VLOG!🌟📚 last *summer* reading vlog, 3 books in one week, coffee shops, & cozy nights at home! — Transcript

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6. 0:30What is up you guys? Welcome back to my
7. 0:31channel. Welcome back to another vlog.
8. 0:33Welcome back to what I'm hoping is a
9. 0:35tried andrue reading vlog. I feel like
10. 0:37in the past two to three reading vlogs
11. 0:39that I've uploaded, I've only read like
12. 0:42one or two books in those vlogs. So, in
13. 0:44this vlog, I really really want to read
14. 0:46as much as possible and actually give
15. 0:48you guys multiple reviews on multiple
16. 0:50books. I'm hoping to read at least three
17. 0:52books in this vlog. So, yeah, this is
18. 0:54going to be a fun day, a fun vlog. I
19. 0:55really, really hope you guys enjoy it.
20. 0:57Also, make sure to subscribe if you're
21. 0:58not subscribed yet. There are so many
22. 1:00fall vlogs coming. I am so excited for
23. 1:03this fall season. Okay, first things
24. 1:05first, I want to choose what book I
25. 1:06start this vlog with. There are so many
26. 1:08books I want to read before the summer
27. 1:10ends. First book I want to read in this
28. 1:11vlog is The Sunday Garden.
29. 1:16The next book is actually a book that I
30. 1:17started a few days ago. I'm on chapter
31. 1:19three currently. I'm really enjoying it
32. 1:20so far, but it's called The Shampoo
33. 1:22Effect.
34. 1:24The next book is The Romance Revival by
35. 1:27Christina Lauren.
36. 1:29Another book that I really, really want
37. 1:31to read, hopefully in this vlog, is
38. 1:32Final Girls by Riley Sager.
39. 1:36And then last but not least, I'm going
40. 1:37to put in a Freedom McFaten book. I
41. 1:38haven't read a Freedom McFaten book in
42. 1:40so long. So, we're actually going to put
43. 1:41in The Divorce by her. Literally, no
44. 1:43cheating. I'm going to click it. It's
45. 1:45going to spin. And whatever it lands on,
46. 1:46that's what I'm going to read. Here we
47. 1:48go.
48. 1:53And we are going to read
49. 1:57The Sunday Garden.
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51. 2:10[music]
52. 2:15>> [music]
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58. 3:11[music]
59. 3:20>> Today was a really interesting day. It
60. 3:22had some good moments and some not so
61. 3:24good moments. I don't know if you guys
62. 3:25have ever felt this, but I swear I had
63. 3:28heat fatigue today. heat fatigue, heat
64. 3:30exhaustion, something like that. I don't
65. 3:33have AC in my room when I'm filming. I
66. 3:35turn off my fans and I close some
67. 3:37windows just so the outside noise
68. 3:38doesn't affect the audio of the vlog. I
69. 3:40don't know if I'm being dramatic or
70. 3:41something, but I literally thought I was
71. 3:43going to faint. I have a little alarm
72. 3:44clock that I got from Amazon and it
73. 3:46tells you the temperature of the room
74. 3:47and it literally said that my room was
75. 3:49102°.
76. 3:51So, that is why I decided to go to the
77. 3:53coffee shop. I couldn't even talk to the
78. 3:54vlog because I just felt so fatigued.
79. 3:58That's literally the worst. But anyways,
80. 3:59we turned the day around. I am feeling
81. 4:01like a fresh new human now. I feel like
82. 4:03I got a new wave of energy and I am
83. 4:05ready to continue this vlog. We're
84. 4:07putting all this energy to reading. It
85. 4:09is currently 11:34. Also, how cute is my
86. 4:12wallpaper? I'm going to give myself
87. 4:14until 3:00 a.m. If I'm not close to
88. 4:15finishing it at 3:00 a.m., we're going
89. 4:17to sleep. I also did start this book
90. 4:19already. I actually do really like the
91. 4:20vibe of it. This is a fantasy romance
92. 4:22kind of book. It's a very whimsical kind
93. 4:24of story. I'm going to start a little
94. 4:26stopwatch and we're going to see how
95. 4:27long it takes me to read this book. As
96. 4:28I'm reading, I want to listen to some
97. 4:29relaxing music. And I always love
98. 4:31looking up relaxing playlists on
99. 4:34YouTube. [music]
100. 4:44[music]
101. 4:50>> [music]
102. 4:59[music]
103. 5:06>> Okay, I'm pausing the timer. We're at an
104. 5:07hour and 58 minutes. It's currently 1:46
105. 5:11a.m. I did take a little bit of a
106. 5:12scrolling break, but I just got to
107. 5:14chapter 14, and I'm on page 104. I think
108. 5:17I'm going to check in with you guys
109. 5:18every 100 pages. I feel like I'm reading
110. 5:20painfully slow. I'm honestly just trying
111. 5:22to really understand this story. I don't
112. 5:24want to rush through it, especially at
113. 5:25the beginning because it's fantasy.
