The amusement and fun of adulthood comes in mysterious ways. I got a lemon squeezer last week for $5 that had a little cup that collects the juice and I was so excited to try it, ah the simple things that make us forget about our daily struggles 🥰 also approve of P!ATD song choice 👌
Libraries are awesome. And always underappreciated. Sadly.. thank you for utilizing it. It always holds a certain magic people don't always acknowledge. And omg your public library is gorgeous. No wonder you go. It's hard to resist that.
The only one of these I've read is Blackened Teeth and I absolutely felt the same way about the characters. Just rooting for the ghost the whole time. (And yes, I wrote like six versions of that kind of story by the time I hit middle school.)
i am SO fascinated by this mysterious novella with no ratings. there are used copies (a copy??) on amazon and then oxfam is selling a used signed first edition for only £8.99 but there is so little otherwise.
Yessss I would’ve bet money that Crossroads would be your favorite of the video, and I’m so glad you ended up enjoying that one!! That book is so hard hitting 😭
I have a couple of recommendations for horror novellas: The Patient by Jasper DeWitt and The Underdwelling by Tim Curran. I liked both of these for different reasons. (Also liked Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher's What Moves The Dead recently which is a retelling of Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, but idk if I'd call it horror tbh)
Have you ever seen the movie “The Ritual”, Gavin? It’s such a good horror film but the book was so different! I’d so recommend giving it a try though - worth a read just for how crazy it gets in the second half! Great video as usual, I’m more of a lurker but thought I’d pop in to say how much I love your content - your hard work and passion for this really shows. Thanks for sharing!
I just want to give a huge trigger warning for Crossroads if people in the comments want to read it, if you struggle with self harming, then I would not read this book.
such a cocktease. 'cause I DNF'd Ballad of Black Tom because I feel like I need to read the source first to get it but like do I really, and I hated Nothing But Blackened Teeth too so coolcoolcool, buuuut Crossroads was one of the worst books I've ever read 😂😂 but I loved Below so I wonder if you will 👀
omg I used to listen to the album Death of a Bachelor 24/7 when it was released in 2016 but haven’t listened to it since. I was thunderstruck at 3:30 of this video Thanks for reminding me how brillant Panic at the Disco really is 😘
I am not mad to be in the Gavin Horror Era. I actually really enjoyed The Pale House Devil. Even though lovecraftian and cosmic horror does not tend to work for me🙈 But most of my favorite horror novellas are the ones that are quite messed up. 👀 I never read Nothing But Blackened Teeth also because of all the bad reviews....I was like...pass. I am now glad I skipped it.
Your library has such cool displays! Love the 'it upset me so much' when you take the book from it. I actually really liked the pale house devil 😅 I liked the characters dynamic and the world building for such a short novella. I would call it horror -- only because I recommended it to a friend and she couldn't finish it because she was too scared. I think we are just used to more darker and disturbing things 🙈 it didn't scare me either but did feel horror-y in its tropes. And was so interesting to hear your thoughts on the ballad of black tom as I have been meaning to read it for ages but actually didn't know it was a novella and not a novel D:
My friend actually just read a book that its sequels didn’t have any rates or reviews in goodreads either. And they had been out for 10 yrs at least. It’s really weird haha
Great reading vlog, I really enjoyed watching this even though you didn't like most of the books you read for this vlog 😅 try Stephen King's short story collections, maybe you could vlog your experience of trying them out...😀
Ash being in a dangerous spot 😂😂 I would have laughed if the next cat took the spot. Also crying about the 30 seconds walk of exercise 😂 but Indian is so goooddd like we can't hold you for that.
I really liked Crossroads, it was heartbreaking. I was really intrigued by the premise of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, but I felt like it was a bit overwritten and needed to be fleshed out into a longer novel. Definitely a missed opportunity there. I have the original cover, and it is awesome. I definitely have had The Ballad of Black Tom on my TBR for a while. My husband read the Kadrey a few weeks ago, and I will let him take that bullet for me ;-)
Might be worth checking out Crossroads for myself then. I'm not a fan of Lovecraft (either his works or him as a person - for the love of god do not look up the name of his cat), but The Cats of Ulthar might be worth reading if you have a few minutes free. It's extremely short, and it appeals to my love for cats and the idea that they're vengeful beings that mustn't be harmed. Lovecraft was a cat-lover, so that's one redeeming quality about him, I guess.
