judging YOU based on your favourite books

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[@amymcqueen7897]

screaming, cannot believe you got my personality on point by looking at my goodreads

[@random23287]

Ah, you're the mythology one.

[@natalia-vj4ek]

​@@random23287 na Slovensku sa ti páči hihi ja si myslim že

[@samahcanread]

when Leonie said: "i'm gonna guess that you relate to these characters, and you are a formally gifted kid who doesn't know what they wanna do with their lives and they feel like wasted potential", i felt that. the list wasn't mine, but i felt it

[@happyjellycatsquid]

Omw to read all of these books because apparently that person is me 🤠

[@-umi503]

Sounds like me... Guess I gotta read these books now. AND apparently, I also found the reason why I love Dark Academia so much.

[@Nopi9]

I haven’t watched the video yet but let me guess bell jar was on the list?

[@circlinq]

"I believe a person's taste in books says a lot about who they are" My smutty paranormal shifter romances on my shelves side eyeing me

[@jmsl910]

too funny!!!

[@lilicake4208]

I'm just gonna psycho analyse you real quick and say that you're 1. Horny and 2. Feels incapable of being loved by other humans. Did I get it right ? Or am I too presumptuous?

[@gloxiinia]

share, rn proof or it didn't happen 🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@eshitasahu]

@@gloxiinia are you asking for a friend? Coz same

[@Luumus]

You should really make this a series! Easy content for you, entertaining for us.

[@_sarathedreamer]

“How’s the therapy going?” Took me OUT hahaha especially since that shelf was my entire personality 😂

[@aubreyjdickens]

i’m so glad i got judged in this and i made you laugh! and also if it helps i dnf-ed the night circus because i decided i wanted to listen to it on audiobook for the vibes, so that one’s just on hold for the moment. great video!!!

[@ryankluck5041]

The audiobook is great!! Read by Jim Dale, who also masterfully narrated the US-version of the Harry Potter series.

[@jmsl910]

did you like it? i've read the first fifteen pages twice...

[@cutedragongirl7575]

@@jmsl910bit late to the party, but I’ve read the Night Circus! In a similar position to you, I had to start over a couple times to get the ball rolling. It’s very much a book more focused on the atmosphere than the plot, so you have to be in a certain headspace to read it imo. When I read it I didn’t really get the hype, but it’s very much a book I could go back to in a few years once I’ve forgotten the plot and am not at a point where I’ve got low mental energy.

[@Willsdeadbodyintartarus]

“And if you’re not straight why are you only reading tragic lgbtq+ book?” Because I like to relate to stuff 😭

[@icarusxedits]

True true Also hii

[@bibliophilecb]

As a former Perks of Being a Wallflower, Hunger Games, and Looking for Alaska kind of teenager, the “how many boys thought that you were their manic pixie dream girl?” made me audibly gasp. It wasn’t my Goodreads, but you saw into my soul just then.

[@Virgonc13]

your aesthetic in this video is absolutely perfect, the shadowy lighting, the black nails and reddish top under black, the mood you are in dissecting all the lists, i just absolutely love it

[@pendragon2012]

Ooh, I love Judgmental Leonie! Sorry I missed the offer to send Goodreads lists---I'd love to know what you'd make of mine. Have a great week, Leonie!

[@JackalopeHope]

utterly terrifying when you said "it's Capricorn energy" and I, a Capricorn, looked up from my work to see a Goodreads shelf that looks just like mine 😂 so, uh, I guess that was accurate!

[@nekopath]

SAMEEE, I felt called out and it wasn’t even my shelf

[@Ani.reads12]

Same omg I was gonna comment this lol

[@samazon1222]

Same 😂

[@KateeAngel]

why some many people still like the astrology pseudoscience? There are better hobbies

[@Jenxhby303]

Sameeeeeeeeeee

[@Orli815]

i LOVED this. these weren't even my shelves and yet I personally felt so called out lmao

[@chickpeasasparagus8374]

I love how you aren’t shaming people for their interests and kinks, just making it into a light joke we can all find funny. I hate it when people shame, but you do a great job at making it funny and not shameful. I found this very entertaining, and also a little called out…😂❤

[@LittleMew133]

A neuro-science grad student psyco-analyze people? I'm in!

