reading VINTAGE ROMANCE NOVELS so you don't have to (you probably weren't going to)
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- i know that romance books are popular, but at what cost? i felt my brain cells disappearing every page
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"That's what all brides say on their wedding night" KYLE WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR EX WIFE
No wonder it’s his EX wife holy shit
I hope she’s doing well now in their fictional universe, I mean she can’t be doing that bad considering she’s not around Kyle anymore.
Kyle is a pig no wonder they got divorced.
I think we can all admit that a lot of those hand-painted covers were immaculate, along with the covers of older fantasy/sci-fi/horror etc. and their absence in an age of photoshopped models and often bland graphic designs is kinda sad (though fantasy still has some good illustrated covers)
Fr I have such a soft spot for their aesthetics and covers, but their contents? Wild
Yes ❤ bring back beautiful art covers of characters draped over one another ❤
Omg romance novels having a totally different back synopsis compared to the actual plot is a reoccurring theme I’ve noticed. Legit read one where an entire child kidnapping happened and it was presented as the dude was a widow with his child NO HE TOOK THE KID. So I get it it’s wild
The book is called wild mountain thyme and let me tell you I certainly had a wild mountain time slogging through that book
Hey, friend, fun fact on the pickle situation with your sister: botulism spores struggle VERY hard to grow in a highly acidic environment, so as long as she follows recipes and/or uses a little too much vinegar in her brine, the likelihood of the spores growing enough to produce botulinum toxin is very, very low. Botulism in and of itself (spores) is nontoxic! Its everywhere! However, it *becomes* toxic when it settles and grows in an anerobic environment (such as a poorly canned jar of low-acid food!) and produces its potent toxin.
Sincerely: a home canner who loves making pickles for my pickle obsessed roommate. Its green beans this week!
Oh yeah, people have been pickling stuff for centuries, in Asia and Central-Eastern Europe for instance. I don't understand where all of these botulism fears come from. Use vinegar or sugar, depending on whether it's savory or sweet.
when i was 12, a coworker of my dad who live alone and planning to move gifted me a BOX of these old harlequin (?) romance books and i was shocked😭
that’s frightening 🤠
Was he a Homestuck fan?
😟
Harlequin Romance is the brand of books, Harley Quinn is a Batman character 😊
I remember my moms cousin used to have a bunch on these books with Fabio on most of the covers lol.
you’re so entertaining… you speak at the exact right tone and speed for me to focus the WHOLE time
Same!! I think it is because it feels like chatting with friends, listening to one rambling and monologuing about their most recent interest while both pick on some food and walk around. I love it.
Same
As a park ranger who built a Little Free Library and fills it with bad romance books, this inspires me.
Yeah this whole sentence is like a lesbian marriage propodsal 🤭
@@M.I.N.A.the truthhhh
All libraries are free
I love this for you 😂
i aspire to be you like actually
My mother-in-law wrote a bunch of Harlequins in the '80s and they were a trip. They also made me question how my partner and his brother came to be, because her understanding of sex as reflected in these books is . . . questionable. 🤣
Oh jeez.
...Do tell
It’s always so funny to me when I read unrealistic sexy scenes in books and they’re written by moms 😂 like ma’am you definitely did the do at some point how did you get it this wrong
@lyssagames4311 no fr I was an 18 year old who'd never kissed a guy, critiquing spice scenes written by married women with kids😂😭
My great grandma probably read her books 💀💀
@@lyssagames4311 Nonconsensual impregnation? There are a lot of moms who didn't choose to do the do at one point... insensitive.
So Carrie (not sure how it was spelled in the book) was the 20th most popular baby name in America in 1880 and Josh is from Joshua which is a biblical name that’s been around in one variation or another for millennia. Both could definitely have existed in the time frame of the book. I have a feeling this is maybe like “the Tiffany problem” where Tiffany is a name from the 12th century but it sounds too modern to us today so no one uses it in historical fiction because readers will go, hmm that doesn’t seem like an accurate name for that time period, even though it totally is!
Yes. Carrie was Laura Ingalls Wilder's younger sister's name after all. :)
I love old names that sound new. TIFFANY is a biotch from the mean girls clique, not a sweet young girl from 1800s who wants to open her own clothing shop. Hahaha, jk. But yeah you're totally right!
