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[@GavinReadsItAll]

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[@KatieColson]

The entire video I was sat here, murmuring to myself and you “if he doesn’t include his own video I’m gonna dress him up like a dolphin and throw him in an orca tank, I swear to god” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bby.kaylamarie]

Your were so shy and talked slow it was soooo cute!!🥰 now your a little speed demon with the best outgoing personality!! 🩷Queen

[@KatieColson]

@@bby.kaylamarie haha! Right? I can’t believe how slowly I talked in that first video. Like who even was she? Thank you so much!

[@bby.kaylamarie]

@@KatieColson all I could think of is if Katie was to watch these now they would be on 3x speed😂 so much growth!

[@SydBookWorrom]

I’m cackling at “so many people are trying to hide their pasts from me but not you Syd”💀😂 This was the most wholesome way you could make this video, like yes we’re all a lil cringey, but we ALL START SOMEWHERE!!! I love the message this video is giving, where it could have been a roast, it’s nothing but positivity🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@BeccaandTheBooks]

I hate you I hate this why am I first 😭😭

[@CodiesBookCorner]

😂

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

This is so wholesome and nice! Thank you so much for making my day brighter.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you for making my life (and so many people's lives) brighter by being here 🙏🏼

[@jessethereader]

omg it's so hard for me to see that version of myself haha. you're so sweet though! thanks for including me in this.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us through the years, I really do appreciate you 🫶

[@meikusje]

I just discovered your account a few months ago, and when I saw your video in here I was shocked by how much you've changed! But in a good way. You seem much more comfortable with yourself now, not holding yourself back and making yourself more 'palatable' as it were. And the beautiful thing about that is, once you let yourself shine, you'll attract people who love you for who you are, and you will just shine even brighter ❤️

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Not the obnoxiously loud music from me 😂

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Bring the music back honestly

[@Jadeyraereads]

This makes me SO uncomfortable and I hate it 🤣🤣

[@GavinReadsItAll]

😂😂 you’re way too hard on yourself! ❤️

[@CodiesBookCorner]

Gavin nooooo, why?!?!?! 😂😂😂

[@crazyforbooksandcoffee]

😂

[@GavinReadsItAll]

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[@BooksToAshes]

As someone said this is so sweet and wholesome and also probably embarrassing for them 😂 I love it. Wow it brought me back to when I started watching booktube almost 6 years ago, so many of these channels I watch now. Time flies, I love this community though, it’s brought me so much happiness and makes us feel a lot less alone ❤

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I agree, I love this community too and wanted to honour so many people whom I love from within it ❤

[@gabbyreads]

Aww this video is so sweet and nostalgic!! It’s so wild to see everyone’s early beginnings on KZbin and how far we’ve all come 🥹😭💗 also lmao I cringe everytime I watch my first video hahaha I was SO AWKWARD 😂 So sorry for subjecting you to that hahahah

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Haha we're all a little awkward in our first videos but look how far you've come!! Your first video is still amazing

[@tish_has_plans_to_read]

Omg you were so adorable in your first video Gabby!!! It’s so amazing to see how much has changed for you from then until now!!! For the both of you!! ❤❤❤

[@stegobookosaurusrawr4153]

This is so sweet but so evil at the same time 😂

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Haha everyone had great first videos

[@literarydiversions]

Oh dear god that was physically painful excuse me while I private every single video I’ve ever made 😂😂😂💚

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Don't you dare!

[@littlebookowl]

I am SO glad I put my actual first video on private cos it was So Awkward. love that you're getting the nostalgia vibes, but oh my gosh I started breaking out in a sweat seeing lil me on camera! "Caz and a wall, what more do you want" - hehe framing that. LOVE YOU, GAVIN

[@fictionalfates]

this video was so wholesome and wonderful and seeing my first video for the first time in three years 💀 god i’ve changed a lot your support over the years has meant so much gavin 🥺 thank you

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Will always be here supporting you Joel ❤️

[@gabbyreads]

AW GAVIN YOUR FIRST VIDEO 🥹🥹🥹🥹 you’re a sweet little baby hahah so precious!! 💗

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I'm DISGUSTENG in my first video hahaha

[@gabbyreads]

@@GavinReadsItAll DISGUSTENGLY cute 🥹💗

[@WhitneyChakara]

Is Jesse The Reader a vampire? I need his secret to staying youthful!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Literally same, you might be on to something there 👀

[@onkookietime]

I love that everybody’s videos are like “hey guys I’m starting a booktube channel🤗🤗” and Daniel immediately comes in with “let me give you an in depth summary of a 14 book series” lol

[@BookishRealm]

Lmaoooo no you didn’t! Gavinnnnnnnnn I thought I hid all of those older dang videos 😂. Thank you for shouting out the comic channel and for all your kind words. ❤ this video was EXCELLENT.

