Bookish *Never Have I Ever* 🍷 all my book confessions

let's play never have i ever but bookish edition! I forgot to mention in the video but this used to be tag and i recently saw Elliot Brooks and Thoughts on Tomes do something similar, so I decided to hop on the trend! Thank you guys for sending me prompts, now i'm spilling the tea and sharing all my reading confessions!
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 22 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)
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[@emilygrace7850]

Watching book tube instead of reading... that one punched me in the face and stole my lunch money

[@g.r.7263]

omg I do the same thing of covering the book with my hand to not "spoil myself" of what's gonna happen in literally the next paragraph of page hahaha

[@debbielawrence2038]

Me too

[@chelsey8737]

I do too! But I'm also the kind of person who googles the ending of books if I'm afraid I'm not gonna like it. I do not want to get invested in characters or a world that doesn't end in a nice, happy, wrapped up way.

[@mattkean1128]

My TBR has been so out of control that I've been at a bookstore and bought a book I already have.

[@delphiniumreads3063]

When I was in university I made some of my favorite friends by going up to people reading a book I recognized and asking about it! Totally worth the brief moment of awkward at first for the friendships that came afterward 🥰🥰

[@TheBookLeo]

that's amazing!

[@ottoismy1dog]

Someone in my office forced a book on me saying "It's was amazing & I know how you love to read. You'll love this." And maybe it was a superb historical/mystery/romance, but it was not for me. And I usually have books in mind (a kind of mental tbr). Anyway, 2 weeks later I returned the book to her desk with a note saying that I really enjoyed it & thanked her for lending it to me. Luckily she is the type of person who once she starts talking, she goes on & on. I was able to do a lot of nodding, and 'oh yeah-ing' to get throught our "discussion of the book". I'm a monster.

[@aflatoxicosis]

I once read a whole graphic novel on the toilet. My butt hurt really bad after that

[@eshitasahu]

Bro 😂

[@sabrina.lnd95]

The only time I've ever pretended I've read a book but actually haven't was in High School 😂

[@TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

Same! I read the crap out of every synopsis the Internet had to offer though. I was very committed to my lies.

[@sabrina.lnd95]

@@TalkAsSoftAsChalk We wrote an exam about a Goethe book and I'd only gotten halfway through it, unfortunately the ending was important 😂

[@nicktankard1244]

@@sabrina.lnd95 same. Our school curriculum was so bad. The most boring stuff ever.

[@koritsi2142]

@@sabrina.lnd95 hahaha that was me with Lord of the Flies, but somehow, I still got full marks on my essay in the exam xD in hindsight, my teacher liked me A LOT

[@koritsi2142]

Now that I think about it, I never finished Faust.. and my German teacher was not amused lol

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ABOUT THE RANT ON “toxic relationships” I’m so sick of that conversation.

[@claralovescats123]

the drawings in six of crows are so gooddd 🥺

[@TheMasqerade]

My book confession is that I borrowed a children's stories book in the second grade from the school library and I haven't returned it to this day, 10 years later. Everytime I remember this, I get PTSD flashes. Awesome video as ever, Leo!

[@liengandriod55]

You know this happened to me about three times in life. Now I try to read a book within a week and just return it if I can't.

[@alexandrasstudio5308]

I love what you did with Six of Crows book, I agree that when it’s a book that I love it should have my stamp on it, so that people that know me will recognize my books.

[@viktoriabazyk8193]

"do people really lie about having read a book? is this something i have to look out for? are booktubers fake? should i call the police? i'm calling the police" 😂😂😂

[@SabinesBookNook]

00:33 me whenever I make my drinks: 70% alcohol 30% mix drink

[@luketufts6827]

Two shots of vodka.. 🙃

[@TheBookLeo]

yup lol

[@octobertunes]

Same, and this is why I’m not allowed to make drinks for my friends 😂

[@TheBookishMom]

Taking a bath with a book freaks me out too lol! I couldn't handle it!

[@readbymarta2781]

i got mad when my classmates didn't read the assigned books either!!!!!!!! once my whole class (but me) watched the adaptation instead of eading the book. Then I got a bad gade because i got confused during the exam and the teacher told me that there was no way i could have read the book and i got so mad because i was the only person who had actually read it hahaha

[@TheBookLeo]

oh nooo i would be so frustrated

[@kirahnewton7684]

I feel so bad for you ❤

[@olivegranola]

I"VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE ON BOOKTUBE WHO WATCHES AND ENJOYS HANNIBAL!! i've been watching your videos for a month when they come on my recommended page but now IM SUBSCRIBED YESS

[@TheBookLeo]

hannibal

[@laras.7670]

Sometimes when the book makes me too anxious I do skip a few pages to know what happens then go back and continue reading it. But is only sometimes. I have to be *really* anxious to do that.