Very interesting
Y'all may find it interesting that Theophania is the original spelling of Tiffany. Looks pretty accurate now, no?
@@chrisz7494the more i read into these few comments, the more convinced i was that one of yall is a cpgrey fan. Howdy!! ✨☺️
“The cutest little fanny this side of the Mississippi”? In the UK, the word ‘fanny’ means something else..! It’s already bad enough, but the way my brain interpreted this line for the split second before I realised..!
Btw I love your videos, girl, you are so funny! :D
In Sweden, Fanny is a name 😂
It was a name here, too, once! And then its usage changed dramatically, so it’s not used as a name here anymore. XD
But at least the name is safe in Sweden!!
I’m not even British and I immediately thought you meant 🐱 when I read that sentence
@@mummytrollswhat else does it mean if not 🐱? Like a fanny pack?
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Babe, wake up! Shitty Book Club released a new video!!!
for real though, i’ve loved every video you’ve come out with, so i’m so excited for this one
Dudeeeee that’s so sweet!! Thank you for watching my videos 😭
''any landlords that I offend.. go cry about it'' - Iconic
I was probably 11 when I read my first romance novel. I forgot to pack a book for the roadtrip I was on, so when we stopped at a pharmacy for snacks, I just picked a novel based on the cover (pretty lady in pretty historical dress) and $5 price, only to discover it was a bodice ripper while trapped in a cramped van with my family for >6 hours a day. Too embarrassed to tell my parents so I could beg for another book, I had to endure an entire vacation with only a spicy romance to read, in a time before children had portable electronics, in close quarters with my parents. 😭 I skipped past some pages so fast, I’m surprised the pages weren’t torn out. MORTIFYING
she’s literally the only book youtuber i enjoy watching
I also love honestlysophie, withcindy, Alizee, Caleb Joseph, and uncarley. They all also have very chaotic vibes and I love them
@@mrspreminger Caleb Joseph keeps disappearing into the void and popping up with the most random fever dream video premises, and it is ✨iconic✨
@@mrspremingernot really chaotic vibe, but have you given KrimsonRogue a shot? Ignoring the 90s kids inspired username, dude's really good.
Sarawithoutanh or book leo?
Lilly C Reads is pretty fun!
I think this channel is gonna get me back into reading😂
ive read 2 books since starting watching shitty book club, its an epidemic
You are so strong and brave for this
The virginity trope being used all the way back in the 80s just made me realize how archaic it is, we must put a stop to it. Begin the new revolution!
the 80s weren’t that long ago😭. but i agree, the virginity trope is ANCIENT. i don’t know when it started, maybe with the virgin mary💀 in biblical times
Bruh, the virginity trope is only going to get more common the older a book is, what do you mean?
@@LexTime89I meant it's 2023 and most romance novels are still treating the trope like it's 1980s.
it is the original trope, dating back to like... adam and eve
@@gracehoney9875 Vestal virgins?
You're so real for this because I've always wondered what those weird paperback romance books were about
26 and and unmarried without children. “Woe is me, I’m going to die a childless spinster”… girl you literally have 14 more years before the clock runs out. you’re good
I would LOVE to see you read the Bridgerton books
Literally😫 I love them so much but hate them at the same time, like I love to diss the male characters (Sir Philip is the worst, and so far Michael is the best as I'm only on book 6) but I can't stop reading them
Vintage romance books tend to be problematic as fuck. But I do love reading them. They are weirdly nostalgic because I loved romance books when I was a baby pre teen.
But they are shitty and deserve to be in this book club. Love you for this! You make my day when I see your post 🥰
I love the way you recap books! It's like listening to your bestie give you all the tea 😂
I now completely understand why the ex wife was “crazy”
I’d go a little ✨woo woo✨too if I had to be around someone like that
Someone else pointed out the “that’s what all brides say on their wedding night “ line, and considering she his ex WIFE , that doesn’t have the best implications
You actually can sue the US Military. It is extremely difficult and takes a long time. The Camp Lejeune water contamination is a recent example.
wrapping myself up in a burlap sack and sipping hot apple cider just to watch this :3 ty for posting
I used to read all the Cassie Edwards historical romance I could find as a tween and one time I sent her a fan letter and she sent me back a small signed Kodiak snapshot of her sitting with her books. I still have it in one of my photo albums. Her books really helped to provide an escape from a chaotic childhood. As an adult I recognize how problematic her plots and characters were.
