reading for 24 hours WITH FRIENDS! weird books + a booktube-y reading retreat 🐛

[@Sonya1018]

BLESSING us with a thirty minute vlog!! Vibes immaculate as always, I feel truly inspired to run away to the woods with a stack of books

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahahhaa 10/10, highly highly recommend! I dream of having like an east coast booksta retreat. Maybe one day!

[@Sonya1018]

@@katsfieldnotes omg can you imagine 🥹 that is truly the dream!

[@leaisjreads]

“I’m trying to be at one with nature but I’m anxious” 💀 me too

[@leaisjreads]

this was so cozy and appreciated your reviews!! the believe in yourself shirts give big Patricia Wants to Cuddle energy

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahahah we really tried 😂 And eeeeep I need to read that one! Ive only heard good things and if the shirts are in camp with it, then its a must!

[@superblomper]

this was a freaking DELIGHT! hope y'all had the best time ✧˖° ♡

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha it was a really sweet time! Thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@dena92]

There's something I've wanted to comment the minute I discovered your videos: You're one attractive woman!! I'm a straight woman myself but you got the whole package. Smart, funny and drop-dead gorgeous!!! Enjoyed this one very much I always love your insights and I freaking love your apartment makes me want to step up my interior game in my apartment immediately. Btw I've just started "The Pisces" and it's sooooooooo good!!!! Have a nice weekend! ❤

[@katsfieldnotes]

Ahhh, hahaha thank you! That was the little pep talk I needed! And the the apartment has been a long (but fun!) process! Eeeep Im so glad to hear you're enjoying The Pisces! Truly a wild eerie lil ride! I hope you have a great weekend too! ☺️

[@bibliosophie]

this vlog was so good (as always)! I get such parasocial delight in watching the adventures that this KZbin trio gets to 💖 I finally put a reserve at my library on Paradise Rot whilst watching this bc I've been meaning to get to it forEVER

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha its always nice to see the Bostonians ☺️ And Paradise Rot was an EXPERIENCE. And like three days after finishing I was like wait. I think its about something else entirely. Please read 'cause I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!

[@bibliosophie]

@@katsfieldnotes oui chef! 🍄🍄🍄

[@nathansnook]

"im trying to be one with nature but im anxious" -- me every time i go on a hike

[@katsfieldnotes]

I want so badly to embody the chill granola girl mary oliver vibe. But the buzzing gives me scaries 😂

[@nathansnook]

@@katsfieldnotes same i am perfectly fine reading my Mary Oliver Dillard Frost stuff in the city!!! city boy at heart ! ✨✊🏼

[@ayoolukoga9829]

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read. Isaiah 34:16

[@DogEaredMusings]

I love those big foot shirts!! That retreat looked too fun! The Sacred and Profane Love Machine sounds really interesting

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahahaha it was between this and a shrek shirt, but we had an adamant no-vote for that one 😂 Yeah, I'm not sure I 100% got it tbh but it was a fun ride for sure!

[@yenasung]

Ahh this was so cute sweet cozy summery faaaab 🌱 you’re all so lovely together and omg love the frog and toad laptop sticker 💚

[@katsfieldnotes]

All the summer superlatives! Thank you for watching Yena! And RedBubble has the cutestttt lil stickers!

[@afrobookricua]

I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE. Y'all make my heart hurt. So cute!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahahhaa I hope it hurts in a good way!

[@QueenCNow]

This look so fun, out with friends, and just spending time reading in nature, look so cozy, and what a wonderful idea for the summer.

[@katsfieldnotes]

The ultimate wholesome activity, I agree! I hope to see more of it!

[@aleishaanderson2840]

I love this channel! And all three of you as well. Great bookish vlog!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Thank you so much Aleisha! This is so sweet 🥰

[@rebareads]

Well this is just the loveliest reading retreat. I’m inspired to devote a whole weekend to going somewhere just to read! Love that you chose what books to read by their first lines and I think that timer tactic is also really smart! Going to try it out to encourage more reading!

