PLEASE do this again! Just rebrand this to “Bookshelf Reactions”. 😂

This is the antithesis of Daniel Greene's bookshelf roasts and I love how much I love BOTH versions. 😂😂

"It's giving comfort and I love that -- oh my god I'm supposed to be roasting you." It's 3am and I'm trying not to laugh out loud 😂

Thank you for being terrified of my styrofoam head Maxine. I promise she will not haunt your dreams.

Hi jesse!! You roasted my shelves! yay! (Around 5:18), and in my defense, that elephant deserved it.

Hahaha Gavin and you should roast bookshelves together. Both of you can combine your powers and chargrill bookshelves.

Tbh I would be 100% down for bookshelf reactions without the roasting!! A good roast is always fun but not necessary. I also just love seeing different people's bookshelves and collections, so I'm mostly just like you and marveling seeing what others do with their shelves. So no need to try and force yourself to roast things!!

How about doing bookshelf compliments? 😂

Kathy Reichs writes the Temperance Brennan series that the TV show Bones was based on. The main character is a forensic anthropologist. So, yes, they're mysteries with a scientific twist.

Maybe you should rename it to a combo of "toast or roast" as Gavin toasts on nice shelves 😂 but you saying "oh no i should be roasting" is hilarious. Also, I can just imagine Daniel reacting to you praising funko pops and double stacking books 😂😂😂 Loved it, pls reconsider making this a series ❤❤❤ its fun🎉

HA the flipping bird was a christmas gift from my roommate she truly loves me lol. but we technically share that bookshelf so the top few shelves are her (and my) childhood favorites. as for the dead plant.... i do not have the heart to throw the corpse away HA

5:28 PIGGY AND GERALDDDD!

we need another one, but make it "bookshelf defrosting", the opposite of a roasting

As a warrior cats fan, the people who hate warrior cats the most are the fans themselves 😭 It’s def a “I started these when I was young and now they’re a huge part of me but as I grew older I realized the writing in this absolutely sucks but I’m still fond of them because of the nostalgia” situation

Kathy Reichs' books were sort of the inspiration for the tv show Bones. Murder mysteries with a strong forensic anthropology element.

I absolutely love this! What a great start to my Monday 💖 now I want my shelves "roasted" 😅

8:43 thank you for that amazing roast of my bookshelves, I do indeed put a lot of care into my book collection and glad it shows 🤭

Okay, as an adult Warriors (Warrior Cats) fan, I highly recommend them. Start with Into the Wild, which is the first in the Prophecies Begin series, the first series Erin Hunter wrote. If the first book doesn't hook you, that's fine, but the majority of fans will tell you the first series is the best. It definitely feels full circle by the last book of the first series. After that the other books are good too, but there's a specific order to reading the others. Anyway yeah, please feel free to try them~

my bookshelves are at 9:02 ! space is definitely tight in the dorm lmao 😭 the frankenstein shelf has other books on it bc those are my other all-time favorites !!

6:05 Great roast. The books are backwards because that tells me how big my tbr is.

I’m more than happy to tell you the secret to roasting is to do a shot before you get started. ❤ please do this again!

Finally I get to be a part of something! ❤ Thanks so much for including my shelves in your roast Jesse! Yep my bookshelves serve for books and any other nick nacks. I don’t have my series in order since I’ve done it before (alphabetical order by author, by genre) but I like to change up the order so the book collection feels new. Yes, Reese’s are my favorite too! 😊

This video was so fun! You should absolutely give Keeper of the Lost Cities a try-the later books do drag a bit, but the characters and worldbuilding are delightful.

So that elephants name is Gerald. He is a character in the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems. My daughter is obsessed 😂

psychoanalyzing your bookshelves sounds good too 😂

You haaaaave to read the Keepers of the Lost Cities!! It’s a long series (and still in progress) but since it’s middle grade you can fly through them. It’s basically wholesome Harry Potter without the terf author 🤗

Yes, please do more bookshelf reaction videos! I love listening to you talk about books and bookshelves. I couldn't roast anyone either. I just want everyone to be happy. :D

I would love to see more videos with you reacting to bookshelves. I enjoy all the positive things you have to say about the way others choose to home their books. You are one of my favorite Booktubers and I appreciate the time and thoughts that go into all your videos.

Hey, I'm the first one you roasted! Agreed, keeping the books in boxes is very Inconsiderate! (Thank you, the move went well, soon I'll get to set the books free on my new bookcase!)

That elephant is Gerald!! From Gerald and Piggy! A person of taste!

the warrior cats collection made my heart so happy. I loved them as a kid so much and I probably will never get over these books. They were my first obsession ahh ✨💖

I love the ever so slight and gentle criticism or observation, and then “boom! Roasted!” 🤣

Okay, but all of these book shelves 😍😍😍

Oh my gosh, thanks for the "roast"! And you're right, gotta make my wooden stickman look more threatening ;D

OMG! Mine is the bookshelf with the Adventure Time funkos! Thank you so much for picking it and for the roast lol. We love someone who can appreciate Funkos and Adventure Time!

This was super fun!! I think this is really good for you to get out of your comfort zone (hopefully you like it too) and you get to talk about multiple different things like design choices, book choices, what you still need to read, etc. I’m just feeling like I’m seeing another side of you I don’t get to see in other videos and I’m really enjoying it! ❤ Edit: while I do enjoy the idea of Bookshelf reactions, I also like your attempts at trying to roast something and doing your best 😅

This has to be the most wholesome roast I've ever seen. I love it.

