Hi guys Olivia here from Olivia's Catastrophe and we are going to be reading for 24
hours straight. Let's do this! It's the day before. We're gonna start at 4 a.m.
tomorrow. I've chosen to set it for 4am because I've never ever ever ever
ever ever pulled an all-nighter. And I don't really want to. I have read until
4:00 a.m. before. I have read until 5 a.m. before. But I've had at least one or
two hours sleep before I need to get up and I don't think I could survive the
whole night even with coffee. Coffee actually makes me sleepy. The next time
you see me it'll be 4 a.m. and we'll be beginning. Okay, hi guys, it's now 5:15. So
I've been reading for an hour and I finished the first 10 chapters of
The Other Bennet Sister. Really enjoying it. I really like Mary's
character and I like how she's so readerly and shy. And she knows she's
plain but she's kind of just doing the best with what she's got. I kind of like who
I think is gonna be the love interest. That was off to a really good start. Waking
up at 4:15 this morning was definitely so difficult. I was not in the mood. I
only slept for 3 hours as I was watching The Conjuring with my friends last night
which I actually really enjoyed. But we're here for reading so I'm gonna move on to
my next book. Which was gifted to me by Madisyn Green and I'll leave a link to
her channel down below. Thank you so much for getting this to me. I'm so excited to
read this sequel so I can't wait to start right now.
But as it's a hardcover I'm just gonna... you gotta remove the dust jacket because I
cannot read with the dust jacket on. Let's begin!
Whatever happens, just don't expect the food choices to be amazing today. I'm
totally out of food and definitely need to do a food shop. But that's happening
tomorrow. Today we are reading! Okay guys, it's
time to talk because I am halfway through Chrildren of Virtue and Vengenance. Not
gonna give you any spoilers but I just don't know how I feel about this because
while the plot is doing well and nicely, and while the concept of fighting and
war is being discussed in detail with what's right and what's wrong and who to trust and
who not to trust... I think all of that's being handled pretty good. The magic stuff
is being handled pretty good. But we've got to talk about the characters.
I'm cooling towards Amari. She used to be my favourite character but I feel like in
this one she kind of tries to appropriate culture too much, and she
is a bit too power hungry and it's just not the way I expected her
character to go. Even though I feel like she's still fighting for the right
things, it just doesn't feel like the good old Amari that I came to love. As
for Zelie, she seems to be the same as ever:
impulsive, quick to do what she thinks is right. But she's also experiencing her
own anger and grief and that is affecting her choices. And sometimes I
want to like... she frustrates me. But then sometimes I really like what she's doing
and her choices that she makes. And I feel like she's valid in all of the
choices that she makes. Her brother Tzain seems to be not doing that
much. And Roen, I like him as a character but I also felt like he was going to be
doing more. I feel like it's interesting... the effect that magic and powers are
having. And I think I'll just leave my comments there for now. But I am so
surprised that I was able to read half of this so quickly. It's like, 9:30 a.m. so
going at a good pace. And I guess I'm just gonna keep reading.
Guys, I just finished it! I can't believe I finished this in a single day, half a
day essentially. And the plot in the second half was just a whirlwind. I was
literally fangirling so much. Tomi Adeyemi... she can't, she can't play us like
this. She can't do this and expect us to like be fine. I am NOT fine. I need the
last book! The plot like... I can't function. This was amazing. This was
amazing. Okay, so it's 12:30 now. The middle of the day. I'm gonna take a half hour break
to type up some review notes and to write my review of Throne of Glass 2 --
Crown of Midnight -- because I don't like to start the next book without having
fully written out my review of the previous book. Because otherwise my
thoughts get mashed up along the series. So I need to go and do that now. Probably
take half an hour to 45 minutes. Maybe calm down my fangirl feels a bit if that's
humanly possible. And then on to my next read because we're just gonna keep
reading. Do you see that smile? That's the smell of an author who know she is going
to ruin you. Yeah it is. So I just finished writing my review for Crown of
Midnight and my review notes for Children of Virtue and Vengeance. So it's time
to start my next book which is gonna be Heir our Fire by Sarah J Maas. Time to read
the third book in the series. This is the mini edition which was gifted to me by
Bloomsbury so thank you very much Bloomsbury Australia. Let's return to this world.
