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-Hey, y’all 👋🏼 Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out this week’s weekly vlog! This week I get back into reading some fantasy romance and find a new series that I’m in the middle of flying through! We also gotta get my life together, y’all… So a monthly reset was filmed, the April reading wrap up was done, and I dedicated Saturday to editing and planning as well. I hope you enjoyed the vlog! Make sure you drink your water, be kind, and have a good day on purpose! 🫶🏻
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I LOVE your style of vlogs so much. Perfect blend of lifestyle and books.
Thank you so much!! 🫶🏻✨
3 star I consider I liked it and willing to try the other again, 4 star I really liked it and would recommend it and re-read it, and 5 I can't stop thinking about it and give me more. Happy reading!
I like this one!
thanks for accompanying me during my nap, i will now rewatch the whole thing awake
Omg the say hello to your uncles and your aunties 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love the sweet fur babies
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I’ve had a very bad not good anxiety day but I am so happy to be here for vloggy vlog Wednesday ♥️ treating myself to some rotting in bed and being cozy ✨
Maybe the wrap ups can include general lifestyle faves. Like skincare, hair care, recipes, routines, food, shopping, etc. monthly faves :) also girl, you gotta do what you gotta do to enjoy your reading. If that means dropping everything and binging the books that just came in, then it is what it is.
I feel like you when it comes to three star books, like it was good, but it wasn't great, but I'm going to continue if it's a series. Not everything can be five stars, cause then they wouldn't be special. I don't know, I kind of like the "lack" of world building, that way I can imagine what it's like in my own mind when I read it, plus sometimes there is just TOO much world building and then the book gets snoozy.
I love the library. I have the habit of putting 15 books on hold. Only reading half and then needing to take back or recheck out. It's a vicious cycle and I never learn.
Hahahha I’m in the same boat!
I relate so much to putting things off until the next day and then having health issues. It's always better to do things when you feel decent, and one day...one day I will learn this.
My rating is
5 - I’m in love with
4- I really liked it
3- good but not my favourite
2- don’t really like it
1- honestly I hate it and want to erase it from my brain
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Olivia saying she likes background noises while reading , I’m the same with going to sleep .i have to have either music or podcasts in my ears cos when I was a kid I would hear my parents (before they divorced haha) watching tv and that would help me sleep x
this is me too! All of it haha the rating scale and the music/sound in the background or to sleep 💖
Oh yes, I definitely have to have my noise machine on when it’s night time!
My rating is
5 ⭐️ absolutely loved it/new favorite
4 ⭐️ really liked it, had minor "didn't really need that" moments
3 ⭐️ it was good, not the best thing I've ever read, but would still recommend
2 ⭐️ interesting at first, but didn't end up liking it at all
1 ⭐️ forgot why I picked it up in the first place/why did I read this
Great video Olivia :)
Same guidelines as you! Since 2.5 is half of 5, that means 2.5 is “just fine.” 3 is little better than fine, 3.5 is good, 4 is pretty good, 4.5 is a fave of the year, 5 is new fave of all time. 🤷♀️
5⭐️ - loved, reread
4⭐️ - enjoyed, recommend
3⭐️ - finished, rehome the book
Edit - 34:37 Ginger snoring, so cuteee
Love your vidoes Olivia! You are the only youtuber that I will sit and watch a two hours vlog. Always the best!
What is everyone reading this week. I am starting Fourth Wing.
I hope everyone is having an amazing week!
I’m reading locked door by freida McFadden and just for the summer by Abby Jimenez
Usually my ratings is:
5⭐️ - absolutely love, will reread
4⭐️ - really like/love…had a good time
3⭐️ - it was fine, enjoyed it enough to finish
If I finish a book, it’s a 3 star minimum. I don’t rate under that because if a book is under a 3, I’m not finishing it.
I’m with you on below a three! I feel like if it’s a low 3, I’m also likely to not continue then too
THAT DRIVE THRU LIBRARY DROP OFF IS INSANELY AMAZING WHAAAAAT. in New Zealand we have to be peasants and walk into the library (also sorry for all of my comments, I comment as I watch lol)
Hahahha comment away, I love to read them!