114. 5:27There's like a whole magical aspect to
115. 5:28it. Also, I feel like my hair is just
116. 5:30going to get curlier and frizzier as the
117. 5:31night goes on. But yeah, we're 100 pages
118. 5:33in and honestly, so far the story is
119. 5:35really good. I've actually already
120. 5:37teared up twice. The story deals a lot
121. 5:39with grief and you find out pretty early
122. 5:41on why. Female main character is dealing
123. 5:43with the loss of somebody super super
124. 5:45close to her. She's 32 years old and she
125. 5:47is there's a word for what she does. I
126. 5:50literally just read it. She is a
127. 5:53hordiculturist. Basically somebody that
128. 5:55knows all about plants, flowers, all of
129. 5:57that. She gets a job as the head
130. 5:58gardener at this very, very, very iconic
131. 6:02famous mansion. And the gardens at this
132. 6:04mansion are known to be magical. The
133. 6:06fantasy aspects of the story happen when
134. 6:09one day she's taking care of the garden.
135. 6:10She finds this mysterious door that
136. 6:13leads to another small garden. And in
137. 6:15that small garden, there is a man stuck
138. 6:19in that garden. Like he can't leave that
139. 6:21garden and she's the only one that sees
140. 6:23the door to the garden. So I think
141. 6:24there's going to be like a romance
142. 6:26situation going on there. But at the
143. 6:28very same time, there's a man that
144. 6:29arrives at the house and she starts kind
145. 6:31of like forming a romance situation with
146. 6:33him. There's a love triangle. One man
147. 6:36that is stuck in this magical garden and
148. 6:38another man that is in like the real
149. 6:41world.
150. 6:46>> [music]
151. 6:50>> It is 2:51 in the morning, but I just
152. 6:54got to chapter 25, page 204. So, I just
153. 6:57read another 100 pages. Those entire 100
154. 7:00pages gave me all of the vibes of The
155. 7:04Vampire Diaries when it's team Damon,
156. 7:06team Stefan in a very, very different
157. 7:08scenario, but very similar vibes. There
158. 7:10are two men, one girl. It literally just
159. 7:12keeps going back and forth. You don't
160. 7:14really know which one she's going to
161. 7:15choose. I have my favorite though. I am
162. 7:17team secret garden man. I'll see you
163. 7:20guys in 100 pages.
164. 7:29[music]
165. 7:41>> [music]
166. 7:46[music]
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170. 8:12[music]
171. 8:14>> Okay, you guys, it's 4 in the morning,
172. 8:16so I need to go to sleep immediately.
173. 8:18I'm filming an entire video tomorrow or
174. 8:20today. I don't even know. But I did end
175. 8:23up finishing The Sunday Garden. I am so
176. 8:26so tempted to give this book five stars,
177. 8:28but I had to think about it for a
178. 8:30second. I think the ending was five
179. 8:32stars. I think overall I'm going to give
180. 8:34the book 4.75. But I absolutely love
181. 8:37this book. So much emotion in this book.
