Disappointments & Surprises: Books I Read In September🕯️

today we are talking about all the books i read in the month of September, in my monthly reading wrap up.
Video included mini reviews for:
- Essentialism
- Man's Search for Meaning
- Star Daughter
- Girls with sharp sticks
- Monstress volume 2
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 23 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)
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[@olivegranola]

its very nice to just hang out with Leonie for 20 minutes every few days

[@alb0zfinest]

The last few weeks her subscriber count has been growing at a really fast rate. I remember when she had 2.5k subscribes. My god how the children grow 😢

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Yes! I missed when she didn't post videos for a while ...

[@Erika-pq7ip]

I like her cause shes real and she reads a normal amount of books so It doesn't make me feel bad about my reading progress

[@Leonhart_93]

It's not about how many books you read, it's about how many books stay with you. That being said, I wish I could read, understand and remember like 30 books a month. Like that I might make a slight dent in them by the end of my life.

[@Erika-pq7ip]

@@Leonhart_93that's true!!

[@DanielCifer]

I've picked up multiple self-help books like "Essentialism" and most of them just turned out to be mostly about managing your company and businesses lol. So there I was sitting in my student house wearing a short with tiny sharks printed on it reading about how to maximise my hypothetical startup's profits and managing my imaginary employees.

[@evelynstenberg]

Two years ago my therapist gave me Mans Search For Meaning and it changed me so profoundly that I still think about the quote on attitude pretty often and it really helps me get thru some of the tougher days. I can't recommend this book highly enough. I wish everybody would read it just once, because I truly believe it could help people so much. Also I subscribed, because you're amazing ❤

[@winternight809]

That's wonderful. It's been on my TBR for ages, but when Leonie talked about it I decided to finally go ahead and read it. - It sounds like just what I need, and your comment just cemented that. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@antoniaelwig3136]

Your eye makeup and the whole aesthetic ist stunning girl🥰😍

[@davidbohn2363]

Unrelated to this video: I picked up Library of the Unwritten because of one of your previous videos, and oh man am I LOVING it. Ok, time to relax, eat dinner, and watch this video. What a perfect time for an upload.

[@mattkean1128]

Yeah, pseudo business books annoy me so much. Especially when I see my boss raving about it. It's such a strange mindset that I don't get. The business world is littered with people who drink their own kool-aid and think some pretty basic ideas are life changing strategies. 'Be like the mouse getting it's cheese and embrace change!' Yes, thank you, I will remember that. But I'm feeling quite cynical this year lol.

[@AkaHeiwa]

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and am only commenting now but I really like your content! Thank you and have a good week :)

[@adillaafiani6921]

More question to add to your QnA: what's your favorite tea?

[@SamanthaPlansandReads]

I had the same feelings about Star Daughter - I even did the same thing with the audio to push through to the end. I had an ARC and just couldn’t finish it in print.

[@Grace-fz5dt]

Hello Leonie I just want to say I love all your videos, your funny, creative, friendly. When I work on my projects for my portfolio I let your videos run in the background while I work

[@ChrisDailyReading]

I should really start Man’s Search for Meaning, I’ve had it on my shelves for a while now. Love the eye makeup!

[@carsonchiem145]

If you need video ideas, I know I would love to see a part 2 of the "if you like these movies, read these books" video. It was the first video that I watched of yours.

[@daveterret3958]

I second your reaction at 16:38 to the idea that technological advancements in the past 70 years should have relieved us of all stress and that boredom would be a problem. ☺

[@adillaafiani6921]

Man's search for meaning is indeed an excellent read last year for me as well! One of my all time favorite book :)

[@MaryAmongStories]

I really need to read A Man's Search for Meaning, it sounds so good! great video 🌸

[@axel945]

It was funny when you talked about the npc in Pokémon, I always try to talk to all of them to make sure I didn't miss anything in the game (and thank you for showing us Hannibal I'm at s01 e11 and its getting really good)

[@elenathegreat]

really interesting hearing your reflections on mans search for meaning, and now you're making me want to reread i think a follow up book of his to this one was recently published in english so i may have to pick that up

[@violaivy]

