I’d recommend turning the read books on the unread shelves around until you can put them onto the main shelves. That way, you’re able to kind of track them as you go while also not having to reorganize your shelves every day.
@wolfwatch97312 ай бұрын
i think keeping read and unread books apart from each other is the best system, because as you've mentioned if they're on the same shelves they can kind of blend together in your mind - you don't realize how many you have, and it's easier to just forget about books you have but haven't read. i keep all of my unread books on a three-tiered utility cart; if that fills up, i know it's time to go on a book buying ban until i've cleared up at LEAST one tier.
@samigeis2 ай бұрын
I love having all my read and unread books together! What I do is the unread ones i pull out about an inch or so. So I can still see how many I haven’t read but it’s also complete series together!
@mariajosefin2 ай бұрын
I saw The Memory Police on the first unread shelf. It is one of my favorite reads this year so you should absolutely try it soon!
@TamN882 ай бұрын
Suggestion: On the unread shelves, maybe turn the books you do read so they’re stacked horizontal? And keep the unread vertical? 😊 doesn’t look obvious but you’ll know which ones you’ve read or not visually
@Natalie-hi9gc2 ай бұрын
For your unread books, once you've read them you can put them on a top or bottom shelf in your unread bookcases and when you unhaul you can put them into your read book cases accordingly. In other words make it future Mel's problem 😂
@Asayuna2 ай бұрын
I SPRINTED HERE AS MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT ❤️🔥🥺🥹
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
this level of commitment🙂↕️🫶🏼
@danamonsees-cns2 ай бұрын
Knowing you had to re-film this whole thing is just so crazy 🙃 but such a great video!! Also - I spy some of my absolute favorite books on your unread shelves so you definitely have some great reads coming up!! The Legend series and Warcross are amazing if you need something fast. Black Sun and Children of Blood and Bone are some of my favorite first books in series ever
@jennireadsmaybe2 ай бұрын
Evil Eye, The Hacienda, Firekeeper's Daughter, and Kaikeyi are some of my favorite reads this year!!! Definitely recommend
@kel14772 ай бұрын
I LOVE the Finlay Donovan series
@brandierose69302 ай бұрын
If you're not into reading fruits basket i would totally recommend watching the anime- it's so good and one of my favorite manga/anime
@starsighs2 ай бұрын
A SKIMS SPONSOR ?!!?! IM GAGGED QUEEN!
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
The unread tj Klune are so good I cried so hard during in the lives of puppets! A marvelous light I read for the first time last year and reread it already 4 times! The whole series is amazing
@eligreene28982 ай бұрын
@@kathryncalderon TJ Klune lowkey makes me cry anytime I read any of his books, they write some very touching stories and it’ll sucker punch you right in the feelers.
@dudamazoni20192 ай бұрын
OMGGGG I'm literally in the middle of my heaven official's blessing reread. I'm currently in book 4 and I'm loving it even more (I didn't think it was possible). This story is one of my favorites of all time
@CSWASFFF2 ай бұрын
Unread Sanderson, yep. Sounds about right. Love Heaven Officials Blessing, READ THAT. And I see Light of the Jedi on your shelf! I LOVE high republic, and LOTJ is one of the best ones! Idk if you are a giant Star Wars fan like I am, but you MUST READ IT. ❤️
@emilylbrdr2 ай бұрын
Its 22:00 for me which means bed time BUT i can always watch half today and half tomorrow, hehehe.
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
the true beauty of an hour long video🥹
@sweetieashlie2 ай бұрын
You beautiful woman are the reason I started reading again and I'm so grateful for you! I watch you almost every day and you make me smile. I'm so happy to be back into reading and finding joy in it again. I can't think you enough! Since I just started up again do you have any books I MUST read? :))))
@Soflutyping2 ай бұрын
If you are looking to continue reading the Discworld I would recommend you read them in semi-publication order. So basically as long as you don’t hop too far in publication order from book to book you should be fine. One of my personal favourites is Small Gods. It is a standalone in the Discworld series that you can read at any time and I would highly recommend it to you!!!
