Hey guys! It's Olivia from Olivia's
Catastrophe and today I am going to give
you myNEWTs TBR. So I did my OWLs back
last year when I was supposed to do them
and for the first time I'm taking my NEWTs.
I did all of my OWLs to become an
alchemist and I'm hoping that I'll be
able to do the NEWTs to become an
alchemist even though that means reading
17 books. I hope I can do it. So for my
TBR I have a lot of different options
for books just because it's going to
depend on how much time I have and also
what I feel like reading because I'm
quite a mood reader. So when I take you
through some options for books that I
have, as well as what I plan to read. So
let's get started! The first class I need
to take is ancient runes and to get an
outstanding in ancient runes I need to
do three prompts. The first one is to
read a book recommended by a friend and
for that one I have Five Feet Apart. This
has recently been made into a movie and
this was recommended to me by Deepireads
on Instagram. So thank you so much for
that recommendation. This is one I also
have already so I'm looking forward to
reading it. It's about these two people
who fall in love. It's a contemporary
romance which falls into the genre
sick lit, which I believe that's what it's
called. And I think what the main
character who's female is waiting for a
lung transplant and she can't have any
contact with anything that could infect
or damaged her lungs. Which is the
complete opposite to Will who is someone
who has a lot of illness and he's kind
of working through it. But if he so much
as breathed on this girl he could hinder
her chances of getting better and
getting that transplant. So they have to
stay five feet apart from each other the
whole time. It's supposed to be really
sad and beautiful and very emotional so
I'm looking forward to reading this book
and getting to know a bit more about it
and maybe watch the movie afterwards. Next up I need to read a book written in
past tense and for that I have Under the
Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino. So recently I
read a book by Italo Calvino and I
didn't really like it but it was still
very unique, so I'm looking forward to
giving his works another try. Under the
Jaguar Sun follows these like, three
different stories that are happening
underneath the sun. One of them has to do
with a king, one of them has to do is
three men who are looking for a certain
scent and one of them has to do with a
couple which on a quest to find this
particular material that they really
want. It sounds very random. It sounds
very abstract but it's not too long
which is why I chose this one for this
prompt. The next one is to read a book
that has been on your TBR for ages. And for
that I'm going with World After by Susan
Ee. This has been on my Kindle for ages along with
Angelfall which I read the
other month. I think I read it for my
OWLs actually. So Angelfall is a post
apocalyptic story and it follows this
main character who--whose sister gets
kidnapped. Her sister gets kidnapped
and her--she goes on a quest to find her
sister but to be able to do that she has to
team up with this angel. And the angels
are very dangerous. They are the ones that
are ruining the world. So as you can see
they've got quite a bit of an enemies
thing going on but they have to be
partners.
World After it's the sequel and I'm
very much looking forward to it. And I'm
very much looking forward to reading
World After because I enjoyed where the
first one left off. Next up the next
class I have to take is arithmacy
and we've got another three prompts
for that. The first one is a book that
ends on an even page number and for that
I have The Colour of Shadows by Phyllida
Shrimpton. So I read Sunflowers in February
last year by this author and that was
her debut novel so I'm looking forward
to trying something more by her. The
Colour of Shadows is about Saffron who
goes to the attic to find family photos.
Instead she finds a huge family secret
that makes her so angry at her dad that
she runs away. When her friends fail her
and she's nowhere to go she's to kind of
learn to forgive her father and learn
more about herself. The plot I have to
say does it sound amazing to me but
because it's this author and I really
liked her other book I'm going to give
it a try. Next up the prompt is to read
a standalone and for that I have A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson
Burnett. So I'm reading this one for class. I have
moved to Australia and I'm taking four
literature classes and one of them is
a childrens
literature class. Though I need to read A
Little Princess, I think I read it when I
was younger but it'll be nice to revisit
the story. Then that the next prompt is
to read a book that is longer than 300
pages and for that one I have In the
Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish. I'm
going to try and read my way through all
of Roan Parrish's works because she's a
new adult author that I really like. So
in the Middle of Somewhere is about
these two main characters. One of them is
called Daniel he's this very sensitive
guy but he hides it between--behind his
sarcasm and his buffed up tattooed body.
