Hello
Hi, welcome to Reading Rush: Day 1
I am daily vlogging. The reason I'm talking like this- I don't know I sound crazy
Um, yeah, I decided to daily vlog the Reading Rush
Because I just felt like it. So, you've never been in my bathroom like this is not my bathroom
This is my sister's bathroom. And I'm gonna undo my hair. I'm gonna tell you guys about my TBR
'Cause I never did a TBR video or announced it anywhere. It might be on Instagram by the time this is up
But yeah, so my plan for daily vlogging is this is going to go up the day after, so today's Thursday
you will be seeing this on Friday and
Yeah, so hopefully the morning after I'll be able to get things out then. Hopefully I'll get enough content for four days of vlogs
We'll see what happens. Right now, while I do my hair, I wanna tell you guys about my TBR. Here's my, uh, TBR spread
In my bullet journal, it looks real cute if I do say so myself. Has a little frame around it
I was bored one day. So I was like, let me do that and I have the books
I'm reading in here in pencil in case I change my mind
So I'm just going to go through the challenges in order and tell you what I'm planning to read
I do have four books for all four challenges because why not?
You know, why not? So the first challenge is to read a book with a house on the cover
I'll be reading "A Match Made in Mehendi" by [Nandini Bajpai]. I did not write the author name down. I forgot the author name
But the book cover is right next to me
I went really loosely saying there's a house on the cover through the brick wall and houses have brick walls
If we were in my apartment, it would have a brick wall so, yeah
I'm just saying houses can have brick walls. And therefore that brick wall is part of a house
I'm saying it, I don't know if that's true, it's probably not true, but I'm saying it
The next challenge is to read a book in the same room the whole time, for this I will be reading "Giant Days: Volume 1" [by John Allison]
I wanted to read a graphic novel and it turns out that this graphic novel was finally available as an e-book
From my library. I feel like I've checked a lot of times and I've never been able to find it
But luckily this one time it was. Maybe one of my libraries upped their, like, collection since we're all at home
I'm not sure. But yeah looking forward to reading this. I've heard only good things about it
The next challenge is to read a book set somewhere that you wish you could go
I chose to read "Sorcery of Thorns" by Margaret Rogerson. I think that's the author's name
Once again the covers next to me
A place that I wish I could go is- This is set in like a magical library and I love libraries and I wish I could go to a magical library
I wish I go to a regular library, so
That's the place where I wish I could go and I don't really know the synopsis of this so I won't tell you it
"Sorcery of Thorns" is an audio book and the other two books are ebooks which might make things a little complicated
filming-wise just 'cause I can't really film myself reading an e-book when I read on my phone. I do have a Kindle
but unfortunately, I left that in my apartment when I came to stay with my sister
So I have to read my ebooks on my phone
I'm still really sad about that because I love my Kindle and this would have been a really good opportunity to have it
But it is what it is. I can't really go back right now
That's also why, if you're looking at my Instagram feed,  which by the way you SHOULD look at my Instagram feed
because I am going to be doing all the Instagram challenges for the Reading Rush this weekend
So you should look at my Instagram and also you can see pictures of my cat
Who doesn't love pictures of people's cats?
If you don't, you're really on the wrong channel because Tucker is definitely gonna be featured in this vlog
So, why was I talking about my Instagram? I don't know. But yeah, you will notice that little change I guess on my Instagram
I don't really take a lot of photos of my Kindle but it was really useful when I was reading a lot of e-books
So I could still photograph them. I can't photograph my phone because I use my phone to take photographs
Maybe I can borrow my sister's phone and take a picture of the cover on my phone
But that seems harder to manage especially since all my pictures have to have my cat in it, so we'll see what happens
And the last challenge for the reading rush is a book that will make you smile
I'll be reading "Broke Millennial Takes On Investing" by Erin Lowry
I just talked about this in my recent haul video and yeah
this
Doesn't seem like a book that would make you happy but I like learning about money things and like I said in that haul video
I've been wanting to learn more about investing and so it'll make me happy to learn more about investing
So it's here and also seems pretty short. I don't know. Font's kind of small, but it's only 200 pages. So, yeah.
Hopefully I enjoy this. This will be the book you see me reading in any reading clips.
