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6:08 rob reads hate comments
7:47 story of the eye
14:04 comemadre
17:58 little eyes
25:17 the haar
29:08 mindf*ck
45:17 cuss count
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  • @arielreads
    @arielreads27 күн бұрын

    Ashley Fisher watching this rn 👁️👁️

  • @Julesbooksandthings

    @Julesbooksandthings

    27 күн бұрын

    😆😆

  • @thefriesofLockeLamora

    @thefriesofLockeLamora

    27 күн бұрын

    Ashley Fisher must be doing some heavy breathing

  • @briereads3214

    @briereads3214

    27 күн бұрын

    Been waiting for this moment.

  • @amandacee113

    @amandacee113

    27 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @renaisreading

    @renaisreading

    27 күн бұрын

    Ashley is probably actually a bot

  • @SillyCelly411
    @SillyCelly41127 күн бұрын

    "Men don’t want to see your behind the scenes things" truly nothing more male gaze-y than interpreting a woman as a dvd with bts footage

  • @khadid8998

    @khadid8998

    26 күн бұрын

    this was definitely the worst part of the comment, esp because i'm pretty sure a lot more women are watching her content than men anyway, so why should she have to cater it especially to men?

  • @paulasalazar2093

    @paulasalazar2093

    26 күн бұрын

    I looooooove the behind the scenes footage!!

  • @Elix90

    @Elix90

    23 күн бұрын

    Him assuming he is the target audience of absolutely everything in the world is driving me nuts.

  • @theneverlandreader9932
    @theneverlandreader993227 күн бұрын

    That one make up comment kills me, I love the vibe of “hanging out and discussing books like friends” instead of feeling like you’re trying to sell me something

  • @Xx_Obsidian_Tears_xX

    @Xx_Obsidian_Tears_xX

    24 күн бұрын

    exactly! i love it so much

  • @bimmer3081
    @bimmer308127 күн бұрын

    As a little german girl i'd like to step up and apologize and take responsibility for the little german girl community

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    27 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @carolinesch.

    @carolinesch.

    26 күн бұрын

    I second this😂

  • @booksandanni

    @booksandanni

    26 күн бұрын

    I thought the same thing 😅

  • @bimmer3081

    @bimmer3081

    26 күн бұрын

    @@booksandanni Lil german girls unite to fight online hate 🤝🏼😔💫

  • 26 күн бұрын

    @@bimmer3081 Can I be a part of the supportive little German girl group, too, please?

  • @jessicalewellen3345
    @jessicalewellen334527 күн бұрын

    Found my new reading mantra “But would Matt approve?” If the answer is no, then read it.

  • @beansquee2383

    @beansquee2383

    26 күн бұрын

    Matt is for Kayla like Scott is for Jeneva Rose 🤣 if Scott disapproves it’s a must!!

  • @LoQualityReads
    @LoQualityReads27 күн бұрын

    You are so unserious I love it. I cried at Rob reading the gobble comment. 😂

  • @spiral32
    @spiral3227 күн бұрын

    ashley is the aggressively closeted lesbian that only comes out on youtube. happy pride to ashley i guess really made everyones day 😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @Lemonade_Stand_

    @Lemonade_Stand_

    27 күн бұрын

    Ashley can be a male name too.

  • @Marissa_Is_Reading

    @Marissa_Is_Reading

    26 күн бұрын

    I am absolutely deceased at “happy pride to Ashley I guess” 😆😆😆☠️☠️☠️

  • @samantharose1001
    @samantharose100127 күн бұрын

    every single piece of BookTube content is “hanging out with a friend” vibes for me at this point so…. Lmao this was such a good video concept

  • @loganshirley9058
    @loganshirley905827 күн бұрын

    Reccommending Proust and Joyce while putting down anything "modern" is peak lit major bro energy

  • @Chaucerettescs

    @Chaucerettescs

    27 күн бұрын

    As an English professor, I can attest. You can be a woman with a PhD in Literature and lit bros will STILL push Joyce on you like this.

  • @thefriesofLockeLamora

    @thefriesofLockeLamora

    27 күн бұрын

    And I'm sure none of them have finished Ulysses or In Search of Lost Time

  • @jacforswear18

    @jacforswear18

    27 күн бұрын

    Absolute dunce behaviour. Haha. Get the hat!!

