a chill chat about books i wanna read
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- here's a chill and chatty tbr video for ya! let's talk about the reading rush, video ideas and some adult fantasy!
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 22 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)
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Can’t wait to see what you think about Abercrombie’s work
O hi daniel
I never got into that brand. I know it was poppin when I was in middle school but everything just felt either too small, too big, or the logo was just too damn big.
Gustavo Gutierrez what are you talking about 😅
Gustavo Gutierrez idk if you are joking, but just in case, he is talking about Joe Abercrombie, the author mentioned in the video!
Luke Tufts oh hi Mark.
I like how the Priory of Orange Tree has become basically a coaster at this point lol
oof i've been called out
I thought it was just me who weirdly admires the new books I buy and just sort of feel this gratitude towards the universe for being able to buy books🙃
Leonie's reading rush TBR:
The Obelisk Gate
Honestly a great TBR - what else do you need?
I would definitely love a video from you dedicated to books and thoughts on climate change!❤
Simply wishing my boyfriend admired me the way you looked at those books....
Why did I read this to the tune of Paul McCartney Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time
I feel you 😢😅😂💛
Chats are always fun and i love the idea of climate change books❤️❤️
All I want to do now is sit in a rug and talk with you about books and aleatory things. THE VIBE OF THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
I'd definitely be interested in some videos about climate change. It's so important to change as many minds as possible, and sadly I think most are locked in ideologically, so that a lot of what could've been prevented is too late :(.
Yes I'm fun at parties, why do you ask?
From your book rush challenges, I doubt you've seen the animated movie The Last Unicorn, but it's great and the book by Peter Beagle is supposed to be great too. It's one Neil Gaiman approves of. It's quick, has a fairy tale quality to it. Check it out!
It is too late. Even if we suddenly changed, it would take about 40 years to see changes. And that’s not happening anytime soon with the people in charge in making that change.
'Truth is a powerful thing, and must be handled with caution'-Dumbledore. It is very counter-productive to say its too late when trying to make people listen to you. If its truely too late, stop crying about spilled milk and prepare for the storm and salvage whatever you can. If only could people listen is as good as saying if only the earth was flat. A crowd is not very different from a computer, you must enter the right ideas in it to get it to do what you want. There is a reason why commanders give rousing speeches and not gloomy ones. Its always how we are going to win or die for a very good cause. Saying otherwise is just giving up any chance at a good fight.
If you consider your parent's house as "your home", then you would be reading The Obelisk Gate 'outside of your home' ... 5 prompts done.
The things I learned about you today. A) your favorite soda looks a lot like wine. 2) you swear a lot in real life. C) you're fun at parties 😁
Loved this video, editing in on point, you look stunning, and I didn't mind the construction interludes.
I LOVE WHEN U SPEAK ABOUT NON FICTION BOOKS (feminism, climate change, etc.). I genuinely think your thoughts on those types of books are so great
New favourite quote, "I am very fun at parties, why do you ask?" Love it. Honestly I would probably watch any videos you put out whether it is on climate change or not :)
the wine part was definitely my favourite part of all this hahaha your videos are so cool !!! i absolutely love them :)
The fact that The Obelisk Gate is your reading rush TBR is actually awesome,,,,,
FIRST LAW! READ IT! YES! IT'S AMAZINGLY AWESOME!
If youre interested in reading more books on climate change, i highly recommend Maja Lunde's books! They are higly realistic, very well written, educational and emotional. Definitely worth the read!
i love the chaotic energy at the start of the video😅
i really want to read The Fifth Season! Sounds soo good!
Read it! It's really that good! 😁
The broken earth trilogy WRECKED me. But like, in the best way.
The casual energy of this video was amazing! Please make more chatty videos like this. And since you're trying to get more into adult fantasy maybe you should give The Name of the WInd a shot!
First time viewer here! WOW I literally related to 95% of what you said! The book preferences, the intimidation of adult fantasy, climate change, concerns about fash fashion... Love your personality and humour! So glad I found you
This is a phenomenal book channel.
your commitment issues with book series is like my commitment issues with tv shows
I really loved this video. Maybe do a bookish chat on the series you are reading once you finish. Love your reading rush TBR 🤣
i cackled so much during this video pls i love this format
Oh, to answer the question at the end: yes, I like the book chat format. It's nice, relaxed and informal, but also quite engaging. Is like to see more videos like this. Of course I like all of your content (been watching for a few months now).
