The lack of black Booktubers is so evident to me too! Glad I found this channel 😊 “I don’t know if I was shy or silenced” RESONATED. Some great books I’ve read recently are The Vanishing Half, Rouge by Mona Awad, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and My Dark Vanessa.
There's actually a lot of Black booktubers. You just have search a little more for them. Usually there's easier to find if you're searching for specific Black books. I have a channel but I also follow BklynBookBelle, Shaywitdahobbies, LaRosa Reads, Mina Reads, Jess Owens, Read with Melanin, Bookish Realm, The Locdbooktician, Bookmark Chronicles, LucieReads, Robin Reads, The Broken Spine., itsmonteprice, Book Tribe. And those are just some of them.
I really enjoyed this video!! I’m watching a bunch of newbie tagged videos because I want to record my own, and from the tea to your delivery and the way you think…I resonate with you so much! Especially about integration after the book. I also started reading around the same time and you made me wonder what my parents’ reactions were bc the way they tell it they just took it for granted 😂 Anyway, so nice to find you!
Lol Girl I be wanting to call my friends and rant about the characters and the book too but they don't read. That's one reason why I started my channel.
Hey, welcome to the book(tube) community. It’s weird offline and so full of all kinds of surprises online. Interested to see the books you’ll be talking about in the future. ☺️
As a chronically online girl that once enjoyed reading but lost the passion for it, I've been enjoying watching booktubers as i try to develop this habit again (which is hard after you condition your brain to enjoy the fast content of social media and video platforms. I have the attention span of a fish with ADHD). I'm so excited to see more of you, i love your vibe and your voice is so calming! I hope the community will welcome you with love.
There has been a wave of new black booktubers. Which is so exciting, I’ve been one here for 6 years and I’ve seen alot of them be burn out from not getting The same recognition. But yall Are coming in hot with a wave of love for reading and ambition. I think I’ve already commented but welcome to booktube
Hey girl, hey!! Welcome to Booktube. We really do need more POC booktubers. I don't post videos on TH-cam, but I do watch booktube videos. I love reading and I'm getting back into after a long absence due to university. I love reading mystery, romance, and a bit of fantasy. I'm Brenda by the way
Hi!!! Thank you for the warm welcome!! Uni really has a way of ruining reading for some of us but we’re getting our true love back! Here’s to more reading!!📚📚
Your video suddenly popped up on my TH-cam feed and I am so glad that I decided to drop by. I don't watch Booktube Newbie Tag videos because it makes me feel bad that I haven't found the courage to take the plunge and start my own channel for books and reading and literature...
So happy I found your channel. I love your energy. I'm also new to the online book-ish community and read a little bit of everything. Side note, did I spot and IWT book in your collection 👀. Heheh you are so cute. I'm binging your videos so please do keep them coming! ❤❤
This is one of the best booktube newbies tags. Super excited to start looking through your content! *Edit* omg ok you also have travel content that's amazing. Travel and books, girrrrrl! 😍
Love your energy 🫶 You’re an absolute natural at this, Laolu, so glad I found you! And going “from bookworm to bougie book baddie” - honestly giving me life 🤌
Also, not sure if you've watched her content, but I love watching Olivia's Catastrophe, she's a black British woman doing the Booktube and I love her content. She did a lot of bookish discussion on black authors a few years back and I find her a delight to watch and listen to. There are other black booktubers that I regularly watch and follow, but she's the first one that came to mind and I decided to recommend because she's just amazing. One thing I also noticed was that there's a lack of Indigenous booktubers. As somebody who is Indigenous myself, I've been searching and searching for somebody who is an Indigenous voice in the booktube community. I did find someone who I think is native Hawaiian, but I lost her channel when TH-cam did the evil and unsubscribed me from a bunch of random channels in 2020.
That’s actually so interesting, this is definitely a space that needs more diversity. Also, thank you for the recommendation, I’ll be sure to check her out!!
Omg Octavia Bulter, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, yessss. Finally found a physical copy of Temple of My Familiar to add to my collection. Will love to see your vids!
