BIG BOOK HAUL: hot girl summer prep

[@leenanorms]

ARE WE COMPATIBLE? The fact that you loved Bandit Queens points to YES!!!!!!!!

[@allisonpaiges]

woooo hoooo!!! 🎈🎈🎈

[@izziedias]

I'm Brazilian, so I absolutely love seeing Brazilian literature in reading lists. and Clarice is the literary mother of Brazil. i hope you love it

[@thaisgastaldi1180]

não sei como me sinto lendo que a clarice é mãe literária do brasil pq é sim mas tipo ??? ela é tão oposta ao ''espirito brasileiro''

[@idkdude969]

que legal, brasileiros aqui hehe

[@ashdamasio8263]

gente e eu que li a hora da estrela e não entendi nada KSKSKSKSK

[@sofiamota9599]

aaaaaa! tô tão feliz por ter encontrado mais brasileiros nesse cantinho da internet! ❤

[@soleirisse]

I cried while reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. AN UGLY CRY. it was sooo good.

[@emilyreadsandvlogs]

It is now officially Sunday! Happy Sunday everyone! X

[@Rachel-6016]

I HAVE A PERFECT BOOK FOR YOU!! Sourdough by Robin Sloan - cozy (a bit speculative) fiction about a software engineer who gets given a sourdough starter and falls in love with baking!!

[@juliette6704]

One of bell hooks’ most famous works has to be Ain’t I a Woman which was published in the late 90s and had a massive impact on intersectional feminism. I would definitely suggest reading it to anyone as I think it’s important to read texts that have heavily influenced modern day feminism!

[@jrossi3526]

As a Sedaris lover, I feel compelled to say that the audio versions of his books are excellent and even more compelling than reading the physical book imo. The author narrates, and the stories are delivered as if he is performing them in stage (as he often is).

[@happyfamily1298]

This, yes! Love his audio versions and the nuance in his voice, pauses, etc. Adds so much to the book for me!

[@hannahcross2078]

My favorite KZbinr 😭 sundays are my fav days because it’s the day I take slowly and watch you!!!

[@jamie_lynn_]

The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks is my favorite bell hooks book. I recommend it to absolutely everyone.

[@francescakyanda9182]

I second this!

[@shareuhlin]

Eeeeeeee, I also picked Collected Regrets of Clover this month! It felt like a sign from the universe; death doula is a career change I've been seriously considering lately, bc I may not be cut out for the mortuary science degree track (sad face). I'm 26 chapters in and it is squeezing my heart in the best ways, I've underlined and tabbed quite a bit, feel pretty confident calling it one of my favorites of the year. AHHHHHH. David Sedaris has my heart forever and always. I remember reading the chalky cover one while riding the school bus in my hometown many years ago. He is a rare comedic gem and I love hearing the world through his perspective. Months ago, possibly years, I remember screenshoting a passage from All About Love that a friend from high school shared, so this feels like another sign from the universe to bump that up my TBR! From one cat mom to another, happy mother's day! ❤️

[@nellien4802]

We have a new manga store near us so I've really been getting into cozy manga for the summer. My favorite so far is Hakumei and Mikochi: A Little Life in the Woods. (they're miniature people who have animal friends)

[@danieladamico5485]

ahhhh I love Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead, it made me both laugh and cry. Lots of these are on my TBR! Happy reading 🐌 Can't wait to hear your oponion on them

[@graces.7310]

personally, I loved remarkably bright creatures and it’s lonely at the center of the earth so much, very different but very good reads

[@caseylovett]

So excited for you to read Genderqueer, I read it last year and it made me feel so understood. Really really good representation for trans/ace feelings some of the artwork is so beautiful

[@jillhoward8998]

Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks was so good! I just read it for a paper I wrote for school and absolutely loved the way she combined storytelling with social theory. It's a quick read but leaves you with such interesting ideas about how people feel (or don't feel) a sense of belonging in the spaces they live and how racism, patriarchy, and capitalism all impact it. Going to start All About Love this week :) So excited to hear what you think of it!

[@clandestini]

Oh, so good to see a Brazilian book in your list! We have a lot of fantastic authors. If you like Clarice Lispector, I recommend search for more Brazilian literature. A giant hug from Brazil. Thanks for make my Sundays a little bit better. ❤

[@dariamolchanova1217]

Your videos are like catching up with an old friend, thanks🥰 I'm so excited to see that you're reading Audre Lorde! I've been reading her prose and essays for the past couple of weeks and it is quite literally life-changing for me 😃 I'm looking forward to hear your opinion in the future!

