HUGE Book Haul 📦✨ 20+ books | Target + Amazon + Book Outlet

[@stopbeingana-hole4151]

I’m 23, and love illustrations. Adults love art and color too.

[@jenseereads]

Right!! 🎨📖👀✨

[@venessacandelaria9385]

Book outlet is amazing! Love to order books from them. Book hauls are so exciting!🤗

[@jenseereads]

Book hauls are the best! 😋 🫶

[@lifewithhollyt]

You're video is the 1st book haul I've watched in a long while and there are so MANY more book recs you've given me xD thank you xo

[@jenseereads]

Ok, first, thank you so much for watching! 🤗💕 and second, happy to be of assistance 🫡📚 lol

[@giadaamarini4724]

Love Bookoutlet!! They even have special editions for a steal!! I also love their gifts section. You can find puzzles and stationary stuff!

[@jenseereads]

Ooo I haven't checked out the gifts section yet!! 🧩✨👀

[@SanHolo124]

I LOVE that pride and prejudice edition. The cover is stunning 😍 I’ve been wanting to read that novel forever but classics are tough😩 I did see a pride and prejudice book with side by side detailed explanations at Barnes tho Also I love your hair!! So cute 💕

[@jenseereads]

Classics are so hard 😅 ..hopefully the pictures help lol 🤞🏻 But also a side by side explanation sounds cool too!

[@hkayet4208]

House of beating wings is one of my all time favourite series ❤

[@jenseereads]

I haven't heard any reviews for it, so love to hear it's one of your favorites!! 💕📖✨

[@emerkinsella470]

Yay I was so bored and then i got the notification that you uploaded and was so happy to watch a vidoe of yours 💚

[@jenseereads]

Happy to be of assistance 🫡💕😋 lol

[@sherribugd3799]

Empire of the Vampires freaking amazing!

[@hellococo1273]

I love book outlet! I just placed an order with them last week

[@Micmezle]

I enjoyed the heck out of Empire of the Vampire, and it was a lot more funny than I was expecting. I also loved The Nanny, but it's single parent/nanny romance and I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to that trope. this haul was spectacular. I hope you love everything.

[@jenseereads]

Yay! Good to hear you liked Empire of the Vampire!! I'm excited at the idea of some humor. I wouldn't have expected it, so now I'm even more intrigued! I didn't think I would like a single parent trope until I read Chestnut Springs, now I think it's so cute and actually adds so much to the romance 🥰

[@nobodysbusinesswhocares]

I LOVE Book Outlet and order from them during their sales all year long. Love getting big boxes of cheap books. I bought Filthy Rich Vampire 1 & 2 from a book store in Missouri months ago (She's a local author) on a whim. It was the only set of books on the local author shelf that was fantasy. And now I guess they are "viral" haha

[@jenseereads]

There's nothing better than a big 'ol box of new books!! 📦📚✨ And that's so fun that you have an author so close by!

[@ebbear99]

I love poetry and Milk and Honey touched me! Poetry is what got me back into reading a few years ago and Rupi Kaur got me back into it

[@jenseereads]

Awww how special!! 💕 I think I'm going to really like Milk & Honey, especially with the additional annotations! ☺️📖✨

[@sagekay]

People don’t talk about book outlet because in 2020, book outlet tweeted in response to a BIPOC booktuber asking why that they didn’t have more POC (specifically black people) in their old affiliate program, Book Outlet said they only work with “family friendly” content creators and implied that all black people swear or post explicit content. And then they didn’t respond for like 2 months and just removed their program all together because no one wanted to work with anymore.

[@LolaDelMarCaribe]

Also Book Outlet was extremely popular on YT for many years ago, maybe it’s just my age showing but I assumed everyone knew about it. My ignorance to assume.

[@BooksWithJudy]

Also milk & honey is one of my favorite things ever. it is so good

[@juliacash8135]

I own cascade failure as well! I have not read it yet but want to soon. It sounds so good and I’ve heard no one talk about it. I didn’t even know there was a second one. I didn’t think it would come out this fast because the first one came out this year in March.