Also you asked for a translated work rec. I’ve seen alot of People really enjoy “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982” I think you’d enjoy it as well saying you want to be a more critical reader verse enjoyment it would Be a great option
I absolutely love this video. You remind me so much of myself. Seriously you do. I am so very very new to the Booktube there is so much I don't know. Like I for real seriously didn't know anything about a challenge. Where do I find it to get the questions. I am so green with this world but I love books and I love to discuss the characters and plot.
OMG I grew up on Nancy Drew girl. And the Hrdy Boys, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Stephen King duh, and others typically found in the library or giveaway pile. But they are amazing authors.
Found you from Elliot Brooks - I agree with a comment below that you have a lovely speaking voice. Looking forward to more videos. I don't have a IRL friend that loves to talk about books as much as me, and I also don't get out much in this season of life because I am a Mom of three little boys aged 2, 4, and 6 and I'm a teacher. So hello online bougie book friends!
This video 😻✨✨✨ love love love. I'm so happy to find you (on Nickelle's Nook rec🙏). Have never heard about tsundoku, but dang! So relatable. Thank you for doing this tag. Welcome to Booktube! You'll bring incredible stuff here, I'm sure. Your idea of talking about books connecting to real life is brilliant.❤️ Happy reading!
Welcome to Booktube Laolu! Your energy is contagious and kept making me smile 😊 I love the way you talk about books and are already getting so passionate about chatting about them. Very excited to hear your thoughts on books 🥰
Hey girl!! Definitely considering myself a Bougie Book Baddie. 😮💨💗Reading led me to making bookmarks that have been doing so so well and I even started a YT channel recently!! Love this community, and glad you’re here 💗
In addition to those who responded below, there are MANY people of color with TH-cam book channels, as well as some paler folks who are interesting. 😉 I watch book channels from around the world, but just off the top of my head, here are a few you can search and see if you enjoy their taste and content. -ebony kenae -Sincerelyels -Kyrah Stewart -Kat’s Field Notes -sweetly sage -Dolapo Adedokun -thisstoryaintover -Noteworthy Fiction -Dajah’s Book World -Dezmond Zee -tangiblereads -Read Rose TV -Bookish Realm -Books and Bao (for works in translation) -Petrik Leo -booknerd0802 -Quinn’s Ideas -Jesse On TH-cam -LaRosa Reads -Bookd N Brewd -Intentionally Bookish -BookJack (has an eBay used book store.) -Outlaw Book Seller (visits that village of bookshops in England.) -Chocolate Covered Pages -readingwithmo -Rosalie Kenzie -Bez There are SO many! Hopefully I didn’t repeat anyone and you make some friends! Good luck and have a prosperous new year! 😺✌️
Hi Laolu! I adored your video and your whole vibe. Interested to see how you implement the applying books you read to real life thing into your videos. Can't wait to see more from you! Welcome to the community and best of luck with the channel 💕
I read a lot of translated lit too! And i spied The Idiot by Elif Batuman in ur stacks, just read that one a month or two ago. So freakin good! Welcome to the booktube universe, the vibes in this video were on point haha
Welcome! Glad I stumbled across your channel! It’s still kinda rare to find black book tubers (especially African ones). I’ll read basically anything too but some of my favorite books I read recently are the night circus, the bluest eye, and Shoko’s smile. I’m also currently reading Babel (It’s really good so far!)
So glad I found your Booktube channel! I'm definitely a mood reader. Favorite genre Historical Fiction. And I definitely love buying and getting lost in books. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on some amazing books!
Awesome video 💯‼️ I have ADHD and so I am friends with everyone but have only 2 friends that I don’t see as much because one also has ADHD and the other lives like an hour away and is very busy.
Welcome to the book community!! You seem like such a nice and genuine person. Hope to see lots of good talk, discussions , recommendations about books. For recommendation i would say "the story of your life and other stories" by ted chiang is one of my favorites, it's sci fi short story collection which is beautifully written, the ideas are so original... Definitely give it a try.
