Allison! I just wanted to say that I absolutely love the way you film and edit your videos! There's so much care and attention to detail. I know we're all in it for the books, myself included, but holy moly, your style is so fantastic and impressive! :)
I highly recommend the book Wintering by Katherine May! A really beautiful book exploring winter rest by a fellow autistic chronically ill woman! It's partially a book about rest and partially a book about winter so it really fits with your desire for rest and for being in touch with the seasons. I read it at during a really difficult winter for me when I felt like I was being forced to do nothing because of chronic illness and it made me feel both understood and comforted. Its partially a memoir of May's experience but also a book that uses winter as a lens to explore a difficult time in life. It almost reads like a journal exploring the subject of winter where life has seeped into its pages. Its also extremely well written in a way that made it so easy to read!
* also I have sung the mail song every time I get book mail since my sons were obsessed with blues clues in 1998 😂😂 now they roll their eyes at me it is so fun to know I’m not alone!! Yes I’m old.
I have a cozy game rec for the Switch, an indie game called Elli - it's very soft and there is barely any dialogue which I personally loved, what dialogue we get is either compassionate or funny. There is an antagonist but again it's very soft and it's more about understanding them than punishing them and I also really liked that about it!
ahh the inexplicable joy I feel when I see a new vlog from you is unmatched. thank you for creating this cozy corner of the internet. everything you put in is so appreciated!
Wishing you a strong end to 2023 Ally, with good health, good books, and sunny days!! My favorite books I read this fall were Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. (memoir), Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin (non-fiction), and Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habek (fiction, about a couple where the husband is slowly turning into a shark!)
The anxiety disorder that was bubbling under the surface all my life while boiled over this year. Last 3 months have been a litrally hell scape. It feels strange to be soooo debilitated while the world goes on at its wooshy pace. I thank you with all my heart for this cozy corner of the internet, made me feel less alone is my dark days. All the love. I feel better now and i hope you will feel better soon as well!!! 💉 🥃
You are absolutely not alone. This year was the hardest year of my life for similar reasons to yours, but you WILL get through it! I'm not sure what your means are, but therapy and medication have helped me tremendously the last few months. I hope you start feeling better soon. Sending you all the love and strength, friend! ❤
feeling the same exact way, i’m not sure what it is i’m dealing with but it’s definitely an overwhelming anxiety. i don’t have anything wise to say since im figuring it out too, but i just want to say you’re not alone 🤍 i hear that all the time and yet still feel so lonely whenever im having awful days, so i keep trying to remind myself it’s true. sending u lots of love 💕☁️
Love your videos! And I completely understand the migraine nightmare. Mine all acted like strokes and cost so much in ER visits, etc. Always have the blinding aura to start. I'm sure you've heard of this as an option but just in case you haven't, getting a daith piercing absolutely saved me. My piercer insisted that I go to an acupunturist first to mark the right spot and then she pierced it. I had very low hopes of it working and figured that I would just have a new cute piercing if anything. Pretty painful piercing that took awhile to heal but my migraines went from many, many a month including some doozy cluster migraines, to about 4x a year (I've noticed it happens around season changes). I do highly recommend, along with the acupunturist (don't go to a piercer who just guesses the spot). Either way, hope the medicine works for ya! Keep up all the good work!
Oh my goodness Ally, the second you said about Albus and your eye 😬😬😬 mine did the same thing and the eyelid had to all be glued back together. Poor sweet fur baby, he hasn’t injured himself from the nightmares I hope.
