24 hour readathon! | reading fantasy + romance 🧚🏻‍♀️💌

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hope you enjoyed reading with me for 24 hours 🫶🏼
books mentioned:
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace
The Bluff - Devney Perry
The Booty - Devney Perry (linked here: dl.bookfunnel.com/ext7ewotmm)
Lord Of Shadows - Cassandra Clare (book 2 in The Dark Artifices)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett
Gentle & Lowly - Dane Ortlund
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[@haleypham]

BEST VIDEOS EVER

[@pharmasix22]

Need another collab

[@RachelCatherine]

also my fave videos!! We love a readathon ‼️📚

[@kgurney7704]

love that in the US you post these when the normal people are all asleep so just me and the other late night besties can chill for a min 🙂

[@bomathys324]

it's 8:30 am right now in Belgium! Perfect time to make breakfast while watching this video😊

[@irlsiriusblack]

@@bomathys324it’s 7:40pm rn in Australia (my state might be diff from others) time zones are crazy! ❤️

[@emmasdeaf]

@@bomathys324 im also from belgium lol

[@Sordenes090603]

Same, I’m in Canada

[@Showtunediva]

Ice Breaker was SO good. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series!

[@aileechristian3653]

I love how you include a Bible verse at the beginning!!!

[@u.we_official5341]

The fact that she was watching Yuzuru Hanyu 💌💗

[@SinelizwiNdungane]

What would life be without a Rachel reading vlog 🤗 enjoyed the vlog, didn’t want it to end

[@RachelCatherine]

😭🫶🏼

[@TaylorJ]

I’m right there with you with Icebreaker! I got I think 45% through? And I was like, “why is this book still going?” The relationship felt established way too fast and even the plot I didn’t understand where else it really could go. I did enjoy it but I felt like it could have been half the length, or slow down the romance!

[@RachelCatherine]

I do agree!! I prefer a slow burn!

[@clary1120]

I watched Haley Pham's video, where she read Clockwork Prince and a couple other fantasies earlier this morning and that made me happy. You made me happier by reading Lord of Shadows and liking it too!! As a Shadowhunters fan, I'm happy to see you enjoy the stories!! It is long but worth the read, in my opinion!! Love youu Rachel! 💜💜

[@RachelCatherine]

I am well & truly on my way to becoming a Shadowhunters Stan!! I love the world so much! 🫶🏼

[@clary1120]

@@RachelCatherine Yesss!! It's an enjoyable world!! I'm excited for you to read the other books ❤️

[@myag5041]

I love the reverse grumpy sunshine in Icebreaker! Henry is my favorite, I want his book immediately!

[@camih05]

love Henry!!

[@daniellewelsh5184]

Reading vlogs are my favourite so I gasped in excitement when I clicked on your channel and saw this

[@_winterwriter]

Yes on your icebreaker comments! I would definitely want a Henry book first!!

[@RachelCatherine]

Henry!!!! 🫶🏼

[@charlottesinclair9354]

Another stellar video from you! Perfect way to spend my friday night after a long week. Also love that you do the challenge but in a realistic way - I could never stay up reading for 24 hours straight, and I feel like your way lets you get more reading done since you're still in your normal schedule.

[@eire02]

11:35 ish you were saying about a ‘soft dnf’, and I wanted to share that I call those ‘dfn’s! For these books, instead of being a ‘did not finish’, it’s a ‘down for now’ because I intend to go back to them at some point but my priorities are elsewhere for now :)

[@Ali_lamb]

What a successful readathon got through so many books and liked so many of them what a win!! Cannot wait to read icebreaker!

[@iammellbell]

I LOVE your hair in the whole clip around 18:00. Also reading while it's raining is THE vibe!

[@RachelCatherine]

Thank you 🥹

[@iammellbell]

@@RachelCatherine :)

[@tahlia4189]

I absolutely love these videos! Rach, you are the most beautiful, glowing girl! 🤍✨🥰

[@bonhomieblerb]

Your videos make me so happy. Thanks for all your positive, sweet content.

