VLOGMAS 2025! 🎄 | Reading 10+ Books, BookTube Drama & Life Updates You DON'T Want to Miss! 📚✨

Join my channel and become an OFFICIAL thriller bestie ✨    / @whatmichaelareads   OMG you guys, I actually DID IT! I vlogged EVERY SINGLE DAY from December 1st through Christmas (okay fine, I missed ONE day but we're not gonna talk about that! 😅) and this might be the most CHAOTIC, EMOTIONAL, and EXCITING vlog I've ever made! 🤯 This December has been WILD - from opening a mysterious book advent calendar every day, to my hard drive completely DYING and taking SIX videos with it (I'm still not over it! 💔), to receiving the most INCREDIBLE book mail from John Marrs and Jo Callahan, to some REALLY exciting news that's happening behind the scenes that I'm SO close to being able to tell you about! 👀✨ 📚 WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS VLOG: Opening ALL 24 doors of my book advent calendar (and my honest reactions!) Reading wrap-up: 10+ books including Body of Lies, Pine Creek Lodge, The Christmas Clue & MORE! The HARD DRIVE DISASTER that lost 6 videos worth of content 😭 Book shopping with bestie Sarah (we got SCAMMED on olives! £33 for olives?!) My works Christmas night out (no repeat of the book party tequila incident, I promise! 😂) Meeting ‪@EmmaReadsCrime‬ baby for the first time! 🥺 Behind the scenes of running a BookTube channel + full time job Book mail from John Marrs, Jo Callahan & MORE incredible authors! The TRUTH about the "just be nice" book review culture debate Visiting my dad & stepmum, book club nights, Christmas markets & SO much more! And yes... hints about the EXCITING thing happening in 2026! 👀 🎁 BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VLOG: 🔪 Body of Lies - Joe Callahan (Book 4 in the Blink of an Eye series) - 5⭐ 🎄 Not Another Bloody Christmas - 4.5⭐ 🎄 The Christmas Clue - Nicola Upson - 3⭐ 💕 Pine Creek Lodge - 3⭐ 🎄 Christmas Presents - Lisa Unger- 4⭐ (apparently I already read this in 2024?!) ⚫ Black Summer - MW Craven (for Carly collab vlog) 🔍 Into the Fire - MJ Arlidge 📚 So many more! 📬 Book Mail Received: 💧 Dead in the Water - John Marrs (ARC!) ⚫ Body of Lies - Jo Callahan (PROOF COPY!) 🔪 The Long Time Dead, This Ends Now, Play with Fire, Count the Dead - TM Payne (Liverpool thriller series!) 💀 Killing Me Softly - Christie Watson 🎁 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab (special edition) ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro: I'm Vlogging Every Day Until Christmas! 04:45 - Day 2, I'm sick 07:34 Day 3, sicker 10:31 Day 4, WHY ME?! 13:37 Day 5, exciting book updates! 17:13 Day 6, family shopping 27:26 Day 7, special guest!!! 35:12 Day 9, my first fail 39:09 Day 10, BOOK MAIL! 43:45 Just Be Nice 'culture' 46:23 Day 11, more book mail 50:33 Day 12, BINX! 53:30 Day 13, moody 55:50 Day 14, cosy bed vibes 57:40 Day 15, come shopping with me 1:00:21 Day 16, I've read this book before? 1:05:23 Day 17, sad day 1:08:15 Day 18, book club! 1:10:30 Day 19, cinema trip & gifts 01:16:12 Day 20 girls day out 01:27:23 Day 21 funny xmas card 1:33:31 Day 22 more book mail lol 1:35:20 Day 23 I hate christmas? 1:37:20 Day 24, advent calendar reveal 1:48:53 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄 🔥 CONTROVERSIAL TAKE ALERT: Around 43:45, I talk about the "just be nice" book review culture and why I think negative reviews are ESSENTIAL for the book community. If you disagree, let's have a respectful conversation in the comments! 💭 If you made it through this ENTIRE 2-hour vlog, you are OFFICIALLY a thriller bestie for life and I love you! 💕 Drop a 🎄 in the comments so I know who the real ones are! Don't forget to check out the separate vlog where Carly from ‪@thepastelbookshelf‬ chose ALL my December books - it's already up on my channel! ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 🔗 LINKS & STUFF: 📱 TikTok:   / whatmichaelareads   📸 IG:   / whatmichaelareads   FB:   / whatmichaelareads   📚 Goodreads:   / 124449625   📊 Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile... 👥 My Online Book Club: https://fable.co/club/thriller-obsess... *affiliate link - I earn a small commission if you use this link 💌 Business Enquiries: [email protected] #Vlogmas #Vlogmas2025 #BookVlog #ReadingVlog #BookTube #DecemberReading #BookAdventCalendar #ThrillerBooks #ReadingWrapUp #BookCommunity #BookTubeVlog #DailyVlog #ChristmasVlog #BookHaul #BookMail #BookLovers #JohnMarrs #JoeCallahan #BookReviews #ReadingLife #BookBestie #ThrillerObsessed #BookishVlog #DecemberDiaries #Bookmas #BookTuber #ReadersOfYouTube #BookDrama #BookishChaos #2025Reading #MonthlyWrapUp