i so resonate with the 2024 goal of being more of a healthy happy human, less of a productive stressed out machine. almost the end of the year, better times ahead! 🎉💙🐌
this video made me so happy! the lasagna instruction section was adorable, i love the fur bebis, your editing style is so cozy and the vibes are immaculate as always ^^ i've been rewatching your older videos and seeing how far you've come makes me excited for my future as well and gives me hope that i will manage, despite the horrorsTM i wish you an as-painless-as-possible rest of december and i cannot wait for the end of year reading wrap up, take care
I just have to thank you for your wonderful videos, they always come at the best times! I'm fairly new to getting back into reading and sometimes I feel like I don't annotate books because I get discouraged if I feel like I can't find a particular passage that makes me feel like a super ~intellectual~ girly and seeing you underline something as beautifully simple as "it takes no time at all if we all work together" just really connected with me. It reminds me that sometimes it doesn't have to be hugely groundbreaking to really connect and I think I'll read easier by just reading instead of looking 🥰 sending lots of good vibes and health your way this holiday season 🙌🏻❤️
Bloomin’ was such a blast, it was awesome talking books with the fellow Pocket Pages, this cozy community really warms me: cool people who love talking about my special interest! 💐
This has probably been one of the worst health years for me and I can say with full conviction that your videos have really comforted me through it. Appreciate you and your work 😊. No really ❤
2023 was wild. I have always been neurodivergent and have experienced in what ways the world is harder for me to deal with as an autistic person. But this year I also became more physically disabled/ got diagnosed with physical disabilities. My thyroid went into the crapper, chronic migrains, fibromyalgia, Ehlers Danlos syndrome. All diagnosed in the spring of this year. So this year was mostly me finally coming to terms with my own limits and learning how to better take care of myself…. Especially the migraines….. they forced me to enforce certain personal boundaries like nothing ever has. Hopefully in 2024 I can continue my studies at university without pushing myself into burn out again. I’ll just leave that here, to manifest.
Don’t think I didn’t recognize the Harry Potter video game music for the outro music. That nostalgia hit so hard when I heard that. Thank as always for an immaculately cozy time! 🐸
Hello, I'm new here from Kathleen Illustrated! I would love to hear more about you removing your phone apps. I am struggling with phone addiction and I'd be very interested in hearing what you removed, how much more time you have to read books, what apps you still use, etc. I am obsessed with your videos and I'm so happy to have found your cozy part of the internet 💖
i was so stressed tonight cuz ill go to a concert next week and im so worried that everything will go wrong! but your video really calmed me down :) listening to you talk about books and life is always a wonderful source of comfort. thank you!
I proudly remembered to take my meds before work this morning, but it turns out I also left a full cup of coffee on my desk. Directly in front of my face. It had already cooled significantly, but it's in a mug with a foil decoration so I couldn't put it in the microwave, so yes I did chug 12 ounces of cold coffee. But I did read some good books in November, even though I couldn't get myself to stick with any reading plan, lol. I finished The Clocktaur War duology by T. Kingfisher (which really feels like two parts of one big book) and loved it because it felt like the Dungeons & Dragons movie, and I had a surprisingly good time with Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare once I got past the info dumping. And then right at the end of the month, I listened to Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright and narrated by Mara Wilson. It was a fascinating bit of history about a complicated woman that I'd never heard of, and I got a bit worked up about the state of women's health care in the US.
It’s been soooo windy and cold here, so I’m curling up with ‘Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither’. So far it’s a sweet story about an older man who I think is autistic, how he comes to adopt a dog, and the adventures that leads to. I love the writing; it’s told from the man’s point of view as his world opens up because of Oneeye. ❤️
"Before the Coffee Gets Cold" series is the only series that I think got better and better each book! The fourth one got me SO HARD :') Such a heartwarming read
"What my bones know" is on my top 5 favorite books this year, and I don't ever really read memoirs! I highly recommend the audio book as well. For the expensive therapist session you mentioned, they actually have the real session recording play in the audiobook!
