Jesse: book clear out Jesse: takes books out Jesse: searches for reasons to justify their existence on the shelf Also Jesse: puts them back on the shelf. I totally feel you jesse, un-hauls are toooo hard for me too.
I dont like the city of bones books... dont bully me pls Edit: I gave them a second chance.. they're at least better than I thought they would be... the infernal devices is better tho
You shouldn’t be bullied for not liking that series, and you shouldn’t be forced to like that series either. If people try to do either of those to you, they are horrible people who aren’t worth your time and energy. Personally, I don’t really like fantasy, so I’d probably be saying the same thing!
@@jessethereader oh my god, I did not expect your reply. I have books that i absolutely hate on my shelf, and i find the silliest of reasons to keep them. One of them being, cause they fit well....save me.
The first thing I did after every breakup was purge that person from my life in every way--including getting rid of whatever they gave me. Nice guy Jesse is too nice!😂😂
Trick for sentimental books: take the dust jacket and frame it, donate the book. Most second hand books that are hardcover lose their dust jackets anyway, or they get damaged over the years. Why not keep it?
Okay, my method for getting rid of books is anything I feel "meh" about goes unless it's part of a series. I only keep the books that bring me joy (a Mario Kondo references, so original I know 😂). Mostly, if it's not one that I feel like I'll reread, it's first on the chopping block on the rare occasion that I do an unhaul. (I don't have books showing up unannounced at this point in my life, so I tend to only get books that I've read and loved, hence the scarcity of unhauls.)
I do this too. I've gotten pretty good at gauging whether I'll reread a book or not. I actually have space to fill on my shelves because the last few books I've read have been donated because they were 3 star reads
Jesse: *Looks at million books* Me: *scans one shelf* Also Me: is that my library book I lost in 3rd grade🧐 *slowly slides it behind other books* DONE!!
As a sentimental person myself, I know the struggle hahahah my trick is getting all the books I know I should get rid of but can’t out of the bookshelf. So I bag them(to protect my babies -don’t misunderstand me I mean the books) and put them in a closet or something. I leave them there until I don’t miss them on the shelves anymore at which point they’re already bagged so I just have to take them to the closest donation place 🤷♀️
You’re a lot nicer to your books than I am. If I don’t think I’ll want to reread a book within, like, 5 years, I get rid of it. But part of that is what you mentioned with giving the book a better home.
The "sparkle and joy" method is ok, but I transformed it to a simpler level: ¿Did I like that book? ¿Would I recommend/lend it to anyone? If the answer for both answers is "meh" or "NOPE", then it has to go. I donate the books I don't like to the library, so other people can give them a try without wasting their money... as I did [*SOBS IN SPANISH*]
Fire Fox Same! As you can tell from my username I am a Percy Jackson fan, so when he did that I was about to cry. The utter relief that passed through me when he said he was joking was *unreal*
I love how this is basically another “worst books” video. Like he’s said all of these things about these same books before in videos, but I’m still here for it 😂 It’s like he felt bad about saying anything negative about these books in the past and to make it up to them he’s tagging on a cute sentimental story about his connections to them lolol Jesse you are too precious for this world!
The library is your friend! Every time I go through my shelves, I look at each book and think, "I could just borrow you from the library if I want to read you (again)." My brain will either be like, "Yeah, sounds good," or "Literally how dare you." And that's my inner coin toss. It works pretty well sometimes!
I honestly love unhauling books! It’s so liberating, and I just unhauled a bunch of books last night! Also, I totally gasped when you Thanos snapped away the Rick Riordan shelf
This "bookshelf clear out" is actually super relatable. It's so hard to part with a book. Sometimes I ask myself "Why am I keeping this book?" and that usually is my answer.
One method I use to help me with books, is whether or not I think I will ever end up reading it again. If so, I'll keep it, but if not, it's gotta go. As for ones you keep for the aesthetic, it helps to look at all the other pretty covers you have with stories you actually enjoyed reading.
Xgrapes X, you don’t have to throw them away! You can donate them so someone else can read them; then you’ll feel good that someone else has the chance to read the books you liked. (If you are literally going to throw a book away, at least recycle it)
The real suspense of this video is whether you would actually manage to get rid of any! 😂 You know, I think it would help you a lot to use that thought process you had about other people enjoying a book that you didn’t feel strongly about. Maybe if you could find somewhere good to donate them, you would feel more inspired to get rid of books that you liked but don’t need to keep. Also! If you’re worried you may want to reread any of them in the future, just tell yourself you can always get them at the library! Good luck! 💜
I just did a book purge myself after Christmas and honestly it felt SO GOOD to make room for books I love and to get rid of the ones I never read anymore
I love rick riordan's books and I liked the joke you did about getting rid of them. [I got 38 of his books including some companion books | 28 not including extra copies]
0:00-0:04 u basically just described all of my high school years. 😭😭😭😂😂😂 Except I willingly sat by myself during lunch and spent half of the time in the library.
