Let's go on a Book Date 📖💞⎮ book shopping, reading journal, organizing bookshelf and more!

[@haleypham]

Best vid to see

[@Outclaw_shorts]

EXACTLY!

[@Maddie-lf5tt]

hi Haley :)

[@Taylor-dt8qo]

anyone else agree that their day gets 1000x better when any of the book girlies post???

[@rhiannagirl]

ME!!!

[@authoysarforaz14]

Meee 🙋🏾‍♀️

[@saga_3]

Mee!!

[@simplysydnieee]

YES 1000%

[@my_bookedshelf]

YESSS

[@FitGalAbi]

When Des posts when I'm working I set myself as "out of office"

[@jassettjones1804]

I wish KZbin had a bump option because I both laughed and loved this lol 😂🤍

[@balletbookworm]

Re: reading “classics” for yourself - when something is designated as “canon” it creates a false sense that they are difficult because someone said they were important. But it’s always good to remember that they were originally written for a general audience, perhaps even to be read aloud to the rest of the family in the evenings, and in some cases were nearly forgotten as the public’s reading tastes changed over time. I think you’ll be good ❤

[@xoxogossip777girl]

this is such a great reminder!!

[@ava._reads]

There’s nothing like waking up to see Destiny has posted!

[@arianasmithreads]

I swear I think I read somewhere that Frieda McFadden is a doctor and she writes her books in a simplified way so that people with traumatic brain injuries can grasp them, don’t quote me on that but maybe that’s the reason you’re not in love with her writing! Either way your videos make my day so much better! 💕

[@abby1827]

Yes pretty much “author and practicing physician specializing in brain injury ”

[@kaitlyng.473]

I also heard she rips off existing books, I haven’t read any of her stuff but Reddit has lots to say about her.

[@elise85391]

As someone with a neuroscience degree, this is really interesting. I may have to check out a couple of her books. The brain is fascinating.

[@_its_me_liv_]

I’m so excited for this reading classics video!! Definitely check trigger warnings for the bell jar to make sure you are in the mental space for it 💗💗

[@JocelynLehman]

Idea for the next bookish vlog, If you haven’t done something like this before! You should take some of your un-hauled books around to any little free libraries/and then read any books you find in the libraries for a video!

[@taylormittelstaedt9025]

Bestie I would love to see you get more books secondhand! Especially the classics.. they’re always at used bookstores!!

[@hannahwhitley8345]

Wuthering Heights is actually an insane book! I went in thinking it was going to be a Charlotte Bronte or Jane Austen vibe but Emily Bronte blew me away. I was very invested in the story but also just awestruck in what the book is about lol

[@squidwardtentacles7144]

What is it about?🤔

[@RickysBookshelf]

this is so random but in one of your next vlogs can you show us your animal crossing !? I just started playing and I remember you mentioning you play it sometimes :) side note: tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow totally inspired me to enter my gamer girl era

[@daniellemills5479]

YES

[@katepickens]

Wait yes I wanna play animal crossing so bad

[@skyjan163]

you should definitely start with jane eyre! i would say that pride and prejudice + wuthering heights have harder writing styles. jane eyre is simpler but also just a great story with romance, mystery and gothic elements! the only thing i’d say is you need to push yourself through the first 80 ish pages because they can be kind of boring but i promiseeee it picks up. it’s my fav classic if you can’t tell lol.

[@e4mi]

yes! i totally agree with all this ❤

[@sophiasentiment]

So true! Or go for Emma for your first Austen

[@darykhairallah360]

Omg I loooove C. S. Lewis nonfiction books. They're so profound and kinda nostalgic. His writing is beautiful and full of life. 💞

[@carolinekouba-marquet695]

Finally the classics videos ! Don’t force yourself going fast, some books set the pace for you (master writers) 🌸

[@gabbynewberry8494]

The blue top you were wearing at 10:17 made your eyes pop! You're eyes are gorgeous and overall you are just gorgeous.

[@rrawdha]

OMG WAS GONNA SAY THAT

[@kitty_0816]

Great Expectations is such a great classic!! We just finished it in school and it’s my favorite one we’ve ever read!

[@BookObsession2024]

I love coming home from school, doing homework, getting ready for bed and watching a destiny video❤️

[@iveynetsch1001]

You don’t know how excited I got when I saw that you got classics from Barnes!! Classics are my favorite things to read and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!!!!