this was exactly the comforting video i needed after a rough week 🩷 i hope your migraine shots continue to do their thing!! glad to hear you’ve been taking it a little easier :)
Relatively new viewer here- I recently binged a lot of your older videos and am always so excited to see a new one come out. Thank you for the content you share with us! ❤
Always feel so cosy and at peace when I watch your videos but even more so on a night like tonight where I'm facing such big executive dysfunction, thank you for putting out the content you do and helping to heal my silly brains ❤️ (also if you're still trying more manga I would so highly recommend Witch Hat Atelier for gorgeous illustrations, great disability rep and cosyness + adventure in equal measure ✨)
Bookshops & Bonedust and What My Bones Know are two of my top favorite books this year, I'm glad that you liked them! I definitely liked Legends & Lattes more too, but I'm always a sucker for books where people fall in love with reading. My other top book this month was The Tea Dragon Society, which I have been saving for a rainy day cause I knew I would love it, and yep it was amazing :)
I always look forward to your videos because aside from your book recommendations which often resonate with me and I almost always put on my TBR, you remind me that it is ok to be me and ok to be vulnerable and ok to be true to myself. So thank you always!
I was able to read 3 novels, a novella, a poetry collection, a graphic novel, and the 4 Frog and Toad books for the readathon, and I got 4 bingos by counting books for multiple spaces! It was honestly a pretty strong reading month for me content-wise even though I didn't read much for like 2 weeks straight for a lot of busy life reasons. I think my faves of the bunch were System Collapse by Martha Wells and The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes, but I enjoyed everything I read last month and didn't give anything below 4 stars which is a win in my book! Always love your cozy reading vlogs and can't wait to see the end of year videos as well 💖💞
It's always a good day when you post a new video! 🎉 I had so much fun with the bloomin readathon!! It was my first year participating and since my printer doesnt print colors, i made it into a little coloring page for myself! It was such a treat to color in a square for every book i read this month! I really wasnt too strategic about getting a bingo, but got so close, i got like 4 squares in 3 different directions 😂😂 Thank you so much for all you do Ally, take care ❤
This was my first year doing the Bloomin' readathon and I loved being able to use multiple prompts for one book so I didn't feel discouraged that I only read a few. No rulesss! My fave reads were In Memoriam by Alice Winn (queer WWI historical fiction) and Thieves by Lucie Bryon (queer graphic novel).
hi hello I just needed to pop in these comments and tell you that I'm a new but already very dedicated subscriber, your content is exactly what I feel youtube should be for ❤❤❤ makes me feel so warm and cozy and happy and inspired! xoxo
I also get hemiplegic migraines and I’m also taking emgality! I really hope it helps you! I’ve been taking it for 5 months and I t’s helped me a lot though I still get migraines most days. It’s really interesting the connection between cptsd and chronic illness. I have also been trying to heal from trauma which in turn is helping me heal my body. I am going to look into what my bones know. Seeing you living your life and being kind to your body encourages me!
I’m glad you enjoyed the Lightfall graphic novel! I love those so much. My favorite book in November was Iron Flame! I didn’t like it quite as much as the first book, Fourth Wing, but I still enjoyed it. I love your vlogs they are so cozy!
Your videos always bring such comfort, thank you! My favorite books from November were Hello Stranger by Katherine Center and The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue.
"Ad nauseum enough" is now my new favourite phrase for days when I'm feeling spicy, gonna put it up there with "whole entire" and sending people the most terrifying possum gif I can find.
Every Sunday there is an Ali video is the best Sunday. And it has been amazing to receive comments from you on videos! I felt like " SANTA, I know him" vibes haha
I only use tiktok for thirst edits of Julien Baker and Muna, Loved the video as always! So good to see youdoung better and taking care of yourself! Also I love Jen Campbell so much she has such an interesting reading taste
Ally it is so lovely to watch your videosyour qute cats,your bookshelfs... You are the best soul medicine,you always lift my spirits🥰💖🙏🤟🍀🌷🌱🌿Warm hugs coming your way🍉🥝☕🕯📓🖋🎮
The lasagna part was top tier hahaha love your goofiness so much! Thanks for hosting the Blooming Readathon..I'm going to keep mine up until I get every single space! (that will take me a while haha) Sending love as always!
As silly as it sounds, your b-roll of shrooms and snails are everything to me! It’s a whole new world from the desert where I am in Ut. 🐌❤ thanks for your content and fun editing!
