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[@Pajali]

Seeing the inside of a bookshop is so nostalgic. Remember when we could go wander around a bookshop? 😭

[@nathand256]

Yes😭😭😭😭

[@springcorelorien5650]

Pajali yes I miss it so much😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@snamorsixteen]

Dang yes

[@aganderson7205]

The grocery store I go to has a book section. That has been my coping mechanism since COVID

[@ashleyjoyes4425]

@@aganderson7205 yes mine does too

[@guardian.angle.22]

When you bit into the “soap” I literally gasped out loud. Then I died laughing after you explained. Amazing.

[@faerietxles]

honestly, the box flying up the street is such a mood. i spiritually connected with it

[@joywarburton5719]

i revere that box above all

[@beamingforbooks]

Truuuu

[@Samantha-qg3ee]

True! 😂😂

[@Neverrgreen]

You know march has been a long and weird month when you show yourself in a room with many people and I gasped and went how did they let that happen?? And the realized it was the beginning of the month before all the mess in our lives started.

[@kimberlya7267]

lmao same

[@PSYCHOreader624]

Same!

[@aless.andra9620]

I noticed that now even when I watch older videos from other youtubers, I get so anxious when they touch their faces or hang out in crowded spaces - I wanna reach via screeen and just tell them "No, it's not safe to do that!"

[@Romey301]

Same here! Lmao

[@tirill452]

Me: already three books behind on my 45 books Goodreads goal Kayla: I read 30 books in 30 days (Haven't watched the entire thing yet, but I'm pretty sure you'll nail it)

[@seanconnollyyy]

Tirill Writes I’m 8 books behind on my 50 books goodreads challenge

[@tirill452]

@@seanconnollyyy You can do it, short books and graphic novels

[@seanconnollyyy]

@@tirill452thanks have more time now that we're all quarantined. Once schoolwork is out of the way, it's time to sit and read.

[@moonbook12]

@@tirill452 good luck

[@moonbook12]

@@seanconnollyyy good luck

[@courtneys6902]

me: 5 books behind on my Goodreads 2020 challenge Kayla: I read 30 books in 30 days

[@HerMakeupIsRad]

SAME

[@courtneys6902]

HerMakeupIsRad it’s a real struggle

[@SummersMovingBookshelf]

HerMakeupIsRad Oh hi Quinn, fancy seeing you hear.

[@HerMakeupIsRad]

@@SummersMovingBookshelf you know where to find me

[@victoriadantas98]

Yess hahahah

[@carosfootprint]

Me: has 3 hours left of audiobook and 4 hours till I work Kayla: posts 1 hour long video Me: Absolutely

[@heycallista]

me: *was about to start a paper* lala: *uploads an hour-long video* me: weLP i guess i have nothing else to do today!

[@blakemurray5693]

Same!!!!

[@VenLouie]

im only 1 minute in but i hope there’s a mini-stats section by the end of this video

[@chandlerainsley]

yeeeeee haw i needed this

[@kristinmarkussen9016]

chandler ainsley omg its you

[@kydeup1990]

Once I saw who typed this, it all made sense.

[@JesseOnYoutube]

for some reason i decided to watch a bunch of your backlist videos that i missed and it was the best choice i ever made

[@wickerlibrary]

i'm so bored during quarantine that you could have filmed that box flying up your street for fifty minutes and i would have not only watched the video, but probably enjoyed it too xD

[@holdenbeach4ever]

This cracked me up 😂🤣😂

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

Yay Ariel crossover! It's like two of my favorite tv show characters crossing over, but in real life! hahaha

[@amandalagerfeld6849]

It is amazing how different our reading tastes are..... I HATED Middlegame and LOVED the Vegetarian...... and yet I continue to watch every single video of yours and love hearing your reviews.

[@nikoletak]

honestly I'd watch her bash my favorite book willingly bc I love her that much😂

[@cindiadkins9510]

the foxhole books are like......trash....but they're like addictive trash, i loved them by the end

[@jayarna7506]

Agreed the whole time I was like why am I reading this it's not good but I couldn't stop

[@paninisen]

LITERALLY !! it’s so trashy but it’s also my favourite series 🥺

[@bookswithsamantha]

Cindi Why is the best way to explain the series 😂 I hated the first book but I gave the third book a five stars and absolutely sobbed? So strange 😂

[@Amylaseable]

@@bookswithsamantha I think most of it and the writers talent is that she crafts the characters beautifully but the story could be lectored.

