Videos where you talk about books, editing, writing, etc. are my FAVORITE from you. You can see how passionate you are about this kind of stuff and I LOVE to see it ❤
I often hesitate to talk about books online because so many authors and series have realllyyyyy intense fans, but I do love reading sm and it would be fun to share more!
The passion you have for literature is so comforting. As someone who also falls in love with books and can talk for hours on end about them, I loved hearing about the history of your books and why you love the ones you do.
literally every time you stress about how long a video is Im like "it could be 9 hours, I'd literally watch the whole thing" but I actually do put your vlogs on and listen while Im also working for body doubling, it feels like when one of my friends comes over and we work on different things in the same room so literally thank you so much
you should get a photo album (like one for bigger photos 8x10) and put the greeting cards you are keeping in there… helps to keep them organized and also prevents them from getting ruined ❤
i was just telling my friend last week that even though you didn’t like the prologues episode you recorded & wanted to re-record it i’d have loved for you to just post the outtakes because i missed your content so much! this longer vlog was everything!!!
Your podcast girlies got you for the whole hour. Loved the deep dive into your collection and even walked away with some recommendations. Loved it and would love more book recs from you in the future if that was something you're interested in sharing!
MARY!! you should totally read hofas (crescent city 3)!! i think once it got out that there would be an acotar crossover people took that and ran with it and made it seem like the crossover was more prominent than it actually is. i personally think it's a casual crossover that focuses less on the characters crossing over and more on the worldbuilding and how sjm's worlds overlap and are all part of a grander history! the humor is SO funny and the story is just so beautiful and a really good end to bryce and hunt's story, i laughed out loud, i cried, i lost my shit, i can't recommend reading hofas enough!! (def recommend rereading the first two tho!) also such a good vid
I was in such a terrible, mean mood when RUclips recommended this video. I clicked on it, because I needed something to shut my brain off. Mary, you had me bawling when you read the Julian Barnes passage. I was not expecting to feel so deeply connected to you, but this whole video was so fun and wonderful. Books are such an anchor for me and you describing that same relationship to books was so powerful. Definitely subscribed, I cannot wait to watch more of your stuff. Thank you so much!!!
I’ve watched the video is phases because I’ve never had enough time to watch it at once but I wanted to watch it all! Please don’t let length stop you from posting, we are not upset with the length!
Hey Mary! Can you do an prologues episode on Jane Austen? I feel like even though i may have read some of her works in high school I don't have a full understanding of her impact and it would be so cool to here from your perspective as a english/lit major with your passion all about it!
LIVING for the moving prep! idc how long the video is, i'm going to watch it!! your book collection and taste is aspirational. and no lie, i added so many of the books you shared to my tbr
i dont know if i can articulate this correctly but i am super careful what content i consume from "influencers" but TRULY your content has always been SO comforting and relatable. you are such a dimensional gal!!! i love your love for books, journaling, emotions, and just life. and as always thank you for all your efforts in raising awareness on mental health!
Such a good video, definitely not too long! I am also about to move to Edinburgh and I cannot tell you how comforting it is to watch long cosy videos of someone going through a similar time as me ❤
Loved this! Also the Villa is SO good. Just listed to this as an audiobook on a road trip and I loved it. The vibes are Frankenstein/Mary Shelly, Fleetwood Mac, love triangles, murder, loved it.
I put this video on in the background as sort of a 'podcast' while i studied, it was perfect! I would love to see more book related videos from you like recommendations, faves, ect. :)
This video is a dream!! Love getting book recommendations & just seeing your eyes light up when you talk about books. As an English teacher there’s nothing I love more than seeing people be passionate about books🥲
I purchased Sirens & Muses because of your review on it and I love that book so much it made me cry at the end. You also inspired me to get the dictionary of lost words and I also really loved that book as well.
Can you do a reading vlog for the throne of glass series please? And also the crossover for CC and ACOTAR is done in a way that makes sense and isn’t annoying imo
the last bookshelf cleanout video became a comfort video for me and i can already feel this one going right up there with it i have watched this 3 times already 🤚🏻
I read Jane Eyre in college but in a gothic literature course. I definitely agree that it’s not romantic-I view it more like a creepy horror/gothic text but that’s also the lens I studied it through. It’s so cool how people can study these books in different lenses and views!
I love your long videos so much, you make great "videos to keep me company when I'm home alone". And I've been writing down so many titles from your keep pile to read myself! Ps. GIANT Inheritance Cycle and Artemis Fowl kid those were sooo good.
