 Hello, welcome back to another video. I'm about to go out to Leigh Bardugo signing for 9th house and my local artisans. I am so excited a little bit nervous This is gonna be the first ever Leigh Bardugo book that I have read And so I'm really excited to document on here and read 9th house as someone who's never read her writing before Because I think a lot of people reading 9th house have read her writing before So I guess it's a different kind of perspective, but on the whole I'm just super excited to dive into her works I've been meaning to do this for a while and then when 9th house came out and there was a signing work by me It was just like the perfect opportunity so We're gonna go meet her and we're gonna go read the book afterwards I'm so excited because like dark academia is like my favorite thing as we all know secret history or my favorite books ever Let alone at this year. So and I just like it's gonna be the perfect vibes for right now So I'm very excited to dive in but before the signing I'm about to go and meet up with Gabriella from books and other nerd things I'll link her channel down below. She definitely go subscribe if you aren't yet She's on the leads today, so I'm gonna go meet up with her for a little bit before the event and then it'll be time for the event. So Why am I so nervous today? Okay, like TMI. I like start my period today or like yesterday I'm so emotional I'm like going up and down in the emotions and I feel like it just couldn't have come at a worse time, you know, cuz I want to have fun, but I'm like That's me right now, but Everything's gonna be okay Okay Okay, but this we vibing we vibing. Okay, bye Sort of really silly stuff I mostly just wanted to describe like what people wore and the powers they had and their animal companions And I wrote I wrote a story It was about a girl whose mom was really mean and she went to live in a hotel where she got the money to live in the hotel I do not know but it was a hotel shaped like a champagne bottle And it was called pink Ella champagne Because as a kid I thought pink champagne was like the fanciest thing that I kind of still do Very fancy You should do it So I just got home and It was amazing. She was amazing. She is so like Charismatic when she speaks and so funny. She had like the whole room like in the palm of her hand. It was just so good So good. I had so much fun. It was definitely like the best Vibe out of my still saying that you're literally the dumbest person I've ever met gives me a bad vibe Not funny and no one like the best atmosphere out of any of the events I've been to so far and I said tell me I met her that like Hearing her speak made me want to write again like write fiction, which I haven't done in God knows how long like since I was like a Kid But it really made me want to do that again so badly like you know those moments when you feel like you have like an awakening That was it like I really felt like oh my god I should definitely do that again and find a time to do that So maybe I will I don't know. I am just ecstatic like I just can't wait. I can imagine she was describing some of the places like at Yale that inspired the book or like she went to for research and oh My gosh, like just imagining in my head. I am just so so excited ready to read this so Yeah, your girl is tired hungry, but so happy because it was such an amazing such an amazing night and Now I've got this in my hands. I really like the waterstones Exclusive cover. I'm sure everyone does but look at this the why a snake bitches is here to play no, I think it's a lovely cover so yeah, I'll check back in maybe when I'm gonna pick this book up and Don't have to miss me until then. Oh wait. It'll be now Hello everyone checking back in To let you know I'm about to start ninth house I'm actually gonna be buddy reading it with Rachel Marie. He probably know but if you don't Do you even watch a book of tube? Do you even go here? She doesn't even go here She was just tweeting about it last night And so we lost you say afternoon and so we just decided to buddy read it together. I know she started it I don't know how far in she is so I'm gonna make a stop my family about to get here. They're visiting me at this weekend It's Thursday, and they're here till Saturday. So hopefully I'll have some like nice shots of me actually going places for once because I never do this has actually been turned quite well I'm terrified. I'm terrified. I'm terrified. Ah Okay Okay, okay, whatever happens I'm still gonna read more leap I do go if I don't like it like a lot of people have not liked it I mean a lot people loved it, but the divisiveness scares me even if I don't like it I'm still gonna read like all her other books. So that isn't the issue here The issue is I really want to enjoy this. I feel like it could be right up my street. I'm actually I feel like I got chest pains I'm so nervous. Anyway, I'm gonna go read for about I've only got 10 minutes They turn up, but I'm just gonna put it to good use. Ah, okay I'm just gonna go read it and I'm gonna say bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye I Future Megan here I'm just editing this and I just realized I never actually explained what 9th house is about and I'm sure many of you do know what it's about But for those of you don't we follow Alex as she is recruited to attend Yale University in order to monitor the secret societies that are there as they perform a lot of dark magic and so there is kind of an organization that Monitor all of their activities. So she's