READING VLOG | finishing three books, plant shopping, and journaling✨🔍

[@throneofpages]

hearing you talk about clockwork prince is making me want to reread the trilogy YET AGAIN but i haven't even read chain of thorns yet 😭😭

[@em-pg7th]

my fav booktuber commenting on my other fav booktuber's video is iconic

[@hebahesham6502]

I love you both😍😍😍 and Bella, I'm currently reading the count of monte Cristo 🤗

[@katieisreading]

okay concept: you reread tid after chain of thorns to lessen the pain of the last hours being over?😢

[@ambertaryn]

This feels like the start of the spring reading vlogs with those colors for the cardigan and more plants! Yay!

[@katieisreading]

yes!! i need spring to come soon!!😢

[@theabbster]

THE WAY I SCREAMED WHEN YOU SAID YOU MIGHT GET ANNE OF GREEN GABLES AFTER THIS AHHH OMG I HAVE THE WHOLE SERIES I READ THE FIRST ONE SO FAR AND I LOVED IT

[@katieisreading]

ah i already bought it and i’m super excited to read it this spring!!

[@beccaelainex]

i love your reading vlogs so much they make me so happy 🥹💖💖

[@katieisreading]

oh that makes me so happy to hear🥺💗

[@margot2d]

I love your enthusiasm for books! Watching your videos makes me absorb that energy and like pick up what im currently reading with more eagerness Your content is super refreshing, thank you so much! Your vlogs are very soothing

[@katieisreading]

oh thank you so much🥺 i’m so glad to hear that!!🖤

[@jessicaivyreads]

an hour of katie...heck yeah!!!

[@nina-er4nn]

watching your reading vlogs before bed is my selfcare

[@katieisreading]

🥺🥺🖤

[@BBDRMZZZZ]

Yaaaaaay, a new Katie vlog, truly missed these🥰 I’ve ordered book 2 & 3 of the Veronica Speedwell series also🤩 And I FINALLY picked up The Infernal Devices and boy oh boy, I AM IN LOVE! I’m binging them all and in the order you recommend only minus the mortal instruments. I just can’t😅 but thank youuuuu Katie for giving me the joy of being a part of the shadowhunters🫶🏼🥹🫶🏼 it’s pure gold✨🌙✨

[@katieisreading]

ah i hope you enjoy the veronica speedwell series!! also YAY!! i’m so so glad you’re loving tid🥺🥺 (also very valid to not read the mortal instruments haha)

[@karolibrahim7145]

I recently just finished the Infernal Devices and now it has become my all time favorite series (thanks to you Katie)! I just started Chain of Gold the other day and I am absolutely loving it! I love you Katie and I hope you have a wonderful day! ❤️🥰

[@katieisreading]

oh my god i am SO happy to hear that🥺🥺 so glad you’re also loving chain of gold as well!! i hope you also have a wonderful day!!💗💗

[@mileystacy3457]

I was watching Haley Pham and she mentioned your vlogs so I tried out a couple and know I absolutely love your vlog!💜

[@michellemp1626]

That's exactly how I found Katie's channel too!! Haley was working on her reading journal in the one I saw and she gives Katie a shout out in regards to her awesome reading journal.

[@katieisreading]

thank you so much🥺🥺💜

[@tylerhayes3004]

same haha

[@nicolereynolds8424]

This really makes me want to pick up a classic and take my time and annotate it!❤

[@katieisreading]

yes!! annotating classics is actually super fun!!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I just bought A Perilous Undertaking this weekend! It was a hunt to find the series in hardcover 😅plant shopping is such a spring activity, I’m here for it!! I kill my plants every season but I’m still trying 😂

[@katieisreading]

yay i hope you enjoy it!! i gave up on trying to find the hardcovers honestly😭 but yes i am very in the mood for spring to come! i also used to kill my plants every season (and still do kill some of them honestly😢) but i think i’ve gotten better at not killing them so i’m sure you can too!!

[@booksandme397]

Omg your vlogs are getting so good I love the editing the camera and everything and also the length of the video I love an hour long vlog from you

[@katieisreading]

oh my gosh thank you so much🥺🥺

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

I read Great Expectations last year and I really loved it! And this vlog is amazing! I feel super motivated to read after watching all your vlogs!