  • @LynnHermione

    @LynnHermione

    27 күн бұрын

    yeah funnily enough they never recommend Austen

  • @greenonionbabey

    @greenonionbabey

    27 күн бұрын

    "Oughhh I hate ~modern~ literature" (recommends and praises literal Modernist writers/books)

  • @urturningviolet
    @urturningviolet27 күн бұрын

    The googly eyes segment was the best thing I've seen all week. (For the record, I'm a Sunday is the end of the week kind of girly)

  • @theglitterybookworm9423
    @theglitterybookworm942327 күн бұрын

    “i actually do cuss a little”

  • @amandacee113

    @amandacee113

    27 күн бұрын

    “What’s your favorite cuss word?”

  • @sagekay

    @sagekay

    27 күн бұрын

    “probably fuck”

  • @Doloresntheforest

    @Doloresntheforest

    27 күн бұрын

    @@sagekay😂😂

  • @c-hwilliams156

    @c-hwilliams156

    26 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @mjllw2000

    @mjllw2000

    26 күн бұрын

    I’m cackling I love the internet 😂

  • @foreverpumpkin7776
    @foreverpumpkin777626 күн бұрын

    "sometimes I screenshot hate comments that make me giggle" was the most badass sentence I've heard in a long while. These commenters have been incinerated

  • @uydfi35
    @uydfi3525 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry but "you're the end of emerald and the starting of turquoise" could be a poem on its own, Rob is a hidden poet haha

  • @ghostiegail7768
    @ghostiegail776827 күн бұрын

    waiting for ashley to comment

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    27 күн бұрын

    I'll be keeping my eye out 👀

  • @amandaplaysthesims

    @amandaplaysthesims

    27 күн бұрын

    Literally JUMPED to these comments to find her! 😁😁

  • @GabrielTheMagolorMain

    @GabrielTheMagolorMain

    27 күн бұрын

    @@BooksandLala🤣🤣

  • @amandacee113

    @amandacee113

    27 күн бұрын

    They probably get flagged 😂

  • @KurKiriKuru

    @KurKiriKuru

    26 күн бұрын

    Start pinning them pls 😅

  • @JemilaBeReadin
    @JemilaBeReadin27 күн бұрын

    Kayla you know damn well none of us would have figured out the theme 😂😂😂

  • @JemilaBeReadin

    @JemilaBeReadin

    27 күн бұрын

    Also f*ck the haters!!

  • @almostatami
    @almostatami27 күн бұрын

    Oh God 😂 I feel Ashley doesn't hate you but rather WANTS you.

  • @DarkVeracity

    @DarkVeracity

    24 күн бұрын

    Desperately, might I add lmao

  • @Kaasmattie
    @Kaasmattie27 күн бұрын

    Floogelhornz could not have been more wrong. This IS the girls getting together for a sleepover!!!! That's one of my main reasons why I enjoy your videos so much, it's truly just like hanging out and getting book recommendations along the way

  • @emmal7510
    @emmal751027 күн бұрын

    Arguably, audiobooks are the most appropriate way to read things like The Iliad and The Odyssey.

  • @localabsurdist6661

    @localabsurdist6661

    27 күн бұрын

    💯

  • @LynnHermione

    @LynnHermione

    27 күн бұрын

    best audiobooks take, it really is

  • @morganarosana

    @morganarosana

    27 күн бұрын

    Well they were originally oral stories before someone put the words in the paper

  • @Trish0978

    @Trish0978

    27 күн бұрын

    Actually....yes. why do we not do this in school? The excerpts I had to read in class were painful and that experience is what's holding me back from trying to read them now even though I actively want to 😅

  • @tiredofit4761

    @tiredofit4761

    27 күн бұрын

    I love to read but I don’t have the time to sit quietly and hold a book for hours. Also as I age my vision isn’t the best. Audio books are great while driving to work or doing housework.

  • @elihaliwell
    @elihaliwell27 күн бұрын

    I’ve literally never commented on any KZread video ever before, but I just had to say that this is easily and instantly my favourite video of yours you’ve ever made. The absolute embodiment of “I really don’t give a fuck” in this video is just so good. This channel absolutely IS the girls getting together for a sleepover and a women’s show about getting a makeover. I’ve been watching your channel for years at this point-I’m one of those quiet but eager lurkers-and I wanted to also take this opportunity to say thank you for all the happiness and fun you’ve given us all over the years, and this video seemed like the perfect time to do that! 😊

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for such a lovely comment!!

