a good ol' comfy reading vlog: come book shopping & enjoy the sunshine ⛅

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welcome to another cozy long reading vlog, in which we go book shopping, stop by multiple bookstores, enjoy the sun, and read extasia and bell hooks!
00:00 intro
2:03 choosing an audiobook
5:30 a sunny sunday outside
8:44 book shopping with friends!
16:22 haul
18:49 going out????
21:34 getting productive
22:31 embroidery book chat
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  • @TheBookLeo
    @TheBookLeo2 жыл бұрын

    Use my code (THEBOOKLEO) to get $15 off your first Bokksu Japanese snack box! partner.bokksu.com/thebookleo

  • @fallisdying2077
    @fallisdying20772 жыл бұрын

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate how nice Leo's style is

  • @debanjana1838
    @debanjana18382 жыл бұрын

    You don't know how much I was waiting for this. I just LOVE your reading vlogs!! 🌸

  • @iuliac3087

    @iuliac3087

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @SaraSilva-mx3ej
    @SaraSilva-mx3ej2 жыл бұрын

    You: 11°C outside it's pretty decent ❤️ Me in Brazil when it's 17°C outside: 🥶 I love this difference

  • @mac8697

    @mac8697

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm from southern Spain and I had the same reaction you did hahahaha

  • @suzy9323

    @suzy9323

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love that! Here it really does feel amazing when we finally get 11 degrees again because honestly 4 degrees is normal from november through to march and it sUcks, I envy your 17 degrees being cold!

  • @Danny-po5vp

    @Danny-po5vp

    Жыл бұрын

    I live in Canada and anything above -5 feels like shorts weather

  • @caerrie
    @caerrie2 жыл бұрын

    Never seen those waterbottles in Germany! Here lots of people carry glass bottles (which seems like a desaster waiting to happen to me, and I have witnessed two actually happening lol).

  • @anythingbutcoffee5211
    @anythingbutcoffee52112 жыл бұрын

    Such a cozy video! I have a recommendation for you regarding "the sofa" (because you don't have "the chair" 😅) - I got a very simple coat stand for my room and it's life changing. You can throw clothes on it that would normally lay around on "the chair" - you don't even need to hang them, i got one from ikea for 15 euros that I can just pile onto (secondhand options on ebay marketplace are usually even cheaper). The room looks so much neater automatically and you don't have to sacrifice seating space 😅 Greetings from Germany 🥳

  • @shrutighosh311
    @shrutighosh3112 жыл бұрын

    Leonie and Emmie are the two aesthetic queens of booktube whom I wish to embody 💗🌸

  • @anikellermann2338
    @anikellermann23382 жыл бұрын

    As an American who studied in the UK and got to visit the Netherlands while I was there: that water bottle was so iconically Dutch, my hostel was selling them! I've never seen them anywhere else, but I did end up getting one as a keepsake!

  • @sofiamilla7809
    @sofiamilla78092 жыл бұрын

    The Virginia Woolf part really got to me, I'm EXACTLY like that lol

  • @jus_sanguinis

    @jus_sanguinis

    2 жыл бұрын

    Virginia Woolf is a true feminist of the first wave feminism. P.S. Btw there is no direct ban of cannibalism in the Bible and in the Quran, as I know. You can find there a direct ban of the rabbit meat, but not the human flesh. Thats funny.

  • @mark-breen
    @mark-breen2 жыл бұрын

    Comfy?? Book shop?? Sunshine???? This sounds like an ideal video.

  • @yusrababamia7382
    @yusrababamia73822 жыл бұрын

    This was such a wondeful and comforting reading vlog and definitely made me want to pick up a new book to read. I really like these vlogs because they are always so relaxing and make me very happy!

  • @leelyj.
    @leelyj.2 жыл бұрын

    bell hook is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. I also started reading her in "feminism is for everybody" and I haven't stopped since. I really think you'll enjoy reading "all about love" (not sure about the English title because I'm brazilian), but it's a really amazing book. and also "teaching to transgress" is really good if you're interested in something more about education (against all forms of oppression). oh I could talk about bell hook's work forever. I really hope you enjoy :)

  • @wandguardnoodle
    @wandguardnoodle2 жыл бұрын

    Bunny is a trip, I felt very unsettled most of the time as I was reading it, but I was into it at the same time xD

