completing my reading goals in a week ✨

[@bmoorerx]

“i obviously care because she’s a person”. why did i tear up?? what a beautiful thing to say.

[@fanpiresam482]

43:00 watching this at almost 4 am I made myself laugh thinking about giving Dune to a Booktok girlie and saying "yeah it has soo much spice😉"

[@racheltfisher]

😂

[@dianabanana7394]

LOVED the mug decluttering segment lol I was weirdly invested in which ones you were keeping

[@_ashleylh]

I feel like reading people are mug people. Lol. In a cupboard, I have a mug shelf and my husband has a mug shelf and if it overflows, that person must declutter. Although we have the other shelf in that cupboard for Christmas and fall specific mugs that we share, too. 😅

[@hfollman98]

I was appalled when she got rid of the green tulip mug lol it was like watching my sports team lose :'(

[@dianabanana7394]

@@hfollman98 that's the perfect way of putting it! I gasped at one point lmao

[@kerisbookishcorner2864]

Haha I also was invested as the choices happened 😂

[@ChanelChapters]

Love a mug runway show ☕️

[@BooksandLala]

I'm glad someone can appreciate the art of it💃🏻😂

[@catsbookstea24]

If you don't consume hot drinks, and you're opposed to using mugs for cold drinks, there are still tons of things you can do with the mugs you're attached to and don't want to give away! Mugs are imo underrated for snacking purposes, or maybe you can use them somehow in cooking. And the storage options! I know you mentioned bookmarks, but maybe you can store pens or paint/makeup brushes in them, or put plants or grow herbs in them. Put (sun)glasses in them. Collect loose change. If you're the type to pick flowers, maybe some of them would be suitable for vases. I've seen people turn theirs into bird feeders. So many options!

[@kennedyparrish9092]

YES!! i am exclusive mug ice cream eater

[@catsbookstea24]

@@kennedyparrish9092 You are so incredibly real and valid for this! Mugs for icecream is such a good choice!

[@theotherveronica]

i use mugs for a lot of storage options (makeup brushes, qtips, bookmarks) and it’s such a great way to both store things and kind of show off part of your personality! i do sometimes eat cereal from a mug when bowls are dirty but for some reason i never considered all the other snacking possibilities so thank you!

[@theririgirl]

i absolutely did need the mug segment

[@raebracey1125]

there is nothing that makes me happier than a long video about books. kayla, you are booktubes mother

[@CarlaBelle82]

Loved the mug unhaul! Only thing missing was Rob’s reaction - hope it made him happy 😃

[@MelpoReads]

For Dune, the newer copies have chapter breaks. Specifically, the epitaphs from Princess Irulan start on new pages like a chapter and that’s how the audiobook is broken up as well. Just didn’t want anyone to be intimidated by that! It looks like the epitaphs in your copy would definitely be harder to track. Maybe it was a money-saving decision for the mass market size.

[@MelpoReads]

But also re-reading Dune right now! I’m at part 3 and got distracted 😂

[@BookChats]

Thank you because apparently when I read it 15 years ago it was a newer copy so I'm just sitting here thinking "... But the epitaphs???"

[@mluvskauai]

Don’t part with the mugs that bring you joy! Use them to pot little plants. I have several on my bookshelves.

[@Veerletjuhful]

So good to hear you’re taking a day a week off from “presenting” as you put it! I think it’s so important for mental health to have a break from that regularly, proud of you for taking that space for yourself!

[@Nastya-readsandlifts]

Congratulations on a good mug declutterring! It is hard to get rid of stuff we are attached to, or found useful for a long time. I myself have a collection (? It is small enough) of cups (we are tea and coffee drinkers), but 90% of them are handmade by me, my pottery friends, or from craft markets. And throwing these… almost impossible. Only if chipped, or if I make smth better than what I have already.

[@kyrasaturn]

having the worst day and i finally submitted an assignment that i didn’t want to do at all so this is my reward for ❤ thank you kayla, i hope you now how important your videos are to me and how hugely important, informative, and most of all - comforting they are to many

[@kuhteen]

I love the mug decluttering! You can always use the mugs for those mug recipes (mug cakes, etc.) .

[@vanessaangelicavillarreal2851]

Omg someone just linked me to this on Twitter and just … thank you so much for reading and reviewing! 💜 And thank you for your patience in getting through the fantasy analysis 😅-there’s so little of it, especially by women and women of color 🙏🏽 so thank you again, this means the world!

