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Ravenclaw Reads
Registrace 28. 04. 2019
Welcome to my channel! My name is Kortney and I'm a reader! I'm a huge fan of reading and I name this as my number one hobby. Enjoy my channel for weekly vlogs, bookish reviews, kindle updates, and all things book related. I look forward to you subscribing and joining my membership.
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Weekly Reading Vlog: Week 32
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August TBR
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July Wrap Up
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Weekly Vlog: Week 30
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Weekly Reading Vlog: Week 29
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My Top Books of 2024
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Weekly Reading Vlog: Week 28
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Kobo Color vs Kindle Paperwhite
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Weekly Reading Vlog: Week 27 Reading Reckless + Book Haul
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June Wrap Up
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Mid Year Book Tag
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Thanks so much for watching my video. I appreciate the views! I hope you check out my channel for more book videos! Here are the questions (original credit: @alexandraroselyn ) 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2024. 2. Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2024. 3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment...
Weekly Reading Vlog: Week 25
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Kobo Libra Color Unboxing
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Weekly Vlog: Week 16 Reading while on the struggle bus!
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Weekly Vlog: Week 16 Reading while on the struggle bus!
How long did you have your kobro Libra 2? I’m heard they don’t last that long
My original one? Since Christmas 2022. It works fine I just can’t juggle to book ecosystems lol.
I love my Kindle Paperwhite and I have it in the agave green one and love it 🙂 I had to pay 20 dollars to remove the ads as customer service from Amazon wouldn't remove them for free. But I'm glad I don't have the ads now. 🙂 I'm definitely a kindle girl 🙂
Thanks for watching! Yes, love my kindles. Glad you the ads off, it’s such an unnecessary but necessary thing. Once you stop seeing ads, you literally can’t go back!
Your son is demure 😂
Haha love this!
I recently finished Peking Duck & Cover. I would have enjoyed it more if I read it instead of listening.
I just started it yesterday-so far so good! Thanks for watching 🙌🏽
Curvy girl was definitely the most popular book of the summer in my eyes
Yes! It was so good! I couldn’t believe it was immediately on Kindle Unlimited. I’m glad I read it. Thanks for watching!
I really like your videos. Thanks!!
Aww thanks so much. I’m glad you like them! Tell your friends 🙌🏽
Best review on this project!
Thanks for watching and thanks for that huge compliment!
I discovered your channel through this video. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
Yay! Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy my content? What’s the best book you read in July?
@@ravenclawreads3177 “Lonesome Dove” was my first five-star read of the year. I also really enjoyed “Braiding Sweetgrass” and “Annie Bot.”
@mildrumpus I just saw your channel, I’ll be checking out your wrap up! Ive heard great things about Annie Bot but haven’t read it yet. Cheers to the first five star of the year!
Great video!!!
Thanks for watching!
Do you have a video about getting kindle books over to your kobo?
Not yet, but I can make one.
Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait for the kindle paperwhite color.
Do you mean the kindle paperwhite or the kobo libra colour? Because there is no current kindle paperwhite colour.
Adding I bet kindle will do the scribe first because no one wants that lol
Same! I’m excited.
You said that your preference is Kindle because the differences don’t outweigh what you have invested in Kindle already. So which would you suggest if you had never owned an e-reader before and were just given both of them to review and given the same books on each reader? 🤔
Ooooh tricky question…..I would still choose Kindle as my preferred drive based on the book availability. However if I lived in Canada, I’d only rock a Kobo. The Kobo is a GREAT device and anyone would be lucky to own either. Ooof there was not a clear winner on that one haha. Thanks for watching.
I’m going through the Harry Potter series too. I’m listening to the Steven fry books for the first time. I’m gonna read chamber of secrets this month. Trying to make them last.
Honestly. I judge the pikes a lot. I know they about these girls babysitting and we don’t expect to see the kids with their parents all the time but the pikes really take the cake! They never with their kids! Even when they on vacation they hire mothers helpers! But I don’t really consider them helpers since they with the kids all day except one night a week! Even at Disneyland they ditch their kids! So no surprise that when Mallory goes on strike they just hire more child labor instead of parenting. I haven’t read this book but it’s no surprise.
Preach! So true
I always loved the handwriting in the BSC books. I'm with you, I loved Kristy and Stacey the most. I didn't like Claudia's because I had to struggle through all her spelling mistakes.
