 Hi everyone! I hope you're good. Welcome back to my channel and welcome to another episode of Wrapped Up. If you don't know, Wrapped Up is a series that I started at Christmas on my channel, but I've decided to continue once a month. Actually at the time I wrapped up all of my TBR, but it's whittled down to about 40 books at the moment. I had to unwrap some, some were never wrapped because of videos, and then I have massively received so many books for my birthday and Christmas. So actually I've got a whole book cart down here, which you probably see in my videos of all my other books, but these are the ones that are still wrapped up. Oh my god, I just heard that book. I don't know what it is, but now it's called a puncture. Get off your high horse and have some respect. Basically once a month now I am going to be unwrapping however many books a week and reading them in this video. This week I am busy. It's already Tuesday and I've gotten to like Saturday evening because this video goes up on Sunday. I have been struggling to read this year just as much as I would like to usually. I've definitely been in a little bit of a reading slump, but that's all because of uni and like how crazy busy I've been with uni. So I think I'm going to aim for one to two books in this video. I think that's realistic. I'm hoping for two. I feel like two is realistic. I feel a bit more excited to read than I have other points this year. Does that sound like something you want? It is. But let me tell you, you'll never get it. I'm very excited. Wrapped up is like my favorite video I do on my channel. It feels so magical to unwrap the book and not to know what's underneath it. So I'm really excited. Let's just dive into it. I know I always pick the white ones, but I've just been like looking at this book. I don't know what it is. So it could be something I don't want to read, but something about it. When I know I've been about to film this video for the past couple of days, this book has been pulling me in. So let's, I have not, okay, I'm nervous. I forgot how nervous this made me. Oh my God, it's not opening. I'm trying not to look. Okay. I was going to read this actually for another video or as debating it for a video next month, but we'll just read it now. We'll just read it now. Okay. So this is, I'll show you here, The Sanatorium by Sarah Pierce. This is an arc that was very kindly sent to me by the publisher. It was actually my first ever arc. When does this come out? I think this comes out like in the next couple of days. It should be definitely out by the time this video comes out. So this is about a woman who goes to this hotel that is a converted, it's like out of an old sanatorium. Oh, why would you do that firstly? It's like in a really isolated location in the Alps. I believe that her brother's fiance goes missing there and then another girl apparently has gone missing and it's just like super like nervy and no one knows what's going on. Oh my God, I'm just so excited. This is one of my most anticipated books of the year. It seems like my kind of book if it's done well, like that suspense, that isolation, like being trapped. I love that my thread is like, that's the best kind of thread to me is isolation. I'm so excited. Okay, I can't wait to read this and it feels like perfect timing because it's literally just about to come out. So yeah, I'm going to go start it and I will let you know what I think. Oh my God, I love this series so much. Several days later. Okay, so I lied to you once again. The level of unprofessionalism far too much. I'm only going to read this book and this vlog. I hope that's okay. Usually in the wrapped up videos, I only ever read one anyway, but it's already Friday and I've only read 30 pages of this. It's Friday evening. You guys, I don't keep talking about how uni is like ruining my life, but I'm just so I'm busier than I've ever been with it. Like it's going to be over in a couple months, but I'm really busy with it and I'm not having fun. It is making it hard to read. I mean, I'm currently on track for my Goodreads goal of reading 100 books. So like I'm not doing terribly. I just don't feel the want to read in the evenings or stuff like that anymore. Like all that much at the moment. Like I just want to chill out with my boyfriend and like watch something and like just like cut my brain off. But I need to start also in the evening, not spending so much time on social media. What the problem is with uni? I'll probably cut this out because no one cares. The problem with uni is I'm doing a journalism degree and I don't want to go into journalism anymore. And one of our modules that I'm doing right now is live news production. So that takes up two days. That's Thursday and Friday and you've got to be prepping for it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, like doing interviews, emailing people for interviews, etc to produce the news on Thursday and Friday. And so I hate Thursday and Friday because I feel like I'm doing pointless stuff that I don't care about that I'm like, I'm not going to go into journalism and I just wish this wasn't taking up all of my time. And like it takes me a day to edit usually. So that's like two days gone, so that's four days gone. And I've got to make a documentary and I've got a lawnmower job I'm doing as well. So then like where's the time to read