SEVEN books in SEVEN DAYS: reading vlog

[@tiaraulfah8560]

I hope my request is not a breach of privacy. Can we have a day in the life of your magnificent catss?? they are so cute. we would love to see them just crawling around, or whatever they do:) thank youu

[@allisonpaiges]

haha this is cute maybe someday

[@aliciareadsinbr]

I’d love to see that as well 😻😻

[@kagey7591]

In spite of those awful migraines, you *still* created a cozy, comforting, beautiful vlog?? Thank you for being my weekly inspiration, Ally! 💙💙💙

[@emmakates]

for poetry that feels pretty accessible & also moving even when you don’t exactly know what it’s about i would highly recommend mary oliver if you haven’t checked her work out yet!! her themes & outlook on things definitely seem like things you would appreciate too (slowing down, paying attention to even the smallest of things, etc.). also her essay collection “upstream” is my favorite book ever ❤

[@ChloeTheePayne]

OOH good call, i agree mary oliver is very allison vibes!

[@adda3752]

The shot at 16:32 is pure art! 🥰🥰

[@awpageofabook]

Ok the art style in This Was Our Pact is so gorgeous! Definitely adding that one to my TBR!

[@allisonpaiges]

i read it yesterday and it’s SO GOOD. happy reading!!

[@blackheartbooks]

The summary of your sims was perfection😂

[@juananjones]

that graphic novel haul felt like a birthday and christmas all together!! 🥰

[@HeatherB81]

Your videos are so creative and aesthetically pleasing. They feel like a hug ❤

[@whylal]

I find such solace in middle grade graphic novels, especially when I'm sad. I've also read Pilu of the Woods (grief and friendship) that I remember making me cry, and my Storygraph says I've read Princess Princess Ever After, but I don't remember as much about that one.

[@lilithjunefilms]

I also suffer a lot from migraines sometimes with an aura which means my sight ins impaired, i get tingly all over and have an overall very bad headache. Reading cozy books or fantasy books really helps me overcome those challenging times and so i can relate to you on so many levels. Keep your head up ❤ much love and appreciation from Germany (ps: you’re one of my comfort KZbinrs )

[@itmedana]

omg i’m so glad to see the boy the mole the fox and the horse 🥲🥲🥲🥲 i have such a complicated relationship w that book because i adore it but i also associate it with things that make me sad 🥲🥲🥲 but i still love it 🥲🥲🥲 so much 🥲🥲🥲

[@bettyreads222]

Escaping to cute magical worlds is a vibe. Gotta do what you gotta do when dealing with some ish. Again love your editing!

[@rinareads0_0]

please never stop your dance breaks they make me so so happy!

[@natw.737]

ALSO I just got signed for a graphic novel series!!!!! It’s a wordless novel inspired by the Tea Dragon Society and cozy feelings, geared towards children on the autism spectrum. Sooooo yes I’m definitely going to ask my publisher to send you a copy if you’d like!! 🤍🍓🍰

[@Ashtarot77]

Congratulations!! 😊

[@hushletsread]

I discovered your youtube channel recently and I am honestly binging your videos, hahaha! They make me so happy and motivated! 🥰 I also thought you looked so familiar, so I actually think I used to watch some of your videos when I was younger!? I'm glad I found your channel again. Anyways, thanks for making these fun videos, they are such a comfort watch ❤️

[@CJReads]

Lololol I work for the sims at my day job so I’m obsessed w seeing your gameplay peeks in these vlogs

[@allisonpaiges]

wow that’s such a cool job!

[@morgangarner4027]

Just wanted to say I'm new here and I'm absolutely in LOVE with ur channel and ur personality!❤❤ you are truly addicting and just radiate light and happiness and I'm totally here for it!

[@Fiona_Co]

I have been struggling a lot with my mental health lately and your videos are such a wonderful and cozy space to return to, thank you so much for all the work you do 🥰💖

[@delaneydawson1407]

I want to curl up in the cozy world you cultivate in your videos, in the same way you want to live in the art of graphic novels ❤️ thanks for being you and making these lovely videos!

