ruthless book unhaul: reading the first page to decide its fate

Hellurr!! I read the first page to decide which thriller and romance books to unhaul. Do you agree with my choices or should I reconsider some books?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3K!!!!! SCREAMS AT A PITCH ONLY DOGS CAN HEAR I'll be filming an ASK ME ANYTHING to "celebrate" so please leave your questions below. The more controversial, the better tbh.
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[@justwonder1404]

I have this toxic trait that makes me feel like a failure if I don't finish every book I bought for whatever reason, so unhauling books AND doing it after technically DNFing them both feel like superpowers to me.

[@litwithleigh]

Tbh it's not toxic, you're just more resilient LOL! I'm sure I've missed out on some good books bc I didn't have the patience.

[@justwonder1404]

@@litwithleigh weeell, speaking from experience, if a book doesn't get you hyped up at least by the middle, it's probably not wrong to walk away😏

[@CelticGuardian7]

This video is actually generous in comparison to what a lot of readers do. I'm an English - Writing major who aspires to be a published author (self or not) and I had it drilled into my head that you HAVE to have a good first line. So many people will pick up your book, glance at the first line, then shelf it if they aren't instantly hooked. If you get past that hurdle, then you have to keep up the momentum for the first chapter. It's one reason I struggle so much with first lines in my stories. Usually I wind up skipping them so I can get something on paper and hope a good one comes to me later.

[@litwithleigh]

Wow that's the first time I've been called generous, so thanks for that LOL. I think it depends on your ideal audience. Are they Verity/Freida lovers who need to be entertained immediately (hence Verity starting with the guys head popping off despite it being irrelevant overall) or they pretentious wankers like me who are looking for specific writing style in addition to an interesting hook. You can't write for everyone, unfortunately. Also I realize this is super preachy and stuff you already know given this is your major so let me dismount my high horse LMAOO

[@coolcity67]

I’m so glad I found your channel, you’re the best booktuber I’ve found!

[@litwithleigh]

omg thank you!! This is such a sweet compliment. I'm so glad you found me too ;)

[@terri3401]

i’ve been so excited for this video since your poll 😆 thank y’a for your quick service

[@litwithleigh]

Awww thank YOU for watching 💖

[@aaaAladdin]

i voted for this format, and you really pulled it off! thx. and a Q for the q&a, tell us about your doggo, please

[@litwithleigh]

Yay thank you so much!!🥰 Will do 🫡

[@NicoleJuane]

Omgggg!! Your review of Verity is how I found my way here!! You are the TRUTH!!!😊

[@litwithleigh]

Thank you lovely 😍🌹

[@galitasanchez6773]

"I am a hungry raccoon who loves trash" Instantly stopped to subscribe 😂😂

[@litwithleigh]

Lmao this raccoon 🦝 says thank you 💖

[@sarahswartz1933]

I have to stick up for “The Kind Worth Killing” - the male PI is a dufus but you are saved by a really cool female character that immediately starts to run the show. I’m not saying this book is a full 4 star but it was fun and I would recommend it to people who want just something entertaining to read. The second book was also pretty good. I read the third but I’m not going to defend it.

[@sarahswartz1933]

“Why is my resting heart rate 170?” lol same

[@Kyokocandy77]

Part of Your World was Hallmark Channel-level hot garbage, thank you for validating me 😭 I’m so glad I found your channel, so many of your 5 star recs have become favorites of mine (just recently fell in love with “The Storytellers”). Keep the videos coming!

[@litwithleigh]

🤝🫶 glad we agree. Wow thank you so much. This comment made my day. I'm so happy to hear you loved The Storytellers. Such a hidden gem! 💎

[@olivia4690]

girl you have the most hilarious commentary ever, i found your channel a few days ago and i've just been binge watching all your videos lol. i love this video concept and would love a part 2!! 🥰 i was also curious what you do with the books when you unhaul, is there a place you donate them to?

[@litwithleigh]

awww thank you much!! I really appreciate it. I have two second hand stores (not Value Village) I donate to in Ottawa.

[@a-2226]

just found your youtube channel and i’ve been binging your videos loveeeeee it. so refreshing to see someone be so honest and fun! 💕

[@litwithleigh]

Awww thank you!! Appreciate you watching so many vids and subscribing 💖💞

[@harperdean203]

You are truly Canada's bravest soldier. I have to talk myself into DNFing for like 50 pages

[@litwithleigh]

@@harperdean203 LOL but you are the most resilient soldier who grinds through the intolerable!

[@susand885]

Thank you for the butt cheek clenching update, and congrats on 3k!!! 🥰 I have been bamboozled by too many first paragraphs. So now, if I'm in a brick and mortar bookstore, I will open each potential purchase to a very specific page -- a number of significance only to me, but greater than 1 -- and judge the heck out of the dialogue, sentence structure, character names, and overuse of present tense.