[@katieisreading]

so glad you also enjoyed great expectations! and thank you so much!!🥺

[@filipa3311]

i found your channel last week while i was sick and you kept me company for an entire week, i watched so many of your vlogs and got me to buy TDA and also with a crazy need to reread TID!! sooo excited :D also i'd love for you to read and share your thoughts on a classic from any of the bronte sisters

[@katieisreading]

so glad i could keep you company, i hope you’re feeling better now!!🥺 and i do plan to read at least one book by the brontes this year! i’m thinking either jane eyre or wuthering heights!

[@quinjohnson2910]

I know its been a bit, but I would suggest using Caron Simply Soft yarn for creating Howl's jacket. That's what I used for mine and it makes it a lot more flexible and I love the look of it. If you wanted a cheaper option, there's also Caron One Pound, which works really well also, even though I didn't like it as much, I did use it for a mock up.

[@bebas1080]

Love your reading vlogs!❤

[@katieisreading]

thank you!!💗💗

[@chellypepperss]

I actually read CC1 before any other SJM book and loved it when I first started ACOTAR I struggled but by the end fell in love. ACOTAR is currently my fav but I do love CC so much

[@BrittanyandBooks]

OMG i am so excited about you wanting to read Anne of Green Gables!! It is my favourite classic of all time (along with The Wizard of Oz)! If you like it, I highly recommend reading the second and third books as well, but honestly the rest of the series is not nearly as good in my opinion. And the 1985 mini series adaptation is literally so so good, so you should definitely watch that if you haven't!

[@katieisreading]

i’m super excited to pick up anne of green gables! i’m honestly hoping to read the first three books this year i think! and i will definitely want to watch an adaptation when i finish it so thank you for the rec!!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

me too! I love Anne of Green Gables and Wizard of Oz, I grew up on those stories along with Alice in Wonderland and the Little House on the Prairie series. I remember watching the Anne and Prairie shows as a kid.. aww memories ☺

[@lisaplummer8144]

I read Great Expectations in high school many, many, many years ago. I plan to read it again soon. I'm currently reading the Throne of Glass series and, honestly, enjoying it. I just finished the fourth book and am starting the novellas. I may have given up on it after the second book with all its typos, but my little rural library was so sweet to track down the rest and order them for me that I kept going. I'm so glad I did. I'm also reading a little book called Maida's Little Shop. My niece loaned it to me and it's really sweet. I'm starting Chocolat, as well, because I walked into the library on Valentine's Day and they were showing movies from books. Chocolat is one of my favorite movies and I had no idea it was a screen adaptation of a novel so, of course, I had to check the book out. I'm moving to a different state soon so I need to get all these library books read! :D Thanks for another fun and inspiring video!

[@katieisreading]

that’s so lovely that your library tracked down the rest of throne of glass for you🥺 i hope you enjoy the rest of it, i still need to continue tog myself! good luck reading all of your library books though, i’m awful at actually reading my own library books😭 but thank you!!

[@gerniahliburd]

Katie! Loved this video as always! 💙✨ I’m really stressed about school right and this video was the perfect escape. Thank you!

[@katieisreading]

thank you!!💙💙 so sorry to hear school is super stressful right now, i feel that on another level😭 i know we’ll get through it though!!✨

[@amnaaamir7219]

Yassss we love an hour long vid queeennn💌💌

[@katieisreading]

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[@aden.e]

such a good way to start to the week 😊

[@katieisreading]

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[@hyemiyah]

great expectations is one of my favourite dickens (along with dombey and son, a tale of two cities, our mutual friend, and david copperfield) and i'm really glad you enjoyed the book!

[@katieisreading]

currently it’s my fav dickens (considering i’ve only read two though it’s not a hard spot to hold haha), but yeah i’m so glad i finally picked it up!! i see why you like it so much

[@readwithkio]

I have made it my life’s mission to watch all your reading vlogs 🫶

[@katieisreading]

thank you haha!!🥰

[@booksandteas]

ah reading vlog. my favorite video of yours. is it too much to hope that your videos is on netflix? it could be a legit show of katie is reading. i mean, i love it so much that i wish i can jump through my screen to you and buddy read. 🧚🏼‍♀️

[@katieisreading]

hahah thank you😭✋🏼 i also wish i could jump through the screen and buddy read things with you😢🖤

[@quitabrack3890]

I love how you read multiple books. I do also, I get bored with one book, one story and often times find myself popping open another book😂

[@amandawillems6921]

I really like Katie reading style but I don’t know how people can read more than one book at a time if I tried this i would forget what i read but the a perilous undertaking sounds really good