[@lexilebkuecher]

I’ve recently decided to pick up classics since finishing high school. Love that we’re on this journey together!! I recommend The Book Thief (ik it’s a modern day classic) but WORTH IT!!

[@noraa75993]

it's so exciting that all of the book girlies (des haley and sara) r all doing this kind of vid they r my favsss❤️❤️❤️

[@andelijaaa]

bestie des posted !!! u truly make me feel so seen in all your videos and ur channel is my comfort place 💘 so excited for the summer videos they’re going to keep me sane 🫶🏼

[@xoxo.lils13]

you're making me really want to start a book journal

[@hollyr6365]

If you're wanting to read some more classics definitley read Viriginia Woolf books!

[@ydaliah04]

YAY so excited for the reading classics video! I’d say check tw for the bell jar! Some tips for classics, I’d say it’ll make more sense if you research the historical context of them a bit like Animal Farm. I usually like watching KZbin analysis videos to further understand it! Also take your time reading it and don’t rush 🫶🏻🫶🏻 can’t wait to hear your thoughts!!

[@ydaliah04]

Also I like watching reading vlogs of the classics to hear others opinions and takeaways. Last tip lol it’s easier if you work your way backwards in time when first starting classics! It’s hard to jump into a book from the 1800s. So I’d recommend start with Narina, the bell jar, and animal farm before Jane Austen and Charles Dickens! - (coming from an English Major/ ELA teacher with love 🫶🏻🩷)

[@carley3478]

you should do a vid where you read all your dnf books-love u girl

[@Stephanie-qj5dz]

Can't wait for the classics video!!!! Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite books...you have to push through the very beginning and then it is a great moody gothic, by far my fav Bronte sister books.

[@read_with_sav_]

book girlies post 🤝instant serotonin boost

[@zennies4636]

I'm so excited to see the classics video. Really interested to see how you like them and what you think :)

[@elizabethyalden2123]

im so excited for u to read the bell jar its my favourite book of all time

[@somtoochukwunsude8851]

Is no one gonna talk about how good Destiny is at art?

[@emma-q3f]

DESTINY IM BEYOND EXCITED FOR UR CLASSIC READING VIDEO AHHHH

[@user-xb8fk9ku4t]

Destiny I can't believe ittt ur gonna read great expectations I started it a few days ago finished it yesterday and listen its slow but it's sooooo worth it!!!! U rlly js have to let it play out for a bit and it gets soo good life lessons in that book top tier ❤❤ I hope u enjoyyy itt!!!!

[@cathiegomez4064]

I love audible and I like how if u switch back and forth from audio to kindle it will save what spot you left off on. So no spoilers looking for your spot.

[@whatsvanessareading]

sippin’ my hot cup of joe & watching Destiny Sidwell. Nothin’ like it.

[@Abby-jc2hp]

great expectations is one of my all time fave books! really excited to hear your thoughts on some books outside of your comfort zone. happy reading des!!

[@bujobyfilo]

Genuinely so excited for your classic books video! Take your time to read them, they're not as bingeable as contemporary romance but they pack a punch! Personally I love classics, but I tend to alternate them with something lighter to change the mood and rythm, otherwise it's too dense for me.

[@lol-pd2fq]

I read animal farm this year in school and it was crazyy. I loved how the author compared the animals to soviet Russia and the humans as imperial Russia.

[@Stella_eq12]

you never fail to put a smile on my face, des

[@hollyperry7866]

I can’t wait to see you read the bell jar and the chronicles of narnia. Narnia was my whole childhood, I literally got my hair cut like Lucy because I wanted to be her so bad. I just recently bought the bell jar but I’m not sure when I will read it…

[@RachelPoteat-dl4cc]

When you do a unhaul you should do a video where you put them in little free libraries

[@user-xb8fk9ku4t]

I read the villa in one sitting suchhhh a gooood book!!!

[@emma-q3f]

we love the book girlies taking insparation from each other and doing the same video !!!

[@jenniferpalmer5130]

I agree with u on the black and white pengiun books. I have a good pile of them and they look amazing on my shelf

[@ndrauea]

wuthering heights is sooo good and it was actually very enjoyable and easy to understand. it’s basically learning about all the family drama going on lol.

