Keep in mind, your library petitions for funding using the statistics of how much use the library gets from patrons. So try to find SOMETHING to check out keep for a bit and return, and request specific titles you want, because as they can report an increase in those numbers they can get more funding for more new books and resources!❤
I would love to watch a video where you do, "Cat Dad reads Cat books." Books where a cat is a major character, like the Traveling Cat Chronicles/ The Goodbye Cat.
the travelling cat chronicles still makes me cry when i think about it and I read it 2 years ago :') I have a collection of cat books on my shelf! I think I have 7, plus 3 cat manga series'
As someone who has regretted buying way too many books, I need a library in my life. This channel is technically a library of sorts. Gavin is the Sexy Librarian.
Imagine you’d ran into Florence at the library, holding the book at returns?!?! You would have to have fought her on the spot. Library membership be damned. This is about honor! 🧙🏻♂️🗡️
When I started the video I thought all the prompts would be centered around being at the library like: a book with a library setting, same aisle of your last read, same shelf as a 5 star, on display at the library, you saw someone return or still needs to be reshelved, librarian's current read, librarian's recommendation, cover color matches the librarian, on the bottom shelf, on the top shelf, book on the cover, number generator aisle. I do really love this challenge!❤
Omg that would be a super fun scavenger hunt kind of challenge, I’d love to do that for 2025, a sequel to this series! I just wanted to start off nice and easy this year to get back into the habit of using my library more 😄
Librarian here. Everyone should go read Witch Hat Atelier. I love how the kids are learning, innovating and cooperating even when the grown ups lose their way.
As a local library worker who is not a librarian, I personally love being asked for book recommendations! We’re always talking about books and what we’re reading and listening to in my department. My work compiles a booklet every year of just staff picks and it’s great fun!
I love this idea because a library is a free service that can be used before buying a book instead of buying a book you would regret buying that you are not able to read. Happy reading!
Keep in mind, your library petitions for funding using the statistics of how much use the library gets from patrons. So try to find SOMETHING to check out keep for a bit and return, and request specific titles you want, because as they can report an increase in those numbers they can get more funding for more new books and resources!❤
As someone who’s also trying to use the library more (gotta rein in that post COVID book buying), I love this series already. I must say, my library system in the states doesn’t tell you the due date of everyone’s checked out books and after seeing you nearly put out a hit on Florence, that sort of system is probably for the best. 😅
I work at a library. With our library, you can sign into their website with your library card, search the catalogue, and put a hold on an item. I have at least 10 holds going at one time lol You can also pause the hold and pick the date you'd like to read it (or roundabout). Our library even has brand-new DVDs. Also, if the library doesn't have a book you can ask them for it. They may purchase it or may be able to borrow it from another library system as an inter-library loan. I love this video! Can't wait to see the next one.
It is so cool how they have you check in your books and put them on the shelf. At my libraries they have a drop box or at the fancy ones they have like a conveyor belt you put them on
Blaming Florence for everything is incredible. Lol. Also, I'm so glad you loved Before I Let Go!! I adore Kennedy Ryan. And I think I liked Soledad's book even more than Yasmin's.
Saaaaaaaame, but love that children are being taken to the library because I LOVED spending my summers at the library with my siblings but the vibe has changed a lot from a cozy reading space to more of a recreation area now 😂
In the US, I know a lot of libraries make an effort to get books for people outside of their collection (whether by purchasing it for their collection by request or doing a loan through a different library system). If yours doesn’t have the Kakuriyo sequel, I’d love to see you try these different pathways to spread awareness! Love the video!
I think the books being out is more troublesome for you as a RUclipsr, since you probably have video plans scheduled and need books at a specific time. I personally browse my online catalog and just reserve a bunch of books at a time, and then read them whenever they come in
Yep that's pretty much it, and for the excitement of the vlog, going into my library and not knowing what to pick up or anything adds to it (in my opinion haha) plus I love the chaos
@@GavinReadsItAllI honestly would not care at all if you'd switched the prompt order or something, I'd still watch it! And I think most of the people would, so I hope you weren't too stressed about it!
