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[@emmmabooks]

i act out books as i read too! i make A TON of facial expressions and when i'm in public i'm like "EMMA YOU CAN'T DO THAT" i wish my local library was nicer so i could spend sooo much more time there BATHTUB READING HATERS CAN BYE I WILL SEE YOU AT BEA

[@readbyzoe]

Thanks for commenting and letting me know that I'm not alone in my weirdness! We are ALL weird in a great way ;D

[@mollyweaver6424]

Don't worry I act out books too

[@jocelyngray1876]

I act them out to

[@nomdeplume1358]

Embrace the weird...lol...a weird habit I have is copying the facial expressiona of the characters if it says "he frowned" I just frown or she "he scowled at him" I will scowl and if I really like a line...like that one from Throne of Glass "I am Celaena Sardothien but I doesn't matter if you call me Celaena or Lilian or bitch I will still beat you anyway." I will say out loud lots of times and that line also from Throne Of Glass "Next time give me real men to fight and maybe I'll bother trying." my mum caught me once and she was like..."has my son lost his mind. Lol...and when I first read Throne of Glass when I was like 11 I wanted to become an assassin so I took I really big knife and started slicing things. Fast forward 4 years and I still slice things -preferably watermelons- with big knives. It's like fruit ninja but in real life and cooler. And when I read I like to eat candy...preferably jelly tots, jelly beans or wine gums and I like coffee with coconut creamer and sponge cake and also fruit salad. Basically depends on what day it is.

[@nomdeplume1358]

+Sophia Li *virtual high five* lol...we all do.

[@roylindsey7030]

Yeah, I can relate to the keep you hands off my books and anything else like water, coke or spaghetti :) Harry Potter was a favorite of mine but I like mystery/sci-fi/intrigue so for that I recommend Dean Koontz (the master story teller) and if you like a little history mixed with your spy/espionage Clive Cussler is also great. Sadly, my reading has been reduced to the occasional audio book. I know but I also have a problem getting distracted too easily and I'm trying to write my own novels and I kinda feel like if I listen or read other authors while writing I might steal an idea or the name of a character or something, I don't know, it's weird. Zoe, you said you cast yourself as a character but do you hear a different voice for each character in your head when you read? I do that and I've been called weird for it. Love the videos keep it up!

[@phoebebrxwn]

I was kind of concerned when I heard you say that you eat goldfish, up until I realised that was probably just some American snack and not, you know, an actual fish!

[@honestbookclub2724]

+Phoebe Brown I haven't laughed this hard in, like, a week. You're my favorite person ever, Phoebe. I'm only just now realizing how strange this would sound to a non-US resident.

[@aashleyk78]

😂😂

[@RhiannaVarney]

+Phoebe Brown Haha, I thought the same thing :)

[@nomdeplume1358]

+readbyzoe hahahahajahah!! I just imagined you stuffing your mouth with Gold Fish and hahahaha! lol

[@briek9482]

Something crunchy 😂😂😂😂

[@hollyanngardner4877]

I thought I was the only one who spoke book lines out loud!!😂👌🏼

[@user-io2zh6cn4k]

Tanvi Krishnakumar Well hello random shadowhunter!

[@naire_bear_5192]

SAME!

[@rouxxxxxxx]

Hollyann Gardner SAMEEE😂😂

[@salsensou1478]

same here 😂😂😂

[@jessiethenerd3539]

Hollyann Gardner SAME!!!!!

[@sophieluvsbooks2629]

Another thing: Back in preschool I didn't like naptime. But now as a freshmen in HS I WOULD REALLY LIKE NAPTIME BACK.

[@bridgidthepirateelf4135]

#1 is so me. I'm an actress so. It's just fun.

[@emq1455]

Same same same! I only enjoy reading through that strange method

[@goldfish_anya]

same!! :)

[@jessiethenerd3539]

Bridgid Frost same here

[@ellizabethmora4608]

same!!!!!!

[@brianhaynsworth1169]

Same but only the dialogue of certain charcters

[@readbycharlie6382]

THE FIRST ONE. I DO THE SAME THING!!! I love reading dialogue aloud.

[@RM1Sammy]

Lol I always cast celebrities as my characters too!

[@gracieo2992]

RM1Sammy meeeeee too!!!!

[@rachelhesketh94]

Also relate to #1! Does anyone else unconsciously do an action whilst reading the character doing it? Like I'd automatically just wink if a character winked!

[@peaceloveandJB15]

I do this ALL the time! Especially with winking. Lol glad I'm not alone!

