 you guys, it's time for Summerween! Hello everyone, how are we doing? I am gonna be vlogging Summerween. I'm so excited. If you don't know, Summerween is a readathon hosted by Gabby Reads and Olivia Reads Alate every year where the idea is that we read like spooky autumnal books in summer. I've never fully participated. Every year I'm kind of like half participated and like scheduled other vlogs that kind of fit the theme at the same time as Summerween so I feel like I was involved. This year we're doing three vlogs, okay? I'm gonna have a vlog with day one and two, then a vlog with three and four and then a final vlog with days five, six and seven and I'm so excited. I just feel like I need to read horrors, drunners, maybe some mysteries. Like I'm so ready for this. I'm so ready. So this first vlog today, we're starting day one. I'm so excited. I feel like I don't do enough readathons and I feel like readathons are such a fun way for the community to feel, I don't know, together and united. Other days this week we might be doing like fun stuff, like fun activities. Today, Friday, the seventh, the first day, we're just reading. We are reading, we are reading, we are reading. The way I am going to read your ass on Summerween, I want to have a great start to the readathon. I maybe want to read like a whole book today is the aim of the game. It's like already 11 o'clock. Don't talk to me. It's been a late start to the day but I'm really looking forward to the rest of the day. So let's go figure out what we're gonna read, what our TBR is because I haven't, I've purposely left it to the start of the readathon so we can do it together. Okay, so for what we're gonna be reading, I, where have I put my phone? Where have I put it? Hang on, sit there, oh it's there. I watched the announcement video when it came out for Summerween and I did look at the prompts then but I've purposely forgotten them because I wanted to like figure this out with you in this video, okay? So I can't remember what the prompt was gonna be. Let's talk about first the books I would like to read and then we'll see if any of them fit prompts. So in terms of the books that I put on TBR Cludo this month that I have to read, we have got The Writing Retreat by Julia Bart. If this fits one of the prompts, we're reading this first. Okay, I am so excited for The Writing Retreat. I've been waiting to read it for so long. I know we just got this writing retreat and it turns deadly. It's about female friendships. I've heard it's wild. I'm ready. I'm so excited. So we've got that. Also on TBR Cludo was Her Body and Other Parties by Karma Maria Machado. My general idea with this, because this is short stories, kind of horror based short stories. It's not too long. It's like 240 pages. How many short stories are there? Because that will figure out, hang on, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Oh, there's eight short stories. Okay, so we could read like one a day and one day we'll just read two. Maybe today we'll read two short stories from this and we'll check in with what I thought of the short stories in this every day. And then I also put on there. I think I got a prompt for like a 2022 release horror and I said I would read either Oh, I Was Under the Sea by Julia Armfield or What Moves Are Dead by T. King Fisher. So we'll be reading one of these during... I just like cut my lip. I feel very attacked. Relax. We'll be reading one of these during Summer Ween. I don't know which one, maybe if one fits the prompts. Then other books I would like to read. Got quite a lot here guys. I just, if you missed my vlog where I went book shopping in London, go check it out because I love, I love a good book shopping in London video. I picked up Horror Store by Grady Hendrix. I think this would be a really good readathon read. This is set like in an Ikea-esque place and I showed in the video that I think you guys have seen, but like it looks like an Ikea catalogue. How cool is that? I'm... It's cute. It's cute. I don't know what to tell you. It's always good to read a book when you just bought it because I don't do that enough. And then, guys, there's more. One of my patrons, Charlie, very kindly gifted me two books lately and I think they'd be both be perfect for Summer Ween. Firstly, we've got You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kailin Baron. I'm almost certainly going to read this in Summer Ween, guys. It's short. It's like a fun, quick YA horror slasher final girl camp kind of vibe. I'm so excited that I was so kind of trying to get. And then Charlie, like a couple days later, also got me the only one left by Rosy. I don't know if I'm quite ready to read this yet because she literally got it for me like yesterday and I just don't know if I'm prepared. I don't know if I've mentally prepared myself for this one. So, is that everything or have I forgotten everything? Anything. I don't think so. So, that is already excessive. So, we have got... How many books is that? That's like just my initial vibe. TBR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Are we going to read seven books in seven days? I don't know if we're quite aiming for that, guys. So, let's pull up the prompts for the readathon and that will determine maybe what we read first because my aim of this is