@Neil-writer-author If your library doesn't have Hoopla (and you are interested in trying it), you can get a digital library card issued from another library system that has it. I did that for Libby, since my library only had Hoopla
This is such a great idea! I go to my library all the time! My library has unlimited check out so I might have checked out over 100 books at one time. Well over time. When I go to the library and see books I wanted to read even though I have books at home……. I might have a problem lol
I love my local library, I would even call myself a superfan. I go once a week to pick up holds (I have a constant cycle of holds coming in so I never run out of things to read) or drop off returns that I’ve finished (or that the library is clamouring to have back - my middle name might be Florence). If I could read faster I’d be there more often, but there are so many hobbies and so little time. I think making this into a trilogy of videos is much better than storing all the footage for a year and running the risk of losing some of it. I look forward to the next episode.
I might have to try this one next year! I order books in at my library through the interlibrary loan system a lot, but don't just browse and pick from my local one. I loved "What You Are Looking For is in the Library." I just found it so inspiring at the point I'm at in my life.
My library did away with fines a couple of years ago, so I do feel like there’s less urgency to return on time. I think there is a Florence here in Texas who is always just ahead of me in the queue!
It makes my heart so happy seeing people use their library more! Also, your library looks so fancy and it even has a cafe? Y'all living in the future. I'm also so happy you enjoyed Before I Let Go, it's one of my favorites.
I do feel incredibly lucky to have such a good library near me, it wouldn't be right for me to not use and highlight it and show everyone how incredible it is! And hopefully inspires more people who can to use their libraries more too 😊
Yay! Happy you got ahold of all the books you needed... even when Florence was a tease. That book broad! How dare she! Also, oh Gavin.. if you like manga, and cozy vibes, and kitchen/baking things, Witch Hat Atlier has a kitchen spinoff. I know you're going to read WHA at one point, but definitely include those. And if you haven't checked it out from the 90's, I'd highly recommend watching Simply Irresistable with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flannery. It's got cozy vibes and a witchy love story that's adorable.
I look forward to see what you find! I already visit my library on a regular basis. I borrow most of the books a I read, and sometimes I find some at a local thrift store. Instead iof buying and then unhauling books I don't like, I borrow books and if I love them and feel I want them as a part of my library - then I order them. 😂 It might be the opposite of what most people do, but I have 2 main reasons; 1. I don't have that much money to spend on books, 2. We don't have that much space for books in our apartment so I have to be picky. But my life would probably look different if I had worked at a bookstore like you once did, half of that bookstore would probabaly be in my home. I would def make use of the staff discount.
The ABSOLUTELY NOT section confirmed for me that we hate the same books but it was the knee cracking that made it truly relatable. Yup. (Also v. glad you noped on Mad Woman's Ball because it numbed one entire hemisphere of my brain with boredom.)
Love the setup! As nice as being able to access popular books is, I think this type of challenge is a great avenue to expose less popular authors or unfamiliar authors for a reader in between holds for specific books. I'm curious what you would pickup for graphic novels, I've found some awesome stand alones browsing my library because they looked pretty (love manga, but I haven't seen videos on your channel for other comics). *Darkly She Followed* was a really pretty and unexpected read as an example. *Monstress* is gorgeous but also Eldritch body horror. My library has a section for more mature graphic novels separate from all the manga so we found them by accident in a back corner and they had the full special release version of *The Crow*.
I've seen the anime of that manga a long long time ago and loved it. Ever since, I've always wanted to pick-up from where the anime stopped but at the time the translation wasn't easy to find. I'm glad it is now, so I'm probably just gonna read the whole thing 😅
I love Spirited Away! 😊🎉 Ooooo library manga series challenge …… it may be a bumpy ride though… Florences are EVERYWHERE! I need to pick up that manga from Libby! 🎉
I am loving how much you've been championing and enjoying Black authors lately! And some of my faves too. I haven't read before I let go yet, but it is on my shelf waiting for me and I love a good Black love romance.
So… I am a Florence 😂😂. I am disabled so I go to the library once every six weeks or so and check out a dozen or so books. My library has a 3 wk lend that will renew automatically 3 times. No fees for late books so I don’t usually fret about it. Unless I get an email stating that one of the titles I have has been requested. Then the spouse drops it in the chute on his way to work!