@yancid73322 ай бұрын
Oooooh that legend special edition is so gorgeous! I have a separate bookshelf for all my unread books based on the color of the cover. When I finish, I put it in the respective area based on genre
@dianka414Ай бұрын
Guurrrl, run - don’t walk - to read those two Elle Kennedy books! Both The Deal and The Graham Effect are two of my faves by her 😍😍
@emeseszeles9182 ай бұрын
I’m so happy to see so many of your books that I also own and/or read 🤩 If you get the chance, I highly recommend Tress of the Emerald sea. This was my first book form Sanderson and I loved it. I would die (not literally) for the special edition you have! I listened to the audiobook, and it was just great 🤗
@liminal.seasonАй бұрын
I loved a fragile enchantment too! You're one of the first i've seen who also likes it! 😅
@melissaalbrecht6399Ай бұрын
You have to read both of Erin Morgensterns books. Reading her works seriously changed my life. Especially The Starless Sea- it's the perfect book for a person that loves reading, stories and books. Her writing style is so whimsicle and poetic and I can't wait to read more from her.
@ktkim5Ай бұрын
Your bookshelf is my dream. Loved this video!!❤❤
@LeoGirl802 ай бұрын
You MUST read One For My Enemy! It’s one of my favorites by Blake. I’ve got that same edition you have plus the Barnes special edition lol.
@Kassidy9242 ай бұрын
It’s so funny that you were talking about the struggle of deciding what to do with the newly read books on the unread shelves because I was literally thinking about this today as I just reorganized by read/unread 😂 I also don’t know what to do lol but I’m thinking I’ll turn the books page out until I have enough to fill up there own shelf 🤔
@BowtiesFirefliesАй бұрын
Joining other commenters to recommend A Marvellous Light!! It’s soooo good, as are the other two in the trilogy. One of my favs this year!
@kofukuuu89932 ай бұрын
Please give The Witcher series another try! I absolutely adore this saga, I understand that some short stories might be not for some ppl, I personally have some favs and less liked ones, but all the political intrigues, all the filozofical existential discourses that Geralt has, the drama, combat descriptions and overall action, but also of course the vibes, sometimes realy spooky and perfect for fall reading. I could literally count so many reasons why I'm absolutely OBSESSED with the witcher, but that being said - I have no clue how well it translated into english ver, bc I'm polish, as Andrzej Sapkowski is, so yeah. I know for sure that its so worth at least a try, also while short stories set you up for the later books, you dont have to read them, and for sure you dont have to read them necessarily before the main saga, you can read it afterwards, or even alongside if you wouldnt get too confused. Also I wanted to let you know that I adore your content! Love from Poland, Mel!
@megantempleton58142 ай бұрын
I keep my unread books in the top and bottom shelf. All my read books are organized by genre in the middle shelves. When I read and want to keep a book I immediately work it into my read shelves. Sometimes that means having to do some shuffling or mini unhauls.
@rubyanddelilahandnani2 ай бұрын
Also… I think classics look cooler when they are different style of titles, but I will admit I like the regular penguin editions. The floppiness is perfection. I love your Dracula copy. I want to get the Wuthering Heights in that same barnes edition.
@moiratuttle39812 ай бұрын
Nevermoor is one of my favorite books of all time!
@StarLine3172 ай бұрын
Neverwhere and The Night Circus are absolutely wonderful books! Read those ASAP!
@a.n.lashley10732 ай бұрын
What you could do is get the tabs that people use for annotating and put a dark colored tab in the pages sticking up. I have all of my unread books tabbed up every 25 pages because that's how I like to read them which is where I got the idea from. Even if you only do one tab, you won't see it from a distance but when you walk up to the shelf you can see the tiny tab and know that's a book you need to read.
