The Unhaul Challenge

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Original Video: • Video
• a book you rated low
• a book you changed your mind about
• a series you won't be completing
• a book you DNF'd (did not finish)
• a book you have multiple copies of
• a book you'll never actually get to
• a book you bought because of the hype
• a book you bought because of the cover
• a book you don't know anything about
• a book you didn't buy
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[@Lynn-CA]

It's a good job Book of the Month wasn't your sponsor for this! 🤣

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

🤣🤣

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

That would have been quite the Irony 😂😂😂

[@MKTraxel]

Haha - this is why regular subscribers just pick one a month. 🤣

[@emmanlss]

Hahahahhahahah

[@AndiBfishbowlwoman]

Hilariously, I got a BOTM YT ad *right after* she talked about unhauling these!

[@sophiaf2411]

Remove twenty books from your shelf... Sounds easy right? Meanwhile, me: Crying "Noooo, my precious babies 😭"

[@BookTimeWithRyan]

Tricksie hobbittses

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

It is easier with the ones you really really hate.

[@jimmycryz]

@@gabrielleduplessis7388 the Bibliophile in me will tell me to make a hate shelf.

[@nopenever9829]

i cant remove books from my shelf, even it is more then overfilled ... i just cant, even the books i hate ... i just cant remove them ...

[@thejustinwestra]

My struggle is that I feel bad getting rid of books that were given to me as gifts. Even if I didn’t like it, I feel like I have to hang onto it because someone bought it for me.

[@darbywilliams6406]

My thought is always that the best part of a gift is simply that someone thought of you and wanted to give you something. The book isn’t doing anything for anyone when it just sits on my shelf. I know that if I gifted someone a book I would love for them to pass it on or donate it so others could enjoy it. Remember that the person thought of you and spread the joy to others :)

[@Silverraine1]

Keep the books from your loved ones but get rid of those from people you are not really close to anymore.

[@dougsundseth6904]

"I have books on my floor that need to be put on my shelf but there's no space for them." The correct response here is, "So I decided to buy more bookshelves." Just sayin'. 8-)

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

IKR!🤣🤣🤣👍🏻💜💜

[@joex1084]

And then the new bookshelf will look so empty, so you need to buy more books to fill it!

[@stevenstewart782]

That only works until you run it of space for shelves, such as I have done

[@jessiebell231]

Murphy: viciously cutting her book collection down Me: trying to find places for new bookshelves cause I don’t have the strength to get rid of them

[@billyalarie929]

merphy: *shares a completely valid opinion, well articulated and very maturely* also merphy: oh no that's sooo mean! uwu

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Me: ^totally curious exactly how they're all the same though..since I don't read that genre myself^ 😅😅🙃🤔 _tell me more, plz🙏👀_ (asking seriously) 🙏 🤭

[@sebastiand3174]

The thing is, no one gifts me books, there is NO library in the area I live, and I purchase only books I'm sure I would love to read because I'm broke. So I can't even dream of unhauling the books I own but sure do enjoy Merphy and other booktubers doing the unhaul and donating them. They will surely be useful to and liked by many others who can't afford to purchase them. Thank you!

[@chadnicholas8884]

“That’s so mean. But it’s true though.” Hilarious! 😄

[@isacami25]

it amuses me how guilty merphy appears to feel just because she doesn't like a genre. dude, nobody can like everything, it's ok.

[@GodinSpace]

Then there's me that will write a 10 page essay to my friend to tell him why what he likes is wrong we can't all be as good a person as her lol

[@Nerdtron93]

Merphy: "Because I don't want to get rid of a book I don't know anything about, because I might like it!" Also Merphy on literally the first question: "And then I have All The Missing Girls which I dont remember anything about."

[@AmityvilleFan]

About Battle Royal: To my memory you don't need to keep track of the characters. There is a central character, and a Final Boss, but otherwise pretty much works like a series of short stories. If this helps. But it's definitely not just another Hunger Games.

[@litlbucky]

Yeah!!!!!!!- another Merphy book tower!!! And another great ad for SquareSpace!!!

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Merphey: do I keep my low-rated or DNFs? Also Meephey: oh wait, I do. I don’t think you failed since you have a stack taller than you. Series, in my opinion count as more than 1 book.