What did I love about this vlog? Gavin, book talk, food talk, library visit, café visit, the cats, the cosy chatty vibe. What didn't I like? That it had to end ❤❤
I bought Nothing but Blackened Teeth specifically to read on Halloween night in 2021 and I was so very disappointed. It was a one star for me as well, and, while I don't want to see you read terrible books, I was quite excited for your thoughts (sometimes its fun when we can all hate the same thing). I admit I was fooled by the gorgeous cover (mine's different from yours, must be a US version?) and I honestly found the ghost to be the most likeable character. I was excited for the cast to get brutally picked off one by one, but then, well, you've seen how that went. I thought the characters made more sense as getting together for a funeral of a mutual friend than a wedding. Like you said, there was no way to believe that this group were actually "friends." I hope you continue to find books that make you happy!
Thank you as always for your wit and wisdom! I really appreciate all the hard work you put into your art. Just know that I'm sending you tons of love from Texas! You are awesome.
I totally agree about the characters in Nothing but Blackened Teeth, they just didn't work for me and the modern dialogue and stuff was so bad! I was so pleasantly surprised when I read her second novella though which is historical dark horror/fantasy instead and MUCH preferred it
Lovecraft was inspired by House on the Borderlands. Some of Lovecraft's stuff is pretty approachable. Unfortunately, a lot of it has a fun dose of racism, so I wouldn't recommend exploring his work unless you really want to explore the genre.
Honestly Lovecraft horror isn't for me... It makes me uncomfortable and bored. But not scared uncomfortable... More like I'm waiting for the bus and it starts raining and there's nowhere to hide under and the bus is 10 minutes late and now I'm wet and cold uncomfortable
Love the hat! 😍 Being a cat dad is hard work! 🐾 😂 A few moments of silence for stumbling into 3 bookstores! The door being cracked open behind you while you were reading had me scared the whole time! 😂
I love a new hair cut, it just makes you feel so fresh, right!? I don't think I've personally read any cosmic horrors, but I feel like I have to just pick up one in my lifetime. They just generally are not books I naturally turn to. You know what I mean? But here, life is too boring without books, so might as well try some new ones 😅
Finally some horror content. And sorry you didn't like many of them. I love horror but I prefer bigger books. I need more details and stmosphere than the novellas can give.
I nearly had a heart attack when Ash almost fell. I’m still near the beginning of the video, but I just had to comment at that moment of the video. I felt my heart jump out of my chest. Also Gavin, would you consider reading extreme horror? I don’t want to put any pressure on you, but I was just wondering. Also, I just finished the Arlong Arch of One Piece. I named one of my water Pokémon “Bellemére”. Why water Pokemon, well…you know…😏 Anyways, I’m going to continue watching the video. Gavin, I feel like you’d be a fun person to hang out with. I hope that doesn’t sound weird, you just give off very fun and very chill vibes.
The Pale House Devil was a disappointment for me as well! I thought it had a lot of interesting elements, but the execution just wasn't that interesting. Kind of all over the place, stayed on the surface where I wanted it to go deeper. I would enjoy reading more about the two main characters in a series of them doing what they were doing before the story in The Pale House Devil. And possibly after. I haven't read any of the others, but have heard good things about The Ballad of Black Tom and Crossroads. I did read a really interesting horror novella last year which I loved: This Is Where We Live by Kate Hardie. It's a bit literary, and very weird, and it tackles quite a few difficult topics in a very original and (imo) poignant way. Chock-full of feminine rage. Not necessarily a recommendation, because I honestly can't really gauge if you'd like it, but who knows!
I would highly recommend reading H.P Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, M.R James & Algernon Blackwood for a solid background for the horror genre. They were all influential to modern horror and wrote really 'creeping horror' which I love! Lots of short stories to get a taste for their style👻. You guys (in the UK) are SO lucky to have such amazing bookstores at your doorstep!!! I'd fall over in my eagerness running towards those shops lol!🤣
Horror novellas are soooo hard to do! I feel like it needs the perfect balance and I find very few actually do it for me. 🥲 I also don’t really enjoy cosmic horror, so I get what you mean! I need to read Crossroads, I always see everyone loving it!