With the wrap ups you could literally post anything and ill watch. 😂 I love your videos.❤
My highlight of the video hearing Ginger either snoring or purring love it 😍 and jake support. Love your videos ❤ help me with my brain goblin 👹
I'm so glad they help 🐈🐕🐢💛
YES with the lack of world building as of late! I noticed that even though I am very mentally creative with that, its not as clear to me. Its super vague, almost like a blurry image. Its been causing me a bit of frustration no matter how much I like the book.
Yes, I agree so much! I’ve been reading books published pre 2021 and it’s much better with physical world building.
The best 🍟 are from 5 Guys. Expensive but yummy 😋
I need to try them!
fantasy romance is the best. I don't vibe with many tiktok romances but i do find ones on my own that i love ^^
Same!
if you dont mind me asking, where do you normally find your books from? i dont normally enjoy tiktok recs either, i just go off of whatever's goodreads is reccomending to me
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie is similar to what you were describing. Found footage horror book about a team that has a TV ghost hunting show where the premise is the wife doesn’t believe and finds out non-supernatural reasonings for hauntings and the husband does believe and really wants to find an actual provable haunting. It was fun. I’m pretty sure it’s on KU
Oh that sounds good!
I’m so sorry you had a health scare last week! Hoping this week is better and full of good things for you. 🙏☺️
30:11 i love that ginger is so intensely listening lol
I got my first orphan x book from my library!! Woot woot 🎉
Simone st James is becoming a favorite of mine and it’s all thanks you to! 👏🏻 thank you!
I’m a serial 5-ist 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
It’s a problem I have 😩 but if any book gets under its because I wasn’t in the mood but still read it … I do enjoy most if not all books I read though 😅
I hope you enjoy the series omg!!
@@oliviareadsalattesuper excited! Starting it to today!!
Hello Ginger! Hello Jake! (She was screaming at you as I’m replying)
@@oliviareadsalatteI’m trying not to spam this video with comments omg 😱 but I love your piano music! So pretty! Have you listened to Yanni? 😊
The movie you’re looking for is Grave Encounters. It’s not a horror comedy, but it’s about a ghost show that has faked its previous locations runs into real ghosts in an abandoned insane asylum. It’s not super scary, and it’s one of my favorites!
I’ve seen that one and enjoyed it, but I was referring to Deadstream and it is a horror comedy!
My star rating- 3 ⭐️ means I liked it. 4⭐️ means hard to put down, very enjoyable. 5⭐️ is the best books I’ve read.
I always do monthly themes because I draw in the margins of my planners!!
Your copy of to gaze upon wicked gods is stunning 😍
Right!!
Ok I am sooo glad you read this book for this vlog because i have it in my Amazon cart right now!!!!
I just love love love to watch your vlogs! You are so real and relatable!
Always happy to see when you post a new video, especially on my off days!!
BTW I LOVE your House of Wind Book Club sweatshirt ♥ ♥
The whole bit about Ghost Adventures had me howling. Love it!!!
In my most humble opinion, a three star book is by no means a bad book; just a very painfully average one.
For me, 3 ⭐️ is a good book, would still read the series but it wasnt amazing
4 ⭐️ it was a really good book and would definitely recommend
5 ⭐️ it was amazing, I’m recommending it to everyone, and I would re-read it 🥰
Also, I’m here for all of your content, but as for the reset vlogs, personally, I enjoy the lifestyle parts, like the grocery shopping and the cleaning and stuff like that cuz it’s real, but I really like the book resets, like the quick recaps and updates on what you’ve been reading.
And lastly, ((sorry super long comment 🫣)), because of watching your vlogs, and Gabby’s, and Gavin’s, and like every other BookTuber I watch, I am trying to utilize my library more for physical books. I’ve been using Libby since 2022 for ebooks and audiobooks, but going INTO the library has a different meaning and I LOVE it ❤❤❤
1:11:55 I totally get the whole feeling of having books just there 😂
Love a good storm! Oh that Thunder!!!
The movie you're thinking about is Grave Encounters! I think? It follows a very familiar looking/acting ghost hunting crew/personality.... who usually fake their hauntings but then the asylum they're investigating turns out to be very real. The Hell House LLC movies have moments of people breaking into abandoned buildings as well (the second one I think has the clip of the RUclipsr investigating?) But the Hell House franchise feels very meta/self referential at times, as the first movie follows people renovating a haunted house for a haunted house attraction, the second movie following a documentary crew trying to figure out what happened to the people in the first movie.