Keefe 00 we’re all loners! :) I like eating alone too. I’d totally be in the library during lunch if 1) there wasn’t so many people there (me being introverted lol) and 2) if students were allowed to eat in there.
Wait your school doesn’t have a library? Or your city/town doesn’t have a public library? If it’s the former, that’s messed up because every school needs a media center. If it’s the latter, well...that’s still messed up. 😝
For the book that you are keeping mainly because of the cover, since it's a hardback, you can keep the dust jacket and give away the book. Since you mentioned 'spark joy' and not knowing what it is, what I gather from it is that when you hold a book, you ask yourself "do I want to carry this with me into the future?" "Can I learn more from this?" "Would someone else enjoy it and put it to use instead" and those types of questions. That may not be exactly what Marie means by it but it's what I have taken from her show on Netflix. I unhaul books often but I understand being sentimental about them, as all book lovers should be. Thanks for the upload and being your energetic, chill self!
Lol I’m currently rereading the Throne of Glass series- minus #4 onward lol -and I got kind of scared when Jesse said “There’s something on this shelf I might get rid of”😂😂
Yeah I tried to read Queen of Shadows like 4 times but reading the series on an e book is helpful- it helped me read them faster and I’m on the third one
I must say, huge part of my interest when buying books is the cover, even though I don't even know if I'm gonna like the content. And whenever I see books that smell *quality* but have not so good cover, I always make a little pray right at the bookshelf in the bookstore, that a new cover gonna be updated soon, and not buying the book
Something you could try to help let go of books (which is something that I helped me) is take all of the books that you thought weren’t that great or feel meh about, put them away where you can’t see them (in like a closet or something), wait about a week and see if you miss them or miss them on your shelf. If you don’t, they can go. If you think it about them constantly, then they can stay. Hope this helps xx
My whole goal of developing a library is having something to pass down to my kids, if I ever have kids. So everything I keep, I think to myself: "Is this something I could actively recommend to someone else and feel good about it?" When I'm on the fence about donating a book, I think about the fact that someone else will come across the book, love it, and give it a better home than I can. I get that it's hard to let go, but if the book isn't getting any use with you, you might as well donate it to a library so some person can discover magic in the book that maybe didn't work for you! Plus, you're contributing to a good cause that benefits your neighborhood!
Loved this and your editing is fantastic! And you’re a lot more forgiving to books then I am 😂 for me if I’m not planning to ever reread a book it’s gone!
When I can’t fully decide if I want to keep certain books, I will sometimes take all of the ones I’m unsure about and put them somewhere I can’t see them. If after awhile, a week, a month or even longer and I have not missed them I will give them away or if I did miss them they get to live on my bookshelf again, sometimes it may only be one that I keep and the rest go...Plus I like to believe that when I give my books away they will go on to have fun adventures and meet lots of new readers, maybe even send me postcards from all the fun places they have been😅😁 although I have yet to receive a postcard😓😊
I always use the same system when sorting out books which is asking myself a few questions and for me it works great: For books that i haven't read yet: 1. Reading the description; do i still want to read it? ->yes! I'll keep it ->no! 2. Was it a gift and i would feel bad if i gave it away? ->yes! keep it ->no! off it goes for books i have already read: 1. Do i want to read it again? ->yes! I'll keep it ->no! 2. Do i have other sentimental reasons to keep it? ->yes! I'll keep it ->no! off it goes I never feel bad for giving away books bec it feels like giving them a new life
I was so upset when I saw the Percy Jackson books disappear. I haven't read them (I feel like I missed the boat on those books) but they're so pretty to look at so I really enjoy getting to see them (and their bright, beautiful, colorful dust jackets) on your shelf since I don't get to see them on mine. Glad they're here to stay!
Lol I totally understand the need to clear out “bad” books! Usually books that have been given to me or I got for dirt cheap. Gotta make room for new and better stuff! ... Wait... you mean it isn’t normal to talk and refer to books as friends?... 😂 I do the same thing This is my first of your videos and you are so much fun to watch.