I adore my local library! I went in with a list of 10 books from my April TBR and came out with eight of them! I was so excited! Glad you enjoyed Before I Let Go. I loved it too!
I'll need to check out Kakuriyu because I love Kitsune (fox spirits/nine tales) 😍 And I didnt know about this series yet, it looks so nice!😄 I love going to my library, always fun to find some hidden gems, or save money on buying books. 😜
I love the idea of reading at least one library book each month! I think I'm going to challenge myself to do the same. Also, where did you get that lovely sweatshirt? 😍
I grew up with a terrible library and as an adult, the local library is a contender for whether or not I will move to an area. Resources you may not think about with your library (because frankly, I didn't until I had a good one): ask about an electronic library source (Libby, OverDrive, etc.) ask if you can access other library catalogs through interlibrary loans ask if you can recommend books to purchase find out if they have other types of media (CDs, audiobooks on CD, DVDs, streaming movies, etc.) Some libraries have their ebooks available from the website, but your library may not allow you to check them out through their application. If you are having trouble getting a library book, see if they have it in another format you'd be willing to consume. For example, there are 63 people waiting for an ebook and 57 people waiting for an eaudiobook copy of Bride by Ali Hazelwood. There are three people waiting for it in a physical copy and the large print edition was on the shelf.
I can't remember the last time I went to the library to browse. My local library is small and not really on the way to anywhere. I mostly end up borrowing digitally or browsing online and requesting an ILL.
Hey! Gavin! I loved this video so much. I can really relate to the frustration of books not being available though the library… I reserved a book through my library at the start of the year and I was first in line, but then when the day came to check my reservation it seemed that my reservation had been cancelled without me knowing!! I can’t wait to see what the next four months of reading will be!!
I’ve used Libby religiously since high school but I haven’t been to my library in person since before Covid so I went with my mom over the weekend definitely gonna start going more often. I’m lucky my cities library system has many branches so we plan to go to ones we haven’t been to this summer (we’ve been to three with our main one being like a 25 min walk so quick drive down the street)!
Oh Gavin your the absolute best! ❤ Loved this vlog. Glad you are doing it in parts now instead of the whole year. I use my library A LOT. I don't have the money or space to buy all the books I want to read and I also dnf quite a bit. So using my library is the absolute best I have a library nemesis. His name is James and he is a ghost. He keeps hiding books somewhere, but no one can find them. So have had a couple of times now that I can't get a book 😢
James ay? If I ever come across him, I will use my expert paranormal investigative skills to move him on so you can browse your library in peace again 🙏
I'm so excited that you're doing this! I'm doing a library challenge this year too but I've been posting mine monthly. Except I've only managed to get two months up. Month three was filmed but the clips went into that giant delete forever folder in the sky on accident so..... oops? I kinda love that you and Florence are in a giant battle over books not being returned. Poor Aunt Flo, always coming late and giving us a hard time. I DO currently have a book checked out that is due back in tomorrow but like... our library tells us if someone is waiting on it and no one is waiting so it's okay, right? I'm glad you were able to enjoy some books from your local library and that you took us along for the adventure!
Oh nooo so sorry your third month got deleted!! And it's totally fine to hold onto a book when no one is waiting for it, sometimes we need a little longer to read something, and libraries have so much choice, sometimes the time they give us to read them isn't enough
My library is not the best stocked but they actually have a pretty decent number of ebooks available online. You just motivated me to look through the catalogue there, and I actually borrowed three books today as I saw they were available online 😍 really need to check it more often and make use of the reservation-tool
I too have started revisiting my library for book selections, which has been great. I have become used to reading from a tablet though, so I compromise by borrowing ebooks from the library app, which I have enjoyed too, and my wallet agrees this is a great option. 😃
Flippin’ she devil Flo👿......I read that book and really liked it. I think I gave it four stars. This series is a great idea and if it wasn’t already May I’d borrow it. Love your library too!