Thanks for watching!! Yeah and the things that Claudia misspelled was weird like she can’t spell ‘when’ but spell out a more complex word lol.
@@ravenclawreads3177 Yes!! lol
Nice video. I have the mini and use Libby to read.
Thanks for watching!! Do you use darker settings on the screen?? Do you think you’d ever get a kindle?
@@ravenclawreads3177 I don’t use the darker settings, but I may give it a try. I probably won’t get a kindle. This gets the job done and I don’t think I read enough to justify buying another device.
Hello! I want that popsocket, how I can search for it?
Thanks for watching! Here’s a link to the pop socket. OnTheGrip Cute Transparent Daisy... www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3ZLT9BN?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Great job explaining! New subscriber. 🤗
Thanks for watching and subscribing! I hope you enjoy my other content. I appreciate you!
I’ve always had kindles but I just ordered the kobo libra colour, I just really wanted a different option then anazon, I love my kindle but imma test this kobo colour out when it arrives
Thanks for watching and check out my Kobo Colour videos. It is a snazzy device. I’m struggling to find ways to integrate it with my Kindle.
Love your earrings! 0:36
Thanks! I got them at a local craft fair. Gotta love it. Thanks for watching.
The reason for the library difference is pretty simple indie authors have to make their eBook exclusive to kindle if they want to be included in kindle unlimited. Kobo+ does not have this requirement.
Ah, thanks for watching and the explanation!
I heard that with Libby/Overdrive you can only use one library card if u have more than one. I have 4 library cards and not all books are at every library
Thanks for watching! I only have one library card but I have also heard that if you have multiple library cards, you can use all of them to access more books on Libby/Overdrive. I also think that based on the library you have access to, the availability changes.
Thanks. That's great!!
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Thanks for watching!
@@ravenclawreads3177 No problem
Did you ever work at Starbucks in 2019 because you look like this lady that used to work there, I definitely will be watching this channel. Awesome video
Hi, thanks for watching! Thanks for visiting the channel more in the future. Nope, never been a barista-lots of teaching though…..🙌🏽🤣 great to have you a part of the community.
@@ravenclawreads3177 you’re welcome, but you really do look like her seriously
I absolutely love my Kindle Paperwhite I have the agave green and absolutely love it. I'm definitely a kindle girl 🙂
Thanks for watching! Kindle girlies unite! Yes I have several that I circulate through but when anyone asks I suggest the paperwhite as the best all around option.
I have most of the things you have. Just not the scribe
Thanks for watching! I love that! Do you have a favorite or go-to?
Does it still use overdrive? I think that’s one of the best things it does have options to use a kobo plus at 7.99 similar to kindle unlimited or the library app for free checkouts
Thanks for watching! Yes! It does use overdrive which is great. Libby owns overdrive so it’s all the same. The good thing is you can look up books on overdrive from the Kobo store versus on Kindle I have to use my phone or kindle fire. Kobo Plus is also cheaper than Kindle Unlimited per month.
@@ravenclawreads3177 not to mention the writing directly on the books which kindle scribe isn’t doing. I love the light colors on it too for highlighting. You’ve convinced me for Kobo over Kindle 😭 Ty for your review!
For someone that doesn’t like carrying around or reading in my illustrated hardbacks I will say reading illustrated ASOIF books on my Kobo has been a game changer.
Thanks for watching! I love that! I don’t read a ton of graphics but I can how beautiful they would be on the Kobo.
Yes. Travel books and cook books look wonderful on it!
Bought the Kobo color some weeks ago and love it. Love how you can annotate and write on the text. I've had a kobo before (kobo h20) and have had a kindle. My first e-reader was a kindle. Since we don't have kindle Unlimited in my country and can't use libby/overdrive on kindle, but can use it on kobo, I've become more fond of kobo. I think both Kindle and Kobo is great, but it depends on where you live in the world and what you need in an e-reader.
Thanks so much for watching. I agree, where you live makes a HUGE difference in which e-reader is for you. The annotation ability is amazing! I’m surprised that Kindle also hasn’t enacted that type of annotation technology.
I saw some booktubers who used Calibre to transfer their Kindle books to their Kobos ! But I understand how musch of a hassle that can be if you're okay with staying in the Amazon ecosystem. Thanks for your comparison video!
Thanks! Yes. I did try that and meant to add a blurb. It’s not too bad once you get going. I just didn’t see the need to put books on both devices. I will for sure use the Kobo Overdrive. Thanks for watching.
