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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2024

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  • @TheBookLeo
    @TheBookLeo  Před 2 lety +475

    yes this was all filmed on my phone so the quality is not the best but i wasn't going to take my expensive camera in my backpack to paris lol

    • @sarah3360
      @sarah3360 Před 2 lety +1

      Oh okay, still enjoyable ❤️❤️🌻

    • @uj0608
      @uj0608 Před 2 lety +14

      It’s okay, don’t worry about it. It’s about content not the camera quality. :)

    • @carolinec9292
      @carolinec9292 Před 2 lety +3

      Ah, makes sense.

    • @HRH-pn2qe
      @HRH-pn2qe Před 2 lety +3

      Can you please create more videos in Dutch? I would love if you made some videos on teaching Dutch. I'm trying to learn and im moving to Rotterdam next year. I think you would be good in teaching the language.

    • @sydg9388
      @sydg9388 Před 2 lety +1

      Valid lol

  • @miriambutcher2544
    @miriambutcher2544 Před 2 lety +200

    If you ever find yourself in Wales/the UK, you would love Hay-on-Wye, the world’s first book town!

  • @ziadirayene9879
    @ziadirayene9879 Před 2 lety +101

    Going to Shakespeare and co and meeting Sylvia the owner 4 years ago, was the best day in my life so far.
    Edit: if you can't visit (or just want to relive the experience) read ' A History of the Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart' it's a non fic about the store, the OG owner (Sylvia's dad), the people who used to visit and sleep in the store, when Allen Ginsberg used to do readings... It's purely magical ✨

  • @erinsbooks
    @erinsbooks Před 2 lety +50

    Shakespeare and Company is on my bucket list of bookstores to visit.

  • @melenalynne
    @melenalynne Před 2 lety +66

    everything in this video feels so magical:) i’m such a sucker for anything related to paris or books.

  • @althea2588
    @althea2588 Před 2 lety +63

    I'm French and I know these bookshops ; they are my absolute favourites in Paris ! ♥️📚 It feels kinda strange thinking that I could've met you there
    I feel so proud and excited when Europeans / Americans visits France (especially Paris) eat our most famous pastries etc... I'm just like : "I know all that !"
    I hope you liked the city Leo 🇲🇫🥐

    • @Jeroeny
      @Jeroeny Před rokem

      Bonjour! Besides Paris, where are the best bookstores? Merci beaucoup.

  • @kellylu834
    @kellylu834 Před 2 lety +15

    This video made my skin better and added 5 years to my life.

  • @hanneke3979
    @hanneke3979 Před 2 lety +29

    I'm so happy you enjoyed The Abbey Bookshop! When I saw you were in Paris I just HAD to recommend it to you! A friend of mine was there as well and she loved it too. The place is just too gorgeous 😍😍😍😍

  • @samuelleask1132
    @samuelleask1132 Před 2 lety +5

    The cosy vibe of this video was just what I needed 😌

  • @erphan196
    @erphan196 Před 2 lety +2

    Wooow!
    That phrase on the stairs was sooooo good

  • @jackinthestacks
    @jackinthestacks Před 2 lety +14

    I spent two weeks in Paris a couple summers ago because of a class I was taking, and I went to the Abbey Bookshop! I loved that place. I wish I could go back.

  • @twentytwenty4272
    @twentytwenty4272 Před 2 lety +5

    The Book Leo, I just love your videos, you bring me joy and smiles in all you do, from my heart, I wish you the best of things in life. Keep your lovely videos coming. :)

  • @elisessiguess
    @elisessiguess Před 2 lety +18

    This was such a cool and aesthetic vlog, your editing skills are amazing! And now I want to go to Paris 😂✨📚

  • @addisonmiddleton1816
    @addisonmiddleton1816 Před 2 lety +7

    Aw those are just gorgeous!! I would love to go to Paris and go to those book shops. It seems very calm and I need that in my life haha. (I also want to read the yellow wallpaper now.. I had never heard of it until you got it in the vid)
    Luv ur vids!!