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
The count of monte cristo!!!!!!! It’s sooooooooooooooooo amazing
@mmoollaayy2 ай бұрын
Morgan is my Name by Sophie Keetch is one of my favorite books ever!!!! The writing is STUNNING and it’s Sophie’s debut, I don’t hear anyone talking about it
@CarolinaCorijn2 ай бұрын
Yaaayy !! A new video (before a go to sleep hahahaa) 🤭❤ They say that when you have 1000 books you officially have library, you're getting veery close 🤩 And I'd like to mention that I always love the vibe of your videos!! 😊
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
it’s the way i backtracked recently, cause i was close to 900 before the unhaul, and now we’re back at 640🙂↔️🤣
@CarolinaCorijn2 ай бұрын
@@MelReads hahahaa all about balance: hauling and unhauling! If you want to, you will get there 🤗 I, however, will already count it as a library no matter what, as it is more beautiful than the library in my neighborhood in the Netherlands 😭😂
@MemphisJones2 ай бұрын
Watching this and taking book recs!!!
@constancamartins40102 ай бұрын
Mel you have to read Belladona!!! It´s really good, think your going to love it!
@sirgnome2 ай бұрын
I separate my tbr from my read books and I keep both sections in an alphabetical by author system. I also have a separate shelf where I put all of the books that I've read but don't have the time/energy to rearrange my shelves and fit them in. Then a few times a year I shift things around and fit them in with the rest. I find this helpful because I can also see my physical tbr shrinking in real time - keeping them on the unread shelves (even if they're turned around) might mess with your perception of things. As for books I think you should read asap: The Reading List Piranesi Tress of the Emerald Sea Shadow of the Gods The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (I'm a US cover lover lol)
@biteofdogАй бұрын
A classic book to read is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation, it's beautiful and funny! Also, A Young Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov is great fun to read.
@caitlinlucyhenderson84172 ай бұрын
I recently read A Starless Sea and really enjoyed it. Read it when you're in the mood for epistolary fiction, experimental story structures, and symbolism-heavy dream logic (and if none of that sounds good, then it probably isn't the book for you). I've also enjoyed The Assassin's Apprentice, The Marvellous Light, The Black Sun, The Hacienda, and Thistlefoot.
@alicefacey65712 ай бұрын
Get on to reading The Night Circus! My absolute favourite! 😻
@havilandsutton7025Ай бұрын
Please read The Starless Sea!!! I saw that it was on the first shelf of your unread books shelf, it was one of my favorites!
@sofied_97022 ай бұрын
I bring my books a bit more towards the front of my shelves (not a lot, don’t want the bookcase to become unstable) and push the read ones all the way to the back. I don’t have the energy to reorganise my shelves every couple of months so this works until I do a big overhaul every 2 years or so 😅
@kingpin18292 ай бұрын
Try heavens offical blessing its sooo goood❤
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
Amina is soooo good and it is adult and shadow of the gods series is AMAZING
@lucy-tp2hm2 ай бұрын
Heavens offfical blessing lets goooo 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@ravensandblots2 ай бұрын
Starless sea is very reminiscent of strange the dreamer (like the writing is very similar) and I feel like it’s a very wintery book. 🍁
@KayleighB132 ай бұрын
Ooh, I'm so excited! ❤
@laurastobbe93312 ай бұрын
OK Discworld, I got you! The best ones in my opinion are 1. Going Postal 2. The Truth 3. The Last Continent I don't think you have to read any of Discworld in any order at all, they all make sense as stand alones.
@ollieb.97312 ай бұрын
A Marvellous Light was a 5 star for me and the whole trilogy is complete now so if you love it you can read it all. Dial A For Aunties was so good, very funny!