[@Ashestoashesjc]

"like having to get new glasses, chicken pox, your parents divorcing." asljdh exactly what i go to my kid lit for; marital dysfunction

[@EttuBrody]

Just made myself a sandwich and I'm ready to watch this MOVIE yessssss

[@j.oan.n.e]

"the shorter the better and the gayer the better" lol loved that also Through the Woods is like one of my all time favourite and it's scary but in the best way with the illustrations

[@ComeUndun.]

Your clips of Value Village are what made me miss leaving my house more than anything else.

[@sophiasthoughts]

I don't know if you know this now, I'm still watching, but the TS Elliott poetry book that you read is what the musical Cats is based on 😉 the musical itself is amazing but please don't watch the film 👎🏻

[@audreym3168]

the movie seems so weird/scary,, like the cats(ppl I guess?) are so scary

[@sophiasthoughts]

@@audreym3168 yeah, I don't know what they were thinking with the film but if you can watch the stage musical it is beautiful

[@Victoria-pt4io]

I just came to the comments to see if my guess was correct! As soon as I heard Gus, theatre, and cat I immediately thought of the musical

[@preetisundaram]

Oh, good. I was hoping somebody would have commented about this. This is one of my all-time favourite musicals.

[@Julia-tz7yc]

Fun fact: the iconic song Memory wasn't actually based off of any of the poems in the Old Possoms collection, it came from another poem called Rhapsody on a Windy Night which has nothing to do with cats and the music was written years before Weber started Cats

[@billie864]

i love your reading vlogs!!! also anyone who may be seeing my comment, i’ve ordered the book charms before and kaylas mom worked with me 100% to customize a piece to my liking and it came quickly and packaged nicely!!! 100% recommend! 💛

[@sunblindapollo]

honestly, aftg SUCKS but that was my process i was like “ah man i hate this book but i’m going to read the sequel because WHAT HAPPENS” and now i stan it

[@POSSIBLYDYL]

After three days, I’ve finally finished this video. Love her long content 😭😭

[@betul6350]

YES! been looking forward to this ever since i saw your captions on goodreads

[@CariLois]

an hour long Lala reading vlog was needed today, thank you. loved the challenge!

[@stuckonstories]

Hahah wow I can’t even imagine the amount of stress a challenge like this would give me. Thanks a lot for the amazing content Kayla ☺️, especially in these difficult times!

[@inmyreadingera]

“that’s how math works *eye roll*” a **queen**

[@LetsWasteTimeHere]

Watching you struggle to describe The Foxhole Court is such a mood. I read it way back when you could only get it as an ebook and really got obsessed, but I can't for the life of me recommend it to anyone without accompanying it with at least a few precautionary notes Edit: Just watched all the way to the end, and I laughed so hard. I feel like "trash-fire" nails tfc on the head.

[@veraroosvall8682]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS YES

[@Moonchildren222]

I was just about to eat dinner. Perfect timing. I always love your content Kayla, thank you for making me laugh in these crazy times🧡💛💚💙💜❤️

[@jacob2813]

3:19 How long did you walk for with that book?

[@BooksandLala]

lol just the 2 minutes of the clip 🤭

[@ceeceegreene2126]

🤣🤣

[@gabbyreads]

I love love love this concept for a video!! And I love your reading editing style when you vlog, they’re just so much fun to watch! I’ve added a few of these to my TBR so thanks for the recs! 🥰

[@ReadingWithMoe]

Reading a book and vlogging every day you are a superwoman lol love this!!! 💕 I’m attempting to read 30 books this month so this was so motivating!

[@emilycooper5581]

This exactly the kind of content I live for!!!!

[@clairebearbooks6248]

"I just ordered the sequel." "Don't look at me!" Lala, are you okay??? 😂

[@anne-marie339]

I just finished a ten hour work day, so an hour-long Booksandlala video is the perfect reward after a bubble bath!

[@sophiekimber9482]

I loved this style of video so much! The vlog/wrap up was so good!

[@booksanddragons1928]

I love short books!! I was in need of more recommendations so I'm so happy this video exist 💖

[@cathyi475]

An hour long video from my favourite booktuber? YES PLEASE!! 🤗😍

[@EleanorNicBhatair]

So good to get some short book recommendations! I love your vlogs so much :)

[@jennafra]

I needed this, I think i've been waiting the whole quarantine for this moment.