[@laurencydni]

I cried too when I didn't get my hogwarts letter when I turned 11. What makes it worse is that I have the same birthday as harry potter so I was expecting it to be delivered by hagrid the minute it was midnight!

[@hpfc6650]

You also have the same birthday as jk Rowling

[@jakestubbs9130]

23rd of July is my birthday and that’s Daniel radcliffes birthday

[@emilyc896]

YOU'RE NOT ALONE ON #1, Zoe!!! ;)

[@h63511]

Yes! Omg I agree that Cassandra Clare midnight releases would be SO FUN. We should start a petition for that to happen.

[@Lindelinchen]

Is it just me or do you guys also think THAT SHE IS SUCH A HERMIONE. O MY GOD

[@itslitwithleshai3819]

Lindelinchen yes!

[@theclockworkbooks]

OMG ZOE!!!! Number 1 is SO ME!!! I want to be an actress when I grow up and whenever I read books I think of them making movie adaptations of them and then I will pretend to be a character and say their lines out loud ahahahah! Or if I didn't want them to make movie adaptations or anything, I would still picture myself as one of the characters and it would just make the reading experience so much more fun!!!

[@elizziebooks]

yeeeessss i fancast as well! i might not cast all the characters, but it's fun. nap time was the WORST. I taught myself how to tie my shoes (or perfect my art) during naptime in kindergarten. It made the nap monitor mad but i was such a anti-napper! :P

[@angela9087]

My cousin once lost my copy of Divergent. She never bought me a new copy.

[@katiekennedy4351]

Omg 😐

[@user-ym7rp9qb8d]

*loud inhale*

[@lovely438]

Don’t speak to her EVER AGAIN.

[@ashaagnihotri9657]

@@lovely438 yes

[@ashaagnihotri9657]

If mine did that I would've killed them

[@capricorner]

Sometimes when it says "he scowelled" or something, I'll do the action and scowl or pull a weird face

[@Sienna-ku5ti]

Omg yes im not alone

[@aeyannalucero902]

Don't be embarrassed. I mean, who does not fangirl over Sam Claflin? 🙈💕 Awww my Goodreads reading challenge is also 50 books! 😁 Btw, this is the very first video i've watched from your channel ☺️ i really love your warm personality! Keep shining! ✨

[@madelinebryan9956]

1:20 I'm about to read that book! I've read Cinder and Scarlet, and I'm so excited for Cress! I've heard so many great things!

[@furkanozdemir7533]

oh my gosh! so glad that i'm not alone, especially in first two of them. i do that all the time and it's really really fun

[@athousandlives]

I SPEAK LINES OUT TOO OMG. You're not alone! AND YES. GOLDFISH ARE THE BEST

[@Nihel19]

I DO THE CASTING THING AS WELL! Omg, I thought I was alone. Thank god I'm not!

[@patrickgraystar6209]

your videos always cheer me up and the fact that its about books makes it even better. i think you are a beautiful person. keep making videos ples.

[@hpfc6650]

I love Cassandra Clare's Books!!

[@magseve4300]

I completely agree with your fan cast of Thorne 😍👏🏽

[@gargidutta523]

Your first bookish fact implies to me as well. Whenever I read the detective Feluda series I act as Feluda in the stories and I love doing that. The dp of mine is of my favourite sleuth FELUDA

[@drqkkarisvidz]

Your not alone Zoe! I can relate to pretty much all of these.

[@theannaliviams]

loved your facts and your shirt. if something funny or a crazy plot twist happens I stop reading and start talking to the book/characters, commenting like "how could you, stop!" or "haha, very funny" hahaha

[@ABlackbirdsBooks]

YES to bath tub reading! It's my favourite place to read! So nice and warm :)

[@Karlapetrova]

I enjoyed this way more than I should have and it was really nice getting to know you a little better! And do not worry I do some of these things too!

[@pugluver1155]

I love your eyebrows and makeup.

[@deon5021]

#1 is sooooo me.I love to use a certain voice for different characters!New to your channel,I LOVE YOU.U got yourself a new subscriber

[@jennifercahill7397]

Love your shelves! I have been reading since I was young as well (4) and am also a tub reader. I may get little drops on my pages but I've never dropped a book. Yes, loaning out books is just wonderful until people damage, lose, forget to give back, or decide not to give back (after a friendship ended, ex-friend refused to return an entire series I had loaned her!) your books!

