AUTUMN READING WRAP UP & TBR
Hey, YouTube! It's Zo, and today we are going to talk about what I read in September and October and what I want to read in November. This semester properly started in September. It has been a very stressful semester, so I wasn't expecting to read much, but I actually did. It's mostly because I am in a young adult literature class in which we have to read a book a week, so the majority of the books I have to share with you all are from this class.
I did enjoy some of them so it's not all terrible "required reading". So that's fun, I guess. The first book I read in September, though, is not from one of my classes. It's actually a book I was able to read for pleasure, and it is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, which follows a main character named
Lucy who deeply hates her co-worker Josh.
They have a very flirty rivalry going on
and their rivalry gets even more flirty when they are both up for the same
promotion. O-o-oh! I gave it a 4.5 Out of 5 stars. It is simply a fluffy, cute, contemporary book and that's all I wanted from this book, and that's what I got. I also read this during a hurricane when I was without power so it was a great distraction.
Next, I read the first book for my young adult literature class and it was 17th Summer by Maureen Daly. This is thought to be one of the first young adult novels, so that's pretty cool, but I really disliked this book so I gave it 2 out of 5 stars. It was written in the 1940s -- I think it
was 1942 -- when Maureen Daly was a teenager herself and it follows this
teenage girl named Angie who really doesn't do anything: she is a useless
blob. Everything just happens to her.
This boy just comes and falls in love with
her and she just sits there and it's like, "All right." I don't know why the boy
fell in love with her in the first place, because like I said she is a useless blob. There is no real direction to this plot and the main character, Angie, is way too obsessed with these social rules of the day, which I guess was commonplace in the 1940s but still, this book did not age well. Then for my class we read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton which was written in the 1960s so, as you can tell, we are kind of going through the evolution of young adult literature.
I read this for the second time and I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. It follows a teen named Ponyboy -- yes, that is his real name, and his brother's name is Sodapop. I -- What were their parents thinking? I don't know. But Ponyboy is part of the working class "Greasers" gang; their rivals are the privileged "Socs" [read: SO-shes] and one day their rivalry hits a violent peak and there are
consequences to this violent act.
And I'm not going to spoil too much
because it's a pretty short book. It wasn't as good as the first time I read it, most likely because I already knew how it was all going to play out. I already knew what the climax of the story was so it didn't punch me in the gut and make me sob like the first time I read it. It was still enjoyable.
I was just in the mood to cry and I didn't even -- my eyes didn't even tear up, which is unfortunate. The fourth book I read was yet another one for my young adult literature class and it was 9th Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes who actually came to lecture at my university and she is so spunky! She has so much energy and I really enjoy her. This is about twelve-year-old Lanesha who lives with an adoptive grandmother in New Orleans in 2005 and it follows their struggle to survive before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. There's also a little bit of supernatural elements mixed in.
I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. It was a fast-paced and emotional novel; I read it so quickly, but there was something missing from it. Also, there was a lot that was left undeveloped and unresolved at the end of the novel which was frustrating. The next one is one that I didn't have to read for class.
I read for pleasure! Hallelujah! It was Carry On by Rainbow Rowell which I loved so much I gave it 5 out of 5 stars. Amazing! If you've read Fangirl by
Rainbow Rowell, you'll know that the main character in that book was writing a
fanfiction based on one of her favorite book series, Simon Snow, which was
basically a stand-in for Harry Potter, but her fanfiction was called "Carry On"
and this is Rainbow Rowell's interpretation of that story.So it's not
directly cast from Fangirls fanfiction but it's inspired by her story. So it's
like Harry Potter fanfiction, but not. She's taken what we're familiar with
Harry Potter and put her own spin on it.
The main character in Carry On, Simon
Snow, goes to a magical boarding school like Hogwarts, he is the chosen one,
and there are magicians and magical creatures but that's kind of the extent
of the comparison. I love the characters and their relationships in this novel.
Simon, Baz -- oh my gosh! And Penelope -- Penelope is basically
Hermione and I love Hermione, so of course I love Penelope. Basically if you're in need of Harry Potter without it being Harry Potter, pick this up. Also, I need a sequel, like now! Okay, so then I read The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien as this was the Austentatious book for August and September.
We already did a live show on this book so I'll leave the live show link down below. I recently have been getting
into the Lord of the Rings movies and I absolutely love the world, so I was
excited to finally pick one of these books up. I do know that this is a children's book so I think I went into it with too high of expectations. The biggest problem I had with this was that many of the, characters especially the dwarves, and Bilbo to a degree, weren't very fleshed out -- completely blur together.