  • @omalleysmith9100
    @omalleysmith910027 күн бұрын

    As for Ashley Fisher; her comments told us WAY more than we ever needed to know about HER so her attempt at disparaging you has failed in the most epic way. lol

  • @margueritemitchell1829

    @margueritemitchell1829

    27 күн бұрын

    Ashley can be a boy 👦

  • @samantha.donovan
    @samantha.donovan27 күн бұрын

    now that Kayla narrated The Eye Book for us can we count that towards our goodreads goal?

  • @RainlionReads

    @RainlionReads

    27 күн бұрын

    Now there's an idea.... I mean since audiobooks are reading shouldn't this count too?

  • @darcy501

    @darcy501

    27 күн бұрын

    bruh

  • @shannonconn2421

    @shannonconn2421

    26 күн бұрын

    🤔 😂😂😂 ☠

  • @latasharenay3890

    @latasharenay3890

    22 күн бұрын

    I think you need a restraining order against Ashley Fisher.

  • @BooksBlogs23

    @BooksBlogs23

    19 күн бұрын

    i’m counting it. i don’t give a fuck lol. make kayla’s haters mad

  • @wifeunderthesea
    @wifeunderthesea27 күн бұрын

    imagine leaving this woman a hate comment. like, how????

  • @smellydonut5088

    @smellydonut5088

    27 күн бұрын

    i know right! she's so sweet and I love how she talks about books with fewer ratings too

  • @whereismylibrarycard
    @whereismylibrarycard27 күн бұрын

    they could never make me hate you queen

  • @foulmouthednewenglander4392
    @foulmouthednewenglander439227 күн бұрын

    I put googly eyes on our knock off roomba. I thought it would be goofy and freak my daughter out less. Instead the “robot pancake” was watching her 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    27 күн бұрын

    Omg I *love* that

  • @Chaucerettescs
    @Chaucerettescs27 күн бұрын

    So, I'm a literature academic and can definitely attest that there are lit bros who do indeed think that Proust and Joyce are the ONLY two authors worth reading and are definitely much more edifying than whatever 200 other books, classics or otherwise, you are reading. And they are exactly as exhausting as they sound.

  • @Chaucerettescs

    @Chaucerettescs

    27 күн бұрын

    They will corner you at grad mixers to brag about reading Ulysses out loud to their infant daughter before insulting whatever drink you have in your hand because it happens to not be their favorite IPA.

  • @mwahaha3750

    @mwahaha3750

    26 күн бұрын

    Are they dumb? Lmfao

  • @shashuhughes
    @shashuhughes27 күн бұрын

    Sticking eyes on the books was so unserious and eye-conic of you!!!

  • @gabimatrecito2903
    @gabimatrecito290327 күн бұрын

    you putting googly eyes on everything is feral behavior LMAO

  • @carriefolkerts6175
    @carriefolkerts617527 күн бұрын

    Rob reading the hate comments was the best! I was laughing so hard, I woke my puppy up.😂

  • @SharniandBooks
    @SharniandBooks27 күн бұрын

    Jokes on you floogelhornzzz, the “putting on makeup” parts are some of my favourite parts of vlogs! I LOVE that it feels like we are just hanging out 🥰

  • @bihter3201

    @bihter3201

    26 күн бұрын

    Me too!

  • @lina_t_k
    @lina_t_k27 күн бұрын

    she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment.

  • @spc.aesthetic
    @spc.aesthetic26 күн бұрын

    As someone who’s doing an undergrad in Book History, reading audibly has been the norm for longer than silent reading has been… so technically the historically “correct” way to consume literature is via audio 😊

  • @theotherveronica

    @theotherveronica

    24 күн бұрын

    someone else commented something similarly and i’m so glad you guys made this point. in adding it to my arsenal because i feel like it’s a real zinger.