[@ba-gg6jo]

Only saw a shrink once, after 3 sessions I realised they were more screwed up than I.

[@robfab5204]

​@@ba-gg6joMy therapist is crazy, his name is Isiah Friedlander

[@cunningba]

Why so many unrated books on Goodreads? For me the answer is that I had around 60 years of reading before there was Goodreads. I try to enter books that I know I have read with the approximate dates that I read them. But it is usually a bit much to supply a star rating. I may not remember them well enough to give a fair rating. If I do remember them, I may be conscious of the fact that I would rate quite differently when I read them than decades later. So I skip a rating unless I decide to reread books I read long ago.

[@alicedalexandrite]

Same, just less years passed, but my memory is a bitch

[@hannahbailey4535]

There are a few reasons why I don't rate all of my books on goodreads, the main ones being: 1) I want to give said book a half star (i.e. 3.5) but goodreads doesn't facilitate that 2) When I joined goodreads I added a load of books I'd already read, and felt I couldn't accurately rate them retrospectively

[@sarahclassified2443]

Storygraph allows for half and quarter star ratings! You can also upload your goodreads shelf directly so you don’t need to manually put in every book you’ve already read

[@robfab5204]

Interesting

[@thelifeof_elly]

Please make a series out of this!! 😂 Loved your comments on mine, it made me laugh out loud a lot, not gonna lie! And it was a great start to the week! Thank you! 😄

[@nataliaguzman3687]

Petition to make it a series! I absolutely loved this

[@random23287]

7:00 has a similar taste in books to me (although I haven't read any webcomics other than Heartstopper) so that was interesting. Also my average rating is 4.6 and I think it's more because I added a bunch of books from before I had goodreads that I read a while back and rated the ones I remember really liking as 5 stars but didn't rate the rest, so both there's the imbalance and the fact that they probably weren't that good I just remember them as better.

[@barbarat444]

I made a Goodreads account to track what I read (before I just wrote it down in a notebook) and also added a bunch of books at the same time (like, 20 years of reading). Some I rated based on memory - if I remember liking them, 5 stars- and some I didn't rate at all. For some, I changed the rating a few years later.

[@e443productions9]

Lol my goodreads in a nutshell

[@chrysoula5226]

This is a brilliant idea. Fucking loved it. Please make it a thing I am really curious to see what you would make of mine heheh

[@styriadevil4254]

Whoever had aftg, mdzs and tgcf in their favorites: I love you. Impeccable taste.

[@CGyog]

Please clue me in to the acronyms here…

[@styriadevil4254]

@@CGyog aftg means all for the game, mdzs is mo dao zu shi aka grandmaster of demonic cultivation and tgcf is tian guan ci fu aka heaven official's blessing

[@JiaBhatia]

Yuppp i lovee tgcf , mdzs and 2ha Not aftg tho :( haven't read it

[@adelinehadi2369]

I was looking for this comment !!! The danmei fandom is really living in the underground 😭

[@styriadevil4254]

@@adelinehadi2369 we're hidden but we're everywhere😂

[@far8284]

In defense of people with high average ratings: I used to be an avid reader untill like 3 years ago and started reading again maybe a year ago. It isn't a habit like it used to be and so I only want to spend my time reading books I will most likely actually really like and not spend my time on books that are just okay or not fun at all and I think a lot of people do the same

[@nozomisouffle]

12:30 I wish I could stop reading a series I don't like but- what if it gets better in the end? Or in the next book? How will I know this if I drop a series? Also, the feeling of completing something, I only get it when I'm finished with a book/series

[@kyrasaturn]

the person with rainbow fish on their storygraph >>>

[@gracet7533]

just realised the bible could be described as a slow burn enemies to lovers

[@kunoichi116]

17:04 Who was the person with Tian Guan Ci Fu, GDC on their list, I'd love to meet you and cry together! 🤩

[@rikkebay8548]

Me after Leonie psychoanalyzed the love for enemies-to-lovers-trope: ... Shut up, Leonie 😑😂

[@sabrina.lnd95]

Honestly, she went straight for the throat there 😂

[@rikkebay8548]

@@sabrina.lnd95 Damn right she did 😂

[@psychicsocial]

I need a round two because I missed this one and I want to enter!! Loved this so much.

