a life filled with books is a life
filled with magic a break from the
Uproar the vote of Silence a path to
learn a path to grow picking up a book
is entering a safe space no risk no
gamble no fear a corner filled with
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it's a chill day and we've got a chill
video today I'm going to be talking
about a collection of books within my
overall collection of books a little
selection of books that I have that I've
been wanting to talk about for a while
and that collection is my books on books
it's honestly one of my favorite parts
of my collection and I wanted to go over
them today and share them with you
because sharing is caring this feels
like showand tell but for Book Lovers
this became a thing for me a while back
and it's one of those things that just
like naturally happened I just have been
like gravitating towards books about
books typically I try to find these
books within independent bookstores
because it just feels like something
special to find within an indie
bookstore some of these were gifted to
me and I think one of them was s to me
for review but most of these books came
from supporting an independent bookstore
at one point when I'm traveling I always
try to find an independent bookstore and
support it in some kind of way so if I
never find like a fiction book that I'm
super interested in or want to pick up I
typically find a book about books and
pick that up it's kind of this magical
book buying habit that I've developed
over the years and I honestly really
enjoy that like I love going into
independent bookstores now and trying to
track down a book about books and
picking it up to add to my collection I
can't just like love books on their own
I have to own books on loving books too
as someone who is immensely passionate
about reading and sharing my love for
reading which hopefully you all have
picked up on that Passion by now I feel
like I've dedicated my life to this
fiery passion that's burning inside of
me there's something I love about this
kind of book because typically these
books are created out of a love for
books like the person that's creating it
the person that's curating it did so
because they love books they also have
that fiery passion within them they also
see the magic of books and they want to
spread that through these books the
first one I have here is called
bibliophile this is one of my favorite
for the illustrations and design alone
and then going beyond that like I also
just love the format of this book and it
also goes through so much which is
something that I really appreciate it
like it's a book that is just like
jam-packed it didn't just give us a
peanut butter sandwich it also included
the jam in there yeah it's almost like a
guidebook on being a biblo file which I
really love not that I need a guide book
on being a biblo file like I think I've
got that covered I think I don't need
help in that area of my life it's got
these curated book Stacks throughout it
which you can use as a recommendation
guide or if you've been looking for a
book with in a specific genre this book
has loads of recommendations throughout
it from historical fiction to dystopian
to coming up age stories it's got a wide
variety a feature within it that I
really love as well is that it delves in
deep to each different genre and sort of
explains each one in depth which is why
I feel like this is a good guide book
for like new readers because I feel like
sometimes when you're first getting into
reading like it's overwhelming to like
have all these genres and not fully
understand like what book fits under
what genre and this book provides you
with all the Deets you need it
highlights beloved books stores from
around the world and gives you little
bits of history on each of the
bookstores not going to lie those
sections give me Envy because I have yet
to visit every bookstore in the world
and that makes me really sad but I love
like seeing the ones that I've been to
before and like learning more about it
more history on it one of my favorite
bookstores is in here too and that's
Sundog books it's located in Florida my
family and I have visited it a couple of
times on vacation so it's nice to see
that one highlighted in here and there
are so many more now that are on my list
of bookstores to visit in the future I
want to go on just like a big bookstore
trip I think that'd be so much fun it
covers a lot of different authors as
well and gives you like more insights
into their life and I think that that's
really great to like know more
information about the authors that
you're reading from because sometimes
you can just like know their books but
then to go beyond that and know a little
bit more about their lives the things
that they're involved in outside of
writing it's really cool kind of
humanizes them a little bit more you
mean to say they're not these just like
epic superhero beings that write books
and change our lives no they're also
human this is just the perfect book for
people who identify as a bibliophile
which I feel like a lot of of us
identify as a biblo file and it's for
people who not only enjoy reading but
going beyond that and like collecting
books like learning more about authors
like learning more about bookstores etc
etc I definitely recommend this one it's
stunning it's a stunner next in my
collection I have I will judge your
bookshelf this is mostly a comedic take
on being a book lover but then also a
comedic take on being a writer and all
the struggles that come with being a
writer for the reader side of things
we've got takes on things like the
stages of the reader the perfect reading
spots dancing with books and it's just
filled with all these little quirky
little reader Comics that I feel like a
lot of us will relate to I personally
found myself between these Pages smashed
between the pages there were many
occasions where I felt attacked and I
did not appreciate it I didn't realize
that when picking up this book I would
be roasted on every single page but
that's what appears to have happened
then on the flip side it does have that
kind of like writer aspect as well and
we've got all these comedic takes on
things like writer block coming up with
pin names character development it just
brings sort of a light-heartedness to
all these like frustrating things that
authors go through which sure when
you're in the moment and you're facing
