Thanks to you and some of the other Booktubers I'm starting to re-appreciate aesthetically beautiful books again! Nice hard covers with lovely illustrations and whatnot. Hope you have a great week, Leonie! 🙂
i am SO jealous of that copy of radio silence omg! those edges are so lovely, i also am obsessed with the idea of customizing your collection in that way
oh dude i have three of the ghibli concept art books and they are BEAUTIFUL theyre actually some of my most prized possessions !!!! they have so much beautiful art, obviously, but alsp so much interesting background info !! would defo reccomend :)
I am hoping we might get a similar "Creating A Champion" art book after Tears of the Kingdom releases though I doubt it'll be as big as the original one. I love concept art books for games so much, I just wish I had more space for them!
My heart pounding when you showed the copy of The Left Hand of Darkness (my favorite book of all times). Looking forward to know your thoughts about it!
Hi Leonie, thank you for introducing me the penguin great ideas series, I have never heard about it before, the idea of this series sounds really interesting, I will definitely read some of those books.
5:45 it's the perfect inspiration for a D&D campaign! I based a lot of the game I'm currently running on alchemical concepts, and it turned out very fun!
about the botw one: YES! I haven't actually played it, but ive already finished totk and am awaiting the art book! Also waiting for a few more, art books from games, movies, books, really any media you love is 100% worth it!
I've just recently discovered your channel and I am currently re-watching your old videos for my daily dose of beloved Booktube (while actually needing to write my thesis). Your videos are such a delight! Edit: please do a whole funny book review again, there my favs!
I'll be keeping an eye out for some of these books (especially the Zelda book!) While I also like short stories, my 'problem' with them is that just when I am emotionally invested in them they are done ...
Creating a Champion was one of the best book purchases I ever made! Not only does it show so much beautiful art and so many tantalizing design concepts, but it elaborates on the lore of the game, which I love reading about
Hi Leonie. Trust me, as someone who wrote their Honours dissertation on Angela Carter and read all her books as research, Heroes and Villains was my LEAST favourite out of all of them (except maybe for Love, her fifth novel). If you want peak Angela Carter, then you should definitely go for The Bloody Chamber (as you mentioned). Or Nights at the Circus, it's probably her most famous novel, and it's a pure distillation of her fantastical, magical realism writing. If you want a Gothic love story, then I'd recommend The Magic Toyshop or Shadow Dance, as these have very domestic Gothic vibes. Think Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights if they were set in 1960s suburban London. If you want her weirdest stories, then I'd recommend The Passion of New Eve or The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, as these were both critically panned when they were published but have become mainstays of feminist fiction and gender studies. My personal favourite Angela Carter short story (apart from The Bloody Chamber) is Alice in Prague or The Curious Room. It's a fun read. I hope this helps anyone in the comments who is interested in Carter's work. Happy reading!
If you plan on playing the new Zelda game Tears of the Kingdom you should totally do a blog or video about it! I would totally watch it. Love your videos!!
Oh i loved this. Once i have a more permanent living space i definitely want to collect more books that are just pretty and have amazing illustrations.
omg I just remember a book that you might like!!!! It's Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda!! I read it last summer and it's so twisted and thrilling. Goodread said : "Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from from Herman Melville, H.P. Lovecraft, and anonymous 'creepypastas', Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear." I read it before becoming a teacher and it was both crystalizing my fears and being so addictive, maybe like Bunny by Mona Award? Anyway, just letting you know this ahah! Thank you for your videos, they are so calming 🌼
I have not watched a book haul for a moment. This was really nice to watch, and I got some recs for books I am interested in. I have read Carter's Bloody Chamber and other stories and I loved them. I have a complete bind up of all her short stories called Burning Your Boats. So if you are interested in reading more, here is one you can look into.
