I Went Book Shopping at Barnes and Noble... LET'S DO A MASSIVE BOOK HAUL!!!

Ойын-сауық

Thank you so much Book of the Month for sponsoring today's video!
Use the code "BREEZE" to get your first book box for just 9.99!
www.bookofthemonth.com/?...
_____________________________________________
Hi friends and thanks for stopping by!
QOTD: Paperback or Hardcover books??
And also a big thanks to HarperCollins and Shelf Stuff for sending me the following middle grades:
✨ Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix
✨ Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
✨ Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
✨ Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert
✨ Medusa by Katherine Marsh
🦊Want more content? Check out my patreon: / alexandraroselyn
❤️ And the biggest THANK YOU EVER to my incredible Executive Producers of this video! Your support means the world to me❤️
✨ Alicia ✨ Amanda P.✨Amanda W. ✨ Amy F✨ Ana H✨ Autumn✨ Brianna✨ Bryn C.✨ CeCe D.✨Christina L✨ Christine T.✨ Christopher H.✨ Destiny✨ Elizabeth ✨ Erin ✨ Evelyn M✨Flor G ✨Franziska S.✨ Jackie✨ Janessa✨Jennifer✨ Jessie✨Julia Z✨ Kaitlyn P✨ Katherine✨ Kendall A.✨ Lauren C.✨ M Benz✨ Mariah N.✨ Marina✨ Mary N✨ Meg The Pirate✨ Melinda✨Melissa✨ Miranda M✨Moriah O.✨ Nancy H.✨ Nicole D✨ Nicole L.✨ NormalNotIncluded ✨ Paige T✨ Patricia✨ Riley P.✨ Rose B.✨Ryan T✨Sassicb✨ Savannah ✨Shelley B.✨Simon S✨ Tammy✨ Tammy C✨ Veronica S✨ Vicki S.✨
_______________________________________________________________________
✨Where can you find me?✨
Instagram: @ Alexandra_Roselyn
Goodreads:
/ alexandra-roselyn
____________________

Пікірлер: 211

  • @moonbookandmirror
    @moonbookandmirror20 күн бұрын

    I will always grab a paperback over a hardcover. There's something so satisfying about holding a paperback book in your hands.

  • @tc8404

    @tc8404

    20 күн бұрын

    Me too LOVE paperback

  • @karic.1743

    @karic.1743

    20 күн бұрын

    Same! Love them even more when they’re floppy and they lay open haha

  • @tc8404

    @tc8404

    19 күн бұрын

    @@karic.1743 so agree, those are the best. One paper back I just finished, didn’t like would hardly open, so def didn’t STAY open and it bugged me alllll the way thru the book, I know it’s a silly thing to be bugged about BUT It did lol

  • @moonbookandmirror

    @moonbookandmirror

    19 күн бұрын

    @@tc8404 the reading experience is the best part! If a paperback is too small and chunky it never stays open and it feels like a disappointing experience. I totally get it lol

  • @danat3961
    @danat396120 күн бұрын

    I have been binging your videos .. especially the fall ones. Does anyone else want to ffwd summer and jump right into fall?

  • @JulEnglefaris

    @JulEnglefaris

    19 күн бұрын

    I usually love summer but I am over the heat and the bugs already 😂

  • @danat3961

    @danat3961

    19 күн бұрын

    @@JulEnglefaris I live in a very old home with minimal insulation…. I am never into summer 😂

  • @badandbookiee9081

    @badandbookiee9081

    18 күн бұрын

    Fall is my fave time of the year and Lexi has the best fall content and book recs

  • @ReaderandWriter.

    @ReaderandWriter.

    18 күн бұрын

    My mind is in Fall. I'll be reading summery books till the middle of July and then the books where it's going into the school year, the start of fall.

  • @donnawinters3587

    @donnawinters3587

    18 күн бұрын

    NO! Summer is the best and I don't even have a/c

  • @HeatherNewsome
    @HeatherNewsome20 күн бұрын

    I love the look of hardcover, but I want to snuggle up and read a paperback.

  • @aamnahere6250
    @aamnahere625020 күн бұрын

    I love seeing you posting more frequently. You're such a breath of fresh air with positive energy that watching your videos always relaxes my spirit and makes me smile. On top of that, it's a book haul which is perfect because I love to find out about different types of books from hauls and recommendations.

  • @strawberrylime33

    @strawberrylime33

    20 күн бұрын

    She should bottle up her energy + positivity and sell it! She'd make a fortune 😆😊

  • @aamnahere6250

    @aamnahere6250

    19 күн бұрын

    @@strawberrylime33 Definitely! It's such an authentically positive and joyful energy as well.

