Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Premise - 0:54 Trigger Warnings - 1:19 Plot - 2:23 Characters - 3:41 What I liked - 9:11 What I didn't like - 10:51 Writing - 11:56 How well it transports us - 13:02 Conclusion - 13:53
Butter Honey Pig Bread Book Review! | Canada Reads 2021Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-03-09 | My final review of the Canada Reads contenders covers Butter Honey Pig Bread, which was my favourite!
Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Premise - 0:54 Trigger Warnings - 1:19 Plot - 2:23 Characters - 3:41 What I liked - 9:11 What I didn't like - 10:51 Writing - 11:56 How well it transports us - 13:02 Conclusion - 13:53So I vanished for two months... whoopsSleep Create Caffeinate2022-10-17 | Little channel/life update! Sorry I vanished for so long!July Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-08-06 | I wrap up all the graphic novels and the one novel I read in July! Follow me!! Instagram: instagram.com/sleepcreatecaffeinate StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/fromacetoz
0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - Sandman 3:45 - Saga 60 5:02 - Sandman: Endless Nights 6:03 - How to be Ace 7:32 - Through the Moon 10:12 - Flamer 12:41 - The Greatest Thing 14:30 - Across a Field of Starlight 16:49 - Rick 20:42 - ConclusionOrillium Readathon August TBRSleep Create Caffeinate2022-07-31 | Intro/Explanation of the readathon - 0:00 A book with a familiar/animal companion - 3:41 A book with a single object on the cover - 7:09 Colour picked from colour wheel (gold) - 9:52 TW: Suicide - Murder Me Dead - 10:31 TW over - 12:06 A book from someone else’s TBR - 12:07 Reread a favourite - 14:12 A book with a bone on the cover - 15:30 A book with necromancy - 16:41 A fantasy - 18:40 Conclusion - 19:57June Wrap Up 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-07-08 | I wrap up everything I read in June!
Timestamps: Intro - 0:00 The Return of the King - 0:48 DC Pride - 3:18 Sandman Vol. 1-5 - 6:47 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 9:43 Nimona - 12:14 Conclusion - 14:29Finding Home Reading Vlog!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-06-30 | I am obsessed with this series and I am determined to make as many others as obsessed as I am
0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Favourite book of 2022 so far 4:04 - Favourite sequel of 2022 so far 6:08 - New release you haven’t read but want to 7:37 - Most anticipated release for the rest of the year 9:42 - Biggest disappointment 11:39 - Biggest surprise 13:05 - Favourite author debut/new to you 14:58 - Newest fictional crush/favourite character 16:40 - A book that made you cry 18:18 - A book that made you happy 20:05 - Most beautiful book you got this year 21:13 - What books do you need to read by the end of this year 23:18 - Conclusion
Intro - 0:00 Where to read/update schedule - 1:05 Premise - 1:36 Characters - 2:24 Plot - 7:08 Why you should read it - 8:37 Conclusion - 11:23Webcomic Wednesday Announcement!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-05-17 | We're bringing Webcomic Wednesday back (finally)!Bookshelf Reno, Book Unhaul, and New Bookshelf Tour!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-05-08 | Welcome to this very chaotic and disorganized video where I put together a new bookshelf! Feel free to skip ahead to the tour!
Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:56 - Bookshelf reno 2:23 - Book unhaul 8:29 - Bookshelf organizing/decorating 14:03 - Bookshelf tour 23:40 - ConclusionApril Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-05-02 | I wrap up all the books I read in April including those for the Orillium Readathon!
0:00 - Introduction 1:06 - The Last House on Needless Street 2:48 - A Perfect Gentle Knight 4:25 - The Last High 6:03 - Tender is the Flesh 7:56 - Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory 9:30 - Hawkeye: The Saga of Barton and Bishop 12:05 - To Paradise 14:20 - The Witch Boy 15:45 - The Eagle and the Snake 17:02 - So This Is Ever After 18:28 - And They Lived… 21:04 - Saga #58 22:16 - ConclusionHeartstopper TV Show Review!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-04-22 | I review the Heartstopper TV Show and compare it to the webcomic! Also, I mostly freak out about how adorable it is. See the timestamps for notes about spoilers!
Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Nick Nelson 4:20 - Tao 5:41 - Comic Easter Eggs and Isaac SPOILERS START 7:17 - Elle telling Tao 9:50 - The Ending 11:56 - Coming Out Narratives 13:35 - Tao’s Comment to Nick SPOILERS OVER 15:54 - Lightning Round 18:41 - Last Thoughts/ConclusionOrillium Readathon - April TBRSleep Create Caffeinate2022-04-10 | I select my books for the Orillium Readathon! Learn more about the readathon here: youtube.com/watch?v=4BRmOhT3c5M
Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro/What is the readathon? 0:50 - Meet my character 2:52 - Picking their calling 4:22 - Shapeshifting/Claws on the cover 5:52 - Animal Studies/Quick read 6:51 - Inscription/Intimidating read 7:38 - Spells and Incantations/Short story collection or series of essays 9:13 - Conjuration/Features a source of light on it 10:04 - Restoration/Features healers 11:53 - Lore/Mythology inspired 13:26 - Demonology/Shadow in the title 14:27 - Review of selections 15:15 - ConclusionMarch Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-04-10 | I wrap up everything I read in April!
Time Stamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:24 - Lies Within 3:26 - Scarborough 4:23 - The Two Princes 5:50 - Five Little Indians 6:33 - KAI 8:00 - What Strange Paradise 8:43 - Washington Black 9:51 - Life in the City of Dirty Water 11:08 - Ever After 14:06 - Sage #57 15:05 - Y: The Last Man Book One 18:42 - ConclusionLife in the City of Dirty Water Review! | Canada Reads 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-26 | For the last video in my Canada Reads series I review Life in the City of Dirty Water! Check out my other videos from this week to see reviews for all the contenders.
Time Cards 0:00 - Intro/Canada Reads Info 1:05 - PremisePlotPlot 2:54 - Characters 3:08 - Writing 4:42 - Trauma and healing 6:58 - Environmental impacts and spirituality 10:10 - The emotional impacts of advocacy 11:46 - Does it connect us? 13:16 - ConclusionWashington Black Review! | Canada Reads 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-24 | Today I review my top pick for Canada Reads Washington Black! Check out my other videos as I cover all the contenders leading up to the competition!
Time Cards 0:00 - Intro/Canada Reads Info 0:53 - Premise/Plot 2:54 - Characters 8:24 - What I didn’t like 10:29 - What I liked 14:44 - Writing 16:02 - Does it connect us? 17:30 - ConclusionWhat Strange Paradise Review | Canada Reads 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-23 | Today I share my thoughts about What Strange Paradise and boy do I have a lot of them. Check out my other videos from this week to see reviews of the other contenders.
Time cards 0:00 - Intro/Canada Reads Info 0:44 - Premise 1:30 - Plot 2:34 - Characters 8:45 - What I didn’t like 12:43 - What I liked 14:54 - Writing 16:32 - Does it connect us? 17:19 - ConclusionFive Little Indians Review | Canada Reads 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-22 | Part of my series covering the Canada Reads 2022 contenders! Today I review Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro/Canada Reads Info 0:45 - Premise 2:09 - Plot 3:09 - Characters 5:46 - What I didn’t like 8:13 - What I liked 9:34 - Writing 10:22 - Does it connect us? 12:17 - ConclusionScarborough Review! | Canada Reads 2022Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-21 | The first in my series reviewing the contenders for Canada Reads 2022! Today I reflect on Scarborough!
Time Stamps 0:00 - Intro/Canada Reads Info 1:11 - Premise 1:40 - Plot 2:31 - Characters 5:00 - What I didn’t like 8:17 - What I liked 11:03 - Writing 12:46 - Does it connect us? 14:30 - ConclusionFebruary Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-03-07 | I wrap up all the books I read in February!
Time Stamps: Introduction - 0:00 The Magnus Archives: Season 5 - 1:20 The Infinite Noise - 3:01 Vicious - 5:43 Vengeful - 8:26 Saga #56 - 10:32 Conclusion - 12:26Encanto Book Tag!!!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-02-22 | I complete the Encanto Book Tag based off the Disney film!