I feel you on it being hard on getting rid of a book! Maybe for those book you love the cover but don't like the story, find some art similar to it or even commission an artist to make one for you!
honestly, part of why i started to use Goodreads was to keep track of the ones that made me like them on the first/second/etc read. 4-5 stars can stay on my shelves. 3 stars, I can waffle about because like... it's dependent on whether or not I feel they have sentimental/rereadability/classic. 1-2 stars? GET GONE. it's hard to separate out feelings, but part of the Konmari method is that you pull ALL OF YOUR BOOKS FROM THEIR PLACE. this is 1) so you can see the books outside of something organized (i.e. shelf placement/aesthetics) and 2) so you have to face the amount of books you DO have and go forward accordingly. Another thing about the Konmari method is that you pick each book up, hold them in your hand, and think hard about how you feel about it. 1) does it spark joy? i.e. do you feel excited to read it? would you buy this book if you didn't already have it? do you feel like you would read it again? is it sentimental? (sentimental things go last), 2) if you're leaning toward "meh" feelings, consider: why are you "meh"? is it because the story didn't hit you in a place you wanted to be hit? is it because the handling of the narrative wasn't to your expectations? is it because it just wasn't a good read for you?, and 3) if you're leaning toward "bye" feelings, consider: someone else may like this book more than you and you can assist that book to getting somewhere someone who will LOVE IT and CHERISH IT rather than keep it on a shelf to gather dust. one thing Konmari also says is that if you feel sentimental about something but it's something you're ready to part with but are reluctant to because of the sentimental reason: take a picture that encapsulates why it's sentimental for you. And then move on. let someone else have a chance to love that book. tl;dr don't be afraid to let things go. always remember: there's plenty of book nerds out there with different tastes than you. and even if something wasn't to your taste, that doesn't make it a bad book. let someone else love that book. that book may actually belong to someone else and it's your goal to make sure that book is loved.
Good step! The way unhaul books is if I consider unhauling if I rated it 3* (not a good rating for me). If it was 1 or 2 * I almost always unhaul automatically. If I bought it full price i give it to a friend as a present.
I get so frustrated by Jesse keeping books he doesn't like just because I am so not that way 🤣 keep the books that spark joy in your soul, they can sit at the cool books bookshelf
This is just like me trying to unhaul my books. I go through this debate every time. As for the book that has a cover you really like, keep the cover if it can be removed. Then frame it or make some art piece with it and get rid of the book. If the cover can't be removed make a photocopy or just take a picture of it, (I've done this myself with book covers and completed puzzles) that way you have a memory of it, but the book itself need not take up space on your shelf.
Oh you did amazing. 3 books doesn't seem much but if u pull out 3 books each month you'll eventually have a bunch of place for new books. So do this clean out each month!! Love u the most
Maggie Wetzel Oh no!!!! I feel your pain. I still have my first ARC, I’d hate to lose it. Dogs can be like that sometimes. But you can’t stay mad at them forever, right? (Also you could purchase the finished copy of your first ARC if it would make you feel better)
I remember seeing a book unhaul challenge floating around a year or so ago, maybe try that out and those prompts will help decide what books to want to get rid of.
Heyo maybe someone else already suggested this, but you could use The Last Leaves Falling as some sort of art! Since you just like the cover, you could tear the pages out and make something out of it, or cut out some of the insides and turn it into a storage for something, etc. :D
My tip: If I am unsure if I will ever read a book, I get rid of it. I can always re-buy it or go to the library. If I was only semi-interested, it is probably better that it goes to someone else anyway. I did a huge cleanout of my bookshelves last year and got rid of about 50 books, most of which had been on my bookshelf for over 2 years and I had never touched. Now my TBR shelf is down to about 100 books!
Your videos are such a joy to watch. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I completely agree about sentimentality but sometimes you need to be ruthless Jesse. Cull them books
Jessie don’t get mad at yourself for not getting rid of a lot of books that just means that the books you have are worth reading and that you just have great taste 😁 ps: can you reply to me it would make my day 👍
I like to think of my bookshelves as something that represents me as a reader. If there is something that I don’t like, then that book isn’t helping me see all the joy books bring me. I hope that makes sense. Hope you find a way to make room for all the books
I recently moved to Florida and had to give three bookcases worth of books away and it was horrible, but I gave a lot of mine to one of my favorite co-workers and her family was so excited to read them and then if you have a local 2nd and Charles they will give you store credit or cash for them so you can buy new books! YOU CAN DO THIS!
