Jean, it was so lovely to get to know your dad a little through this tour. I was born the same year as he was. What a treasure trove of memories he left for you and your mom! Take care! 🌸
How you speak about your dad fills me with such warmth. That is one impressive book collection! I could spend all day looking through them. I also love seeing that beautiful edition Dune on your dads fiction shelf too ^_^
I'd wish my family members were readers, it'd be lovely to be able to talk about books with someone special.. My friends, unfortunately, aren't readers either :-)
Please don't feel that you have to apologize for your Harry Potter books as they have given so much happiness since their publication. My HP books are the pride of my book collection.
I don’t feel sorry for owning the originals or for all the joy they’ve brought me ☺️ I just wanted it to be clear I don’t support Rowing or put more money in her pockets through her new projects.
@@JeansThoughts I was really glad to hear you clarify that in this video! I'm glad you can still appreciate the books for what they were at a certain time too :)
Your parents collection of political non-fiction is amazing 😍love the Peanuts collection too!! And that Terry Pratchett/Modern Classics bookcase is so satisfying because the books all fit so well! So many beautiful books and well done on the editing/filming of it all haha
Thank you, that was such a treat! I think it's really special and beautiful that you get to go through your dad's collection whenever you want. Oh and btw, I totally agree, most bookshelves are way too deep! I need some more shallow ones too, there's just too much wasted space on mine :D
The amount of bookshelves you have is a DREAM! So nice to hear you talk about your dad, you can see how much his presence lives on ❤️ hope you’re keeping safe x
Idk if you have already done this, but I’d love to see a video of you going through all your classics/modern classics like you did with your Greek books! It might be tedious but I think it would be super cool. Especially because classics have so many editions it’s always cool to see what people have.
What an amazing book collection! And it was so interesting to hear about your dads background as well, I really do admire people that dare to go to uni a bit later in life! Also I would love to watch the reading vlog about your moms favourite feminist books from the 80s!
First name I saw at the close up was Bertold Brecht and my heart sang 💕 (Your dad had great taste in general though, so I'm not surprised. Thank you for making this tour! 💛)
I loved this video so so much! Books are such a great way to connect to people - even when they're no longer here, because they showcase what that person cared about and different aspects of what interested them. My granddad was a huge reader and after him and my grandmother passed away, their book collection was passed on to different members of the family, so now I own quite a few of his old books and they're all so special to me. Some of the books on your dad's shelves were even the exact same editions as the ones my granddad owned and I couldn't help but smile when I noticed them :)
Thanks for your video, I always appreciate watching them. I'd just like to say I was a bit surprised and also happy to see your father had a few books by Jorge Amado. I'm Brazilian and it's always nice to see how far some of our literature got to XD
I have never read any Terry Pratchett but when I see bookshelf tours, I often see rows and rows of his books. I guess he's like potato chips, once you start you can't stop. I will say that the Pratchett etc. shelves were SO pleasingly organized OMG. Can you come and help me with my bookshelves? They are a hot mess. Thank you soooo much for taking the time to do this long tour, it was so enjoyable and wow, what a home to be raised in where there is such a celebration of learning all around you. :)
Have you ever felt an urge to arrange your Dads' books in a way that's aesthetically pleasing to you? I visited Edinburgh last fall. Scotland is a gorgeous country and the people were so friendly and welcoming. My Dad was an electrician and we had his electrical manuals on our family bookshelf.
I love the way you talk about your dad. It must bring so much comfort to have his books still around. I would absolutely love an in depth look at your political/feminist non fiction books!
This was such a fascinating video. It's a reader's paradise, truly. My favourite shelf is the first one (your father's collection of literary fiction?). I had read many from that. Thanks for sharing. Best, Rahul. :)
This was such a satisfying video to watch! From you sharing memories about your parents, books and just random things, to the different organisation styles of the different bookcases. Also it's nice to see other people who have many books but also sort them. 😅
I have that Once Upon a Time book too! A different edition (same illustration on the cover but different binding). I adore that book, the stories in it, the beautiful art and the way it smells. The bookcase the Pratchett and Walter Moers (my favourite German recluse) are in is absolutely gorgeous, it’s my favourite one too. 😍 I’m very envious of your Dad’s Peanuts collection, wonderful.
