My tbr is now basically a list on Goodreads unless I find one from the list for a great price

30 books in a TBR??? I wish, try over 1,000. When I started really reading years ago, my goal was to have a mini Barnes & Noble in my house, and I believe I've reached that goal. Now I just have to learn to read faster!

Another tip: don’t buy any books in December and the weeks before your birthday! If you are a bit of a book nerd, someone will give you a book :)

Actually, I find unhauls great. Space is scarce and sometimes we keep books we don't care much for.

As a cinéphile and artist, I can relate in the sense of having downloaded pile of films and just downloading more... And having lots of things you want to draw and then having more things you want to draw. This vid is really great. I think I can apply your principles to my own situation. :)

As soon as I saw the intro, I knew this video was going to be amazing 😂 So happy to see your face again Leonie! ^^

It's not materialistic! You yourself said that it's a relief from stress. It's more a "Eh, I should read this because I once took this commitment" than anything else.

i like this. i need to adopt this mindset. i have some books that have been in my TBR for a decade or so. i've just got to admit to myself i'll never read some of those.

If I were in your shoes, I would keep Rose and Dagger. There's no rush to get rid of a sequel to a book you've loved so much and are having second thoughts about unhauling. You can always unhaul it later if you decide that: "yeah, no. I'm not gonna read that book."

i am so glad that i am not the only one who is just now reading harry potter because i am only 13 but i feel like kids start reading that series at like the age of 10 or 11, but its comforting that i am not alone with being a late starter, let me know how you like it because im on the 3rd book and i am loving the series already!

I did a huge unhaul at the end of last year. Got rid of 98% of my TBR. And even got rid of some of my read books. I figured, since I am back to being able to use the library again, I can get most from there..if I read them, like them, I can make a choice whether to buy them for my read shelf or not. There's some that I kept that I'm adding to my unhaul bag as I finish them. Reading one of those now. There are two books from my library I read that I put on my wish list/to buy shelf on thriftbooks. You'll still have your tbr, it just won't be something you physically own and you won't stress about getting to it. If you take it off of your physical tbr, you can always pick it up at your library if you have access to one. Or, just re-buy it when you know you will read it again. I couldn't get into The Devil Wears Prada book either. Glad it's not just me.

I have over 500 books on my physical tbr lmao makes me want to cry. But I'll try to unhaul too. Ps nice to find a fellow Dutch speaker here on booktube!

Looking through and/or unhauling your TBR is so nice! And we all need a good spring cleaning every now and then. I've been doing TBR challenges for a couple of years now to try and reduce it to books I've had only 1-2 years instead of 5-10. Almost there! But yeah, I also read around 30 books a year so naturally that takes some time, even if I'm not buying books at the same rate as I've done before.

This video was so helpful. I've been going on a book buying spree lately so this was a good reminder to slow down and actually read the books I already own 😊

I was terrified when I saw Natasha Pulley's "The watchmaker of Feligree street" because it's one of my favorite books ever. I was on edge the whole video I was just so afraid that you would unhaul it 😂😂

I do keep my physical TBR down, by only allowing myself to go book shopping once I've read at least half of my last shopping haul. Gifts and free books don't count. But my Goodreads TBR is always growing because I like to have a list of books I'm interested in. I know some of those books will never get read, but to me being on that list just means I'm interested.

This video was in my recommended and I have a few thought I want to share: 1. My name is also Leonie, how coool 🖤 2. You have such a classic beauty to you! 3. I love your earrings 4. I feel like you get stressed out too much by books. So it is great that you shortened your TBR. It's just important not to fall into that "booktube-trap" where it's all about getting new books that are popular and have pretty covers... But with no real possibility of ever reading them all.

I am so happy to see a new video from you!! Absolutely love your channel ♥️

Same!🙌🏽 I don't feel the same for my books when I first bought them and been pushed far back on my TBR list. So now I vow to only buy ones that I will immediately read. No more mindless browsing in secondhand bookshops. I'm also donating unhauled books in our Little Free Library one at a time.

Yay your back we’ve missed you

This really inspirired me to go through my own shelf and see what I can unhaul

Those skits are GOLD

Happy to have another video from you, Leonie 😄 As for Rose and Dagger, I reckon you should keep it for a year. This is only your first unhaul and since you’re unsure about what to do with it, I’d say leave it for now. If you still haven’t read it by the end of next year, maybe say goodbye to it then. However, if your TBR is really small by then, perhaps that can be an exception. Haha. Thanks for the video!

rewatching your older videos because ily pt 2 🤍

I found your channel some days ago and can't stop watching videos, what I needed! Thanks

I love this video and the talking books in the beginning. Genuine comedy gold. ❤

I loved this video!! Glad to see you again 😁

ahhhhhh I love seeing you pop up in my feed 💖💖💖

Great to see you. Love the opening sequence :D I don't have any negative feelings about my big fat TBR pile. It's probably 70+ books. I don't count them, & there are probably titles in there that I have lost interest in and will never read. And some, like your Riverkeep, are mementos and they just make me happy to have them. I don't feel compelled to read them. I know I am a bit strange. Kudos for reducing your TBR by 65% (if my math is right) that's kind of amazing. Have wonderful New Year!