0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Multiple family generations 2:37 - Enjoyed, but took longer to finish 4:35 - Character who does it all 6:14 - Book I haven’t talked about 7:44 - Book that was unexpectedly emotional 9:34 - Characters who are soulmates 10:38 - Rebuilding relationships 12:05 - Immersed in the culture 14:16 - Conclusion
1.Name a book that explores multiple family generations. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrow of Ava Lavender by Leslie Walton 2. What is a book you enjoyed that took longer than expected to finish? I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 3. Name a character who has to do it all Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia 4. Talk about a book you haven't talked about The broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault 5. Name a book that you thought would be light and fluffy but hit emotionally The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochurn 6. Characters who make you believe in soulmates Radio Silence by Alice Oseman 7. Name a book that features rebuilding relationships My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame 8. Name a book that left you immersed in the culture Cemetery Boys by Aidan ThomasJanuary Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-02-09 | A very late wrap up of everything that I read in January!
Intro - 0:00 Wolfsong - 1:11 The Magnus Archives Season 4 - 3:12 The Croaking Season 1 - 4:34 Saga Chapter 55 - 6:16 The Croaking Season 2 - 7:37 Conclusion - 8:20Reading Stats 2021Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-01-31 | ...Top Ten Books of 2021!Sleep Create Caffeinate2022-01-27 | A very delayed collection of my top ten books of 2021!
0:00 - Intro and Channel Updates 2:00 - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 3:53 - Chasing the Scream 5:35 - The Project 7:10 - Take Me with You When You Go 8:51 - A Complicated Love Story Set in Space 10:21 - Series Interlude 11:03 - The Roses of May 13:25 - Finding Home 16:23 - A Little Life 18:27 - Under the Whispering Door 21:13 - The Charm Offensive 24:19 - ConclusionTake Me With You When You Go Reading Vlog!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-12-15 | A little reading vlog of Take You With Me When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven
Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - The Charm Offensive 4:43 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 6:41 - The Glass Hotel 9:03 - Stray Souls 11:44 - This Place: 150 Years Retold 13:27 - Wrap Up/ConclusionMonsters, Haunting, and TraumaSleep Create Caffeinate2021-11-24 | I just love monsters
0:00 - Intro 0:38 - Children and Monster 2:21 - Befriending the Monster 2:56 - What makes a monster? 3:52 - Monster of the Other 4:56 - Haunting and Trauma 7:11 - Horror and Healing 8:58 - Monsters and Dichotomy 10:33 - The Monster as Comfort 12:06 - Final Thoughts 12:59 - OutroBooks, trigger warnings, and why they matterSleep Create Caffeinate2021-11-19 | Follow me!! Instagram: instagram.com/sleepcreatecaffeinate StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/fromacetoz
0:00 - Intro 1:00 - What is a trigger warning? 1:50 - Why do they matter? (Note: I list common triggers here) 4:09 - How they’re included in literature 8:11 - Personal responsibility/Taking care of yourself 12:43 - Trigger warnings and BIPOC 14:33 - Peer pressure 16:13 - ConclusionOctober Reading Wrap Up 2021!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-11-16 | Follow me!! Instagram: instagram.com/sleepcreatecaffeinate StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/fromacetoz
Time Stamps 0:00 - Intro/Channel Updates 1:12 - Under the Whispering Door 4:59 - Flash Fire 6:45 - The Two Towers 8:01 - Waiting for Godot 8:44 - The Prince of Southland 9:41 - The Witch King 12:27 - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 13:07 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 14:08 - Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World 15:01 - When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria 16:44 - The Sense of an Ending 18:29 - ConclusionAristotle and Dante Reading Vlog! (Both Books)Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-11-03 | I re-read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and read the new sequel Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World! Have you read these books? Share your thoughts down below!
0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - The Graveyard Book 3:00 - Circe 5:38 - Where We Go From Here 9:15 - What We Don’t Talk About 13:36 - The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim 16:49 - The Roses of May 21:17 - Updates/ConclusionIts Banned Books Week!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-09-29 | Let's talk about banning books, censorship, and the freedom to read!
Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 0:44 - What is Banned Books Week? 1:29 - Censorship, Challenges, and the Power of Literature 3:52 - ‘Too much of a sensitive issue’ 4:18 - Protecting youth and censorship 5:57 - Sex and sexuality 7:03 - Banning queer literature and the importance of representation 9:51 - Why Banned Books Week is important 11:19 - ConclusionSeptember Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-09-05 | I wrap up all the books I read this September!