  • @holy_marijuana
    @holy_marijuana Жыл бұрын

    The only place where I wasn't supposed to check all the boxes, but I did. The thoughts are becoming urges and the internal screaming is deafening, sleep is the only way out even when I have exams 2 weeks after and haven't been unable to study because of little to no motivation. Eating too much is the only relaxing thing left for me. Yet I still want to be out of this everyday hell, I hope to have motivation the next day but it's the same, have been same for about 4 months and increased a lot in 1.5 year. My will to live and the people who needs me are the only thing constantly keeping me alive

  • @jaswantee7132
    @jaswantee71322 жыл бұрын

    Hey Leone! Everything about you is aesthetically pleasing! I love you! ❤️

  • @ememememily
    @ememememily2 жыл бұрын

    I first found your channel through one of your reading vlogs a few years ago, and to this day it’s still my favorite type of content. These vlogs give off so much cozy and calm vibes, I just rewatch a bunch of your old ones whenever I need a serotonin boost.

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon20122 жыл бұрын

    Always thrilled to see another Leonie VLOG. I know I'll be adding titles to my already-infinite TBR list. Currently reading "The Iron King"--my first foray into YA Fantasy in awhile, on your rec! Are bookstores fairly cheap in the Netherlands? I remember many moons ago living in London and being just amazed at how cheap it was to buy books! Have a great week, Leonie!

  • @julieaguirre4649
    @julieaguirre46492 жыл бұрын

    It's always fun to "hang out" with you, no matter what you're doing! Loved seeing Brit as well!!🤓🤓🤓

  • @Fiona_Co
    @Fiona_Co2 жыл бұрын

    That water bottle looks super cool! As far as I know we don’t have them in the US, but all of the students here seem to carry around hydro flask water bottles

  • @skyhideaway
    @skyhideaway2 жыл бұрын

    I feel like you live in an old classic novel or short story. All of the shots you show of the surroundings and streets are so vintage and mundane, and yet so magical in an odd way.

  • @pearld1ver
    @pearld1ver2 жыл бұрын

    i love your aesthetic so much, your videos always make my day better

  • @annarmontanar
    @annarmontanar2 жыл бұрын

    Doppers are very much a thing in Germany, too. I love mine so much and when I was at uni, I would even get compliments on it which I found so random :D As always a lovely video

  • @Lenyondra
    @Lenyondra2 жыл бұрын

    As an expat in the Netherlands I can tell you that YES, this bottle is totally Dutch. :)

  • @xena4792
    @xena47922 жыл бұрын

    Ooh the bokksu box looks so fun! I also loved watching you and your friends speaking in the video in your native language and having English subtitles! That was just cool to see too lol

  • @MyPinkZebras
    @MyPinkZebras2 жыл бұрын

    It’s common for US students carry water bottles too, but HydroFlask is probably the most popular brand

  • @emmaopaline
    @emmaopaline2 жыл бұрын

    Just finished the duology of Six of Crows when you post it your video, what a coincidence ! Always a chill and cosy moment ! Thanks Leo !

  • @mattkean1128
    @mattkean11282 жыл бұрын

    Will happily listen to any conversation about Virginia Woolf and Vita. Those bookstores looked so good!

  • @EmilyKathrynH
    @EmilyKathrynH2 жыл бұрын

    ahhh I love all of the springtime visuals and energy in this vlog!

  • @millieb3823
    @millieb38232 жыл бұрын

    So excited! I love these types of videos especially bookstores they always seem so magical! Thankyou leonie ♡ Also i have just seen the water bottle and i have never seen nor had one before as a student in the UK, although it does look really cool!

  • @monica.laurette
    @monica.laurette2 жыл бұрын

    Don't know if anyone else commented but for water bottles, here in the US I think the most common bottle name you hear is Hydro Flask but many also have those Starbucks tumblers now too.

  • @__cutie14__
    @__cutie14__2 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos so much! When ever I need motivation to read, I come here! Keep on making videos I love them!

  • @kelleyiswriting
    @kelleyiswriting2 жыл бұрын

    Hii happy spring!! Damn the Netherlands is sooo beautiful 😭😭 thanks for sharing another vlog, I love this casual, non-themed style of reading and hanging out 💕

  • @froeira
    @froeira2 жыл бұрын

    Your reading vlogs always brigthen my day, fun and aesthetically pleasing as well, thank you for that ^^ Also, these water bottles!! I first saw these when I lived in Paris, every other student had one, and when I saw a Van Gogh themed one I had to get it and I've loved it ever since - but never seen anyone else with these here, in Hungary. On an other note: Bastille is amazing live! Saw them at Sziget Festival a couple of years ago and it was one of the best concert experiences I had there ^^ I hope you'll have a great time as well!

