Hello and welcome to week 4 the final
week of my 30 books in 30 days challenge!
If you haven't been here from the start
I'll have links to all the previous days which
you can go watch after you finish
watching this one. But to begin I need to
talk about books, I need to talk very
quickly because it is day 22 but it's
late on day 22. I took a bit of a break
from vlogging because I wasn't in the
mood. My mum did space buns and one is
bigger than the other because my hair is
bigger on one side than the other, I
think. But either which way this morning I
finished a book and that was Airhead Runaway by Meg Cabot. I talked about this a
little bit at the end of my last vlog
and I did not enjoy this. I thought this
was a bad book. It was super cheesy, super
implausible and I had a lot of problems
with how two-faced
the main character was and how dumb she
was. And some of the decisions she made. But I'll talk about that more in my
wrap-u, jjust know that this wasn't one I
liked. It was also for my divination owls.
So this is my book 21 out of 30
and we're moving on. So the plan for the
rest of the day is... I just finished doing
some yoga and I'm gonna go and make
dinner which will be a lovely healthy
salad for my whole family. And then we
will do some ironing and listen to the
last book that I have to listen to
from my Sherlock Holmes collection and
that is His Last Bow which is a last
collection of short stories between
Watson and Sherlock.
My mum did my hair. It's really big at the
moment but it's gonna deflate. So I did
my ironing and painted my nails and I
finished listening to that His Last Bow
by Arthur Conan Doyle and it was quite
bittersweet because that is my last
Sherlock Holmes novel that I have to
read. And I thought it was just okay.
There are some stories I didn't like. There were some stories I did like. There
was one sentence of racism which I'm
just going to choose to overlook. Not
that you should ever overlook racism but
as a classic I do like, overlook it if it's
just one small line. And that is book
twenty-three out of thirty. I now have to go
because I've got Bible study group. I'm
still doing Bible study with my group
from Australia which is great because
they do it in the evening which is
midday over here. So I just finished my
Bible study and I thought it would be
nice to show you my oldest or one of the
oldest books I have which is my Holy
Bible which I got in 2009 as a Christmas
present from my parents. And you can see
that it's the book I actually read the
most. It's really well worn and very annotated.
It's probably one of the books that I
annotate the most as well because I read it
every day. And yeah, my Bible has
illustrations as well which -- that's Adam and Eve --
that really enjoyed when I was
younger and I still appreciate them
because they're very beautiful.
So we just watched One-Hour Photo which
was Robin Williams film and it was a
really bad one. I don't know she
recommend it.
Good morning, guys. It's day 25 and we are
going to ace this challenge. So the first
thing I need to do today is finish
Casting Shadows by Sophie McKenzie. I've
read the first 50 pages and so far so
good. Nothing too bad has happened. I also
want to start and finish Coco Caramel
by Cathy Cassidy and I'm so excited because
I absolutely loved the last book in the
series. So about these two books to read.
It shouldn't be too hard because they
don't take too long as their middle
grades, at least for me. And I'm going on
a walk with my family right now. On
Saturdays we do a bit of a longer walk
because we have more time and we're
going to the free little library because
I have these books to donate. I filmed a
unhaul -- I don't think it's up yet but
it'll be up sometime this month. I mean, next
month in May. I will be wearing gloves
while I use that library.
Okay guys, I finished reading halfway
through Casting Shadows and I forgot to
mention that this is not a reread for me. So I read the first two books and that's
where I petered out when I was younger so
now I'm reading these last two books in
the series for the very first time. And
this one is so much better than all the
other ones have been so far.
I feel like the characters have matured
and grown up a lot and I can tell that
they're still going to be some problems
in the future. But for the first half of this book this
is the most I've enjoyed one of these
reads so far.
Hello. Guess you just finished her 24th book?
This chick! So I just finished reading
Casting Shadows by Sophie McKenzie and
all I have to say is that it was more of
the same. I'm starting to feel like the
books in the series are very repetitive. Well, this was the best one in this
series so far. Do not agree with all the
parenting and they're in a very toxic
relationship and River still does not
seem to understand how toxic it is. It
was better than all the rest of them,
Welcome to day 26 of the reading vlog
and I just finished the 25th book which
was Coco Caramel by Cathy Cassidy and I
have to say I absolutely really enjoyed
this one. In the beginning I was doubting
a bit because this is a book that's
about an animal lover and animals are
very much included, horses are central
to the plot. And I'm just not an animal
lover to the extent that other people
are. I like animals as in I like a nice
painting where I admire it and it's cute
and good but it's not something that I
love like other people love animals. So I
wasn't too excited but it turned out to
be really really good. Great character
development in this one. Coco has a lot
of growing up to do. I like the fact that
everybody was teasing her about romance
but she was just not ready for that and
that's not who she is. It does
delve into some deep deep topics. It's
only 11:00 a.m. so I have the whole
afternoon and evening to read another
book.