Oh my goodness, the WICCA books by Cate Tiernan! Such nostalgia! I have all of them up my parents loft along with many others but I loved that series. Seeing them had given me the urge to re-read ✨
Yesss the Magicians Guild, one of my absolute favourites! Can highly recommend (as it's on your tbr shelves ;))! The reading vlog with your moms books sounds great!
You live in a small library book store. I hope one day I could have that many bookcases. At the moment I have two large tubs with probably 130 books and other 50ish audible books spread over two accounts.
I love how you have Zola next to books about Celtic (I think my dad has that one as well!) XD Very similar to our bookshelves where you have books on the troubles in Ireland, Celtic, French classics and Jane Austen on the same shelf XD
I'm in love with your and your family's book collection, and the stories and warmth associated with it. Thank you for making this video! I will probably be rewatching more than once in the future to get inspired. Random note: Russian souvenir matches (at 14:00) on a bookshelf might just be a bit of a fire hazard... Or maybe I just overthink stuff! lol
Ahaha thanks I can see the logic but they’ve been there for about 9 years without any accidents. They’re in boxes, inside a box, tbf my dad also used to keep his zippo lighter fluid on a bookcase too so my parents might just be mad.
Oh my, feel like I've learnt we have a lot in common! All my dads family worked in the pits, all my boyfriends family support celtic (plus I did classics at uni) :P
This was a very extensive an illuminating tour. Well done. I do wonder, though, about a couple things. Firstly, what happened to the bulk of your father’s books by authors beginning with “A”? That section seems sparse - I spotted only 13 "A" books on those first three bookcases. Also, how well are you able to locate a given book among these 17 bookcases? If I may, I’d like to offer a “Find This Book In Your Own Home” Challenge: 1. Permission by Saska Vogel 2. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges 3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie All have appeared in this video. Good luck if you choose to go on this scavenger hunt. 😉
You said your Dad Held onto his books, your Mum got rid of most of hers. Are you like your Dad or Mum or somewhere between the two? Thanks for the tour
I LOVE this tour but I feel so conflicted now! On the one hand I want to start buying all the books I read to start an epic collection... But on the other hand, I don't like to buy/hold on to things that I likely won't use again (plus I live in an appartment...). Are other people watching this video collectors or give-awayers?
I used to be a give awayer but now I'm a "collector" lol I used to be very precious about my books but give away book I didn't like, now I keep them because I consider every book I read a valuable part of my life as a reader but I'm not precious with them, I write in them, I highlight, I break the spines, so even though I collect books and keep every book I read I don't think anyone would call me a collector for the way I "treat" my books, in fact, most people call me a monster lol
I like to collect. My ideal world would be to have every book I ever read archived. But that is not practical and I am very conscious of getting older and my collection just growing and growing. I have tried to push myself to give books away to friends and not ask for them back but it is so tough.
Bookshelves like these look attractive, and I have seen shelves with more overspill than yours. Have you noticed how often glossy home magazines like *Interiors* and *Period Living* feature rooms with exquisite books on white shelves? The current issue of *25 Beautiful Homes* (February 2021) has a cover of bookshelves stacked with old Penguins. I like the way your books range from Brecht to Broch's The Death of Virgil and Charlotte Bronte's Villete to George Mackay Brown, Lenny Bruce, John Buchan's Prester John and Charles Bukowski whom my late brother knew in his years in Los Angeles. My book-haunted imagination is such that I just went into Google and typed in *Books in a room on bookshelves* which led me here. Recently I have started buying Edwardian books with embossed covers and spines such as an abridged *Don Quixote* and GA Henty's *The Lion of the North: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion* and Henty's *Saint Bartholomew's Eve*. Graham Greene, who read Henty as a boy, said he often dreamed of second hand bookshops. Two of my favourites shops are Voltaire and Rousseau's and Caledonia Books in Glasgow and Moss Books in Henrietta Street, Cheltenham. Don't miss *Allan Massie: Toast to Sir Walter Scott 1990* TH-cam, the best thing I have heard in a year.
