More books = More Happiness
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Thank you so much for joining me in another huge book unboxing and hall. I had so much fun with this, and I hope that you enjoyed it too x
🧚🏻 Fairyloot
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📦 Illumicrate
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🍷☕️📚 BookBarUK
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📦 Book Box Spoiler Accounts that I follow on Instagram
The Autumn Book Reads / theautumnbookreads
The Librarys Ghost / thelibrarysghost
📚 Books Mentioned in the Video 📚
📖 Artemis, Andy Weir
Waterstones tidd.ly/3TJsXTp *
Amazon.com amzn.to/45ZbDg4 *
📖 Bad Graces, Kyrie McCauley
Waterstones tidd.ly/3LyMBMM *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3y8p16d *
📖 Dragon Rider, Taran Matharu
Waterstones tidd.ly/49XC0Wh *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3wKEAQv *
📖 Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland
Waterstones tidd.ly/4fcNTu9 *
Amazon.com amzn.to/4d9NCpY *
📖 Goddess of the River, Vaishnavi Patel
Waterstones tidd.ly/4ahGnuZ *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3VlBRXY *
📖 Hera, Jennifer Saint
Waterstones tidd.ly/3wWADbH *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3v3DAGS *
📖 Nectar of the Wicked, Ella Fields
Waterstones tidd.ly/3LuWFGv *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3LzpSzS *
📖 Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
Waterstones tidd.ly/3zNLJB8 *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3EtKdTO *
📖 Roman Stories, Jhumpa Lahiri
Waterstones tidd.ly/4feHjng *
Amazon.com amzn.to/46kZjIw *
📖 Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Waterstones tidd.ly/46gwGfC *
Amazon.com amzn.to/4f9oAJA *
📖 Shades of Magic Series, VE Schwab
Waterstones tidd.ly/48wWeFS *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3qVMB2I *
📖 Spy X Family Volume 6, Tatsuya Endo
Waterstones tidd.ly/3WfqY8U *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3SkwRR5 *
📖 Spy X Family Volume 7, Tatsuya Endo
Waterstones tidd.ly/3YbmSS0 *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3Wwoggw *
📖 The Centre, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Waterstones tidd.ly/4dcDb5l *
Amazon.com amzn.to/4ff9Usz *
📖 The Curse of Sins, Kate Dramis
Waterstones tidd.ly/3WurDog *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3SE3JVl *
📖 The God and the Gumiho, Sophie Kim
Waterstones tidd.ly/4bTVLhw *
Amazon.com amzn.to/4cF9cTD *
📖 The Housemaid, Freida McFadden
Waterstones tidd.ly/3FlwzT5 *
Amazon.com amzn.to/45w2LOo *
📖 The Housemaid’s Secret, Freida McFadden
Waterstones tidd.ly/3FGl0pN *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3tW6GHb *
📖 The Martian, Andy Weir
Waterstones tidd.ly/3RQyTIi *
Amazon.com amzn.to/45L9u8I *
📖 The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
Waterstones tidd.ly/4cumxyD *
Amazon.com amzn.to/49TXZgx *
📖 The Wren in the Holly Library
Waterstones tidd.ly/3A0qCLR *
Amazon.com amzn.to/46fRSlB *
📖 When the Moon Hatched, Sarah A. Parker
Amazon.com amzn.to/3VThFfT *
Waterstones tidd.ly/3xt17SI *
📖 You Are Here, David Nicholls
Waterstones tidd.ly/4c801Kx *
Amazon.com amzn.to/3WvxABu *
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Useful Links for products/services that I use regularly
📘 Book of the Month
www.mybotm.com...
(not an affiliate link, but I do get a free book if you join BOTM using my link)
📦 Stackry
(ship from the US to the UK, and lots of other countries)
Referral Program ... get $10 off your first shipment (and I get $10 off my next shipment)
My referral code: 7762291
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Kit I use
⃤ Tripod (how I hold up my phone to record) amzn.to/49IBkUU *
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Thank you so much for supporting me and my channel
Michelle x
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Thanks for joining me on this one.
