The House in the Cerulean Sea was my favorite book last year. The way I’ve never felt so connected to a main character like Linus was so eye opening and the way I want a love like the one in this book. Also, the kids were so cute and Chauncey was just so adorable!!! 🥺🥺
This is so relatable, I can't even. I literally formatted and printed a pretty floral hardcover OF FANFICTION during quarantine last year via nook press (I uploaded snippet of it if anyone's curious). Honestly, more of us should be doing this. Some of the best writing I read the whole year was fanfiction on ao3 lol.
the fact that haikyuu is here and in first position makes me SO HAPPY but also i can't imagine reading it without it completely taking over one's life it's just THAT good
OH HAIKYU!! i got into the anime during the second half of this year, watching it twice back to back. now i'm collecting all the mangas so i can read them, while trying to restrain myself from watching the whole anime again. i love everything about haikyuu soo much it makes me happy to see it caused a very bright spot in 2020 for you as well! Edit: i also would literally be so happy to watch literally any kind of haikyuu analysis from you akdjasjk
YESS HOWL MOVING CASTLE!!! I legit reread it twice in 2020. I actaully made a whole video chatting about the way the book and movie complement each other, they're both just so beautiful.
Soooo convinced for house in the cerulean sea and kamisama kiss!!! Thanks for this list, love that you include all genres!!!! Wishing you all the blessings for the new year 💝💝
two videos from kat already in 2021?* *is shook** maybe kat gracing us with her presence will save the year...fingers crossed 🤞 we missed you miss o'Keefe
kat, you'd probably like all for the game. it's basically sports manga, but it's novels about a fictional sport and the runaway son of a mob boss who stops running so he can play it even though it means he's probably signing his death warrant
lmao I had the same journey with Haikyu! I started the anime with like zero expectations and was like I'm not into sports, this probably won't be for me. Now I'm completely obsessed and feel so emotional about these volleyball boys uggghhh! I need to check out the manga. Also, if you haven't checked out Koroku's Basketball, I'd recommend it! It has similar vibes to Haikyu!
OH MY GOSH I just binged all four seasons of the Haikyu! anime and now I want to read the manga while I wait for season 5 but you scared me with your comments about the final arc LOL.
@@rchlfth_reads It's a spinoff of a previous series, so I would suggest starting with the infernal devices(there are three books) then the chain of gold as we follow the next generation from the previous series.
Great vid! A lot of manga reading for sure. I haven't read manga. I haven't finished watching either of those anime shows. BUT I did just finish watching The Legend of Korra, and last year started reading right before 2021, Avatar the last Airbender: The Promise part one and two. (Not anime, but close enough).
I’m really glad you enjoyed Haikyuu so much!! It’s one of my favorite manga and stories in general, so I’m always excited to see others talk about it (the final arc killed me too haha) ❤️ great list Kat!!
Kamisama Kiss is one of my favorite series ever! though admittedly, I only got about halfway through the manga before I got pulled away from reading :( so my goal this year is to read the whole series because it was sooooo cute and so good! idk if you’ve read Yona of the Dawn but that was one of my fave reads this year that gave me a similar feeling at least in how I absolutely could NOT put it down (though it’s still ongoing) and about Howl’s Moving Castle, I remember seeing on tumblr someone saying that the movie is how Howl experienced the events, and the book is how Sophie experienced them, and I’ve been losing it since
KAT I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I AM CRYING BLOOD TEARS WHEN HAIKYUU WAS YOUR TOP #1 FAVOURITE THIS YEAR... IM FCKING OKAY... 2020 HAS BEEN FORGIVEN.. IM CRYING... PLEASE MAKE HAIKYUU VIDEOS!!! ID WATCH THEM THRICE EVERYDAY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 IM SO HAPPY SO SO HAPPY
Made the mistake of watching this video with my girlfriend who has been trying to make me read/watch haikyu since forever. She knows your book recs are often my fave/go-tos. She has weaponized this knowledge against me now. Also if you like Diana Wynne Jones she has another series called the chronicles of crestomanci and I think you'd really like it. It's a parallel worlds thing v good v good.