It's so nice that you're surrounded by all these books and that you share your parents' taste to some extent. My parents have always encouraged my reading but they don't read a lot themselves, and unfortunately our tastes are vastly different. My mum reads exclusively chick lit and trashy erotica (I like some chick lit every now and then but most of hers are mildly misogynistic) and my dad mostly reads economical politics and I'm interested in politics but not the economy. When they die pretty much all of their books will go, I think.
i would love a video where u read ur mum's faves! that would be so cool!! my fabourite bookshelf is def the one with all the discworld & women's press books! would you mind saying which of them are there? it's quite hard to make out for me but i collect them (alongside my parents actually!) which is fun!!
OK you need to move YOUR book to either standing up displayed on top of your Greek Classics shelf downstairs (on the right side it would fit) or on the coffee table, girl! It can't go in the spare bedroom, unless you're having a guest spend the night tonight and want them to have something to look at!
You have Tieta by Jorge Amado!! Did your father read in Portuguese ? It’s a great book. It’s on top left corner. Your father had great taste. What an amazing library .
@@JeansThoughts great, but this is Brazilian literature, in fact. Amado’s language is regional, from the northeastern state of Bahia. It’s considered his best book, and I have it but haven’t read it yet. You inherited his love for literature and your taste and knowledge is admirable. I really love your videos, especially the input you make on classic literature.
I don't wish to disturb you but I'm starting my BA degree in Classical Studies in a month, and I was wondering whether you would possibly do a video about "classical studies" books you'd recommend for a first year to bring to university? Great collection, by the way :)
Folio editions are delightful but DAMN they're expensive. I wanted their HP Lovecraft limited edition cos it looked like a thing of wonder but I couldn't justify spending *that* sort of money on it. Especially since I've owned so many editions of Lovecraft as it is...
I absolutely love this tour! I wish there was a way to see all the titles of all the books in the shelf (Would take ages, I know!). I've tried pausing the video a few times to get a glimpse at the book titles.
Ah yeah sorry my hand was definitely less steady than I intended 😅. I’ll try and post more pics to my stories on Instagram and save them to my bookshelves highlight!
Jean Bookishthoughts thank you! You are a god send! And thank you for sharing your love of reading and literature! Really enjoying the content you share ❤️
You could open a library thats an impressive collection your family has built though I do not envy your mum and you if your mum ever decides to move I found packing and moving one argos shelf bad enough!
my mom has a huge collection of books as well. gives me anxiety, really. I mean, 3000 books... I don't even read 100 books a year. That would take me 30 years to read. xD
I mean I highly doubt I’ll read all of these aha I don’t even feel the need to as they’re mine, my mums and my dads aha. Some of them are just memories.
I mean only their whole lives 😉 tbh all of my mums free time is occupied by political campaigning, her dad raised her to be super active ☺️ I feel very lucky to have grown up with them!
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Your dad seems like a man who just loved knowledge and learning new things! x
In a nutshell!
So lovely you have your Dad's books. I think they are a great way to remember someone.
Your dad really took “there is no such thing as too many books, only not enough bookcases” to heart.
My mom is the same
This video in short:
I live in a library.
Love it, and am very envious. I would love to have a house with 17 bookshelves. :)
Pretty much aha
I saw the length of this video and immediately made myself a cup of tea.
Oh yay glad it didn’t make you run away screaming aha
@@JeansThoughts It took me a deal longer than 47 minutes, as I had to keep pausing to read titles, especially on your Dad's shelves...
Jean, it was so lovely to get to know your dad a little through this tour. I was born the same year as he was. What a treasure trove of memories he left for you and your mom! Take care! 🌸
How you speak about your dad fills me with such warmth. That is one impressive book collection! I could spend all day looking through them. I also love seeing that beautiful edition Dune on your dads fiction shelf too ^_^
This was such a fun idea to do a tour of the different bookshelves around your home! 47 minutes what a treat!