[@janhavi2297]

Leonie, have to read Fence! It's LGBTQ+ rivals to lover graphic novel. Though the author didn't not really confirmed that they will be lover. But she did gave few hints. At least, I ship them together and other readers too. You should definitely do a reading vlog. 😊

[@cowboylikeruth4666]

LEONIE I WAS THE SAD GAY DARK ACADEMIC I LOVE YOUR CONTENT SM THANKS FOR PICKING ME lmao

[@ShaniFox]

I was gonna submit mine but Fahrenheit 451 is on my favourites shelf and I wasn’t ready for that judgement

[@gabiocampos]

Leonie also got a psych degree and didn’t tell us✨

[@matildealvess]

Omg when you said that minimalistic it’s Capricorn vibes I almost spilled my water off my mouth, cause I’m a Capricorn and my Goodreads it’s exactly like that! Also, I have a Virgo boyfriend and you nailed in that description too!

[@notthatdandelionyoucrushed6753]

The enemies to lovers part literally enlightened me.

[@andreapriimavera]

6:00 I'm Capricorn and my Goodreads has same shelves lmao

[@lilifane]

This is the most fun I had on a monday morning EVER! Why does this all feel so accurate? Hope you do this again sometime. 😊

[@marialauramalventano4014]

She made my day!

[@millierock9177]

this is lovely!!! reminded me to update my goodreads lmaooo

[@paulasalazar2093]

leo I am SHOCKED you haven't read/heard of check please or fence I feel like graphic novels would be part of your vibe

[@justjaq2319]

I'm not actually the all for the game girlie, but I AM the all for the game girlie, you feel me? That series is trash but I devoted myself to it wholly

[@furroy]

i never bother rating anything on goodreads. what does that say about me?

[@chilicircus26]

I completely agree about ratings systems. You can't like every single book exactly the same unless you're the easiest person to please on the planet. As for me, most books are about a 3 star read. I don't love them or hate them. They're fine. But every now and then I get one that's terrible or one that I love. So I use those ratings too. Just not as often.

[@levityoflonging22]

Now I feel bad that my goodreads is completely unsorted. I just put books on there as I finish them and then never consult my list again.

[@andrewbunda1323]

No bc I'm a capricorn and my shelves on goodreads looks just like the ones you saud were capricorn energy, sans the unrated books

[@ilyqd]

Off topic but where do you get your jewelry from? I lovee your earrings!

[@arymismiz]

I used to follow a book reviewer until I realized that she gave all the books she read 5 or, lowest, 4 stars. Like, do you have a taste if you read that variety of books and love them all equally?

[@jmsl910]

agreed

[@aleksandereide7538]

95 % of the books i rate are 4 or 5 stars but that is because i am very very careful about the books i start, i read the synopsis, reviews and sometimes watch reviews on youtube first and with doing that i really enjoy most of the books i read :) and i also don't read generes that are not for me like fantasy and history

[@scarlettiriaqwq8334]

17:02 the fact thet she just ignored both modao zushi and tian guan ci fu is hillarious to me. honestly those books say alot abt a person

[@JiaBhatia]

Ya i agree i LOVEEE tgcf

[@jovanapetkovic8174]

Cannot believe I made it in this video!!! I was the last girl...embarassed to say you were absolutely correct

[@humyrahfatima]

Make it a series Leonie !! I'll send mine next time😭

[@atotallyhumanbeing]

I adore All for the game too - the found family in it is too beautiful, and I can't help but love my favorite unhinged characters xDDD

[@chelsey8737]