[@BaileeWalsh]

With the first fact, I could already relate! I also think if the book was bring turned into a movie, which character would I like to play... and then I think about it and imagine it as a movie the way that I would have everything (costumes, cinematography, sets, the other actors all that stuff). OK! I typed all that before you completely finished talking about what you do! :P I like to read before I go to bed, too, and when I first wake up- I have to continue and pick up where I left off before I went to sleep. My sleep schedule is so out of wack!

[@oxiLOVEmyWORLDxo]

Oh my gosh I have multiple copies of Pride and Prejudice too!! And it's also my favorite book!! I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@thereasontoremember]

Omg you are so not alone in acting out books! I have a habit of mouthing my "lines" and I'll even do them more than once if I didn't like the delivery.... it's a problem 😂

[@maryamannahas8239]

I Love Watching Your Videos Zoe!

[@RitaZubareva]

It was really nice getting to know you better, Zoe!

[@gorjessicaaa]

Binge watching your videos. And god I love you already!!

[@natalieemma5688]

yes bathtub reading is the best! i loved this video 😙

[@MariekevanMil]

Totally get the library fact. It feels more alive there somehow with children walking around and other avid readers sitting in corners

[@Intothesunset89]

OMG I NEED THAT PRIDE AND PREJUDICE GRAPHIC NOVEL. IT'S SO PRETTTY

[@TheMagicalcookie]

I love you so much 😂 you should do a makeup tutorial because I love your makeup!

[@abbydanielle6210]

The minute I read about Thorne in Scarlet my mind wouldn't stop jumping to Sam! 😂

[@xSophytJe]

This was such a fun video! And I always read in the tub! I don't know if Im addicted to reading or taking baths anymore.. Probably both.. This week I read 2 books and took a bath every night and on Tuesday even in the morning..

[@itsspelledzoe1204]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who loves books set in boarding schools! I love them, but I always thought other people would find that love bizzare

[@chelseag3365]

I love your nail polish!

[@juliannemarie3093]

Haha I do the first one too. I always pick a character, and next thing I know I've gotten distracted from the book because I'm acting out their lines! Great facts. :)

[@camilareads2063]

I love fan casting the characters. Sometimes I fan cast with myself and sometimes with characters from other books I love like the Shadowhunter Chronicles!

[@chvp4605]

Love you Zoe!

[@alyssiareads4994]

I do the acting out thing as well lmaooo I especially love doing Celaena's snarky comments. And man I feel you about the Hogwarts letter. :(

[@smileysydney16]

I do soooooo many of these as well!!!! I love your videos

[@cookieaddictions]

HAHAHAHA YES!! I act the lines out loud in books, and I much prefer to read books with really good dialogue because then I have the most fun reading the lines out loud.

[@GabyGabsBooks16]

I also love to imagine myself as one of the characters in the book; definitely makes the reading experience a lot more interesting :) Reading in the bath tub is the best; so relaxing!

[@Allymai_]

I do the butting into conversations recommendations thing too!

[@sar_u2418]

Zoe you're so cute!! and I love your shirt, you look so good :))

[@bb-vg7lm]

I loved this video so much!

[@emilygraber3599]

OMG!!! I read out loud pretending I'm in an audition, I LOVE DOING IT!!!!

[@iva155]

OMG! The first one! That's so me! I am so happy that I am not alone :DDD

[@Soso-ou2mz]

I loooooove your channel!! Im a beginner reader and I aspire to be someone like you in the near future :)

[@eivontherized.simisim7385]

Fact three, same again!!! I love owning than borrowing!

[@annalinenberg5410]

I totally say the lines out loud in the characters voices. When I was reading Harry Potter, it was so much fun reading out Snape.

[@ohhthatskellie]

I also love stories set in boarding schools!

[@ZebrasTurnPink]

I've never thought about fan casting myself as the protagonist and now I really want to! I'm way to excited about this lol

[@cosmicdonkey3473]

#6 is so adorable!

[@katya9098]

Omg I love her so much fave youtubeeeer 😍😍

[@karmeg1643]

omg these are so relatable omg

[@Mina56]

Haha #22 I always have the urge to butt into conversations and recommend books or if I see someone looking for books at the library, I just always wanna recommend VA to them!

[@itsjuststeph13]

I related to this so much especially #1 and #13.

[@iidifferentworlds]

I fancast too! I always find it easier to imagine characters as people I've physically seen before especially with romance novels. I fancast Cath from Fangirl as Zooey Deschanel and Andy from The Unexpected Everything as Troian Bellasario

[@isabellacook8921]

Finally someone else who reads in the tub. That is also were I get most of my reading done.