I’m glad 47 minutes is a treat and not a horrifying ordeal aha
I lost my Dad in 2014 and he left me a pretty big collection of books too for which I am grateful for every single day. I love this video so much 😍💕
I'd wish my family members were readers, it'd be lovely to be able to talk about books with someone special..
My friends, unfortunately, aren't readers either :-)
Sofie Sieling exactly my thoughts, I’d love to share my passion for books with a loved one
I was just about to comment. We share the same wishes
Time for new friends! Lol. Seriously though - there’s always room for more friends! It could happen! 😂
Please don't feel that you have to apologize for your Harry Potter books as they have given so much happiness since their publication. My HP books are the pride of my book collection.
I don’t feel sorry for owning the originals or for all the joy they’ve brought me ☺️ I just wanted it to be clear I don’t support Rowing or put more money in her pockets through her new projects.
@@JeansThoughts I was really glad to hear you clarify that in this video! I'm glad you can still appreciate the books for what they were at a certain time too :)
Your parents collection of political non-fiction is amazing 😍love the Peanuts collection too!! And that Terry Pratchett/Modern Classics bookcase is so satisfying because the books all fit so well! So many beautiful books and well done on the editing/filming of it all haha
Really enjoyed this. It's so nice that your parents and you are all book lovers and combining your books with theirs was a really nice touch!
Thank you, that was such a treat! I think it's really special and beautiful that you get to go through your dad's collection whenever you want. Oh and btw, I totally agree, most bookshelves are way too deep! I need some more shallow ones too, there's just too much wasted space on mine :D
Oh no! Use the space to decorate with book related items; candles, teacups, bookmarks, small trinkets and photos.
This video is such a treat omg
Okay in between reading and exercising it has taken longer for me to finish everything, but i hope my collection of books may one day be this amazing
Your house is like a mini book store lol. O love it!
Yes. This is the content I neeeeed today!
Glad to be of service ;)
The amount of bookshelves you have is a DREAM! So nice to hear you talk about your dad, you can see how much his presence lives on ❤️ hope you’re keeping safe x
This video is the most relaxing and comforting thing. Could watch it before bed every night.
Idk if you have already done this, but I’d love to see a video of you going through all your classics/modern classics like you did with your Greek books! It might be tedious but I think it would be super cool. Especially because classics have so many editions it’s always cool to see what people have.
you’ve been posting so much content during quarantine and tbh, I love it!! your videos give me joy 🌸
Thank a lot! It’s so nice to have this community and be able to make videos right now!
Probably the best 47 Minutes tea-break I had in a very long time, thank you so so much for this, Jean
What an amazing book collection! And it was so interesting to hear about your dads background as well, I really do admire people that dare to go to uni a bit later in life! Also I would love to watch the reading vlog about your moms favourite feminist books from the 80s!
It's so lovely that you have access to all your Dad's books! :)
First name I saw at the close up was Bertold Brecht and my heart sang 💕
(Your dad had great taste in general though, so I'm not surprised. Thank you for making this tour! 💛)
What a wonderful video Jean, and hearing how special it is to have your dad’s books made this a particularly beautiful video xx
This was wonderful, so lovely to see the huge range of books. I absolutely love that your Dad loved Peanuts, he had great taste ❤️
i quickly made myself lunch and sat down when i saw the video 😍😍 this is wonderful, thank you! 💟
I loved this video so so much! Books are such a great way to connect to people - even when they're no longer here, because they showcase what that person cared about and different aspects of what interested them. My granddad was a huge reader and after him and my grandmother passed away, their book collection was passed on to different members of the family, so now I own quite a few of his old books and they're all so special to me. Some of the books on your dad's shelves were even the exact same editions as the ones my granddad owned and I couldn't help but smile when I noticed them :)
What a lovely legacy left behind by your Da. So glad you enjoy it 😊
Thanks for your video, I always appreciate watching them. I'd just like to say I was a bit surprised and also happy to see your father had a few books by Jorge Amado. I'm Brazilian and it's always nice to see how far some of our literature got to XD
I would love to be surrounded by so many books. You have your own library
Yes to the mom's 80s reading list. I would love to do my mom's list. What a good idea:)
I have never read any Terry Pratchett but when I see bookshelf tours, I often see rows and rows of his books. I guess he's like potato chips, once you start you can't stop. I will say that the Pratchett etc. shelves were SO pleasingly organized OMG. Can you come and help me with my bookshelves? They are a hot mess. Thank you soooo much for taking the time to do this long tour, it was so enjoyable and wow, what a home to be raised in where there is such a celebration of learning all around you. :)
Have you ever felt an urge to arrange your Dads' books in a way that's aesthetically pleasing to you? I visited Edinburgh last fall. Scotland is a gorgeous country and the people were so friendly and welcoming. My Dad was an electrician and we had his electrical manuals on our family bookshelf.
