I'm talking about Now I rise by Kirsten white This is the second book in the and I darken trilogy, which was a book Splosion book of the month in 2016 I believe and the third book in this trilogy is coming out in July so we're reading the second book the basic setup of the series is that it is a retelling of the life of Vlad the Impaler except Vlad is actually a girl in this retelling she is lada and she still has that same like bloodthirsty ambition but she has the added struggles of being a woman in this time period I love Kirsten White's books I've read almost all of them and I'm really excited to get back into this series and read the second book and then the third book in July when that comes out if you want to know a bit more about the first book in the series then I will link the More in-depth videos that I made about and I darken back in the day and I will also put in the description Down below all of the details about our read along this month if you want to join us also explosion is once again hosting a cosplay bash meetup at the Barnes & Noble in orange in near Anaheim It's happening June 20th the Wednesday before VidCon and while I am Not actually going to VidCon this year. I will be there for the cosplay bash So all of the details about that are also in the description The next book that I have here is a little do we know by Tamara Ireland stone and I received this copy as part of a paid promotion with Disney Book Group This is a standalone contemporary novel that just came out on June 5th. And what really intrigues me about this is That the essential relationship is not a romance there there is a romance in here from the sounds of the synopsis, but the main relationship the main focus of this book is the Friendship between these two girls who are actually not friends anymore there's this huge rift between them and it's told in alternating perspectives as we dive into the complexities of their relationship and The mystery of what happened? What went wrong to drive them apart? I haven't yet read anything by Tamara Ireland stone, but I have heard many amazing things about her work specifically about the depth and complexity of her characters and their relationships Yeah, I am very much looking forward to giving this a read next up. I have a box too unbox Do I need a knife to open this ready to open the box? You should never pull a knife towards you knife safety with Kat.
I know what I'm doing So this box is from sourcebooks who I'm working with this month to celebrated the release of fury born by Claire Legrand I have been hearing so many amazing things about this book, and I'm so excited to read it It's high fantasy, which I love and it's another book that's told in two different perspectives But in this case the two point-of-view characters are living centuries apart Which sounds so interesting? So yeah, I am very excited about this And now let's see what the rest of the goodies in this box are so I got this little notebook I always love notebooks because I have an obsession slash addiction to notebooks these cool Character cards, okay So this pin says ask me if I'm a son or blood Queen because of the two main characters one of them is a Sun Queen and one is a blood queen and I have a Confetti popper that is going to reveal to me which Queen I am. Do I just twist it? It's gonna hurt me. Oh, Okay, there's red confetti all over my carpet now I guess that means I'm a blood Queen which is honestly my preference because I don't like the Sun There's an envelope that's gonna tell me more. I know what you're thinking, but don't worry.
You're not the villain here Oh, man. Okay. I think that's everything. That was fun.
I'm a blood Queen I can't wait to read this book and see my Soul sisters my fellow Blood Queen just like kick ass and take names Hopefully I feel like that's what she should do. That's what I. Would do in my imagination but not in real life because I'm actually not that cool Anyways, next book next up. I have here vicious by ve Schwab the new paperback edition I already bought and read and loved the Original hardcover edition years ago, and I'm really excited that I got this in the mail a couple of weeks ago I saw all these amazing books two grand posts of This new paperback with like some cool props and stuff and I didn't think I was getting one of those boxes But I did I was writing for me on my doorstep when I came home from BEA.
It was such a happy surprise I love Victoria Schwab. She is one of my favorite authors of all time, and I'm so so excited For the sequel to this book, which is coming out later this year. I believe honestly, October also I am very grateful to I guess the publisher and whoever send me the box with this book and some other goodies the next book that I have here is Failing up by a Leslie Odom jr. Aka Aaron Burr sir earlier this year I kind of went on a spree of buying and reading some of these types of like Motivational self-help books.
I didn't haul them. Or really talked about them. I don't know why maybe because they're nonfiction. I don't know Maybe you'll do a video just about that if you guys would be interested But yeah, I bought this one because again I was in that spree of buying motivational books, but mostly because Leslie Odom jr Like I've seen him in interviews and I just really liked him and his perspective.
