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"I don't care enough about you to move you" "sometimes life feels like a dystopia" "I plan on being disappointed" this video was a whole ass mood haha

a video with approved hades and persephone recs would be highly appreciated

"Sometimes life feels like a dystopia". I feel that on so many levels

I didn't do it because I moved, but when my parents adopted my youngest two siblings I got rid of almost 900 books. I kept one shelf full of books and a few kids books for my younger siblings to read. Picking which books to actually keep was the hardest thing, but it did show me that as much as I love books and reading, I'm not a big rereader nor do I tend to pull for physical books as much as I did when I was in school since I have a kindle and a nook now. And books just take up a lot of space, even if I love them so. But now I know somewhere out there someone is reading my much loved copies of the Percy Jackson series and all the fairytale retellings I got from book orders and book fairs in grade school. I hope someone out there is getting all the enjoyment and more from my books that I did.

Have you read Lore Olympus on webtoon? It's a Hades and Persephone retelling and it's absolute perfection

dang that cotton candy metaphor was on point....that's a perfect way to describe good-but-unmemorable books.

Yes girl, get rid of those books! I don't know why unhauls are so satisfying, but they really are. Glad you won't have to lug that extra weight around with you when you move.

One day I woke up and realized I wasn’t ever going to read 80% of my books again and gave away around 80 books. I have a library card that has an amazing inter library system and I can literally get any book I want. Right now I’m on a 70s era fantasy kick and I’m most definitely not going to buy every Dragons of Pern novel.

"Sometimes life feels like a dystopia" wooow that one sentence just made me realise why I no longer really like reading dystopian books novels 😂 I think I'm going to do an unhaul soon using the question "would I want to move you to a new place". It's a good starting point! Little bit sad to see you unhaul The Lunar Chronicles, but I kind of get it as well haha. I wrote my thesis on Cinder (and a bunch of other Cinderella retellings), though, so it has a special place in my heart!

A good Hades and Persephone retelling: Hadestown the musical. It's amazing.

i didn't even realize there was a non-illustrated edition of a monster calls. that seems like a bad idea. the illustrations are beautiful and add so much to the overall feel of the story. makes it have more impact and emotion imo.

I unhauled so many books (read and unread) when I moved. It's therapeutic. ... At this point I donate most of my YA to my cousin's classroom. I read and don't need most of them anymore. She needs books for her students. It all works out. ☺☺

Love unhauls! Recently did the same and got rid of 73 books, half were ones I won't reread or if I do it'll be on audio. The other half was a mix of didn't like or lost interest in. Great video, I love your channel, and I wish you all the best in moving and getting out of an area that you're just not your happiest in.

I am sorry you're not happy where you are, and hope you are able to move soon.

I was irrationally excited to see this video haha. I love your unhaul and declutter-themed videos soo much

Such an interesting look at different reasons to unhaul books! I have had periods where I think of keeping every book I've bought and read, but then I get realistic haha. So I tend to try and keep those which mean something to me or that I have a high liklihood of re-reading. I'll get there in the end!

I just did a declutter of ornaments sitting on my shelves. I had over 50 and got rid of half. My shelves look so gooooood and I am CLEANSED. Now to attack the rest of the house 💃🏼

I feel the same way about Jane, Unlimited. I feel like it's a cool concept, but I wanted more from it - especially from the ending. Glad to hear you're heading to the midwest! I grew up there and I'm convinced I'm going to end up there myself, but I'm currently east-coast because of school - so, glad you get to head that direction soon!

Good luck with your move!! Now you have me looking at my shelves wondering which books I should get rid of. Lol

The Under the Never Sky trilogy is so AESTHETIC. Wow. You aren't wrong about how it kinda feels like we're currently living in a dystopian. About Marissa Meyers Renegades series, I couldn't get through the first book. It had promise, but I only enjoyed about 20%, and the rest was either boring or was actively IRRITATING. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for certain YA tropes.

Ooooh!!! You’re reminding me and giving me the push to unhaul The Lunar Chronicles (finally). I keep going back and forth on it but I know I won’t want to go back to them.

This is actually so great. We're planning to move next year, just to a new house in our town, but honestly I could be going through my shelves already and unhauling anything that I don't want to move. Also so with you on the Under the Never Sky series, I adored it when I read it, and I've been thinking about rereading it, but I'm scared that it won't hold up to a reread. Probably won't unhaul it though lol.

I feel like I always relate to you so much on Victoria Schwab lol. I felt like Vicious and This Savage Song both should have been standalones. I would like to read more of Anna-Marie McLemore though.

I found that I was hardly ever rereading books so I made the scary decision to donate all of the books I had already read. Most freeing experience of my life! I don't suggest this extreme declutter to most people, (I'm a bit extreme 🤣😂) but cutting down on the stuff in your life gives more room for experience.

