you wanted instead of forcing yourself to do everything and stretch yourself too thin. I can't wait to hear more about Book soon!
Also, I've been meaning to read Saga. My little sister is obsessed with it!
Also the reaction to saga....
I need you to make a video about your thoughts
I also read those last five volumes of Saga and cried so much while yelling to my husband “I hate Saga! I’m never reading it again! ...I need more like right now.” loved everything about this video :) Good luck with the writing/reading/vlogging combination in the new year!!
YOU WEAR GLASSES?! OMG I LOVE IT!!! You look so good in them!!
I wanted to hug when you were crying but then your “WTF” at 28:38 had me scREAMING omg hahahahah. NOW IM SCARED TO READ VOLUME 9 THOUGH.
Glad you liked Nevermoor❤️
oh you should be very very scared i'm so sorry in advance it's actually bullshit
@@SasMuffin427 Really??
@@alexandraroselyn lol yup
i say lol because i'm in denial about my unresolved pain
Your enthusiasm in this video is contagious. If someone was having a not so great day, watching this video would surely make their day a little better :)
This video was even better than I was expecting. Love when you are just chatting with us, and now I'm inspired to read a lot this year!!! Love you ❤️
Kat!! Happy New Year! Can’t believe I’ve been watching you for almost ten years. You were my first Booktuber and remain one of my absolute favorites. Thanks for just feeling like a friend I’ve gotten to know through the years, and thank you equally for all the great reads. Cheers! ❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽
YES NEVERMOOR YESSSS I SCREAM
it better be more than 3 books or i'll cry lol
shemightbemonica I read an interview from the author saying is was going to be a ten book series
checking out on amazon while watching youtube
hears Kat mention Skyward
.................adds to cart
Yes you should include e-books and audiobooks in your reviews. I once had to rent a storage area, had ... 8 box's of books stored, then bought second copies of some books at a used books store because it was simpler than going to storage and un-packing box's to find the titles. Ebooks are SO more transportable.
Yay Kat! Happy New year! Great way to start off 2019 with a video. Hope you have a great year with plenty of good books and your own novel as well!
thanks! happy new year to you as well!
@@Katytastic 😊 love your new look as well!
This video definitely made me buy Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. Even though I still have lots of books on shelves that needs to be read. lol
I just finished skyward and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I actually will look forward to the next book!!
You putting the books on the shelves where so satisfying!!
This was such a fun reading vlog! I'm OBSESSED with listening to Jim Dale narrate the Harry Potter books! When he reads Hagrid I literally think Robby Coltraine came in to read for Hagrid lol. I plan to restart listening to the series for the third time this month :)
I have that slytherin sweater! I just bought it when I was at universal! ☺️ it’s so cozy
I would have never picked up Skyward if you guys hadn’t read it! And it became one of my favorite books of 2018!!!
I loved Nevermoor! Also, Jessica Townsend has said she has plans for about 9 different books in this series ;)
That feel when you reach the end of the chapter so you can say you're technically on the next page!
I really need to read Saga.
Happy 2019!
congrats on finishing your challenge!!! i’m so happy that you liked nevermoor too!!
Hehe your tøp shirt makes me think of when you tricked Christine and Jesse in the how well do you know me video on your favourite band 😂
Lol, yeah I had pretty much the exact same reaction to the end of Saga Vol 9.
Congrats for you goodreads challenge !! Also, your reaction to saga volume 9 is so relatable... Like 💥😭😢 it really hurts. And saga is on hiatus for a year now...The feels
The Saga reaction was too real. I needed a hug after I finished volume 9..... now they’re on a break so we have to wait until they start back up again to know what happens......my heart still hurts.