I am the same with library books I just said that in one of my last vlogs!😂
It’s a problem 🤣
A 3 star for me is a book doing what it’s supposed to do. It was good, I was entertained and I enjoyed my time. A 4 star is a good book with something a little extra and a 5 star is an amazing book that I have either learned something from or the book is something unforgettable. A 2 star is meh and a 1 star I’m generally annoyed/angry about something in the book.
My body isn't great at handeling coffee but every time I watch a weekly vlog I crave it so much. 😂 Also, a three star is an average sometimes even quite good book to me. Like I enjoyed it and I would recommend it but it just wasn't a five star. Does that make sense?
I got really indecisive when it came to rating books, so I now use a modified "CAWPILE" method (I think originated by Book Roast), but it's just "CAWPE" and each aspect gets rated out of 5. Taking the average of those then gives me my number of stars for a book. I truly think book ratings/reviews are absolutely subjective (even when broken into "objective" criteria) but it seems to me a little more "fair" to do it this way.
You are such a great u tuber love your channel. Great reads love the books you haul. Thanks for all you do your the best😊
Thank you so much! 🌷
21:52 I actually don't mind not picturing the world bc i only really care about their characters and how they feel, but now that you mentioned it i think i haven't read a book in a while that described the general architecture. Usually they'll explain a castle or a temple but what does the village or town look like??? No idea lol
1:18:17 Awoop JUMPSCARE! 😂😂 love you, Ginger❤
Ahhh yes, let me settle with an ice coffee and a cinnamon roll❤
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Can you link your aerie shorts please! So cute! Also you literally crack me up every video, I love your sense of humor 💜
Just saw the books where on sale on audible and bought the first two 🙈
In scotland its juice we call pop or soda juice youre doing great olivia working with chronic illness its so tough keep doing your best❤
Great vlog. I had my blood drawn yesterday fir my cholesterol and iron to check on mostly, i did have to fast, but never have urin tests done anymore lol. ☔🌈📚☕🌷🍄☁️
A 3 star for me is a mostly meh book. There were parts I enjoyed, but maybe equally things that I didn’t like/bugged me. If someone else gives a book 3 stars, I have the same thought process you do. 😁
I get all of the library books out with all the intentions to read them and then they just never make it into my TBR. I forget that I make buddy reading plans months in advance with no room for other things
Talking about waking up through the night. I’m in my 30s and I woke up through the night several times, sacred! 😂😂 of what, I don’t know but that’s so embarrassing. That feeling after you’ve watched a horror when you’re a teenager?
So I’m forcing myself to go to sleep and legit I’ve never understand the sleeping with the one eye open as I did last night. Terrified I was 😂😂
I'm with you on a 3 star being average but I tend to use G's (book roast) cawpile system to help me rate books I read
There is a lot of conversations by BIPOC happening on youtube about To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods, may want to check some of those out.
VLOGS ON EVERYTHING I WILL WATCH WHATEVER YOU POST LONG VIDEOS PLEASE❤
5 ⭐️ Loved it, Can’t stop thinking about it. New favorite.
4 ⭐️ Good/Great book! Not quite a five star though.
3 ⭐️ Fine, did its job entertaining me, I wanted to finish it.
2 ⭐️ Meh, maybe struggled to finish it. Boring or annoying in someway
1 ⭐️ Hated or DNF. Usually there needs to be something objectionable. If I’m pissed that I finished it and it wasted my time.
Yay! Over an hour❤
To me a three star is it was a fun time but I won’t remember the characters at the end of the year. When other people say it’s three stars I assume they like it but they may or may not continue with the series
My rating is something like this:
1⭐️ Nope
1.5⭐️ Nope but maybe redeemable
2⭐️ Okay but getting side eye
2.5⭐️ Could be good without that one thing
3⭐️ Good, solid read
3.5⭐️ Better than good
4⭐️ Really good
4.5⭐️ Really good would absolutely reread
5⭐️ New favourite
I've been following how Goodreads notates its star system. 3 star is noted as "I liked it" 2 is "it was okay". So basically for me a 3 star and above is a good rating... I've started limiting my 5 stars though, the book has to really blow me away for that honor. I do like that Storygraph has half stars...because sometimes it needs that little decimal to explain in numbers.