0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - A Cosmology of Monsters 2:01 - Gender Queer: A Memoir 3:47 - Lore Olympus: Season 2 5:22 - The Extraordinaries 8:32 - The Maidens 10:01 - Castle Swimmer: Season 1 12:05 - The Once and Future Witches 17:16 - Castle Swimmer: Season 2 18:33 - ConclusionMagical Readathon TBR!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-09-01 | I pick my books for Book Roast's Magical Readathon! I am so excited to participate this year!
Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:35 - Kiss Number 8 1:29 - The Fire Never Goes Out 2:33 - Banned Book Club 4:00 - Full Tilt Boogie 4:54 - Juliet Takes a Breath 6:22 - Stephen King’s N 8:02 - Redbone 9:19 - Neighbor Volumes 1 and 2 11:11 - Amelia Cole and the Unknown World 12:04 - Any Way the Wind Blows 13:36 - The Project 15:02 - Quindrie Press Intro 15:31 - The Beechwood Helm 16:24 - Wolvendaughter 16:56 - What the Witch Saw 17:32 - The Nightingale and the Rose 18:26 - Crush 18:58 - This is How You Lose the Time War 19:40 - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 20:33 - Out of the Blue 21:34 - Lore Olympus 23:54 - ConclusionWeekend Reading Vlog!(This is How You Lose the Time War, Crush, and On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous)Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-07-27 | A little weekend reading vlog of This is How You Lose the Time War, Crush, and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous! Along with some baking and movies :)
4:50 - Mini spoiler alert starts 7:19 - Mini spoiler alert endsJune Wrap Up 2021Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-07-05 | I wrap up all the books I read in June!
Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - The Gravity of Us 2:36 - The Cost of Knowing 5:13 - American Gods 6:57 - The House in the Cerulean Sea 9:17 - Loki: Agent of Asgard 11:56 - ConclusionI finally went to a bookstore again! | Book Haul/TBRSleep Create Caffeinate2021-06-28 | I got to go to a bookstore for the first time in six months and I bought wayyyy too many books
Timestamps Intro - 0:00 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - 1:33 Crush - 3:19 The Cosmology of Monster - 4:46 This is How You Lose The Time War - 6:18 Circe - 7:33 I’ll Fly Away - 9:12 The Project - 10:35 Ace - 11:47 What Happened to You? - 13:04 The Maidens - 15:09 The House in the Cerulean Sea - 17:05 Conclusion 19:52Mid Year Freakout Tag 2021!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-06-25 | Watch as I slowly realize how disappointing the books I've read so far this year were...
0:00 - Introduction 1:08 - Favourite book you’ve read in 2021 3:32 - The best sequel you’ve read in 2021 4:49 - New release you haven’t read but you want to 5:28 - Most anticipate release for the second half of the year 6:31 - Biggest disappointment 8:13 - Biggest surprise 9:04 - Favourite author debut/new to you 10:15 - Newest fictional crush 11:41 - Newest favourite character 12:25 - A book that made you cry 14:08 - A book that made me happy 15:22 - Most beautiful book you bought this year/was gifted to you 16:44 - What books do you need to read by the end of this year?
Time stamps: 0:00 - Introduction 00:53 - Richard Wagamese/Indian Horse 3:04 - The Inconvenient Indian 4:25 - The Outside Circle 4:54 - Fatty Legs 5:24 - Up Ghost River 6:17 - Fire Song 7:26 - A History of My Brief Body 8:22 - Jonny AppleseedMay Reading Wrap Up!Sleep Create Caffeinate2021-06-05 | I wrap up everything I read in May!
Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:16 - First Challenge 3:19 - Second Challenge 4:31 - Third Challenge 9:05 - Fourth Challenge 9:42 - Fifth Challenge 12:24 - Recap 13:13 - ConclusionA Little Life Reading Vlog - AKA A rollercoaster of emotionsSleep Create Caffeinate2021-05-04 | I finally read A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and boy was it a lot.
Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis 1:28 - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 2:05 - The Only Worlds We Know 3:19 - The Midnight Library 5:15 - A Little Life 7:19 - Final Thoughts