14 Bookish things to do this Autumn

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed :)
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Frequently Asked Questions:
😇 How old are you? 23
📝 What are you studying? I am set to start my MA in English Literature at Oxford this autumn.
📚What are your favourite books? • 200 book recommendatio...
📚 Do you have a book club? Yes! You can join it here for free: fable.co/club/reading-with-th...
📝 Have you written a book? My life goal is to be a published author and make a living from writing and I am using this year to gain experience, build up a portfolio and work on a book with my agent. I have just finished the final draft of that book, as you can see in this video. I did self-publish a book about bullying when I was seventeen which is available on Amazon (amzn.to/3mdJKLm), but I'm slightly embarrassed by it now!
🎃 Do you have merch? I don't have merch in the traditional sense (I can't imagine selling something with my face or name on haha!), but I do have a stationery company where I sell planners for students. These are all designed with students in mind and follow models which I've used when planning my studying. Our products are printed in pastel colours on recycled paper: bit.ly/3wgsR85
🍵 What's your favourite tea? That's a REALLY hard one, but I think I'd have to say the B&B Chocolate Digestive Tea: bird-and-blend-tea-co.sjv.io/youwilllovethisone (affiliate link)
0:00 intro
1:45 Literary Baking
3:03 Autumn Commonplaces
3:54 Memorise a Poem
4:42 Book Mail
4:58 Book Playlist
5:16 Make a Bookish Cosy Drink
6:05 Movie Night
6:22 Read on the Train
6:52 Pinterest Boards
7:14 Write Nature Poetry at 5am
8:03 Create Bookish Outfits
9:25 Paint Book Pages
10:05 Learn The Raven
10:45 Go to an Exhibition
10:58 Outro

[@rhomlongstone9363]

My favorite Autumn thing to do is binge watching Ruby's videos.

[@mairakhan7747]

lmao yes

[@vipulmeena7395]

Exactly

[@feliciekohl6028]

couldn't agree more

[@actgirl1234567]

❤❤❤

[@smileandlivetrough8922]

PERIODDD🫂🫂🫂😭😭😭😭😭

[@the-Philomath]

Something I would recommend doing is making bookmarks, each containing something autumnal, for different books.

[@RubyGranger8]

That's a great idea!

[@GoldfinchRobin]

@@RubyGranger8 that is a good idea, bookmarks for each style of book or for an individual book if it is about Paris for example a book mark in Parisian style. That would be a great gift to make alongside a book as a gift for example.

[@sofiamorehead418]

oh, i love matching my bookmark to my book!! making different bookmarks for books you read again and again is a great idea!

[@mchlnhs]

Idea: Look up other pieces of art (music, paintings, architecture, etc.) that were published in the same year/decade as the book you're reading, to dive into the authors cultural world.

[@RubyGranger8]

YES!

[@weliveinasociety8797]

Your videos are like a warm mug of tea - so soothing and peaceful. I hope everybody has a lovely autumn!

[@RubyGranger8]

Oh that’s so lovely 🥺🤍

[@whateverbabe]

You're one of my favourite people, you inspire me so much! As an INFP this is how I want to live, enjoying the little things and noticing the small details far from materialistic pursuits and society's expectations. Sending you love Ruby ❤

[@RubyGranger8]

Ah this is such a truly lovely comment! Thank you so much

[@opheliawinfrey9501]

I respect that Ruby gives her subscribers credit where credit is due and I love this video, getting me more into the Autumnal mode 🍁

[@bethanyyuan]

Videos like this is the reason why I appreciate and cherish this community created by Ruby so much. My bookish idea is to sew a book cover for your books!

[@millieb3823]

Love this one, ive just finished a similar project where i crocheted it instead but it was so fun!

[@clearloverr]

I was following Ruby about 5 years ago, when she was making study with me videos. At that time, I was also studying for my university enterence exams. Afterwards, I stopped using that KZbin account. Today I remembered again and checked her channel. I am very happy that she has turned into a very nice and beautiful adult woman. I hope you always smile.

[@silvialogan9226]

What I really enjoy is doing baking and learning learning history in Music, Classics, and Literature.

[@halimatouati9286]

How much I love you. Even though I differ from you in language, country, and religion, I share the same character, hobbies, and even age. Also, your videos motivate me and give me positive energy. Currently, my psychological state is deteriorating. Thank you, Ruby. I am from 🇩🇿.

