these books peaked our interest so we bought them.

[@Itismebruna]

I'm living for the intro monologues!

[@babooning]

JOSH AND CHARLES TOGETHER IN THUMBNAIL OMG

[@manthanchakraborty6280]

Omg you made me remember about Josh, I almost forgot.😭🙏🏻

[@babooning]

love your silly lil life updates,, i hope she never forgets that interaction

[@haileyk-e3d]

Piqued interest is out, peaked interest is in

[@KenzieCaiii]

This hair gives rockstar vibes. Also thanks for the frequent updates. Clearly you received my call for life motives deep down in the cave.

[@megjshark]

i love story time with charles

[@daphne.bphnix]

You’re so strong for that cashier interaction ahhh I would simply pass away

[@ksiazkazkafka]

i've been having such a terrible day and i thought "oh only if charles posted, every single one of my worries would go away" and then boom you actually did post :) thank you for that please dont leave us this fall im not able to do this without you no jokes

[@-alittletoowildinthe70s-]

Charles you influenced me to re-read the secret history (aka you came into my house and held a gun to my head and threatened the well being of my family)but I’m having a wonderful time reading it as the autumn chill is starting to make itself known and the leaves are changing so thank you.

[@Mulberry792]

“Not talking in the future will erase what I’ve said in the past.” 🥕

[@XmonsterfireflyX]

Hands up if you can't stop buying books🙋‍♀️

[@katieh1752]

Trader Joe's is excruciating, always, but it's always worth it.

[@mellowcuddlekins]

You're so chaotic, I love it. I'm going to the store to buy carrot juice now.

[@dorispavic]

the socks.

[@wisdomencouraged9326]

That carrot juice story was such a journey, thank you for sharing

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

poor Charles and his carrot juice dilemma. 😅 I love TJs BUT I HATE that they always ask "so what are your fun plans for the day/night?" Fun plans? What am I, a 5 year old? I just went to work to barely earn enough money to live, then came grocery shopping begrudgingly, then I'm gonna go on a 2-4 mile walk, then finally read for a few hours and go to bed since I have to wake up by 3:30/4am... not sure why they need to know anything about my life. I get that they're just being polite and obviously management makes them, but I don't like answering questions... and I always feel like I have the wrong answer for "fun" anyway .. ok rant over 😆

[@denblindebandit]

please make an entire video dedicated to edward gorey books

[@jaimee-kate]

LOL fantastic story time! Also omg you said about book hauls "you're just doing it for content", no I'm literally not even thinking about potential videos when I walk into a bookstore. I am just possessed by a spirit, something comes over me and even though I have so many books I can't stop from getting more!!

[@bex262]

yeah there's a film adaptation of The Dig which is pretty good if I remember it was beautifully shot. also would recommend the Sutton Hoo site as a cute day out if anyone is in the area and loves a boring archaeological site like me

[@kiranreader]

love an abundance mindset

[@neonoires]

The carrot juice story is unhinged, thank goodness you recovered.

[@jadeddiamonds9983]

lmao, I don't feel bullied at all. thanks for the shouty! Moo is amazing. I've won, Charles has mentioned me!!!!

[@onourpath]

After Dark is my favorite Murakami, but I do have a thing for books about sleep. Omg, Anne Tyler was a queen decades before Elizabeth Strout held a crayon! Yes, Anne Tyler's books are about the minutia of life -- all so beautifully observed, and her books all double as love letters to Baltimore. After a lifetime of writing, it's a glorious body of work dedicated to her city and human nature. Try Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant or Celestial Navigation; my two favorites of hers.

[@daydin3535]

the buttersquash pasta at trader joes is to die for

[@Cyberslum1]

You posted, thank fuck

[@tessH]

😂

[@wlarsen70]

If you ever come to the Pacific Northwest, go to Portland and visit Powell's books. It spans a full city block, and you could pitch a tent there and take a month to go through their inventory. Amazing! BTW I've started the Three Body Problem trilogy. It's amazing.

[@nicholasjohnson5944]

Yet another wonderful book haul video!!! 🎉 Norman Mailer's two books and Somerset Maugham's novels look mighty interesting- I may just have to add these authors to my own wishlist!!! If in the future these books are not your cup of tea ☕, save them and I will buy them from you (Somerset Maugham and Norman Mailer)!!!!! May you have a marvelous, autumnal week: Laugh, smile, take care, have an absolute BLAST and until next time, colossal Mr. Charles!!!!! 🍁🍂😃

[@trampledheart1]

The Dig, decent Netflix movie.

[@natalieelizabeth9052]

Reading books that have been on my tbr for months

[@wpg2101]

“Chess Story” is great, as is everything Stefan Zweig wrote. If you enjoy it, you should also check out his “Burning Secret” (another short novel). Also loved “The Executioner’s Song”. I find Mailer to be a bit hit and miss in general but this book is a masterpiece.