6:09 Ehhhhhhhhhhh. People really overstate this. European alchemists were primarily concerned with altering _material properties,_ believing that if you eventually changed all of the properties of a substance you could convert the substance itself. (The earliest texts we have on the subject are from craftsmen in ptolemaic Egypt creating fake jewelry. The idea eventually became if you could imitate luster, weight, density, etc, of gold or whatever, you would have successfully created that thing.) European alchemists also never searched for immortal life, that's just a myth brought on by the conflation of European and Asian alchemy. (Though they did look for medicine to _extend_ life, but never to grant immortality.) It's much less mystical than people think, see _The Secrets of Alchemy_ by Lawrence Principe for more.
I would 100% recommend reading Gregory Maguire’s Hiddensee if you love ETA Hoffman’s The Nutcracker! Hiddensee is not a retelling of the Nutcracker, but it does provide a beautiful history of and background to Drosselmeyer (the godfather who gave Clara the nutcracker). It’s one of my favorite books of all time!!
@arawn Yeah the jigsaw really falls into place in the thumbnail, it's all I need. I think the thumbnail was so good because leonie is such a weird fish!
@@alicen3162 Now, you go slowly with all those puns! Don't want this whole comments section to come tumbling down like some kind of... building... made out of... paper. Hmmm
ohhh the left hand of darkness!! i went into this book completely blind and was. well. you could say i was surprised. she really was over there exploring omegaverse before the omegaverse was invented huh. but i loved it nonetheless and will definitely reread it one day, its got a lot of ideas to chew on and beautiful eloquent language to convey them
Yes, I did enjoy spending time with you. Some of those new books are gorgeous, and should (I hope) last a lifetime. I, alas, am still bogged down in recondite doorstop tomes, and listening to you makes me remember how much I miss taking a day off to visit the NYC museums. On the other hand, I'm very thankful for having had the chance to do that (when I was young), Well, as much as I would like to here and now compose a little short story, instead I'll suggest you give Dylan Thomas a try, especially around Christmas.
I guess I'm due for a re read of The Left Hand of Darkness! Le Guin's speculative fiction is just unmatched! So excited for you to finally get your hands on a copy ❤
Great book choice! Alchemy also has its psychological side being human's projection of his inner mental processes. Just as the Christian, Gnostic or modern psychological therapy doctrines it had the purpose of a transformative therapy described in symbolic language. Eventually however, it was approached more as modern natural sciences, which certainly makes it lose much of its utility. I greatly recommend a very dense and informative book by a Swiss psychologist C.G.Jung "Psychology and Alchemy" where he analises most popular alchemical treaties :))
Oooh, I happen to have Terra Ultima checked out from the library atm. Ngl, I don't really care that much about the story, I'm just there for the art. I also have a book checked out that dwarfs your zelda book 😂 I'm genuinely not looking forward to returning it, because it doesn't fit in any of my daily use bags. It's Between the Sea and the Sky and it's gorgeous, but omg it is obscenely large.
I know you've mentioned not enjoying The Raven Cycle before, but it's my absolute favourite story containing a magical forest (also my favourite magical realism book in general), so I would definitely recommend giving it another try if you're looking for that kind of thing 🌱✨🌿
Imma tell you something about the left hand of the darkness. There is a chapter about two people having a "forbidden romance" and is soooo interesting and crazy. Literally a single chapter with a telenovela, really well written.
Leonie! I just finished reading Anatomy by Dana Schwartz and if you have not read it you definitely should, when you talked about the book on occultism I thought, "she MUST read Anatomy!". It's as if Dr. Frankenstein were a woman, and about all the things that a woman had to do if she wanted to become a surgeon during the 19th century, and of course there are other things happening that might interest you. Hope you can add it to your TBR!
Currently reading Angela Carters "The Bloody Chamber", which I really like so far. Also read Left Hand of Darkness a while ago and also liked it pretty much!
I think you are my missing best friend. I love all your book recommendations, your outro art, your aesthetic and best of all, BOTW!! Subscribed right away. So excited to binge your videos.
The love for The Nutracker coming from the Barbie movie made me like you so much more heheh very much relate to that 🩰✨️ Also wow the custom spray painting is so cool!!