I like this. I recently unhauled a lot of books that I didn't see myself ever reading. Also I love the aesthetic of this video. Happy Holidays :)

I just found your channel and I think I already saw most of your videos. You are so funny, and I totally love them

Great video! This is all very relatable. Loved your introduction.😂😂

My physical TBR isn't too bad. Mostly because books are expensive where i live so i really have to decide where i want to spend my money. When books were cheaper i used to buy pretty much every book anyone would recommend, and i was very good at keeping up with the growing pile of unread books. But the new problem was all these books i didn't really like that much just sitting on my shelf. Now i only pick series and books i am really interested it, and i do a lot of research before buying. So i don't feel too bad about having unread books on my shelf because they're usually books from the same series out of order that i bought on sale.

This was such a funny video, I love your sense of humour! 😂

I loved this video so much!

I love this! I love this!

30 books a year. wow. i didn't even manage one this year. but thats why i am here, i try get a bit more enthusiasm for reading. thats why i subscribed right now, i hope your astonishing book-aura, so to say, will take me away onto that path :)

Wow your makeup looks amazing in this video! Love your lipstick!

You make me feel relax for some reason. ☺️

Haha this video was amazing, loved it!

Read one, buy one - that's a great option. This year I decided to buy less books too. In February I set myself a rule that I will only buy 4 more books during this year. I have particular ones picked out (two of these will come out later this year) and I also set myself a rule that I will not add new books to my Goodreads TBR list (this also contains the books I'm going to read from the library). And since I'm not adding new books to my Goodreads TBR I find it's easier to obey my book buying rule 🙂

the intro is gold

The gasp I let out when you pulled out the entire Harry Potter series.. haha but this was my first video of yours I've seen and I love your humor!

Last year i got my tbr from 60 down to 10. It feels great.

I only buy a new book after having read three, but since most of the books I read are from the library my tbr keeps growing 😅😅

I missed you and your terribly good humour

Oh no..... this video is calling me out! Haha no joke one of my top goals for the year is to read more books that are on my physical shelves. I used to do the whole buy one - read one thing, but then I found booktube and was like ‘look at all these awesome books I need!’...yeah. My problem is not so much buying a bunch of books, it’s that I go to the library quite often. Since I only have those books for a limited amount of time I tend to read those and neglect the ones on my shelves. So this year I’m going to majorly cut back my time at the library and making reading books I already own a priority. P.S. I love the skit you did! Very fun.

I 💖 the aesthetics in this video. I am a slow reader too. I enjoy collecting books but I don't do much of unhauls because I am picky when it comes to owning books. I have yet to see the movie Devil Wears Prada. I guess that is why I 💖 the book. I remember that scene where there was a request to get Harry Potter before the release date. 😂

Unhaul videos hurt my soul, I just want to turn to my shelves and tell them nothing bad is gonna happen Also, 32 books?? I got like 300 on there right now 😂😂😂

Very well made video! funny and must feel so satisfying to unhaul all those books.

buy one read one is such a great idea !!

For the Rose and the Dagger, i can't say that it's better than the first one because it is more focused on magical thing than the romance, but i love the conclusion😁

I have 290 is physical books on my tbr and it makes me so happy

You could always watch or read spoilery reviews for the first books in the series that you've already read so you can be refreshed for the ones you still have to read?

That intro was so satisfying

I only have a small portion of books on my TBR which is a list keep to make it easier to reserve books on the Libby app or at the library. I have kept this for years. Sometimes when I am at the bookstore and I find I have read the majority of books on display, I can refer my TBR for some ideas. I’ve recently pared down my TBR list because it was getting longer than I could read in my lifetime.

Hahaha the book rising up to your bed. Brilliant. Loved this video. That plant on your bookshelf is stunning - what is it??

The diviners is such a good book like ik this video is old so idk if u have gotten to it yet but 😍😍 that series is amazing

My goodreads tbr has 97 books 😳 but thankfully my physical tbr only has 11 books. However they are all fantasy and are all around 500-1000 pages 😂

I honestly think you should keep rose and the dagger, someday you'll re-read wrath and the dawn and if you decide you wanna continue with the story, you won't have to buy the second book! Also great video btw 😁❤️

My tbr shelf is 155. I read maybe 50 books a year but that includes a few rereads (like harry potter lol) and 12 new books from a bookclub and then a few new books that I'm interested in. So I think I'm lucky if I read 30 from my tbr. Soooo 5 years AH

Hey! Ik heb nog een Nederlandse booktuber gevonden !! Leuk! Ik heb gelijk geabonneerd.