  • @maggie7908
    @maggie7908 Před 2 lety +4

    I love seeing the Abbey Bookshop in here! I went to Paris by myself a few years ago and visited both of these (I’m American) - I of course see people gush about Shakespeare & Co all over but rarely see anyone talking about the Abbey Bookshop. It had a very different feel compared to Shakespeare & Co but I loved them both! Makes me want to go back 💖

  • @caitlyn.m.t9618
    @caitlyn.m.t9618 Před 2 lety +1

    I am almost finished with The Yellow Wallpaper and selected writings. I absolutely love this collection, and partway through my edition there are extracts from her autobiography. I'm glad you enjoyed! And it is worth looking into her other stuff.

  • @thejungle7429
    @thejungle7429 Před 2 lety +1

    this was the most beautiful video to watch. thank you! i adore your channel!!!

  • @larabezerra5101
    @larabezerra5101 Před 2 lety +2

    OMG the vibes of this video! Loved to see you reading next to the eifel tower.

  • @riddhimabhargava
    @riddhimabhargava Před 2 lety +2

    Love your vids... Especially the one where you tell us it's ok to read less books. I really needed that.

  • @sunshinedelights4900
    @sunshinedelights4900 Před 2 lety +2

    girl- this is one of my dreams! I hope you had fun on your trip!!

  • @Lokster71
    @Lokster71 Před 2 lety +4

    Lovely video. I've been to Shakespeare & Co. Bliss. There's something glorious about that kind of bookshop. The ones that are like labyrinths and mix new and old books and where it feels like when you're gone the books spill out and mingle before tucking themselves all back onto the shelves before they open. I bought a couple of books there the last time I visited. Plus cat for the bonus points.

  • @yaelvargaskusnir
    @yaelvargaskusnir Před 2 lety

    Leonie this video made me smile so much!! Thank you❤️

  • @beak.8287
    @beak.8287 Před 2 lety

    This was such a lovely video! ✨ Can’t wait to travel to Paris one day and visit these beautiful bookstores ☺️

  • @Jeannotselivre
    @Jeannotselivre Před 2 lety +3

    So cool that you filmed this video, it funny to see you in some of my favorite bookshops 🥰

  • @robskitlz4391
    @robskitlz4391 Před 2 lety

    Loved this so much.. I also think the quality is good.. Paris is so amazing.. The look alone.. Love all your video's... You are awesome.

  • @clarefullinwider8048
    @clarefullinwider8048 Před 2 lety

    I just found your channel, and I love you so much!!! You got me back into reading, so thank you!💜

  • @lisr1634
    @lisr1634 Před 2 lety

    This was so fun to watch. Thank you for taking me to Paris. 😍📚

  • @mariapiaalvarez5209
    @mariapiaalvarez5209 Před 2 lety +2

    omg those leather colorful classic collection was so beautiful

  • @Emma-sj6wp
    @Emma-sj6wp Před 2 lety +3

    Leo out here litteraly living my dream😂
    This was so cool! I'm glad you had fun!

  • @pocketofpoetry99
    @pocketofpoetry99 Před 2 lety

    This was the perfect video to have in the background while doing stuff, so lovely 💕

  • @marypoquet4738
    @marypoquet4738 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for recommending the first one ! As someone studying in Paris, I love going to bookshops. I usually buy in English because it's a bit less expensive. I had no idea the first one existed but I might go very soon ! Generally I go mostly in the 1st arrondissement because it's where my university is (fun fact if you didn't know, but there is a university in the Louvre).
    If you want to go back to Paris, I can recommend you Galignani. It's one of the oldest, of not the eldest, bookshops in Europe. You can found a lot of books and I was really surprised because they have plenty of fantasy and science-fi books. I found the place sooooo pretty.
    I also like to go to Smith & Son, in the same stree (rue de Rivoli). In the shop there is also a small grocery shop (as someone who lived in Australia and loves to go to England, I really miss some things that are hard to find in France) and a café.

    • @Jeroeny
      @Jeroeny Před rokem

      Do most French bookshops have an English section? Or are all the books in French?

  • @muskaan1129
    @muskaan1129 Před 2 lety +2

    This was just mesmerizing!

