I'm the queen of "nostalgic attachments", still mad at my mother for everything she ever got rid of from my childhood 😂

I vote you do another unhaul whether you put out a video or not. There is nothing wrong with moving on from books that no longer serve you. As for the shelf situation, don’t stress it. Face some of your favorites out so you can enjoy the covers. Put some fun home decor in the spaces. Enjoy the fact that your collection is specially crafted by you for you. ❤

Book Unhauls are funny things --- Someone gets rid of a bunch of their books, and I somehow end up with a bunch of new books on my wishlist 😅

Realizing a book wasn’t that great as you get older is so real 😂

I haven’t been un-hauling books but since 2024 started I’ve been getting rid of things that no longer make me happy and it’s made me feel much more free!

I unhauled all my tbr books a couple of years ago and it changed my life. I feel so much better now. I did it with the Marie Kondo method, it really helped me a lot

*I think for many book collectors, an unhaul is bound to happen at least once XD* Stage 1: Get lost in the excitement of “having many books”. Stage 2: Awareness sinks in. Overwhelmed by meh/disliked books daring to sit in the house. Get rid of said books. Stage 3: Happily tread bookbuying with caution, knowing it’s okay to buy books slowly so long as we love the ones we do. Knowing that some of those blank spots on the shelf (which can be filled with nick nacks for now) have been freed for some mystery story awaiting us years from now.

As a chronic hoarder, I should be taking notes like a court stenographer.

I typically get rid of my books after I read them, unless....it is from an author I am collecting or the book was just so good I wanted it on my shelves. Everything else goes. This is why I try to buy used books. 📖

I've been doing mini unhauls, mainly because a lot of the books I no longer read on my shelves are middle grade. I send them off to my best friends Mum for her schools library since she's the resident librarian, so I know, as much as some of them hurt to send off, that they're going to a good place.

Honestly, unhauling books is great! There's so many good books you can love on, why would you put your time towards books you don't love/aren't excited about? Fill your space/kindle/mind with books you love and are excited about! Life is too short to hold on to books you don't love.

A lot of these are like 2017-2018 books when I started watching BookTube. You happen to be one of the first BookTubers that I watched. I still wanna read Honey Girl.

I would love a new category called soft Sci-fi! Some books are so Sci-fi-y that I can’t follow them. I really want to re read the first two books of Gillian Anderson’s Earthend trilogy (I think that’s what it’s called) so I can read the third book but I’m intimidated because I didn’t follow the second book at all. I think that was my fault for listening on Audio and letting myself be distracted. Because honestly I don’t think they were super super Sci-Fi, I think I just wasn’t paying attention 😅

I love unhauls. I don't keeps books under 3 stars and I look through my books twice a year just so make sure I still enjoy having the book. I find it harder to unhaul unread books bc they have the potential to be good and that makes me want to keep them.

I recently went through an unhaul and I'm on a book buying...pause. Like I get my books from owlcrate and book of the month but I'm not actively going out and buying books. I've started using the library more because I'm hoping to move to New York with my family this summer and I don't want to move a massive collection of books. I'm only getting ones that are 5 stars AND that I think I would read again.

Have been a bit of a lurker on your channel for a while, but have come out of the woodwork to be the person to push you to read The Bear and the Nightingale, because that series is stunning.

I did unhaul back at the end of 2022. I got rid of over 100 books that I've bought in 15+ years. Starting 2023 after i finished each book I would think if I want to keep it at home on my shelf. And that's how I keep my super small library with space for more books. It's phases of life. You start at collecting books and, for some, time comes when they want quality over quantity :) Good work!

You’re killing me with Eragon cause I’m rereading that right now and I forgot how much I absolutely LOVED that series. And plus he came out with a new book in the series

:o you got rid of a bunch!! I'm really impressed. I love unhauls cause they have so much more interaction than hauls cause they're just "I bought cause it's pretty"

Loved this! Enjoyed the mini reviews with each book too!

this video was such a blast from the past because i remember you hauling these books!!

I put The Bear and the Nightingale off for so long. I DEVOURED them in a few weeks in December and they are now living rent free in my head. Cannot recommend them enough!