I couldn't keep any of them straight. Also, the ending was quite abrupt and
anti-climactic; it just kind of ended, and I wanted more! I think I would have absolutely loved being read this as a bedtime story growing up, as that was how the story was originally told, but sadly my parents didn't do that for me. They didn't, didn't give me those memories. I'm talking to you, talking to you, parents! How dare you? [*Laughs*] I still am so glad I finally picked this up and now I'm thinking about possibly picking up the Fellowship of the Ring soon.
I think it'll finally give me the depth
that I'm looking for and I absolutely love the story and the world, but it's
quite large and intimidating and a lot of people have been trying to tell me
not to pick it up because they didn't like the book, but will I listen to them? I don't know. Next, I read Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia which I
gave 5 out of 5 stars. It follows high school senior Eliza who
has anxiety, and she doesn't have many, or any!, Friends at school but online she is
the anonymous creator of a wildly popular web comic named "Monstrous Sea". And then one day, a new kid comes to her school who turns out to be the most
popular fanfiction writer for "Monstrous Sea" but of course he doesn't know that
she is the creator of his favorite webcomic and -- What?! There's romance and geeky fangirling, which of course I absolutely loved, but my favorite part of this book was how it dealt with very heavy topics like anxiety, suicide, and the relationship between a creator and their creation.
I went into this expecting a fluffy, cute, contemporary like Behaving Game, but it turned out to be so much more, and I'm really thankful for that . I found a lot of myself in this
novel and that's always a great thing. We now have another two books that I read
for my literature class: the first one being Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Yeah, I did an essay on this book so that's why there are so many tabs, but I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars.
This was a reread like The Outsiders and, like The Outsiders, I did enjoy this book more the first time I read it. Rereading it again was a little bit of a disappointment. It's a strange contemporary novel. It's -- the way it's told is quite strange, but it is able to cover tough topics like sexual assault, bullying, and mental illness without being too heavy-handed or too preachy.
Then I read Feed by M.T.
Anderson for my class and I gave it a 3.5 Out of 5 stars. It is a futuristic sci-fi / dystopian novel in which the majority of society have a little computer called the feed implanted into their brains
which was supposed to give them unlimited knowledge, kind of like brain
Google, but instead it is turned into rampant consumerism. They are able to watch television, message their friends, and even buy things just out of their brain. The crazy part about this book, though, is that it was first published in 2002 but it is scarily applicable to today's society.
Like: the president in
this book is very, very similar to our current president. [*Gasps*] And our technology is getting closer and closer to turning into the feed. It all hit a little bit too close to home and it kind of freaked me out, especially because this chronicles the decline of the environment and all of humanity. These characters are walking around with open sores on their faces.
Gross! But
entertaining to read about. Next I read IT by Stephen King. I actually read it in one day during my last 24 hour readathon and I vlogged it all. I will leave the log down below if you want to watch me descend into insanity.
I have no idea how I did that and I wouldn't recommend trying it at home because it was a lot. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. I really enjoy Stephen King's writing style. It is so descriptive and he's able to seamlessly weave together multiple storylines into one cohesive story.
I was on the edge of my seat the entire day and it's truly one of the best, or the best, horror books that I've ever read; however, I could not give it 5 out of 5 stars because of his constant use of slurs against Black, Jewish, and gay characters. It was absolutely unnecessary to use them to that degree, or at all. I think he could have gotten the point across without using any slurs. I understand that he was using them as a tool to highlight how there
were horrors in our everyday lives but unnecessary.
We have yet another book that I read for class: Godless by Pete Hoffman which I gave
3 out of 5 stars. This follows a teen named Jason who was raised in a conservative Catholic household and has started to question his religion. As an act of rebellion, he decides to create his own religion in which the God is the town's water tower. I don't know.
He recruits his classmates and soon things start to spin out of control. I'm not religious myself, so I thought that this was a very interesting examination of how teenagers tend to question their entire identity, including their religion and faith, but I think if you are a religious person you might not enjoy this book. It might be offensive to you, so keep that in mind. I then read one of my now-favorite books, possibly of all time: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, another book that I did an essay on.
