*COZY* NYC WINTER BOOKSTORE VLOG 💌 visiting the best bookstores in new york + HUGE haul

[@mayabeatriz]

What was the last book you guys bought??📚

[@nameless2485]

Children of Blood and Bone

[@afenahnahkai1]

I have not really bought any but i have been getting back into reading i read It Ends With Us & It Starts With Us both in 3 days on the Libby app. I am currently reading the twisted series (love, games, hate and lies) I’m reading Twisted Love right now. Im also listening to books on the Hoopla app

[@Asha_44]

Daisy jones and the six

[@niab6172]

Shadow and bone

[@narose]

solo leveling!

[@rikkipoynter]

Those two guys doing their little handshake in the back while you're doing your 5-page reading. I love it.

[@art.thomas]

I know you hate going to the Bronx cause it’s a long journey, but The Lit Bar is the last bookstore in the Bronx. It’s Afro-Latina owned; NYC Native owned. And I think it’s worth supporting ❤

[@mayabeatriz]

Omg Imma have to make the journey into the Bronx to visit! I’ve been trying to find more indie bookshops to support

[@madelinesoto5443]

@@mayabeatrizi have a friend who works there and it’s actually so cool you definitely should go!!!

[@MennaElShiati]

I’m Egyptian and when I visited NY, I went to The Lit Bar for exactly those same reasons - wanting to support an Afro-Latina owned bookstore. Unfortunately, I had a terrible experience. My card was declined (which happens sometimes with international cards for many reasons) so I asked to pay in cash and took out a $100 bill. The person at the counter refused to take my money for fear “it’s fake” without even checking and she treated me like a thief. Had my man not been with me and offered to pay instead, I would’ve walked out without the books.

[@madelinesoto5443]

@@MennaElShiati do you remember her name? Or what she looked like?

[@MennaElShiati]

@@madelinesoto5443 I don’t remember her name as that was a couple of years ago. I do remember she was a petite and wore big glasses.

[@brightava890]

watching the kids in the background of 14:45 is so funny. 😭😭

[@alani_videoeria]

14:50 im sorry but WHAT WAS GOING ON BACK THERE LMFAOOOOOO how is no-one talking about their insanely long handshake

[@janaepenha]

I love this video, the guys in the background of 14:52 had me laughing

[@peachy__pg]

collecting books and reading books have always been separate hobbies lmao 😂

[@mayabeatriz]

Both so fun tho 😭

[@keisha7412]

I don’t read books much but I can listen to Maya talk about her books all dayyyy

[@mayabeatriz]

Ahh thank u bestie!

[@fayevalentines]

DARK RISE MENTION ‼️‼️‼️ but seriously that series is amazing

[@03_diaries]

okay, now i’m convinced to visit the strand bookstore!! 😩

[@mayabeatriz]

its so cutee!

[@sophilozophy]

The Japanese call it tsundoku. The habit of buying books and letting them pile up without reading them. It happens. 😆 Beautiful store. I'd spend all my money there and would have to budget the rest of my trip. Happy reading.

[@TaylorSwiftFans1133]

I absolutely love this! The vibe, the book haul, just everything about this in general! I love your channel sm! Keep doing what you love and we will all support you!❤❤

[@mayabeatriz]

Thank youuu!

[@serena_bee]

Maya I am loving this new hair cut, can't get enough. It's giving elevation ❤ I have 4 books on my list, fourth wing (because of your recommendation ) will be purchases 🥹

[@leahk6199]

Maya always gets my mood upp

[@dajuannak]

love the book videos. definitely going to have to check these bookstores out if i ever get the chance to go to new york

[@alayahmay2217]

Omg I'm currently reading The Midnight Library!! I love it so far

[@malloriemoreno4263]

I have it on my shelf, waiting for the right time to read it. AKA waiting for when I want to question all my life choices 😂

[@es_Akosua]

So glad girly pop posted I clicked on it as soon as my iris land on the video 🤭luv u girly 🫶🏾💋

[@mayabeatriz]

luv you too girll!

[@wydlynnf5694]

ooh, i'm second? period, i always love your videos. every sunday isn't complete without a video from maya.