I just discovered Grimdark too. I read Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea trilogy (YA?) It's a good introduction to Grimdark because each of those books can be read as a stand alone. However, the first book was so good that even though nothing in the 1st book lead you to the 2nd book, I was so excited about how much I enjoyed it, I immediately read the 2nd book and then the 3rd. Again, each book could easily be read as a stand alone. So now that I've read those books, I am totally ready to read The First Law Trilogy!
omg I’m the same with committing to series, I’m glad I read the broken earth trilogy in one go so it didn’t turn into series I don’t end. I feel like the fifth season is part of the new fantasy genre - things like poppy war, fifth season, and Jade war I think do a good job of taking older fantasy tropes that the classic fantasy books have and upending them
also I feel similarly about the reading rush, I’m planning on reading a lot this week and if the books I read fit the prompts then that’s great but I’m just going to try to read about 2x what I Normally read in a week
I am into darker books as well, but I am a little cautious because I feel like a good portion of dark books are cases of violence for the sake of violence and nothing more. I don't want to read that. And I agree with you about war stories in which I am just straight up not interested. In other words, adult fantasy is really hard for me to navigate and find books I actually like but when I do I get really attached really quickly. One of these authors I found was Christina Henry and I read her retellings. The one I began with was Alice and I think that is my favourite, but I believe Lost Boy is her most popular. In this one she writes about how Captain Hook was a lost boy and how he grew to hate Peter Pan
Would highly recommend listening to the audiobook of the Obelisk Gate as you read it physically, the narrator is fantastic and it definitely adds to the character perception
Oh Naomi Klein! Go gurl 😍 I read the Shock doctrine last year and definately wanna read more of her work! Also I'd love to see you talk about some degrowth books 🙃 I have a bunch on my TBR, probably gonna start with Less is more, I watched a discussion with Jason Hickel and his twitter also full of good stuff!
Also side note, I would love a video about climate change and good book recs for it!
a video full of good vibes and the cozy feels in it, she delivers y'all!!! :)))
Absolutely adore the Gentlemen Bastards series. Can't speak for it's similarity to Six of Crows but it is just such an excellent series!
I recommend the Green Riders series by Kristin Britain for adult fantasy. The series starts with the main character after she finishes school and then the series progresses as she grows. So it would be a good series to progress from YA fantasy. I love the series soo much and never see it on booktube
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I love your dress so much
You admiring the books is literally me when I buy anything lol I just stare at it for 20 minutes haha
not using amazon/similar services is HARD-one suggestion i like is matching every purchase from amazon with one from an indie seller/local business!
I love the Broken Earth Series by N. K. Jemisin, I read the whole series within a few days.
I have read two books in the Poppy War Trilogy, it's really good but I have my issues with the series. I don't mind dark themes, but especially the first book is occasionally unnecessarily graphic.
Here are some of my favorite adult fantasies:
The Library at Mount Char is a great dark fantasy book, very weird and unpredictable. The Checque Files Duology is similarly weird, but more accessible for a YA audience and not dark.
Rebecca Roanhorse's books are amazing, but she hasn't finished any of her series yet.
The Divine Cities Trilogy is also amazing, some dark themes, but I don't think it's categorized as grimdark fantasy.
Agh don’t worry about reading adult fantasy. Some books will click with you and others won’t just like other books. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself
Leena Norms talks a lot about climate change books and I adore her videos! I'd definitely watch yours on that topic too
oooo I absolutely love watching these kinds of videos hehe
I’ve heard it said that Six of Crows is basically the ya equivalent of The Lies of Locke Lamora, and although I haven’t read six of crows, I definitely recommend you read Lamora!
I agree with this! And I highly recommend the audiobook, the narrator is fantastic
I really like this video, would love to see more like this 😊
I would REALLY like a video of you reading books about climate change!!!!! That’s probably one of the most excited I’ve been for a themed reading vlog and I love them so that’s really saying something! Also I really love your videos!!!
It would honestly be really cathartic to hear you swear. 🥺
Principally because it’s so out of the blue.
I requested "This Changes Everything" by Naomi Klein based on your recommendation and when I picked it up from the library it was so much bigger than I was expecting. It is very intimidating I might have to listen to the audiobook as well.
New favorite video of yours
Looking up Virgo birthstones to justify conclusively that you can read the book you want is such a Virgo move. 😂
You are the best booktuber ever... fantastic leo...
At first I thought Leo is celebrating weekend with glass of wine that full ;)
I'm halfway through The Obelisk Gate, and I will say that it's a bit slower than The Fifth Season. But it seems very purposeful: there's a lot of perspective changing and character growth and development... After I finish this video I'm going to go read for several hours. Would be cool to finish this series the same time as you.