182. 8:41Such a beautiful, beautiful story about
183. 8:43grief, about female friendships, about
184. 8:45finding herself again, about finding the
185. 8:47love for life again. So many beautiful
186. 8:50messages in such a cute, whimsical
187. 8:53story. I know I keep saying that word,
188. 8:55but that's really what this book felt
189. 8:56like. Like the gist of the book is that
190. 8:58it's about a secret garden and it sounds
191. 9:00like such a cutesy idea, but it's crazy
192. 9:02to me that there was so much heart in
193. 9:05this book, especially towards the end. I
194. 9:07thought the ending was beautiful. If
195. 9:09you've read the book or you're going to
196. 9:10read the book, the maze part with her
197. 9:12best friend at the end broke my heart.
198. 9:15Highly, highly, highly recommend. I'm
199. 9:18going to go to sleep now.
200. 9:25>> [music]
201. 9:33[music]
202. 9:42>> Okay, you guys, it's the next day of
203. 9:43this vlog. I've literally filmed and
204. 9:45uploaded two other videos since I
205. 9:47started this vlog, but I'm finally
206. 9:48getting back to this reading vlog. All
207. 9:50I'm literally planning to do the next
208. 9:51couple of days is read. I just did the
209. 9:53little spin the wheel thing and the next
210. 9:54book we're going to be reading in this
211. 9:55vlog is The Shampoo Effect. I've heard
212. 9:57so much about this book. I've honestly
213. 9:59seen the cover of this book so much
214. 10:02online throughout the summer. It's a
215. 10:03fiction kind of story. I don't know. I'm
216. 10:05very excited to read it. Judging by the
217. 10:06cover, it does feel very summery, so I'm
218. 10:08hoping it's a nice book to wrap up the
219. 10:10summer.
220. 10:13[music]
221. 10:15We're actually headed on over to the
222. 10:17library today. I really just want to do
223. 10:18some reading there. just browse around.
224. 10:20But I actually made a super quick stop.
225. 10:22A new Airwan actually opened up super
226. 10:24close to me, so I decided to come in
227. 10:25today. These are their overnight oats.
228. 10:27Specifically, this one I've been wanting
229. 10:28to try out for a really long time. This
230. 10:30is their matcha overnight oats. And then
231. 10:32my hot bar plate, which I'm really,
232. 10:33really excited about. I got their
233. 10:35buffalo cauliflower. I also got their
234. 10:37old school mac and cheese and also their
235. 10:39roasted salmon.
236. 10:44Could
237. 10:46[music]
238. 10:56I please get your pumpkin [music] patch
239. 10:57cloud latte? A medium. Hello.
240. 10:59>> Hello.
241. 11:01>> Here you are. [music]
242. 11:02>> You too. Thank you. This is a medium.
243. 11:06Holy.
244. 11:15Today's actually the first day that it's
245. 11:17not 90°, which means it's fall. I don't
246. 11:21care. Literally, as soon as I'm done
247. 11:23filming this reading vlog, I'm filming
248. 11:24my first fall vlog of the season. But I
249. 11:26decided to start a little bit early and
250. 11:29I came to Duncan to get a fall themed
251. 11:30drink. I got what they call their
252. 11:32pumpkin patch cloud latte. And I also
253. 11:34got one of their pumpkin glaze donuts.
254. 11:37Just a little fall treat. The plan after
255. 11:40was to go to this library that I really
256. 11:41like going to, but I completely forgot
257. 11:43that it's closed on Monday. So, I ended
258. 11:44up just searching up like a little
259. 11:46random library nearby. I ended up going
260. 11:48into it, but it was just not the vibe.
261. 11:50It was super super super busy. There was
262. 11:53not one table or seat that I could sit
263. 11:56at. I think the universe is trying to
264. 11:57tell me to stop with the cute little
265. 11:59things that I want to do and just get to
266. 12:01reading. I really, really want to finish
267. 12:03the shampoo effect today. I have my
268. 12:05coffee. I'm going to drink this on my
269. 12:06way home right now.
270. 12:09[music]
271. 12:14It's [music] been hours since I last
272. 12:16talked to you guys. I don't know what
273. 12:17was in that Duncan coffee, but I'm
274. 12:19currently 56%
275. 12:22through. And I'm honestly enjoying this
276. 12:24book so freaking much. I was a little
277. 12:26worried because I've seen so many mixed
278. 12:28reviews online about this book. I feel
279. 12:30like it's one of those books that you
280. 12:32either absolutely love it or absolutely
281. 12:33hate it. Where I am right now, 56%
282. 12:35through. I love it. I'm not going to
283. 12:38lie. I actually just got to a really big
284. 12:39part of the book, which is when I
285. 12:41remember to turn on my camera and fill
286. 12:42you guys in. I don't know if I saw this
287. 12:43online or one of you guys actually
288. 12:45commented this on a video of mine where
289. 12:47I mentioned I wanted to read this book.
