 Is it finally focused? Yeah, okay. We're starting this vlog off kind of pissy. So basically I filmed a nice clip of me updating earlier today with my nice bookshelves with a nice lighting So then the thumbnails didn't look too yellow And then I go back and look at it because I'm gonna edit today's vlog Well not today's vlog, but I'm gonna edit like today's part of the weekly vlog What's my cat doing? I don't know and It's all the audio is so screwed up and I've been have like today I don't know what it is with my camera today, but it's pissing me off right now It took me like 10 minutes just to focus this clip. So after this clip you'll Hear a little haul and like an update, but basically just so you know I'm listening to the audiobook of hunting Prince Dracula by Carrie Menoskelko at the moment I'm liking it so far and I'm about Almost halfway through at this point But like before this clip. I was like a quarter. So yeah Next clip. Hey guys, so it is much later. It's about eight o'clock now that I'm updating you Basically my audiobook. I did listen to a pretty big chunk of it today I was listening at two times the speed for a few hours. So very happy about that And I got a lot of stuff done with that as well So I'm hoping to finish it either probably tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm gonna aim for I don't want to rush myself Don't push myself too too much, but I also want to show you guys just something I had in the mail So today from book depository. I finally got here. We are now by Jasmine Warga in the mail Basically, this is all I know is it's another Jasmine Warga novel and I'm there basically I think it was 2015 She released my hard another black holes, which I loved So much was one of my favorites of that year It's still a book that I really love and I really want to reread and I just love her writing so much That was her debut. So she's finally come out with something else and I pre-ordered this from the depository Which I will not do again Definitely for pre-orders It's gonna be indigo because they actually come the day of release or early earlier This came like two to three weeks later, which I do like book depository But their timing isn't what I shot there for But I'm really excited to have this and to get around to it And I honestly just got the paperback copy because it was $10 and that's better than paying 20 at indigo So yes Hello So it is the next day basically I finished hunting Prince Dracula late last night I really liked it actually it was a lot better than the first book. So if you weren't the biggest Fan of the first book and I definitely suggest picking up the second It was actually pretty good. I think I'm gonna give it like a 3.75 stars I actually just watch I was thinking about what to read next and I was watching some videos on my phone Because what else do I do? And I was watching Connor friend his new video. So I thought Why don't I pick up his second book? Like just why not? So I think I might do that. I've read his first one and I loved it So like maybe I just will just pick this up Hey guys, so a reading update and a general update will one I cut my hair and I got my nails done yesterday Yeah But for reading update basically yesterday I said I was gonna start note to self and I'm over halfway through I got over halfway through last night So I'm really loving it like it's been a while since I've been filled with so much joy while reading to be honest like just pure excitement and that's what I feel with this book and It's encouraged me to do a lot of things that and appreciate some things and I'll talk about it more later But I just am really enjoying it so far. So I'm In the same time like at the same time. I'm not in a rush But at the same time I just want to read it and not do anything else I have schoolwork to do though and like I was pretty bitter today so We'll see what happens, but this is what I'm currently reading and the emojis mom starts tomorrow So I do want to finish this Well, if I don't it's fine But it'd be cool to finish this today or I can finish it for mojiathon and then Emojiathons tomorrow. So that's gonna be fun. Yay fun. Yay Dylan helps host it. I love Dylan. He's such a boo was actually the emojiathons. So I'm Participating it's fun. I'm excited about it. I actually ended up finishing note to self today the Connor Ferenta. I Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this His other book I read to a work in progress, but this one was so amazing Like the other one was to I give the other one five stars oddly enough because I never give books five stars But this was Beautiful the writing was beautiful the experiences the way it was organized the photos the bits of poems I think it by far is the best YouTube Memoir just it's what it's in like my top few like best memoirs I've ever read kind of thing like autobiography whatever because he is only like 24 or something So he is still really young, but you know, I liked reading this and seeing his experiences. It was beautiful It encouraged me to Act on some things and to do some things