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before i continue with this video i HIGHLY recommend screwing all the different units together because it will make a huge difference if/when the shelves start warping and i've seen them warp away from each other at friends' houses. when i did my wall-to-wall shelves with billy bookshelves around three years ago we screwed them together and it made a huge difference
I'm not much of a reader but oh i love to see people organise their books on the shelfs it's so satisfying for some reason, i hope one day I have my own book shelf filled with books i enjoy! 📚 🤍
Fun fact about the town in Kiki's Delivery Service! You might already know this, but the inspiration for the town is from Visby and Stockholm in Sweden. Mostly Visby from the looks of it, the city of roses and ruins. Definitely recommend a trip there in the summertime if you want inspiration for magical places!
Not me over here side-eyeing my book shelves wondering if I could cast them all over the floor and lay in them! 😍 Love your content. Greetings from Seattle, WA!
I've slowly been moving my books to a cabin in Northern Michigan, I have about 450 moved already. I recently put up 2 new shelves, so yes now I can organize.
I can't imagine categorizing all mine. I admit I just shelve them by size so it looks neat-ish. Using a plant as a bookend is a good idea, I would not have thought of that.
Portuguese girlie here! 👋🏻😊 Proud to see a Portuguese writer on the spotlight for a moment in a video from an international content creator. I’ve only read a few bits of Book of Disquiet here and there, but it is definitely on my TBR. It seems to be one of the most philosophical works from Pessoa, and personally that is just my cup of tea ☕️👌🏼 I also read my first Clarice Lispector book (An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures) a couple of months ago, and I really enjoyed it! ♥️ I think my next one will be Água Viva 😉
I just found this video and love your collection. 'The Art of Kiki's delivery service' and 'Wonderland' look very special. You also have such an eclectic range of subjects that were lovely to see, the French works on Paris in the early 20th century really caught my interest. A really excellent overview of what you have. Thank you.
Gorgeous collection. Just a thought. Ikea have toppers for their bookshelves that add a couple of shelves in height. You do need to screw the toppers to the wall, for safety, though.
First time watching your video, instantly subscribed! The overlap in taste, the professional editing, the pretty dress... :D There I go binging all your content.
this was the most aesthetic video of my organizing dreams edit : omg i had saved one of your ig videos about dressing like lily potter last month. what a small world lol
This is my crazy way every time getting new books, my house is full and my mom is going crazy every time she visited me, she say always that some day I will die because of falling my books over my head like Al Jahez an arbian writer he died like that, and I kept laughing and laughing, I don't know I really could not stop buying more books even my library hit the 7000 books : Arabic, French, English from all categories. These two years I am concentrating and focusing to build my English corner as I am an author. 😅
Pessoa's Book of Disquiet is incredible. I read it years ago and did one of my Master's papers on it. It's profound, delicate, kind, funny; very human and real.
I have the same two Taschen Library of Esoterica books and I too put them in pride of place on the book shelf. Good job getting through that; It's looking great!
I loved your video, it had such a cozy vibe! As someone from Sweden, I also think it's really cool that Kiki's Delivery Service is inspired by the town of Visby, located on the island of Gotland.
It looks amazing. I bought 15 boxes of books over to Singapore 😂😂😂😂and built the same bookshelves as you, but in white. Just a tip…..screw all of the bookshelves together. Inside the cupboard areas.
Girl, You Need to Start The Book of Disquiet Right Now....! Like Today.... P.S. I Just came across your first video last week. Just saw this & Subscribed. Maybe Because I Love Italy, Love Books, Love Clarice Lispector and Fernando Pessoa your accent is comforting for book videos....
I don’t know if it’s the same nowadays, but in my day the Wordsworth Classics were the cheap copies of books kids in the UK bought for their GCSE exams. Maybe that’s why they don’t spend a lot on the cover designs?!
what a beautiful video I love how you organised everything! by genre and vibes makes a lot of sense to me :) and ohhh i love that R&J Annie Leibovitz photoshoot with Roberto Bolle… iconic.
I love your book categories. I will move as well in a few weeks and I was thinking of categories to organise my books in the last weeks. I will use your list as inspiration :-)
How the heck did I not know about your channel when I've been following you on Instagram for so long lol well I'm glad I found it cause now I have something to binge.
I recommend organising them in alphabetical order, but you may want to go with something different, such as by Author, book colour, genre, best to worst. You go with you.