[@mayabeatriz]

aww thanks

[@juliaw4973]

Omg Dark Rise! Seriously one of the best books I’ve ever read. The sequel is even better! ❤️

[@J0RE11]

The way I’ve been binge watching all these vlogs w my family like it’s a telenovela 😭 but seriously tho you’re amazing, unintentionally funny and inspiring! Whenever I need motivation your videos are a go too!🫶🏾

[@michellegarcia2496]

i just HAD to subscribe after seeing ur non-fiction reads 🍉🍉🍉 and also love seeing more BIPOC booktubers on my recommendations 💜

[@ToRung]

*_wishing you all the best! 💝🎉😘_*

[@inmymaraudersera8153]

I fr started screeching when i saw dark rise!!! Its sooo good😭😭

[@nameless2485]

Your videos always comfort me

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎

[@Ema1-1]

Tbh i love your thumbnails and it bring me back to your chanel every time

[@LuizaAvelino]

Just found your page and I’m so in love with your videos!!! ❤️‍🩹✨

[@LuizaAvelino]

I LOVE Strand bookstore (I’ve gone to the Broadway one) 😮‍💨 I think it’s so cool and pretty :)

[@beingdavina]

Ahhh The Young Elites is literally one of my favorite series! So good!!!!!

[@BELLADONNANAJWA]

My books Faves🌼: A certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers (TBR) Tender is Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (TBR) soooo excited to read this My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh - totally recommend

[@GoddessKry]

I enjoyed midnight library. Was a good multi reality book

[@zadamaraj4793]

I like you Maya and I love your choice in reading materials ❤️🍉

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎🍉

[@fitnessfashionbooks607]

Lola at Last 🎉 Also, yes, Twilight is a young adult. Probably because the first couple take place when they’re in high school.

[@scorrickinc.2416]

Yeah, I was surprised when I saw (and bought) Midnight Sun at the book fair, like why are you here 😂

[@wild.dreamrr]

I love your videos I also found new books to read because of this video thank you maya 💕

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎🤎

[@snakeubitxh]

Girl we have the same books bc I’m also currently reading freedom is a constant struggle and was thinking of reading that same Palestine book

[@TonyTonyTani]

Title didn’t lie, its a rlly cozy video ☕️ I’ve never seen these cute mystery books where I live, so I’d love to do some on my own and gift them to close book lover friends. Also I love when you start tapping your nails against hard surfaces XDD And that Palestine book! Depressing but a really good read, especially with what’s been going on 💔 I never read cobalt red, but judging from the title I’m assuming its about the many humanitarian crises the Congolese have been through as well, even to this day. If so, then I rlly appreciate you reading on those heartbreaking topics. I’ll be sure to read that book sometime in the future too. More people need to learn about the crimes committed against them, and they all deserve justice 💔 Love from Lebanon ❤

[@taradaly4708]

fellow nj/nyc girlie!! i love your vibes im trying to read more this year and this got me so excited

[@Itzkeisha]

Loving the hair girlie ❤

[@mayabeatriz]

Thxx!

[@megtimmerman]

the midnight library is sooo good

[@carat4svt]

ahh hi maya,, love from new orleans 🤍

[@mayabeatriz]

hiiii!

[@jor474]

EVERYONE WAKE UP MAYA POSTEDDDD

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎🤎

[@sfornbrook]

For classics, Paper Mill Press make the most CRISP cover omg 31:37

[@alexap1738]

I’ve been wanting to read the Hunger Games books too! Honestly, you’re the reason I started reading and I love it 🫶🏽

[@irmavivar9142]

The Hunger Games was the first series I read in Middle School and started my love for reading! I loved your video, very comfy to watch (:

[@nicolevlogs-xoxo2755]

and thank u for the midnight library rec, because I have always contemplated life based off Sylvia paths fig tree analogy, so that's a forsure next read !!

[@elmossy]

I'm so glad youtube recommended me this. your vibes are 🤌🤌✨ Can't wait to binge all your other videos 🤭

[@mayabeatriz]

Yay! Thank you! 🤎🤎

[@goddessnix444]

the hunger games books are amazing.

[@YiannaSchneckloth]

did you know that B&N price matches from their own website? Ask them to check when checking out next time - it might be slightly cheaper!

[@LetscoveritDeni]

I really love character art covers.

