Room/Bookshelf Cleaning, Reorganization & Tour | September 2018

[@hannahjones6449]

SO soothing, watching vids like this has made me collect a lot of books in a very short amount of time and im running out of space. Im not complaining though lol

[@shilpatummala8395]

Loved watching this video. Just got out of surgery and needed something calming to watch 💜

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed! I hope your recovery from your surgery is going well :D

[@derek3418]

Man I watched this when it came out, and I just spent a good half hour trying to find this video again because I didn't remember the channel or title.

[@EmilyCait]

Thanks for watching, Derek :)

[@Colaman112]

Oh, that's an improvised shelf. I was wondering why one shelf was randomly upside down. :D

[@AmyPool]

I freaking LOVE videos like this!! I will also be setting up my new book room in just a few months and this has just increased the excitement!!!

[@EmilyCait]

Awesome! I hope the process of setting up your book room goes well! :)

[@janiceg7661]

I got to step 1 putting books in boxes and feel like I’m having an anxiety attack. I love books sooo much, it’s not normal. Great job!

[@seriela]

Thanks so much for sharing the entire process. It's exactly what I need to start doing that, also, but in the whole apartment.

[@EmilyCait]

Thanks for watching! I hope your apartment reorganization is going well :)

[@NelsTraianova]

Hey Emily! I really REALLY enjoyed this video! It was refreshing. Of course I was watching with a hot cup of black tea ☕️. It was nice to see your sister. I love the Harry Potter shelf. Can't wait for your next video! Have a wonderful day as well!!! :))))) 📚 Nels

[@EmilyCait]

Thanks Nels! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed this with a cup of black tea in hand! :) It was super nice to try making something a little bit different. I might try and do something more casual and long-form again in the future. Maybe a reading vlog?

[@FinalBlowJoe]

I agree with it being really interesting when you get to see more of where a person films and a behind the scenes type view. I always like the amount of light you get in that room. It's something I wish I could change about my setup but not an option sadly.

[@EmilyCait]

I am very fortunate that this basement gets the amount of light that it does -- I love having the natural light come in. I lived in a different (illegal) basement apartment when I was a student that had tiny windows. It was like living in a cave. :P

[@silverdude8982]

Its 4am and I cant believe I just watched you paint your room and reorganize your shelves. How utterly exhausting! This was very entertaining especially while sipping on a single malt on ice. Tea simply would not be appropriate.

[@EmilyCait]

Haha! I'm glad you enjoyed this :P

[@jobelle5470]

👏👏👏Emily.....not only did you refresh and accomplish here. You did a terrific job with this upload. Bravo

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you!!! :)

[@ConnorOBrien]

I always go to start organizing by categories and genres, but then I realize that authors don't stick to one, so then I get all flustered and keep everything as alphabetical by last name of author lol This looked like a lot of work, and your sister is awesome for helping paint. Mine do not offer help like that! Glad you got internet!

[@EmilyCait]

It was a lot of work, but I think it was worth it. I end up sorting the books by the same categories we have at my work just to make things easy for myself when I have to make bookish recommendations, but I can see that not working for everyone :P

[@juliehughes1258]

Really late to comment but I just had to say that you did a fantastic job on this huge project, Emily. I enjoyed this so very much. For my two cents, I prefer biographies and autobiographies shelved by the person being written about and not the person who did the writing. I approach the biography section of a book store and I’m not looking for an author; I’m looking for the subject of the book because I don’t know the name of the author (unless it’s Doris Kearns Goodwin), and I want all the Abraham Lincoln books shelved together. Just me and never mind me. Again, a truly great effort that has really paid off. Your plants are so healthy!

[@bookbabble]

I absolutely loved this and seeing all your shelves & how you’ve organized your shelves!

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed this! I had so much fun filming this and reorganizing all of the shelves :P

[@ComeUndun.]

I've never heard of someone vacuuming their books before?

[@EmilyCait]

I find it more efficient than dusting. To each their own. :P

[@readstoomuch2070]

@@EmilyCait I might actually try this when cleaning my books. I finally got an actual bookshelf (I've had a makeshift bookshelf for a number of years but my books were starting to not fit on it anymore and I realized it was time to buy an actual bookshelf) and while taking all my books out of my room, I realized how dusty so many of my bookshelf were 😅 We're building the bookshelf tomorrow and I think I'm gonna vacuum my books before putting them on the shelves lol Thanks for showing your organization process and stuff. Now I have ideas on how I might organize my books 😊

[@willlexie]

I actually vacuum my books too. If I’m too lazy, I use faux feather duster. Isn’t that common?

[@anotherworld8735]

Wow! What a turn around. Great job!

[@EmilyCait]

Thanks! It was a fun project! :D

[@Emma-gy3gb]

You got the most amazing book collection!! -it would look even greater and less messy with white shelves!

[@kellymcrae3836]

I vacuum my books all the time! It is the best way to dust!

[@emilybrackpool1535]

I literally saw what I think to be the last hope on the bottom left and clicked so hard i thought my screen would break 😂😂😂 could this be a booktuber who likes warrior cats? Xx

[@TheLadyViolette]

I know I'm literally a year late to this but I am *deeply* intrigued by the sound of your masters thesis since Tamora Pierce is also one of my absolute fav authors and the Protector of the Small quartet does just about win out as my favourite - Keladry is my Queen. Ironically enough I'm also currently listening to Witch, Please (for the first time ever, because I've apparently lived in UTTER IGNORANCE for years) and while I can't quite tell if it's slowly making me question my love of the Harry Potter books by shining a stern light on all the ways that JKR wrote some dodgy af stuff into them, I'm having a damn fun time listening to the podcast XD. And as a final thought because this is becoming an essay - I highly appreciate how you've organised all the books by age category, genre and then author's last name. I've seen a distressing number of bookshelf tours when everything is just shoved on the shelves any which way with no real attempt at order beyond aesthetics and my wannabe librarian heart cannot stand it so *thank you* for such a delightful video.