Love this challenge idea! I've been going to my library a bit more, but I should go more than I do...I had ordered a book from the library last time. I think that was the fastest I've ever read a trilogy. It's the Wolf Den trilogy. SO good! :)
@@GavinReadsItAll Highly recommend it! It sent me down a Pompeii rabbit hole. They’re doing such cool research at Pompeii currently. Vesuvius is overdue to explode again….😬
So glad you loved Before I Let Go! The next book isn’t a sequel in the traditional sense, but it’s kind of like the Brown Sisters (I think you’ve read those? At least book one). Book two, This Could Be Us, follows Soledad, who ends up going through a messy divorce (“messy” is an understatement, really, but I won’t get into spoilers). On her healing journey, she ends up bonding with a man who is the father of autistic twin boys.
It's 4.31am and deadlines at 1pm. Starting with a new new video along with rewatches are what's going to get my through the all nighter I'm somehow going to pull
This video made me so happy! I’m glad you decided to break it up into parts so we can see the progress you are making. I certainly have a Florence at my library as well!
The vendetta Gavin has against Florence is something that will probably haunt Gavin through the rest of this series
Other Booktubers: Cosy vlog visiting their library.
Gavin: Starts intense beef with local library user. 😂
Accurate 😂
I have a feeling that Florence is gonna be an ongoing villain in this library series. 😂
She better be careful 👀
Keep in mind, your library petitions for funding using the statistics of how much use the library gets from patrons. So try to find SOMETHING to check out keep for a bit and return, and request specific titles you want, because as they can report an increase in those numbers they can get more funding for more new books and resources!❤
I would love to watch a video where you do, "Cat Dad reads Cat books." Books where a cat is a major character, like the Traveling Cat Chronicles/ The Goodbye Cat.
That is actually a great idea, thank you so much for sharing it with me!
@@GavinReadsItAll I have the perfect manga for that! I Am a Cat Barista by Hiro Maijima. It's adorable and cozy. 🤩
@@GavinReadsItAllOh Junji ito has a cat manga too!
the travelling cat chronicles still makes me cry when i think about it and I read it 2 years ago :') I have a collection of cat books on my shelf! I think I have 7, plus 3 cat manga series'
I just want to see you line up books and read the ones your cats go too!😅
I loved this!! A library nemesis added an element I didn't know I needed 😂
I imagine it might not be the last we see of her
As someone who has regretted buying way too many books, I need a library in my life.
This channel is technically a library of sorts. Gavin is the Sexy Librarian.
He's like Evie from The Mummy lol
Imagine you’d ran into Florence at the library, holding the book at returns?!?! You would have to have fought her on the spot. Library membership be damned. This is about honor! 🧙🏻♂️🗡️
At a lot of libraries you can request that they purchase materials, so you can ask your library to buy more books in the manga series!
When I started the video I thought all the prompts would be centered around being at the library like: a book with a library setting, same aisle of your last read, same shelf as a 5 star, on display at the library, you saw someone return or still needs to be reshelved, librarian's current read, librarian's recommendation, cover color matches the librarian, on the bottom shelf, on the top shelf, book on the cover, number generator aisle.
I do really love this challenge!❤
Omg that would be a super fun scavenger hunt kind of challenge, I’d love to do that for 2025, a sequel to this series! I just wanted to start off nice and easy this year to get back into the habit of using my library more 😄
@@GavinReadsItAll I would love that! Big fan of your videos, but I'm always too nervous to comment 🥰
Those prompts sound so good. Can you say Season 2?
When you said “let me know down below if you have a library arch nemesis” I immediately said “oh gav I have many!”
Then they are OUR arch nemesis because how dare THEY make an enemy of you, they've made an enemy of me too 😡
Librarian here. Everyone should go read Witch Hat Atelier. I love how the kids are learning, innovating and cooperating even when the grown ups lose their way.
As a local library worker who is not a librarian, I personally love being asked for book recommendations! We’re always talking about books and what we’re reading and listening to in my department. My work compiles a booklet every year of just staff picks and it’s great fun!
It makes my little librarian heart happy how excited you are to use the library
I love this idea because a library is a free service that can be used before buying a book instead of buying a book you would regret buying that you are not able to read. Happy reading!
my local library is so out of date, online is a bit better but not by much, love that your library is like walking into a bookstore.
