"I haven't been to a book store in ages." "We just went yesterday." "I didn't Instagram it, so..."

When I first started collecting books a couple years ago I made a rule for myself that I can have a maximum of 5 unread books on my shelf so I’d need to read at least one of them before I would allow myself to buy a new book. It’s been working surprisingly well and thanks to this method I now own over 200 books and have read all of them :D I know this isn’t exactly helpful to people like Jesse who are already way too deep in but I figured I’d comment it anyway in case someone who is just starting out wants to try it :)

@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere

2 жыл бұрын

If I ever have the money to buy more than a book a year, I keep this in mind.

@oceanedmrtn6021

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a good method. I have something like 63 books in my to be read pile, and i try to read at least two before i buy one. I'm trying to push myself to read three books before i buy one. So I can slowly dig my way through it haha

@amritasengupta5251

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I needed that.

@SerenaRosetail

2 жыл бұрын

i've actually got decent self-control with book buying. recently i got a memoir that i had been wanting to read for forever and i immediately sat down and read it and finished it within 3 days. so currently i don't have anything in my tbr atm. but i also go to the library and if it is a book i would want to reread, then ill get it to have on hand in case i want to reread it

@ava_lavender

2 жыл бұрын

@@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere I'm not sure if you live near any, but thrift stores are a great way to get books inexpensively. I know some goodwills sell books for only one or two dollars and you would be surprised at what you can find.

That chaotic ending was everything and really cheered me up in my break after spending hours studying for chemistry 😂

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

2 жыл бұрын

This whole entire video really cheered me up!!!!! 🤭🤭😁😊💜💖

I do have self control with book shopping. I am actually one of those people that have a lot of spending rules. One of mine is to get no more than 4 books a month. And if any of those books are above a certain price, it counts as 2. And when you have a rule like that, you do plan out the books you get and when you get them. So I usually walk away with max 2 books. And that is usually during a sale.

@oceanedmrtn6021

2 жыл бұрын

I wish we had sales on books here. ;; But we have the Lang Law in France, the only discount we can have on books is about 5%, so it doesn't really change anything. So I mostly buy second hand books haha

@mrscharlotte7170

2 жыл бұрын

German books for example have a set price where you cant get a discount. So its always set in advance what a retailer will get. That's why I normally buy mine in Englisch where this rule doesnt apply😂

The self control is called parents lol

@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere

2 жыл бұрын

The self control is called being broke.

@playlistenthusiast

2 жыл бұрын

I call it going to the library

@bangtanhouse7

2 жыл бұрын

Just wait until you're an adult with adult money. It's chaos lol

Here's my book shopping ritual: 1. dream about shopping for books 2. cry yourself to sleep when you wake up from the dream because you haven't been book shopping in 2 years I am absolutely fine, totally not going insane, thank you for asking :D

@shabditarajesingh6945

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you dude... I am not allowed to read books as a highschool student and I am SOO NOT GOING INSANE

@KenzyAli

2 жыл бұрын

@@shabditarajesingh6945 Same ;-; my parents won't buy them for me and I cryyyyy

@shabditarajesingh6945

2 жыл бұрын

@@KenzyAli Same... 😢

@oceanedmrtn6021

2 жыл бұрын

@@shabditarajesingh6945 whaaaat ?! my parents would rather buy me books for my birthday or chrismas than video games or a new phone or anything. ;; Don't you have like a public library or something where you can borrow and read books for free?

@genevieveking5078

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand this. I go to bookstores every year. But I am a 23 year old so I guess I have more freedom.

I have a list of ten books I want to buy in my wallet at all times in case I forget what I went in there for 💀

_If I can't take your job, I'll fake your job_ 😂😂😭 Love that!

I'm actually one that can go into a bookstore and just look around and not leave with a book! It's the only super power I have 😅 then there are other times when I will go in and buy 4 books! It honestly depends on what I find, or how much time I have ❤

@aminaluffy1047

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, even when I buy mostly only one book when I find good books I want. Because I only ever take enough money for one book with me to the bookstore. I take pictures of the rest, to remember them.