to hit all the prompts and then after that we can just read any horror thriller mystery that we want, you know. I'm leaning towards like horror and thrillers is kind of the vibe for some of wean for me. Okay, number one, read a book in the darker at night. So, that can be any book. We'll do that tonight because Tom's away tonight. So, it's easy for me to film when he's not here. So, we'll do that tonight. Maybe we'll listen to an audiobook or something. I have put an audiobook, so quite a lot of these I think on script. Two, read a thriller. Okay, I think we're going to start today with The Writing Retreat by Julia Bart. I feel like we could read this in a day. If I get sucked in, it's only 300 pages. I do have the audiobook for this, but I think I'm going to, I will ask on my Patreon because a lot of them have read this, but I think I would like to read it physically. So, maybe we'll start off reading it physically. So, that's what we're going to read first to tick off that prompt. Read a book set in the fall. Oh, I don't know how I'd have to find out. Okay, let's see. This one, we won't count because that can, like, that will be set in various times. This one is the summer camp, so not that one. How do I know if any of these are set in the fall? Get your fucking ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days. I don't know. We'll have to find that one. I'll come back to you on that. I'll go do some research. Read a book with orange or black on the cover. Okay, that's like red, isn't it? That's not orange. We've got red and yellow. There's like black shadows. Oh, what moves the dead? That's like a lot of black. Maybe we'll go with what moves the dead. That's a good read-a-thon pick. Read a manga, graphic novel, or novella. Oh, okay, we've got problems here. I don't want to double up on prompts. Word to fangs, be good. This is like a love story between a vampire and a werewolf, but I feel like it fits the summer wean vibes of like dark or tunnel. Like, I feel like it fits those vibes. So, maybe we'll read fangs. I know... Oh, hang on. Orange or black on the cover? Because otherwise, we could count this as a novella because it is a novella. I mean, that has black on the cover. It's just not overwhelmingly black. I mean, could we count this? The whole hair's black and the shadows are black. Maybe I'll go for that one. I think that counts. Her hair's black, the shadows are black. I'm going to go for that one. Okay, for what we're hitting off, read a book in the dark or at night can be anything. I'll allow myself for that one because it's like a circumstance, not a book. I can like say, read this in the dark or at night, tonight, if we like haven't finished this yet. So I'll allow myself to double up. Read a thriller is that. Read a book set in the fall we don't yet know. Read a book with orange or black on the cover this one. Read a novella is this one. So, there are definites and everything else. I mean, we've got to find out if any of these ones are set in the fall. But yeah, there are definites and I'm going to start with writing a treat. So I'm going to go sit out in the garden. It is hot, hot, hot. It's very hot today. So let's go sit out in the garden and make a start on this. I'll check in maybe when I'm, when I've read the first 100 pages. Oh, also, I've got to say, hang on, one sec. I've got to say Taylor's version, Speak Now got released today. Well, today is going to be the best day ever. If you don't know me, Speak Now was my shit as a child. If you don't know me, I love Taylor Swift. Last year, Taylor Swift was my number one artist on Spotify. I'm not trying to get tickets to Taylor Swift because I feel like my favorite Taylor Swift songs are not what she's singing on tour. Okay, that's a whole another thing. But my favorite albums are Fearless, Speak Now, Folklore, Evermore. That's who I am. I don't really like any of her other albums, okay? I love Speak Now with my whole heart. It's probably my favorite Taylor Swift album. It's the one I definitely have the most nostalgic connection to. So I need to listen to that today. But we're gonna, I gotta get some reading done first, okay? Maybe some editing of this vlog. I'm like holding it. I'm like keeping it for myself as a treat. Like I'm like dangling the carrot. Anyways, let's go start writing my treat. Having a quick lunch. You can probably, I got some quick Spag Bowl. Yes, it's a lot of cheese, okay? It was just frozen food that it would take me no time to make. So I'm gonna have Spag Bowl. I'm only like 50 pages in. I'll check them with you when I read another 50 pages. But like, I have good feelings so far. Okay, we have read our first 100 pages of the readathon. It's going great. It's going great. I'm feeling good. I'm looking good. I'm feeling gorgeous, you know? I am on page 97. So technically we haven't read our first 100 pages but we're almost there. And guys, I think I'm really enjoying this. I'm really enjoying the start of this book. Here's the thing. I have throughout the months been adamant. I have stuck to my guts that I'm gonna love this. Everyone has been like, oh, you know, it's a bit hit or miss and it goes a bit crazy and whatever. And I've stuck to my guts that I'm gonna love it. I'm loving it. I'm really enjoying this. This is a great first pick for the