[@allisonpaiges]

:,)

[@emmasammut7332]

This was the best little break from working on my thesis! So many new amazing graphic novels to add to my tbr

[@ChloeTheePayne]

WOW that sounds awesome, way to be a badass and good luck on your thesis!

[@awildernessofbooks]

Literally my favorite video. I just love the way your brain works! The references, the voices, the dancing. All of it 👌🏽 I could watch this channel all day.

[@estrellakiss]

i've been incredibly overwhelmed by my college applications and midterms the past few weeks so what better way to wind down than watching a new allisonpaiges video :D! i hope you continue to take care of urself too

[@hslotfan]

your editing itches my brain so good

[@annabentham-wood3518]

what a cozy vlog!! I was so excited to see your thoughts on all the graphic novels as I have recently, as inspired by you, gotten into reading graphic novels too! I read Pumpkinheads in October which was so sweet and then Nimona and Anya's Ghost. Also, I'm not sure if Belgium has Vinted but I manage to find lots of books second hand through there, for example, something like the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. I might just be feeding your book buying but at least it is a more sustainable and eco-friendly way of doing it!!

[@MariaRodrigues-xi5eh]

omg i would love a sims-playing video, the story you're creating seems so fun:,)

[@giuliabattaglia8568]

hii! Saw this pop up on my notifications and immediately clicked on it! You're videos make my sundays! lots of love 🐌🥰

[@allisonpaiges]

🐌🐌🐌

[@keepdreamingjamie]

Hi Allison! I've been silently watching your videos for a year now and I wanted to leave a little comment of appreciation hehe! You're one of my favorite KZbinrs and this video was the perfect escape from my midterm exam anxiety 💕 love u and ur videos!!

[@fraffee]

You are my comfort channel 🥺❤️🤗✨🍀

[@jessicakrishtul7669]

bug boys is my favvvvv!!!! glad you picked it up :D

[@sebsy6429]

hi ally, i hope your health comes around! im a bit of a poetry buff and want to share some of my favorites that i think u'd enjoy: 1) leaves of grass by walt whitman (1855 ed.). whitman's free verse is prose-like which helps with leisure reading. 2) blue horses by mary oliver -- i think mary oliver would be so up your ally! her poetry celebrates nature and the simplicity of life. blue horses is a later collection, when her poems become shorter and her style more open and free. 3) upstream by mary oliver ... technically a collection of essays, not poems, i recommend this book because it'll saturate you in mary oliver's beautiful writing and themes. be well!

[@dee1661]

Love, love, love your videos! Hope your migraines are getting better, they are brutal to experience. Really appreciate the cozy vibes and the reminder to take it easy and focus on existing ❤ thank you!!

[@natw.737]

I LOVE Beautiful Darkness. It was my favourite book of 2021 by FAR. It’s so snappy from make believe to literal DEATH, 0 to 100 and back to 0 and it’s literally how kids talk when they’re making up stories. Lovely lovely lovely

[@rainuhface09]

I have an amber book light that I looove and always use it at the lowest setting. I wonder if it would help you a tiny bit, when you have a migraine and feel like you could maybe read, but still couldn't have the lights on. Love this video!

[@allisonpaiges]

this is a sweet suggestion 🥰 i’ll look into it!

[@graceashworth-lawson5132]

Thank you for posting despite having a rough period. Sending you strength and love to manage it x

[@caseylovett]

I look forward to the cozy vibes of your videos every week and it makes me really happy to see you were having more good/gentle days this week!! Keep treating yourself kindly

[@VeraFran]

Ally, I've already said this but you've quickly became one of my favorite booktubers. You are so inspiring and comforting! I hopeym you're feeling better.