[@halimatouati9286]

I am from Algeria

[@glitterandducttape]

Peace to you dear one.🍁🍂🌻🕊

[@karimaessatty1168]

I hope you get better soon ! Read surat lbaqara everyday if you can .. it heals souls ..❤❤❤

[@94Ignotus]

look what ruby brought back in her videos? THE OLD CLASSY INTRO! I love it. happy tears falling. good luck on your oxford degree. fingers crossed! my favorite season is fall/autumn. we are very much alike in some areas, dear ruby. i love autumn/fall, i love tea, books. i hope you have a fantastic fall/autumn/winter this year!

[@XeniaSketchbookPages]

Autumn is a perfect time for reading, cooking and baking! That's why it is my favourite season ♥🥧

[@RubyGranger8]

isn't it just!

[@normanb207]

I enjoy watching your videos, as they do remind me of the countryside and nature in terms of the sound

[@fruiteend]

I love how your "haunted" drink is still incredibly wholesome, whereas my first thought was combining milk, tomato ketchup and soy sauce

[@RubyGranger8]

haunted doesn't have to mean cruel! Please don't tell me you tried that combo after watching this :p

[@GoldfinchRobin]

I love how these ideas for study/work/life breaks bring into them an element of adventure or of calmness.

[@RubyGranger8]

that's EXACTLY what I was going for! Kind of Jo March style, you know :)x

[@CharlotteElizabeth92]

I went to the Rossettis exhibition too! I thought the fusion of art and poetry was amazing. I've been going to lots of the same places as you, just a few weeks earlier... I've always struggled to find fellow creatives throughout my life and your videos bring comfort in the sense that there ARE people out there who appreciate the arts and all the timeless beauty they contain.

[@RubyGranger8]

it feels like we're having our own mini renaissance of the arts and crafts movement culturally - with subcultures online appreciating the act of creation and material art in reaction to overconsumption x

[@isabel.catarina]

I bought fairy lights and a salt lamp for this autumn, i am also having a flower buquet all the time in my room As an extrovert, fall and winter are especially hard, so i will try to fall back into my introspect and my introvert-self

[@crumblecrumble99]

i would LOVE literary baking vlogs with you like they would be so cozy and relaxing

[@Violet37112]

This is perfect timing! I was just looking for something to watch during a study break and this is just what I needed to keep me motivated ❤

[@booksandpicnics]

I love literary cooking and baking! Thank you for all your wonderful videos, Ruby! I hope it will a very special autumn for you this year!

[@katelewis2199]

Ruby I wanted to thank you for your videos. I struggle with very bad depression and bad anxiety, your beautiful videos ( and planner) have helped me order my days and find joy in the small moments again for the first time in three years. Thank you so much 💗

[@nanadarling06]

Hello Ruby! Fall is my favorite season! I look forward to your future content! Much love 🤎

[@user-lz4bs7sn7u]

Biking in autumn is the best

[@LemsLife]

Reading and having a baked good on the side with a hot cup of tea is heaven for me 💜 very inspiring, extra cozy video Ruby 🥰

[@RubyGranger8]

there is nothing better! And I'm pleased you liked the video :)x

[@krissyhuxley0713]

This is so lovely, I’ve been feeling really autumnal lately and this is a perfect watch! Definitely try all of these, as well as perhaps taking a picnic to a park full of trees when all the leaves have turned, have a cup of tea and read 🍂

[@kriscarv5708]

Your videos are so much fun. They create instant cozy vibes and continue to motivate me to read and study so much more than I do now. Great list also. Autumn is the best season! Followed by Winter.

[@pamerselius9438]

Take an Autumn photo of some beauty in nature. (Edit it if you like.) Then write a haiku about it and print it on the photo. Perhaps, frame it & give it. 🍁

[@opheliamiliais9996]

So much love for u..... always happy when u post❤❤

[@marcelamacedo4574]

I have been loving these videos of bookish inspired things to do. Super excited to see one of these for every season 😊

[@daniellealbaciete5875]

Thank you, Ruby!!! This was such a lovely watch. I’ve been stressed lately as I’m applying to residency this cycle but this video brought me so much excitement for the season! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us 🤍

[@laurenjonesguitar6420]

Can't wait to try these! We have a full week coming up of rainy, cold weather and I am so ready to soak it all up!

[@narjesali1757]

Autoumn and drink cosy drink and reading your favourite book with listening to harry potter music Literally perfect feeling ! Love you ruby from iraq

[@carolsmith9478]

I love hearing you read books that I have read before because you see things in new ways I never thought of.