[@katsfieldnotes]

I think Etima recently shared an excerpt that spoke about reading being an event, and I havent been able to stop thinking about it since! And hahaha need all the external pressures to keep us on track 😂

[@r.enee.morris]

Perfection just perfection. 💜

[@katsfieldnotes]

It was a lot of fun! ☺️♥️

[@Itzsabino]

this was so sweet & beautiful & inspiring to watch ✨

[@katsfieldnotes]

Thank you so much for watching! 🥰🥰

[@lillyshewandagne]

this looked SO fun i would do anything to join ya'll omg

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahhaha it ended up being so much fun! If youre ever in our neck of the woods girl, let us know!

[@AdrianasWonderland]

such a fun video! i love how close you live to nature

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha it was a two hour drive, but Im grateful its atleast accessible. Sometimes city life can be a lot, so the escape it so so nice!

[@soulremedies]

this was so peaceful and fun!!! friends going on a reading retreat together? sign me up please 🥹

[@katsfieldnotes]

I want to see more friends on reading retreats! The perfect wholesome activity! Hahah. Thank you for watching, sweets ☺️♥️

[@seesararead]

“It smells like pears and a man riding a Vespa” 😂 I cackled. Loved this vlog. And the love the friendship between you three cuties. Eager to eventually hear your thoughts on Revenge of the Scapegoat. I was underwhelmed and I think I’m the only one haha

[@katsfieldnotes]

Oh no, really!? She made mention of Anais Nin on the first page so I was excited haha. Im gonna pick it up soon and report back! And hahaha grateful to all these little bookish corners of the interwebz for the friends theyve gifted us all!

[@seesararead]

@@katsfieldnotes There's a good chance it was a timing thing for me since I seem to be the only one! I think if you end up loving it then it'll mean I need to give it a reread!

[@michellemp1626]

I recently found your channel and you're so funny. How cool that you were able to take this trip with your girls. Loved the t shirt you all wore, so cute! Happy reading!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hi Michelle! Im so grateful you're here! ☺️ And this little retreat has been one of the highlights of my year haha! It was a lot of fun. Happy reading to you, too!

[@michellemp1626]

@katsfieldnotes thanks for replying, Kat! May I make a book recommendation? Have you read The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams? Oh my goodness, it is so good, such a feel-good and thought-provoking story. I feel like it has so many layers and themes. I treasure it so very much! I hope you check it out. I've written down a few of your reads. They sound so interesting. Thanks for including the list of books you mention in your videos- so helpful! 😊

[@pleasuresofthetext]

sign ups for next retreat WHEN

[@katsfieldnotes]

I'm gonna put a sign up sheet up on the community tab 😂 In all honesty I think it would be so cool to do a big one!

[@Amamamareads]

“It smells like pears and a man on a Vespa” 😂😂 I started laughing and had to pause the video video so I could comment. Soo funny!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha! Honestly kudos to them for bottling that delicious conundrum! 😂😂

[@Amamamareads]

@@katsfieldnotes very true!

[@nathansnook]

KAT GOT DAT MAGIC MIKE

[@katsfieldnotes]

*cue channing tatum hip swivels*

[@danieljette8007]

I would like to try a 24h reading marathon but with Sci fi novels, the only ones that could keep me awake.

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahah wait whats your top top all timw fav sci fi rec??? I need to get into that genre but am intimidated! And I think you should totally go for it!

[@danieljette8007]

I would begin with Dune by Frank Herbert. Some say it's too philosophical but I read it when I was 15 and found it a pretty good adventure novel. More recent? Try Ancillary justice by Ann Leckie.

[@danieljette8007]

As for my top favs, it's hard to say, it changes constantly but I would definitely put The three-body problem by Cixin in it, and Nova by Samuel Delany.

