steph u’re literally my fav person ever. i’ve been at home this whole week bc i got sick with covid and u posting daily vlogmas is genuinely helping me to get better. like i can be crying bc of such bad fever but when i think abt having the ability to watch ur vids - i’m sat and ready. u’re just so motivational, effortlessly funny and nice. i don’t think i’d ever feel so comfortable with a youtuber more than i do with u. swiftie, harrie and books & coffee lover. the best type of a person. i just hope u know how much u’ve helped me (and for sure other ppl) and i’m so proud of u and the fact that u keep going with those vlogs. i literally feel like i’m ur bestie. everytime i don’t know what to read there’s a steph vid that will help me to choose and find new books i can fall in love with. it’s like an invisible string tying u to me, isn’t it? keep motivated steph i love u so much and thank u for everything aaa!!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
These vlogs are like we're Facetiming! Loving every second. I have to listen to music whilst I read. I focus on the book and the music is in the background. But the music levels up the reading experience. Especially when the songs match the vibe of the book. I will then place certain songs with certain scenes in the book, so listening to the song again reminds me of those characters and the scene from that book! It levels up the emotions and the characters! Especially with a matching playlist.
"I see someone I know, I see someone I know" "I'm turning around, walking the opposite direction" (Me all the way) It's giving small town. Your love for small town books. I see the pattern 😉 Love you Steph 💖💖💖
I’m glad someone else agrees about reading in silence!! Whenever we’d have free time in class in like elementary/middle school I’d try to read so hard but would sit there going over the same page over and over again because people wouldn’t stop talking lol
I agree wholeheartedly about the cafe/inn thing - I’d love a bookstore that has a little cafe inside with baked goods and I would decorate the walls with local/thrifted art and the front window would be decorated based on the season. and cozy little reading nooks throughout the store. my dream
these videos are the best & I'm a silent reader like you. Like you said, when there is music blasting in my ears, I literally cannot comprehend a single word.
These videos feel like a little facetime session with a friend - thank you for making them! Also, a question for your next video, what is your favourite micro-trope(s)? Mine is very oddly specific : when the MMC has haphephobia but puts it aside because he's so desprate to touch the FMC! Folds me every time without fail
Answers to questions: 1. Can’t read with music!! Need to be immersed 2. I think a cafe / book store combo would be ur calling fr 3. I’m a student working towards becoming a doctor! Love your videos!!!
Steph you should try listening to brown noise if you're reading in public or a noisy area. I do this at work and it blocks out every other noise but doesn't distract me when I read. ❤
i’m literally watching this video while i read idk how i can focus on both at once but i also am always listening to music while reading because it sets the scene
i think today was my favorite vlog since the beggining of vlogmas ❤️ love watching you do christmas activities and talking to us, feels like facetiming a friend :)
Don't be overwhelmed doing the vlogmas, we don't want the perfect vlog we just want yours version❤ You're doing so good, we can legit watch you sitting there doing nothing too (Did i sound creepy) you know what i mean! Be Happy ❤
“I see someone I know. I see someone I know. I’m walking the other way” 😂 love it!! ❤️ To answer all of your questions: - My family doesn’t do cookies for Christmas we always have pecan pie and apple pie and really big candy canes - I read with instrumental music in the background or else I won’t be able to focus on the book 😅😂 - I am currently a preschool teacher and I am studying to become a psychologist
I'm definitely a silent reader! I will never understand how people can comprehend what they're reading with noise LOL! I also love my grandmothers Hershey kiss cookies (seems similar to what you described your mother making) :)) have a good night, steph! edit: dream job is to own a bookstore cafe! I wanna give people everything I've dreamed of in one space. I'd also love to be a writer, or do travel work.
15:00 I either read in silence or if I can’t focus on the book and keep getting distracted I usually play some instrumental music for the vibe of the book
I've currently got my dream job! I'm a bookseller at a used bookstore in a small college town (where the Jonas Brothers just visited, so that totally felt like a book)!