[@nikastipkova1135]

Thank you for the video. I love the verses you include at the beginning. I always screenshot them and come back to them when I need reassurance and peace ❤️

[@RachelCatherine]

Oh I’m so glad 🥹

[@iammellbell]

That ice skating move was phenomenal! I get dizzy and fall over just from turning around the once.... on flat, dry, non frozen ground!

[@taylalouisearmstrong2528]

Ice Princess was definitely one of my favourite movies growing up! You definitely made me think about that movie when you were reading Ice Breaker ☺️ although Ice Princess is more about a girl finding herself and her “real” passion with some romance thrown on the side. The romance isn’t the main thing tho.

[@RachelCatherine]

Yes so true!! Totally forgot about that movie!!

[@emmaskapetis7603]

Great vlog❤. I've been watching some of your old videos because I'm obsessed with your content.

[@hannahkay6964]

I’m obsessed with those ambience videos as well ! 😍

[@RachelCatherine]

They’re honestly so good

[@ijuliaaaaa]

I‘m so happy you enjoyed the Bluff, I really liked it too ❤️ The 3. book is my favorite though 😍

[@xeniko882]

I looove your reading vlogs so much!!

[@RachelCatherine]

That makes me so happy 🥹

[@Lea-tw5kc]

The flatshare!! 🎉 it’s such a funny lovely British romance

[@daliam645]

Rachel please do a video on how you annotated your Magnolia Parks books🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@lilianamariatomaz]

25:31 SAME! If I don’t have to be anywhere, I’ll be on my pajamas

[@bookswithlilly]

I'm so glad you loved Emily Wilde!! If you've read Anne of Green Gables, Heather Fawcett has another book called The Grace of Wild Things which is a fantasy retelling of Anne of Green Gables and it is so cute and cozy!!

[@RachelCatherine]

Oooh okay I may have to check it out!!

[@jamiej5852]

I really love reading Devney Perry, her Runaway Road series is one of my favourites.😊

[@RachelCatherine]

Ooh I may have to try that series next!!

[@lightscamerasashley.]

also love playing cozy ambiance videos in the background when I read 💞 luckily, my dog enjoys them too haha

[@RachelCatherine]

Yesss it’s so soothing!! ✨

[@jennifermarea8011]

I LOVE white noise and I realized that in the accessibility setting on iPhones you can add white noise, brown noise, rain etc to your main settings thing when you swipe down. That way you don‘t need to play a video for it! It‘s just built into the phones and you can download any of the sounds on there that you want to. It‘s also way quicker than looking for a video because you can just swipe to where you flashlight, camera, and screen recorder are to use it.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

These are always so fun!😸

[@RachelCatherine]

☺️☺️☺️

[@lenkasustackova4560]

I also love reading with Ambience music (I believe it is called like that) while reading 🤩 It's just soo good. And this one you showed in video is one of my favorites. That YT channel has so many great videos and I also recommend channel called Winter Whale ASMR. Or lofi music is also good

[@ashleydewell]

Great video!! I love your vlogs!

[@ileanaisabeliturrado]

This is just such a fun video! I don't know how you manage to read multiple books at once, I've tried it before and I always end up fixating on one more than the others🙈🙈 either way, i enjoy watching your redathons a lot💕

[@RachelCatherine]

Hahaha it’s the only way I can do it!! Everyone is just different!

[@danielafilipa3990]

I’m a roller skater soo I will loved icebreaker for sure !❤

[@marie-claireee]

Awwww I love these so much! Do you enjoy the calamity or the Eden’s series more?

[@shelbymini321]

So glad I see someone else who reads multiple books at once!!!