[@carissahughes9991]

I just want to say thank you for your videos. You remind me of my eldest sister who I miss dearly. Since I am in the military and live across the country. Watching your videos help me enjoy a piece of that as well as have some comfort to my day when times are tough. You give me hope and I appreciate the videos to come thank you.

[@litwithkat]

ooo ‘remarkably bright creatures’ sounds so sweet, adding that/looking for it at my lib asap

[@s.ophiejohn]

when i heard you say you read Pew 2 years ago, i realized i’ve been watching your videos for over 2 years! that feels impossible, i’m so glad to have stuck around ❤

[@Fiona_Co]

Just added so many books to my tbr!! SO GOOD!! Thank you 💖 also I love Garlic and the Vampire/Witch! They’re so wholesome and the art is adorable. AND It’s Lonely At The Center of the Earth was a 5 star read for me! ✨

[@alexereads]

I look forward to Sunday every week because of you. thank you for what you do🤍

[@lizapixie626]

Book about older characters: Three Things You Should Know About Elsie. It’s a slow cozy mystery that explores the present of old peoples lives who live in an assisted living community as well as our MCs past. Her past is the mystery but it intertwines with the present in such a calm slightly chilling way. I think you might like it?? Honorable Mention: Britt-Marie Was Here- an older uptight woman looses everything and takes a job (to feel purpose) in a rundown town. That is all I knew going in and I loved it.

[@MrsLasagna]

I also recently bought bell hooks all about love. It's been on my tbr forever and my city was having an independent bookstore day so I had to go and give my love to all my favorite shops! And so I bought a different book (or two) at each shop. The Bandit Queens (the edition with the 👀), the first book in the Poppy War - R.F. Kuang; and When I sing, mountains dance - Irene Solà; and Nevernight - Jay Kristof

[@oliviadrury4851]

The vibes of all the books in this video seem immaculate. My tbr has grown yet again😂

[@tazisbooked]

GARLIC AND THE VAMPIRE (AND THE WITCH) IS SO CUTE IM SO HYPE FOR U TO READ IT

[@itmedana]

happy best day of the week to all who celebrate ☺️

[@catrinevansmusic]

Makes me very happy to hear you shouting out Leena Norms! You two are the only people I've ever subscribed to on Patreon, you're both my faves. Would love to see a collab one day 👀

[@mariahjw]

Me Talk Pretty One Day is one of my favorites! I hope you love it! ❤

[@megdrummond-wilson824]

The way you said Banasky. Perfection 🤌

[@wrenacorn6087]

Me Talk Pretty One Day is a total comfort read for me! At this point I know all the stories by heart. I listen to the audiobook when I have trouble falling asleep and the audio is great because his stories read like stand up comedy.

[@theblairbookproject]

David Sedaris is such a wonderful author - I've seen him speak a few times and he has such a way with telling family stories.

[@theblairbookproject]

I'm also so intrigued by Momfluenced. Added it to my TBR along with Remarkably Bright Creatures and Ephemera. And this also reminded me to check in on my book of the month oopsies

[@EvaluunaM]

Off topic a bit but I’d love to see how you annotate your books, especially fiction books. I really enjoy hearing your opinions, so I’d love to see your thought process for what and why you mark specific things.

[@coffins786]

i love your channel so much you make me feel like i’m doing enough and i am enough, even if you’re not directly saying it something about you makes me feel so safe and loved thank you words can’t explain how much you and you channel mean to me. you are my favorite youtuber please keep being yourself and never let anything hold you back, you inspire me and keep me going every week ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 thank you

[@_the_palest_3000]

You helped me sleep this morning. I put your videos on and I was so comforted I went back to sleep

[@trishdoucette126]

When you discussed The Invisible Kingdom it nagged my brain to mention Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. As someone that is chronically ill I would never ever want to give unsolicited medical advice or to ever presume what you have discussed with doctors. I only wanted to mention it because I had never heard of it and it was through social media that I came across it. As is the case with so many of us, what you are experiencing with the healtcare system resonates very deeply with me. I have watched your videos for months and taken so much comfort in your content. Thank you for making a very relatable, cozy corner of the Internet. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on To Battersea Park. I used to live next to said park and was intruiged when I saw it was being released.