[@ymanipinder4581]

I read wuthering heights for fun and I enjoyed it. It took me a couple months to read because there’s big words and it’s a different genre. I am still reading pride and prejudice and I started it months ago 😂 I gave up on actually reading it and started listening to the audio book!

[@lifewithsarahf2858]

Destiny I'm 35 and from the UK and so many of those books you bought are books or authors I studied at school! I think that we automatically dislike books for the most part that we HAVE to read for school especially because there's pressure attached to it to get a good grade. I have a very specific example of this for me... we studied Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale at A level and I HATED it I thought it was terrible but now that I'm older and I don't HAVE to read that book I think that book and specifically the story is crazy good and thought provoking. Love your content and you are definitely smart enough to read all those books so don't worry!

[@bookthoughtswitheilish]

I love the Chronicles of Narnia! They were my childhood favourite as well ☺️ definitely recommend his non-fiction too

[@simplyboppingK]

Ad is 2:43-5:08

[@delaneycuccaro8485]

I was in an angry mood because of my school but now it’s dissipated after watching your video!!! Love you❤❤

[@whitneywest3538]

Major tip about the Binding 13. No one hold me responsible if you try it and it doesn’t work for you. I’ve gotten the Bloom Boys of Tommen as they’ve released and got the rainbow spines. A week and a half to two weeks ago I woke up to find my drink had spilled and gotten on the spine and it was expanded and noticeable. I looked to try and buy it 2nd hand but whoa dang. I didn’t want it that bad. I’d looked on Amazon but the photo was no displayed with the spine showing so I figured they were only printing black spine editions. Thats when I had the bright idea to go through my previous orders and used “Buy Again.” My hope was that somehow someway it would trick the system. Got the book a couple of days later and it was the colorful spine. I was shocked and pleased. So yea, before anyone goes and spends $50+ dollars on a second hand copy, try this first and if it doesn’t work then you can always send it back and get a refund.

[@kristinboffo5286]

I remember loving animal farm in school. From what I remember, I would recommend look up analysis of the story. It was so interesting how it represented of the politics then.

[@drewbryantt]

im sick and this made my day!!

[@cynthiab1350]

you’re gonna love Wuthering Heights it’s one of the most beautifully written book it will tear you appart tho and it’s really gothic but i promise it’s worth reading u have to read it as soon as you can

[@adelabustamantemartinez2330]

you picked some of my fave classics!!! so excited for that video omg

[@adelabustamantemartinez2330]

love you so much destiny!!! thanks for creating such a safe space for the girls who are just trying to figure life out. you’re the best

[@Sullysrager916]

You should read the great Gatsby and of mice and men. Some of my favorite books

[@BiancaJuliaVlogs]

This!

[@karineagosto9948]

1984 is my favorite book. I hope you enjoy it. Written in 1948 , it was so ahead of its time.

[@CaitlinReads_]

"I fear that I am stupid" same bestie same!!

[@caffeinatedreader_]

I’m assuming the video is “read classics with me” or “read books that Rory Gilmore has read”! Another great video Des 💗

[@61119038]

My first thought was Rory's reading list too!!!

[@EvelynShull]

I love this des! Just needed this today was a hard day but you just turned it into a great day!

[@whatsdesreading]

i hope you’re day gets better love! 💕

[@pariswilliams9603]

Love videos like these ❤

[@catylewis2294]

I am so, so excited about a reading classics video!

[@chelshayyy]

Girl! C. S. Lewis is *chefs kiss* I really loved The Screwtape Letters & The Great Divorce. They’re pretty dense but the QUOTES!!!!! Lawdy. I hope you enjoy 🩵

[@MelodyVazzi]

I think a fun video would be reading books with Taylor swift lyrics as the title.

[@emilywheeler1140]

So glad you posted, I love your videos so much. I always get inspired to read ❤

[@meghanmurphree1289]

The A Not So Meet Cute series (Cane Brothers)is so good!!

[@hailey_the_ace_of_hearts4127]

Omg I got that same version of all the Narnia books at a thrift store for fifty cents and I’m just in love with it those books are my childhood

[@sterrekleverlaan6210]

you should totally get the ikea Billy bookshelf extensions!!