The amusement and fun of adulthood comes in mysterious ways. I got a lemon squeezer last week for $5 that had a little cup that collects the juice and I was so excited to try it, ah the simple things that make us forget about our daily struggles 🥰 also approve of P!ATD song choice 👌
That lemon squeezer actually sounds pretty great, the joys of adulthood 😂
Now I think we need to all read the Father Cotton Chronicles as a channel.
Yes
3:22 PANIC AT THE DISCO?? 5 star video already
A horror novella I can recommend is Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. His writing is stellar.
i was coming down to say this!! it involves gullah geechee culture, and it's like the darker, badass older sibling to root magic by eden royce
Reading books that have no reviews at all sounds like a good idea for a video
I'm always wearing my clothes more than once. Nobody loves doing laundry that much. 😂
Libraries are awesome. And always underappreciated. Sadly.. thank you for utilizing it. It always holds a certain magic people don't always acknowledge. And omg your public library is gorgeous. No wonder you go. It's hard to resist that.
The only one of these I've read is Blackened Teeth and I absolutely felt the same way about the characters. Just rooting for the ghost the whole time. (And yes, I wrote like six versions of that kind of story by the time I hit middle school.)
i am SO fascinated by this mysterious novella with no ratings. there are used copies (a copy??) on amazon and then oxfam is selling a used signed first edition for only £8.99 but there is so little otherwise.
Yessss I would’ve bet money that Crossroads would be your favorite of the video, and I’m so glad you ended up enjoying that one!! That book is so hard hitting 😭
Oh no, Im reading Nothing but Blackened Teeth soon.... maybe I should skip it 😅
I have a couple of recommendations for horror novellas: The Patient by Jasper DeWitt and The Underdwelling by Tim Curran. I liked both of these for different reasons.
(Also liked Ursula Vernon/T Kingfisher's What Moves The Dead recently which is a retelling of Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, but idk if I'd call it horror tbh)
The Patient was so great! It gave me nightmares, which is a rare occurrence for a seasoned horror reader like me lol
Have you ever seen the movie “The Ritual”, Gavin? It’s such a good horror film but the book was so different! I’d so recommend giving it a try though - worth a read just for how crazy it gets in the second half!
Great video as usual, I’m more of a lurker but thought I’d pop in to say how much I love your content - your hard work and passion for this really shows. Thanks for sharing!
Love the music and cat parts of this video❤ and I wish there was a beautifull cafe near me like this one.😍
A horror themed reading vlog??? Love to see it 😍👏 I’m also a big fan of your beanie era
I just want to give a huge trigger warning for Crossroads if people in the comments want to read it, if you struggle with self harming, then I would not read this book.
I can never be bothered to get my hair cut lol
Yes to more Horror content/books in 2024! Love your horror-themed videos ☺
I still maintain that what happens in Nothing But Blackened Teeth was premeditated - what happens was planned in advance
such a cocktease.
'cause I DNF'd Ballad of Black Tom because I feel like I need to read the source first to get it but like do I really, and I hated Nothing But Blackened Teeth too so coolcoolcool, buuuut Crossroads was one of the worst books I've ever read 😂😂 but I loved Below so I wonder if you will 👀
Wake up babe, a new Gav video has dropped! 🫶🏻
The internet would break if there was ever a Gav/Stephanie collab 👀
@@GavinReadsItAll 👀👀👀 should we break Beyoncés internet…
omg I used to listen to the album Death of a Bachelor 24/7 when it was released in 2016 but haven’t listened to it since. I was thunderstruck at 3:30 of this video Thanks for reminding me how brillant Panic at the Disco really is 😘
Glad there’s at least one book we both enjoy 👀
I think Slagatha should solve the mystery of the Father Cotton Chronicles!! We might be missing a masterpiece
I am not mad to be in the Gavin Horror Era. I actually really enjoyed The Pale House Devil. Even though lovecraftian and cosmic horror does not tend to work for me🙈 But most of my favorite horror novellas are the ones that are quite messed up. 👀
I never read Nothing But Blackened Teeth also because of all the bad reviews....I was like...pass. I am now glad I skipped it.
im so ready for more horror/thriller content😈😈 Crossroads was my fave too, Below was also quite good.
