Australian goes book shopping in the U.S! 🇺🇸📚 *first time at Barnes & Noble!* 🛍

[@emsnyde]

"i'm overwhelmed" after being in the store for literally 15 seconds HAHAHA

[@rachellee3686]

“It means… female rage” I’m crying that was perfect🤣

[@yadiralopez07]

The way your first time experiencing a Barnes and Noble is going to the largest one in the world is insane to me! So happy for you! 🎉

[@m.mxlly_]

I had the exact experience when I travelled to NY from Aus, it was absolutely magical

[@ambermashalreads]

This feels like we just got to go book shopping with Rachel as besties on a random Tuesday, I LOVE it🥹

[@RachelBrennerReal]

there's a book called Hidden Manifestation by Oliver Mercer, and it talks about how using some secret techniques you can attract almost everything in life it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal

[@sydneyholifield2987]

I feel like youve been showing more of you’re personalty in videos recently.and youre so hilarious!

[@SaraSidwell]

As another Aussie, I feel the desperation to want to go to Barnes and Nobles. I cant wait for the day!

[@sl2094]

I SO feel you on the 'book as a souvenir' thing! I went to the UK (I'm American) and bought so many books because of the different covers + the fact that I got them in the UK is so special when I look at my bookshelves

[@aficklefangirl2566]

Just so you know, the name Roisin is pronounced 'roh-sheen'! it is an Irish name so the phonetics are different to English. Also, the authors name, Mhairi, is pronounced 'vah-ree', it is a Scottish name. The 'mh' makes a 'v' sound in Scots Gaelic(and sometimes in Irish Gaelic as well!)

[@averyellwood4311]

So glad you said this!! It’s bothering me when everyone talks about this book ❤️

[@banished4eva]

Wow thank you! Good to know. I want people to correct me if I mispronounced anything anywhere in any language

[@AdelynKay-14]

I’m so glad you’re fulfilling your bucket list of things in the U.S.!

[@houdahealed6501]

I love the ‘ Rachel we don’t need it ‘ self reminder 😂 cause i can totally relate, otherwise this video is just an other form of therapy for me you are so authentic and i enjoyed the shopping as if i am there … thank you girl 🥹

[@itsnoterica]

This was so fun to watch! Your excitement is so contagious ☺️ the struggle of being a reader/book collector & seeing all the fun editions that you know you can’t all fit in your suitcase is so real

[@SamiKaye]

I like to get a book on a trip and write on the inside cover where I got it and the date! So when I read that book/ look at it in the future I’ll remember the trip I got it on! 📚💕✨

[@misskikikat]

love you singing the alphabet - that is me every day at work, because I have to shelve so many books and can never remember where things go!!!

[@katerahman1423]

I feel like you should frame the Barnes & Noble tote and put in your library room, as it’s too cute to be a grocery bag 💗

[@monkeyheadbonkers9303]

Watching you shop for books at Barnes for the very first time is truly an awesome experience... It's funny bc I loooove the UK covers so much more 90% of the time! ❤️

[@proeticshadows9340]

Anxious People is one of the most life-changing books I've read! I love it so much. I hope you enjoy it! 💛 I also love the excitement you had with you for this entire video. It's so cute and contagious! Going to Barnes is also a dream for me and I enjoyed watching you fulfill yours. 🥺✨

[@samantharrose]

when the mic comes out you know it’s gonna be an amazing video

[@emreads8]

As someone from the UK, 8 I have to disagree and say our covers are better 😂 plus I think you’d be shocked at the price of our books. I think you’ve lived everyone’s dream to visit B&N in NYC ❤

[@marneygreenwood]

Thankyou from another Aussie for taking us on this journey and giving us all the content from US book shopping. It is truly a dream 😍

[@liliankay09]

I'm so jelly! I want to go to the 4 story Barnes and Noble so bad! I am so happy you got to go!💕

[@JulEnglefaris]

I've never been in a Barnes & Noble that large! It's such a good feeling when you walk in a bookstore and you get butterflies in your stomach, just everything good is in there!

[@victoriacestodio348]

Your energy is contagious I’ve been loving the travel vlogs. your confidence is radiating💕

[@alysoncruse]

Been loving these vlogs! So much fun seeing what would be “mundane” to me through someone else’s eyes. ❤ and yes… Barnes can be overwhelming but so fun haha

[@poppycalliope]

What a dream to visit Barnes and Noble 😍👏✨️ this was so much fun to watch 🤌📖💌💗

[@CarolinaCorijn]

The way I enjoyed watching this video, you're such a vibe, love it !! ❤

[@Lillyjoy]

We just started getting the special sprayed edge books at Barnes recently but we’re getting more and more and I love them!! Loved seeing your bookshopping you were making me laugh :)

[@messyatbestx]

seeing you in your natural element was honestly 10/10 x

[@mwillis7791]

That store is massive!!! To be clear, this is not the norm all over the us. I’m in Colorado and we have nothing even close to this here.