This is so wonderful! I would love to see a TBR shelf tour :-)
I love the way you talk about your dad. It must bring so much comfort to have his books still around. I would absolutely love an in depth look at your political/feminist non fiction books!
This was such a fascinating video. It's a reader's paradise, truly. My favourite shelf is the first one (your father's collection of literary fiction?). I had read many from that. Thanks for sharing. Best, Rahul. :)
This was such a satisfying video to watch! From you sharing memories about your parents, books and just random things, to the different organisation styles of the different bookcases.
Also it's nice to see other people who have many books but also sort them. 😅
What a dreamy house with so many interesting books! Amazing you grew up with such bookish parents! 📚
Thanks for the tour. I am definitely interested in a video dedicated to your TBR bookcase.
Your house is a treasure trove. Love this.
Love that your dad had some of Kazantzakis’ works
This was so soothing to watch 🥰
I have that Once Upon a Time book too! A different edition (same illustration on the cover but different binding). I adore that book, the stories in it, the beautiful art and the way it smells.
The bookcase the Pratchett and Walter Moers (my favourite German recluse) are in is absolutely gorgeous, it’s my favourite one too. 😍 I’m very envious of your Dad’s Peanuts collection, wonderful.
Oh my goodness, the WICCA books by Cate Tiernan! Such nostalgia! I have all of them up my parents loft along with many others but I loved that series. Seeing them had given me the urge to re-read ✨
They were my absolute favourites as a teenager!
My sister and I recently made a list of every book in our house and this very much reminds me of it.
God I’d love to do that aha
I have some of the same books in the same editions as your dad! That feels cool somehow :)
That is cool ;) (my dad was pretty cool - in my mind aha)
it'd be fun to see you talk about your Terry Pratchett collection
I second this!
WOW! This was so amazing. That is a very fun house to be quarantined in LOLOL
Yesss the Magicians Guild, one of my absolute favourites! Can highly recommend (as it's on your tbr shelves ;))! The reading vlog with your moms books sounds great!
You live in a small library book store. I hope one day I could have that many bookcases. At the moment I have two large tubs with probably 130 books and other 50ish audible books spread over two accounts.
I love how you have Zola next to books about Celtic (I think my dad has that one as well!) XD Very similar to our bookshelves where you have books on the troubles in Ireland, Celtic, French classics and Jane Austen on the same shelf XD
Perfectly arranged books.👌love this Video
Beautiful collection!!!! Treasure!!!!
I'm in love with your and your family's book collection, and the stories and warmth associated with it. Thank you for making this video! I will probably be rewatching more than once in the future to get inspired.
Random note: Russian souvenir matches (at 14:00) on a bookshelf might just be a bit of a fire hazard... Or maybe I just overthink stuff! lol
Ahaha thanks I can see the logic but they’ve been there for about 9 years without any accidents. They’re in boxes, inside a box, tbf my dad also used to keep his zippo lighter fluid on a bookcase too so my parents might just be mad.
Thank you for sharing. I've always wondered about your parents' books.
Also I love a good tbr video :), go for it
Goals.
EDIT: I would have loved to have had a drink with your dad.