  • @libbyandbrianbundrick3270
    @libbyandbrianbundrick327019 күн бұрын

    I love floppy paperbacks for holding and reading, and hardbacks for sitting in a coffee shop and annotating. ☺️

  • @breannachambers2675
    @breannachambers267519 күн бұрын

    Hardcover on my shelves and a paperback in my hands 😊

  • @margaretwallach7200

    @margaretwallach7200

    16 күн бұрын

    Perfect answer!....Same

  • @LexieMoon321
    @LexieMoon32120 күн бұрын

    I love both for different reasons! Paperbacks are so easy to travel with and so convenient to have but DANG nothing beats the aesthetic of hardbacks on a shelf together.

  • @TheGardenBindery
    @TheGardenBindery20 күн бұрын

    I love hardbacks rn, especially with all of the art customizations that you see on things like fairyloot books

  • @stefanienordstrom6750
    @stefanienordstrom675020 күн бұрын

    Paperback!! I used to think that was an unpopular opinion, but I am happy to see I am in good company! 🦊

  • @olgapikul3328
    @olgapikul332820 күн бұрын

    I'd prefer a ghost over a human in my house too! Mostly for introvert reasons :)

  • @vivien681
    @vivien68119 күн бұрын

    I’m a hardback fan. I hate the idea of breaking the spine on paperbacks 😂. There’s something special about hardbacks ❤ can’t explain it lol

  • @goldeemabulay9052
    @goldeemabulay905220 күн бұрын

    I think I'm in the minority because most of my friends prefer hardback but I looove paperback more 😁 It's just easier to handle and saves lots of space. Another book haul! Yey! To add to the list of the ever growing to buy list in the future. 😂

  • @lauraa1345
    @lauraa134520 күн бұрын

    When I was younger I preferred hardcovers but now at the age of 23 I go for paperbacks (also because they're a lot cheaper)☺️

  • @valeriaandrea28
    @valeriaandrea2816 күн бұрын

    Dating in 2014 for me is staying home all day every day, reading and playing with my cats, while occasionally going to Target and the bookstore. i.e I've given up

  • @alexandraroselyn

    @alexandraroselyn

    16 күн бұрын

    Omg we’re on the same dating plan!! 😂

  • @HanaMar3i
    @HanaMar3i19 күн бұрын

    I don’t comment too often but I needed you to know I audibly laughed when you said “horror” and then pointed to us as if to say “see?”

  • @munajedski
    @munajedski20 күн бұрын

    The cover of The Husbands matches your shirt 💙🩵💜🩷 Paperback!

  • @evix.9888
    @evix.988818 күн бұрын

    Lexi you NEED to complete the good girl's guide to murder trilogy the third book is WILD 😱👏🏼

  • @applemelaine4989
    @applemelaine498918 күн бұрын

    i used to only own hardbacks but aside from being soooo expensive, i realized that the weight makes me too lazy to even grab a book and bring it in my bag. I'm obsessed with paperbacks now i feel like a true literature lover 😂😂😂😂

  • @udishaverma7862
    @udishaverma786219 күн бұрын

    I like both paperback and hardcover and ebook, and all of them. Usually, it just depends on the book, maybe its just me, but i feel like some books have a hardbook vibe, some have a paperback vibe, and some just have ebook vibe, idk if i make sense 😂 but this is how it be, for example, i will buy Tress of the emerald in hardback, and buy ready player one in paperback, idk.

  • @rachaeljackson3759
    @rachaeljackson375913 күн бұрын

    I’m definitely a hardcover fan! I feel like they are better quality and last longer. Also, I use a book light and there is nothing more annoying than attaching a book light on a floppy little paperback 😂

  • @roxannejoncas
    @roxannejoncas19 күн бұрын

    Paperback all the way, and not the huge or tiny ones. The size of your Amari edition is perfect.

  • @jessicaprenovost4478
    @jessicaprenovost447816 күн бұрын

    Same! I much preferred hardcover when I was younger and now that I’m older I tend to gravitate towards paperbacks.

  • @KatieReadsKoziesAndMore
    @KatieReadsKoziesAndMore16 күн бұрын

    Paperbacks were my favorite. But I hold onto them so tightly that my joints always feel arthritic. Now, audio and ebooks (hands-free with a floor stand) are all that I buy. I do purchase hardbacks when I’m going to meet an author and get their autograph.