I don’t think my dyslexia has ever been so prevalent during a video 😬 … so big thanks for sticking with me through it.
Have a great day everyone ❤
No worries, I think Slack can be cut for a visual disability since you’re seeing numbers and letters backwards sorry about that so it takes you a bit more time to read things and it’s not a big deal
@@jamieserrano827 this is so kind of you to say 🙏🏻😊
I want the Wren in the Holly Library just for the cat on the cover! Some lovely book designs 😍
That cat is so cute!!!! 🥰
The Wren in the Holly Library would make a great winter read!!
This is good to know 😊 Have you read it? X
I love watching your videos while reading! It for some reason really really helps me focus!
Also some of these books look amazing! I’m trying to not buy so many books until I get my physical tbr down but I love getting pretty books ❤
Oh that’s awesome! There are some book tubers that I follow as they are good company whilst I’m doing other tasks.
Hope that you enjoy reading the books that you have ❤️🥰
Hi there! You popped up on my feed so this is my first video of yours 😍 Make sure you check your Illumicrate book. Mine started on page 181 and the pages were out of order throughout the book. I’ve never seen anything so insane 🙃
Hi; oh thank you so much for letting me know this. I will take a look when I get home 🙏🏻😊
You are brave to wait on opening the Waterstones packages...since they are usually damaged in some fashion. Jennifer Saint is great! I recommend Ariadne first....you will be hooked!☺️🩵
I’ve been lucky recently 😂
Oh fab I’ll have to try to prioritise Ariadne 🥰 x
Love your unboxings - so much happiness in one video!
Thanks Katie. Books bring me so much joy, and doing these big unboxings are some of the happiest moments of my year! Happy if I can share some of the joy ❤️
So excited for these videos from you! I love that you haul them in big batches and show us all. Love it! ❤ 📚 ❤ Your shirt is fantastic too!
Thank you so much lovely 🙏🏻😊 I get so much happiness out of opening them all on one go ❤️ x
I LOVED five broken blades!!! Excellent book!!!
I haven’t heard anything negative about it as of yet! I’m so glad to hear that you liked it 🥰
This month I ordered a book haul which counts 27 books as usually do every month, but you know when I see thick cartoon it makes me crazy because I don't want to see so much in my crowded house full with books boxes but I can't help my self, this is my guilty pleasure.
And I think to use these boxes of carton for crafts and many many things, we don't have so much recycling option here in my country.
Ooooooh 27 books is a good haul! :) ... but what a shame to hear that your country doesn't recycle much. I hope that this can change for you one day. 🌍❤️
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs Yes there is a little tiny companies but they are far away to reach so you will not economise your budget, your fuel ⛽, your out for recycling.
Let me get a notepad and a cuppa. On your first video my TBR grew by 10 books, lets see how much ill get from thhis one. Michelle youve done it again!😂♡♡♡♡
Haha do it! … I will encourage ALL of the book buying 😂🥰 x
Love love love!
Every time you mention book bar I think I might sign up
❤
And just to clarify I did enjoy the housemaid I just don’t think it lived up to the hype. I am excited to read the second one 😊
You could join up! Or just borrow the books off of me 😂
Oh I’m glad that you enjoyed it still 🥰
I started When The Moon Hatched and am so far loving it! Can’t wait to see how it goes.
Hope you’re ok and having a good evening ❤️
Fantastic unboxing....so much fun!
Thanks Natalie 🙏🏻🥰
Buckkeep is where the royal family of the Six Duchies live in Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings, and it's where we first meet our two main characters. I highly recommend the series, but be prepared to fall in love with the characters and have your heart broken on several occasions 😢❤💔
Thanks for letting me know Liz; I got really confused whilst unboxing it! I haven't read any Robin Hobb in the past, but it does sound good ☺️❤️
I need a Charles!