readathon. It's only 300 pages. So you feel like you've read like a novel, but like it's not too long a novel. And it's a new release, which I need to get better reading new releases because I just haven't been the best at it. Also, I keep using dust jackets as bookmarks. I need to stop doing it. It's a habit I've gotten into and I don't like it. So anyways, our main character, Alex, basically gets invited to this writing retreat held by her idol, this author who, you know, she's been around since the 90s and she's kind of renowned for writing like dark, weird, sexy stuff, you know, that kind of like pushes boundaries a little bit strange. I think it real dark. We all know. And actually, I don't think everyone knows except my darkness. I can get dark. And Alex loves her girl. She loves her. And she gets invited on the writing retreat, but so does her recent ex best friend, Ren. So they were like really, really, really, really close. And then they had like a falling out a year ago. And Alex hasn't been able to write since and every time she sees Ren, she like wants to throw up. She like stalks her on social media. So I already know it's going to be and it's already starting to like, you know, I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but like their relationship is going to be intense. Let's just say that with many layers to it. And as someone who's experienced relationships like that in the past that have ended, like that is, that is, Julia Bartz is doing something, you know, there's ample stuff to go into like female friendships when they get intense can get intense. So I feel like I'm excited. Obviously it's really good dramatized version of it. But it looks like to see where it's going to go. And I'm really enjoying the writing. I think the setting we're at the author's house and it's isolated and it's this old house. And there's like history of perhaps like seances and demons that have murdered people. And I just think it's really fun. And we're starting to get excerpts of the book that our main character is writing, because basically they have a month to write a book and they have to help edit each others. And one of them will get chosen for a million dollar advance, which is kind of crazy. And I'm really just enjoying like the darkness of it. It's kind of like sexy darkness. Do you know what I mean? It's kind of like, you know, a bit raunchy. It's got a little little hint of a spice to it. So I don't know. I'm really enjoying it. I'm going to go read another hundred pages. God, the reason it's going great already, everyone. Wow. I'm so ready. I feel like when by the next time I check in with you, the craziness will have begun. And I'm just so ready. I think the atmosphere is great. I'm really enjoying the writing. The fact this is a debut. It feels very, I was thinking it feels very layered, like the book I already know is going to go certain places that I don't expect. And it feels very layered for a debut. So anyways, I'll go read another hundred pages. Then we'll check in with you. This is the reading, reading day, guys. We're going to get so much reading done today. Okay. I am on page 194. So I didn't quite get to page 200, but I wanted to check in before my parents got back and everyone is in this room. We've got to have a bit of variety. I'm trying to get back to opening around the house, but like, there's always someone at home with me. If I'm alone, there's five of us in the house. We're always, there's always someone in every room other than my bedroom. And usually Tom's there as well. And I just have to kick it out. I want to film. Anyways, I'm still loving it. At the moment, it's a five-star. I feel like I sound like a crazy person because so many people have had mixed, you know, it's like a 3.4 I ever drink or something on Goodreads, but I'm eating it up. It's giving me, it's giving. Let me tell you what it's giving. It's giving Catherine House meets Bunny with like a literary twist. And I, it's like giving me what I loved about Catherine House, like that unsettling, like the kind of this characters going to this idyllic place that is encapsulates all of their hopes and dreams. You know, Catherine House, people have dreamt of academia of the greatest levels of academia. In this, it's their literary hero and they are obsessed with her and they love her. And then like, things starting to twist and become a bit strange and variety starting to shift. And like a main character who's kind of like intrigued by whatever the weird stuff that's going on. But it's also kind of like above it and a bit aloof. Like it's kind of the same thing. I feel like it was Catherine House on the inspo board was on the Pinterest board. So yeah, and it's got that kind of like bunny group of girls, women, female relationships. And I'm really enjoying the way it's tackling those. I'm loving it. I'm loving it. The one thing I will say about this is that I feel like it's quite ugly would be the way that I describe it. And I think the way that it's tackling certain issues and topics and feelings and emotions is kind of ugly. And I feel like it's going to get uglier. And by that, I just mean, I think the way it handles certain things on certain topics, some people might be like, Oh, I don't like that. Like I don't like the way it's portraying that