[@jenseereads]

Oh fun! I would love an update on your thoughts on it when you read it!! 😄 I didn't know the first book just came out this year! Having two books out in less than a year is nuts...but also fantastic as the reader 😋 lol

[@juliacash8135]

@ I will let you know as soon as I read it! I plan to soon!

[@annawilhelm208]

Ahhhhhhh I love Legendborn!!!

[@IsabellaS81401]

Just found your channel. So excited for your book content! ❤ I also love all things astrology! I’m a Leo. I have yet to start the Zodiac series

[@jenseereads]

Hi welcome! 💕 Aww my sister is a Leo!! 🦁✨

[@juliacash8135]

House of breathing wings is on kindle unlimited if you have it. Also Book outlet reminds me of a store near me called Ollie’s that does the same thing with not purchased or overstocked books from other stores.

[@jenseereads]

Ahh I just looked Ollie's up online and I have a store near me too!! I've never heard of it before, but I'm definitely going to check it out now!! 🤩

[@juliacash8135]

@ you definitely should! It’s not just a book store but it has a lot of good used ones. It is all kind of cheaper things in bulk from other stores but it has an amazing selection of cheap books.

[@aerikaj]

Just found your channel and subscribed. I started ordering from Book Outlet in 2014. Back then the prices were $2-$4.99, often with discounts on orders. I don’t order now because it feels expensive compared to then, and I’m a thrifty girlie. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@jenseereads]

Ahh Hi welcome!! ✨🫶✨ I buy most of my books new (from Barnes or Amazon) so the prices on book outlet are a steal for me 😋 I can't imagine getting a new book for $2!! 🤯 I can totally see why you wouldn't want to shop with them anymore after that 😫

[@meganshultz8909]

Empire of the Vampire is a Grim dark fantasy. It was one of my favorite books in from 2022. I loved the haul. That's exactly why I stopped putting myself on book buying bans. I always go crazy after I allowed myself to buy again. Lol

[@jenseereads]

Ooo a grim dark fantasy sounds SO good! And yea I think this was my first and last book buying ban 😅 lol

[@angiegomez8123]

OMG YES BECAUSE IVE BEEN DEBATING WITH BOOK OUTLET THIS IS PERFECT AND ALSO DANGEROUS

[@goodmornindreamer]

I LOVE Bookoutlet! 😍🥰 It's my favorite place to get my books and how I can even afford doing book hauls 🤣🥲 They have their Black Friday Sale going on right now and I'm waiting for my order to get here! 🥰

[@jenseereads]

It's definitely a dangerous new find 📚📚😬📚📚 lol

[@goodmornindreamer]

@@jenseereads dangerous...but also amazing lol 🤣

[@chrystalmoralez-magpievint8721]

Just a tip from a professional Target book shopper... if you have their app you can scan the barcode on the back of the book. It will give you the online price. Target will then comp the online price. If it is cheaper that is. They also will comp Amazon and Walmart.

[@jenseereads]

Ahhh thank you so much for the tip!!! *runs to target* 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

[@chrystalmoralez-magpievint8721]

@jenseereads Absolutely! Also... Don't sleep on Dollar Tree if you have one local. I got a copy of God's & Monsters at a local Goodwill and then found Serpent & Dove for $1.25 at Dollar Tree. I assumed all their books were old and lame. 🤣 I have found several 2023 and 2024 copyrights. With Target stickers and Reese BC stickers. I'm kinda mad I judged so hard. 🤣🤣

[@jenseereads]

@@chrystalmoralez-magpievint8721 What!!! Getting Serpent & Dove for $1.25 is CRAZY! I didn't even know they had books! *runs to dollar tree* 🏃🏻‍♀💨😂

[@Suhailee91]

Book outlet is amazing they having a Black Friday sale right now almost all their fiction books are 5.99$ 🎉 Also love your hair style it’s so pretty ❤

[@jenseereads]

Thank you! ❤️ The $5.99 deal is CRAZY! ...I might have a few things in my cart 🫣 lol

[@AmandasBooktopia]

Wow so many books! I’m going to Target shortly to get the buy 2 get one free sale. My fiancé is getting me books and I’m so excited.