[@BrightLights67]

what in the friendship synchronized handshake was happening at 14:49?

[@L-tb9kk]

lmaoo that was so cute

[@mayabeatriz]

Lmaoooo

[@samantharojas892]

I highly recommend the naturals series!! The first 5 pages dont really give much info tho. The first two chapters tho will draw u in!! :)

[@melissa.59]

i was literally JUST wondering if you were gonna post today THANK U MAYA

[@emmasdeaf]

that the hunger games cover is litt the only edition i can find in belgium but i want the american version🥲

[@Luvemma07]

SOOO EXCITED FOR BOOK CLUBBBBN

[@clararose]

I haven't read the first three hunger games books in a few years, the book for A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is amazing and I highly recommend. It is better than the movie, but all the best elements of the movie are present in the book!

[@markjohntrinidad4550]

I can totally relate to youuu. I often finish only one or two books a monthhhh. 😅❤

[@renisha_th]

I was on new York twice last year and I visited the Strand and the Barnes in union square. Seeing you videos made me smile inside I had such an amazing time in both stores I also got a blind date with a book from the strand

[@afenahnahkai1]

Im super proud of myself for starting to read again cuz i HATED it as a kid and my daughter reads more than i ever did at her age (she’s 9) & she influenced me and you did too Maya back i think when you read Throne of Glass. I also have Fourth Wing and the Throne of Glass series on my TBR as well as The roommates by Rosie Danan, A court of silver flames by Sarah J Maas, The love hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, It happened one summer by Tessa Bailey and Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover i want to get into to different genres too not just romance

[@mayabeatriz]

Yesss so excited for u to be back in ur reading era 🤍🤍! I used to hate reading when I was younger too!

[@afenahnahkai1]

@@mayabeatriz Yea 😊 and i stay on TikTok now looking for recommendations

[@katerinaps99]

really liked the video! btw that yellow hunger games cover that you saw is the uk edition and tbh i was surprised to hear that you liked it lol, i personally much prefer the us covers, but i’m european so i can only find the uk ones mehhh

[@sarochaspicy]

35:28 ijbol! i can feel the confusion, and even i was confused! hahaha

[@ArhyannaAdams]

Hard Covers are usually more expensive because they are easier to take care of and harder to make. Paper backs can get easily ruined, while hard covers last longer.

[@Orangeade-nc1kt]

«To Love and to Loathe» is actually a realy good book, you should definitely give it a try!

[@abs-olutely]

We hunt the flame supremacy!!!

[@ShamyraC]

14:48 The hand shake going on in the background 😂😂😂

[@madisonsylura825]

U are slaying that bob girl

[@marysalmon2367]

OMG you got Aurora Rising, which is hard core sci fi my dear, and alastair reynolds is a genius, I am working my way through every one of his books. I highly recommend Terminal World and for a different vibe, Century Rain, a novel about the discovery of a hidden world that stopped in the 1950s. Noone in that world realizes they are living in a simulation, it also involves a detective story, a time traveler just so so good. Happy reading.

[@tintmyride804]

I picked up the midnight library today because of this video

[@mozygirl5529]

When you need reading motivation, watch Maya :)

[@Readingwithlyss]

Paperbacks don’t come out until a year after a book is out!! (Coming from someone who used to work at Barnes🥰)

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

Awesome vlog ‼️💯I also like paperbacks over hardcovers 😅I also got the first 2 books of the hunger games so now I just need book 3 and the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[@nicolevlogs-xoxo2755]

you need to visit 'The Ripped Bodice' that opened just in Aug. in Park Slope, Brooklyn!!! Its a cute lil bookstore that only sells romance books💓

[@Tsedi_N]

i love book worm maya

[@iseee]

lovee a bookstore video

[@ofuchi]

last book i bought was pageboy by elliot page, but i have so many books on my tbr i cant decide what to read next. loved your vlog 🍉❤!

[@thatsavykid.5892]

instead of goodreads use storygraph!! the reviews are so much more accurate because u can give scores such as 3.5 and 3.75 instead of just 1,2,3,4,5. you can do a tick list of if you thought the book was diverse, fast slow or medium paced and the app keeps track of the genres you read and he percentage of those genres in each book! highly recommend

[@madelinec18]

the yellow hunger games cover is the new australian covers they have all of them and ballad of songbirds aswell in the neon covers

[@mayabeatriz]

Omg I neeed to figure out how to get them!