[@caudalynn]

I fan cast too!! and omg I casted Sam Claflin as Thorne too XD

[@coopersanders2440]

I went to the Cursed Child midnight release and I loved it so, so, SO much.

[@foa2301]

Hahaha #2 and #15 and #19 I'm with ya! and omg I cried when I didn't get it too. I thought I was the exception too!! hahaah this was a really cute video :)

[@timv82]

I am so glad you broadened your horizons beyond contemporary as I wouldn't enjoy this channel nearly as much!

[@SimranKaur-up1il]

love your pride and prejudice collection!!

[@littlebluebirdbooks]

I play our dramatic scenes as well! It helps me get into the story more in depth. How old were you when you read Pride and Prejudice for the first time? What was your first Austen novel?

[@readbyzoe]

+Halee Westbrook I was 15 when I read Pride and Prejudice, my first Austen!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Bathtub reading is the best!!!! Yes yes yes.

[@mienkemarais3419]

I can't do that cause I'm the most clumsy person ever😂

[@asmmovies0220]

And then the water gets cold 😂😂

[@EatBreatheBooks]

Haha, I love reading lines out loud when I'm reading, too! I also make a lot of facial expressions smh

[@reeyuhbeegale]

I also love books set in boarding schools! :)

[@kayladfont8658]

I also make myself one of the characters in the books I read too!!! I love that I'm not the only one who does that! :D

[@Emmamelkebeek]

The 1rst & 2nd fact are me omg!

[@LittleLaanekas]

Omg, Pride and Prejudice is also one of my favourite books, I could read it again any time, but unfortunately I haven't found the right book with cover I like the best, maybe have to make it myself someday 😋

[@expertobsessions7493]

I act out character's lines, too! And for the same reasons! Thank God, I thought I was the only one! ;D

[@edenaugustine]

NUMBER 1 AND 2 ARE SO ME, AND I DIDN’T THINK ANYONE ELSE DID IT

[@BonesandBooth92]

I started reading my books out loud to help with my stutter. I won't if it's a new book- because I don't want my voice to ruin the picture I'm trying to conjure in my head hahaha- but I would do that all the time in college with Richard Castle books. I make myself read it slowly and annunciate everything, so its kind of like speech therapy in a way. Lately I've been too impatient though I haven't done that in a while

[@avasisx7075]

Omg that incident with the divergent book is exactly what happened with me!!!! I borrowed my friends divergent and my dad landed a wet coat on it so the ink bled but I bought her a brand new one! This happened 3 years ago but I still feel bad and I've never borrowed or lent out a book since

[@Caraphatash]

On the loaning books thing, I used to read the My Sister the Vampire series and my friends liked it too. I had the books and they didn't so I leant it to one of them, and then she leant it to the other. Long story short, they were dropped into the bath

[@Spiritbro77]

Reading in the Tub is awesome. Nothing wrong with that.... :)

[@mirasol613]

same with book loaning my friends. it happened to me on my first edition The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider and there was a signing scheduled. I was so frustrated it almost ruined our friendship. maybe when we were a bit younger, I will gladly wave that friendship goodbye.

[@rosesmith5100]

the first fact with acting out and saying the lines i also do!

[@pam9799]

The 1st one is so me!!

[@immadinosaur3266]

One massive goals in my life is to finish writing my book and one day see you talk about it in one of your videos

[@emmaw6424]

#25..... Let me just say.... SAME!! No matter what my friends told me I still wanted it!! I'm not ashamed that I'm still waiting for it. Maybe it's late? BTW you are so FREAKING GORGEOUS!!

[@eivontherized.simisim7385]

First fact, same!!!! I do that too!

[@thatsyourfookinjobyoufooki3565]

#13: A long time ago I lent my copy of The Deathly Hallows to a friend, and she dropped in a driving bus. It was all dirty and half of the pages were ripped out!!!😱 I never ever lent away books again!!!! (She bought me a new one though)

[@shanrockall2646]

love u zoe

[@kmichael9452]

I don't really cast myself as characters BUT HOLY COW I ALSO SAY THE LINES!!! Usually when I'm like trying to sleep or in the shower and there is like a funny or good scene from a book I would literally recite it ITS SOOO WEIRD but it's addictive its like I'm in the story but through words...

[@theliopleurodon]

SAM CLAFLIN IN LIFE. You're not alone 😍

[@ptriiez]

Haha, I do a lot of these things as well AND I cried about me not getting a Hogwarts admission letter tooo!! Oh the sadness that I felt that day! :) I actually did this tag on my mini-not-very-popular-still-very-new channel!