I am very lucky, I wish every area had a well stocked library but definitely depends on funding and local councils
same mine is full of old french books for boomers or children. they don't even have libby:(
Keep in mind, your library petitions for funding using the statistics of how much use the library gets from patrons. So try to find SOMETHING to check out keep for a bit and return, and request specific titles you want, because as they can report an increase in those numbers they can get more funding for more new books and resources!❤
Also look into/ask whether you can place holds on books from other libraries in your area and get them delivered to your nearest :-)
@@alexlemaire8513if you’re in the States, there are a few free online library cards and Fairfax VA is $26 a year!
I love that it only took till February in your year-long library challenge to get an arch-nemesis.
the turmoil gav went through in the span of three minutes lmao Florence is formidable enemy
She played with my emotions like the true villain she is
The saga of Florence is now my new favorite thing
I love it when libraries are highlighted! Most of the books i read are from my local libraries.
As someone who’s also trying to use the library more (gotta rein in that post COVID book buying), I love this series already. I must say, my library system in the states doesn’t tell you the due date of everyone’s checked out books and after seeing you nearly put out a hit on Florence, that sort of system is probably for the best. 😅
If she had waited one more day, I would have started putting up wanted posters in my library for Florence for sure
I *definitely* don't use my library enough!! And GOD I hope Florence is a subscriber lol
I work at a library. With our library, you can sign into their website with your library card, search the catalogue, and put a hold on an item. I have at least 10 holds going at one time lol You can also pause the hold and pick the date you'd like to read it (or roundabout). Our library even has brand-new DVDs. Also, if the library doesn't have a book you can ask them for it. They may purchase it or may be able to borrow it from another library system as an inter-library loan. I love this video! Can't wait to see the next one.
Watching the Florence saga live to now seeing the excitement to disappoint pipeline in this vlog is killing me 😭😂
The way you said Book Book is so satisfying and I'm here for it.
It is so cool how they have you check in your books and put them on the shelf. At my libraries they have a drop box or at the fancy ones they have like a conveyor belt you put them on
Oooo I'd love a library with a conveyer belt!!
Damn you, Florence. Damn you.
My villain origin story
@@GavinReadsItAll That's fair.
Blaming Florence for everything is incredible. Lol. Also, I'm so glad you loved Before I Let Go!! I adore Kennedy Ryan. And I think I liked Soledad's book even more than Yasmin's.
I wish my local library was like this. Mine is a tiny room and there’s always screaming children there so I never go.
Saaaaaaaame, but love that children are being taken to the library because I LOVED spending my summers at the library with my siblings but the vibe has changed a lot from a cozy reading space to more of a recreation area now 😂
I love this idea!! I feel sometime library’s are underused. The Florence villain made me love this video even more!
In the US, I know a lot of libraries make an effort to get books for people outside of their collection (whether by purchasing it for their collection by request or doing a loan through a different library system). If yours doesn’t have the Kakuriyo sequel, I’d love to see you try these different pathways to spread awareness! Love the video!
I'm gonna ask my librarian next time I'm in how to go about requesting books the library doesn't have yet
I think the books being out is more troublesome for you as a RUclipsr, since you probably have video plans scheduled and need books at a specific time. I personally browse my online catalog and just reserve a bunch of books at a time, and then read them whenever they come in
Yep that's pretty much it, and for the excitement of the vlog, going into my library and not knowing what to pick up or anything adds to it (in my opinion haha) plus I love the chaos
@@GavinReadsItAllI honestly would not care at all if you'd switched the prompt order or something, I'd still watch it! And I think most of the people would, so I hope you weren't too stressed about it!
I use Libby to borrow books. The wait times for the books drives me nuts. I’m in America.