thing or the way it's talking about the feelings that arise from that happening. But it's kind of like looking at it through this like ugly distorted kind of grim fucked up lens, you know, and I'm really enjoying it. There's also like it's, there's been a lot of sex dreams and sex hallucinations guys. I just wasn't expecting that. But it's kind of like, although they're weird and like fucked up, I feel like it's, um, how do I say this? That it's sounding weird. They're like, you can tell the women's written them because they're like weird in a way that only a woman would write sex scenes, particularly they're quite queer. Let's just say that. I mean, there's levels to it, but like quite queer the sex scenes. And I feel like if a man were to have written these, it would be weird, but not in a good way. But they're kind of weird in like a feminine, fucked up womanly way. I don't know. I feel like they get to like the darkness of being a woman that I'm also talking about. I don't know. I'm not saying I personally identify with these scenes. I just think there's like a darkness to them that I haven't seen written about a lot before and I'm trying to place it. But anyways, I'm really enjoying it. Now I'm going to try and read the last 100 pages for tonight when it's dark. So the plan is now I'm going to go edit what you've seen so far in the vlog. And then I will probably pay a bit of cozy grove whilst listening to some speak now because I'm seeing everyone on like Instagram and threads. I've joined threads, guys. Okay, I'm actually quite enjoying it. I'm enjoying threads. I don't tweet anymore. I'm always on Twitter, but I don't tweet because I just felt like, I don't know. I felt like people weren't interested to say anymore. I just didn't like shitpost. I used to shitpost a lot. Is that the right word where you just like chat about anything? Like, you know, any thought that came to mind. I used to tweet it when I was younger and I felt like when I started this Twitter account. But then I just became a bit more like reserved. But I feel like I might chat on threads. Why not? Let's see, follow me on threads, guys, if you have it. Anyways, I'm going to go edit and I'll see you when it's time to listen to some speak now because I'm getting major FOMO and I just need it. It's time! It's time! So it is still my outside, as you guys can kind of see. The sun is setting. So like, we're almost there. It's nine o'clock on the dot. Oh my goodness. I reached one in the day where I'm delusional and delirious. So I'm going to give myself like 45 minutes. I won't finish the album. How long is the album? How long is Speak Now, Taylor's version? Taylor? Dear God, now in 45 minutes. Dear God. Anyways, I'm going to give myself like 45 minutes to listen. So you won't finish the album and I'll listen to the rest of it tomorrow and play Cosy Grove. My love, my life, the fire, my life, the joy in my life, the best thing in my life, Cosy Grove. So let's should we begin? Oh my god. I'm so, wow, 10 year old Megan. All right, let's do this. Let's do this. Let's do this. My god, what a moment. I listened for a little bit longer. This is a mess that I was supposed to. I got up to Long Live. I was going to stop on Last Kiss but then Last Kiss is like, Long Live isn't really a starting tomorrow song. It's an ending the day song. It's like the last song on a concert. You know what I mean? Reviews, it's amazing. It's going to be great. She slapped with Dear John. Here's the thing, Dear John was always one of my favorites. Dear John on Last Kiss, I love the long sad ones. But like, Dear John, she went into me to the president and Disney Channel and said, I want to make history. Like the reason she at the concert a while ago was like, please be nice to her. Because she knew she went into that studio and cooked up something with that Dear John re-record and she knew it was going to reignite the feelings because it did for me. Here's enemy number one in the Taylor Swift universe, the Taylor Swift mega verse, whatever. All too well. Yeah, whatever. But Dear John, you know, tomorrow we'll listen to Ars on Superman and then the vault tracks tomorrow. I'm, it's dark outside. Hello. What's so dark out there? You can't see. So I'm going to turn the lights off. I think in a bit I'll turn the lights off. I'll read a little bit more. Then I will turn the lights off. And I will just have my reading light on from serious readers. So we'll just have that light on. But everything else will be in the dark and we are finishing this. Hopefully I won't be too tired to check in with you on my final thoughts on this before I go to sleep. Do you taste that? It's five stars. Listen guys, it's late. It's like half past midnight and I've got to be trying to be quiet because my brothers are asleep. But it's five stars. I knew it all along. I knew what I'm like. I'm psychic. I love debt. I think it's impeccable. Julia Bartz, the woman that you are. Wow. Here's the thing. I can understand why some people don't like this. I can understand. It goes there. It's a little bit weird. The ending. There's like, you know, whoo. There's a few things there at the ending that make you go, oh okay. Wow. We've ended up here. Okay. You know, kind of like Catherine House. Although I think this has more solid footing, shall we