Bookish is the new bougie!! Thank you. Love your vibe. I’m excited to see more. Your whole tea setup there is giving me serious Gollum vibes. “We needs it precious!” 😂😂 Seriously though…I love tea.
You are so pleasant. Absolutely radiant! I would like to join booktube myself, esp if I could enjoy some virtual company over a cup of tea with people like you. Bougie Bookworms Unite!
Welcome to Booktube! Love your energy, you had me grinning too much whilst watching you. I’m the same when I love a book or character I call up anyone and everyone to talk about it even if they aren’t book people themselves 😂😂 I definitely recommend Madonna in a Fur Coat (translated fiction), Open Water and anything by Bolu Babalola ❤
Hi welcome!! You had me at white tea lol I love it too I don't know if you like poetry but my favourite authors are poets: Audre Lorde, Renée Vivien, Langston Hughes but I'm also loving Warsan Shire, Forugh Farrokhzad and Emtithal Mahmoud!!
Hey girl, welcome to booktube! I’m not a TH-camr BUT I am a black girl who reads lol. I share your sentiment about James Baldwin. My fav book is The Fire Next Time! Like you, I’m also a mood reader lol. So excited that I found your channel!
That was a lovely video to watch... I think I'm going to really enjoy watching more of your videos. Well done for making this happen for yourself. I've wanted to do Booktube for years, but keep talking myself out of it and have stayed being a lurker and occasional commenter instead! I read almost everything, too...but particularly enjoy weird fiction, translated fiction, Gothic fiction, and a smattering of fantasy. I love books by Julia Armfield, Yoko Ogawa, Paul Auster, Camilla Grudova, Octavia Butler, Robin Hobb, Akwaeke Emezi, Jodi Taylor, An Yu, Shirley Jackson, and NK Jemisin. Welcome! So glad you're here
Loving your vibe! Subscribing now. Starting your video and I appreciate the name of your channel as it is reminiscent of the US first lady's that reads like: Becoming Michelle Obama. Her book name is "Becoming". I have also been keen on tea my whole life.
Welcome to BookTuber just discovered your channel. I look forward to your thoughts and vlogs with you and what your reading. I read everything, i have a book spinner that has my books on them. It chooses my next read.
as a poc i'm happy more poc are joining! your energy is like soft sunshine laolu 🌞🧡💛🧡💛 so excited to dissect books with you and the bougiee community i spend this year searching black/ native/ poc booktubers and even though i found some, they were few or not gaining visibility compared to white creators.
First of all I just wanted to say you are insanely beautiful😍 I really enjoyed this video!! It’s so nice to see someone new coming onto booktube, I would absolutely love to start but I am so scared! Thank you so much for sharing and I can’t wait to keep up with your videos ❤
Hello. Looking forward to your content. Reading is my favorite hobby. I read diversely as well and enjoy discovering new books and having deep discussions. Happy reading!
Glad to stumble across your channel. I love Octavia Butler! I keep meaning to re-read some of her stuff but then read new things instead! C'est la vie. It was lovely to join you over some tea. Very cozy ✨
Hey hey! Welcome to the book community! I loved seeing all your travel videos and eating around the world on Instagram, glad to see you talking about books too. Your world experience will give you a fresh look at literature
I’m new too!! Welcome to Booktube! I just posted my first booktube video because there’s definitely not a lot of black booktubers! I read The Bluest eye by Tony Morrison this years ago and was heartbroken.. My favorite author is Tiffany D. Jackson, I read Allegedly and Mondays not coming and both left my crying and wanting more! Can’t wait to see more of your videos!!💕
Welcome to booktube!! I've been dying to find new creators to follow so I can expand my own bookish tastes so I'm very excited I landed on your channel 🤗
So so happy to see more melanin on booktube! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
Love meeting a fellow melanated book baddie!!! Nice to meet you!!!
There have been quite a few new black booktubers joining the community which is lovely!
Yes I too am loving this ❤
Right! I’ve been subscribing to all of them :)
I know. I have been binging and subscribing to them all
@@Bookedoncharity same! 😂🥰 we all be having a great time
Can you drop some recommendations?