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm19 күн бұрын

    Okay stop, I’m obsessed with your little rainbow outfit!!!!

  • @jasminehuddy1547
    @jasminehuddy154710 күн бұрын

    Lightfall series is my absolute favourite graphic novels! You will LOVE them.

  • @butterfly-angel25
    @butterfly-angel2520 күн бұрын

    I really enjoy reading paperback books.

  • @emilisse
    @emilisse20 күн бұрын

    Also guys Medusa The Myth of Monsters is $1.99 on kindle. Great price 😊

  • @WaterBearReads
    @WaterBearReads20 күн бұрын

    Hi Lexi...I adore your outfit! So cute! Lightfall sounds amazing....oooh that version of The Familiar looks AMAZING.💜 📚💛

  • @MamallamaAG
    @MamallamaAG17 күн бұрын

    I absolutely LOVED Looking Glass Sound! It creeped me out in the best way possible.

  • @Bhobrough
    @Bhobrough18 күн бұрын

    Paperback over hardcover all day long!!! Unless it’s a book I am completely obsessed with and I love the hardcover print more than the paperback!

  • @bethanygreenwood8259
    @bethanygreenwood825919 күн бұрын

    A frolic through fiction's review is just so SPOT ON!! 🤣 It describes the books, but I feel like that sums up what I like to read in the summer too 😆

  • @goodmornindreamer
    @goodmornindreamer19 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperback when it comes to reading. But if I want to collect special editions then I will get the hardback instead

  • @laurafratangelo1815
    @laurafratangelo181520 күн бұрын

    Paperback. They just SMELL better! 😂

  • @elisabarfuss3358
    @elisabarfuss335820 күн бұрын

    Girl, you are amazing! I hope you and everyone on here have an amazing summer!!

  • @ParadoxKismet
    @ParadoxKismet19 күн бұрын

    I like reading a paperback more. It's not as awkward. I don't feel like I have to be as careful. But I often (though not always) like the look of hardbacks on the shelf. I have a mix on all my shelves. Death Valley sounds so intriguing and might would be a cover buy. The same with The Husbands. The cover of Worry might completely sell it to me. Thanks!

  • @lauraa1345
    @lauraa134520 күн бұрын

    Oh I love book haul videos! Can't wait to find out which treasures you got🥰

  • @amandameyer-smith5452
    @amandameyer-smith545219 күн бұрын

    I prefer hardback to paperback. Feels better in my hands but I take off the dust jacket while I'm reading.

  • @kelessiiereads
    @kelessiiereads19 күн бұрын

    I used to be torn between hardback vs paperback but now I’m leaning towards paperback 💕 I love popping a book into my tote bag and having it on hand everywhere I go!

  • @vintagejudie_
    @vintagejudie_20 күн бұрын

    I like paperback usually but a hardback when at a cafe because they can stay open on the table without holding it 😍

  • @giselaperez6746
    @giselaperez674619 күн бұрын

    Hardcover lover here🙌📚

  • @monicamoskovics8686
    @monicamoskovics868615 күн бұрын

    Lightfall is beautiful and a lovely read! Loved Abby Jimenez's "Just for the Summer," I wouldn't call it light though.

  • @lindareynolds2547
    @lindareynolds254712 күн бұрын

    Please read Kill for Me Kill for You. The whole book is a roller coaster ride. The ending is fabulous.

  • @seraphyna07
    @seraphyna0720 күн бұрын

    I read 100% from the library so I pretty much only read hardbacks - and I don't know what it is either, but I love reading romance on my kobo too! Also, The Familiar isn't about vampires....sorry to say.

  • @ashleighbrooke7924
    @ashleighbrooke792419 күн бұрын

    Paperbacks are my new favorite!

  • @elizabethb4998
    @elizabethb499820 күн бұрын

    You should read the Emma M Lion series, it’s on Kindle Unlimited. It is clever, laugh out loud funny, physical comedy, and full of so much heart. The first book sets up the story for the rest of the books. Everyone I have recommended this to have LOVED it. Do it, you won’t regret it!

  • @michelled.3849
    @michelled.384920 күн бұрын

    Paperback. I love the way they feel in my hands 😊

  • @aerisnaomi8057
    @aerisnaomi805720 күн бұрын

    paperback ftw!! its so easy to hold and carry around

  • @dianafarmer9736
    @dianafarmer973620 күн бұрын

    paperback is my preferred choice.

  • @mysticphoenixreads
    @mysticphoenixreads19 күн бұрын

    Hardcover & Special Edition for my home library. Paperback for travel/portability.