I love to read and try many methods but my favorite is to read in silence or with classical music as background noise (mainly to block out noises )or to set the tone of my fantasy books
i read in silence or replay the same song over and over again because it kinda relates to the book and then when i listen to book later i end up associating it with a book idk sometimes its a random song that doesn't relates to the book but they just go together in my head so ill read and listen but sometimes i cant handle any sound cause it disrupts my imagination and thoughts
18:20 that’s honestly such a hard question because there’s literally so many different things you can do like how am I supposed to only pick one, the thought of it actually makes me sick to my stomach 🧍♀️
I always listen to music while reading, I listen to playlists that fit the vibe of the book. Sometimes I get distracted and start singing along, but I love it😂❤
my family usually do a huge cookie day where we make like 4-6 different cookies but my faves are always the Mexican wedding cookies! they're so cute and look like little snowballs :) also i am definitely with you on the whole reading in silence thing. i can't concentrate when there's background noise
these vlogs are so comforting 🫶 this is making me want to bake cookies!! if I'm listening to music while reading it has to be instrumental, I cannot comprehend words on the page if there's lyrics in the songs LOL
I listen to playlists that match the mood. I put the music really low as a controlled noise, bc if I hear outside things like people talking then I’m distracted
15:02 i listen to instrumental, soundtracks and classical music when reading! i read in silence though when i really need to concentrate on something. i rarely ever watch a youtube video, but sometimes i watch Maditales’ (Madita) reading videos so i can have a reading buddy when i need motivation to read!
I can’t choose what I wanna do with my life, there are so many cool possibilities that I don’t wanna choose one and dismiss the others! I think that is partly why I love reading so much, it allows me to “live” or experience all these different lives of the characters. Right now I’m still a student, doing a double major in neurobiology and artificial intelligence, so either i’ll end up being a software/robotics engineer in the neuroscience direction or I’d love to open a bakery book-cafe. It would basically be a bookstore (where you can buy books or maybe even ‘loan’ books to read like a library) with a cafe that has delicious lil treats and coffees (including matcha cause that’s my favorite:) ). The whole ambiance would be super cozy, with big poofy chairs and couches, some soft instrumental music in the background, and I would organize events there. Events like an author coming to read a paragraph of their book, a themed night where treats/drinks/decorations are all inspired by the book (or book series) of the evening, and bookclub meetings to discuss everyone’s thoughts about a book!
A small tip from a skincare enthusiast, when applying hyaluronic acid, it works the most effectively and feels less sticky if it is applied on a slightly damp face! I started doing this last year and it's been a game-changer :)
I'm definitely a silent listener..can't have ANYTHING going on in the background or I'm just gonna put the book down.. I'm going to a Madison beer concert in June!!! Can't wait!!
We obviesly love the vlogs a lot, but you and your mental health are more important, so I hope you don't get too stressed. We appreciate everything you're doing, so thank you 💞
I read with music soft in the background because then it’s like watching a movie with a soundtrack. I think it makes the book feel so much more real and intense
Your dream is so wholesome A part of me will forever want to be a writer in London but another part of me wants to be a mathematician and focus on math for the rest of my life
I can read in most environments I just zone out of real life and into the book BUT my all time fave way to read is listening to atmospheric classical music eeeeek it’s amazing ❤
in answer to the daily question I listen to music with no words in it while I read because otherwise my brain will focus on the lyrics instead of what I'm reading so a current fav on rotation is the nutcracker soundtrack, but I will say that I am writing letters to my long distance bsf as an xmas gift and I am listening to the vlogmas vids while I write
Just found your channel, and now I have to go back and watch all your videos, lol. To answer the question about the dream job. I always wanted to be a cop or join the military. Life got in the way though, but it's still a dream. I am a silent reader too, I just want to focus all of my attention on the story, especially if it's really good.