  • @txdave
    @txdave2 жыл бұрын

    You have the best vlogs!!! Aesthetically, editing wise, and just overall such a fun positive and relatable vibe!!!

  • @fortress6721
    @fortress67212 жыл бұрын

    Watching your videos feels reading a good book for the first time シ︎

  • @dianapreisser2146
    @dianapreisser21462 жыл бұрын

    I feel I went book shopping with friends!

  • @redwinepinkhair
    @redwinepinkhair2 жыл бұрын

    OMG that ASMR moment was so unexpected and beautiful.

  • @sophieriri2063
    @sophieriri20632 жыл бұрын

    what I needed on a sunday evening 🥰

  • @gpettey19
    @gpettey192 жыл бұрын

    bell hooks sadly passed at the end of last year ❤️ She made incredible contributions to society through her work!

  • @giodio4048
    @giodio40482 жыл бұрын

    hi! I really love your chill vlogs they make me much calmer and more relaxed

  • @marisophi
    @marisophi2 жыл бұрын

    13:50 i just started reading (and listening simultaneously) to she who became the sun and so far im really enjoying it!

  • @judeconradfrancis
    @judeconradfrancis2 жыл бұрын

    nothing more cozy than watching your videos and eating ontbijtkoek met boterrrr

  • @ariannamartinez4437
    @ariannamartinez44372 жыл бұрын

    Your vlogs are always so lovely, the aesthetic is always on point but at the same time so calm and comforting 🤎

  • @scarletstevens
    @scarletstevens2 жыл бұрын

    I like this type of casual vlog and I really like monthly or quarterly TBR vlogs!

  • @fallisdying2077
    @fallisdying20772 жыл бұрын

    I look up to every single of your uploads and then seeing the video notification just makes my day. Forever in love with your videos

  • @Supperrman
    @Supperrman2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the vlog, always brings up my mood^^

  • @ChrisDailyReading
    @ChrisDailyReading2 жыл бұрын

    Loved the vibe of this Reading vlog!

  • @__cutie14__
    @__cutie14__2 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are always just the best!

  • @fallisdying2077
    @fallisdying20772 жыл бұрын

    You're literally my favorite youtuber Leonie and your videos just bring me pure joy :) thanks for the amazing videos every week

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan72002 жыл бұрын

    Hey Leonie, hope your studies are going well. I too am very happy Spring is here. I remember really enjoying being out in the windy days of March/April trying to read but finding the breeze obnoxious. Thx

  • @michlalala
    @michlalala2 жыл бұрын

    Per the water bottle Q you posed: in the US (or at least, on the west coast and very specifically the Pacific Northwest lol) the classic college student water bottle is a hydro flask.

  • @pearld1ver

    @pearld1ver

    2 жыл бұрын

    the bottles are a think in germany!

  • @madeleineg.7161

    @madeleineg.7161

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was about to comment the same thing! I'm in the south, and it's a hydroflask here too.

  • @1nd1v
    @1nd1v2 жыл бұрын

    I love this type of vlog Leo :) where you show us your days as they are. Hoping to see that embroidery work! I have thought many times to learn embroidery but I don't know how to start.

  • @KeiraAndGeo
    @KeiraAndGeo2 жыл бұрын

    casual and cosy is very much appreciated, especially when you enjoy making them a lot as well :) hope you love bunny! I have added a certain hunger to my tbr list, as my favorite tv show is hannibal!

  • @guzalriskulova
    @guzalriskulova2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never seen that type of water bottle, it’s so pretty!

  • @merin7286
    @merin72862 жыл бұрын

    Loved this! Your vlogs always make me want to move to the Netherlands 😍

  • @doloresockeloen1425

    @doloresockeloen1425

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's fun here:)

  • @SkimwithSteph
    @SkimwithSteph2 жыл бұрын

    The views and music in this video are gorgeous. Love the video!

  • @boryanatraycheva2618
    @boryanatraycheva2618 Жыл бұрын

    I love your vlogs, I've been watching them while having breakfast (or any meal, really) for a few days now and they've been a gorgeous mood setter ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ILoveJahangeer
    @ILoveJahangeer2 жыл бұрын

    Loved the video, it was so much fun to watch! Continue being amazing!