That's it for my TBR, I'm gonna... I have to go to work or "go to work". I've to get online for work
So that's what I'm going to be doing and also get breakfast. So that's what I'm going to be doing and...
Yeah, I think that's it
I was gonna put on a little makeup, but it's really cloudy today so it doesn't really matter
Yeah, it's really cloudy in Florida. I was surprised but Tucker's having a ball since it's cloudy
It's a lot cooler so we can open the windows and he loves that so, yeah
[Musical interlude]
Okay, it's, uh, 9:00 p.m. I don't know how interesting this vlog was
I don't think I took that many clips, so probably not that interesting, but I am now
Three hours into "Sorcery of Thorns". That's the amount of reading I've gotten done. I know technically I have to
Read one book a day in order to get all the books that I want to read done
And we're not on track for that. Like I've just said I'm three hours into "Sorcery of Thorns"
I forgot to look up what percentage that is, but it's small. This is a 14-hour audio book
I listen at more than 2x speed most of the time. That's why I'm so far into it right now
So I did not realize how long this audiobook was which is my bad
But hopefully I can get it finished this weekend. So far, I'm enjoying the book
I don't really feel like I have a lot of opinions. I think I knew the synopsis and then I forgot the synopsis, but now
Hearing what happens in the book, you know reading the book reminded me of what the synopsis is
And I guess I never told you guys what the synopsis was. So I'll tell you that now.
"Sorcery of Thorns" is a fantasy book set in a world where like there are magical libraries
Like that's basically it where the books are like alive. They have magic imbued in them
I don't know if it's magic or like a soul
It kind of sounds like they're they have like souls in them or like demons or something. I'm not really sure
Um, but yeah, basically the books are alive
They have feelings, they have thoughts, they have opinions like someone in the books it mentions like you have to talk to it every day or else
It won't open
So that part is interesting and we follow the main character who is an apprentice at one of the big magical libraries
There are six of them and then something happens where one of the books, they're called grimoires, gets out
so, like I said, they are basically alive so they can
Get out and then they become something that I forgot the name of but they basically become like humanoid
Shaped but they're still obviously evil. But this one at least could talk. They cause mass destruction
So it's really bad if one gets out
So one gets out and then the main character ends up killing it
But she gets blamed for it getting out
because of reasons and so I think the point of this is to prove that she didn't do it and like figure out
Who let it out and everything. I think this is a romance
so so far we've had the main character is like on her way to
Be on trial or question, I'm not sure. I think just question. Maybe it's on trial because she is being blamed and a
sorcerer (hence "Sorcery of Thorns") has come to get her and they're on their way to take her to the trial thing and
Sorcerers in this world are...I don't know. By the librarians which are the people who work in the magic libraries
The sorcerers are regarded as like really evil because they have to use demon magic, I think? To do their magic and
sorcerers are actually the people who
Invented grimoires. Or, not invented, but like made them. Like all the grimoires are because the sorcerer made them I think
So that's interesting and then they have this like kind of symbiotic relationship even though it seems like the librarians hate them
So I want to learn more about that so far. Yeah so far the main character is fine
She's like kind of a stereotypical YA character where she's like clumsy and all these things
We haven't heard anything about her beauty, but I'm sure it's coming. The male main character who is a sorcerer that's taking her
I know he's very sarcastic maybe a little funny. I don't know
It's kind of hard because the main character is very naive. So it feels just mean
Sometimes so I'm not sure how I feel about that
But yeah, those are all the feelings that I have so far about "Sorcery of Thorns"
I've been listening to it and playing Animal Crossing because I love Animal Crossing
I don't know if I'm gonna update you guys again because I
go to bed at like
10:30, so and it's 9 o'clock right now, so I don't know what I'm gonna do
I also realized I forgot to tell you guys this morning that I did start ("start") "A Match Made in Mehendi"
I am on page 2.
I started it last night before I went to sleep
yeah, I'm on page 2 so I have literally no opinion but I think I'm gonna try and read more of that tonight and if
I get any headway, I'll update you guys on that. I'm also gonna probably in like 10 minutes go and edit what I have
together for this vlog
Hopefully it's not super boring, but we'll see
