READING THE NEW TWILIGHT BOOK! | READING VLOG

I FINALLY READ LIFE AND DEATH, TWILIGHT REIMAGINED BY STEPHENIE MEYER. Can we PLEASE DISCUSS all the things!!!!! Thanks for watching! SUBSCRIBE ► goo.gl/a4Mqk7 Read my novel AGAIN, BUT BETTER► bit.ly/againbut...
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My name is Christine Riccio! I'm the NYT & USA Today bestselling author of AGAIN, BUT BETTER - a romcom coming of age story about a college girl who studies abroad in London. I love comedy and reading fantastic books. I make what I like to think are funny videos every Tuesday and other days of the week too about books and book related pop culture stuff! Hence the channel name polandbananasbooks. I also have a comedy channel if you're into that kind of thing winky face it's polandbananas20. I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS WITH YOU. ALSO COMEDY. ALSO TV. ALSO MOVIES.
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[@isabellasanders7767]

A video ago Christine: I HATE READING VLOGS Now Christine: Hi guys I’ll be doing a reading vlog today

[@Gerasimos_9]

That's the joke. It's ironic. She is also done a hilarious reading vlog of twilight, which is a parody of reading vlogs. Her boyfriend appears in it too. It was his first ever appearance in her channel

[@lannixter6537]

It's actually not like other reading vlogs i mean she and so many people already read that book many years ago Its the exact story so she does not really spoil anything

[@aliahughessimpson6898]

Did she delete the video you’re referencing?

[@ilsenleon2378]

Alia Hughes Yes... I didn’t get to watch it! I wish I can still see it so I can get the joke. Also so I can relate because I’m not the biggest fan of reading vlogs either 🙃 But I did like this one because Christine is hilarious

[@Callmekatielee]

This is prime ironic comedy, Christine. Prime.

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

=P

[@dazaimaru5799]

Yesssss

[@ADashOfLondonDavson]

DON'T COME TO ME WITH YOUR BACHELOR LOV'IN SELF AND TELL ME I CAN'T LIKE TWILIGHT! - christine 2k19

[@gabrielabianchi1809]

Epic

[@mathwhiz702]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DemiRae26]

Christine: always getting me pumped about Twilight like its 2008 again.

[@alysonserenastone2917]

Bella is one of the most misunderstood characters in YA. I related her to a lot when I first came across her. She is the old soul character that we needed.

[@mathwhiz702]

100% agree

[@RED-my9hl]

Ikr, people just expect all the main characters to have a big personality but that's why I loved Bella because she was just how a normal teenage girl is supposed to be.

[@alysonserenastone2917]

@@RED-my9hl Yes! Not all MC's need to have a big personality.

[@edwardkenway5172]

Christine is literally explaining every single detail of each page 😂😂 this is the first reading vlog I've ever finished Cause I literally never finish or even watch them 😂😂

[@mathwhiz702]

Sameeeee 🤣🤣

[@isabellasanders7767]

Vlog: finished Book: read Beau: Beaufort Socks: With Sandals Hotel: Trivago

[@thissickbook8968]

Yesterday Christine: I don’t like reading vlogs Today Christine: *uploads a reading vlog* Yesterday Christine: Am I a joke to you?

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

today Christine: *cackling*

[@thissickbook8968]

cackling with you XD

[@mt07_cas]

“Don’t come at me with your bachelor loving self and judge me for loving twilight” 😂

[@samyahafsaoui6458]

PETITION: Reading Vlogs with spoilers are WAY BETTER

[@elliejordan3233]

Let's make all reading vlogs Again, But Better with this info

[@jadetrolland8095]

Agreed

[@liallialcroc]

I literally don’t watch spoiler free ones

[@moiissnoneofyourbusiness8957]

CHRISTINE, WHAT THE HELL! WE TALKED ABOUT THIS!!

[@kkmmrew]

this comment made me CACKLE

[@carla-gi6yz]

Christine: I hate reading vlogs!!1!11 Also Christine: HERE'S A READING VLOG FOR A TWILIGHT BOOK LOL ily christine lmao

[@maggiimora7072]

You should re-read twilight and do book talk videos for every single book

[@jlgg-mr8xh]

Yes!!!

[@EmbraceWithin]

I support this

[@emilypowers9680]

Yes!!

[@michaelar2188]

Beau is french my dear 😂 it’s the french word for handsome

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

wow XD this is what i get for taking Italian

[@lcrjones5220]

@@polandbananasBOOKS it's probably because Bella means beautiful in Italian, right?