[@litwithleigh]

Ok love this strategy. How's the success rate? And thank youuuu💖💖💖💖

[@susand885]

@@litwithleigh pretty good success rate, most of my DNFs are from Kindle purchases where I can't use this strategy 😀 you deserve 3,000,000,000,000,000 subscribers, and I'm glad to be one of the first 🤩

[@ReadingWithMeg]

I just had someone recommend your channel to me and I just need to say…..as a fellow unhinged woman I love your personality and you have me cackling 😂

[@litwithleigh]

@@ReadingWithMeg omg thank you fellow unhinged woman 🤝 Shoutout to whoever recommended me to you. Going to check out your vids 🏃‍♀️

[@bookishlylori]

your videos are always a 'try not to laugh' challenge and I fail every time.

[@litwithleigh]

Oh shucks you're too sweet 😘

[@isirlasplace91]

Oh that Book Outlet!! Gets us every time😂

[@litwithleigh]

Fr!!! My bank account is NOT happy

[@melissaparcel5349]

I loved The New Girl, it is such a different book.

[@litwithleigh]

Don't make me reconsider 🤣

[@tiachu]

LMAOOO NOT YOU PULLING OUT MY GOODREADS RECEIPTS PLSS. I actually love the early seasons of greys anatomy (unfortunately) and I have since fallen in love w another Ashley Poston book, so im a clown regardless if u like this book or not !! BUT I TRULY HOPE YOU ENJOY ITTT DONT LET MY DUMB GR ONE LINER SWAY YOU

[@litwithleigh]

LMAOO I'm sorry but it was HILARIOUS. Which book did you like? A novel story or whatever it's called? I've been eyeing it

[@Book.lover.briana]

I was hoping you would do this video! BUT I am seeing abby in that pile! girl that book is AMAZING. I don't know if you are yeeting it yet. I will soon see but I hope you don't cus I found out this year that the hype around her is worth it. 1000000%

[@litwithleigh]

Thanks for watching 🥰 you may be disappointed in my decision LOL

[@melissadesa4612]

Sometimes the first sentence does it for me 🫣

[@litwithleigh]

LOL been there!!!!

[@isirlasplace91]

Anyone tried to add an umbrella in my dirty martini, I'd tell them where they can stuff that thing 😌

[@litwithleigh]

LOL I was honestly so confident it wasn't a thing but google proved me wrong AGAIN

[@ozisorbit]

Even though I enjoyed part of your world, you might wanna just skip over it cuz our girl didn’t even know what a broom was and I almost dnf’d it for that reason 😂

[@litwithleigh]

Omg no lmao I grew up really spoiled but even I knew what a broom was. Yikes!!

[@ozisorbit]

@@litwithleigh yeh it was a bit much at times but the mmc was cute so I allowed it lol

[@dixiechick6652]

Congrats on the 3k 🎉 I’m excited for the not so sober q&a

[@litwithleigh]

Thank you!!!💖💖💖

[@ValiantLucy]

My most convincing argument is that you will hurt my feelings if you unhaul part of your world. That's all I got ❤❤ love your videos!

[@litwithleigh]

@@ValiantLucy LOL IM SO SORRY!!!!!!💖 PLS DON'T UNSUBSCRIBE

[@MattMilu]

Laughing so hard about the book jacket!! 🤣

[@litwithleigh]

@@MattMilu 🫣🤭🤭🤭

[@slov3182]

One: loved the dead romantics so I’m glad you’re keeping it. But Two: I really couldn’t stand Yours Truly bc the miscommunication trope was like beating a dead horse I wanted to throw the book across the room, yet somehow managed to finish it. THAT BEING SAID. I read Part of Your World first and I LOVED it. I highly recommend giving it a chance lol and that is from a girlie who hates yours truly just as much. Honestly can’t believe it gets more hype than part of your world. I just don’t see it. End rant. ❤❤❤❤

[@litwithleigh]

Ooohh ok good to know. It's rare to find someone who didn't like Yours Truly either so I'm trusting you 💕

[@KarlyO83]

Thank you for your service 🫡

[@litwithleigh]

My pleasure 🫡

[@jehnyabrielle5885]

Absolutely love this idea

[@litwithleigh]

@@jehnyabrielle5885 thank you!!!🥰🥰

[@olivethunderbird]

I use the dust jacket as my book mark 😂

[@litwithleigh]

@@olivethunderbird SAME

[@syranoemi5679]

I like this idea/concept on your booktube, it's unique and I'm having a good time watching 👍. Also good decision for Part of your world I've read like 28 chapters but eventually dnf it, feels like I've wasted so much of my time.