“I exist in two worlds, one with books and one without books. And the one without books is typically the one with food.” We are kindred souls, friend.
"Just me, sparkles, and Jesus." Mk I love you already. Hi. Welcome!!!
Thank you from me, sparkles and Jesus 😂
The lack of black Booktubers is so evident to me too! Glad I found this channel 😊
“I don’t know if I was shy or silenced” RESONATED.
Some great books I’ve read recently are The Vanishing Half, Rouge by Mona Awad, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and My Dark Vanessa.
Oh I loved Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! I’ll definitely be adding the rest to my list!! Thank youuu, so nice to meet you!
There's actually a lot of Black booktubers. You just have search a little more for them. Usually there's easier to find if you're searching for specific Black books. I have a channel but I also follow BklynBookBelle, Shaywitdahobbies, LaRosa Reads, Mina Reads, Jess Owens, Read with Melanin, Bookish Realm, The Locdbooktician, Bookmark Chronicles, LucieReads, Robin Reads, The Broken Spine., itsmonteprice, Book Tribe. And those are just some of them.
“I exist in two worlds, one with books and one without books. And the one without books is typically the one with food.”
I really enjoyed this video!! I’m watching a bunch of newbie tagged videos because I want to record my own, and from the tea to your delivery and the way you think…I resonate with you so much! Especially about integration after the book. I also started reading around the same time and you made me wonder what my parents’ reactions were bc the way they tell it they just took it for granted 😂
Anyway, so nice to find you!
Lol Girl I be wanting to call my friends and rant about the characters and the book too but they don't read. That's one reason why I started my channel.
Hey, welcome to the book(tube) community. It’s weird offline and so full of all kinds of surprises online. Interested to see the books you’ll be talking about in the future. ☺️
Hii!! Thank you for the warm welcome!! I’m really excited to read with you!!
As a chronically online girl that once enjoyed reading but lost the passion for it, I've been enjoying watching booktubers as i try to develop this habit again (which is hard after you condition your brain to enjoy the fast content of social media and video platforms. I have the attention span of a fish with ADHD). I'm so excited to see more of you, i love your vibe and your voice is so calming! I hope the community will welcome you with love.
There has been a wave of new black booktubers. Which is so exciting, I’ve been one here for 6 years and I’ve seen alot of them be burn out from not getting
The same recognition. But yall
Are coming in hot with a wave of love for reading and ambition.
I think I’ve already commented but welcome to booktube
You had me at me sparkles and Jesus!! 🤎🤎 hey girl hey!! You’ve motivated me to start booktube!! I’ll get to recording today 🎉
Hey girl, hey!! Welcome to Booktube. We really do need more POC booktubers. I don't post videos on TH-cam, but I do watch booktube videos. I love reading and I'm getting back into after a long absence due to university. I love reading mystery, romance, and a bit of fantasy. I'm Brenda by the way
Hi!!! Thank you for the warm welcome!! Uni really has a way of ruining reading for some of us but we’re getting our true love back! Here’s to more reading!!📚📚
Hi Brenda!! Happy New Year!!
Really enjoyed your creative, sharp energy. I look forward to following your adventures with books.
Your video suddenly popped up on my TH-cam feed and I am so glad that I decided to drop by. I don't watch Booktube Newbie Tag videos because it makes me feel bad that I haven't found the courage to take the plunge and start my own channel for books and reading and literature...
Take your time and we’ll welcome you when you’re ready!! ❤️❤️
“Bookworm is the new bougie” I love it.
Welcome!!!! Red Rising Saga!!!!! Is one of my favorites! I loved Happy Place!
So glad that we can see more booktubers who are African. Love to be here
So happy to find another black booktuber! Btw The skin is skinning ✨crazy how some of our answers to the questions are so similar.
So happy I found your channel. I love your energy. I'm also new to the online book-ish community and read a little bit of everything. Side note, did I spot and IWT book in your collection 👀. Heheh you are so cute. I'm binging your videos so please do keep them coming! ❤❤
So happy I bumped into your channel, I have been really loving the bookish community ❤
This is one of the best booktube newbies tags. Super excited to start looking through your content!
