Finally reading THAT 800 page book! 📚| Reading vlog #11
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- welcome to another reading vlog! this week i am finally reading the Priory of the orange tree, the 800 page book that has been on my tbr for months! I also read some non-fiction and dive into my parent's library. Hope you enjoy!
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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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"we need more fantasy standalones" SIS YOU SAID IT
And more sapphic ones specifically! Which thankfully is becoming a thing in romantasy
u can tell shes kinda done with the priory when she was holding the book upside down the entire time she spoke about it LOL
In German "The Priory of the Orange Tree" is 1.088 PAGES long!!!!! :'DDD
How and why
@@karolinelovesyou9041 Because German hast so many more and longer words than English... 😅
Leonie: who knew that coming back to an epic fantasy after 3 months can be confusing
Me: literally everyone 😂😂
yeah... that's the joke
@@chrismann1387 are you saying I'm not funny ? 🤔
@@asmaababa9193 you are. accidental comedy is funny too
@@chrismann1387 thank you 😂😊
Asmaa Baba :)
I read crime and punishment last year and I finished it surprisingly fast, in less than a week, it really sucks you in once you get to the good parts
Omg I was obsessed with the rainbow magic series as a kid!
yesss so good!
haha same read like 60 of them
I have Priory on my shelf looking at me, begging to be read. I love the style of this vlog, I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
Mine is watching me through my Kindle 😅
Did you read it?
My favorite booktubers always inspire me to read the books they read. And you've became one of my current favorite booktubers and I basically wanna read all of the books that you read in your vlogs haha :D
100% recommend the long way to a small angry planet by becky chambers if you're looking to get into sci-fi. it focuses a lot more on the characters than on the plot and since you prefer characters over plot, it could be a good choice to dip your toes in the sci-fi world! it's really wholesome and lovely overall.
the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin is another one of my favourites and it's a classic, it's not heavy hard sci-fi either and focuses a lot on characters and the politics of the planet the main character is discovering. she was quite ahead of her time imo.
and a funny recommendation would be the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. really easy and quick read and funny as well! a lot of people start there when they wanna get into sci-fi :)
OMG yess! that book is so good!
your parents' library looks amazing! 💗✨
reviews on nonfiction books, i.e. climate change as you've mentioned, would be really cool.
that collection of the books with black spines that your parents have is so impressive omg banned books
girl when you first showed off Priory in a reading vlog in like April I went out and bought the book and finished it in 8 days..... it's been 4 months........ I thought you DNF-ed it..........
Why did you feel the need to say that?
@@laura_h383 oh heck did i sound mean,? i really didn't mean to, i just thought it's been so long i thought leo either finished Priory by herself or didn't finish it since the April vlog,, i'm sorry if my comment sounded condescending, that wasn't my intention :(
@@Alice-pf3tu oh it's ok, I might have misunderstood. Sorry
@@laura_h383 haha it's alright, my choice of words were poor, i'm just glad leo is reading Priory again, i really enjoyed it :)
@@ace13555 of the book? I loved it, 5 stars in my opinion. of the video? amazing, like always
Best reading vlogs around. I actually love Russian lit, a number of years ago I had fallen out of reading and decided to jump start myself, so i dove into the most intimidating thing I could think of and read War and Peace, and ended up loving it. Crime and Punishment is great.
I've been meaning to read those Asimov robot and foundation books. Right now I'm going to try to Finish the Poppy War before next week.
The books in your parent’s collection are timeless and they never get old.
For sci-fi recommendations, I really really love The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. It's not for everyone because it's more character-focused than plot-focused but if that doesn't bother you than it's a great book!
I literally just commented the same thing, and now I see your comment :D yess Becky Chambers is queen
My scifi recommendation is Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. It was my first book of that genre (aside from The Host by Stephenie Meyer, which I actually kind of recommend as well haha) and such a good, enjoyable introduction!
Always a pleasure.
Honestly, there are so many genres of sci-fi (classics, cyberpunk, time travel, post apocolyptic, AI, space opera, utopian ... I'll stop there & suggest 1 title for each) So in the same order : The Female Man by Joanna Russ. The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress. The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper. All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock ...
I love seeing that your parents raised you right--to love books and want to read everything! :-) And this is where the whole Crime and Punishment saga began, huh?
your parents library is goals 💞💞
i want one in the future
I also finally read THAT book this August and I loved it! I also filmed a reading vlog for it and I’m so glad I did because it’s now definitely one of my all time favourite books!
that's so great :D
You should read the Stormlight Archive. Those are well over 1,000 pages, all of them worth reading!
Crime and punishment is one of my favorite books!!
I like it too. Rashkolnikov is the most likable scoundrel! And Marie, well, she's just a saint. [edit: or is it Sonja? I don't really remember, except that Marie is the saint in War and Peace].
james duggan he really is the best scoundrel and it’s Sonia btw , now to think about it there really is some resemblance between Marie and Sonia
I ADORE Crime and Punishment - it was the last book I read as part of "required reading" in high school and I don't know if it's the writing or just the way my teacher taught it but it's become my absolute favorite classic! Hope you're able to enjoy it - it is so massive 😂
I also found it on the more manageable size of popular Russian books in the US. Maybe I’ve just gotten used to chunkers in romance and fantasy lol. It’s like a need now to see a fat book😂
THE RAINBOW SERIES BOOKS !!! I loved these so much.
so much nostalgia!