  • @kelseytruley2558

    @kelseytruley2558

    12 күн бұрын

    you kinda just blew my mind

  • @federicaf.4891
    @federicaf.489127 күн бұрын

    "I wonder if Matt would approve" Oh, how I love sassy Kayla 🤣

  • @charlicoca123
    @charlicoca12327 күн бұрын

    I'm not a big audiobook person, but whenever someone pontificates about the medium's inferiority, I'm like...bro. How do you think those Ancient Greeks communicated their myths? Heard of the Odyssey? The Illiad? Two of the major foundational texts of the western literary canon? They were written down long after their creation. Also, the poor. Heard of them? Widespread literacy is a pretty modern development. Oral storytelling, and thus, the auditory consumption of those stories, predates the written word and transcends class. It is, in many ways, the superior medium.

  • @CJBailey372

    @CJBailey372

    25 күн бұрын

    Not to mention, it's super ableist. What about visually impaired people??

  • @whitneyhendrix8075
    @whitneyhendrix807527 күн бұрын

    “Idk if he just means I should really just Joyce and Proust instead of the 200 other books I have and read” gracefully ate him tf up

  • @kinseyybrown
    @kinseyybrown27 күн бұрын

    the googly eyes have to be the best thing I've ever watched in my life 👀

  • @urosmartinovic940
    @urosmartinovic94027 күн бұрын

    real eyes realize real lies (booktube edition) (kayla's version)

  • @GavinReadsItAll
    @GavinReadsItAll25 күн бұрын

    11:36 omg I thought it was only me who did that with eggs

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    25 күн бұрын

    💀

  • @hotla7
    @hotla727 күн бұрын

    I was not prepared for Ashley Fishers comment. On the floor laughing as I type this.

  • @hotla7

    @hotla7

    27 күн бұрын

    Oh my! There’s multiple!

  • @NancyLiliG
    @NancyLiliG27 күн бұрын

    Thank you for not blurring anyone’s screen name!! 🙌🙌🙌

  • @emilywild21
    @emilywild2127 күн бұрын

    The fact that Proust and Joyce were once forced to hang out and hated it (and the others works) makes that comment from Matt too funny. Also, why is he giving the book version of a finance bro...he does not sound like a good time. So happy to be here for the eyeball era.

  • @juditkovacs1205

    @juditkovacs1205

    27 күн бұрын

    That account is giving off finance bro vibes probably because of the stock market stats stock photo as the profile picture. Also, thanks for the literature history trivia. Makes this whole thing extra funny.

  • @Alewo2735
    @Alewo273527 күн бұрын

    I fully support the "no fucks given" vibe if this idea and I love it so much! I wish more people had this attitude regarding Internet trolls 🙌🏻

  • @virginiafernandes336
    @virginiafernandes33626 күн бұрын

    You going into Story of the Eye without context is HILARIOUS

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    I was NOT prepared

  • @juliacanread
    @juliacanread26 күн бұрын

    When Kayla said she was entering her hater era, she was not messing around.

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    LOL

  • @ohwildesoul
    @ohwildesoul27 күн бұрын

    Screw the haters, but also I love this video concept so thank you to the haters??? And the googly eyes on the books made me LOL.

  • @Katertot8895
    @Katertot889527 күн бұрын

    I totally agree with what you said about why someone seeks out certain booktube people. I do not have the same reading tastes as you at all but I love how you talk about books and how you're pretty much game for any weird book you stumble across. I watch two other booktube channels more for their content because I have a similar reading taste to them but one of them I only watch videos about the books he's talking about; I never watch videos that may venture outside of talking about books. But for your videos, I just like hearing you explain why you like and dislike books and also how Liam's doing and when you're getting your hair done and the walks/bike rides you go on and basicically just the parts of your life you like to share with us.

  • @melindaforry644

    @melindaforry644

    27 күн бұрын

    Totally agree with you!! I love Kayla (and the fam 😊) even though she reads most things I don’t lol

  • @localabsurdist6661
    @localabsurdist666127 күн бұрын

    As a literature student I hate people (which are mostly men) who say you should only read x and y… there are so many great authors, also especially these men almost never read books written by women or bipoc authors.

  • @AshleyZieman

    @AshleyZieman

    25 күн бұрын

    Agreed. Also we read for very different reasons😊

  • @Channyreads
    @Channyreads27 күн бұрын

    “You should read Proust and Joyce” .. the man’s so bored with his own recommendations he’s gone to your channel to watch your KZread vids and recommend said books

  • @staceymccullough3671
    @staceymccullough367126 күн бұрын

    I hate book snobs. Read what you enjoy and makes you happy. Life is short!