[@kerisbookishcorner2864]

The mug collection review section was great, and actually made me feel better about my mug collection (also largely unused) and how hard it is to part with them each time I try to downsize it. I feel that entire section and needed to see that 😂

[@beccabooked]

Loved seeing your mugs! I use my mugs I can't part with for pencil/pen holders, or to eat cereal or soup out of lol

[@kartik3719]

The besties who know about the ambitious vlog that's coming 😉🤩

[@beckyduff]

I love a good mug haul & unhaul. I also have a mug collection. I even put holiday ones away during the spring/summer lol. The glass ones for iced coffee could be used for just ice water, or water with some citrus fruit in it, cucumber water, iced tea/juice,

[@lizaveta3568]

The way I keep on top of current non fiction is by checking which publishing houses published my favourite nonfiction and subscribing to their announcements ❤

[@theverybest_carley919]

Okay I had to pause the video at 28:46 because WOW. I don’t know why but I absolutely love the way you look in this clip. The combination of your hair color with that top and the gold chain necklace. You look stunning! 😍

[@Jacquelynrose94]

I have that same Pantone mug! I have the green one, the light pink, and then I have the color of the year for 2020 and 2022. Those are the years my two children were born. 🤍

[@Caro6367]

the dark brown top and the gold necklace look so good on you! really emphasizing your summer glow ☺️

[@jessika5297]

i felt the urge to reread Dune & Dune Messiah at the beginning of this month too and had practically the same experience as you 😂 i felt so much smarter on this reread but im dreading reading the next ones (especially n°3 which would be a reread it's so confusing)

[@chrisiereads]

I was so fascinated with your reaction to the short story from Zombie Sharks With Metal Teeth in your shark vlog. It made me want to read whatever it was you were reading lol.

[@heatherandclover]

I bought that just one more chapter mug because of your video so I'm weirdly happy to see you keep it 😂 One of the only times I've been "influenced" and I use it all the time!

[@Elle_Riley]

28:31 this top + necklace + hair combo is ELITE 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@kristen0c]

ok wait I’m obsessed with the green flower mug

[@JackalopeHope]

I relate so much to the mug collection dilemma. I also own a ton of mugs (both that I've bought and that have been gifted to me) and they're slowly taking over the cabinets 😂 It's so hard to get rid of cute mugs. They're so useful and fun

[@lillithanna]

CAN NOT WAIT for you to read *I was a teenage slasher*. i had to stand up for the last 85-95% of the book, could not sit down. It is a great take on the genre and definitely satisfies as far as gore etc. I also loved sgj's acknowledgements at the end, so personal!

[@s.m.m6710]

I have it ready and waiting on my bookshelf!! 😊

[@PatrickBooks]

at 28 minutes the necklace and shirt and hair you looked STUNNING🔥🔥🔥

[@kartik3719]

A new nonfiction book you could try to read by the end of the year can be Fire Weather by John Vaillant, its specifically about the rise of wildfires across Canada and the petroleum industry's role in it

[@gabbyreads]

I love the mug decluttering moment, I feel like I need to do the same tbh I have way too many I don’t use 😅

[@mynameisno522]

I was looking forward to this quarter's goals check-in!! Very excited!!

[@ndIMreading]

The author of the Iliac Crest has a nonfiction book out about the femicide of her sister. It’s fairly recent too!

[@indubitablyzara]

So happy to see this in my notifications after a loooooong week!!

[@matthewclarke]

I have had Dune on my TBR for so long. You have me interested in it again. I have not watched the movies so going in blind.

[@feyza1831]

omg I love the matching thumbnails within the series

[@willandmia9379]

If you’re interested in more nonfiction/memoir about the latine experience and borders I just read Rivermouth by Alejandra Oliva, she’s mexican american and did a lot of volunteer work translating for people at the border and talks about the process of translation/what can get lost in that process, which i know was something else you’ve been interested in lately!! It was really beautiful and personal to my experience with my ethnicity as well.

[@theotherveronica]

going to add this to my tbr!

[@VeraFran]

That's exactly what I needed after a long, exhausting week: a long video from Kayla! You make me want to read Dune.

[@nenyeo6090]

You should def get around to it(Dune).

[@angylcantread]

I'm here for the continuation of the Dune series! Somehow I ended up with God Emperor of Dune in my top 10 from last year 😂 definitely was not expecting that

[@kyraboisseree3424]

If you enjoyed that book about magical realism, you might also like The Dark Fantastic by Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas. Similarly, if you like a blend of nonfiction & memoir, you might be interested in the genres of testimonio or semi-autobiographical novels. Testimonio tends to be most strongly associated with Latin America; its most famous example is I, Rigoberta Menchú. Semi-autobiographical novels tends to lean very literary, but they also at times incorporate elements I would consider sort of surreal. My favorite examples of the genre are When the Grey Beetles Took Over Baghdad by Mona Yahia & The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi.

[@amylouise7289]

I love your necklace at the beginning of the video!!

