50 Favourite Books: the first lines 💫

I hope you enjoy this video. It's a little random but I've wanted to film it for ages :) I hope you find some new books to read from this!
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FAQ:
How old are you?
20
What are you studying?
English Literature
What are some of your favourite books / some recommendations?
Cat's Eye, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, A Little Princess, The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids, The French Revolution (by Christopher Hibbert), The Harry Potter Series, The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation), Frankenstein, Catalyst, Rebecca, History of the Rain, A Story of an African Farm, Fahrenheit 451, History of Wolves, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, The Institute, A Monster Calls.
See my top 200 books of all time here: • 200 book recommendatio...

[@lucycooksley]

Someone should 100% ask you to record their audiobook!!

[@Yesica1993]

That would be wonderful!

[@ishika.sachdeva]

YESSS!

[@helcurt2509]

She speaks too swiftly.

[@nadineebada6557]

definitely!

[@MoonLight-jn6yg]

Indeed

[@emilydancer560]

the english accent makes this 10 x better😂

[@jessd4770]

It’s strange to hear because I am English and I have never really considered that I have an accent 😂

[@SincerelyGwendolyn]

Jess D ooh i love it!

[@kenzieloux]

Jess D same. I have a Worksopian book

[@craftoholic1454]

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[@kenzieloux]

craftoholic 14 why are u posting that?

[@TheHollyChronicle]

“The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there” ... damn

[@hotbarbie]

That hits hard in 2020 though.

[@LukeFaulkner]

Is no-one going to talk about that amazing cat shirt-collar? 🐈

[@Emily._.Reepicheep]

It's from miss Patina

[@jamesc9743]

I didn't know you are a reader too... nice :)

[@tiyaanne1909]

her room itself is giving me positive vibes...

[@evangelineparry4365]

Peter Pan is my favourite book, and the opening line literally makes me tear up. It's beyond beautiful.

[@DS-uh6ss]

Evangeline Parry, have you read (I think it's) Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes? It has a moment that takes Peter Pan's opening line to an entirely different, haunting place, and it becomes horrible and beautiful and tragic in completely new ways.

[@evangelineparry4365]

@@DS-uh6ss I haven't! But I will certainly check it out! Thank you :)

[@emmagranger4745]

You sound like Hermione when you read 🤩

[@MisterPol]

If you read this, I hope you have a greeeeeeeaaat day!!

[@aale6256]

You too😊

[@nonishadas4444]

Youuuu tooo❤

[@fouziasalahuddinahmed344]

Truth universally acknowledged

[@danidopolous]

Ruby: I have to do an accent for this one. Me: Does not hear a notable change 😂

[@matildetome]

I was afraid I was the only one 😆

[@Cavers]

Me too! Can't figure out what kind of accent that was.

[@khadiisam26]

Same 😅

[@natasham4184]

Lol, I know what you mean 😂 I think she was doing a more old fashioned accent, like in the Hitchcock adaptation of Rebecca

[@Madeleine-cy5tr]

When you know she's also filming herself filming this video for the vlog that day 👀

[@sumayyahkhan8897]

Great way to make my brain hurt 😂

[@Sarahac8]

I ADORED this video. Hearing the first line of a book stirs up that excitement within me regarding all the possibilities it might contain. My heart is soaring and I'm so inspired. Also, you should record audio books! It pays super well and you're voice is lovely.

[@safiajamal9845]

Me : having a two-mile long ‘Books I Want To Read’ list Also me : jotting down the titles of the books from this video Ahhh.....the woes of being a bookworm

[@meabhmcnamara8255]

When Ruby posted I get more excited then Hermione when she goes to the library 📚 Also Ruby if you see this, your videos are so peculiar yet beautiful I love you Ruby thank you for inspiring me and Always giving me hope. 🌑✨💫

[@lordsamofcasltes]

Please write a book Ruby. And include all your favourite things. Tea, secret letters a dangerous adventure maybe. I would read it in a flash!

