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I'm Bells (she/her) - I read dark fantasy & horror books as I truck along in my English degree 🖤
Come along if you like!
Come along if you like!
a busy but cozy reading vlog | fantasy, fairytales, book shopping, & holiday travels
Welcome to a busy but chaotically cozy reading vlog that is a VERY late holiday video. Come along with me as I read some cozy fantasy, fairytale retellings, a silly lil murder mystery, and a striking literary thriller while gallivanting around North America to visit all my families. I hope you enjoy the late holiday cheer ☃️
St. Martin's Press Boycott Info: This has been going on since around late October from my understanding. The boycott is in response to a few major issues, like the general favouritism of white reviewers for ARCs over reviewers of colour and, more recently, the behaviour of a marketing employee in response to recent escalation in violence between Israel and Palestine, with said employee spewing Islamophobic and queerphobic rhetoric on their socials. All receipts and a thorough recap of events can be found at the Readers for Accountability website: r4a.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAabVQ1bAHLVenzYwgXY3m0hJ9UwJCCJqd0ZTfj3k1gKE9TPDYPR-UBzIpqM_aem_ASuQIh1_kP39TR3Xp6RHF58ZtO7CnBKjCiwC-n4NwX6mSK_YhKKmlzmb8zqBOBLkRfg#boycottoutline
MENTIONED IN VIDEO:
video referencing Six Swans: czcams.com/video/VjUde_YW0ic/video.html
Six Swans written fairytale: www.storynory.com/the-six-swans/
Elote Inspired Pasta recipe by @lahbco on IG: pCuj36KbM3ld/
Game Rec Creator @grantsgamerecs on IG: pCz9HwhwrR7l/
@CozyK
@JessicaRichburg Yoga for Mobility: czcams.com/video/g7C-XkaiQN0/video.htmlsi=cYQ6n0nwjubQ8EX- (one of my faves)
OTHER THINGS TO WATCH 💙
2023 wrap-up: czcams.com/video/E7Erjfg2KlA/video.html
booktube's scariest books: czcams.com/video/w8LmZOp53Ag/video.html
gothic book guide: czcams.com/video/0QQwvw3bCbg/video.html
recent tarot tbr: czcams.com/video/70STCOvzHto/video.html
READ ALONG WITH ME📚
Instagram: read_withbells
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/readwithbells
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/bellsc
🕰️ TimeStamps
0:00 intro
5:02 christmas prep
11:25 movies & crafting
15:08 tress & the emerald sea
19:40 portland & books
26:33 indiana & daughter of the forest
30:13 book shopping & exploring
32:22 road trip home
33:31 daughter of the forest thoughts
37:05 bad fruit
42:12 piranesi
🎵 MUSIC USED
Music by Music Goreng - Josephine's Forest - thmatc.co/?l=7D1F9F90
Music by Damien Sebe - from all of us - thmatc.co/?l=0E77A7B0
Music by Reggie San Miguel - Jingle All The Way (Jingle Bells) - thmatc.co/?l=6F372180
Music by Damien Sebe - Care Package - thmatc.co/?l=D4E8B29D
Music by Singto Conley - Rainflower - thmatc.co/?l=BA7927BC
Music by Brentin Davis - Color Attitude - thmatc.co/?l=86D2C330
St. Martin's Press Boycott Info: This has been going on since around late October from my understanding. The boycott is in response to a few major issues, like the general favouritism of white reviewers for ARCs over reviewers of colour and, more recently, the behaviour of a marketing employee in response to recent escalation in violence between Israel and Palestine, with said employee spewing Islamophobic and queerphobic rhetoric on their socials. All receipts and a thorough recap of events can be found at the Readers for Accountability website: r4a.carrd.co/?fbclid=PAAabVQ1bAHLVenzYwgXY3m0hJ9UwJCCJqd0ZTfj3k1gKE9TPDYPR-UBzIpqM_aem_ASuQIh1_kP39TR3Xp6RHF58ZtO7CnBKjCiwC-n4NwX6mSK_YhKKmlzmb8zqBOBLkRfg#boycottoutline
MENTIONED IN VIDEO:
video referencing Six Swans: czcams.com/video/VjUde_YW0ic/video.html
Six Swans written fairytale: www.storynory.com/the-six-swans/
Elote Inspired Pasta recipe by @lahbco on IG: pCuj36KbM3ld/
Game Rec Creator @grantsgamerecs on IG: pCz9HwhwrR7l/
@CozyK
@JessicaRichburg Yoga for Mobility: czcams.com/video/g7C-XkaiQN0/video.htmlsi=cYQ6n0nwjubQ8EX- (one of my faves)
OTHER THINGS TO WATCH 💙
2023 wrap-up: czcams.com/video/E7Erjfg2KlA/video.html
booktube's scariest books: czcams.com/video/w8LmZOp53Ag/video.html
gothic book guide: czcams.com/video/0QQwvw3bCbg/video.html