I just remembered that i started watching your videos when you started this book!!!
Same 😊
I have a easy-to-get-into Sci-Fi recommendation for you!! Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler. Okay, let me be honest and say that, it is actually a trilogy. But, I didn't know this and read a version on my e-reader that had the three books combined as one. So, it felt like one long book. Unlike most Sci-Fi it doesn't have super complicated backstories to remember nor dozens & dozens of characters with confusing names. Octavia Butler is such an amazing writer that I was grabbed by the story and it wouldn't let go.
for science fiction: illuminae is super interesting and good! also it mightve been hyped a lot but the writing for the 5th wave is actually one of my favorite writing styles ive read in a WHILE.
my favorite sci-fi trilogy is the Partials trilogy but it might be too obscure....
ahhh i was just thinking how lovely it would be if you posted a reading vlog 🥺💗
Hello! I have a sci-fi rec for you, though it's a big series and each book is very thick, it's a fast-paced epic sci-fi and also modern which means it's easy to read. It's called The Expanse series (which is now a show too) and the first book is called Leviathan's Wake by James S.A. Corey. I would also suggest The Murderbot Series by Martha Wells which is so great and short as well.
Murderbot
I'd LOVE it if you did a vlog reading one of your mums crime / thriller books one day! Just as it is out of your comfort zone I think it would be super interesting!
Sci-fi wise, I recommend Dune, it's the cornerstone of the genre! Plus--happens to be a very good read too ahah, you'll get sucked into the world straight away
@@coleton7048 1000000% agree.
Loved this chill vlog! It made me want to dive into a massive fantasy so badly!!
I’ve recommended this before and I’ll recommend it again; Dune!
yes yes yes!!!
No.
The Bobiverse is perfect to get into scifi. Its funny and not too science heavy. The plot is also super interesting and fast paced!
Be careful with the salt rock lamps! Some of them are known to make cats pretty sick if they lick them!
There's nowt on my current TBR with 'night' so I scoured the internet for inspiration and I've shortlisted 10 books for consideration ...
1. The Nightlife of the Gods by Thorne Smith
2. Nightwalks by Charles Dickens
3. Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
4. Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
5. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
6. Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons
8. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
9. The four dimensional nightmare by J.G Ballard
10. Nightfright - edited by Peter Haining
Oooo. What a nice kitty you have!
Priory is my favorite book of all time, the prequel is even better in some places. Niklays is underrated I think, most people I know who read it didn't care for his perspective. I wish I could read it for the first time again.
I started reading The Priory of the Orange Tree when I saw your vlog back in April, and I was wondering when you would finish it because I wanted to know what you thought about it. I enjoyed reading it and watching this vlog :D
Finally 😌 and also, Crime and Punishment is really great, I think Raskolnikov is a weird character but one that I can sympathize with. Anyway are you interested in reading a manuscript of an adult fantasy/gothic I'm planning on releasing this year?
your parents' library looks amazing!
Priory was a bit disappointing for me :p
ah what a shame! i get it though, i wasn't blown away by it the way others are
Crime and Punishment is a real page-turner. I was a little apprehensive at first because it's not the type of book I usually read but I found it really hard to put down.
Ho that's fun, I also read Priory of the orange tree, and one of my favourite character was actually Loth ! (Obviously, the other one was Ead haha)
And I started to read the Fifth season bc of you, and im really enjoying it so thanks !
Sci-fi recommendation: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel. Its a stand-alone, and it’s short! I cannot recommend it enough.
Yes! I just read this a couple of days ago and it was really great!
you finally conquered it🤩🙌
Liar is a really good sci-fi story! Imposter by Phillip K. Dick, The Country of the Kind by Damon Knight, and All You Zombies -- by Robert Heinlein are some other sci fi short stories that are good and interesting. I actually rank some sci-fi short stories in my tier ranking of books I read in school video coming out today!
So excited about that video about climate change!!
I personally enjoyed these Sci-Fi books:
- The Gods Themselves (Asimov)
- The Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut)
- 2001: A Space Odessey
-The three body problem (Cixin Lu)
And, Children of time (Tchaikosvky)
The Sirens of Titan is actually Vonnegut, not Asimov :)
And The Gods Themselves is by Asimov 😂
Ohhhh right, my bad 😅
i've missed your reading vlogs:( hope you get back to them soon!
I remember looking forward to rain and thunder as well when the heatwave ended. The Netherlands is not built for such temperatures..
Your vlogs are the best! Thank you
one thing ive learned is if you have that thought, BRING IT
im really excited to read the priory of the orange tree, love your videos, all the love from Portugal 🥺
i hope you enjoy it once you read it!
i just downloaded notion too! I'm using it for organizing my books as well :)
cool! hope you get superrr organised!
AWH THE LITTLE KITTY
Omg I loved the rainbow magic fairy books as a kid
THIS GIRL IS SO DEDICATED
I’m about to start reading Priory, it got delivered today. It is a hefty book. Can’t wait to start reading it.