  • @bookthoughtswitheilish
    @bookthoughtswitheilish2 жыл бұрын

    The embroidery ASMR was 🤌

  • @evngprimrose_
    @evngprimrose_ Жыл бұрын

    I really love Leonie's aesthetic. I think it matches mine very well haha. My go to colors are rust, emerald green, navy blue, maroon, and mustard 🤣🤣🤣

  • @annj6616
    @annj66162 жыл бұрын

    I love casual reading vlogs don’t worry! ♥️ 💜

  • @LauraJayneCakeee
    @LauraJayneCakeee2 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love and missed your videoa like this 🥰 Wonderful! Have a great week! 🌞

  • @BooksMichelle
    @BooksMichelle2 жыл бұрын

    Yass I loved our bookstore adventures! 😍❤️

  • @TheBookLeo

    @TheBookLeo

    2 жыл бұрын

    it was so fun to see donner again!

  • @dee1661
    @dee1661 Жыл бұрын

    LOVE your videos! And in Canada I have never seen those kinds of water bottles lol

  • @Lunaebnermuc
    @Lunaebnermuc2 жыл бұрын

    Yes the bottles are a Dutch thing. I remember I had so many of them when I lived there and when I travelled around and moved to Italy, I found that no one has them there, or anywhere else.

  • @lynnm6611
    @lynnm66112 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the spring vibe!!! You really ‘ve cheered me up after the fact that I realized I stopped reading an actual book because I have found huge starwars fan fiction. Somehow my brain considers readings fics as non-reading activity at all. I hope i’m not the only one struggling with that😹

  • @Hillary429
    @Hillary4292 жыл бұрын

    I read Tender is the Flesh (my favorite book of late), then watched Fresh (absolutely loved it), and now I’m dying to pick up A Certain Hunger after seeing you read it.. idk what’s going on either 🍖🤤

  • @Danny-po5vp

    @Danny-po5vp

    Жыл бұрын

    You should watch the tv show hannibal!

  • @libraryofkitties5968
    @libraryofkitties59682 жыл бұрын

    Such a cozy fun vlog!

  • @emiliabugueiromeyer8166
    @emiliabugueiromeyer81662 жыл бұрын

    BUNNY IS SO GOODDD

  • @JolienReads
    @JolienReads2 жыл бұрын

    That bookstore! I live in Belgium but the only English bookstore we have is Waterstones... I might need to plan a trip to Amsterdam with my unsuspecting husband. 😅 'just a fun trip for the two of us' and once we're there it's bookshopping time 😎

  • @snakeplissken1752
    @snakeplissken17522 жыл бұрын

    Hey!! Loved the vlog but I really want to see the completed bee t-shirt!!

  • @AR-yi4qn
    @AR-yi4qn2 жыл бұрын

    The Doppers bottle are very much Dutch :) I never see them anywhere outside NL, but got one when I lived in Leiden, I love it!

  • @edenplw
    @edenplw2 жыл бұрын

    heyyy!! very random but thought it would be nice for you to know that my depression was really hitting today and watching this video was so comforting and cheered me up a bit :) sending love xx

  • @emilyrose728
    @emilyrose7282 жыл бұрын

    I’m in Australia and I have the same drink bottle! I’ve been working my way through your book recommendations. Loved Piranesi, Night Circus, Red White Royal Blue, and am currently on Uprooted. I would never have come across these books otherwise. Thank you so much!

  • @theodorapantelich2535

    @theodorapantelich2535

    2 жыл бұрын

    Omg could you tell me where you found yours? I'm in Australia too and desperately searching for a cute water bottle!

  • @charlotteivy2591
    @charlotteivy25912 жыл бұрын

    i cant wait to hear more of your thoughts on bunny!! :)

  • @Marit_vD
    @Marit_vD2 жыл бұрын

    Loved this vlog !

  • @salomeophelie3040
    @salomeophelie30402 жыл бұрын

    A very relaxing vlog 😍

  • @mrodriguez377
    @mrodriguez3772 жыл бұрын

    Loved the long vlog

  • @limeparticle
    @limeparticle2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been getting Bokksu since December and I love it so, so much! The sakura box was really superb (and I may or may not have ordered some extras…!) Also omg I’m so excited that you’re liking Bunny!

