Hi Merphy! I had my birthday a couple days ago, and I discovered that my mom had been secretly watching your videos to find appropriate books to get me! She settled on the Sleeper and the Spindle and the three Gentlemen Bastards books. Haven’t started yet, but given the hype I’m super excited! Thanks for being such an awesome resource! :)
I love the fact that a mom would deem Gentlemen Bastards appropriate for her daughter 😂 There is quite an amount of blood and swearing (at least in the first book, which is the only one I've read so far), but it's a great book and so much fun to read. Sounds like you have an awesome mom 😊
@@MsBlulucky Haha maybe “appropriate” was the wrong word to use... I just turned 23 so I hope I can handle it 😂 That’s good to know though. And yes, my mom is awesome 😊
@@emmaelizabeth3373 If you go to school in the US, I really doubt the swearing will bother you! Your mom's strategy to figure out what you like is very clever!
I love that you donate to the library. I never know what to do with my books that I don’t want anymore. I never thought to donate to the library- I always thought to drop them off at goodwill or some place.
Look up Free Little Library. They are little boxes people build to make a little neighborhood library. There are 3 near my house and I'll add books there sometimes or my local bookstore buys back used books.
I hate the idea of taking them to the goodwill cause they make people pay for books they got for free my goodwill is only 2$ which is fine but some rake it up to 5$ kinda annoys me
I just cannot give away books, except if I really hated them. But I really find a loooot of pleasure in owning books, filling large shelves... my precious
I really thought you'd like Addie Larue, Seems like a lot others did also, lol. My local library doesn't take donated books often and with covid they don't take them at all. But I have a few Little Library's near by I swap or give to.
That’s funny, I read the Lunar Chronicles last year and absolutely adored it! Cress was my favorite book of the year and has made my all time favorites list. But that’s why you give them away, cuz someone else will love them ☺️
Just a suggestion but what about giving your annotated books to your subscribers in a giveaway or something. I could imagine that some people would be interested in that. Just a thought.
Someone stocked a free little library near me with books that all had some variation of 'death' in the title...cracked me up. Wish I had taken a picture.
I'm kind of sorry you didn't get to experience The Shadow of the Wind properly, it's one of my favourite books. I read it in Portuguese and the translation is very well done from the Spanish. I love that book, the writing is beautiful and the story itself is super gripping (the book on its own is like a love story to books, so there's that too!). Maybe one day there's another edition and it will be a better read.
@@yukijames1321 I'm glad you enjoyed it a lot! It's amazing! I didn't like the sequel as much, though, so I haven't got back to the series yet (I plan to!), but I've heard that the last book in the series is even better that The Shadow of the Wind, so... it looks very promising.
@@travisminger9529 Well, it could be a good way to get the author's writing in the original form, without any translation interference (when the translation is poor, it does interfere with the reading, unfortunately - I'm a translator myself, so I'm not just cursing out of nothing xD), but I would suggest maybe starting with a shorter book? Zafon's Marina is also a very good book, and much shorter, and it could be a good way to practise the language and see if it's manageable to read a bigger, more "complex" book for pleasure.
I really did not like that one, it was so predictable, I have no idea why it's so hyped. I loved the first 100 pages and then it turned into a regular detective story unfortunately, which I'm not a fan of. (I read it in Hungarian, that translation was great and atmospheric, I did not have any issues with the writing style.)
shadow of the wind is one of THE best books I've read! GOD I loved it so fucking much although there were some very questionable parts in the book BUT OMGG ITS SERIOUSLY THE BEST!
Maybe some of your subscribers might want to read your copies with the annotations? I haven't seen if you've done a review on those, and they aren't really my type of book, but there might be someone out there who would *enjoy* reading a copy with annotations by a critical eye. I like that you donate books to the library - I don't think my local library takes donations, but I've given some of my academic books to my college library in the past, which they seemed to be rather happy to get. I figure most people don't know that some libraries accept donations, and as libraries in a lot of countries have had their budgets cut, it's doing a good turn that will benefit a lot of people. (Donating books to charity shops is also a good thing to do with books you don't want any more)
Thanks to you Merphy I started in Rebecca yesterday, will finish it tomorrow. I also have some double books that i want to donate to someone. So that will be my Unhaul I guess.