I don't need a Charles
😂😂😂😂😂
Now I actually do want to read the book. It sounds really good! ❤
Haha! Oh Charles!
It does sound good! Love a bit of sci-fi. Hope you enjoy it if you give it a read Jo x
Wow, you make me feel better about my book buying. I would probably hzve a stack like that if i didnt open them as soon as i got them.
If this is your hobby I don't think that this is a lot. I think to people who don't read or love books it might seem extravagant, but if this is what you enjoy then buy the books guilt free :) x
Enjoy them all! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Beatricea 🙏🏻🥰
Hi Michelle, I watched this video last night and am coming back now to leave a comment. Needless to say I enjoyed this video immensely!! It's so much as if we're sitting in the same room chatting about books! Now wouldn't that be nice??? So many lovely books!!! So, highlights ... Goddess of the River ... I read Vaishnavi Patel's first book Kaikeyi last year and loved it so I made a note when her second book was due to come out in May and got it immediately! And then you go and show me THIS!!! The Illumicrate special edition. Sigh. Soooo .... I may have blown my budget going on Ebay last night and getting myself a copy. I'm blaming this one on YOU Michelle!!! The second book that took my fancy was The Wren in the Holly Library mainly because of the design ... and the cat on the cover. I'm not sure about the story itself because as you know by now I'm not a big romance reader but that special edition is gorgeous!!!! I look forward to your thoughts on it if and when you read it. I've seen all kinds of rave reviews online for The Ministry of Time and I'm intrigued. Again your thoughts will be appreciated. Five Broken Blades had several special editions that caught my eye (Goldsboro ... a stunning blue design with lovely stencilled edges .... and The Broken Binding which sold out fairly quickly and was the red based design as I recall) but I didn't get it, yet. When the Moon Hatched is also one that has been showing up all over. I've been collecting Jennifer Saint's books since the first one was published and I've read the first two so far and thoroughly enjoyed both. I love me a good Mythological retelling. Of course the covers are designed by Micaela Alcaino so that was an added incentive to get them. I think you'll enjoy them too. I've gotten a few special books in the past few weeks including The Broken Binding edition of Legends and Lattes to match Bookshops and Bonedust that I already had. Note: I really need to read one of the three copies of it that I've got!!! And I got Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind from them (it's gorgeous too) and Phillip Quaintrell's A Time of Dragons as well. I got Waterstone's Babylonia by Constanza Casti and The King's Witches, The Nightingale's Castle, The Theatre of Glass and Shadows and Miss Austen Investigates from Blackwells. There's probably a few more that I've forgotten to list here ... oh, Kate Quinn's The Briar Club because she's fab. Condo living continues to be a joy!!! We've had lots of hot, muggy weather but air conditioning is much more common a thing in Canada so we're not suffering as long as we're indoors. We've had some doozy thunderstorms because of the hot, humid weather and last week on particularly bad one roared through and the flooding it caused was unbelievable!! Makes me glad we're on the 6th floor of our building ... haha! I hate the really hot weather so tend to avoid being out in it as much as possible but at least we're near the lake (Ontario) so we can go to a park and enjoy the slightly cooler temperatures there. Oops! Getting a bit long here. Hope you're doing well Michelle and not working too hard. Talk soon!!!
Hi Judy
Glad to hear that you're well, and life in the condo is good (despite the weather). I visited Toronto during August 8 years ago and I remember it being so hot that I didn't want to leave the air conditioned hotel some of the days! Take care in the heat and look after yourself. It has turned mild again here, I doubt we'll get many more hot days this Summer. But I am off to Munich next week, so I'll get some heat there :)
It sounds like you've done some good book shopping. I didn't realise that Micaela Alcaino designed the Jennifer Saint covers; they are so beautiful!
I have been exam marking the past six weeks, so working quite hard on that. Happy to now have 2 weeks off, and then August is a lighter work month for me (it's much needed right now).
