MASSIVE Book Unhaul // Unexpectedly Difficult

Time to do a little spring cleaning and go through my bookshelves. I ended up finding over 100 books to unhaul and it brought up a lot of unexpected emotions. Saying goodbye to books that were once meaningful to me was both complicated and healing. And now I have room to bring in the specific books that I want to own and have on my shelves to be inspired by!
#bookunhaul

[@Vividsvlogs]

I love how natural you seem on your videos. This is the first of yours I’ve seen, and it’s immediately engaging. I love how personal KZbin is. It really feels like you’re having a massive catch up with a friend, or perhaps, more accurately, a long distance friend. BookTube is such a cute, and welcoming, community.

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Oh thank you so much! I really appreciate that feedback. That's exactly the kind of vibe I want for my channel!

[@AmandaPott-t4x]

This is so wonderful, thank you for sharing! Your outlook on purging through books is inspiring. I have an obsession with books, even if I haven’t read them yet. Just knowing the knowledge and creativity is just sitting strangely comforts me 😅. Love how you are making space for the books you are currently manifesting ❤

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

I totally understand the comfort that books can bring! It's one of my favorite things about books. Thank you so much for your kind comment!

[@GrahamMatthewsReviews]

Thank you for "unpacking" more than just books and being so vulnerable. It's not easy to talk about hard things and I am glad you were able to "Marie Kondo" those books! 🤗

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Thank you so much for watching and for your very kind comment. I so appreciate it!

[@JesstheBookFreak]

Nice unhaul! It's hard to let go of books that have memories attached to them and i struggle with that as well. But it'll be less to carry when you move! I love the wrapped up book idea to tackle your physical tbr!

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Book memories can be so strong! I love that books can be so meaningful, even years after reading the book. I'm very excited about my wrapped TBR!

[@ellenmadebookclub]

Wow Bonnie, you packed a lot into those ten minutes! I had an inkling from one of your other videos where you did speed reviews, but I didn’t want to ask. I just want to say that I felt such care for you watching this, and proud of you, I can’t imagine the strength it must take. I don’t know your story and I won’t assume anything, but you mentioned a couple of things that sound really hard, so I just wanted to send you a hug and say that I think you’re very brave and strong for handling all that as well as sharing it. That might be scary too. I got emotional yesterday too, filming a silly tag video, so you’re not alone in that! Books can bring up a lot. Anyway, I loved the cupboard reveal and the inspirational shelf idea and the mystery tbr! 🌷 And again, good for you.

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Thank you so much for your very kind words. That truly means a lot. I appreciate you watching and commenting. I was a bit nervous prepping the video but I felt happy and (mostly) confident with the final product. It's really amazing how powerful books can be. How they can be there for you when you need them and how they can speak to your soul. It makes sense that it can be emotional sometimes!

[@ellenmadebookclub]

​@@BonnieNicoleWrites As you should be :) (happy and confident I mean!) Asolutely. It is kind of like a really long conversation with someone, and if it's good or just what you needed in that moment, it will last in your heart. It makes very much sense!

[@believeinyourshelf]

Oh, I love a good book unhaul video! 😂 It sounds like your unhaul was a step in your healing process, too. I'm a new subbie and also a new booktube creator, so good luck to both of us! 🥰

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Yes, it was really good for me in more ways than one! Thanks for coming along and subscribing! I'll check out your channel too. :)

[@booksnbean.]

I loved how open you were with us, i appreciate you explaining why you were unpacking some books !

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Thank you so much for your kind comment!

[@itsmimiduong]

I love this! I feel like one day that'll be me too -- I'm really trying to keep a minimal collection and just use ebooks/make use of my local library. Honestly, this video stopped me from going out and taking advantage of the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Sale so THANK YOU 🧡 The questions you posed are also great -- pros/cons about having a large library at home, and what kind of library I want to curate. Those were really good questions that got me thinking about why I wanted to go out and "participate" in the sale in the first place. Perfect timing 💕 Thank you for being so raw in the video as well.

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

I love my library! I stopped going for several years and just started getting back to it the last couple years. And now most of my reading comes from library books! I definitely don't think it's always bad to buy new books or do fun hauls, but sometimes I need to just remind myself of my goals and intentions. I appreciate your kind and thoughtful comment!

[@marginsofmarisa]

Just stumbled upon your channel and I absolutely love your energy! ✨ can’t wait to follow along you and your book journey :-) I loved Girl on the Train so much ‼️ I would be ecstatic to find that in a little free library

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Oh thank you! I appreciate that! I'm glad you found my channel. I will go check yours out too! :) It was good!! I love a good thriller. Hopefully someone else who will love it will find it in the little free library. :)

[@DEBateBookz]

Ahhh this must have felt so nice to go through and unhaul! I’m inspired to do the same!

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Yesss! It makes me happy looking at my shelves and seeing the books on there now and the space I have for the new ones I want to get!

[@liminal.season]

I just moved! It was a pain to move all my books … I should have unhauled a bunch of them but I’m so attached! I’m getting better at letting them go though so hopefully next time we move, I will be able to let some go

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

I totally get that! I have had to let go in stages. I've had two massive purges and a few smaller ones over the years. I think sometimes there are seasons and in some seasons of life I might not be ready to let go of something and that's ok too!

[@liminal.season]

Also I’m glad you were able to have a cathartic experience getting rid of some old books that have a lot of history but that don’t align with the you of today! Luckily, I never had a lot of religious books despite being very religious so the me of today doesn’t have to have that specific experience.

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

It was an interesting process of self-reflection and seeing so much change represented in my bookshelves!