I threw this video on while doing my spring closet cleanout, and it was perfect! Loved hearing your thoughts about all the books and why you were keeping them or donating them.
Mary can I just say as a long time subscriber, I’m jealous of your friends for getting to have you as a friend! Haha! I wish more than anything that we could be friends. I just resonate so much with everything you are and say. I’m listening to one of your girl talk episodes on your podcast and you’re just speaking to everything I’m going through and needed to hear. You’re such a blessing. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us ❤ Also great video ❤
One of the first Tiktok videos of yours that I saw in 2021 was you talking about the ACOTAR series. I read it and fell back in love with reading. Three years later, you're my favorite content creator and I read at least two books per week. So thank you for that❤
I already commented once earlier but I had to come back to finish the rest of the video after work 😅 I never realized you were homeschooled. So was I! As well as a massive reader and got back into it in 2021
Did youtube suggest this video to everyone who needed bc i was not having it but then i watched this video and got emotional w u esp the quote u read 😭 felt like a conversation with u n tickled my literature major heart
AHHHHHHH FINALLY ANOTHER LMA STAN!!!!!! Little Women is literally the best series ever and I will forever love everything that Louisa May Alcott has written and anything that gets adapted from her works my god
Okay but every time you were like “comment if you were a [insert book series here] girlie” I thought about commenting separately 😅 I loved this video! I got so many good new books to add to my tbh and also went down my own nostalgia lane of my childhood!
we love hearing you talk about books! you're so passionate about them and so well spoken 💚 I would love to hear you speak about what you're reading more regularly! if you posted reviews or something we could join in the comments like a bookclub!
I got so many book recommendations 😭😍😍😍, the one that touches on the Medici, the Richard Oseman, pride and prejudice ( this year is the year) and the Julian book (the emotions you showed 💗) thank youuuuu
im putting a book order in soon so this was very helpful!!🫶🏻🫶🏻 also we LOVE this kind of content and im personally sooooo excited about more travel downsizing cleanups and vlogs💞💞
This was so much fun to watch! High key relate to tearing up over how much the Eragon series means to me, and collecting special editions in my library! (I collect Little Women and Anne of Green Gables 🥹)
I know not everyone has positive experiences with it, but I chose to get the copper IUD two years ago after being on hormonal birth control for about 12 years. My periods are heavier and I cramp a little bit more the first two - three days, but other than that I've had a pretty positive experience. My depression is a lot better and I do not have any mood swings like I did when I was on hormonal birth control.
Loved this video, Your bookshelf always gave me chaotic good for sure! Thank you for championing the value of deep reads AND entertaining books!!! Saving this for next time I need some recommendations.
SUCH a good video, I added so many books to my TBR🫶🏻 please keep going with the long videos we LIVE for them💓💘💖 also girl 10/10 would recommend the third crescent city book, I’m half way through and ITS SO GOOD!!
Really great video I’m a huge reader, I also enjoyed your take on bc, I’ve tried being off of it and recently went back on because my cycle is too much naturally for me and I think that is one narrative that can be lost in the media, that sometimes it is just needed for some women
Just discovered your channel through this video and let me tell you I watched and enjoyed every minute of it, so excited to binge watch your channel and listen to the podcast as well ❤
This video is so beautifully pure and raw Mary! I absolutly loved every second of it!❤️ thank you for sharing and I will def read Julian Barnes and Wintering, they seem such a great books🌸
New sub here 👋🏼 re. birth control, I got the implant removed when I was 25 after 9 straight years on it, and that was 3+ years ago now. It’s nervewracking, but worth it. Worst case scenario, you can always go back on it. Good luck
Mary! Please read A New Earth, it is such a beautiful book that will help you so much emotionally and spiritually (if that’s your thing.) it transformed my anxiety and OCD.
I love how books find us at the right moment! Thanks for sharing your favorite books and how they impacted your life. I agree that not everyone will connect the same way to the same story. 🤎
I just love book review videos so I did watch this all and would watch any video you put out talking about books. Also appreciate the religious trauma discussion. Relatable. But also, where’s that sweater from? It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for 😊
Tell Matt to read The Wolf Mile! It takes place in modern Edinburgh but it follows deadly war games run by the elite and consists of Viking and titan tributes! So fun
not the “ i hope somebody watches the whole video”😤id literally watch a 7hr video like this
🤣 I literally cut out almost a third of it because I was talking SO much 😅😅
@@MarySkinner GIRL! no! keep it ❤ this is the content we craveeee
Videos where you talk about books, editing, writing, etc. are my FAVORITE from you. You can see how passionate you are about this kind of stuff and I LOVE to see it ❤
I often hesitate to talk about books online because so many authors and series have realllyyyyy intense fans, but I do love reading sm and it would be fun to share more!