*Edit* omg ok you also have travel content that's amazing. Travel and books, girrrrrl! 😍
We are multifaceted with all the interests haha
Welcome to booktube! Your tea setup is 🔥🔥🔥 I cannot wait to chat more books with you-happy reading!
So excited to talk about books, tea and everything in between with you!!🤎🤎
Love your energy 🫶 You’re an absolute natural at this, Laolu, so glad I found you! And going “from bookworm to bougie book baddie” - honestly giving me life 🤌
Welcome to booktube!! Love your positive vibe! ❤
I am also very serious about my tea! Welcome to BookTube.
Can’t wait to see and hear more from you and to chat about all sorts of books. I also love asking questions to the books I’m reading. 😊
Awww I mentioned my vision board in my newbie video too. I'm in a healing journey as well. Keep up the great content!
Also, not sure if you've watched her content, but I love watching Olivia's Catastrophe, she's a black British woman doing the Booktube and I love her content. She did a lot of bookish discussion on black authors a few years back and I find her a delight to watch and listen to. There are other black booktubers that I regularly watch and follow, but she's the first one that came to mind and I decided to recommend because she's just amazing.
One thing I also noticed was that there's a lack of Indigenous booktubers. As somebody who is Indigenous myself, I've been searching and searching for somebody who is an Indigenous voice in the booktube community. I did find someone who I think is native Hawaiian, but I lost her channel when TH-cam did the evil and unsubscribed me from a bunch of random channels in 2020.
That’s actually so interesting, this is definitely a space that needs more diversity. Also, thank you for the recommendation, I’ll be sure to check her out!!
I would highly recommend watching Shawnaci Schroeder as a great black booktuber❤
You should start a book club and do livestreams to talk about them !! 🫶🏾your so Beautiful 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
Ooo I love this idea!! Thank youuu🤎🤎
So, you're my MC. Hi, nice to meet you! Just joined the community.
Hi, I'm also a black booktuber! So happy to see an increase in black booktubers lately.
Also I love tea too
Hey bestie 😊 welcome to booktube ! Looooooove your energy ❤
Omg Octavia Bulter, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, yessss. Finally found a physical copy of Temple of My Familiar to add to my collection. Will love to see your vids!
Ok so we’re book twins, love to see it!!
Also you asked for a translated work rec. I’ve seen alot of
People really enjoy “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982” I think you’d enjoy it as well saying you want to be a more critical reader verse enjoyment it would
Be a great option
I absolutely love this video. You remind me so much of myself. Seriously you do. I am so very very new to the Booktube there is so much I don't know. Like I for real seriously didn't know anything about a challenge. Where do I find it to get the questions. I am so green with this world but I love books and I love to discuss the characters and plot.
OMG I grew up on Nancy Drew girl. And the Hrdy Boys, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Stephen King duh, and others typically found in the library or giveaway pile. But they are amazing authors.
Found you from Elliot Brooks - I agree with a comment below that you have a lovely speaking voice. Looking forward to more videos. I don't have a IRL friend that loves to talk about books as much as me, and I also don't get out much in this season of life because I am a Mom of three little boys aged 2, 4, and 6 and I'm a teacher. So hello online bougie book friends!
This video 😻✨✨✨ love love love.
I'm so happy to find you (on Nickelle's Nook rec🙏).
Have never heard about tsundoku, but dang! So relatable.
Thank you for doing this tag.
Welcome to Booktube! You'll bring incredible stuff here, I'm sure.
Your idea of talking about books connecting to real life is brilliant.❤️
Happy reading!
Welcome to Booktube Laolu! Your energy is contagious and kept making me smile 😊 I love the way you talk about books and are already getting so passionate about chatting about them. Very excited to hear your thoughts on books 🥰
Thank you so so much for the warm welcome!! I’m soo excited to finally have people to talk about books with! 🥹
Found you from Elliot Brooks's post! I love your vibe! ❤ Can't wait to watch more videos from you. Welcome to Booktube!