[@queenkim8631]

I have a few booktubers that you could do for part 2😁 1. Mikalareads 2. Ashley's little library 3. Throneofpages 4. Reading Wryly 5. Ashylnn Calee 6. Allisonpaiges Love this video idea😁

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you for the recommendations!

[@mikalareads]

@queenkim8631 AWWWW im crying that you mentioned me 😭😭😭😭😭 thank youu!!! 🥹🥹 I swear if Gavin ever noticed my channel I would sob forever I love Gav so much!!! ❤

[@queenkim8631]

@mikalareads Of course! I love the content u make & I hope he puts u in part 2!!!😁

[@peculiarlyreading]

i love throneofpages and allisonpages !!

[@LocDBooktician]

Not me having second hand embarrassment and feeling honored by this ❤

[@pithygrapefruit]

Hailey had a kick ass bedroom. Would have been the envy of many a 2012-2014 teen girl. So good and purple. 😂

[@stephaniebookish]

I’m cringing so hard but I love you and this was so fun and sweet 🥹💕💕

[@GavinReadsItAll]

You have been iconic since day one, no cringe in sight ❤

[@livslibrary]

I’M SCREAMING. Wish I could say this was my actual first video but it was too embarrassing to keep up. 🤭😂 You’re so sweet for always hyping everyone up Gavin! The Gilmore Girls Readathon is still my favorite readathon to this day! Love you! 💕

[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

Hey Gavin, I discovered your channel through a mention one of Jimmy Nutt's livestreams. Although I thought I was subbed to your channel when it was named HowToTrainYourGavin. I just started my own booktube channel around 7 months ago and love meeting more fellow booktubers in the community. Just wanted to say hi and look forward to your future content. -Cheers!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Hey Christopher! Ahh I love Jimmy's streams, he's awesome, and it's great to meet you! I also love meeting new people in the BookTube community, and congrats on 7 months, you're already doing so amazing in such a short amount of time. I'm going to be getting more into my fantasy and sci-fi books soon so it looks like your channel is perfect for that!

[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

@@GavinReadsItAll Thank you for the kind words and c-ya on the Tubes!

[@myronemmaturner]

Omg Hannah Zoe and Hailey really were the charmed ones of booktube, i miss Zoe so much too!

[@haileyhughes]

omggggg it’s so weird seeing myself featured alongside the booktubers i grew up with !! ahhhh thank you for including me 😭🩷 that “who do i think i am” moment still resonates deeply lolol 🤪💕

[@ellie-elles.bookshelf]

Loved this video!! It’s so great to see how everyone has grown in their confidence 👍🏼

[@SuperStrangSshadow]

The poster behind her is Alexander Rybak. Our Norwegian artist and composer who won Eurovision in 2009.

[@TheWordN3rd]

As a small BookTuber, I gotta say thank you for asking for recs of us. That got me in the feels. Obviously suggesting myself, but I'd also like to suggest: Four Paws and a Book, Pretty Purple Polka Dots, Brittany Loves Reading, alliewithbooks, Bon_bookreviews, Thor wants another letter, ReadingWheNeva, and Olivia's Catastrophe. They're all friends of mine and I love their content!

[@TheWordN3rd]

This is such a blast from the past. I remember watching some of these.

[@TheWordN3rd]

Someone may have answered this already, but person on that poster is Alexander Rybak. He's the Norwegian singer that sings Into A Fantasy on the HTTYD2 soundtrack and also, iirc, I think he's the VA for Hiccup in the Norwegian translation (could be wrong about that last one.).

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you so much for all the recommendations 😄

[@TheWordN3rd]

@@GavinReadsItAll 😊

[@alexandraroselyn]

awwww everyone is so cute EXCEPT FOR ME!! This concept is so good though omg!!