[@RachelCatherine]

I can’t seem to stick to one at a time 😂

[@shelbymini321]

@@RachelCatherine literally my biggest struggle!! Haha currently reading a two romances, a lit fic, two books that correlate to my job (idk how to categorize them), a thriller and I’m listening to Malibu Rising haha 😭😂 I read what I’m in the mood for my family thinks I’m crazy!! 😂😂

[@samanthaplummer119]

Loved icebreaker! Also Henry is book 3

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Hi Rachel good morning happy Friday morning and I hope you having amazing day today and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter and I'm proud of you

[@annasofia7766]

if you´re into slow burn and liked the figure skating elements, i highly recommend From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata, i really loved it!

[@melaniegrace7707]

Henry has a book coming out in June! I already preordered it on Amazon lol

[@BushGaleotti]

Ahhh you watch Survivor, too!! I am very happy with the winner :) And great book recs, I will add some to be my TBR

[@claraafranziskaa]

As soon as you played the yt video with the fire crackling, my cat layed down and started to sleep😂😂😂

[@laurieannevlog]

Such a cute video! I really enjoyed watching it! I hope you are having a great day :))

[@RachelCatherine]

Thanks Laurie ☺️💗

[@Tach905]

Have you read Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches? Its v cozy and sweet and wholesome and kinda house in the cerulean sea vibes

[@lexi.dokulil]

nightwolf by Karina Halle is a good cozy fantasy. It's good for getting you out of a reading slump.

[@RachelCatherine]

Ooh okay thank you!!

[@marisamulholland3253]

I haven’t read Icebreaker, but it sounds like if From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata and The Deal by Elle Kennedy had a baby!

[@RachelCatherine]

Yeah true! I’ve read both of those and I can see the parallels!

[@cherryllpalmer3147]

Catherine, you should try and empty your tbr cart. That would be a challenge. When done, you can start a fresh. No one has done that. Just a thought!!!

[@sarahvdw]

hiii - i was just wondering what edition of kindle that you have? thank youu :)

[@claracedeno6908]

i love your readathon so much!!!💗i really want to read Cassandra Clare’s books but i don’t know where to begin🥲

[@EdenIsaacs]

i would 100% recommend starting with the Infernal Devices trilogy, then the Last Hours trilogy 🥰

[@clary1120]

I would go for The Infernal Devices first (set in Victorian London), then go for The Last Hours (set in Edwardian London, stars the children of the characters of The Infernal Devices) and then go for The Mortal Instruments (set in New York) and then The Dark Artifices (set in Los Angeles and then the characters from The Mortal Instruments are a bit older here). There are like short story compilations that tackles characters in between these main trilogies. Quite long description, but as a person who read all the books in the Shadowhunters universe, this is the order I would recommend if you want to really dive into the world of Shadowhunters. 😊 Hope this helps.

[@claracedeno6908]

@@EdenIsaacs i’ll try this one first then thank you!🫶🏻

[@claracedeno6908]

@@clary1120 copying and pasting your advice on my notes !!! thank you so sooo much it helps me a lot❤️

[@ceyda4295]

Where did you get your bookmark when reading lord of shadows ? 😍

[@Booksbyjuli]

could you make one vídeo about how you read more than one book at a time? like your schedule and stuff

[@RachelCatherine]

I don’t really have a schedule! I just pick up books when I feel like them!

[@VideoReading]

*Wonderful books. How fast do you read? How many pages per hour?*

[@lucianicastro1689]

Loved this video! Have you heard much about the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy? Would love your thoughts on it 💙

[@boo326]

I just wanted to know what are your headphones called

[@makaylahawk7906]

What kind of headphones do you have?

[@elissajohnson23]

I love your videos🥰 I think you should read Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. It’s a contemporary romance and you may enjoy it.