I get so excited when you recommend your favorite books! I always end up loving what you suggest. I’m so happy part of your 2020 was consumed by Haikyu!!! Same for me. I love it so much 🥺
I read Howls Moving Castle this year too and it's on my favourites list as well! And I started watching Kamisama Kiss on your recommendation recently and loving it :)
I’m book shopping and NEEDED this list from you, my most trusted source. TY! Been watching for years, your content and thoughts always make me happy. Hope you feel comfortable being back, we missed you! (Esp over at katyvlogs...lol)
An anime, that I love that doesn't have an ending that I want to read the Manga for is Yona of the Dawn. It's also around a 25 volume series, and I don't know if it's completed yet. But I need it in my life because I need to know how everything plays out.
also read the haikyuu manga in 2020, fully agree that the storytelling, characters and volleyball games are phenomenal !!(and the final arc is a sudden switch up😭)
god the final arc...... so much changed so quickly i was OVERWHELMED i did not know how to process but once i got used to the new situation i loooooved it the ending was beautiful i cried
volleyball-as-magic-system is seriously big-brain stuff. Amazing. I've only watched the first couple of seasons of Haikyuu and I think I need to read the manga
We have three same favorite books 2020: The house in the Cerulean sea, Howl's moving castle and Murderbot series. I recommend you to read Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. I think you will enjoy Legendborn.
i actually read the full manga! the anime is a pretty faithful adaptation so you could probably just start with later volumes if you want, but a few storylines are different and it was interesting to see the changes!
Kat starts the video talking about how much she loves a series about portal fantasies and then later on references a plot twist in Howl's Moving Castle... I wonder what that twist could be? ;) (I looooooved that twist so much partly because of a personal connection to it - describing this without saying it outright is hard) Highly recommend The Dark Lord of Derkholm for any Diana Wynne Jones fans! It's so good :D
We definitely count manga! I wish we could count fanfic too! (It’s so hard to track. Do we try to track by word count?! 😂) Chain of Gold! ♥️ I started The Murderbot Diaries in 2020 and loved the first one!
I'm most definitely going to give The House in the Cerulean Sea a try because SO MANY PEOPLE recommended it to me. If you like his style, i think you might want to read his Wolfsong, another of Klune's works, in which the protagonists are gay werewolves!
i believe it's classified as a middle grade, but only because it came out in the 1980s before YA existed as a genre! most of the characters are late teens / early twenties!
THANK YOU! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who spent 2020 binging fanfiction! Also, Diana Wynne Jones is my FAVORITE author of all time; you should definitely read Dark Lord of Derkholm XD
AH HELLO LOVELY HUMAN! It's good to see your face and hear your voice again! I know 2020 wasn't easy for anyone, and I can only imagine how difficult it was trying to slog your way through all the things and manage your time/be productive when it was just essentially impossible to be a functional human (lol my ADHD @$$ can relate A LOT!). But YAY for this lovely video, it was wonderful and I'm glad you had such a great reading year! (And may I once again say how much I appreciate you talking about fanfic and how much you've gotten into it cuz it just means heckuva lot to me and when people sh!t on it I get !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Sending you so much love, hugs if you want them, and so many good vibes for a successful wonderful fulfilling 2021!!!!!
Mine would probably be between The Eve Illusion, the fourth Warhammer Adventures' (putting them together because I can't pick a favourite and Avenging Son. The latter if only for the craziness of its 5/6 chapter final battle followed by the equivalent of Gandalf's "Battle For Middle-Earth" speech in The Two Towers movie. I'd include Burn by Patrick Ness but considering I finished it in 2021 that feels like it'd be a bit of a cheat
in one week, 2 videos from Kat, i finally bought a new(er) car, and i actually had a decent experience shopping at walmart today??? i'm scared, mostly by the last one. *watches for incoming meteor*
Yessss Haikyuu is amazing. U should try watching kuroko no basket (also intense in sport and friendship dramas). & just wanted to say im currently reading Carry on bc of u (and having sm fun!!)