@weave_girl325

2 жыл бұрын

@@aminaluffy1047 that's a good idea to take pictures, never thought of that! Normally I pull up goodreads and search for them and then save them on one of my lists.

Not Jesse calling his fridge icy😂

Definitely me on many of these, like the first few - tea, finish a book the night before, figure out where to put new books, and do an unhaul of some too. I don't screen shot, but I take pictures in the actual bookstore of new books on display or ones I just didn't know existed to remind myself "I'll be back for you later, I promise." The "I have no more room for books" one was especially amusing because one shelf up...oh look, books facing out that if turned the other direction can make room for more books! LOL

That self-control is called my wallet 🤣 it’s actually easier for me to walk out of a physical bookstore with 2 to no books … while online I just throw it all into the cart 🙈

This reminds me of Jesse's first video shot in kitchen 😌 Good old days 😌😎❤️

Did I think for a nano second before pressing on the notification~~ No i didn't.. 😂

That last laugh filled me with as much serotonin as I get book shopping 😂

Can I actually get pinned by Jesse ❤️🤔😉

Haha love how this started with tea!!! I love tea so much and this just showed what I do every day. Love it jesse!!!!

I really do take screenshots of books I think I might be interested in😅😅😁🤣💜 I am amazed that I am not actually alone there-I've literally never heard of anyone else doing that before, except for myself.

We're all waiting for that call from the book gods

Screenshot-ing every book recommendation on every single platform hits home so hard

Not Jesse blessing your subscription boxes with frequent uploads ✨✨

@jessethereader

2 жыл бұрын

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Oh my gosh I’m going today and I have 10 minutes to get my books!!! My friend who hate the bookstore is coming with me wish me luck!!

I always keep a list on my phone of books I plan to buy and when they will be released. It helps keep track of where I am in a series and keeps me from going to the store and having my mind blank on everything 😂

I sometimes have screenshots, but really I keep my lists on Amazon. One list for preorders. One for books I can read through Kindle Unlimited. One for books I can read at the library. One for sequels of books I have started and love. Yet another that's for all other wanted books. The last is for books I have coming to me. As far as ones I own, those are my Want to Read Goodreads list. That way I am always prepared as long as there's Wi-Fi. Also... Books-a-million has shopping carts! ❤

After I bookshop, I make a book haul to my friends on Snap and it lasts wayyy too long and then I feel guilty for having bought 5 books when I had convinced myself I was going to buy only two. Story of my lifeeee

The book lover post is just too cute 😂🥺❤️

I like the way you appear and leave in this video ♪ 〈My Book Buying Routine〉 1 Encounters books on social networking sites, BookTube, etc. 2 Put those books in my list on Amazon once 3 Think deeply about whether I really like those books 4 Think deeply about whether I really want to live with those books 5 Family meeting 6 Buy those books 7 Feeling So Happy! 8 Payment Day Comes

i’ve been gone for awhile and now i’m back watching your book videos omg i missed your humour!!! 😸🥲🤍🤍🤍🤍

My favorite part of this video is the giggle at the very last second after he falls on the floor. I cannot even right now.

The saddest thing is I've just moved from a place where like 3 amazing bookstores were 2 minutes from me and I was CONSTANTLY there, to an area where I can't find any bookstores even 30 minutes away from me 😢😭

I love how all of us book lovers have the same quirks 🤣

A few months ago I made a rule for myself which is that I can buy the amount of books I read the previous month plus 1. Let me explain because it doesn't make sense lmao but like I read 3 books in january so I allowed myself to buy 4 in february, and I've been doing it for 6 months and I haven't broken my rule yet :) Which is amazing for me because I used to buy like 10 books a month ahah

Currently in a reading slump so this is kind of great timing 💀

@emilienasrallah1395

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I was in a reading slump in January, and I picked up a romance and they are so easy to fly through that I was over my reading slump. If you like romance, I recommend you try The Deal. I read it in 1 day and poof! my reading slump was gone. Rereading a book you love can also help :))

@lifu._

2 жыл бұрын

Same here and it’s rough.