I just started Keeper of the lost cities in the new year and it is a commitment but OMG IT'S SO FUN AND SO GOOD! I was just pulled into the world and it's reminding me of when books pulled me in as a kid. I am loving them. Go into them looking for a fun story with some mystery and magic.

You should definitely give the keepers of the lost cities a try! They are so much fun.

I’m so sorry but I was ready to send you pictures of my bookshelves and…then I completely forgot. Maybe I’m not ready to be roasted, maybe it’s Maybelline

begging you for another installment of this, i absolutely loved this

The wooden doll with your face made me laugh so hard 😂

You are such a cinnamon roll of a human, and I love how kind you are. Please do more of this, I loved it!!!

Please do it again! This was hilarious to watch XD

Next time do compliments😊. For some rezon i enjoy when you give them, their very heartfelt😊

I thought this was so cute. I laughed at your attempts. Bookshelf reactions would probably be more fitting.

Please do this again! You’re funny.

This video definitely had me chuckling. It seems like you would have so much for fun just doing a bookshelf reaction video, but I'm not going to lie it was hilarious every time you had to remind yourself that you were supposed to be roasting the shelf 😅

After cover slap fight, series is grounded to seperate corners.

i LOVE this!!! especially love your first impressions raving about the bookshelves and then (maybe) a line 'roasting' before continuing to admire them 😂😂😂 more please!!

I love that and you are hilarious while roasting.😆🤗

A bookshelf toasting 🥂 the lighter version of roasting with the added compliments 😂

Bookshelf reactions would be more accurate but I would love to see more c:

Omgosh Jesse this was beautiful! More toast or roast please!!

I love your videos so much and I'm so sick right now

You really should read The Keeper of the Lost Cities!!!! The series looks giant but for me it flew by SDO QUICKLY! I was near the end and dying for more!!!!! The story will take you through a rollercoaster of emotions that never ends

I'd love to see more of these! I think it would be fun, or maybe another one of the roasts of weird bookshelves for sale.

Loved this! Please do another book toast to get to the bookshelves you didn't see yet❤

this video was so fun! i would definitely love to see you do it again 🥰🥰

Harry Potter AND Agatha Christie??? A person after my own heart 🥰

hahahaha I love Daniel's series, I actually came here because I have seen all of his and was searching new ones.... I LOVE YOURS, is the opposite but in a fun way, you are adorable.

I looooove this format!! Please do many more :3

Yaaaass a new video my day is instantly better

I would love to see more of this! I want to hear your reaction to my bookshelf!

I have the bookshelf at 11:48! Just did a clean out, is right next to my bed too ❤

You could go all the way and just call it "Admiring your bookshelves" too. :)

The elephant is Gerald !! I love Mo Willems books.

its giving michael scott boom roasted, i love it

seconding the people saying a bookshelf reactions series would be cool, this was a super fun video :D

OMG Jesse I love your Koss porta pros, I never see people wearing them. Those headphones are so cool they're my favourite !!

Please read Keeper of the Lost Cities! They are so good and definitely worth the commitment.

I loved this! I thought the “oh wait it’s supposed to be a roast” comments were great and funny. I’d still rebrand it to reactions tho

Missed opportunity for saying diSHELVEled

Loved this video 😊

Keeper of the Lost Cities is great! I made it into a D&D campaign for 3 years.

This was so fun!

As soon as I read the title I just KNEW you wouldn't be able to roast the bookshelves hahahah Great video though, please do it agaiiiiiin!

I like it being called “Gentle Roasting”

i love this idea! please continueeee but also i’m scared to share my shelf because i will be JUDGED😂

Argh I didn’t know you were doing this, I’d love to send you my weird shelves for a roasting! Great video as always 🙃

I've been reading the Warrior cats series since the late 2000s and I have some THOUGHTS on the series lol to sum it up though, it's ok? The first 2-3 arcs plus Dawn of the Clans and some of the earlier super editions are decent to good, but the newer books really need more time between books to really flesh them out. That, or they need to be trimmed down to 3-4 books instead of 6. I could definitely go on though lol

I loved this video. Gosh I missed sending in my shelf. I am so proud of my shelf. My brother built it for me. I'd like to see you do this again.

PLEASE GIVE WARRIOR CATS A CHANCE

KATHY Reichs, not Kelly. She is a forensic anthropologist by trade, and she writes crime/mystery books. Very prolific writer! She was one of my mom’s fave authors.

Could do bookshelf ratings too!

This would be me trying to roast peoples bookshelves. But it’s funny watching you try

Haha instead of roasting shelves you could do a "what I assume about you" personality analysis or something like that based off of the shelves sent in 🤔That would be fun to watch. Oh my gosh I was commenting this as you started talking about this same idea 💀

5:24 its “and elefant and piggy biggie” by mo willem

You’re so bad at this and I love it 😂💗

I, an og fan of Warriors, can definitely recommend the first 6 books of the series 😂 But wouldn't recommend reading further than season 5, I guess. Personally, I'm too long into it now for me to quit 😅😂

Bookshelf reaction and ask again cause I want to submit 😂😂

a little life is a fave of mine

Prisoner elephant is Elephant from from Elephant and Biggie by Mo Willems. Signed a bookseller who spends way too much time in the kid's section.

I love that you are so bad at roasting 😂 It gives hufflepuff

*me the whole time* I have that same boba plush...

Come on, get your series together already! 🤣

More roasts, please!! (of the bookish sort, and not beef) 🍖

More!

I read the warrior cats books until one of them made me cry when I was like 11 because one of the cats died and I will never read them again unfortunately

Please do this again! I wanna show you mine