[@gypsybond8651]

My favorite opening lines (guess from which book?): “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.”

[@atimel2738]

SO POETIC. This so cosy. I don't no how explain

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

"Atonement" is a must, both the book and the film. I sobbed so hard at the cinema and couldn't calm down for 15 min. afterwards. My friends were so embarrassed as I sat there in front of everyone, sobbing hysterically. What can I say, I'm a History (and English) university student that cries when watching historical documentaries, and "Atonement" really hit a nerve.

[@annahill481]

petition for ruby to record an audiobook

[@hashimwali6417]

I really love your bookshelf.

[@DS-uh6ss]

AND MY GIRL OPENS WITH "A LITTLE PRINCESS" AND "MATILDA" AND "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES"! Someday, Ruby, we will go to tea and have a good long gab about girls' lit, gender, genre theory, the girls' Kunstlerroman, nationalism, critical race theory, and narratology, and it will be awesome.

[@ameliafoster3633]

i love this! honestly just wanna be friends with Rubes too🥺

[@IshaSharma11]

Such a therapy ❤✔

[@patriciapiresdias4140]

I can see your copy of A Little Princess is very well loved 💕

[@manos7380]

I just love that cat shirt

[@franchesca9148]

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. ~ Jane Eyre Lovely rendition of first lines, especially the accent for Rebecca. 😊

[@snigdhasharma1537]

Your reading is so satisfying

[@bamboocha6659]

I swear this woman taught me to enjoy studying and get back to reading, loving and motivating myself and becoming a better person. Ruby, you are so unbelievably powerfull and strong and my words can't even express how thankfull I am for discovering you.

[@Suhanibingpot]

This video is so soothing....but why am I crying?!?!

[@JustEz]

I know from experience how difficult it can be to come up with fresh approaches and ideas so well done - nice idea for a video! I really enjoy your relaxed, chilled vibe ❤️

[@boltuthedog1400]

You can read audiobook....I'll be very happy to hear that..... because you voice is astounding and amazing....🙂

[@mitrat.s8308]

Ruby ,Your dedication is awesome. Even in lockdown, you are so productive.😊

[@NavinAnandh]

Yeah , You are right!

[@thesevenstudent]

Love your videos, keep up the good work. You inspire me to make better videos!!!

[@cocopoco9997]

May everyone can feel productive and blessed in this year...hope for a very beautiful life...very inspiring video ruby. --From a small youtuber

[@azkaali89]

Hello Candid Cherries, thank you for you're sweet message. I checked out your channel and it seems AMAZING. I will definitely subscribe. I'm a small KZbinr to!!!

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[@pleasemusic3314]

Her videos are so pleasant ❤️

[@sparkleofskies]

This video brings me so much peace 💫 xxx

[@darkswan3100]

I'm currently reading "Never let me go" by Kazuo Ishiguro and I've completely fallen in love with it. I'm so glad Ruby put it in her 50 favourite books, because it's an astonishing novel and I highly recommend it to any book lover.

[@giri8896]

The movie adaptation sucks tho, nothing new I guess

[@aynadua4611]

I loved the ending part.

[@jocelynvictoria9221]

i am so excited to start reading these books! u listed like 20 of my fav books, finally met someone with the same taste as me :)

[@IshaSharma11]

❤❤✔

[@zumann874]

Ruby, even if you don't see this, I feel a need to thank you with all my heart. My mind struggles to find words that could at least try, to describe the strange beauty of this video. Not a beauty that is commonplace as in seeing a flower bloom or gazing at a star-studded sky. Beauty as in being carried to a land far far away, to a time unknown, sitting by the light of melting candle at the depth of the night and listening to a friend read. It was magical! Thank you!