And he always feels like he doesn't fit
in... not with his family, not with his Ivy
League school and when he moves to us to
work in a college in this small town, he
is very much a city guy and he feels
like he doesn't fit in there either. But
while he's there he meets this other guy
who is quite the opposite to him and
they start to have a relationship. But
this other guy is worried that Daniel is
going to move back to Philadelphia and
break his heart.
Whereas Daniel is just trying to get
used to letting people into the walls
that he never does. M/m new adult romance. What can I say? I like her Roan Parrish's
books so far. I hope I like this one too. Next class I'm taking is herbology and
the first thing to do is to listen to an
audiobook and that's great because I
have the complete works of Sherlock
Holmes on audio, read by Stephen Fry. And
I'm going to be listening to a Study in
Scarlet. So I didn't really like the
other Sherlock Holmes books that I read
for my crime fiction module last year.
But I really enjoyed listening to
Stephen Fry read me Harry Potter and I
do want to finish the complete works of
Sherlock Holmes as I have the whole
collection in physical form. So I thought
why not listen to Stephen Fry read them
to me. And we'll be starting with the very
first one because I didn't have to read
that on my course: A Study in Scarlet. Looking forward to it. This is actually
one of the stories I really like. It's a
murder mystery. We're going to get
introduced to Sherlock Holmes for the
first time. Introduced to Mr. Watson. What
more can you want? And the next prompt is
to read a book between 350 to 390
pages which is very specific. And for that
one I have The Mysterious Affairs... no. The
Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall. Now, Alexis Hall is one my favorite
m/m new adult authors but this is
actually a young adult Sherlock Holmes
book. I know more Sherlock Holmes! But
this one is set in a fantasy world so
there is magic involved, and vampires
and different creatures. And as well as
that the Sherlock Holmes characters
female and the Watson characters male. I
don't know if there's going to be a
romance but it just sounds like it's
going to be a lot of fun. They're
pursuing this blackmailer. I don't know
much more than that. Can't wait to get
into it because I love Alexis Halls'
writing style. And then the next point is
to read a book with a flower on the
cover and for that I have The Colour
Purple by Alice Walker. So this was a book
that was gifted to me by my friend right
before I moved here so thank you so much
to my friend for gifting that one to me. You can see it's got the purple flower
on it and this one sounds like it's
maybe a heartbreaking and sad story. It's
told entirely in letters. And it's from
this young girl who is in this marriage
that's really abusive. And she's been
abused by her father before. And her
children have been taken from her. And
she's kind of talking to God because God
is the only friend that she has. It's
going to be an emotional read. After
herbology the next class that I'm taking
its potions and there's three prompts once
again. The first one is to read your
friends favourite book and for that one
I'm reading Peter Pan. This is actually
something after you for coursework for
that children's literature course. But
also Peter Pan is Vendis from Caught
Between Pages favourite book. And she is a
good friend of mine. She's so lovely. You
should check out her channel and I'll
link it down below. But yeah, Peter Pan
fits perfectly for this prompt. I think
you know that story. It's really well
known. It's features Wendy and being
carried away to Neverland by Peter Pan.
Then it's a book with your Hogwarts
colour on the cover and I am a Ravenclaw
so I need blue. And for that one I've chosen The Red
Ribbon by Lucy Adlington.
I got to meet this author at an event
and she was really lovely. I cannot wait
to read this book. It's set in World War
Two and it follows this main character
who's a dressmaker. And she gets this job
where she needs to make dresses at a
prison camp. And she's also got her own
secret hidden agenda but also she's very
aware that the way she makes these
clothes could save somebody's life. I
don't know much about the dress making
when it comes to prison camps and the
World War 2 so I'm very curious a little
bit more. Especially as this is something
that Lucy Arlington has researched in a
lot of detail and knows her stuff about. And then let the next prompt is to read a
book that starts with a prologue. So
one of my options is to reread Romeo and
Juliet by William Shakespeare. Always
happy to reread that and it doesn't take
me long to meet a Shakespeare play. So if
I'm running short on time I might do
that but if I do time I want to read The Clocks by Agatha Christie. I love
Agatha Christie's murder mysteries and I
cannot wait to read more. The Clocks is a
Poirot novel and in this one the murder
has happened and there are four clocks
in the room which are all set to 4:13. I
don't know more than that and I don't
want to know more than that before I hop
right into this murder mystery. Then
the next class I'm taking is
Transfiguration there's three more
prompts for that. By the way I'm using my
planner to keep track of everything.