I would like a video on those climate change books.
I loved the J.S. Bach music on
the background.
Nice video.
Goodluck for your journey into Adult Fantasy.
13:30 Ikr!? Hollywood is like that to. They love criticising capitalism & monopolies in their products but obviously have no problem contributing to the problem. Systems are happy to be hypocritical if it means sales. It’s not about principles. It’s about PR & what principles they need to pretend to care about to maximise business.
& I also always swear in real life 😂
Love your channel. Great seeing more videos lately!
You also look like the spitting image of my ex (if you were blonde) it’s rather surreal.
Hey! I chuckled when it got to the reading rush tbr :P I think the biggest problem I have with the rush is that if I try and read that many books I just don't take it in, like I love it when you are so into a book that you just devour every word, and you almost don't want to finish it haha. The rush just puts me in a slump more than anything, as reading is like my outlet from work, I would hate to set targets for it tbh .
And it would be so cool to see a video dedicated to books on climate change :D
Great video as always :) Maria x
Thank you for making me smile! I love these type of videos. It makes me feel like you'd be a lot of fun to hang out with! I would absolutely do the same for the reading rush and try to do as many prompts with one book, haha. That's awesome. Good content!
Can we count how many times you put The Obelisk Gate back on the couch to pick it back up less than 20 seconds later? 😂
Loved this "chill chat" format and would definitely also be interested in a climate change books reading vlog!
I love your craziness.....big fan of yours
i would love a climate change book video! i was going to comment suggesting this changes everything, because i read that book in high school and it was one of the biggest reasons why i went on to study environmental science and policy at university. it's really dense, but definitely worth it. if you're looking for other climate change books, the sixth extinction by elizabeth kolbert is another one that really affected me. the book eat for the planet by nil zacharias is another interesting, short book about the impact of food production on the climate. and for a climate book that is more hopeful, i haven't read the future earth by eric holthaus yet but it's all about ways to change society to avoid climate change and also make the world better overall!
sorry for the long comment, climate books are a big niche interest for me haha
I love adult fantasy and gonna publish one on January! Can't wait to see if you like them!
Outside of the house one has also been taken as outside of your normal spot
Fantasy world's have been considered to count according some other youtubers
“It’s just the blood of my enemies” I- HAHA LOVEE. Also, I’ve read a piece in The New Yorker about Greta’s book and it sounds really interesting.
This was great and SO relatable for me right now. I'm trying to figure out how to make Foundryside fit a prompt....
Happy reading!
I would love videos about nonfiction books about any kind of science, especially climate change! Environmental issues are something that I am very passionate about ❤
I’m completely the opposite with audiobooks! I find that I retain the information better. Admittedly, I do struggle with some (fairly dry) non-fiction in book format though.
I finished the fifth season last night and my wallet is already crying because it knows I NEED the sequels 😅 (also, would lovee a secret tbr with books about climate change!!)
Prompt : read a graphic novel
“Well there’s a picture on the cover, I think that counts”
All of Fantasy Booktube (including Daniel Greene, who commented on this video) is in love with Brandon Sanderson. I think his Mistborn series is gonna resonate pretty well with you - it's adult fantasy but it could really pass as YA so that could be a good transition. I'm sure anyone who's read it will agree
I'd honestly love to see a booktube-video about climate change 😍😍😍
If I struggle to focus on an audiobook, I will try and borrow it either in physical or ebook form from my library and read along with the audiobook. Just an idea!
Not to state that either part is guilty or innocent, but Scott Lynch was recently accused of an abusive relationship by another author, Alex Rowland (it also involves Lynch's wife). There's a lot of different information about all of the parties involved, but I recommend looking into it before launching into one of their series.
I've had Poppy War for years and I really can't wait to read it!!!🥰
The Fifth Season is brilliant! Locke Lamora has also been on my tbr for too long 🙈
i read this changes everything- it definitely gave me existential dread and made me angry at the world. and to be honest i think losing bits of it isnt just an audiobook thing because i felt like sometimes i wouldn't comprehend totally what i was reading but it had the effect on me that i wanted? so yeaH excited to hear your thoughts
would recommend The History of Bees and The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde if you get tired of non-fiction but still want a book with a main focus on the effects of climate change.
you should read the mistborn series by brandon sanderson! it has a similar world aesthetic to six of crows + also follows an ensemble of characters! the magic system is my favourite that i've ever read, although the books are quite long the writing style is really accessible as someone who is coming from YA fantasy
I think I need to look into grim dark fantasy. 🤔 I have been wanting to read something besides classics for a while now.
