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[@SarahSchneider2]

I’m not supper big on reading since I’m only an occasional reader but I love seeing the little free library’s when I’m out and about

[@CarterSullivan]

They are so cute! I love how unique they all are :)

[@pinkcoffeedrink]

I would love a segment where you pick a shelf in the bookcase and summarize some of the books in there - for example, this is a cozy fantasy romance, enemies to lovers etc 😂 😂 I’m always looking for more titles to add to my wishlist

[@LeaveMeAloneIAmReading]

Silent watcher here but I just had to say your hair is what dreams are made of. You look absolutely stunning!

[@CarterSullivan]

Thank you so much🥹

[@JordynLynnia]

I loveeeee the library tour. You’ve inspired me to thrift my books because I’m typically a kindle reader since it’s earlier to travel with

[@vanessamacias2901]

Please do a TBR takedown type video! Love those series!!

[@CarterSullivan]

@@vanessamacias2901 I definitely want to do it. I'm just trying to decide if it would be easier to do short form or in Vlogs!

[@hashbrownreads]

You are my comfort KZbinr and would absolutely watch a TBR takedown video. It's refreshing to see your love for thrifting and always enjoy seeing the amazing finds you get. Do you have any recommendations for food and coffee shops you love in Toronto? I don't live to far from there and would love to find some cute places to visit. Hope you have an amazing August 😀 Love how your bookshelves turned out ❤

[@CarterSullivan]

I've shared a few Toronto solo trip vlogs this year that have a ton of reccomendations! It really depends what area of Toronto you're wanting to visit! For coffee: Jimmy's Coffee, Farenheit Coffee, Cafe 23, Fika Coffee For food I love Gusto 101, Sleepy Pete's for breakfast! and my favourite bookstore without a doubt is Type Books!

[@hashbrownreads]

@@CarterSullivan Thank you so much, I will def. Have to re watch that video. I loved that area when we went for a few days.

[@evenormandin8152]

This is so fun to watch! Also I don’t know if someone already commented, but the Veronica Speedwell book that you show is actually book 3 in the series 😅 (love this series!!!)!

[@CarterSullivan]

@@evenormandin8152 oh woops

[@torischerle]

If you add the books you own to the StoryGraph, you can filter by unread owned, and they also use that info for suggestions. It’s so nice when you don’t know what to read or for reminding you about older books you have yet to read

[@CarterSullivan]

Oh this is smart!!!

[@evelientx]

11:26 omg please do!! I love these kind of vids they're so motivating and fun to watch :)

[@CarterSullivan]

I've decided to do it over on reels/TT/shorts just because it will be easier but if you don't follow me on there I will share my progress throughout the vlogs/monthly reset!

[@evelientx]

@@CarterSullivan looking forward to seeing the reels!!

[@simplyellenxo95]

Your videos are always comforting for me😊

[@debchaffin]

it’s wonderful that you find good books thrifiting! here in the us i never got that luck!

[@CarterSullivan]

Honestly, the secrets of success is going often!!

[@shelbiej94]

Hair looks so good!

[@CarterSullivan]

Thank you!!!

[@sarah_dixon]

Your library is goals! It looks so cozy!

[@kcriems4813]

we all need to know the hair curling iron/wand and secrets to have such flawless hair! I so badly want an in-home library like this even though I read 80%+ on my Kindle.

[@CarterSullivan]

@@kcriems4813 I have come to realize over the years that I think it's really just genetics😂😅 are use whatever drugstore shampoo conditioner is on sale and I hate to say it, but I don't use heat protectant or anything lol! Clearance random 2 inch curling wand that I got at Marshall's like five years ago!! And my hair does really well without hairspray! So I typically day one with the bigger barrel and then I brush the curls out and they normally last me 2-3 days without any product!!

[@kcriems4813]

@@CarterSullivan yes you are a lucky queen!! i do all that and my curls last... 12 hours :D

[@shaniabillings3436]

Just in case no one else has told you/ you don't already know - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo is a second book in a duology, the first book is Six of Crows. Beautiful library and great video though x

[@CarterSullivan]

Yes I am aware!!! I thrift/buy most of my books secondhand so sometimes I find the second book before the first 😊

[@cherylyn2010]

Girl your hair looks amazing

[@CarterSullivan]

Thank you!!

[@RebeccaABeaudoin]

Having this on in the background to get me through by work day! Love this

[@CarterSullivan]

Glad you enjoy it! 🫶🏻

[@casspetersen4689]

love this! fyi though - what the river knows, the luminaries, and the prison healer are all book 1 in a series too!

[@CarterSullivan]

@@casspetersen4689 I knew I was missing some hahah

[@mansoor3159]

Carter I am watching your vlogs since years ago🥹🥹❤️❤️ and I wish one day you will reach 200K Subscribers very very soon

[@MadisonPracht]

Hair is looking fab 🧚🏼

[@CarterSullivan]

Thank you so much queen🥹🫶🏻

[@Amanda-ht2si]

Thanks to you I am currently reading Heartless Hunter and I’m really liking it so far. I also read A Love Letter To Whiskey another book you recommended a while back. That one was really good too

[@CarterSullivan]

I'm so glad!

