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I somehow managed to miss this video when it came out, but am so glad I just stumbled across it now! What a wonderful video, Shelly. Your comments about time are especially interesting!

Gracious. I'd be real careful wearing that in public! LoL

😮 Are you kidding me. Nicola is actually a US size 6. If this is true why are people saying she’s plus size, cubby. Size 6 is no where near plus size. What does she need to be a 0 to be considered slim.

Wow! Size 6 looks so different on my 5'9" small-ish-chested frame

Girl sizing is so messed up for women’s clothes , love your stuff and you are so lovely ❤️

You killed it agin 😍🎊

Interesting. I’ve never thought about this. I’m a mood reader. For my leisure reading, anyway. As a teacher, I read a lot for work! So when it’s my time, I’m reading whatever strikes my fancy. And I have zero fear of DNFing a book if it’s not working for me.

Even as adult we still lobe illustrations in our books. It just ads to a story.

Berserk, Vinland Saga, Vagabond are the big 3 of Seinen manga. All three of them had its own charms to read and of course they are for young adult consumption. After you taste Berserk and Vinland Saga, I hope you add Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue for your read list And for the honorable mention, I just catching up with the manga called Kingdom by Yasuhisha Hara. So if you also a fan of olden days warfare, the tale of king and general. This manga would fit your palate.

Nicola (and your video) has inspired me too. I’m 5.2 and it’s lovely seeing petite woman look so fabulously stylish! It’s giving me confidence to try different, more standout and shine clothes.

1-3 jumpcuts a sentence!! 👎 You don't have to edit out every millisecond of silence or um.

I am definitely a mood reader. I have multiple books at once (like you, a Kindle, an audiobook and a physical one) and I normally alternate a fiction and a non-fiction as a palate cleanser. Other than that, it's all over the map, it can be brand new release, super old, some random book I bought on sale, a booktube suggestion...

I read Daughter of Fortune in Greek translation and loved it (I had given it 5 stars). I hope you enjoy it! I really enjoyed The Shadow of the Wind; however, some parts on the treatment of women were vulgar for no good reason, in my opinion. I still loved the story and the writing in general. The story is very creative. I gave it 4 stars. It's from the books I would want to reread and see what I'll think the second time. I plan to one day read the second book in the series, Angel's Game. I have not read Master and Commander yet, but I've been meaning to read it for years. I'm looking forward to hear your thoughts when you read it.

I am a pretty extreme mood reader but I allow reviews to influence me and some challenges. Also, I am in a banned book club so there are some pretty intense reads for that. I like to have about 5 books going so I can choose which I am in the mood for and pick it up and read. In other words, if one of my current reads is sad, one scary, one thought provoking, I can decide what mood I am in. I like to have one audiobook going and one nonfiction and one spiritual and Bible reading. I also would like to read one poem everyday. I’m short, I love it all. Thanks for the video.

That book must have seriously small print.

That huge bookstore reminds me of a place in Maryland. Perhaps Bethesda?

Hi. This is pretty belated and off-topic, but I recently had a thought pertaining to "historical fiction." There's a book by George Saunders called Lincoln In The Bardo that I liked quite a bit. It was super odd for sure, but it impacted me. It's almost entirely fiction, but has actual writings from the period interspersed throughout. The audio book was wonderfully performed.

Just read "Beloved". A must read.

Such an interesting topic. I’m more on the mood reader spectrum but I try to watch the prizes and pick up something from the big ones. This year I went out on a limb and judged the first and second rounds of the BookTube Prize (fiction then nonfiction). That locked me into some TBR schedule since there were a lot of pages and a set time to finish. I’ve also made room for some big tomes for various book clubs. So I guess I try to mix it up. 😂

I try to plan my reading, but I'm not very good at it. I like the planning but I will get inspired to read something else that doesn't fit the plan. Booktube influences what books I consider reading in my future and of course I make videos, though it doesn't shape what i read specifically.

Sounds like you need to watch Derry Girls she’s hilarious in it

I am definitely on the most moody side of the mood reader slide. The only planned reads I have are my bookclub reads and those only because I am the one choosing the books. And then again, if the book doesn’t grab me I don’t read it. To pick a next book is so difficult. Sometimes I have an idea and I start it and nope no no not going to read this now. Other times I have no idea what to start. So I am always starting several books and seeing what sticks. I want to participate in booktube events but the idea of having to abide by even the most loose rules (like, read one non fiction book) is just 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ I did read a historical fiction book in June as that is my favorite genre 😂 I mean, I love history but even reading one non fiction in three months of a specific time period is too much. It sometimes is very upsetting to me not to be able to just pick up a book and finish it because it’s next on the list. Ah well, here’s to new reading adventures 😊

I'm anxiously awaiting your opinion on The Sparrow!

I am DEFINITELY super “floaty” and just read what hits me at the moment. That said, my TBR is 99% from Booktubers. I may start a book and might have the next book planned, then when I finish book 1 I completely change my mind on book 2 and go with something else. This is almost the complete opposite of how I am in my personal and work life! 😂

I know this was about mood reading, but I loved the reminder to pick books to read with friends! It does make reading so much more fun to read it with a friend, but I always forget to! My biggest constraint has always been just what became available at the library. I always have at least 10 audiobooks or ebooks to pick from that I then choose whichever fits the mood!