[@indilane5540]

We love the commitment! Absolutely love your videos!❤️

[@caterina5415]

i was HOPING for you to do this!!! What a queen

[@dvbbie]

omfg who of you recommended the foxhole court to her USSUFHSFH i LOVE aftg but i knew that it wouldn't be for kayla

[@j.oan.n.e]

all these 30 days and all these numbers and you turning 30 and one book a day makes my heart so happy so looking forward to the mini-stats at the end? SO COOL KAYLA LOTS OF LOVE

[@Kevlandia]

I am SO happy that you reacted this way to Foxhole Court. I feel like everyone talks about how good it is and it makes me feel like I'm losing my mind because I hated it/found it super offensive.

[@victoriadantas98]

Yes! I hated it, it was terrible. How can anyone not be offended by it? It's violent and so toxic

[@martafrancesca3]

This definitely made my day!! Your reading vlogs are my favourite thing ever! Many ❤ from Italy

[@SomeBunnyReads]

I absolutely adore your videos, which is crazy considering how different my reading taste is! But I just love you personality and the way you talk about books 💕

[@Dani__Happy]

YEY i was hoping we're getting another hour long vlog!! made my day

[@shireenniloofar9027]

The timing of this video 😂 just 2 hours ago I was tryna search for “short novels” to reach my goal on goodreads!

[@ilkimmerve]

I love you sense of humour 💗 that clip with even later “oh my” cracked me up.😂😂😂

[@mushroomc0re]

Everyone who recommended the Foxhole Court to you doesn't know your reading tastes at all. It and the Raven Cycle are two series that i read because they are fun and interesting and i love them but i do recognize that they are incredibly flawed. It does get gay but it's in the very last book. It's interesting that everyone said you would love it bc when I was younger and on tumblr literally everyone I was friends with hated it and said I would hate it and I picked it up to hate read it and yeah I loved it

[@nikoletak]

lol swap card😂

[@ladynoluck]

Yeah, it’s a trip: very offensive, very much rough fanfiction-style writing, and messy. I would never recommend it to anyone and, on reflection, would probably hate rereading it, but I did have fun reading it when I did. But my standards can be low as hell 🤣

[@emmaajinn]

i lay on my floor for 3 hours today because i didn't have work and i was so bored out of my mind you have genuinely saved me, i appreciate + love u as a friend

[@myndolin]

I'm only a few minutes in, and I am so in love with that bookshop stuffed with all the things. It reminds me so much of my favorite used bookstore back home that you had to dig your way through most of the time, piles and piles of books all over the floor, careful going around corners to avoid causing a bookvalanche by running into an insane stack just out of sight. It was perfect for a treasure hunt!

[@sarahrad1177]

Girl!! That walking shot with Out of Body is GOLD. a lot of commitment but I had to pause to let you know that I see you and I love that shot.

[@SpinesAndSpoilers]

You put so much of yourself into your booktube and it's honestly amazing ❤❤❤

[@happyrunnergirl11]

Ahhhh yes! This just made my day!!

[@heatherleakey8242]

Runner Girl same 😍

[@FerCeTtig]

You're the only booktuber I would watch a video an hour long 🤣 I love u so much Lala even though I don't read the same types of books you do but your personality it's just awesome. Love from Argentina.

[@shreyabooked9309]

Your vids are so ambitious, omg. You just set the bar so high for Booktube. This video was thoroughly enjoyable, thank you for this!

[@craftydinosaur]

I've been waiting for this since I saw you were reading 30 books in 30 days! :)

[@poppanna]

Thank you so much for recommending In The House In The Dark Of The Woods - I just finished it about an hour ago and I am blown away. I literally had to stop reading this last night because I was too freaked out and was sure it was going to give me nightmares. That hasn't happened in a loooong time, so thanks for that! :D

[@jszeweluk5794]

Honestly i just want to say that i love Your hair at 13:00 with some 70’s vibes ✨💃🏻

[@KeiraAndGeo]

this was a great journey! thanks for taking us along! and happy belated birthday :)

[@gracelingaccountant]

thank god ive been waiting for a long lala video to keep me occupied

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

I can’t believe you managed this, amazing! And a belated happy birthday!

[@biancadolcee5521]

yess girl! thank you for blessing us with this long ass vlog xoxo *cries happy tears*

[@mpsensha]

Some days ago I heard on the radio that if schools are going to be closed too long parents are going to develop a cure faster than any laboratory. 🤣

[@gigiamino7340]

Melanie HP this made me cackle, then made me realize how true it is

[@carcelclaudiu2]

This was amazing! I love these vlogs!