The passion you have for literature is so comforting. As someone who also falls in love with books and can talk for hours on end about them, I loved hearing about the history of your books and why you love the ones you do.
I actually think you’re the coolest person ever bc of this video. LOVED hearing your breakdowns and stories and emotions. Such a cool watch 👌🏼
while editing this I was just thinking to myself “god why am I crying again” over and over 😭 thank you!!
LOVED the deep dive into your book collection and your longer videos
This is so kind, thank you!!
greta grewig little women is THE BEST ONE!!! i'll be a little women girlie til my dying day. greta did that movie so so right.
one of the only instances where the movie does the book justice
Love the video Mary, IMO the longer the video the better haha! Donating the books to little libraries is such a cute idea x
literally every time you stress about how long a video is Im like "it could be 9 hours, I'd literally watch the whole thing"
but I actually do put your vlogs on and listen while Im also working for body doubling, it feels like when one of my friends comes over and we work on different things in the same room so literally thank you so much
you should get a photo album (like one for bigger photos 8x10) and put the greeting cards you are keeping in there… helps to keep them organized and also prevents them from getting ruined ❤
i was just telling my friend last week that even though you didn’t like the prologues episode you recorded & wanted to re-record it i’d have loved for you to just post the outtakes because i missed your content so much! this longer vlog was everything!!!
Your podcast girlies got you for the whole hour. Loved the deep dive into your collection and even walked away with some recommendations. Loved it and would love more book recs from you in the future if that was something you're interested in sharing!
MARY!! you should totally read hofas (crescent city 3)!! i think once it got out that there would be an acotar crossover people took that and ran with it and made it seem like the crossover was more prominent than it actually is. i personally think it's a casual crossover that focuses less on the characters crossing over and more on the worldbuilding and how sjm's worlds overlap and are all part of a grander history! the humor is SO funny and the story is just so beautiful and a really good end to bryce and hunt's story, i laughed out loud, i cried, i lost my shit, i can't recommend reading hofas enough!! (def recommend rereading the first two tho!) also such a good vid
I could literally listen to you talk about books everyday and never get bored
I was in such a terrible, mean mood when RUclips recommended this video. I clicked on it, because I needed something to shut my brain off.
Mary, you had me bawling when you read the Julian Barnes passage. I was not expecting to feel so deeply connected to you, but this whole video was so fun and wonderful. Books are such an anchor for me and you describing that same relationship to books was so powerful.
Definitely subscribed, I cannot wait to watch more of your stuff. Thank you so much!!!
I’ve watched the video is phases because I’ve never had enough time to watch it at once but I wanted to watch it all! Please don’t let length stop you from posting, we are not upset with the length!
Hey Mary! Can you do an prologues episode on Jane Austen? I feel like even though i may have read some of her works in high school I don't have a full understanding of her impact and it would be so cool to here from your perspective as a english/lit major with your passion all about it!
yes! I had the same thought while watching, as a STEM girly it would be so fun to learn more about your literature experience
I'm old enough to read fairytales again ♥ that's such a beautiful, romantic way to put it
LIVING for the moving prep! idc how long the video is, i'm going to watch it!! your book collection and taste is aspirational. and no lie, i added so many of the books you shared to my tbr
i dont know if i can articulate this correctly but i am super careful what content i consume from "influencers" but TRULY your content has always been SO comforting and relatable. you are such a dimensional gal!!! i love your love for books, journaling, emotions, and just life. and as always thank you for all your efforts in raising awareness on mental health!
I have No Bad Parts on my bookshelf! Can't wait to read
You can make a memory box for all your wedding things in a pretty decorative box
I’m a month late but this blog being an hour long is ICONIC and just what i needed
Such a good video, definitely not too long! I am also about to move to Edinburgh and I cannot tell you how comforting it is to watch long cosy videos of someone going through a similar time as me ❤
14:01 or maybe other people are figuring it out and I’m just dumb is such a mood hahah good reads always calls me out
Loved this! Also the Villa is SO good. Just listed to this as an audiobook on a road trip and I loved it. The vibes are Frankenstein/Mary Shelly, Fleetwood Mac, love triangles, murder, loved it.