I will take ALL of the blame for your book shopping spree! I am a terrible influence and will always encourage the purchasing of books! I hope that you enjoy reading them all ❤️
Speak soon x
Hello just wanted to give you a warning because I see that you bought Illumicrate’s Goddess of the River. Make sure you look through the whole book as soon as you get it. My book was missing the first 180 pages and pages were out of order throughout the rest of the book. I don’t know how widespread the issue was but mine can’t be the only one that’s messed up. I was lucky that I checked this one because since Illumicrate started shrink wrapping their books instead of using a cloth bag, I don’t always take the plastic off right away and sometimes it takes me months to do it. I’ll make sure to check right away from now on 😅
@@user-vm8ov1go3k Thank you for the heads up about this. I hope that mine will be okay and I will check it right away when it arrives. You'd think that Illumicrate would have caught something like that right away. Greatly appreciate you taking the time to warn me. take care.
One of my favorite Japanese yokai is the kitsune or nine-tailed fox
Oh this makes so much sense that Vulpix’s evolution is called Ninetales!
Fox are awesome ❤️
Has it only been 12 days since you uploaded this? I'm already having haul withdrawals!😂
Haha! … don’t worry the pile has already started to grow again 😂
That is a very hefty haul and I like it
Haha thanks lovely 🥰🙏🏻
As I am rewatching your hauls..to determine what book editions I want to get...I have finally realized why Fairyloot has never appealed to me. They put the barcode on the back of their books....and it takes away from it being a "special edition"! Eye opener for me👍❤️
That’s a good point Natalie! I wonder if there is a reason if they have to do it 🤷🏻♀️ it’s something that I’ve noticed but not given too much attention to in the past.
Hope you’re well and having a good day ❤️
Ditto! I hope you had a fantastic vacation/holiday!
Ooo love this haul!!! Hope you love all the books!
Thank you so much 🙏🏻😊 I can say that I am already enjoying a few of them ❤️
I love how illuminate spoil their readers customers with these supplies like mugs and pins
I love the extra items. It feels like receiving a gift each month ❤️
Do any of you want to buddyread a wren in the holly library , when I get my hands on a copy
I would love to do this Linda! How do we go about this? Are you on Instagram? X
Yes you are back, missed your videos
Book recommendation if you haven’t got it already- The Betrayal of Thomas True, it is a genre bending book that is mainly historical mystery, it is lgbtq and the emotional rollercoaster you will go on is insane. Highly recommend it is my best read of year so far.
Ooo I have the David Nicholls book, I really loved the look of it. I have a few of his books now so am going to binge a few as have heard he is a great author. I do need to stop buying tons of books or complete series before even reading the first but sometimes needs must 🫢
Are you signing up for the Epic Fantasy box from Fairyloot? I was super pleased with the Romantasy box for July but have to say I was quite annoyed to find out that the other books they have featured are on Kindle Unlimited, the July book isn’t but I have to say I was not impressed so I hope that it doesn’t happen often. Tbh A curse of blood and wolves I would say to everyone just read it on KU as my goodness it is a block of cheese and that is putting it politely.
Oooo that locked library book looks so pretty…they are upping their game pretty well I think 🤔 x
The pin in the may Illumicrate box I am sure is to do with the Elderlings series, it is in the wrong packaging, I only know because Becca from Becca and the books noticed and showed what it should be as the pin for that book was in a different box. Check out her video, that pin is definitely an Elderlings pin by Robyn Hobb x
I love your collection! How do you keep track of your books?
I have definitely added some of these books to my TBR 😅
I don’t keep track of them very well 🫣😂 … I am thinking of cataloguing them. But that will be a big task so it will have to wait until I can find the motivation.
I hope you found some books that you like the look of 🥰
The shipping thing sounds great. One question - do they calculate the customs and add that to your charge or do you have to sort & pay that once the parcel arrives in the UK? Thanks!