[@RachelCatherine]

I read it a couple of years ago & really enjoyed 🫶🏼

[@elissajohnson23]

@@RachelCatherine Yay🥰

[@tessamichelle3542]

I'd love to know where your pink and white drink bottle is from??? It's so cute! :)

[@julieg4003]

Future you store - Sophie Jayne

[@tessamichelle3542]

@@julieg4003 Thank you :)

[@jadereadsx]

Henry’s is the 3rd book! 💗

[@RachelCatherine]

I want it now 😭

[@jadereadsx]

@@RachelCatherine me too, the most excited for his!! Also different book - but don't you wish they were making a Henry/Jonah/Taura MP book?!

[@bridgetteh3843]

Hey Rach! Just wondering how you get your kindle to keep the cover of the book you’re reading as the screensaver? Mine always goes to the default one. I hope that makes sense ☺️☺️🙏🤍

[@bloocandy247]

It should be under Settings > Device Options > Display Cover (off/on)! However if you bought your Kindle on special offer they make you pay to have that feature!! Hope that helps 🥰

[@bridgetteh3843]

@@bloocandy247 sorry for the late reply but I just did this and it worked. Thanks so much ☺️

[@booklover11976]

when u said there was a character named russ in ur book all i could think of was russ from that one episode of friends lmao

[@manumatcha]

omg hahaha i use the same video for reading 🤣

[@RachelCatherine]

😂👏🏼

[@devanshishah9724]

Try CHEAT SHEET

[@bela1409]

where’s the flower t-shirt from??

[@RachelCatherine]

Princess Polly (a few years ago now though!)

[@nicole621]

Do you have goodreads?

[@JesusIsLordOfAllAmen]

Im not sure if you are, but just in case you're Christian i just thought to let you know that legends and lattes goes against a few Christian veiw points, for example lgbtq, etc.

[@AngelikaCooper]

As a christian, do you ever feel discerned not to read a specific book or type of book? I know books are made up stories but sometimes I feel like I shouldn’t start reading fantasy or just even certain books. Even though fantasy seems sooo interesting cause I did read Folk of the Air series and loved it

[@KarlyJo]

so i know you didn’t ask me, but here’s my thoughts as a fellow christian, as i’ve had the same conviction as you recently. if you feel discernment over something i would pray about it and let him guide you to that answer. usually if you feel like you shouldn’t read something, then i would stick to that conviction! personally i read all genres but choose to stay clear of books that have witchcraft, false gods, or crazy smut just because i don’t like filling my mind with that, but in reality sex before marriage, gossip, lust and indulgence are all sins too and most all books have sin in them, not just fantasy. but i personally don’t feel convinced to not read fiction books as long as i make sure i keep room for reading the bible and staying rooted and not to meditate or aspire for the things i read in books. not sure if that makes any sense but definitely pray about it and submit to your convictions, as we all have different ones 🤍

[@AngelikaCooper]

@@KarlyJo thank you so much that makes alot of sense!! Yes I try to read my Bible 30 minutes to an hour every day. I tried reading a certain series recently and just felt like God was telling me not to read it so I stopped reading the second book. It has to do with Magic and stuff. And yes, I don’t like reading a lot of smut either, I try to stay away from books that I here have a lot in it because I don’t want my mind filled with that. As I’m 24 years old still waiting for marriage, the even reading it fills my mind with temptation.

[@AngelikaCooper]

@@KarlyJo do you have any fantasy recommendations that you found really enjoyable but no/little discernment over?

[@KarlyJo]

@@AngelikaCooper i’ve only read The Cruel Price trilogy for fantasy and feel like that would be a safe pick since it’s YA, but maybe also the once upon a broken heart duology or the heart of a raven prince series since those are more like fairytales, but i haven’t read them yet myself

[@AngelikaCooper]

@@KarlyJo yes I’ve only read cruel prince, and just bought once upon a broken heart!! I hear mixed reviews of heart of the raven prince though, but I still want to read

[@BetweenThePagesWithLouLou]

I just finished reading Icebreaker on Saturday gone (25 Mar) and cannot remember Russ, so I too am surprised the next book will be about him.