APRIL BOOK HAUL

[@sbscarlett]

OH WOW A WILD KAT HAS APPEARED

[@Katytastic]

WHAT WHERE

[@alexintheabstract]

Kat and Christina on the same day?! It’s like the good old days

[@sbscarlett]

You ever think Kat gets tired of the "omg you're back!" comments 💀

[@Katytastic]

not as tired as people get waiting for a new video lol

[@EpicReads]

We are loving this haul!

[@matiasfalcone2821]

Kat is back!! Slow movements people, we don't want to spooke her. Jokes aside, glad to see you upload again.

[@hazardsoflove1]

Ahhh! I started watching your channel during NaNo 2012, always such a happy surprise when you post :)

[@Katytastic]

ahh thanks for stickin around so long

[@caprisbookisland]

Research sounds fun when it involves reading for a cute trope 😭

[@theresastouder2172]

YAY!!! A Kat video!! Your the one that got me hooked on booktube and YA So good to see some booktube from you!

[@fireflieswishes]

you always give me nostalgic feels

[@caroline_cic]

I love her 🥺 her videos always bring me back to better times 🤍

[@chloeleadbetter6770]

I have had all three of those books on my TBR for a month or so. I love that our reading interests have always been pretty well alligned, and I am glad you are having fun with your WIP.

[@Brianbloggs]

Kat can’t wait to read your book. Whenever you get it published. Good luck with writing and researching for it.

[@cristinaescorcia2657]

Iced coffee + surprise Kat upload = perfect afternoon😌

[@Katytastic]

[@bts_vinyl]

I can't remember if you've read this or not, but Tweet Cute by Emma Lord has the trope of characters anonymously interacting online when they actually know & dislike each other in real life.

[@Katytastic]

i was looking into that one but i wasn't sure if the online identities were secret or if they were aware who they were tweeting! i shall add it to the list!

[@bts_vinyl]

@@Katytastic It's been a while since I read it so I can't remember exactly how long the Twitter identities are secret. But they're also paired up to anonymously message each other on an app for their school and interact that way through a lot of the book!

[@Katytastic]

ahhh yeah that def sounds like it fits the trope! i'll have to pick it up!

[@itscaren8235]

@@Katytastic I came back here to tell you the exact same thing! Yes! You must read Tweet Cute. They interacted (fought) via twitter, they also interacted anonymously through the guy's app, AND they are classmates irl. It's really a great book, wonderfully weaved together. Even if you weren't doing this research, I'd still highly recommend you read this book. so i hope you pick it up if you haven't yet! yay!

[@vio6815]

tweet cute was so much fun *.*

[@JulEnglefaris]

Will Grayson/Will Grayson has that secret internet identity trope. Love that book.

[@ProudSwifty]

KAT VIDEO! NOBODY MOVE

[@Katytastic]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[@tamarajovanovic3769]

For the trope - I loved Eliza and Her Monsters by F. Zappia. It's about a girl who writes a very popular webcomic as LadyConstellation, but in real life she is a shy, introverted girl with frequent panic attacks. Then a new boy comes to her school and it turns out he is one of the original elite fans of her webcomic... etc.

[@CodeNameNerdy]

Oh! You should look into Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia! It fits into your research theme well.

[@Katytastic]

oh that is def on my research list, i just bought it a while ago so it wasn't included in this haul XD

[@thegreenreader]

Wasn’t expecting Kat to post today, a very happy surprise! Missed you!

[@Katytastic]

[@LadyJaneBooks]

Fantastic book haul! Big fan of your videos, Kat! Happy to see this one today!

[@Katytastic]

thank you!