[@skurinski]

actually it means beautiful in french. Hence the "beau". It isnt used in french just for men, but for things and animals too, as long as they're male. Hence "beautiful" is a better translation

[@lcrjones5220]

@@skurinski I meant Bella is Italian. Belle/beau are beautiful/handsome in French but Bella is Italian.

[@monmasva]

Lotty Ro “Bella” also means beautiful in spanish, idk if the writer wrote it from spanish or Italian

[@laurensantos3093]

Alternate title: "Christine simultaneously rags on and defends Twilight for 36 minutes" XD

[@emilykate0835]

Christine: "I hate reading vlogs!" Also Christine: *makes the best reading vlog on booktube*

[@KaiInMotion]

It was very easy picturing Beau as a boy but very hard picturing Edythe as a girl so I deadass imagined them as a gay male couple when I read this and I now 100% need a gay Twilight spin-off series. But then I also need Midnight Sun. But then I also need a 4 book series about a character joining the Volturi.

[@lavender_evie]

Its hard to get them straight in your brain huh?

[@kirmi9407]

Fanfiction!! There's every subject under the sun. There's some talented women out there. Better than 50 shades.

[@LisaHausi]

Oh my god Midnight Sun! I remember being so sad when it came out that Stephenie wasn't ever going to publish it

[@Lara-um5cc]

my gay couple is archie and jasper

[@theresag.4188]

Lol omg yes. I couldnt picture edythe . But then I found an actress that I felt could possible be a female version. Well in my head. Skyler Samuel's. Shes gorgeous and I seen pics with her with Auburn hair on her ig so I could totally picture her after.

[@NathiHc]

There goes Christine again, making me pumped for a book I previously had no interest in reading. Why u always do thiiiiis Jk love ya, your excitement is contagious

[@emmacooke4168]

i realized why she named him beau! bella and beau both mean beautiful in spanish/french

[@Sophiek2221]

Literally yesterday Christine: guys I can't stand reading vlogs! Now Christine: *HOLD MY TWILIGHT*

[@ambararauz2269]

Old school twihard here. I’ve been waiting for this video for so long and wasn’t let down. Also I’m still waiting for Midnight Sun.

[@user-lc6le6gl6i]

THE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER PART ALDLSLD CHRISTINE

[@renakellner4448]

Christine. Starbucks doesn't count, you have to make the coffee yourself. This way it isn't a reading vlog

[@brianaholmes9754]

LMAOOO

[@Yagiselys]

You haven’t seen booksandlala’s then

[@juansacchezin5619]

Raise your hands who remembers Christine's video of getting Life and Death

[@reinafis8609]

2 seconds ago: *i hAtE rEaDiNg VlOgs* now: heck ya boys comin' at ya with a reading vlog

[@lorelei.m.g]

Willllll! Its you again😂

[@reinafis8609]

@@lorelei.m.g 😂😂

[@Shadowhuntedwizards]

I am genuinely interested in what she has planned for the 15 year anniversary next year.

[@theresag.4188]

Fast forward to now and we got midnight sun!🤘

[@noelbernabe8704]

We'll probably get a Midnight Sun version of Life and Death from Edyths perspective. I think Meyers realizes she can make a fortune by re-telling the original Twilight story as many times as possible.

[@Whatabout_L]

omg imagine someone reading this book before the original twilight

[@lianicious2357]

i thought i didn't have to read the books cos i already saw the movies then i found out Stephanie released a genderbent twilight so i got curious read life and death before the original books 😶

[@kairanelle1380]

(About why Bella couldn't tell Jasper and Alice about the phone call) The tracker said that she has to come alone if she wants her mom to survive, if Bella would have told them they would never let her go. Her safety was way more important to them. They would problably shut her in a room and go to meet the tracker alone and the second he smelled them coming he would kill Renee (as he promised)

[@jennifermilkowski1105]

I also think that Alice say the future and knew how it would turn out and that the version Bella was going on had the safest out come.