And this style of video is great. I personally always enjoy videos that are relaxed with a lot of chatting.
I’m currently reading and loving The Stone Sky. The Poppy War is amazing!! But it is extremely dark and heavy.
I took a Medieval literature class in university and we learned about grimdark and read Game of Thrones. It was a pretty cool class. Based on what I learned, I don't think the grimdark genre would be too dark necessarily but I haven't read much of it.
Aaah adult fantasy scares the crap out of me but also I wanna get into it just like you
I actually find it harder to find affordable books on amazon so I just buy secondhand online. Still guilty of always defaulting to Amazon for other things
Honestly please do a climate change book recommendation video! I always want to know what books to read that are not going to fill me with existential dread and guilt. It would be nice to get information about solutions from books not just 'here's 300 pages of all the different ways we're going to die and there is nothing we can do about it' which was the main reason I couldn't finish the uninhabitable earth because it made me want to sleep for 1000 years lol. With climate change books it's really hard to gauge if I'm going to feel educated and enabled to make better choices or if I'm just going to feel like crying so some recommendations for different moods or education levels would be really good 👍
This is my favourite type of parasocial video ;) currently reading The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss, really enjoying that so far.
Omg I'm doing the same thing with The Humans for the reading rush 😂
I don't care about war either, but the battle scenes in Lord of the Rings are like two pages long haha. At first I was so confused, because the battles are like the biggest part of the movies, but also so happy that they were rather short in the books. The same with Narnia, I don't even remember any real battles in there.
I loooove the idea about climate change, I'm so passionate about it 🖤
The existential dread is the strongest drive for action at this point. Please please please make that video!!!
i want to read greta's book, but the second i decided i wanted to read i was like im not buying it. imma request that the library does, that way more people can read it. honestly something i should do more, but the library's been closed since march
Oh yes, I really need to read the fifth season too!
i'd love a vlog with books about climate change! although it isn't a pleasant topic, it's important that all of us educate ourselves about it ❤️
Reading vlog about climate change? Yes please😍 I'm very curious to see what books you're going to choose and to hear what you think about them!
Girl have you read the Nevernight Chronicles? It’s a dark adult fantasy series with an secret assassin school (with magic) and a lot of morally grey characters:)
Loved your video. I have to agree that it's hard to finish a book series. I've only finished two in my entire life: The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hunger Games. I have never finished any other one, especially when I start it when the book series first comes out. It is easier to finish once all of the books in a series have been released, but even then, it's tough. I'm glad you brought this up because it seems like a problem that a lot of readers have.
I also like the idea of discussing climate change books, but I feel like a lot of them delve into the problems without really offering up any solutions. Specifically political solutions. I don't wish to get too political, but I feel like 90% of the problem comes from corporations and the politicians that take campaign funds from them. I don't think we're going to see a real solution to the problem of climate change until you tether the oil and gas and airline and automobile and big farm and polluter money away from the people who make public policy on climate and environmental issues. It'd be nice if there was a non fiction book that discussed this and offered solutions on how to make this necessary detachment possible.
Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Glad it's turning into a more regular thing. :)
I've read only one series of adult fantasy, and it was really good (it's actually three series or four, but I don't know how to explain that, not in English). I don't know what is the name of those serieses (not in English), so I'll write the of the author. Robin Hobb, her writing is brilliant.
I feel you on the physical or audiobook dilemma with non fiction. I would never finish a non fiction physically, but I feel like I don’t retain info well when I listen to the audiobook... which is counterproductive cuz I read non fiction to learn stuff. Are we dumb😔😔😔
Loved this chill video! And we love bending the rules lmao
I’ve got the same feeling abt adult fantasy too but I think it’s bc most adult fantasies are “high fantasies” and as someone who mostly reads sci-fi set in urban environments it can seem intimidating to just dive in head first into them
I'd definitely watch a video on books about climate change! I picked up a few books on it months ago and haven't read a single one because of the existential dread 😂
Factfulness by Hans Rosling is a super interesting book full with facts and data covering a whole range of pressing world 'problems'.....It's actually really up-lifting; showing that things are getting better for a change.
I would be amazing hear you talking about climate change books!
Yes, books about climate change, please!!! There's already a lot of booktube content about fantasy books. I would love to watch a more science-y booktube content!! Also, would love to get recommendations on nonfiction science / Biology books, since I'm a big science nerd as well :D