steph truly… like taylor swift saves life’s with her music 🎶❤ you save us⭐️ i really love you as a person you’re more than just a friend over social media🍄 love you
I listen to the same song on repeat when ever I read because then when I hear that song again it reminds me of that book. So there is a specific song for each book
Steph, here in Brazil, at least in my family, cookies aren’t super famous on Christmas, but we do do something called Pave, Brigadeirão or Strawberry merengue! It’s so good!! ❤
two questions i wanted to answer hehe 1. i am definitely a silent reading girlie, however i am really loving different fantasy ambiences that match the setting. the only exception that i listen to actual songs is when the song fits the book so well i can just kinda merge them lol (ex. can’t catch me now and tbosbas). 2. i’m currently in my last year of high school and am hoping to get into a university that specifies in live event production (basically concert production) and want to go into visual and stage design🥰
I don't have an specific cookie because my family don't make cookies for Christmas. Instead, we have hot chocolate with churros (I LOVE IT). We also eat nougat and polvorones. You have to try all these typical Spanish food at Christmas 😌
I almost always listen to music when i read i just love when there is a playlist made for the book and like listening to sad songs during sad scenes!!🥲
hey steph! my question for you is who are your favorite authors? and do you like it when movies or series inspired by books come out? you’re my favorite youtuber of all time 🩷 i love that you keep me company with your videos
An introverts perfect day : steph posting
i swear to god vlogmas is literally my favourite part of the day
I do appreciate that you didn’t prefilm for vlogmas because this just seems more intimate and personal like we’ve been on a FaceTime call everyday.
Omg people actually prefilm vlogmas?
they do🥲@@Rinaa11214
Listening to Olivia rodrigo is iconic
Halfway through? I love these!! Can't believe it's almost over 😢 Please do it again next year.
beachy winter vibes is a whole new necessity i didn't even knew i NEED✨
Its giving snow on the beach 🤍
This vlogmas just made 2023 much better to me please keep doing it 🥹😭💌🫶❤️
would you ever consider making a "dressing as book characters" video? i feel like you would totally nail it 🥹✨️
steph u’re literally my fav person ever. i’ve been at home this whole week bc i got sick with covid and u posting daily vlogmas is genuinely helping me to get better. like i can be crying bc of such bad fever but when i think abt having the ability to watch ur vids - i’m sat and ready. u’re just so motivational, effortlessly funny and nice. i don’t think i’d ever feel so comfortable with a youtuber more than i do with u. swiftie, harrie and books & coffee lover. the best type of a person. i just hope u know how much u’ve helped me (and for sure other ppl) and i’m so proud of u and the fact that u keep going with those vlogs. i literally feel like i’m ur bestie. everytime i don’t know what to read there’s a steph vid that will help me to choose and find new books i can fall in love with. it’s like an invisible string tying u to me, isn’t it? keep motivated steph i love u so much and thank u for everything aaa!!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
These vlogs are like we're Facetiming! Loving every second. I have to listen to music whilst I read. I focus on the book and the music is in the background. But the music levels up the reading experience. Especially when the songs match the vibe of the book. I will then place certain songs with certain scenes in the book, so listening to the song again reminds me of those characters and the scene from that book! It levels up the emotions and the characters! Especially with a matching playlist.
"I see someone I know, I see someone I know" "I'm turning around, walking the opposite direction"
(Me all the way)
It's giving small town. Your love for small town books. I see the pattern 😉
Love you Steph 💖💖💖
i feel so grateful to be here on your channel after so long!!! you’re like my older sister steph 🥹
I need Christmas longer just to see Steph everyday, she is my calm moment on my day 🥹🩷
I’m glad someone else agrees about reading in silence!! Whenever we’d have free time in class in like elementary/middle school I’d try to read so hard but would sit there going over the same page over and over again because people wouldn’t stop talking lol
Steph's Vlogmas is literally the only thing getting me through this week's finals, THANK YOU SO MUCHHH ❤️❤️
I agree wholeheartedly about the cafe/inn thing - I’d love a bookstore that has a little cafe inside with baked goods and I would decorate the walls with local/thrifted art and the front window would be decorated based on the season. and cozy little reading nooks throughout the store. my dream
i’ve literally set an alarm for these😭😭
these videos are the best & I'm a silent reader like you. Like you said, when there is music blasting in my ears, I literally cannot comprehend a single word.