I was in this exact moment trying to find something relaxing to make me feel better while I eat my ramen
thank you babe
For science fiction you can't go wrong with 2001: A Space Oddyssee. I feel like it's pretty beginner friendly. It's not too sciency/wordy and it's fairly short and very engaging.
The rare novelization of a film worth reading on its own merits. Clarke and Kubrick worked first on the movie, and the book came after, tho it's still quite good. _2010_ is better written but the story is weaker.
You can read Dune it can be considered as a classic for science fiction
"I, Robot" is probably my favorite Asimov, I would definitely recommend it!
Hello Leonie. Congrats on beating your worst enemies: XXL books. I would have started from the beginning as wanting to enjoy the book to his fullest, sunk deep on the context. But that's me! For standalone fantasy I would recommend Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, besides Al-Rassan from Guy Gavriel Kay. Being the first fantasy, fresh and quickly read. the second more history fiction and a "fine art book", rich prose and emotional connection, great characters.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is a collection of connected short stories that were published separately at first. Sometimes it is grouped with other short stories that comprise Asimov's entire Robot Series or parts of it. I, Robot as collected and published in 1950 begins with a a short intro followed by 9 short stories. So, it could be the one you saw in English does no have as many short stories in it as the one in Dutch. Hope this helps.
love the detail you put into your vlogs! and can’t wait for your climate change books video
oh you should also totally dip into some afrofuturism, nnedi okorafor's binti trilogy is absolutely magnificent!!!
This is such a nice reading vlog omg
Definitely want to read this book! It sounds great.
I also love Notion!
the priory of the orange tree is sooooo hard to read, in Poland it has 2 parts and each of them has 550 pages, I m halfway done with the first part, here for the strength
i really loved dark matter & recursion by blake crouch. theyre science fiction but not really heavy on science, like i did not understand all the science talk but i still realkt enjoyed it. and theyre both mindblowing.
My favourite sci-fi books are Ready Player One and the Illuminae trilogy!!
oh cool, im early! also, those sun and moon earrings are really cute
Ik kwam deze video opeens tegen en nu kan ik niet wachten om lekker buiten te lezen als het weer zomer is!!
Such a pretty library
Red Ender's game and Ender's shadow!!
I really recommend Ender's Game for sci-fi!!
Nothing like literary classics. .
i saw on your instagram that you finished it and i actually thought you already did lol
ily and this vid was amazing!
We need a boyfriend bookish Q&A ☺️🥺
oke hi i just found u and im SO excited about finding a dutch booktuber ^^ subscribed and am excited for the rest of your videos :]
i finished crime and punishment and i totally recommend it 🖤🖤
Im kinda emotional you finished it cause I discovered you with the reading vlog where you start it lol
ive been reading it too, im like 700 pages in, im almost done
For a sci-fi recommendation, I recently read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. I haven't read any sci-fi for a few years and it was a great jumping off point for getting back into the genre.
what a gorgeous cat
I don't really know if your parents keep cats inside or if you plan to, but I've been told not to keep the salt lamp in the same room(s) as the cat(s), because it is toxic for them. I thought you might like to know ^.^
oh thanks for letting me know!
I just spent a good 10 minutes searching Hütton Käse to find out what it is, and then reading the fascinating information about it on Amazon. It was translated into English for me, so that might explain some of what sounded strange to me. But that was a rather interesting side quest for me tonight. 😊
hahaha i'm pretty sure it's just cottage cheese
I can't WAIT to read this!! 💫 I just posted a video on my favourite books of 2020 so far and I'm SURE this book will creep into my list 😂🌼💕
i really hope so for you!
I would be very interested in what you think of Crime and Punishment. It was assigned reading for me in high school and it's the only assigned book that I ever seriously hated (which is saying something about me lol). The protagonist was just this whiny, woe-is-me type who couldn't make a darn decision and stick to it, he kept changing his mind and going back and forth between the same options. I was super annoyed and bored reading that book xD But I also know that most people love it, at least where I live, it's one of the most popular classics.
Loving that intro!
this is probably so late but if you want science fiction recs THE THREE BODY PROBLEM i love this book with all my heart
woahhh I'm early today, love the vids
I’m currently reading it too!!!
Solaris by Stainislaw Lem is a great sci-fi rec(I haven't read it yet but I have heard good things bout it)
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plus love ur content!💜
DUNE READ DUNE i know it's long but the world building is SUPERB and it's like the OG sci fi just,, please read dune there's gonna be a movie so
A couple good sci fi goods.
Enders game series. Most only read Enders game. There are 4 main books in the series, Enders game, speaker for the dead, xenocide, children of the mind. If you enjoy those there are so many side books and spin offs, I would start with earth unaware.
Children of men and I am legend are also pretty good. The Martian is great. If you want to really dive into sci fi then Seven Eves is really enjoyable, but very long. I think the audible book was 40ish hours long.
Love you and your channel please stay safe and strong love from John from Australia and I love big books and it is freezing cold 🥶 here
Dostoyevsky is one of my favorite authors!