Olivias Catastrophe | Ready or Not Watchalong Discussion | Gothtober @OliviasCatastrophe | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 38 minutes ago.
Come discuss Ready or Not with us after the Twitter watchalong.
Discussion with co-hosts:
Hannah @LadetteM
Tish @LittleWolf
Come discuss Ready or Not with us after the Twitter watchalong.
Discussion with co-hosts:
Hannah @LadetteM
Tish @LittleWolf
![Books Barbie Would DEFINITELY Read [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QcStCAXD88k/hqdefault.jpg "Books Barbie Would DEFINITELY Read [CC]
Barbies reading list is here for you 💞 Do you read like Barbie?
📚 The Books 📚
None of the Above by Travis Alabanza
Animal Farm by George Orwell
In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren
To My Sisters by Courtney Daniella Boateng and Renée Kapuku
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
@BookBreak #booktube #barbie #bookreview
As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x
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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")
![Best Books of 2023! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QiAe6xqAHYs/hqdefault.jpg "Best Books of 2023! [CC]
The VERY best books I read in the year of our lord 2023 😍🥰
📚 The Books 📚
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace by Aisling Fowler
Sinner by Sierra Simone
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin [Hildegarde Serle (Translator)]
A Little Resurrection by Selina Nwulu
The Comeback by Lily Chu
The Archaeology of Loss by Sarah Tarlow
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata [Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)]
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin [Jamie Chang (Translator)]
The Secret Barrister
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Dont Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
American Queen by Sierra Simone
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty: smoking & getting high, cheating, grief, car crash
Such A Fun Age: racism, police misconduct, internalised racism, exoticism, micro-aggressions
Disability Visibility edited: ableism (other content warnings are in the book at the start of each essay)
Project Nought: medical experimentation on people, stealing, imprisonment, grief
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace: burning to death, injury, fighting
Sinner: age gap romance, terminal cancer, grief, death, racism
Fresh Water for Flowers: death (of a child), grief, divorce, death (of an adult), motorbike crash, fire, mentions of cheating, suicidal thoughts
A Little Resurrection: death, grief, racism
The Comeback: racism, heart attack
The Archaeology of Loss: grief, death, illness, difficulty in marriage, euthanasia
Loveboat, Taipei: implied physical abuse within a relationship (off page), nonconsenual sharing of photos, mentions of suicide attempt (off page), racism, car accident
Earthlings: pedophilia (teacher to student), child abuse, disassociation, suicide attempt and suicidal thoughts, sexual trauma, verbal abuse, murder, incest, gaslighting, body gore, violence, domestic violence, cannibalism
Maus: WW2, Holocaust, death, grief, post-partum depression, cancer, child murder, suicide
Concerning My Daughter: mentions of domestic abuse, homophobia, violence during peaceful protest, grief, death
The Secret Barrister: mentions of sexual assault, mentions of drug use, mentions of misuse due to the law system
My Mechanical Romance: divorce, sexism, toxic masculinity
Dont Call Us Dead: police brutality, racism, grief, death, murder, mentions of AIDs & HIV, homophobia
American Queen: underage kiss, sexual assault, mentions of war, cheating, BDSM, age gap romance, kidnapping, incest
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: break up, terminal illness, depression, grief, death of a child
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
Know My Name: rape, sexual assault trauma and recovery, suicidal thoughts and suicide watch, shooting, being locked in
🌹 Want to watch more wrap ups? https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLixWHhtxa-W8WbmycfY2J01vIz081Pkx9&si=i09BXn4syZzSYOkG
#booktube #bestbooks #favouritebooks @BookBreak @simonandschuster @SourcebooksInc @BloomsburyPublishing @europaeditions6029 @HarperCollinsChildrensBooks @harperteen @faberandfaber
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
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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")
![Would You Rather? Books Edition || On A Little Life, TBRs and More [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QkVHqM8VuUY/hqdefault.jpg "Would You Rather? Books Edition || On A Little Life, TBRs and More [CC]
Some of you went HARD with these questions, I struggled phew 😰
🥰 This is inspired by @MaryAmongStories take on would you rather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NcuoYhY4w&ab_channel=MaryAmongStories
🙈 Begrudgingly linking my A Little Life rant video: https://youtu.be/kxPVhTIhWIk?si=Qum1zeqptBnG51GK
#booktube #wouldyourather #books
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")
![Come to Berlin With Me! || Travel & Reading Vlog [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qw4NAwsKB84/hqdefault.jpg "Come to Berlin With Me! || Travel & Reading Vlog [CC]
Lets explore Berlin together 😚
📚 Books Mentioned 📚
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
#booktube #travel #travelvlog
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")
![Reading for Fun vs Reading to Learn || A Discussion [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RPUWMaumN1w/hqdefault.jpg "Reading for Fun vs Reading to Learn || A Discussion [CC]
Lets talk about whether we should be reading for fun 😄 or reading to learn 🤔
🌸 Videos Mentioned 🌸
Discussing disabled literature in books ft my sister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45TQhKc3gY
Twilight Read it Backwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWtgKOboKls
A Little Life Rant Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxPVhTIhWIk
📚 Books Mentioned 📚
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
A Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam
#booktube #reading #discussion
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")
![The BEST Book Subscription Box Youve NEVER Heard Of [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RnBD7rn04uA/hqdefault.jpg "The BEST Book Subscription Box Youve NEVER Heard Of [CC]
This is the book subscription box you need in your life, just sayin😏
📦 Get your box at Waypoint Books: https://waypointbooks.co.uk/book-subscription-box/
❗Use my discount code OLIVIAFM23 for 30% off your first box! ❗
Im on the Full Moon book box, but you have other options too. 🌕
📚 The Books 📚
In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
Jujutsu Kaisen vol 1. by Gege Akutami
⚡️Content Warnings ⚡️
In the Watchful City: grief, foot binding, suicide, self harm / cutting with help
Jujutsu Kaisen vol 1: grief, violence, injury
@LadetteM is the wonderful curator and owner of Waypoint Books.