Hey girl!! Definitely considering myself a Bougie Book Baddie. 😮💨💗Reading led me to making bookmarks that have been doing so so well and I even started a YT channel recently!! Love this community, and glad you’re here 💗
Hi Bougie Book Baddie!!!!🤎🤎❤️❤️
You are already fantastic! I'm so glad Elliot shared your video! Can't wait for all your videos!
I just joined as well! I wish I had a setup as beautiful as yours!!
Aww thank youu
In addition to those who responded below, there are MANY people of color with TH-cam book channels, as well as some paler folks who are interesting. 😉
I watch book channels from around the world, but just off the top of my head, here are a few you can search and see if you enjoy their taste and content.
-ebony kenae
-Sincerelyels
-Kyrah Stewart
-Kat’s Field Notes
-sweetly sage
-Dolapo Adedokun
-thisstoryaintover
-Noteworthy Fiction
-Dajah’s Book World
-Dezmond Zee
-tangiblereads
-Read Rose TV
-Bookish Realm
-Books and Bao (for works in translation)
-Petrik Leo
-booknerd0802
-Quinn’s Ideas
-Jesse On TH-cam
-LaRosa Reads
-Bookd N Brewd
-Intentionally Bookish
-BookJack (has an eBay used book store.)
-Outlaw Book Seller (visits that village of bookshops in England.)
-Chocolate Covered Pages
-readingwithmo
-Rosalie Kenzie
-Bez
There are SO many! Hopefully I didn’t repeat anyone and you make some friends!
Good luck and have a prosperous new year!
😺✌️
Thank you SO much for these recommendations!!! This makes me more excited to read!! Happy New Year!!
Hi Laolu! I adored your video and your whole vibe. Interested to see how you implement the applying books you read to real life thing into your videos. Can't wait to see more from you! Welcome to the community and best of luck with the channel 💕
I read a lot of translated lit too! And i spied The Idiot by Elif Batuman in ur stacks, just read that one a month or two ago. So freakin good! Welcome to the booktube universe, the vibes in this video were on point haha
Welcome! Glad I stumbled across your channel! It’s still kinda rare to find black book tubers (especially African ones). I’ll read basically anything too but some of my favorite books I read recently are the night circus, the bluest eye, and Shoko’s smile. I’m also currently reading Babel (It’s really good so far!)
Welcome to booktube! Love seeing more melanin on booktube!
Welcome! So glad to see you join this community💗
So glad I found your Booktube channel! I'm definitely a mood reader. Favorite genre Historical Fiction. And I definitely love buying and getting lost in books. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on some amazing books!
Awesome video 💯‼️ I have ADHD and so I am friends with everyone but have only 2 friends that I don’t see as much because one also has ADHD and the other lives like an hour away and is very busy.
Welcome to the book community!! You seem like such a nice and genuine person. Hope to see lots of good talk, discussions , recommendations about books.
For recommendation i would say "the story of your life and other stories" by ted chiang is one of my favorites, it's sci fi short story collection which is beautifully written, the ideas are so original... Definitely give it a try.
Thank you for the warm welcome and recommendation!! Definitely adding that to my list!
Hello! I am so excited to have found your channel. I'm thrilled to have a new book friend.
You have such a soothing vibe and I love it! Welcome to the bookish community 🥰
Thank you!! 😊
Welcome my dearrrrrr❤ you're lovely! Immediately subscribed. Greetings from Dubai ❤
Thank you so much!! Sending all my love to Dubai!!
instant subscribe! I've been similar state since moving out of my hometown and resonate/ im excited to see your journey! Love your energy🤩
Love your energy ❤❤❤❤
❤️❤️❤️
Welcome!!! Love your energy and your book collection ❤ Can’t wait for the next videos
Thank you soo much for the beautiful welcome!! I’m already feeling like this is a safe space 🥹
Bookish is the new bougie!! Thank you. Love your vibe. I’m excited to see more. Your whole tea setup there is giving me serious Gollum vibes. “We needs it precious!” 😂😂 Seriously though…I love tea.