Something that helps me when I am having a migraine is to use my red tinted glasses, it blocks out basically all colors except for red which is supposed to be the least stimulating I believe. Kinda annoying for certain games/shows but often worth it. I really hope those shots help long term, you deserve freedom from those dudes ❤
Aww so nice to see your partner help with the shots. 💜 I just tell mine to not be alarmed when he hears me SCREAM lol but I do the shots in my legs
ปีที่แล้ว
Poor baby Albus and poor Ally's face 😮💨 I hope he gets better! I ended up not participating in BloominRAT, thought I would but got a surprise "you gotta move out of your apartament" right before my highly antecipated trip to Cuba 🥲 got back and went full mode packing, had no braincells for organized reading but will get back to it next year ❤
I joined the reading challenge on StoryGraph and actually succeeded in fulfilling all the prompts! Didn't expect that, but it made me happy. It was so much fun. 🌼💚 My most favourite book was a book written in Finnish, but it is unfortunately not translated into English, but into German. But I would also recommend Places I've Taken My Body by Molly McCully Brown.
Allison! I just wanted to say that I absolutely love the way you film and edit your videos! There's so much care and attention to detail. I know we're all in it for the books, myself included, but holy moly, your style is so fantastic and impressive! :)
this means a lot to me - thank you so much for thinking so and saying so!
omg i agreeee!!! her vids r just so cozy and nostalgic feeling
geniunely bee and puppycat and hilda are like the most soul nourishing shows they make my entire being so warm
!!!!! yes same omg there’s nothing in the world like them
Hilda is the bestttt. It also has graphic novels! Definitely for kids but worth a look :)
7:50 😂 Albus getting his butt warmed by the hair dryer.. what a great silver lining ⛅️
20:57 the lil paw on the book 😭 that’s all the content i’ve ever needed in my life so cute
It's raining outside, so there is literally nothing better than a cosy reading vlog!
I highly recommend the book Wintering by Katherine May! A really beautiful book exploring winter rest by a fellow autistic chronically ill woman! It's partially a book about rest and partially a book about winter so it really fits with your desire for rest and for being in touch with the seasons. I read it at during a really difficult winter for me when I felt like I was being forced to do nothing because of chronic illness and it made me feel both understood and comforted. Its partially a memoir of May's experience but also a book that uses winter as a lens to explore a difficult time in life. It almost reads like a journal exploring the subject of winter where life has seeped into its pages. Its also extremely well written in a way that made it so easy to read!
*me loving Ali because I find her soothing and cozy*
*discovers her husband gives cozy x1000 vibes*
😂
I laughed so hard at the close-up of Laurens saying "squishy" making the lasagna.
hehe - i'll tell him!
I’ve decided to extend my bloomin’ readathon until the end of the year to keep me motivated! channeling your “there’s no rules babyyyyyy!” 🥰
looooove it!
* also I have sung the mail song every time I get book mail since my sons were obsessed with blues clues in 1998 😂😂 now they roll their eyes at me it is so fun to know I’m not alone!! Yes I’m old.
I have a cozy game rec for the Switch, an indie game called Elli - it's very soft and there is barely any dialogue which I personally loved, what dialogue we get is either compassionate or funny. There is an antagonist but again it's very soft and it's more about understanding them than punishing them and I also really liked that about it!
ahh the inexplicable joy I feel when I see a new vlog from you is unmatched. thank you for creating this cozy corner of the internet. everything you put in is so appreciated!
Oof that quote you had underlined at 27:25 made me emotional. What a beautiful line
Wishing you a strong end to 2023 Ally, with good health, good books, and sunny days!! My favorite books I read this fall were Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. (memoir), Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin (non-fiction), and Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habek (fiction, about a couple where the husband is slowly turning into a shark!)