Oh my, feel like I've learnt we have a lot in common! All my dads family worked in the pits, all my boyfriends family support celtic (plus I did classics at uni) :P
How did I not know about your book?! I will have to buy it for my daughter!
Took a break from reading The Penelopiad to watch this! 💙
Love the white book cases
Beautiful!!
Nice to see so many different kinds of shelves! also Last Unicorn is actually an adult fantasy not YA!
This was a very extensive an illuminating tour. Well done. I do wonder, though, about a couple things. Firstly, what happened to the bulk of your father’s books by authors beginning with “A”? That section seems sparse - I spotted only 13 "A" books on those first three bookcases.
Also, how well are you able to locate a given book among these 17 bookcases? If I may, I’d like to offer a “Find This Book In Your Own Home” Challenge:
1. Permission by Saska Vogel
2. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges
3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
All have appeared in this video. Good luck if you choose to go on this scavenger hunt. 😉
You said your Dad Held onto his books, your Mum got rid of most of hers. Are you like your Dad or Mum or somewhere between the two? Thanks for the tour
3,000+ books? def her dad lol
Wow. Just wow.
I LOVE this tour but I feel so conflicted now!
On the one hand I want to start buying all the books I read to start an epic collection... But on the other hand, I don't like to buy/hold on to things that I likely won't use again (plus I live in an appartment...).
Are other people watching this video collectors or give-awayers?
I used to be a give awayer but now I'm a "collector" lol I used to be very precious about my books but give away book I didn't like, now I keep them because I consider every book I read a valuable part of my life as a reader but I'm not precious with them, I write in them, I highlight, I break the spines, so even though I collect books and keep every book I read I don't think anyone would call me a collector for the way I "treat" my books, in fact, most people call me a monster lol
I'm a filthy hoarder lol. I can't get rid of books. My bookshelves look a lot like Jean's 😂
I like to collect. My ideal world would be to have every book I ever read archived. But that is not practical and I am very conscious of getting older and my collection just growing and growing. I have tried to push myself to give books away to friends and not ask for them back but it is so tough.
ahh this is wonderful 😍
Bookshelves like these look attractive, and I have seen shelves with more overspill than yours.
Have you noticed how often glossy home magazines like *Interiors* and *Period Living* feature rooms with exquisite books on white shelves?
The current issue of *25 Beautiful Homes* (February 2021) has a cover of bookshelves stacked with old Penguins.
I like the way your books range from Brecht to Broch's The Death of Virgil and Charlotte Bronte's Villete to George Mackay Brown, Lenny Bruce, John Buchan's Prester John and Charles Bukowski whom my late brother knew in his years in Los Angeles.
My book-haunted imagination is such that I just went into Google and typed in *Books in a room on bookshelves* which led me here.
Recently I have started buying Edwardian books with embossed covers and spines such as an abridged *Don Quixote* and GA Henty's *The Lion of the North: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion* and Henty's *Saint Bartholomew's Eve*.
Graham Greene, who read Henty as a boy, said he often dreamed of second hand bookshops.
Two of my favourites shops are Voltaire and Rousseau's and Caledonia Books in Glasgow and Moss Books in Henrietta Street, Cheltenham.
Don't miss *Allan Massie: Toast to Sir Walter Scott 1990* TH-cam, the best thing I have heard in a year.
It's so nice that you're surrounded by all these books and that you share your parents' taste to some extent. My parents have always encouraged my reading but they don't read a lot themselves, and unfortunately our tastes are vastly different. My mum reads exclusively chick lit and trashy erotica (I like some chick lit every now and then but most of hers are mildly misogynistic) and my dad mostly reads economical politics and I'm interested in politics but not the economy. When they die pretty much all of their books will go, I think.
I loved this!!
i would love a video where u read ur mum's faves! that would be so cool!! my fabourite bookshelf is def the one with all the discworld & women's press books! would you mind saying which of them are there? it's quite hard to make out for me but i collect them (alongside my parents actually!) which is fun!!
Amazing! I hit about 2,200 and then realised that because I want to move at some point, I probably ought to downsize ^_^
Aha I don't feel bad since only around 1000 are mine...