Good luck with your move. I live in the Midwest, so I understand wanting to come back home.

Great video. "Sometimes life feels like a dystopia"....I'm laughing so hard at that. Thanks for that great video!

I love unhauls. You got rid of some that I didn't like when I read them to. I think I'll check out the middle grade series.

I feel the same way about the Under the Never Sky series. I read a book by the same author, a standalone I think, called Riders and I loved it so much more than her other series. It has the four horsemen of the apocalypse as main characters and a lot of witty banter and one liners so u might like it. 😄

Such a satisfying video ❤️❤️

I'm so happy for you! Being happy is #1! I hope you get to move soon! And yes, packing sucks the big one...

I hope the move goes smoothly and safe travels

Even though I've had to move numerous times in the last 5-6 years, and moving several boxes of books is a pain, many of them are still TBR and I got a lot of them at used bookstores so I know I likely won't get them cheaper anywhere else lol

I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like all of Victoria Schwab

Really hope you get to move soon! Positive vibes being sent your way

Thank you! I have a series of books where I read the first book and they are all signed, but I just can’t seem to get the motivation to read. You have inspired me to ditch now

oh man that Victora Schwab section. I always expect to like her books more. Vicious is a total 5 star for me, and This savage song was a 4 star, but I was super dissapointed in Our Dark Duet and hated the first 2 darker shades of magic books and have been dragging my feet to read the 3rd. Love your unhaul videos btw! I love buying new books, huge dose of serotonin for me, but I also love the catharsis of an unhaul. I recently unhauled like 15 books and already added 3 more to my pile for next time.

YESS!!! I am way too happy about this. Why unhauls are my favorites? lol

I always like to start off the new year with a big unhaul. I am currently looking at the books I read this year and thinking about if I'll reread them or if I enjoyed them. The main one I am getting rid of is Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I thought I would love it, but I didn't.

I hope you get back to the midwest soon! I've never left but I feel like I'd move back immediately if I did. lol

A Hades/Persephonone comic I adore is Hades' Holiday on Tapas. It's a really cute story about how the two of them go to the human world on a holiday.

I’m moving soon too and this is def inspiring me to unhaul some books I don’t want to take with me.

This is the first video of yours I have ever watched! And I loved it. Subscribe!

It's all good girl❤❤❤ I only keep books that I'm super duper attached to.. other than that, I get rid of the rest..

This makes me want to unhaul some of my old books so badly 😂

I hope that you are able to move soon, and sending happiness on your soul!

So sad to see them go but you go girl!

Love love your nails ❤❤

Cotton candy is the perfect way to describe some series! Would you mind if I stole that lol

I've never finished the Lunar Chronicles! I had forgotten I still had the final book to read! And I only remembered because you brought it up! "(This series) is so wonderful when you experience it but then it goes away and you forget it!"

Books are precious - hate getting rid of them. :-) I too want to move back to the midwest. I am in NC now for the last 5 years and I hate it here - I cannot wait until someday soon that I can do this.

Unhauls are so bizarrely therapeutic and calming to watch. I always get a little anxious when I see these huge haul videos in my recommended, my anxiety brain does NOT like seeing "HUGE 100+ BOOK HAUL!!!" titles lmao.

Hey I’m just curious, have u listened to Hadestown? It’s focused on Orpheus and Eurydice but hades and Persephone feature and was just wondering what your thoughts were on it? I hope you move soon 💖

I know its not connected to the video somehow and I dont know if you listen to musicals, but i still think you should check out the musical "Hadestoen" if you want to. Its a retalling of orpheus and eurydice, and also of course hades and persephone in a very unique way that i think you could enjoy. It is one of the best musicals out there, and one of my personal favorite, and now every time you mentioned hades and persephone, i think of it😂 anyway, I wish that you would feel better ASAP😊

Where in the midwest are you looking to move? Sorry, I'm not sure if that too personal but I'm also in the midwest in Minnesota. Love your videos are awesome!

I'm curious what you found disappointing about Our Dark Duet, because I was also disappointed by it, but I feel like that has to be for different reasons. I'm the same with signed books, I like having them if they're books I love, but I made the mistake of going to four signings at BookCon and I reallynwosh I had spent most of that time hanging out more...

Best of luck with your move! I think it's great that you're not hesitant to unhaul books that aren't adding any value to your life

Good luck, Sam. I hope you are able to move soon and that new surroundings will be like breathing brisk morning air.

Is it weird that one of my goals in life is to write a hades and persephone retelling that lives up to your standards XD HAHAHAHA I swear if I ever do it I'll send it to you first and be like "okay...what needs to be better sam?!" XD YOU DESERVE THE PERFECT RETELLING DAMNIT! lol!