Your library has such cool displays! Love the 'it upset me so much' when you take the book from it. I actually really liked the pale house devil 😅 I liked the characters dynamic and the world building for such a short novella. I would call it horror -- only because I recommended it to a friend and she couldn't finish it because she was too scared. I think we are just used to more darker and disturbing things 🙈 it didn't scare me either but did feel horror-y in its tropes. And was so interesting to hear your thoughts on the ballad of black tom as I have been meaning to read it for ages but actually didn't know it was a novella and not a novel D:
My friend actually just read a book that its sequels didn’t have any rates or reviews in goodreads either. And they had been out for 10 yrs at least. It’s really weird haha
Yes, yes yes it's Gav tiiiiiime!
(I only just started the vid... can't wait to see which of these books ends up being the good one 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿)
Hope you enjoy ❤️
Had the best time ❤ you've also helped me confirm Nothing But Blackened Teeth is not for me
Yes Hex is historical fiction with a slight magical realism.
Great reading vlog, I really enjoyed watching this even though you didn't like most of the books you read for this vlog 😅 try Stephen King's short story collections, maybe you could vlog your experience of trying them out...😀
Ash being in a dangerous spot 😂😂 I would have laughed if the next cat took the spot.
Also crying about the 30 seconds walk of exercise 😂 but Indian is so goooddd like we can't hold you for that.
I hated blackened teeth when I read it 😬
Me too! I felt like the ending was so tepid 😂 and I didn't find it scary at all! It was so rubbish
Same! I was tricked by the gorgeous cover. It had a few moments of potential but all were wasted.
I really liked Crossroads, it was heartbreaking.
I was really intrigued by the premise of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, but I felt like it was a bit overwritten and needed to be fleshed out into a longer novel. Definitely a missed opportunity there. I have the original cover, and it is awesome.
I definitely have had The Ballad of Black Tom on my TBR for a while.
My husband read the Kadrey a few weeks ago, and I will let him take that bullet for me ;-)
Might be worth checking out Crossroads for myself then.
I'm not a fan of Lovecraft (either his works or him as a person - for the love of god do not look up the name of his cat), but The Cats of Ulthar might be worth reading if you have a few minutes free. It's extremely short, and it appeals to my love for cats and the idea that they're vengeful beings that mustn't be harmed. Lovecraft was a cat-lover, so that's one redeeming quality about him, I guess.
What did I love about this vlog? Gavin, book talk, food talk, library visit, café visit, the cats, the cosy chatty vibe. What didn't I like? That it had to end ❤❤
I bought Nothing but Blackened Teeth specifically to read on Halloween night in 2021 and I was so very disappointed. It was a one star for me as well, and, while I don't want to see you read terrible books, I was quite excited for your thoughts (sometimes its fun when we can all hate the same thing).
I admit I was fooled by the gorgeous cover (mine's different from yours, must be a US version?) and I honestly found the ghost to be the most likeable character. I was excited for the cast to get brutally picked off one by one, but then, well, you've seen how that went. I thought the characters made more sense as getting together for a funeral of a mutual friend than a wedding. Like you said, there was no way to believe that this group were actually "friends."
I hope you continue to find books that make you happy!
We all need a takeaway sometimes, especially if we've just read something disappointing! ❤
Thank you as always for your wit and wisdom! I really appreciate all the hard work you put into your art. Just know that I'm sending you tons of love from Texas! You are awesome.
Okay I've picked up so many of these in the bookshop and never quite pulled the trigger, glad I didn't lol
I'm the same way this cosmic horror. I just don't get it!
I totally agree about the characters in Nothing but Blackened Teeth, they just didn't work for me and the modern dialogue and stuff was so bad! I was so pleasantly surprised when I read her second novella though which is historical dark horror/fantasy instead and MUCH preferred it
It's not a novella, but I read the Changeling by Victor LaValle in February, and his writing is just so amazing!
As soon as I read the title and saw the thumbnail, I knew Crossroads would be the one he liked 😄
Me shaking my head as you stumble into Waterstones.... also me buying books I don't need as I watch. Love the vid!
I was so scared you were going to love Nothing but Blackened Teeth 😅
In Vlogs if you find one book that you really like then I’d say it was successful
Love these shorter slice of life reading vlogs :)
Fun! Love this idea. Now I've got one for the spooky season tbr.