[@sabrina.lnd95]

I do the hand thing too when I don't want to spoil myself while reading 😂

[@SabinesBookNook]

2:33 LEONIE WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH OUR BABY!?!?? 😭😭😭

[@DanielCifer]

"You should never be ashamed of what you read." I have actually read that Jordan Peterson's book before actually knowing wtf he was on about and now I want my time back. Also I have spent more time than I would have liked to on reading useless arguments between strangers online.

[@luketufts6827]

lol which of his books?

[@TheBookLeo]

oof that may be the only book to be ashamed of

[@DanielCifer]

@@luketufts6827 I'm not telling on myself any further

[@mashnersesyan5279]

yesss!! thank u, it makes me so happy to watch ur videos🤍🤍🤍

[@JaskeeratSinghSandhu]

Yess

[@BookTubewithAmy]

This is a brilliant idea 😂 I've never heard of this tag but I love it.

[@nherbooks]

ok here is my confession: i have lied about reading a book! it was breaking dawn skskskkskskkk,,,basically i never loved twilight but felt obligated at 15 to read it since it was so popular. i was always 'the reader' amongst my friends & i felt like such a fake if i didn't read twilight cause all my friends who didn't read as often as me read it! in fairness i did start breaking dawn,,,but i never finished it & i let my friends think i did LOL anyway this video was so fun

[@rivendellstarlight]

Oh my goodness, you draw beautifully!

[@LilAllygator]

The drawings you did on Six of Crows were so beautiful! ♥️

[@shrestha7134]

My confession is-i borrowed a book from my friend, read it,forgot to return it in a month's time. And my mom sold it😂😂😂 .. I felt so ashamed

[@eliodelio5600]

at my primary school we had bookshelves in each class for reading during breaks and stuff but i was always allowed to take books home after school because i would always finish the book and bring it back the next day, however i was also a very forgetful child and collected a pretty big pile of books that i had forgotten to take back and then at some point just been too embarrassed to return and decided to just hide them forever 🥴

[@TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

For years, I lied about having read the Harry Potter series to my friends. I got by fine because I'd seen the films so I knew the major stuff. Then two years ago, I finally read all the books and my brain broke in half because they were sooooo insanely good and beautiful and magical. I couldn't stop talking about them and all my friends were like "Yeah cool but you knew how good they were for years why are you talking them up so much all of a sudden". I just ha dto shut up unless I wanted to admit that I had been lying to their face for ages.

[@iamawaffle4629]

You could‘ve said that you re-red them

[@josephmarshall6599]

This video made my day! Thanks Leonie :)

[@neri1822]

another confession: wattpad got me into reading

[@amaresuify]

Honestly? Whatever gets you there.

[@gjori4704]

Go Wattpad! Like, honestly, that's so cool! Welcome to the bookworm life I guess ;)

[@chelsey8737]

I freaking loved wattpad and read soooooo many fanfics. I hate it now and have moved completely to ao3 but man wattpad has such a special place in my heart. I even bought the physical published copies of 2 stories when the author got book deals

[@hibasakouti6545]

me too hhh

[@auraezahra]

it's the opposite for me, my parents were really avid readers and i've been reading ever since i can remember but at once point my dad got cancer and we spent everything we had on his treatment and i didn't want to bug my parents to buy me books when they were already in a tight spot (i was 12 back then) so i found out about wattpad and i've loved it ever since (i stopped reading after my dad died, for like 5 years, but i'm writing a book there now)

[@Zivilin]

I confess to having way to many books on my TBR list and I still have bought new ones to the pile. 😅

[@vn7890]

I can totally relate with the "hand on page" thing! I always fear the books will have sweat stains because I am so stressed sometimes 😂😂 and i want to point out: I love the fact that you literally wave the glass around as you become drunk :D

[@maelle.c.]

youtube recommended me your video and maybe i did subscribe immediately when you mentioned hannibal (and obviously because it was a really cool video!!)

[@TheBookLeo]

hannibal

[@fedaelman706]

I remember searching the book "paper princess" because people said it was good, and then I saw your rant review and now im a fan of yours :)

[@jenia-p8968]

Omg I do the same thing with my hand when I'm worried about my eye wandering to the end of a page and spoiling it 😂 good to know I'm not alone!