The worst Wordsworth Classics cover edition I've seen so far is for The Iliad, it made me laugh out loud. I'm not sure if there's a specific reason that the covers are so bad but they are cheap for a reason, I guess. I think their mission is to create affordable books for students mostly, not gorgeous books for collecting. I've got 10 or so of their books and I'm overall satisfied except with one which I think was missing pages or was otherwise printed wrongly. Which can happen even to more expensive editions but that really put me off them tbh. I think the book was Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, I wonder if it's just my edition that's printed wrong. By the way, have you ever read Kate Chopin Awakening? I wonder what you would think about that book, I think you might like it. I really loved that book, and I read it while I was back home (close to sea) so it was great reading the book by the beach (not like a hot summer beach read but more of a late spring, early summer or early fall by the beach vibe) I've got about 100-150 books and I get overwhelmed with arranging them sometimes, could not imagine having 600 books! I'm more of a minimalist (not the white boring aesthetic type but in the number of things I own) so I feel like my collection is too big already but I have a really hard time with unhauling books. I love your bookshelf, it's really pretty. I see a lot of people on youtube have those ikea bookshelves, which fair enough, they are cheap and do the job but yours looks stunning! Mine is a lot smaller (I have to double stack) and houses some of my trinkets (because the shelves are deep so there's space) and on top are board games. It's black and second-hand and when I bought it, the lady was kind of sad to give it away it looked like. She asked if we'll paint it and gave it almost a caress, which is kind of nice but sad, too, because I don't understand why she'd sell it if she loved it so much. Anyway, I'm rambling. The intro was really pretty by the way and I love your dress
Hey, you move the books tooooo mu h when you're holding it for the camera or just showing the collection. I recommend otherwise. 😊 Just a friendly suggestion. No offense. I loved the video. 😊 Also, you may hold the book infront of your face while showing so camera can focus. 😊❤
the camera angles and shots in the intro were so beautiful and romantic!
Aaah thank you
it feels like I'm watching a Disney princess who feels so lonely that she reads hundreds of books
The thing that annoys me the most about the ugly Wordsworth classics is that the old editions were actually really nice
before i continue with this video i HIGHLY recommend screwing all the different units together because it will make a huge difference if/when the shelves start warping and i've seen them warp away from each other at friends' houses. when i did my wall-to-wall shelves with billy bookshelves around three years ago we screwed them together and it made a huge difference
also not sure if you're aware but you can stack more than one additional unit, i have two of the extra shelves on top!
Please do a full book tour! You have incredible taste in books and so many of your niche subgenres are ones I'd love to get more recommendations for.
The intro was a cinematic masterpiece 😍And now I need a sad european summer books recomendations.
I have some videos on my instagram / tiktok but I can make a TH-cam video sometime! Probably for next summer though 🤭
1:41 needs to be the thumbnail omg it's brilliant
I'm not much of a reader but oh i love to see people organise their books on the shelfs it's so satisfying for some reason, i hope one day I have my own book shelf filled with books i enjoy! 📚 🤍
For the ladder thing - maybe you can get one of those step stools that doubles as a seat, or a sturdy chair so it’s functional but also stylish?
This was Ah-Ma-Zing!!!!! 😍😍😍😍 I'd love to see a video doing an in-depth tour of you witchy/spiritual books!!!
yesss pleeease
Fun fact about the town in Kiki's Delivery Service! You might already know this, but the inspiration for the town is from Visby and Stockholm in Sweden. Mostly Visby from the looks of it, the city of roses and ruins. Definitely recommend a trip there in the summertime if you want inspiration for magical places!
Not me over here side-eyeing my book shelves wondering if I could cast them all over the floor and lay in them! 😍 Love your content. Greetings from Seattle, WA!
I've slowly been moving my books to a cabin in Northern Michigan, I have about 450 moved already. I recently put up 2 new shelves, so yes now I can organize.
I can't imagine categorizing all mine. I admit I just shelve them by size so it looks neat-ish. Using a plant as a bookend is a good idea, I would not have thought of that.
Wordsworth are actually changing most of their covers and they look really nice now!
If you like books about paris you should read A moveable feast by Heminway. It was so good and cozy!
Portuguese girlie here! 👋🏻😊 Proud to see a Portuguese writer on the spotlight for a moment in a video from an international content creator.
I’ve only read a few bits of Book of Disquiet here and there, but it is definitely on my TBR. It seems to be one of the most philosophical works from Pessoa, and personally that is just my cup of tea ☕️👌🏼
I also read my first Clarice Lispector book (An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures) a couple of months ago, and I really enjoyed it! ♥️ I think my next one will be Água Viva 😉
my favs so faaar
with virginia woolf
I just found this video and love your collection. 'The Art of Kiki's delivery service' and 'Wonderland' look very special. You also have such an eclectic range of subjects that were lovely to see, the French works on Paris in the early 20th century really caught my interest. A really excellent overview of what you have. Thank you.