I also marked all of my favorite quotes which was pretty much the entire book. I obviously gave it 5 out of 5 stars. I am going to do a full, in-depth review on this book soon, so I don't want to talk about it too much now, especially because I don't know if I can talk about it at length without crying because it means so much to me, but quickly: this follows Aiza who struggles with OCD and all of the intrusive thoughts that come with that. This was one of the most authentic portrayals of mental illness that I have ever read.
I highly recommend it to everybody, especially if you, too, struggle with mental illness. Again, I give it 5 out of 5 stars -- a billion out of 5 stars! So, review video coming up soon in which I will probably cry. Okay, I'm gonna calm down.
The last two books I read in October were two more books that I read for
my young adult literature class: the first one being America Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. This is graphic novel that follows an Asian-American teen, Jin Wang, who tries to cast off his Chinese identity and heritage in an attempt to fit in with his white classmates.
It also weaves in a Chinese fable about The Monkey King which directly parallels with Jin's story and this book smartly plays with stereotypes to show how inaccurate and harmful these stereotypes
are. All in all it was a unique message told in a very interesting format which I had a blast reading, and I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. And then I read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, which is the first book in the Chaos Walking trilogy. Series? Trilogy? It's a trilogy.
I know a lot of you will be surprised to hear that I read this for the first time, especially because it was super popular like seven years ago but that's me: always late to the party and not fashionably late but really late, late. Unfortunately, I didn't love it, probably because I went into this with sky-high expectations. BookTube has hyped it up so much! I thought the story was quite repetitive and there are absolutely no moments of downtime. This book is an entire, just an entire chase scene the entire time! I need a moment or two to catch my breath! I am not as young as I once was.
I don't think I'm going to pick up the sequel, which is unfortunate because I was anticipating loving this novel. So, those were the 14 books I read in September and October. Now on to the books that I want to read in November. The first book that I plan on reading is one that I'm reading with Fiction Faction, a book club I have with Natasha from Tashapolis, Hannah from A Clockwork Reader and Maureen from maureenkeavy.
We are partnering with Tor Books this month, and they are kindly sponsoring this video, so thank you! Anyway, I forgot to tell you what book we're reading. We are reading American Drifter by Heather Graham and Chad Michael Murray. Yes, you heard that right! Chad freakin' Michael frickin' Murray! The star of my childhood favorites A Cinderella Story and One Tree Hill, and he was Tristan in Gilmore Girls -- but not in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life -- but yeah, he co-wrote a book and we are going to read it and it's going to be a really fun time! It follows a US Army veteran, River, who travels to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil trying to distract himself from the horrific memories of war. When he is there he begins a relationship with a local journalist, and like it says on the cover 'it is an exhilarating tale of love and murder': two things I love.
[*Laughs*] I'm going to start this ASAP and we are going to have a live show talking about this over on Natasha's channel at the beginning of December, so keep an eye out for that! Then I want to read Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers as it is the October and November book for Austentatious, my classics book club. I grew up loving the movie with Julie Andrews but I've never read the book, even though we've had the book in my house my entire childhood. Like I said, I'm always late to the party.
I also want to read some spooky books since I didn't actually read any spooky books during October, the spookiest month of the year. Except IT, but we're not gonna talk about IT anymore. That was horrifying not spooky. So I want to get to on Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol and Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
These are both shorter spooky books. I think Anya's ghost yeah audience goes as a graphic novel so it's even shorter so I am sure that I can actually get through these. If I was able to read IT in one day I can read these two in an entire month. Then I have to read the last three books for my young adult literature class.
It's
crazy how fast the semester has gone! We're already at the last three books of
my class. What the heck? The first one I have to read -- and I actually already finished it the other day -- was Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian
Tamaki. They are cousins. This is another graphic novel.
The second to last book is I Am J by Cris Beam, which I hadn't heard of before but I just read the back cover and it says it follows a transgender
teen which I am really excited to read about because I haven't read any books with a transgender main character and I have been meaning to forever so this is perfect and I'm really excited to read it. So, the final book I have to read for my Lit class and the last one I plan on reading in November is I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. I read The Sky is Everywhere by her a couple of years ago and I really didn't like it. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
So, fingers crossed that I like this book more, especially because it's a full-sized novel and I have to read it for class. I cannot DNF this book because I have to write a paper on it. Anyway -- and that brings us to the end of our video -- those are the books that I read in September and October, and the
books that I plan on reading in November or some of the books that I already read
in November as we are midway through the month. I'm going to try to get better at uploading these wrap-up and TBR videos more promptly because, like I said, I'm always late but I'm trying to get better at that.