I consider books to have two stories, the story printed on the pages and the story of the item itself and the experience that you or any previous owners had with them. For me, if either of those stories has value, it stays. I did unhaul some books when I got back into reading after a long gap, ones I'd had for years and never really cared about or that I didn't like, but it is not something I do lightly. The books on my shelves tell the story of my life as much as anything. Since that's how I think about books, I was really surprised by the ones that you said had meant so much to you before, I personally would have kept them just for the impact they'd had on me in the past. However, I am a historian, so building stories out of objects is kind of what I do and I know not everyone thinks that way. If you find they were dragging you down instead of lifting you up, then I am glad for you to make room for ones that will bring you more joy. I would just warn you against getting too purge happy too fast, I've heard plenty of stories of people going on decluttering binges and then regretting it when they realized they had thrown out things that were actually important to them, just because they felt like they had to, or that sentiment wasn't a good enough reason to keep something. I might advise putting potential unhauls away somewhere where you can't see them for a while before you get rid of them, as a sort of test. If you never find yourself missing them, then it was the right call. If you do, then you can still pull them back out.

Regarding the books that you are reluctant about. You could do a read the first chapter challenge (old but gold). Works like a charm for me especially if I've had that book on my tbr for ages and not sure if I am still interested or not.

keep the bear and the nightingale trilogy please, i read the first one recently and OMG IT WAS AWESOME!! also I want to read the gilded wolves soon so 👀we'll see about that LMAO

I definitely need to do an unhaul at some point; love these longer vids ❤!

I would really like to push you to read The bear and the nightingale. To summarize why I loved it - it shows one side where chritianity ruins the lives of pagans back then and they refuse to belive it, the main character tries and struggles, has to help gods, creatures just so she or her family can survive. The romance is there... just there. But it's magical to me and it was cute having to read so many fairytales that I read as a child in one big trilogy

I love your mug so much!!! I had Keroppi playing cards years ago. Love that little fella!!

I kinda get why you're wanting to get rid of the Winternight Trilogy but pls keep and someday read The Bear and the Nightingale! That's definitely one of my favourites. It has just a very magical, fairytale like world, a strong female protagonist and not a mainplot that is based on a romantic relationship. And the characters overall are just amazing! This trilogy has so wintery vibes I loved it so much, honestly 😅 And if you're still getting rid of it, at least I've tried 😂 Great video, as always!

Watching you get rid of books that you read when you first started KZfaq is so sad😩 but I guess that is the nostalgic attachment. When you mentioned wringer I remember when you and Tiernan read it such an amazing time of booktube!

good lord! I totally forgot so many of these. What a hit of nostalgia? especially Nicolo yoon

I speak from the experience of living with a book hoarder and having my own book hoarding issues myself, I think it's important to know what books are important and stay with you and what books can be pruned from your collection and go elsewhere and to others. We've pruned over a 1000 books from the house and there's still more. It doesn't mean that my memories will vanish, it just means there's now space for new ones, new books, and a better, healthier collection. SF Books that you might enjoy (?) Who Can Say. I don't think these quite fit "Soft Sci-Fi" but they probably won't be too overwhelming, like Dune: -The Door into Summer by Heinlein; it's dated but it is a time travel story! -Neuromancer is a pretty good starter novel into Cyberpunk. Sorry, I'm in a huge backlog, so I don't know much newer SF... -Needle Duology by Hal Clement; since I know you're into manga, this is the novel that's inspired both Parasyte and 7 Billion Needles -Cat's Cradle and Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

Hey Jesse, let me first start off by saying you have been one of my favorite booktuber since 2016 and you have grown a lot and changed but that’s awesome because change is good for the soul ❤ and speaking of an un haul I just did one so all of my books that I have no desire to read them or just don’t want are going to a better home . Let me tell you it was a freeing experience for me because now when I go to my tbr pale I see books I actually want to read . And by letting go of books that weren’t that great my book shelves look good but I agree I feel a weight lifted off of my shoulders.

I love your videos! looking forward to watching more in 2024 and beyond 🩷

I have been procrastinating passing on the books I’ve read. I know I most likely will never reread them but most of them hold a special meaning for me. Maybe someday but not yet.

I just unhauled a few boxes full of books that I packed away for a year and a half. One of my more recent best friends brought me to a used bookstore and it felt so good passing them on to people who will enjoy them. I've definitely become a minimalist collector. Only one bookshelf now. Don't have a physical TBR over five books. I keep it simple with only absolute favorites.

Yes I highly recommend the Winternight trilogy Jess. Its very atmospheric.

I recently unhauled a stack of books and it felt so good!

I need to do a unhaul aswell. I've been gifted books that I now have had for like 10 years, and tried to read multiple times, but I NEED to let them go, I did get rid of some last year aswell. I also just have some random books I don't want anymore

I thought Honey Girl was going to be a rom com too!! After reading, I describe it as "if 2010 tumblr was a book"

The bear and the nightingale trilogy are one of the best Slavic mythology inspired books that I've read and I'm harsh when it comes to that because I am Slavic.

