Finally reading THAT 800 page book! 📚| Reading vlog #11

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3 жыл бұрын

welcome to another reading vlog! this week i am finally reading the Priory of the orange tree, the 800 page book that has been on my tbr for months! I also read some non-fiction and dive into my parent's library. Hope you enjoy!
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 22 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)
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@toiletteregina 3 жыл бұрын

"we need more fantasy standalones" SIS YOU SAID IT

@Nothereforit174 Ай бұрын

And more sapphic ones specifically! Which thankfully is becoming a thing in romantasy

@rachxwong 3 жыл бұрын

u can tell shes kinda done with the priory when she was holding the book upside down the entire time she spoke about it LOL

@glacyneyla-booksmanga 3 жыл бұрын

In German "The Priory of the Orange Tree" is 1.088 PAGES long!!!!! :'DDD

@karolinelovesyou9041 2 жыл бұрын

How and why

@glacyneyla-booksmanga 2 жыл бұрын

@@karolinelovesyou9041 Because German hast so many more and longer words than English... 😅

@asmaababa9193 3 жыл бұрын

Leonie: who knew that coming back to an epic fantasy after 3 months can be confusing Me: literally everyone 😂😂

@chrismann1387 3 жыл бұрын

yeah... that's the joke

@asmaababa9193 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismann1387 are you saying I'm not funny ? 🤔

@chrismann1387 3 жыл бұрын

@@asmaababa9193 you are. accidental comedy is funny too

@asmaababa9193 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismann1387 thank you 😂😊

@chrismann1387 3 жыл бұрын

Asmaa Baba :)

@marietaghazaryan9138 3 жыл бұрын

I read crime and punishment last year and I finished it surprisingly fast, in less than a week, it really sucks you in once you get to the good parts

@yusra3628 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I was obsessed with the rainbow magic series as a kid!

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

yesss so good!

@chrysoula5226 3 жыл бұрын

haha same read like 60 of them

@josephmarshall6599 3 жыл бұрын

reviews on nonfiction books, i.e. climate change as you've mentioned, would be really cool.

@katarinav5999 3 жыл бұрын

your parents' library looks amazing! 💗✨

@aliA-jz5ms 3 жыл бұрын

The books in your parent’s collection are timeless and they never get old.

@juliette6704 3 жыл бұрын

100% recommend the long way to a small angry planet by becky chambers if you're looking to get into sci-fi. it focuses a lot more on the characters than on the plot and since you prefer characters over plot, it could be a good choice to dip your toes in the sci-fi world! it's really wholesome and lovely overall. the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin is another one of my favourites and it's a classic, it's not heavy hard sci-fi either and focuses a lot on characters and the politics of the planet the main character is discovering. she was quite ahead of her time imo. and a funny recommendation would be the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. really easy and quick read and funny as well! a lot of people start there when they wanna get into sci-fi :)

@nebula1oftheseven488 3 жыл бұрын

OMG yess! that book is so good!

@Kpopheaven Жыл бұрын

My favorite booktubers always inspire me to read the books they read. And you've became one of my current favorite booktubers and I basically wanna read all of the books that you read in your vlogs haha :D

@elenathegreat 3 жыл бұрын

that collection of the books with black spines that your parents have is so impressive omg banned books

@mattkean1128 3 жыл бұрын

Best reading vlogs around. I actually love Russian lit, a number of years ago I had fallen out of reading and decided to jump start myself, so i dove into the most intimidating thing I could think of and read War and Peace, and ended up loving it. Crime and Punishment is great. I've been meaning to read those Asimov robot and foundation books. Right now I'm going to try to Finish the Poppy War before next week.

@acourtofbooksandbakes 3 жыл бұрын

I have Priory on my shelf looking at me, begging to be read. I love the style of this vlog, I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

@SBSF04 3 жыл бұрын

Mine is watching me through my Kindle 😅

@Midnightpinkmotor Жыл бұрын

Did you read it?

@Alice-pf3tu 3 жыл бұрын

girl when you first showed off Priory in a reading vlog in like April I went out and bought the book and finished it in 8 days..... it's been 4 months........ I thought you DNF-ed it..........

