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![Sierra Simone Books: Where to Start [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uxeUX_KtOes/hqdefault.jpg "Sierra Simone Books: Where to Start [CC]
I cannot stop reading Sierra Simone and I want you all to be as addicted to her books as me 😎 Now you know exactly where to start 😉
Thank you so much to Bloom Books for sponsoring this video! 🌸🌻🌺🌼🌹
📚 Books Mentioned 📚
American Queen by Sierra Simone
American Prince by Sierra Simone
American King by Sierra Simone
Priest by Sierra Simone
Sinner by Sierra Simone
Saint by Sierra Simone
Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone
Honey Cut by Sierra Simone
Salt in the Wound by Sierra Simone
A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone
Ivy Leavold series by Sierra Simone
🌹 Videos Mentioned🌹
Alexis Hall Books - Where to Start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBvpZwWWszI
Wrap up of the whole Priest trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkU3mRj_fYI
Wrap up of the whole New Camelot trilogy: https://youtu.be/tg7rV23aQiE?si=o4z9fXZ4gcj2CSIk
And a few more Sierra Simone standalone wrap ups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v 3JhBsnRInc&ab_channel=Olivia%27sCatastrophe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP0zZxlwB7s&t=1397s&ab_channel=Olivia%27sCatastrophe
#romancebooks #booktube #romance
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")
![Book Unhaul || DNFs & Clearing Out Books || May 2024 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v7QDKTXv8Fk/hqdefault.jpg "Book Unhaul || DNFs & Clearing Out Books || May 2024 [CC]
Lots of DNFs in this one 🙈 and clearing out books I no longer need to keep 😔
💫 More unhauls for your viewing pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLixWHhtxa-W-HFSt8pjb3w5pTo5ASI-HL
Mentions
Hannah @LadetteM
Bekka @TheBookSanctum
📚 The Books 📚
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Nic Blake and the Remarkables by Angie Thomas
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Roughest Draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll
The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox
The Christmas Book Club by Sarah Morgan
Dune by Frank Herbert
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea
Devotion by Hannah Kent
She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
The Ogre Who Wasnt by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis
The Magic Border by Arlo Parks
Rayleigh Mann and the Company of Monsters by Ciannon Smart
She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai and Naruki Nagakawa
The House in the Woods by Yvette Fielding
The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde
The Undying of Obedience Wellrest by Nicholas Bowling
The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashely Robin Franklin
The House Trap by Emma Read
Not Alone by Sarah K. Jackson
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
The Rose Society by Marie Lu
The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
#booktube #unhaul #bookunhaul
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")
![Unhauling 25 Books Like Its Easy 😘 || Book Unhaul April 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vtPVCL_yOVo/hqdefault.jpg "Unhauling 25 Books Like Its Easy 😘 || Book Unhaul April 2023 [CC]
I need shelf space + books need new homes = an unhaul video
🎆 I mentioned Hannah @LadetteM 🎆
📚 The Books 📚
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
Empress Crowned in Red by Ciannon Smart
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
Loki: A Bad Gods Guide to Taking the Blame by Louie Stowell
Ellie Pillai is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam
The Reluctant Vampire Queen by Jo Simmons
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Luster by Raven Leilani
Becky by Sarah May
Milk by Alice Kinsella
Ghosted by Emily Barr
About A Boy by Nick Hornby
Letters to Milena by Kafka
Haven by Emma Donoghue
The Muse by Jessie Burton
The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
We Tell Ourselves Stories to Live by Joan Didion
The Keeper by Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes & Marco Finnegan
#booktube #unhaul #bookunhaul
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Join me over on Patreon: 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, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x")
![March Wrap Up || 24 Books?! || Part 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vzlk0o7F19w/hqdefault.jpg "March Wrap Up || 24 Books?! || Part 2 [CC]
The rest of the wrap up is here ^.^
🌙 March Wrap Up Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTh3ldZOXc
📚 Books Mentioned 📚
King Oedipus by Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Antigone by Sophocles
Becky by Sarah May
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman
Alison by Lizzy Stewart
The Yoga Manifesto by Nadia Gilani
Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher
Milk by Alice Kinsella
Ghosted by Emily Barr
Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles
The Last Tree by Luke Adam Hawker
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
King Oedipus: suicide (hanging), ableism
Oedipus at Colonus: death, grief
Antigone: suicide (hanging, sword), death, grief
Becky: sexism, cheating, death, missing child, paedophilia
Promise Boys: racial profiling, mentions of alcoholism, mentions of beating children for discipline (not shown on page), police arrest and brutality, racism
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief: bullying, grief, panic attack
Alison: gaslighting
The Yoga Manifesto: alcoholism, death, grief, anxiety, eating disorders, domestic violence, suicidal thoughts, sexual violence
Crossing the Line: bullying, lockdown, grief, gang culture, drug use, dealing, domestic abuse
Milk: anxiety, postpartum depression, insomnia, suicidal ideation, climate crisis, miscarriage, PTSD