[@jenseereads]

Awww that's so nice of him! Have fun!! 💕 ...I talked myself out of going, buuuuuuut idk maybe I will 😆 lol

[@AmandasBooktopia]

@ Might as well go for the sale until you can’t anymore lol.

[@jenseereads]

@@AmandasBooktopia My thoughts exactly 😋 lol

[@AmandasBooktopia]

@ If you do it let me know!

[@user-ix8oo6rl1p]

about the mark on top of the books: i've been told by used booksellers near me that they do that so that other bookstores would not be able to resell it? i gather its some sort of way to show that that was already bought used ? im not 100% sure because i've heard different things but just thought id share!

[@videocandy]

Feather by Olivia Wildenstein my favorite series EVER! Highly recommend

[@jenseereads]

I'll check it out! Thanks for the rec!! 💕

[@wolfme4030]

Firefly is the Joss Whedon space cowboy series that was cancelled way too early. From your reading of the synopsis of the book it potentially sounds like a great read.

[@jenseereads]

I don't know the reference, but a space cowboy book sounds...well totally outside my comfort zone lol..but also like it has the potential to be a lot of fun! 😋📖🚀✨

[@Sardonic_Zee]

I am sucha Virgo✨ I alllways get along with Taurus, I dont think its just coincidence. I was on a book buying ban til this video.😂 You buy the best books 😭I’m going to Target tomorrow I need that pink book. From now til Christmas any book I buy Im wrapping Immediately and I’m gonna do a 12 Days of Christmas type of thing for myself 🎁🎄

[@jenseereads]

That's so fun!! A lot of the people I instantly click with are always Libras, I don't think there's a coincidence either! Haha oh no sorry for breaking your ban! 😂 Awww wrapping your books as presents is such a cute idea!!

[@poppycalliope]

This haul got me itching to buy new books 👀🙈 I told myself that I wouldn't buy new books this month but now idk 😅 great haul Jensee ❤

[@jenseereads]

There's too many good books, how are we supposed to NOT buy them!? 😂

[@macieleann1990]

yesss target is doing a buy 2 get 1 free and i was stoked about it but they didnt have one dark window and thats the one i wanted 😭

[@jenseereads]

Aww that sucks!! 😭 With Black Friday coming up hopefully you get another chance to get it! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I just finished the Nevernight chronicles by Jay kristoff and desperately want to read empire of vampires now 😩

[@jenseereads]

Ooo Nevernight sounds good!! If I like Empire of the Vampire maybe I'll try that out too! ☺️📖✨

[@bananabreadandcoffee]

I wore that shirt yesterday 😊

[@jenseereads]

*twins* 👯‍♀️✨

[@daisyl8]

Enjoyed the haul! For the target free card, are we just able to sign up online?

[@jenseereads]

Thank you! 💕 I got the target app, so did it on there, but I'm sure you can sign up online too. It's called the Circle Rewards Program. ✨

[@Brighthairandbooks]

Empire of the vampire is incredible! Easiest 5 stars I’ve given this year and yeah there’s no romance

[@jenseereads]

Ahhh love to hear it!! ...I'm a little nervous about no romance lol, but also excited to try something new! 😄

[@Brighthairandbooks]

@ I am excited for you to get to it! It’s brutal but also has humour. I finished Empire of the Damned last night and it’s equally as good too!

[@jenseereads]

@@Brighthairandbooks Yes! Someone else mentioned the humor and that's making me even more excited!! I love a book that can make me laugh 😄

[@mariapatrick4263]

Loved Legendborn.

[@jenseereads]

It definitely sounds really good! 📖✨

[@jennifer_left_a_comment]

fantastic haul! thanks for sharing! ooh, i’ve done that too.. suddenly facing two identical books at home 🤣 best not to dwell on it. 🤭 i tend to steer clear of poetry. i’d need explanations to come with the poems. 🫣 but the book looks gorgeous and i love what you said about the author’s annotations. i’ve only heard the best things about empire of the vampire, and have it sitting (along with its sequel) on my tbr. i’m quite curious about the zodiac academy. i think i just keep putting it off because the series is so long (a good thing, of course, but also a bit overwhelming). i hope you’ll love all your new books and i’m with you: 2025 will face some tbr tackling time. (i hope 🫣😆) have a lovely weekend, jensee, and happy reading! 💜