[@autumnritchie1473]

CONGRATS on being able to complete this challenge! 🥳🥳🥳 Even with smaller books, I don’t feel I could have done this! Go awf, sis! 💪🏾👏🏾🏆 Love you!💕💕💕

[@MelsShelves]

Watching this video in 2023 has been very insightful. I didn’t realize this took place over the month COVID happened so watching this video go from a business travel trip to quarantine was trippy! (I was linked from gr review for In the House in the Dark in the Woods)

[@camillaim]

Kayla comes out with a 57 minute vlog and cures my anxiety and depression

[@clarecarter9172]

Happy birthday!!! Very sorry you had to spend it in this crazy time but I am so happy you still had a good time ❤️

[@ireneg4515]

you're journey reading the foxhole court is so relatable, hate it but can't stop reading it

[@joywarburton5719]

Oh my goodness you went to MacLeod's?? It's my dad's favourite bookstore (although we haven't gone in ages) and I remember toddling around in there when I was small :)

[@maia_gaia]

Your hair is so beautiful 😍 I love the middle part with wavy bangs on you

[@Itslexreads]

I was cracking up when you were talking about The Foxhole Court. You're right. You're so right. And I still love it. It makes literally no sense. I have no idea why. But I love it.

[@maritareads5229]

It's been a tough today and this video is making it rapidly better 🥺❤

[@funfuz]

The cover of The Empress of Salt and Fortune is so beautiful!

[@ZaraVelaris]

petition for Lala to do movie trailers from now on

[@mslaureenslibrary]

I loved this challenge and that you consistently push yourself to try books at outside your comfort zone. I think a lot of people don't appreciate books that are shorter, including myself. Then I thought about some of my favorite books from last year several of them were shorter including the Wayward Children Series and Skellig by David Almond.

[@saraisreading4231]

Danez Smith went university in the town I live in and so they come to do book events pretty often - they are such a great performer. Glad you liked Don't Call Us Dead - they have a new collection out called Homie as well!

[@mayabijoux]

Been waiting for new video so you can brighten my days!

[@DontSigh]

Just popping by to say I'm sure longform/project-focused videos like this are time consuming and a lot of work, but they are also what drew me to your channel AND your best content (in my opinion). The effort absolutely pays off in terms of quality, and I hope it does in terms of view count and engagement too!

[@sheenabarnes6485]

Your wheezing made me like the video. So precious. You're wonderful.

[@alle_cat]

I just want to say omg thank you. This content is gold. 😅😂🥰

[@AnniBra]

The T.S. Eliot book is what the Cats musical is based on.

[@BooksandLala]

Indeed!

[@leaturbide7167]

About comic books... They might not be for you, but I also think that the ones you pick are not giving you a good idea of the diversity of the genre. There is a tendency on booktube to pick graphic novels that looks pretty, therefore, the drawings (and the story, structure, etc.) are always really similar. But graphic novels are soooo much more than the drawings. I will propose you to read « fun house » by Alison Bechdel, a touching family and queer story or « Persepolis » by Marjane Satrapi, a personal life story going from Iran to France. Those graphic novels go deeper (I think) and explore the inner dialogue of the characters in a more similar way that novels do. Love your content!

[@heatherlydia4728]

The foxhole court is one of them books and series that you know you shouldn’t like but you get emotionally attached to. I bought them all for 99p each as ebooks and just binged them back to back. We all go through the stage of this is a trash read to this is a guilty pleasure 😂.

[@caitlinmcd1999]

Loved the Out Of Body nature walk shot!

[@JanAgaton]

omg you using the word parable and not being sure what it meant is sooo relatable hahahah

[@storiedisera]

This is exactly the kind of video I want to fill my spare time with 🤍

[@jessicat4088]

YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@jordispencer]

this is so timely considering i also self-imposed a challenge of reading 31 books during the 31 days of march! i ended the month at 39 which did great things for my goodreads goal lol

[@winterbananaful]

You give me life in quarantine - the shit you put yourself through for us 😂 Happy birthday!!

[@AlGaecia]

T.S. Eliot's book of cat poems is the basis for the musical Cats. It is weird, but I thought it was fun!

[@chanelletime]

awww happy late birthday lala im sorry your big day was stuck at home in this situation BUT ALSO I ADORE YOUR VIDEOS YOU ARE AMAZING.

[@jennak.6287]

"ending with this trashfire" LOL I loved this vlog so much

[@naomisbookshelf]

That is a huge accomplishment! Congrats!

[@tee.bowi3]

Woo! 1am in Australia and I can't sleep so this is perf 👌👌📚

[@jessh1707]

YOU do so much stuff!!!! Like i can barely read without getting tired lol