[@wowjodi6345]

hello! i love your videos

[@allisonpaiges]

omg you made an excellent choice i read it yesterday and it is SO GOOD

[@robyn3943]

I love poetry personally and thought I'd share some of my favourites that helped get me into the form! :) - Soup is one form of salt water - Heather Christle (personal favourite, although probably the least accessible of this list) - The Orange - Wendy Cope - Post Roast - Mark Strand - Perhaps the world ends here - Joy Harjo - Dinosaurs smelled magnolias - Dalton Day - Wild Geese or Swan - Mary Oliver (or any Mary Oliver, she's such a lovely poet and I love her outlook on life and nature. I have so many more of her poems I could recommend!) - Private Parts - Sarah Kay - How to Triumph Like A Girl - Ada Limon

[@allisonpaiges]

awww wow thank you for such a list! (the orange by wendy cope is my favorite poem ever, so far! i read it a couple years ago 🍊 “i love you i’m glad i exist” 😭)

[@temporalloop]

love love love your channel so much!! it's always a cozy wonderful time. btw, if you're looking for more poetry, i'd suggest Sarah Kay's No Matter the Wreckage. i think you will enjoy how she tells a story & it's not intimidating at all & her work was actually my entry point into poetry. anyway, wishing you more good days & thank you so much for sharing these pieces of your life with the internet! 🪴💕

[@allisonpaiges]

oh yay! thank you so much for boosting this book i have it on my tbr shelf! ✨ got me extra excited

[@AdriFVA]

And I'm done!! I've been bingeing your videos for the past three weeks since youtube recomended me your channel. I started with your wedding video and now I'm here, yay! So excited for our future together. 😂

[@allisonpaiges]

adriane that is commitment! thanks for being here - cheers to the future! hehe

[@rowan.27]

Always love getting to watch a new video of yours, they make the Sunday scaries a little less scary ❤️ wishing you good health and good reading vibes!

[@tekna2908]

These vlogs are so cozy ^_^ I hope you feel better next week

[@italiaadilene2895]

Love love your energy in all of your videos !!!! Literally makes me feel awesome. Contagious energy you give out !!

[@Hillary429]

🐱 🧶 🐱 Knitting with cats looks like quite the task 😂 fun for the whole family

[@BeautywithMichelle]

Loved the video! Can you please do a hair care routine clip in the next one? Your hair always looks amazing!

[@poppyev8188]

Thank you for all the amazing graphic novel recs! Sending you positive health vibes from France 😊😊🤞

[@itmedana]

aaa i’m having such a crappy week but this is making me feel better ☺️ sundays are the best

[@allisonpaiges]

💛💛💛

[@michellejpark]

Your videos are my favorite to watch ❤ so glad you’ve been taking it easy while still doing what you love!

[@loveat2ndglance]

I look forward to your videos every week! I love them soooo much🎉 hope you feel better ❤

[@karareynolds6398]

I’ve had a shitty health week too Ally! Watching your video and eating some of my birthday treats made me feel a little better! Sending lots of love ☺️

[@jules869]

I can’t believe u always create such a cozy and welcoming vibe! thank you 🥰

[@priscillacosta1307]

What a lovely video, Allison! Sad to hear your health hasn't been great, but I hope you feel better soon and, in the meantime, keep nourishing yourself with great food, art and company. Sending love from Brazil!

[@cheyenneadams1197]

I also highly recommend “Unseelie” by Ivelisse Housman! It’s a young adult fantasy featuring an autistic and latina mc! I just finished the arc and it’s very fun!!

[@nisei.reader]

Okay but what is life if not for sushi with pals and spilling tea

[@VoidedLux]

i loved the graphic novel haul! happy by your happy

[@katdance2106]

Your videos are such a vibe. They make me so happy. Thank you for sharing as always 💗

[@allisonpaiges]

thank you for thinking and saying so!

[@mariaclaraalmeida9300]

Just found your channel and I'm OBSESSED, kisses from Brasil!

[@cgboldt]

I adored This Was Our Pact.

[@annabelle42688]

So glad you liked Giant Days! Thank you for all the graphic novel recommendations. I will have to check if my library has them. This Was Our Pack, Bug Boys, and Séance Tea Party look right up my ally.

[@MooniK55]

Love love your vlogs!