there doing that and there's also a murder mystery that occurs Where a girl is found murdered and Alex thinks that it might be one of the societies fault So it's kind of her investigating that as well. That's essentially all you need to know Okay back into the video. I wanted to wait until I was like a hundred to 150 pages into this because I know That's when a lot of people say it picks up or when they started to get into it. I have been into it From the get-go. Hey, I'm really liking it. This is just the level of pretentiousness. I love we all know I love the secret history and This is like kind of like that. It's like a little bit up itself It thinks it's clever like it thinks it knows what's going on and I think it does Feel like I know how Alex moves and that might be like a crazy thing to say and you're like Why is that what you're picking up on but like I feel like she is such a Well-rounded character that I know her mannerisms without them having to be explained to me So when she's saying something I can perfectly envision in my head how she's moving as she says that even if it's not explicitly stated does that make sense and I don't get that with a lot of Books a lot of characters. I feel that's a really difficult thing to do when you feel like you know the character Inside out the atmosphere. I Think this is gonna be the like darkest I thought it was the best term to describe it the darkest book that I will read this year or have read to this year I don't really ever read super dark stuff and this is dark. I didn't this is a spoiler I've had a lot of people give trigger warnings for this, but there is a section near the beginning You know, I'm still kind of near the beginning where blood magic is performed. So like cutting of oneself to do the magic and I Had to take a moment. I had to take a moment to read it because it was It was tough like it was tough. I am not adept or used to reading Messed up stuff. It is difficult to get into like it's very long chapters. And so it's not the kind of book where you're gonna be like It's gonna be like, oh Let me read to the end of this chapter and then I'll stop kind of thing because they're long they're thick I'm quite out of breath saying that it's really worrying isn't it? Well, I'm going gym later I also really like Darlington as a character. We find out at the beginning He's gone somewhere. It switches between two and I meant two timelines, but I think it ends up being about three and At the moment we're reading her Alex kind of becoming a member of the is it life late life I don't know say and then at the point in time in which he has gone somewhere and I am so worried Because I love him. He's just so cool. I love Pretentious characters. Give me more. I just I just I just love them second point of business this was like deja vu because last night I uploaded my Reading my favorite books in my charted video, which I will link wherever I never know which side it is I'm gonna make an educated guess and say I Think she looks very good in this. That's a beautiful very flattering shot. She's so stupid Fingers crossed Yeah, I've learned that last night and it's kind of got a bit crazy because well first the chandler shared it on twitter and Chandler's been one of the ones one of the videos I've watched for so so long I actually commented on it and I was like freaking out and then Taylor from books on lala commented on it followed me subscribed to me and Shared on her instagram story I've been trying to be careful and not freak out Because I don't seem weird and I think it's important not to create a narrative of where I see myself As below them and all these people's like lofty beings. No, I just think it's like normal people But it's called as a content creator for the people who you've been looking up to to be sharing your content and enjoying your Content and the people you've been watching a lot to be enjoying your content, right? So like I'm trying not to seem like You know, but We move quite literally like And so because of kayla sharing my content, I've hit 600 subscribers this morning and I said in my video previously my one-up body last night that um, I kind of have to pretend like it's not happening Like I kind of have to be like that's not happening to me Because otherwise I don't know Emotionally I really have to deal with it. Like I really don't know how to act. So thank you Kayla For the show Thank you chandler for Three. Oh my god. I just I live like I I live anyway We need to wrap this up because this is going on too long if you're new here Thank you so much again for subscribing every single person who clicks subscribe know that like I Think you are so wonderful and Yo, I'm just so appreciative. I am so endlessly appreciative. Also, just quickly like It was on instagram that kayla shared it and my Bookstagram ain't poppin So if you're new make sure you follow me on twitter or add me on actually no goodreads I'm here on goodreads, but like I ain't poppin there either follow me on twitter because that is where like I get up to my hijinks. Like I feel like I'm me on On twitter. So Yeah, that's all I have to say Loving 9th house. I don't know what you hope. Okay. Here's the thing I don't know what you hoes are talking about when you say you didn't like it. I can respect your opinion kayla cat Everyone is waiting it But like I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what I'm talking about in my opinion Is bomb. Okay. Bye Looking rough Feeling rough to update you I'm still loving 9th house. I am I think