I also use Libby every now and then, sometimes the wait is like 21 weeks and I'm like WHAT haha
Do you have access to Hoopla through your library? The majority of audio and ebooks have no wait times
I think I have access to hoopla
@Neil-writer-author If your library doesn't have Hoopla (and you are interested in trying it), you can get a digital library card issued from another library system that has it. I did that for Libby, since my library only had Hoopla
Ok. Thank you
This is such a great idea! I go to my library all the time! My library has unlimited check out so I might have checked out over 100 books at one time. Well over time. When I go to the library and see books I wanted to read even though I have books at home……. I might have a problem lol
I love my local library, I would even call myself a superfan. I go once a week to pick up holds (I have a constant cycle of holds coming in so I never run out of things to read) or drop off returns that I’ve finished (or that the library is clamouring to have back - my middle name might be Florence). If I could read faster I’d be there more often, but there are so many hobbies and so little time.
I think making this into a trilogy of videos is much better than storing all the footage for a year and running the risk of losing some of it. I look forward to the next episode.
Spirited Away meets a cooking story?! Sign me up right this instant!!!
I might have to try this one next year! I order books in at my library through the interlibrary loan system a lot, but don't just browse and pick from my local one. I loved "What You Are Looking For is in the Library." I just found it so inspiring at the point I'm at in my life.
I LOVED this book! Libraries are so important and I love that you’re utilising yours!
Immediate like after the nemesis was mention!!
My library did away with fines a couple of years ago, so I do feel like there’s less urgency to return on time. I think there is a Florence here in Texas who is always just ahead of me in the queue!
The hallelujah music 😂
The “Hallelujah” instrumental playing when you finally got the book had me creased 😂😂😂
I loved this! I’m obsessed with the library. I think splitting it up into 3 parts was a great idea ❤
It makes my heart so happy seeing people use their library more! Also, your library looks so fancy and it even has a cafe? Y'all living in the future. I'm also so happy you enjoyed Before I Let Go, it's one of my favorites.
I do feel incredibly lucky to have such a good library near me, it wouldn't be right for me to not use and highlight it and show everyone how incredible it is! And hopefully inspires more people who can to use their libraries more too 😊
Love a library challenge!
I died when the hallelujah song started playing, literally started waving with you 😭😂
It truly was the biggest relief 🙏
Yay! Happy you got ahold of all the books you needed... even when Florence was a tease. That book broad! How dare she!
Also, oh Gavin.. if you like manga, and cozy vibes, and kitchen/baking things, Witch Hat Atlier has a kitchen spinoff. I know you're going to read WHA at one point, but definitely include those.
And if you haven't checked it out from the 90's, I'd highly recommend watching Simply Irresistable with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flannery. It's got cozy vibes and a witchy love story that's adorable.
I really enjoyed that movie I watched it a lot when I was a kid it's so underrated
I love this series of library borrowing :)
Im glad you split it up! It’ll be fun to check in on
I look forward to see what you find! I already visit my library on a regular basis. I borrow most of the books a I read, and sometimes I find some at a local thrift store. Instead iof buying and then unhauling books I don't like, I borrow books and if I love them and feel I want them as a part of my library - then I order them. 😂 It might be the opposite of what most people do, but I have 2 main reasons; 1. I don't have that much money to spend on books, 2. We don't have that much space for books in our apartment so I have to be picky.
But my life would probably look different if I had worked at a bookstore like you once did, half of that bookstore would probabaly be in my home. I would def make use of the staff discount.
The Florence drama 😂🤭
You have such a great laugh!
The ABSOLUTELY NOT section confirmed for me that we hate the same books but it was the knee cracking that made it truly relatable. Yup. (Also v. glad you noped on Mad Woman's Ball because it numbed one entire hemisphere of my brain with boredom.)
Oooo glad I didn't pick it up now then, and I think our tastes are majorly the same with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions, maybe
So much fun!! Looking forward to the next episode!
I love you utilising the local library 😊
I love this series idea! Please make it ongoing. Libraries could use the support and appreciation
Before the coffee gets old is such a bad book so you dodged a bullet haha
Love any library content Gavin! Looking forward to this series ☺️ it’s definitely encouraging to use your local library 📚
Before I Let Go was so good.
Agree!
I also borrowed Kakuriyo bed and breakfast for spirits from my library. I’m on vol. 5 and loving it. You should totally keep reading them.
Florences watching this video 👁👄👁 📖
I hope she gets the hint
Love the setup!