[@tnayeen.ashghatank]

"OH NO THAT'S MEAN" Big Ravenpuff energy 😂❤️

[@MPScrimshaw]

"There's just a lot of blank spaces...with nothing happening..." #StevenKing lol. I love him but YEAH most of his books don't actually need to be 1000 pages long lol.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"Tommyknockers could be a great book if l cut the page count in half." ~ Stephen King, paraphrased "That's how l feel about all of your books, Stephen." ~ Me

[@MrHaganenoEdward]

Ngl, when I saw Oathbringer in the thumbnail, I almost got a heart attack.

[@AndiBfishbowlwoman]

"If I have multiple copies, it's probably for a--oh, hang on!" - Classic Merph moment.

[@Lokster71]

Aw, sad to see Good Omens is DNF. I like that book a lot. My battered copy is autographed by Sir Terry Pratchett himself. I keep trying to find out a way to get Neil Gaiman to autograph it too. I rarely unhaul books. Mainly because it is a pain in the bottom to do it. However, I have run out of shelf space so the time has come (and Charity Shops etc have reopened now.) Thanks for the video.

[@yourLittleSinner]

Good Omens is a favorite of mine! I hope Merphy likes it more the next time she reads it.

[@mikalahood8749]

Give Kings of the Wyld another try!! Found family, grumpy has been heroes, braving arthritis & monsters. And the follow up is even better

[@chase4671]

it’s all coming together, slowly and slowly manga shall take over shelf by shelf.

[@thewingedserpent5823]

I dont think i would ever get rid of books. I dont read as fast as most people but even if my shelfs were full i would probably just put them in storage somewhere

[@Kriseaf]

It took me nearly a year and a half to finish Battle Royale. The ending is totally worth it, but I completely understand not making it there...

[@Lynn-CA]

That photo of you and Drennan is so damn cute!

[@lucascalhoun2104]

Hey Merphy, would you ever consider doing a video about how you organize your reading life? (How you organize your TBRs, how much you read a day, etc.)

[@asongoftales]

your ads are HILARIOUS 😂 never stop making them , they are amazing

[@cassecorrea]

I love unhaul videos! There’s just something about seeing someone remove books that don’t do anything for them instead of keeping them all, like most other booktubers do, that I love

[@lostschedule51]

Such a big stack! I'm so happy they go to the library and hopefully some future readers will fall in love with them. I think only Good omens was a great book for me

[@glrreid96]

My method of clearing my bookshelves is doing a re-read. I'm working my way through all my books, interspersed of course with new books, and if I don't like it or won't recommend it I'm getting rid of it.

[@LOL-vw2ni]

I did a an unhaul of all the weird books my parents read when they were little and passed on to me and I literally got rid of pretty much all of them cause they were disturbing as hell I literally was half of the time like why would you let a kid read this?! But then I realised that pretty much all German fairytales and stories are bloody and brutal as hell and yet weirdly loved by children so yeah my people are weird

[@stevengentry9396]

Unhauls are always a balancing act (literally, sometimes; way to handle that stack 😀). Some books are easy to pick, but most pull you back and forth. I once unhauled about 800 books in one month. That was an interestingly emotional 30 days.

[@kitfairchild9784]

Please donate them to the library if you can! It's an awesome way to give back to your community. I usually buy books that my library doesn't have and donate them if I know I'm not going to read it again for awhile

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

🙀🙀🙀!

[@PeaceStandsxo]

You have a reading schedule?? I’m curious to see what that looks like, if you haven’t already explained it

[@lianneeden4873]

I'm glad you kept Good Omens, I personally thought it was okay the first time and amazing upon reread, as you kind of know what to expect then, so I'm hoping you'll give it another try some time. And I understand you getting rid of Norse Mythology. I'm a mythology nerd myself, but I get that it's not for everyone

[@myribstellmesheslying]

"I saved the stack," she said as the sound of a falling book drifted to my ears. 🤣🤣🤣

[@sertaki]

I was very surprised seeing you getting rid of 20th Century Boys! That series is definitely one that I would recommend to anybody who likes mysteries and interpersonal drama ... and stories that don't go into the direction you expect them to. (hint: it's worth to keep reading past the first few volumes ;) )

[@NaramSinofAkkad790]

Thoughts on ending? Spoiler free of course

[@Yash-vm1on]

@@NaramSinofAkkad790 I liked it though the author made some extensions into it named 21st century boys. I didn't read it cause I loved the ending as it was definitely a top tier one for me.