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demanding a video of kat's fanfic reading habits complete with favorite tropes
oh man I HAVE MANY HABITS AND OPINIONS lemme see if i can organize my incoherent ranting into something resembling a proper video XD
@@Katytastic YES DO IT BFF
@@Katytastic I AM QUAKING IN MY BOOTS I WANNA SEE IT ALL
"We're not here to talk about my fanfic habits today?" WHY NOT, IT IS THE CONTENT THAT WE NEED!!
Haha I was about to comment this!
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TWO KAT VIDEOS WITHIN THE SPAN OF A WEEK-ISH
i'm tryin to upload every saturday! let's see how long this lasts XD
@@Katytastic yay! Well then we'll enjoy this for as long it lasts xd
Kat obsessing over Haikyu is something I never knew I needed
it's SO! GOOD! XD
Lmaooo I really felt that when you said that if you count manga and fanfics you had a great reading year, that’s so relatable
If you need an alternate for goodreads, thestorygraph is pretty good. And it lets you export everything from your goodreads to there.
The House in the Cerulean Sea was my favorite book last year. The way I’ve never felt so connected to a main character like Linus was so eye opening and the way I want a love like the one in this book. Also, the kids were so cute and Chauncey was just so adorable!!! 🥺🥺
it really was such a wonderful book!!
This is so relatable, I can't even. I literally formatted and printed a pretty floral hardcover OF FANFICTION during quarantine last year via nook press (I uploaded snippet of it if anyone's curious). Honestly, more of us should be doing this. Some of the best writing I read the whole year was fanfiction on ao3 lol.
the fact that haikyuu is here and in first position makes me SO HAPPY
but also i can't imagine reading it without it completely taking over one's life it's just THAT good
OH HAIKYU!! i got into the anime during the second half of this year, watching it twice back to back. now i'm collecting all the mangas so i can read them, while trying to restrain myself from watching the whole anime again. i love everything about haikyuu soo much it makes me happy to see it caused a very bright spot in 2020 for you as well!
Edit: i also would literally be so happy to watch literally any kind of haikyuu analysis from you akdjasjk
YESS HOWL MOVING CASTLE!!! I legit reread it twice in 2020. I actaully made a whole video chatting about the way the book and movie complement each other, they're both just so beautiful.
Soooo convinced for house in the cerulean sea and kamisama kiss!!! Thanks for this list, love that you include all genres!!!! Wishing you all the blessings for the new year 💝💝
I've added the Murderbot series to my TBR list... It sounds so interesting, definitely going to give it a go!
two videos from kat already in 2021?* *is shook**
maybe kat gracing us with her presence will save the year...fingers crossed 🤞 we missed you miss o'Keefe
I am so excited for this one, I kind of missed your videos last year. Hoping to see more of your videos this year. 👉👈😢❤
kat, you'd probably like all for the game. it's basically sports manga, but it's novels about a fictional sport and the runaway son of a mob boss who stops running so he can play it even though it means he's probably signing his death warrant
My boyfriend just bought me The House in the Cerulean Sea!!! I’m so excited to read it. 😄
lmao I had the same journey with Haikyu! I started the anime with like zero expectations and was like I'm not into sports, this probably won't be for me. Now I'm completely obsessed and feel so emotional about these volleyball boys uggghhh! I need to check out the manga. Also, if you haven't checked out Koroku's Basketball, I'd recommend it! It has similar vibes to Haikyu!
OH MY GOSH I just binged all four seasons of the Haikyu! anime and now I want to read the manga while I wait for season 5 but you scared me with your comments about the final arc LOL.
lol it's not bad i swear! it was just........ surprising lol
Yeah, Howl's Moving Castle is really interesting in that there are some huge differences that got left out of the movie and changed the vibe a lot.