[@ReadToMeAtMidnight]

Once a friend spilled orange juice on my copy of Divergent at school... it was a very intense two minutes of screaming and mopping :') Loved this video as always

[@mrfrancyofficial]

I do that hand thing to avoid spoiling myself too!! Glad I'm not alone 😂😂😂

[@angelamccollister]

Beautiful artwork you did in your book.

[@readwithcaroline3388]

I am obsessed with your earrings

[@meowmeow-ep8wm]

Your drawings on the six of crows book is so pretty :)

[@gb8269]

I just found your channel and I love it!

[@crystalrose8787]

Yeah love these kinds of videos! 😄👍

[@Casein_nitrat3]

"I dnfed the raven boys.." yoU DNFED THE RAVEN BOYS?!😱😱😱😱 I'm mildly offended 😂 maybe give it another try? From what I've gathered about your reading taste from your videos i feel like you'll really like it💕✨☺️

[@IReadToday]

This is so much fun!

[@lydiarobertson5433]

I thought I was the only one did the hand thing to avoid spoilers !!! Glad I’m not alone 😂😂

[@alexink7941]

The rant density definitely increased the longer the video went on 😂 Ohh, will you vlog Nanowrimo if you participate? My juiciest confession is that I'm a notorious series-buyer. I often end up buying all the books in a series at once, or after finishing and liking the first book. I bought the entirety of the Wheel of Time series (15books) after enjoying the first 2 so...whoops 😂

[@linnea4882]

I bought the third book in a series that I was sure I was gonna like (I did) becasue I found it signed in my local bookstore. Happy I did☺️

[@Plimandis]

Reading book series out of order might not often be an option with the fantasy genre, but with cosy crimes it's possible. Many crime novels are even written with that possibility in mind, so readers aren't spoiled.

[@Silverraine1]

Yes, and many times the later books have much better writing and plotting because the author has gained experience

[@coleton7048]

You're reading The Poppy War! Yes!

[@ScullyPopASMR]

This channel totally rocks. I'm a huge fan 🎸🎼

[@Emma-sj6wp]

Sammeee. I read in the bath during Winter because we have a sky light and its super pretty. I switched to audio books after I nearly dropped one in the water.

[@GriffReads]

I LOVE this video idea! I feel the same about DNFing books. If I've paid money for a book then I feel like I *have* to finish it or I've wasted the money. But if I'm unsure whether I'll like a particular book then I'll borrow it from the library so I don't feel as bad for DNFing

[@nherbooks]

i clicked on this so fast skskskskksk & also this thumbnail is a mood!! LOL

[@TheBookLeo]

thank you

[@gabriellaoliveira9833]

tipsy leonie is the best leonie 💕

[@erinreadsalot]

I love your earrings!

[@annawarkentin4459]

I discovered your channel today and I've been binging your videos, they're fantastic! I just wanted to ask, because we have similar coloring, what lip coloring do you use? Your makeup (and book taste) is so on point. Sorry if it's weird to comment on a year old video and ask, have a great day!

[@lu8201]

Great video. I like your book earrings.

[@leman1275]

With the 2nd installment thing. I've done it twice because they were books from my school library, and I bought the 2nd one because I read the 1st already

[@subtlefire7256]

About trying not to read ahead to find out what will happen: That happened to me with the last Harry Potter book. I'm in the habit of looking at a book's pagecount before I start reading it. So I looked for it, my eyes went up... and landed on the last sentence, which is like the most revealing sentence ever. Yeah. And regarding missing important stuff because of a book: I once almost missed the bus to a school trip because I was so engrossed in my reading. Luckily my teacher noticed. That would have been an unpleasant surprise, lol.

[@micahdc1549]

MA'AM YOUR EARRINGS ARE VICIOUS 💖

[@bebella9005]

“What if you read the first installment and don’t like it enough to finish it and you have the second one for nothing?” Girl, if I spent my hard earned money on it, you bet I’m gonna read it anyway! 😂 And I’m 100% with you in regards to Darklina and fictional toxic relationships

[@leungmavis6986]

You should try The Raven Boy again. Really really should. It took me half the book to get into the story but after that, it’s soooo good. I stayed up every night to read the series. Please!!! Give it another try. Blue lily lily blue is my fav in the series.

[@amaresuify]

Here's my philosophy on loaning books: You don't loan out things you're not okay with never seeing again. I say this both from the never seeing a book again side and the never gave a book back side. Life happens, in weird and wonderful and often chaotic ways. (Honestly, goes for more than books.) Speaking as someone who stole some library books once upon a time, it really comes down to where you live, how religious your parents/family/friends are, and if you have any personal disposable income. At least this was the case for me and anyone else I've talked to who also stole a library book or two in their day.