[@michalhajlasz3835]

@@Yash-vm1on im waiting for the perfect edition of 21st century boys to come out in order to read it, but i thought that the 20th century boys ending by itself was pretty unsatisfying

[@stevenstewart782]

The fact that you're unhaling a lot of book of the month selections I just helped me confirm that I do not wanna do a book of the month subscription cause every time I thought about it I look at the books that they're suggesting and I don't wanna read any of them

[@myribstellmesheslying]

I don't know why but I have very fond memories of The Selection series. I didn't particularly love it. Guess it was because it was one of the first english books I've read. And I have since read 300+ english books.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Mad respect!. My goal is to someday read, and understand, at least one book in a language other than English.🙂

[@xedra]

I would only be able to do this with my TBR pile - all my other books are ones that I would definitely read again.

[@d.edwardmeade3683]

You are an extremely considerate and compassionate critic. LOL!! And I love the clumsy moments in your videos!! 🤣🤣 ... this was such a cool and interesting video. I enjoyed this!! 👍👍👏👏👏😁😁

[@VoorNuNogVerandern]

You holding that stack in the end made me mad anxious.

[@dollface9448]

You are actually kiling me with 20th Century Boys.

[@simplyThereal]

Ikr. It has it's faults but seeing the cast grow (particularly kanna) was so satisfying.

[@leonardo8762]

@@simplyThereal u mean that mary sue deus ex machina character?

[@simplyThereal]

@@leonardo8762 yes ^_^

[@cocopuff09]

I remember reading Battle Royale 15-20 years ago. Was probably a little young for the content, but now I love The Boss!. Nothing hits like that saxophone solo in Born to Run

[@codystork3008]

Am I the only one who was thinking red shelves untill about half way through and realizing she meant read shelf.

[@andrewgarlach1011]

I was thinking Red shelves until this moment so there's that

[@steffykiwi]

Lol yes 🤣😂

[@michaelh083]

I just recently started getting back into reading again (big childhood love I fell away from) after watching your's and daniels channels, and the book that got me back in was kings of the wyld so was surprised to see you didn't finish it! Don't think a book has ever made me laugh as much as it did, whilst also tearing up at certain moments

[@reiii69]

Really the 20th century Boys... It hurts so much. 😔

[@srivatsant1332]

Alternate title: Merphy discards book of the month books discreetly 😂

[@VampwolfWarrior]

I loved Battle Royale and 11/22/63! I actually read them both pretty recently too, coincidentally.

[@oliviabrakel6129]

Oh some of these books I actually like or want to read myself! I applaud you for unhauling so many books.

[@emroyka]

Feeling the Marie Kondo vibes when you are thanking your books for bringing you joy before passing them along to your local library! Awesome. Sweet video, as always😊 P.S. I read The Lies of Locke Lamora a million years ago and loved it, so I appreciate every time you bring it up, and thought you'd be happy to know that we have a new convert, my partner finally read it and loved it, too!

[@EricMcLuen]

I have returned many books to the Half Price Bookstore but usually end up leaving with more than I brought in. And sometimes with books I had forgotten I had read.

[@TheElf33]

Merphy fighting a falling stack had me cracking up. Nice catch! Also, I am now inspired to unhaul some books and find a little library to drop them at.

[@JulienDLauriers]

I Would love to see you review Oyasumi PunPun, I never felt so much emotions reading something in all my life.

[@lilyetherington285]

I adored both "Love and Gelato" and "Love and Luck". I'm sad to see you get rid of them but at the same time I understand.