  • @Lillyjoy
    @Lillyjoy20 күн бұрын

    I love the Lightfall series by Tim Probert!! The art is so stunning and the characters are so loveable

  • @abbybarger7656
    @abbybarger765615 күн бұрын

    I looove Melissa broder. And I really want to read looking glass sound !

  • @ilovemana143
    @ilovemana14319 күн бұрын

    I like hardcovers on books that are more than 450 pages. But less pages than that, I don’t mind a paperback 😊

  • @safiamanal
    @safiamanal20 күн бұрын

    Ahhhh you are an incredible reader! I loved my lovely wife thank you so much for recommending! I did buddy read with my bestie and we had a hell lot of fun 😄💗

  • @alexandraroselyn

    @alexandraroselyn

    20 күн бұрын

    omg I love hearing that!!!! Yay!!!

  • @AmyB913
    @AmyB91319 күн бұрын

    Physical book over anything is my preference. I’m into hardbacks rn. If it’s chunky, paperback or kindle.

  • @typhoonpilot2457
    @typhoonpilot245718 күн бұрын

    I really recommend 'Moscow X' by David McCloskey and 'Alice' by Christina Henry they are great books. Moscow X is a brilliant espionage thriller and Alice is a much darker twist on Alice in wonderland.

  • @donnawinters3587
    @donnawinters358718 күн бұрын

    I have a fantasy life in my head where I'm always traveling. In reality, I'm not, but I will always go for the paperback -just in case-

  • @bibliochemist1623
    @bibliochemist162319 күн бұрын

    Medusa was incredible! I think you're gonna love it!!

  • @bookstaglamkira
    @bookstaglamkira20 күн бұрын

    Yay Middle Grade book recs!

  • @isabellajohnson956
    @isabellajohnson95617 күн бұрын

    I love paperbacks! I just read European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss (book 2 of the Athena Club Trilogy) in paperback and it was over 700 pages. But I didn’t have to crack the spine, it was perfect

  • @emilisse
    @emilisse20 күн бұрын

    Oh, I was ready for this book haul and I wrote a few of the ones in your book haul and I’m going to purchase them in five minutes lol.

  • @katewillread1509
    @katewillread150918 күн бұрын

    Lexi! I don’t do gory or scary horror at all ever and I loved Motherthing. It’s hilarious! I think you will like it 😀

  • @melissazanni4833
    @melissazanni483319 күн бұрын

    I exclusively read romance on my kindle. Not sure what it is, but I love it! ❤

  • @mcvickers7
    @mcvickers714 күн бұрын

    I just love your haul videos! I prefer paperback books too!

  • @bujobyfilo
    @bujobyfilo16 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperbacks to take with me, and hardcover for my shelves lol so in general I go for paperbacks

  • @rebeccaalcantar957
    @rebeccaalcantar95719 күн бұрын

    I always prefer paperbacks. And if it's floppy I am in heaven 😊

  • @snamorsixteen
    @snamorsixteen20 күн бұрын

    Love a big book haul! Thank you :)

  • @kellitreads
    @kellitreads9 күн бұрын

    Added practically all of your “weird girl” literary fiction to my cart. I really liked Animal - and have been looking for more odd stuff like that!!

  • @christina8418
    @christina841820 күн бұрын

    Just for the Summer ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @moirariley2610
    @moirariley261019 күн бұрын

    I like holding the hard back but I tend to buy/wait for paper b/c cheaper.

  • @BrittanyBWrites
    @BrittanyBWrites19 күн бұрын

    I wanna say both, but paperback for sure.

  • @amanda6568
    @amanda656820 күн бұрын

    Paperback girlie here as well! Hardcovers are too uncomfortable to hold for very long.

  • @87kmh
    @87kmh19 күн бұрын

    The Lightfall series is one of my favorites! :) It's like a saga that reminds me of Terry Pratchett, the Dark Crystal, mixed with mythological elements. :)

  • @inhabitantofearth
    @inhabitantofearth20 күн бұрын

    I like paperbacks because sometimes hardcovers have a flimsy cover and it slips and sides, which is annoying. I feel like paperbacks are more convenient because they tend to be smaller and easier to hold in my hands.

  • @dearlyintrovert670
    @dearlyintrovert67020 күн бұрын

    I LOVE the comfort and ease of a paperback, but my one qualm with it is that I haaaate how quickly they get worn. So for durability’a sake, I tend to buy hardcovers for my home library

  • @tammytassin260
    @tammytassin26020 күн бұрын

    I go based on the covers on which I prefer. I think usually it's hard cover

  • @VinaMusser
    @VinaMusser20 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperback especially if I want to just have a reading day where I snuggle up with a blanket and some sort of drink and just get cozy and read.