[@michellemp1626]

I think reading multiple books at a time is almost like pausing a show or movie or watching an episode or 2 and then going back to it later...I do it all the time and it's fun. I like reading multiple books because I'm just excited to get to certain ones or it depends on my mood so I maybe reading 2 or 3 different genres at a time. Once I've read from 2 books for 20 minutes at a time, it was fun. Happy multiple book reading!😊

[@amandawillems6921]

@@michellemp1626 that’s cool i will have to give it a try right now i am reading heir of fire the Thorne of glass book 3 maybe i will try reading book 1 of the shatter me series as well

[@michellemp1626]

@@amandawillems6921 hope you enjoy it!

[@amandawillems6921]

@@michellemp1626 thank you 😊

[@katieisreading]

it definitely took me a while to get used to reading so many at a time, but now it doesn’t really confuse me as all! but yes the veronica speedwell series is superb!!

[@ReadingNymph]

I've read Great Expectations for school years ago (you have me wanting to reread it 😅). Ive also read House of Sky and Breath, not the best SJM book but I will still read the next one. Your new plants look so lovely!

[@katieisreading]

i feel like reading classics outside of an academic setting is always a different but enjoyable experience! and thanks! my new ivy may or may not be already dying but the other one is thriving haha😅

[@Aubrey_Marie]

To be completely honest, I cant even keep up with my one single small plant that doesn't even require much water 😂✋

[@katieisreading]

i used to kill every plant i bought honestly😭 so i feel that

[@Adele975]

OMW I'm so excited to watch this!!!!!😍😍😍😃

[@katieisreading]

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[@JanAgaton]

never thought i'd be convinced to want to read great expectations but here we are

[@katieisreading]

i definitely feel like it’s a good starting point for dickens if you do pick it up!!

[@JanAgaton]

@@katieisreading noted!

[@AdrianasWonderland]

OH MY GOD YES PLANTS! guuurl spring iscoming and i am about to do some plnt shopping to hehe

[@katieisreading]

yesss!! hope you find some stunning plants🖤

[@dangordon324]

Glad to hear that you are enjoying Great Expectations! As a Dicken’s aficionado I would highly recommend A tale of two cities and our mutual friend. I feel like they might be right up your street 😊

[@katieisreading]

i’m so excited to pick up a tale of two cities! i can’t wait to see what i think of it

[@shonnarobertson6462]

I finished volume 3 of Lore Olympus on the weekend - really enjoying these graphic novels and now waiting (im)patiently for Volume 4 in, I think you said, June. I’m also currently reading Great Expectations, starting chapter 15, so still early in the book. Enjoying it a lot. The next classic I’m considering reading is Tale of Genji - I want to at least start it this month as my March of the Mammoths read… (read a book of over 800 pages). Have you ever read any Jasper Fforde? He is a British author, and wrote a series of books about a character called Thursday Next, in an alternate UK (Swindon) about the literary police and it is full of in jokes about books. Miss Haversham appears in the series as well. The first book is called The Eyre Affair (it was published in 2001), I found it really funny, there’s a bit of a whodunnit in the storyline and hopefully the very British sense of humour it is built upon translates well.

[@claireloueeez]

I’ve never heard of the Veronica Speedwell series before but I’m 100% checking it out now!

[@katieisreading]

it’s so good!!!

[@Kittyzero13426]

I just finished The Dragon's Promise this morning and I enjoyed it more then the first book because there was more explanations and adventure in the storyline. The ending was a surprising twist with things and I thought another thing would have happened but I enjoyed the book. My next books on the agenda are The House in the Cerulean Sea, start reading City of Glass, and read Witch Hat Atelier 2 graphic novel and The Girl from the Other Side 7 & 8 graphic novels for a good break of novel reading. The only classic book I have read is Dracula. Enjoyed the cozy reading vlog and looking forward on checking out a Sarah J. Mass series and Veronica Speedwell Mystery - A Curious Beginning.

[@katieisreading]

oh i’m so glad you enjoyed the dragons promise more than the first book, maybe i will end up checking it out at some point! i really hope you enjoy a curious beginning if you end up checking it out!!