290. 12:49I saw somebody say that the plot twists
291. 12:51in this book were absolutely insane. And
292. 12:53honestly, so far, it doesn't feel like a
293. 12:56book where there would be plot twists.
294. 12:58It literally feels like Gossip Girl, but
295. 13:00instead of teenagers, it's a bunch of
296. 13:02people in their 30s. Instead of New York
297. 13:03City, it all takes place in a little
298. 13:05beach town. Also, it's a lot less
299. 13:06glamorous than Gossip Girl. It's about
300. 13:08this friend group that have known each
301. 13:09other since high school, I think. Like,
302. 13:12they've known each other for a really,
303. 13:13really long time. But this book starts
304. 13:14out through the point of view of a girl
305. 13:15that starts dating one of the guys in
306. 13:17that friend group. But the interesting
307. 13:18thing about this book is that every
308. 13:19chapter switches between point of views.
309. 13:21It's what I love most and hate the most
310. 13:23about the book so far. Every chapter,
311. 13:25you're getting a point of view from a
312. 13:26different person in the friend group.
313. 13:27Every single person in this friend group
314. 13:29is going through something. Whether it's
315. 13:30the married friend that thinks that her
316. 13:32husband is cheating, whether it's
317. 13:33another friend that just got pregnant,
318. 13:34whether it's the other friend that has
319. 13:36like three kids. The thing that I'm
320. 13:37finding is that there are like one or
321. 13:39two characters that are more interesting
322. 13:40to me than the others. So, a chapter
323. 13:42will end at a really, really good part
324. 13:44of what they're going through and then
325. 13:45the next chapter switches to a different
326. 13:47character. So, you have to read the
327. 13:49chapters of the other characters before
328. 13:50getting back to the one that you just
329. 13:52read. If that makes any sense. I don't
330. 13:54think it does. Also, a few chapters ago,
331. 13:55I found out why this book is called The
332. 13:57Shampoo Effect. It's a very, very unique
333. 13:59kind of metaphor, and it's literally the
334. 14:01entire gist of the story.
335. 14:04[music]
336. 14:10[music]
337. 14:16[music]
338. 14:21>> [music]
339. 14:27[music]
340. 14:30>> I just got to one of the plot twists. I
341. 14:32actually don't know if there's going to
342. 14:33be more, but I just got to a plot twist
343. 14:35that is actually so crazy. And the way
344. 14:38that it's revealed is in such a subtle
345. 14:40way. I did not see that coming at all.
346. 14:42But what I'm starting to gather is that
347. 14:44any plot twists that continue to happen
348. 14:46are going to be all of the ways that
349. 14:48this friend group can fall apart.
350. 14:50Basically, all of these friends that
351. 14:51have known each other for like 30 years
352. 14:52have all of these little secrets between
353. 14:54them that can pretty much make the
354. 14:57entire friend group fall apart. One of
355. 14:58the secrets was just revealed and I'm
356. 15:00hoping there's more because this one was
357. 15:01absolutely crazy. These plot twists are
358. 15:05like scandalous, gossipy sort of plot
359. 15:08twist. Feels like watching a reality
360. 15:09show.
361. 15:12You guys, it's currently 12:04. I'm 93%
362. 15:15done with the book. And honestly, the
363. 15:17cutest part of the book just happened.
364. 15:19The two characters that I thought were
365. 15:20the least interesting ended up being my
366. 15:23favorite characters. It's the married
367. 15:25couple that have two kids. Their story
368. 15:27started out feeling like the least
369. 15:29interesting one, but it literally just
370. 15:31turned into my favorite. I have 21
371. 15:32minutes left in the book. It's 12:05
372. 15:35now, so let's finish up this book.
