Ok but putting aside money for every book you unhaul is brilliant?? Like, I can't believe this has never occurred to me, because it makes so much sense?? Trust Olivia Savannah to revolutionize the TBR game 💅 The matching set of Toni Morrison puts my heart at ease in a way I didn't know I needed, and I've only heard the absolute best things about The Final Strife so my fingers are really really crossed that you love the series!! Sci fi novel in verse, you say?? I'm restraining myself from running to the bookstore at least until I hear your thoughts on it, but I've got a good feeling 😍 I love horror with a Frankesteiny, flora/fauna bent to it, and cannibalism is so spooky yet intriguing to me, so a whole lot your horror zone sounds fantastic. YES MORE KILEY REID!!! It's going to be fantastic. No, I'm not manifesting. There's no need to, because anything Kiley Reid writes WILL be perfection. Rouge is definitely literary leaning, but there's definitely some speculative stuff going on, too. Just so you're not blindsided when you pick it up! I adore themes of religiosity in books. Maybe I'm biased as a religious person, but I feel like spirituality is so much at the core of the human experience that it's weird to me when I feel the absence of faith in a story? I try so hard not to be an aesthetics snob for books....... and then I see the Penguin clothbounds. They're just so beautiful! I really love that you and your sisters talk books ❤ it's really sweet and I love families who read together!! Strong Female Character resonated with me so hard. It's really fantastic. But I may be biased lol All of these books sound so good and yet again my book buying ban is a thing I'm regretting 😭 I hope you love all of them when you get to them, Olivia Savannah!

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Haha thank you! I had fun seeing it build over the year and felt very proud by the end! I am really enjoying reading my way Toni Morrison. It really is Kiley Reid's world and we all just live in it. I saw your review of rogue after this, so I'm definitely set on what to expect now. I really like spirituality at the core of my reading too, even if it may not be my own faith so I understand. I'm very blessed to have so many reading sisters. I'm glad strong female character could resonate with you so much. I cannot wait to read it all the more 🤗

This is a HAUL and I’m here for it!!! The mangas definitely help boost the numbers in this haul haha I NEED to read The Battle Drum and I just have such high expectations for it! But I should really read it soon 😅 Calypso sounds fascinating. Sci-fi novel in verse?!?! Gimme!! Neuromancer is one I’ve heard quite a bit about so I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts Fragile Animals is one I’ve never heard of but omg that sounds great How High We Go in the Dark - I need to hear your thoughts!!! Chain Gang All Stars has been shouted about all over my bookternet and I need it! Highly agree about Emezi’s covers, the US ones are always better! The Bees! Lizzie has told me apparently I need this one. Excited to hear your thoughts! Jane Eyre love 😍😍 Dead Weight has such a cool cover, and I hate that eating disorders are getting popular again Black and British is a book I’ve heard SO much about! Starfish has such a pretty cover 😍 One day I’ll read Heartstopper 😅 The City Beautiful, I think I need to pick that up! I loved Amari! I need to carry on with the series!! Wow what a wonderful haul! So many gorgeous and fascinating looking books! I’m going to be doing a 6 month haul at some point and I will not have anywhere near as many 😂 my most recent are two kids books in Swedish I got while I was out there!!

Haha, I bet you're so glad the challenge with Hannah is over! Woooooo All For the Game!!!!!

@OliviasCatastrophe

17 күн бұрын

Hahaha very glad 😝 can’t wait to read all for the game!

I’ve watched some of the anime Jujitsu show because my husband is a huge anime fan! It’s cool! But wow 😮 that’s a lot of volumes! You’re going to love Abby Jiminez books…probably Yours Truly more! I still have to read The Final Strife and Battle Drum because book 3 is coming out August! And also I loved Faebound by the author! Sister trope! ❤❤❤

So many wonderful books!! I broke my accidental book-buying ban last night and got myself a copy of the latest volume of Lore Olympus. And I’m currently reading The A.I. Who loved me by Alyssa Cole and I’m loving it so far 😍

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

You did so well with your book buying ban for so long! And lore olympus is such a good series 😇

The 120+ number started to look much more reasonable when you started showing all the sets :- D I liked Jane Eyre, Silas Marner and Lady Chatterlay in high school and college, no idea what I'd thought now :- D I guess at that time I liked how depressing Wuthering Heights was but I remember it was a nightmare you wanted to wake up from :- D

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Yes, those collections definitely contributed to over third over the haul. Good to know you did like silas manor and lady chatterly back in the day at least 😄 A nightmare you want to wake from reminds me of my wuthering heights experience quite a lot lol.