So I wanted to read this though I haven't read it yet, and I'm kind of regretting that I didn't get the Audiobook because he reads his own audiobook So I I kind of wish I bought that instead which I still might do actually I don't know. I'm looking forward to Consuming his words and thoughts and ideas in Physical or audio or however I decide to do that when I do it The next book that I have here is from twinkle with love by Sandhya Menon This is a standalone temporary about an indian-american girl named twinkle who as an aspiring Filmmaker and she gets involved with this Filmmaking project with these two boys one is her longtime crush and the other is his twin brother I Really enjoyed Sonya Menons debut novel when dimple met Richie and I am excited to read something else by her especially when I'm in the mood for something cute and Rom-com II then this is going to satisfy that need Perfectly, I feel then I have here an ember in the ashes and a torch against the night by Sabaa Tahir it did Already by hardcover editions of both of these books back in the day But the publisher just sent me these new Paperbacks with the new a cover design and I love these they look so cool And I cannot wait for the third book in the series, which is coming up this month this week next week Very soon. I'm excited. The next book that I have here is ice wolves by Amie Kaufman This is the first book in a new middle grade series and also the first book that Amie Kaufman has done solo she co-wrote the Starbound trilogy with Meagan Spooner and the illuminae series with Jay Kristoff and I loved both of these so I am very Excited to see what she does in her first solo novel I'm also interested in reading some more middle grade because I haven't been reading much of it lately But I'm kind of in that mood, you know, it's summertime I want something a little bit lighter and fun without much angst the basic idea of this book is that there are ice wolves and scorched dragons and they are enemies and live deeply separate lives and the story really focuses on these twelve year old twins because one of them takes the elemental form of an ice wolf and the other takes the elemental form of a scorched dragon and That is like I'm heard of are they even related what's going on? Oh, yeah I am super intrigued by this and I cannot wait to give it a go Then I have here save the date by a Morgan Matson.
Oh my god, it's sign It says off the cover side first edition I should have known that this is a standalone Contemporary about a teenage girl named Charlie whose older sister is getting married so all of her older siblings the whole family is like gathering together for one big weekend before Charlie has to go off to college but then things start going wrong like the wedding planner quits and things go missing and things show up that aren't supposed to be there and it's just chaos and if the cover of this book, Tells me anything about the story. It's that first. There's an adorable dog in it So I'm here for that and second. It's going to be a Hilarious fun summer read next up.
I have a book that I just received unsolicited in the mail But I'm happy to have it because it's this like gorgeous Paperback edition of strange the dreamer Laini Taylor is one of my favorite authors like the way she uses language and tell stories and builds worlds and characters I'm just constantly in awe of her. I actually have not yet read this book I did buy the hardcover like ages ago and I'm just I'm nervous to read it because I have such high expectations but I'm going to be reading it very very very soon. Because I. Have a copy of music nightmares the sequel the second book in This new ology at the first party of BEA the first book that I got during BEA week was this beautiful highly anticipated book right here And I'm just I am so ready to dive into this world and read both of these back-to-back I hope my expectations are met I feel like they will be because Laini Taylor is amazing She's not gonna let me down also at the party where I got muse of nightmares I got frost blood by Le Blanc and in addition to hearing The amazing Laini Taylor talked about her process and whatnot We also got to hear Ellie Blake talk a little bit about her process and as soon as she mentioned How much she loved? Avatar the last airbender and that that this book isn't super avatar ish But just being vaguely inspired by avatar and the fact that she really liked Zuko I just I'm so intrigued by this so I'm very excited that I got a copy and I could give it a try like I mentioned at the Beginning of this video.
I only went to one day of book exile I only went on Thursday and I'm okay with that because I still got a nice little selection of books the first book that I got was kind of the main one that I. Really wanted and that is city of ghosts by Victoria Schwab, one of the first things I did when I got to Book Expo was stopped by the scholastic table to ask them when if at all they were going to be giving away these books and The lady was just like oh you want that book? Let me grab it for you right now, and she just she just gave it like immediately I just had it in my hand. Once again, I love Victoria Schwab. I love her writing.