Ok sorry for the late reply on this. I had to look into it. So I don’t think I have paid customs charges as the items are worth less than £135. I think I might have paid in the past when it was above this value, but can’t 100% remember. So with stackry when an item is received by them I have to declare to them what the item is and the value of the item. So this is how they must decide if I pay a customs charge or not when it arrives in the uk. I hope that this helps. X
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs Thanks so much for the reply & the info :) So sorry it took me so long to respond, life got a bit hectic lol.
@@hockeyvaughnfan no problem at all; life is too chaotic 😔 Hope things are a little calmer for you now ❤️
Yay I am ready
Hope you enjoyed it Linda ❤️🥰
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs i really did enjoy it. My tbr grew from watching the video😀
@@lindasreadingcorner3962 that’s great; good to hear you found some books you like the sound of 🥰
Is Blackwell are great page to order books from?
I haven't ordered directly from Blackwell's before. I used to shop in store as they had a shop on the campus at the university I went to; but have no experience of ordering. Sorry I can't be of more help x
How massive and beautiful book haul you have, I wish I could make some subscription but unfortunately they will be so expensive to reach my door 🚪 someday I will find a way.
That's a shame that it costs so much to post; hopefully it changes for you one day 🤞🏻❤️
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs I hope so my friend.
Maybe a silly question, but what is the point of importing Book of the Month books from the US? These look like standard editions with just a little BotM sign in the corner 😅
Not a silly question at all! I ask this to myself every now and again!!!
I love the idea of Book of the Month and hate that we can’t have them shipped to the UK. I like the process of choosing one of the monthly picks and getting it sent (even though I open them much later than others (and therefore also read them much later)). I love the paper that the books are made from, and feel more compelled to pick up a book of the month book than a standard uk hardback or paperback.
I know it makes little sense (even to me), but I still enjoy receiving the books. I think if/when the novelty wears off then I will stop ordering them. But for now the enjoyment is worth going through the effort 😊
Hope you’re well, and thanks for watching 🙏🏻😊
Sorry for my question but now much to you put a monthly budget for buying books ? I have this question in my community tab.
I don't have a budget, I spend the money if I have it and there are books that I like, and I don't spend it if I don't have it. I think I worked out that it's a minimum of £250 a month, some months probably closer to £400. It's pretty much all of the money that I have after I pay my bills and spoil my dogs :)
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs wow such a huge budget for me I could only put 100 or 120 USD every 2 months depending on the time of the delivery because some of them took 15 days to reach my door but it's ok I am fine with this strategy so I could balance ⚖️ my financial strategies and do you know since two years only I've starting collecting English books as this the major I dream to study even I am 46 years old lady.
Hi, new to yr channel. Question, why do you buy hardback books not paperback?
I prefer reading hardbacks to paperbacks. Just my personal preference 😊
Thanks for being here Ginny. Hope you’re well ❤️
Does Bookbar ship internationally?
I think it might be uk only. Might be worth dropping them a message to double check x
Have anyone ordered books from ebay. How was it?
I have ordered from eBay in the past. I have had good experiences, but I guess it’s always a risk with the condition of the books x
Seokga is pronounced sohk gah almost like sokka from avatar haha
I’ve not seen Avatar 🫣 but thank you so much! I’ll do my best to remember ❤️🥰
@MichelleReadsandVlogs if you ever want to watch a hard warming, but also heart wrenching story then avatar the last airbender is a recommendation :)
@@beingWantable oh was this the one on Netflix? I will keep it in mind 😊 thank you x
Hello! Do you buy all these books....or are you a rep for some?
Hi Natalie. All bought by me (I should be more explicit about this in my videos) 😊 x
@@MichelleReadsandVlogs No worries. I'm like you...and am known to buy a lot of books. Books are my passion,..so that is where a lot of money goes to☺️
Now this is the kind of propaganda I support
Haha love it! ❤️