This may have been the most frustrating 13 minutes of my life lol I used to be this bad at getting books off my shelves. I used to justify every book I owned, but at some point, I had to be really honest with myself and what I could plausibly read in a year and even managed to get rid of books I had sitting around for years but never read. It does make me feel better knowing that the books I get rid of are going to places where other people can either enjoy them more than I did or give them a chance to be read when I couldn't possibly. One way or another, gotta make room for them new books!
Even when you are telling me how much you didn't like a book, you still make me want to read it. Also, you gave me a slight heart attack when you almost removed the Percy Jackson series.
If you don't want get rid of them because of sentimental reasons or like the cover just keep the covers (if hardback) I always to that & have a folder for them I fold them on the edge so they stay flat & not have a crease in the middle of the cover where the titled at
Jesse pretending to get rid of his Rick Riordan books is going to go down as the biggest plot twist of my year even though it only lasted a second
😂😂😂😂
Lol same though
Jodie In Wonderland true
Same
Same
Jesse: BOOKSHELF CLEAR OUT
also Jesse: *pulls three books*
The beauty of clickbate
It iritated me
Alicia G same lol, I don’t understand keeping books you didn’t like, or making a whole video about removing three books 😂
Literally my youngest sister, I pick them out f a s t.
Thanks for saving me a watch sorry Jesse
Jesse: book clear out
Jesse: takes books out
Jesse: searches for reasons to justify their existence on the shelf
Also Jesse: puts them back on the shelf.
I totally feel you jesse, un-hauls are toooo hard for me too.
I FEEL EXPOSED but it’s all true 😂
I dont like the city of bones books... dont bully me pls
Edit: I gave them a second chance.. they're at least better than I thought they would be... the infernal devices is better tho
You shouldn’t be bullied for not liking that series, and you shouldn’t be forced to like that series either. If people try to do either of those to you, they are horrible people who aren’t worth your time and energy.
Personally, I don’t really like fantasy, so I’d probably be saying the same thing!
I’m literally that person who tries to get rid of books even if I didn’t like them I always find a reason to justify why they get to stay.
@@jessethereader oh my god, I did not expect your reply.
I have books that i absolutely hate on my shelf, and i find the silliest of reasons to keep them. One of them being, cause they fit well....save me.
*Booktuber attempts to throw his children away ~GONE WRONG~ (NOT CLICKBAIT)*
Get rid of Solo and embrace yourself as the SINGLE KING you are!
The first thing I did after every breakup was purge that person from my life in every way--including getting rid of whatever they gave me. Nice guy Jesse is too nice!😂😂
Oh, I KNEW you weren't getting rid of the Percy Jackson shelf, but my heart still stopped when those books disappeared.
Same
😂🙈😂🙈
@@tomchubby8216 honestly? I'd trust him.
I didn't see the hype on Percy Jackson but I decided to try them don't ask if I'm enjoying them I just bought them I haven't read them yet
@@xxdeirdredoesntdogachaxx3503 well it's been a year do you like them?
I got to be honest, when Jesse "Thanos" the Rick Riordon shelf, I died a little until he brought it back 🤯😱
I read your comment before he made them disappear and I gasped anyway xD.
Same tho
Just glad that it didn't take him 5 years to get them back lol
Me too!
Amanda Salfelder
So did I!
Jesse: “Hit the road, Jack. And don’t you come back-“
TH-cam: *AD*
Jesse: “-No more, no more, no more, no more”
That just happened to me too lol😂
SAME
Same!
Same 🙈🤣🤣🤣
Haha! My add was Arby’s 😂
Trick for sentimental books: take the dust jacket and frame it, donate the book. Most second hand books that are hardcover lose their dust jackets anyway, or they get damaged over the years. Why not keep it?
Foster164 that's a good idea I like it
That was my thought.
Clumsy Colours thank you!
brandon meacham great minds think alike
Jesse: I should get rid of these books *takes off shelf*
Also Jesse: but I’m also not gonna get rid of them *puts back on shelf*
“This is the good book table your trying to sit at” best quote of 2020
YOU CANT SIT WITH US!!!!
"It attached itself to my soul like a leech attaches to human skin."
What a....what a beautiful thing to say.
Ravenclaw Reader, we should all use this example in school when the teacher asks for an example of a simile. Jesse would be proud. 🙂
An excellent idea
The way that this clear out turns into a review video 👌🏻
LOL TRUE THOUGH
Okay, my method for getting rid of books is anything I feel "meh" about goes unless it's part of a series. I only keep the books that bring me joy (a Mario Kondo references, so original I know 😂). Mostly, if it's not one that I feel like I'll reread, it's first on the chopping block on the rare occasion that I do an unhaul. (I don't have books showing up unannounced at this point in my life, so I tend to only get books that I've read and loved, hence the scarcity of unhauls.)