Getting kind of dark so I hope you can
see me but I have been reading at Six of
Crows. First of all I just wanna
acknowledge that my nails match the book.
Makes me very satisfied. Also matches the
sprayed edges. Living best reader life. But
yes, well, page 305 of 500 of this book
and I do like it. I do really enjoy it. I
do have some problems with it. I don't like Mattias. I think
he's kind of rubbish. Interesting the
dynamic that these characters have
because they all trust each other but at the
same time nobody trusts each other. My
favourite character so far is Jesper. I
can't explain why I like Jesper so much. But he's just incredibly loyal. I've
mentioned that I like loyal characters
but he's incredibly loyal. He's also
always energetic and upbeat. Love all
of the dialogue that they have. It's
absolute banter. It is more slow-paced
than I thought. It was a heist --
it is a heist book so I thought it was
gonna be a lot more plot driven and fast
paced but it's delving into quite a bit
of their backstories. I found out another
reason why I like Jesper so much and
that is simply because he's so sensitive,
and he wants people to like him so much
that he doubts himself in everything and
it just makes me want to protect him.
I finished Six of Crows. I didn't
finish it just now I actually finished
it a while ago and that workout you just
saw was me burning off the energy from
that high that you get after you finish
a really good book and you just want to
explode with emotions that you have for
fictional characters and for a world that
isn't real and you just need to dispel
that energy somehow. Yeah, that was my
workout. But today is day 27 we're coming
towards the end of this challenge and I
just finished book 26 which was Six of
Crows. And this also means that I've
passed my care of magical creatures
owls. I've got all my owls except for
one and that last one is actually one I
need for my career. And I really did
enjoy it
but I don't think it's the perfect book.
It actually has quite a few flaws but
nonetheless, this is one of the times
when I'm rating something based on my
emotions rather than on the
technicalities. I think I want to
articulate my thoughts better and more
when they're very collected. I know what
I didn't like but I'm trying to
articulate what I did like that pushed
me over the edge of giving it a high
rating even though there was so many
things I didn't like. But, you know, that's
for another day. I just wanted to say
that I finished this and again, like with
When Dimple Met Rishi, you guys were all
right! Should've read it before!
Welcome to day 28. I'm here from the
living room I'm not usually in here
because this is kind of a family hotspot
so there's always something happening.
I've been just down here reading this
book which is Defy the Stars by
Sophie McKenzie. And the last book in the
series that I have not been enjoying so
far this month. And this book is more of
the same again. Now that their
relationship is not really toxic anymore
it's still just not healthy for River --
okay, I guess that means it's toxic. It
just makes me laugh because the whole
thing is incredibly far-fetched but at
the same time in the middle there I was
getting a little bit excited, okay.
Because when your life is at stake
it creates action and tension. And it
started to rain because the perfect
reading weather has to come around when
I'm done reading! But we don't care. We
finished Defy the Stars by Sophie
McKenzie and I'm so glad to be done with
this series because it was so absolutely
ridiculous. I did find the ending quite
predictable. So Sophie McKenzie... I'm
not sure I'm gonna reread any of the
others I read of hers when I was younger. I've been trying to reread some childhood
favourites but I think this Sophie
McKenzie door is one that I shall leave
in the past. It's 1 AM but I
finished Sweet Honey by Cathy Cassidy. I
can't -- I don't have any words for this
series anymore. It's too much. It makes me
incredibly happy, it makes me incredibly
emotional. These books are going into
some really deep topics and oh, this one
is definitely young adult because Honey
is 15. But she's dealing with things like
stalking and cyberbullying. She's trying
to turn her life around. She's just gone
to Australia. I loved reading the
Australian setting. While it's not the
biggest thing in the story it's still
ingrained, that is, still mentioning places
that I'd been to and things that I miss
so much. It was just basically the
perfect time for me to read this book
once I've returned from Australia. Also
feeling all these emotions and then it
was dealing with the divorce and Honey
is just a train wreck, but she's trying
to turn her life around. She's got like,
the cutest guy who's doting on her and
who's willing to give her a chance, to
see through her antics. Good friends...