@laura_h383 3 жыл бұрын

Why did you feel the need to say that?

@Alice-pf3tu 3 жыл бұрын

@@laura_h383 oh heck did i sound mean,? i really didn't mean to, i just thought it's been so long i thought leo either finished Priory by herself or didn't finish it since the April vlog,, i'm sorry if my comment sounded condescending, that wasn't my intention :(

@laura_h383 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alice-pf3tu oh it's ok, I might have misunderstood. Sorry

@Alice-pf3tu 3 жыл бұрын

@@laura_h383 haha it's alright, my choice of words were poor, i'm just glad leo is reading Priory again, i really enjoyed it :)

@Alice-pf3tu 3 жыл бұрын

@@ace13555 of the book? I loved it, 5 stars in my opinion. of the video? amazing, like always

@clairemarge5310 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this chill vlog! It made me want to dive into a massive fantasy so badly!!

@claudiazinser4408 3 жыл бұрын

For sci-fi recommendations, I really really love The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. It's not for everyone because it's more character-focused than plot-focused but if that doesn't bother you than it's a great book!

@koritsi2142 3 жыл бұрын

I literally just commented the same thing, and now I see your comment :D yess Becky Chambers is queen

@uwu-sd4sf 3 жыл бұрын

ahhh i was just thinking how lovely it would be if you posted a reading vlog 🥺💗

@legumesss 3 жыл бұрын

My scifi recommendation is Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. It was my first book of that genre (aside from The Host by Stephenie Meyer, which I actually kind of recommend as well haha) and such a good, enjoyable introduction!

@studyfolia842 3 жыл бұрын

I started reading The Priory of the Orange Tree when I saw your vlog back in April, and I was wondering when you would finish it because I wanted to know what you thought about it. I enjoyed reading it and watching this vlog :D

@moooavila 3 жыл бұрын

for science fiction: illuminae is super interesting and good! also it mightve been hyped a lot but the writing for the 5th wave is actually one of my favorite writing styles ive read in a WHILE. my favorite sci-fi trilogy is the Partials trilogy but it might be too obscure....

@hera2593 3 жыл бұрын

Ho that's fun, I also read Priory of the orange tree, and one of my favourite character was actually Loth ! (Obviously, the other one was Ead haha) And I started to read the Fifth season bc of you, and im really enjoying it so thanks !

@aureliedarveau9016 2 жыл бұрын

Your vlogs are the best! Thank you

@pendragon2012 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing that your parents raised you right--to love books and want to read everything! :-) And this is where the whole Crime and Punishment saga began, huh?

@ramyaaaa 3 жыл бұрын

I’m about to start reading Priory, it got delivered today. It is a hefty book. Can’t wait to start reading it.

@cryingaboutbooks 3 жыл бұрын

your parents library is goals 💞💞

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

i want one in the future

@eryng515 3 жыл бұрын

i saw on your instagram that you finished it and i actually thought you already did lol ily and this vid was amazing!

@claralovescats123 3 жыл бұрын

im really excited to read the priory of the orange tree, love your videos, all the love from Portugal 🥺

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

i hope you enjoy it once you read it!

@IReadToday 3 жыл бұрын

This is such a nice reading vlog omg

@JanetSuzanne 3 жыл бұрын

I also finally read THAT book this August and I loved it! I also filmed a reading vlog for it and I’m so glad I did because it’s now definitely one of my all time favourite books!

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

that's so great :D

@juliadevargasabruzzi1717 3 жыл бұрын

I just remembered that i started watching your videos when you started this book!!!

@crystalrose8787 3 жыл бұрын

Same 😊

@ottoismy1dog 3 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure. Honestly, there are so many genres of sci-fi (classics, cyberpunk, time travel, post apocolyptic, AI, space opera, utopian ... I'll stop there & suggest 1 title for each) So in the same order : The Female Man by Joanna Russ. The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress. The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper. All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock ...

@gracie9658 3 жыл бұрын

THE RAINBOW SERIES BOOKS !!! I loved these so much.