TheWordN3rd mario kondo 😂😂
I do this too. I've gotten pretty good at gauging whether I'll reread a book or not. I actually have space to fill on my shelves because the last few books I've read have been donated because they were 3 star reads
Jesse: *Looks at million
books*
Me: *scans one shelf*
Also Me: is that my library book I lost in 3rd grade🧐
*slowly slides it behind other books* DONE!!
Sigh of relief when he passed all the Rainbow Rowell books 😂
I love rainbow’s books
@@jessethereader yaas
Yes! Her books are so amazing, def one of my favourite authors
@@ingrid5753 her interviews are the best too! She's rlly relatable
I'm reading fangirl rn... I think I'm late. :/
Jesse: from my girlfriend
Me: omg who!
Jesse: before we broke up
Me; awww,, ah solo... get it
Jesse: get the reference
Me: hehe yup
As a sentimental person myself, I know the struggle hahahah my trick is getting all the books I know I should get rid of but can’t out of the bookshelf. So I bag them(to protect my babies -don’t misunderstand me I mean the books) and put them in a closet or something. I leave them there until I don’t miss them on the shelves anymore at which point they’re already bagged so I just have to take them to the closest donation place 🤷♀️
I almost screamed when you snapped the Percy Jackson series away.
Same
3:57 I THOUGHT YOU WERE SERIOUS
I was about to get real upset if you just cancelled Rick like that 🤣🤣🤣
I had a mini heart attack when you said you were getting rid of all le percy jackson books.
Oh, and sorry I'm an hour late, I was just in book club
Belladonna Fugatte
So, for this comment, I think you win the Bookish Award.
@@mythandmayhem1134 lolol
Sorry I’m an hour late 😂
You’re a lot nicer to your books than I am. If I don’t think I’ll want to reread a book within, like, 5 years, I get rid of it.
But part of that is what you mentioned with giving the book a better home.
I can never part with a book no matter how bad it is
I have a bit of a problem
hahaha i get it!! it's hard to let go of books when you've put in so much effort to read them.
@@jessethereader exactly!!
Your not alone
Same
I need more books... ya know, a library isnt enough...
The "sparkle and joy" method is ok, but I transformed it to a simpler level:
¿Did I like that book? ¿Would I recommend/lend it to anyone?
If the answer for both answers is "meh" or "NOPE", then it has to go. I donate the books I don't like to the library, so other people can give them a try without wasting their money... as I did [*SOBS IN SPANISH*]
When you were watching a Jessethereader video already but then a new one pops up
:D :D thanks for being here!
Same💕😄
I'm never this early. TH-cam notifications are actually working for once.
holla! welcome! :D
Do you know HOW FAST I was about to click off when Jesse ‘Thanos Snapped’ his Rick Riordan shelf-
Fire Fox Same! As you can tell from my username I am a Percy Jackson fan, so when he did that I was about to cry. The utter relief that passed through me when he said he was joking was *unreal*
Jesse: BOOKSHELF CLEAR OUT!!!
Also Jesse: “Here’s the untouchable shelf”
My heart stopped for a second when you were about to get rid of all of Riordan's books!
Funny timing cause I'm trying to organize my own books.
@@Damayanti-ml4rp ikr
I love how this is basically another “worst books” video. Like he’s said all of these things about these same books before in videos, but I’m still here for it 😂 It’s like he felt bad about saying anything negative about these books in the past and to make it up to them he’s tagging on a cute sentimental story about his connections to them lolol Jesse you are too precious for this world!
Oh lol now that I think about it
I almost had a heart attack when Rick’s books disappeared.
3videos in 3 days?
MoRe LikE hEaVeN
Write this is literally the best day of my life
I'm going sololololololooooo
I have recently found your channel and it has gotten me back into reading again! Your videos are so entertaining!
I’m not gonna lie... I almost had a heart attack when you pulled that Riordan trick. Don’t do that to me man!
Oh snap look at you spoiling us with another video! Loving this upload streak!
🤗 i have another coming tomorrow!
LOSE BOOKS TO LOVE BOOKS I CAN'T 🤣
Jesse's literally my kind of a person
The library is your friend! Every time I go through my shelves, I look at each book and think, "I could just borrow you from the library if I want to read you (again)." My brain will either be like, "Yeah, sounds good," or "Literally how dare you." And that's my inner coin toss. It works pretty well sometimes!
