come book shopping with me in PARIS's prettiest bookstores🌹

[@TheBookLeo]

yes this was all filmed on my phone so the quality is not the best but i wasn't going to take my expensive camera in my backpack to paris lol

[@sarah3360]

Oh okay, still enjoyable ❤️❤️🌻

[@uj0608]

It’s okay, don’t worry about it. It’s about content not the camera quality. :)

[@carolinec9292]

Ah, makes sense.

[@HRH-pn2qe]

Can you please create more videos in Dutch? I would love if you made some videos on teaching Dutch. I'm trying to learn and im moving to Rotterdam next year. I think you would be good in teaching the language.

[@sydg9388]

Valid lol

[@miriambutcher2544]

If you ever find yourself in Wales/the UK, you would love Hay-on-Wye, the world’s first book town!

[@nicole.escapes.reality5608]

Thanks ❤ I will keep that in mind. I really want to visit the UK/Wales

[@erinsbooks]

Shakespeare and Company is on my bucket list of bookstores to visit.

[@melenalynne]

everything in this video feels so magical:) i’m such a sucker for anything related to paris or books.

[@ziadirayene9879]

Going to Shakespeare and co and meeting Sylvia the owner 4 years ago, was the best day in my life so far. Edit: if you can't visit (or just want to relive the experience) read ' A History of the Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart' it's a non fic about the store, the OG owner (Sylvia's dad), the people who used to visit and sleep in the store, when Allen Ginsberg used to do readings... It's purely magical ✨

[@ahappyfrenchtoast2669]

did you meet the store's cat? xD i met him

[@ziadirayene9879]

@@ahappyfrenchtoast2669 yesss! Couldn't pet him tho because he was napping 😅

[@rajeevbookdepotaligarh8692]

#rajeevbookdepot

[@samuelleask1132]

The cosy vibe of this video was just what I needed 😌

[@itsdivyag]

Girl this is like a MOVIE

[@erphan196]

Wooow! That phrase on the stairs was sooooo good

[@mariapiaalvarez5209]

omg those leather colorful classic collection was so beautiful

[@hanneke3979]

I'm so happy you enjoyed The Abbey Bookshop! When I saw you were in Paris I just HAD to recommend it to you! A friend of mine was there as well and she loved it too. The place is just too gorgeous 😍😍😍😍

[@TheBookLeo]

im so happy you mentioned it!

[@ewelina7605]

What a coincidence, I was actually in the Shakespeare and Company today, at the day you posted your vlog ! Unfortunately, I hadn't got a chance to even see the cat.

[@marypoquet4738]

Thanks for recommending the first one ! As someone studying in Paris, I love going to bookshops. I usually buy in English because it's a bit less expensive. I had no idea the first one existed but I might go very soon ! Generally I go mostly in the 1st arrondissement because it's where my university is (fun fact if you didn't know, but there is a university in the Louvre). If you want to go back to Paris, I can recommend you Galignani. It's one of the oldest, of not the eldest, bookshops in Europe. You can found a lot of books and I was really surprised because they have plenty of fantasy and science-fi books. I found the place sooooo pretty. I also like to go to Smith & Son, in the same stree (rue de Rivoli). In the shop there is also a small grocery shop (as someone who lived in Australia and loves to go to England, I really miss some things that are hard to find in France) and a café.

[@Jeroeny]

Do most French bookshops have an English section? Or are all the books in French?

[@althea2588]

I'm French and I know these bookshops ; they are my absolute favourites in Paris ! ♥️📚 It feels kinda strange thinking that I could've met you there I feel so proud and excited when Europeans / Americans visits France (especially Paris) eat our most famous pastries etc... I'm just like : "I know all that !" I hope you liked the city Leo 🇲🇫🥐

[@Jeroeny]

Bonjour! Besides Paris, where are the best bookstores? Merci beaucoup.