It's been *so* long since I heard a Panic! song!!
Well now I want to read that book with no reviews
I honestly love your videos! They feel like a warm hug 🤗
Your kitties are so pretty!
Glad to see you reading some horror again 😀
Glad you got a decent Novella in the end. Also the cafe looked amazing!
Lovecraft was inspired by House on the Borderlands.
Some of Lovecraft's stuff is pretty approachable.
Unfortunately, a lot of it has a fun dose of racism, so I wouldn't recommend exploring his work unless you really want to explore the genre.
Honestly Lovecraft horror isn't for me... It makes me uncomfortable and bored. But not scared uncomfortable... More like I'm waiting for the bus and it starts raining and there's nowhere to hide under and the bus is 10 minutes late and now I'm wet and cold uncomfortable
Love the hat! 😍
Being a cat dad is hard work! 🐾
😂 A few moments of silence for stumbling into 3 bookstores!
The door being cracked open behind you while you were reading had me scared the whole time! 😂
I love a new hair cut, it just makes you feel so fresh, right!?
I don't think I've personally read any cosmic horrors, but I feel like I have to just pick up one in my lifetime.
They just generally are not books I naturally turn to. You know what I mean?
But here, life is too boring without books, so might as well try some new ones 😅
Finally some horror content. And sorry you didn't like many of them. I love horror but I prefer bigger books. I need more details and stmosphere than the novellas can give.
I nearly had a heart attack when Ash almost fell. I’m still near the beginning of the video, but I just had to comment at that moment of the video. I felt my heart jump out of my chest.
Also Gavin, would you consider reading extreme horror? I don’t want to put any pressure on you, but I was just wondering.
Also, I just finished the Arlong Arch of One Piece. I named one of my water Pokémon “Bellemére”. Why water Pokemon, well…you know…😏
Anyways, I’m going to continue watching the video.
Gavin, I feel like you’d be a fun person to hang out with. I hope that doesn’t sound weird, you just give off very fun and very chill vibes.
The Pale House Devil was a disappointment for me as well! I thought it had a lot of interesting elements, but the execution just wasn't that interesting. Kind of all over the place, stayed on the surface where I wanted it to go deeper. I would enjoy reading more about the two main characters in a series of them doing what they were doing before the story in The Pale House Devil. And possibly after. I haven't read any of the others, but have heard good things about The Ballad of Black Tom and Crossroads. I did read a really interesting horror novella last year which I loved: This Is Where We Live by Kate Hardie. It's a bit literary, and very weird, and it tackles quite a few difficult topics in a very original and (imo) poignant way. Chock-full of feminine rage. Not necessarily a recommendation, because I honestly can't really gauge if you'd like it, but who knows!
I also accidentally order books online when I was meant to be working so I can relate to accidentally walking into bookstores
Oh my goodness, I'm mid watch and hope you choose Hex. I bloody loved that novella; if not it is definitely worth the read!
Great, Gavin.
Went to the library yesterday and came home with an armfull. 📖🤟
That's why I wear hats and wigs....I can't be bothered with the hair. 😅
but the beanie looks so cute
stopped everything i was doing and i am SAT
Skip the Nothing But Blackened Teeth section, I beg ❤️
i need an award for being in the 2% that enjoyed nothing but blackened teeth
laurel hightower >>>>>>>>
First lol 🎉❤
You saved the best for last!
1000% haha
I would highly recommend reading H.P Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, M.R James & Algernon Blackwood for a solid background for the horror genre. They were all influential to modern horror and wrote really 'creeping horror' which I love! Lots of short stories to get a taste for their style👻.
You guys (in the UK) are SO lucky to have such amazing bookstores at your doorstep!!! I'd fall over in my eagerness running towards those shops lol!🤣
I'm early! I was just looking for something to watch😁🫶
21:04 LMAOOOOO
The b*tch leaped out of me there 😂
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Gavin you look really cute with a beanie
Horror novellas are soooo hard to do! I feel like it needs the perfect balance and I find very few actually do it for me. 🥲 I also don’t really enjoy cosmic horror, so I get what you mean! I need to read Crossroads, I always see everyone loving it!