#booktube #bookbox #readingvlog
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")
![March Wrap Up || 24 Books!! || Part 1 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RqTh3ldZOXc/hqdefault.jpg "March Wrap Up || 24 Books!! || Part 1 [CC]
Better late than never is the mentality Im living with 😉
🧋 Drinking bubble tea and reading The Tea Dragon Society vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oisly7b9DfI
📚 Books Mentioned 📚
The Tea Dragon Society by K. ONeill
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
Death Note vol. 6 by Tsugumi Ohba
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Luster by Raven Leilani
Content Warning Everything by Akwaeke Emezi
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Like A Charm by Elle McNicoll
The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
Losing the Plot: depression
Death Note vol. 6: murder
The Family Upstairs: murder, violence, sexual assault, physical abuse, drug use, child abuse, mentions of stoke, being locked in rooms, miscarriage, being drugged unkowingly, implication of underage sex not shown on page, animal murder
Luster: abortion, exoticism, age gap relationship, racism, mentions of suicide, alcoholism, PTSD, body gore, animal death, police brutality, profiling, miscarriage
Firefly Lane: rape, grief, robbery, injury, miscarriage, coma and injury, addiction, depression, terminal cancer, death
The Pachinko Parlour: memory loss
Ghost: mentions of alcoholism and violence, being triggered, stealing
@PenguinPlatform @BloomsburyPublishing @BookBreak #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")
![I Read 30 Books in 30 Days + Heres What I Thought of Them [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rw9H8x9hTrc/hqdefault.jpg "I Read 30 Books in 30 Days + Heres What I Thought of Them [CC]
Did I end up reading quality books when shooting for quantity? Lets find out... 😉
📚 The Books 📚
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin [Jamie Chang (Translator)]
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa [Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)]
The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey
The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin
One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata [Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)]
The Undying of Obedience Wellrest by Nicholas Bowling
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
How to Find A Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok
⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️
Learned by Heart: racism, broken bone, mental illness
So Late in the Day: misogyny
The Wonder: eating disorder, grief, miscarriage, starvation, mentions of incest (not shown on page)
Everything the Darkness Eats: body gore, death, intrusive thoughts, suicidal thoughts, grief, car crash, homophobia, violence, physical assault, kidnapping, branding, rape
Concerning My Daughter: mentions of domestic abuse not shown on page, homophobia, violence during peaceful protest, grief, death
She and Her Cat: depression, agoraphobia, unwanted sexual advances, grief
The Pale House Devil: murder, body gore, injury
The Changing Man: missing child, anxiety
The Centre: classism, racism, cannibalism
One of Us is Back: being drugged, kidnapping, restraint, murder
Earthlings: pedophilia (teacher to student), child abuse, disassociation, suicide attempt and suicidal thoughts, sexual trauma, verbal abuse, murder, incest, gaslighting, body gore, violence, domestic violence, cannibalism
The Undying of Obedience Wellrest: animal abuse and murder, violence, forced marriage, grief, murder
Small Things Like These: confinement / forced institutionalization
How to Find A Missing Girl: death, murder, grief, mentions of pedophilia (teacher to child) not shown on page, alcoholism, dryg dealing, car crash, gun violence, injury, drowning
#booktube #bookreview #wrapup @BookBreak @penguinteenbooks @PenguinBooksUK @harperteen @titanbookstrailers @faberandfaber @pushkinpress1360 @HachetteChildrensGroup @Chickenhousebooks
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")