  • @library.critter
    @library.critter27 күн бұрын

    "I've called you worse" loool I love when Rob makes appearances

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    hahahha I didn't know if anyone would catch him saying that 😂😂

  • @shashuhughes
    @shashuhughes27 күн бұрын

    Dear Ashley - “ be who you areeeeee, for your prideeeeee”

  • @naastyaaaaaaaaa
    @naastyaaaaaaaaa27 күн бұрын

    The absolute SASS of talking about the 'no makeup' comment while doing makeup. Chef's kiss✨

  • @fanpiresam482
    @fanpiresam48227 күн бұрын

    The Ashley comments read like aggressive thirst to me.

  • @cheesygrl12
    @cheesygrl1227 күн бұрын

    THE THUMBNAIL 💀

  • @lysslysslyss
    @lysslysslyss27 күн бұрын

    actually dying at the googly eyes

  • @devsea
    @devsea27 күн бұрын

    the fact that i would never ever say anything hateful but the anxiety of watching this video because WHAT IF I DID. I cant be the only one??? I've got to laugh or ill cry 😭😭😭

  • @encyclopediaofelizabeth
    @encyclopediaofelizabeth27 күн бұрын

    That guy listing authors you should read and Shakespeare being in his list...Bruh...

  • @ratfishking
    @ratfishking27 күн бұрын

    The one about cussing sends me because istg I think I curse in absolutely every sentence I utter. If that person stayed just 5 minutes next to me on an average day they would probably faint like a little victorian lady 😅

  • @JessicaRoseReads
    @JessicaRoseReads27 күн бұрын

    Those flashback scenes were an absolute joy to watch, I can’t believe how many of those videos I remembered just from short clips of you swearing 😂 truly iconic

  • @Effaly_
    @Effaly_27 күн бұрын

    I'm usually a silent watcher, but seeing that people actually hate on you, I'll leave a nice comment under every video I watch from you from now on! Let's start with your eyes, for obvious reason: I've always found them so beautiful! 🥰

  • @gabbyreads
    @gabbyreads27 күн бұрын

    Rob reading the hate comments is sending me 😂😂😂😂

  • @shreyabooked9309
    @shreyabooked930927 күн бұрын

    You should do another vlog where you read books based on your favourite complimentary comments!

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    I actually cut out an entire clip from this vlog where I read through a folder of nice comments just to disprove the comment that I'm "ruining the joy of reading for people," so I love this idea!!

  • @shreyabooked9309

    @shreyabooked9309

    19 күн бұрын

    @@BooksandLala I hope you do end up making this video!

  • @EssentiallyBooked
    @EssentiallyBooked27 күн бұрын

    I’m cackling that you started it with Dr. Seuss. I love this video so much omfggg

  • @cocobarnes8634
    @cocobarnes863427 күн бұрын

    I have never ran to a video faster after seeing an IG post. 🏃🏼‍♀️😂 This is EVERYTHING. Please actually cuss more, read faster, and show us more “intimate scenes”. K thnx.

  • @lisalajmo597
    @lisalajmo59727 күн бұрын

    OMG! The googley eyes!!! 😂

  • @sofiasamou
    @sofiasamou27 күн бұрын

    4:42 I'm tempted to count it for my goodreads reading challenge 😂.

  • @sheilapatton1609

    @sheilapatton1609

    27 күн бұрын

    Im counting it lol

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    do itttttt

  • @JordanMusante
    @JordanMusante27 күн бұрын

    Undisputed queen of booktube 👑

  • @multicraftual
    @multicraftual26 күн бұрын

    The eyeball candy unlocked my childhood fear of all halloween candy and food that was eyeball themed. Immersive vlog 10/10 😂❤👀

  • @KittyxKult
    @KittyxKult27 күн бұрын

    “Since I’m in my eyeball era” 😭😭😭 but seriously, what possesses people to be so rude and cruel for no reason???? You are so cute and have such a kind spirit and you’re so funny, I don’t understand why anyone would want to tear you down unless they’re just trying to make themselves feel better or they are unsupervised children on the internet.

  • @KittyxKult

    @KittyxKult

    27 күн бұрын

    Also I love acting like we’re besties and seeing you do all your stuff like getting smoothies and taking makeup off. I also think Ashley Fisher is your stalker not your hater. Seems a lil obsessed.