[@nenyeo6090]

I enjoyed Chess Story. I read it 2-3 yrs ago. And it was fascinating. Def gotta check out more of his stuff.

[@tuesdayallweeklong]

The "getting burnt out on fiction after reading too many back-to-back lemons" experience is so relatable. Grabbed a couple food-related microhistories (Cod and Girly Drinks) recently for the same reason.

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

Omg I needed this. I too have unwittingly collected like 5 Maugham books - including Cakes and Ale 😅. I’ve started The Razors Edge and love the premise. I have to get bk to it. I read The Executioners So g one Summer as a teenager and still think about it. Running as Therapy?!? That’s right up my alley.

[@nataschacamus6332]

I really really like Stefan Zweig. Chess Story is my fav cause I just love chess 💀 but Confusion and Beware of Pity are my other favorites

[@Turtlebochkinns]

ewan mcewan is a scooby doo side character

[@nikkivenable73]

Omg if you are getting into fairytales you MUST read Angela Carter’s A Bloody Chamber. Don’t you dare skip it! You must get a copy and read it! We have very similar tastes in books so I’m convinced you’d love it. The writing is the most gorgeous writing I’ve ever stumbled on and I’ve read thousands of books at this point! The tales are all based on actual fairy tales but they are dark, se*ual in nature(some are), but my good gawd, I’ve never read prose as sumptuous as what’s in that book!

[@yenasung]

Omg you’re such a tease 😗✝️🚨

[@janehex]

What a journey of accents this was! When the TJ's cashier asks me about my plans for the rest of the day I always wish I had something exciting to say like, "oh, I'm rehearsing for a play" or "traveling to Spain" instead of just, I don't know, laundry and a crossword puzzle? Quit shaming your customers Trader Joe's! The apple shortbread cookies they have right now are 🔥🔥🔥, btw

[@ellamcbain-1982]

intro is fye

[@marcyrogers13]

I'm living for the day you actually hold a book still for 3o seconds.

[@lexieli123]

A solution for your odd number of items issue: bring a reusable bag (TJ sells them) so you don’t feel pressured to buy more stuff just to fill the paper bags. Enjoyed the story time 👍🏻

[@laureng9097]

Phantastes for a little faerie tale/mythology

[@sprstition9270]

never stop monologuing ty

[@Hagen-s7y]

I loved Executioner's Song about Gary Gilmore.

[@mandyschmidt7960]

Have a different juice as back up. Try tomato juice.

[@-AtomsPhere-]

If you ever read Presumed Innocent, let us know how it is. I keep almost buying it because it sounds like a good story and then I just never do.

[@kiranreader]

oh no!! i'm so sad for your lost anna dorn book!!! BUT you need to start to with exalted so maybe that is a blessing

[@DimitrisLian]

Awww you're picking up a book from my country for the first time. ☺ Zorba was published right after the War and the author died 10 years later, I doubt he ever visited the States. I haven't either, so sad... The intro to this video should be published, it's up there with John Updike, King! Thanks for the amount of great videos lately, we doggies are not worthy.

[@jwhend49]

If you need encouragement, Atwood's Blind Assassin is a great book. You should check out Oryx and Crake, also by Margaret Atwood. Jung is fascinating and may spur you to read fiction influenced by Jung like Hesse's novels. Anything by Maugham is worth reading (obviously I am a fan).

[@dayledotcom]

update for u charles: i LOVED frankenstein and AM a little peeved i never finished it til now and also i saw HBO came out with a Salem's Lot (show?movie?) so i will unfortunately NOT be finishing that book out of some kind of spite for Some Reason.

[@denblindebandit]

ofc the video had to open up with a rant about carrot juice

[@jane92]

Best cold open to date.

[@MrNiceguyjin]

I felt like watching your old video of you driving around and shopping for books because I’m homesick for the US, so I went to look for it. And it’s no longer there… The betrayal…💔 Put it back, please. 😂 The Dracula one was good, too.

[@yeseuljeong9377]

Oh u should 100% give after dark a try!

[@kathryng9696]

there’s a great collection of zweig’s novellas if you end up liking chess story !

[@simonbailey8814]

Make your own carrot juice with an extractor.

[@Gen-yh1jz]

Interesting books!

[@mae8725]

Tew early I’ll be back

[@tuesdayallweeklong]

Obsessed with the intros that feel like a rant your mom would immediately start in on as soon as you pick up her phone call that go on so long that she ultimately forgets why she called in the first place. You're literally still talking about carrot juice shopping and I'm at least 4 minutes in. Not being facetious- fully sincere.

[@j3richo]

It’s piqued, not peaked, literature boy

[@goldagabriel5506]

I think he does it on purpose. He also used “foe” for what i think should be “faux” in another video.

