ADDRESSING READER GUILT 😰 & COZY TIMES ☕ // reading vlog #3

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • Welcome to another weekly reading vlog! In this one I read a bit, go to a ballet show and draw tons. Aside from having a warm and cosy time, I also have some booktube real talk and adress some guilt I have been feeling around reading and being a slow reader. Hope you enjoy!
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    - If We Were Villains by ML Rio
    - 1984 by George Orwell
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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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Комментарии • 93

  • @booksforsarah2197
    @booksforsarah2197 4 года назад +107

    "your love for reading is not tied to how much you read, but how much you enjoy it" I LOVE this sentiment!! Especially when we see so many people reading 10+ books a month. You really hit the nail on the head here

  • @sarahsperusals
    @sarahsperusals 4 года назад +80

    omg THANK YOU for talking about how your love for reading does not equate to how many books you read. it's so easy to get caught up with numbers, especially on booktube. it's reassuring to hear!!!

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +7

      thank you, it's good to talk about these things :)

  • @emilyannn
    @emilyannn 4 года назад +44

    Queen of posting during my lunch break

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +3

      hahaha it's meant to be!

  • @danielle3308
    @danielle3308 4 года назад +21

    Your vlogs are so aesthetically pleasing and cozy! I love them! I really like how you tell us what you're doing and your art! I think if you just keep doing what makes you happy for these vlogs we will all still really enjoy them! Also props to you for going to a dance class like that. That took guts!

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      thank you so much, that means a lot to me :) I will keep doing what I'm doing!

  • @emmiereads
    @emmiereads 4 года назад +5

    Living for these reading vlogs, they're so cozy and beautiful, also yes love your bookmarks - I used to do ballet too and going to dance classes now intimidate me too because everyone's so good and watches you but you definitely inspire me to get back into it! loved this

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +2

      thank you so much ^^ and yes I hope you pick up dancing again! the only way to become better is to go through the awkward stage :)

  • @robynraven508
    @robynraven508 4 года назад +15

    Love your ideas on reading guilt! I totally agree but it's sometimes hard to remember..

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +3

      Yes it's good to have a little reminder sometimes :)

  • @BasicallyBrittx
    @BasicallyBrittx 4 года назад +30

    Okay so you're playing background music that they also use in the Titanic film and now I'm desperate for a rewatch hahah
    omg that ballet looked so cool!!
    9:49 that transition though

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +3

      woww i don't know it was from titanic hahaha

    • @DrinkingByMyShelf
      @DrinkingByMyShelf 4 года назад +1

      Waaaait that’s my fave film which song was from titanic I can’t believe I didn’t recognise it

  • @lithium9004
    @lithium9004 4 года назад +9

    I really love your vlogs, they give me a lot of peace while I'm entertained and that's why you're my favorite booktuber. Thank you for making videos ❤️❤️

  • @worldsofsugar
    @worldsofsugar 4 года назад +4

    If We Were Villains was my favorite standalone of last year. I'm pretty sure I was a hazard on the road driving to campus right after finishing it because I was crying so much. Glad you enjoyed it too!

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +2

      haha I can totally image all the crying

  • @dafullymad365
    @dafullymad365 4 года назад +4

    This is the first time i discover a ''booktuber'' and i gotta say that your content is really entertaining and chill, i really enjoy watching this to feel a little bit more relaxed, thanks for making this!

  • @SabinesBookNook
    @SabinesBookNook 4 года назад +3

    THOSE BOOKMARKS UGH 😍

  • @legendaryreader39
    @legendaryreader39 4 года назад +7

    Your bookmarks are amazing! 😍 You should totally sell them.

  • @heatherlydia4728
    @heatherlydia4728 4 года назад +2

    I take a ballet and tap class every week and I also feel embarrassed that I’m not the best but it’s always so much fun 😂 I love it after I’m done.

  • @QueenCNow
    @QueenCNow 4 года назад +3

    Same, same same 🙌🏾, i also notices that i also have guilt about changing a book, yesterday i put a post on my instagram about a book i was going to read for the backlistreadathon , 10 minuttes in it, i changed my mind a read what i just feel like reading, but i did feel a little shame about it, like im not allowed to change my mind, a realise how many rules i sometime put on reading, when its just suppose to be a fun hobby. So im trying no rule this month, and slowly ride of guilt and shame, when i dont read X amount books a month or week.

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      oof yeah I recognise that

  • @legomaster9190
    @legomaster9190 4 года назад +1

    We were just talking about this with a classmate of mine, how we kinda want to read more and almost are too stern with ourselves when we don't do that. I also feel that, in some occations, the readers are pressured (I don't know by who) to read faster and more, without actually enjoying the book we are currently going through. Just finish it up already and move to next one... I mean, it's fine if you are fast reader or you had a good reading month etc. but you can definitely take it slowly also. That is your right, as a reader.