I’ve never been this invested in a book youtuber ever, you’re just so entertaining to listen to? And the atmosphere makes it feel like you’re hanging out with a friend in a coffee shop
As an American, I cannot express to you how funny it was to watch you slowly type in "American military budget" just _knowing_ what you were going to find.
Edit: Also I got the "She Loves Me" reference, can we be besties and watch the original "Shop Around the Corner" with the one and only Jimmy Stewart?? Just as a palate cleanser after everything you put yourself through
the american military budget shook me to my core WHY IS IT SO MUCH
Bureaucracy
@@ainsleesbookclub Because there's only one thing Americans love more than racism and that's war.
@@ainsleesbookclubno bc there’s no reason why they need that much😭like plz just fund the schools or something💀
@@ainsleesbookclubwe’re asking the exact same thing 😭😭😭
I cannot express how much I love these videos. The unhinged novels recounted in an equally unhinged way is just *chef's kiss*
Your channel has been a literal gift to me in these trying times 🙏🏻
one of my hobbies is looking through the boxes full of these vintage romance novels at thrift stores, just to read the weird titles and summaries lol. these books are the exact reason i never read (straight) romance, the sexism is terrifying.
i'm a new subscriber and am absolutely in love with your channel, you are so funny and witty
so confused that women wrote these because WHO finds the creepy man that catcalls you while you fix your car attractive 😭
p.s i found you yesterday, have watched 3.5 videos already, and am SO excited for this one
That's actually tame compared to another romance book I've read. The love interest kept the main character from leaving a town against her will, and she was still attracted to him!
In my experience (on AO3 and also just like as a woman) desirability is considered such a virtue that it can overlook a lot of crimes. That’s why cheating is typically the one and only romance book nonnegotiable. Like, murder, SA, kidnapping, theft, abuse, etc can be forgiven if spun in some sort of obsessive “He just desires me so much” light. And that says so much about our society because I see that same virtue of desirability leading actual women I know to make such awful decisions. And that struggle definitely reflects in women’s literature.
It’s important to try not to split kids up. However, I would choose a safe and loving home/ seeing my siblings often, over being stuck in foster care/seeing my siblings 24/7. But both options have pros and cons.
i could listen to you talk about books for hours. You explain the plots so well and hilariously at the same time
"I know my dog almost killed your cat but... your body is hot"
Who ever thought that was sexy or ok to write?? 😭 That is absolutely NOT romantic at all.
Yeah, I think the appropriate response would have been something along the lines of “oh no I’m so sorry. Do you need help?” But honestly most things would have been better than what he said.
I got into romance novels around age 10-11
I remember specifically two as being my first exposures… Sheik by Connie Mason(1997) and Sunset Embrace by Sandra Brown(1985)
Very much the opposite of anything an impressionable tween should have been reading. If you think the uncomfortable SA vibes in the first book you discussed were bad… I highly suggest not even attempting those books 😭
Like why did my mom let me read these books… why did she let me take them TO SCHOOL!! I still remember asking my teacher what fornicating meant… and her sending a note home asking if I was allowed to read that book and my mom saying it was fine.
Your mum is wild for that😭
You know how sometimes you start a new series TOO EARLY so you're like 'ugh, gotta wait for new episodes' to come out bc there's not enough content to binge yet?
That's how I feel about this channel
I've already watched the Selection video three times to make up for it
PLEASE do more of these crappy 80s pulp fiction romances. I really, really don't want to read them myself, but would LOVE to listen to you talk about their crazy shit. It's so fun help
Hi girlie I want to know more lore about you!! Could you do a q&a sometime?
lol is that something that anyone would be interested in? cause I love to talk about myself 🤠 but idk if y’all would care
PLEASE DO A Q&A I BEG YOU, WE WOULD 100% CARE@@ainsleesbookclub
@@ainsleesbookclubI would love to know more about you! I didn't even know what your name was lol and I wanna know who Amelia is lol
@@ainsleesbookclubYESSS QNA PLEAAASE
@@ainsleesbookclub that would be so fun omg
you had me at housing is a human right I HATE LANDLORDS.