Hello beautiful soul! "Just me, sparkles and Jesus!!" 🤣 Looove!
You are so pleasant. Absolutely radiant! I would like to join booktube myself, esp if I could enjoy some virtual company over a cup of tea with people like you. Bougie Bookworms Unite!
Thank you so much!! We can enjoy all the cups of tea and hot cocoa and everything else every week ☕️
Welcome to Booktube! Love your energy, you had me grinning too much whilst watching you. I’m the same when I love a book or character I call up anyone and everyone to talk about it even if they aren’t book people themselves 😂😂 I definitely recommend Madonna in a Fur Coat (translated fiction), Open Water and anything by Bolu Babalola ❤
I want to start a book tube as well 😅 but scared! Welcome, and happy to see your content
You’ve got this!
no wait. the whole tea set up is too nice. I am also semi new to to booktube too!!so glad to see so many of us here.
Haha tea time is my happy time! ☕️
Oh, TH-cam got this rec right! Looove your vibe. Welcome to the booktube community!!
❤️❤️
Your personality is larger than life, and I am here for it!!!! Welcome to BookTube! You're a vibe all by yourself! 👏🏽😄📚
Ahh thank you so much for the beautiful welcome!! I appreciate it!! 🤎🤎
@@banjobiblioteca 🤎🤎
Hi welcome!! You had me at white tea lol I love it too
I don't know if you like poetry but my favourite authors are poets: Audre Lorde, Renée Vivien, Langston Hughes but I'm also loving Warsan Shire, Forugh Farrokhzad and Emtithal Mahmoud!!
Ooo I LOVEEE poetry!! Lords and Hughes are some of my favorites too!!
New subber ❤❤i live the energy so soothing and relaxing
two and a half minutes into the video and I wanna be your friend SO BAD already!! it's the energy for me
heyyy friend!!
so exciting that you're here, cannot wait to follow along on your journey and talk all things books
Can’t wait to get all cozy and talk about books on Friday with you!
Honestly comunity is so important and I love that you put yourself out, I would also love to watch you experiment with other types of media.
Thank you for the encouragement, just trying one step at a time 🥹
Oohhhh I love applying book knowledge to real life too! It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance 😊
It’s so nice to meet you!!
the whole thing about not being able to fully heal alone is relatable 😅 currently figuring that out myself
We’ve got this!! This is our year of healthy, glowing community ❤️
Hey girl, welcome to booktube! I’m not a TH-camr BUT I am a black girl who reads lol. I share your sentiment about James Baldwin. My fav book is The Fire Next Time! Like you, I’m also a mood reader lol. So excited that I found your channel!
Hey hey!! I just got the fire next time so I’m so excited to just read every page! So nice to meet another Baldwin fan, I haven’t met many of us yet❤️
Welcome to BookTok. I love your energy and your love your tea
Thank you so much for the “warm” welcome☕️
Subscribed and look forward to your future videos.
Welcome!
❤️❤️❤️
Welcome! So happy to have found your channel!❤
So glad you’re here!! 💛
your energy is amazing !!!!! subscribed so fast !
Thank you so much!!!
Yesss! I’ve been trying to find more Black booktubers and i’m so glad i came across you 🙏🏽
So glad you’re here🤎🤎
That was a lovely video to watch... I think I'm going to really enjoy watching more of your videos. Well done for making this happen for yourself. I've wanted to do Booktube for years, but keep talking myself out of it and have stayed being a lurker and occasional commenter instead! I read almost everything, too...but particularly enjoy weird fiction, translated fiction, Gothic fiction, and a smattering of fantasy. I love books by Julia Armfield, Yoko Ogawa, Paul Auster, Camilla Grudova, Octavia Butler, Robin Hobb, Akwaeke Emezi, Jodi Taylor, An Yu, Shirley Jackson, and NK Jemisin. Welcome! So glad you're here
I love so many writers on your list and I have so many to check out!! So nice to meet you!!