I'm also looking forward quite nervously to my own first book unhaul. I always hesitated to get rid of bad books because they're not worth anything anymore but a few Cents - but I love the idea of donating them to a library. I have to check if my local one is open for that. Then I can do an interview with them right away, which I wanted to do anyway :D Thanks a lot for the tip!
That's the problem of translation, sometimes it ruins very good books. I loved La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind ). I read it in Spanish, the author had beautiful prose, it was fast-paced, so engaging and the story captivated me.
The hunger games and lunar chronicles are my fave to......I read them many times...but not ready to give them up just yet...maybe in the future😜... I can't wait fr ur bookshelf tour❤️
I feel the same as you about The Lunar Chronicles! I still have my copies but I've decided I'm never going to reread them because I don't want to "ruin" them.
Wow, I’m really surprised you didn’t like shadow of the wind. It’s a book I have been wanting to recommend to you, actually. I think the series, the cemetery of forgotten books, is one of the most remarkable book series I’ve read in the past 10 years, if not longer. I can’t speak to the translation being bad, as I can’t read it in the original Spanish, but I found the English version to be exquisite.
I have a lot of respect for unhauls because I would not be able to do it unless I had multiple copies. I just cannot get rid of books, even if I hated it. Congrats Merphy on donating and giving back to the community!
Not gonna lie, The only review on "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" that I've been waiting for is yours. I think you might enjoy it a lot. Maybe you could give it a try 🥺
I own The Hunger Games trilogy in hardcover. I was obsessed with it in high school, but after reading them again this year after 8 years I still like it but it’s not the best thing in the world. I will try out Lunar Chronicles this year, see how that goes.
I am so sorry you didn't like Shadow of the Wind. That book is amazing and the rest of the series as well. Easily one of my favorites.🍀 On another note, just started reading The Lies of Locke Lamora and I have to say I am loving it so far. Thank you for the recommendation. 😊
I recently read (by that I mean fall 2019) Everybody Sees the Ants and yeah the issues are very glaring reading it now. An issue I have with A.S. King's books (despite loving her books) is that they are always products of their time and even if that time is 2012 it's a bit jarring. If you want to read her newer stuff, Still Life with Tornado is one I would think you would like but tw for abuse and a student teacher relationship (it's condemned and in the background but still). Her middlegrade also stands out. The Year We Fell From Space is particularly heavy for a middlegrade. It's centered around mental health and increasing awareness due to a personal tragedy she suffered. My personal favorite is Dig but that book is genuinely surrealist so your mileage may vary
Hi Merphy. I love your videos. I hope it's alright if I suggest two books for you to check out. 1. Close to me by Amanda Reynonds - A domestic thriller about a wife who wakes up from a coma with memory loss to discover her husband and kids are keeping secrets from her and that she might not have been the good wife and mother she thought she was. 2. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry - A girl's sister goes missing and comes back years later. But the family suspects something's off and she might not be who she claims.
Aha, I didn’t like Dark Matter as much as Recursion since I read Recursion first. I think because they are so similar whichever one you read first, you prefer. Great unhaul 👍
I read Dark Matter first and I prefer it more, but I actually like the concept on Recursion better. The thing is that I don't feel Recursion is as well executed as Dark Matter.
I totally agree with you about The Lunar Chronicles Trilogy I feel like if I reread it I wouldn't love it as much!!!!! Hahaha it was one of the first sci-fi/fairy retelling story I've ever read before! omg this book unhaul as a whole is basically my entire year of 2013 favorites hahahahaha. I LOVED Dark Matter & I didn't enjoy Recursion either!!!
I’m a bit surprised at people trashing the English translation of Shadow of the Wind. It’s actually highly acclaimed in literary circles. 🤷🏽♀️ It’s one of my all time favorite books and I find the language hypnotic and the story beautiful. I can understand people not liking it because it’s much slower paced in the beginning. It’s actually not one I’d have personally recommended to you based on other things I’ve seen you like/dislike.
I read Shadow of the Wind in English in November last year and I listened to the audiobook in German alternately and the difference in the richness of the two translations was even there blatantly obvious (even though the German is also a translation). The German one was poetic and some lines were so beautiful and quotable but when I looked them up in my English copy, they were always a bit of a disappointment...What a pity! Overall I liked the story but I had big issues with the telenovela-like turn in the plot, which ruined my enjoyment. And Addie Larue, why??? I got it for Christmas, I am looking forward to reading it this year and it would have been so good to hear you speak about it...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was delightful! I really enjoyed it. But I think you’ve inspired me to also I haul some books. My shelves are double stacked right now.