Kat: *Is nine books short of goal of 52 books*
Me: *Is ten books behind of edited goal of 40 books* *Original being 48*
I read The Afterlife of Holly Chase. I gave it 4 stars :D. I've never read saga but now I don't know if i want to. Maybe i'll wait when it's finished
oooh an half hour long video, let me grab my tea and settle in for a good video :)
hope you enjoy! :)
@@Katytastic I DID!! :)))
I just saw this video and got so excited that you had uploaded that I nearly fell off my chair lol. Thank you for all your videos in 2018!!! Can't wait for another year of your amazing videos!! ❤️
Reading saga is A MOOD
I'll be attempting to read around 60 books this year. Maybe more if I can manage ! Guess it is a good resolution if not the best I've ever had : reading and more reading; for reading is life ! :)
Can't wait to see what you accomplish in 2019 Kat!
your reading vlogs are my favorite videos to watch
aw thank you
Off topic... but you match your tapestry and that makes me happy
Skyward is a masterpiece. Saga us one of my favorites. Also The Afterlife of Holly Chase was amazing too.
I had my worst reading year in years and years - but I was also horrifically depressed because of my work situation. I hope this year will be better. Praise Dog I got a new job, so, I hope to limit myself to buying only 5 books this year, and reading some of the over x-hundred (I'm too embarrassed by my giant tbr to actually say the actual #) books I already own. But I'm not missing out on new Seanan McGuire books this year.
OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED THAT THE AUDIOBOOK COVER SHOWS US A WOLF HOWLING AT THE MOON
omg Kat. I finished my Goodreads challenge but for some reason I got it into my head that I HAD to finish HP and the Order of the Phoenix. I read it all day New Years Eve but didn't make it because its a brick of a book. Up till now I've been reading one HP book a year so I felt bad that I hadn't completed it. It's my first full reread and I am amazed at how good those books are.
when I finished Saga volume 9 I threw my The Will funko pop to the trash (and then picked it back up obviously).
I am halfway through Nevermoor. I hope I'll finish it this month.
I LOVE NEVERMOOR AND WUNDERSMITH!! 😱 so glad to see a big booktuber fall in love with it :D such a great series x as for harry potter I listen to it (stephen fry) once/twice a year :p x
I always paint my nails while listening to an audiobook!
That Saga reaction shot was too real. I threw it at a wall and hid my pop vinyls when I was done it
28:40 ..... hmmmm seems like I need to read this Saga series 🙃🙃😂
lol your reaction to saga makes me want to read it
Same reaction with Sage Vol. 9.........
Your reaction to saga 8&9 made me laugh so hard. You’re my favorite
I read Saga Vol 9 in December too and feel that reaction so much T.T
Saga is my absolute favourite graphic novel series!! I’m really sad that they are taking a real but can’t wait for the next instalment 😭
OMG! I love this! I love you! I love all of your insightful thoughts on story and storytelling and craft and all the different plots in all of the things and I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME!!!! I also need to do a reread of HP. I think I've only actually read 6 and 7 like once and that is a CRIME! I'm super excited for Nevermoor it sounds so fun and I am here for it! Also, your clip of your reaction to that SAGA volume = omg actual lol I love it this is incredible! Once again, I love this, I love you and can't wait to talk/hear/see everything from you in this new year!!! :D
I love A Christmas Carol. I may have to see about this Holly Chase 😎
How do you read that quickly?!? I haven't gotten through a 383 book in almost 24 days!
I read 52 books in 2018, which surprised me because I was only reading 15-20 books in previous years. My 2019 goal is 100 books, including books for the PopSugar reading challenge, and I'm also going to declutter my personal library. Anything I give 3/5 or less will most likely go. I've also made sure to choose some shorter books to help me reach 100 books.
I thought The Afterlife of Holly Chase slogged badly around the middle and was feeling less than impressed, but the last third of the book is so good that it completely won me over and I ended up really liking it. Really the perfect book to end 2018.
Also: Your Saga reaction was my reaction.
queen of changing her hair every like. 2 weeks......thats bi culture babey!
I flipping love Vicious!
Hooray! You made it! I'm so sorry I missed the liveshow, I messed up my days.
serving serious hermione vibes at 17:03
When it got to "crunch time" for me, I kind of cheated, and read novellas. Those count right?
Marie YES! YES THEY DO!
Do a vid on the best books of 2018 pls!!
i will! coming soon! :)
I HAVE TO read Saga!!