Thank you all so much for watching and sticking around until the end of the video, and I will talk to you all soon in my next one.
Bye!.
I did enjoy some of them so it's not all terrible "required reading". So that's fun, I guess. The first book I read in September, though, is not from one of my classes. It's actually a book I was able to read for pleasure, and it is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, which follows a main character named
Lucy who deeply hates her co-worker Josh.
They have a very flirty rivalry going on
and their rivalry gets even more flirty when they are both up for the same
promotion. O-o-oh! I gave it a 4.5 Out of 5 stars. It is simply a fluffy, cute, contemporary book and that's all I wanted from this book, and that's what I got. I also read this during a hurricane when I was without power so it was a great distraction.
Next, I read the first book for my young adult literature class and it was 17th Summer by Maureen Daly. This is thought to be one of the first young adult novels, so that's pretty cool, but I really disliked this book so I gave it 2 out of 5 stars. It was written in the 1940s -- I think it
was 1942 -- when Maureen Daly was a teenager herself and it follows this
teenage girl named Angie who really doesn't do anything: she is a useless
blob. Everything just happens to her.
This boy just comes and falls in love with
her and she just sits there and it's like, "All right." I don't know why the boy
fell in love with her in the first place, because like I said she is a useless blob. There is no real direction to this plot and the main character, Angie, is way too obsessed with these social rules of the day, which I guess was commonplace in the 1940s but still, this book did not age well. Then for my class we read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton which was written in the 1960s so, as you can tell, we are kind of going through the evolution of young adult literature.
I read this for the second time and I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. It follows a teen named Ponyboy -- yes, that is his real name, and his brother's name is Sodapop. I -- What were their parents thinking? I don't know. But Ponyboy is part of the working class "Greasers" gang; their rivals are the privileged "Socs" [read: SO-shes] and one day their rivalry hits a violent peak and there are
consequences to this violent act.
And I'm not going to spoil too much
because it's a pretty short book. It wasn't as good as the first time I read it, most likely because I already knew how it was all going to play out. I already knew what the climax of the story was so it didn't punch me in the gut and make me sob like the first time I read it. It was still enjoyable.
I was just in the mood to cry and I didn't even -- my eyes didn't even tear up, which is unfortunate. The fourth book I read was yet another one for my young adult literature class and it was 9th Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes who actually came to lecture at my university and she is so spunky! She has so much energy and I really enjoy her. This is about twelve-year-old Lanesha who lives with an adoptive grandmother in New Orleans in 2005 and it follows their struggle to survive before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. There's also a little bit of supernatural elements mixed in.
I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. It was a fast-paced and emotional novel; I read it so quickly, but there was something missing from it. Also, there was a lot that was left undeveloped and unresolved at the end of the novel which was frustrating. The next one is one that I didn't have to read for class.
I read for pleasure! Hallelujah! It was Carry On by Rainbow Rowell which I loved so much I gave it 5 out of 5 stars. Amazing! If you've read Fangirl by
Rainbow Rowell, you'll know that the main character in that book was writing a
fanfiction based on one of her favorite book series, Simon Snow, which was
basically a stand-in for Harry Potter, but her fanfiction was called "Carry On"
and this is Rainbow Rowell's interpretation of that story.So it's not
directly cast from Fangirls fanfiction but it's inspired by her story. So it's
like Harry Potter fanfiction, but not. She's taken what we're familiar with
Harry Potter and put her own spin on it.
The main character in Carry On, Simon
Snow, goes to a magical boarding school like Hogwarts, he is the chosen one,
and there are magicians and magical creatures but that's kind of the extent
of the comparison. I love the characters and their relationships in this novel.
Simon, Baz -- oh my gosh! And Penelope -- Penelope is basically
Hermione and I love Hermione, so of course I love Penelope. Basically if you're in need of Harry Potter without it being Harry Potter, pick this up. Also, I need a sequel, like now! Okay, so then I read The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien as this was the Austentatious book for August and September.
We already did a live show on this book so I'll leave the live show link down below. I recently have been getting
into the Lord of the Rings movies and I absolutely love the world, so I was
excited to finally pick one of these books up. I do know that this is a children's book so I think I went into it with too high of expectations. The biggest problem I had with this was that many of the, characters especially the dwarves, and Bilbo to a degree, weren't very fleshed out -- completely blur together.