This was THE BEST 🫶🏻 loved hearing your personal connections with every book. Do another vid with your fav classics?!? Love u Mary
MARY im fighting back tears at being old enough to be reading fairytales again
I put this video on in the background as sort of a 'podcast' while i studied, it was perfect! I would love to see more book related videos from you like recommendations, faves, ect. :)
I literally just gave the exact LOTR box set to a friend when cleaning out my place. I also had it since I was around 12-13
This video is a dream!! Love getting book recommendations & just seeing your eyes light up when you talk about books. As an English teacher there’s nothing I love more than seeing people be passionate about books🥲
I purchased Sirens & Muses because of your review on it and I love that book so much it made me cry at the end. You also inspired me to get the dictionary of lost words and I also really loved that book as well.
Can you do a reading vlog for the throne of glass series please? And also the crossover for CC and ACOTAR is done in a way that makes sense and isn’t annoying imo
The tag on your shirt, "This feels overwhelming. I'm getting anxious." Realisation that it could be the caffeine I HAVE NEVER RELATED MORE MARY! 😂
the last bookshelf cleanout video became a comfort video for me and i can already feel this one going right up there with it i have watched this 3 times already 🤚🏻
I love and completely agree with your take on birth control!! Thank you for the extra long video loved it!
Loved this cozy video, felt like we were FaceTiming.
I read Jane Eyre in college but in a gothic literature course. I definitely agree that it’s not romantic-I view it more like a creepy horror/gothic text but that’s also the lens I studied it through. It’s so cool how people can study these books in different lenses and views!
I loved this video! Currently adding multiple books in this video to my TBR that’s already a mile long 😂
Im so jealous of your LOTR edition its gorgeous
I love your long videos so much, you make great "videos to keep me company when I'm home alone". And I've been writing down so many titles from your keep pile to read myself!
Ps. GIANT Inheritance Cycle and Artemis Fowl kid those were sooo good.
I threw this video on while doing my spring closet cleanout, and it was perfect! Loved hearing your thoughts about all the books and why you were keeping them or donating them.
Mary can I just say as a long time subscriber, I’m jealous of your friends for getting to have you as a friend! Haha! I wish more than anything that we could be friends. I just resonate so much with everything you are and say. I’m listening to one of your girl talk episodes on your podcast and you’re just speaking to everything I’m going through and needed to hear. You’re such a blessing. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us ❤
Also great video ❤
I enjoyed listening to this so much and the way you speak about these books, xx
I had to keep pausing this to add to my TBR
I could listen to you talk about books forever.
Watched this and loveddddd it ! We have different types of book interests but I love how you have background info and memories of each book
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and got a bunch of ideas for future reads
One of the first Tiktok videos of yours that I saw in 2021 was you talking about the ACOTAR series. I read it and fell back in love with reading. Three years later, you're my favorite content creator and I read at least two books per week. So thank you for that❤
I already commented once earlier but I had to come back to finish the rest of the video after work 😅 I never realized you were homeschooled. So was I! As well as a massive reader and got back into it in 2021
Can’t describe how happy it makes me that you’re an inheritance fan too!!! That series has my whole heart and some still ❤
Did youtube suggest this video to everyone who needed bc i was not having it but then i watched this video and got emotional w u esp the quote u read 😭 felt like a conversation with u n tickled my literature major heart
I watched this while cleaning my house and it really inspired me to pick a book up again! Thanks :)
Mary, this was my favourite video you have ever posted🤍 I adore the love and connections you have with literature
AHHHHHHH FINALLY ANOTHER LMA STAN!!!!!! Little Women is literally the best series ever and I will forever love everything that Louisa May Alcott has written and anything that gets adapted from her works my god
Okay but every time you were like “comment if you were a [insert book series here] girlie” I thought about commenting separately 😅 I loved this video! I got so many good new books to add to my tbh and also went down my own nostalgia lane of my childhood!
we love hearing you talk about books! you're so passionate about them and so well spoken 💚 I would love to hear you speak about what you're reading more regularly! if you posted reviews or something we could join in the comments like a bookclub!