OMG a month ago I started All For The Game and I cant get out of it!!! Its actually a problem. I spend more time relistening to the audiobooks and reading fanfic than I do doing hw. I have entire paragraphs of the series memorized and routinely quote them TO MYSELF

[@Alea_uncharted]

Omggg PLEASE make more of these, this was incredible

[@mschuller8706]

Haar olie hoor je alleen in de puntjes te smeren en niet bovenop ;)

[@cae13912]

I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE AFTG.... I literally laughed out loud like a maniac when I saw that persons top ratings

[@evelove879]

Same tho 😂

[@milenafilaretova1901]

15:06 .... Why do I feel like I am targeted?😅

[@sergiovzv]

we need this to become a series! I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a video this much!!!!!!!

[@msellenandrea]

My average rating is also above 4...on almost 500 books. I may be a people pleaser too haha. Working on it though 😂

[@ari9047]

The Song of Achilles is literally my top comfort story...what does that say about me? 😅

[@neverxever66]

Loved every second of this 🤣 please make this a Series, I am ready to be judged

[@sanjanasarin4803]

The commentary kinda reminded me of Joe from You for some reason, him thinking about people in the bookstore or whatever and that just makes it funnier😭

[@isisvda]

I personally don’t rate books except if they are 5 stars. I overthink rating books so much that it just stresses me out so bad lol

[@paayalajgaonkar8261]

petition for leonie to read the All for the game series and make a review video for it. Sign here :)

[@robbo3132]

ok, this is exceptionally hilarious, you just casually shook that out of your sleeve too!

[@BruceWayne-fs8ty]

Anyone know a book series where there's 1 ONE main villain/group throughout the whole thing? (with filler villains inbetween idc) I've looked so hard and it's legit so hard to find.... Sherlock Holmes for example has Moriarty. Harry Potter - Voldemort. James Bond - Spectre/SMERSH. From shows: The Mentalist - Red John. But legit there's basically not much in books! I've looked through so many Thriller/Action/Mystery and I can't find anyyyy! (Forgot to mention, ones that aren't Fantasy though.)

[@aisha2015]

there are a lot of books i haven't rated on my goodreads too because i've read them years ago when i didn't have a goodreads acc and i can't remember what i thought about them so 😭

[@Crazface222]

Only put hair oil halfway down your hair. Never on the roots or scalp.

[@Anu-xy3me]

Song of Achilles 👌

[@ymn3112]

Oh judgemental Leonie is so much fun 💜 I'd love to get in on this next time. If you could host submissions outside of Twitter that would be amazing!! 💜✨

[@leilanibaby3975]

hunger games forever

[@Lara-mx4cd]

Honestly after both reading the All for the Game series and the Fence comics and books I would say that they feel very similar. And that's coming from someone that doesn't usually read Sports stories

[@pa686]

You should make this a series but at the end recommend a book they’ll like base on their favorites

[@noone-wq4fm]

felt a bit attacked when you said the thing with the red flags, because my favourite books are literally all of Donna Tartt's and also American Psycho 😅 (haven't read catcher in the rye yet) so yeahhh (and I'm also female) so yeahhhh

[@dominickkrikke2611]

I have some strange stage where I'm at now: hold your breath, its coming. I love Fifty Shades of Grey. probably I have different eyes than the average person/reader, but I think that the story is about compulsive disorder rather than just brainless torture in a faction I can't say... but you know if you read the story. also I'm a big fan of Stephen King....

[@UnfortunateArchives]

I don't know what manifesting is exactly, but I'm manifesting that you one day bring this series back and psychoanalyze my goodreads 👀

[@miriamblanco8526]

I absolutely loved this! What a fun idea for content! I would love to see more of this

[@RamonaGelosi]

I want so badly to have a goodreads but I’m scared bc I don’t read often bc I can’t focus and I am scared I will rate it all 5 stars BUT I WANT IT LIKE WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO EXIST??? Don’t worry I go to therapy but I think that I’m gonna do it bc (like Chris from skins would have said) fuck it

[@robfab5204]

Love your vids Leonie! I've been into Audible for a while, but thanks to you, Uncarley, and Haley Pham, my love of reading has increased!

