Hey guys, it's Olivia here from the
Olivia's Catastrophe. Today I am so excited
because I'm here to help
announce Sherlock-a-thon and also bring you
my TBR. So Sherlock-a-thon is a
read-a-thon that is going on about
Sherlock Holmes and Dear Watson. And it's
happening during March. It's happening March
8th to 27th. This lovely read-a-thon was
created by KJ at Opalescent Reads and I
am a co-host
along with Dom from Dom P Is Here. I'll
leave links to their channels down below,
as well as the Twitter that is created
for Sherlock-a-thon and all of the prompts
in detail. So as I go through the prompts
I'm also going to briefly share my TBR
for each and every one of them. And I
hope you'll join us for this Sherlock
inspired read-a-thon. The first prompt is
the game is afoot:
read a book that begins in the middle of
an exciting event. It's a bit hard me to
tell which book will start in the middle
of an exciting event but for this I've
chosen The Wicked and The Divine volume
one. And I know that this is in my
library. This is a graphic novel series. I
can't even remember what it is about but
I know that Kathy talked about it on her
channel, I'll also leave a link to her
down below, once to put a time in one of
her many wrap ups. But yes, I do want to
try this graphic novel series and see if
it's one for me. Elementary: read a good
old of murder mystery. And for this one
I'm actually going to be reading a
Sherlock Holmes story. I've already read
all of the novels so I have to read a
short story collection. I have all of
them on audio which is read by Stephen
Fry, the brilliant narrator of my dreams.
And I'm not sure which one I'm going to
be on because I've been listening to
some random short stories here and there. But I think it might be The Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes. However, if I finish The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes before the
read-a-thon starts I will choose a
different short story collection. And I'm
not entirely sure which one but I'll let
you know
during my reading vlog. We have
high-functioning sociopath: a book
with a morally grey protagonist. And for
that one I'm going to go with Death Note
vol 1. I have watched the whole anime of
Death Note and I absolutely loved it except
for the part that nobody loves. Nobody
loves that bit! But other than that I
loved it. Light is definitely a morally
grey character and more so in vol 1 than
any of the other volumes, I believe. So
I'm looking forward to reading it at
long last. My dear Watson: read a book
starring a dynamic duo. And no surprises
here for that one. I'm going for you too
of Death Note vol 2 and that is because L and
Light are definitely a dynamic duo. They
are dynamic in a very different way than
maybe Sherlock and Watson are, but
dynamic nonetheless. Inspector
Lestrade: read a book involving law
enforcement. And for that one I'm going
to read Saga volume 3 or vol 4. I get back to uni before the read-a-thon
starts and if I read volume three in a
week then I'll be moving on to volume
four. If not I'll be reading volume three
and that's why it's one of those two
volumes. Saga does involve law
enforcement even though it is of the
science-fiction kind because both of
them are running away from the
authorities on either side of the war
efforts who want to kill them and
capture them because they have broken
the rules by falling in love and
engaging in this forbidden romance. And
then last but not least... Nothing new
Under the Sun: read a book that is
inspired by Sherlock Holmes itself. And
for that one I have The Murder of Rodger
Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Now, this
particular mystery is not directly
inspired by Sherlock Holmes but I
studied Agatha Christie and I've read
some nonfiction about her, and she was an
author who was particularly inspired by
Sherlock Holmes. In fact, she wrote her
first murder mystery because her sister
told her, 'You can't write a mystery as
good as Sherlock's home mystery.' And she
was as big of a fan of Sherlock Holmes
as anybody else,
so she was inspired by Sherlock Holmes
and therefore her murder mysteries are
kind of all sort of inspired by him.
Which is why I'm gonna be reading this
one. And I love Agatha Christie so I
cannot wait to read it. And there you
have it. Those all the prompts which
sounds very doable to me. I've got a lot
of manga and graphic novels in this one
because I will also be doing
required reading for uni and I just
wanted to see how I go at the beginning
of the new semester. Please let me know
in the comment section down below if you
are going to be joining us for Sherlock-a-thon.
And if not what is one book that
you plan to read in March because this
video is also doubling up as my March
TBR. Give this video a thumbs up if you
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