@leonorbernardino2 ай бұрын
I needed this video. Thx Mel :)
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
always here to deliver🤭💖
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
Listen for the lie, home is where the bodies are, mister magic sooooo good! The daughter of doctor morea is more sci fi but it’s such a great read
@NerdyNeeks2 ай бұрын
I just watched your unhaul and decor videos… perfect timing!!!! 😅
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
me 🤝🏻 perfect timing
@LoriWesthaverАй бұрын
I just finished Emily Wilde and it was fantastically lovely!!
@CatherineSteele3282 ай бұрын
my serotonin after seeing this ⬆⬆
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
I just finished yumi it’s sooooo good
@azaria4242 ай бұрын
Holi holi Mel ! I say turning the books on the unread shelves so you can see the progress, also there’s many books on that shelve I’m down to either read with you or would love to see you give them a try. I’ll just leave you some of them here. Those are The Hurricane Wars, Foul Lady Fortune, Six Crimson Cranes, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and The Deal. ❤
@Emeraldpolkadot2 ай бұрын
I'm really enjoying your vids 😀You asked how people integrate their tbr onto their shelves? Truthfully my unreads don't touch the shelves unless I've read them first. Probably unpopular but I just keep track of what I want to read on paper, then buy and read them as I get to them, then shelve them. I have wondered if I did have a giant tbr pile if I would just have the unread ones horizontal and the read ones vertical, though.
@umamamuhammad323818 күн бұрын
for discworld i have heard great things about small gods and guards guards. some other ones are going postal and something called wyrd sisters? all of these are on my list along with the death series
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
I read unwanted by Mia Sheridan and it was amazing! I’m super excited to read archers voice. Razor blade tears is AMAZING five stars! The hacienda is also sooooo good
@rubyanddelilahandnani2 ай бұрын
What in the WORLD, Mel! You haven’t read In the Dream House???? It’s amazing! You’re gonna love it.
@encyclopediaofelizabeth2 ай бұрын
If it helps motivate you to finish Dune, the 2nd and 3rd books come in that edition and they are also *stunning*
@Rollypollyrory2 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness im reading dracula right now 🙌 ❤️ Im so glad my bookclub picked it this month and my library copy is so old and worn from 1932 it smells so nice 👁️👃👁️ aslo i read Darius the Great Is Not Okay along with it's sequal and i love them so much 💕
@bizarrecharizard2 ай бұрын
please read mistborn! it was my intro to sanderson and fantasy and i devoured it! grand balls, political intrigue and unrest, a little romance, found family, the beginnings of war. its perfect.
@BooksWithCarmen022 ай бұрын
I literally need my bookshelves to look like this someday 🥺
@MelReads2 ай бұрын
manifest it, baby🧚♀️
@BooksWithCarmen022 ай бұрын
@@MelReadsmanifesting everyday ✨✨✨
@mimz_2 ай бұрын
Fruits basket is soooo good. I avoided it for so long because the name is misleading. But then I watched the anime and LOVED IT. Everyone is traumatised tho 😂
@jasminejefferson66302 ай бұрын
I gave Elle Kennedy a try last year and the deal is quite average like 3 stars, but then I read the 2nd book and it was better like 4 stars. I’m not sure about reading the rest of the series but I would love to know your takes on that.
@grff_2 ай бұрын
Bunny is not very scary if that makes you prioritize it hehe I honestly thought it was weirder by the way people talked about it but it's still really good and i recommend it!!
@caoimhe1512 ай бұрын
All's well is top tier ❤️
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
Raven cycle series is soooooooo good
@JoJosieClemens2 ай бұрын
This will probably be more work but I have all my unread books on one shelf. Then the books that I read this year are on their own shelf, that way I don’t have to worry about organizing them into the rest of my read books that are on a third shelf!!
@Jasminsbuchwunderland2 ай бұрын
I really liked Belladonna and i Loved You've reached Sam and the before the Coffee gets cold Series so i think you should read it soon ❤🥰
@rubyanddelilahandnani2 ай бұрын
I don’t consider myself a romance reader either. I have stopped purchasing physical copies, buttttt.. If I listen to them on audiobook and I happen to LOVE a certain title, I do add it to my amazon list. That happened with It Happened One Summer, Love, Theoretically, and Part of Your World.