These videos feel like a little facetime session with a friend - thank you for making them! Also, a question for your next video, what is your favourite micro-trope(s)? Mine is very oddly specific : when the MMC has haphephobia but puts it aside because he's so desprate to touch the FMC! Folds me every time without fail
vlogmas has become my comfort show 🤍
Answers to questions:
1. Can’t read with music!! Need to be immersed
2. I think a cafe / book store combo would be ur calling fr
3. I’m a student working towards becoming a doctor!
Love your videos!!!
watched this while making cookies and it literally felt like we were baking together!!🥰
Steph you should try listening to brown noise if you're reading in public or a noisy area. I do this at work and it blocks out every other noise but doesn't distract me when I read. ❤
i second this!! the 12 hr brown noise machine is my favourite on spotify 🙌
I actually listen to ASMR while I read! Not food ASMR or anything but like tapping or scratching or something. It's soothing!!
you and your videos bring me so much comfort it’s actually insane
I usually read when its silent because it feels more peaceful and its a easier way to comprehend things.
I am living vicariously through your vlogmas! ❤
you feel like such a big sister to me i actually love u so much. ur vlogs are so healing
i’m literally watching this video while i read idk how i can focus on both at once
but i also am always listening to music while reading because it sets the scene
i think today was my favorite vlog since the beggining of vlogmas ❤️ love watching you do christmas activities and talking to us, feels like facetiming a friend :)
I am absolutely a silent reader, I could never get on the trend of listening to a playlist while reading
I'm taking so much inspiration from these vlogs - keep up the good work girl!!! You're killing it!
as and introvert steph posting is my favourite time of day, love u steph
I read in silence or with classical musical in the background (if there's noise), that's why I love to read at night or early in the morning
Don't be overwhelmed doing the vlogmas, we don't want the perfect vlog we just want yours version❤ You're doing so good, we can legit watch you sitting there doing nothing too (Did i sound creepy) you know what i mean! Be Happy ❤
“I see someone I know. I see someone I know. I’m walking the other way” 😂 love it!! ❤️ To answer all of your questions:
- My family doesn’t do cookies for Christmas we always have pecan pie and apple pie and really big candy canes
- I read with instrumental music in the background or else I won’t be able to focus on the book 😅😂
- I am currently a preschool teacher and I am studying to become a psychologist
I love so much your vlogs and I wish you could do it all year round (or just week vlogs, but I love every single vlog you post) 🤍🤍🤍
I'm definitely a silent reader! I will never understand how people can comprehend what they're reading with noise LOL! I also love my grandmothers Hershey kiss cookies (seems similar to what you described your mother making) :)) have a good night, steph!
edit: dream job is to own a bookstore cafe! I wanna give people everything I've dreamed of in one space. I'd also love to be a writer, or do travel work.
Me tediously counting down the seconds till you post ❤
Your videos are my absolute favorite!!
Tysm for doing vlogmas
Honestly I want vlogmas every month
ur vlogmas very much gives off snow on the beach taylor vibes
15:00 I either read in silence or if I can’t focus on the book and keep getting distracted I usually play some instrumental music for the vibe of the book
Steph is officially queen of vlogmas this year!
I've currently got my dream job! I'm a bookseller at a used bookstore in a small college town (where the Jonas Brothers just visited, so that totally felt like a book)!