20:26 lil Albus looks so sad
I could sit here and timestamp all of the cat appearances, I just love these boys
that's just him sleeping with his eyes open like the little goblin boy he is hehe
Ally! What did we say about making 40 minute videos when needing to rest >:(
✨Resting your brain doesn't make you lazy ✨
you're soooo right but i spent 3 weeks on this video so i promise it was okay! :) thank you for caring!
@@allisonpaiges good! You're making steps😄 and sometimes you take a step or 2 back, and then take a step forward again. There's no rush❤️
I came here to say this same thing after seeing how long it was! I was ready for a very loving scolding
The anxiety disorder that was bubbling under the surface all my life while boiled over this year. Last 3 months have been a litrally hell scape. It feels strange to be soooo debilitated while the world goes on at its wooshy pace. I thank you with all my heart for this cozy corner of the internet, made me feel less alone is my dark days. All the love. I feel better now and i hope you will feel better soon as well!!! 💉 🥃
You are absolutely not alone. This year was the hardest year of my life for similar reasons to yours, but you WILL get through it! I'm not sure what your means are, but therapy and medication have helped me tremendously the last few months. I hope you start feeling better soon. Sending you all the love and strength, friend! ❤
feeling the same exact way, i’m not sure what it is i’m dealing with but it’s definitely an overwhelming anxiety. i don’t have anything wise to say since im figuring it out too, but i just want to say you’re not alone 🤍 i hear that all the time and yet still feel so lonely whenever im having awful days, so i keep trying to remind myself it’s true. sending u lots of love 💕☁️
Love your videos! And I completely understand the migraine nightmare. Mine all acted like strokes and cost so much in ER visits, etc. Always have the blinding aura to start. I'm sure you've heard of this as an option but just in case you haven't, getting a daith piercing absolutely saved me. My piercer insisted that I go to an acupunturist first to mark the right spot and then she pierced it. I had very low hopes of it working and figured that I would just have a new cute piercing if anything. Pretty painful piercing that took awhile to heal but my migraines went from many, many a month including some doozy cluster migraines, to about 4x a year (I've noticed it happens around season changes). I do highly recommend, along with the acupunturist (don't go to a piercer who just guesses the spot). Either way, hope the medicine works for ya! Keep up all the good work!
Oh my goodness Ally, the second you said about Albus and your eye 😬😬😬 mine did the same thing and the eyelid had to all be glued back together. Poor sweet fur baby, he hasn’t injured himself from the nightmares I hope.
This gave me SO much energy... I've had a rough month and I needed a pick me up so much
i so resonate with the 2024 goal of being more of a healthy happy human, less of a productive stressed out machine. almost the end of the year, better times ahead! 🎉💙🐌
this video made me so happy! the lasagna instruction section was adorable, i love the fur bebis, your editing style is so cozy and the vibes are immaculate as always ^^
i've been rewatching your older videos and seeing how far you've come makes me excited for my future as well and gives me hope that i will manage, despite the horrorsTM
i wish you an as-painless-as-possible rest of december and i cannot wait for the end of year reading wrap up, take care
this is such a nice comment omg thank you so much for sending this kindness my way - you will absolutely thrive despite The Horrors™️!!
losing my mind at "sing to me paolo" *SQUISHHHYY*
I just have to thank you for your wonderful videos, they always come at the best times! I'm fairly new to getting back into reading and sometimes I feel like I don't annotate books because I get discouraged if I feel like I can't find a particular passage that makes me feel like a super ~intellectual~ girly and seeing you underline something as beautifully simple as "it takes no time at all if we all work together" just really connected with me. It reminds me that sometimes it doesn't have to be hugely groundbreaking to really connect and I think I'll read easier by just reading instead of looking 🥰 sending lots of good vibes and health your way this holiday season 🙌🏻❤️
Bloomin’ was such a blast, it was awesome talking books with the fellow Pocket Pages, this cozy community really warms me: cool people who love talking about my special interest! 💐
The cooking mama music with cooking montage🙌🥰 I love your video's specially because they make me feel so cozy and nostalgic. Thank you so much Ally!❤
Wowwww that reverse-star art is so magical! ✨🔭 hope you get to continue to heal & rest this month❄️
This has probably been one of the worst health years for me and I can say with full conviction that your videos have really comforted me through it. Appreciate you and your work 😊. No really ❤
you and me BOTH three cheers to a healthier & better 2024 for both of us!