I read comics regularly and Monstress isn't easy to follow, definitely one of the more complex comics out there. I really love it, but I often have to go back and reread parts to understand everything. So don't feel discouraged about reading comics, graphic novels just based on this one. No to to talk you into reading them or anything, if they're not for you, then they're not for you. 16:37 I felt that. 😅 sure would be nice to have so much free time and so little stress you could be bored

[@mariasadecka164]

Viktor Frankl is one the greatest people who have ever existed... Thank you for a meaningful video, Leonie! ♥️

[@michellegonzalez4879]

I always enjoy ur content and your lets sit and chill video are the best

[@PoppyOxymoron]

I’ve just finished reading the “Girls with sharp sticks” series and loved it! Addditonaly I would recommend “poison study” for you to read

[@itmealex9605]

im on book 3 right now!i've been dying for someone to talk about it with, i started the first book on monday and am almost done with the 3rd

[@kokochen5754]

Girls with sharp sticks is so good!

[@PoppyOxymoron]

I really enjoyed the series! I’ve just finished it todag

[@LoveVira]

Monstress sounds soooo good!! I want to read it so bad now, you described it really good even if you didn't really like it that much. them

[@oi643]

Great video! Going to pick up a mans search for meaning tomorrow

[@quiteallwrite7566]

the vibes in this video are immaculate

[@felipealonso7859]

Man's search for meaning is a must read, made me more grateful with life.

[@NeilBruder]

I never expected to come to booktube for vogueing but I love it!

[@phamnguyencaoduy182]

I watched your video as soon as waking up.

[@nayrarodriguez3385]

Star Daughter has been on my wish list for so long, but I've been holding back from buying it. Now I understand why.

[@buddiesdog]

Honestly when I read the first volume of Monstress I wasn't that into it either. I really loved the concept and wanted to give it a good try before letting it go. The second volume is what got me into the series, it is way less confusing and expands the story so much more. After reading volume 3 I revisited volume 1 and it made more sense. There are 5 volumes out so far but I am not caught up yet...

[@mayakane9978]

I actually enjoyed the Star Daughter a lot. Maybe I'm just biased I did like it

[@tobiasravenclaw2305]

I love this channel 💙

[@monicamerle1417]

I found about The Girls with Sharp Sticks through a booktuber (Katesbookdate) I bought and read the first one in January and loved so i bought the second too. The third comes out next March. Some booktubers talk about this one. KATE put it in her top best of 2019

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Star daughter is so gorgeous o.O

[@bebella9005]

oh no, I was really looking forward to Star Daughter! But from what you said, it seems like I won't really like it... Man's Search for Meaning sounds so interesting!

[@alishagoel1623]

I have never been this early in my entire life

[@peasalexandrowicz790]

If you're interested @Katesbookdate talked about Girls with Sharp Sticks quite a lot

[@nnnnn2010]

I really want to hear your opinions on books in a rant point of view because believe me you have a really good critic opinion on the books that are interesting

[@cassieanthony6383]

I loved girls with sharp sticks, the only issue I had was the ending, which I won’t spoil, was kind of rushed and a tiny underdeveloped, but overall a wonderful read.

[@aliA-jz5ms]

Nice shirt

[@truewarrior3646]

06:08 AM - (INDIA) Wake up and watch.

[@hyperspecificescapism4657]

Its actually pretty common in the States for people to sacrifice sleep to do more things cause they think thats more productive. I also thought the same until I got into the habit of working all nighters only to get half as much work done as I would have if I had just gone to sleep even for a little bit and wake up refreshed and ready to go at it again. Mine is an extreme example but people frequently only get 3-4 hours of sleep because they think theres better things they could be spending their time on.

[@theeldritchfox]

If you haven't read 'For Small Creatures Such as We' by Sasha Sagan, I highly recommend it. It's similar to Frankl's book, in that she looks at the ways humans have created meaning by celebrating all kinds of things throughout the cycles of our lives. Really makes you appreciate life and take a more conscious approach to the little everyday things.

[@realsushrey]

Stars are not a major thing in Hindu mythology btw.

[@frankalindel5918]

Un an unrelated note: Can anybody tell me where to find those beautiful sun and moon earrings? They are lovely!