[@susanpolastaples9688]

Fun video. I didn't know about Abbey Bookstore. Thanks. I'm going to presume you already have a copy of Leigh Bardugo's King of Scars since you didn't buy it. Right now I'm reading Crooked Kingdom and it's so good that I cannot wait for the electricity to return. I'm in Louisiana and the electricity is out because of Hurricane Ida. Internet works on both phone and this Tablet, but no electricity. Weird. I'm glad you had a great time in Paris.

[@Jeannotselivre]

So cool that you filmed this video, it funny to see you in some of my favorite bookshops 🥰

[@MargaretPinard]

And what fun camera angles--Abbey's now on my list!

[@fouzya8310]

Shakespeare and Co. looks like a dream 🥺✨

[@kellylu834]

This video made my skin better and added 5 years to my life.

[@sunshinedelights4900]

girl- this is one of my dreams! I hope you had fun on your trip!!

[@elisessiguess]

This was such a cool and aesthetic vlog, your editing skills are amazing! And now I want to go to Paris 😂✨📚

[@mariedrasnin2152]

I just moved away from Paris after a uear abroad and I miss it so much :(( all the pretty book shops and the atmosphere there really stole my heart

[@mariedrasnin2152]

Also one time I went to the Abbey bookshop and the owner was brewing coffee outside and gave it to the customers for free.

[@jackinthestacks]

I spent two weeks in Paris a couple summers ago because of a class I was taking, and I went to the Abbey Bookshop! I loved that place. I wish I could go back.

[@AllenChibi]

so dreamy and heavenly

[@tarabage1553]

shakespeare and Company is my favorite bookshop and i even had the opportunity to do an internship there! Sylvia Whitman is the loveliest person! 😊and omg i mean, the place!

[@mysmallstudycorner]

I really need to visit these bookstores soon 🥰

[@readingwithhelena5482]

I wish I could visit libraries in Europe, maybe one day

[@reinjouke9743]

They're more or less similar to well funded American ones, only difference that in my country 85% of the books are in Dutch or are translated to Dutch.

[@bookswithclaire8736]

Leonie, any cat is always important! ☺️

[@sarah3360]

Why is the quality only 360p?? I can’t change it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@r4.v3n]

She recorded on her phone

[@thewolfandherbooks]

I had to read the Yellow Wallpaper in college! It's so interesting.

[@lisr1634]

This was so fun to watch. Thank you for taking me to Paris. 😍📚

[@FaeryLaume]

I've been to Shakespeare & Co, and a few larger bookstores in Paris with English version sections, but I didn't know about Abbey Bookstore. And having just googled and discovered articles about the "20 best English bookstores in Paris", I guess I'll just have to find a way to visit again. ;) But until then, I'm lucky to live only a few hours away from Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon.

[@SarahEsmaeWolfe]

Thank you for playing the music softly! Some videos I watch I have to mute when the talking stops and it cuts to music bc its 2x louder than the audio.

[@MargaretPinard]

Last I checked Shakespeare & Co didn't allow photos inside--did you get special permission??

[@gittepreusting6104]

i was also in shakespeare and co last week and almost bought normal people (after reading it in dutch as well), but ended up buying one last stop :)

[@addisonmiddleton1816]

Aw those are just gorgeous!! I would love to go to Paris and go to those book shops. It seems very calm and I need that in my life haha. (I also want to read the yellow wallpaper now.. I had never heard of it until you got it in the vid) Luv ur vids!!

i'm obsessed 😍😍

[@hanaalfayez7150]

Lovely ❤️ I read the yellow wallpaper last week ; it was enjoyable but the ending wasn’t satisfactory!

[@itsdivyag]

I can always count on you for the ARTSY SHOTS. And omg that bookshop with the floor to ceiling n narrow passage looks amazing but would be overwhelming for me. Was it organised in any way?