  • @BrittWarren201
    @BrittWarren20125 күн бұрын

    NOTHING could've prepared me for those first few pages of Story of the Eye 😭😭😭 I love this video idea btw!!

  • @AmandaShouldBeReading
    @AmandaShouldBeReading12 күн бұрын

    “I might have to put together a montage later to prove it,” is the exact level of pettiness that I am so here for! I love your self confidence and humor. Never change!

  • @urosmartinovic940
    @urosmartinovic94027 күн бұрын

    by the way i love how funny you are, just doing silly little things like putting googly eyes on covers, totally indulging in the unserious tone (and kinda interacting with hate comments in that way)

  • @GabrielTheMagolorMain
    @GabrielTheMagolorMain27 күн бұрын

    You putting those googley eyes on those books was hilarious. Thank you. I needed that today.

  • @camryn9377
    @camryn937727 күн бұрын

    Woman! I frickin love you🤣 You don't deserve hate comments, no one does, but excellent positive spin. And wondering if Matt would approve of it🤣 The googly eyes🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @rachaelhall9009
    @rachaelhall900912 күн бұрын

    My sister and I would bond over your vlogs, you were her favorite KZreadr. She passed away from cancer this past January. She would have loved this video so much. Thanks for all the laughs. You are truly a joy. I appreciate you.

  • @kristinicole91
    @kristinicole9126 күн бұрын

    I love how creative you are with your content. If your channel was only about reading, it would be so boring! I love how you give us bite-size pieces into your life and are genuine.

  • @bookbinder_way
    @bookbinder_way27 күн бұрын

    "I wonder if Matt would approve" 🤣💀 OMG Kayla, I love you

  • @victoria9663
    @victoria966327 күн бұрын

    Girl kudos to you for choosing to laugh at those jerks! Also I always have to choke back a laugh every time I get to THAT line in The Eye Book and I'm reading it aloud to my children...

  • @chelseybun
    @chelseybun27 күн бұрын

    The audiobook 'debate' is so silly. Like yes we know that listening is not the act of reading, but what do they want us to say 'consumed'? Have you consumed this book? In what way? Which sense did you use? It's so silly. But I always notice I will correct myself and say I read-listened to that book, because people get so defensive about it. I am a big audiobook listener. I have adhd and suspect I have dyslexia, reading has always been difficult and because I'm so slow reading books my Hyperactive brain gets bored. It's like I'm wading through quick sand, and I lose the plot. But the thing is, I love books. So now I LISTEN to about 100 books a year. Before it would be one. I listen to books on 2 - 3.5x speed while I work, to keep myself focused. We all have different processing speeds, and different factors that account for our understanding and enjoyment of a reading experience. I also have aphantasia, so while some people are imagining vivid worlds, I'm starting at words on a page that my brain doesn't want to process. The discourse obviously stems from people associating books with merit inteligance and notoriety. That is why people are so quick to say classics are superior, and if you read too many you aren't getting enough out of your books. Reading a book used to make some people feel supiorir and now they feel like people are cheating and using a short cut. If I say I've read/listened to 100 books a year, I'm not braging, I'm not telling you I'm smarter and more accomplished. I'm saying I've experienced 100 stories. Hundreds of characters and worlds. Most of what I read isn't some classic that I can reference to show superiority over anyone, it's trashy romcoms, raven boys and thrillers.. and I love that for me. On the other hand, I have listened to classics. If I didn't use audiobooks, I would have never read pride and prejudice, or the odyssey or 1984. But now I have, and I can recommend them. So many people identify as people who don't read, or hate reading, but how many of them would love literature if they tried an audiobook? My friend used to think it was crazy I listened to books at 3x speed. And then he tried an audiobook, and he now listens to romance at 3x speed. I know there is the same superiority around movies, which movies are worth notoriety and which are silly. But it's all just content, it's all stories, and knowledge and new perspectives. I don't care if someone watches a show one episode a week, or marathons it in a weekend.. we can still discuss and get excited about it. We have still experienced the same story. So to the people who have physically read no more than 12 highbrow classics a year and look down on anyone who reads differently from you.. I encourage you to do 3 things: #1 pick up some non fiction books on disabilities and ablism. #2 pick up the modern classic, The Giver, and pay attention to the message about gatekeeping information, history, experiences, and individuality. #3 Go and watch the video Jack Edward's did called 'modern books that will be "classics" in the future'. Just because a book is old, does not make it more important than modern books. Modern books are a very important reflection on current societal issues and commentary. Something like the hunger games, though it's a young adult series in a fictional world, it perfectly convays important commentary about our world to readers of all ages in an easily consumable way. Important messages don't have to be old, eliquent or decoded to be valid and meaningful. One day, these modern books that you turn your nose up at, will join the classics which you covate.