Furies of Calderon? Noooo this is a fantastic series with an okay first book. You should keep going with it. Book 3 is one of the better fantasy books I've ever read.
I read Recursion after Dark Matter and I liked it a lot. I think it’s because I loved Dark Matter and wanted to read something with a similar concept. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was a good book, but I can understand why someone wouldn’t be interested in it. I don’t think I’ll donate/sell any of my books until my bookcases are full (like yours). Then I’ll just get rid of a few at a time to make room for new ones.
I know that where you film is probably just a normal office space but for some reason I imagine it as this large, cavernous space and I don’t know why. Must be the shelves.
Agreeing with the comments, I think you might like Addie Larue! It has flaws that I think you will probably note, but for the most part it was a nice read 😊
Oh! I would also like to suggest giveaways for any of your annotated books. I have zero desire to read either of those books but if it had been annotated by you?? Prize possession haha. I'm sure there are lots of others out there like me
Ohh!! I' m really sorry about The shadow of the wind!! I read the 4 books and it's incredible beautiful!! But I totally understand if the translation isn't good is complicated. Sometimes it happens to me the other way around, luckily I can read/ listen in English. Hugs from Argentina 🤗
I personally very much enjoyed addie larue, but it reallly is a matter of taste. The story was very emotional even for someone like me who ypically doen´t get that much attached to a book.
I'm kind of afraid to reread the Grisha trilogy because I really enjoyed it the first time I read it, but if I reread it I'll probably notice more things that annoyed me about the plot and characters that I overlooked before (because of my FTR excitement and curiosity of how it'll turn out). I don't want to ruin the positive first impression. I totally get why Merphy unhauled it, don't wanna ruin the nostalgia
The English translation of Shadow of the Wind is just fine. I don't know who you're talking to but I take high offense at that statement. I will say I did see a comment from someone who said they liked the book until the big reveal, which I also find ridiculous, but the reveal is going to be in the original as well and you didn't get that far so that definitely wasnt' what you had a problem with.
I don’t know if others feel the same way, but I love buying used books especially when I discover they were annotated. It’s like having a book pen pal. If you are comfortable with it, maybe you’d consider adding those books to a giveaway for your subscribers. Marginalia always warm my heart!
Wait for me by Caroline L is my fave historical YA romance. I couldn't find a copy of the book here in the Philippines and seeing you unhauling it is heartbreaking :(
I'm sure a bunch of your fans would love to read some of your annotated books. I'm sure tons would sign up if you were to offer them as random giveaways.
This was really fun, I love unhauls :- ) Ooh, the new outro is really cool :- ) You talking about how the translation of The Shadow of the Wind is possibly bad made me want to finally make some progress on my Spanish haha :- )
I think that because of the hype that the invisible life of addie Le Rue gets, I went into it with super high expectations and I read The book thief right before which I really enjoyed so it wasnt as good as I expected it to be.
Russian translation of The Shadow of the Wind is so poetic and beautiful, it's a pity that the english translators were unable to convey the author's prose at the proper level :(
Omg I think you would love Addie LaRue! Sad to see you let go of it, but luckily there's enough books to read hahah!
I have Addie Larue on my list to read first half 2021.
I was about to say the same! I have a feeling she would love it!!!!
Great book! Enjoy
That is such a good book!
I was pretty bored by it to be honest…. Liked the concept but didn’t connect with the characters
Hi Merphy! I had my birthday a couple days ago, and I discovered that my mom had been secretly watching your videos to find appropriate books to get me! She settled on the Sleeper and the Spindle and the three Gentlemen Bastards books. Haven’t started yet, but given the hype I’m super excited! Thanks for being such an awesome resource! :)
oh my gosh your mom is so cool. That was so sweet of her to do for you!
I love the fact that a mom would deem Gentlemen Bastards appropriate for her daughter 😂
There is quite an amount of blood and swearing (at least in the first book, which is the only one I've read so far), but it's a great book and so much fun to read. Sounds like you have an awesome mom 😊
@@MsBlulucky Haha maybe “appropriate” was the wrong word to use... I just turned 23 so I hope I can handle it 😂 That’s good to know though. And yes, my mom is awesome 😊
That's so nice of her
@@emmaelizabeth3373 If you go to school in the US, I really doubt the swearing will bother you! Your mom's strategy to figure out what you like is very clever!