[@emyg494]

okay now that I've watched the whole thing I feel like we literally had the exact same reading experience. I put off reading the book until like last week because I really thought it was just the story word for word but the genders swapped and I was so wrong, obviously haha the charlie scene was soo sad, especially considering the alternate ending. The description of Charlie staying behind at the burial but not looking at the grave, just staring towards the north really stuck with me. Like the grief and guilt that he must have felt for letting him go, and the fact that Beau will never be able to explain - It just made me really sad. And that Jules and Beau will never really be friends. And considering Beau and Edythe can't have children- does that mean Jules will miss out on her imprint/soulmate? I've never really considered whether or not Meyer was working on any more Twilight material but I really hope she is, I would 100 per cent pick it up. Plus were in something of a ~twilight renaissance~ right now, so it could be the right time

[@buchgewitter3192]

I loved seeing your reactions to the twists and turns in Life & Death. I read it two years ago, when you were uploading your forks vlogs and was as shocked about the last part as you. But I loved it and I think it really adds to the universe and I kind of prefer this alternate version. I didn't even think about Stephenie writing more in this world, but your theories make me so excited for it. I didn't consider myself a Twilight fangirl for a long time, because of all the hate the fandom gets nowadays, but just one video of yours changes this immediately. You talk about so much that is to love about the books and that people overlook and now I have to read it again. Thank you for filming this!

[@dylanre96]

Well at least this vlog is consistently entertaining and not just constant sitting there in silence 👌🏻😂💕

[@AmandaTheJedi]

I think Stephenie actually said that Aro would have tracked down and killed Mele in the 'Bella' timeline during a tumblr QnA but who knows

[@neckroteddy]

OMG, that idea of the girl being a key character for future Twilight universe books is awesome! It didn't come to my mind when I read it! But you forgot my favorite part where Beau is angry with Edythe because he thinks she is a bad person, and that she is a bad person because she knows she is beau-tiful and because she tortures HIM because of that. Also, so cool you have a bf to watch Twilight with! happy for you! and I loved a lot to see your reactions to the plots and names and ending!

[@ArielBissett]

i loved this video so much

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

Thanks Ariel 😊🖤

[@rhyegabrielse4688]

Your theory about Stephenie writing another book is AMAZING! I honestly hope she watches this video like she did your other one and gains some inspiration for the Jacob/Renesmee story. UGHH! I can’t wait! 👏👏👏😍🥰

[@mrsantos1001]

"What are you looking at? You've never seen a hypocrite before?" - Leonard Hofstadter hahaha just kidding, love u Christine.

[@sarasweetheart19]

Don't come at me with your bachelor loving self and tell me that I can't like Twilight. That was GOLD!!!!!

[@mirandawatson99]

Christine: we dissected frogs and PIG FETUSES Also Christine: PRICKING MY FINGER???? HORRIFYING

[@albertesbogpalads3980]

Christine: JESSAMINE IS FROM THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS me: actually, she’s from the infernal devices😅

[@KaiInMotion]

I love how Stephanie dropped a ton of hints in the intro to this book that she was working on Midnight Sun and definitely planned on finishing it and now it's nowhere to be found. She did this with The Host sequels too. I might need to write this ho a letter.

[@PrincessLunaSama]

Midnight Sun is currently available for pre-order!! ^^

[@cowboylikeswift]

All this time I thought she had already read Life and death, but I'm so happy se finally did! That book is incredible and I was also shook to my core when the changing went through.

[@CarmeloAlipayo]

This is why I subscribed.

[@MadiganinPeach]

Well well well how the turns have tabled

[@crazy4HungerGames]

Bravo Christine! Beautiful irony and hilarious. I was really confused when I started this but I can tell you enjoyed yourself.

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

Thank you ❤️ XD

[@hannahdietrich9789]

I don't even like twilight, but I stayed and watched the whole video, because of you😂😂😂

[@mirandamiskel2086]

Same here

[@bellab5680]

Same

[@denelee]

Yeah. Its so LOVEY-LOVEY CRINGE story. Idk what LOVEY-LOVEY CRINGE is, but... Yeah

[@andrewr1646]

Christine hating reading vlogs and then trying to make one is like watching my grandma try to figure out how to use an iPad

[@rebecaa7482]

Christine: “I don’t like reading vlogs!” Also Christine: (Posts a reading vlog) 😂👏🏻

[@alexamileva]

I never thought that I would watch and actually enjoy a reading vlog. You picked the perfect book to do this with! The nostalgia and your humor and editing are as usual perfect. Takes me back to your Twilight rant video which is when I started watching your videos. Can’t believe it’s been so many years and now you’re an author and you’re pretty much friends with Stephanie Meyer and look how much you’ve achieved! Anyway, awesome reading vlog, would not have watched it if it was from someone else but you make everything so entertaining!

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@pam1256]

This makes me really want to reread twilight!!!

[@jennikiarocks]

16:24 This whole thing is so adorable!!! Glad to see that after all these years, Christine is still as bright and bubbly as ever

[@rabanigrewal7860]

I am reading it right now and you just dropped this!! I started today and I plan on finishing today.