[@destinyg.1929]

the number of times she threw the poppy war lmaooo the poppy war can fly!

[@tinaw94]

I got one of those tiny book tote bags because my books would always rip when I just put them in my backpack

[@jaimepillsbury8678]

i cover the book with my hand too! otherwise i’m just to tempted to look 😂

[@arielpennertz]

I spoiled the end of the Scarlet Letter not by jumping ahead not in the book but in the guide I was using to help me understand

[@adambeeable]

LOL You got so plastered in this video. Very entertaining.

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yeah, that's way too many drinks for me. However, there is this episode from _Cheers_ where Sam Malone, the bartender, borrows from Diane Chambers, the bibliophile, a signed first edition of Hemingway's _The Sun Also Rises_ . Those of you familiar with the show and the story understand why Sam was so shocked that he dropped it into the bath.

[@DarkRuins]

when harry potter and the deathly hallows came out, i went immediately to the bookstore, cracked open a copy and flipped straight to the last page. had absolutely no reservations about doing so. i was content that the trio lived, thats all i needed to know.

[@jennsbookshelf_]

I break (book) spines with relish 😂 I love the look of a read book, you know? I don’t mind when my spines have been broken, or if my pages get a bit bent or written on.

[@MissAikaterine]

This “defacing” of SoC 😱🤩

[@jaimeerindy4573]

I walked into a book store at a train station and picked up Cloud Atlas purely because of its stunning cover. Had NO IDEA what it was or what it was about, just bought it. And now its one of my favorite books of all time.

[@loldebiteloldebite1607]

Perfect reading love story ?

[@anddestroyit2654]

My teacher spoiled a major plot point. The objective on the board was to examine a characters death... the character hadn’t died yet

[@loldebiteloldebite1607]

Fun anecdote. I often stay awake to read a bit more, but I usually stop before 2 am, 4 am tops if it's THAT good or if I'm THAT BAD into it but I always stop, because I only want to continue if I feel like the good is GREAT, but at the same time reading such a great book while completely exhausted feels like a waste, so I always end up putting the book down. Always except once. The only book I pulled an all-nighter to finish was actually 1984. SPOILERS AHEAD. I used to read until especially far into the night, back then (often 2 am), because I was quite depressed and reading has always been my #1 coping mechanism. But that night, after the fateful moment where they go and seek out O'brien to join the rebellion, I felt like I had to continue... And after they got arrested I simply could not put the book down. Because I was too anxious at first, then because I was too scared of dreaming about what I'd just read. I ended up curled up in bed, crying. Then I wasted time until I felt calm enough to sleep. Bittersweet memory for sure !... But in the end, if my experience means anything I guess it's actually kind of a good sign if you've never pulled a reading all-nighter yourself ? :D

[@Just-Like-Lisa]

i had to read like 6 to 8 books a year in highschool for dutch (and we had a deadline for each book for the assignment). but i was allowed to choose most of the books myself. sometimes i would just pick a book i had already read. or if i saw the movie ( i know that the movie is not the same as the book ) i just can't read during the school year only when i have a break.

[@literalexisse]

I really can’t dnf!! Haha so I always scan and look at the ending 🙊

[@TheBookLeo]

i support this

[@cinephial]

confession: I literally never read any popular series when I was younger, except The Hunger Games (???) and even then I can't remember if I fully read the first book or just read the second half

[@BohoBookworm]

I would be DRUNK at the end of this tag hahaha

[@justjulia1720]

Not a huge reader but lemme play the game too: -I don't skim. I just put it down. -pretty sure I never spilled anything on a book -I look up spoilers before I start reading. When I'm not invested yet. -Sometimes I read the last line of the book but otherwise, no. -I used to throw the books that had those prince charming fairytales because I couldn't take the damsels on distress -Yeah I leave them on the shelf -Same as Leo -I once read the second volume of Assasination Classroom and forgot to go to PE class. The teacher was amused once she saw I actually had a comic book in my bag -I never broke spines purposefully -Hasn't happened to me yet -Nope -I DNF books all the time. ADHD makes it hard to keep doing things and finish tasks -Yeah... -I happened several times, actually haha -I might've done this but not sure -Nope, I have no idea what HP is about -I have no idea who that is -I haven't Instagram: -Nope -There is one book which I haven't managed to give back yet. -Same as Leo -It happened to me because some series don't have the number on it, and I have too look up which number in the series it is, and sometimes it's confusing to me, so yeah *looks at Throne of Glass* -I do this -I think I might try doing this -Idk -I have... I have done this... -I have... I have done this... -Yeah, I DNF a lot -Nah -I stayed up all nigh to rea a short story online -I think? -Nah -I'm not that lucky -No, I don't have the money to do that -Ok, I actually haven't read anything that was required for HS so... I guess I actually have lied about what I read -Nah -Yes, I have lied about it, for school -No -No -I think I have -Yes, I have -No -I think I have? -NOOOOOOOO MY SOCIAL ANXIETY WILL KILL ME -Non -I have... I do... -No -I might've done it as a kid? -I think I have? -No. That's a lot of money -I don't think so?