[@kylierussell0207]

Ok getting to know you better through KZbin etc I HIGHLY recommend Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason. It has a lot of discussion on mental illness, mother daughter/the decision to become a mother, chronic illness in SUCH a beautiful way. An instant favorite for me.

[@biancasbookishadventures]

mona awad is one of my all time favorite authors. I loved "Bunny" so so much I uploaded a Timelapse of me painting a bullet journal tribute to the book. "All's Well" is the only book I haven't read by her, but it is on my TBR shelf as we speak and I really hope you love it. I would read awad's grocery list so ill have fun no matter what

[@spc.aesthetic]

I went to visit a friend in Gothenburg a few weeks back and they have fantastic bookshops with tons of english books, i might've splurged a bit 😂 Also I read 'Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead' last year and loved it, it might be due for a reread! Hope you'll enjoy it ❤

[@theeldritchfox]

Ahhh! I love the Garlic books. They're so cute and spooky! Plus garlic is also in the allium family, so, y'know... Ally-ums. Or something. I tried!

[@the2hunnys]

Hi! First of all, thank you for creating. Your videos are my favorite to watch; they always make me feel happy and cozy. You are such a sunshine of a person❤. I just started reading this year, so for now I am reading older books that I missed. Therefore, I haven't even heard about any of the books in this video, but I am adding some to my tbr list, which I can't wait to dive into. Honestly, You are such a motivation for me. I have read 15 books this year so far, and even though I could be sad because I am so very behind with all the new releases, as you always say, I need to go at my own pace. And that's what I do; if at least you believe in all of your viewers, including myself, I will be motivated to continue walking my path. Also, I understand the struggle of living in a country where getting books that you want is not easy. I live in a small country called Lithuania, and you either have to wait for the book to be translated or struggle with shipping. Anyway, I guess I just wanted to say thank you. I don't write comments often, but when I do, it becomes an essay. Sorry for that. Lots of love❤

[@allisonpaiges]

i appreciate you sending me all of this kindness 💛 thanks for the love &15 books is objectively a lot! happy reading 🥰

[@HeavenlyJasmines]

I've read that edition of Audre Lorde's essays and poems! It's wonderful!

[@alexandravaldes3018]

I just picked up Mexican Gothic a few days ago and immediately devoured it. So creative, loved the historical aspects and its analysis of colonialism and eugenics, through the lens of a spooky Gothic mystery. Highly recommend!

[@SynsBookNook]

I just picked up Cursed Bread, randomly got it from the library and am excited to read it. Remarkably Bright Creatures is great, I hope you love it!🙂📚

[@lizziehutchins]

all about love is great and then you gotta read communion by bell hooks!! Life changing book

[@emmagentry]

GARLIC GRAPHIC NOVELS YESSSS

[@gilliangranato8824]

Personally. Mitch Albom is one of my favorite authors. And Five people you meet in heaven is one of my favorite books by him ❤ I hope you love it so much

[@Kaylaress]

GARLIC AND THE VAMPIRE AND WITCH ARE MY FAVORITE IM SO GLAD YOURE READING THEM!💚💚💚

[@littleonepaige]

I’m reading everyone in this room will someday be dead and I’m loving it! I got real excited to see it in here. I love the writing and have laughed a lot.

[@enenie]

yesyesyes A Kind of Spark is everything! It made me emote (which almost never happens with books) and I felt so so seen! Also the tv series is great as well. You autistic inner child is really gonna do some healing when you read this.

[@sierrareed11]

The starless sea. HONESTLY my favorite book I’ve ever read. I only have about 40 pages left 😢🩷🩷🩷

[@sofiamota9599]

Hi Ally! I'm Brazilian, and I'm so happy to see a Brazilian book in your video! ❤ Clarice's writing is just amazing, and I'm sure you are going to love it! A big hug from Brazil! 🇧🇷

[@allisonpaiges]

yay! i'm so excited to read. do you have any other favorites that have been translated to english so i know what to read after this one? much love!

[@eeveesyrup]

I really loved it's lonely at the center of the earth, and I loved how it played with medium. graphic memoirs are so good and also one of my favorite genres.

