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hey guys i'm changing things up by doing
a reading vlog where i'll be going
through a week in my life and my
progress reading shadow and bone by
leigh bardugo
there won't be any spoilers so let's
just go ahead and start this [ __ ]
monday was a regular day for me all i
did was show up to work half an hour
late which is what i usually do because
of who i am as a person
fortunately my workplace has allowed me
to get away with a lot of [ __ ]
because honestly
if i worked retail or customer service
or any actual hard job
i would be screwed anyway i was busy the
entire day and ended up having to put in
some late hours because i needed to
prepare and pack for a work trip this
week
so the only bookish related thing that
happened was that cat from paperback
dreams
posted her video announcing the grisha
series read-along that we're hosting
together
and because i like taking my time to
read i knew that i needed to get started
on the series
right away so i biked 15 minutes to the
only library near me that had the copy
available
and i got that [ __ ] unfortunately
because i was still working that night i
didn't get to read at all
which makes my progress zero pages i
know this vlog is starting off
so well on tuesday i woke up at 5am
aka the butt crack of dawn because i had
to catch my flight to atlanta for my
photo shoot
i didn't fall asleep until 2am so i had
about 3 hours of sleep which is the same
number as my brain cells
i started reading shadow and bone on the
plane but because i was so tired i slept
through half of my plane ride
here's some parts that stood out to me
though on page two someone was talking
[ __ ] about the main girl and she was
like
she's an ugly little thing no child
should look like that pale and sour like
a glass of milk that's turned
honestly i am so offended that leigh
bardugo would come at me like that
i don't even know her but she could at
least say this my face
on page 22 a girl was being thirsty over
mao and said tell him to come inside my
tent to keep me warm
to which the main character replied if
he wants to catch stiffle i'm sure
you'll be his first stop
i'm still getting used to this world but
is simple like the fantasy term for
syphilis
someone let me know in the comments on
page 32 something bad just happened to
alexei
and i just want to say that if you name
your kid alexei there's only going to be
misfortune in his life so are we really
[ __ ] surprised
after i landed i checked into my hotel
and had to jump straight into work with
location
scouting and wardrobe styling i love
work trips because they always cover my
flight
food and hotels which is awesome because
i'm a cheap [ __ ]
i can't give too many details about what
this photo shoot is for but let's just
say that they also covered my new shoes
because everybody on this shoot
is required to wear their brand
um anyway the point is i basically have
a corporate sugar daddy and that's
capitalism for you baby
i also really like packing books
whenever i go on a trip so the books i
packed were
shadow and bone obviously or as i like
to call it shadow and boner because
apparently you can't be a main character
in a young adult book without having two
guys in love with you
i also packed a few small books that are
easy for travel so that i could take
pictures from my bookstagram and those
were
thin slices of anxiety which is a very
cutesy art book
and how to not always be working which
appears to be a quick and light read but
i acknowledge the irony in me bringing
this onto a work trip
i also packed managing up just in case i
finished shadow and bone early because
that's next on my to read list
later that night i slipped out of work
so that i could join the bookmarks live
show with haley
hannah and zoe we talked about booktube
consumerism and i ended up giving them a
therapy session and analyzed their
mental health based on their book buying
habits
and it was both hilarious and revealing
that being said there were so many other
things about the topic that i didn't get
to talk about because i was running on
three hours of sleep and my brain was
dying but
we are interested in doing a part two in
the future so i guess we'll see if
they're willing to invite me again
i ended up not reading that night
because i was so exhausted but based on
my progress on the plane ride i got up
to 69 pages
and no that was not on purpose some
things are just fate
wednesday was a very chill day in
comparison because i only needed to go
to one wardrobe styling which is very
ironic because all i wear are leggings
and chucky sweaters
i also hit 10 000 subscribers on this
day which was pretty crazy
satan really works hard for his minions
what the [ __ ] because it was a chill day
i had a bit more time to explore atlanta
and eat some good food i also was able
to read more of shadow and bone where we
are introduced to a mysterious character
named the darkling