[@Amanda_Rachelle]

Love your vlogs so much! You sharing your Sims plot had me “tee-heeing” 🤭 💛

[@ferventfei]

i would recommend reading a poetry anthology from a lot of different poets if u're trying out poetry! this is because u can read from a lot of different poet's style and find which suits you best!

[@jayweasley]

If you like bug boys the fungies is a kid show on hbo max but I’m sure other places that is a comfort watch for me

[@ILoveJahangeer]

Oh, Alli’! You’re such a beautiful person. I love you to pieces! Continue shining! ❤️

[@jamilla8588]

for poetry - i really recommend dream work by mary oliver if you haven't read it! a lot of it is about nature and the small ways and joys of just existing which seems right in ur ballpark and its quite accessible and honestly just wonderful :o)

[@Jlv223]

Your editing skills are incredible 😮 so freaking impressed!!! ❤

[@catswhit]

your videos are so much fun to watch!!! 💝

[@eli5833]

Hope you get less migraines in the upcoming weeks! Any tips for when you get them? I’ve struggled with migraines for yearsss and I always like hearing tips from people. Currently for me Ice hats have been awesome 🤗 I think what annoys me the most are migraine hangovers 😫

[@allisonpaiges]

i sit in the dark and put a show on that i’ve seen so many times i don’t have to watch it so it can play in my head i wish i had better advice!

[@paziis]

Yay you're reading Giant Days! One of my favorite series, hope you fall in love with the girls as much as I did 🤍

[@anautisticreader2963]

Migraines suck! I hope you feel better soon and they migraines go away.

[@megan.e.amato.]

I love your videos so much ❤️

[@acupoftia11]

some graphic novels i liked and i feel like you’ll enjoy: “pilu of the woods” by mai k. nguyen “the girl from the sea” and “the witch boy” trilogy by molly ostertag “gender queer, a memoir” by maia kobabe “through the woods” by emily carroll “stargazing” by jen wang “ghosts” by raina telgemeier “mooncakes” by suzanne walker “the nao of brown” by glyn dillon 💌✨🐌💗

[@accordingtokristin2031]

How Ally got her groove back.

[@Alex-pb5rf]

The Glee edit after the Sims bit made me snort laugh 😂😂😂

[@nikkisick221]

You should read the graphic novel crumbs!! It's so cute

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

I got tons of graphic novels I can't wait to read..I read one genre at a time currently on my Young Adults books 📚

[@Elena-ig8hv]

yes! bee and puppycat!

[@allisonpaiges]

so good :,)

[@Elena-ig8hv]

@@allisonpaiges i've been watching it for comfort lately too because grad school really got me Burnt Out 😅

[@cheyenneadams1197]

If you’re looking for more graphic novels, please please please check out Just Roll With It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie! It’s one of my favorites! It’s about a middle school girl who uses a d20 to make her decisions. She slowly comes to terms with OCD and her family in regards to that and its so so so good! Thank you again for a wholesome cozy vlog❤️

[@francescakyanda9182]

I just recommended that in my comment!

[@cheyenneadams1197]

@@francescakyanda9182 It’s so good! It’s one of my favorites!!!

[@nicoleharren7511]

It’s the snail shots for me.

[@Berethnet]

I randomly read: KANEELROLLETJE en was like wtf at first :') I live in Belgium too! Loved the vid, new followerrrrr

[@katie-gc4cz]

Fellow chronic illness girly here! You have no idea how wholesome it feels to watch your channel when I relate so much to you. I ordered a bunch of the graphic novels in this vid to help me get some reading done during a hard time - so thank you!! If you haven't read Nimona by N.D. Stevenson, I think you would love that graphic novel. It's very found family, very wholesome, with a sprinkle of queer :)

[@allisonpaiges]

looooove nimona soooo much!

[@katie-gc4cz]

@@allisonpaiges ayyyyy! Amazing!!

[@DynamiteTrujillo]

Ah!! I have that same pencil case! And I'm freaking out about it for some reason. 😁🙃

[@kitkattictac7723]

Can you recommend noise cancelling headphones? I’d love to buy some!