Wow...to think that my teen years and early 20s are classified as "vintage "... not sure how to feel about that. 😂
If it’s any consolation, colloquially vintage often is just anything over 20 years old so 2000’s babies are already vintage and change😆
I clicked just to see how long ago she was calling ‘vintage’ and it made me feel old too. LOL
Angelle’s car really just said,”Help step-car I’m stuck.”
i love your channel so much!! it’s like i’m listening to a friend chatting abt the recent books they read. your video made my day sm better, thank you 🤍🤍
i love your vibe so much, it’s really like sitting down with your bestie and talking about shitty books 🫶🏻
My mom used to read almost exclusively these and unfortunately they were the introduction to erotica for my confused 14 year old self. my mom said NOT to read them, so you know what that meant for rebellious middle school me LOL
why do i lowkey think that the adoption center lady was turning a blind eye on them bc she just wanted to get rid of them 💀 💀
miaou is meow in french, not that it makes much more sense
A few years ago my mom gifted me one of her favorite romance books from the 80s. I’ll never be able to read it because I know I will not like it but I still treasure it as if it’s the best book I’ve ever read. So I’m very excited about this video hahahaha
Just finished watching the video and I absolutely loved it! I’m so happy this was in my recommended today it was so fun!! Love your personality ✨
I absolutely LOVE vintage novels. They're so hilarious and so mind freeing
Omg you should read the Red Queen series! I love it and because of your review over the Selection series, I think you might enjoy it!
I was literally thinking that
As someone who went to music college I really REALLY identified with your tangent about jazzers 😭
As a fellow person who extremely dislikes basic romance books, one of my least favorite tropes is the parent or child trope. In almost all of the books I've read or heard of with this trope, the child is almost always used as a tool to push the two love interests together and it feels so icky. Especially when the child in the plot is hardly EVER given time with their parent. Most of the time it isn't even a child trope because the children are always neglected in the plot! It's gotta be up there with the pregnancy trope
I’m dyslexic and have a ton of trouble reading so your shitty book club videos are my favorite.
i didn't realize you could be racist towards irish people in the 80s but that leprechaun line had me CHOKING. every fucking action that kyle made had be choking actually. everything bizarre jingoistic thing that happened in the second book had me choking. laura choosing to go home with a stranger after going BLIND had be choking. literally half of this video was me spitting out my water.
also the "legion" is probably the American Legion which is an organization that veterans work for where they do military-adjacent things and act patriotic? spread patriotism? but not officially military
about the legion, since it's in France, it could also be the foreign legion or basically a branch of the French army but for foreigners which would fit the bill I suppose?
I cant belive that you dont have more subscritions, you are amazing! I love to listening you, your accent is so smooth and nice. Im currently learning english and youre first person I can listen without subtitles. Sorry for my bad grammar, im trying xD
You're doing amazing! Keep going!
@@Weareallmadheretoo thank you
i‘ve been watching your videos while i get ready for work and get ready for sleepytime, and i saw this video came out RIGHT as i was about to brush my teeth and do my skincare and take my silly little sedative. hell yeah boys im learning about antiquated romance novels 2NITE. also worth mentioning my name is ansley, and we have very similar speech patterns, and it has me fucking rolling bc 9 times out of 10 i’ll think something and then you’ll say it in the video it’s very eerie in a fun way
Dude that’s crazyyyyyyy 🤠 I’m glad you like my silly little videos :)
This series is everything to me 😭❤️
I was really into historical romances when I was a teenager. My grandma gave me a Barbara Cartland one time & I was hooked, for a while. Now I'm into books that actually have an interesting story.
Fun fact: Princess Diana was a big fan of Barbara Cartland growing up and Barbara Cartland was her step grandma
i literally just found your channel last night, i'm so hyped for more book discussions!!!
i've been looking at your blanket in the last few videos & i was so enchanted by it that i started crocheting my own
NOT THE NIGHTGOWN- THE PICTURE YOU PICKED HAD ME CACKLING LMAO
That makes sense. My friends made a book club (I was 12) where we tried to read our Moms books. Most of them were romance. I can't tell you how many strange romance books came from that group. When we caught the club disbanded, but I still read some romance novels.
dude freshly cut hair is soooooo satisfying to touch and it looks good!