[@user-pz6bm2rk7e]

Love when you upload , it motivates me x

[@aaditasinghchauhan8650]

Yay!! An autumnal video... hehe, so glad, love it !🍁❤

[@Lisakaylindsay256]

Love these! Love your videos! Thanks for sharing!

[@user-fw7lf3ry6v]

Ruby's truly bloomed as a person. She was, of course, always wonderful but she has a new radiance and ease about her now

[@TyataBreathes]

my favorite is learning card tricks through magic books

[@penultimateh766]

Nobody appreciates autumn and books like our Ruby. And as always her big blue eyes can't be beat!

[@feliciekohl6028]

what a lovely video! got so excited to see that you uploaded again after a long day at work

[@astrotitch9650]

I did not expect to see my old place of work in this, I'm so glad you enjoyed the railway!

[@anastasiapetrusenko3994]

I love your videos so much! 😍 All of them are filled with love and inspiration in every moment 🍂🕰️ You inspire me to read more, to enjoy autumn more and listen to your heart 🤎

[@RubyGranger8]

oh my word, this is such a lovely comment! thank you! x

[@smalldreamarts]

Read the first chapter of a book while sitting beneath a tree or next to the bark of the tree. 🦋

[@Christinebthanroses_]

Thank you for sharing, Ruby ❤ I love the idea of writing quotes in a small notebook.

[@luisareis1824]

Her videos are like a breath fresh of air 🌸🤍

[@sumi3410]

My recommendation is going on a walk early morning, picking fallen leaves and flowers, drying them and using them as bookmarks, while some you can use as a reference to write a small ppoem or haiku, and send it to your loved ones

[@marieinabersh]

Thank you Ruby for inspiration 🍂

[@mhairiallen2304]

You could also make a library for the neighbourhood do you live and leave books for people to read, especially your favourite books

[@coolcucumberz]

Such a big fan of yours recently

[@Coffee_Is_Life_2010]

i love autumn, and your videos

[@UnsightlyThinker]

Ooh ‘The Raven’ is one of my favourite poems! Amazing suggestion

[@mayaraheb4797]

I love the idea of having a commonplace book! I do use one, not a cute little moleskin one haha (although that is on my list of things to get at some point!), I have a few cheap notepads from the Dollar Store. I always keep one in my bag (with some stickers too, just in case!) to use for poetry writing, informative notes, little messages, and mini journal entries, among other things.

[@lewlavabra6811]

love the way you recited Poe's "the raven" ! it sounds like slam poetry !

[@beckyivy]

collecting the leafs and writing the favourite book names on them.. i felt it could be an idea.

[@FIOCCOCOCKATOO]

Happy Autumny things to everyone ❤ cozy and creative

[@MillieMcDonald]

Thank you for a lovely video Ruby! I study History and particularly adore Early Modern Britain, and the Regency Era! I love to find something really obscure like Torch Snuffers in London and Edinburgh and research and read all about them, particularly the tiny details of life!! ✨🎩xx

[@RubyGranger8]

Oh this is SUCH a good one! Thank you for sharing!

[@MillieMcDonald]

Thank you, I love doing this!! xx

[@glitterandducttape]

I love this idea. I'm going to try that. I studied history too at school and still do. Happy autumn to you!🍂🍁🌻

[@almahanbali7341]

I love history 💞💞

[@carolynfettes1785]

Fabuous Ruby. You are a total inspiration. Sending dreams from Australia.

[@juliaserafiina]

I absolutely loved this video🧡🍁

[@tofucat8141]

this is such a pretty video, there are so many shots where I really wanted to paint whatever was going on! for a moment in the booklook section you looked so much like Elle Fanning that I actually gasped and had to go back and rewatch it 😅

[@gabriellacannon]

This is such a lovely video. My suggestion is to go to a poetry reading or see a play adaptation of a book you've enjoyed.

[@melanie98d]

I read The Raven out loud this morning. It was entirely too much fun!😊

[@heartforsale5393]

You can write letters from the perspective of famous book characters and hide them where fans of those books might find them. Also build props and things from your favourite books.

[@leehyunzar1]

My fav Vlog!!!