things like rers block or coming up with
character names or figuring out where
your plot is going those things can be
so frustrating but then in the aftermath
like you can sometimes look back on it
and laugh key word there is sometimes
sometimes you look back on it and you
want to cry but it just kind of brings a
light-hearted tone to these situations
that can often times be frustrating for
writers and authors I feel like this one
is perfect for like readers and writers
who are looking for just like relatable
content like you just want that like fun
light-hearted reader and writer humor
this book is perfect next up here we've
got one of my all-time favorite picture
books and that is the Fantastic flying
books of Mr Morris lesmore I know the
intended audience for picture books is
little children I would argue the fact
that I am still a little child and will
forever be a little child so fight me on
that I literally still have the heart of
a child so fight me fist up let's go
this is one of those books that I feel
like you will treasure no matter what
age you are it's essentially a look into
the importance of stories but also
exploring how people fall in love with
stories books and reading and it covers
how we're all writing our own stories as
we move forward in life there's a page
in particular that I love that I'm going
to read aloud we're having a little
Jesse the reader read aloud right now
Morris liked to share the books with
others sometimes it was a favorite that
everyone loved and other times he found
a lonely little volume whose tale was
seldom told everyone's story matters
said Morris and all the books agreed
when I tell you that this book makes me
emotional I mean it my eyes get watery
every time I pick this book up and read
it mind you I don't read it often
because I don't like getting emotional
it's not fun for me but I feel like this
book just reminds me like why I keep
creating bookish content and that's
because just like Mr morus lesmore I
believe that every story matters and I
want to keep that message alive so I
definitely recommend checking out this
picture book it also has a short film
which is fantastic I believe you can
find it on YouTube it's one of my
comfort books and I feel like it's
perfect for people who appreciate the
beauty of Storytelling and I feel like
it's a great book to instill that love
of stories and books in young ones as
well next up here I've got the mystery
writers of America cook book this book
was sent to me forever ago and I've yet
to make anything from it I'm not proud
of the fact that I don't cook and I'm
not like saying it to be like oh I'm so
quirky and weird and different like I
don't cook no like I don't cook I'm sure
I could if I tried like through and
through I'm a sandwich boy I'm a salad
boy I'm all about convenience I'm all
about easy and I feel like more times
than not cooking there's a lot of like
precise ingredients and things and I
just feel like I would mess it up so
maybe someday I will try something from
this cookbook maybe I'll get Brave maybe
I'll stop being lazy and I will give it
a go but for now I'm all about that zero
effort and I think that's okay anyway
this book brought together acclaimed
plot sers AKA writers and had them share
recipes some of them are personal
recipes some are inspired by their books
some are recipes from within their books
or meals that they think their
characters from their books would eat I
just think this is such a fantastic
concept this one does highlight like
mystery writers in general but I think
it'd be so cool to like have other
versions of this book like fantasy
authors sci-fi authors contemporary
authors even I would just love to see
like a cookbook series with authors from
different genres I think that would be
so cool even though I don't cook I'm
obsessed with this I would recommend
this to people who love reading and
cooking and want to combine those two
Hobbies definitely recommend checking
this out next in my collection we've got
the book of books this explores
America's 100 best loved novels I will
say that this is probably my least
favorite in my collection don't get me
wrong it's still fascinating seeing the
books that were selected but from what
I've read of it doesn't share how they
compiled the list like I would imagine
it's all based on like sales in America
like I'm sure that they just like
tracked Book Sales within America and
base it off that but it mentions that
they did extensive research for this
book and then failed to mention what
that research was and I don't know about
you but if you're going to show me 100
of the best loved novels in America I
want to know how you got that data give
me the tea what research did you do tell
me everything what I do like about this
book is that while it's not just like a
list of 100 books it also delves into
the history of each book it brings up
and shares stories surrounding these
stories which often times to me can be
very magical it can be just as magical
as of reading these books is like
learning bits of history about a book or
how a book was written or what an author
was going through when writing that book
and like how the book came to be like I
love that magic that is attached to
books as well that's just something that
I personally like nerd out of about like
I love learning interesting facts that
you might not know about popular books
next up I have this literary puzzle book
which is literally what the title
entails it's a literary puzzle book it's
got things like a Lord of the Rings word
search bookish anagrams author sodoku in
some ways you could use this as like a
recommendation tool because there's some
puzzles and different games within this
where it includes books that I haven't
even heard of before so I'll be
intrigued enough to like go beyond just
seeing the title in this book and I'll
like Google and find out what it's all
about I've only done a few of the
puzzles just because it feels like such
a special thing like I want to cherish
this for as long as I possibly can I
don't want to fill it all up right away
but I really enjoyed this and would
definitely be interested in picking up
more literary puzzle books like this
next up here I've got ex libris 100 plus
books to read and reread this is another
one that's like kind of low on the totem
pole for me it's not my favorite in my
collection I would say the book of books
is at the bottom and this one is right