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

so much nostalgia!

@BohoBookworm 3 жыл бұрын

I'd LOVE it if you did a vlog reading one of your mums crime / thriller books one day! Just as it is out of your comfort zone I think it would be super interesting!

@raydea2247 3 жыл бұрын

I was in this exact moment trying to find something relaxing to make me feel better while I eat my ramen thank you babe

@dannydubya9410 3 жыл бұрын

You should read the Stormlight Archive. Those are well over 1,000 pages, all of them worth reading!

@ainokenttala 3 жыл бұрын

you finally conquered it🤩🙌

@betheltorres2550 3 жыл бұрын

Oooo. What a nice kitty you have!

@christinacampbellbooks 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely want to read this book! It sounds great.

@NerdyNatReads 3 жыл бұрын

Liar is a really good sci-fi story! Imposter by Phillip K. Dick, The Country of the Kind by Damon Knight, and All You Zombies -- by Robert Heinlein are some other sci fi short stories that are good and interesting. I actually rank some sci-fi short stories in my tier ranking of books I read in school video coming out today!

@readingrosie2184 3 жыл бұрын

"I, Robot" is probably my favorite Asimov, I would definitely recommend it!

@shaunaXX 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I loved the rainbow magic fairy books as a kid

@GennaG 3 жыл бұрын

oh cool, im early! also, those sun and moon earrings are really cute

@H4NN4444 3 жыл бұрын

woahhh I'm early today, love the vids

@Maude_bastilternative 3 жыл бұрын

The Bobiverse is perfect to get into scifi. Its funny and not too science heavy. The plot is also super interesting and fast paced!

@plisert 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Leonie. Congrats on beating your worst enemies: XXL books. I would have started from the beginning as wanting to enjoy the book to his fullest, sunk deep on the context. But that's me! For standalone fantasy I would recommend Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, besides Al-Rassan from Guy Gavriel Kay. Being the first fantasy, fresh and quickly read. the second more history fiction and a "fine art book", rich prose and emotional connection, great characters.

@rozanne5107 3 жыл бұрын

oke hi i just found u and im SO excited about finding a dutch booktuber ^^ subscribed and am excited for the rest of your videos :]

@junechevalier 3 жыл бұрын

Finally 😌 and also, Crime and Punishment is really great, I think Raskolnikov is a weird character but one that I can sympathize with. Anyway are you interested in reading a manuscript of an adult fantasy/gothic I'm planning on releasing this year?

@xxx0753 3 жыл бұрын

Sci-fi wise, I recommend Dune, it's the cornerstone of the genre! Plus--happens to be a very good read too ahah, you'll get sucked into the world straight away

@billiepi8756 2 жыл бұрын

@@coleton7048 1000000% agree.

@dearrivarie 3 жыл бұрын

I ADORE Crime and Punishment - it was the last book I read as part of "required reading" in high school and I don't know if it's the writing or just the way my teacher taught it but it's become my absolute favorite classic! Hope you're able to enjoy it - it is so massive 😂

@Nothereforit174 Ай бұрын

I also found it on the more manageable size of popular Russian books in the US. Maybe I’ve just gotten used to chunkers in romance and fantasy lol. It’s like a need now to see a fat book😂

@Heymsbrightside Жыл бұрын

I also love Notion!

@carolinesch. 3 жыл бұрын

Such a pretty library

@Directioner171 3 жыл бұрын

Loving that intro!

@aubreyjdickens 3 жыл бұрын

oh you should also totally dip into some afrofuturism, nnedi okorafor's binti trilogy is absolutely magnificent!!!

@Elentirion 3 жыл бұрын

Crime and Punishment is a real page-turner. I was a little apprehensive at first because it's not the type of book I usually read but I found it really hard to put down.