373. 15:37[music]
374. 15:45>> [music]
375. 15:52[music]
376. 15:53>> Okay, you guys. I just finished The
377. 15:55Shampoo Effect. It's not even 1:00 a.m.
378. 15:56yet, so that's a win for me. But I
379. 15:58desperately need to go take a shower and
380. 16:00take off this makeup. I'm going to try
381. 16:01to give my little review kind of quick.
382. 16:03This book was so fun. It felt like such
383. 16:07a different kind of book. This is
384. 16:08honestly why I love to read fiction
385. 16:10books, like contemporary fiction. I feel
386. 16:12like the past few weeks, maybe months, I
387. 16:14haven't really been gravitating towards
388. 16:16romance books. You guys already know I
389. 16:17absolutely adore romance books, romcoms,
390. 16:20all of that. But the thing about those
391. 16:21books is that you know exactly how the
392. 16:23story is going to go. It can be very
393. 16:24cute and enjoyable, but it's very
394. 16:27predictable. Like, you know this couple
395. 16:29is going to end up together no matter
396. 16:30what. But these kinds of books, like The
397. 16:32Shampoo Effect, are the kinds of stories
398. 16:34that literally anything can happen. This
399. 16:36story could have literally ended in a
400. 16:38million different ways. The ending of
401. 16:40this book, though, I'm not going to lie,
402. 16:42so annoying, but also amazing at the
403. 16:44same time. Every chapter felt like
404. 16:46something new that was happening in
405. 16:47these characters' lives. So, it kind of
406. 16:49felt like a crazy reality show, but at
407. 16:51the same time, it also felt like a very,
408. 16:53very realistic, brutally honest look
409. 16:55into these 30-something yearear-olds
410. 16:57lives. And it was just so fun and
411. 16:59interesting and messy. But anyways, the
412. 17:02shampoo effect I'm going to give 4.5.
413. 17:05Did I say 4.5 or 4.75?
414. 17:08One of those. I'm going to do the little
415. 17:10spin the wheel. We're going to see what
416. 17:11book I'm going to start tomorrow.
417. 17:17Okay. I'm actually thrilled about this
418. 17:20because I really, really want to read a
419. 17:21thriller.
420. 17:24[music]
421. 17:33>> [music]
422. 17:33>> Okay, I don't even know if you guys can
423. 17:34hear me because my fan is so loud, but
424. 17:36it's currently 2:30 in the morning. I'm
425. 17:38reading Final Girls right now. I just
426. 17:40made it to the 76% mark. I think it's
427. 17:43because it's the middle of the night,
428. 17:44but I am so freaked out right now, but I
429. 17:47can't put it down. It's actually super
430. 17:50good. It's been like a day and a half
431. 17:51since I last talked to you guys. I am
432. 17:53about to finish Final Girls right now.
433. 17:56It's currently 400 p.m. I've been
434. 17:57editing this video and just running
435. 17:58around all day, so I haven't had a
436. 18:00chance to read. But when I tell you
437. 18:01guys, I have literally been dying to get
438. 18:04back to this book. I'm on chapter 37. I
439. 18:06really thought I was going to finish
440. 18:08this book last night, but it started
441. 18:09getting really late. And even though
442. 18:11this book so far hasn't been as creepy
443. 18:13as other Riley Sager books, it's still
444. 18:16very eerie. Like, the gist of this story
445. 18:18is so creepy. So, I decided I wanted to
446. 18:21finish this book in broad daylight and
447. 18:22save myself a couple of nightmares. But,
448. 18:24let me just quickly explain to you guys
449. 18:26the gist of Final Girls because this
450. 18:28story, like a lot of Riley Sager
451. 18:30stories, literally all of them, it has
452. 18:32such an interesting plot. Like, I just
453. 18:35know that I've never read a book with
454. 18:37this storyline before. So, the book is
455. 18:39called Final Girls. Who are these final
456. 18:41girls? The final girls in this book are
457. 18:43three girls that all survived different
458. 18:46and separate massacres. One was a
459. 18:48massacre at a cottage where this girl
460. 18:49was with her friends in the woods.