[@tany6561]

All of these books are so great, really. Many of these are my favorites

[@IshaSharma11]

So true ✔❤

[@user-fq6wb5me9x]

The perks of being a wallflower is one of my favorite books too! (P.S i love your accent! )

[@IshaSharma11]

Yeas, its beautiful ❤

[@ciaraagnew4756]

I have been watching all your videos today as I have nothing to do and they are really good.🥰🤣😀

[@sudarsanamrocks1951]

Who is obsessed with the collar 😍

[@fioeddy1140]

last time i was this early i was able to go to the bookstore

[@ethancoffey3491]

Haha what?

[@peachy-wd6ci]

@@ethancoffey3491 corona

[@anajulianocera1406]

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS VIDEO! Also hearing the first lines made me want to read all of these books.

[@leahbird8124]

Love, Aubrey is one of my favourite books!

[@anastasia5078]

What an amazing video idea! I loved how Ruby read those lines out loud, with emotion and energy... This literally makes me wanting to read all of those books (even though I'm german/Russian). Thank you Ruby for this video!

[@milicadiy]

"Aragorn sped on up the hill." - The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien

[@zoeviale5351]

Omgggg I’m in LOVE with your shirt!!!! Xx

[@Ozgipsy]

Great to discover you. I’ve been looking for a good video on first lines.

[@lorena-2508]

Ruby just perfectly captured the magic of books and reading and I don't know how she managed🌻👏🏻🤎

[@Ashley-te4je]

You keep me so motivated, much love from Ireland 🇮🇪❤

[@ambermoore8208]

Yess a book video

[@justanotherhuman6224]

The last time I was this early brexit had just begun I love your videos so much, Ruby ❤️ they help to inspire me and sooo many people every day 💕✨ Thank you 🙏

[@rosieview4113]

Thank you Ruby!!! Loved this idea

[@oliverwilliams5113]

This just made me and my mom so excited when the notification popped up saying you had posted this! :)))

[@mahelite3558]

Love this video you should do another video with your favorite lines from your fav books

[@extraordinarystudying5180]

Ruby! I just found the video sooo amazing!😃

[@jackelineadany5400]

It was so heart warming listen you reading the beginning of your favorite books, so precious ❤

[@Chaiwithkaur]

love this video 😻✨✨ books are truly magical

[@滕毅-f1n]

Just finish college entrance exam today! Time to read books!

[@madhumantidey33]

Love this video!!! Thanks Ruby!! xx

[@ninaharuki]

Please make more kind of this video, becausei wanted to determine what kind of book that i wanna read by listening to the first line. Thank you :)

[@xx8113]

I absolutely love this Ruby, thank you. Growing up in a vastly different culture from yours, I found that as 'bookworms' we read a lot of similar books. Watching your videos made me feel that you are my dear friend.

[@izzybitsyspider03]

I am shocked that the Stranger wasn't here! Can you do this vid for Gothic/Romantic novels? This was such a unique idea, Ruby :) loved it

[@sammiaow]

Your videos calm my mind like seriously. Youve contributed more to people's lives with your videos than you know ❤

[@wajeehaquadriiii]

Ruby you're such an inspiration to me to not only study more but live my life at full potential.I love how you don't just study, but explore other fun things and try to maintain balance :') ly your content and this was SUCH A GOOD VIDEO IDEA wow 💗💗

[@didii6966]

This video put me out of my reading slump❤️

[@wordwise7903]

"Coraline discovered the little door a little while after they moved into the house." That line is such an attention grabber! I love your choice of opening lines, your presentation of them is lovely, and your video is produced very well: the lighting, the sound quality and the music very subtle in the background is nice. By complete coincidence, I too did a video, "First Lines of 50 Greatest Novels." I had never seen yours, I swear I did not copy your idea, it was just an amazing coincidence. I was delighted to see your video just tonight, here at home in the Southern California desert, on a dark cold night cuddled with my dog, Mike. I do like my video on 50 opening lines to great novels, but I think yours is better. You have a very pleasant, engaging manner that is very likable to viewers. Interesting how we chose such different production styles to present the same idea. Well done Ruby! I'll subscribe!

