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[@jamesholder13]

Thank you for the book tour. You have a great collection.

[@JeansThoughts]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Concequence]

I love the massive variety on your bookshelves. re-watched the video with my goodreads open and added a few of them. Thanks!

[@JeansThoughts]

I love doing that, I hope you found some good recommendations ^_^

[@juliequick5526]

I'm not sure I've seen Marcus Aurelius on any other Bookshelf tour! This has shown lots to prompt me into further Greek and Roman reading - thank you for all your hard work, I really loved this!

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha don't tell anyone but I haven't read the whole thing :). I hope you find some ancient pieces you love!

[@ornleifs]

Yes this is always fun and it's excactly what I do when I visit people, browse through their bookshelves and I have added a few more to my amazon wishlist after seeing this video.

[@JeansThoughts]

I am exactly the same, who cares about the person you are visiting when they have bookshelves to peruse aha.

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Hurrah for a bookshelf tour! I LOVE watching these and haven't seen any new ones for a long time so this was a complete treat. It must have taken you SO LONG to edit and pull this together, so bravo Jean! All those Terry Pratchett books lined up next to each other just reminded me of seeing them in libraries at school! Nostalgia! xxx

[@JeansThoughts]

Omg Lauren it did take so long! Thank you aha. I love the little Terry Pratchett's, they look so old school don't they. xxx

[@CharlotteDannBytes]

I love bookshelf tours! It's a little voyeuristic..

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha that's exactly it isn't it!

[@jessilouwho22]

I am absolutely drooling over your bookshelves! And I have to say, UK editions of books are generally so much lovelier than the US versions. If I ever make it across the pond, I'm going to be in trouble because I'm going to want to buy all the books!

[@BabyTables]

Hey Jean, have you ever done a video on your favorite ancient Greek, Roman, and Nordic works? Your collection looks so interesting but I don't know where to start!

[@ohelloandi]

I absolutely love your bookshelves. Most shelf tours I've seen are 100% new books (even their classics are reprints) so I love seeing that you collect penguin classics, etc. :)

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

I started ordering my Russian classics in the Oxford World Classics , first because of the translator, then because the paper feels good to the touch, the font is easy on my tired eyes, and the books lay open as easy as a leather Bible. I’m envious of all of your titles. I’m reading the Greek philosophers and plays, and reading my way through Russian literature.

[@matchasketch8224]

Yoby Henthorn Hey! I’m also getting into Russian Literature. I read Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment, and some short stories by Tolstoy. What are you reading and what do you enjoy so far? I’ve previously just bought second-hand and whatever edition books I could get a hold of, but I’m recently thinking of keeping a neater, new collection of paperbacks. I have a few oxford world classics, and vintage classics. Do you have any preferred paperbacks? I think the penguin english library looks gorgeous but where I’m from (Canada), I can’t really buy a very complete collection from them.

[@Emma-mv2no]

Thank you so much for filming this Jean! I really love bookshelves tours they are my favourite! xxx

[@JeansThoughts]

I'm glad to hear it was appreciated ^_^

[@ametrinemoon]

I love bookshelf tours. Did you ever read Point Horror and Point Crime as a teenager? Sir Arthur is an icon to me, do you watch the US show Elementary, with Johny Lee Miller? I love the show :) I had the Hobbit read to us by my Primary 7 teacher. I did Murder on the Orient Express and A Study of Scarlet (I think), for either Standard Grade or Higher. I have a lot of chemistry books on my shelf.

[@SavidgeReads]

I bloody love having s nosey at people's bookshelves when I got round there houses so this was a delight. Reynold the Fox and Faery Tales were instant wants within mere minutes. I like how you stack your books. How long did this take you to film and edit? You trouper.

[@JeansThoughts]

Me too! Can't wait to nosey at your bookshelves ;). I like to think of my stacking as book tetris. I spent a good chunk of 2 days filming it and still ran out of time aha.