[@xxlobke]

Yay I love your vlogs!

[@allisonpaiges]

thank you!

[@michelea2326]

Day three...omg...so good 😂😂😂

[@ellenrooms_writes9047]

Oooh you’re knitting 🧶 well done!!!

[@raccoonsnacks]

Have you read any Mary Oliver? I think you'd love her poetry, her collection Felicity is the only one I've read but it's so lovely.

[@allisonpaiges]

not yet but so many folks are telling me to do so - will definitely have to read soon :-)

[@francescakyanda9182]

I LOVE your graphic novel recommendations, so I have some for YOU: "Martian Ghost Centaur" (friendship and mystery in a small town, queerness!), Check Please volume 1 & 2 (college gay romance with hockey and friendship!), Just Roll with It (middle grade, D&D, OCD rep!) and Chef's Kiss (gay romance with a nerdy English major hottie named Ben) 🥰

[@alexereads]

New video, new video, new video!!!!🥰

[@allisonpaiges]

🥳🎈🎉

[@outrajoana]

Hello from Portugal! Love your videos! Just something that has nothing to do with books 😊: how did you close your ear plugs? Thank you!

[@allisonpaiges]

i just took my plugs out five or so years ago! they haven’t fully closed and one is much larger than the other. maybe someday i’ll get them medically done “proper”

[@hslotfan]

i noticed that shot - how are you enjoying bee and puppycat ?

[@allisonpaiges]

LOVE - very different to the youtube series but love them both!

[@linni111]

You make me happy

[@hannaholliges2636]

Oh my gosh! I think we have the same rug! Did you get the white rug with black and grey and brown speckles from IKEA???

[@allisonpaiges]

haha yes we match!

[@JoannaT455]

I keep seeing "What you can see from here" by Mariana Leky on your shelf, I'm really interested in your review! I found it so heartwarming and sweet and surprisingly emotional.ngreat video!

[@allisonpaiges]

that’s on my tbr shelf! we’re reading it in december in the book club! thoughts soon to come 🧡

[@JoannaT455]

@@allisonpaiges amazing! Hope youll enjoy it!

[@janesawatson2678]

Okay! There is an App called Finch and it is a self care app that makes me feel like I am the tamogachi I need to keep alive! I was just sitting yesterday and thought about how this app makes me feel as cozy, motivated and full of self care as these videos

[@kriziaamber4548]

Listen, I’m a big-time major horror girlie. Also love when horror is blended with nature. But “A Beautiful Darkness” graphic novel disturbed me very deeply and not in a good way? I’m curious to see what you eventually think.

[@allisonpaiges]

o no - thanks for the warning!

[@baeticat]

Yay another lovely Sunday vlog

[@allisonpaiges]

it’s definitely worth it in this house because i typically vacuum everyday (sometimes even twice - thanks to two cats and a small apartment) and it makes the chore so much less daunting (plus most vacuums in belgium still use bags so it pays for itself after a while out here)

[@baeticat]

@@allisonpaiges that makes sense! Thanks for replying

[@Hillary429]

Shark vacuums are also great, my big plug in dyson wasn’t cutting it after a while so I got a shark and it’s way more powerful and doesn’t get hair wrapped around the roller for way less money

[@ChloeTheePayne]

***content warning*** this comment mentions gun violence and transphobia, so please take care and feel welcome to skip if you need to 💙 * * * this channel is a comfort watch for me every week but today's upload was especially appreciated- i'm an american trans person who had a really rough mental health day after hearing the news about the shooting in colorado springs usa. watching this video helped me take some deep breaths and feel more like myself, and it was also a much needed reminder of the ways in which we can take care of ourselves and each other when times are tough. many thanks to allison! sending healing vibes for her and anyone else who may end up reading this if you're having a tough time 💙💙💙

[@hillaryberg6771]

Hearing you talk about The Sims made me laugh because my last name is “Berry” 😂

[@yaelnitzan1058]

We have a few things in common, I wish migraine wouldn't have been one of them. In fact I wish nobody had to deal with such pain.