recent tarot tbr: czcams.com/video/70STCOvzHto/video.html
READ ALONG WITH ME📚
Instagram: read_withbells
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/readwithbells
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/bellsc
🕰️ TimeStamps
0:00 intro
5:02 christmas prep
11:25 movies & crafting
15:08 tress & the emerald sea
19:40 portland & books
26:33 indiana & daughter of the forest
30:13 book shopping & exploring
32:22 road trip home
33:31 daughter of the forest thoughts
37:05 bad fruit
42:12 piranesi
🎵 MUSIC USED
Music by Music Goreng - Josephine's Forest - thmatc.co/?l=7D1F9F90
Music by Damien Sebe - from all of us - thmatc.co/?l=0E77A7B0
Music by Reggie San Miguel - Jingle All The Way (Jingle Bells) - thmatc.co/?l=6F372180
Music by Damien Sebe - Care Package - thmatc.co/?l=D4E8B29D
Music by Singto Conley - Rainflower - thmatc.co/?l=BA7927BC
Music by Brentin Davis - Color Attitude - thmatc.co/?l=86D2C330
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one sentence reviews of EVERY book i read in 2023 (113 BOOKS) + my top 10 favourites
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My top 10 favourite books and one sentence reviews of EVERY book i read in 2023 because nobody knows what I've been reading this year 😅 horror, fantasy, literary, romance, thrillers, classics, non-fiction, and more! I would love to hear what books you all have been reading and loving this year and I'll see you soon in my next video 🖤 St. Martin's Press Boycott Info: This has been going on since...
what does a third year english major read? (books are $$)
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If you take away anything from this video, don't buy from your school bookstore lol. Otherwise, this is just a quick semester TBR of the novels I'm reading for my first semester in third year! I've actually read most of these by now (I filmed this video two months ago lol) but I hope it's still informative to those of you looking for the answer to what DOES an english major read? OTHER THINGS T...
i read booktuber's scariest books and I'll never sleep again 🔪 horror reading vlog
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You've seen reading booktuber's favourite books, I raise you booktuber's scariest books. I read 9 scary books that were universally agreed upon to scare the crap out of me and boy did it ruin my life for a good month and a half. Let's ask the age-old question: can we trust booktubers to scare us just in time for Halloween and spooky season? Watch and find out. THANK YOU to all the amazing bookt...
25+ gothic book recommendations for a dark and stormy spooky season
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Take a shot every time I say the word "gothic" in this video lol Gothic books are perfect for the gloomy, spooky, fall season (and my fav recommendations to give) - they're atmospheric, dramatic, dreary, sometimes very scary, and give you that nice cozy existential dread we love around October. Not all these gothic books are gothic horror, I do have some gothic romance and gothic fantasy in her...
RETURN of the tarot tbr game ft. a reading vlog, fairytales, and fantasy
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Who else is excited for the return of the tarot tbr game? I missed telling you all fairytales and folklore stories, but I wanted to include a reading vlog to see if these cards ACTUALLY pick good books for me to read at the right times. Let me know what you think of the addition to the video with me actually reading the books I pick in the tbr game! I thought it was the natural evolution of the...
a very tired english major attempts to get work done | a week in the life of summer school at uoft
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Hello hi I'm a very tired english major and in this video past me attempts to get work done and it goes ... interestingly. Summer classes are hard. Truly who can get any work done when it's a million degrees out and all your friends are doing fun things? BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED @the_creepy_geek @frannook THINGS LISTENED TO/WATCHED Talking Scared Podcast Episode 57 open.spotify.com/episode/0iku69DS...