Ghosted: loss of a parent, parental abandonment, grief
Small Bodies of Water: grief, anxiety, earthquakes, PTSD, racism, COVID pandemic
@BookBreak @PenguinPlatform #booktube #wrapup #bookreview
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Join me over on Patreon: 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")
![Recent Reads || All the Non-Fiction, Plays & Middle Grade Recs! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wMFtDbdjkoc/hqdefault.jpg "Recent Reads || All the Non-Fiction, Plays & Middle Grade Recs! [CC]
My thoughts on some (not so recent) reads! Lots of non-fiction, middle grade and play recommendations 🥰
📚 The Books 📚
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman
Patina by Jason Reynolds
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
The View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Disobedient Bodies by Emma Dabiri
The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold
Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge & Emily Gravett
Live Like A Goddess by Jean Menzies
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
The Magic Border by Arlo Parks
The House in the Woods by Yvette Fielding
The House Trap by Emma Read
The Ogre Who Wasnt by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett
Wolf and Bear by Kat Rolfe
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: break up, terminal illness, depression, grief, death of a child
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World: gunshot, robbery, grief
Patina: grief, diabetes, car accident
Sunny: grief
The View from the Bridge: toxic masculinity, illegal immigrant experience, murder, implied homophobia, implied incestuous thoughts (not acted upon), unwanted kiss
All My Sons: missing person, suicide
Disobedient Bodies: eating disorder
The Lost Whale: depression, animal cruelty
Island of Whispers: grief, death
Red Dust Road: racism, broken bones, motorcycle accident
The House in the Woods: world war (nazis)
The House Trap: sexism, being locked in
Wolf and Bear: depression
#booktube #bookreview #wrapup @HarperCollinsChildrensBooks @BookBreak @HachetteChildrensGroup @4thEstateBooks @Chickenhousebooks @AndersenPress
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’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")
![April Wrap Up || 12 Books! || 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wWSxH_fMadQ/hqdefault.jpg "April Wrap Up || 12 Books! || 2023 [CC]
Time to chat about the books I read in April 💕
📚 The Books 📚
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
To My Sisters by Courtney Daniella Boateng & Renee Kapuku
Just Sayin by Malorie Blackman
Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
None of the Above by Travis Alabanza
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace by Aisling Fowler
Bloom by Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Check Please! vol 1 by Ngozi Ukazu
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
Long Walk to Freedom: grief, circumcision, apartheid, racism, colonialism, imperialism, death of a child, imprisonment, police brutality, divorce
Just Sayin: parental abandonment, parental separation, racism, sudden eviction, homelessness, sexual assault, exoticism, miscarriage, sickle cell anaemia, cyberbullying
Disability Visibility: ableism (other content warnings are in the book at the start of each essay)
Project Nought: medical experimentation on people, stealing, imprisonment, grief
None of the Above: transphobia, mentions of the pandemic, harassment, mentions of suicide
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace: burning to death, injury, fighting
Bloom: fire
The Four Winds: drought, dust storms, refugee crisis, poverty, childbirth, miscarriage, death, grief, violence
Daisy Darker: murder, mentions of physical child abuse, drowning, divorce, car crash
Our Wives Under the Sea: grief
#booktube #bookreview #wrapup @HarperCollinsUK @HarperCollinsChildrensBooks @BookBreak
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
Contact me for business enquiries (I am UK, London based): oliviascatastrophe@gmail.com
Join me over on 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")
![Reading Each Others Favourite Books! || ft. My Best Friend [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wfrSpEIDOEQ/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Each Others Favourite Books! || ft. My Best Friend [CC]
Reading Each Others Favourite Books! || ft. My Best Friend [CC]")
![January Wrap Up || 23 Books?! || Part 2 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wkU3mRj_fYI/hqdefault.jpg "January Wrap Up || 23 Books?! || Part 2 2023 [CC]
Lets chat about the books I read in January 📖
✨ Donate to Syria & Turkey relief: https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal
📚 The Books 📚
Priest by Sierra Simone
Sinner by Sierra Simone
Saint by Sierra Simone
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Wahala by Nikki May
Once Upon a Fever by Angharad Walker
I entered without words by Jody Gladding
Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly! By Nadia Shireen
The House of Shells by Efua Traore
Please make me pretty, I don’t want to die by Tawanda Mulalu
Ada Rue and the Banished by Kereen Getten
A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
Priest: grief
Sinner: age gap romance, terminal cancer, grief, death, racism
Saint: mentions of depression, mentions of suicidal ideation, mentions of racism, cheating
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: cheating, grief, fatphobia, homophobia
Wahala: mentions of abortion and anxiety, colourism, cheating, stalking, mentions of sexual assault, mentions of murder
The House of Shells: bullying
A Parcel of Patterns: plague, grief, death, quarantine
#booktube #wrapup #bookreview @pushkinpress1360 @VintageBooks @Chickenhousebooks @princetonupress @BloomsburyPublishing @DoubledayPublishing
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")