This was so hilarious, Jesse!! And loveee the editing at the beginning of the video (well, throughout, too :) )

This really cheered me up after the hard day at my student job. Thank you for making my life brighter ❤

Random tea advice: If you add the sweetener before the water, it should dissolve as the tea steeps, thus eliminating the need to dirty a spoon Also, it looked like you added the milk while the tea bag was still steeping, which would lower the water temperature, which would make it not work as well.

I just go. 😂 My Barnes and Noble is a 5 minute drive and I go anytime I feel the urge. Which, yes, is more than once a week. I don't want to talk about it. 😂😂😂

How I go book shopping: Step 1: have a list of books I want to read Step 2: see how expensive books are and cry Step 3: check Thriftbooks (app where you can buy used books) and check Libby (library app) to see if they have the books I want to read Step 4: reread books I have at home if I can’t find the books I want on either app The best way to not spend too much money on books…is to not have money!😅

Now I'm wondering which 5 you actually do before book shopping 🤣

i really resonate with the 'I love you yet I haven't even read you' pose

I LOVE YOU AND YOUR HUMOR AND YOUR EDITING ILU

The different poses Jesse! THOSE DIFFERENT POSES!!!!!! I LOST IT!! SO FUNNAY AND GOOD! Loved Every bit of this video!!! :D

This was great!! Really enjoyed watching!!

I tend to go to the used bookshop so I have to find the right amount of books that will pay for the next haul vs the amount I can realistically carry down to the bookshop.

the chaos and truth of this video 100/100

All the books on my shelves have been read except the ones I received as gifts and had no interest in. I finish books in 2-3 days and immediately need the next and since I can't keep asking my parents to buy me two books every week I read them online and amass the same books I have read and loved on any kind of a special occasion lolll

I love reading but I've never gone book shopping but I'll keep these in mind for when i do.😁

I was already crying by page 20 reading You’ve Reached Sam

Haha you’re are so funny! I go every week and select a couple of books and read a chapter from each one and decide one only 1 to buy!

"Brooding male romance lead" lmao I need to start defining my outfits this way.

This video is amazing.

there's some kind of joy in searching a bookshop diligently for a book you're looking for tho 🥺

I happen to have self-control when book shopping(surprisingly). Some things I do are: take pictures of the books I want, take a long time in the bookstore filtering out books that I am going to realistically read in the near future, and walk in with not much money in my wallet.

i loved every second of this 😂

I check the store website to see if the books I'm definitely looking for are in stock. Also, frantically try and remember what the books I was just thinking about picking up were.

This was so entertaining! 😅🥰

That laugh at the end though 😂😂❤️💀

ohmigosh I'm literally going to a used bookstore today!

Omg, I love you!

Definitely do the going through screenshots thing :D

I was nervous about going for the volunteering job at my local library, but you have reminded me why I wanted to do it in the first place. So thank you :) Also, I am very much guilty of talking about my favourite books for hours and impulse buying books anywhere they are for sale…. My shelves are overflowing…

VERY FIRST COMMENT!!!! Love you Jesse!!!! You’re the best!!!! You’re so funny!!!! Best personality!!!!

The screenshot thing haha so true!!

I was thinking the other day about bookstores not having shopping carts. At least they make the baskets on wheels so it's something at least.

Sir I love that shirt where did you get it? The one at the beginning of the video even though the floral shirt is beautiful as well. I felt a little called out about the screen shooting books that I’m interested in, I audibly said oh shoot that’s me lol.

Goes to the book store buys ONE book....we call them monsters. 👻

You know... I'm an impulsive book shopper... I don't prepare... and end up buying too much :D

Welcome to the tea family :) Once you're here you never leave!

