birthday book haul!!!

[@kioskclerk]

I’m always amazed by how little cutting this channel’s videos need. Ariel could be a newscaster.

[@bintzubair]

YESSSSS I TOTALLY AGREE. this is one of the reasons that she's my absolute favourite youtuber. She doesn't edit stuff out. And she doesn't need to. I love that.

[@ArielBissett]

🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@annalauraamenta]

Ok I'm not a cat person, but your cat collecting red stuff caught my attention. Maybe I'll reconsider.

[@Luis-ej4ei]

Everyone else: Ariel: I am going to exist in three centuries

[@thornprick2645]

I only have to live til 102 to do that woot

[@Luis-ej4ei]

@@thornprick2645 weird flex hahaha 104 here

[@thornprick2645]

@@Luis-ej4ei it is a weird flex. What a weird thought that when she mentioned that goal, I immediately decided "wouldn't want elderly me to feel like I let myself down by dying before my third century." Like obviously it's just a silly thing but I'm like "no no. I don't need that kind of pressure."

[@thornprick2645]

@@Luis-ej4ei I also already get to say I've lived in two millenniums and annoy peers two years my junior by saying, "ah you wouldn't get it. I'm from a different millennium." if I so choose. I've never done it. But I could.

[@Luis-ej4ei]

@@thornprick2645 Hahaha I'll definitely use "I'm from another millennium". I always thought about how we're gonna sound extra old when we're actually old because, unlike someone only a few years younger than me who will say they're from the 00's, I'm gonna be like "I was born in the 20th century, son. Nineteen hundred ninety six". The spelling is even longer in my native language haha

[@linnsansvinnsan]

The whole vibe of this video is just so good?? I'm pretty sure I just smiled for 18 minutes

[@ArielBissett]

💕💕💕💕💕

[@destiny0004]

Me too I'm so happy

[@OmNomKewkies]

“It’s a love story set in a pumpkin patch. That’s all I know, and all I NEED to know” I felt that.

[@jessethereader]

sheets is the BEST!!! read it asap & tell me all your thoughts!

[@aditibisht22]

Hey!

[@ArielBissett]

I will!! I just finished Pumpkinheads so it's up next for me!!!

[@kirtiaggarwal31]

Jesse please read Wonder, it's amazing. Pleeeaaassseee!?!?!?!

[@bts_vinyl]

I think The Bell Jar is a really accessible classic. In terms of the plot, it's rough. But when it comes to actually reading and understanding the writing, I think it's something that people who aren't accustomed to classics can read easily.

[@jennyjournals8133]

i love these videos because you don't get the books that are "popular." you get books that grab your attention! Really makes me love you more!

[@nadiahcooper]

I just finished On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and I cant stop thinking about it. It was absolutely amazing, breathtaking and other great things!

[@inmimisbowl]

There’s also a Japanese film of the book “Before Your Coffee Gets Cold”. I’ve watched it on an airplane and I really enjoyed it :)

[@ArielBissett]

I'll definitely check it out!

[@onesong89]

$35 seems rather expensive for books, even hardbacks - would love to see you discuss the differences in prices of books as you’ve obviously bought books in a few different countries. EDIT: I've just looked this up in £ and it converts to about £20 - a lot of uk hardbacks don't quite reach that - I think £18.99 is the most I've personally spent.

[@Jeffrey.e]

I'm a bookseller and we have seen a rise in the cost of books. Not sure why but brand new hardbacks have all been coming in around that $30 price point. It sucks because not a lot of people can afford that so they turn to Amazon where they can get it way cheaper (Amazon takes a loss on books because they make so much profit with other items). That's why there are fewer and fewer indie bookstores, we just can't make a living when Amazon will always beat our prices.

[@paulinep4916]

That's so sad! In Germany we have something called "Buchpreisbindung", which means a binding price for a book everyone. You can only get cheaper books if they're damaged or the publisher wants to get rid of some remaining stock. So small bookstores have a chance to survive against huge bookstore chains which could lower the price if they wanted to.

[@rapprenee]

I’m not sure if we’re speaking in canadian or american dollars but in Finland a regular hardcover is about 30€ which is 43 CAD and 33 USD :(

[@Jeffrey.e]

@@rapprenee that's about what you can expect for CAD and US dollars. It's crazy!

[@Alena-yu5dg]

35$?!?! That‘s crazy. In Germany that book is 16.49€ at the moment, which would be 18.36 USD and 24 CAD. Isn‘t it weird that a book published in America costs more there than in other countries (e.g. Germany)?!

[@anothergreatetcetera]

The crazy mark-down of those short story collection is the best proof of them not selling, I guess. Such a shame, it is such a cool format, as you said!

[@ArielBissett]

Yes yes yes exactly!!! Perfectly put!