First coffee of the day 'cause I'm starting to feel a bit tired and also my
focus is really slipping. Like I'm not paying attention to Heir of Fire and I keep
zoning out. So hopefully this coffee will not only restore my energy but also restore
some of my focus. Hey guys, so it's 5:15 and my slowing has my reading -- my reading has slowed
down quite a lot. I am 200 pages into this, chapter 25, which is about the third
of the way through. Just over a third of the way through and I'm quite bored and
I think that might be why my reading has slowed down. Along with me being a bit
tired. But the coffee has definitely perked me right up, especially as I
don't usually have coffee. So it has an effect. But yeah, I'm a bit bored. In this
one I've met Rowan which everyone seems to love. But don't really care about him.
Still mostly interested in Chaol. And I mean, more magic stuff is happening but
I'm still waiting for a lot of explanations. You're getting a few but
not enough. Hey guys. The most relaxed Olivia coming at you possible. Halfway
through this book. I'm starting to admit I like Rowan a bit more. And whatever
you want to say about this series one thing that it does incredibly well is
mental health and grief. And I really just admire so much how the series
handles it and Celaena's loneliness and everything... I think it does a fantastic
job of that. Starting to warm up to Rowan. And Luca is adorable. Still not that much
happening plot wise. About 260 pages to go. I'm getting a bit frazzled with
reading. I haven't -- starting to get a bit frazzled with reading. Okay, hello!
I am on page 400 and this book is literally a training montage. And I've
also quit Team Chaol. I think I mentioned that before, but he's just not accepting
that things are changing. But now I'm here with Fey who is also reading. What are you
reading? Fey: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Do you enjoy it? Fey: the prose is awful but Achilles and Patroclus my babes. Okay.
Fey: yeah. Olivia: they just don't they don't have the best taste in writing style. As well all
know that Madeline's writing style is amazing! Okay well, okay, we're gonna read and not distract
each other right? *Fey giggles because we are so gonna chat*
Hey guys, a quick update coming from halls kitchen. I finished Heir of Fire and I
have a lot of thoughts by the end of it. So when I get around to posting my 5
reasons to read Crown of Midnight then I will come up with some more of my thoughts on
that. I read a number 5 chapters of The Other Bennet Sister and I'm now starting The
Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. And it's witchy, it's set in Norway, it's
historical fiction and it's a female centric. So I've only got about three
hours left on my time so I'm just gonna read this as much as possible.
It's about 1am. I am making myself a cup of tea so I can stay awake but still
got Fey reading along with me. I'm gonna do this challenge! And I think my next
shot will just be me wrapping up, telling you how many pages I read, what books I
read and how much of each book. I'm actually pretty proud of what I've
achieved and let's go finish up with some more pages.
Hey guys, it's the next day and I briefly want to wrap up my reading of the 24
hours straight. It went fairly well. After that last clip I showed you I very much
struggled for those last two hours. I didn't get much reading done. Couldn't really focus. But overall
I did pretty good. In total I read one 1128 pages over
the span of 24 hours. I read one hundred pages of The Other Bennet Sister which is
off to a very very good start. I started and finished Children of Virtue
and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, which I head of the heels loved and adored. I also
started and finished Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas which was a wild ride of ups and
downs for me. Which I'll talk about more later. And then in those last two hours I
read 62 pages of The Mercies by Karen Millwood Hargrave and it's off to a very
interesting start. It's good but it's still very much the beginning and I
haven't really formed much of an opinion yet. So that is all the reading
that I've done. I've done two reading challenges now: one which is reading for
24 hours straight and one which was back in 2018 November where I read 30 books
in 30 days. So let me know what reading challenge I should try next. Have you
ever tried reading for 24 hours straight? Let me know in the comment section down below.
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