A week of reading 💗📖 book recs, book haul, politics, chatty vlog

[@kayteweeks9706]

So real, girl. We are suffering over here in the U.S. Totally agree with you on reading, mental health in politics, fighting for people's rights, and being vocal. So happy there are content creators out there that acknowledge that. Thank you.

[@Shai_log]

What a joy it is to watch your videos and hear your thoughts ❤ putting these books on my never ending tbr list!

[@backtoreads]

I don't think I've ever commented on your videos before but I've been a viewer for a couple of months now and your calm presence is something that soothes me every time I need it. Nina, thank you for your talk about how everything we do is political, there's been a very frustrating side of the book community that doesn't think politics belong in reading/books which i find so silly because it is due to those same politics that they can read books written by women today. anyways loved your book talks and it makes me soooo happy to know that you loved 'the details' I read it last year and it instantly became a fave, I loved how it explored how deep some relationships we form with people are. hearing you talk about it made me want to pick it up and reread. im also thrilled that you're loving 'Elena knows'!!!! piñeiro is such a gem

[@lulu_frances]

Love your bookish vlogs a lot! What a great library haul

[@camille.thornton]

I work at a bookstore in the US and I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me when you show shots of bookstores there and I get to pause the video and just stare at all of the Australian book covers

[@aob6033]

Nina I've been following you for years and I just appreciate your pov so much. I'm a therapist and my counseling program (California) was very social justice oriented and it's very different from most programs! I'm grateful for what I learned. Decolonizing Therapy is an important read. It's important that as mental health professionals we don't just push people to adjust and fit in to a society that is broken.

[@josshl5064]

Re: your chat about passion and time….I just heard an analogy that we are like sponges. We need to absorb in order to squish it all out. And the absorbing time is really important. But we cannot languish in either phase, because we can become over saturated or parched from output. It has been such a nice visual for me, thinking of myself like a cute little sponge and trying to be curious if I am dry or wet, and if I am wet then just how wet!

[@Nrsql]

Thank you for your wise words on psychology and politics! Feels so good we need to hear this more often! Thank you for that

[@lindalandgren4204]

I read The Details when it first came out, I loved it so much. It made me think of all the people I met, how they changed me and all the versions of me that people got to know. And as a swede I'm also very proud that it made it's way all across the globe :)

[@averyinwonder]

This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched and you and your content seem so inviting and inspired✨

[@nina.montagne]

Ohh that makes me so happy 💖🥹

[@Mimijona]

As someone new in the mental health field, I completely agree with the political aspects of what we can or cannot to help ourselves. We can talk all we want with talk therapy, but if our everyday lives stay the same then nothing's gonna change. Even buddhist monks tend to go to monasteries to get away from it all and we are trying to not be dissociated in a world that dissociation makes it bearable.

[@Hobobonobo17]

Wow! The last four minutes! I felt so seen!! I wish more people would speak about this. I think growing up as a millennial, we took in so much cultural messaging around following your passion and hustle, that if it doesn’t work out for you to do the thing you love as your work, to be recognized and to achieve monetary success (which is exceedingly difficult to do), the lack of desired outcome is due to your own level of effort or talent. At least that’s what I’ve been grappling with for years. It always felt like a personal failing that I didn’t put my absolute everything (time, money, energy) into doing what I love, and that alone, is the reason I didn’t see traction in my own creative pursuits. Ugh. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience - would love to hear more about this!

[@KatrinaKingsOfLeon]

Hearing you speak about The Details, instantly made me want to read it, but also so suddenly emotional at your explanation.

[@nina.montagne]

It’s such a wonderful little novel!!!

[@bananawomanD]

As someone also with ADHD, something I keep coming back to is when I asked my therapist, partly out of desperation, if I now have to take my meds for the rest of my life and what it means for me as a person. Who am I even if I need meds to survive? And she said that life is full of seasons. They never last forever. Perhaps now I am in a situation where I HAVE to take my meds to survive, who knows if I'll need them in another season? Similarly, when I told her about how I didn't have time to work on stuff I love, she reminded me that that was just a season I was in in my life. And that has really stuck with me. Perhaps you're just in a season in your life where writing takes a backseat a little. You're still reading, you're still running, you're still really passionate about other things that make you you. Why not just lean into it and trust your mind and body to know what it loves and will come back to?