I think you should do a video where you read a bunch (like 3) gothic books. Like Belladonna, Juniper &Thorn, What moves the dead, a far wilder magic, the hacienda. I'd also really like you to read House of salt and sorrows which is 12 Dancing Princesses set in a creepy seaside mansion and its supposed to be my new favourite book because its everything i love but i have such high expectations that I'm too scared to actually read it and a recommendation from you could push me to finally read it.
I could tell that was an Angela Carter when you took the books off the shelf haha:D (She's one of my fav authors). Heroes and Villains is weird but it has interesting ideas and good moments, and I don't think I ever read a gothic post apocalyptic story examining gender roles. I generally prefer her short fiction to her novels (although I haven't read her probably most popular one, Nights at the Circus, and only read Heroes and Villains and The Magic Toyshop). I loved Black Venus, particularly the Lizzie Borden story, hope you'll like it too! The Bloody Chamber is excellent, her prose is just so interesting and evocative to read (in all works).
I was in the local library a few weeks ago and saw Terra Ultima but i didn't buy it cause I 'had enough books already' NOW I need something new to read and I can't find it there anymore:(
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English translation for Terra Ultima is coming in 4 months time, if anyone is looking to get it in English - it will be available soon!
good to know!
Thankyou for the info! It looks like such a beautiful book, I will be keeping an eye out.
oh yay, can't wait! thanks for the info
Ah yeah! I think it would be such a good book for the little kids in my family
Thanks to you and some of the other Booktubers I'm starting to re-appreciate aesthetically beautiful books again! Nice hard covers with lovely illustrations and whatnot. Hope you have a great week, Leonie! 🙂
The Terra Ultima book is now translated into English. It's released on 31st August, how exciting!
i am SO jealous of that copy of radio silence omg! those edges are so lovely, i also am obsessed with the idea of customizing your collection in that way
oh dude i have three of the ghibli concept art books and they are BEAUTIFUL theyre actually some of my most prized possessions !!!! they have so much beautiful art, obviously, but alsp so much interesting background info !! would defo reccomend :)
was lovely spending some time with you, you have bought some stunning art books and thank you for sharing them.
I love your videos! Thank you for helping me get back into reading ♡
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I am hoping we might get a similar "Creating A Champion" art book after Tears of the Kingdom releases though I doubt it'll be as big as the original one. I love concept art books for games so much, I just wish I had more space for them!
Oh god, it's 12.30 at night here...I was just about to go to sleep. Guess I'll be awake for the next 30 minutes. Love your videos and the aesthetic ⭐️
oops haha hope you enjoy!
Such pretty books!!
You Indian ??? 😭🤌🏻 Cuz I'm watching this right now it's 1:04 am here in India rn
samee its 2.40 now and I'm like fuck sleep this is more important lol
It's 3:22 now and I'm up watching her lol 😌✨
My heart pounding when you showed the copy of The Left Hand of Darkness (my favorite book of all times). Looking forward to know your thoughts about it!
Hi Leonie, thank you for introducing me the penguin great ideas series, I have never heard about it before, the idea of this series sounds really interesting, I will definitely read some of those books.
I second this!
5:45 it's the perfect inspiration for a D&D campaign! I based a lot of the game I'm currently running on alchemical concepts, and it turned out very fun!
i love art books so much! especially of shows i really enjoy, they're just so pretty.
Loving The Nutcracker because of the Barbie movie is so relatable. 🤣
the left hand of darkness is my all time favorite book!!! hope you love it, every time i revisit it my mind is blown in a different way
about the botw one: YES! I haven't actually played it, but ive already finished totk and am awaiting the art book! Also waiting for a few more, art books from games, movies, books, really any media you love is 100% worth it!
I've just recently discovered your channel and I am currently re-watching your old videos for my daily dose of beloved Booktube (while actually needing to write my thesis). Your videos are such a delight!
Edit: please do a whole funny book review again, there my favs!
I'll be keeping an eye out for some of these books (especially the Zelda book!)
While I also like short stories, my 'problem' with them is that just when I am emotionally invested in them they are done ...