and film and whatever, you know? Like I just wish I just wish I wasn't doing those days, but I've only got four weeks, right? Yeah, I've only got four weeks left of those days. Like I said, I'm only 35 pages into the sanatorium, but I have really liked what I've read so far. It has started off like shablam. Like it's like y'all got a bitch blown away. Our main chaganist is going to this hotel, the sanatorium to meet her brother who she hasn't seen in ages. But there's this other storyline of like these people in this gas mask attacking people. So it was like a prologue where the owner of the hotel was attacked by this person in this gas mask. And now we're alternating between chapters of our protagonist and this other woman who is being chased through the woods by this person in this gas mask. And it's like a mask that apparently connects like via a tube between the mouth and the nose. It sounds like something out of Doctor Who, I can't quite picture it. But it's like started like high tension. Eileen, our protagonist, like she's so anxious. She's obviously some stuff has happened to her. She's very like, she's like, like this, she's like the epitome of this as a person. And so that's tense. And then the other chapters are a woman like running for her life. And you know, she's probably about to, you know, so it's very like full throttle right at the start. So I'm actually really excited to read some more of this tonight. I'm hoping to get to page like read about 100 pages tonight. I think that's probably doable. I'm really intrigued as to where this is going to go and how it's going to get thrilling. And the atmosphere and the setting of the hotel is really weird and scary and crazy. So I'm going to read some more and then I'll let you know what I'm thinking. Good morning. I actually read a little bit further than I said I was going to. I'm on page 147 because I read to like a page 120 something and then I listened to a bit of the audio book. I'm enjoying it. I'm really enjoying it. It's very, very atmospheric. Like it's very focused on this isolation in the snow, the pools of the hotel, like the swimming pools and the spa are being used in very interesting and like scary ways because I think water can be a very scary technique to use. And I think that's being played up on really well. Thankfully our protagonist like isn't chill with the fact that it is an old sanatorium. I hope not. That is a point of tension within the story, right? Like she's very uncomfortable with that fact and it keeps coming back to that, like how uncomfortable she is. And like they've got like artifacts, like medical instruments that were used then like hung up around the hotel. Like they're making like a spectacle of it and it's not like something we're happy about, which I'm glad to see. I was worried we were going to be like, oh my god, it's so cool, kawaki. You know what I mean? But it's not that at all. Her brother's girlfriend has gone missing. Like basically been missing for like a day and they're starting to get worried. Our protagonist is a detective who is kind of on leave at the moment due to a case gone wrong. And so she's starting to want to kind of like investigate the story, especially because she really doesn't trust her brother because she thinks, oh I think she thinks or suspects that he may have had something to do with the death of their younger brother when they were kids. Because her brother, her alive brother is very manipulative. Like he twists situations and stuff he says and he lies a lot. And so she's like, sis, I don't trust this one bit. That's not true. So she actually thinks that her brother has something to do with his girlfriend going missing. There's a lot more characters in this I don't trust. I don't trust. It's been so long actually since I read like a really good thriller and I'm like loving it. I'm having so much fun. I just think the atmosphere has done so well. The other storylines with the woman that the other woman that's gone missing, the protagonist doesn't know about is really scary and interesting. And I think I just love books that play up on that isolation. Like I just love it. Like I think isolation from the rest of society is like the scariest thing because anything could go wrong and you're not in control. So that is definitely keeping me on edge. So I'm really enjoying it. I don't trust her boyfriend that's there with her. I don't trust her brother. I don't trust the heads of the hotel. I don't trust anyone. It could be anyone. It really could be anyone. I don't trust anyone. And I really like how we've got these multiple storylines going on. Like we've got the missing girlfriend, we've got the missing woman. We've got the brother's death and we've got the missing hotel owner that happened right at the start. So we've got all these different threads that have already been set up that are going to become connected in some way. I feel like it's definitely very dark and suspenseful. What I want from this is stuff to start going wrong now and like for it to be she's trapped. It's really scary. She's running from someone. I want it to be that now. Like I want us to get high tension for the rest of the book. I'm going to carry on reading. I'm going to listen to a bit more of the Orgea book actually because I'm really enjoying that. Also the chapters are so short. Like the chapters are