[@geovannymora848]

@@ArielBissett great video

[@Cellomania427]

You should also read Sylvia Plath's journals if you get the chance. There are some seriously beautiful prose in that book.

[@thornprick2645]

I really resonate with Sylvia Plath. Gonna add that to my To Reads

[@KierTheScrivener]

Bell Jar is one of my favourite books if all time. Such an incredible book. I love short stories ❤

[@reeselansangan]

Pleaaaase do the short story readathon! I adore short story collections and anthologies and I have a couple of good recommendations! But I would love to find out what collections YOU love! If you need recs, I can give them over on Patreon! :) BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIEL! (I just celebrated my birthday too!)

[@bp-od1kk]

please do the short stories collection video!!!! as someone who wants to get into them bc i also like short books but dont know where to start it would be great to see some recommendations.

[@bookishsimon6213]

I highly recommend Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man! There's a lot of variety topic-wise, but all of the stories are top-notch quality and only take about ten minutes to read!

[@jumanadald]

Ilysm ariel🥺💗!!

[@ciaracoolcu]

one of my cats is obsessed with red things too!!! he only has one toy that's red, but he hides it everywhere and i frequently go to bed only to find it tucked under the covers haha!

[@nawal8821]

The bell jar is one of my favourite books! There’s something about stories on women having a mental breakdown that HOOKS ME 🤤👌🏼(see also: franny and zooey)

[@sarahgillard1291]

My favorites in highschool were always the bell jar and the awakening so I feel this 😂

[@jacquelinebrogdon1194]

As someone else born in 1994, living to 106 is my new goal LOL

[@StoriesForCoffee]

I love hearing you talk about the books you’re excited to read. It’s infectious ! 🥰🥰 ALSO: you should read The Memory Police by Yokō Ogawa. Translated from Japanese, and it’s short!!!

[@ArielBissett]

Stories For Coffee I nearly bought it a few weeks ago!!! I definitely want to check it out!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Sheets seems so so cute!

[@ArielBissett]

Jay G right?!!!

[@user-uu5dc6wr6h]

The idea of wanting a specific age to die is smart. I’m gonna choose one, too. I think 112 is good. So 2112!

[@bookishsimon6213]

I pick 1736. Shoot for the moon, land among the stars.

[@booluther]

I love short story collections. Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s are some of my favourites. As well as Her Body and Other Parties.

[@LucindaGarza]

We need a video about your collection of books about writing! 📖✨

[@Brishti8]

Ariel I love watching your book haul videos! You always seem to post them when I haven't read in a while and after watching the video I get SO motivated to start reading again 😀

[@georgiarichter5430]

I also love short stories. Three of my favorite, iconic short story writers are Flannery O’Connor, Franz Kafka, and Ernest Hemingway!

[@VelvetLibrary]

This was so wholesome and made me so happy. I have actually started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and your description of it enlightened me to the plot more than actually reading some of the book

[@YouveGottaBeKittenMe]

I think she was explaining the plot of the book she got, A Scanner Darkly.

[@ninkynike]

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" wow, just the sound of that title sounds amazing! Like whatever the book is about will just have epic writing and stories. Wonderful choice of words, how does one write like that?!?

[@bintzubair]

I wonder how one writes like that...

[@thornprick2645]

His poems are SO GOOD

[@uponthepages7822]

the bell jar is a huge surprise like it's much better than you'd expect. I HIGHLY recommend her journals too if you like her writing. I actually think her best writing is in her journals.

[@erika8555]

youre going to love the bell jar!

[@scorpions0ul]

I just love your reviews. You’re the reason I fell in love with George Orwell. Thank you !

[@Alena-yu5dg]

YES to a short story collection readathon!!

[@clinthuff9868]

That what I love about books is the cover and title are so unique and you never know what you’re going to get based off the cover and title. When I saw “before the coffee get cold” I thought it would be a romance type book. But hearing what it really about now I wanna read it. Teaches me to really pay more attention to the saying don’t read a book by the cover. Now I’m gonna start searching more based off the synopsis and not the cover bad habit that I have because I’m missing on so many amazing books

[@elizabethpartridge6763]

Okay!!! But The Bell Jar has to be one of my favourite books OF ALL TIME!!! I read it while I was studying and wrote an essay comparing the perils of society's norms in The Bell Jar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey) and I fell in love with it!!! READ IT READ IT READ IT AND FALL IN LOVE

[@amelian9677]

Before Your Coffee Gets Cold sounds great!!! I also love Jean’s channel 😊

[@howstrangehowsmall]

Sheets is so good! Very delightful! And the art style (the landscapes and backgrounds especially) is so magickal!

[@moonsugarrr]

before the coffe gets cold!!! aa i really loved that book!! nice find

[@ByJuliah]

Your book hauls are always my favorites because I find so many fantastic new reads through you!