LOVED Last Tale of the Flower Bride. Very atmospheric gothic. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on that one!
Creating a Champion was one of the best book purchases I ever made! Not only does it show so much beautiful art and so many tantalizing design concepts, but it elaborates on the lore of the game, which I love reading about
Hi Leonie. Trust me, as someone who wrote their Honours dissertation on Angela Carter and read all her books as research, Heroes and Villains was my LEAST favourite out of all of them (except maybe for Love, her fifth novel).
If you want peak Angela Carter, then you should definitely go for The Bloody Chamber (as you mentioned). Or Nights at the Circus, it's probably her most famous novel, and it's a pure distillation of her fantastical, magical realism writing.
If you want a Gothic love story, then I'd recommend The Magic Toyshop or Shadow Dance, as these have very domestic Gothic vibes. Think Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights if they were set in 1960s suburban London.
If you want her weirdest stories, then I'd recommend The Passion of New Eve or The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, as these were both critically panned when they were published but have become mainstays of feminist fiction and gender studies.
My personal favourite Angela Carter short story (apart from The Bloody Chamber) is Alice in Prague or The Curious Room. It's a fun read.
I hope this helps anyone in the comments who is interested in Carter's work. Happy reading!
If you plan on playing the new Zelda game Tears of the Kingdom you should totally do a blog or video about it! I would totally watch it. Love your videos!!
I love your outfit!!!
thank you!!
Oh i loved this. Once i have a more permanent living space i definitely want to collect more books that are just pretty and have amazing illustrations.
omg I just remember a book that you might like!!!! It's Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda!! I read it last summer and it's so twisted and thrilling. Goodread said : "Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from from Herman Melville, H.P. Lovecraft, and anonymous 'creepypastas', Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear." I read it before becoming a teacher and it was both crystalizing my fears and being so addictive, maybe like Bunny by Mona Award? Anyway, just letting you know this ahah! Thank you for your videos, they are so calming 🌼
I have not watched a book haul for a moment. This was really nice to watch, and I got some recs for books I am interested in. I have read Carter's Bloody Chamber and other stories and I loved them. I have a complete bind up of all her short stories called Burning Your Boats. So if you are interested in reading more, here is one you can look into.
6:09 Ehhhhhhhhhhh. People really overstate this. European alchemists were primarily concerned with altering _material properties,_ believing that if you eventually changed all of the properties of a substance you could convert the substance itself. (The earliest texts we have on the subject are from craftsmen in ptolemaic Egypt creating fake jewelry. The idea eventually became if you could imitate luster, weight, density, etc, of gold or whatever, you would have successfully created that thing.) European alchemists also never searched for immortal life, that's just a myth brought on by the conflation of European and Asian alchemy. (Though they did look for medicine to _extend_ life, but never to grant immortality.) It's much less mystical than people think, see _The Secrets of Alchemy_ by Lawrence Principe for more.
the zelda book!!!!!!!!!!! i'm obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!! your honor!!!!!!!!!!!!
my best purchase ever
I would 100% recommend reading Gregory Maguire’s Hiddensee if you love ETA Hoffman’s The Nutcracker! Hiddensee is not a retelling of the Nutcracker, but it does provide a beautiful history of and background to Drosselmeyer (the godfather who gave Clara the nutcracker). It’s one of my favorite books of all time!!
Do you maybe have some recommendations for books to read in Dutch, for someone who's learning it (I'm on level B1 now)?
No shame about the Barbie Nutcracker! I fell in love with the Nutcracker in childhood from the Care Bears Nutcracker 😊
I genuinely missed you, your videos are sooooo relaxing
I adore the peace you´re videos give me. this is so relaxing to watch 🤎
Loving the thumbnail! Well done with all the art 🙂
thanks! i really enjoyed putting this one together!
@arawn Yeah the jigsaw really falls into place in the thumbnail, it's all I need. I think the thumbnail was so good because leonie is such a weird fish!