[@idi0klyncratic436]

thought that too lmao

[@collegedawson3]

Charles I adore The Corrections, it's really very good! There are slow parts but very worth the read. Sorry you are scizophrenic ❤ at least you have carrot juice

[@Mdeline-cn7gq]

Man’s gone wild with the beta-carotene

[@RyanLisbon]

There is only up from Dan Brown - great video dude.

[@katiemckenzie4972]

9:00 woah.. i live near there

[@ianburke3991]

Moderation in all things including carrot juice😀

[@deejahj8933]

The most creative book haul video title I've read....😅

[@Animaxx010]

Okay.. but why is the Trader Joe’s story so relatable though?

[@Iam-d5t]

In Europe, we bring our own bags

[@taffyj531]

I would watch an entire Apple TV series starring Charles.

[@pianokeys71]

I’m also sick so if we kiss it will cancel out

[@taffyj531]

I was enthralled by your carrot juice soliloquy. "...I lower my voice in the hopes that not talking in the future will erase what I've said in the past." Hilarious and brilliant.

[@sarahiterrazasalcocer8088]

Omg two Charles 💕 To me it happened that a cashier says that we went to the same high school and it’s weird because her face looks familiar to me because she looks like one of my friends, but from high school i don’t remember her at all 🤔 and yeah I like to go one hour before closing because it seems that people take their whole family as if it were going to the park or something 🙄

[@Courtney6]

You should start with Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge. It’s really good and Gatsby-esque but not.

[@kayaokelo3473]

piqued

[@Hq5qwyq]

I've read Theatre by Maugham and I'm never reading another book by him

[@tyleryoungofficial]

Use reusable bags, you'll never feel bad about using a bag again.

[@nathansnook]

"a castrated Elizabeth Strout" 🤡🤡🤡 i've been trying to pinpoint a way to describe Tyler's writing and this could not be further from the truth. also would love to know what else king is consuming. The Sopranos is something i'm saving until i'm on my deathbed lowkey

[@marianapgar4409]

Just so you know, it should actually be piqued our interest.

[@starrchyy3818]

fyi charles puts all these books on his multiple credit cards. his gradual descent into madness (as recorded in these videos) is a direct consequence of his crippling debt. he has taken to calling up the banks to belittle all who work there. even banks which he's never used before aren't safe from his wrath. none of those poor workers can escape being called a 'dumb doggie'.

[@nyx2606]

love watching wierd boys do book content

[@nenyeo6090]

I see Anna Karenina, I click. 😌

[@pantognoostees]

Nice accent did your mum pick it out for you

[@kathleena4038]

Jesus may forgive you for not liking Ann Tyler, but I can’t!! So much better than Elizabeth Strout! Have you read The Accidental Tourist?

[@eveningprimrose3088]

Are you the person who was in "The Accidental Tourist," Kathleena? Lol.

[@kathleena4038]

@@eveningprimrose3088 Sorry, I’m not getting you…?🙃

[@trampledheart1]

I was gonna recommend Accidental Tourist as well, Muriel is one of my heroines. Only Anne T that I’ve enjoyed. Movie is wonderful.

[@eveningprimrose3088]

@@trampledheart1 I read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and found it memorable, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[@trampledheart1]

@@eveningprimrose3088 yes, I read that one, but don’t really remember much at all.

[@leagarcia6029]

*piqued

[@nyx2606]

You look gorgeous too ...or wtv i guess .. get out

[@theowarner]

way to dial it up to 11

[@deejahj8933]

LMAO... Spaghetti.... Makes sense bro....

[@alskdkfjghd]

presumed innocent apple tv show (featuring jake gyllenhaal) was actually pretty good and juicy

[@dayledotcom]

storytime youtuber ft compulsive buyer book haul

[@user-lb1ov5sw4s]

Maybe u can buy carrots and make the carrot juice yourself 😃

[@suuuregulus]

You’re beautiful, no hate ❤

[@cindyo6298]

Ha, have you seen the movie Memento? The guy has no long term memory and he talks about faking recognition like the cashier 🤣🤣 good movie btw

[@LizzylovesLobo]

That awkward kissing segment is the cashier lady’s POV like i see how she felt u were a little crazy i get her sorry

[@anrun]

What's the deal with the vaguely NY/NJ accent "dumb dawgie" character young master Charles does heavily in this video? What is the joke?

[@mattthepageturner9128]

u peaked MY interest iygm…..

[@mattthepageturner9128]

ive been curious about the blind assassin for awhile, never read an Atwood

[@fr1da.]

buy a lot and put some in the freezer boy

[@deejahj8933]

How many accents do you do in a video?😂

[@suuuregulus]

I see socks

[@lilizill]

Omg why are you so productive🫣🫣 I think I need time managment tips

[@janisraubach]

carrot juice?? thank god i'm latina

[@gunarchy]

piqued