5 essential books for hot girl summer ☀️ 5 books in 5 minutes
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I don't really know what hot girl summer is but I do know what books I like to binge by the pool. I've got a nice variety of genres here for my list of essential books for hot girl summer. This is the first true instalment of my 5 books in 5 minutes series, I hope you like it! To those of you reading the description (hi) let me know if you have any particular themes you want me to cover for boo...
a week of 🩸AMAZING👻 horror books 🎃 #summerween reading vlog
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A whole week of horror books ( one surprise) for Summerween that were all fantastic? PS: turns out I actually did kind of participate last year with a 24 hour horror reading vlog so the link to that is below! I also tried to juggle school and work this week so forgive me for the slight chaos that is this vlog, I hope you have a spooky time 🔪 OTHER THINGS TO WATCH 💙 My Summerween TBR: czcams.com...
i've been reading SO many good books | mid year freakout tag + wrap-up
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Just another mid year freakout tag but includes a quick lil wrap-up since nobody knows what I've been reading all year unless you follow me on Storygraph haha. What are your wins? Losses? Disappointments? Anything you feel totally ambivalent about? OTHER THINGS TO WATCH 💙 Last Year's Freakout Tag: czcams.com/video/LCAOwjGeuwo/video.html 2023's Only Vlog So Far: czcams.com/video/DH-hSP7CL6s/vide...
i'm BACK baby with summerween 2023 | 5 BOOKS IN 5 MINUTES
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It's time for Summerween once more, the 2023 edition, and oh boy am I excited to actually participate this year! Also hi I'm back from a hiatus caused by life and am ready to talk about books to you lovely people. What are you reading for Summerween? And if you're reading this far in the description, do you have any requests for future 5 Books in 5 Minutes episodes? Particular likes and dislike...
i only have THREE DAYS to prep for the new semester | used book shopping, a reading vlog, & panic ✨
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I put everything off to the last minute and now I only have three days to prep for the new semester 🙃 this vlog is a variety of things including some used book shopping (my favourite), tuition paying (my least favourite), a reading vlog, some bullet journal inspiration, and more! I feel like a bad infomercial. I hope you all had a lovely return to school or work post-holidays! Are you also in s...
top 10 most memorable books of 2022 📚
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Hihi welcome to some end of the year book content! This video is my top 10 most memorable books of 2022 (which kind of overlaps with my top 10 best books of 2022 but I can't make decisions like that so you got this video instead lol). Thanks for bearing with me while I've been on a little hiatus (school is hard) - what was your most memorable book of 2022? Do you have a favourite? Let me know i...
all my 5 star books from 2022 *a tier list of 30+ books*
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Ok this is actually all my 4.5 to 5 star books from 2022 because I'm a picky reader (if you didn't know that already) that I put together in a completely arbitrary tier list for fun! I hope you all have read some amazing books from 2022, thanks for bearing with me while I was on my brief lil CZcams hiatus, I'm so excited to be back and making content again! If there's anything you want to see i...
november tarot tbr game 🔮 aka my cards attacking me
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Happy November tarot tbr game time! This is a short and sweet episode of this lovely series where we've got some VERY familiar faces and some VERY spicy cards *side-eyes tarot deck* I hope you all enjoy this month's tbr game and are reading some lovely things for November! Talk soon 💙 TBR Game Google Doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1PLK7f7A1PGx9JXzoOhahE6TTCLpNzCBR76YtdgN5uUo/edit?usp=sharing O...
a cozy week in my life at university of toronto | english major
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a cozy week in my life at university of toronto | english major
a long-awaited (and very chaotic) september wrap up 🍂
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a long-awaited (and very chaotic) september wrap up 🍂
horror book recs for the zodiac signs 💀
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horror book recs for the zodiac signs 💀
october HORROR tarot tbr game ft. sleeping beauty and the wheel of fortune
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october HORROR tarot tbr game ft. sleeping beauty and the wheel of fortune
reacting to my booktube newbie tag one year later 🎉
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reacting to my booktube newbie tag one year later 🎉
what do english majors read | university of toronto
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what do english majors read | university of toronto
i read a lot of ✨amazing✨ books this summer | june, july, august reading wrap-up
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i read a lot of ✨amazing✨ books this summer | june, july, august reading wrap-up
september tarot tbr game | spooky academia edition (kind of)
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september tarot tbr game | spooky academia edition (kind of)
some very ambitious fall reading plans 🍂
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some very ambitious fall reading plans 🍂
a good old-fashioned bookshelf tour | first editions, fantasies, & my Lord of the Rings collection
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a good old-fashioned bookshelf tour | first editions, fantasies, & my Lord of the Rings collection
scaring myself with horror books | a 24 hour readathon
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scaring myself with horror books | a 24 hour readathon
fairytale tarot cards choose my august tbr | sake, a love story, and the divine feminine
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fairytale tarot cards choose my august tbr | sake, a love story, and the divine feminine
i swapped screen time with reading for a WEEK 📱 was it actually worth it?