@@alicen3162 Now, you go slowly with all those puns! Don't want this whole comments section to come tumbling down like some kind of... building... made out of... paper. Hmmm
@@TheBookLeo That's good to hear! Of course, your thumbnails in general are often very good 🙂
@@Arawn505 I could videotape it if it did tumble down... but I'd have to give you a 4 minute warning ⚠️
I NEED that BOTW art book, it looks stunning 🤩
i love this wallpaper book, it looks so aethtetic
Descubrí tu contenido hace como un mes y estoy encantada. Todo lo que haces es maravilloso ❤
ohhh the left hand of darkness!! i went into this book completely blind and was. well. you could say i was surprised. she really was over there exploring omegaverse before the omegaverse was invented huh. but i loved it nonetheless and will definitely reread it one day, its got a lot of ideas to chew on and beautiful eloquent language to convey them
Yes, I did enjoy spending time with you. Some of those new books are gorgeous, and should (I hope) last a lifetime. I, alas, am still bogged down in recondite doorstop tomes, and listening to you makes me remember how much I miss taking a day off to visit the NYC museums. On the other hand, I'm very thankful for having had the chance to do that (when I was young), Well, as much as I would like to here and now compose a little short story, instead I'll suggest you give Dylan Thomas a try, especially around Christmas.
I guess I'm due for a re read of The Left Hand of Darkness! Le Guin's speculative fiction is just unmatched! So excited for you to finally get your hands on a copy ❤
omgg that Radio Silence book edition is gorgeous!!!
Of all Angela Carter work, I actually love a movie she co-wrote best, Company of Wolves. Brilliant, transporting, stunningly beautiful!
I need Terra Ultima and that alchemy book 😍. Such a cool haul.
Can you pleaaaase do a video on how you mark your books? your marking doesn't seem overcomplicated and I am trying to start doing it!
I love the premise of Legends and Lattes! 😂
YAY MY FAVOURITE RUclipsR POSTED ❤
uhhh zelda is my fav as well. so excited for friday when the new one comes out🎉
The how to train your dragon concept art books are fantastic
Barbie movies are the best!! Haha love the nutcracker!!
that breath of the wild concept art book is so gorgeous 😭 making me even more hyped for tears of the kingdom next week haha
Great book choice! Alchemy also has its psychological side being human's projection of his inner mental processes. Just as the Christian, Gnostic or modern psychological therapy doctrines it had the purpose of a transformative therapy described in symbolic language. Eventually however, it was approached more as modern natural sciences, which certainly makes it lose much of its utility. I greatly recommend a very dense and informative book by a Swiss psychologist C.G.Jung "Psychology and Alchemy" where he analises most popular alchemical treaties :))
I'm interested in the illustration book of fictional creatures the most. What a beautiful creatures!
Oooh, I happen to have Terra Ultima checked out from the library atm. Ngl, I don't really care that much about the story, I'm just there for the art. I also have a book checked out that dwarfs your zelda book 😂 I'm genuinely not looking forward to returning it, because it doesn't fit in any of my daily use bags. It's Between the Sea and the Sky and it's gorgeous, but omg it is obscenely large.
I know you've mentioned not enjoying The Raven Cycle before, but it's my absolute favourite story containing a magical forest (also my favourite magical realism book in general), so I would definitely recommend giving it another try if you're looking for that kind of thing 🌱✨🌿
I just subscribed to your new channel. Those sprayed edges on Radio Silence are absolutely stunning.
One of my favorites with a magical forest are the Forbidden Forest series by Amber Argyle ❤️
Imma tell you something about the left hand of the darkness. There is a chapter about two people having a "forbidden romance" and is soooo interesting and crazy. Literally a single chapter with a telenovela, really well written.
Leonie! I just finished reading Anatomy by Dana Schwartz and if you have not read it you definitely should, when you talked about the book on occultism I thought, "she MUST read Anatomy!". It's as if Dr. Frankenstein were a woman, and about all the things that a woman had to do if she wanted to become a surgeon during the 19th century, and of course there are other things happening that might interest you. Hope you can add it to your TBR!
omg, I've never been this early! love you Leonie and im very excited for this video
hope you love it!
i did! 💕
i did! 💕
Since you're learning spanish I highly recommend "Doce cuentos peregrinos" by Gabriel García Márquez... they are so good!