[@Zitrolena]

FINALLY someone that's still in love with The Hunger Games!! Thank you for that representation.

[@lenakataeva7525]

5:41 I would argue about that. I'm a virgo too and my space online or textbooks aren't organised even remotely like that 😅 Perhaps I'm a strange virgo 😅😅

[@humna_k]

Hell i have the exact same minimalist shelves that you said a capricorn would have. And i AM CAPRICORN! 6:01

[@vijayhare3787]

Judgmental Leonie needs to appear more on this channel, for real ;)

[@rightsarentpolitical]

@9:13 That's funny you mention the rating system that way. I always grade on a "this was such a fun read/experience" as a 5, "this was really good but there was something that held it back", "it was okay I guess" as a 3, "no thank you" as a 2 and a "why the fuck did I read this?" as a 1. I do admit though I have rated 4/5 before on "this was written really well and I recognize that but it really wasn't my thing - I don't want to label it poorly for that reason as that seems cruel" I love seeing the various comments and the breakdown of how everyone else rates their reads; it's always fascinating to get others' perspectives since while we all check the ratings, they come from very different starts.

[@asgoodasgolden]

Ok I don't rate books because then when I'm reading them I spend too much time thinking about what rating I would give them... is that pisces energy? (No lmao it's probably just adhd energy)

[@evilestguy]

5:20 there are no words to describe the rage this fills me with. brave new world is a MASTERPIECE, and an utter dystopian diamond in a sea of reading experiences. whoever that person is, you are not better than brave new world. you are NOT. ahem. i like a brave new world a lot in case it wasn't. clear.

[@bonkislost]

i saw heaven officials blessing and grandmaster of demoniccultivation on someones list, which one of youwas it?!

[@Rabukaofc]

My favourite book is Radio Silence, But i don’t relate to Francis, I just have very low self esteem. Plus Aled kinnie.

[@cristinabottger1509]

I have never wanted someone to judge me so bad

[@linsenbluetensalat]

18:18 "This person was a perks of being a wallflower, hunger games and looking for alaska kind of teenager. So, how many boys thought you were their manic pixie dream girl?" I am in this video and I don't like it

[@justwonder1404]

18:03 - Me, shielding my Audible history with SoC dueology and RoW in it: woooow, what a theory, haha, crazy m I right, ok bye

[@Samthe1stbob]

I felt very seen when you clocked the child reader now grown up that fell into booktok. That's me. But you forgot the dark advent of fanfiction. If I can read a 250k slow burn I can pick up a darn book

[@flobelacqua8460]

I'm Libra and also obsessively organised... and yes also use coloured markers lol. XD

[@RubyEmeraldGold]

You're so funny. It's just pure joy watching this video and laughing along!

[@tal8762]

When she said, “you’re probably a serial killer … but you have a great fashion sense …” that cracked me up!

[@TanviSharma-wb2ms]

to the person who read both aftg and fence: can we be friends pls. i NEED to discuss the epic highs and lows of high school/college fancing/exy

[@lillienoon9823]

HEAVY on your reaction when they dnf’ed the masterpiece that is The Night Circus

[@alex-fs9yt]

Calling Harry Styles "the famous youth orchestra artist" took me out 💀

[@TLBainter]

Me: "Ah, good, I've just got that Dribble Dribble song out of my head" :) The End of This Video: 😏

[@alexandrajustinejarvis7820]

i am, in fact, also still a fan of the hunger games. it was also not a phase to me. i do, in fact, still read finnick odair fanfiction at the age of 20

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

You'd tear my goodreads apart because my lowest rating this year has been 3.5 and I've read over a hundred books. I'll rate a book 5 stars even if it's bad. It just needs to entertain me.

[@lilyyy9443]

where did u get ur sword earrings and rings?? i really like them lmao btw ur very pretty and i just started watching ur videos but i already like them lmaoooooo

[@giuliag731]

I personally give do not rate only the books that I am currently adding on goodreads but actually read so much time ago I don't remember anything😅