Emojis for Ginger! 😺🐈😻
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3 stars = It was fine, 4 stars = I really, really enjoyed it but it wasn't perfect, 5 stars = loved, loved, loved
Yeessss a new vlog
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I love the i think too much hoodie. Where'd you get it from?
I’m so sad to say that the Everflame series went so downhill. Book 3 was a 2.75 stars for me 😢 800 pages for nooo reason whatsoever
I need to read Spark of the Everflame. The edition is so prettyyyy it's so floppy and has nice font! Why did I not know that you read fantasy romance lol.
Hahahah the romance I prefer is definitely fantasy romance!
Same 3 for me is not bad. Honestly, my rating is all over the place. But I don't need to love or like a book to enjoy or the time I was reading it.
Tell me why when you were talking about serious sprinting I FULLY expected to hear you say "I seriously need to buckle down."
You should let Patreon know when you’re posting them on pango before you post for everyone! Also you should def try Sonic’s tater tots!
Good idea!!
HAHA, so... I think of 3 stars like you as far as it being perfectly average, like I enjoyed my time reading it, probably won't think about it much once I finish the last page. Like it was enjoyable but it's not one I'd go out of my way to recommend to folks. But that's why I usually don't add other people's 3 star reads to my TBR because... I don't NEED a book to be the greatest prose/plot ever, but I do feel like there are so many flippin' books out there to read (1.564 on my list - that used to intimidate me but now that I prioritize reading, I'm like, "Hm... That might last another 10 years....") that I don't want to make time for throwaways. The only time I'll add another person's 3 star to my list is if they describe the storyline, and it sounds interesting. Then I'll let that interested feeling overcome the "3 stars is average" feels.
My solid three stars are I liked it but not as much as a 4
Or 5. Low 3 stars meh . 2 & 1 not for me lol
3 star = it was good, I wouldn’t read it again but would still suggest it to the right person
This is a good phrasing of it!!
I have three criteria: did I enjoy it? 3 stars. was it good? 4 stars. Would I recommend it to others? 5 stars!
Yes!!
Usually if I give a book a 3 it was okay but that was it. I didn’t actively hate it, but it wasn’t a favourite. I would generally read more in the series or by the same author but I wouldn’t be in a big rush about it. I would recommend it to other people. I always feel a little bad when I give a 3 because it means that it was a decent book but I didn’t feel very strongly about it…ah, the curse of indifference.😅
5 stars for favourites, 4 stars for books I enjoyed, 2 stars means it wasn’t for me but someone else might like it, and 1 star means I thought it was terrible and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Fortunately the 1’s are few and far between.
I don't think 3 stars is bad at all. 3 stars for me is "I liked it" but I didn't LOVE it or make me feel any type of emotions. Even on Goodreads if you hover over the 3 stars it says "I liked it". I don't ever rate anything lower than 3 stars because if I feel its going to be I DNF it. 3 stars and up I usually keep reading. Theres so many books to read and I let others who will love it and rate it higher to enjoy them.
I agree, if it’s not going to at minimum get 3 stars, I’m not finishing it!
HBO vs CW I am laughing so hard cause that makes so much sense ❤❤❤
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I love all the lifestyle stuff with the bookish stuff, I even like the morning routines of buying coffee on the way to work and a little bit of the drive you take. Actually I noticed that there was a lot of fog you were driving in earlier, morning or evening? US isn't it heading into Summer, you're in Spring at the moment aren't you? I'm in Australia so we're in Autumn toward Winter.
That fog was in the morning! We get a lot where we live because summer temps hit us pretty early but it still gets relatively stormy in the afternoon and cools down over night
6:13 hair looks great 😊
Murder road looks so fun!
Thanks for your vlog, as I just got a phone call saying my colon cancer screening was positive. I have to go to my Dr in an hour. ❤ Jakes #1 fan 🤗 Lynn in Phoenix
Oh no, I am so so sorry to hear this. Please keep us updated in the comments if you feel comfortable doing so. Jake, Ginger, and annabeth and I are all thinking of you!