say, than Catherine House. But I love Catherine House. I really like Catherine House. But it reminds me a lot of that. It reminds me a lot of how I felt reading Catherine House. I loved the descent into madness that everyone has said that this has. I won't tell you anything other than that. Just know it gets crazy, you know? But yeah, I loved it. And I'm loving this trend. I need to read all the other books where it's like books about books and writing. Like we've got this, we've got the last word, but Adam's got a yellow face bar of quang lak. I'm just, I love it. I find this stuff so interesting. The fact that this is a debut, I mean, Catherine House was a debut. I mean, this is unrelated to this, but there's never been any other news about another book from Elizabeth Thomas. And I just like hope and pray. Like it keeps me up at night. Like Will Elizabeth Thomas ever write another book anyway. Everything I've said in the rest of the video understands the way it examines female relationships, the way it examines passion for writing, the way it examines like the craft of an art form and the obsession with that. There's so much. I mean, it's late. But with reading this, guys, we ticked off two of the five prompts today. I'm actually astounded with myself. I'm actually incredible. We've ticked off, read a thriller and we've ticked off, read a book in the dark. I don't know if I'm going to be reading a lot of audiobooks. So I thought it was best, it was in the dark. The camera really, my camera does a great job of picking up light. So when I read with the serious light in the pitch black, it still was a pretty good job of like making it look like the room is more light than it is. But it was like, I was in the pitch black apart from that light to like enable me to actually see the words on the page. Okay. I would recommend this to everyone. And that's a bold statement, because I think a lot of you won't like it. But I want to recommend it to everyone because I just think everyone should experience it. Everyone should see what it's like. Everyone should give it a go. Give it a go. Give it a go, bro. Give it a go. So yeah, I'd love to hear all your opinions on it, but I loved it. And I knew I would and I'm a genius and I'm psychic and I'm never wrong. It's the truth. Tomorrow might be a bit less of a reading day. We'll see. I didn't read the short story I was supposed to read from her body and other parties today. So I have to get caught up on that at some point. But yeah, I don't know what my plans are for tomorrow yet. Maybe go for a walk at some point in the day. But yeah, tomorrow probably be a bit of a lighter reading day than today was. But what a success. We've started off on guys. I am so happy. Good morning. It's day two of summer ween. I'm tired. I was up until last night. Tom got home just after I spoke to you in the last clip. And then he was like, should we go to McDonald's? Where are McDonald's? I think I'd sleep until like two in the morning. I've got a headache. Anyway, this morning I have read the first three short stories of her body and other parties by Carmen Maria Machado. So I'm now caught up with the rest of the readathon. I'm just going to read one a day basically. I don't know if I'll update you after every single short story. Maybe I'll update you just like once in every vlog on my thoughts. I'm really enjoying this. I feel like there's a running theme in what I'm reading. It's like dark sex. I don't know. Strange sex in books. It's what I'm reading a lot of. So I've read the first three, which were the husband's stitch, which I would give a five starting to tab these actually my ratings. Inventory, which I probably would give a four. And then mothers I would give a three, I think is my rating of the one so far. But I think the writing in this like is incredible. I can already tell that Carmen Machado is like, I have in the dream house as well, but I haven't read it. And I can already tell that she is perhaps one of the greatest writers to ever exist. I might give this a four. Like, I, you know, we've already given it five, four and a three in terms of my enjoyment of the short stories. But in terms of writing craft and writing ability and like levels to what we're talking about here, I feel like perhaps the best. I don't know. I'm really enjoying it. I actually read a review. I read Roxane Gay's review on Goodreads. And I think this is basically all I need to say. Like, I already, I'm only 60 pages into this. Her review says her extraordinary voice mutually binds these stories about fading women and the end of the world and men who want more when they've been given everything and bodies, so many human bodies taking up space and straining against the seams of skin in impossible, imperfect and unforgettable ways. So I feel like that just sums it up. It sums it up the vibe. The next short story I'm really excited to read because it is, I heard Mara speak about this. I think it's just like reviews of all different episodes of Law and Order SVU, which stuff like that is my favorite thing to read. My favorite, still to this day, I love Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, one of my favorite essay collections I've ever read. But my favorite one, you know, it's in amongst all these beautiful essays about race, about