who is trying to cross over something
called the fold which is
a swath of near impenetrable darkness
that is crawling with monsters who feast
on human flesh
so at this point i'm very intrigued
because i think the fold is like a
metaphor for my vagina and i kind of
want the darkling to cross into it
but for real though if i took a drink
every time he smirked or his lips
quirked into a smile
i would probably die of alcohol
poisoning anyway i made good progress
and got up to 165 pages
thursday was the day of the photo shoot
where i worked almost
non-stop we shot over 20 shoes at three
different locations
two of them were rich people houses and
one of them was a coffee shop
i don't think i ever sat down because i
was constantly running around to direct
the photographer
grabbing the stylist or just squatting a
whole bunch of times to rearrange the
shoes until they were perfect
and i obviously can't show any of the
models or the shoes
so i'll just show you mine basically my
job was to direct the photographer into
getting the best shots possible
so for example if there were shoes with
blue stripes having that match with the
blue tiles of the pool
or if the sun is out taking advantage of
the shadows coming out of the palm tree
um you know just things like that a lot
of it is really just making things up as
you go along
and looking for opportunities in your
environment so i really enjoyed it
and i really wanted to show you guys the
behind the scenes of a photo shoot like
this because it's such a big production
but unfortunately i can't because the
lookbook isn't going to be released
until next year so
instead you're just going to see rich
people houses i did manage to squeeze in
a few photos for my bookstagram though
and they're not the best but to be
honest it's a miracle that i even had
time to squeeze in a few photos moving
on once we wrapped up the photo shoot i
celebrated with the team by eating
dinner at this fancy restaurant
where we got to try a 75 tasting menu
per person
i totally don't remember what i ate
because to be honest i just eat
whatever's in front of me but
this was our first course our second
course our third course
our dessert and some appetizers that we
ordered separately
then i finally got back to my hotel room
feeling super proud
accomplished and full from the food and
i just could not wait to get to bed
i tried reading before going to sleep
but i was so tired from the long day
that i only read
one chapter before i decided to call it
at night so
overall i went up to page 183
friday was the day i flew back home i
had to wake up early once again to catch
my flight but this time i had more
energy to read
i took every slow moment at the airport
to my advantage by reading whenever i
could and then i ended up finishing the
book on my plane
i can't point out specific scenes here
because they would be spoilers but let
me just say
page 196 i was like what the [ __ ] that
[ __ ] came out of nowhere but at the same
time i was kind of into it
maybe i'm trash i don't know oh and then
the darkling growled in that one scene
in page 222
dude [ __ ] dude man i am [ __ ]
into it and then i read the ending and i
was like hmm
maybe i spoke too soon
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anyway overall i rated this book three
stars because i found it to be quite
generic
i mean i enjoyed it because it was so
easy to read and let me turn off my
brain during my long work trip
but it was a very very typical y a
fantasy
veronica roth said this book was unlike
anything she's ever read and i'm like
uh sure jan i'll talk more in depth
about my thoughts in my november wrap up
and on the live show for the grisha
long-a-thon but that's the gist of it
i landed back in town and went straight
back to work because the grind never
stops
but it was a pretty relaxing day in
comparison to the photo shoot madness so
i was glad for some stability
i finally had time to catch up on
twitter and youtube and reply to all
your comments
like this one from whitmere that says
shut the [ __ ] up you just sit at home
and make stupid videos nobody cares
about you
i feel sorry for you melina also said
i feel sorry for you you seem frustrated
with your life
reading these comments made me cry
hysterically because i realized they
were right
my life is so miserable and this was the
wake-up call i needed to see the light
i realized it really is frustrating that
i could get 10 000 subscribers in five
months
get paid to direct a million dollar
photo shoot and fly around the world and
stay at hotels and eat extravagant meals
for free
i guess the moral of the story is my
life is so terrible
and i can only hope to be as happy and
successful as people like widmer and
melina
but i never will so i guess i'll just
stick to reading books
so there you have it a week in my
miserable
miserable life
hey guys i just came back from my
atlanta trip and i wanted to take some
time
to just properly thank you for 10 000