I love that you donate to the library. I never know what to do with my books that I don’t want anymore. I never thought to donate to the library- I always thought to drop them off at goodwill or some place.
Look up Free Little Library. They are little boxes people build to make a little neighborhood library. There are 3 near my house and I'll add books there sometimes or my local bookstore buys back used books.
I give them to Goodwill too
Prisons need books!! You can always look into giving books you don’t want to a prison near you :)
I hate the idea of taking them to the goodwill cause they make people pay for books they got for free my goodwill is only 2$ which is fine but some rake it up to 5$ kinda annoys me
@@Spawnofademon yeah overtime I came to not be much of a fan of Goodwill .
I just cannot give away books, except if I really hated them. But I really find a loooot of pleasure in owning books, filling large shelves... my precious
Same! My ultimate dream is to have a house big enough so I could have a dedicated room for books only, my own private in-house library
@@elenasreadingcorner oh yesssssss
I'm like that with old blu ray movies. Physical copies of art is great.
@@Kage-jk4pj I have a collection of DVDs and CDs as well! There's something about having all these physical copies of art around...
Same!
I'm almost done with the invisible life of addie larue right now and it's so good
I wanted to hear your thoughts on the Invisible life of Addie larue, but I respect your decision to uhaul it
That was my favorite book of 2020
@@kevinhove6893 That's good to know. I just started it yesterday and hopefully, I'll love it too
@@kevinhove6893 Same! It really did it for me and I already want to reread it and I almost never reread anything.
I loved that book ): I actually ordered a physical copy of it and I just received it today
I really thought you'd like Addie Larue, Seems like a lot others did also, lol. My local library doesn't take donated books often and with covid they don't take them at all. But I have a few Little Library's near by I swap or give to.
That’s funny, I read the Lunar Chronicles last year and absolutely adored it! Cress was my favorite book of the year and has made my all time favorites list. But that’s why you give them away, cuz someone else will love them ☺️
Just a suggestion but what about giving your annotated books to your subscribers in a giveaway or something. I could imagine that some people would be interested in that. Just a thought.
Yesssss
@@neetikajha9604 Oh I'd be very interested in that
OH MY GOSH YES!!!!
Yesss I love annotated books
My library isn't accepting donations right now. Little free library gets my cast offs right now.
Someone stocked a free little library near me with books that all had some variation of 'death' in the title...cracked me up. Wish I had taken a picture.
That's at least creative. My local ones just have musty old romance novels in them. 🤦😂
I'm kind of sorry you didn't get to experience The Shadow of the Wind properly, it's one of my favourite books. I read it in Portuguese and the translation is very well done from the Spanish. I love that book, the writing is beautiful and the story itself is super gripping (the book on its own is like a love story to books, so there's that too!). Maybe one day there's another edition and it will be a better read.
Ooh i might try reading this in spanish. Im not very good tho
@@yukijames1321 I'm glad you enjoyed it a lot! It's amazing! I didn't like the sequel as much, though, so I haven't got back to the series yet (I plan to!), but I've heard that the last book in the series is even better that The Shadow of the Wind, so... it looks very promising.
@@travisminger9529 Well, it could be a good way to get the author's writing in the original form, without any translation interference (when the translation is poor, it does interfere with the reading, unfortunately - I'm a translator myself, so I'm not just cursing out of nothing xD), but I would suggest maybe starting with a shorter book? Zafon's Marina is also a very good book, and much shorter, and it could be a good way to practise the language and see if it's manageable to read a bigger, more "complex" book for pleasure.
I really did not like that one, it was so predictable, I have no idea why it's so hyped. I loved the first 100 pages and then it turned into a regular detective story unfortunately, which I'm not a fan of. (I read it in Hungarian, that translation was great and atmospheric, I did not have any issues with the writing style.)
shadow of the wind is one of THE best books I've read! GOD I loved it so fucking much although there were some very questionable parts in the book BUT OMGG ITS SERIOUSLY THE BEST!