[@go_eat_tangerines]

You made me grin so much when you made an outfit for the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! I loved that book and I think you captured the essence perfectly

[@iterumm]

i read on the train this morning

[@ilovemycatspaws]

We can clearly that you like autumn alot!❤❤😊

[@maddietighe5881]

From the US: Play a live Nature Cam and when you look up from your book you might see a really neat animal doing something. In the US during October, there is something called Fat Bear Week and grizzly bears eat and eat and eat while they get ready for hibernation.

[@oliviaelizabethball]

Love this video!! 🕯

[@ianmurphy9955]

I 'cosied up' today it felt great. Taken to reading classics too, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn too really enjoyed them both I hadn't read them for an age so it was great, catching up with your videos too before journalling for the night

[@guggu8293]

I get the train every day to school. For the last week I’ve been contemplating if I should just ditch my friends, and get the train on my own with my earbuds plugged in and reading my book with a hot chocolate in my hand. 😂❤

[@Westly.3]

Hehe a bookish thing to do in Autumn - watch a Ruby Granger video, of course! - as you're one of my favourite KZbinrs who's both an introvert and loves books just like me! There is no better way to spend a cosy autumn day imo. 😊

[@Lucy-nj9vx]

Thanks for this lovely video❤

[@user-kx2ou3lv8y]

Love youuuu and your content ❤❤❤❤❤

[@JudeDuarte-ip7re]

Cozy and autumnal drink recipe 🍂 ☕️ 🤎 - 1 mug of milk (I use oat milk, but pretty much any type will work) - 1 teaspoon of brown sugar - some ground nutmeg - some of cinnamon - Coffee (if you like to drink it) or hot chocolate powder To make the drink, you add the brown sugar to the milk. Then, warm up the mixture for a minute in the microwave. Add your coffee (or your cocoa powder), then sprinkle a bit of cinnamon and ground nutmeg on top! Enjoy! 🤎

[@RubyGranger8]

ooh that sounds so good!

[@avenginggoddess]

Beautiful video full of wonderful ideas!

[@MariaMedeiros]

My favourite thing to do In autumn 🍂 is go apple picking, pick pumpkins and also buy some mums for the front of the house. I love to collect leaves and press them and also paint in nature. I love to photograph autumnal colours and autumn picnics are super amazing. I definitely need to memorize a poem. I wonder which Shakespearean sonnet has the most autumn 🍂 feel? 😊lovely and inspirational video as always. Thank you ❤

[@PromisingPod]

Literary baking is a very interesting concept. It reminds of when people read excerpts of The Iliad, when they are actually at the site of Troy. I would consider maybe doing the reverse. Try a writing exercise where you go somewhere that is autumnally-inspiring and start writing some descriptions of what you feel. As you practice doing this in different locations, you'll learn to better capture in words the mood of different places. Something that perhaps is different than just sitting at home and writing through imagination, because being on site and on location might give you deeper insights into the proper scale of things. You can also become aware of what stands out as more noisy and what stands out as more softly resonating in the background of your surroundings.

[@RubyGranger8]

I LOVE this idea! I will definitely be doing this :)x

[@nanixxx1157]

Build your own cozy booknook out of cardboard! Its really easy

[@larrymilliken288]

Ah, Christina Rossetti Emily Dickinson, two of my favorite poets; both wrote a poem called Autumn. Here's ED's version. The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

I learned about the Rosettis in a couple of my Victorian lit courses. Makes me wanna research the family some more, just for the fun of it 😅

[@markwilliamson9140]

Do you know what Ruby. I would love to meet you and pick your brain over a cup of coffee and discuss writing stuff. Be such a thrill. You are such a delight. 😊

[@SeerOfTime577]

Lovely ideas! ❤

[@ManuelDornbusch]

Hello Ruby December is starting, and a long vacation is starting for me next week. Technically not the autumn activity anymore, because snow is already dusting very lightly like sprinkled sugar Learning the Raven is SUCH a good idea. Basically a no-brainer. Shall do that. Paint bookpages... oh you mean PAINT ON? My heart... I shall do it on other paper The nature poetry sounds good and I have just the forest rim in mind, but shall move the time to sunrise I read on the train all the time on the one day a week, where I commute to work. Movie nights are good. I have queued up Hamlet, Much ado..., Frankenstein (Don't blame me. Once you have one Brannagh movie on your mind, you can hear the voices of the others) Memorise a poem. I am currently in the Shakespeare sonnet phase. Shall look if there are a few seasonal Anyways, thanks for sharing your list

[@BeautifulSyrena]

Your outfit in this video reminded me to Jo march (from the newest adaptation) so cute!