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

YAY!

[@rabanigrewal7860]

polandbananasBOOKS OMG!! I can’t believe you actually replied to me!! I’m like your BIGGEST FAN!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bobinenotenboom1953]

The October - November - December bit sent me through the roof and made me feel so bad for laughing while you were crying

[@sydneyszempruch3598]

I love her going back and forth about life and death and twilight I love it 🥰❤️ A 36 minute video yay my life if fuflied and it’s twilight I dead

[@nathanerickson8708]

THE NEW MOON TRANSITION WAS THE BEST PART BAHAHAHAH

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

😊😊😊

[@teresavarvel7137]

No one: Literally no one: Christine: "WHAT THE FORK"

[@jendenning6056]

"Why am I reading this in a parking lot?" Bahahaha you had me cracking up! This is something I would do, and have done many a time.

[@DisneyWitch22]

Omg your girls in traveling in packs talk reminded me of the part in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!

[@camilaarmani5639]

"The only thing that matters is what you think of you." Preach, Xtine!!! 🙌

[@ediemoore7712]

The months going by in a parking lot!! THANK YOU!!

[@Kimmhv]

literally I was still waiting for this book review

[@LanaJean1996]

Your reaction to the end was literally me when I read it, especially the epilogue I was crying for Charlie so much he is my fave and it was so sad that Beau couldn’t at least see him and clear the air one last time

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Christine: I don’t like reading vlogs Also Christine: *uploads a reading vlog* 😂 Edit: wow literally everyone wrote this comment - I feel so unoriginal but here we are

[@ZiggyGamma]

"But I thought you said you don't like reading vlogs" Christine: "I don't like reading vlogs... THAT AREN'T MY OWN. I MADE BOOKTUBE WHAT IT IS. THIS IS MY QUEENDOM."

[@nune-lt4sp]

LOOOOOL I REMEMBER WHEN U FILMED BUYING THIS 😂. CONGRATS! 🎉🎉🎊 Lol whatever time he had with Bella it felt like 3 years 😂😂😂

[@silverkyre]

It's at least 2 right? Cause she turns 18 at the start of new moon and 19 like the day she turns into a vampire. Lol

[@nune-lt4sp]

@@silverkyre lol yh I think ur right

[@grainneocruhuir6383]

I’m shook I never really made this connection before but Bella swan and Izzy lightwood have the same first name

[@MsNeonshock]

Almost same first name. Izzy's first name is Isabelle not Isabella. But very close :)

[@grainneocruhuir6383]

Akshitha B. Oh yeah....oops!😂

[@inej_aelin0906]

I felt you at the end there. I cried so hard. The whole Ago story line was in The Offical Illustrated Guide. Aro killed Marcus's wife which happened to be his sister. Also, I did do blood typing in school.

[@fifithedog1213]

This was one of the most entertaining reading vlogs I've seen in a while. I'm weak at the literal mountain of clothing in the mirror at 32:54.

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

thank you and LOL I WAS DOING LAUNDRY XD

[@vickimacable]

This is one of my favorite Christine videos of all time!! Thank you for this haha. I felt all of these feelings reading Life and Death for the first time, I felt so validated

[@shainstanley9360]

Omg I love that your still committed to reading this book!

[@hplekk1856]

It was released in 2015.....wtf.....I thought it came out last year..... I’m shook.

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

lol yeah IT'S BEEN YEARRRSSS

[@thissickbook8968]

This is off topic but we’re only hours away from a new Taylor Swift album 🙌🙌🙌

[@polandbananasBOOKS]

I KNOW I'M SO EXCITED

[@lavender_evie]

@@polandbananasBOOKS looking forward to seeing your reaction to the album!!

[@jaimewalker6525]

What you said about being a quiet person and personality... YAS Christine thank you!

[@ashleemarie9939]

I legit just watched ur vid saying u hate reading vlogs now im watching a reading vlog 😂😂😂

[@graverobbersassistant]

4:09 OMG FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. I LOVE YOU, CHRISTINE 💞

[@Ginger_Cat2604]

YES! FINALLY!

[@clickymcclick7924]

Christine: makes a rant video about how much she dislikes reading vlogs Christine: makes a reading vlog immediately after We stan a queen.

[@morgant.1999]

I did blood testing in my biology 101 in college, we had the option to do it. Thank god it wasn’t enforced, but I did it anyway, it was a bloody mess anyway... 😂

[@Paula-9496]

i literally actually burst out laughing when i read the title. amazing. peak comedy.