Maybe some of your subscribers might want to read your copies with the annotations? I haven't seen if you've done a review on those, and they aren't really my type of book, but there might be someone out there who would *enjoy* reading a copy with annotations by a critical eye. I like that you donate books to the library - I don't think my local library takes donations, but I've given some of my academic books to my college library in the past, which they seemed to be rather happy to get. I figure most people don't know that some libraries accept donations, and as libraries in a lot of countries have had their budgets cut, it's doing a good turn that will benefit a lot of people.
(Donating books to charity shops is also a good thing to do with books you don't want any more)
Thanks to you Merphy I started in Rebecca yesterday, will finish it tomorrow. I also have some double books that i want to donate to someone. So that will be my Unhaul I guess.
Just finished cinder and it was really fun, gonna continue the series this year!
I'm also looking forward quite nervously to my own first book unhaul. I always hesitated to get rid of bad books because they're not worth anything anymore but a few Cents - but I love the idea of donating them to a library. I have to check if my local one is open for that. Then I can do an interview with them right away, which I wanted to do anyway :D Thanks a lot for the tip!
Also: I definitely saw the books crashing down before it happened :D
The shadow of the wind is one of my favourite books but i read it in spanish maybe that's why. Love your videos!
That's the problem of translation, sometimes it ruins very good books. I loved La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind ). I read it in Spanish, the author had beautiful prose, it was fast-paced, so engaging and the story captivated me.
Ooh I thought you'd be interested in Addie! Totally respect your decision tho but curious why you aren't.
I regularly shelf purge
No joy....no use keeping.
Ever since you stopped vlogs, I’ve missed all your books falling over lol so glad that returned in this video
The hunger games and lunar chronicles are my fave to......I read them many times...but not ready to give them up just yet...maybe in the future😜...
I can't wait fr ur bookshelf tour❤️
When you slowly start to realize that you and your favorite book tuber do not have similar reading tastes..... that's a sad day
I feel that 😅
Nooo read the invisible life of addie larue. I feel like a lot of comments will talk about this ahha
Aaagh I love your channel!❤
I too, am shocked by the choice to unhaul Addie LaRue, since so far everyone else I follow on booktube no matter the taste/preference has LOVED it.
Wow....you are the first booktuber who is giving away Addie Larue without giving a shot....and that´s why I like you!
Loved this! 😻 And excited for the bookshelf tour!
I just finished the invisible life of Addie LaRue yesterday. I loved it!
I have been waiting for a unhaul!❤️❤️
I feel the same as you about The Lunar Chronicles! I still have my copies but I've decided I'm never going to reread them because I don't want to "ruin" them.
Wow, I’m really surprised you didn’t like shadow of the wind. It’s a book I have been wanting to recommend to you, actually.
I think the series, the cemetery of forgotten books, is one of the most remarkable book series I’ve read in the past 10 years, if not longer. I can’t speak to the translation being bad, as I can’t read it in the original Spanish, but I found the English version to be exquisite.
I have a lot of respect for unhauls because I would not be able to do it unless I had multiple copies. I just cannot get rid of books, even if I hated it. Congrats Merphy on donating and giving back to the community!
Omg but those book of the month picks are all sooooo good though 😭😭😭
Christopher Asmus I know, I think those were all books I’d either picked or had my eye on!
I just can't even describe how much I love watching book unhauls. I don't have ocd or anything but I really love to organize lol
Which book are you currently reading in Percy Jackson?
😁💚!
I think she is reading Book 4
Not gonna lie, The only review on "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" that I've been waiting for is yours. I think you might enjoy it a lot. Maybe you could give it a try 🥺
I own The Hunger Games trilogy in hardcover. I was obsessed with it in high school, but after reading them again this year after 8 years I still like it but it’s not the best thing in the world. I will try out Lunar Chronicles this year, see how that goes.
I have a friend who read in Spanish Shadow of the wind when she wanted Name of the wind. She didn't regret it. Now it's my time to learn this language
I'm from Spain and Shadow of the wind is almost like a classic here, I highly recommend it!
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is SO GOOD. Don't get rid of it before you read it :(
I am so sorry you didn't like Shadow of the Wind. That book is amazing and the rest of the series as well. Easily one of my favorites.🍀
On another note, just started reading The Lies of Locke Lamora and I have to say I am loving it so far. Thank you for the recommendation. 😊
I love your Fredrick Backman collection 😍 ❤ my favorite author.