  • @aaichaaai5032
    @aaichaaai5032 Před 2 lety +1

    putting aside everything else like, your videos are an EXPERIENCE! but your thumbnails, they are just ❤🍄✨

  • @tiarailic4086
    @tiarailic4086 Před 2 lety

    I just fell in love. Ack!! The cozy atmosphere vibes in those bookstores in Paris...ooh. dream come true 💕💕💕 I want to go!🥰

  • @amberrhea5293
    @amberrhea5293 Před 2 lety +1

    the yellow wallpaper is so good. i wrote an entire paper on it in college.

  • @ewelina7605
    @ewelina7605 Před 2 lety +16

    What a coincidence, I was actually in the Shakespeare and Company today, at the day you posted your vlog ! Unfortunately, I hadn't got a chance to even see the cat.

  • @ImpartiallySpeaking
    @ImpartiallySpeaking Před 3 měsíci

    This was fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to do the video. From a very envious collector of Frankenstein!

  • @nooz797
    @nooz797 Před 2 lety +2

    I go to Shakespeare and Co at least one a week, I just love reading book and playing piano upstairs 🥰

  • @staceysreadingcorner
    @staceysreadingcorner Před 2 lety

    😍 this video makes me want to go to Paris even more the book stores oh wow 🤩

  • @sarah0315-
    @sarah0315- Před 2 lety

    The cat in the bookstore yayyyyyyyy!!! If only there was a store like that near me.

  • @evireadsbooks5746
    @evireadsbooks5746 Před 2 lety +1

    These bookshops look so pretty 😍

  • @superduperfriendship
    @superduperfriendship Před 2 lety +1

    as always leonie you make my day! 🥰🤩🌼✌️

  • @jaimeerindy4573
    @jaimeerindy4573 Před 2 lety

    Shakespeare & CO in Paris was such a magical experience ❤️can't wait to go back!

  • @josephcossey1811
    @josephcossey1811 Před 2 lety +1

    "Eat, Sleep, Read" - sign in my favourite Dublin bookshop. Sounds like a plan to me!

  • @StJimmyWhatsername1
    @StJimmyWhatsername1 Před 2 lety

    I went to Shakespeare and Co. a couple of years ago when my friends and I spent 9 hours in Paris while on an Interrail trip. It is definitely the most beautiful bookshop I have ever visited, and I am really looking forward to going back whenever I visit Paris in the future

  • @katheriner37
    @katheriner37 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow, those bookstores are dreamy

  • @anananana
    @anananana Před 2 lety

    The vibes are ✨immaculate✨

  • @juliette6704
    @juliette6704 Před 2 lety

    Shakespeare and Co is also one of my favourite bookstores, and the first place I bought English literature from (I am French so this is one of the first English bookstores I visited)!! Definitely a huge inspiration for my imaginary (future) bookstore/cafe/record store

  • @itsdivyag
    @itsdivyag Před 2 lety +1

    Girl this is like a MOVIE

  • @gittepreusting6104
    @gittepreusting6104 Před 2 lety +7

    i was also in shakespeare and co last week and almost bought normal people (after reading it in dutch as well), but ended up buying one last stop :)

  • @liviabarros8154
    @liviabarros8154 Před 2 lety +1

    this edition is very beautiful ❤️

  • @vickyjwalters
    @vickyjwalters Před 2 lety

    This looked so much fun! 💕💕💕💕

  • @ReemaDsouza
    @ReemaDsouza Před 2 lety

    I really enjoyed this video! It bought back memories of my trip to Paris. Out of the two book stores you visited, I only visited Shakespeare and Co. It is one of the best book stores that I have visited. I hope I'll get a chance to visit it again sometime!