I love to read and try many methods but my favorite is to read in silence or with classical music as background noise (mainly to block out noises )or to set the tone of my fantasy books
i listen to my fav movie soundtracks while i read hahah-like purely music only no words
when i read i love to have like a fireplace or rain noises! especially during christmas, i’ll find a lil christmas theme background!
i read in silence or replay the same song over and over again because it kinda relates to the book and then when i listen to book later i end up associating it with a book idk sometimes its a random song that doesn't relates to the book but they just go together in my head so ill read and listen but sometimes i cant handle any sound cause it disrupts my imagination and thoughts
thank you for helping me feel less alone this month, you mean so much to us
18:20 that’s honestly such a hard question because there’s literally so many different things you can do like how am I supposed to only pick one, the thought of it actually makes me sick to my stomach 🧍♀️
You're so real for turning around when spotting someone you know😂😂😭 The cookies 😍👏🏼 Ps update us on The Christmas Fix!
I'm excited every single day to watch your videos 🌷❤️
I always listen to music while reading, I listen to playlists that fit the vibe of the book. Sometimes I get distracted and start singing along, but I love it😂❤
my family usually do a huge cookie day where we make like 4-6 different cookies but my faves are always the Mexican wedding cookies! they're so cute and look like little snowballs :) also i am definitely with you on the whole reading in silence thing. i can't concentrate when there's background noise
these vlogs are so comforting 🫶 this is making me want to bake cookies!! if I'm listening to music while reading it has to be instrumental, I cannot comprehend words on the page if there's lyrics in the songs LOL
the influence this vlogmas has on me-
i ate a pb and jelly sandwich for the first time and now i want to go pottery painting
I'm gonna miss vlogmas so much. I don't want it to end. Steph, you should be a daily vlogger gurl 😭😭😭
I listen to playlists that match the mood. I put the music really low as a controlled noise, bc if I hear outside things like people talking then I’m distracted
5:41 the fact youre a country music fan, just makes me love u more ❤
15:02 i listen to instrumental, soundtracks and classical music when reading!
i read in silence though when i really need to concentrate on something.
i rarely ever watch a youtube video, but sometimes i watch Maditales’ (Madita) reading videos so i can have a reading buddy when i need motivation to read!
I can’t choose what I wanna do with my life, there are so many cool possibilities that I don’t wanna choose one and dismiss the others! I think that is partly why I love reading so much, it allows me to “live” or experience all these different lives of the characters. Right now I’m still a student, doing a double major in neurobiology and artificial intelligence, so either i’ll end up being a software/robotics engineer in the neuroscience direction or I’d love to open a bakery book-cafe. It would basically be a bookstore (where you can buy books or maybe even ‘loan’ books to read like a library) with a cafe that has delicious lil treats and coffees (including matcha cause that’s my favorite:) ). The whole ambiance would be super cozy, with big poofy chairs and couches, some soft instrumental music in the background, and I would organize events there. Events like an author coming to read a paragraph of their book, a themed night where treats/drinks/decorations are all inspired by the book (or book series) of the evening, and bookclub meetings to discuss everyone’s thoughts about a book!
The instant serotonin I get when the notification pops up that these vlogs are posted is actually crazy 💗💗
15:04 I listen to ambience videos like fire crackling or light rain and put the volume on 3. That’s the only thing I listen to while I read.
A small tip from a skincare enthusiast, when applying hyaluronic acid, it works the most effectively and feels less sticky if it is applied on a slightly damp face! I started doing this last year and it's been a game-changer :)
i love listening to music while i’m reading
I always listen to lo-fi! Then I get some tunes without any words, best of both worlds
Studying for my math exam and Steph’s video is the only thing keeping me sane
I literally shed tears of joy when you upload a new vlogmas video 😞🫶🏻💗
Eeeek my favorite night routine is watching your vlogmas!!💌🫶🏻
Your harry styles concert vlog was the first video I watched!! And I became a big fan of you immediately and started following you everywhere
I'm definitely a silent listener..can't have ANYTHING going on in the background or I'm just gonna put the book down..