[@dinosaurtron2586]

This is so nice! I've been thinking about making booktube content, but I've been so scared because everyone I watch has such wonderful videos....I never really thought I could do it, but looking at where everyone started is giving me confidence that I can do it too

[@GavinReadsItAll]

We all start in the exact same place, you can do it 💪🏼

[@mikalareads]

You can do it!!!!! I always thought the same thing, I am the most shy person ever and have such a hard time sometimes forming my thoughts into words. But you really do get so much better at it the more you do it and also the book community is so incredibly supportive ❤️

[@OnlyIfForAPage]

This was so wholesome and nostalgic 🥰 I hid my first videos at some point because I couldn't stand the cringe but eventually made all of them public again, and now I'd like to think about it in the way that we were all brave for putting ourselves out there instead of being embarrassed about something that isn't even that bad 😂

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I 100% agree with you, everyone who uploads that first video did such a brave thing and honestly love looking back at how far people have come, and genuinely everyone I watched in this video had nothing to feel embarrassed about

[@welshreader]

This video is brilliant😂 I’ve debated privating my first few videos so many times but I feel like it’s so nice for people to see how far I’ve come and to also remind myself of how far I’ve come😅

[@LynnetteReads]

Please don't private them like you said its nice that aspiring creators feeling nervous and awkward see that everyone starts that way xx

[@AmberAlise]

Gavin - it’s not even a question, we are most certainly besties!! What a delight to be included in your video! You are amazing and this video, per usual, was such an innovative treat!!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Can't wait to hang out tomorrow ❤

[@BasicallyBrittx]

I love this so much 😂😘 but I’m going to be honest… I privated SO MANY videos because my actual first ones were SO AWKWARD. Maybe I’ll show you my real first video one day 👀 I should do another 24 hour Readathon actually! I’ve done 9 in total over the last few years so I should actually do a 10th one!

[@heabooktubes]

Ahahaha my first videos were SO BAD! I had a little tripod balanced on top of a laundry basket on top of my bed with an old iPhone. But I wanted to try it and see if I liked it without spending any money, and I still am happy that I went that route. Starting and knowing the beginning is going to be terrible but you’re going to get better, it’s underrated. ♥️♥️♥️

[@ThatOneGuyOverThere]

I thought about starting my own KZbin channel doing books movies TV shows traveling, etc. etc. but I honestly have no idea how I would be in front of a camera. People on KZbin are way too brave to be in front of a camera.

[@openlybookish]

Ah Morgan. Her vlogs always make me want to move to Portland.

[@just_bea_weird]

Love this. It's so cute to see everyone when they were still lil' babiiies 🤗 And it gives us newbies maybe some more confidence for just going for it. This really makes me want to go back to filming. If this is a series of yours, you could do the first and last (as of filming) video, so the audience can see the change.

[@CellaReadsABit]

I’m a small booktuber 😊 been watching you for years and you never fail to brighten my day. So thank you! This video was so nice 🥹

[@BooksMichelle]

HAHA OMG Gavin, I did NOT expect to be included in this video, but I love it 😂 I hope you enjoyed my baby face cringy old content, haha. Almost makes me want to go back to making videos, I do miss it. I love you so much too Gav 🫶❤️

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I'm blessed to know you Michelle 🫶

[@haley5803]

What a sweet video! If I may, I would love to recommend a few BookTubers to watch: TheShadesofOrange, thisstoryaintover, Tori Morrow, and Mike's Book Reviews.

[@lightscamerasashley.]

small booktuber here... love seeing support for each other within this community 💞

[@GavinReadsItAll]

It really is an awesome community filled with so many creative people, so glad you've also joined ❤

[@jessicabridges4335]

I thought the cats were a blanket, and I panicked when they moved. 😆 I love this. In 2020, I started watching Booktube!

[@BooksNest]

Gavin this is soooo cute, I love how uplifting this is! Also yeah hit me up for a link and you can see my OG first video cause they’re all still floating about unlisted 😂

[@megs_bookrack]

This was so fun. You were so sweet and kind to everyone. You can really see how much you love this community! Bonus: I found some great new people to subscribe to!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

It truly is a great place filled with great people, I’m so glad you found new people through this! ❤️

[@JacksAnnie]

This is so cute! Reminded me of some booktubers I haven't watched in a while, and some I've been meaning to check out and never got to. Also, it's funny to see how much people have changed 🧡

[@Elle_Riley]

the ALEXANDER RYBAK POSTER omg no literally I recognized it from the first frame hahaha i Love 'Fairytale' and also that No Boundaries album it's so sweet :)))

[@loststreetspirit]

I am very late to the party but this was such a lovely, positive video and has put a smile on my face! I'd love to see a similar one with smaller booktubers! You should give AZebraReads and Gem's Creeps and Geeks a watch if you're looking for some small channel recommendations

[@The_Reading_Wren]

love finding some new booktubers from this vid!

[@racheltfisher]

Everyone’s first video is so cute! I’ve watched Chloe from Chloe Reads Books before, and I was working my way through them 😊

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I still had over 30 people on my list but the video was getting long and my need for the toilet got greater

[@YarnReader]

I refuse to watch back my own videos. Hahaha. It's wild how much we all change with time and practice. I do have my first booktube videos up tho!