Kate: I only read like 40 books this year.
*checks my Goodreads*
Me: I only read like 9 books...
I read 261 (i read comics as well)
I also only read 10 and it's okay :)
Quality, not quantity.
I hope you’re doing okay, Kat❤️ having these two videos from you has been wonderful! Take care and stay safe💫
Great list! Chain of Gold is oh so good! ♥♥
will I enjoy it even if I have not rrad any from the previous books?
you will miss a lot of great easter eggs and cameos! A lot!!!
@@rchlfth_reads It's a spinoff of a previous series, so I would suggest starting with the infernal devices(there are three books) then the chain of gold as we follow the next generation from the previous series.
I'm always so happy to see a video from you! There were a lot of books on here that I haven't read that now I'll have to track down and read!
I JUST found the Haikyu! anime and flew through the first season last week. I'm in love and am definitely planning to pick up the manga soon 😄
PS Please yes do a whole video dedicated to name analysis
I love Haikyuu too. It’s super easy to love ALL the characters not just from karasuno but from the other teams as well. 💜
Haikyuu! is a blessing... My favourtie characters are Oikawa, Kageyama and Tsukishima, I love my volleyball children so much
Great vid! A lot of manga reading for sure. I haven't read manga.
I haven't finished watching either of those anime shows. BUT I did just finish watching The Legend of Korra, and last year started reading right before 2021, Avatar the last Airbender: The Promise part one and two. (Not anime, but close enough).
I’m really glad you enjoyed Haikyuu so much!! It’s one of my favorite manga and stories in general, so I’m always excited to see others talk about it (the final arc killed me too haha) ❤️ great list Kat!!
Kamisama Kiss is one of my favorite series ever! though admittedly, I only got about halfway through the manga before I got pulled away from reading :( so my goal this year is to read the whole series because it was sooooo cute and so good! idk if you’ve read Yona of the Dawn but that was one of my fave reads this year that gave me a similar feeling at least in how I absolutely could NOT put it down (though it’s still ongoing)
and about Howl’s Moving Castle, I remember seeing on tumblr someone saying that the movie is how Howl experienced the events, and the book is how Sophie experienced them, and I’ve been losing it since
God! I've only read wayward Children #1 and I need to get the whole series. That book made me cry such feels
KAT I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I AM CRYING BLOOD TEARS WHEN HAIKYUU WAS YOUR TOP #1 FAVOURITE THIS YEAR... IM FCKING OKAY... 2020 HAS BEEN FORGIVEN.. IM CRYING... PLEASE MAKE HAIKYUU VIDEOS!!! ID WATCH THEM THRICE EVERYDAY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 IM SO HAPPY SO SO HAPPY
hahaha
I read soooo many fanfics too! And they were so long that my tbr pile was glaring at me like these books have less word count.
Omg I loved your description of Murderbot Diaries series you convinced me to read it!
I love how the first author you mentioned recommended the second author you talked about lol
Made the mistake of watching this video with my girlfriend who has been trying to make me read/watch haikyu since forever. She knows your book recs are often my fave/go-tos. She has weaponized this knowledge against me now. Also if you like Diana Wynne Jones she has another series called the chronicles of crestomanci and I think you'd really like it. It's a parallel worlds thing v good v good.
OMG!! I'm so glad you loved The House in the Cerulean Sea!!! It was so precious!!
it was SO SWEET AND CUTE!! i just know i'm gonna be re-reading it when i need a comforting book
Kat has read more books in 2020 then I ever did, while i sat in my room all day sad and bored
Omg Kat is back HOW MUCH I'VE MISSED YOU💕
I get so excited when you recommend your favorite books! I always end up loving what you suggest. I’m so happy part of your 2020 was consumed by Haikyu!!! Same for me. I love it so much 🥺
I read Howls Moving Castle this year too and it's on my favourites list as well! And I started watching Kamisama Kiss on your recommendation recently and loving it :)
OMG, I'm so happy Haikyuu!! Is on this list, I'm glad you loved it ♡
I’m book shopping and NEEDED this list from you, my most trusted source. TY! Been watching for years, your content and thoughts always make me happy. Hope you feel comfortable being back, we missed you! (Esp over at katyvlogs...lol)
ahh thank you!! i hope you found some good recs from this vid!