gender, about politics, about class. My favorite one there is still her talking about her love for scribble. I love short stories and essays about someone's obsession with something that seems mundane, but I just like eat it up. So the rest of the readathon, we'll just be reading one short story from here a day. And then that's like good way to like kind of read another book without thinking about it. Maybe we'll read eight books in seven days. I think today, because I'm going out for a walk now, it's already like 12 o'clock, we'll go out for the walk the afternoon. So I'm only going to be reading really late this afternoon and this evening. But I think I'm going to pick up What Moves Are Dead by T. King Fisher. I don't know a ton about this. I know it is a retelling of one of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, but this is going to be my first T. King Fisher. I own a three. I own this, A House of Good Bones, and Netherland Bone. A House of Good Bones and Netherland Bone, she has two bone books. This is probably out the three. Now the one I was like, I'm least excited to read. I have, well, I'm still really, really excited to read it. But like those other two, I'm super duper excited to read. They're like some of my most anticipated books. So you may be thinking, Megan, why are you reading this one? It's because it's a novella, okay? Events are brumpt. And I had in T. B. Ugly Door, I had to read a 2022 release. So I think that might be a good way to like judge T. King Fisher. It's like I'm coming at this with like my least excited for her, so it can only get better from here. So anyways, we're gonna go for a walk. I don't know if I'll check in with you before finishing this. It's really short. It's only 160 pages. Maybe I'll check in about halfway through, but we're going for the walk now. So I'll read afterwards when I get back. We're looking bedraggled. I had a nice walk. It did rain. It was like good rain. It's like so mugging hot today. And the rain just kind of like cooled everything down. It was a nice rain. But yeah, we ended this walk, but then I came home and I fell asleep. I'm tired, okay? So I'm only just now halfway through what moves the dead. It is 6.45. It's not terrible, but I also want to edit day two tonight, trying and keeping on top of the editing as much as I can. So vague snob to this. We're following Alex, who's a retired soldier and they go to their friend Madeline's house. Her and her brother live there and she's like dying. She's like, you know, she's not looking good. It's not looking good for old Maddie out here. There's something weird about the house. There's something weird about the surroundings of the house. The first scene that we have is Alex talking to a local woman about these fungi and about these mushrooms that grow and like how they, how bad they smell. There's just something like off. And I feel like that's all you should really know going into this because obviously it's quite short. So I don't really want to tell you about stuff that's just happening now halfway through. I'm really enjoying this. This is obviously my first teaking fish. Like I said, I'm really loving the writing. It's got this like, I feel like, okay, I like teaking fish's books all from my understanding. We'll have a slightly writing style. She dabbles, you know, like here, there and everywhere and the styles that she's publishing in. But this one has got like a rye sense of humor to it. It's got this, yeah, this kind of like dark humor. I don't know, nods to the reader. I don't know. I don't have to describe it because it's very faint. It's not like over, you know, some books are like, dear reader, then this happened. It's not like that. But it's just, I'm, it's written with a slight grin. It's like impish grin, shall we say. And another thing about this is that Alex is gender nonconforming. I don't know what the right term would be. If I'm my understanding, I don't think I read because I was listening just the audiobook at this section. But where they're from has like a different like classification of gender with like different kinds of pronouns. So yeah, I guess Alex is like gender non-binary or something like that. Yeah, it doesn't really play into the story, but just anyone who looks out for that kind of rep, I thought I should let you know because it's not something that I knew before going into this. I feel like it's going to get gross. All the mushrooms, I'm talking about mushrooms, bro. Something about mushrooms. I've dealt with mushrooms in some books, in some horror books. What is it about mushrooms and horror books? Why are horror authors drawn to mushrooms? I guess because mushrooms are kind of gross and we never know which ones are like gonna, you know, kill us off. Evil mushrooms when they see humans. Death to all of them. At the moment, I'm really enjoying it. It doesn't feel like a five star. But I feel like this is the kind of book that leads up to an ending, you know, it's a short novella. And I feel like it's not necessarily about how you feel about it halfway through. It's about what it leads up to and ends at. So anyways, I'm gonna go finish it. And then I'll see you tonight to wrap up day two. I'm gonna be really proud of myself to have read two and a bit books in two days. I think that's pretty