  • @dryadknight07
    @dryadknight072 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy the casual vlogs

  • @Lea-dc5dq
    @Lea-dc5dq2 жыл бұрын

    In Switzerland you find this kind of bottle in every classroom too! Not just a Netherland thing😃

  • @danielapiovesan3791
    @danielapiovesan37912 жыл бұрын

    I also watched Fresh with my housemate and I loved it! We also found it quite funny at times which idk if it was intended that way or we are just a bit sick in the head hahahah 😅

  • @JessicaNicoleDickerson
    @JessicaNicoleDickerson2 жыл бұрын

    Most people I know in the US have a water bottle called hydro flask AND 😂 in high school whenever someone dropped one, it'd be so loud because it's made with aluminum, we'd all yell HYRO DOWN! 😂

  • @JessicaNicoleDickerson

    @JessicaNicoleDickerson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Girl SAME I'm struggling to socialize hahaha

  • @TheBookLeo

    @TheBookLeo

    2 жыл бұрын

    ahah what if every country just has their own signature water bottle

  • @normmansor1313
    @normmansor13132 жыл бұрын

    Love Rotterdam. Anyway, enjoy the Spring and never stop blossoming.

  • @lisabrooks178
    @lisabrooks1782 жыл бұрын

    i feel llike a video all about must-see/must-visit bookstores in amsterdam would be a good idea! that city is on top of my bucketlist of places i'd like to visit post-COVID!

  • @dudamartins1245
    @dudamartins12452 жыл бұрын

    I just started reading Bunny and I'm only 2 chapters in and it's so intriguing

  • @masa59125656
    @masa591256562 жыл бұрын

    There are many kinds of Japanese sweets! I want to eat 😊

  • @booksnstarz
    @booksnstarz2 жыл бұрын

    omgggg stopp i just finished reading bunny and it was the weirdest book i have ever read. it's literally regina george from mean girls x falling down the rabbit hole, it felt like a fever dream the entire time i was reading it.

  • @azenaazi2063
    @azenaazi20636 ай бұрын

    I love your tote bags 😍

  • @muttmania
    @muttmania2 жыл бұрын

    I'm planning on reading Bunny soon too :) It will be my first Mona Awad, I'm so looking forward to it!

  • @Stonedead1991
    @Stonedead19912 жыл бұрын

    Saw Bastille about 8 years ago, they were cool, really liked it

  • @ellaswerts3921
    @ellaswerts39212 жыл бұрын

    ahh yeah i love doppers !! i’m from belgium and nearly everyone here has them too

  • @booklovershourya1046
    @booklovershourya10462 жыл бұрын

    You're going to love the ⭐

  • @didreams1
    @didreams12 жыл бұрын

    I loved this style of video! So cosy and relaxing :) have you ever considered doing a bookshop/bookish meet-up in the Netherlands? I went to one a couple of years ago that Sanne from booksandquills set up and it was lovely! It was great to be able to recommend books and get recommendations from bookish peers that weren't in my immediate circle of friends

  • @sarahkendall5714
    @sarahkendall57142 жыл бұрын

    The last section of this video I initially thought you were doing a review of this new book called 'The Embroidered Book' I haven't read it but it looks interesting. Anyway great vlog, enjoying the chill vibe :)

  • @caitlyn.m.t9618
    @caitlyn.m.t96182 жыл бұрын

    I love Bunny, and I'm interested to hear your thoughts on it. I too have a version of sencha. Mine is from T2, an Australian tea company, and it is called Japanese GMC Sencha, and I love it so much.

  • @daintyarch6862
    @daintyarch6862 Жыл бұрын

    To answer your question: those bottles are THE Dutch waterbottles, I moved there from Germany and never seen them before but as soon as I moved to the Netherlands every student alive owned a bottle like that. After 2 years of living here I have still not bought one, I simply can’t figure out where to buy one.

  • @steelcutoaths3033
    @steelcutoaths30332 жыл бұрын

    Where I live (Texas) students (and people in general) tend to carry Hydroflasks. Or at least they did when I was in gradschool. I actually still carry a Hydroflask because they actually keep my water cold for quite some time.

  • @gerdasalengaite3148
    @gerdasalengaite31482 жыл бұрын

    this is the first time I see this kind of water bottle and I’m from Lithuania :D

  • @enilec.
    @enilec.2 жыл бұрын

    Never seen that water bottle before but it looks cool. Definitely doesn't exist around me in Australia