@angelafraser4572 3 жыл бұрын

There's nowt on my current TBR with 'night' so I scoured the internet for inspiration and I've shortlisted 10 books for consideration ... 1. The Nightlife of the Gods by Thorne Smith 2. Nightwalks by Charles Dickens 3. Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce 4. Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian 5. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 6. Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons 8. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 9. The four dimensional nightmare by J.G Ballard 10. Nightfright - edited by Peter Haining

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 3 жыл бұрын

AWH THE LITTLE KITTY

@Baiznex 3 жыл бұрын

For a sci-fi recommendation, I recently read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. I haven't read any sci-fi for a few years and it was a great jumping off point for getting back into the genre.

@Gaby-yq4pn 3 жыл бұрын

Im kinda emotional you finished it cause I discovered you with the reading vlog where you start it lol

@redderlondon 3 жыл бұрын

i really loved dark matter & recursion by blake crouch. theyre science fiction but not really heavy on science, like i did not understand all the science talk but i still realkt enjoyed it. and theyre both mindblowing.

@carriewyatt8583 3 жыл бұрын

Crime and punishment is one of my favorite books!!

@jamesduggan7200 3 жыл бұрын

I like it too. Rashkolnikov is the most likable scoundrel! And Marie, well, she's just a saint. [edit: or is it Sonja? I don't really remember, except that Marie is the saint in War and Peace].

@itWaslat 3 жыл бұрын

james duggan he really is the best scoundrel and it’s Sonia btw , now to think about it there really is some resemblance between Marie and Sonia

@jubrusco_ 3 жыл бұрын

I’m currently reading it too!!!

@aishagamal2090 3 жыл бұрын

i finished crime and punishment and i totally recommend it 🖤🖤

@psychicsocial 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I have a sci-fi rec for you, though it's a big series and each book is very thick, it's a fast-paced epic sci-fi and also modern which means it's easy to read. It's called The Expanse series (which is now a show too) and the first book is called Leviathan's Wake by James S.A. Corey. I would also suggest The Murderbot Series by Martha Wells which is so great and short as well.

@Silverraine1 3 жыл бұрын

Murderbot

@louistoledo7760 3 жыл бұрын

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is a collection of connected short stories that were published separately at first. Sometimes it is grouped with other short stories that comprise Asimov's entire Robot Series or parts of it. I, Robot as collected and published in 1950 begins with a a short intro followed by 9 short stories. So, it could be the one you saw in English does no have as many short stories in it as the one in Dutch. Hope this helps.

@anja2298 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite sci-fi books are Ready Player One and the Illuminae trilogy!!

@nr937 3 жыл бұрын

Solaris by Stainislaw Lem is a great sci-fi rec(I haven't read it yet but I have heard good things bout it) ~ plus love ur content!💜

@shairahc2964 3 жыл бұрын

i just downloaded notion too! I'm using it for organizing my books as well :)

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

cool! hope you get superrr organised!

@panagiotaspanogianni4931 Жыл бұрын

i've missed your reading vlogs:( hope you get back to them soon!

@wandguardnoodle 3 жыл бұрын

I would be very interested in what you think of Crime and Punishment. It was assigned reading for me in high school and it's the only assigned book that I ever seriously hated (which is saying something about me lol). The protagonist was just this whiny, woe-is-me type who couldn't make a darn decision and stick to it, he kept changing his mind and going back and forth between the same options. I was super annoyed and bored reading that book xD But I also know that most people love it, at least where I live, it's one of the most popular classics.

@theapenning8944 Жыл бұрын

Ik kwam deze video opeens tegen en nu kan ik niet wachten om lekker buiten te lezen als het weer zomer is!!

@keremokyay6725 3 жыл бұрын

You can read Dune it can be considered as a classic for science fiction

@Makallalajsiis 3 жыл бұрын

THIS GIRL IS SO DEDICATED

@Catisthebestt 3 жыл бұрын

I remember looking forward to rain and thunder as well when the heatwave ended. The Netherlands is not built for such temperatures..

@jessereads3004 3 жыл бұрын

Be careful with the salt rock lamps! Some of them are known to make cats pretty sick if they lick them!

@Lily1Dfan 3 жыл бұрын

what a gorgeous cat

@cupkakfrosting 3 жыл бұрын

There's a heat wave where I am too :( it's been 100 F for the past week (37.8 C according to google) Also, for a sci-fi recommendation, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Lock In by John Scalzi! It's not a very typical sci-fi book but I really enjoyed it. Thx for a fun reading vlog!