[@luketufts6827]

I have a couple of bookish confessions.. firstly, I own multiple copies of several of my favorite books (not so bad), and secondly I judge people a lot based off of what they read/like. Now that sounds kind of bad but I don’t actually think it’s that terrible (queue self justification) but judgment isn’t always negative, most of the time I don’t voice my judgments, and I think you can actually learn a lot about someone based off of the books they read, for good or ill 🙃

[@laughloveread1047]

I've never flung a book faster/harder than I did Finale from the Hush, Hush quartet. My most shameful bookish confession though is that I used to borrow books from the library and keep them for so long I'd just end up paying for them 🤭

[@ewaldkostergunnsisko3491]

Yay, my questions about throwing books across the room and leaving them on the shelves for years got answered. "Toss a book in frustration, so badly it's written, so badly it's written, whoaoo"

[@lucy_kitty_chan447]

I've never broken a spine on purpose that I know of, but I always carefully break the cover (Nearly all my books are paperbacks) front and back along the glue border/embossed line thingy (for lack of better words)

[@jorgecumpeangarcen9178]

"Just drop the book in the water" I understand. That's why I'm a shower person too jaja

[@george-vk8ke]

queen the not remembering answers to questions on your oral exam because you read the book too long ago 😩😭 i felt your pain and suffering when you said that. i'm outraged and it didn't even happen to me.

[@thelifeofmiranda]

haha I have lied about reading a book before or more so completing it haha !

[@lost.chickens]

I was at a psychiatric inpatient ward a year and a half ago. I got invested in All the Lights We Cannot See that I borrowed from their bookshelf (it's a hard copy too!). When I got discharged I packed it into my duffle out of spite and it still sits on my bookshelf today :)))

[@loldebiteloldebite1607]

Probably the only kind of "stealing from a library" that feels like a kind of justice.

[@teanlit2949]

i have difficulty DNFing books also. I skim the middle section then read the last two chapters and call it good.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

THATS HOW I FEEL ABOUT DNFing!!!

[@legumesss]

The only time I threw a book across the room was when I finished Insurgent. I didn't like the Divergent books all that much anyways, but that ending felt like I was robbed of the time and energy I put into reading them. Still mad about it and it's been like 6 years or something haha. And about lying about having read a book. I never read the book that we needed to analyze for our A-levels aside from the bits and pieces we discussed in class. I ended up getting the best mark in the final exams in my whole grade anyways. It was the biggest achievement for my lazy ass ever.

[@Bruna-fr6bp]

Porto wine!! We love a girl with taste 💅🍷

[@TheBookLeo]

looove it!

[@yusuhani]

2:28 that's probably the most relatable thing

[@Emma-sj6wp]

Ive always read required reading for school however this year the High school I go to is having the underclassmen read "The Clockwork Orange" and I- Just why? That's to much for some adults what makes you think hormonal teens are gonna receive it well?

[@carloscamejo391]

I am here for tipsy leonie

[@amyrohn3622]

I’ve actually bought the second or third book in a series before the first one multiple times, but it’s always been by accident. Sometimes books don’t clearly label that it’s a part of a series, so then I get home to start reading it, realize it’s not book 1, scream in frustration, and then go back out to get book 1. This has happened more times than I’d like to admit 😂

[@toiletteregina]

lowkey i wanna do this omg with WINE

[@kasiamw]

I possess a book that was borrowed from a library by my dad in 1970 and never returned. Also, my mom is a retired librarian and she read everything from her library, or at least skimmed it.

[@theliopleurodon]

6:44 That was my question 🥰🥰

[@zofiabochenska1240]

I was totally jumpimg over POVs in Game of Thrones. The plots were so far away from each other, that I knew I won't overlook anything important. So I often read next Dany or Arya chapters, instead of whatever was supposed to be next. I was going back tough eventually.