I decided to actually use my planner for
once. So the first one is to read a book
with lgbtq+ rep and I know some of my
previous ones include that. But for this
one I'm gonna say Glitterland by Alexis
Hall. Can you tell as well as Roan
Parrish I'm trying to read through all of
Alexis Halls' books. So the Glitterland
follows these two main characters. One of
them is an author who has kind of given
up hope on finding their own love story. And the other is Felix who is this
really shy person and they kind of meet
in it and have a romance. What more do you need to
know? It's Alexis Hall, I just know I'm
gonna love it already. I can't wait to
read this book. Then the next one is
to read a book that's not the first in
the series. Guys, I'm so sorry, I'm gonna
be reading so much new adult in my NEWTs.
But for that I have Raze by Roan
Parrish which was one of my most
anticipated reads for this year actually. Raze is the third book in this brilliant
Rockstar romance series. And in this one we
get to follow Huey who we meet in the other
books and here he is somebody who was
very... who was an alcoholic and is now
sober. And is really focused on helping
other people stay and get sober. So
he's kind of focused on his job and focused on
running his business and doesn't look
for love. When he meets Felix, Felix is
the oldest of five kids. He's really
outgoing he's really interested in Huey
and pursuing him. Although Felix thinks
he has nothing to offer Huey. So you've
got that romance there. The next prompt
which I think it's going to be the
hardest prompt for me to complete is to
read a book that's over 500 pages. And for 
that one I have Distortion by Victor
Dixon. I read Ascension by Victor Dixon
and I absolutely loved it so I can't
wait to continue on with the sequel. So
I'll tell you about the first one which
always makes me excited to tell people
about it because it's such a unique
concept. It's a speed dating show that is
set in space. And there's like, six girls
and six boys I think. And they're sent
off in space. They've never met each
other before and they've only got 10
seconds to talk to one of the other
genders like, once a week I believe? And
it's just so funny. It's reality TV set
in space but at the same time there's
something sinister behind this whole
show and this whole setup. It was so good. The ending was such a cliffhanger. It was
really raising the stakes so I need to
read this sequel. And last but not least I need
to take astronomy and for this one I
don't need to get outstanding. I just
think I need to get exceeds expectations. So there's only two prompts here and the first
one is a moon on the cover or in the
title. So for this one I've got two
options again. I can either reread New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer. I reread Twilight
every year because I am that kind of
fangirl. And so far this year I haven't
reread Twilight yet.
I was saving it until I moved to Australia because
it's so far from home and I wanted
probably, to read something familiar when
I started to get homesick. So that's why
I was saving Twilight. So if I feel like
reading New Moon I will. But if not I've
got Between Us
and Moon and this one is a contemporary. Which follows this girl who always lived
in this shadow of her sister, Scarlet. So
when she goes to camp and she gets to be
her own person, she kind of tells this lie
which kind of jeopardizes the
relationships she's in which needs to
find out how to be herself. I'm not
really feeling it but it's the only
other book I have with the moon in the
title on the cover so it might have to
just be that one. And then for the last
prompt it's one that has the word night
in the title and for that I've got two
options. If I'm running low on time I can reread A
Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
which I love so I have no problems with
that. Or I can read If On A Winter's
Night... no. If On A Winter's Night a
Traveller by Italo Calvino. Again,
didn't really like the first book of his I read
but I've got two of his books on this
NEWTs TBR. So this one is like a lot of
different stories which all start with
the sentence if on a winter's night a
traveller. So it's kind of short story
collection. So I was thinking I could
pick up like, one story put it down, read
something else, pick it up and go like
that. So there you have it
those are all the books I'm hoping to
read in my NEWTs. I will be vlogging
throughout this month so please let me know
in the comment section down below if
you're doing NEWTs. What's on your TBR?
Have you read any of the books on my TBR?
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