[@annakhjelm146]

Thank goodness... I thoyght that it just was me that was so nosy, but what can I say... I love books! 🤣

[@annakhjelm146]

I just fell over your chanal and I must say that I absolutely loved your bookshelf tour... I would love having a couple of months to read thrugh your bookshelves. You have an awsome collection there 😊

[@Xenu]

Wait -- Polaroid cameras still exist?! :-O This is a wonderful video. The last bookshelf tour you did a few years ago it still one of my favorite of your videos. A lot of beautiful covers and titles here. Have you read Gore Vidal's "Creation"? I think he's a good novelist although his characters so often tend to sound just like Gore Vidal.

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha it is my mums from the 70s or 80s, unfortunately you can't get the original film for it you have to buy packets specially made by other companies.

[@chihabreda6681]

great classics bookshelf tour. well done

[@serenacericola528]

I'm in love with your Greek and Latin collection! I studied Latin in high School and uni and I am currently revisiting Lucretius' De Rerum Natura and falling in love with it all over again. The only downside is that it's not an easy read, since I find myself skipping the Italian translation and translating the book by myself... oh well, poor me. PS: it's weird for me to see Boccaccio's Decameron on your shelf. Very few non Italian readers own it!

[@200772pandora]

Serena Cericola Here is a Catalan reader who owns (and treasures) it!

[@JeansThoughts]

Really? I think it is one of the better known pieces of Medieval literature in the UK but I guess that doesn't mean everyone owns it aha. My dad does too so that's something. And yay for Lucretius love!

[@guusjetonnaer7947]

I love this! I'm also really into greek mythology at the moment and your shelves... i just can't!!

[@user-he4lj5wl7w]

amazing collection ❤

[@taryndancer29]

Great collection! Nice variety, anyways subscribed 😊

[@montedalua2710]

have to check out John Wyndham... never heard of him, but considering the amount of his books you have (and that many of the books in your bookshelves are also on mine) I think I should try to find out about his writing...

[@JeansThoughts]

He is absolute classic sci-fi and such a good writer. I'd highly recommend Day of the Triffids as a starting place. It is an apocalyptic novel set in London.

[@gracetaylor7351]

Love this book tour !! Xo😊

[@paperswing9522]

Those Vintage editions are all gorgeous

[@JeansThoughts]

Aren't they?!

[@GreenBitterfly]

I've only just discovered those Adventures of Sherlock Holmes books, really enjoyed the ones I've read so far.

[@muhreike]

Your books are in such good condition. Mine always look well used to put it nicely xD

[@SophieIslington]

Is it bad that I would really like to see your living room shared bookcase too? I loved hearing you chat about the books in a more relaxed way. Also how organised is your bookshelf!

[@mahnoor2775]

I AM CRYING THIS IS BEAUTIFUL 😍😘😍 #goals

[@JeansThoughts]

[@lanyreads8725]

oh no I've purchased some books 😱😱😱 love your collection, i really need to organise mine, it's all higgildy piggildy the way it is at the moment!

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha I sympathise, the same thing has happened to me with other people's bookshelf tours.

[@lanyreads8725]

Jean Bookishthoughts I've never read any classics (greek/roman etc) either and your collection is making me feel very ignorant!! :) really must try to get into ancient literature! any suggestions for a gateway book? :)

[@JeansThoughts]

There are so many different genres it depends on what your are looking for. I have a video on The Ancient Greek Novel (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqrMgHyNo8qsjqs), Anicnet Poetry (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIS4ZJSQgLGCmZI) and Greek & Roman Myths (kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZeXgaabltJko7s) which might provide a place to start. Some of my favourites include Daphnis & Chloe, The Satyricon, Ovid's Love Poems, Sappho's poetry, Aristophanes' Lysistrata and the plays of Euripides.

[@lanyreads8725]

Jean Bookishthoughts awesome! thank you so much :) gonna plague my library for these books now :) i feel like geek writing would be easier to start with for some reason!

[@Livingabook]

Great Tour, thanks for sharing this, ware you working on something now? tell us more about it

[@williambruce2599]

I'm so bloody jealous!!

