Complete Series Vlogs

One of the earliest recurring vlog series on How to Train Your Gavin was the idea of completing an entire book series in one video. This began in February 2020 as Gavin read the first six *Amelia Fang* books by Laura Ellen Anderson, as well as the short World Book Day book that had just been released. This was prior to the seventh and final book in the *Amelia Fang* series coming out later that year, so even though it turned out to not be a complete series vlog, it was an up-to-date series at the time of uploading.

Following this, Gavin read the entire *The Cheetah Girls* series by Deborah Gregory on August 15, 2020, to mark the 17th anniversary of the Disney Channel Original Movie, *The Cheetah Girls*. This was the first video in which Gavin used green screen to add him to the musical sequences of *The Cheetah Girls* and *The Cheetah Girls 2*. At the time, it was the most books Gavin had read in one video with 16 books read. On April 13, 2021, Gavin uploaded a weekend reading vlog where he read the entire 10-book *Demonata* series by Darren Shan.

Later in 2021, Gavin dedicated the entire month of September to reading all 62 original *Goosebumps* books by R. L. Stine, a project he wanted to do since starting his booktube channel. He uploaded the vlog on October 5, 2021, and was, at the time, his longest video in runtime, as it came to over 3 hours and 27 minutes. The vlog did well when it was uploaded but gained traction towards the end of October and gained even more views in November, quickly becoming Gavin’s most popular booktube video of all-time, until April 2022. It was Gavin’s first BookTube video to get over 100,000 views.

Gavin followed up the *Goosebumps* vlog with another nostalgic 90’s book series – *Animorphs* by K. A. Applegate. In a poll posted on Gavin’s community page on YouTube, viewers voted between *Animorphs* and *Goosebumps Series 2000* to see first. Animorphs won with 63% of the vote. With 54 books in the series, Gavin read them in three weeks, and uploaded the vlog on January 21, 2022. The *Animorphs* vlog surpassed the *Goosebumps* vlog in runtime, clocking in at over 4 hours and 35 minutes and surpassed 10 thousand views less than 1 week after it was uploaded. On April 8, 2022, Gavin uploaded his reading vlog for the first four volumes of *Heartstopper* by Alice Oseman, a then up-to-date series of graphic novels that were being adapted into a Netflix TV show the same month. Another *Goosebumps* series was tackled later that month, with the *Goosebumps Series 2000* vlog, uploaded on April 18, 2022, and became the third-longest vlog at 2 hours 10 minutes. Gavin confirmed in the same vlog that he would continue to do the main *Goosebumps* series, with vlogs for the series expected every 6 months.

In the May 2022 TBR video, it was revealed that the next complete series to be tackled would be *Pretty Little Liars* by Sara Shepard to be posted in June, to mark the 12-year anniversary of the premiere of the TV show adaptation, and in anticipation of the new TV series, *Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin*. The video includes the 16 main novels of the series, as well as the 2 side books that were released during the book’s run. The vlog was uploaded on June 15, 2022 and had a running storyline of Gavin being stalked by “A”, receiving text messages throughout until A is unmasked at the end as Alexandra Roselyn. The vlog gained traction after a week of being uploaded, becoming the most-viewed video of June and July 2022 and achieved over 20 thousand views in 12 days. It later hit over 100,000 views on August 14, becoming the third video ever to do this on Gavin’s channel.

Although not a series, a vlog reading all of Jane Austen’s published works was posted on August 11, 2022 and was sponsored by Babbel. On July 25, a graphic of the upcoming vlogs on the channel between August and October was revealed on Gavin’s community page. Among the vlogs announced were *Goosebumps HorrorLand* and *Hall of Horrors* in the same vlog, and *The Walking Dead* comic series by Robert Kirkman. *The Walking Dead* is also scheduled to be posted in the same month as the series finale of the TV show.

On September 9, one week before it was scheduled to be posted, Gavin uploaded the vlog for *Goosebumps HorrorLand* and *Hall of Horrors* as part of the 9 Vlogs of Halloween event. The vlog totalled a runtime of 2 hours and 6 minutes, the shortest *Goosebumps* vlog to date, as Gavin attempted to read 25 books in 5 days for the vlog. The *Goosebumps HorrorLand* vlog was pushed to a week earlier because of a last-minute buddy read with MelReads for the complete *The Chronicles of Narnia* series by C. S. Lewis, causing Gavin to do some shifting around with the schedule. *The Chronicles of Narnia* vlog was posted on Sunday, September 18 along with Mel’s vlog for the complete series.

In the Christmas 2022 period, a reading vlog reading all 8 books in the *Bridgerton* series by Julia Quinn is scheduled to premiere November 21. On July 31, 2022, Gavin posted a poll in the community page for viewers to vote for which complete series vlog to see first – *The Vampire Diaries* or *Gossip Girl*. *The Vampire Diaries* by L. J. Smith won the poll with 69% of over 4,300 votes and is a vlog that will be posted in January 2023. *Gossip Girl* will follow in February 2023.