[@bethw3573]

I bought The Woman in the Window because of your rec so I'm hype to read that one!! 😍

[@nanimaonovi2528]

In my community we have a huge book sale on Mother's Day every year. 500,000 books, a packed community hall, $2.00 a book, all proceeds to charity. At the check out tables more piles of books waited with signs reading 'just one more?' and 'can we tempt you?' I made it out of there a few hours later. That's all I remember.😂

[@ms.unique2837]

I just ordered some of your merch and I'm so freaking excited! You have easily become one of my comfort KZbinrs to watch when I've had a long day. I hope you're doing well, much love from the US

[@baeticat]

Ooh I'm so excited! I just ordered one of the designs as a tshirt. Happy to be able to support you in this way as I enjoy your content so much 💖

[@rinomoshto]

I think you would really enjoy the book Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. It’s about an older couple and the people around them. Elizabeth Strout does a fantastic job with the plot and her writing is impecable!! i think you would really enjoy her books :))

[@evieonthetv]

Just added Alls Well to my tbr from the library ❤🎉

[@jmschnepp]

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Clover. Just finished it. I’m in love and relate to her in significant ways!

[@NyagoNoir]

Love your videos and book recommendations. I suffer from migraines too. When I lived in the States I was seeing a neurologist and we narrowed my migraines down to a few triggers. Food, weather, stress and environment. By doing this I’m able to mange my migraines better with this knowledge and meditation. Hope this helps a bit.

[@catswhit]

everyone in this room will someday be dead is in my top 3 books I’ve read so far this year - I’ve never found a more relatable main character in terms of Gilda’s anxiety 🥲 I hope you love it, can’t wait to hear your thoughts!!!

[@elisehartmann6751]

you always put a smile on my face when I watch your videos 😀

[@georgieraereads5331]

I watched this twice because I had to re-watch it with my goodreads app open to add lots to my tbr!

[@maddylovesbooks]

ouuuu loving all the queer reads this month, i’m trying to dedicate june to only reading queer authors and/or queer stories for pride month so def will be getting some of these

[@hayleyirvine]

The way I collect books is borrowing them from my library to read on my kindle then if I liked the book a decent amount, I buy a copy. I’m still running out of room thanks to all of Ally’s recs, but I would like to think it helps 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@shalryma]

So I just found your channel the other day, love the content, so I’m subscribing! Also also, “Happy Hogwarts” playing at the end of the video absolutely consumed my heart ❤️

[@samanthageiger5851]

I LOVED THE GARLIC BOOKS! I quote them to my partner regularly 🧄🥕🏡💜

[@kenzievances]

my goodreads want to read has been ✨ UPDATED ✨

[@leahak2699]

At this point I've learned to keep the notes app open while I watch your videos so I can note down any books that pique my interest XD I've also got 'A Kind of Spark' on my TBR shelf as I've been looking for more books with autistic protagonists (I also figured out I was autistic last year!), and a tv show based on the book has come out recently so I definitely want to watch it once I've read the book. I don't usually comment, but your videos always brighten up my day and I love seeing another bookish autistic queer person enjoying their special interest!

[@AliceGama]

i always expect quality content from you but everytime you still surprise me!! it amazes me how you edit and film and talk!!!!

[@acattagite448]

everyone in this room will someday be dead is my favorite book! so happy you’ll be reading it!!

[@zyxxyzify]

I started giant days thanks to you! It is really like a big hug 🤗

[@allisonpaiges]

ah! so happy to hear it 💘

[@TrainingWithTheKoenigs]

Wowowow!! I just found your channel and I’m OBSESSED with your book choices and aesthetic! Ah! I added like all of these books to my TBR haha. I have read Remarkably Bright Creatures and I’m currently rereading it for a book club I’m hosting. It’s so good ❤

[@StarsAndEmbers]

This is the second time today I've seen someone mention Garlic & The Vampire after never hearing about it before, it looks so cute!

[@sophiecarbone4977]

I want to read Remarkably Bright Creatures so bad!! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it! 🐙

[@RosalindPeters]

This is the most BANGING list I’ve seen

[@BigPotatoStuffedWithPotatoes]

In Australia The Postmortal is called The End Specialist right?

[@allisonpaiges]

i have no idea i do not live there i’m sorry!