[@coleton7048]

Do you know what series I think you would really enjoy? The First Law. :)

[@nejohnsonbooks]

I'm 😂🤣😅 through the whole essentialism part, we here in silicon valley really are in our own weird world aren't we.

[@detvviller]

the crush is real, the content is good, what could we ask for

[@books_and_ki]

I was so excited for star daughter but I've seen disappointed reviews everywhere.

[@flouee6513]

Nice video, it was really interesting about the monkey analogy that there could be a meaning for life and suffering but we could never find out why. Like the monkey could never find out why humans are hurting them. It's possible an alien world is using us for their purpose like we are using the monkey for our purpose.

[@kril4120]

twenty minutes 🥺

[@dafnasinayleibel6089]

you are adorable...great work. Do you ever recommend audio books?

[@TheBookLeo]

i think audiobooks are great especially for non-fiction!

[@jamesduggan7200]

As I understand Post-Modernism (and ofc I could be - as I often am - wrong), the inability to make sense of reality is not a proof of chaos but simply to be human. The PM believes that absolute Truth (objectivity, meaning, mission, purpose, etc) exists and only occasionally is revealed. Ps: edited for punctuation - apparently I could learn something from "Essentialism."

[@emilymoran9152]

If you want a 'girl power' story that does a good job illustrating how patriarchy (and also militarism/nationalism) works while also being really funny, check out 'Monstrous Regiment'. It follows Polly (AKA Oliver) who enrolls in the army to try and find her brother, and her growing friendships with the ragtag company of other late recruits (which includes a troll, a vampire, and an Igor). It also gets into some explorations of gender (one character very much reads as a trans man, for instance). Since it was written in 2003 by a straight cis dude, I was a little anxious about how it would feel in 2020 - but I think Terry Pratchett actually did a pretty good job. ajungleoftales.blogspot.com/2020/12/re-read-review-monstrous-regiment-by.html

[@alm5395]

Same thought when Alice (a man-made machine with human-like brain a. intelligence), said in response to an unaccepting interviewer (real-worlder) who questioned Alice's right to be acknowledged as a human, "WHAT IF the real world is also a world created by others?"

[@madhatterine2805]

I liked the description of "Girls with sharp sticks" so I went to amazon to order the ebook and the first thing I see is one of these "buy me" quotes which read "X meets Handmaids Tale". I read X (tv series I won't put in here to not force other people into my pain) and thought: Ok. I know what will be the big twist. Sucks. I might have enjoyed that. Now I'm sad. v.v

[@TheBookLeo]

the publishers really give way to much away with their naming and advertising of everything :/

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

I've been trying to read star daughter. The writing is dreamy and beautiful but the story moved soooo soooo slowly. I've been reading it for a month and I'm at 51%. Not a good sign😂

[@thebookstamp9976]

Oooh girls with sharp sticks. I keep getting burned by “feminist YA” so maybe I just need to lower my expectations

[@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere]

As a female, if I read feminist, my expectations are lower that the Titanic.

[@thebookstamp9976]

@@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere hahahahaha honestly tho it’s always such a let down.

[@ezequielgervasio]

I would like to read some books, but I'm not fluent in English yet so I get lost when I find new words 😭

[@disastart]

i’d suggest picking up a graphic novels, since the illustrations can help understand the overall meaning, or a book you’ve already read in your mother tongue so you already know what’s going on! what also works for me is trying to guess most words by context because stopping every time really breaks the flow of reading for me... anyway, hope it helps! 😊

[@dioramomo8904]

Maybe you can start with modern day young adult or children novel, since the vocabulary is easier and will give you more momentum to continue reading 😊

[@aimun5255]

I learned through cartoons with subtitles tbh and the rest I just absorbed through children's books, a dictionary is helpful but it ruins the pace so I would just try to understand unfamiliar words through the context

[@Amanda7.]

Omg I love your earrings 🌞🌜 where are they from? 😍😅

[@TheBookLeo]

asos!

[@Amanda7.]

The Book Leo thank you! 😄

[@ICHMUSSMALPIPI]

side characters as Pokémon npcs is such a true comparison 😂😂

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Talking is hard sometimes -- okay most of the time.

[@lenani9143]

Nothing to do with the video but I can't get over the fact you look like my ex-flat mates girlfriend 😄