As nice as being able to access popular books is, I think this type of challenge is a great avenue to expose less popular authors or unfamiliar authors for a reader in between holds for specific books.
I'm curious what you would pickup for graphic novels, I've found some awesome stand alones browsing my library because they looked pretty (love manga, but I haven't seen videos on your channel for other comics). *Darkly She Followed* was a really pretty and unexpected read as an example. *Monstress* is gorgeous but also Eldritch body horror.
My library has a section for more mature graphic novels separate from all the manga so we found them by accident in a back corner and they had the full special release version of *The Crow*.
The curse of Florence! 😂😂😂
She's a MENACE
Hi Gav, your videos bring such comfort so thank you for that. And you're so creative, keep up the amazing content. Much love x
Damn Florence
I've seen the anime of that manga a long long time ago and loved it. Ever since, I've always wanted to pick-up from where the anime stopped but at the time the translation wasn't easy to find. I'm glad it is now, so I'm probably just gonna read the whole thing 😅
I love Spirited Away! 😊🎉
Ooooo library manga series challenge …… it may be a bumpy ride though… Florences are EVERYWHERE!
I need to pick up that manga from Libby! 🎉
I am loving how much you've been championing and enjoying Black authors lately! And some of my faves too. I haven't read before I let go yet, but it is on my shelf waiting for me and I love a good Black love romance.
So… I am a Florence 😂😂. I am disabled so I go to the library once every six weeks or so and check out a dozen or so books. My library has a 3 wk lend that will renew automatically 3 times. No fees for late books so I don’t usually fret about it. Unless I get an email stating that one of the titles I have has been requested. Then the spouse drops it in the chute on his way to work!
I adore my local library! I went in with a list of 10 books from my April TBR and came out with eight of them! I was so excited! Glad you enjoyed Before I Let Go. I loved it too!
Wow your library is awesome!!
yay! I loved "before i let go". I also enjoyed food wars so i might check out that manga. Love the library.
Love this! Already thinking of doing something similar next year!
I'll need to check out Kakuriyu because I love Kitsune (fox spirits/nine tales) 😍 And I didnt know about this series yet, it looks so nice!😄
I love going to my library, always fun to find some hidden gems, or save money on buying books. 😜
I love the idea of reading at least one library book each month! I think I'm going to challenge myself to do the same. Also, where did you get that lovely sweatshirt? 😍
I have been in first position for a book in my library system for three months lol
I'm so happy you picked Before I Let Go and it ended up working for you. Kennedy Ryan is one of my favourite authors but she always makes me cry! 😭
I was so happy it was a staff pick! I was struggling for a bit until I saw her book and knew it was so well received and knew what I had to do haha
I grew up with a terrible library and as an adult, the local library is a contender for whether or not I will move to an area.
Resources you may not think about with your library (because frankly, I didn't until I had a good one):
ask about an electronic library source (Libby, OverDrive, etc.)
ask if you can access other library catalogs through interlibrary loans
ask if you can recommend books to purchase
find out if they have other types of media (CDs, audiobooks on CD, DVDs, streaming movies, etc.)
Some libraries have their ebooks available from the website, but your library may not allow you to check them out through their application. If you are having trouble getting a library book, see if they have it in another format you'd be willing to consume. For example, there are 63 people waiting for an ebook and 57 people waiting for an eaudiobook copy of Bride by Ali Hazelwood. There are three people waiting for it in a physical copy and the large print edition was on the shelf.
Loved this concept!!
I can't remember the last time I went to the library to browse.
My local library is small and not really on the way to anywhere.
I mostly end up borrowing digitally or browsing online and requesting an ILL.
I loved the format of this video! ❤
I'm going to use Florence as an excuse to be better about returning my books on time!
Hey! Gavin! I loved this video so much. I can really relate to the frustration of books not being available though the library… I reserved a book through my library at the start of the year and I was first in line, but then when the day came to check my reservation it seemed that my reservation had been cancelled without me knowing!!
I can’t wait to see what the next four months of reading will be!!
Yesssss I love this library challenge!!! 👏👏👏 also I’m so glad you enjoyed The Kind Worth Saving too ahh, I had so much fun with it too!