about 230 pages in it's taking me a long time And sometimes I sit there on social media for ages Not reading it when I should be but that's more to do with like how stressed out I am What I've been thinking a lot the dark shit in this Is what I wish the diviners like obviously the diviners are why a book and they're not trying to do the same thing But with the diviners it was a four star because I just felt like I needed something Sorry, I wasn't looking at me. I feel like I needed just a bit more like Darkness from it. Do you know what I mean? Like I felt like I just wanted a bit more like Great There's some parts that are very difficult to read about but I think Lee Bodugo is doing it in such a good way. I don't understand how everyone's been hating on this like I'm really loving it. I'm really really loving it. I don't know actually about end up checking back in with you again Unless something like crazy happens. Here's the thing. There's none of these like oh, I have to pick the camera up moments Do you know what I mean? Which is maybe why some people who vlog Have struggled with it because to me it's kind of part of a more continuing story There's never been any moments where I've been like Or maybe there will be that maybe like I've had the endings a bit like that But in general it's more just like at a level Like crazy shit happens, but you never feel like oh my god. I need to pick this up. It's like, okay And but I don't mind that I quite like that So, yeah, that's where we're at. Mm-hmm your girl needs to have a hot water bottle or something You can't understand anything I said and um once in a time I would never have put myself looking like this out on the internet Do you see I keep sucking my cheeks in because I felt my face looks so bloated anyway I'm gonna go I'm gonna go have this fingers Bye I'm right at the end and it is getting So juicy so I thought I'd film my reaction to the end Oh my god What? Oh my god the ending. It's my book. So where is it? It's here. It's here I'm giving it five stars Respectfully I don't know what any of you bitches who gave it like two stars are talking about respectfully. I don't know what you were talking about because I loved it the whole way through. I didn't think it was boring, but I can like Slower-paced books like I quite enjoy a bit of a I don't think this is slow-paced either I think things are constantly happening, but some people said it was boring and here's the thing there were times When I sat down to read I was like, I need to read a lot tonight And I didn't reach for an hour because I just didn't want to pick the book up but that's because it is a bit intimidating like it's a bit like I don't have any concrete thoughts really to give to you because I'm just I can't wait to read more Leigh Bardugo now like y'all I I thought I thought it was gonna be A bad decision to read this is my first Leigh Bardugo, but I I thought let's just go with it if it's wrong. I'll still read her the ones and probably love them so and Talented brilliant incredible amazing show stopping spectacular never the same Totally unique completely not ever been done before unafraid to reference or not reference put it in a blender Shit on it bomb it on it eat it give birth to it This might be one of my no This might be one of my favorite books of the year. It's going on my favorite shelf on Goodreads The only thing I'll say is if you are in a reading slump or you feel like a reading slump is coming on or You have just got out one Don't pick it up. You need to be like Raring to go. I always seem to like books like that like everyone struggles with a secret series to my favorite book of the year I seem to like books that I feel like are a bit of a struggle like I've put in work I felt like at the end of this I Was validated and like I Deserved to enjoy that not even long books because this isn't long but like it's just like Heavy I am key time tied. It's eight o'clock at night and I put make one to film this another clip and I kind of wish I wasn't I loved the vibes of this the whole way through I loved alex as a character as a main character is really refreshing to read a main character Like her I loved all the messed up shit. I loved it. I Oh Oh my god, I loved all the sneakiness and backstabbing and reveals let it be known. Oh, oh I wanted to point this out Let it be known No spoilers, but not the first person reveal, but the second person reveal. I Called it from the get go. I was not fooled. I was not fooled. I I didn't call everything else But that one thing that one thing I called I called that one if you read it you probably know I mean, I mean, I may even be being too vague but No, I'm not everyone. I'm talking about why don't I just look at my phone that's so unprofessional? um, yeah, I called it and I felt like Shallot guys over here I cannot wait for the next one to come out. Some people have an issue with there being five parts in this I know if you've been nervous about picking up a because you have heard people talk bad things about it and b because you've never read Leigh Bardugo then just Please I feel like my energy has been so often this wrap up, but It's just because I'm so excited and I don't know how to deal with it. I don't know how to Anyway, anyway, you don't care. It's the end of video. We are all tired and I'm here to say five stars Go read it. I'm right. Everyone else is wrong. No, that's not correct. That's not correct Bye, I have a great time until I see you next Oh my god, I hate myself Bye, can you tell him now? Okay. Bye