[@TheBookLeo]

ahhh thank you!! and it was organised by genre but tbh i was kind of lost most of the time as well

[@maggie7908]

I love seeing the Abbey Bookshop in here! I went to Paris by myself a few years ago and visited both of these (I’m American) - I of course see people gush about Shakespeare & Co all over but rarely see anyone talking about the Abbey Bookshop. It had a very different feel compared to Shakespeare & Co but I loved them both! Makes me want to go back 💖

[@erphan196]

Tnx for the video💝💐

[@twentytwenty4272]

The Book Leo, I just love your videos, you bring me joy and smiles in all you do, from my heart, I wish you the best of things in life. Keep your lovely videos coming. :)

[@annagyorsa8100]

Paris 🤩 my forever love

[@teaorevic8556]

living my absolute dream

[@Lokster71]

Lovely video. I've been to Shakespeare & Co. Bliss. There's something glorious about that kind of bookshop. The ones that are like labyrinths and mix new and old books and where it feels like when you're gone the books spill out and mingle before tucking themselves all back onto the shelves before they open. I bought a couple of books there the last time I visited. Plus cat for the bonus points.

[@nooz797]

I go to Shakespeare and Co at least one a week, I just love reading book and playing piano upstairs 🥰

[@Emma-sj6wp]

Leo out here litteraly living my dream😂 This was so cool! I'm glad you had fun!

[@Christian-xb6no]

05:19 the last thing I expected in a bookstore :))

[@pistachseo]

Ahhh this is such a dream, I would love to go there someday. Thanks for sharing the experience! Btw, does anyone have book recommendations?

[@ShaniFox]

What genre do you want recommendations for or what are some of your favourite books so we know what you like? :)

[@pistachseo]

@@ShaniFox I love fantasy, thrillers, romance type. But I don't mind if you drop your favorite books so I can explore more into other genres. Also thank you in advanced!

[@moonlight_staryx]

Hey new subscriber here! I found your channel randomly! I literally love the aesthetic thumbnail and videos 🤧😭. I wish you all the best, stay safe and GOOD LUCK! 💗🦋

[@raymondkline9440]

Thank you for the tour of Shakespeare & Co!

[@HouseofHannah]

I used to live just a short walk away from Shakespeare & Co ! Were these the only two you visited ? There's also San Francisco Book Co, and The Red Wheelbarrow to name a few more English bookshops.

[@VaibhavTTPD]

I spotted Crime n Punishment 🖤

[@zofiabochenska1240]

omg, that's soo pretty

[@michaelsommers2356]

It should be mentioned that the current Shakespeare and Company is not the original store founded in 1919 by Sylvia Beach. That closed in 1941, while the current store opened a decade later. The current owner was named for Beach, but is not related. None of which is meant to suggest that the current store does not also have a notable history.

[@andrewglasson592]

Ive been in the Shakespeare and Company bookshop a few times. really enjoy going there. There is a book callled Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs by Jeremy Mercer based on his time staying at the Shakespeare and Co bookshop which is a good read. I read The Yellow Wallpaper for my American Studies degree and did an essay on it. Really good novella.

[@pedrOfsilveira]

the only thing that bothers me about living in a small town is that we don't have many bookshops. I would get lost so easily going through this giant ones lol

[@chloepoudrier9309]

I remember reading The Yellow Wallpaper in high school and feeling so weirded out but in the best way haha

[@BasicallyBrittx]

This vid was so magicallll 😍

[@TheBookLeo]

because paris is magical!

[@cognitivebelligerence]

You should read "Herland," also by Charlotte Perkins Gilman! She's an incredible author

[@fivestripes897]

It reminded me of The Yellow Wallpaper when I read Mexican Gothic

[@riddhimabhargava]

Love your vids... Especially the one where you tell us it's ok to read less books. I really needed that.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Paris is so gorgeous. I want to visit one day🥲

[@ceryspowell5838]

aghhhh i just read the yellow wallpaper, and i've got to say its the first book ever that actually freaked me out a bit! :)

[@larabezerra5101]

OMG the vibes of this video! Loved to see you reading next to the eifel tower.