[@taylornpickle]

the way you say H is so satisfying haha. i loved this video, felt like i was walking around with you matching my energy. Fly Away is not necessary reading IMO like Firefly Lane, but i didn't HATE it as i enjoyed having extra time with the characters. it was just kind of like some extra epiloguey stuff but it did get very dark yet weirdly cheesy at times. i think its a very individual preference, i can see how some people didn't like it.

[@elizagrey5006]

yes the hay-tch tickled something in my brain lol

[@cristinacrescenzo]

Rachel getting overwhelmed in Barnes is everything!

[@claudiavalientte]

such a fun video rachel ! 🫶🏼

[@AmyHoyle]

You need to come to the UK and try The Works….the pricing will blow your mind!!

[@Lillyjoy]

I love the Truly Devious books too! I never hear anyone talk about them so I’m happy you talked about them! Love that you got a signed book from her

[@lillyh687]

Ahh i was so excited to see that you went back and bought The Ex Vows! I'm currently reading it because Sara gave it 5 stars i think and i loved loved loveed the cover😍 not really far in yet, but love the writing style, could've cried already on page 50 lol

[@Reagan-zi2fi]

This probably happens in Australia too, but in the US a lot of times bookstores around the area that the author lives in will have books by the author signed because the author can just come by and sign their stock a lot easier. And I’m not sure where in New York Maureen Johnson lives, but I know she lives somewhere in New York.

[@shelleylawrence8397]

Your tote bags are amazing and your joy at being in B&N was a delight!

[@bookthoughtswitheilish]

This was so much fun to watch! It was like going book shopping with a friend ☺️ I just picked up Death at Morning House as well, I can’t wait to get to it!

[@johnnam1380]

I cannot wait to read beartown, des and Sara made it sound so amazing!!

[@AyezasAfterword]

I loved all the books you chose!! so excited for the reviews❤

[@Krod277]

Omg One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one you picked up for the cover and I LOVED that movie!!! I still think about it a lot!

[@cozysoph]

This was so fun! I’m so happy you got to go to Barnes!! 🎉☺️

[@TheWorldAccordingToLouise]

Mhairi has been around for years. I picked her up at the start years ago. Read her very first book! You won’t regret it. It’s called - you had me at hello. Nice to see the bootubers talk about her work.

[@sophiesliskovic212]

I’ve been so excited for this since you told us you were going to the us!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚❤️ These videos have been so great! I'm glad you had such a lovely trip!

[@chocolateoreo6489]

Aw yay, bestie Rachel posts again❤ I’m sending you love (;

[@luna_girl829]

I also love “Firefly Lane” and the sequel “Fly Away” is fantastic!

[@KellyMarsh-k7u]

Funny thing about Fly Away is that when I saw Kristin Hannah speak back in Feb she said that was her least favorite book and that she should not have written the sequel. I've read all of her books and I have to agree! :)

[@lydiasheneman7173]

fly away made me love firefly lane even more!!!

[@tigerette1991]

You should do a reading vlog reading the books you got in New York. ❤

[@esjaymusings]

this was so lovely!!!!! "i'm so overwhelmed" is so me lol. can't wait for you to read the ex vows! i LOVED it. i'm so excited for you

[@QueenNole]

The B&N tote would look soooo cute framed and hung among your books 🤭

[@evaantoniia]

Oh, I can so relate to how you felt as you entered B&N for the first time because I felt the same as I entered a b&N as I was in the US 😊

[@aliviaphogat]

So fun! I feel like i'm with you shopping. Love you bestie Rachel .

[@staciewhittaker608]

i got overwhelmed going to the bigger dymocks in sydney and adelaide, i could never handle a barnes and noble

[@lani3966]

literally every book girlies dream

[@sarahannrose]

Recently read Anxious People and LOVE it too!

[@fieryblaze22]

I really wanna go to america and see the big book stores like barnes and noble,

[@emdvx]

What a great video! ❤ You are working so hard even when you are on vacation; you have been spoiling us with uploads! You with a view was a great read for me, i think you will like it!

[@stopandsmelltheroses_98]

I loved You with A View! I am so excited to read The Ex Vows when it comes out here in Australia 😆

[@sassycatz4470]

What a coincidence. I was in New York City just this past weekend myself, but I live in Washington, DC, so I do this trip once or twice a year. Anyway, I was also at the Union Square Barnes and Noble and The Strand. I picked up one book at The Strand. (I was there back in March and bought a few others then.) And, I picked up three books at Barnes and Noble. I also bought one book at McNally Jackson. It's fun watching someone else cover the same steps around the same time. When you were in B&N, asking where the fiction was or where the romance was, I said go up the escalator to the 4th floor or look behind you to your video. Apparently, you heard me.;-) Hope you had a good time.

[@folklovermore24]

i hope you enjoyed your trip!! 🥺🫶

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Amazing video Rachel!😸

[@katherinesklaykreations9483]

Posted 12 seconds ago!! So excited for this. Been waiting to see your B&N experience!!