I love your curls ❤
Thanks babe!
I didn’t understand one thing about California girls. Why was Mary Anne freaked out by the little girl with asthma? She has a boyfriend whose brother has asthma and major allergies? Hunter? Another thing. I don’t buy that dawn is suddenly ok with carol because she parented them?? Who hates their dad’s future partner then suddenly feels differently because she parents her?
So true. That’s part of why I liked this books, the hilarity of it all. As always thanks for engaging!
I own the Kindle Paperwhite, Boox Palma and the Kobo Libre Color. I love them all for different reasons. I had a Kindle Scribe but returned it because of the size. Amazon let these other companies take over a market they should have dominated. They are late to the color game... and if they do come out with a color device, they need to do it for the Scribe AND the paperwhite.
Thanks for watching. Totally agree! Why is it taking Amazon so long to come out with the color option? I’m interested to see what they do. I also am really intrigued by the Kobo Color and I want to find more ways to use it. Do you have tips on how you balance using both the Amazon and Kobo ecosystems?
Do you buy your ebooks or borrow thru kindle unlimited?
I do both! I also use Libby. Thanks for watching.
I bought it. I hate it. It seems nobody is mentioning an important thing: everytime you turn the page, the screen takes a long time (thinking?) then it flashes and goes completely black, and only then does it show the next page. It is very very sloooooooooooow... You can't search inside the book or flip through it. It's a disaster. Maybe it is good for the trash bin. I can not recommend it. Do not buy one.
Thanks for watching. This is not my experience and I haven’t heard other reviewers having this experience. I’m not a paid person lol so no reason not to point out the good and bad. I did have an Oasis that glitched like this and Amazon replaced it, maybe it is a dud and needs to be replaced by Amazon? They will replace it for free you just have to get on with customer service.
17:42 please do a HP collection video.
Noted! Please get the 200lb box from storage lol.
I will use both platforms. Some books I will just purchase on my Kobo. Indie authors I will just use my Kindle
Good idea! It’s always hard for me to switch back and forth. Thanks for watching!
I have only had mine for 2 days so far so good. I have the paperwhite as well. The only thing is I lose my page so easily if I accidentally scroll.
Yeah, I’m still navigating it and realizing how close it is to the kobo libra 2 which I have. Not sure yet if I’m keeping it.
On another note, I just finished Ready or not by cara Bastogne. I enjoyed it and I didn’t hate the dad. I felt like he was pretty realistic under the circumstances. Ant he came around in the end.
Right?! That’s what I was saying. I like that it didn’t force that relationship or his personality type.
I loved Claudia and the middle school mystery! Janine has never given me the feels before!
I know, right?! She has a heart!!
I love the kobo libra colour. My only thing I don't like is when I use a template and look at my notebook online it looks like I wrote on a blank screen. But the size for my desk is perfect. If they get that fixed I might switch from the scribe
I haven’t played enough with the notebooks yet but this is an interesting point. Thanks for watching.
Does the Kobo Plus have a good selection of both ebooks and audiobooks? I have been thinking about getting this device and the membership.
Thanks for watching! Transparently, I am bias but I love Kindle Unlimited in comparison to Kobo Plus. However, any book you would buy on Kindle is on Kobo, there just aren’t a lot of the modern free options like KU.
Would love a comparison between kobo libra color and the kobo libra 2 I'm still on the fence on getting the color
Thanks for watching!!! Yes, I can do that! I am on the fence as well lol.
Considering I’ve been on the fence for months. I would love a comparison of the latest paperwhite and color libra
Yes! I can do that. I’ll tell you, I’m on the fence too and I have it lol. Thanks for watching and stay tuned
I bought this device too Courtney and love it,but I have far to many e-readers lol.hope your well.😊
Thanks for watching! Yes I’m doing well and I feel exactly the same. I think the concept is cool, but what makes it different????
This is my first time seeing this device😮
Summer romance sounds good! I liked Nora goes off script too. I didn’t read her second book because it looked like a book about an affair
Thanks for watching! Yes, summer romance is a good one!
Love your vision board
Thanks for watching and thank you! I always feel so exposed for having my vision board in my background but that’s real life 🤷🏽♀️
@@ravenclawreads3177 it’s inspiring me to make one and hang it by my desk! I could use the motivation vibes it gives lol.