like three pages long and it just like keeps the pace going and keeps that tension really well. So really enjoying it so far. I was filming. Two things happened that shocked me. Like I was not expecting them. I was so shook. Oh my God. I can't really get over it and it was literally just happened. So I really just want to read on. I'm really interested to see where it's going to go now. Like before that I was thinking this is a really solid four. But if this keeps picking up in the way that it is currently, this could be a five without spoiling anything. Basically some things have happened that have left Elin basically acting as a detective. She's kind of reverted back into that role. They're very much even more isolated at the hotel. There's not a lot of people left there. It's really interesting seeing her like working stuff out and using like her detective brain to figure out what has happened or to try to figure out what has happened. It's just really well-layered. There's a lot of clues. There's a lot of things like layering on top of one another. Like you find out a clue and then you find out an answer to a previous clue. Like they're all like kind of like stucking on top of one another. And so I think it's done really, really well. Like that keeps the suspense going. It keeps you engaged and there's constantly something new. And then just now like shit kind of hit the fan. A picture fight. A picture fight. Like shit kind of hit the fan and I was not expecting it and I'm really, really, really enjoying it. The boyfriend is so annoying to me. Like Eileen has some childhood trauma and he's just like get over a bitch. He's like get over it. He's like there's no future for us if you just can't get over this. I'm like, she's had this trauma since she was a kid. What makes you think you in like two years is going to make her go over it? No, sir. Anyway, he's really, he's pissing me off. These white men are dangerous. But regardless of that, I have no idea where this is going to go. I have some suspicions, but none of them really makes sense. So I don't know where it's going to go. Like I can't see where it's going to go. But like I said, I wanted that tension to start increasing. And as soon as I said that, as soon as I said that, it did. Like we've been on a steady ride and it's like so tense right now, so tense. So I cannot wait to read this last third and see where it goes. Like this is so good. This has just come out like literally a couple of days ago. And if you are someone who enjoys thrillers, I'd really recommend you checking this out and picking it up because it's good. Like it's a really, really good thriller. I don't know who I can trust. I really don't know where it's going to go, but I'm so excited. I finished it. I'm going to give it four stars. Firstly, firstly, it was still very interesting, great pacing, what have you. But the reveal, like the baddie reveal, I felt with a bit on the nose. I felt like without spawning anything, it was the whole reason this book had been written to like give a particular message through that baddie. And it felt like, here's my message. Here's what I wanted to get across. Do you know what I mean? Like from the author. And it just felt a bit on the nose. Like I liked the message. I agreed with the message. I admired the message, but it was a bit heavy handed. Also, there was an epilogue right at the end that pissed me off. It is miffing me off somewhat. I was about to say actually a similar, like a book that had a similar epilogue, but I won't in case like it's similar. I don't think you'll spoil it if you had read it, but I don't want anyone to have a go at me. But another thriller I've read had a very similar epilogue. And it's just annoying because it doesn't add anything. It doesn't, like it doesn't resolve any questions. It just creates new questions that you're never going to get the answers to. And like creates an interesting dynamic that we're never going to get to explore. Like makes a character who previously hadn't been interesting, interesting. Like I hate it. I hate it. So that really annoyed me. I feel like it's like, why are you even here? Like all it does is make me annoyed. All it does is make me illustrated. What was I trying to say? Definitely not illustrated. Frustrated. But she's so stupid. However, on the whole, I think this is a very solid thriller like the atmosphere, the way the weather plays into the atmosphere, all the different clues and how they merge and like mirror each other is very, very interesting. I believe this is a debut as well. So this is a brilliant debut thriller in my eyes. If you are someone who loves thrillers, I think you should give this a go. I think the actual cover looks something like that. It's just a bit of a pain to hold it out like that. But the actual cover looks something like that. So that concludes my wrapped up episode five or six. I don't even know what episode we're on anymore. But thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm hopefully going to keep carrying this on as I still have a fair few books wrapped up. And yeah, I hope you enjoyed this vlog. Let me know if you're going to think of reading Sanatorium. A big thank you again, by the way, to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy. I really appreciate it. And yeah, I will see you very, very soon in another video. Bye.