@ReaderandWriter.2 ай бұрын
There are so many B-E-A-utiful covers but the story is actual gar-bage. I can overlook that and keep the book on my shelf. Can I get the print without the name of the book on it, asking for a friend! :D I always thought the books people show in frame were those that they have read. It would be interesting to see people stand in front of books they have not read, if the video is a tbr, or a purging of unread books. You're doing it right, Mel. We know people have a lot of books read, we get that but it would be nice to visually see how many unread books are on a shelf and watch that shelf dwindle during the year. No shade, at all, people can do what they want. A lot of creators are about the analytics of what is read or unread on their shelves...I have ADHD and Autism....I gripe out loud :D.
@marypakina86932 ай бұрын
You need to get on Neverwhere. It’s my favourite Neil Gaiman novel
@chrisscushman82442 ай бұрын
Just live your content and the nails are awesome.
@Christinathebookworm2 ай бұрын
Yes MEL!!! love the simplicity of the bracelet and panty ❤
@kathryncalderon2 ай бұрын
Full metal alchemist is amazing
@patima98222 ай бұрын
Heaven officials blessing is a book that I think would open new doors to you. I loved it. My friend loved it. And if you like Chinese fantasy, you will love it too✨
@PetuniaTurtle2 ай бұрын
I'm so jealous you have The Dragins Promise in hardcover is that edition.
@iamvioletgaming2 ай бұрын
Read legend! These books are great and fit the era of hunger games and maze runner and stuff!😍
@_magicalcrescent2 ай бұрын
girl you need to read foul lady fortune ASAP
@xGhayda2 ай бұрын
The Night Circus and Jade Fire Gold PLEASE.
@rubyanddelilahandnani2 ай бұрын
Yes dude. Full coverage undies are it. They feel like a hug to the bottom lol
@MarijeOskam2 ай бұрын
Throttled is so badddddddd it hurts and i LOVE F1
@biteofdogАй бұрын
I hope you read Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey, it's a easy book to read through and it's fun. Dune, on the other hand, is a bit too heavy on the political intrigue and may not appeal to all. I love that you have a wide range of books from different genres.
@serendipity92282 ай бұрын
What lights do you use?
@mywrittenvoice2 ай бұрын
Hey Mel! What was the F1 book that you mentioned please?
@bizarrecharizard2 ай бұрын
and please read all my rage by sabaa tahir! coming of age, internalized and external racism, found family. absolutely devastating in the best way. i read it years ago and still think about it
@charlenegardner93792 ай бұрын
🪴Enjoyed the tour.
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm2 ай бұрын
Read renegades right now 😤😤
@ameliareed71822 ай бұрын
me and a friend are fighting about if Emily Wilde is good or not (it is, she's wrong) so i really want to hear your thoughts on it!!!!!
@daniela14_2 ай бұрын
where did you get your copies of villains are destined to die ?
@Ar-zt8fu2 ай бұрын
Please read Archers Voice and Six Crimson Cranes, I loved them hope you do too 🎉
@teahburden65772 ай бұрын
My books are separated by read and unread and manga. This is the only way I've been able to keep accountability with how many books were on my TBR.
@demokitty892 ай бұрын
Amina Al-Sirafi is adult fantasy not YA. It’s so good!
@oksnariel2 ай бұрын
Hahaha I see One Piece and immediately think of Bella from Throne of Pages and then you mention her 😝
@luisajardim29082 ай бұрын
Please read if we were villains, it would be great to read in autumn tho, and i know that it will take a while to reach your country
@ChandiPizl2 ай бұрын
Love the shelves! BUT!! Display those edges, GIRL!! Turn those books :) Beautiful edges shall not be hidden lol