So just in my personal life regarding friends family stuff like that. So This made me really happy. I give five stars I'm really happy about it guys. You should read it. So I'm gonna use this for the challenge of read a book with Read for 30 minutes without touching your phone. So that one's down. The other one is oh Read a book that features travel cuz he does talk about traveling and there is some like travel photography in here So I'm counting that so yeah, that's what the that is so this book applied to challenges So that's good. And then for my current read I'm actually currently listening to the audiobook of the smell of other people's houses by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock I'm gonna use this for the Fala la la la audiobook challenge And then I don't know what else I'm gonna use it for if I can fit me out if I can fit it into anything else my will but Yeah, so far about an hour in and I have about five hours left So that's because I'm listening to it double speed. So I've like two and a half hours left But yeah, so far it's kind of weird But we'll see where it goes and it's actually like different narrators Which I've never listened to an audiobook that had more than one narrator Which is kind of weird, but I haven't so what I'm gonna see where this story goes, but I'm super happy about this book Hey guys, so it is Saturday. I actually just thought it was Sunday So I was like, I need to film and edit this and then I'm like, oh It's Saturday. Okay. I'm good. Um, so sorry. I'm trying to like Get in frame. I'm like doing an awkward squat Basically for a reading update I am currently reading The smell of other people's houses and I am over halfway. I am very near to the end I have about an hour. I think of the audiobook. So I'm excited to see where this story goes It's definitely a lot different than I thought it'd be and it's definitely really interesting something I really gotta pay attention to and I just it's really powerful It's just not what I thought and for such a small book. It's already like packing a punch So I'm interested to see where this goes. The cover is beautiful, too And it's from Book Outlet so you can get it for cheap. Yay. Hey guys, it is Sunday So this is the last day for this vlog. We're wrapping up this past week And I thought I'd just quickly tell you guys about my reading this week and stuff like that So the first book I read this week was Huntington Stracula by Carrie Menescalco This book was really fun. I ended up giving it four stars. I really love the setting The characters definitely grew on me as opposed to the first book where I wasn't a huge fan It's definitely a huge step up from the first book And it was a lot of fun and pretty entertaining and I like the female lead and little like feminist components that are in this story So I gave that four stars. I also read Note to Self by Conor Faranta and I love this so much. I think it was amazing Honestly so so good. The writing, the poetry, the pictures, the stories, the writing style Absolutely stunning. I gave it five stars and last night I did end up finishing the audiobook of the smell of other people's houses This is for the Minimoji readathon that's happening right now and same Note to Self completed Read a book or like read for 60 minutes without touching your phone And the other challenge was read a book that features family because you just talk about like no Read a book that features travel because it does have to do with travel and then the smell of other people's houses I read. I used this for the challenge of listening to an audiobook and Read a book that deals with family because there was some like sibling relationships in this book Basically, this was really good. This was really surprising. I wish it was longer. The writing was good Story was really interesting by the end of it though really hits you hard So I ended up giving this solid four star that definitely suggest this and then I'm currently reading a book I'm about 35% of the way through it. It is called The Beat on Ruby Street by Jenna Zark This is a review copy that I'm currently reading and I'm about 35% of the way through again and I'm honestly not liking it the very much the writing style really lacks It's a lot of quotes from it are really bothering me and I'm just personally not a fan at this point But it is entertaining if that makes sense. So like it's amusing So I'm reading it plus it's a review copy. So I should finish it, but yes, it's okay I'm just kind of reading it for fun, but the writing style isn't anything special and the story isn't great But it's kind of entertaining. So that's why I'm reading it, but that wraps up this week Thank you guys so much. It is Sunday. It's only like 4 p.m. But I want to edit this and get it up as soon as possible So thank you guys so much for watching if you have any requests for any other videos that you'd like to see in December Let me know in the comments because I am making a ton of videos in December wink, huh? Okay I'll see you guys all very soon with a new video. Bye Do you