[@julietapolenta8764]

I was just binging your cooking with Kat videos the other day and wondering how you were doing! Hope you're doing well girl 💞 always happy to see a new vid from you

[@IvyGirl22]

Seeing a new video from Kat is like getting +5000000 happiness points my day is made

[@ShannonLeighMusic]

Okay I *love* the idea of online identities! One book I loved with that trope was Eliza and Her Monsters. Loved this video! ❤

[@blackheartbooks]

Always a good day when Kat uploads

[@Katytastic]

[@samanthamathena2080]

Your bookshelves never fail to bring out my envious side 😩

[@Boonicopter]

YOOO wtf had a heart attack when you said the name ‘Kiva’ cause that’s my name😂😂 literally thought i was hallucinating cause it’s such a rare name

[@Katytastic]

lol apologies for the heart attack XD

[@caroline_cic]

The trope you talked about reminds me a lot of Attachments by Rainbow Rowell! Love you Kat 🤍

[@Olissas4EverDraw]

I read "Tweet Cute" by Emma Lord last summer. I really enjoyed it! It's also the online identity trope.

[@jananiananthanarayanan4794]

KAT YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT IM SO READY TO CHECK OUT THE BOOKS WITH THOSE TROPES THOSE ARE MY FAVES UwU

[@BinocularsSwag]

Your trope research reminded me of a book I heard of on TikTok. "Ghosting: a love story" by Tash Skilton. Two online dating ghostwriters fall for each other, very much like a double Cyrano de Bergerac hahaha

[@bookpadawan2693]

Oh my god! I’ve got a stack of books beside me while I’m writing for research purposes too! The ones I flick through the most though are The Raven Boys and The Sun is also a Star because they’re the comp titles I’m thinking of using. If you’re looking for more books with that trope, then you should check out Alex Approximately by Jenn Bennett 😊 It’s honestly one of the best contemporaries I’ve read in a while and I recommend it to everyone!!

[@Rabhya]

Kat and Christine went book shopping together 😂😅😆

[@valj137]

Howie liking Nash but Nash liking Kells reminded me of Miraculous hahaha

[@jacerebil]

A Christina & Kat vid all on the same day? What a lucky day.

[@cynthiaholmes5124]

Glad to see you I need to read chain of gold first 👍😊 and the skies blue and I just requested the prison healer spoiler alert was so good ☺️😍🤩

[@bookishnatie9614]

The Ledgen Kat is back now I watched her in all of my 20s during 2014. I am old now.

[@vallenbfd]

It’s always a nice surprise to see one of your videos!

[@laurenrodriguez918]

I’m in a bit of a slump so watching book tube for inspiration for wanting to read. It might be working 🤔

[@AlysonMc]

Ahh, yes, the You've Got Mail trope

[@SarahAtHeart]

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett is another fun book with that same trope! It's a good one!

[@thewritebooks]

it always makes me so happy to see a new video! i hope you're doing well, kat!

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

it's been 84 years........

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

jk jk, glad you're back

[@Katytastic]

[@Monkeyzforever]

Okay I'm going to need ALL of those online identity trope books RIGHT NOW

[@lostinfantasy]

This is the earliest I've ever been to Kat's video. Woohooo 😄

[@acampost26]

So happy to see you! 🎉🎊

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I have an arc of the sky blues and I’m so excited to read it!

[@mackenziebrynnrap]

AH YAY ITS YOU!!! And GOODNESS I feel you so hard on Jess Show (I don't really wanna get into Spoilers but I (still) HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS (and probs agree with you on many of yours lol)!!!!!) OMG and buying/reading books "for writing research"?!!?!!? THAT'S been my Camp NaNo plan this month! There are so many things that I'm wanting to work on and stuck on which one to start with/how to go about starting them that I just gave up on even trying to write this month and went like "ya know what? Instead of Camp NaNoWriMo, this year its Camp NaReadAllOfTheCompTitlesForAllTheProjectsEverAndSeeIfTheyHelpAtAllMo!" Did I get through all of them?...no, but the ones I did get through have actually been kinda helpful so that's p cool. Also that's a FANTASTIC trope choice btw and I highly support you with all of that and I hope your reads are helpful (they all sound FANTASTIC fwiw) OH and btw your hair has gotten SO LONG (and its v cute)!!!!!! Sending you lots of love and hugs (if you want them)!!!!!