@Julia-qg4lr 3 жыл бұрын

the priory of the orange tree is sooooo hard to read, in Poland it has 2 parts and each of them has 550 pages, I m halfway done with the first part, here for the strength

@katiejosephine2755 3 жыл бұрын

Sci-fi recommendation: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel. Its a stand-alone, and it’s short! I cannot recommend it enough.

@ashxjo28 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I just read this a couple of days ago and it was really great!

@Christolphi 7 ай бұрын

Priory is my favorite book of all time, the prequel is even better in some places. Niklays is underrated I think, most people I know who read it didn't care for his perspective. I wish I could read it for the first time again.

@marieh5228 3 жыл бұрын

So excited about that video about climate change!!

@diana.herrera 3 жыл бұрын

ive been reading it too, im like 700 pages in, im almost done

@mariebasa1937 3 жыл бұрын

I really recommend Ender's Game for sci-fi!!

@xSHARIFAH 3 жыл бұрын

love the detail you put into your vlogs! and can’t wait for your climate change books video

@gustavogutierrez2709 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve recommended this before and I’ll recommend it again; Dune!

@uwu-sd4sf 3 жыл бұрын

yes yes yes!!!

@coleton7048 3 жыл бұрын

No.

@dnovess 3 жыл бұрын

Hello I'd like to recommend Anne McCaffrey's Dragon riders of Pern it reads like a fantasy but is most definitely sci-fi first book is Dragonflight

@johnsaxongitno4life588 3 жыл бұрын

Love you and your channel please stay safe and strong love from John from Australia and I love big books and it is freezing cold 🥶 here

@krystene.9457 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend you reading the illuminae files by jay kristoff and amie kaufman. I looooove this trilogy.

@oggarbagetea84 3 жыл бұрын

Where did your parents get those banned books? I want that set!

@sogeking3976 3 жыл бұрын

We need a boyfriend bookish Q&A ☺️🥺

@suzannel583 3 жыл бұрын

I just spent a good 10 minutes searching Hütton Käse to find out what it is, and then reading the fascinating information about it on Amazon. It was translated into English for me, so that might explain some of what sounded strange to me. But that was a rather interesting side quest for me tonight. 😊

@TheBookLeo 3 жыл бұрын

hahaha i'm pretty sure it's just cottage cheese

@paulinaacosta5566 3 ай бұрын

Red Ender's game and Ender's shadow!!

@ManishaMishra1996 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like literary classics. .

@edtwo8412 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! What are the series of books that were shown at 6:48 (it was in chronological order) called? They seem to be of a biographical type of different artists? Anyways, they look pretty cool, just by their sides. :)

@atheismcrew1524 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet read.

@seraphyna07 Жыл бұрын

one thing ive learned is if you have that thought, BRING IT

@ryanrhude3256 3 жыл бұрын

A couple good sci fi goods. Enders game series. Most only read Enders game. There are 4 main books in the series, Enders game, speaker for the dead, xenocide, children of the mind. If you enjoy those there are so many side books and spin offs, I would start with earth unaware. Children of men and I am legend are also pretty good. The Martian is great. If you want to really dive into sci fi then Seven Eves is really enjoyable, but very long. I think the audible book was 40ish hours long.

@MoniqueChambers 3 жыл бұрын

I’m reading the proity orange tree but I put it done I started august 1 on it I’m on chapter 13 on it I’ll finish it soon I hope I’m reading laurell k Hamilton new book right now

@praline9808 3 жыл бұрын

For science fiction you can't go wrong with 2001: A Space Oddyssee. I feel like it's pretty beginner friendly. It's not too sciency/wordy and it's fairly short and very engaging.

@jamesduggan7200 3 жыл бұрын

The rare novelization of a film worth reading on its own merits. Clarke and Kubrick worked first on the movie, and the book came after, tho it's still quite good. _2010_ is better written but the story is weaker.