good. So anyways, I'll see you in like an hour. I think it would take me to finish it with my final thoughts. Okie dokie. Hello friends. I just finished What Moves the Dead by Teaking Fisher. And I'm gonna give this four stars. I really enjoyed it. It just wasn't five star for me. That's okay. I didn't expect necessarily this to be five stars. But I loved how it built. I thought, like I said, to do that midway check-in, like it was a bit of a difficult book for me to judge midway through. But I loved how it built to the ending and the little reveals. It's a short book, right? It's not trying to do loads. When you compare this to another fun guy book that it directly references, which is Mexican Gothic. Mexican Gothic has a lot more layers to it. It's a longer book. This is short. But I loved how it was done. I loved how, you know, the horror mechanisms worked. What do I mean by that? I love how the magic system, the lack of a better word, like the rules of the horror, how it worked doesn't make sense. Now. I loved the ending. I thought it was just a really satisfying good horror read. And I'm glad that I've begun my Teaking Fisher journey. And I think this was a good one to start with, like I said, because I kind of went into it with no expectations. If I thread Nethalon Bone or House of Good Bones and like really not liked it or been disappointed, like that would have put me on shaky ground. Because I feel like this was just like a little teaser, like a little good introduction to Teaking Fisher. And then I did actually go ahead and read the fall of the house fascia by Edgar Allen Poe. I listened to the audiobook just I made dinner. It's really, really short. And I didn't necessarily read it for like my enjoyment of the thing itself, because you know, it is a classic, which I feel like I have really enjoyed classics in the past. But just in my current reading at the moment, I don't read a lot of them. And so I feel like my brain isn't accustomed or tuned in, sorry, my hair is looking a mess, isn't accustomed or tuned into the way like you have to you have to read them in a certain way. Oh, this is yeah, like I feel like you got to like be used to the what it's saying and the language or whatever. And I just my brain isn't tuned into that right now, which is fine. I read it more to see what this had come from and kind of compare the two. And I just really enjoyed how this had expanded on what was in the original short story. If I had to rate the original short story, I give it three. I think it's like a great horror short story because it was published, I think in like 1830s, 1840s, it really stands up. I mean, the author's note at the end of this is really good. And I could see, you know, Tiki Fisher says, I liked this about the short story, like this about the short story. And I wanted to expand on this and expand on this. And it was just really interesting seeing that play out. But like, I'm glad I read it. So with this, we tick off the prompt, read a manga graphic novel on a velo, which I think is the final one. So I'm amazed by you. We happy. I'm so happy. Guys, in two days, we have read a novella, which was four stars, a novel, which was five stars, like obsessed, a short story. And then we've made good progress through a short story collection. I'm actually obsessed with myself. Like, what the hell? We've technically read three books, like, let's count the house of fall of the fall. No, the fall of the house of Asha, because it's counting on good reads. And we've read three things already, three and a half, not half, but you know, three and a bit things in two days while still living my life. So I'm, I'm happy. So there we go, guys, that is the end of this vlog of the first two days of summer wean. What a good way to start it off. So this will have gone out on Sunday, day three, the next vlog for days three and four will go out on Tuesday. These are the four books that were kind of like on our TBR. I don't know what I'm going to pick up next in the next vlog. I don't know. I'm still not sure if we're going to read the only one left in summer wean. I just feel like in summer wean, you know, you're trying to, any reader, you're trying to read books quite fast. And although this might lean itself to reading quite fast, I've heard nothing but incredible things. I just don't know if I want to feel like I have to rush it because I have heard such good things. Maybe we'll start this next. You're not supposed to die tonight, fun slasher. I feel like that could be fun to read tomorrow. Probably we'll pick up fangs at some point as well as a nice little graphic novel because I feel like that fits the vibe as well. So anyways, I hope you enjoyed this vlog. I know it's quite long for a two day vlog, but I feel like I've had a great start to summer wean. So if you're participating in summer wean, let me know how you're enjoying it. I would love to know. Let me know what you've been reading. Let me know if you've read any of the books that I've got on my TBR that I've read in this vlog. Guys, the moral of the story of this vlog is the writing retreat actually slaps in my humble opinion. Anyways guys, if you got to end the video, leave a pumpkin emoji down below in the spirit of summer wean. And I will see you very soon in the next summer wean vlog. Bye!