I love reading Kakuriyo so it was nice to see you try it and enjoy it!
The top you're wearing during the intro is soooooo pretty! And the Florence Saga was so funny sldjflsjfl
Thank you! 🙏
I’ve used Libby religiously since high school but I haven’t been to my library in person since before Covid so I went with my mom over the weekend definitely gonna start going more often. I’m lucky my cities library system has many branches so we plan to go to ones we haven’t been to this summer (we’ve been to three with our main one being like a 25 min walk so quick drive down the street)!
Oh Gavin your the absolute best! ❤ Loved this vlog. Glad you are doing it in parts now instead of the whole year.
I use my library A LOT. I don't have the money or space to buy all the books I want to read and I also dnf quite a bit. So using my library is the absolute best
I have a library nemesis. His name is James and he is a ghost. He keeps hiding books somewhere, but no one can find them. So have had a couple of times now that I can't get a book 😢
James ay? If I ever come across him, I will use my expert paranormal investigative skills to move him on so you can browse your library in peace again 🙏
@@GavinReadsItAll thank you! Appreciate it
This was so good 😃 can’t wait for the next episode. I love using my library and you’ve got me thinking about doing a library challenge of my own 😀.
I'm so excited that you're doing this! I'm doing a library challenge this year too but I've been posting mine monthly. Except I've only managed to get two months up. Month three was filmed but the clips went into that giant delete forever folder in the sky on accident so..... oops?
I kinda love that you and Florence are in a giant battle over books not being returned. Poor Aunt Flo, always coming late and giving us a hard time. I DO currently have a book checked out that is due back in tomorrow but like... our library tells us if someone is waiting on it and no one is waiting so it's okay, right?
I'm glad you were able to enjoy some books from your local library and that you took us along for the adventure!
Oh nooo so sorry your third month got deleted!! And it's totally fine to hold onto a book when no one is waiting for it, sometimes we need a little longer to read something, and libraries have so much choice, sometimes the time they give us to read them isn't enough
You are a worthy enemy and I respect your vengeance game!
My library is not the best stocked but they actually have a pretty decent number of ebooks available online. You just motivated me to look through the catalogue there, and I actually borrowed three books today as I saw they were available online 😍 really need to check it more often and make use of the reservation-tool
Yay I'm so glad you found a good selection of ebooks via your library, that's awesome!
I too have started revisiting my library for book selections, which has been great. I have become used to reading from a tablet though, so I compromise by borrowing ebooks from the library app, which I have enjoyed too, and my wallet agrees this is a great option. 😃
Our wallets are thanking us 🙏
Flippin’ she devil Flo👿......I read that book and really liked it. I think I gave it four stars. This series is a great idea and if it wasn’t already May I’d borrow it. Love your library too!
Love this challenge idea! I've been going to my library a bit more, but I should go more than I do...I had ordered a book from the library last time. I think that was the fastest I've ever read a trilogy. It's the Wolf Den trilogy. SO good! :)
Ooo I have to check that trilogy out!
@@GavinReadsItAll Highly recommend it! It sent me down a Pompeii rabbit hole. They’re doing such cool research at Pompeii currently. Vesuvius is overdue to explode again….😬
I really like that you are splitting this video up in three parts. This was so fun to watch! :) Hope Florence will not derail you again in the summer!
I put my library books on hold so I know they will be there when I go to pick them up.
So glad you loved Before I Let Go! The next book isn’t a sequel in the traditional sense, but it’s kind of like the Brown Sisters (I think you’ve read those? At least book one). Book two, This Could Be Us, follows Soledad, who ends up going through a messy divorce (“messy” is an understatement, really, but I won’t get into spoilers). On her healing journey, she ends up bonding with a man who is the father of autistic twin boys.
It's 4.31am and deadlines at 1pm. Starting with a new new video along with rewatches are what's going to get my through the all nighter I'm somehow going to pull
Oh my gosh best of luck getting through the all nighter 🙏
This video made me so happy! I’m glad you decided to break it up into parts so we can see the progress you are making. I certainly have a Florence at my library as well!
the next book in the Before I Let Go series is about the main character’s friend’s romance