Saga volume 9...WTF is RIGHT!!! I just can't with that one right now. And they are going on a writing hiatus for at least A YEAR!!! WHY?!?!? Good job on finishing your Goodreads challenge. Sad you had to end it the way you did ;-) Good luck in 2019
Oh man, I still need to read volumes 8 & 9 of Saga and your ending clip has me nervous! 😬😅
When I'm on a time crunch with my goodreads challenge I turn to picture books. It still counts and only takes 5 minutes.
The mourning period you speak of is also referred to as a book hangover😂
aaah I need to reread Harry Potter ^^ I LOVE Nevermoor
Does America have different audiobook narrators? We have Stephen Fry narrate the HP seriea in the UK...
Comics are the reason that I completed my reading challenge last year and probably finish it this year.
i read volume nine when it first came out and i still can't believe what happened
Well done Kat!!!!!
Saga is absolutely amazing!! :)))
Very excited to watch this! Love you xx
Can I just say you remind me a lot of Lilly from HIMYM (which is my favorite show, so huge compliment)
The one with 11 days and 9 books
7:49 she is so adorable 😂
This was an awesome video. You read so fast!
Also, I love your haircut.
would you consider doing an unhaul?? not even as a video but for ur piece of mind. if you're overwhelmed by the number of books u own...i know it really helped me
Omg I loved this video SO MUCH!!!
Digital book shelf tour maybe
Yay!!!! New video!!! And it’s 30 mins long! 💗
I managed to way surpass my goal this year thanks to marathoning a lot of manga & this year my goal should be easy too. I can’t imagine reaching 52 - that blows my mind!!
I really need to read Skyward...
I am also large overdue a HP reread. I haven’t reread the whole series since DH came out.
Love your slytherin sweater xD
What was your favourite booksplosion book of the year?
I also really want a dog really badly! But my apartment place is a No Pets so I need to move first 😭
I didn’t realise how BIG GoF was! 😱
Your idea of reading fellow booktubers fav books is a great idea!
The thought of moving house with all my concert and idol Goods is just... I feel your pain xD BTW!! I was never really into KPop (used to listen to TVXQ and Shinee back in 2009 but nothing serious) until Super Junior took over my entire life this July and I saw them twice in concert!! I know they aren’t exactly up your alley (you prefer BTS and the 3rd gens right?) but I wanted to let you know that a follower of yours has finally fallen and joined you in KPop hell xD luckily I live in Japan so my KPop coworker will probably drag me to Korea a few times this year haha you should join us! XD
Yup comics is a great way to catch up! Don’t feel like it’s cheating!! XD
Sorry my reply is so long!! But you gave a long video so you deserve a long reply ^_^
Have a good day!
Try the Harry Potter audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry, this is the UK edition, they are AMAZING! You will never want to hear another audiobook again :) They led me to an audiobook reading slump, they were so good. Regarding Brandon Sanderson's books- amazing magic systems, too melodramatic (not very relatable or realistic) characters. I know it is just me, but I can't get pass the first books in his series, so I gave up on him a log time ago. I am a huge Carry on fan, if you can, please, make a video about your expectations regarding Wayward Son.
That is a good number of books
Wow Kat u read a lot of books! Skyward is on my tbr and dying to read it. I loved the saga series, ur reaction was the same as mine. I am reading the towering sky by katharine mcgee have u read it yet?(:
My first message to you!! Hi from UK!! Great video!!
I got so excited when this notification came through
yay! :)
I WATCHED THIS WHOLE THING IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR REACTION TO VOL 9 OF SAGA IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT 😭
Maybe you could do a vlog for each book you're reading that one of your friends recommended? So instead of doing a week of just reading and vloging for these books you could do single vlogs and make it a little series on your channel.... just an idea.
I'm a mood reader too, that's why I don't do tbrs. So reading book recs back to back for a week or even longer sounds a bit terrible to me 🙈
But I'd love to see what you're reading because of your friends and how you like the books.
Hahahaha damn I need to catch up with Saga because now I must know what happened there 😱😱