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Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller @CanongateBooks
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller @CanongateBooks
![Come Book Shopping With Me in Edinburgh || Independent Bookshop Tour & Haul [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dBxiVAHnbn0/hqdefault.jpg "Come Book Shopping With Me in Edinburgh || Independent Bookshop Tour & Haul [CC]
Edinburgh has some wonderful indie bookshops and I visit a few and buy books for a whole day 📚
💜 The Bookshops 💜
Portobello Bookshop
Lighthouse Books
Golden Hare Books
Rare Birds Book Shop
Argonaut Books
Typewronger
Toppings and Company
📖 Books Mentioned 📖
Dont Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
The Lesbianas Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
The Sea of Tranquillity by Emily St. John Mandel
Content Warning Everything by Akwaeke Emezi
A Little Resurrection by Selina Nwulu
Citizen by Claudia Rankine
#booktube #edinburgh #bookhaul
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
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Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
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The audiobook service I use is libro.fm because every audiobook you choose / purchase supports an independent bookshop! If you sign up for libro.fm here, I also get a free audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm482934
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and work in publishing (Pan Macmillan, Tor). I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![Books by Black Authors Recommendations || 2024 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dIUBvod3w74/hqdefault.jpg "Books by Black Authors Recommendations || 2024 [CC]
Some brilliant books by Black authors that absolutely deserve your time 😍
🖤 Other Black Book Recommendation Videos 🖤
Books by Black Authors 2023 edition: https://youtu.be/krTLL6c2Wqc
Books by Black Authors 2022 edition: https://youtu.be/EcWTJ0qxNa8
Books by Black Authors 2021 edition: https://youtu.be/XzgCoI_I1WI
Books by Black Authors 2020 edition: https://youtu.be/ix23QhClB6s
And a playlist where you can watch even more: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLixWHhtxa-W9WE_Zv4v4NIWx87NF5YJAY
📚 The Books 📚
The List by Yomi Adegoke
You Can Do Anything, Tyrone by Lenny Henry
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
Content Warning Everything by Akwaeke Emezi
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Youre Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okoragor
Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
The Best Me! by Marvyn Harrison & Rochelle Falconer
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Diane Evans
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Just Sayin by Malorie Blackman
None of the Above by Travis Alabanza
Time Come by Linton Kewsi Johnson
⚡️Content Warnings ⚡️
The List: sexism, sexual assault, cheating, alocholism, suicidal thoughts, suicide, microaggressions
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?: aphobia, suicide, drowning, death, grief, depression, eating disorder, fighting, cancer
King and the Dragonflies: grief, racism, missing child, implied child abuse, being outed
Such A Fun Age: racism, police misconduct, internalised racism, exoticism, micro-aggressions
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: cheating, grief, fatphobia, homophobia
Brit(ish): slavery, racism, mugging, police brutality, murder, anti-semitism, violence
Long Walk to Freedom: grief, circumcision, apartheid, racism, colonialism, imperialism, death of a child, imprisonment, police brutality, divorce
Promise Boys:
Youre Not Supposed to Die Tonight: injury, dead animal, held at shotgun, body gore, murder
Who Fears Death: grief, rape, violence, disassociation, suicidal thoughts, genocide, female genital mutilation, mentions of incestuous rape, death, murder (by stoning and other), divorce, sexism
Only for the Holidays: car crash, break up
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty: smoking & getting high, cheating, grief, car crash
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self: sexual assault, racism, child abuse, abortion, PTSD, violence, car crash, grief, mentions of divorce and cheating not shown on page, vandalism
Ghost: mentions of alcoholism and violence, being triggered, stealing
Just Sayin: parental abandonment, parental separation, racism, sudden eviction, homelessness, sexual assault, exoticism, miscarriage, sickle cell anaemia, cyberbullying
None of the Above: transphobia, mentions of the pandemic, harassment, mentions of suicide
Time Come: racism, police brutality, false imprisonment, riots
#booktube #bookrecommendations #blackauthors @Picador @CanongateBooks @faberandfaber @simonandschuster @BloomsburyPublishing
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=89935327
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviascatastrophe
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
The audiobook service I use is libro.fm because every audiobook you choose / purchase supports an independent bookshop! If you sign up for libro.fm here, I also get a free audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm482934
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and currently work in publishing. I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![Sci-fi Gothic & Diverse Gothic Books || Gothtober Book Recs 2024 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLqv4OHxbLM/hqdefault.jpg "Sci-fi Gothic & Diverse Gothic Books || Gothtober Book Recs 2024 [CC]
Are you joining in with Gothtober but arent sure what to read? Ive got you covered! Or if you need some sci-fi gothic book recommendations, Ive got you covered too, boo 👻🩶
💀 All the Gothtober Info 💀
My readathon announcement video: https://youtu.be/ogYkNK5voSo
Hannah @LadetteM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310eD-CXpIA
Tish @itslatishag: https://youtu.be/sgaLDNooglk
The readathon is from the 1st of October to the 31st.