I used to want to keep every book I've ever read, even if I hated it, so I could show everyone all the books I've read. BUT I live in a very small space and can't keep all the excess books. And then I thought 'why should I keep books that I do not like and will never read again when I could pass them on to someone who could love them?' And now I only keep books I love and will reread. Unhauling is very satisfying!

You'll be moving right in time for winter! I'm from the twin cities so feel free to message me if you have any questions or want recommendations

This video is Sam being 100% done and it´s such a mood. Hope you can move soon!

Are you moving to Minnesota?!

I’m sure people have suggested this already ,but have you checked out the Lore Olympus comic on WEBTOON? It’s an excellent Hades Persephone retelling ,I think she does a really good job with Persephone!

I hope you’re able to move soon and feel happy again

I was honestly waiting for you to get rid of ACOTAR and ACOWAR and keep ACOMAF

Am I the only one who found (in the Lunar Chronicles) that the characters’ inability to function upon seeing an attractive person baffling?

I loved under the never sky series

"Will I read the next trilogy? Maybe." Rolls eyes,"Probably. But I plan on being disappointed." You are so freaking hilarious!!!!

I’m the same way. I don’t care about signed books unless it’s an author I love. I did get rid of a signed book that I gave 2 stars to. Good luck with your move. I hope you’re able to leave soon.

Good luck with moving! Unfortunately I cannot help you (based in Europe), but hopefully you will have your enough funds soon :)

"Apparently I'm not cursing today."

I also kept vicious and got rid of vengeful. I just pretend it never happened 🙃

Wish you were able to send to Canada would buy some up and help with the move

Does anyone have a vlog of her talking about what's going on in her current area. I'm super curious.

9:50 me making sensable decisions

Should i get rid of a stand-alone book written by my fav author. Or should i keep it just cause it has her name on it- not signed? I know i should just get rid of it if i dont enjoy it but i dont feel like i can get rid of it. Help!

I agree with like 90% of ur choices and not the 10% because I havent read them. 🤣🤣

Don't know why, but unhauls kinda make me a bit down. Just a bit. Anyway, whatever's going on, Sam, you _will_ get through it. And I wish you an effortless move back to the midwest. Just peeking my head up to show my support as a long-time sub

GASP THE LUNAR CHRONICLES

I totally agree, I am also not that interested in signed books. I don't really get the appeal, especially if you didn't even meet the author. It's just a signature, somtimes even a stamp or printed.

Which state is Sam living in right now? I feel like it's washington? Just wondering what draws her more to the midwest.

i get hades/persephone retelling requests SO MUCH too and i keep telling people there aren't any good ones :'(

Thank you. Finally someone doesn’t like Vengeful. Also has problems with Victoria Schwab

Curious, where do you currently live that you’re so set on leaving?

Where do you live now tho?

Where are you moving from??

What part of the country is she in right now?

I'm going to commit book blasphemy here. Fair warning. If I've read a book, even if I love it or if it's signed or whatever....I get rid of it. (The one exception is Chuck Wendig's "Wanderers", and that's only because there's a story behind the signing and because, if the zombie apocalypse happens, I can bludgeon my way through a swarm with that thing. It's 800+ pages big.) My house is small, my shelf space is limited, and I very, very rarely read something once it's been read. Authors have this pesky habit of putting out new books all the time, and if I've got any chance of making it to the bottom of my TBR in my natural lifespan, the re-reads have got to go. (And I read A LOT. I think I'm at 214 for this year, and it's been a slow year.) Thing is: I don't miss them. I know. All the collectors are going to come for me. (Or to raid my local Little Free Library, where most of them end up.) The churn of new things quiets the "but but but I LOVE THAT BOOK" chorus in my head. I had a point to all of this and I can't remember what it was. Ah, yes: This past move was just after a natural disaster cleared out my library to zero. (Tornado. You're a midwesterner; you understand.) And it was possibly the easiest move of ALL TIME, because I didn't have sixty boxes of heavy dead trees to try and tetris into a UHaul. That experience is what started my non-collection/one-in-one-out habit, and it's been amazing. Your move may not be book free, but even book reduced will help *so much*. Hope everything goes quickly and smoothly on the road back home. :)

that moment when u click on the buying thread, but it says US only

Signed books are so overrated! And the cotton candy reference to describe the Lunar Chronicles is so accurate!

There's a reason why I love audiobooks... Take up less room!

5:36 she says "soemtimes life feels like a dystopia and this video was posted in 2019, lmaoooooo aint 2020 surrprising for u

I hope you get to move soon! Being unhappy in your space is terrible!

I have to say The Archived was such a doozy I couldn't stand that book. I dragged my way through it I have book 2 might just get rid of both when I do. This is just my opinion of it. I almost Dnf'ed it.

I’m not a fan of Marissa Meyers writing I think she has great ideas just personally not a fan of the writing

People actually try to rush to move back to the midwest? hmmm....ok.