Bone Smith Fairy Loot Edition via Vinted before that I purchased Jurassic Park and The Lost World from The Folio Society. All three books are absolutely stunning 😊

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Ooh lots of special editions 😍

The last thing I got was You'd Look Good As A Ghost because it was on sale! And The Christmasaurus Carol and The Final Strife are SO good, you need to read them!

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Ahh I love you'd look good as a ghost 😍 I hope you have fun with that one too! I am so looking forward to both those reads.

PENANCE PENANCE PENANCE koffkoff… I also really love The Whistling but there is a problematic bit right before the end which feels clumsy and like something a sensitivity reader would have caught BUT The Black Feathers (her next one) didn’t have anything like that so I’m hoping it was just a blip! I have SO many of these on my TBR so we should really finally do a challenge with each others’ TBRs 👀

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

It's good to have that warning about the whistling and it is good to know that the author has improved since then. I really want to get to penance sooner rather than later but I just need to be in the mood for something a bit more psychological. And YES DM me any time about doing a TBR reading challenge. 😇

Thanks for introducing Genevieve Jagger, Cecile Pin, Jacqueline Crooks. I haven't read Girl In Pieces too.

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

There's still time for the both of us 😋

The last things that arrived in my house was three volumes of Wandance and now I can continue that series and I am excited!!!

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I hope you have fun continuing the series!

I remember loving The Dispossessed when I read it 10 years ago but it's been so long, deffo time for a reread 😅 Certain Dark Things is cool! It's definitely very noir in its pacing and plotting which I think is where a lot of the struggle comes from, but it's still a very cool read 😊 Oh Black and British is BRILLIANT! Such a beast but soooo worth it, it's just a gem. This is such a fab selection of books, what a cracking haul 🤩

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

The Dispossessed sounds very good though, so I'm glad you did enjoy it back. I think I've come to expect that noir and gothic pacing from SM-G so I'm prepared! And very much looking forward to Black and British 🖤

What a haul! Morrison is my favorite writer. "Hotel Du Lac" is the last book I received, it arrived yesterday and was published in 1984 and won the Booker Prize.

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Morrison is a good favourite author to have. I hope you enjoy reading Hotel Du Lac as well 😌

Love this sooo much. My last book bought was the sun and stars and Dani sent me a Lucy score book which I’m super excited about 🎉🎉

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I hope you enjoy both books 📚

I adore Homegoing and I plan to read Transcendent Kingdom this year!

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I hope you love transcendent kingdom just as much 🤗

'Not Here To Be Liked' and 'Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers' were both fun reads for me. My last book purchase was 'Ocean's Godori' (my current read).

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I'm glad to hear both of those are such fun reads. I imagine you're on to another current read by now but I hope ocean's godori was good 💫

@thefuzzybookdragon

4 күн бұрын

@@OliviasCatastrophe it was so good! I'm really happy that the sequel has been approved!

Calypso sounds SO good... and it's in verse?! Score!

@OliviasCatastrophe

17 күн бұрын

It sounds amazing 🤗

Wow so many books!!! I want to read lessons in chemistry too and watch the show. You need to read homegoing asap!!!

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I haven't heard as much about the series but I do want to read it and try the tv series. Homegoing... I have plans to start it very soon 😉

What an EPIC haul

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

😎😎

What a haul! 😎📚👍

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Wandering Souls is so good. It’s very short so not a ton of character depth but I loved it. I want to read some Mona Awad. The Death of Vivek Oni is my fave Emezi . Can’t wait for their new one out this summer I think it is. I LOVED Transcendent Kingdom. I love Elle McNicoll’s books… she can do no wrong ❤️ You have so many great books I hope you love them all. I borrowed a book from the library today Good Girls:A story and study of Anorexia by Hadley Freeman ❤

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

I am glad to hear you liked wandering souls so much! And that Vivek Oji is your favourite Emezi so far. I'm over the moon for Little Rot. And very happy to be reading more Elle McNicoll as well. ^.^

I did the same with Wuthering Heights! Only read it cause of Twilight, but hated it

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@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

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@OliviasCatastrophe

17 күн бұрын

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I read the Death of Vivek Oji in one night and there are many things to talk about. Can’t wait for your review.

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Ooh, this has me so excited to get to it! I am going to start a new Akwaeke Emezi book next week while I'm on holiday 🌟

You’ll literally be the lady who lived in a house of books

@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

Hehe and proud 🤗

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@OliviasCatastrophe

4 күн бұрын

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