  • @mysmallstudycorner
    @mysmallstudycorner Před 2 lety

    I really need to visit these bookstores soon 🥰

  • @ceryspowell5838
    @ceryspowell5838 Před 2 lety +1

    aghhhh i just read the yellow wallpaper, and i've got to say its the first book ever that actually freaked me out a bit! :)

  • @BasicallyBrittx
    @BasicallyBrittx Před 2 lety +1

    This vid was so magicallll 😍

  • @MargaretPinard
    @MargaretPinard Před 2 lety +1

    Love the opening 'frites' devouring shot! LOL

  • @moonlight_staryx
    @moonlight_staryx Před 2 lety +2

    Hey new subscriber here! I found your channel randomly! I literally love the aesthetic thumbnail and videos 🤧😭. I wish you all the best, stay safe and GOOD LUCK! 💗🦋

  • @chloepoudrier9309
    @chloepoudrier9309 Před 2 lety +2

    I remember reading The Yellow Wallpaper in high school and feeling so weirded out but in the best way haha

  • @nicogevaert9262
    @nicogevaert9262 Před rokem

    I love bookshop tours 🙂

  • @Juliacasualcozygamer
    @Juliacasualcozygamer Před 2 lety +1

    I'm going to Paris in September so I am definitely going to check this out!

  • @andrewglasson592
    @andrewglasson592 Před 2 lety +2

    Ive been in the Shakespeare and Company bookshop a few times. really enjoy going there. There is a book callled Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs by Jeremy Mercer based on his time staying at the Shakespeare and Co bookshop which is a good read. I read The Yellow Wallpaper for my American Studies degree and did an essay on it. Really good novella.

  • @annagyorsa8100
    @annagyorsa8100 Před 2 lety +2

    Paris 🤩 my forever love

  • @Alofaaga1518
    @Alofaaga1518 Před 2 lety +1

    OMG You're in Paris ! 😍
    Shakespeare & Co is one of my favourite places on Earth ! Enjoy your stay :)

  • @toiletteregina
    @toiletteregina Před 2 lety

    What a delight getting to see those darling bookshops :') Thanks for taking us along Leonie! I've also heard The Yellow Wallpaper is super good and apparently it was a catalyst in how other mental illnesses were treated in modern day? Something like that!

  • @CocoRegardless
    @CocoRegardless Před 2 lety

    So exciting😩wish I could go there

  • @AllenChibi
    @AllenChibi Před 2 lety

    so dreamy and heavenly

  • @leanne19
    @leanne19 Před 2 lety +1

    I love you so much Leonie 😍😍 More Reading Vlog please 😍😍

  • @zofiabochenska1240
    @zofiabochenska1240 Před 2 lety

    omg, that's soo pretty

  • @readingwithhelena5482
    @readingwithhelena5482 Před 2 lety +11

    I wish I could visit libraries in Europe, maybe one day

    • @reinjouke9743
      @reinjouke9743 Před 2 lety

      They're more or less similar to well funded American ones, only difference that in my country 85% of the books are in Dutch or are translated to Dutch.

  •  Před 2 lety +1

    i'm obsessed 😍😍

  • @MargaretPinard
    @MargaretPinard Před 2 lety

    And what fun camera angles--Abbey's now on my list!

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon2012 Před 2 lety

    I went to Paris many years ago. Wish I could go back to check out the bookstores!

  • @maudhaugland5822
    @maudhaugland5822 Před 2 lety +1

    I visited Shakespeare and Co when I was in Paris a couple of years ago and it instantly became my favorite bookshop in the whole world! Maybe just competing with Blackwell's in Oxford 💛

  • @fouzya8310
    @fouzya8310 Před 2 lety

    Shakespeare and Co. looks like a dream 🥺✨

  • @normmansor1313
    @normmansor1313 Před 2 lety

    Been waiting for this

  • @thewolfandherbooks
    @thewolfandherbooks Před 2 lety

    I had to read the Yellow Wallpaper in college! It's so interesting.

  • @mariedrasnin2152
    @mariedrasnin2152 Před 2 lety +1

    I just moved away from Paris after a uear abroad and I miss it so much :(( all the pretty book shops and the atmosphere there really stole my heart

    • @mariedrasnin2152
      @mariedrasnin2152 Před 2 lety

      Also one time I went to the Abbey bookshop and the owner was brewing coffee outside and gave it to the customers for free.