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +2

      yes exactely! and 'by who' is I think the most interesting question to ask here

  • @languagepolicy
    @languagepolicy 4 года назад +3

    I love your Scottish trousers 😍 👖
    This daily vlog it was very interesting, fun and a bit intimate. Thanks for show me part of your beautiful life 😘 📚

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +2

      thank you for your kind words!

  • @anddestroyit2654
    @anddestroyit2654 4 года назад +1

    I’m loving all this content you’re putting out, it’s great to have you back :)

  • @nazifapromi3186
    @nazifapromi3186 4 года назад

    Ive been taking my time with the night circus and I think I’ve been really loving it cause I’m soaking it all in and then thinking about what I’ve read. After reading so fast Jan and Feb, I think this was much needed

  • @theofficialbooknerd4476
    @theofficialbooknerd4476 4 года назад +1

    I am a dancer and I love Giselle so much! I hope you enjoy modern dance because it gets really fun the more you do it.

  • @golivia8084
    @golivia8084 4 года назад +3

    I'm a little sad that you're not enjoying 1984 but there are some other earlier dystopians that might feel less generic; We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and Kallocain by Karin Boye both have *something else* thrown in. They don't get enough love I think. Really enjoying these vlogs btw!

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +4

      I finished 1983 yesterday and I did actually reallly enjoy it! I didn't really take the time in this vlog to talk about the parts that I did enjoy but I will talk about it in my march wrap up!

  • @pagesandpeaches
    @pagesandpeaches 4 года назад +1

    loved this reading vlog!! your bookmarks are so pretty!! this definitely inspired me to draw more

  • @laura22m.24
    @laura22m.24 4 года назад

    Your videos are so relaxing and aesthetically pleasing.

  • @akashhingu7617
    @akashhingu7617 4 года назад

    I really appreciate that last point you made that it's not about how many books you read justifies you as intellectual or smart..other book enthusiasts have gone too far in making people feel guilty and shame for not reading up to the astronomical standard they set...even some of them get aggressive that you feel like..sh!t they gonna crucify you if you do not read 100 books a day.

  • @AreFlamingosPink
    @AreFlamingosPink 4 года назад

    I'm so happy that you're back, you were always my favourite booktuber!

  • @believeme6707
    @believeme6707 4 года назад +1

    Poetry recommendation
    1) Haiku World by Kuo Kenih
    2) Shells in my cupboard by Kuo Kenih.

  • @darkacademiacafe8238
    @darkacademiacafe8238 4 года назад +1

    your hair looks so soft in your first clip how do you even manage to do that oof i’m so glad you are enjoying reading if we were villains, people usually hate it or love it and it’s nice to see you’re on the love side 👀 and girl!!!! those bookmarks!!!!! loved the vlog, the music was everything x

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      I think I just washed haha. And yes I'm 100% on the love side!

  • @manoeksbooknook
    @manoeksbooknook 4 года назад +1

    Okay but I need to know where all your pants are from tho, because I stan all of those outfits 😍
    Would love to see a ballet show one day! 😍 And yayy for you picking up your dance class again!
    I read 1984 last year and it was so NOT my thing 😂

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      the blue one is from monki (they have a lot of this style pant) and the green one is vintage. Vintage stores usually stock many of these trousers!

  • @-SumaiyaSiddika
    @-SumaiyaSiddika 3 года назад

    I also love enjoying a book rather than just only reading it🧡.Sameeee🥰

  • @karolinamikeskova8043
    @karolinamikeskova8043 4 года назад +1

    I just finished 1984 this weekend! And also, great video, as usual =-)

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      what a coincidence! and thank you!

  • @scribblenook4705
    @scribblenook4705 4 года назад

    You know the saying "get lost in a book " ? Yeah. I get lost a lot just by watching you. 😍

  • @ottoismy1dog
    @ottoismy1dog 4 года назад +1

    It may sound clich'e, but any content that you make is worth watching. also, I love the chaotic-college-professor-look !!

  • @julielocktree
    @julielocktree 4 года назад +1

    Love your vlogs!

  • @joshuabanjarnahor8125
    @joshuabanjarnahor8125 4 года назад +1

    Do you enjoy reading e-books? If so, what is your e-books collection?

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      i don't read ebooks actually :)

  • @marcherwitch9811
    @marcherwitch9811 4 года назад

    you're also reading suuuuper intense high brow books! like hon, read something chill alongside the... cranial books? is that a phrase? the philosophical type ones!

  • @mirasadie
    @mirasadie 4 года назад +1

    Love your videos! Thank you:)

  • @erinwilson6344
    @erinwilson6344 4 года назад +1

    I only recently found your channel and I've watched all your videos! I've been selfishly hoping you'd upload another vlog :D thank you for uploading. Also your bookmarks are beautiful!