@@allisonpaiges can only go up from here 😅❤️
2023 was wild. I have always been neurodivergent and have experienced in what ways the world is harder for me to deal with as an autistic person. But this year I also became more physically disabled/ got diagnosed with physical disabilities. My thyroid went into the crapper, chronic migrains, fibromyalgia, Ehlers Danlos syndrome. All diagnosed in the spring of this year. So this year was mostly me finally coming to terms with my own limits and learning how to better take care of myself…. Especially the migraines….. they forced me to enforce certain personal boundaries like nothing ever has. Hopefully in 2024 I can continue my studies at university without pushing myself into burn out again. I’ll just leave that here, to manifest.
Don’t think I didn’t recognize the Harry Potter video game music for the outro music. That nostalgia hit so hard when I heard that. Thank as always for an immaculately cozy time! 🐸
Hello, I'm new here from Kathleen Illustrated! I would love to hear more about you removing your phone apps. I am struggling with phone addiction and I'd be very interested in hearing what you removed, how much more time you have to read books, what apps you still use, etc. I am obsessed with your videos and I'm so happy to have found your cozy part of the internet 💖
oh sure - i'll have to talk more about this in a future vlog! :-) also welcome on by!
The december patreon design is SO BEAUTIFUL
thank you for thinking so!
i was so stressed tonight cuz ill go to a concert next week and im so worried that everything will go wrong! but your video really calmed me down :) listening to you talk about books and life is always a wonderful source of comfort. thank you!
oh also i was so happy to hear that you'll read the emerald sea book in january, i wanna read that too! its so pretty!
I proudly remembered to take my meds before work this morning, but it turns out I also left a full cup of coffee on my desk. Directly in front of my face. It had already cooled significantly, but it's in a mug with a foil decoration so I couldn't put it in the microwave, so yes I did chug 12 ounces of cold coffee. But I did read some good books in November, even though I couldn't get myself to stick with any reading plan, lol. I finished The Clocktaur War duology by T. Kingfisher (which really feels like two parts of one big book) and loved it because it felt like the Dungeons & Dragons movie, and I had a surprisingly good time with Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare once I got past the info dumping. And then right at the end of the month, I listened to Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright and narrated by Mara Wilson. It was a fascinating bit of history about a complicated woman that I'd never heard of, and I got a bit worked up about the state of women's health care in the US.
you're my favorite youtuber. You make me feel warm and safe and cozy. You help lower my anxiety
Shepherd pie is hamburger,corn,mashed potatoes,onions some people also include carrots.
omg thanks for the reminder! I turned off my alarm but then proceeded to just not take my meds
It’s been soooo windy and cold here, so I’m curling up with ‘Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither’. So far it’s a sweet story about an older man who I think is autistic, how he comes to adopt a dog, and the adventures that leads to. I love the writing; it’s told from the man’s point of view as his world opens up because of Oneeye. ❤️
"Before the Coffee Gets Cold" series is the only series that I think got better and better each book! The fourth one got me SO HARD :') Such a heartwarming read
One of my absolute favs from this year was Her Majesty’s Royal Coven as well as the sequel The Shadow cabinet. SO good!