[@andieland1923]

Oh my gosh, this is just the video I need after a long, stressful week. This is so cute and sweet with you gushing over all of them, I adore it. Everyone is so lovely!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I hope this week treats you better 🫶

[@literarylayer]

This is sweet ❤️ My page is less than a year old and I can’t watch my first few videos bc they’re cringey 😬 but I’d like to suggest 1. The Literary Layer 2. Giant Cup of Coffee 3. Lex Reads 4. TBR Hoarder

[@beccabooked]

This was so encouraging 🥹

[@melissa.lundquist]

I’m worried 🫣 I would like to be a Booktuber one day. I hope this inspires me to give it a go. Something tells me we’re in good hands with Gavin so I’m excited to hear what he says. 😊

[@BooksToAshes]

You should give if a shot! The community is amazing and starting is the hardest part. It’s overwhelming at first but it gets easier. I hope you give it a shot someday ❤

[@bookswithv]

Omg this was so wholesome I love it 🥰

[@KayBethBookish]

This is so cute and lovely! I laughed and awww'd so much! I would love to see what you think of mine as I am a small booktuber in that I have a smaller number of followers and I am small myself haha!

[@ariana.bookowl]

how am i supposed to pay attention when those adorable kitties and being...adorable!?!?

[@tierajade]

I'm a small booktuber and I'm so embarrassed of my early videos! 🤣 @AubreyBooksandCoffee Your reactions to these intros was priceless! 😍 I can't believe the difference in G (Bookroast) & Becca & and Jayde! 😃 Love Liv!!! ❤ And it's a cute beret that you pointed out! 😉 Thank you for this trip down memory lane. 📚💖

[@MeganReadsalotl]

I love that you are reacting to first videos of established booktubers. It’s cool to see how they started. I just started my own booktube channel. I am an itty bitty channel and so excited to grow. I love this idea. Thank you Gavin. 😊

[@courtneyturnerreads]

Hi im a small booktuber i started this year 💗🫶🏻 another small youtuber i love is obviously megwithbooks i think shes so underrated and makes the best content and Ella Rose Reads shes so sweet her videos are amazing :))

[@woodlandbunny]

this was so incredibly wholesome and was so much fun to watch! 🥰

[@Sarah.reads.sometimes]

This was such a sweet video to watch 🥺 Makes me want to try making videos again 😅❤

[@PokhrajRoy.]

My Recommendations: BooksOnToast, BooksLikeWhoa, Smriti Sant, Monica Kim, ThisStoryAintOver and CriminOLLY

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ayyy thank you

[@thebugbear]

Alexander Rybak is the 2009 Eurovision winner 😂 everyone was incredibly into him for YEARS after that. Surprised that didn't ring any bells for you!

[@stefanienordstrom6750]

You are literally the kindest human.

[@crazyforbooksandcoffee]

I love this ! So many book tubers I hadn't heard of I am now subbed too Thanks Gavin ❤❤

[@mamasreadingnook]

I think I would die if you did this to me! Lol. You're so sweet and small book people like me really appreciate it.

[@Bookedoncharity]

I am a small booktuber and I am just cringing thinking about my first video. But I will not remove those videos because they represent my growth on this platform

[@charliescozycorner]

HOW CUTE WAS JADE🥹🥹 omg Kayla has not changed at all. Morgan’s videos are so cosy

[@ArinHoney]

This is truly one of the most heartwarming things I’ve ever watched.

[@Eplyrata]

Honestly, as someone who just got back into reading and is therefore very new to watching booktube, this video is a goldmine of recommendations. Can't wait to check out all of these amazing channels!

[@gotathingforthings]

Alexander Rybak... !!!! 🙈💀

[@bby.kaylamarie]

SANDRA you were a baby!!!!😂🩷🩷

[@hyemiyah]

your face while you're watching your friends' videos

[@GavinReadsItAll]

They literally make me so happy, love to see them thriving 🙌🏼

[@LynnetteReads]

Big booktubers habit of privating their early videos makes me sad. I love seeing the early videos it reminds the smaller channels that we all started out as nervous and a little awkward but in time we will grow in confidence and learn to be ourselves on camera xx

[@NovelNanny]

Gav you should do this where you watch the first and most recent vids so we can see how much they’ve changed as your say it.

[@halesreads]

Everyone's videos were so cute! If you want a truly tragic video, my first Booktube video is still up. It was filmed on my ipad, in almost no lighting, and there's something weird I still don't understand happening along the edge 😂 You're welcome to it!!

[@OtakuMadnesspwns]

I'm a small Booktuber and I would love to have you react to my first video! I believe it is a reading vlog and I'm rather proud of it still lol.

