SUMMER BOOK HAUL + RECENT READS

oh hey hello how's it goin? let's talk about the books i've read & acquired over the summer! i have been reading A TON!!!! .......just not a ton of novels
thanks to HMH for helping to sponsor this video to celebrate the cover redesign of BLOODLEAF by crystal smith and the recent release of the sequel GREYTHORNE!
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[@gabrielleharper584]

The power that Kat has, to post a handful of times a year and remain relevant. This is yours 👑

[@Katytastic]

lol bold of you to assume i'm still relevant

[@gabrielleharper584]

Katytastic true, you obviously haven’t heard that hauls aren’t allowed more

[@Katytastic]

oh dang i'm like an out of touch old person now oops

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

litrally i think about katy like at least once a week

[@alterbun]

“not all of it is good, but some of it is really REALLY good” yes, this is the experience of reading fanfic for days and days on end

[@avsambart]

I think I've read 10 million words of fanfic this year but only 20 actual books 🤣

[@Inamichan]

Reading is reading! 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Katytastic]

HONESTLY SAME THO

[@BonesandBooth92]

YES! Ive been reading so much fanfic of The Untamed and i regret nothing 😜

[@sumrakdievca]

Saaaaaaaaaame!

[@ttpdsecretary]

A KAT VIDEO!! A KAT VIDEO!! I REPEAT A KAT VIDEO!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[@rafiachowdhury5081]

That's just I think and yes it has to write thirce

[@briannaduke7738]

YESSSS!!!!!!!!

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

KAT VIDEO KAT VIDEO

[@bellavigliotti5457]

YOUR BACK!! MISSED YOU!!!

[@Katytastic]

[@EpicReads]

"So maybe I do like sports anime..." LOL! Love it! Good for you!! 😁👍👍

[@JulEnglefaris]

Beach Read is great. It was like "literary romance". Alright, see you in 4 months.

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

okay that made me laugh out loud

[@RotemN]

"I hate that I exist in other people's heads" said a youtuber with millions of views and 250k subscribers Also Beach Read is amazing!! You'll love it

[@Katytastic]

lol LISTEN,,, it's complicated okay XD every few weeks i fight the urge to delete my entire social media presence and go live in the woods alone

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

so true

[@eloiseplayz]

Katytastic awwww 😔

[@ysabellelaxamana]

YES HAIKYUU I CRY EVERYTIME I READ IT and the arcs and character development are so good and everything comes full circle ❤️

[@sbscarlett]

I came as fast as I could. The first time my KZbin notifs have actually worked. They must have known this was important.

[@chloeleadbetter6770]

A wild Kat appears! It's always nice to see updates from you. Also, as an aside, your hair looks amazing right now.

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

we need a writing vlog Katy!! anyways loved the video

[@Torsee]

The characters! The CHARACTERS! Love your passion!

[@MsZee88]

Awww I'm watching your videos after about 4 years. Still listening to you makes me wanna get all those books!! 😍😍

[@carole-rosemelanie-jane6570]

Yessss the queen returns!!!!

[@littleobvious]

yay, its always a good time when you upload a new video!!!!!! glad to see that you're enjoying yourself with things that you love!!! i hope that you're doing well overall, missed you a lot!!!

[@KPopLandia49]

I've missed you! I've been waiting for a new video (literally rewatched every video waiting for one of the booktube queens to post) Also your writing have really been helping me in keeping me going in writing my stories/books!

[@roobrown]

The artwork on Bloodleaf and Greythorn are beautiful. 🥺

[@WeAreTheTwintails]

You're awesome, Kat! I'm glad I'm not the only person who falls down fanfic rabbit holes.

[@nayelithaaw]

Kaaaaat I get youuu I love haikyuu so so so so muuuuch 💕💕💕🤧🤧🤧 like really I don't even have words lol I'm so hyped for to the top pt 2 and the manga and writing style of furudate!!??? Uuuuufff *chef's kiss*

[@DisneyWitch22]

I WAS JUST THINKING OF HOW MUCH I MISS KAT! Gaaah!