I love her stories She is one of my favorite authors So, of course, I am very very excited to read any book by her But especially a middle-grade one It's not a girl named Kass who almost died or she kind of did die But she came back and now she can see ghosts and her best friend is a ghost and then kass's parents Get this job hosting a TV show That's about the world's most haunted places and Kass is kind of thrust even deeper into this world of ghosts and She has a lot to learn about herself and her gift and it just it sounds really cool another book that I got from Scholastic because I again I just asked them like hey, are you handing out this book later today? And they said here you can have it now Imposters by scott westerfeld's this is a new book in the world of the uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld which I. Loved I've read all three books of the uglies trilogy and also Extras which is like a companion to that original trilogy. So this is the first book in a new series That is following different characters but is set in the same world as the uglies trilogy and the Extras companion novel and I I cannot wait. I love this world I'm so excited to revisit it and see like what new? Direction we go in the next book that I have here is bridge of clay by Markus Zusak now I've only read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, but that book was amazing and so powerful and so well written and well done and Moving and I just I am very much looking forward to reading more by him And this is his new book that's coming out this fall It's about these five brothers who raised themselves after their mother died And now their father has returned and they kind of have to face and uncover these family secrets, it sounds really interesting and Honestly after the book thief I have so much faith in Markus Zusak to tell a good story Like I'm I'm just I'm in the next book that I have here is the dark deep by Ally Condie and Brendon Reich's This is an another middle grade book.
It's been kind of pitched as reminiscent to Stranger things and the Goonies basically it's about this group of kids that discovers this Mysterious spooky island where no island is supposed to be and it's just about like the mystery and adventure of figuring out what it is and What is going on there. The next book that I have here is The Odd One Out by Nick Stone and I got it signed I had wait a long time in this line, but I got it signed basically this book is kind of about a love triangle, but it's not a traditional guy choosing between two girls kind of love triangle because there's also a relationship going on between the girls like all three of the main characters are just trying to figure themselves out and figure out their relationships and kind of questioning what they want and discovering their sexuality in some cases and it just sounds fantastic I am so excited to read this. Next up I have the biggest book that I got at Book Expo this year and maybe that I've ever gotten at Book Expo any year and that is the Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. This book is gigantic it's over 800 pages and it's not coming out until March of next year, so I got a very very early copy.
I don't know how Samantha Shannon does it because she is still currently writing the Bone Season series so like when did she have the time to start a new gigantic fantasy series? I don't know but I am very intrigued. I really enjoyed the bone season and I definitely want to continue that series but this just caught my attention because it's so big and so unexpected and yeah, I'm very excited to check this out. Next up, I have here Dry Neal Schusterman co-written with his son Jared Schusterman. Neal Shusterman has written a ton of books including most recently hyped on booktube the Scythe series? Trilogy? I know there's two books out so far and I haven't read any of them yet But my friend Emma really really wanted this book So I waited in line with her and we got copies this book is kind of set in the near future and it's basically about what happens when the California drought becomes like Catastrophically bad.
As someone who has lived in California her entire life, I. Feel like this book is gonna hit a little bit too close to home But I am very excited to read it and I'm really intrigued by the sort of like very near future pseudo dystopian kind of Framing of this story. Then I have here Fawkes by Nadine Brandis. I actually met Nadine at YALLWEST and we had a fantastic time just chatting about Writing and YouTube and I kind of convinced her to start a YouTube channel So I'm gonna shout that out and link her down below So you guys can check that out if you want to.
This is a standalone Historical fantasy and I am so here for all of that Even if I didn't know Nadine and think she was like super cool and super sweet I would be so into this book just for that reason for standalone Historical fantasy like I can't wait to read this. And finally I have here The Demon in the Trees by Ben Sanders. Now this is an indie published book that Ben actually gave me directly because he watches my videos and He said that my NaNoWriMo videos helped him write this during NaNoWriMo, which is just so cool So thank you Ben for your kind words and for giving me a copy of your book I'm really excited to read this and he actually has a YouTube channel as well So I will link down below in case any of you guys want to check that out. Alright, that is it Those are all of the books for this video today My voice is gone because I'm still a little bit sick from Book Expo, but it's fine.
Everything's fine. We're we're done It's fine. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video I hope you have a wonderful night, and I will have another video up soon.
So I will see you then. Good byeeee.
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