[@litwithleigh]

Thank you!!🥰🥰 Oooh ok good to know lol that first page was so unimpressive 😂 Just For The Summer had a much better opening

[@mighty_scrap]

I absolutely love your attitude & caustic reviews. I always feel like we have your true & honest opinion either here or on goodreads. I hate when youtubers try to please everyone. That makes you trustable & so relatable. For the q&a. I'm intrigued about the switch from Girl with the pink ski mask to showing your face and your experience during the transition. Delete my comment if you feel uneasy about it. DONT LAUGH AT MY GRAMMAR. I'M ALSO CANADIAN.... BUT FRENCH SPEAKER 🤫

[@litwithleigh]

Thank youuuu!! There's no pleasing everyone, so might as well please no one LMAOO. And don't worry about your grammar, outside of work, I write like a Neanderthal. Are you in Quebec too!?! And great Q, added it to the list :)

[@mighty_scrap]

@@litwithleigh yes!!! I'm from Québec! Are you? 😱 Don't know why but, I thought you were in Ontario!

[@litwithleigh]

Probably because I have no accent LOL. Yes I live near Gatineau. Are you in that area? Been here for a couple years now, but I grew up in Southern Ontario.

[@mighty_scrap]

@@litwithleigh wow. I'm so surprised you're in QC. That's cool! Some of my in laws are on Gatineau. I'm now in Charlevoix so pretty far from there. Do you read in french sometimes? 😉

[@litwithleigh]

@@mighty_scrap oh I heard that area is beautiful! 😍 And no I can't speak or read a lick of french LOL it's shameful.

[@tinyprettymoon]

The New One sounds a lot like an old movie called AI. It’s a futuristic retelling/imagining of Pinocchio where this couple ends up with an AI version of their son. Tbh I don’t really know what happens since I haven’t actually seen the movie and only heard a boy it from a video essay about Pinocchio lol

[@litwithleigh]

Oooh interesting. I'm gonna look into that. Thanks for the tip haha

[@erikaanderson3204]

I would love a part two or unhaul! Some books need to be dumped

[@litwithleigh]

Faaaaacts

[@crashedherparty]

BRUTAL.

[@litwithleigh]

@@crashedherparty 🫣😘

[@kayri687]

little house on the prarie fanfic has me SCREAMING. also kinda hilarious how you buy (seemingly inadvertently) mid-rated books. also i relate so hard to seeing a 4.something on goodreads and being like oof that's a red flag actually hahaha

[@litwithleigh]

LMAO I wanted to be groomed like Laura Ingalls so bad apparently 😂 true if it has tens of thousands of ratings and is like a 4.24... I'm scared

[@kayri687]

​@@litwithleighKDLSJSJSLLE NOT GROOMED OMG

[@76kilosofshade81]

Not me relating to LHOTP fan fic 😬 I remember being in grade 3 and stealing the books from the grade four library and then hand-writing on foolscap in blue pen PAGES of fancy dress descriptions. 🙃

[@litwithleigh]

@@76kilosofshade81 LMAO they had a chokehold on us!!!

[@76kilosofshade81]

@@litwithleigh I'm sure I'm the only one who experienced the LHOTP --> LOTR M/M fan fic pipeline though. 🤫

[@76kilosofshade81]

Part two of Ruthless Book Unhaul: reading the LAST PAGE to decide its fate 🤔

[@litwithleigh]

Oooh I like this! I used to always read the last page first to see if it was worth the energy to read the entire thing LoL

[@76kilosofshade81]

@@litwithleigh Exactly! Sometimes a good ending can overcome a weak start, if you push through. 😅

[@lauratroxel6072]

If you’ve ever watched Clueless, it’s also a retelling of Emma by Jane Austen, so I think the term “retelling” is very vague lol

[@litwithleigh]

I haven't seen clueless 🫣🫣🫣

[@Bohan21]

​@@litwithleighNo offense but whaaaaat??😲😂

[@litwithleigh]

@@Bohan21 LOL I had a very sheltered childhood. I haven't seen most of the popular movies... Including any Disney princess movies

[@Bohan21]

@@litwithleigh Understood 😊

[@orkosubmarine]

boop.

[@litwithleigh]

@@orkosubmarine Boop back !😍

[@ashleyyeoman9872]

before watching this video: get rid of the kind worth saving. it’s nowhere near the quality of the original and i didn’t even love the first one. the sequel is a waste of time imo

[@ashleyyeoman9872]

you made the right choice!

[@litwithleigh]

LOL thank you for the validation 🫡 are you going to read #3?😂

[@ashleyyeoman9872]

@@litwithleigh i didn’t even finish the kind worth saving so i will not be picking up #3 haha

[@sandraraedeer4849]

I have no argument . 🦝🦝🦝🦝 congrats omn3k

[@litwithleigh]

@@sandraraedeer4849 thank youuuu🥰🥰

[@sandraraedeer4849]

@@litwithleigh hope you are ok. Missing you and your content.