Hey guys, it's Olivia here from Olivia's Catastrophe
and I was tagged in the Booktube giving tag
by awandering mind - Serena from awanderingmind.
I'm going to be doing this Christmassy themed
even though it is supposed to be Thanksgiving
themed because I am doing it so late. Yes,
let's get right on down to the questions.
I will leave a link to the original one down
below. So the first question is: what's a
book you would give to everyone if you could?
And I would give them Americanah by Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie. Now, this is not actually one
that I loved like crazy, I thought it was
actually just okay because of the storyline.
It wasn't my kind of storyline. But she deals
with such important themes and discussion
and it's just so important and it is so so
well done in this book that I would just give
it to everyone so everyone can be as woke
as she is and totally understand what she
is talking about. It would just be a great
book for opening up a lot of discussion as
it has done. And I would really recommend
it to everyone.
What's a book you couldn't give a rat's hiney
about? I have quite a few books but the first
one I'm going to say is Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte. That's just a terrible book.
I think I've talked about how terrible it
is before on my channel. But it was such a
badly done romance novel I could not care
about those characters. Yeah, couldn't care
less about it.
Then, given that the holidays are coming up,
what's a book you hope someone buys for you?
I'm not sure when I'll have this video up
but so far Christmas hasn't happened. And
top of my wishlist because I am on a book
buying ban until June 2019, y'know, I can't
buy the books myself, so I REALLY hope someone
gets me this beautiful edition of Murder on
the Orient Express by Agatha Christie that
I found. I'm gonna be reading some Agatha
Christie in the future for uni and I've read
And Then There Were None and loved it. But
I really want to read this one in particular.
And this hardcover version is just, frankly,
beautiful.
What's a book or series that you've given
up on? Again, I don't have my copy with me
but that is The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey.
I don't usually give up on books or series
but I really just have no motivation to read
further in the series. I enjoyed book one.
But book reviews for book two say that they
enjoyed it less and apparently the third book
is just awful. So I just don't feel a need
to continue on with the series.
Then, who is a character that you wish an
author gave more time to? And for that one
I am going to go for A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J Maas. And I'm going to say generally
speaking, Nesta and Elaine because they're
quite relevant in this book but they don't
get that much time. They barely say or do
much and I feel like what happens to them
is going to be influencial in the last book
but they are just never given much time.
And the next question is who's a character
that you wish an author gave less time to?
And I'm going to choose characters and I am
going to say Rhys and Feyre in this one because
although I do like how they work together
and their relationship in this one I just
feel like we could've had less time with them.
Yeah, I wouldn't have minded fewer scenes
so we could focus a bit more on what is supposedly
going on and we could focus on the friendship
dynamic instead.
Then the next question: if you had to give
up all your books which one would you keep.
Which is a hard question because I want to
keep them all. But like if all of them - if
I had to save one of them from a fire, I would
choose Ariel by Sylvia Plath. That's because
it's my all time favourite poetry collection.
But this edition in particular is beautiful
and also when I read this one earlier this
year I took the time to annotate and analyse
every poem just by choice. Because I love
her poetry and when I read poetry I enjoy
breaking it down, looking into the -- I enjoy
analysing poetry basically. So every single
one of these has my personal annotations and
thoughts on them and that's kind of irreplaceable.
I mean I could do it again but, y'know, it's
kind of irreplaceable now that it's done.
It's personalised. And I don't have any other
annotated books that I would rather keep with
me. Because usually I only annotate a book
if I study a book. So yeah, the rest I could
buy back, but this one I couldn't.
Then, what's the best book or bookish thing
you've ever been given? And it is quite easy
for me to say that. That is my kindle fire.
Back when I got it the kindle fire had just
been released. It was a Christmas present
from my parents. It had just been released.
And I'd wanted a kindle for a while, and I
actually wanted a Paperwhite but I got my
kindle fire which is now a very outdated version
and the new ones are much better, but I will
never give up on mine. Not until it breaks.
And I remember specifically putting on my
Christmas wishlist and I would like a kindle
but NOT the kindle fire and I underlined it
because y'know my younger self was wise, I
knew it was expensive, I didn't want my parents
to spend that much money when I could get
an older model and yeah. Just not spend that
much money. And even though they didn't know
why i said not to get me the latest one I
feel like they just knew that it was because
I was worried about price and then they got
it for me anyway. And it - ugh - just - such
a nice gift! Such a nice gift.
What's a book someone gave you that you wish
you could give right back? Now, I wanted to
be able to say none but because I get a lot
of review copies and I read a lot of books
for videos that are just generally given to
me for a specific video, I'm going to say
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones. And the person
who gifted me this one is not the publisher,
and not the author which is why I feel comfortable
saying this one. It was actually gifted to
me by another author, because she wanted me
to talk about her book with other books in
my explicit scenes videos. Links to those
up there and down below. But yes, I did not
enjoy Wintersong. It was just not very...
It was just a very badly constructed book
and the themes were not handled well. And
that was my main problem. The themes not being
handled well and the plot just going no where.
And the main character was annoying. So quite
a few things I didn't like and I would just
not - I would just give this book right back.
But it's also beautiful! So would I really?
Lastly, name a time in a book where a character
was given something really meaningful. And
for that one I chose Wonder by RJ Palacio
because this one is about a boy who has a
physical deformity with his face and everybody
stares at him and everything. But when he
was gifted the astronaut helmet, it really
helped him go out because he could hide behind
it. But I also feel like even though you would
think that's putting him like, back and not
helping him grow in the end it contributed
to his growth and acceptance of himself and
the way other people treat him and the way
other people think of him as well. And because
it became so important in his journey I think
it was a really meaningful gift. It was meaningful
to him at the time because he needed it at
the time, but it was also meaningful to help
him grow beyond that. So I think it was a
very good meaningful thing that he was given.
Yeah, and that's all the questions for this
tag! I'm going to tag some people down below
but I would like to know what is the best
bookish or book you were gifted in your life?
Like the best bookish item or bookish related
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