I couldn't keep any of them straight. Also, the ending was quite abrupt and
anti-climactic; it just kind of ended, and I wanted more! I think I would have absolutely loved being read this as a bedtime story growing up, as that was how the story was originally told, but sadly my parents didn't do that for me. They didn't, didn't give me those memories. I'm talking to you, talking to you, parents! How dare you? [*Laughs*] I still am so glad I finally picked this up and now I'm thinking about possibly picking up the Fellowship of the Ring soon.
I think it'll finally give me the depth
that I'm looking for and I absolutely love the story and the world, but it's
quite large and intimidating and a lot of people have been trying to tell me
not to pick it up because they didn't like the book, but will I listen to them? I don't know. Next, I read Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia which I
gave 5 out of 5 stars. It follows high school senior Eliza who
has anxiety, and she doesn't have many, or any!, Friends at school but online she is
the anonymous creator of a wildly popular web comic named "Monstrous Sea". And then one day, a new kid comes to her school who turns out to be the most
popular fanfiction writer for "Monstrous Sea" but of course he doesn't know that
she is the creator of his favorite webcomic and -- What?! There's romance and geeky fangirling, which of course I absolutely loved, but my favorite part of this book was how it dealt with very heavy topics like anxiety, suicide, and the relationship between a creator and their creation.
I went into this expecting a fluffy, cute, contemporary like Behaving Game, but it turned out to be so much more, and I'm really thankful for that . I found a lot of myself in this
novel and that's always a great thing. We now have another two books that I read
for my literature class: the first one being Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Yeah, I did an essay on this book so that's why there are so many tabs, but I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars.
This was a reread like The Outsiders and, like The Outsiders, I did enjoy this book more the first time I read it. Rereading it again was a little bit of a disappointment. It's a strange contemporary novel. It's -- the way it's told is quite strange, but it is able to cover tough topics like sexual assault, bullying, and mental illness without being too heavy-handed or too preachy.
Then I read Feed by M.T.
Anderson for my class and I gave it a 3.5 Out of 5 stars. It is a futuristic sci-fi / dystopian novel in which the majority of society have a little computer called the feed implanted into their brains
which was supposed to give them unlimited knowledge, kind of like brain
Google, but instead it is turned into rampant consumerism. They are able to watch television, message their friends, and even buy things just out of their brain. The crazy part about this book, though, is that it was first published in 2002 but it is scarily applicable to today's society.
Like: the president in
this book is very, very similar to our current president. [*Gasps*] And our technology is getting closer and closer to turning into the feed. It all hit a little bit too close to home and it kind of freaked me out, especially because this chronicles the decline of the environment and all of humanity. These characters are walking around with open sores on their faces.
Gross! But
entertaining to read about. Next I read IT by Stephen King. I actually read it in one day during my last 24 hour readathon and I vlogged it all. I will leave the log down below if you want to watch me descend into insanity.
I have no idea how I did that and I wouldn't recommend trying it at home because it was a lot. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. I really enjoy Stephen King's writing style. It is so descriptive and he's able to seamlessly weave together multiple storylines into one cohesive story.
I was on the edge of my seat the entire day and it's truly one of the best, or the best, horror books that I've ever read; however, I could not give it 5 out of 5 stars because of his constant use of slurs against Black, Jewish, and gay characters. It was absolutely unnecessary to use them to that degree, or at all. I think he could have gotten the point across without using any slurs. I understand that he was using them as a tool to highlight how there
were horrors in our everyday lives but unnecessary.
We have yet another book that I read for class: Godless by Pete Hoffman which I gave
3 out of 5 stars. This follows a teen named Jason who was raised in a conservative Catholic household and has started to question his religion. As an act of rebellion, he decides to create his own religion in which the God is the town's water tower. I don't know.
He recruits his classmates and soon things start to spin out of control. I'm not religious myself, so I thought that this was a very interesting examination of how teenagers tend to question their entire identity, including their religion and faith, but I think if you are a religious person you might not enjoy this book. It might be offensive to you, so keep that in mind. I then read one of my now-favorite books, possibly of all time: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, another book that I did an essay on.
I also marked all of my favorite quotes which was pretty much the entire book. I obviously gave it 5 out of 5 stars. I am going to do a full, in-depth review on this book soon, so I don't want to talk about it too much now, especially because I don't know if I can talk about it at length without crying because it means so much to me, but quickly: this follows Aiza who struggles with OCD and all of the intrusive thoughts that come with that. This was one of the most authentic portrayals of mental illness that I have ever read.