Time to unhaul the Boy, the Goat, the Monkey, and the the Portrait of what Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash
I recently read (by that I mean fall 2019) Everybody Sees the Ants and yeah the issues are very glaring reading it now. An issue I have with A.S. King's books (despite loving her books) is that they are always products of their time and even if that time is 2012 it's a bit jarring. If you want to read her newer stuff, Still Life with Tornado is one I would think you would like but tw for abuse and a student teacher relationship (it's condemned and in the background but still). Her middlegrade also stands out. The Year We Fell From Space is particularly heavy for a middlegrade.
It's centered around mental health and increasing awareness due to a personal tragedy she suffered.
My personal favorite is Dig but that book is genuinely surrealist so your mileage may vary
Addie Laure is cursed to be forgotten as soon as she walks out of a room......it’s apt for this unhaul...
Can you please read the “His Dark Materials” series some time this year.
Hi Merphy. I love your videos. I hope it's alright if I suggest two books for you to check out.
1. Close to me by Amanda Reynonds - A domestic thriller about a wife who wakes up from a coma with memory loss to discover her husband and kids are keeping secrets from her and that she might not have been the good wife and mother she thought she was.
2. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry - A girl's sister goes missing and comes back years later. But the family suspects something's off and she might not be who she claims.
That 'HAHA' towards the end with all the books. Iconic.
Aha, I didn’t like Dark Matter as much as Recursion since I read Recursion first. I think because they are so similar whichever one you read first, you prefer. Great unhaul 👍
Same I read Recursion first and prefer it
I read Dark Matter first and I prefer it more, but I actually like the concept on Recursion better. The thing is that I don't feel Recursion is as well executed as Dark Matter.
I totally agree with you about The Lunar Chronicles Trilogy I feel like if I reread it I wouldn't love it as much!!!!! Hahaha it was one of the first sci-fi/fairy retelling story I've ever read before! omg this book unhaul as a whole is basically my entire year of 2013 favorites hahahahaha. I LOVED Dark Matter & I didn't enjoy Recursion either!!!
was really surprised to see addie larue in the unhaul. really thought you would like it hahahha
I’m a bit surprised at people trashing the English translation of Shadow of the Wind. It’s actually highly acclaimed in literary circles. 🤷🏽♀️ It’s one of my all time favorite books and I find the language hypnotic and the story beautiful. I can understand people not liking it because it’s much slower paced in the beginning. It’s actually not one I’d have personally recommended to you based on other things I’ve seen you like/dislike.
I read Shadow of the Wind in English in November last year and I listened to the audiobook in German alternately and the difference in the richness of the two translations was even there blatantly obvious (even though the German is also a translation). The German one was poetic and some lines were so beautiful and quotable but when I looked them up in my English copy, they were always a bit of a disappointment...What a pity! Overall I liked the story but I had big issues with the telenovela-like turn in the plot, which ruined my enjoyment.
And Addie Larue, why??? I got it for Christmas, I am looking forward to reading it this year and it would have been so good to hear you speak about it...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was delightful! I really enjoyed it.
But I think you’ve inspired me to also I haul some books. My shelves are double stacked right now.
I just found your channel, and it is AWESOME! I've been loving the "dear author" series!
Furies of Calderon? Noooo this is a fantastic series with an okay first book. You should keep going with it. Book 3 is one of the better fantasy books I've ever read.
This inspires me to unhaul some of my books. Your way is so simple, just asking "will I reread it?" Seems like the best approach.
I read Recursion after Dark Matter and I liked it a lot. I think it’s because I loved Dark Matter and wanted to read something with a similar concept. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was a good book, but I can understand why someone wouldn’t be interested in it. I don’t think I’ll donate/sell any of my books until my bookcases are full (like yours). Then I’ll just get rid of a few at a time to make room for new ones.
I know that where you film is probably just a normal office space but for some reason I imagine it as this large, cavernous space and I don’t know why. Must be the shelves.
despite the t-shirt, there wasn't much undulating in this video. :(
I like this because our reading tastes are similar and I like knowing what doesn't appeal to you.
Agreeing with the comments, I think you might like Addie Larue! It has flaws that I think you will probably note, but for the most part it was a nice read 😊
Oh no The Lunar Chronicles! 😭 But I understand your reasoning, there are older books I love but am afraid to reread in case I’d love them less now.