  • @taylornpickle
    @taylornpickle27 күн бұрын

    okay im about to sound very ass-kissy but these comments are ridiculous. first of all, you're clearly gorgeous. second of all, i dont even have the same taste in books as you and yet can sit and listen to you talk forever because i appreciate YOU and what YOU bring to "booktube" that's different than others i watch in this space. you are well-spoken (the cussing comment is wild to me cuz i feel like i rarely hear you swear and when you do its always necessary emphasis or quoting something), funny, and just radiate good vibes like someone i would want to hang out with and shoot the shit. i love this video concept. keep doing you!

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    thank you for taking the time to leave me such a kind comment taylor 💕🥹

  • @vanessiaosborne4874
    @vanessiaosborne487413 күн бұрын

    The fact that you didn't even know that you had multiple comments from the same person speaks volumes about how seriously you take these. I love it

  • @vivalabee
    @vivalabee25 күн бұрын

    30:21 popping in to say we love you so much Kayla!!! I don’t even know how many years ago I followed you but you have consistently been my comfort creator for the entirety of that time (in a non-escapist, actively engaged way!) there is a reason you barely get any hate comments despite having a large platform on the internet, and I think all of us here know what it is ☺️🧡

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    this was such a kind comment to leave, thank you so much!!

  • @poslekise685
    @poslekise68526 күн бұрын

    If Kayla's not well-read, what, then are the rest of us? Defining being well-read so prescriptively makes zero sense. Reading modern lit, which is def not all she does, is what keeps literature alive.

  • @rocio9863
    @rocio986327 күн бұрын

    It's fascinating to me how people who liked classics think they're the most unique free thinkers, the ones chosing the most challenging reads, or whatever. Classics are the safest reads out there: had not much rivals when published, widely popular, accepted as the canon by western academics and since then read, analized and dissected by thousands, all info and theories about them readily accessible. To me it feels like kids trying to show you they read on their own The Very Hungry Carterpillar. Reading contemporary works is the challenge, applying critical thinking to them, how you need to have knowledge on current events, pop culture and politics to have a better understanding of them, that takes work. It's a brand new piece of media you have to decide by yourself if it's good or not, it's not pre-approved for you by your high school teacher. The teacher showed you the classics to teach you how did we got here and the basic reading comprehension skills, so you would be ready to take on your own the contemporary works. A lot of you put too much weight on the opinions of academic "authorities", you think they're the smartest and morally superior, they chose the classics as the greatest works of all time, and since you liked them too it must mean you are as smart and morally superior like them. No. You are a child who needs to read more and start questioning authority. Be serious.

  • @Sharon490

    @Sharon490

    26 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏!! I do find classics to be harder to get into for me language wise particularly to how hard I find them to enjoy just entertainment wise howeverrr people having elitism about these books seems to hold so many people back from modern books that are more enjoyable. So many of the people who claim to love classics more are people who stopped reading in hs when they were assigned these books, and being bored became connected with “good” reading. I had one of the top SAT reading scores in my hs and regularly used cliff notes for my assigned classic reading because most of my reading energy was used on mystery, thrillers, and smut (I used to read around 300-400 books a year) 😂 But sticking to these books I found fun, still managed to teach me so much about human dynamics, increased my vocabulary and critical thinking skills, taught me empathy (important due to the lack of modeling of empathy I had in my home life), and created a massive love of reading for me. I may not read Joyce and Proust, but I actually read books.

  • @slipintothediamondlife_82

    @slipintothediamondlife_82

    26 күн бұрын

    Sooo of topic, but your pfp is GROGEOUS

  • @anne-marie339

    @anne-marie339

    25 күн бұрын

    I legit love this take!! Going to use this in the future 🙌

  • @stephaniedouglas9907

    @stephaniedouglas9907

    24 күн бұрын

    Great points! I love the “proud to have read the Very Hungry Caterpillar on their own” comparison 😂

  • @pretentioussunshine

    @pretentioussunshine

    20 күн бұрын

    This is so accurate!! "Look at me I am so superior because I only read books millions of people have said are worth reading for hundreds of years, I am so unique."