Ur literally so iconic and funny! im so happy when I saw u posted I already binged all ur vids
Please read the series that Tru Blood is based off, it’s so terribly amazing 😂
I actually love those books
My mom has all of em 🥴🥴 I've been so tempted to read them just for shits and giggles
Oh I love those books.
also in the dill pickle supremacy
Also ohmygosh your crochet blanket is so freaking cute!
As much as I love this, girl, take time off for your health if needed. It's so sad to hear you sound in pain. I wanna give you a hug.
"Everyone just immediately believes in this conspiracy" to be fair it does sound like something our military would do
I've literally been binging all of your videos!!! I recently got back into reading and finding your channel is like a gold mine! ❤❤❤
"I thought a stagecoach was like a train" took me out I'm sorry that's the line that got me LOL
Omg the innuendos. My dad always called them my mom’s “love pudding” books and I didn’t realize what he meant until I was much older 🫠
I had to quit trying to read most older historical fiction because it seemed like in the first 2-3 chapters the main character was getting assaulted and it was being passed off as hot
Hey! I saw you read the selection books! I know this isn't relevant to the video but the author has another series that starts off with the book "Betrothed" and then the next book is "Betrayed" I really enjoyed it, and the protagonist is pretty fun. I haven't read betrayed yet, but Betrothed was pretty awesome, with fun twists, and heartbreaking endings.
no the second this man’s dogs come after my cats and he isn’t doing anything i like honestly like i’m feeling a lot of anger and i can’t think of anything mean enough to say
I just binged every single one of your videos and it has been the most enjoyable experience of my life. Thank you
I binged all your videos! Your energy is impeccable.
i've never actually heard anyone explain why they don't think the landlord complex is unethical so i never understood it but wooof,, you made points. terrifying that in a capitalist society it makes sense but it also gives dystopia. ..
I get so excited every time I see you posted a video. Keep up the awesome work :3
“She Loves Me, though she doesn’t show it /
How could she? When she doesn’t know it!” Love that musical
your videos have a great "my friend telling me about their latest obsession" vibe that i love omg
wtfff She Loves Me is one of my favorite musicals ever! I watched it with my mom and cried. Seriously such an underrated gem. btw i love your videos
I honestly needed this video right now: I work in a bookstore and I’ve been shelving old paperback romance novels for weeks, so I was thinking about giving a couple a try just for the hell of it. I think you’ve fully convinced me that I would be wasting my money 😅😂
She Loves Me! a good broadway reference is always on point.
i am livinggg for your content rn, your enthusiasm is so cool and engaging and just makes you vivacious and so fun to watch !!! PLEASE keep making content i will be here continuing to eat it up 🥹
Yeah Miaou is mew but for French people (i'm french people)
As someone who was born on October 13th it feels profoundly cursed that the climatic events of Eternity take place then
The way I’m more excited for these videos than any other youtuber rn
Lowkey wanna read the third book lol
The dichotomy between the virginity/purity trope for women and the lack of consent from men is a reflex of that time period... and it scares me how we still have it
Kyle is giving ron burgundy jazz flute energy
Some crazy divorce proceedings in the 1860s!
These all sounded like a trip! I never liked or read romances that didn't have anything else going on until I realized how many queer romances there are these days. Now I love them. I thought they had pretty wild and unbelievable tropes but nothing worse than these three! 😂
The fact that these have more backstory then all 3 50 shades vooks says so much about character building
When I was a middle schooler I got addicted to reading a super old trashy romance perfectly any novel with a really weird premise my favorite one I found was one with a couple meet in a truck stop bathroom one is a werewolf the other is a human running from zombies .
when you started reading the synopsis for the first book I was like there's no way there's no way it was the first book I found in the good will😅 they got me hooked on this genre
I love how you get sidetracked a bit, it makes it feel like I’m having a conversation with a friend
Josh aka Joshua is a biblical name so it's definitely an 1800s name.
16:01 So, what I'm hearing is that women can't be jazz musicians.
I love how you described the jazz interaction you had. I feel your pain
pls come back i need more book videos and i love hearing you talk
This channel is amazing, I discovered it like yesterday and Im having a blast, I live for people narrating bad rpmance novels to me, its my favorite thing to hear while I draw!
Harlequin romances were wild like, what the fuck?? The insta love and misogyny were all over the place, how the couple fall in love for no reason but because she was a woman and he a man, amazing