Great video and oh my gosh many kudos on balancing those stacks 🙌🏾😁
Oh! I would also like to suggest giveaways for any of your annotated books. I have zero desire to read either of those books but if it had been annotated by you?? Prize possession haha. I'm sure there are lots of others out there like me
"Furries of Calderon" ... I def don't want to read that. 😂😂😂🐻🐼🐨
You could offer your annotated books to your patrons - I bet they'd be interested in the inner workings of Merphy's reading mind.
I stick annotated books in those little free library boxes that are by, like, parks and stuff
Ohh!! I' m really sorry about The shadow of the wind!! I read the 4 books and it's incredible beautiful!! But I totally understand if the translation isn't good is complicated. Sometimes it happens to me the other way around, luckily I can read/ listen in English. Hugs from Argentina 🤗
I personally very much enjoyed addie larue, but it reallly is a matter of taste. The story was very emotional even for someone like me who ypically doen´t get that much attached to a book.
Dragonflight was a little slow. It basically sets up the world of Pern, paving the way for the superior sequel, Dragonquest.
Speaking of the lunar chronicles, I am reading Heartless, which I'm enjoying
I'm kind of afraid to reread the Grisha trilogy because I really enjoyed it the first time I read it, but if I reread it I'll probably notice more things that annoyed me about the plot and characters that I overlooked before (because of my FTR excitement and curiosity of how it'll turn out). I don't want to ruin the positive first impression. I totally get why Merphy unhauled it, don't wanna ruin the nostalgia
Yea! Somebody else who didn’t love Shadow of the Wind!
you got me out of a reading slump thanks for that!
i ~~loooooved~~ don't look back! i felt duped tho that it wasn't about a ballerina lmao
The English translation of Shadow of the Wind is just fine. I don't know who you're talking to but I take high offense at that statement. I will say I did see a comment from someone who said they liked the book until the big reveal, which I also find ridiculous, but the reveal is going to be in the original as well and you didn't get that far so that definitely wasnt' what you had a problem with.
I really wanted to hear what you thought about Addie Larue.
I don’t know if others feel the same way, but I love buying used books especially when I discover they were annotated. It’s like having a book pen pal. If you are comfortable with it, maybe you’d consider adding those books to a giveaway for your subscribers. Marginalia always warm my heart!
I was thinking let those towers fall, fall please fall
Annotated Goodwill or thrift shops will take them usually. I love finding annotated books at thrift stores.
Good call on giving them to the library.
I just listened to Addie LaRue. It was written beautifully.
I felt the exact same way about Recursion! I thought I was the only one since everyone I know loved it.
Wait for me by Caroline L is my fave historical YA romance. I couldn't find a copy of the book here in the Philippines and seeing you unhauling it is heartbreaking :(
I was so scared when I saw THG in the thumbnail, I'm glad to know you still own another set.
I can't wait for your bookshelf tour 🖤
I'm sure a bunch of your fans would love to read some of your annotated books. I'm sure tons would sign up if you were to offer them as random giveaways.
There are etsy accounts and other small businesses that make art, journals, other things out of old books. They may take annotated books 🤷🏻♀️
I thought you already gave the Lunar Chronicles to your niece. Somehow that memory is in my mind. Maybe only the first one?
This was really fun, I love unhauls :- ) Ooh, the new outro is really cool :- ) You talking about how the translation of The Shadow of the Wind is possibly bad made me want to finally make some progress on my Spanish haha :- )
If you have any little free libraries near you, they would be a great place to put your anotated books
If you can’t donate them to a library, try donating them to a second hand store. They usually accept annotated books iirc
I think that because of the hype that the invisible life of addie Le Rue gets, I went into it with super high expectations and I read The book thief right before which I really enjoyed so it wasnt as good as I expected it to be.
It was still good though
Lorien legacies is also amazing
Nice t-shirt!
Furies of Calderon, the book is a bit of a setup and the next book is a lot better. I love the series! But obviously your allowed to give up on it.
Russian translation of The Shadow of the Wind is so poetic and beautiful, it's a pity that the english translators were unable to convey the author's prose at the proper level :(
Merphy holding up all the books on each hand at the end
Me: ohh she buff, you go girl
She was balancing them on her knees.
oh no! the invisible life of Addie! i was interested in hearing your thoughts on this one....
Love the shirt!!!! You have to wear it in Christmas haul video b/c it was 1 of best gifts this year!