Great video!

ahaha I do some of these things too Jesse we need a book memes video pleaseee!!

definitely checking around for money is a mood for me before going to bookshops 😭

i always take pics of my manga shelf because i never remember which volume i actually already own 🤣

Omg this is so funny 🤣🤣

I'm one of the person who can go into a bookshop without buying one. XD Sometimes I find to many potential good books and sometimes I find not a single one, even when I go to more that the one big bookstore in the city. I also only ever carry +/- 20 € (the maximal price for the most books where I live), so even when I want to, I simply can not buy more than 1 book. Of the rest I take pictures to order them by my local small bookstore, if I really want them after I have read the book I have bought (and read some books on my tbr, because I doesn't have enough room for books). Plus, I only go to the big bookstore, when I am in the city (which is 30 min away with the train), which can be twice a month with my friends and a doctor's appointment. Or in 4 months not a single time. It's a good regulation for my book buying XD, I'm a very slow reader.

Anyone else take pictures or review their book shelves before they go book shopping so you don't buy a duplicate book (unless it's an limited edition copy or ect....)

Why is this soooooo true though!!!!!!

i actually expected this to help me with self control... it didnt. now im just adding books to my list 😭

Afterpay was a blessing for book buying 😂🙏🏻

I agree book stories need shopping carts 🛒

I know this wasn’t a full on skit, but I’ve been missing the skits.

“Step 7: practice caring around the books “ me: carry around books? I’m a woman, I already have a 5 to 10 pound bag (half of that being books) that I take in to the store with me. For my book shopping sanity (and my back) I bought a shopping cart just for book shopping (I am that far gone) mostly so I can enjoy a few hours in there with 0 stress (and coffee 😋)

I’m already double stacking my bookshelves and idk where I’m gonna put future Cassie Clare books because she already has one shelf dedicated to her. 😂

This is random, but I need that sweater Jesse, “Readers gonna read read read”. Taylor swift and books are my life, if you don’t mind me asking where did you get it?

this feels like an og jesse skit, lol

😂😂 good vlog!

Sometimes, I contact the specific branch of one of our bookstore chains near where I live, here in the Philippines to check if they have copies of the book that I want to purchase and if they do, then a copy is reserved. This way I don't have to go to the bookstore and find out that the book that I want to buy is unavailable.

Oh I am in that loophole of screenshooting every book that might seem to interest me and I just can't stop it. My phone is overloading with screenshots

I checked on line if the book I want is in stock

...Figuring out where to put books before you buy them...PEOPLE DO THAT?!!!! Also, I find it kind of funny imagining Jesse walking into a bookstore, seeing a store clerk, and thinking to himself, "I could have your job in a second."

this reminded me to check to see if my giftcards have any money and i still have like $20 left total im so happy

What did you mix into your tea?

The poses❤️😂

Omg after so long 🌹

@manyabansal5717

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!!

@booklovershourya1046

2 жыл бұрын

@@manyabansal5717 we're the pure jesse fans 😂

@manyabansal5717

2 жыл бұрын

@@booklovershourya1046 yeppp😂😂

Hey, I'm early for this vid!

I went to Barnes and noble last week and only bought one book, the only reason was because I only had a $20! 😩 I would have bought more, but I only brought the $20 so I wouldn’t spend a million dollars.

Love from india❣

As a British person that Tea made me cry 😂 I just walk around the bookshop with my boyfriend and bore him by telling him the plot of every book

did he really just say BOOKTERNET?? applause👏😂

Your forgot to mention the pain of trying to fight back to urge to buy the books sequels as well “I know I haven’t finished the first book….but what if I like it and it ends on a cliffhanger,that way I already have the second,third,forth and fifth book at the ready….and then there’s the prequels and spin off series-“

THE LONG-WINDED METHOD IS TOO RELATABLE!!