I honestly love unhauling books! It’s so liberating, and I just unhauled a bunch of books last night!
Also, I totally gasped when you Thanos snapped away the Rick Riordan shelf
BRUH SAME
This "bookshelf clear out" is actually super relatable. It's so hard to part with a book. Sometimes I ask myself "Why am I keeping this book?" and that usually is my answer.
This books are strangers to me. I live with strangers.
Oh my gosh I found that line so funny but at the same teem so deep haha. love you Jesse
Percy Jackson
**puff**
Me: 😧 how dare you
**puff again**
Me: oh ok
3 videos in three days
This is weird but I LOVE IT
🤗
Yey Jesse answered =D
Uncomfy!!! My new word. Thank you!
Why is the order: Divergent, Allegiant, Insurgent, Four on your shelf, Jesse?
12:06
One method I use to help me with books, is whether or not I think I will ever end up reading it again. If so, I'll keep it, but if not, it's gotta go. As for ones you keep for the aesthetic, it helps to look at all the other pretty covers you have with stories you actually enjoyed reading.
whenever I try to clean my bookshelves I end up making a million excuses to keep all the books cause I don't want to throw them away
Xgrapes X, you don’t have to throw them away! You can donate them so someone else can read them; then you’ll feel good that someone else has the chance to read the books you liked. (If you are literally going to throw a book away, at least recycle it)
The real suspense of this video is whether you would actually manage to get rid of any! 😂
You know, I think it would help you a lot to use that thought process you had about other people enjoying a book that you didn’t feel strongly about. Maybe if you could find somewhere good to donate them, you would feel more inspired to get rid of books that you liked but don’t need to keep. Also! If you’re worried you may want to reread any of them in the future, just tell yourself you can always get them at the library! Good luck! 💜
I just did a book purge myself after Christmas and honestly it felt SO GOOD to make room for books I love and to get rid of the ones I never read anymore
My heart skipped 3 beats, literally, when Jesse snapped the Rick Riordan out of existence. So shocked was I that my forehead and the wall collided
I love rick riordan's books and I liked the joke you did about getting rid of them. [I got 38 of his books including some companion books | 28 not including extra copies]
0:00-0:04 u basically just described all of my high school years. 😭😭😭😂😂😂 Except I willingly sat by myself during lunch and spent half of the time in the library.
Keefe 00 we’re all loners! :) I like eating alone too. I’d totally be in the library during lunch if 1) there wasn’t so many people there (me being introverted lol) and 2) if students were allowed to eat in there.
Lucky you even HAVE a library!😭
Wait your school doesn’t have a library? Or your city/town doesn’t have a public library? If it’s the former, that’s messed up because every school needs a media center. If it’s the latter, well...that’s still messed up. 😝
@Ethan Taylor
We have a public library, but it’s not anywhere near my school😢
For the book that you are keeping mainly because of the cover, since it's a hardback, you can keep the dust jacket and give away the book.
Since you mentioned 'spark joy' and not knowing what it is, what I gather from it is that when you hold a book, you ask yourself "do I want to carry this with me into the future?" "Can I learn more from this?" "Would someone else enjoy it and put it to use instead" and those types of questions. That may not be exactly what Marie means by it but it's what I have taken from her show on Netflix. I unhaul books often but I understand being sentimental about them, as all book lovers should be. Thanks for the upload and being your energetic, chill self!
Lol I’m currently rereading the Throne of Glass series- minus #4 onward lol -and I got kind of scared when Jesse said “There’s something on this shelf I might get rid of”😂😂
I'm always thinking of rereading throne of glass until heir of fire or maaaaybe queen of shadows,,, but onwards it's a no no for me 😂😂
Yeah I tried to read Queen of Shadows like 4 times but reading the series on an e book is helpful- it helped me read them faster and I’m on the third one
"They all spark joy"
Marie kondo is proud🤣
I must say, huge part of my interest when buying books is the cover, even though I don't even know if I'm gonna like the content. And whenever I see books that smell *quality* but have not so good cover, I always make a little pray right at the bookshelf in the bookstore, that a new cover gonna be updated soon, and not buying the book
Oh my gosh the beginning of the “I Never” description😂 I’m dying😂😂
Something you could try to help let go of books (which is something that I helped me) is take all of the books that you thought weren’t that great or feel meh about, put them away where you can’t see them (in like a closet or something), wait about a week and see if you miss them or miss them on your shelf. If you don’t, they can go. If you think it about them constantly, then they can stay. Hope this helps xx
Jesse: *thanos snaps all the riordan books*
Me: *jaw DROPS*
Wait why am i just finding out that tahereh mafi and Ransom riggs are married
My whole goal of developing a library is having something to pass down to my kids, if I ever have kids. So everything I keep, I think to myself: "Is this something I could actively recommend to someone else and feel good about it?" When I'm on the fence about donating a book, I think about the fact that someone else will come across the book, love it, and give it a better home than I can. I get that it's hard to let go, but if the book isn't getting any use with you, you might as well donate it to a library so some person can discover magic in the book that maybe didn't work for you! Plus, you're contributing to a good cause that benefits your neighborhood!