[@bellapuff]

Just went shopping for books for my AP class next year, half the books you bought are ones I’m planning on reading over the summer for the class!

[@Maren_Mcclellan]

Omg I love ur room! Can you PLEASE do a room tour soon!

[@IonaClancy]

Bestie! I love the bell jar but definitely don’t read if you’re feeling low ❤

[@dannijaedon3224]

If you're getting into C.S Lewis non-fiction there are sooo many good ones to start with! My personal favourite is probably The Screwtape Letters but it can be a little intense for some readers so honestly not sure if you would start with it haha. Also recommend The Four Loves - super interesting and different out takes on the types of love. I haven't read it yet but A Grief Observed seems really good too, it follows the death of his wife so I imagine it would be really emotional

[@habibaahmed9174]

just want to say I read withering heights and its one of my favorite classics of all time, and another one if you want to read is Duchess if Malfi its a play by Webster but a really great and fun to read🤍👑✨

[@MeganLarabee]

The audible production of 1984 with Andrew Garfield is soooooooooooooooo good

[@JustoneMorepage-549]

you've just made my day des❤🎉

[@ninarosarodrigues7340]

love love love this videos all about books, i would definitely watch more of these 💗

[@ang367]

reading classics for one video 🥲 For real though, GO GURLL!!

[@Call_M3_Karma]

I love your hair so much! I wish I had that much and that length! Blessed girl

[@emmadm826]

Omg I’m excited for you to read some of those classics! Makes me want to reread chronicles of narnia. The movies are incredible!

[@madisonbever4002]

I wish I had the motivation to do a reading journal yours is so nice

[@Vio-yv5br]

I love this video!!! Also your shelves are beautiful!!!

[@helloandbye3363]

Your handwriting is so pretty!

[@sachieuu]

THIS MADE MY DAYYYYYYYYYYY !! Bestie I always look forward on your vlogs every week !!

[@Grace_.6]

these videos make my day better fr

[@zoommooz567]

The Last Time I Lied is my fav book ever!!!! I hope you enjoy it💙

[@emerydillard243]

You should do a video where you show all your special edition books

[@coleen1681]

omg great expectations by charles dickens reminds me of uni lol i had to read it for my last year (to finally have my bachelor's degree) and in theory it's a good book, Dickens's writing is really good but it's such a slow book that you kind of get bored halfway through and not much is going on in it. love you, xx 💗

[@miahhargrove]

YAYAYAYAY ive been rewatching ur videos while i waited for you to post, love you des!!!!

[@RoseAnkers-qs6kg]

I love when you post , makes my day 1000x better des

[@rebeckacelinder9871]

Animal Farm I read for school - an easy read and yet not comfortable read when it comes to the dissection of the themes. Love Pride and Prejudice and the Narnia series.

[@rebeckacelinder9871]

Looking forward to you reading the Mary Kay Andrews books on your tbr. Golden Girl is on my tbr as well - want to read soon! Loved House on Cerulean Sea as I’m sure others have said.

[@airisu6307]

Yes, Miss Sidwell, I will gladly go on this book date with you 🥰

[@YaraJoyy]

DESS 💗 You make my day when you post 🤗🤗 your so comforting and I lobe you so muchhh 🫶🏼

[@hannah-kv8bd]

Omg you’re gonna LOVE wuthering heights 💘💘💘

[@hannah-kv8bd]

AND 1984, that’s literally the book that got me back into reading

[@keltiereading]

YAY I'M SICK RN AND NOTHING WOULD FEEL BETTER THAN DES POSTING

[@keltiereading]

@thewlrldisupsidedown Ty! ❤

[@Ninis_library]

i lovedddd reading animal farm by George Orwell for my lit class in college, im so excited for you to read!!!

[@bonniemae1397]

These kind of vids are one of my favorites!!

[@hannahjbeck]

as someone who does not enjoy classics! here are my opinions. the picture of dorian gray-like animal farm-like great expectations- haunts me, do not like, painful the great gatsby-like jane eyre-okay! a little boring northanger abbey-like little women-like frankenstien-like dr. jekyl & mr hyde-like

[@booknerdktree]

Definitely recommend c.s Lewis nonfiction! It’s amazing!

[@Megan.A.Ells.]

Right in time for my break 🤍

[@itsMiaLynnn]

Ahh this just made my morning so much better