[@eamesemerson9549]

Loved this vid! I didn't see Shirley Jackson's "The witchcraft of Salem Village" on there, I do recommend it! I would like to start John Burnside, do you have any recommendation?

[@dissolvedgirl_]

Have you counted how many books you own? I would be interested in how large your collection is. Some of the editions are particuarly lovely, slightly jealous :P

[@200772pandora]

OMG! I just finished grading my students essays on "The book of beasts" by Ramon Llull which has as the main character a fox called Na Renard!!! And there you have a similiar one ("Reynard the Fox"), with a beautiful cover! Can you please tell me the name of the author and the publisher? Thanks!

[@JeansThoughts]

It is translated by James Simpson :) this is it here: www.bookdepository.com/Reynard-the-Fox/9780871407368

[@BrightonDestiny]

I know the struggle of having books but not actually having them with you... Such a nice bookshelf and diverse books. Great work! (:

[@JeansThoughts]

Editing this video was simultaneously comforting and upsetting aha. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@malloryanderson9098]

my parents have at least half of my books back in California. I love half way across the States now in Iowa and it's expensive to ship so many ya know what I mean?

[@nevita9355]

Love this Bookshelf Tour, only sad you hadn't enough time for the last shelves. But nobody knows what the future holds :P

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha I know - I do have an odler bookshelf tour on my channel that shows you a lot of what is on the black shelves, it's increased slightly but a lot of the same stuff is there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKC2eaaNj7Sag5I

[@nevita9355]

Uuh Thanx ;) I'm definitely gonna check this out

[@BookworminBarrie]

Have you read one hundred years of solitude yet? I just finished it and I am not sure what I think about it lol.

[@hanakelly36]

The amount of jealousy I'm experiencing at your beautiful collection of books is too real!

[@jessicawraight2077]

How do you manage to afford all of these! I wish I had enough money to but as many books as you!

[@JeansThoughts]

These are books I've been collecting since I was a teenager so more than a decade. Some of which I had to buy for uni; many of which I bought second hand. A large number of the more recent ones I was sent for free by publishers since I started booktube and I get books every Christmas and Birthday. Occasionally I'll buy myself a full price book as well :). I don't spend huge amounts on books every year though, there are bargains out there in second hand shops, charity shops, online, 2 for 1 in bookshops and at library sales.

[@The0nlyProdigy]

The Lucretius ones are paining me. I'm currently writing an tricky essay on the DRN 🙈

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh dear aha - yeah I remember trying to articulate essays on DRN and Epicureanism, not easy. Since then though I've fallen in love with Lucretius aha.

[@The0nlyProdigy]

Haha I'm sure the same will happen to me! I can predict that I will get a copy of the penguin hardback version.

[@kendalynmurdock4806]

Ahhhh there are too many I'm interested in, I'll never read them all in my life.

[@Jinccie]

Just ordered A Novel Cure

[@RocketRoketto]

The only reason i know its pronounced John Cock-toe its because Midnight In Paris is one of my fave movies! I think youll love it

[@abbeyangiea1382]

OMG i love that edition of Enid blyton. What edition is it ?

[@JeansThoughts]

It's the Macmillan children's edition from Pan Macmillan ^_^ it's beautiful isn't it, they've done tonnes of children's classics

[@abbeyangiea1382]

Jean Bookishthoughts Thank you :-) .yes they are beautiful :-)

[@BetweenLinesAndLife]

Is the StylelikeU based on the KZbin channel :)`?

[@JeansThoughts]

Yeah it came out in 2011 :) I'm not sure if the website or youtube channel came first but it is the same people.

[@marielcalma3831]

You look kind a bit older but still beautiful. :) Too many wonderful and precious literature you got there, mate.

[@ceebeegeegies]

I misheard you! I thought you said Marcus Aurelius was a woman emperor (you said 'roman' not woman) and you blew my mind!

[@JeansThoughts]

+Claire Guthrie aha that would have been mind blowing!

[@danichristine3296]

16:25 the evolutionary revolution abolitionist. give me a position show me where the AMUNOTION IS!!!!! sorry, I couldn't help myself, back to the video now.