[@livforreading]

Cockfight was soooo terrifying

[@livforreading]

Your discussion on it is so brilliant omg. I feel like I was just so terrified I couldn’t even reflect on it. Also what an intense reading selection haha

[@katsfieldnotes]

DUDE. TERRRRRIFYING. The story with the two sisters and the brother? I couldnt stop replaying it in my head. And hahah Ivana kept warning me, but I didnt listen and then regretted all my choices. Intense reads indeed 😂

[@echolude]

Iris Murdoch def has some of the strangest characters in history; nonetheless, i read her for the philosophical density & not those psuedo characters

[@katsfieldnotes]

Ooh yes! Do you have a favorite Murdoch? I'd love to continue reading her but am uncertain on what to pick next!

[@echolude]

@@katsfieldnotes For me it has to be "The Sea, the Sea." It's a brilliant satire on pomposity & self-deception, which are part of my daily practice :) Martin Amis once said of Murdoch that: "Her world is ignited by belief. She believes in everything: true love, veridical visions, magic, monsters, pagan spirits. She doesn't tell you how the household cat is looking, or even feeling: she tells you what it is thinking." The book is everything: profound, nonsensical, facile, implausible and humorous. And it's from the perspective of an old man caught up in his pomposity. Care to share your fav books of this year? Or your verdict on Murdoch?

[@nathansnook]

@@echolude ahhh i have The Sea, The Sea and can't wait to dip into it!

[@nathansnook]

omg babes you've been a fab buddy read. quickly running through the last few pages, but so so right. Murdoch is so good at creating such complex characters and with such realism yet still write it out in this entertaining fashion. a beautiful gateway into our Murdoch journey!

[@katsfieldnotes]

I cannot wait to discuss it as a whole! Cause homegirl made a mess in my lil pea brain and I need us to sort through it! Very very grateful we skipped down the yellow brick road together tho 🤍

[@dinaklarisse]

omg reading camp! ya'll are so cute these videos make me so happy 🥹

[@dinaklarisse]

the 24 hour reading challenge was always soo insane to me, reading UP to 24 hours is such a good alternative!

[@dinaklarisse]

i do like a good damp read, i dont think i caught the paradise rot radar but it's now on the list! your description kind of reminded me of toni morrison's tar baby, she sort of plays on island humidity in the same way, as it seeps into the home and family drama

[@katsfieldnotes]

Giving up sleep?? Voluntarily???? I could never And okay i actually need you to read it cause im confused what it was abor and would love to hear your take on it. I feel like your perspective on it would be so cool

[@katewillread1509]

Oh I just love friendship ❤❤❤ Also, you did great this Readathon 😊

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha I would have been quite embarassed if I failed at this one too 😂 (though it was entirely possible!) And Ivana and Kat are great!

[@livforreading]

I don’t think I’ve ever been more jealous of a friend group! You cuties!!! Also I feel so famous seeing the copy of Dykette that I now hold in my little hands in this video!!!

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahaha you have the vlog copy! I should have pressed a lil' retreat flower into it. With us in spirit, Liv ♥️♥️

[@litwithkat]

i’m so excited to relive this!!

[@litwithkat]

AHHHHH THE MONTAGE ALREADY IM LIKE 🥹

[@litwithkat]

THE PING PONG LMAO

[@litwithkat]

omg ivana w the bun & her jammies so cute!!!!

[@litwithkat]

op look it’s the hammock that we all fell off at separate times 😂

[@litwithkat]

damn okay that first page you read from paradise rot was beautiful

[@funfashionable2576]

That was a fun bookish weekend! Well done in the 24hr. Did y’all know each other before booktube? I’ve heard you each mention each other at different times on your own channels but didn’t know the connection.

[@katsfieldnotes]

Haha in my flexible 24 hours 😂 And yes, we actually met through bookstagram! Ivana has been encouraging all of us to join booktube, so she's the origin story!

[@ivanainthecity]

Take me back!! ❤ bien excited

[@ivanainthecity]

Your edits have me entranced! La musiquita me tiene en tensión for ur 24h 😂

[@ivanainthecity]

🕷️ 😂😂😂

[@ivanainthecity]

That fucking bee 😂 and lol that scene in the sun room. We are a bunch of nerds 😊

[@katsfieldnotes]

Lmaoooooo the tension is real since the track record is semi-concerning 😂

[@katsfieldnotes]

Hahahaha the bugs live rent free in my brain