Join us over on Twitter for updates: https://x.com/GothtoberReader
And join us over on instagram too: https://www.instagram.com/gothtoberreadathon
📚 The Books 📚
World War Z by Max Brooks
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
M is For Monster by Talia Dutton
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
1984 by George Orwell
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The First Fifteen by Harry August by Claire North
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca
Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Roberts
I Feed Her to the Beast (and the Beast is Me) by Jamison Shea
Youd Look Better As A Ghost by Joanna Wallace
Deadman Wonderland by Jinsei Kataoka
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
The Serpent and the Wings by Carissa Broadbent
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
#booktube #gothtober #gothic @orbitbooks @titanbookstrailers @4thEstateBooks @pushkinpress1360 @SourcebooksInc @SourcebooksRomance @hotkeybooks881 @harperteen
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=89935327
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@oliviascatastrophe
The audiobook service I use is libro.fm because every audiobook you choose / purchase supports an independent bookshop! If you sign up for libro.fm here, I also get a free audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm482934
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and work in publishing (Pan Macmillan, Tor). I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![Doughnut Time + Reading The Dos and Donuts of Love || Vlog [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ePqgmnXi_po/hqdefault.jpg "Doughnut Time + Reading The Dos and Donuts of Love || Vlog [CC]
I spent a weekend eating doughtnuts for every meal and reading a book about doughnuts and baking 🥰 Living the dream 🤭
📖 The Book: The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigardar
🍩 The Doughnuts: Doughnut Time
#booktube #vlog #food @HachetteBookGroup @teambkmrk1783
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=89935327
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviascatastrophe
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@oliviascatastrophe
The audiobook service I use is libro.fm because every audiobook you choose / purchase supports an independent bookshop! If you sign up for libro.fm here, I also get a free audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm482934
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and work in publishing (Pan Macmillan, Tor). I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![Reading Horror & Spooky Books || Reading Vlog || Gothtober 2022 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/foBQG03xMCs/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Horror & Spooky Books || Reading Vlog || Gothtober 2022 [CC]
This week I actually read some spooky books for Gothtober 🙈💀
📚 The Books 📚
Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan
We Are The Brennans by Tracey Lange
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
🧡 People Mentioned 🧡
@AmyMcCaw
Hannah @LadetteM
Liene @rasaslase
Cara @WildeBookGarden
#booktube #readingvlog #vlog @BookBreak
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Thank you to Simone for doing the subtitles. Check out her blog: https://thewheelchairteen.com/
Thank you to Mariana Quesada for the amazing intro.
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviascatastrophe
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I’m a Campaigns Assistant at Canongate, an independent book publisher. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university. I’m based in the UK but I visit the Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x
Want to try Scribd and get access to free audiobooks and ebooks for 60 days? Here you go: https://www.scribd.com/g/8qshc5")
![Big Book Haul || 40+ Books! || March 2024 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h8oHJxdWrL4/hqdefault.jpg "Big Book Haul || 40+ Books! || March 2024 [CC]
Not quite sure how I acquired this many books but here we are 😄
🌹 As Promised 🌹
Before The Coffee Gets Cold special edition isbn: 9781035032280
July Wrap Up (for Set On You review): https://youtu.be/oKsuFSf8JwA?si=GcsD2l4zaZfCJiXd
January Wrap Up (for Things I Have Withheld review): https://youtu.be/E7CRdehoxs4?si=HN4dmBYsU7f5X_SX
📚 The Books 📚
Emily Wildes Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Sula by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerad
The Outsider by Albert Camus
The Days at Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Catch by Amy Lea
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
The Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
The Invocations by Krystal Sunderland
Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron
The Serpent and The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams
The Edge of Here by Kelechi Okorafor
A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
In the Shallows by Tanya Byrne
Jamie! by L.D. Lapinski
Emmett by L.C. Rosen
Augustown by Kei Miller
Mary by Anne Eekhout
I Promise It Wont Always Hurt Like This by Clare Mackintosh
The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal
Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson
The Bitter Crown by Justin Lee Anderson
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Edenville by Sam Rebelein
🧡 People Mentioned 🧡
Hannah @LadetteM
Charlotte @ChattieTheMadChatter
Shannon @ Treatyoshelves: https://www.instagram.com/_treatyoshelves_/
#booktube #bookhaul #haul @SourcebooksInc @SourcebooksRomance @VikingBooks @faberandfaber @hotkeybooks881 @BloomsburyPublishing @orbitbooks @HachetteBookGroup @teambkmrk1783 @4thEstateBooks @pushkinpress1360 @titanbookstrailers @DoubledayPublishing
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=89935327
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviascatastrophe
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@oliviascatastrophe
The audiobook service I use is libro.fm because every audiobook you choose / purchase supports an independent bookshop! If you sign up for libro.fm here, I also get a free audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm482934
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and work in publishing (Pan Macmillan, Tor). I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![May Wrap Up || 17 Books! || Part 2 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/igoq7tyTR1g/hqdefault.jpg "May Wrap Up || 17 Books! || Part 2 2023 [CC]
Finally finishing my wrap up for May 😚
📚 The Books 📚
The Last Count of Monte Cristo by Tristan Roach & Ayize Jama-Everett
The Archaeology of Loss by Sarah Tarlow
Time Come by Linton Kwesi Johnson
The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
Marv and the Pool of Peril by Alex Falase-Koya
Portraits and Poison by J.T. Williams
The Art of Starting by Iona Mathieson & Romy St. Clair
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
The Last Count of Monte Cristo: false imprisonment, death, grief, murder, slavery
The Archaeology of Loss: grief, death, illness, difficulty in marriage, euthanasia
Time Come: racism, police brutality, false imprisonment, riots
Brown Girls: racism, internalised racism, colourism, grief, pandemic
Marv and the Pool of Peril: anxiety
Portraits and Poison: theft, slavery, poisoning
@BookBreak @4thEstateBooks @EgmontPublishingUK @BooksAreMyBag #booktube #bookreview #wrapup
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=89935327
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/H0ORXKL2C7A0?ref wl_share
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliviascatastro
Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviascatastrophe
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34117027-olivia-savannah
Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I’m a Campaigns Assistant at Canongate, an independent book publisher. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university. I’m based in the UK but I visit the Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