This video was FULL of Booksplosion and early-booktube nostalgia and I love it because I also had to get rid of quite a few of those books.

This is convincing me to do an unhaul!

I had a completely different experience with instructions for dancing 😂

This was such a good thing to watch you experience this.

I remember reading Panic and Black Ice during the Booksplosion picks 💯 That feels so long ago. I'm always my unhauling books but I know they're going to a better place. My Library.

I didn't like Daughter of the Moon Goddess either and I really really wanted to. I have so many books that I should unhaul however I have two daughters and now I use them as a reason to keep all the books and why I keep buying large amounts of books. They will love them one day.

how much time did it take you to find the dust jackets? congrats on the unhaul!

I don't really understand getting rid of books from a series just because you're not going to finish the series, but that's me. I commend you for unhauling so much! As a mood reader, it's so hard for me to get rid of unread books or books I've read once and enjoyed. Who knows when I'll suddenly be in the mood to (re)read them?! And the nostalgic attachment is real 🥲 so good for you for letting go of so many! I wouldn't mind another unhaul video, it's kind of cathartic (as I'll probably never do this myself 😂).

I recently unhauled a ton of books and some of them were HARD to take off my shelf, but while I enjoyed some, I didn't see myself rereading them soon, or they didn't strike deep enough to make a lasting feeling of "I'm keeping you forever." That being said I had kept National Velvet on my shelf since childhood horse phase because I could never make myself read it as a kid, but someday I knew I would. That someday was last year. That years-long build up was NOT worth it 🤣 But I totally get the nostalgia. I am keeping books I don't see myself rereading, but they were books I adored and I want to keep the nostalgia around 😂

I feel like so many of these are books you were reading when I first started watching!

Take a picture of the things you’re attached to for nostalgic reasons, it’s easier to get rid of it then, when you know you can go into your phone, look at the picture, and remember all the feels. Learned from a decluttering video a few years back, and it has really helped my hoarding-self😅

I feel like this video should also be titled... The Beginning of the Jessethereader BookTube Channel Book Unhaul. It's so interesting that you've had some of these books for so long!

I'm low key stressed out that some of the ones youre unhauling because you didn't like them are on my physical TBR. Hopefully though the Atlas Six will live up to the hype for me

I love the Embassy Row series and hsve been meanign to buy it for a long time now so if you're offering~ But in all seriousness this video was great I love watching unhauls and something about letting go feels freeing. I love the video 💖

Great unhaul. Sych a refresher to unhaul books Nd see the empty slaces in a bookcase.

I did a really large one before Christmas and then a smaller one right after.

I did an unhaul recently in anticipation for a birthday trip to Barnes and Noble but now I have the bug to see if there are more books to unhaul 😅 I have a box of Barnes and Noble classics I’ve had for years because they are classics but haven’t read half of them 🫣

I just unhauled The Edge of Everything and Seafire recently too, but A Wrinkle in Time and Atlas Six break my heart.

You can keep Winters Orbit! The books are not connected, even though Goodreads says so 😂

We have very limited physical space, which helps keep the books under control. Aboit twice a year, we realize the shelves cant hold everything and pull everything we know wont be read again and sell it at Half Price.

Falling Kingdoms is my favorite book series 😢

Defiantly do another book unhaul

I go through my books every few years. I kept books for nostalgia reasons depending on the books. I always go through unread books to see it’s still worth my time or see if I lost interest over time.

i feel like you would enjoy I Have Lost My Way, i forgot the author's name but the book follows three characters who are all dealing with loss of some kind and it takes place in a single day c:

I’ll take your Red Queen special edition!!

It's a shame you aren't going to continue These Broken Stars series. Each book focuses on different people, but advances the overarching plot (kind of like Lunar Chronicles), and book two, This Shattered World was SO GOOD. Unique swamp-like setting, mystery, rebellion, and a forbidden romance between a soft boy and badass girl. That book has lodged itself in my brain.