I highly recommend it to everybody, especially if you, too, struggle with mental illness. Again, I give it 5 out of 5 stars -- a billion out of 5 stars! So, review video coming up soon in which I will probably cry. Okay, I'm gonna calm down.
The last two books I read in October were two more books that I read for
my young adult literature class: the first one being America Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. This is graphic novel that follows an Asian-American teen, Jin Wang, who tries to cast off his Chinese identity and heritage in an attempt to fit in with his white classmates.
It also weaves in a Chinese fable about The Monkey King which directly parallels with Jin's story and this book smartly plays with stereotypes to show how inaccurate and harmful these stereotypes
are. All in all it was a unique message told in a very interesting format which I had a blast reading, and I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. And then I read The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, which is the first book in the Chaos Walking trilogy. Series? Trilogy? It's a trilogy.
I know a lot of you will be surprised to hear that I read this for the first time, especially because it was super popular like seven years ago but that's me: always late to the party and not fashionably late but really late, late. Unfortunately, I didn't love it, probably because I went into this with sky-high expectations. BookTube has hyped it up so much! I thought the story was quite repetitive and there are absolutely no moments of downtime. This book is an entire, just an entire chase scene the entire time! I need a moment or two to catch my breath! I am not as young as I once was.
I don't think I'm going to pick up the sequel, which is unfortunate because I was anticipating loving this novel. So, those were the 14 books I read in September and October. Now on to the books that I want to read in November. The first book that I plan on reading is one that I'm reading with Fiction Faction, a book club I have with Natasha from Tashapolis, Hannah from A Clockwork Reader and Maureen from maureenkeavy.
We are partnering with Tor Books this month, and they are kindly sponsoring this video, so thank you! Anyway, I forgot to tell you what book we're reading. We are reading American Drifter by Heather Graham and Chad Michael Murray. Yes, you heard that right! Chad freakin' Michael frickin' Murray! The star of my childhood favorites A Cinderella Story and One Tree Hill, and he was Tristan in Gilmore Girls -- but not in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life -- but yeah, he co-wrote a book and we are going to read it and it's going to be a really fun time! It follows a US Army veteran, River, who travels to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil trying to distract himself from the horrific memories of war. When he is there he begins a relationship with a local journalist, and like it says on the cover 'it is an exhilarating tale of love and murder': two things I love.
[*Laughs*] I'm going to start this ASAP and we are going to have a live show talking about this over on Natasha's channel at the beginning of December, so keep an eye out for that! Then I want to read Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers as it is the October and November book for Austentatious, my classics book club. I grew up loving the movie with Julie Andrews but I've never read the book, even though we've had the book in my house my entire childhood. Like I said, I'm always late to the party.
I also want to read some spooky books since I didn't actually read any spooky books during October, the spookiest month of the year. Except IT, but we're not gonna talk about IT anymore. That was horrifying not spooky. So I want to get to on Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol and Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
These are both shorter spooky books. I think Anya's ghost yeah audience goes as a graphic novel so it's even shorter so I am sure that I can actually get through these. If I was able to read IT in one day I can read these two in an entire month. Then I have to read the last three books for my young adult literature class.
It's
crazy how fast the semester has gone! We're already at the last three books of
my class. What the heck? The first one I have to read -- and I actually already finished it the other day -- was Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian
Tamaki. They are cousins. This is another graphic novel.
The second to last book is I Am J by Cris Beam, which I hadn't heard of before but I just read the back cover and it says it follows a transgender
teen which I am really excited to read about because I haven't read any books with a transgender main character and I have been meaning to forever so this is perfect and I'm really excited to read it. So, the final book I have to read for my Lit class and the last one I plan on reading in November is I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. I read The Sky is Everywhere by her a couple of years ago and I really didn't like it. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
So, fingers crossed that I like this book more, especially because it's a full-sized novel and I have to read it for class. I cannot DNF this book because I have to write a paper on it. Anyway -- and that brings us to the end of our video -- those are the books that I read in September and October, and the
books that I plan on reading in November or some of the books that I already read
in November as we are midway through the month. I'm going to try to get better at uploading these wrap-up and TBR videos more promptly because, like I said, I'm always late but I'm trying to get better at that.
Thank you all so much for watching and sticking around until the end of the video, and I will talk to you all soon in my next one.
Bye!.
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