Holy cow, you are so beautiful! Love your channel! 🤩🤩🤩

Well, that went down really abruptly XD "Ah yeah, 10 books that MEH, SBAMMM"

my biggest youtube crush

I love this video. Goodbye guilt.

And here I'm standing with my 150+ tbr list :)

🤣🤣🤣🤣this how i be feeling my books be calling my name read me 🤦🏾‍♀️😩

WAIT WHAT IN THE WORLD KZfaq I HAD THE BELL ON AND YOU DIDN'T NOTIFY ME OF THE VIDEO POSTED LAST MONTH????

Omgg ik begon te merken dat je nederlands bent door je accent maar ik moest het zeker weten en toen legde je een boek met een Nederlandse titel neer😂

Never clicked so fast

A+ intro 😁

I don't even know if i'm happy or sad about my tbr. It exists, because I bought book/my parents bought me books during these 6 years of uni. And I distract myself easily with an internet connection and a computer (not the phone tho.) So, I have something like 40 psychology/nearby scientific fields - related books that I still have to look at. Maybe a little less, somewhat recently I started tackling that pile down. I hate the fact that I'm easily distracted by the magicl internet. That makes me sad. Not my tbr, lol.

As someone who speaks a second language as well, what are the benefits of reading in Dutch vs English? Like, have you read something in one language and then the other?

The way you pronounced enthousiastic was so Dutch😂

I love your channel you seem like a wonderful person and you along with other booktubers have inspired me to create my own channel! Are you selling any of these?

if it brings you joy, keep it !

So cool ❤❤❤

I feel it's easier to unhaul books you've already read, or attempted but that are definitely not for you. Well, personally that's how it is with me. I'm building an Unhaul list out of books I'm not enjoying, though some of them I can at least take away some neat characters. Mostly characters who rarely giet any pagetime, or who are revealed to be dead 5/8ths into the book when they haven't been shown for 200 pages ancd they could've been dead allt hat time for all the reader knows because the building they were in was attacked. The good thing is I'll have more space for newer books once these clear out, which is something. Plus it's kind of fun to think of books going through your collection like tr traffic then spreading out to new owners when you discover you don't want theose particular books to gloom up the shelves that ones you did have a good time with occupy.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who got stuck after Cress. Winter and those 800 pages 😳

My thrifty mind does not lend itself to unhauling. :))

I have a problem with checking out too many books at a time at my library and only reading 1 or 2 before they're due back

I have 200+, 500+paged monstrosities in my goodreads tbr.

My TBR books will talk to me in my head. *its traumatizing.*

i buy books the same style as you, i tried buying more than one book once or twice because thats what everyone on booktube was doing, but it really doesn´t work for me that way i don´t even have a tbr because i just search for a new book when i need one

i have a similar rule to keep my tbr low - read two buy one. Read one I have perhaps recently bought, along with one I already own but never got round to reading) only then can I buy a new one

Pretty sure my tbr is like well over 70 percent which is awful 😂

I still remember your face every time you tried to read Riverkeep, haha. Get rid of it, Leo, u deserve it

I also stopped reading on Queen of Shadows :/ Throne of Glass was alright but promising enough, Crown of Midnight made me obsessed (can anyone guess why), Heir of Fire made me start hating the series but I forced myself through it then when I started Queen of Shadows and it didn't get any better I had to give up. May try again some day because I'm still curious how it all goes down but really disappointing, I have such a grudge now lol I could barely tell you what even happened in Heir of Fire and I remember nothing about Queen of Shadows so far

We have the same name!!!!!

I'm beginning to transition from living with my parents by living part time with my dad. I will have some space at my mom's (and VERY limited space at my dad's) so that means I need to downsize my books which I am SO not looking forward to...

I feel like I can't read one without the other first. It just bugs me and my book says why did u leave me out. What difference does it make. I know how u feel. I have my tbr on my tablet. I just write in my books and start reading. Lol.

you look so much like karlie kloss in this video it's wild

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 This skit is hilarious and so relatable!! ✔️Subscribing. I'm on a buying 💵💸banned for the year.

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Every time I watch booktube, I feel guilty for not reading my TBR, so that intro was a bit too relateable.

I can't unhaul until I give it good try to read it. I owe the book that. I read at leat 100 pages and then decide whether I will keep pushing on. Many times I'm glad I keep going.

So I thought I'd be fun to count the books in my tbr! Big mistake. 103 books that STILL need to be read 😭

sorry but Dick Swaab got me cackling

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