ive these broken stars in my physical tbr still havent read it still want to. im not really into contemporary romance so lowkey idk if i wanna read instructions for dancing specially now hearing your opinion on it that its not as good as her other books which ive read back then and liked em. i should just unhual most of my contemporary books try to sell em but better not in case i feel like reading contemporary romance at some point. besides ive sooo many other books ive unhauled in stacks in my room bc im tryin to sell em and they dont sell ugh same for the shadowhunter books ive em all for sale. i read black ice back in the day but ive unhauled it a long time ago bc not gonna re read it. at some point i wanna re read the 5th wave sometimes i still think about it and want to re read it but ive to read other books first. also ive the first one and i think the second one too in my native language portuguese so i feel like i would prefer to re read em all in english. i also unhauled i believe in a thing called love some years ago never read it. and yeh same reason for me i had a desire to read em back then but meh not anymore or ive read em and liked em but dont wanna re read em or like u said have a desire to keep. (plus my room is small and most of the space is dedicated to my dolls collections so my books only get a shelf in my closet and a shelves for sarah j maas books plus cruel prince series and then all my hunger games editions and merch is on 3 other shelves

You can send me the Bear and Nightengale books! 😂

I also have major attachment issues with my books and I’m about to move so I’m gonna try to skim it down a bit. Extra note, someone who like The 5th Wave, please tell me why? I hated that book the entire time reading it. From chapter one I never read the book but for some reason I didn’t stop reading to see if it actually got better. It didn’t. So I genuinely want to understand why it’s so well liked….

I DNFed Daughter of the Moon Goddess and felt the same way about a not great story under a beautiful cover

59 would itch my brain so bad and I’d want to get rid of 60 😂

My biggest book on home was when I gave my Percy Jackson books and all of them other books by Rick to my cousin i need more room for my Shadowhunter books

I 💗💗💗💗💗 I Believe In A Thing Called Love!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

Ally Carter has a new book out and I’m hoping it’s as unhinged as all her past works 😂

wow first book you get rid of is one I got from your rec (and read and liked btw), not to convince you to keep it :P

This was fun to watch. I'm moving soon, so unhauling will be happening 😅

Jesse: None of these books are safe Me: Liar! The Rick Riordan books are definitely safe😂

While watching this, I kept looking up at my bookshelves and realizing how many I got just cuz they looked cool and not because they were actually books I would like. I guess it's time to unhaul 😂

Is Falling Kingdoms not worth it?? I had it on my TBR for this year

I’m watching this instead of reading… like usual 😂

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels dumb reading A Wrinkle in Time.

I never keep books I've disliked but I get keeping books for nostalgic reasons, why not keep an object that brings you nice memories? Though I just heard some people take pictures of objects and get rid of the objects themselves, something to think about 🤔

I have a cardboard box with one magazine and one book in it. When it is full of books, magazines, and possibly movies I don't want anymore, I will take it to the library to donate. The book is the second Bridgerton book. I found the first book problematic (drunk people cannot consent to sex!!!), and someone in the reviews for one of the prequels said that the series has continuity errors, so it's not a series I can see myself continuing with. The next books I put in the box will probably be Harlequin Intrigue or Harlequin Historical paperbacks that I will give three or four stars but not see myself rereading

The 5th Wave I pretend was a stand alone with an "open ending" I didn't like the sequels

I blame everything changing so drastically our entire lives... For the record, I just tried reading Atlas Paradox and I just couldn't get into it! It made me question my love of Atlas Six. They are absolutely being unhauled.

Where do you unhaul your books to

I also read Wrinkle in Time as an adult and I was too dumb for it HAHA

Eragon?!?! NOOOOOOOOO

I really need to go through my shelves and unhaul but thanks to the shit show that was 2023 i never even dropped off the last bags of unhauled books anywhere so i need to do that first 😂🙈

I read my heart and other black holes and really felt emotional but it also wasn't that long ago :P XOXO was kind of mediocre. I have kept the fifth wave despite many an unhaul and it should probably go but that film was such a fun time and i guess I'm doing the millenial nostalgia thing aren't I 😭 I'm so glad I didn't bother with family of liars lol. Loveboat taipei is in my best books of 2023 list 😝 I'm hopeful for the sequel but also it doesn't need one I agree. Ah, welcome to the world of unhauling 🤗 once you start you cannot stop

Do another bookunhaul

Unhauling books while watching this

As a female, if you want to hold on to Andrew Smith books, do it. I love his books. Nuance exists lol

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Just a suggestion and it might just be my personal preference, but what about dimming the lights a little bit? I feel like it would create a cosier and less sterilised environment and the focus would be more on you somehow. The way that it is now I feel like you are standing next to a soccer stadium light pole lol

I just moved and did a huge unhaul in the process. Dont know how many books yet because I'm still moving and haven't set aside the effort to figure it out yet but i know it's a lot.