Love these long videos! Was the perfect accompaniment to folding my laundry
I got so many book recommendations 😭😍😍😍, the one that touches on the Medici, the Richard Oseman, pride and prejudice ( this year is the year) and the Julian book (the emotions you showed 💗) thank youuuuu
Biggg little women girly❤️ I biased to the Winona Ryder version because I grew up watching that with my grandma- BUT LOVE Greta Gerwig’s ❤️
the way i almost cried when you read the CS Lewis quote oh my god
I absolutely LOVED this video Mary, so fun to listen about all these stories and what they mean to you
im putting a book order in soon so this was very helpful!!🫶🏻🫶🏻 also we LOVE this kind of content and im personally sooooo excited about more travel downsizing cleanups and vlogs💞💞
This was so much fun to watch! High key relate to tearing up over how much the Eragon series means to me, and collecting special editions in my library! (I collect Little Women and Anne of Green Gables 🥹)
I can’t wait to buy your conversation card game some day!
I have Woman in White on my bookshelf, I think it’ll be my next read!
I know not everyone has positive experiences with it, but I chose to get the copper IUD two years ago after being on hormonal birth control for about 12 years. My periods are heavier and I cramp a little bit more the first two - three days, but other than that I've had a pretty positive experience. My depression is a lot better and I do not have any mood swings like I did when I was on hormonal birth control.
amy girl forever !!! also i would love a podcast episode of you gushing about jane austen that would be amazing
I LOVE a long Mary video. I would watch 10hrs of this ❤
Loved this video, Your bookshelf always gave me chaotic good for sure! Thank you for championing the value of deep reads AND entertaining books!!! Saving this for next time I need some recommendations.
SUCH a good video, I added so many books to my TBR🫶🏻 please keep going with the long videos we LIVE for them💓💘💖 also girl 10/10 would recommend the third crescent city book, I’m half way through and ITS SO GOOD!!
Would you ever lead an online book club??
I got so many good book recommendations from this video! I love how you describe plots. I had a medici phase as well
Really great video I’m a huge reader, I also enjoyed your take on bc, I’ve tried being off of it and recently went back on because my cycle is too much naturally for me and I think that is one narrative that can be lost in the media, that sometimes it is just needed for some women
Just discovered your channel through this video and let me tell you I watched and enjoyed every minute of it, so excited to binge watch your channel and listen to the podcast as well ❤
I am SUCH a little women girly and I love seeing people talk about it!!
those books shaped me
This video is so beautifully pure and raw Mary! I absolutly loved every second of it!❤️ thank you for sharing and I will def read Julian Barnes and Wintering, they seem such a great books🌸
I am absolutely SAT watching this entire video
Hurt my HEART when you said you’re tossing acotar 💔 loved this series though!!!!!
New sub here 👋🏼 re. birth control, I got the implant removed when I was 25 after 9 straight years on it, and that was 3+ years ago now. It’s nervewracking, but worth it. Worst case scenario, you can always go back on it. Good luck
Mary! Please read A New Earth, it is such a beautiful book that will help you so much emotionally and spiritually (if that’s your thing.) it transformed my anxiety and OCD.
Doing the same in my house! Only moving an hour, but so many clean outs
Patiently waiting for the Jane Austen analysis video as a fellow English girly 👀
Just found your channel! Watching this whole video and the Edinburgh vlogs because I'm heading there in a few week 🎉
The Artemis fowl book just unlocked memories 😭❤️
Adding all these recs to my TBR ✍️✍️
I love how books find us at the right moment! Thanks for sharing your favorite books and how they impacted your life. I agree that not everyone will connect the same way to the same story. 🤎
Congratulations for 50k subscribers!!! 🥳
Thank you!!!!! So excited!!
The Thursday Murder club is turning into a movie/show! Just saw the news and thought of you :)
This was so aesthetic and real at the same time, subscribed!
thank you! 🩵🩵
The villa was an enjoyable read for me 💛
I just love book review videos so I did watch this all and would watch any video you put out talking about books. Also appreciate the religious trauma discussion. Relatable. But also, where’s that sweater from? It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for 😊
You’ve convinced me to place an amazon order for little women
this was great really love the way you describe books
I loved Eight Cousins & Little Women! I cried when I visited Orchard House in 2022
This made me wanna READ 🎉
This was such a fun and refreshing vid!! As a fellow LMA/CS Lewis/weird mythology kid, I’d watch if it was twice as long 😅
Tell Matt to read The Wolf Mile! It takes place in modern Edinburgh but it follows deadly war games run by the elite and consists of Viking and titan tributes! So fun
wait omg I want to read it
OMG PLEASE DO A Prologues episode where u talk about Jane Austen PLEASEEEEEEE
I loved The Villa by Rachel Hawkins. I’m reading her new release now “The Heiress” Def give her a try! ❤
This is my formal request for full series on Jane Austen 😊