[@samantharose1001]

Babbby Gabby awww seeing everyone’s beginnings is soo sweet

[@Bookish_Lattes]

I just subscribed to a whole bunch of people and I'm not done yet, thank you so much. ❤

[@NakiasHideaway]

Gavin, this was SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH!!!! I enjoyed seeing how everyone started. Very humbling. 🙏🏾 Am I embarrassed by my first video? Yes. 🤭 But thank you so much for your kind words. You are the best! And I love your library, Gavin! 📚🖤 Also, enjoyed your dance moves! 🎶

[@Ransom1941]

Such perfect timing! I’ve been looking to start my own Booktube channel. 😅 And it all started with your Goosebumps review - I’ve never even read Goosebumps, but I’ve watched the entire episode probably a dozen times! Since then I’ve watched so many different Booktubers, but when I need a friendly voice to play in the background while working in my classroom or cleaning the house your videos are where I turn.

[@kousetsuhana]

I can't believe lilycreads wasn't on here. she's hilarious! She should post more though :P

[@TrabensTomes]

As a small booktuber, I would want to throw my own hat in the ring but also @AstralLibrary, @AJennWhoReads, and @litwithkat are all content creators who either inspired me to start or who began around the same time as me and have been super supportive of my work.

[@verysmalltroll]

I love seeing how different everyone's video and personal styles have changed since their first videos! I've not been doing booktube for that long but seeing the start of the growth for other people's channels really helps the imposter syndrome and gives me new ideas for things i want to try in videos! 😊😊📚

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Okay, this was so wholesome and lovely! 💛

[@gracie9658]

This made me so nostalgic. I've been watching booktube for a good decade now, it's a huge part of my life. Seeing people's first video after years is always interesting to see how much they have evolved and grown ! I miss Zoe too, one of the OGs for me. And also you Gavin, it's amazing how far you have come, I started watching you in autumn of 2019, and it has been fun to watch you evolve into the creator you are today 🌿

[@AZebraReads]

This made me go back and watch my first video 😂 I only managed a couple of minutes before I noped out of there and will just continue to never watch my own videos after editing 🤣

[@BecxReadz]

It's great to see how everyone has grown and changed. I'd love to see smaller booktubers and maybe you could give some tips for improvements

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Great idea!

[@bby.kaylamarie]

Jesse, Tiernan, Hailey, Kaz, Christine, and Kat the Ogs such a nostalgic time! Crazy to think I started watching booktube around 2011/2012!😮 Wonder if the ones missing will be in your next video👀

[@LitCouture]

Awwwww baby Booktubers 💕!!! Seeing the trends change was so fun, but I LOVED seeing how everyone started…some people were a bit shy and warmed up with time, some changed styles a lot, and others were absolutely unapologetically totally themselves from the second that camera turned on, wow! And your commentary was so thoughtful-it would have been so easy for it to have sounded repetitive, but we got little tidbits and stories, and when you weren’t being a total cheerleader you sounded like a Hollywood film director! I found some creators I want to check out and loved seeing the ones I already love and watch-I’m SO glad you’re doing a part 2, this was super heartwarming and wholesome! (And glamour Barbie G made me do a TRIPLE check, whoa! But you were so mean to yourself, baby Gavin was adorable and the part about the lamp between your legs for your video make me laugh sooo much, lighting is HARD😂) Editing to add: Can you do Peruse Project, Jodie (formerly Vanilla Moon), and Jessie Mae in the next video??

[@booksmart_cass]

As someone who just started a channel very recently, this gave me so much hope for the future. Everyone has to start somewhere. I see some faves on this list but now see some booktubers I need to check out! Thanks Gavin!

[@ourreadinghour]

That was so fun! I was expecting a roast so i love how wholesome that was

[@hannahblackwellbooks]

Holy wow this concept is amazing!!!! Honestly my 1st video I don’t think was toooo bad BUT still it’s crazy to see everyone’s growth! I’m a small booktuber and I flipping adore this community ❤

[@tammieharvey4814]

It was so lovely seeing your first video at the end, I remember you just starting out and you honestly brought so much joy (you still do!). I don’t comment as much anymore but I’m always watching and it’s been so lovely to see you grow on Booktube ☺️

[@ZoesAllBooked]

Omg I'm planning on reacting to my first two videos for couchmas, this has me wanting to do it tonight LOL

[@ReadingNymph]

Love this! I was so scared to start my channel but this community is so lovely, 3 years later and im still making videos 😅 Love that you did your first one as well ♡

[@reneeelich4893]

This is so sweet, and I think few people could do a video like this with so much kindness and joy.