[@jenseereads]

Thank you! 💕 hahaha I'm usually really good about that kind of thing (not buying multiples), but that just goes to show how much I REALLY wanted that book 😂 I actually just soft dnf'd a poetry book (not the one from this video), because I wasn't understanding any of it 🫠 so I totally get what you mean. But I have others that I understand and connect with that I really like. Hopefully this new one will be like that 🤞🏻 I feel the same about the zodiac academy!! I've been interested in it since I found booktube (in 2022), but it's such a huge series it's intimidating 😅 I hope you're having a fantastic weekend 🫶 happy reading!! 📖✨

[@alisonfabi1081]

love the video!! i think that maybe no one talks about book outlet anymore bc of the offensive things they've said during the BLM protests. booktubers stopped working with book outlet after that. i'm not up to date so idk if they apologized since but that's probably why

[@jenseereads]

Oh no!! ☹️ I have ZERO tolerance for offensive behavior👎🏻 Thank you for letting me know!! 💕 EDIT: I've been DIGGING to find everything I possibly can on this and here's what I've found [for anyone interested in a follow up]: The initial issue was they didn't have diverse representation. They did apologize and said they will improve moving forward, and as far as I can find it seems like they have. I looked over their website and they do sell and feature a lot of books from bipoc authors, and I've also found a lot of hauls and other videos from many diverse creators within this year.

[@coffee_cookies_books]

I also think that they don’t always have a lot of choice in what they can get, because they are buying “leftovers”, but I do think their choice is fairly diverse based on what I’ve purchased from them. i am in Canada and live close to their location in Ontario and I get my books in typically 3 or 4 days at the most. Great delivery and a wonderful selection. I’ve literally received one book that was damaged a bit and it was still minimal. The prices can’t be beat, but they do sell out of their stock quickly so that’s the challenge when buying from them. You have to check their stock regularly because it changes all of the time.

[@hyacinthh6900]

Readers offended by people burning buildings and destroying property and heaven forbid a business say something and it's then considered offensive. Please . .. . Our human society has broken down hope we can recover and learn right from wrong.

[@alisonfabi1081]

@@hyacinthh6900 respectfully pls stop talking as you clearly don't know what the actual issue is. bookoutlet said in response to not working with many black book influencers that they value 'family friendly' content as if black people are scary. extremely valid to be offended about especially during BLM protests. i personally care more about human lives than buildings and property but you do you i guess

[@liliaintechnicolor]

​@@jenseereadsso the MAJOR issue that happened in 2020 is that Book Outlet refused to work with Black creators bc, to quote Book Outlet, these (Black) creators "used urban and non-family friendly language." The problem was that the Black creators in question never cussed or used "adult language" on their channels, and even if they did, Book Outlet had partnered with White creators who regularly cussed and used "adult language." This came to light in 2020 and Book Outlet has been trying to sweep it under the rug ever since but I think a lot of booktubers (especially poc) haven't forgotten the incident

[@Maccino]

I am definitely living under a rock. How did I not know that there is a spin-off series of Kingdom of the Wicked and we are getting all six princes stories?! I have to start reading them and I am looking forward to Greed's story because there were some mysteries surrounding him if I am sure. I did forget a lot of plot in the KOTW series and I hope there won't be much mention of what happened in that book. All the book covers are so pretty and amazing. I really loved the WOLF.E book cover and I am thinking of reading it. Anyways happy reading 💗💗 PS: I read a small town romance book recently and I am in my "Save a horse, ride a cowboy" era 😂😂 And I might start my "Oh I meant the biker" era.

[@jenseereads]

From what I can remember I don't think you need to really remember Kingdom of the Wicked for the spin off books (at least not for the first one). I think it helps to have read KOTW just to know who the princes are and general knowledge of the world, but other than that I think they're meant to be their own stories. I've heard reviews from some people that read the spin off without the original series and they still liked it. And isn't WOLF.E so cool!! I can't wait to read it 👀 I'm totally with you on the "save a horse, ride a cowboy...oh I mean biker" era 😋📖🏍🔥 💕Happy Reading 💕

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great book haul. 🎃👻📚☕

[@katywiegmann8171]

I LOVE BUY YOURSELD THE FUCKING LILIES!! so good!!