Gorgeous collection. Just a thought. Ikea have toppers for their bookshelves that add a couple of shelves in height. You do need to screw the toppers to the wall, for safety, though.
First time watching your video, instantly subscribed! The overlap in taste, the professional editing, the pretty dress... :D There I go binging all your content.
Haha yay! Glad you like it ❤️
Omg I’d love to know what books are in your sad European summer section, I loved cmbyn
"unhinged woman" sounds like an amazing group of books, im so intrigued what these are. Also dreamy and wierd
this was the most aesthetic video of my organizing dreams
edit : omg i had saved one of your ig videos about dressing like lily potter last month. what a small world lol
This is my crazy way every time getting new books, my house is full and my mom is going crazy every time she visited me, she say always that some day I will die because of falling my books over my head like Al Jahez an arbian writer he died like that, and I kept laughing and laughing, I don't know I really could not stop buying more books even my library hit the 7000 books : Arabic, French, English from all categories. These two years I am concentrating and focusing to build my English corner as I am an author. 😅
Just a huge ‘WOW’ and respect… I cant believe… 7000 books!!!!🥰
@ahtohallan13 Thank you and still building it even I am in my late 40.
oh that was so satisfying. watching another person who loves reading doing this was relatable and fun.
Pessoa's Book of Disquiet is incredible. I read it years ago and did one of my Master's papers on it. It's profound, delicate, kind, funny; very human and real.
A hard read, at times, but definitely worth it.
I have the same two Taschen Library of Esoterica books and I too put them in pride of place on the book shelf. Good job getting through that; It's looking great!
They are sooo stunning! Are you planning on getting the other ones?
That’s art. Art! I love your videos, your style and whimsy!
Thank you so much 🥺
this is so beautifully done! I'm in awe
Wow what a stunning video! I was so happy seeing Auroras book with your witchy „bibles“, because thats exactly where I have put mine ✨
This was a joy! I moved my own books around few days ago. Not as many! And it looks great!
the composition of these shots !!! sooo beautifully filmed & edited!! 🤍🤍
Thank you so much!! 🥰
My studies have been keeping me busy and this helped me get out of a reading slumps so thank you
Please do a video about very specific book recommendations, I always love to watch those. Love your videos❤️
Studio Ghibli recommendation: 100% watch Whisper of the Heart!
So lovely! I would love to hear what other esoteric books you have on your shelves! 🤍
This is shot and edited so beautifully! 😍
Your taste in books is impeccable
Now I need your book recs on sad, gay, hot european summer
I loved your video, it had such a cozy vibe! As someone from Sweden, I also think it's really cool that Kiki's Delivery Service is inspired by the town of Visby, located on the island of Gotland.
It looks amazing. I bought 15 boxes of books over to Singapore 😂😂😂😂and built the same bookshelves as you, but in white. Just a tip…..screw all of the bookshelves together. Inside the cupboard areas.
Girl, You Need to Start The Book of Disquiet Right Now....!
Like Today....
P.S. I Just came across your first video last week. Just saw this & Subscribed.
Maybe Because I Love Italy, Love Books, Love Clarice Lispector and Fernando Pessoa your accent is comforting for book videos....
I don’t know if it’s the same nowadays, but in my day the Wordsworth Classics were the cheap copies of books kids in the UK bought for their GCSE exams. Maybe that’s why they don’t spend a lot on the cover designs?!
To add to that Paris collection you should get The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab! Its a beautiful art/ Paris vibe
best video to relax my mind after birthday party! another present for me
what a beautiful video I love how you organised everything! by genre and vibes makes a lot of sense to me :) and ohhh i love that R&J Annie Leibovitz photoshoot with Roberto Bolle… iconic.
intro was so beautiful!
Where is your dress from? It's gorgeous!! Also, the intro to this was so cinematic and beautiful. Well done!
Thank youuu! The dress is from Daughters of India 😊
The mushroom lamp in the corner ❤ needs some attention 😊
I almost loved this! I would love you break down sections and what you have!
I love your book categories. I will move as well in a few weeks and I was thinking of categories to organise my books in the last weeks. I will use your list as inspiration :-)
This video is perfect !
I would love some recommandations for interior design books !
Love the setup! Are these IKEA Billy bookcases with Oxberg doors?
this was a joy to watch, just one question: where did you get that beautiful dress?!