Loved this and your editing is fantastic! And you’re a lot more forgiving to books then I am 😂 for me if I’m not planning to ever reread a book it’s gone!
When I can’t fully decide if I want to keep certain books, I will sometimes take all of the ones I’m unsure about and put them somewhere I can’t see them. If after awhile, a week, a month or even longer and I have not missed them I will give them away or if I did miss them they get to live on my bookshelf again, sometimes it may only be one that I keep and the rest go...Plus I like to believe that when I give my books away they will go on to have fun adventures and meet lots of new readers, maybe even send me postcards from all the fun places they have been😅😁 although I have yet to receive a postcard😓😊
Wow I’m loving jesses uploading schedule
Jesse is so freaking adorable in this😂 *_such a relatable soft boi🖤_*
I always use the same system when sorting out books which is asking myself a few questions and for me it works great:
For books that i haven't read yet:
1. Reading the description; do i still want to read it?
->yes! I'll keep it
->no! 2. Was it a gift and i would feel bad if i gave it away?
->yes! keep it
->no! off it goes
for books i have already read:
1. Do i want to read it again?
->yes! I'll keep it
->no! 2. Do i have other sentimental reasons to keep it?
->yes! I'll keep it
->no! off it goes
I never feel bad for giving away books bec it feels like giving them a new life
Does a video on clearing out his book shelves
Outcome= possibly getting rid of 3 books
We have been BLESSED-I mean an upload THREE days in a row!
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I was so upset when I saw the Percy Jackson books disappear. I haven't read them (I feel like I missed the boat on those books) but they're so pretty to look at so I really enjoy getting to see them (and their bright, beautiful, colorful dust jackets) on your shelf since I don't get to see them on mine. Glad they're here to stay!
Lol I totally understand the need to clear out “bad” books! Usually books that have been given to me or I got for dirt cheap. Gotta make room for new and better stuff!
... Wait... you mean it isn’t normal to talk and refer to books as friends?... 😂 I do the same thing
This is my first of your videos and you are so much fun to watch.
Jesse please make a video on rearrangementof books you were talking about!
Teardrops on my books
Lose books to love books
The series that got away
😂😂😂 this is why I love Jessie ❤️
I feel you on it being hard on getting rid of a book!
Maybe for those book you love the cover but don't like the story, find some art similar to it or even commission an artist to make one for you!
“Those books are married just like they’re authors” MOOD
honestly, part of why i started to use Goodreads was to keep track of the ones that made me like them on the first/second/etc read. 4-5 stars can stay on my shelves. 3 stars, I can waffle about because like... it's dependent on whether or not I feel they have sentimental/rereadability/classic. 1-2 stars? GET GONE.
it's hard to separate out feelings, but part of the Konmari method is that you pull ALL OF YOUR BOOKS FROM THEIR PLACE. this is 1) so you can see the books outside of something organized (i.e. shelf placement/aesthetics) and 2) so you have to face the amount of books you DO have and go forward accordingly. Another thing about the Konmari method is that you pick each book up, hold them in your hand, and think hard about how you feel about it. 1) does it spark joy? i.e. do you feel excited to read it? would you buy this book if you didn't already have it? do you feel like you would read it again? is it sentimental? (sentimental things go last), 2) if you're leaning toward "meh" feelings, consider: why are you "meh"? is it because the story didn't hit you in a place you wanted to be hit? is it because the handling of the narrative wasn't to your expectations? is it because it just wasn't a good read for you?, and 3) if you're leaning toward "bye" feelings, consider: someone else may like this book more than you and you can assist that book to getting somewhere someone who will LOVE IT and CHERISH IT rather than keep it on a shelf to gather dust.
one thing Konmari also says is that if you feel sentimental about something but it's something you're ready to part with but are reluctant to because of the sentimental reason: take a picture that encapsulates why it's sentimental for you. And then move on. let someone else have a chance to love that book.
tl;dr don't be afraid to let things go. always remember: there's plenty of book nerds out there with different tastes than you. and even if something wasn't to your taste, that doesn't make it a bad book. let someone else love that book. that book may actually belong to someone else and it's your goal to make sure that book is loved.