[@christinekaye6393]

I listened to Norse Mythology and loved it because Gaiman read it himself. I don't think I would like it nearly as much if I read it to myself. Same goes for Garrison Keillor and David Sedaris books. They both have such great delivery when they speak, but it just doesn't come across the same when I read them. The worst thing about being a book lover is hanging on to books I loved and planned to reread and books I wanted to read a long time ago and never did. My taste in books has changed and I'm more critical about books now--at the age of 69, I'm realizing I will never get around to reading most of them. And that doesn't even include the 16 boxes of books I gave away. I unearthed my Mary Stewart King Arthur/Merlin trilogy to reread because I loved them so much 40+ years ago and was saddened to find the charm they once had for me had slipped away.

[@HunchbackJack]

I love this. I really need to do an unhaul. I have six full-sized bookcases and three half-sized bookcases, and they are all full. I have new books from small publishers sitting in their shipping boxes, untouched, because I don't have room to shelve them. I have a "to-sell" pile on the floor, but haven't had the time to list them online. This video is a great motivator!

[@ketami2]

Battle royale was also a very good manga that is now out of print. If you ever find it i recommend it.

[@belalaloca]

I thought the ad was a bit questionable until I realized it was ironic. Then I thought it was hilarious. Good ad lmao

[@Highlite17]

Merphy vs precariously towering stack of books. A tension filled thrill ride.

[@ropecrewman36]

Thanks for reminding me that I need to unhaul a bunch of books this summer. 😆 I know what I'm going to do today!

[@ariharannatarajan2750]

The book stack is undulating in the outro

[@merphynapier42]

😭😭😭

[@tnan123]

This was a fun challenge. You did really well!

[@lani6700]

The Girl in the Mirror is WILD and one of the strangest things I've ever read, but the author didn't know how to pull off what she wrote so it just became the most ludicrous ending imaginable. Seriously, part one and part two are entirely different books. Honestly I recommend the experience of reading it, but gave the book two stars. It's enthralling trash

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

I have to admit, I'm kinda intrigued now. 🤔 _🤭🤭_

[@tracey7241]

I totally agree about 11/22/63. When I started reading it I thought it would be an all time favourite, but it slowed down SOOO much that I kind of hated the reading experience.

[@katymartin3924]

Bravo!!! 👏👏👏 Ngl seeing Oathbringer in the thumbnail stressed me out a little because whyyyyyyy get rid of one book in the middle of a series haha

[@gemologicalandjewelrybookc9021]

I did an unhauling a while back, and they opened a new library with the books I gave away. Sad but liberating, the fun of starting all over again.

[@eini1422]

Oooh I didn't know you owned Good Omens. I watched the show a few months ago and became obsessed with it and read the book afterwards and loved it a lot!

[@huntsierra1315]

Man I’m jealous of how easy it is for you to get rid of books! I have way too many and really need to do an unhaul, but it’s so hard!

[@poorlyfleshedskeleton5873]

I've never been able to really get into Battle Royale because I always get so intimidated so quickly, but there was a Japanese movie adaptation that was made of it a while ago and I LOVED the movie. I watched it a couple of times when I first found it and thought it was absolutely amazing. It follows more just one or two characters and cuts down on the kids that it chooses to focus on so it's way easier to follow

[@dazeddreamer4061]

When I read Love & Luck I really enjoyed it, but it’s more of a self-love book than a romance. It’s about getting over heartbreak.

[@storieswithgrady]

I am mourning the abandonment of the manga 20th Century Boys. 😵 Yet I will still respect Merphy’s opinion. 😭

[@dubbingsync]

Remove 20 books from the shelves… that really is playing this challenge on hard mode.

[@TheWordN3rd]

Lol. Not me buying the wife upstairs as you unhaul it 🤣 i really like Rachel Hawkins writing though so I think it'll work for me.

[@hardyworld]

I come for the custom sponsor commercials, I enjoy the content, I stay for the bloopers.

[@alysonserenastone2917]

I loved The Selection, but I don't know if I would enjoy it nearly as much if I were to pick it up today.

[@bugsby4663]

A wife finds out that her perfect husband (who may or may not have recently died) wasn't the man she thought. Her life was a lie, and he was really leading a dangerous, different life.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

OH ~ is _that_ what domestic thrillers are about???😅🤭🤣🤣 _t/y^^_ I wonder, now, what is something else they could be about..and still be counted as a "domestic" thriller? 🤔🤔 Lolll

[@erincarr9411]

Loved Gaiman's Norse mythology. Wanna read that King book.