[@JimenaBlack]

Guadalupe Nettel is my favoriteeeeeeee!!!! So excited to see you reading her ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@meganwright8308]

So many interesting sounding books!! I loved Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. My most recent book purchases were Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick and A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson

[@ameliareads589]

Yeah, you hauled The Invisible Kingdom! 😍

[@karareynolds6398]

I hadn’t really read many graphic novels before discovering this channel! And now every time you recommend one I slyly add it to my basket. Picked up my first tillie Walden the other day and it was fantastic. But garlic and the vampire looks so cuuuute 😮

[@Imhrien]

All of hooks writing is mind-opening, even if some are very dense. And they’re valuable rereads, cause I’ve found, as I got older, her ideas become more and more clear to me. “The will to change” in particular is a dense one but worth grappling with in all the ways. A book with an older protagonist you may enjoy (if you haven’t read it already since it was a huge hit some years ago) is “the Elegance of the Hedgehog” which was translated from french. It’s very philosophical, slow paced and not at all plot centric and takes its time to dive into two personalities: an older woman named Renée and her neighbor who is young girl named Paloma and how they find kindred spirits and support in each other. As for bookish sins: I’ve been good! 😂 I only made some (4) pre-orders last week for authors and series I want to support and have not bought any thing since then. Quite proud of myself, honestly. 😤

[@macieleann1990]

twas a stressful week and ally's videos always always make me feel better ♡♡

[@ChloeTheePayne]

i can't wait to hear you discuss All About Love! in my most recent reading wrap up video, i explained that the book was a bit too dense and dry for me to easily absorb (mostly a problem with my expectations, i had been anticipating it might be more of a personal memoir and was surprised by all the citations and analysis) but the experience definitely left me wanting to learn more about bell hooks and perhaps find other books by this author that i'd be more compatible with... this channel always brings such a fresh perspective to books that hurt my brain, so i'm looking forward to learning from someone else's point of view!

[@safkempers9367]

So many great books! I hope I'm well enough to read books again soon, especially All's Well sounds right up my alley :)

[@amanduhreads]

The way I just KNOW the creator you’re talking about for Lispector and Awad is Lèa! Her taste is immaculate, as is yours! Also, I am Brazilian and I can confirm Clarice Lispector is amazeballs ❤

[@allisonpaiges]

omg what’s her handle?! i didn’t save the video and i’ve been trying to find it ever since

[@rowan.27]

I recently bought two graphic novels, Sensory: Life on the Spectrum edited by Bex Ollerton and Special Topics in Being a Human by S. Bear Bergman, both look soo good and accessible and I'm excited to pick them up!

[@miachalupa]

i just finished Cursed Bread yesterday and wowowowow i had SUCH a good time! excited to hear ur thoughts about it! 😊

[@ajthecosmonaut1870]

So excited for you to read A Kind of Spark!! The show is really cute too!!!

[@ajthecosmonaut1870]

Also im on a book buying ban but I will be placing many holds on Libby

[@AdrianasWonderland]

uu so many mental heath books, really cool

[@astoldbykat]

My TBR pile is so large from my monthly book shopping at this point, it's probably taller than me (and I'm 5'2"). Also, as someone who was diagnosed with chronic pain (myofascial pain syndrome) about 5 years ago and has other pain issues that have been undiagnosed for years and the only "advice" I get is "lose weight"...I'm definitely adding some of those books about the topic to said TBR pile.

[@RosalindPeters]

I’m just writing down ‘It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth’ on my TBR, and I have Marbles sitting RIGHT next to me that I’m just about to read! It arrived in my library today. So excited to get stuck in! Love you as always A xx

[@meowies119]

8:36 this book!!! I loved it so much. every single page perfectly depicted many of my exact thought processes & actions/results of those thoughts. I'm also a lesbian, like the main character. the whole book felt like a big call out to me :,)

[@meowies119]

oh, it's also the only book to ever make me genuinely laugh out loud. one specific scene made me literally cackle

[@alexpittman6914]

Your videos are such a warm hug for me 🥰 thank you for being exactly who you are

[@lochnessvhs]

Our literary interests are so similar in so many random categories. But OOF my TBR is screaming from being overloaded!! 💛

[@biaa7278]

oh ! all’s well has been in my tbr since I read bunny (one of my fav books ever) I am curious to see what u think of it!

[@aaaariane]

as per your recommendation(s), i recently bought the Monk and Robot Duology, Lonely Castle in the Mirror and Convenience Store Woman because there was a big coronation sale on english language books at my local bookstore and i just had to ':) i am so excited to read them, cannot wait!!

[@victoriazeccola]

Just bought a YA yesterday called All Our Hidden Gifts (love the cover). Excited to see how to goes!

[@kaileyford8080]

So looking forward to your thoughts on the Garlic graphic novels! I loved them and hope you will too.