above that one so just to give you
insights on where it ranks in this
collection this book was put together by
a literary critic and they basically
recommend 100 plus books that they feel
like people should read and reread it
provides you with books that will open
your eyes to New Perspectives and new
ideas in general I don't like books like
these because I just feel like everybody
has such different taste and like sure
this person is a literary critic they
know what they're talking about they
know their stuff but I just feel like in
general not everybody's going to Vibe
with the books that were selected for
this I feel like it's going to be like a
very specific audience that will vibe
with books obviously again the Creator
knows their stuff they know books but I
just think in general for me like I'm
not going to gravitate towards a book
full of recommendations for book
recommendations you know who I'm going
to if I need book recommendations y'all
you I'm going to you guys for the book
WX let's be real y'all are the real ones
y'all got the hookups this is a
beautiful book though and I've enjoyed
bits of it that I've read something that
I really like is the illustrations that
are throughout it there are original
illustrations throughout it where
they've basically gone through and
reillustrated some of the books that are
men in it so we've got books like the
Odyssey The Great Gatsby the handmaid's
tail not to be a snob and I know that I
already was like harping on this book
but like they were a little stingy with
their illustrations there's not that
many they could have like added 30 more
and it would have been Perfection 30 was
such a specific number I don't know
where 30 came from but like I bet 30
more illustrations would have had me
loving this book next up here I've got
weird things customers say in bookstores
by Jen Campbell who is actually a
booktuber or was a booktuber I don't
know if they're still a booktuber it's
hard to keep up with people these days
this is one that I will just like
randomly pick up off my shelf and just
like flip through the pages and read
little sections of it it basically just
like gives you the experience of a book
seller and all the customers that they
deal with on The Daily I'll just like
read a few customer are all of your
books for sale or just some of them
customer is this book edible book seller
no customer you know that film Coraline
book seller yes indeed customer my
daughter loves it are they going to make
it into a book it's filled to the brim
in reader humor it's got little sections
I will probably have you rolling your
eyes but overall it's a good time
definitely recommend this one next up
here I've got book love this one is
actually very very very similar to I
will judge your bookshelf it has a lot
of reader relatable Comics I remember
when I first read this one I just was
like reminded of all the sketches that I
used to make here on YouTube about like
reader relatable problems it covers
things like always being distracted when
reading books the frustration of
stickers on books and overall things
that fill readers with happiness it's
fun light-hearted I will say it's a
little bit on the cliche side when it
comes to like the reader humor but I
still enjoy it next up is one of my
all-time favorites this is unpacking my
library writers and their books I
somebody who is very nosy like I like
knowing things and this kind of allows
the reader to do just that it allows you
to go into these different writers
libraries and just look at their book
collections like that excites me that's
like the first thing I do when I enter
somebody's house is like try to figure
out where their book collection is when
they don't have one is what I'm very
disappointed it showcases 13 writers and
their Collections and throughout it it
has interviews with the writers talking
about when their book collection started
their mindset behind the books they
gravitate towards what kind of shelves
they have and I just love it again as
somebody who is very nosy this book is
perfect for me there's just something so
fun about like looking at somebody's
book collection and just like seeing how
they organize different books seeing how
similar their collection might be to
mine or how their collection is vastly
different from mine like I just love it
and I feel like your book collection
says a lot about you too so I really
enjoy this one next up I have here a
library of misremembered books I
absolutely love this one and I love like
the story behind it the concept is when
you have this book in mind but you can't
remember the title of it you can only
remember like little details of it like
it might be one word of the title it
might be the color of the book it might
be some kind of element that's on the
cover or it might be like the author's
first name and it's just filled with
illustrations with that Concept in mind
so we've got things like books where a
lot of afternoon teas take place lady
becomes Immortal because of aliens and
it gets really philosophical girl horse
lightning I just love little books like
this the last one that I have to show
you and the last one that is in my
collection though trust me I've got many
on my wish list and many more that I
want to pick up in the future but it's
book nerd this is literally just like a
celebration of loving books it is super
wholesome super cute and I love the
illustrations and design throughout it
it's filled to the brim with little
bookish illustrations and bookish
cliches with things like I'd rather be
reading sorry I'm all booked up shelfie
goals there's not a lot in this that
like brings anything new to the table
but I think what like makes this so
magical is like the illustration style
and the design throughout it it's a nice
little book to have on display on your
bookshelf or on your coffee table and it
will attack you with its relatability
that's for sure those are all the books
that are currently a part of my books on
books collection within my book
collection I'm excited to see this
collection continue to grow and Thrive
again I love finding books like this
within like independent bookstores I
don't know why specifically like
independent bookstores where there just
like something magical about buying a
book about books within a bookstore and
even more magical when it's an
independent bookstore let me know Down
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