this is the comfort video i needed today

Hi Joel! Could you explain how the "We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn" quote is problematic? I've loved that quote but want to stop using it if it's harmful... thank you xx

couldn't relate more to "the price??? im no longer invested"

these bookstores are sooo cool, my local bookstore could never 🥲 this was a fun & cozy trip btw, thanks for taking us with you! 🦦

I've only read the Illiad and the Odyssey out of the haul you've gotten, and I enjoyed them, despite them being readings for a class I took years ago. I'm definitely interested in picking up a different translation to see what changes.

This video is EVERYTHING! I was craving another book shopping vlog and i recently went to the UK and oxford was one of the places i visited, but our visit was short :( I wish i could've seen more, would def go back!

the Stardew Valley Board Game is a lot of fun! Root is amazing too… if you enjoy video games and D&D, I’m sure you could fall into the magic realm of modern board gaming! 💕 I feel more and more that playing a board game is like writing a short story with you fellow players 😊

I will now be calling books ‘portable magic’

Okay but the book shopping outfit is *chef’s kiss

Just to let you know there are 2 oxfams in Oxford and the other one is better

YESSS FINALLY SOMEONE PUTTING RESPECT ON EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CLASSICS EDITIONS!!

I always appreciate your hauls and reading lists as someone who finds trying to find new books (and not solely rely on what's megapopular) quite hard and also that you read a wide variety of genres! Thanks for the book haul!! I'm def adding some of these to my TBR

congrats on your second anniversary! i remember watching your first video; as a black british girl there isn’t many ppl like me in booktuber spaces, so watching your videos really widened my love for reading, i hope amazing and wonderful things come your way 💕

perfect video to repair the horror that was my gcse maths exam, congrats on two years joel <333

Oxford is my home, so I absolutely love watching people take in the city, I’m so glad you enjoyed yourself. Blackwells is my comfort place, I love that they even stamp the book if you ask them so you remember where you got it from! super excited for babel, I have it on pre order. Thank you for a wonderfully comforting video :)

In every single one of your videos you make me more inspired to read more, it’s reminded me of how much I genuinely love reading and it’s led me to by more books and I’ve really enjoyed them! Thank you for doing what you do and I love your content! (Also you seem like such a kind and friendly person and I would adore being your friend sm)

Okay I literally live that you include welsh in your videos! DWI’N DIOLCHGAR IAWN ❤️❤️

OMG, THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESS HAS RETURNED! Istg, your book shopping vlogs are the most aesthetic things I've ever seen, idk how you make everything so pretty and comforting.

saving all these bookshops down omg!! 😳 have you been to Shakespeare & Co in Paris? I think you'd like it, it's like all vintage wooden interiors and comfy reading nooks upstairs (with a bookshop cat)

Your videos are always so well put together and give me the motivation to read when I'm tired of it, thank you so much! This video is beautiful!