subscribers
actually now that i look at it i
currently have 11 000 subscribers
either way this [ __ ] is crazy if you're
new here welcome to the [ __ ] show
if you've been here for a while why
regardless of how new you are i really
appreciate you being here
and just indulging me in this [ __ ] i
thought it might be fun since i've now
reached this milestone to do a q a
if you are interested in sending me any
questions you can go ahead and submit a
question
in the youtube comments down below or
you can reply to my tweet which i will
link into the description and to make
things a bit more interesting i will
also
include an anonymous forum for you to
submit any questions that you don't want
your name attached to it because i
figured that there might be silent
lurkers or there might be people who
just like to hate watch me
don't worry i didn't forget about you
you can go ahead and leave an anonymous
question
and i will answer them too you can ask
about books or about booktube or about
my personal life or my love life or
lack thereof or even if you want to send
hate commas or troll me
that's fine too the way i see it you can
write it and then you'll feel better
about yourself and i'll get content so
it's like a win-win and then the next
thing that i wanted to do is give
booktuber shout outs because i'm doing
this thing where for every thousand
subscriber milestone that i hit
i will shout out another booktuber who
has less than a thousand subscribers
so last time i did it i had 8 000. now i
have 11 000 which means that i will
shout out for small booktubers the first
one i want to shout out is vanessa
she is a queer booktuber in her 20s who
loves to talk about books and also sings
songs on her channel
she curses and rants and rambles a lot
which i think makes her a very relatable
booktuber my favorite video from her so
far is the one about her book buying
band where she made an outline about
what the band constitutes exactly
and she goes really into detail about
why she was doing this ban
and she was very introspective and
self-aware from it which i think
is very enlightening especially in
regards to booktube consumerism and to
think about why it is that we buy books
she's just also a great person and she's
currently reading the grisha series so
if you're looking for a buddy read she
would be a great person to get in touch
with the second person i want to shout
out is the other christine that reads
she's a canadian booktuber she is super
smart and articulate she truly has a
diverse range of reading tastes because
she reads
y a literary novels historical fiction
the list goes on and on she's very
mindful of reading diversely and will
give recommendations for reading diverse
books specifically so i just really
appreciate that about her and i
appreciate her intelligence and
thoughtfulness when it comes to
consuming books the third booktuber i
want to shout out is etu brodie brody is
very new but i can tell from his
personality and his sense of humor that
he's just very chill and relatable even
though he reads mostly contemporary ya
which is outside of my reading taste
i still like to watch his videos anyway
because i find his personality to be
very endearing he's also transparent
about mental health and talks openly
about it which
i really appreciate and i think more
people should do more
often he's super sweet and you should
check him out and then last but
certainly not least
is court the reader she is another
booktuber who reads and reviews mostly
why a contemporary but i still watch her
videos anyway because i find her
personality to be very refreshing and
candid
she also does a lot of videos outside of
the standard book reviews like she'll
talk about her top favorite marvel
movies
she'll deface a book into a really
beautiful artwork she talks about what
it's like to be an
empath and overall she just is a very
well-rounded
person and she has an engaging
personality and that is why i am
shouting her out so go ahead and
unsubscribe for my channel and subscribe
to them instead
they are great and then the last thing
that i want to bring up
is the grishalongathon which is a
readathon for the creatures series that
i am co-hosting wig cat
it's officially from december 15 to
december 29th but if you want to start
on it sooner
like i did you can go ahead and do that
right now or anytime that you want we'll
have a live show in january
or at least i'll try to convince kat to
do one on her channel in january and
yeah i think
it's gonna be fun so if you are
interested in reading the series go
ahead and start whenever you want
and we'll talk about it in the live show
so that's about it to sum it up
submit me your questions check out those
four booktubers and join us for the
grishalonathon
i'll see you guys in my next video for
my november wrap up where i'll be
talking about
my in-depth thoughts about shadow and
bone as well as some of the other books
i
read so i'll see you later bye