[@jenseereads]

Ahh YAY! Happy to hear it!! I was planning on starting it in January (new year new me vibes 😋), buuuut I might crack it open sooner 🌷📖👀✨

[@jayraya3002]

Wait what is this Target discount?? How much off if you get the card?

[@jenseereads]

I always thought you had to have the card to get the sticker discount (the 20-30% off that seem to always be on the books), but I don't think you do. BUT I do think you have to have the membership card to get the sales (like the buy 2 get one free that ends today), which is totally free. I don't shop at Target very often (because the closest one is a million miles away from me lol) so I could still be totally wrong 😅 but that's my understanding of it lol

[@BooksWithJudy]

Zodiac Academy is so fun

[@jenseereads]

I've heard mostly good things..but also a few not so good things lol, so happy to hear another positive review! ☺️📖✨

[@BooksWithJudy]

@@jenseereads I can see why people don't like it, but you just need to be ready for a wild ride

[@jenseereads]

@@BooksWithJudy I'm totally down for a wild ride, that makes it sound even better lol

[@bstitcher7]

The book outlet decline happened long before 2020. As publishers sending influencers books picked up as well as ways to make money on KZbin, the amount of book outlet and goodwill/thrift boom hauls went down. I’m not saying those things didn’t still exist but they certainly went down steadily over the years as those things happened. 2020 may seem to some younger people like what happened but really it was just finishing off the decline they already had in social media.

[@bstitcher7]

I wanted to add - I enjoyed your haul, book outlet took over my thoughts 😅 Something I’ve done when trying to control my book buying is buying books for my nieces and nephew. I buy them books anyway but when I’m itching to buy a book I just buy them one, which is technically still buying books so idk 😂

[@jenseereads]

Thank you 💕 aww buying books for your nieces and nephews is so sweet! That makes totally book buying sense to me, more people get to enjoy them! 😋 I think in the new year I'm going to try to put a limit on my buying; like reading 3-5 books I already own before I can buy 1 new one...we'll see if I can stick to that 😅🤞🏻 lol

[@spiritedreviewexc]

I legit broke down on Tuesday night and just cried and self loathed over the not future that i will maybe not have, and it scared me and i just freaked out and drama dumped on my discord friend and bestie i believe Firefly is refering to the show unless there´s a book attached to the show...

[@jenseereads]

Aww I'm so sorry 😢💕 I'm right there with you, I had one of those days yesterday...I think I cried like 5 separate times 😅So much easier said than done, but try to focus on the positives and do things that make you happy, even if it's something small 🫶✨

[@joseeshelf]

read zodiac academy, im on book 6........ Taurus here too :)

[@jenseereads]

Yay! A fellow Taurus!! 🐂💕 And happy to hear you're liking zodiac academy! I'm so excited for it!!

[@bananabreadandcoffee]

anyone have good reads up every time they watch one of her videos so you can put these books on your tbr 😂☠️

[@jenseereads]

🫶💕🫶

[@stephenmodicabookgiveway]

I thrifted 532 books for 88 dollars and 75 dvds for 22 dollars for my book giveway at applebees. I have given away 3200 books in 10 months to babies,kids,teens,and adults.

[@lionheart3290]

Target free card?

[@jenseereads]

It's a rewards program basically. And if you have the app it tells you all the deals they are running and shows you coupons and stuff! ✨

[@witchreads]

5:58 yikes

[@stephenmodicabookgiveway]

I just thrifted a book haul of 194 books for 27 dollars for my book giveway at applebees( 3701 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002). I am the host there. I have given away over 3000 books for babies kids teens and adults in 10 months. Let's get this generation reading

[@Ninjianni]

hi, new here, I wasnt following until 4:34 "why did we get rid of pictures.. in books?" and not only did i follow immediately right at 4:36; I liked the video, and paused to type this message. Could not agree more with you... okay, carry on. Unpausing now.

[@jenseereads]

LOL Thank You!! 💕✨🫶✨💕

[@KristinxoxoResell]

Look up trigger warnings for Zodiac academy. Major bullying, also not much to do with the signs for real.