[@stewiegriffinfan1986]

Those are the most stunning bookshelves I've ever seen, it makes me wanna cry happy 😂 Well done! 👍📚✨ I have a personally fun question for you. Would you rather be able to read only romance for the summer or read only literary fiction for the fall?

[@CarterSullivan]

Lit fic only for the fall because there's so many sub genres of literary fiction!!

[@tiffanyb-211]

I love this but pleeeease fix the order of the throne of glass books!!! its AS, TOG, COM, HOF, QOS, EOS, TOD, KOA

[@elizabeththompson1525]

Ever thought about getting a label maker and labeling the shelves?!! Might help keep everything organized! The labels are removable!

[@CarterSullivan]

@@elizabeththompson1525 we have a label maker and I've tried it actually but didn't love the look of it tbh. It made it feel less of a built in home library and more like a bookstore with the labels and they got annoying with filming since I like to use the shelves as my backdrop!

[@mjtomaszewski76]

If you’re planning on expanding your collection, maybe invest in one of the barcode scanners. That way you don’t have to reorganize all the time. In the database you can log your completion stats. Plus, you can take to stores and find out if you own it or not.

[@CarterSullivan]

@mjtomaszewski76 i have one already😊 I honestly just really enjoy re-organizing my books from time to time lol it's really fun and therapeutic for me!! It's not something I feel like I have to do by any means, I just love changing it up (kind of how I like to switch up the layout of our rooms and rearrange furniture)- I think it's just a personality trade of mine that I enjoy switching it up🤣

[@backtoreads]

I recently made a book organization video and it was hell hahahaha it was such stressful time but im glad I did it!!! I mostly went with vibes when I was organizing lol

[@CarterSullivan]

It honestly takes so much longer than people think like this took me a solid 4 1/2 hours🤣🤣

[@DaughterOfTheKingdom16]

0:25 I love your hair ❤

[@daisydaysbotanicals1291]

Kentree’s Stolen Souls is part of a series 😊

[@CarterSullivan]

Yes I know!! I have all the books in that series- I had moved them to my cozy fantasy shelf after filming this! 🤣

[@lifeofclaudiarose]

The prison healer is part of a series 😊

[@torischerle]

I got a beautiful copy of tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow from book outlet ❤️

[@CarterSullivan]

Ouuuu I need to look now😍

[@joneheriz5397]

Priory of the Orange Tree is a duology :)

[@CarterSullivan]

@@joneheriz5397 I realized after😅😅

[@teresalovesbooks]

Yay amazing 🎉

[@TulsaKanette]

I recommend Eyes of the Dragon as an addition to your Stephen King Shelf

[@CarterSullivan]

@@TulsaKanette yes I plan on getting them all slowly but surely! Just picking them up when I see them at used bookstores 😊 Huge King fan and have read most of his works, including Eye of the Dragon!

[@TulsaKanette]

@@CarterSullivan i have read eyes of the Dragon four times it is the first Stesphen King book i rad and i just sent a copy to my best friend for his birthday a few weeks ago

[@kpatten100]

💖💖💖

[@KattsLife]

♥♥♥

[@KTeale]

What’s your favourite Stephen King book?

[@CarterSullivan]

Probably IT but I anticipate it will become 11/22/63 once I read it. However, I've been reading it for years because I know it's gonna be so good.

[@actgirl1234567]

❤❤❤

[@sarahkinsey5434]

I keep my read books in a different bookshelf

[@CarterSullivan]

@@sarahkinsey5434 Yep that's what I did too- makes the most sense!

[@sarahkinsey5434]

@@CarterSullivan it’s the best way to keep track of what I’ve read. I only keep a book that makes me feel something so it’s a fraction of what is unread. There are so many ways to get cheap books, I’ll never buy a full priced book again (but that means I buy more 😬)

[@Sabreezyloueezy]

Awww thought you'd have b roll of donating to little libraries

[@CarterSullivan]

It rained the rest of the weekend so I didn't get the chance to do it but I'll share it in an upcoming vlog :)

[@shelbylynn7050]

Not the Magnolia Parks series being different sizes lol - I don’t understand why they do that

[@CarterSullivan]

It bothers me SO much! It's because I bought the first few when they were self-published back in 2021 and then Jessa got picked up by a publisher and the new books are smaller :( My biggest pet peeve LOOOL but happy she got traditionally published!!

[@emmanarotzky6565]

Relating to characters different from you is the whole point of reading books though 😭 Probably if you haven’t been able to relate to older characters it’s because the ones you’ve tried just aren’t very well written

[@CarterSullivan]

@@emmanarotzky6565 I honestly disagree!! I prefer to read about characters I relate to age wise. I think it comes down to personal preference. I read to be transported to new worlds and take in new plots, have fun with it! I don't think its because they aren't well written but as someone who probably does not want kids I don't enjoy reading about 30 somethings with kids since I can't relate😅😅

[@lunamoon-qw5cy]

I just need to say Free Palestine

[@CarterSullivan]

@@lunamoon-qw5cy 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@Fernando-Rodrigues91]

Very sad that Minalima will not continue the Harry Potter series and we will only have three books.

[@CarterSullivan]

Same... so bummed after hearing it today🥲

[@josieann4390]

💜💜