Hey guys, I hope you are all doing well and welcome back. I realized it's been a
while since I last did a BookTuber shout outs video, so today I thought that's
what we would do. Let's share some other BookTubers and spread the love. If you
weren't aware, during January YouTube announced new partnership requirements
meaning that you had to have, what, one thousand subscribers and like 4,000
watched minutes in the 30 days leading up to you obtaining 1000 subscribers or
something ridiculous like that. Basically it makes things harder for smaller
content creators who do put a lot of time and effort into their videos and
yet maybe don't have the ridiculous amount of watch numbers you need or the
exact number of subscribers. I think it's safe to say the majority of us here on
BookTube are not in it for the money, mainly because if we were we wouldn't be
making a whole lot anyways. I do think it's worth saying that the partnership
program isn't just about monetization, it's also about extra features like
thumbnails and things. So, yeah, spread the love to all the smaller creators in your
sphere and if you guys know of any that you think I should check out, definitely
leave me a comment down below. But anyways, to get into my recommendations,
first of all I wanted to talk about the channel that I've been kind of enjoying
the most lately and that is all D books. I have to say it that way because if I
say "all da books" it just comes out sounding weird. All d books is run by the
lovely Doris who I loved for a couple of reasons. Number one: she reads a very wide
variety of books which, if you continue watching this video, you will see is a
theme in the BookTubers that I recommend today. But seriously, Doris
reads everything from nonfiction to like middle grade, so if you are looking for
somebody with just a really really wide range of recommendations, I would
definitely check out her channel. And she is also just so very passionate about
the books that she talks about. You can tell that she puts a lot of thought into
her videos. If you like readathons, then Doris does a lot of fun read-a-thon
vlogs that you might enjoy, but the videos of hers that I have been
personally really enjoying are her themed TBRs. So in January she did a
Middle East themed TBR and then this month she did a Black History Month
themed TBR. Basically these videos are just treasure troves of recommendations
around whatever topic she picks, so I would definitely suggest checking them
out and I will link her most recent one down in the description box. Actually,
just so I don't have to say this after everybody, I will link all of the things
in the description. The next channel I want to recommend definitely deserves
more subscribers - I think she's only got like 500 something at the moment - and
that is The Bookish Land. The Bookish Land is run by, I'm gonna butcher this, Meonicorn.
Hopefully, I pronounced that right and she is a BookTuber who is
originally from China but is currently living in the U.S. If you like channels
like climbthestacks where she is just very planned out, very clear, very
articulate, I think you'll really like the videos on The Bookish Land. Meonicorn
recently started a Chinese lit series in which she's going to be
talking about what is Chinese literature, recommending Chinese literature, going
into different topics in Chinese literature... How many times going to say
Chinese literature? Anyways, I'm really excited about this series and I think
she provides a really interesting perspective that I personally want to
see more of. The next BookTuber I wanted to mention is Jane from its Jane Lindsay.
Now, she is another BookTuber who reads a wide variety of books from nonfiction to
literary fiction to YA and I have to say, she's one of the few channels that I
still watch that does talk about why and she actually makes me want to pick it up.
She's another BookTuber who's able to express herself really, really clearly
and just obviously puts a lot of thought into her wrap ups and her reviews. She's
currently hosting the second year of Feminist Lit February and she's got some
really interesting reading challenges for the month long challenge, so if you
are looking for places to start with her channel that is the video I would
suggest. Another smaller channel I really wanted to recommend to you guys is
Shamina Yuki Crawford and, I'm not gonna lie, part of the reason I want you guys
to go support her is that she is half Japanese and I think us Hapas got to
stay together! Shamina has this really calming, sweet
on-screen personality which I personally really enjoy and I think if you have
come to my channel for Asian or Asian American Lit, I would really think that
you would like her videos as well. She reads a lot of Asian lit and a lot of
poetry, and if I was to recommend one of her videos to you I would say my
favorite video of hers, personally, so far, was her Japanese Book Design
video. And the last BookTuber that I wanted to recommend to you guys is
Vanessa from splitreads. Now, I'm assuming if you know about me you
already know about Vanessa as well, but in case you don't I would recommend you
go check her out. She's another BookTuber who reads a very wide variety of books
and if you like BookTubers who specifically highlight library books,
definitely someone you should check out. She's another BookTuber with just a
really chill on-camera personality and, while I know she's mentioned this as a
concern in the past, it's actually one of the reasons I personally really enjoy
her videos. One video of Vanessa's I personally really enjoy is her Hispanic
Heritage Reads... wrap-up video, I think that's what was. Because again it's just
kind of a great resource video if you're looking to start reading more Hispanic
Heritage reads and I think also just a really nice place to start with their
channel. So those are five BookTubers that I have been really enjoying lately
and wanted to recommend to you guys. And again, check the description box, I
will link all of their channels and all the videos that I mentioned. Again, if you
guys have any channel recommendations for me please, please leave me a comment
down below and even if you're just wanting to shout out your own channel,
feel free to leave a comment down there as well. Honestly, a lot of these channels
I actually discovered because they started commenting on my videos, so I
find that really helps. And actually, while I'm talking about comments I just
want to mention that I have been absolute crap about leaving comments
lately, so even if I'm not leaving comments on your videos, trust me I'm
probably watching them. I'm just being like a lurking creeper and not actually
commenting. Anyways, we're getting off topic, so I'm gonna wrap it up here. Thank
you guys so much for watching, I hope you're having a fantastic day, and I will
see you next time. Bye!