@@JeansThoughts Amazing! Well it's the quality not the quantity anyway :)
Yeeeesss 47 minutes, let me get comfortable.
What's worrying is that I recognised the Electrical Mining Books from listing them for work, I have very niche book knowledge!
Do you, Jean or anyone else, catalogue your books? I use LibraryThing. I'd be lost without my catalogue.
OK you need to move YOUR book to either standing up displayed on top of your Greek Classics shelf downstairs (on the right side it would fit) or on the coffee table, girl! It can't go in the spare bedroom, unless you're having a guest spend the night tonight and want them to have something to look at!
You have Tieta by Jorge Amado!! Did your father read in Portuguese ? It’s a great book. It’s on top left corner. Your father had great taste. What an amazing library .
He did not but he was a massive fan of Portuguese Literature - there are a tonne on his shelves I want to read. Thanks so much!
@@JeansThoughts great, but this is Brazilian literature, in fact. Amado’s language is regional, from the northeastern state of Bahia. It’s considered his best book, and I have it but haven’t read it yet. You inherited his love for literature and your taste and knowledge is admirable. I really love your videos, especially the input you make on classic literature.
I don't wish to disturb you but I'm starting my BA degree in Classical Studies in a month, and I was wondering whether you would possibly do a video about "classical studies" books you'd recommend for a first year to bring to university? Great collection, by the way :)
Damn, i wish i could live in this house! :o i would love to peek into some of the books too, 47 minutes wasn't enough! :3
I would feel so safe in this house
Folio editions are delightful but DAMN they're expensive. I wanted their HP Lovecraft limited edition cos it looked like a thing of wonder but I couldn't justify spending *that* sort of money on it. Especially since I've owned so many editions of Lovecraft as it is...
Have you ever read The List of 7 by Mark Frost which is a fictional novel about Doyle getting his inspiration for Holmes?
Love the Richard Dawkins books
I absolutely love this tour! I wish there was a way to see all the titles of all the books in the shelf (Would take ages, I know!). I've tried pausing the video a few times to get a glimpse at the book titles.
Ah yeah sorry my hand was definitely less steady than I intended 😅. I’ll try and post more pics to my stories on Instagram and save them to my bookshelves highlight!
Jean Bookishthoughts thank you! You are a god send! And thank you for sharing your love of reading and literature! Really enjoying the content you share ❤️
maybe I just misheard but did your dad read all of his books? :O great collection you have at home! (also love your mum's art collection)
Love the Scottish history books. I would love to get my hands on them.
You could open a library thats an impressive collection your family has built though I do not envy your mum and you if your mum ever decides to move I found packing and moving one argos shelf bad enough!
I also in a family of reader as well
Feminist crime novels??? Yes, please!💜💟🙋🏻♀️
Does anyone knows what edition of Yeats poems we see around 6:29 ? The big white book on the left. Thanks?
Ahhh Linlithgow is my home! Have you lived there did you just visit?
It's near where my granny and the rest of my dad's family lived/lives :)
Love From India. ❤️
my mom has a huge collection of books as well. gives me anxiety, really. I mean, 3000 books... I don't even read 100 books a year. That would take me 30 years to read. xD
I mean I highly doubt I’ll read all of these aha I don’t even feel the need to as they’re mine, my mums and my dads aha. Some of them are just memories.
@@JeansThoughts yeah I get that.
all of your parents' marxist texts! we have no choice but to stan. were your parents involved with any socialist organisations? xx
I mean only their whole lives 😉 tbh all of my mums free time is occupied by political campaigning, her dad raised her to be super active ☺️ I feel very lucky to have grown up with them!
@@JeansThoughts so cool! socialist parents just are the best parents : ) sending revolutionary love ahah
You should definitely do a feminist crime reading vlog!
Goals😍
ME ENCANTÓ TU VIDEO! yo también subí un bookshelf tour mi canal. Si alguien quiere ir a verlo, significaría mucho para mí 💕 SALUDOS DESDE RD!
Do you cross stitch? I do. If I'm not reading, I'm stitching.