[@ScullyPopASMR]

It's always enlightening over here.

[@makayla9837]

Something you could do if you want to get rid of more is twist the prompt asking what book do you know nothing about to a book you read but don’t remember anything about it anymore

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

(She actually unhauled a book that would have fit that twist in this video for one of the other tags🤭💜)

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I’d be screwed right from the beginning 😂 I never keep books I rate low 😂

[@michaelrendler3703]

If you want a good YA series to read, I recommend the Edge Chronicles series. They are fantasy/steampunk themed, and the artwork is incredible.

[@mzjennalee]

I love unhauls! Totally unrelated but I love your shirt :)

[@christianshobbiblog1816]

The Battle Royale movie is amazing. Haven't read the book though so can't speak to that. Definitely check out the movie as it's an hour and 45 minutes so a lot less of a commitment than a book!

[@djegovic22]

Wow...my heart ached seeing a brand new copy of 11.22.63 being given away. Read it this year on kindle, loved it and would love to have the physical copy. But these american editions are kinda expensive here in Brazil...😢

[@buckle9733]

Oooof hadn't read savior's champion but watch Jenna's writing advice lol

[@curse4384]

Merphy can be so frickin wholesome oml😭😭😭

[@robertgronewold3326]

Honestly, I have only three books in my library which I ever want to get rid of, and that is only because it's very poorly written dystopian YA that was a gift.

[@MrLGDUK]

Slightly weird that this Unhaul Challenge attacks the TBR so much. My TBR only includes books that I want to read. Or they wouldn't be on my TBR... 🤔

[@lostinabookcase3796]

The idea of a completely full book shelf excites and terrifies me 🤣🤣

[@tracygreen3118]

Would have loved seeing what you putting on your shelves in its place

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

Merphy: book that I have multiple copies of... me to me: there are 21 books right there in the top left corner of the frame! . . . . 8 minutes later and she never worked with Book of the Month again

[@holeyheartedmelissa4503]

Two you dnf'ed... Holds up the two books coming up in my tbr... 😭😭😭 I'm reading Good Omens next month, and Kings of the Wyld at some point this year... 😂

[@taylorhagen3916]

I also enjoyed the selection it was okay But I absolutely loved, A Percabeth version of the Selection fanfiction Probably because I liked the characters more but,, who knows what goes on in my crazy mind

[@vermadheeraj29]

Battle Royale might have been one of the earlier ones however before that was The Long Walk

[@michaelwhite8031]

Little Red Rising Hood.

[@vancecunningham5032]

I know you probably don't need more books to read, but a fantastic comic run that is very out there Gothic horror is Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing. Also a major inspiration for Neil Gaiman's Sandman

[@brendananthony9601]

That's how libraries get new books!? Mind Blown! 😁😂

[@ladyicondraco]

I also loved the Selection series, but think back now, am not sure that I would recommend it, and am not sure if I would like it now. For Battle Royale - maybe try the graphic novel? If you are interested in giving it another try.

[@blandface9957]

I don't even have enough books to fill up my bookshelf 😂

[@terrylynn7936]

"You want to go offline? Create a website!" xD

[@emilywalker1885]

Wow Murphy, straight outta the gate with Red Rising!!?? 😳😱😭

[@shelliingle571]

I feels that way,too. I am enjoying Red Rising and I want to get the sequels. I can't believe that Merphy is getting rid of it after she has bragged that it got better throughout the series. I got the book after she posted that video. Now she want to get rid of it?!!! 😨😢 I don't care, I'm planning to get the series,because I'm enjoying it.

[@BrionTheTired]

This was super easy for me. I only have one bookshelf and it filled up last year. Well, I really liked the Sword of Truth series when I was just starting to get back into reading like 15ish years ago (and even then, I still thought a few of the books were pretty bad). Then I read LotR, WoT, and the other huge fantasy books/series and realized just how awful Sword of Truth actually is in comparison. So as I get new books, SoT goes into a box to get donated some day.

[@ambiguousmax7478]

Same! SoT was my first "adult" fantasy series and now after reading so many better ones they only stay on my shelf because most of them were gifts from my sister who got me into the series