[@andiekahl3143]

If you haven't seen You've Got Mail starting Tom Hanks you should kat! It's like the OG of the online identification trope

[@minkinface]

have you picked up the latest book in the murderbot series? I'm so excited for it!

[@umairabeebi6929]

And our kitty kat has returned.........

[@madi.5017]

OH MY GOD KITTY KAT IS BACK!! 🥺 hi girl! We missed you SO much. I hope you’re doing well!

[@Katytastic]

[@Isonmommy1]

I need a GOOD book-tuber that is a mom and can give me advice about making time to read, getting out of book slumps and whatnot. I’m going nuts - I want to read but I cannot seem to find the darn time!

[@josirmatortolero7521]

You're looking gorgeous gurl.

[@Katytastic]

thank you!

[@erinmariecece]

I can’t remember if you’ve already read it or not, but Alex approximately has that troupe you’re looking for!

[@JamesLawner]

TIL the second Last Hours book came out 🤯

[@TheThreeBookshelves]

When you started explaining secret online identities, I was like “Spoiler Alert. Spoiler Alert! SPOILER ALERT!!!” So glad you picked it up. I loved it, especially the fantastic geekiness all through it!

[@booksandroses5307]

Omg! I’m so glad you’re back!!!

[@marthemakes8000]

Kwjfakkxqjdjs KAT VIDEO, TIME TO DROP EVERYTHING AND WATCH ON REPEAT!!!

[@kv2661]

Is there any booksplosion merchandise??😀

[@nveletkoslin33771]

✨👁👄👁✨your eyebrows are looking luscious

[@nveletkoslin33771]

is that a weird thing to say the pandemic has made me feral

[@ooomar2689]

She's ALIIIIIIIVE!

[@owlwaysthinking2141]

I was just going to recommend Spoiler Alert. I read it recently, and fell in love with it!

[@Brianbloggs]

What's available on your paetron ?please do a video on this if you can. explaining your purpose with it

[@NicoleFoti]

This is not the Jess Show sounds so good!!!

[@o_o-lj1ym]

Eyeee! Welcome back...again. Hahaha

[@Boonicopter]

did i manifest this??

[@Katytastic]

the power of your mind

[@juliascastanheira]

sorry but all i could think about during the whole “online identity” segment was Miraculous Ladybug 😃

[@marianamauricio]

yeyyyyyyyyy new video!!

[@tinkerspell4850]

STRANGER DANGER WHO IS THIS IN MY FEE.... OH... it's Kat! ;)

[@avsambart]

She lives 🔥🔥🔥

[@miml1993]

Lots of love from Greece girl

[@Katytastic]

[@OkCare1786]

I want to follow her on goodreads but the link on the description won't work and when I search for it on google the profile that shows, even tho it has her picture which means it is indeed her, shows she hasn't updated since 2019 and doesn't have any books shelved. Does anyone know if she has another profile and if so how can I find it?

[@Dragondarkness30]

Pauses Video ****************KAT IS BACK****************** HELLYEAH!!!!!! MISSED YOU KAT. OK NOW PLAY.

[@AbiSaad]

8:10 I may or may not have recently read a Yoonmin one shot fanfic with a similar premise *hides in shame*

[@comunidadedospensadoresliv4240]

Ever good see you

[@justel777]

KATY YES

[@WildCarrie]

Kat!

[@Katytastic]

hi!!

[@aamanibeepath8239]

KATTTTTT

[@punkkimiko]

I thought you quit youtube :(

[@Katytastic]

i don't think i'll ever quit for good..... just might disappear for long periods of time XD

[@punkkimiko]

@@Katytastic yay :D

[@sydneysbooks]

What I Like About You is v cute!

[@skylarblue7517]

authors neeed to srop writing fandom books theyre too good as soon as you said hes an actor and writes fanfic about it i was in i love fandom love story spevially with actors im so excited but i already have a planned tbr for the next while ugh