So many emotions... Happy birthday to you! What day is it? Simone: It's April the 29th. Olivia: and what
day is that? Simone: my 18th! My birthday. Hello guys and welcome to day 29. Today
is Simone's 18th birthday and I have
been reading all day and chilling with
her. I've been reading It and I'm 500
pages in and seriously doubting I'm
gonna complete this challenge. But either
which way I'm just going to do my very
best. I've got 700 ish pages to go I'm gonna do
my very best, but first of all I need
to try -- emphasis on try -- and make a carrot
cake for Simone because it's her
birthday and she would like to have a
carrot cake for her birthday. She's making
the table wibble as well so if the
camera shaky that's on the Simone. Anyway --
I give up on filming in this house! Simone's shaking
the table and mum's *crinkling stuff.* Anyway, let's go
try and make some carrot cake.
Simone, what you're gonna try right now? Simone: apple vinegar. Olivia: right down the throat, right down the gullet.
Dad: call the police! Simone: I thought that tasted nice. Olivia: it tastes nice?! Simone: I thought you
said it would taste nice?! Olivia: I did not say it would taste nice, I said do you wanna try some
apple vinegar and you said yeah! Dad: did you get that on video? Olivia: yeah!
So what just happened Simone? Or should I say Wonder Woman? Simone: I came downstairs for
dinner and superhero music was playing and
my family
jumped out cosplaying superheros. It was crazy! And look at that superhero banner.
What are we watching on your birthday? Simone: Olivia's recommendation - happy death day.
Olivia: mmm, 
is that 'cause that's what I'm gonna do to
you today? So while I did read another
220 pages of It today and ended up on
page 530 that's not even halfway because
this big bad boy is 1200 pages. And I
just slipped on it. And just slipped
it, on It. I'm not gonna be able to finish
it. It's just too big! Also exciting news:
the blogosphere magazine arrived today
and guess who's featured on a page?
Olivia's Catastrophe! It's not my channel
but it is my blog in a blog magazine and
I feel really proud. So I just thought I
would share it. Good morning, guys. And
welcome to day 30 of April and this is
the last day of my reading 30 books in 30 days
challenge. I just finished reading Attack
on Titan and I really liked it. I have
seen the anime so it was just nice to
get into the manga. I was talking to my
sister about this one as it's her book
and I'm lending it from her, that it does
jump cut quite a bit and it does not
show the action that clearly. Which I've
heard is something that action manga
just has to deal with. It's hard to show
action scenes from drawings so it's just
one of those mangas where I'm happy that
I've watched the anime before reading it,
because then I could fill in some of
those gaps. And I knew that I was
understanding everything that was
happening so I wasn't confused in any
which way. But I did really enjoy it. I
missed these characters, I missed the
sadness and the complexity and the
emotional depth of this manga. Like, it's
so good. And with that I finished my last
book! I have successfully done it! I've
read 30 books in 30 days. Thank you so
much for coming along on this trip with
me. I'll just say a little bit about the
Invisible Man now that I finished it. I
actually really did enjoy this. I thought
it was gonna be a bit like Frankenstein
in that Invisible Man would be like
Frankenstein's monster and I'd
emphasise with him and I'd really like him. But that was not the case. The Invisible
Man was more similar to Victor
Frankenstein himself. So it was a really
entertaining and interesting concept. And
story... I really...
I really liked it. If you like to
Frankenstein you're gonna like this one
and even if you don't like Frankenstein
I think you might like this one more. So
that was a really good way to end the
month. I'm still so happy that I managed to conquer this challenge. I really
didn't think I was gonna do it. So that
gives me my last owls. So I've done all
12 owls and I'm successfully on my way
to becoming a care of magical children
person and also merpeople linguistics
class done and done.
What a month it's been! I'm now going to
do anything but read. Probably chill with
my family and yeah, that's it for the
vlog. Thank you to all of those who have
watched week one to week 4. Or if you
just here for this one thanks for
joining me for the end of the journey. I
will be back to regularly scheduled
content as of now. Please let me know in
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going to do it because I didn't have
faith in myself. And let me know what was
the last book you read this month that
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