An anime, that I love that doesn't have an ending that I want to read the Manga for is Yona of the Dawn. It's also around a 25 volume series, and I don't know if it's completed yet. But I need it in my life because I need to know how everything plays out.
I demand a video of your top favourite fanfics of all time. IT. IS. NEEDED.
also read the haikyuu manga in 2020, fully agree that the storytelling, characters and volleyball games are phenomenal !!(and the final arc is a sudden switch up😭)
god the final arc...... so much changed so quickly i was OVERWHELMED i did not know how to process but once i got used to the new situation i loooooved it the ending was beautiful i cried
Ooooh I’m so glad you read the Howl’s Moving Castle book! It’s one of my absolute favorites 😊 I even named my idiot cat Howl haha
Is there any way you could make a video about what fanfics you read? I love finding new good ones.
volleyball-as-magic-system is seriously big-brain stuff. Amazing. I've only watched the first couple of seasons of Haikyuu and I think I need to read the manga
I also binged Kamisama Kiss and read Howl's Moving Castle this past year! So funny!
2020 was also MY HAIKYUU YEAR AND I HAVE NOT REGRETS, in fact I think Haikyuu save me the last year, I LOVE ALL THE CHARACTERS SO MUCH!
Kat: I've read so much fanfiction.
Also Kat: number one "book of the year" is Haikyu manga series.
Me: So about that fanfiction, Kat....😏😏😏😏
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SUCH AMANZING STORIESSSS !!! thank you for the book recs! i wish you a lovely year full of great stories and good things in life! kisses! 🌈
U are the most beautiful person in the world ur content has always lifted me up💖
you are very sweet thank you!!
We have three same favorite books 2020: The house in the Cerulean sea, Howl's moving castle and Murderbot series.
I recommend you to read Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. I think you will enjoy Legendborn.
nice! and legendborn is definitely on my radar, i've been meaning to check it out!
Omg I totally loved the Kamisama kiss anime and I was looking forward to read the manga as well. Where did you start off from with the manga though?
i actually read the full manga! the anime is a pretty faithful adaptation so you could probably just start with later volumes if you want, but a few storylines are different and it was interesting to see the changes!
Kat starts the video talking about how much she loves a series about portal fantasies and then later on references a plot twist in Howl's Moving Castle... I wonder what that twist could be? ;) (I looooooved that twist so much partly because of a personal connection to it - describing this without saying it outright is hard)
Highly recommend The Dark Lord of Derkholm for any Diana Wynne Jones fans! It's so good :D
I only read comics last year, and the only novel I read, which was for school, was The House on Mango Street.
We definitely count manga! I wish we could count fanfic too! (It’s so hard to track. Do we try to track by word count?! 😂)
Chain of Gold! ♥️
I started The Murderbot Diaries in 2020 and loved the first one!
I could write a whole essay about Oikawas character lmao
Oh Kat, how I've missed your videos! You're a joy to watch and I can't wait to see more content :)
When I tell y’all I was so happy to see Kat uploaded a video 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I LOVE GETTING NOTIFICATIONS FOR YOUR VIDEOS
Your videos always make my day
Kat! If you liked kamisama kiss read or watch inuyasha 💕 it’s so good!!
I'm most definitely going to give The House in the Cerulean Sea a try because SO MANY PEOPLE recommended it to me. If you like his style, i think you might want to read his Wolfsong, another of Klune's works, in which the protagonists are gay werewolves!
ANOTHER VIDEO FROM KAT SO SOON? I feel like 2021is starting great! (*ignoring the whole capitol thingy)
Howl’s Moving Castle sounds and looks great! I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard of it, but I may give it a try. 😊 Is it a middle grade book?
i believe it's classified as a middle grade, but only because it came out in the 1980s before YA existed as a genre! most of the characters are late teens / early twenties!