I wake up and see you posted a video, so I’m happy 🤍 have a nice day !
I really recommend Benjamin Lacombe … his book illustrations are stunning. ❤
Currently reading Angela Carters "The Bloody Chamber", which I really like so far. Also read Left Hand of Darkness a while ago and also liked it pretty much!
I love your videos so much literally you're the reason why i'm going back to reading :3
illustration books are so pretty but they're always so expensive so it's nice to have a sneak peek
I think you are my missing best friend. I love all your book recommendations, your outro art, your aesthetic and best of all, BOTW!! Subscribed right away. So excited to binge your videos.
LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS!!!!! You're going to love it; it's perfect
I picked up Left Hand of Darkness a few years ago, but haven't read it yet. TBR vs. Time.
The love for The Nutracker coming from the Barbie movie made me like you so much more heheh very much relate to that 🩰✨️
Also wow the custom spray painting is so cool!!
I was gonna say I'm sad terra ultima doesn't have an english translation but then I saw the comment that it's coming and now I'm so excited for it!
Watching these kinds of videos right now 💕
concept art is awesome the one for monster hunter world is well worth a look.
I think you should do a video where you read a bunch (like 3) gothic books. Like Belladonna, Juniper &Thorn, What moves the dead, a far wilder magic, the hacienda.
I'd also really like you to read House of salt and sorrows which is 12 Dancing Princesses set in a creepy seaside mansion and its supposed to be my new favourite book because its everything i love but i have such high expectations that I'm too scared to actually read it and a recommendation from you could push me to finally read it.
I’m so happy someone other than me is still in love with Zelda botw!
Terra Ultima has also been translated in Italian
Those art books are just stunning 😍 ✨️
I had already watched your book shopping vlog without realising it wasnt on this channel 😂
This is so pretty 😍🦋
I could tell that was an Angela Carter when you took the books off the shelf haha:D (She's one of my fav authors).
Heroes and Villains is weird but it has interesting ideas and good moments, and I don't think I ever read a gothic post apocalyptic story examining gender roles. I generally prefer her short fiction to her novels (although I haven't read her probably most popular one, Nights at the Circus, and only read Heroes and Villains and The Magic Toyshop). I loved Black Venus, particularly the Lizzie Borden story, hope you'll like it too! The Bloody Chamber is excellent, her prose is just so interesting and evocative to read (in all works).
I recently bought Mythago Woods too (haven't gotten around to start reading it yet tho)
you're so giddy here more than usual i love it lmao
Enjoy Angela Carter, she's truly one of a kind! 🖤
You got a shout out in Cari Cakes last video :)
unrelated to the video but i love those earrings so much !!! i need to know where they’re from 🥲
brb going to buy the BOTW concept art book right now. it’s a need.
This is just a really great show and tell sesh I love it
I was in the local library a few weeks ago and saw Terra Ultima but i didn't buy it cause I 'had enough books already'
NOW I need something new to read and I can't find it there anymore:(
Victorian wallpaper coloring book! Now with less arsenic!
Hi, I'm from Russia) You are such a charming girl! I love to watching your videos - they give me a lot of positive emotions. Thank you for your work❤
PLEASE SHADOW AND BONE S2 THOUGHTS. WE NEED A LEONIE REVIEW
I need those No Face earrings
I just finished radio silence yesterday! Now I'm off to scour your channel to hear your thoughts on it 👀
Hi Leonie, hope youre having an amazing day! I love your videos💜
hope you have an amazing day as well!
That is great, but what about the Manacled? 👀 Did you get to finish it? 👀👀👀
botw is totally one of the best games ever!
Where did you get a hardcover copy of terra ultima? I can only find paper back
we love youuuu leonieeee
I really loooove your videos!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Something bout this video makes me wanna read more
Lovely video once again! ❤