[@PorothPorcupine]

I had great expectations of this vlog, and it did not disappoint! (🙂). Frat parties and beer pong definitely do not belong in my fantasy books either. 😤 Also, why is the skeleton on your desk so funny to me?! He looks as if he's on a rollercoaster, the way he's throwing his arms up and screaming 😭

[@katieisreading]

so glad your great expectations were met ;) but yeah the beer pong really threw me off😭 and i think the same thing every time i see my skeleton haha! he’s just perpetually having a good time

[@Hannah_Lynch]

yessss veronica speedwell we love to see it 🦋🙌🏻

[@katieisreading]

i’m obsessed with that series now!!

[@weehavetogoback]

34:14 haha that is me every time I see a cat in the wild, I lose every other thought in my mind 😂

[@katieisreading]

the cats are always more important than anything i have to say haha!

[@alsosmeli]

i think it would deff help if you used the same yarn size for your diamonds ! 🫶🏽

[@esliet]

You are amazing. Multi tasker, engineering student , you tube channel , crochet artist!

[@katieisreading]

haha thank you!

[@sylwiaoles8686]

Stardust is one of my favourite movies ❤❤

[@katieisreading]

it was so fun! i’m so glad i finally got to see it

[@itsmarianaaa]

i totally forgot everything that happened in house of hearth and blood 😭 but i ended up just going straight into hosab and i’m loving it so much (much more than hoeab)

[@katieisreading]

i was really hoping i would also like hosab more than hoeab but i don’t think that’s the case for me😭 i’m so glad you loved it though!!

[@pmjane]

11:29 you look so dreamy here katieee

[@katieisreading]

thank you so much omg🥺💗

[@leahsjournals]

i finished clockwork prince and i loved it way more than clockwork angel the whole adventure was so fun to read and finally getting down the nitty gritty definitely gonna read clockwork princess next. Question....after i finish clockwork princess i can go straight into the last hours or should i at least reading heavenly fire before?

[@katieisreading]

ah i’m so glad you enjoyed it!! and yes you can definitely go straight to the last hours after clockwork princess!

[@Sarah.reads.sometimes]

I’m so excited to read Great Expectations 1. Because I already wanted to read it this year lol and I just want to know more about Ms. Havisham. I remember watching part of the movie when I was younger & seeing her sitting in her rocking chair surrounded by cobwebs & a clock that stopped working left a big impression on me lol. and 2. Because of The Last Hours. I sort of read A Tale of Two Cities for summer reading in high school and barely remember any of it except I didn’t get like half of it lol. I want to re-read it because if TID, specifically to know more about Sydney Carton 😅. My main focus right now is *supposed* to be David Copperfield but I returned my copy to the library because it just wasn’t doing it for me even though I was enjoying the story lol. I have the audiobook ready to go but I kind of want to immersion read it because it’s so dang long lol so I keep putting continuing it off 😆

[@katieisreading]

yes ms. havisham is such an interesting character and i loved the scenes with her in them! and seeing her parallels to tatiana was super fun as well, and maybe taking a break from david copperfield is exactly what you need!

[@caprisbookisland]

Lmaooo I just finished house of sky and breath and I said the exact same thing. Like it felt like a frat party and the beer pong 🌚😂

[@janet5123]

🎉🎉🎉Awesome vlog -and approaching 40K subs!!! After A Sinister Revenge I started rereading the series from book 1-instead of starting Way of Kings 😆-I am truly a mood reader. HOSAB got 4.5 stars from me last year but not sure how I would rate it now. I went on a SJM rereading frenzy last year including ACOTAR and TOG. I even read Catwoman:Soulstealer - but I don’t recommend that one 😂. You annotated the hell out of G.E. I wish I could find a classic I enjoyed as much!

[@katieisreading]

thank you!! :) honestly rereading a fav series is always a good move haha, no matter the tbr! i already have books in the veronica speedwell series that i would like to reread

[@audreymaureen08]

I would love to know what your annotation key for great expectations had on it, like what each tab means!

[@tanyaroberts919]

Title hooked Me plant shopping 🍃🌻🌿 I'm currently re reading the city of bones

[@katieisreading]

yes! i love seeing other people plant shop haha! hope you're enjoying your reread!

[@safaarif878]

I have a lot of classics I want to read but the classics I have read haven't been my favorite mostly because I get so lost, even when I understand whats happening. Do you have any advice to read classics, in addition to annotating?

[@katieisreading]

sometimes reading along with an audiobook is helpful! it does make it a bit harder to annotate since you have to pause before you can write things down, but i think it helps my retention overall!