[@martasgreatlibrary]

* opens a tab to look for cheap ryanair flights to paris just to visit these beautiful bookshops *

[@elmasjose1]

Amazing book shoppings! Greetings from Chile

[@TMN_Nizo]

Yes, I enjoyed watching the video and watched it completely. It felt like I was in Paris inside the video. That old typewriter was nice. Where do you live 📚📚📍📍🤠🤠

[@aaichaaai5032]

putting aside everything else like, your videos are an EXPERIENCE! but your thumbnails, they are just ❤🍄✨

[@guertinD61]

surprised that many of the books are in English!

[@Patricia-wo9gk]

I was waiting for this notification

[@Alofaaga1518]

OMG You're in Paris ! 😍 Shakespeare & Co is one of my favourite places on Earth ! Enjoy your stay :)

[@robskitlz4391]

Loved this so much.. I also think the quality is good.. Paris is so amazing.. The look alone.. Love all your video's... You are awesome.

[@livravrillivravril368]

Hello I am French and know both of them, has Skakespeare and co stopped to forbid to take photos inside?

[@peachypitstop6648]

The random 'biography' sign on the ceiling: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@resolvedteacher8426]

🧡🧡🧡

[@josephcossey1811]

For a truly magical insight into the early days of Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Co. bookshop there is no better introduction than Ernest Hemingway's memoir " A Moveable Feast" which recounts his time as a struggling young writer in Paris as well as his encounters with the likes of Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce et al.

[@MargaretPinard]

Love the opening 'frites' devouring shot! LOL

[@riddhimabhargava]

First

[@maudhaugland5822]

I visited Shakespeare and Co when I was in Paris a couple of years ago and it instantly became my favorite bookshop in the whole world! Maybe just competing with Blackwell's in Oxford 💛

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

This was fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to do the video. From a very envious collector of Frankenstein!

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

I am almost finished with The Yellow Wallpaper and selected writings. I absolutely love this collection, and partway through my edition there are extracts from her autobiography. I'm glad you enjoyed! And it is worth looking into her other stuff.

[@josephcossey1811]

George Whitman - the previous owner of Shakespeare and Co. - once said, "it annoys me when people say they don't have time to read...I don't have time for anything else!"

[@hera2593]

I like the The Abbey Bookshop because it's pretty, but their books are so expensive that I never want to go there... I really often go to Shakespeare and co because of the atmosphere, but I never end up buying anything from them because they sell their books slightly more than the actual price ... honestly my go-to for books in English is Gibert, just across the street from the Sorbonne. It may not be as pretty as these two bookshops, but it has a great selection and the books are sold to their actual prices ! Loved the video tho :)

[@leanne19]

I love you so much Leonie 😍😍 More Reading Vlog please 😍😍

[@josephcossey1811]

"Eat, Sleep, Read" - sign in my favourite Dublin bookshop. Sounds like a plan to me!

[@thejungle7429]

this was the most beautiful video to watch. thank you! i adore your channel!!!

[@elisadealexandria]

This is the second video I watch in which the visitor leaves Abbey bookstore without buying a book. Why it doesn't inspire?

[@primustorus5116]

I don't know if this counts as a sort of boomerang insult, but you look like the love child of Adam Sandler and my mum. Kidding.

[@Juliacasualcozygamer]

I'm going to Paris in September so I am definitely going to check this out!

[@janap.938]

I went to Paris 2 years ago and visited Shakespeare & Co as well. And I absolutely loved it!

[@sreehithas1225]

yay i am early!

[@nyankitty4000]

please please do tell, where did you get your sword earrings? They are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!

[@pendragon2012]

I went to Paris many years ago. Wish I could go back to check out the bookstores!

[@muskaan1129]

This was just mesmerizing!

[@karolinelovesyou9041]

I swear I saw multiple dune’s on the first bookstore

[@Nourahmedhs]

I LOOOOVEEE THIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO STUDY CHEMISTRY 😭

[@sofisantillana6263]

Imagine being able to say "I bought this beautiful book in Paris." :)

[@amiragrigoriu2148]

QUE PARAÍSO 😭😩

[@amberrhea5293]

the yellow wallpaper is so good. i wrote an entire paper on it in college.

[@sarah0315-]

The cat in the bookstore yayyyyyyyy!!! If only there was a store like that near me.