[@hfollman98]

HIGHLY recommend "The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love" by India Holton. It's a silly romance that reminds me of Veronica Speedwell in tone (historical-esque albeit with minor fantastical elements). Aaaaand for the best part: It's a standalone (kinda)! I think a "sequel" is in the works, but with different characters (think like Middlegame, where you don't HAVE to read them all or in order).

[@juliaproenca7101]

As someone who also LOVES non fiction about media and pop culture, I've recently read "90s bitch" and "The Heroine with a 1001 Faces" and they were both great!

[@asunnybooknook]

I kind of need that flower design mug

[@SarahV-se2db]

Did you know there’s a dune board game? It looks really good, would be fun to see you play and compare with the books! ❤

[@kate-ne]

I very much struggled with Dune and DNF'd it so many times. But it was exactly because of what you described--there is a lack of world building that I was desperately needing and not getting. I think you're right that people often DNF Dune because they say the world building is too big, but I personally find that getting thrown into the heavy dialogue and plot right from the start of Dune is what made it difficult for me. I craved an in depth explanation of the world and I'm sure if I could have stuck it out I'd get that from it but I just felt so incredibly lost in it.

[@Erdnussbuttertoast]

you've put it on the internet, so just know i'm judging you HARD for which mugs you kept and which ones you were getting rid of 😂 also, the iliac crest sounds really interesting, I'll write it down on my evergrowing list of books to buy!

[@nenyeo6090]

It was confusing at times but really good. Fluidity in all things- gender, borders, time, self, and more. The Iliac Crest def should be read. Though I will reiterate that it’s confusing at times.

[@arobinreads]

I use mugs for storing things. For example the tabs I use for annotating

[@hfollman98]

Kayla mentioning Baldur's Gate and The Last of Us? Three of my favorite things lol

[@AbiofPellinor]

Weirdly invested in which mugs you kept!

[@axlaru]

I am currently also rereading Dune

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I just reread it and am moving on to Messiah in August

[@elizabethheaton4461]

I collect mugs so it was nice to see someone else not wanting to get rid of many mugs 🤣

[@evaderidder9394]

You can use mugs for cold drinks too you know 🤪 or for pens, make up brushes, as a tiny plant pot or vase, ...

[@evaderidder9394]

Oh I also have a mug to store my bookmarks

[@BooksandLala]

haha very true! I already have containers for my brushes and pens-and I only drink water so I have my emotional support water bottle on hand already! Plants are an interesting idea but I would definitely kill them 😅

[@evaderidder9394]

@@BooksandLala cute fake plants? 😏 If the containers are less pretty I would definitely throw them out hahah

[@Brianaduvessa]

That SGJ short story doesn’t sound like it’s related to the book. I just finished it a few days ago and there’s no mention of summer camp.

[@oksnariel]

don’t limit mugs just to drinks! i have a huge mug collection and i use them for everything. Any drink can go in a mug, ice cream, chips, i don’t use bowls, use a mug!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooo love the floating basketball hoop that’s so fun

[@crushgoil]

I love love love that fruit shirt!

[@ajcoppola8595]

Did you give a rating on the Members TBR Jar pick? I'm so invested!! Also my rec would be "How Long 'til Black Future Month" for a short story collection -- although I was one of the people shouting about Shark Heart so maybe it's not a great rec 😅

[@VenLouie]

just made my sandwich and my matcha. now its time to cozy up and watch

[@scrapgirl82]

I recognize that a majority of those mugs are from Indigo. I'd keep them too. You could put plants in the mugs if you're not drinking out of them but want to keep them. (BTW does your "coffee" mug have a chip in it or am I seeing things?)

[@floydandtotoro]

idunno if you need this or want this, but a fun TBR builder idea might be to read the books that have the most interesting acknowledgments section - I just finished Land of Milk and Honey and 100% bought it because the acknowledgments were wild! A mix of books and delicious meals haha so fun. also… idunno if you ever read poetry? I just finished a poetry book recommended by Mckenna from the KZbin channel Mckenna Loves Content (she keeps shouting you out btw) and loved it so much I want to find more poetry. anyways, thanks ❤

[@the_reading_apprentice]

Oh I did the same (though I can't remember the author, I think it was either Lynette Noni or Victoria Aveyard) who began their acknowledgements by thanking the leftover pizza they were eating while writing the acknowledgements 😂

[@floydandtotoro]

@@the_reading_apprentice haha love it!

[@BetweenLinesAndLife]

I LOVE this series!

[@daryanreads]

indigo mugs are too nice to get rid of

[@lyssareadsbooks4169]

Shook when the Pantone mug went into the donate category

[@lindsayhartje6678]

Oh noooooooo, donate all your mugs to me! I'm a big mug collector and orginally from Colorado (Avs fan for life!)