[@zofiakubaszewska5396]

It's such a good idea! I'd love to hear a video with some of your favorite quotes it would be sooo cool

[@bishakhashahrin3247]

I love how eagerly you read out each lines.

[@halloween42]

The background music is soooooo beautiful ❤

[@user-sy5zq9ds9f]

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." - One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Marquez.

[@iris7750]

Thank you for making this video, if you can do more videos like these please, where you read first lines of books you like. It's really helpful.

[@caitlincharlotte2419]

so many of these books I just wanted to keep listening to you reading. just when I thought my goodreads to-read list couldn't get any longer

[@_prof.paradox_]

3:40 Granger reading Lockhart

[@lunalliaa]

I loved this video! Just listening to the first lines of these books was calming and cozy. My favorite children's books from this video have to be Matilda and Anne of Green Gables, but the first line of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close establishes the voice of the MC so well!

[@DannyD-lr5yg]

YOU HAD ME AT THAT CAT COLLAR 😻

[@RebelReine]

CONGRATULATIONS on 479K , Ruby! You have motivated me everyday for the past 6 months and I am truly grateful for that! Watching you grow this fast makes me really happy. And my channel is growing too!! I have just passed a 100 subs and I am really proud to tell you that! You are the type of person I aspire to be, everyday!

[@kawaii-lw9ui]

So beautiful. Today I started the day feeling sad bc I wanted to wake up at 7:00 and ended up waking at 11:00 (I cannot set an alarma bc the slightiest noise can wake Up my parents...idk what to do). Your vídeo cheer me up! Tysm💝🌸

[@johannakezdi9487]

Try to set the alarm on vibration, it doesn.t make noise

[@lornam3637]

Could you get a timer for a lamp to switch on? Be kind to yourself 🥰

[@bhuv278]

I just love you Ruby! I'll shortly start a channel on productivity just like you.

[@ella3386]

Oh my gosh i never find anyone that has read love aubrey, it’s one of my favourite books ever, the kind of book that feels safe and warm and like home to read. Agree completely and highly recommend to anyone to read!

[@IshaSharma11]

Beautiful ❤✔

[@shrujanakandadai2064]

Ruby, when is your book coming out ? Also it would be interesting to combine these first lines, as if they were all part of the same book.! Lots of love

[@avagoh]

Im so excited!!

[@SK22520]

You should totally record audiobooks!! I would defo listen to that!

[@Queeny903]

You always speak with such passion, that’s what i really admire about you 🤍

[@prrthn]

I love you Ruby! You motivate me everyday to work harder! Love youu a lot trust me

[@aylin5459]

I love when u do videos of books 🥰🥰🥰

[@shrujanakandadai2064]

I remember this from your vlog, and its finally here ! This is such a great video! Also the monster calls book, I watched that in holly's video.

[@laurieadda]

For some reason this video gave me goosebumps haha

[@keyapatel9618]

Your voice is so vintage and your accent is pure ! I hope anyone who’s reading this will glow up in this quarantine in every way!

[@curtwild86]

Thank you for recommending "The story of an african farm". This book hasn't been translated into my language and I have not even heard of it before, even though I am a huge bookworm :)

[@IshaSharma11]

Beautiful ❤✔

[@margotk4653]

the first books made me tear up!!

[@mohammadanwer416]

I love the fact that she puts no bg music in her videos cause her voice is enough to make the videos nice

[@juliagomes8072]

I love videos like this! Also the missing book in the back shelf made me laugh

[@itstoristinton]

I could honestly listen to you read books for hours, it's perfectly calming 💛

[@somnara2927]

that's such a good idea. i love the video

[@mimialm9783]

This is heavenly

[@lauraprice5385]

So excited for this! X

[@rubiapedone31]

I ADORED this video! please read aloud more often!

[@laibaali9704]

Love your videos so much!! I have been watching your videos for such a long time!!! I literally feel so productive in every videos of yours!!!!! ❤

[@Ele0296]

Of course it started with a little princess! Loved the video Ruby!!