Middle grade/tween, but I can see it fitting into YA.
Do a whole video about your thoughts on Haikyuu !! I’d love to know everything you have to say about it😁👍🏼
"Saves him from a dog so he offers her a place to live" Sorry, that just made me smile
me holding up a pile of volleyball player boys close to my heart: hahhahaha so haikyuu right?
Have you read Princess Jellyfish (manga). It’s fantastic.
THANK YOU! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who spent 2020 binging fanfiction! Also, Diana Wynne Jones is my FAVORITE author of all time; you should definitely read Dark Lord of Derkholm XD
i’ve gotten 2 kat videos this year, what a great start
I really wish I could include fanfiction in my goodreadschallenge, like hello I'm reading here
AH HELLO LOVELY HUMAN! It's good to see your face and hear your voice again! I know 2020 wasn't easy for anyone, and I can only imagine how difficult it was trying to slog your way through all the things and manage your time/be productive when it was just essentially impossible to be a functional human (lol my ADHD @$$ can relate A LOT!). But YAY for this lovely video, it was wonderful and I'm glad you had such a great reading year! (And may I once again say how much I appreciate you talking about fanfic and how much you've gotten into it cuz it just means heckuva lot to me and when people sh!t on it I get !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Sending you so much love, hugs if you want them, and so many good vibes for a successful wonderful fulfilling 2021!!!!!
Murderbot!!! So good omg.
Mine would probably be between The Eve Illusion, the fourth Warhammer Adventures' (putting them together because I can't pick a favourite and Avenging Son. The latter if only for the craziness of its 5/6 chapter final battle followed by the equivalent of Gandalf's "Battle For Middle-Earth" speech in The Two Towers movie.
I'd include Burn by Patrick Ness but considering I finished it in 2021 that feels like it'd be a bit of a cheat
Muh Queen you're back!
I love TJ Klune! I would also recommend his Green Creek Series...
i'll have to check that out! i definitely want to read more by him!
Glad to have you back Kat!!!
thank you! it's good to be back :)
I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE BACK!!🤩😊💜💙💙💜
Chain of gold was got to be in the favourite book list!!!!!😁
in one week, 2 videos from Kat, i finally bought a new(er) car, and i actually had a decent experience shopping at walmart today??? i'm scared, mostly by the last one. *watches for incoming meteor*
Good to have you back!
I love Kamisama Kiss 🤗🤗 I really need to start the manga so i can finally know how it ends
yesss the conclusion is definitely worth reading!
Howl’s Moving Castle! 💕 I love the book more than the movie too, but both are great!
Another name for this should be 9 reasons to end the great reading slump of 2020.
The Opposite of Always sounds really good.
Gah I loved chain of gold. Did u read the lost book of white? The second book of the magnus and Alec series?
Everyone in favor of a Kat Haikyu!! video say AYE.
Kamisama kiss...Can we talk about that ending though!!! I was ddyyiiinnggg. I need to talk about it
You should totally check out the Manga Fruits Basket if you haven't I think you would quite enjoy it
i love the anime, so the manga is def on my list of ones to read!
Heya! The Green Creek Series by TJ Klune is also excellent and I think you’d enjoy it a lot!
The final OVA of Kamisama Kiss is the ending anime adaptation. You should watch it! 😍
yes please on a fanfic pics video!
you got a subscribe for the haikyu!!
Ooo yes the opposite of always is great!
sometimes i wonder if kat has an anime/manga stan twt where she can gush over her faves undercover
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Yessss Haikyuu is amazing. U should try watching kuroko no basket (also intense in sport and friendship dramas). & just wanted to say im currently reading Carry on bc of u (and having sm fun!!)
ahh i'm glad you're enjoying carry on! and i've been meaning to check out that anime!
I love that she’s back I only associate Kat with good things