[@psyrene4894]

The power of the yam!

[@HereForTheShips]

Also I am sooo happy to see your video. 😊💖 I was actually thinking about you yesterday. I hope everything is well and that your book is being polished and you're still working on your dream.

[@MrzEdCullen1]

BEACH READ IS EVERYTHING

[@sumrakdievca]

THE FANFIC TRAP IS REAL!!!! You have fallen into the pit with the rest of us. Accept your fate!

[@Dinosaurjk]

I was in the middle of drawing/sketching Kuroo and threw my pencil when you said Haikyuu ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....glad you love it though omfg

[@avsambart]

Omfg she's here!!!!!!

[@LaHormiguitaLectora]

I missed you so much, Kat! I love seeing you fangirling like this, you are so relatable!!!

[@Wolfhailstorm]

Oh woah, i haven't seen your videos in a good few years, but I'm remembering all the reasons I love your videos!

[@d0ntforgeeet]

ahhh glad to see you, it's been a while!

[@BrunetteBibliophile]

Beach Read is fantastic! I went into the ARC not expecting much, but now it is one of my FAVORITE romances!

[@SoleilCeline]

YES I LOVE OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS!! Such a fantastic read

[@hfollman98]

okay wtf because I literally started watching Haikyu!! this week and it's years old now, so when you started talking about it in this video I was a little spooked. I even had the same hesitancy as you due to not liking sports anime. It's soooo good! :))

[@tondotkats]

kat! it's so good to see your face in my feed! hope you're doing ok^^ yes! haikyu!! they are all my children and i would die for them!

[@eleni777]

I SAW THE NOTIFICATION AND WAS LIKE IS THIS REAL???? MISSED YOU❤️

[@Mojojobud]

I’ve had Haikyu on my list on Netflix for so long and not got round to it but after this video I think that has to change... I feel a new obsession coming on

[@user-bn1tj8dt5q]

"i hate that i exist and other peoples heads" omg same.... The Mortifying Ordeal Of Being Known

[@Katytastic]

exactlyyy. i do not wish to be Perceived.

[@SomewhereInBookland]

I am so with you on the whole fan fic thing...lol. I started reading it for the first time in March and now six months later and I’ve read over 200....some of which are like over 1,000 pages long...lol

[@BonesandBooth92]

KAT! IT IS SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU!! 🤩

[@SoleilCeline]

I just finished You Should See Me in a Crown last night!! I loved it so much!

[@readernac13]

I enjoyed Bloodleaf and I'm excited to read Greythorne. And I liked Beach Read. My favorite of the year though is Crescent City and Crave. My other two favorites are The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James and Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. I'm reading Where Dreams Descend and A Court of Mist and Fury and One by One by Ruth Ware. Happy Reading and Writing. 📚📓📝📖🧡🍁

[@zaheersiddiqui4678]

Holy shirt , KAT IS BACK

[@livmilesparanormalromanceb6891]

No pressure but I would love a writing vlog!

[@justjocelynne]

I came here hoping you'd rave for a while about Haikyuu and I was not disappointed. I'm so so glad you love the series so much!! I'd highly recommend you also try watching Run With The Wind! It's, surprise surprise, a running anime about college boys but it gave me a lot of similar Haikyuu feels (the production company and composer are actually the same too)

[@comunidadedospensadoresliv4240]

Good see you! Thanks to new video!

[@comadustfire4795]

I am TOO EXCITED for Addie LaRue! I'm dying for it!1

[@trixiewalker6159]

I love watching your videos

[@zara4leafclover]

Always love seeing your face pop up in my subscription box (wow that sounds weird XD). I love your fascination with Haikyuu, I'm so happy a bunch of people are getting into it (one of my friends finally watched the anime!). Kat, please tell me your haikyuu ships! I'm so curious (I also would accept haikyuu fanfic recommendations)! Basically these last years most of my reading has been fan fictions. The writing isn't always great but man do I love it. Its surprising how much the quality varies in different fandoms, like Harry Potter fanfic is so hard for me to read cuz either the writings is…not great or its just such weird/creepy ships but then I go to a different fandom and read like a bunch of 100-200k novels that are so heartwarming and so well written. The internet man it's got layers XD

[@sasloveshp]

I have missed your videos!!!