I am a mood reader, with some guidelines. I have a big tbr set up for 4-6 months (I don't read a lot in 1 year) and I pick up what I feel like I want to read from that tbr. I also don't put pressure on myself to read the entire tbr. Whatever is left unread in those months, naturally passes on my next 4-6 months tbr. Lol I hope it makes sense. I do that in order not to get lost when I look at my shelves. Outside my shelves, I'm also influenced by booktube and my day to day life. For instance, I recently found out (to my shame 😅) that the films I am Legend (with Will Smith) and The Mist (which is also a favourite film of mine) are book adaptations. I was so baffled and excited at the same time, that I had to purchase them and include both in my "before 2024 ends" tbr.

Aaackk!! So cute!! 🤩

I read happy place by Emily Henry when I was on vacation it was brilliant

Hi, Shelly greetings from Glasgow Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

😍 gorgeous

I am influenced by book tube. I do multiple book challenges am a member of 2 book clubs so I often read to match the prompts but try to suit my taste. I do try to do several genres, and of course have favorite authors. Trying to read authors from other countries and books that have been translated, so I do have my lists. II buy books at book sales, thrifts stores and utilize the Free Little Libraries. I use the library and LIbby, especially for audio. I usually have at least 1 audio book and 1 hard copy book, but often multiple. I have tried not to do too many at the same time, as I will not remember or confuse the books some. Reading is so great and the activity surrounding it is my new hobby.

I have no mood reading I'm so complicated when chosing a book 💀💀💀

I love that you made a video on this! I’ve been thinking about mood reading and how to define it. I like your idea that it’s a spectrum. I love picking up some books for projects and planning a bit but then also letting spontaneous reads come into my life too. I’m always influenced by booktube recommendations and things people reference offhand and also literature referenced within books I’m reading!

Hi! Interesting video! I generally read 5 or 6 books at once - a regular mystery, a historical mystery, a fantasy, a spy thriller and whatever strikes my fancy. Reading strictly from a list would turn a pleasurable experience into a chore for me. Lately, I have been binge reading the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I never would have thought I'd like vampires and werewolves and monsters! I gave it a shot, thanks to booktube and am thoroughly enjoying them!! Iain Pears definitely needs to go in my PoP!! Thank you!!

I generally like to switch between fiction and non-fiction, but its not always strictly in that order. Also after reading a dense book (either length or challenging read) i like to pick up a small book in between. (These small books are mostly dominated by the brilliant short penguin modern classics).

What a great discussion! I really want to try the audio of Dutch House at some point. Year of Wonders is fascinating. I’m so glad you picked it up.

I'm a total mood reader. I have an incredibly long TBR list from booktubers and podcasts. I'm a huge proponent of public libraries. I always check the new book shelves first and usually pick at least 2 from there (according to mood and recs.😊) I normally have 1 audio and one physical book going all the time.

I'm a total mood reader. I'll be in the middle of a book and in the mood for a certain book, but by the time I finish my current read, I no longer want to read the one I did a few days. I wish I could plan out my monthly reads, but if I do, I end up in a reading slump.

I have a LOOSE list of what i want to read each month, which includes buddy reads and Booktube events. The bad thing abt mood reading is if in start reading a few pages of my buddy read and then feel like "oh no... this definitely isn't what I want to read right now. 😅" sometimes I'll push through but that is SO HARD. And i feel it's a disservice to the book. But also sometimes i throw out the list or add to it on a whim such as my Dune reread when the Part 2 movie came out. I hadn't planning on the reread but once i saw the movie i was like "Yes!! This is what i want to read right now."

I tend to read smaller texts first. By the authors I have already read first. Or if I've started series, finish said series.... But then I've got bullied into reading 2 other series that I haven't planned to: Avatar and Dune. So basically I currently read 1 book from each 4 series I've started as well as mixing with like 20 manga series I'm yet to finish 😅😅😅

i'm not very deep into booktube so this is the first time i've heard the term, but your explanation of mood reading sounds like how i pick out books also, entirely unrelated, the doctors have told me that my brain is absolutely riddled with ADHD

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Okay, so I loved In Memoriam and James, what's going on?!?!? I hated My Antonia so there's something that's on form, but are our tastes changing? Are they converging?!!?

Thank you Bhaiya 😊❤ You should also read Goat days (Fiction) by Benyamin .

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Those shoes look comfy and I love your style, but sorry to say imo I don’t think they are very flattering. Some not so clunky, chunky sandals would work better. Imo of course.

Damn you’re gorgeous 😍

The new mic sounds really good! I also didn’t get along with Murakami. Hope you enjoy The Daughter of Fortune! I’ve been to a Parlor Doughnuts and it was really good. What a great haul!

really glad to see ur enjoying berserk, i would also recommend watching the 97 anime once you are done w Golden Age (if you would like) also, if its not too much trouble, would you be able to mark chapters in the video for sections you cover/ differentiating thoughts?

Thank you for the recommendations! I also loved The Dutch House and Perfume! I would like to recommend Paulette Jiles, especially News of the World! Hope you check it out.