[@MariasNook]

You running out of tabs while reading a book is such a mood 💀😂 I keep having to re-buy the same tab package over and over just for one single colour in that package that I keep running out of and some of the other colours have been untouched in three packages 😶😂

[@katieisreading]

right?? it’s a real struggle honestly😭 i’m always running out of my pink tabs

[@MariasNook]

@@katieisreading Yes I feel that 😭

[@ellenmartin6326]

I try to read one classic a month so the last one I read was Pride and Prejudice but I really didn’t care for any of the characters so that was a fail.😅 I’ll read the picture of Dorian Gray next so maybe after that I’ll pick up Great expectations.

[@katieisreading]

i also kind of feel like it’s hard to connect with some of jane austen’s characters? great expectations is told in the first person so i feel like it’s easier to connect to the main character!

[@ranasafi4858]

A book set in my country? uhmmm now I need to read this series !!!

[@carolinesromancereads]

I just started a reread of City of Bones this morning because I want to catch up on the series. I'm actually flying through it pretty quickly. And EVERY TIME I try to do a reread of City of Bones, I lose my copy somehow, so hoping that doesn't happen this time! I love your videos!

[@katieisreading]

i also hope you don’t lose your copy this time😭 and thank you!!

[@addiefrog4281]

How did you annotate Great Expectations??

[@Alliappalachian]

Your videos are the best ❤️

[@katieisreading]

thank you🥰🥰

[@aprilskylynn]

You mentioned in a previous video that this was like the adult version of Stalking Jack the Ripper...is this series by Deanna Raybourn you're reading better or the same? 🙊 I do enjoy Keri Maniscalco books but I am curious about this one you're currently reading... 📖 👩‍💻📚

[@katieisreading]

i personally think the veronica speedwell series is better! stalking jack the ripper definitely drags in some points, so i feel like the veronica speedwell series is paced better? however i don’t know if i have a fav romance out of the two, they’re both SO good!

[@aprilskylynn]

@@katieisreading Oooh! I'll definitely try this out then! I love Thomas 🙊💜💜 so I definitely then may enjoy this one as well- pace wise lol 😉 thanks 💕

[@Interstellarpickles]

Where did you get your cute sage green zip up jacket?

[@katieisreading]

it’s from h&m! i bought it a few months ago so it’s probably still on their website!

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

Love the vlog, my mom told me no more plants because I am running out of room to put them in the house..

[@katieisreading]

i wish i had that problem tbh, i would love to have plants everywhere haha

[@libbysreadingcorner9564]

@@katieisreading I wish you luck, I get plants from one family that grow into multiples of them. I have an alow plant that started out as one and now I have 4 of them

[@stephaniep804]

Hulu made a good adaptation of Great Expectations.

[@Jess-dv6py]

Okay I had literally the same issues with the second CC book. Too many men! I want the women!

[@katieisreading]

literally!! it’s just bryce and like 7 male povs😭 i’ve had enough

[@tylerhayes3004]

does anyone know what the first book in the perilous undertaking is? or the author?

[@katieisreading]

the first book is called a curious beginning by deanna raybourn!

[@brianaeasterbrook6024]

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[@katieisreading]

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[@wendyvilla2904]

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[@katieisreading]

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[@Julie_ao]

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[@katieisreading]

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[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Girl spare yourself HOSAB. I felt so much like I wasted my time. I had an angry reaction when I was done

[@amandawillems6921]

What dose HOSAB stand for

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

@@amandawillems6921 good question! House of Sky and Breath, the big blue book she’s reading

[@amandawillems6921]

Oh ok she does read way to many books at once

[@felicitypevideos4224]

Honestly I liked it much better than the first so I think it’s worth the try!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

@@felicitypevideos4224 really?? I was irritated by the childish innuendos by our love interests, and the plot line of trying to find something that turned out never to have mattered! Book 1 is an all time fav read of mine though

[@joobaby4460]

honestly i only care about Ruhn and i keep buying that serie for only him😩 other than that its so boring compared to acotar & throne of glass

[@katieisreading]

i do like ruhn’s pov… just not the rest of them😭😭 acotar and tog will always remain superior!

[@chellypepperss]

TO MUCH PLOT???!! Lol

[@katieisreading]

i know it sounds ridiculous but it my head it’s a valid complaint?😭

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Love collecting and getting new plants.🪴 But for my library bedroom I love buying and collecting fake plants🪴📚☕

[@katieisreading]

yes! new plants make me feel like a new person haha