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@@oliviareadsalatte Thank you. I didn't sleep last night, probably won't tonight. I'm a nervous Nelly. 😔 No stage given yet. Specialist to call me tomorrow. I hate waiting. Thank you and your Critter family. ♥
Does anyone know where Liv gets the bookmarks with the little charm bracelets thingys at? I’ve scoured through Etsy and I’ve had absolutely no luck finding them😭😭
I need the baddies get saddies shirt! Also please read the two trilogies by Nora Roberts that are romanticy. I know that sounds cray cray. The dragon heart legacy and chronicles of the one. I need other people to talk about these!!! Thank you for being you
I’ve seen those around, I need to check it out! Which would you recommend first? I’ve never read anything by her.
@@oliviareadsalatte the dragon heart legacy is awesome on Libby's audible. It is set partly in Ireland and it is such a fun experience to listen too. It is slightly more light hearted than the chronicles of the one but I ate that trilogy up too. I have never read her non romanticy books so I am not sure how they compare. Excited to hear your feedback once you tackle them (TBRs never shrink ever lol)
My rating is 1⭐️ ‐ BAD/ probably DNF'd, 2⭐️ ‐ I didn't like it/ I wouldn't continue the series, 3⭐️ - good/ I would continue the series 4⭐️ - really good/I would reread, 5⭐️ - absolutely love/new favorite
⭐= Bad/Did not like it ⭐⭐=Okay/Unsure if I'll continue ⭐⭐⭐= Good/I'll definitely recommend ⭐⭐⭐⭐= Really Good/Recommend, probably read again ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= Love it/Never shut up about it!
3 star to me is "like but not love". Perfectly positive-neutral, glad to have read it but probably will never re-read.
Yes!
I star rate books at a 3. To me, that means there good nothing wrong with them ❤
Yes! It’s that they’re good, but not super stand out.
I also need background noise. It makes me anxious when it’s to quiet in the house
Where did you get your bookmark from? So cute!
You may have already said and I’m forgetting but where is your “I think I think too much” crew neck from? Please and thank you.
1 ⭐️ = DNF, or it should have been a DNF. 2 ⭐️ = i finished, but I didn’t like it. 3 stars = it’s totally fine. I had a good time, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to others. 4 ⭐️ = I really like it, and I’d recommend it. 5 ⭐️ = I can’t shut up about this book, you better read about it so I can talk to you. This book changed me as a person.
Your 3 star rating is my 4 star rating lol. 3 stars for me means I will not be picking up the next book in a series. I gave Spark 3 ⭐️’s
Ahhhh that makes sense!
Three stars to me, is a book that was average but enjoyable, that has the potential to be a higher rating for a different person. A book that doesn't have any glaring flaw, but didn't blow me away.
I actually had to stop reading Where Sleeping Girls Lie, because of the font size. I have horrible eye sight and I kept getting eye strain.
5⭐️ - loved it was exactly what I needed at the time
4⭐️ - really enjoyed it
3⭐️ - it was fine. I’d still recommend it to people but it wasn’t the best thing I’ve read
2⭐️ - I didn’t like it at all but it had some sort of redeeming quality or provoked a reaction even if it was negative
1⭐️ - didn’t like it and completely forgettable.
This is very close to mine!!
“And Henry is her childhood friend and he can choke.” YES. YES. YES.
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Yay evening saved
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A three star book to me is kind of a meh book. It means I liked it but I didn't love it. Likely wouldn't buy it and probably wouldn't reread it. I don't feel like it's wasted time, but it just was kind of there. Not great not terrible. Four Star means I like it a lot and five star means it's a favorite. And a favorite could mean maybe it's not the best written book but the vibes and experience was great and it was very entertaining. A lot of people I know will only rate a book five stars if it's really good writing but that's not the case for me.
For me 3 star is average, good book. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it. 4 star I really enjoyed and 5 star I loved/obsessed with.
try The Lord of Sterile
Yeah it's the one thing that I hate about goodreads. Every 3 star rating gets a lot of people commenting their disbelief 🙄 for me 1 is awful, waste of time, 2 is meh, 3 is good, I enjoyed it but nothing special, 4 is great, i loved it, and 5 is amazing, I will think about this book for a while
I'm so jealous of anyone that can read with any noise happening....if the tv is on, if anyone is speaking, if anyone is even whispering, I cannot read at all. I can barely even read with instrumental music on. I need like absolute silence!
I've got a question for Olivia. Have you read The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer? If so what did you think of it? I kinda wanted an opinion other than good reads.
I gave this one a 5 star!!! Loved the magical found family vibes. ❤ Sweet book!
I haven’t read that one!