461. 18:51Another one was at a hotel that she was
462. 18:52working at. And then another one was a
463. 18:54sorority house massacre. Basically, the
464. 18:56media becomes obsessed with these three
465. 18:58young girls. Even though they'd never
466. 19:00met before, they became the final girls.
467. 19:02When this book starts, it's like 10, 15
468. 19:04years later, and one of those final
469. 19:05girls is found unal alive. It looks like
470. 19:08she did it herself, but the more they
471. 19:10investigate, the more it's becoming
472. 19:11noticeable that somebody actually
473. 19:13unalived her. The book starts out with
474. 19:15all three girls being an emphasis in the
475. 19:17story. But really, this book is about
476. 19:19the main girl whose point of view you're
477. 19:20getting it from, who is the survivor of
478. 19:22the cottage massacre. She and her five
479. 19:24other friends all went to this cottage
480. 19:25in the woods and after this man that
481. 19:27escaped an insane asylum and alived all
482. 19:29of her friends, she was the only one
483. 19:30that survived. However, the actual
484. 19:32events of what happened might have not
485. 19:34been just that. So, a lot is going on in
486. 19:36this book. I've been so entertained the
487. 19:39entire time. I'm not even going to lie.
488. 19:40I also found out that this is actually
489. 19:42Riley Sager's first book. Okay, I'm on
490. 19:44chapter 37. It says I have 43 minutes
491. 19:47left of the book. Let's go ahead and
492. 19:48finish Final Girls. Here we go.
493. 19:53[music]
494. 19:57Chapter 40. I'm 87% through. This book
495. 20:01honestly needs to be a movie. Like the
496. 20:03way that I'm imagining this cottage and
497. 20:04these characters, it would be such a
498. 20:06good thriller movie.
499. 20:13>> [music]
500. 20:21>> Just got to chapter 41. The entire book
501. 20:24has been leading up to this specific
502. 20:27chapter when everything's revealed. It
503. 20:29better be good.
504. 20:37[music]
505. 20:46>> [laughter]
506. 20:46>> Wait, this is ridiculous.
507. 20:5035 minutes later, I'm done with Final
508. 20:52Girls. I honestly really really enjoyed
509. 20:54that book. I think I want to give it
510. 20:55like 4.5. It wasn't a five-st star book,
511. 20:58but it also wasn't a four-st star. Like
512. 21:00four stars just feels like it was good.
513. 21:02It was more than good, but not great, if
514. 21:04that makes sense. Like in other writer
515. 21:06books, he goes above and beyond and just
516. 21:09gives you the most insane plot twist.
517. 21:11But I honestly did really really enjoy
518. 21:13it. I'm telling you guys, the storyline
519. 21:15of this book is crazy because throughout
520. 21:16the book, you're finding out about these
521. 21:18three different massacres. It just feels
522. 21:20like you're reading a literal horror
523. 21:22movie. I will say the main character was
524. 21:25slightly unlikable. Also, another thing,
525. 21:27especially towards the end of the book,
526. 21:29there were some parts that were honestly
527. 21:31kind of uncomfortable to read. But all
528. 21:32in all, I think I'm going to give this
529. 21:34book 4.75
530. 21:37or maybe 4.5. Let's go 4.5. I'm going to
531. 21:40head to my workout class right now. But
532. 21:41later tonight, I will be starting The
533. 21:43Divorce by Freda McFaten. And then I
534. 21:44think right after Freedom McFaten, I'm
535. 21:46going to read my book club's read for
536. 21:48September, which I can actually buy
537. 21:49right now. His new book is called The
538. 21:51Unknown. It says, "In 1926, five women
539. 21:54disappeared from a remote island in
540. 21:56Vermont. Now 100 years later, it's
541. 21:59happening again." I think it's going to
542. 22:00be like scary, supernatural vibes. But
543. 22:02anyways, I think I might conclude this
544. 22:04reading vlog here. Tomorrow and the day
545. 22:06after, I'm finally filming my fall vlog.
546. 22:08My first fall vlog. But yeah, that is
547. 22:10going to be it for this reading vlog.
548. 22:11Thank you guys so so much for watching.
549. 22:12I love you guys so much and I will see
550. 22:14[music] you in my next vlog. Bye.
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