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i swapped screen time with reading for a WEEK 📱 was it actually worth it?
july tarot tbr game ft. my oracle deck & buddy reads
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july tarot tbr game ft. my oracle deck & buddy reads
BOH represent! 💀📚
Holy moly, the vocal fry.
That intro was *chefs kiss*
Totally agree TITF isn’t “scary”, to me it’s haunting and kind of just sticks with you. Took me weeks to eat meat 🙈 I agree it’s not really a “story”!
Ever read The ASYLUM confession Jack Steen
if you like Houses as Characters, then you should read White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi. There are literally chapters narrated from the house's pov
the 7th book reminds me of GET OUT movie
I read tender is the flesh and the political commentary was there but I only thought about parasocial relationships between human and even animals it was a bummer I didn’t like the book at all
I just found your channel and I love your videos!! Currently binge watching lol
I wasn't sure what counted as Gothic, but now I'm wondering how many spooky kid movies/books are gothics.
So many horror books by stephens, i counted 3
Hold on - you have a section labelled as "Houses are their own character" and you don't have Titus groan? Gormenghast is the gothicest gothic pile that ever piled...gothically.
So I fully had not heard of this and your comment immediately had me looking it up and getting it from the library haha THANK YOU
@@itsbells I really hope you enjoy it. If you get on with it you will find that there is nothing (and I mean NOTHING) like it. Don't be tempted to rush - allow the text to smother you.
Gormenghast is so high up on my tbr, I wanna read it so bad
@@Bread_bread01same! my edition has been staring at me these past weeks 👀 might need to start reading it today
Thanks for doing this. What a fun video!
I found your channel and I am really interested in your recommendations for horror!!! Totally awesome to see your vlog too. Great entertaining video! 😊
Thank you for all your work!!! Im so excited to start reading them ❤❤❤❤
The Aquarius book rec has a main character with my name too ooooo!!!! Clara ♥
I swear at first I thought u had 2.28M subscribers. You genuinely deserve wayyy more subs and I can see you will in the future. I watched a bunch of your videos and now I can say that I can literally watch you talking for hours not only because you are friking gorgeous and absolutely beautiful but the way you talk and the way your videos are edited is the best way for a booktuber. Please keep making more vids
Lmao the gravity falls reference was hilarious!!!! ❤
arya stark vibes? loved the video btw
I vibe with you❤
You rock dear💚☀️ I enjoyed thank you❤
I haven't read The Patient (as a book) so I don't know if I'm right, but I'm pretty sure it started like as a Reddit post, which is why it feels like someone posted about it on the internet. All I know is that I read an r/nosleep post called The Patient years ago and the plot sounded exactly the same.
As a libra, you are spot on with your description 😂 and as a women involved with a Pisces, AGREED 😂😂
This reading vlog was so well done I thought you were one of those super popular booktubers - no questions asked, so every time you mention "booktubers" i think, but she's a booktuber too? How do you only have 2k subscribers!!!! You deserve moooooore!
I love horror books!!!!
Really enjoying this video :) I think it's important to point out for Moon of the Crusted Snow is that, even though the town itself is fictional, the historical context of why that town exists is not fictional (ie the Canadian government actually did force indigenous people all over Canada into Reserve land and does not provide them with the resources to sustain these towns). I also enjoyed Moon of The Crusted Snow so it's good to see other people talking about it :)
I absolutely loved Stolen Tongues! Ending wasn’t my favorite, but the scares are perfect
This was so freaking good, this is such a fun concept and I can tell that this was fun for you
Stolen tongues is super terrifying.