[@madelinearnold-vasquez943]

I read the bell jar because I grew up hearing people talk about it. I didn’t expect to like it but I absolutely loved it and I think you will too!

[@ochoheido]

Oh my god, Ariel!!!! That is MY plan! To live in 3 centuries. But I'll have to live until I am 112... and 1/2. Good luck to us both! Also, I would be interested in that short story collection video. Also, also, that PKD book sounds like a Netflix show with Paul Rudd that I just saw a trailer for. Also, also, also... I'm currently reading "The Babysitters Coven" by Kate Williams and I think you would like it bc it's a fun teen novel with witchy stuff. I'm enjoying it a lot because it's more FUN than DARK. At least so far.

[@meghanj28]

I can't wait for you to read The Bell Jar. It's one of the books I've reread the most, probably like 5 or 6 times since I first read it when I was 15 or 16. For some reason it is a great book to read in the bath (in my opinion) if you're into that. Also Wild is SO good. No shade to Tiny Beautiful Things, but Wild is *everything.* I need to reread that too....

[@Vickynger]

i've read my year of rest and relaxation and i loved it! feels like a modern bell jar, so pretty cool that you have both of them in the haul lol

[@natalijarokvic]

Happy birthday, Ariel🧡🧡🧡 Btw, your makeup look is amazing!

[@ArielBissett]

natalijaa my accountant didn’t even mention it, haha!

[@vanessabarreto94]

What a great thing to wake up to😁, Happy birthday! 🌼

[@megwithbooks]

ur book hauls are the equivalent of a cosy hug

[@opheliawinfrey9501]

13:05 so when are those "novellas for the win" pins available? 😂 I would so buy them!

[@womanoftext190]

Oh my god, I love all the colours you always wear!!!! Always makes me super happy to see 🙌

[@MaryAmongStories]

hope you had a wonderful birthday 🧡 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous sounds amazing! LOL a nest of red things, that's adorable 😂 The Bell Jar is a good book :)) Wild has been on my radar! great haul ^^

[@TheIrisMessenger]

I really loved Ocean Vuong’s poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds! I wasn’t able to get through On Earth We’re briefly gorgeous when I tried to read it this summer, but I’m going to try again around Christmas time. It is so poetic that you really have to pay attention to what he’s doing. Happy Birthday Ariel! Hope you have a wonderful 25th year!

[@McNads]

i love short stories too! i think the idea for the video where you read all of your short story collections sounds cool.

[@tiramisoso]

AAAAHHHH I JUST FINISHED ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS AND IM STILL IN AWE FROM IT !! you're the first booktuber i've seen mention it !!!

[@isabellaf-m9329]

Watching this was such a lovely time

[@aless.andra9620]

I'm so excited you've got "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"😉 I tried picking it up as an audiobook, and it didn't really work for me (because of narrator, not content), but I can't wait to start it as a physical read! It gives me strong lyrical vibes of "Call Me By Your Name".

[@BaileeWalsh]

The Bell Jar is my favorite book!! Don't put it off, Ariel!! I didn't know it was autobiographical going into it, but at the end of the edition I have there is an 'About the Author' section and learned a bit about Sylvia Plath there. But I was really curious as to how much of what happened to Esther happened to Sylvia in real life. That was, oh my gosh, 5 years ago! And now I've read multiple biographies about her and her journals, and I highly recommend learning about her after reading it- or whenever you'd prefer to.

[@stephaniekarina6256]

Happy birthday Ariel!!

[@madi5170]

Love you, Ariel! ♥️

[@Nkanyiso_K]

Heck yeah, I'm Subbed for Tiny Books! *2020 short story video: Can't wait*

[@austinbrown9610]

I’ve had How to Write An Autobiographical Novel in my online cart for sooo long! I’ll have to pick it up soon. Also, Sheets looks like it’s gonna be great! Happy late birthday, Ariel!!

[@aphrog649]

this is kind of random, but oml i love your laugh... it’s so adorable and contagious

[@teribakerreads]

I am up for a short story reading month next year, most definitely. As I want to get into reading more short stories and somehow I feel I still have to unlock this specific writing format for myself.

[@Biancaaaarr]

I'd love to see a review of all your short story collections! I really want to read more short stories but have no idea where to start!

[@g.chatterjee2296]

Happy Birthday Ariel and yes we are interested in everything you do. You should read man in the high castle.

[@jenniferkrohnbourgeois71]

I really enjoyed How to Write an Autobiographical Novel; I hope you enjoy it too. And yay for short stories!

[@lukas7008]

Love your eye make up and hat!!! And what you do!

[@TheBooktubeGirl]

I miss you! These are great books!!

[@julkakoczowska4615]

Watching you is like a gift I swear

[@thoughtsandwanders8866]

So much love for Novellas ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lukas7008]

I'm Mexican. I grew up on them.