I'm going to a Madison beer concert in June!!! Can't wait!!
always read with music but i use premade playlists for the books - sometimes helps w the vibe
We obviesly love the vlogs a lot, but you and your mental health are more important, so I hope you don't get too stressed. We appreciate everything you're doing, so thank you 💞
I read with music soft in the background because then it’s like watching a movie with a soundtrack. I think it makes the book feel so much more real and intense
vlogmas is literally the best part of my day also im obsessed with this sweaterrrr
Your dream is so wholesome
A part of me will forever want to be a writer in London but another part of me wants to be a mathematician and focus on math for the rest of my life
So happy you’re doing vlogmas as I really love your vlogs!! I look forward to 12pm everyday!
I can read in most environments I just zone out of real life and into the book BUT my all time fave way to read is listening to atmospheric classical music eeeeek it’s amazing ❤
please vlog more after vlogmas, this is my favoriete part of my evening
in answer to the daily question I listen to music with no words in it while I read because otherwise my brain will focus on the lyrics instead of what I'm reading so a current fav on rotation is the nutcracker soundtrack, but I will say that I am writing letters to my long distance bsf as an xmas gift and I am listening to the vlogmas vids while I write
these vlogs are such a boost of serotonin right before going to bed 💖
i love reading whilst listening to soundtracks so no lyrics - especially fantasy scores with fantasy books 10/10
Just found your channel, and now I have to go back and watch all your videos, lol. To answer the question about the dream job. I always wanted to be a cop or join the military. Life got in the way though, but it's still a dream. I am a silent reader too, I just want to focus all of my attention on the story, especially if it's really good.
My most important and favorite point every day is watching Steph's video, which is my daily routine😍❤️❤️
Found your channel yesterday and have basically binged all videos up until now 😂❤
steph truly… like taylor swift saves life’s with her music 🎶❤ you save us⭐️ i really love you as a person you’re more than just a friend over social media🍄 love you
Been loving vlogmas Steph!! I watch yesterday’s episode every morning while getting ready for work!
I listen to the same song on repeat when ever I read because then when I hear that song again it reminds me of that book. So there is a specific song for each book
my day has been made! oh how i love steph’s vlogs 🫶🏼🫶🏼
Finally ive been watching ur videos since u started and i loveee ur videos so much steph keep going u are the sweetest person ever
Turning around when you see someone you know in public, is so damn relatable 😅
Steph, here in Brazil, at least in my family, cookies aren’t super famous on Christmas, but we do do something called Pave, Brigadeirão or Strawberry merengue! It’s so good!! ❤
two questions i wanted to answer hehe
1. i am definitely a silent reading girlie, however i am really loving different fantasy ambiences that match the setting. the only exception that i listen to actual songs is when the song fits the book so well i can just kinda merge them lol (ex. can’t catch me now and tbosbas).
2. i’m currently in my last year of high school and am hoping to get into a university that specifies in live event production (basically concert production) and want to go into visual and stage design🥰
I don't have an specific cookie because my family don't make cookies for Christmas. Instead, we have hot chocolate with churros (I LOVE IT). We also eat nougat and polvorones. You have to try all these typical Spanish food at Christmas 😌
omg hot chocolate with churros is literally heaven on earth (I'm portuguese btw 😊)
I almost always listen to music when i read i just love when there is a playlist made for the book and like listening to sad songs during sad scenes!!🥲
i need it to be vlogmas every day of the year just to see your vlogs steph
My favorite Christmas cookie is the peermint brownie cookie from Crumbl that came out two weeks ago. The frozen hot cocoa one is really good too.
hey steph! my question for you is who are your favorite authors? and do you like it when movies or series inspired by books come out?
you’re my favorite youtuber of all time 🩷 i love that you keep me company with your videos
We make the same typical German Christmas cookies every year and my favorite has to be 'Rumkugeln'. Little chocolate balls with a bit of rum. So good!
Loving the vlogs!! 🫶🏻🥰
question of the day: how did you build the confidence to do things alone?