I think you’d love North American lake monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
Ok I’m going to be the person late to the party. What are Booktubers and how do I see their videos. I downloaded an app called Booktube but I can’t seem to watch any videos.
I wanna read mysteries that aren't famous from specifically the 30s or 20s. I'm actually a beginner in reading, so how can I find stuff?? Authors, catalogs, titles? Shouldnt we have modern magazines organizing vintage authors by genres?
I would go to the library and ask the librarian if they have anything like that because I think that's the best place to find old books. Also potentially a really dreary used book store.
@@themelonsoup no can do, I live in Brazil, we don't do libraries.
@@ryushogun9890 Well, second hand shops with first researching online for the titles/authors you want is the way to go I guess lol
@@ryushogun9890 Sorry I am too American and forget I'm not living everyone else's life
@@themelonsoup no prob.. It's an unusual situation.
Actually The Castle of Otranto is considered the first horror novel (1765), where as The Monk is 1796
Ahhh I remember reading the OG post on NoSleep of Stolen Tongues - I had no idea it was made into a whole novel!
the og stolen tongues had me so scared at 2am that i had to call my fiancé over and over until he woke up so that he could escort me to the restroom and then to bed 😭 i tried the novel audiobook version and the additional fluff kinda took me out of the atmosphere :/ i’ll try again reading it on my own
You mentioned the book that reveals capitalism as a horror but neither you nor the book writer understand it! Capitalism occurs when 2 or more parties agree on money or valuables exchanged for goods or services! It requires an AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM. PUTTING A GUN TO SOMEONE''S HEAD AND FORCING AGREEMENTIS NOT CAPITALISM, IT IS THEFT! PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE POOR, HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER UNDER CAPITALISM THAN ANY OTHER SYSTEM. SOCIALISM IS A FORM OF THEFT!
Continuing: it is theft!
I strongly disliked the silent companions. It bored me. Check out the Village by Camilla Stein. Also check out the novella part 1 of The Forgotten and the Damned.
Thanks for posting- I subscribed - and only a few months until next🎃
Thank you for all the effort you put in to tracking down these worthwhile reads.
The intro was so cute!!! "I know I should be reading but I'm not" is like the motto of my channel some days lol. FRIENDS TO LOVERS IS SUPERIOR!!! Awww the clips of you and your mom are too cute!!!
I really wanted to enjoy Caleb Williams, it put me to sleep five nights in a row before I gave up, whereas the monk was downright deranged
I next need to read mysteries of udolpho, I'm reading things in order, so I've read her first three. Castle of Otranto is fantastic
The way I was creeped out by the intro music lol, the way I could never be a horror reader 🤣🤣🤣 I love the video compilation of booktubers explaining the books!!! When The Reckoning Comes is the one horror book that has always peaked my interest but I think I'm too much of a scaredy cat to read 😅 GRAVITY FALLS FOR ADULTS WHY A I ABOUT TO SPRINT TO THE BOOKSTORE???? Nope never mind I need to sleep lol. I was hoping for a spoiler review for The Patient because now I want to know 😅 I'm a sleeptalker too so that's creepy to think about 😅
THE RESIDENCE IS ABOUT WHAT?!?!?!?! Might need to pick that one up 👀 Also super random but I love your balcony reading space!!!
I got The Elementals and I love your reasons for it!!!
Found and subscribed to your channel from this video!!! It Will Just Be Us sounds so cool!!!
You're right about my Virgo self! The House of Dust it shall be. I just moved by bookstores. Thanks😊
Incidents ARound The House by Josh Malerman is the first book that legit scared me in a looooong time (since House of Leaves)
I just found your channel and I LOVED the concept of this video!
I just finished The Hollow Places. One of my all time favourite horror books is "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood (No not."woody" morewood as per the hollow places lol), so it was a suprise to start reading this and see its essentially an unofficial sequel 😂 Seriously though, The Willows is the OG version of this book and so so much better. It's pretty short as well. Please add it to your ever growing TBR list! (Worth mentioning Kingfisher's style seems like it's not for me personally - the modern slightly cheesy/comedic way of presenting the story - I read the whole way through though.)
Honestly I love most of maria's book she is definitely my favourite author by far