"What my bones know" is on my top 5 favorite books this year, and I don't ever really read memoirs! I highly recommend the audio book as well. For the expensive therapist session you mentioned, they actually have the real session recording play in the audiobook!
not having the tiktok app but searching occasionally for muna thirst edits is so real truly
this was exactly the comforting video i needed after a rough week 🩷 i hope your migraine shots continue to do their thing!! glad to hear you’ve been taking it a little easier :)
Relatively new viewer here- I recently binged a lot of your older videos and am always so excited to see a new one come out. Thank you for the content you share with us! ❤
Allison's videos always feel like a warm cup of tea
Always feel so cosy and at peace when I watch your videos but even more so on a night like tonight where I'm facing such big executive dysfunction, thank you for putting out the content you do and helping to heal my silly brains ❤️ (also if you're still trying more manga I would so highly recommend Witch Hat Atelier for gorgeous illustrations, great disability rep and cosyness + adventure in equal measure ✨)
Okay you got me at “fresh meat” and I just can’t get enough!!! And bookmarks!!
fully agree on your bookshops and bonedust feelings. It’s like you took the words out of my brain
Bookshops & Bonedust and What My Bones Know are two of my top favorite books this year, I'm glad that you liked them! I definitely liked Legends & Lattes more too, but I'm always a sucker for books where people fall in love with reading. My other top book this month was The Tea Dragon Society, which I have been saving for a rainy day cause I knew I would love it, and yep it was amazing :)
I always look forward to your videos because aside from your book recommendations which often resonate with me and I almost always put on my TBR, you remind me that it is ok to be me and ok to be vulnerable and ok to be true to myself. So thank you always!
I was able to read 3 novels, a novella, a poetry collection, a graphic novel, and the 4 Frog and Toad books for the readathon, and I got 4 bingos by counting books for multiple spaces! It was honestly a pretty strong reading month for me content-wise even though I didn't read much for like 2 weeks straight for a lot of busy life reasons. I think my faves of the bunch were System Collapse by Martha Wells and The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes, but I enjoyed everything I read last month and didn't give anything below 4 stars which is a win in my book! Always love your cozy reading vlogs and can't wait to see the end of year videos as well 💖💞
It's always a good day when you post a new video! 🎉 I had so much fun with the bloomin readathon!! It was my first year participating and since my printer doesnt print colors, i made it into a little coloring page for myself! It was such a treat to color in a square for every book i read this month! I really wasnt too strategic about getting a bingo, but got so close, i got like 4 squares in 3 different directions 😂😂
Thank you so much for all you do Ally, take care ❤
This was my first year doing the Bloomin' readathon and I loved being able to use multiple prompts for one book so I didn't feel discouraged that I only read a few. No rulesss! My fave reads were In Memoriam by Alice Winn (queer WWI historical fiction) and Thieves by Lucie Bryon (queer graphic novel).
hi hello I just needed to pop in these comments and tell you that I'm a new but already very dedicated subscriber, your content is exactly what I feel youtube should be for ❤❤❤ makes me feel so warm and cozy and happy and inspired! xoxo
I also get hemiplegic migraines and I’m also taking emgality! I really hope it helps you! I’ve been taking it for 5 months and I t’s helped me a lot though I still get migraines most days.
It’s really interesting the connection between cptsd and chronic illness. I have also been trying to heal from trauma which in turn is helping me heal my body. I am going to look into what my bones know.
Seeing you living your life and being kind to your body encourages me!
LOVE What My Bones Know & lovelovelove this video!
This was my first year doing the readathon, my partner and I did it together and really enjoyed it!
I’m glad you enjoyed the Lightfall graphic novel! I love those so much. My favorite book in November was Iron Flame! I didn’t like it quite as much as the first book, Fourth Wing, but I still enjoyed it. I love your vlogs they are so cozy!
Your videos always bring such comfort, thank you! My favorite books from November were Hello Stranger by Katherine Center and The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue.
your videos have become my comfort content to watch before i go to work every day. they truly make my mornings so much better; thank you!
:') thank YOU!
Your videos are so cozy and safe and I love being here. Thank you.
Oh oh no Albus oh no 😮 11:48
I am obsessed with Bee and Puppycat
Leaving us feeling cozier than we were before🥰
Hoping to do the bloomin readathon in December instead!