[@cabotrule]

I think you’d love the collection Craft: Stories I Wrote For The Devil by Ananda Lima!

[@kathy2539]

You need to find the SciFi channels mini-series 'Dune' it's 3 parts and much better than the movies, also the second mini-series 'Children of Dune' again incredible series. I have these and I was disappointed with the new movies Pt1-2 just not good enough to compare. The movies get 2.7 * from me! I've watched the mini-series a few times, and read the books 6-7 times. I've found over time that I have a real fondness for Irulan who just grows on you. She is a really loving and good person who has a sad time but finds her way with the Atreides over time.

[@nenyeo6090]

Yea, the movies weren’t all that unfortunately.

[@saranadin9488]

If you haven’t gotten rid of the white mug yet it’d be perfect for painting on 😍

[@ZataraBerry]

You should try making nachos with the freezer tacos as the chips. It’s next level

[@passmethatbook]

I thought that the title said "contemplating" not "completing" 😆

[@mk_beau]

The way I stopped breathing when I thought you were going to get rid of the mushroom mug 😅 p.s I use cute mugs to store pens and annotation supplies and put them on my bookshelves!

[@nathanielluscombe5277]

I recently read the most beautiful nonfiction...Upstream by Mary Oliver. It's an ode to creativity and nature. I think you would love it (and I'd be surprised if you haven't heard of it)

[@pettyella6607]

I think your decision to not present yourself to the world a day a week is so nice! Hope it works for you❤

[@corvidae_s]

Kayla, I know you don't read manga, so this recommendation probably means nothing, but Gyo by Junji Ito LITERALLY features a zombie shark with metal teeth.

[@orangeandcats]

where's that oranges shirt from?? I'm obsessed 😍

[@emmal7510]

27:06 Yeah, the recent Dune adaptation kinda ditched 90% of the plot.

[@Vicky-v5g]

Please check out Into The Jungle by Erica Ferencik. It totally blew me away and I can’t stop thinking about it. I am rereading it again.

[@Breanakechelle]

I’ve been staring at the same book on your tbr shelf waiting on you to choose it for almost a year ! 😂😂😂 (I’m joking and probably exaggerating) !

[@gloriac.3447]

Literally the 1st comment. I’ve never been happier. Also like I love you 🩷✨

[@BooksandLala]

🩷👋🏻

[@Loerer]

Maybe the short stories by stephen graham jones were hard to come by because he bought all copies himself to make sure no one knows about the teenage slasher spoilers 😋

[@Catsandcamera]

I drink juice out of a mug, I like it more than glasses

[@agirlfrommars3441]

This might sound weird but I feel like there’s more juice when I drink it from a mag vs a glass

[@Bucky749]

Sherlock bones vol.1(manga )

[@sofsofsof9338]

My first thought golfing is good for wildfires?😶...ohh raining😅

[@the_reading_apprentice]

Oh, I think a short story collection you might like is Roar by Cecilia Ahern - it's a feminist slightly-fantastical collection

[@sarahlamarche5866]

Hi Kayla, I just finished a book I think you might love. Have you heard of Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss?

[@priscilla.t.a]

I know this video is old at this point, so you probably won't see this comment, but just in case, I'd read Children of Dune soon, while it's all still fresh in your mind, then take a break before continuing the series (it changes a lot I think).

[@bihter3201]

Nice mug content

[@tungstensmum1491]

I put my seasonal mugs with my seasonal decor so I can enjoy them when I want to, but I don't want to see a pumpkin mug in the summer, you know?

[@theotherveronica]

i have a mug tree that gets all the seasonal mugs! they get switched out for holidays and seasons and hidden the rest of the time lol

[@tungstensmum1491]

@@theotherveronica I love that idea

[@Undertheradarbks]

I have a book rec. The Dumb House by John Burnside

[@averyl455]

Unrelated: when is the middle of the night live show?

[@MissManicMellie]

Wait why did you stop drinking coffee?? Coffee is so good!

[@theotherveronica]

i think she’s cutting out all caffeine!

[@hildavgoneril]

wait.. you haven't read the lord of the rings?? 😮

[@BooksandLala]

Not read or watched lol

[@AshleyZieman]

Do you not drink coffee at all anymore? I totally misswd that vlog. And obviously I ama not to keen on details.

[@PilgrimintheTrenches]

You made my Saturday Kayla! How do you stick to goals??? Please tell us! Autistic mamma of autistic kids here and sticking to a routine is next to impossible, nvm achieving goals. 😅

[@Bougie_Nerd]

I could not get in a pool after reading about sharks. Wasn't there an Are You Afraid of the Dark episode about a shark in a swimming pool?

[@kitkatt24]

Well...if you are reading Dune, you might want read Red Rising.

[@arobinreads]