[@BarbaraBoholm]

Nina thank you for spreading your light around,you are so needed right now💖🙏🫂🕯📓🖋📚Libraries and bookstores,good for the soul💞And i am like you i read two or three books at the same time... Reading Satoshi Yagisawa "Days at the Morisaki bookshop" series,rereading Jane Eyre again and "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. Sending warm hugs all the way from Sweden

[@luna03100]

I think you have been good at sharing - your sharing on Palestine has always been so brilliant to see. Also. I recommend the book DECOLONISING THERAPY, which is very much what you are saying about the failures of the mental health systems.

[@IleanaAnton]

nostalgia is one of my faves! would be insanely grateful for your review on it ❤

[@illyeeee]

I’m so in support for not finishing a book if it’s not for me - also I totally agree on the “weird” genre of books! they often come across as pretentious and unenjoyable

[@kaiyahatcher7464]

Thank you for sharing your political voice in your content. It is so so important, now more than ever. Love and big hugs from the U.S.

[@lievepeters1072]

hello nina, thank you for posting another video! i loved the music in this one, do you by any chance have a list of the songs that you used?

[@lanahadziosmanovic9760]

slay queen. u da best

[@jbeeee42]

This election really really hit me hard. I’m fortunate to live in Seattle, where our state legislators will fight to keep us protected but it’s so sad and scary to see the direction our country has headed. Where did all of our care for one another go? Individually, I have committed to joy in 2025 and beyond. I will dedicate my time and energy towards things that I know make me happy and help my community and we will carry forward, one day at a time.

[@sadcowgirl___]

[@HelloMellowGlow]

Loved So Late in the Day, loved Elena Knows, loved The Details.

[@martasgallardo]

realmente sólo añado libros a mi lista gracias a ti ❤ gracias nina, por devolvernos un poco las ganas de vivir

[@nina.montagne]

Ayyy noo que comentario más lindo 😭💖

[@Mimijona]

Haven't read a fiction book in a while, but The Details caught my attention, might give it a go in my busy days. Spent the last days sick with cold mostly on Netflix and while that's okay in such times, I do wish to rest in a more soul soothing way with an audiobook for my sick and tired eyes :)

[@nina.montagne]

Ahhh yes! I find it hard to focus when I’m sick so I also end up watching a show or two hehe. Sometimes, even when I’m not sick, I lay in bed and listen to a podcast or audiobook and it is so soothing!! I should do it more often!!

[@CatherineZidane]

Read so many good books thanks to your recommendations. Just placed a reservation for ‘the details’ at my local library.

[@nina.montagne]

Ohhh!!! I’m so glad 😌 I hope you enjoy!!

[@lauravillalobos6436]

Elena sabe es HERMOSO. I hope you like it. Si alguna vez te conozco te regalo una copia en español. And yes, everything is political. I'm glad you brought it up here.

[@goldenedge4261]

Currently reading Nostalgia, and really enjoying it 😄

[@NikiMaroon]

so well said 💕

[@thegreenworld6440]

I don't know if you've ever read Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, but that's also a philosophical literary murder mystery, if that's what you're drawn to at the moment!

[@nina.montagne]

I have!! I really enjoyed it!! I love Olga 🧡

[@charlismith4838]

Where is that vertical bookshelf next to your bed from? x

[@matb2300]

Loved this video

[@chaneldays]

I also DNFd brutes - life is too short for books that feel like a chore to read

[@TildaHansson-u9w]

You are such a lovely person, will subscribe😇

[@averyinwonder]

Curious what the song at the 13 minute mark is?

[@WhatLucyDoes]

🌻✨💛🌻✨💛LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK!!!🌻✨💛🌻✨💛

[@AL-vw6uw]

I LOVE CLAIRE KEEGAN

[@nina.montagne]

ME TOO

[@poorni28489]

❤

[@joroschita.]

us your painting a print? it is from David ? have you met thekidgrande works? :D

[@juliats1]

You are wonderful 🫶

[@THEnicolelizabeth]

thank you for talking about the election in the united states. It is devastating and it is nice to know that the community we can lean on in light of donald trump being elected for a second term continues to grow and prove itself to be bigger than we think.

[@madeleine9277]

the book problem is so real... I currently have 36 books out from the library... 🥲🥲

[@nina.montagne]

Omg!! Don’t encourage me!!!