Your vlogs are always so cozy and comforting ☕️🐌🍄
I love What My Bones know sooooo much. So happy you got to experience it. She has an episode of invisibilia that is really good as well.
such a great video! i love how comforting and welcoming all of your videos are 🥰🥰🥰 also i heavily relate to the julien baker/muna obsession
"Ad nauseum enough" is now my new favourite phrase for days when I'm feeling spicy, gonna put it up there with "whole entire" and sending people the most terrifying possum gif I can find.
I'll be doing the bloom bingo in January ❤❤ love your videos always ❤
50K subs GIRL, been watching since a long time
Always such a joy when you upload 🤍
Every Sunday there is an Ali video is the best Sunday. And it has been amazing to receive comments from you on videos! I felt like " SANTA, I know him" vibes haha
I love Lightfall! I’m so excited for the next book
i love your editing! lovelovelove
I only use tiktok for thirst edits of Julien Baker and Muna, Loved the video as always! So good to see youdoung better and taking care of yourself! Also I love Jen Campbell so much she has such an interesting reading taste
Ally it is so lovely to watch your videosyour qute cats,your bookshelfs... You are the best soul medicine,you always lift my spirits🥰💖🙏🤟🍀🌷🌱🌿Warm hugs coming your way🍉🥝☕🕯📓🖋🎮
just what i needed today
The lasagna part was top tier hahaha love your goofiness so much! Thanks for hosting the Blooming Readathon..I'm going to keep mine up until I get every single space! (that will take me a while haha) Sending love as always!
Having a big big exam tomorrow and needed to relax, this was perfect, thank you so much
thank you for the reminder because i had forgotten to take my anxiety meds
Lovely as always. Best wishes to you and your health journey 🫶🫶
the julien baker tiktok reference is SUCH a mood
My favorite new hobby is trying to guess what video game music is in your videos 😅 so many cozy games!!!
incredible. how many points did you get this round, hannah?
Ooh I'm so glad you loved What my bones now! I loved it too ❤ Its been a while since i picked it up, so a reread might be in order.
Perfect video to start the week. ❤
As silly as it sounds, your b-roll of shrooms and snails are everything to me! It’s a whole new world from the desert where I am in Ut. 🐌❤ thanks for your content and fun editing!
Omg yes finally the happiest moment of my Sundays 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰 lots of love from Mexico❤️
Something that helps me when I am having a migraine is to use my red tinted glasses, it blocks out basically all colors except for red which is supposed to be the least stimulating I believe. Kinda annoying for certain games/shows but often worth it. I really hope those shots help long term, you deserve freedom from those dudes ❤
Tress was the best book I read this month😭♥️♥️😭
Aww so nice to see your partner help with the shots. 💜 I just tell mine to not be alarmed when he hears me SCREAM lol but I do the shots in my legs
Poor baby Albus and poor Ally's face 😮💨 I hope he gets better! I ended up not participating in BloominRAT, thought I would but got a surprise "you gotta move out of your apartament" right before my highly antecipated trip to Cuba 🥲 got back and went full mode packing, had no braincells for organized reading but will get back to it next year ❤
I DONT know if you got spiritea because I recommend it in the discord or someone else before me but I’m so happy that you are playing it!!
i got it 110% because of the discord and i love it SO much it's one of my favorite games ever - thank you!
My kitten Juniper is resting with me on the couch while we enjoy your vlog 🩵
I joined the reading challenge on StoryGraph and actually succeeded in fulfilling all the prompts! Didn't expect that, but it made me happy. It was so much fun. 🌼💚
My most favourite book was a book written in Finnish, but it is unfortunately not translated into English, but into German.
But I would also recommend Places I've Taken My Body by Molly McCully Brown.
💯 agree for 2024.
I was so looking forward to seeing another notification from you! I mean via TH-cam haha - yey!
i'm sorry but the mail dance was everything and more lol wag your tail for those books girl!
Needed this
Hi Alyssa would love one your book marks
I agree ; the toxic productivity narrative has rendered me burnt the effffff out many times , but I’m aiming to make this the last time .