  • @jamieelizabeth2954
    @jamieelizabeth295420 күн бұрын

    I am a paperback girlie. I love folding the book over as I go. (I know that's an ick for some people but for me it's so satisfying.)

  • @mandymahoney9993
    @mandymahoney999320 күн бұрын

    Love your video Lexi! Just so you know, The Famililar isn’t about vampires 😢 I wish it was!

  • @mollypopplewell1655
    @mollypopplewell165520 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperbacks as they are much easier to carry in my bag! But I do like hardcover books too! Also I had no idea there was a prequel to the school for good and evil!!! That's really excited me!! 😲🥳

  • @mjanuary68
    @mjanuary6820 күн бұрын

    definitely paperbacks 😊

  • @anautisticreader2963
    @anautisticreader296320 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperback for a few reasons. I find they are easier to hold as I get older. They usually cost less than the hardbacks. Plus, I find they take up less space than the hardbacks. Meaning more space for more books. 😀😀

  • @joannagomes3038
    @joannagomes303820 күн бұрын

    I am team paperback! Hardcovers are beautiful but paperbacks are so much easier to hold while reading!

  • @andreamayogarcia4238
    @andreamayogarcia423820 күн бұрын

    when we lost our heads its just delightfull

  • @Valiphoto
    @Valiphoto16 күн бұрын

    Paper back for sure! I don’t like ruining the paper cover lmao

  • @mymindfullife7554
    @mymindfullife755420 күн бұрын

    Ooohhh I love Rouge!!!! 5 ✨ from me. Also loved those 2 romances last month. Great book haul 📚❤❤❤

  • @pamelakibildis1177
    @pamelakibildis117720 күн бұрын

    Great Video Lexi and honestly I like both versions paperback and hard cover but if I have to choose I would go for hardcover All The Way 📚😊 Happy Reading 📖🙂

  • @judycollins3215
    @judycollins321520 күн бұрын

    I love a paperback over hardcover 😊 ❤

  • @jackiesliterarycorner
    @jackiesliterarycorner19 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperbacks, but if it's a small book I don't mind a hardback. Hardback aesthetics are pleasing to look at.

  • @Nicolelynnn
    @Nicolelynnn19 күн бұрын

    Lexi I would love to see you read horror for 24 hours (not in a row) or for a week. I loved your spooky hotel Stephen King video so much and I think horror for summerween would be great!!

  • @kathleensmith
    @kathleensmith20 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperback when actively reading a book. They are not as heavy, for the most part. I also read a lot of classics and do a lot of annotating in the book. If I really like a book I may buy it again in hardcover- maybe. I love your excitement about the books! 😮

  • @Gracieroseyxox
    @Gracieroseyxox19 күн бұрын

    I love paperbacks so much 😊

  • @jasmineduffer3424
    @jasmineduffer342420 күн бұрын

    I’m loving all the weird girl fiction rec😂❤

  • @mlleChesca
    @mlleChesca20 күн бұрын

    AHHHHHH keep em content comiiiin hihi ✨💃🏻☀️

  • @MissSnow
    @MissSnow20 күн бұрын

    I love Hardcovers

  • @Books_on_the_Brain
    @Books_on_the_Brain20 күн бұрын

    Paperbacks unless the cover is exceptionally beautiful, then I feel like I need it in hardcover. Books and Lala just gave a great review for How to Become a Dark Lord, I'm grabbing that one up asap, it sounds so fun!

  • @brittanyarmstrong
    @brittanyarmstrong20 күн бұрын

    I prefer paperback

  • @corallie7746
    @corallie774620 күн бұрын

    4:34 I’m a paperback girlie, I just find them more comfortable to hold over longer periods of time

  • @rebeccaodonnell3358
    @rebeccaodonnell335817 күн бұрын

    Love a floppy paperback

  • @strawberrylime33
    @strawberrylime3320 күн бұрын

    Paperback!! In Memoriam by Alice Wynn sounds tragic and romantic!!🥰😄😍

  • @witchymallow6199
    @witchymallow619920 күн бұрын

    I just read “The Last House on Needless Street” by Catriona Ward! I would 100% recommend it to you Lexi, especially if you like unreliable narration in thrillers. You literally have to piece together clues to figure out what is actually happening, and you don’t really find out until the last 50 pages. I had a wild time reading 😂

Келесі