[@authorgkray]

Beach Read sounds fantastic. And now I need to watch Haikyu.

[@superfansophie]

Maybe you could do some fan fiction reviews/recommendations for the anime?! I love fan fiction too (I read it almost everyday but I also feel like I’m not ACTUALLY reading, like I’m not an avid reader if I’m not reading published books lol) so it would be cool to see a KZbinr talking about it more :D

[@Shaegeeksout]

YAS HAIKYU LIFE TAKEOVER!!! It has been my healing balm during all of this.

[@avsambart]

Haikyuu really is amazing 😭

[@Katytastic]

HAIKYUU IS MY LIFE!!!!! i'm so ready for the second half of season four GIMME GIMME

[@Shaegeeksout]

@@Katytastic Right??? So hyped!!!

[@kokochen5754]

WHAT A MOOD ABOUT HAIKYUU HAHA

[@jen360100]

Yay happy to see you

[@emilymcbride378]

You lost me at Haikyu. My 11 year old is obsessed and I'm over it, haha

[@victoriamann5540]

THE SEROTONIN I GOT SEEING YOUR VIDOE IN MY NOTIFS WAS OFF THE CHARTS!!! HELLO! I MISS U! I TOO HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THE FANFIC THIS SUMMER☠️

[@RubyRaeReads]

"reading fanfic all summer" lmao RELATABLE. Books? What are they?

[@anamiosonami]

When she read the description for Blood leaf, all I could think of at rhe beginning was Frozen 😂

[@sbscarlett]

Oh my gosh it's Kat

[@Katytastic]

it's true!!! it's me!!!

[@madeleineg.k.3119]

I have also been obsessed with Haikyuu

[@dianamisty2967]

Glad that you enjoy Haikyuu as much as I do😊😊

[@TheBlueClover2012]

Miss u lots now that u arent as active on twitter. I love ur twitter page & i dont even have a twitter account. I just only go check on u from time to time so that's saying something.

[@yinandyangmix]

yes!! haikyuu is THAT anime. just brilliant and sweet and action-packed all in one. really think the series as a whole is one of the best shows of all time. the writing is so compelling and the games are actually so entertaining and hype to watch.

[@lanej.6458]

Man I miss seeing Kat on here! I’ve been a sub since 2014/2015 and you’ve absolutely always been one of my favorites!

[@BethVlogs_]

I've been reading a lot of FanFiction over the summer! I would've read double of my goodreads goal!

[@Frenzywonder]

i dont know but getting to be immortal and not being plagued by flashback of embarrassing shit ive done because everyone 100% forgets for sure about it sounds like a pretty sweet deal (I've been rewatching Haikyuu for the last week and yeah good shit, I'm still very daunted by the manga :'D. The fact also that it DOESNT need (canon) romances because, for the readers/watchers, the relationships are plenty emotionally fulfilling as they are speaks VOLUMES)

[@caudalynn]

OK BUT WHO'S YOUR FAV CHARACTER IN HAIKYUU??? WE MUST KNOW!!!

[@purplexzombie3371]

Who are your fave characters in Haikyuu? And yeah, Haikyuu fanfic is on another level. Before MHA it used to have the most entries on AO3 lol And if you want more, there is a side series I think called School Days that focuses on the other teams in high school and just them as students.

[@somberhoney]

omg I recently got into My Hero Academia, I've read the first 60ish chapters out of about 250 that are currently out in the past week

[@saqlain_altaf]

My wait of 3 months is finally over!!!!!!!!!