[@kimmyr8118]

I waited for this video for SO LONG and I’m so happy you filmed it as a reading vlog. A small book talk would not have been as satisfying as this 36 minute video of you going through the emotional rollercoaster that this book threw me on in 2015. I read it the moment it came out because you posted the video about it back then, and THANK GOD you finally read it. You are and always will be my favorite KZbinr because of your passion. I love your energy and the way you talk about spoilers and give your genuine opinions on books. Thank you for doing KZbin and showing me it’s okay to love reading this much ♥️♥️♥️

[@tamiresferreira9269]

OMG!! Your final theory about Mele !! OMG!! Yes please, yes!

[@gj4916]

I actually did the whole blood type test in bio class back when I was in highschool. I remember pricking my finger constantly with a needle and blood just would not come out so the teacher got another sharp item (forgot what it was) and she pricked my finger herself.

[@gotleng05]

I've never seen your videos before and LET ME TELL YOUUUUUU. I am so glad this is the first one I saw. SUBSCRIBED. and ps i love Twilight and dont care who knows it... BEAU-tiful!

[@jillianbicherl3274]

christine reading the ending was my EXACT reaction i am laughing so hard

[@laurateixeira4182]

Movies with 4,5,6 parts... one per day or week... That’s called a series! 😂

[@to_the_sunrise7324]

I died at "October"

[@delaneyrjones]

Who else is rewatching this now in 2020 to get even more pumped about midnight sun?

[@laneyhoyt7744]

Is she gonna address that her last video was literally “I hate reading vlogs” 😂 let’s be real though I’m still gonna watch it 😝

[@chloemckay3084]

Christine getting emotional about books is what we are all here for, that and the comedy.

[@magickalgrace4861]

While watching you read this book I kept forgetting that Edward was now Edith, and I just imagined a gay twilight. Which honestly would be an entertaining version of twilight. It was just so funny

[@lizzie2957]

The first reading vlog I ever finished without skipping parts 😂👌🏼

[@annadoralaky3361]

John is so nice for not acting like a narrow minded “matcho” type guy, but tries and says good things about the movie... Just so nice.

[@graverobbersassistant]

I ended up re-reading New moon, crying over it and feeling hopeless, WHY HE HAD TO DO THIS TO ME? WHY, EDWARD? WHY?

[@lecciciapires2166]

I rewatched Twilight one of these days and realized the sparkle in Edward's skin HAS A SOUND EFFECT. Like little bells. I've never realized that before and I was screaming.

[@sofiekristiansen7648]

I did the blood type test in scool, no problem, but the needles are also designed so that they wont stick too deep, and usually you would make a good friend prick you. It was fun(-ish).

[@morganethegreat1208]

Cristine: I hate reading vlogs so much Also Cristine: reading vlog guys!

[@rhondaphipps9533]

Book Bella is awesome! I hate all the hate she gets. I love Stephenie too, Robert Made me very sad, the way he spoke about her. She has a kindness in her that he should be grateful for. She never said a mean thing about him. She must have been hurt by it all. The way she wrote Bella i get, maybe because I’m from a different generation, i remember crushes crushing, and feeling love stronger than i ever have as an adult. Bella was even more stubborn than me when it came to how i felt about someone. It was always irrational, and so much more intense. I felt her losses, joys and her willingness to go all in on something she made her mind up to do. It was Bellas strength that gave Edward the chance to see just how strong he could be. To make what seemed like an impossible situation become victorious. Vampire movies are as popular as they are because it is a fantasy type life, and to be a vampire that can live forever without hurting other people sounds amazing. Sorry for the rant! I really enjoyed your video. You are very funny and thought provoking! I enjoy all of your videos i have seen.😎

[@vlee1238]

Christine: i hate reading vlogs Also Christine: So im going to be doing a reading vlog Haha love you.♡

[@nikkis_corner97]

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I really hope that Stephanie writes another book in the Twilight universe because Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined was soooo good!

[@zessicajak1173]

Christine can do whatever she wants to her books, but I literally screamed when she used a pen on the book

[@sofeashabani]

DKKWKSKSKA I LITERALLY SAW THIS THUMBNAIL AND LAUGHED OUT LOUD THIS IS PEAK COMEDY

[@user-cl6jp5vj1g]

christine: I HATE READDING VLOGS christine *makes one* ALSO, i swear this is like, a video every day we are blessed (kat, ily, but take notes haha)