Loving your vibe! Subscribing now. Starting your video and I appreciate the name of your channel as it is reminiscent of the US first lady's that reads like: Becoming Michelle Obama. Her book name is "Becoming". I have also been keen on tea my whole life.
as a reader/watcher of booktube, i'm looking forward to your videos! i just finished A Little Life, and right now i'm reading Yellowface 📖
A little life has been on my TBR for so long and I keep skipping it because I’m a little scared but you’ve encouraged me to go for it!
Welcome!!! Cannot wait to watch your content this year! Wishing you all the best✨🥰📚
Thank you so much!!🤎🤎
Welcome to booktube!! I relate to reading from a lot of different genres. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos! 💜
See you tomorrow!!💛💛
Welcome to BookTuber just discovered your channel. I look forward to your thoughts and vlogs with you and what your reading. I read everything, i have a book spinner that has my books on them. It chooses my next read.
Ooo a book spinner sounds soo cool!! I’ll have to check it out
as a poc i'm happy more poc are joining! your energy is like soft sunshine laolu 🌞🧡💛🧡💛
so excited to dissect books with you and the bougiee community
i spend this year searching black/ native/ poc booktubers and even though i found some, they were few or not gaining visibility compared to white creators.
“Soft Sunshine Laolu” is now my favorite, thank you!!💛💛💛 We’re changing that landscape this year📚📚
welcome to booktube!! i’ve been watching your videos for a while and it’s great to see you’re a book lover 💜💜
thank you so so much!! I'm so excited to let my book lovergirl side all out with you!!
subbed within the first 5 minutes! so excited to be there with you on your new bookish journey 📚
so excited to share books and words with you!!
I’m a newbie too!
Welcome to booktube!! Can’t wait to see what you add to the conversation :)
Thank you so much for the beautiful welcome!!😊
Hey girl! Just subscribed. Congratulations 🎉. Have a wonderful year! 💯✌🏾🙋🏾♀️📚
Hi!!! Thank you and welcome!! Have a beautiful year too!!
First of all I just wanted to say you are insanely beautiful😍 I really enjoyed this video!! It’s so nice to see someone new coming onto booktube, I would absolutely love to start but I am so scared! Thank you so much for sharing and I can’t wait to keep up with your videos ❤
Thank you so so much!! Take your time and the world is ready when you’re ready!
Hello. Looking forward to your content. Reading is my favorite hobby. I read diversely as well and enjoy discovering new books and having deep discussions. Happy reading!
I’m excited to read and chat with you!!
Glad to stumble across your channel. I love Octavia Butler! I keep meaning to re-read some of her stuff but then read new things instead! C'est la vie. It was lovely to join you over some tea. Very cozy ✨
Loved sharing tea and Butler with you!! I still need to find the mindset to finish Lilith’s brood. What’s your favorite Butler book?
I always come back to Parable of the Sower - my younger self was always riveted by it.
Hey hey! Welcome to the book community! I loved seeing all your travel videos and eating around the world on Instagram, glad to see you talking about books too. Your world experience will give you a fresh look at literature
Hey!! You might be the first person to know the Instagram side too, thank you!! I’m so excited to talk about all of it!
@@banjobiblioteca Oh wow, glad to hear. Hopefully, more people check out your book talks. It'll definitely be fun
I’m new too!! Welcome to Booktube! I just posted my first booktube video because there’s definitely not a lot of black booktubers!
I read The Bluest eye by Tony Morrison this years ago and was heartbroken.. My favorite author is Tiffany D. Jackson, I read Allegedly and Mondays not coming and both left my crying and wanting more! Can’t wait to see more of your videos!!💕
Toni Morrison really had us all clutching our emotions in The Bluest Eye! Also, Welcome to Booktube!!
I’m sending you love! I hope you can make new friends 💜🩷🤞🏾
Welcome to booktube!! I've been dying to find new creators to follow so I can expand my own bookish tastes so I'm very excited I landed on your channel 🤗
I’m so excited you’re here! Thank you and can’t wait to talk about different books every week!