  • @procrasy
    @procrasy26 күн бұрын

    That bacon hair comment was definitely a compliment 🥓

  • @bookishimpala5764

    @bookishimpala5764

    25 күн бұрын

    Right like I love bacon and would be excited to hear that my hair looked like that lol

  • @JanAgaton
    @JanAgaton26 күн бұрын

    i love this 'cause i was just telling joey a couple weeks ago: "i doubt even with kayla's following she gets too much hate like there's no way" but as always, the internet is freakin' wild.

  • @bethmw28
    @bethmw2827 күн бұрын

    The way that swearing montage will have upped your average per video this year 😂😂 hope the commenter finds their fucking joy 😉❤

  • @courageousgleek
    @courageousgleek27 күн бұрын

    obsessed with this energy

  • @natsbookshelf
    @natsbookshelf27 күн бұрын

    Kayla out here unbothered & using hate for content. Literal definition of "im gonna make my bag either way" 😂😂 The way we were so off in the sprints trying to guess what this vlog was 😂😂

  • @readknitwithcheryl
    @readknitwithcheryl26 күн бұрын

    I got a hate email once saying I'm old, lazy and ugly and that's why I can't get a date. I laughed because it was so funny to me that someone took the time to actually email me to tell me that, lol. Great video! I can't believe people actually said those things!

  • @BooksandLala

    @BooksandLala

    19 күн бұрын

    omg nooooo, people are SO weird

  • @eri_bot
    @eri_bot27 күн бұрын

    dare i say this is your best vlog. the concept, the humor, the gobbling of eyeballs. perfection

  • @Samtee222
    @Samtee22227 күн бұрын

    4 minutes in and already absolutely love the level of petty in this video 😂. "I wonder if Matt would approve" LOL

  • @yinandyangmix
    @yinandyangmix27 күн бұрын

    You saying you were freezing because it was so cold and windy, meanwhile I've been MELTING in this Southern 95°F heat. My god, I'm so jealous.

  • @crazeekids9744
    @crazeekids974426 күн бұрын

    Giiiiirl, I could NEVER be on social media. My squishy little heart just couldn’t take it!!😂😂😂 Glad you can laugh it off.

  • @megknitsstuff1727
    @megknitsstuff172717 күн бұрын

    Accepting audiobooks as “real reading” absolutely changed my relationship to classics. Before 1920s, most books were expensive and served as form of group entertainment. People would often gather as someone or a group would read aloud. Popular authors aiming for a middle class or higher “educated” demographic knew this and structured their stories so they flowed well for listening. Dubliners is a totally different book read out loud. There’s a version with a handful of narrators reading a few stories each (like would happen in a family or group of friends) and it is SO GOOD. :)

  • @isabellavalentine7268
    @isabellavalentine726827 күн бұрын

    I saw the instagram post a MINUTE before this hit my feed! So excited to see how this goes, and fuck the haters Kayla ❤

  • @LehuasLibraryy-iv3xy
    @LehuasLibraryy-iv3xy25 күн бұрын

    not gunna lie, ya'll killed it with matching the stones with your eyes!

  • @lamandabaucom4721
    @lamandabaucom472127 күн бұрын

    “I wonder if Matt would approve” 😂😂 I love everything about this video.

  • @trishab490
    @trishab49027 күн бұрын

    I am a member and although I don’t join many of the live content as I’m in the UK, I LOVE watching EVERYTHING!!! I’ve found so many amazing books thanks to you (House of Leaves an all time fave!) and I just love how natural you are. Love the fact you just take this in your stride. Don’t ever change!!!

  • @thisisnancybot
    @thisisnancybot26 күн бұрын

    I like the fact that you gave Dubliners a genuine read. I feel like a lot of these literature snobs end up ruining classics for folks who might otherwise enjoy them. But lets be honest, they don't actually care about recommending good books to people. They just want to feel superior.

  • @jordanhutson6962
    @jordanhutson696226 күн бұрын

    It's the unhinged manner in which you put the yaaaasified googly eyes on your books, for me. Never change, Kayla ❤ (Also, I wonder what someone would think if you donated a book with googly eyes and they picked it out... 😂)