[@megk2653]

I went to Los Angeles for the first time last month and I also visited American bookstores for the first time so I feel like I’m watching my own reactions to everything 😅 I live in Greece and we also get the UK covers of most books so buying American editions of some of my fav books was a MUST😍 Also it was so hard to show restraint cause I wanted everything to fit in my suitcase🥹

[@isabellakrapf7435]

Ahh I’m from Germany and will be in the U.S for the first time in October I’m so excited to go to a Barnes & Noble!!!

[@amyc4499]

Top tier book vlog! Great choices, looks like you had a lot of fun 👏👏

[@narelleking9040]

I want every single thing I see....hahahaha. Why is that such a mood. Barnes and Noble is definitely on my bucket list :)

[@BellalalaMay]

i read and adored the Ornithologists field guide to love, its definitely emily wilde vibes, maybe a bit more romance focused and yes it is a bit silly like the other india holton books, big recommend ❤️

[@emilybalzanna]

i had the chance to see Kristin Hannah’s book tour for the women and she said regretted ever writing Fly Away. I think it’s skippable. Highly recommend True Colors. A heartbreakingly beautiful romance on a ranch. One of her more underrated books in my opinion I adore it.

[@Mollywashere]

Wow really? I’m reading Firefly Lane right now and isn’t that the sequel to it? I didn’t plan on reading Fly Away either way lol

[@emilybalzanna]

⁠@@MollywashereYes it’s the sequel. She said she just didn’t think it needed to be written in the Q&A portion.

[@jenniferduchek5114]

First time ever seeing one of your videos and The fact you had a Bible verse at the beginning of your video!?!? Insta-sub!!!! ❤ 😊

[@marisamuelsson]

There’s so many fantastic books by Fredrik Backman. I hope you try out some of hos others. A man called Ove, Beartown and my favourite And every morning the way home gets longer and longer. So touching!

[@sophiesliskovic212]

I love Elin Hilderbrand! Got into her because of the book girlies!

[@jaelajoy717]

There’s a stunning Barnes and noble special edition of Emily Wilde and I was hoping you’d see it. It’s so cool!

[@kamimiles4628]

I started the Pretend You're Mine series by Lucy Score and I didnt think it was too spicy and I reallllyyyyy enjoyed the first one!

[@annmariesloan8406]

Same in Canada. Our books are more expensive as well

[@MynamesMorgan]

"I just want everything already and I've only been in here for 3 minutes" That's the most relatable sentence about being in a barnes 😭

[@EllieCook-w4i]

Girlie you need to get to England and go to 66 books warehouse… ok it’s not arranged the best but all books are 70% off the retail price so it’s like £2/3 like a book outlet

[@readwithorla]

rach you need to come to the uk and visit the works 😂 you can get popular paperbacks for like £3 (5.82 aus dollars)

[@laurengostling4931]

So excited for this!!!! x

[@juliacash8135]

You should totally read a million Junes. I read it earlier this year and loved it!

[@NaimaGuadalupeHeidel]

As a European girlie I feel you so much!! This is my dream as well 😍

[@daphne.readsnl]

I enjoyed this video soooo much 🩷

[@flowers-and]

I’m sooo excited!

[@DaughterOfTheKingdom16]

Lol omg Rachel I live in NYC im 34 now and have been going to that Barnes since I was like 12 years old- and its still Overwhelming in there lol 1:49 😂😂😂 i spend so much time in there i get lost

[@Whtpaper]

Some times I prefer the UK covers to the US ones. 🤣 Glad you enjoyed New York! ❤

[@please-wake-up-now]

Haha, I love how you act like a kid in a candy store 😄! Barnes & Noble is pure magic! I’d seriously have a hard time choosing, too. If I was there, I’d probably just end up reading random pages of a ton of books! 📖✨

[@shellyyyt20]

Anxious people ahhh a great read forreal

[@annelieuno]

I know the feeling I imagine you felt when you said “12.99!” 😂 I live in 🇵🇦 and books that may be 10 dólares in the US are like $25 here… so sad🥹

[@erynflanagan3432]

Our daydream is the same cover, came out in bigW and I got it today and it comes out tmrw 4 sept in qbd ect

[@shinjinisingh8336]

Really felt like I was there with you the whole time. (Like I have the whole tea) 😚❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mars3676]

As a native NYer STRAND is soo much better

[@aubreyveitenheimer6328]

Loved this! Come back to the US soon ❤

[@roxschannel]

I tought that fly away wasnt worth it. Get the women or the Great Alone!

[@laurendambrosio5537]

Today they opened a Barnes and noble in my town

[@nataliejana15]

You singing the alphabet in the aisles was so cute haha 💕

[@kadibooks]

I want to bookshop at barbs and nobles , thank you for sharing

[@caitlinmuniz170]

rachel ur so funny this video is great😂

[@hannasmith794]

So I gave firefly lane 4 stars and fly away 5 stars according to my goodreads. I did see the tv show before reading the books

[@emeliaburgess1630]

I'm loving the America content 💕🇺🇲