  • @user-bo3wz7gv1o
    @user-bo3wz7gv1o 3 года назад

    OMG one of you BMG is Chinese classical music !!!!!!!! I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @duygu118
    @duygu118 4 года назад +2

    First of all I'm so happy you've started uploading more regularly so lovely to see you :) something I find people forget while reading 1984 is that while being dystopian it took inspiration from socialist Russia, so it's crazy to think that a lot of the shitty government things that happen here were a reality to some people back in the day

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      yes I noticed that too! It also kind of reminded me of north korea so it's almost like a prediction of the future

  • @rainydaysurvivor
    @rainydaysurvivor 4 года назад +1

    I can't believe you drew lettering without a sketch!

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      usually I do, but this time I was feeling confident haha

    • @rainydaysurvivor
      @rainydaysurvivor 4 года назад

      The Book Leo You're damn talented!

  • @DallasfanTen
    @DallasfanTen 4 года назад +2

    Initial reaction after reading 1984, depressing and wish I never read it. Looking back, glad I did.

  • @RLeVeriteArt
    @RLeVeriteArt 4 года назад +12

    How are you putting out so many videos in such a short amount of time? :O

  • @brittainxgoffy7989
    @brittainxgoffy7989 4 года назад

    I loved If We Were Villains, but the sexy in 1984 was too much for me and I had to DNF. I feel like the length of Villians was used to really build up to the ending, so I wouldn't delete anything, but to each their own.

  • @stevelawrence8945
    @stevelawrence8945 4 года назад +1

    Can you provide a recommendation as to what, in your opinion, is the best modern dystopian novel ?
    I am looking for a good cerebral "read" in that genere .....that is so good that you just hate to put down, etc.
    Any suggestions ?
    I liked "A Handmaid's Tale", and also "The Teststaments". But, didn't consider either one of them to be phenomenal.

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      I haven't read many dystopians but I did really enjoy Brave New World and A Clockwork Orange

  • @jessip8654
    @jessip8654 4 года назад +1

    I stopped playing lo-fi hip-hop to watch this and got really confused for a moment when the exact same song started playing here.

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      hahaha love lo-fi hip hop though

  • @nonfictionfeminist
    @nonfictionfeminist 4 года назад +1

    Love your filming and editing! Makes for such a gorgeous video. What white pen are you using? I've been looking for a good white pen to use for my journal

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +1

      thank you! and I actually used silver ink, not a white pen. but if you're looking for a white pen i recommend the uniball signo white!

  • @marianaacortes
    @marianaacortes 3 года назад

    Someone knows from what shop is the blue-orange pants of Leo? Thank you!

  • @BooksMichelle
    @BooksMichelle 4 года назад +1

    I spy a booktube bookswap in your bullet journal and I wonder what amazing people are going to be there..... 😏
    Girl your editing is ON POINT.

  • @junechevalier
    @junechevalier 4 года назад

    Rainy days are mood tbh, and btw since I'm new here, are you interested in reading a novel manuscript? I'm currently writing a fantasy novel atm and having a beta reader to discuss about the development of novels like worldbuilding and characters and the plot would be a blessing. If it sounds boring, it's alright, but if you're interested, I could send you the first few chapters to see if you wanna continue or not. Dankje in advance!

  • @joelle4658
    @joelle4658 4 года назад +1

    what do you listen to audiobooks with?

  • @seopark7467
    @seopark7467 4 года назад

    the thing that really made me get interested in 1984 is how flawed our point of view is. the lack of romantic language, the objectification of women, the self-aggrandization, all of it, points out how flawed Winston is as a person and why, ultimately, **SPOILER ALERT** he fails in disrupting the authoritarian government.

    • @seopark7467
      @seopark7467 4 года назад

      also also, I have a HUGE reading guilt type thing, because I inherently tied my identity to being a "reader" and a "literary" person, I die a little inside every time I look at what page I'm at. I'm desperately trying to accept myself as I am, and to remind myself that I am busy and that the other things I'm doing are valid. Loved this video and loved the message!

  • @hrafnhildurgumundsdottir4839
    @hrafnhildurgumundsdottir4839 4 года назад

    where do you buy your clothes??

  • @alireza3353
    @alireza3353 4 года назад

    love u

  • @JourneyToSimplicity
    @JourneyToSimplicity 4 года назад +1

    What's that Asian music? Sounds so interesting..

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  4 года назад +2

      it's a hip hop beat from the youtube audio library!

    • @JourneyToSimplicity
      @JourneyToSimplicity 4 года назад

      The Book Leo Thanks ✌️😁 I’ve been really enjoying your videos lately

  • @flklrvrmr
    @flklrvrmr 4 года назад

    I’m loving the vlogs, but you should stop the background music when you’re talking

  • @keyo3945
    @keyo3945 4 года назад +1

    I wish I was a girl 😥😥😥😥💔💔💔💔