[@EmilyCait]

I'm actually working on formatting my MA thesis into a video series for 2020! And Kel is my favorite too. She is such a badass female character. Love her! I have reread the HP series since I started listening to Witch, Please and I still enjoy it. I'm a lot more wary of spending any money on HP things (new editions of books, general merch, etc) because I'm not sure how I feel about Rowling as a human post podcast. But once I get into the story I get all the good fuzzy nostalgic feels back. :) If you like Witch, Please, you should check out the young adult podcast Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr -- Hannah McGregor recently appeared on it to talk about HP and the film post-Witch Please. And thanks for watching this excessive bookshelf tidy up. I don't think I could organize books any other way. I have organized my unread books by colour for fun. But there aren't that many of them. I can't imagine trying to find one of my read books to pull a quotation for something and having to actually search every shelf for it. :P

[@bheartsbooks]

Great video! So technically YA is for ages 12 and up, unless otherwise stated. This is always confusing, especially when publishers don’t put a recommended age. So books like “A Court of Thorns and Roses” is technically recommended for 12 year olds, lol. Which if you’ve read that book, you’ll know how ridiculous that is. Anyway, love the color you picked. It’s very light and bright, and goes wonderfully with your book cases. It makes the books stand out.

[@slavicreader]

ACOTAR isn't classed as YA, but rather would be classed as New Adult (NA) if NA was a proper genre.

[@brendanfisher]

Hi Emily. I really appreciate the effort that you put into making this video! I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Question: I noticed that your ceiling is made up of roof tiles. Is that common in residential properties where you live? Here in Ireland, you would only ever see ceilings like that in office buildings etc.

[@hulkslayer626]

...you had me at purple 🤩

[@hulkslayer626]

And if you can't find an accurate publication list for SK, you should be able to look at the copyright page. It should list the original publication date 😉

[@MaryAmongStories]

omg I love everything about your room! 😍

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you! I'm really pleased with how it turned out, too! :D

[@mollygodlewski]

Love your shelves and your dress!

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you :)

[@noemblem]

This is very lovely, I'm kinda jealous of ur bedroom hahaha

[@EmilyCait]

Thanks :)

[@fireescape333]

It all looks really good😊

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you!

[@TheAracelicat]

Beautiful!

[@EmilyCait]

Thank you! :D

[@presleeingram1200]

what are those collectible harry potter things you have on your shelf 😂there so cute! i wanna cellect them ❤️🥺

[@misttborn]

so how many of the books on you own have you read?

[@EmilyCait]

Doing some rough math.... The four cases that I set up across the one wall are all the "read" books that I've decided to keep in my collection. And they probably average 30 books a shelf x 6 shelves per case x 4 cases. It's probably safe to guessimate 720+ read/owned books. Probably more because the picture books are separate and smaller, and some of those shelves are double stacked or flat stacked to maximize space and throw off that average. The other two book cases that I set up by my desk in this video are my "unread books" -- according to my excel spread sheet, I currently have 150 unread owned books. I read about 100 books a year, so I feel that's manageable :)

[@visitaeuaqui]

What is the width, height, and depth of your shelves? I would like to build some shelves just like yours

[@EmilyCait]

These are just the standard Billy Bookcases from IKEA. You can find the dimensions for the shelves on the IKEA website if you do want to DIY these in stead of buying them from IKEA :)

[@ELFNY]

What is it with Booktube and the Billy bookcases?

[@EmilyCait]

They are affordable, sturdy enough to support books without shelves bowing, flat-packed for easy transport, take zero carpentry skill to build, and are moveable for renting twenty and thirty somethings (of which the community is largely composed of). Seems pretty ideal to me. :)

[@redeye789852]

What if you changed your mind about the color a few months in, how horrible would that be. But it does look a lot better.

[@EmilyCait]

I really do like the neutral colour. My little space is already pretty busy with the colour from the bookshelves, so having a "boring" colour on the walls just makes the space feel a bit nicer. Although, now that I've been taught how to paint, I feel pretty confident in my ability to change the colour if I ever want to :P

[@Imbatmn57]

Anyone else trying to count the sheer amount of pillows.

[@shaunhenisey7187]

Nice Dharma T-Shirt

[@Imbatmn57]

Do i not have time/money to read, yes, do i want to watch people put up alot of books on bookshelves?, yes.

[@TakeDownTheStreets]

...vacuum the ceiling? Vacuum the books? Excuse me?!?

[@EmilyCait]

I have a central vac system, so it's basically just a long hose that connects to tubes in the walls that empty into a large canister. I have longer brush attachments for doing the floor and ceiling and small brush attachments for doing things like bookshelves and tables. I'm not dragging an upright vacuum along the ceiling or my books :P

[@TakeDownTheStreets]

@@EmilyCait oh that explains it, well I never had a central vacuum system but it sounds faster than dusting!

[@sumrubayram]

Teen starts at thirTEEN

[@EmilyCait]

Someone should let the publishers know that, because the fine print/cataloging information I see as a book seller gives middle grade the 9 to 12 age range and teen fiction the 16+ age range ;P