[@RubyGranger8]

Thta's exactly what I was going for!

[@BeautifulSyrena]

@@RubyGranger8 No way! I love you even more for that!😭🤍

[@idolivercampos]

Merci beaucoup pour tut !!!

[@julesspeare]

there’s no autumn where I live but these ideas are so cute I might do some of them anyway

[@RubyGranger8]

you should! Where are you from? That's so sad you don't have autumn :(x

[@julesspeare]

@@RubyGranger8 I don’t have any season but summer haha I live in the northern part of brazil, too close to the equator line (but I enjoy your content all year 💗)

[@Elcanaldelachini13]

Los voy a tener en cuenta para esta época del año (ya que ahora estamos en otoño)

[@markwilliamson9140]

My goal for this autumn is to read all of my unread books that are on my bookshelf. There's quite a lot of books that I've brought, that I haven't read. It might take me longer than the rest of this year. Cuz I'm a slow reader. I'm not as fast as you Ruby. Don't know how you get through books so quick.

[@shadowdancingpoetry]

My favourite Autumnal activity is knitting! There is nothing like wearing a cosy item that you made yourself. It's not really bookish, but I remember Hermione knitted a lot in the HP books, didn't she? And I strongly agree with what you said about memorising poetry. I love the anthology of poems I've started building up in my head! 😊

[@RubyGranger8]

I love that you knit! What was the last thing you made? I honestly don't have the coordination for knitting, though I've tried many times haha! And I think it counts as bookish ;)

[@shadowdancingpoetry]

​@@RubyGranger8 Thanks! The last thing I knitted was a pair of socks (actually the pattern is called 'Hermione's Everyday Socks') in a lovely, purple variegated yarn by LITLG. You should try knitting again! I know what you mean about the coordination: it took me a while to learn as well, but if you keep trying every now and again, you'll find that the skill grows subconsciously, especially when you're not looking! I find that doing something creative with my hands really helps the analytical side of my brain. If you're ever interested, I could send you some easy patterns (I am a veritable font of patterns as I spend a good deal of time looking at patterns on Ravelry 🙃).

[@fegrace_1]

Ruby, I want to thank you for sharing this video. To be quite honest, I have never been interested in Frankenstein, and I still can’t say that I am, maybe one day I will read it. But, I am absolutely fascinated in the life, background, and the motivation of people that works that have withstood there test of time. I had had never heard of the movie Mary Shelley until your video and it was good. More importantly I want to spend some time reading about her and other classic women authors that pushed passed the obstacles in their live’s, culture, and period to write and share their works. I want to thank you for sharing this video. Suggestion: Maybe consider doing a video focused on classic women authors. I know that you have mentioned a handful of women writer but I would love to hear what you have to say about some others that aren’t often mentioned maybe because of scandal or literary politics.

[@pamelamanilla143]

Me and my friends share books, we put little annotations, everyone with a designated color and it is so fun, we call it co-reading

[@Autumn-yr8nu]

omg i love that :)

[@Missfrankiecat]

I definitely appreciated the idea for using beetroot powder as I have a jar and no idea what to do with it!

[@Aigra]

Just use it as food coloring. Think blood red pumpkin soup for Halloween or pink risotto.

[@shonamara4544]

I would long to read on a train but I would definitely be sick!

[@nattynoodlenutkin]

Your Villains look was so fun!

[@RubyGranger8]

ahh thank you!

[@_imres]

no but listen here the moment in the video where she's showing off her if we were villains inspired outfit - love it btw - she literally looks like elle fanning

[@RubyGranger8]

ahhhh you flatter me haha!

[@Fontomia]

loved your reading of the Raven, would like to hear you say the whole poem and do more readings 🪶📜

[@RubyGranger8]

I actually did a reading of the poem last year in Massachusetts on Halloween: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4ayYoOvbtdjgZI

[@Fontomia]

@@RubyGranger8 A delight to listen to and watch🖤🕯️totally here for more similar content

[@racheldemain1940]

West Gallery music while reading Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree.

[@saphirewilliams]

You're so pretty💗💗💗💗💗

[@olivercoulthard5468]

Learn how bind a book!!

[@robinslillibrary]

I love your videos

[@judithhu2336]

Ruby, would you share with us where your pumpkin sheets are from? They are lovely! 🎃 So was this video, thanks for all your work you put into making these☺️

[@RubyGranger8]

they're from Asda! and you're so welcome! x