[@jasleenkahlon3395]

The guy in the red hat that comes in at 13:14 was checking you out so hard he couldnt even look away

[@khadijamoleli3860]

hunger games & catching fire were amazing reads for me last year. i got through both in two weeks. kinda got stuck at the Mockingjay. this just reminded me to go back😅😅

[@khadijamoleli3860]

ps. love from south africa. you've definitely given me even more inspo to visit NYC bookstores when I go🤎

[@emmakatariinapaajanen1485]

Hardcovers make the author more money so thats why they make them first and if they sell well then they release the paperback. It's just how the publishing works (but as i always prefer paperbacks, i'm not a fan of it). But i love that you picked up Aurora Rising, i read it last year and really liked it!

[@marysalmon2367]

Heck ya, Alastair Reynolds rocks! You have good taste!

[@808sandgabriela]

That edition of the Hunger Games is actually from the UK! So you can get all the books from Waterstone, the shipping rate to the US is insane tho 🥴

[@amypatterson314]

You got some great books, I can't wait to see you read we hunt the flame I read it a couple of years ago and still think about it all the time it's one of my alltime faves for sure!!

[@mayabeatriz]

So excited for it !

[@latunahtarea4453]

I enjoyed the midnight library, it was good

[@mayabeatriz]

So excited to finish it

[@Fallsemester101]

Have you never gotten a book sleeve? I have a few of them. They are amazing and keep your books nice in tote bags, messenger bags, and backpacks.

[@DutchesLove1926]

Omg I really love your glasses they’re super cute what brand are they

[@kittyfuggle-hops7904]

I'm a black and white photo cover vibe

[@finsfables]

the buccaneers is such a good show.,,i need to know ur thoughts on the ending

[@mayabeatriz]

The ending had me in shamblesss! I wasn’t team Nan and Guy at first but that ending changed me! I need Nan and Guy together asap

[@finsfables]

@@mayabeatriz RIGHTTTT

[@lenasophie4447]

Not on topic, but your nails are so pretty 😍😍

[@mayabeatriz]

Thankss!

[@nieeaishamcafee5773]

The book collector thing made me think of this post I saw on Instagram that said are you a bookworm or a book dragon. Bookworms consume books. Almost every book they own they've read and most likely love so they don't own that many. Book dragons collect books. They may have read some of them, but their shelves are packed with dozens of books that they haven't read. I guess that makes you a book dragon which I think sounds really cool. I'm a book worm. I can't bring myself to buy a book if I know I potentially won't like it, so I check it out in a library first and then if I love it I will go buy it. I currently have 3 library cards. I'm thinking about a 4th but I haven't had a chance to visit that library yet.

[@ekzsena]

YESS the book about Palestine 🫶🏼🫶🏼🇵🇸

[@oopsnaimaisbored]

Whats your Goodreads also currently reading once upon a broken heart and im eating it up 😭😭😭 definitely recommend

[@jessirenebeauty]

The Joey graceffa book is in the second bookstore too at 10:14 LMAO

[@muvachi]

“What is this”🤣😅🤣🤣🤣 i cackled

[@JulEnglefaris]

Twilight is 100% YA. Most of it takes place in 11th and 12th grade in HS

[@mayabeatriz]

ohhh gotchu! for some reason watching the movies always made me think it was adult 😂😂

[@dudeyourarecool]

Hi!! loving the video! if you're in new york check out The Lit Bar its local bookshop owned by a Afro-Latina!

[@jEllenss]

11:09 that’s the new UK Hunger Games cover

[@usopps2356]

Ya bob is fye

[@andriana212]

wishing you all the best in 2024

[@jasmine2801]

Your videos feul me in a way

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎🤎

[@ruetherne]

ooh, im first? period

[@mayabeatriz]

🤎🤎!

[@hgrand4]

I am sooo bad about checking goodreads reviews and putting stuff back. when I was a kid I would just pick books at random, like how did I do that??? lets get back to that

[@mayabeatriz]

Exactly!!

[@lilacmooncat]

good reads 🇵🇸🍉❤️