[@shaunaXX]

Getting sucked into fanfics is basically my life. At the beginning of last year I think I tried to track how many words of fanfics I was reading and then divide them by average Length of books to see how much I read. It went up real fast let me tell you in the week I did it we were In the hundreds of thousands

[@sirJenr]

I want more anime reviews along with discussion of books!

[@Bluffer089]

Yay! Kat! I kinda switch from reading novels to something more visual like manga and comics. I attempted NaNoWriMo twice and failed twice because but this year I’m going to try a different medium. I’m going to try and make a graphic novel or comic instead! My drawing is kinda mediocre but I’m slowly getting better. P.S Sorry for the random paragraph, can’t wait for your next video

[@ducknoisesintensify8007]

are you going to post it to webtoon or something?

[@Bluffer089]

Pladyduck Godzilla Yeah most likely Webtoons if I finish it. My goal is to have a outline and character summaries before NaNoWriMo but right now I’m just studying Andrew Loomis so I can draw better heads.

[@dovelyy]

YOU'RE ALIVE

[@Sol-pc1jb]

I'm so glad you like Haikyuu! It's by far my favorite manga (and show) EVER.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I got an arc of greythorne so I need to find a copy of blood leaf asap

[@AbiSaad]

WOW it's been a whiiile! I like your hairs seestra! it has grown so much O_O

[@Katytastic]

ah thank you!!

[@LinnaAP]

please do talk about the ships ksksks maybe then I get the courage to get back to it (I've only watched season 1)

[@sumitrapatnaik9733]

I had missed this. 🥺

[@zespaghettistar4359]

I see you have chosen to grow the mermaid hair again Kat.

[@emilykate0835]

YES KAT I MISSED YOU

[@melie3054]

We love you Kat

[@athenasbibliotheca8099]

Me wanting to recommend fanfic to people, but also not wanting them to fall down the whole of never having enough fanfic and never picking up a novel again. Side note I read a fanfic longer than the Bible and I’m really proud of that fact. 😊

[@taytortots6363]

Haikyuu is everything. I remember people telling me to watch it and I did not understand because Volleyball? Really? BUT IT IS SO GOOD.

[@michaelkoech3365]

Where have you been Queen!?

[@blondegeekerella1633]

Haikyuu a synopsis by Kat: good shit real good shit 😂

[@ranaabdelwahed4389]

Not quite related but *your hair looks so cool* 😆✨🔥

[@chise667]

this anwser my question about if read fanfiction count like in you year read

[@ross7107]

“I will probably have another video up... eventually” 😭😭😭

[@keerthanaravindran5051]

Yes!!! Haikyuu! all the way

[@BonesandBooth92]

If you need another obsession try the C-drama The Untamed!! Theres 50 episodes on netflix and im in my 3rd watch of the show while devouring all the fanfiction on the entire interwebs 😂 also reading the original translated novel!! Literally all ive accomplished the entire summer lol

[@meltotheany]

💕💕

[@SerenaRosetail]

Opposite of Always makes me think of a music video by a kpop guy group that I love. the music video is called Severely and it is basically his gf dies and he is in the church mourning her and he gets up to leave and he bumps into her. she has no recollection of him at all either

[@sionaniloinsigh4242]

Please do talk at length about the ships you like in Haikyu!

[@shoogur3920]

Kats been sprinkling herself in sparsely throughout the year since 2016 and still getting more views than most booktubers. 😙 What is your secret?

[@DauntlessBookReader]

No more white balance issues I see :) and speaking of manga a friend of mine has got me started reading this one called Classroom Chat Group on the app NovelFull it’s a whopping 1300 chapters apparently it’s like the whole series or whichever but I’m still not much of an e book reader so that’s almost too much lol 😂

[@lina763]

So after convincing me to watch yuri on ice (which I absolutely loved) you're now making me wanna watch an anime about volleyball...

[@kayleekim6705]

haikyuuuu what an intellectual

[@nveletkoslin33771]

now i wanna get into sport anime

[@eruvandib.676]

KAAAAAAAAAT! ❤❤❤