That intro was magical ✨🧚♀️🪷
so many books! I hope to own this kind of collection one day
The bookshelves look great.
Ah! i love this video sm. Please upload more
How the heck did I not know about your channel when I've been following you on Instagram for so long lol well I'm glad I found it cause now I have something to binge.
Aaah welcome here haha! ❤️
I absolutely adore Call me by your name🥹 could you please tell me some titles from the books that brought you the same energy while reading them?✨
instagram.com/reel/CpqBHBiImu8/?igsh=MXR4N3ZrbWpyeWw2Nw== i made a reel with them! ❤️
I really love your content recently 😍
Aah thank you!! Focusing on youtube and putting more effort into video making has been so fun!
I recommend organising them in alphabetical order, but you may want to go with something different, such as by Author, book colour, genre, best to worst. You go with you.
I love your dress!!🤍
Loved this!!
Such beautiful content ❤️
I checked out a book Betty by The Belgjan writer Georges Simenon I am reading that book right now.
You are GORGEOUS omg
You should read Saverio Strati's
"L' uomo in fondoal pozzo", it reminded me of "The offing" you recommended 🍃
dream bookshelf 🌹
You’d also love The Art of Mary Blair
The worst Wordsworth Classics cover edition I've seen so far is for The Iliad, it made me laugh out loud. I'm not sure if there's a specific reason that the covers are so bad but they are cheap for a reason, I guess. I think their mission is to create affordable books for students mostly, not gorgeous books for collecting. I've got 10 or so of their books and I'm overall satisfied except with one which I think was missing pages or was otherwise printed wrongly. Which can happen even to more expensive editions but that really put me off them tbh. I think the book was Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, I wonder if it's just my edition that's printed wrong. By the way, have you ever read Kate Chopin Awakening? I wonder what you would think about that book, I think you might like it. I really loved that book, and I read it while I was back home (close to sea) so it was great reading the book by the beach (not like a hot summer beach read but more of a late spring, early summer or early fall by the beach vibe)
I've got about 100-150 books and I get overwhelmed with arranging them sometimes, could not imagine having 600 books! I'm more of a minimalist (not the white boring aesthetic type but in the number of things I own) so I feel like my collection is too big already but I have a really hard time with unhauling books. I love your bookshelf, it's really pretty. I see a lot of people on youtube have those ikea bookshelves, which fair enough, they are cheap and do the job but yours looks stunning!
Mine is a lot smaller (I have to double stack) and houses some of my trinkets (because the shelves are deep so there's space) and on top are board games. It's black and second-hand and when I bought it, the lady was kind of sad to give it away it looked like. She asked if we'll paint it and gave it almost a caress, which is kind of nice but sad, too, because I don't understand why she'd sell it if she loved it so much. Anyway, I'm rambling. The intro was really pretty by the way and I love your dress
So soothing 😌
You have an impressive composition.
Love this video!!!
this is art.
Very lovely!❤
immediate usbcrive !! firt time eharing someone talk about fernando pessoa and clarice lispector, obsessed with them, obsesseeeedddddddddd
The Gatsby cover looks like Taylor Siwft morphed with Emma Roberts lol
Can you share the books you mentioned in your “sad Europe summer” collection at 12:45? I only recognized the orange Calligarich cover :)
instagram.com/reel/CpqBHBiImu8/?igsh=MXR4N3ZrbWpyeWw2Nw== I made a reel with those books!
Hey, you move the books tooooo mu h when you're holding it for the camera or just showing the collection. I recommend otherwise. 😊 Just a friendly suggestion. No offense. I loved the video. 😊
Also, you may hold the book infront of your face while showing so camera can focus. 😊❤
sooo cool
where is your beautiful dress from? you look amazing!
It’s from Daughters of India!
Jack must be so jealous
🧡🌻
i have been meaning to read the border trilogy any input?
Fun
i have the same edition of de Profundis and its really bad, not only as a cover but also inside. The paper and the typing isnt goood
Are you French? Sorry if the question offends lol.. you are so beautiful and other worldly
Haha no I’m Dutch! (But being perceived as French is a compliment imo)
Un video molto interessante. Dove vivi in Italia?
Si! Vicino al Milano :)
Only book fans?
Where was the staff to help you 🤷🏻?
Does not look like 600 + books 😅 still, loved the video and seeing the organisation of them 📚
Nobody needs 600 books. Needs some unhauled.
You don’t know what someone else needs.
underwhelming
Oh god.. 🙄 Get a life, or at least shows us a video made by you that prooves this one is underwhelming..