I was about to say- Don’t touch your Percy Jackson shelf!
I was about to rage 🤣
I'm just happy you used the 70's "original" Incredible Hulk clip. I'm a big fan of Lou Ferrigno!! 👍😁
:D
Good step! The way unhaul books is if I consider unhauling if I rated it 3* (not a good rating for me). If it was 1 or 2 * I almost always unhaul automatically. If I bought it full price i give it to a friend as a present.
I get so frustrated by Jesse keeping books he doesn't like just because I am so not that way 🤣 keep the books that spark joy in your soul, they can sit at the cool books bookshelf
This is just like me trying to unhaul my books. I go through this debate every time. As for the book that has a cover you really like, keep the cover if it can be removed. Then frame it or make some art piece with it and get rid of the book. If the cover can't be removed make a photocopy or just take a picture of it, (I've done this myself with book covers and completed puzzles) that way you have a memory of it, but the book itself need not take up space on your shelf.
Oh you did amazing. 3 books doesn't seem much but if u pull out 3 books each month you'll eventually have a bunch of place for new books. So do this clean out each month!! Love u the most
My dog (beagle) ripped apart my arc of The German Heiress today. It was my first arc and I cried a little :(
Maggie Wetzel Oh no!!!! I feel your pain. I still have my first ARC, I’d hate to lose it. Dogs can be like that sometimes. But you can’t stay mad at them forever, right? (Also you could purchase the finished copy of your first ARC if it would make you feel better)
Never get rid of books! I loved hearing about the books that weren’t your favorite.
Kind of hurt me when you dropped the books, anyone else?
I dropped them on a pillow. I promise they’re okay. 😂
jessethereader Thank God!
I remember seeing a book unhaul challenge floating around a year or so ago, maybe try that out and those prompts will help decide what books to want to get rid of.
Loved the description of the untouchable shelf.
Heyo maybe someone else already suggested this, but you could use The Last Leaves Falling as some sort of art! Since you just like the cover, you could tear the pages out and make something out of it, or cut out some of the insides and turn it into a storage for something, etc. :D
Omg I feel your sentimental attachment to books, like, sameeee
My tip: If I am unsure if I will ever read a book, I get rid of it. I can always re-buy it or go to the library. If I was only semi-interested, it is probably better that it goes to someone else anyway. I did a huge cleanout of my bookshelves last year and got rid of about 50 books, most of which had been on my bookshelf for over 2 years and I had never touched. Now my TBR shelf is down to about 100 books!
I SWEAR EVERY NEW VIDEO IM LIKE HOW CAN JESSES EDITING GET ANY BETTER AND THEN IT DOES
Your videos are such a joy to watch. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I completely agree about sentimentality but sometimes you need to be ruthless Jesse. Cull them books
Jessie don’t get mad at yourself for not getting rid of a lot of books that just means that the books you have are worth reading and that you just have great taste 😁 ps: can you reply to me it would make my day 👍
Is it just me or was Jesse radiating good vibes more than usual in this video? I'm very soothed rn 😂
I like to think of my bookshelves as something that represents me as a reader. If there is something that I don’t like, then that book isn’t helping me see all the joy books bring me. I hope that makes sense. Hope you find a way to make room for all the books
I recently moved to Florida and had to give three bookcases worth of books away and it was horrible, but I gave a lot of mine to one of my favorite co-workers and her family was so excited to read them and then if you have a local 2nd and Charles they will give you store credit or cash for them so you can buy new books! YOU CAN DO THIS!
This may have been the most frustrating 13 minutes of my life lol
I used to be this bad at getting books off my shelves. I used to justify every book I owned, but at some point, I had to be really honest with myself and what I could plausibly read in a year and even managed to get rid of books I had sitting around for years but never read. It does make me feel better knowing that the books I get rid of are going to places where other people can either enjoy them more than I did or give them a chance to be read when I couldn't possibly. One way or another, gotta make room for them new books!
Even when you are telling me how much you didn't like a book, you still make me want to read it.
Also, you gave me a slight heart attack when you almost removed the Percy Jackson series.
Oh can you make a vlog out of the reorganizing!!
If you don't want get rid of them because of sentimental reasons or like the cover just keep the covers (if hardback) I always to that & have a folder for them I fold them on the edge so they stay flat & not have a crease in the middle of the cover where the titled at