[@emilyables5608]

oh ARIEL i exclaimed out loud when you said you haven't read My Year of Rest and Relaxation yet. it's just. so good. out of any book you mentioned in this video, you MUST read that one ASAP

[@ArielBissett]

Emily Ables I remember how much you loved it!!!! I’ll try to get to it ASAP!!!

[@dmonizbarreto]

Love your energy!! Keep up the great work!!

[@oliviamooo9423]

That's so funng about Max, my cat Lincoln loves blue things! Blue toys, blue string, blue anything, and when I was researching why that is, apparently cats can only see certain colors, and certain colors are really vibrant to them! I think some cats see certain colors better than other cats, so that might be why she's particular to red things, and my cat is particular to blue!!

[@sydniehammer5295]

OMG my sister and I have the same pact!! I aim to live to 105 years old and she needs to hit 102 so we can live in 3 separate centuries 👏 I’m glad other people also have this goal 😂 Also Pumpkin Heads is SO good 💕 I’m a bookseller and that has been one of my top graphic novels to get people reading this year🙌💕 And one last aside: Girl 👏 I can not wait for you to read Homesick for Another World! Ottessa Moshfeigh is a freakin trip. She’s one of my favorite fiction writers, and her characters are in-sane in a terrifyingly beautiful way. Anyways, happy late birthday! Enjoy your haul 🙌

[@annemiedingemans386]

To live 106 years, I recommend you to read the 'Blue Zones' books, like 'The Blue Zones: 9 lessons for living longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest'. And although it's about more then only the eating habits ... they even have a cookbook out now 'The Blues Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100' :-) Anyway ... Happy Birthday and much love from Belgium :-) xxx

[@ibtissamtamari2448]

Happy birthday Ariel

[@HannahReadsFiction]

Thank you for the video! I hope to read more short stories in the near future, but never know where to start.

[@GreciaCalderon10]

Your style is amazing! ❤️ happy birthday Ariel!

[@LibraryFairy762]

I always want to have more discussions about books and writing and be more productive artistically after watching these videos. I would be super interested in a massive short story collection review :D

[@postmoddy7411]

Lol my birthday is today ! Happy Birthday, Ariel !!!

[@BeckReadsBooks]

I got Homesick for Another World on sale too XD I really love Otessa Moshfegh's writing. It's very different especially since I read mostly YA, but there's something very unique about her stories. A lot of her characters aren't super likable characters, but I've still found myself devouring her two novels.

[@kyra8140]

Love this!! Love the recommendations!! ALSO super clutch bc it reminded me to update my Goodreads lists 🤪

[@makenziehofacker8378]

Are you going to continue to update your witch story on wattpad?

[@pattog5549]

Otessa Moshfegh is one of my favorite authors!!! That collection of short stories is amazing!!! I hope You like it!!!

[@BemuzedBookworm]

also bought Before the Coffee Gets Cold recently. Really want to get around to it soon

[@bintzubair]

AAAHHH this video was so satisfying. I'd be definitely up for the short stories review!

[@arianeviana7838]

I'm currently reading "a scanner darkly" . I have no idea where i'm going but I'm enjoying hahaha

[@happy4sloths]

Please read more Faith Erin Hicks! I also wasn't the biggest fan of Friends with Boys but try her Nameless City trilogy. It's so good!

[@annakarlien1952]

You made me really want to pick up a Scanner Darkly! It's been on my radar for years, but I never realized how incredibly fun the concept is! Also I'm currently reading Homesick for Another World, heard you talking about it and thought "I've never heard of When Watched", open Goodreads and it recommends me the latter based on the Moshfegh! They clearly matched well. :'D

[@Sam-qq7re]

Obsessed with Ariel in this hat wow much cute

[@hllurban244]

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is so stunning, I was blown away when I read it!

[@amyy3638]

Before the Coffee gets Cold is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! 5/5 FOR SURE!!! The Bell Jar - also amazing! Can't wait to see what you think.

[@tasosl9828]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!💕💕

[@JamesLawner]

Happy belated birthday! Please read your books.

[@emilysfeather]

Definitely interested in that short story readathon!

[@sofiareads4668]

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous has been on my TBR for a while too :) I also think it might be a 5 star. I’m doing my ridiculous “procrastinating on anticipated books” thing. Maybe I’ll pick it up in November 😊

[@marajessa]

Happy birthday Ariel! 🧡 Your fingernails caught my attention tho! Love it! Love you 😘

[@HaleyShealy15]

I love the short story idea!!!

[@salamalmahi541]

HAPPY BIRTHDAAAY!

[@jetskeapollonia]

yayy! short story collections! (just read fen by Daisy Johnson and lovvved it!)

[@meliamarkham]

the bell jar is my all-time favorite book :) i can't wait to hear your thoughts!

[@carlyparks4311]

I'd love to see a short book readathon/review video!!