  • @SquishdSquirrel
    @SquishdSquirrel Před 2 lety

    Read the Yellow Wallpaper after one of my favourite singers (Charlotte Wessels) recommended it and it was a good kind of confusing. Definitely gave an eerie vibe and really got into it despite it being so short

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm Před 2 lety +2

    Paris is so gorgeous. I want to visit one day🥲

  • @peachypitstop6648
    @peachypitstop6648 Před 2 lety +1

    The random 'biography' sign on the ceiling: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @kasiabaron93
    @kasiabaron93 Před 2 lety

    I secretly wished that I would meet you when I was the same time in Paris as you did 😁 And of course I was in the Shakespeare and Company and I loooove it! This is the most beautiful bookstore I’ve ever seen! I was curious what you would buy because I was sure that you would go there 🤗

  • @tarabage1553
    @tarabage1553 Před 2 lety +2

    shakespeare and Company is my favorite bookshop and i even had the opportunity to do an internship there! Sylvia Whitman is the loveliest person! 😊and omg i mean, the place!

  • @Yiran
    @Yiran Před 2 lety

    beautiful. both you and the books

  • @elmasjose1
    @elmasjose1 Před 2 lety

    Amazing book shoppings!
    Greetings from Chile

  • @raymondkline9440
    @raymondkline9440 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for the tour of Shakespeare & Co!

  • @AkwardLogic101
    @AkwardLogic101 Před 2 lety

    omg I want that copy of pride and prejudice so bad!

  • @susanpolastaples9688
    @susanpolastaples9688 Před 2 lety +1

    Fun video. I didn't know about Abbey Bookstore. Thanks. I'm going to presume you already have a copy of Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars since you didn't buy it. Right now I'm reading Crooked Kingdom and it's so good that I cannot wait for the electricity to return. I'm in Louisiana and the electricity is out because of Hurricane Ida. Internet works on both phone and this Tablet, but no electricity. Weird. I'm glad you had a great time in Paris.

  • @teaorevic8556
    @teaorevic8556 Před 2 lety +1

    living my absolute dream

  • @bookswithclaire8736
    @bookswithclaire8736 Před 2 lety +1

    Leonie, any cat is always important! ☺️

  • @elimeg
    @elimeg Před 2 lety

    Oh. my. GOD !! i also went to paris last week with my best friend!! and we also found the best bookshop, shakespeare & company, with cat Aggie and all. i got to play the piano a bit for the readers upstairs :)
    we also agreed that it is the perfect bookshop, and we only found it by accident because we saw the Alice quotes on the outside of the café :D

  • @janap.938
    @janap.938 Před 2 lety

    I went to Paris 2 years ago and visited Shakespeare & Co as well. And I absolutely loved it!

  • @SarahEsmaeWolfe
    @SarahEsmaeWolfe Před 2 lety

    Thank you for playing the music softly! Some videos I watch I have to mute when the talking stops and it cuts to music bc its 2x louder than the audio.

  • @FaeryLaume
    @FaeryLaume Před 2 lety +1

    I've been to Shakespeare & Co, and a few larger bookstores in Paris with English version sections, but I didn't know about Abbey Bookstore. And having just googled and discovered articles about the "20 best English bookstores in Paris", I guess I'll just have to find a way to visit again. ;) But until then, I'm lucky to live only a few hours away from Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon.

  • @SabinesBookNook
    @SabinesBookNook Před 2 lety

    LOVED THIS you are so cute & talented leonie!

    • @SabinesBookNook
      @SabinesBookNook Před 2 lety

      Also, I’m so jealous of you being able to eat those GODLY macarons omg

  • @Patricia-wo9gk
    @Patricia-wo9gk Před 2 lety +3

    I was waiting for this notification

  • @erphan196
    @erphan196 Před 2 lety +1

    Tnx for the video💝💐

  • @Christian-xb6no
    @Christian-xb6no Před 2 lety +1

    05:19 the last thing I expected in a bookstore :))

  • @josephcossey1811
    @josephcossey1811 Před 2 lety +1

    For a truly magical insight into the early days of Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Co. bookshop there is no better introduction than Ernest Hemingway's memoir " A Moveable Feast" which recounts his time as a struggling young writer in Paris as well as his encounters with the likes of Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce et al.

  • @shreyadharmarajan
    @shreyadharmarajan Před 2 lety

    ma'am you are living the life of a quaint main character