book haul & finding the perfect bookish gift ❄️ winter reading diaries 

I don't know how the algorithm works but this channel needs to be suggested to a lot more people..... You have the best winter vibes I literally wait for these winter diaries episodes 😍😍love from India

It's been a long, long time since I didn't want a video to end. Everything about this video, from the cozy vibes to this beautiful human, makes my day so much better, and yes, I ordered two books within the span of this entire video.

Oh wooooow! You’ll love Strange the Dreamer! It’s amazing! And the sequel is incredibly good too! 💙

Happy Solstice! Just wanted to say I’m so grateful for your videos, and your wonderful ideas and opinions, and of course none of those would be around without you as a person in general. You’re appreciated and wonderful!!! Hope you feel much cheer this holiday season 😊❄️

the way I SCREAMED when I saw you wanted to gift her Meat Market 😩❤ hopefully your friend will love it as much as I did!!

OMYGOSH I never expected anyone to say "a magic steeped in poison" cuz I just read the duology and it was *chef's kiss*

Your videos are so calming, I love them! Enjoy your new books!!

Loved this so much!!! Merry christmas to you leonie 💖 love from Portugal

This video was amazing timing considering it's my birthday today!

accidentally arrived extremely early

Happy Holidays Leonie 🤍

You need to read the starless sea during winter

Why don’t I know about bookish Santa 😢 I need to do this with my friends

this is so cool istg

I think you should sent to yourselves a list of books you already have (:

LEONIE.... LISTEN TO ME... you are going to love The Starless Sea, I promise...

Firsttt

Leonie has such a chokehold on my life that I now want to get an embosser lol.

If you're still looking for the English word, it's "tissue paper" 😄 Happy holidays!

Omg strange the dreamer is probably my favourite book of all time! I'm currently rereading the sequel, muse of nightmares and I'm living my best life. Laini Taylor's writing is stunning!!!

The story about your friend and Legends & Lattes reminds me of when I excitedly told my aunt a few weeks ago that I just bought myself Conversations with Friends and she then proceeded to shout at me that she had already bought it for me for Christmas xD But I feel like this really shows when someone knows you very well! Also I need to stop buying books in December altogether...

Oh my God! As a tea lover and teapot collector, I need to read that book! Also: you're such a nice pearson...I love your videos ❄️

Hey Leonie, if you haven’t read The Mysterious Benedict Society you totally should! It was my very favorite book as a kid and I still adore it to this day. It’s like whimsical dark academia for middle grade readers. It’s got a group of gifted kids, a series of tests, an elite school with sinister secrets… it’s totally up your alley. Love your channel so much! Thank you for inspiring me to read so much more than I ever have before! xo

I put this video in the background while preparing for an appointment, and when I heard "team sport" I was like "The foxhole court????" because real recognizes real ✨

I finished my goodreads reading challenge for the year, now just exceeding it. Reading "Echo North" now. Thanks to you and your videos for helping me get back into reading for fun! Hope you have a great Christmas, Leonie!

strange the dreamer is my absolute favorite book!! so lyrical and unlike any other book i've ever read! (legends and lattes is soooo good too!)

I absolutely LOVE Strange the Dreamer. I have reread it probably 5 times because the writing is just so beautiful and takes you on a whole journey of emotions. I also recently read A Magic Steeped In Poison and really enjoyed that as well!😊

Oh Leonie, you will love Strange the Dreamer! It is a marvellous book :)

*Leonie complaining about getting to many books on her tbr shelf* Me looking at my over 200 book tbr shelf: 👁👄👁 Hahha btw love you and marry christmas

I feel like you’re going to LOVE Strange the Dreamer. This is the novel that made me start tabbing and annotating my books :) Definitely worth the length!! Enjoy

I wishhhh I had a group of bookish friends I could have a secret santa with

In America we would call the black paper “tissue paper”. Now that I think about it, that’s weird because “tissue” is the same word for what you blow your nose in - but this is a completely different product. 🤷🏼‍♀️

i saw that my library had a magic steeped in poison and i IMMEDIATELY snatched it up because of how beautiful the cover is hahaha i’m also intrigued to see how the tea concept is written because it sounds so unique and fun

I'm loving these videos! We're so spoiled, getting all this cozy, bookish content!

Not me immediately looking up personalized embossers on etsy after watching this video.....

I read a Magic Steeped in Poison and loved it! Happy Holidays and thank you for your videos 😊

unrelated to the content of the video but i always absolutely adore your outfits (especially the sweater with the bejeweled shirt collar in the tiktok books video and the pastel sweater in the recent book recs video). would looove to see a video about how you curated your wardrobe and where you got those items.

That is a sign of true friendship, both thinking of getting each other the same books ♡

It’s so bad that you can only like a video once, really enjoy your videos! Happy Holidays everyone ❤

I'm the exact same way regarding reading during christmas time. Just sitting around the Christmas tree and letting yourself relax always puts me in the mood to read a lot of books.

My friend just gave me Legends and Lattes today! I've been in a reading slump so hopefully this cozy read with jump start my reading again.

such a good cosy little video thank you leonie, enjoy the holidays

I've been meaning to read Legends and Lattes too. I just started working in a coffeeshop so that seems appropriate.

When you asked in the first part of your reading diaries for winter book recommendations, I had to think of the following (even though it's only a small part of a book) In 'The Wind in the Willows', there are these two chapters where the Mole and the Rat get hopelessly lost in the woods, while it's heavily snowing and night is falling. A bad situation. But then they stumble on the house of the kindly Mr. Badger, hidden away in the snow. He invites them into his home, they have supper, stay for the night in comfy beds and regain their strengths, warm and safe from the winter weather outside. I reread this part of the book a few years back, when we had a long week of snow, and it was perfect. Mr. Badger has such a lovely, cozy home ☺ It's not a problem if you haven't read the rest of 'The Wind in the Willows', this also works as a standalone. It's the third and fourth chapter: "The Wild Wood" and "Mr. Badger" And something completely different: I'm currently reading 'The Catcher in the Rhye', and maybe it's more about other things than winter, but it does take place during icecold December. And the cold keeps being brought up again, sometimes in funny ways haha Like the cab driver talking about the fish in the Central Park lake. Where do the fish go in winter? They become part of the ice! Frozen in one position for the whole winter. How do they eat? What'sa matter with ya, their bodies take in nutrition and all, right through the seaweed and crap that's in the ice. They keep their _pores_ open!

kiss her once for me is the perfect holiday romance, i absolutely loved it!

Multiple new recommendations to add to my TBR after this video. ‘A Magic Steeped in Poison’ sounds incredible! ❤

I think we have the same computer - did you know you can change the keyboard's light color? It's my favorite thing ever. Also, I love this video, thank you for the best vibes.

As someone who's had a book stamp for a while, I'd suggest reading a book before you do it because if you decide you don't like the book and want to give it away/donate it, not ideal to have your name in it. However that's just my opinion, happy embossing!

8:30 When you opened your rituals advent calender I also opened mine!! And I have the same one with the golden packages, weird coincidence haha🤣

52 pounds for that many books. wow. In Brazil physical bookstores sell one for 50 reais

I bought Strange the dreamer just today for myself!! I've wanted to read it for years now and today I found it at the "Cheap books" store for 50 Kč which is like 2 €. Can't wait to get into it!!

Have you seen Leigh Bardugo has a new book out on January 10th called Hell Bent not sure if that’s just USA release date

My online book club just read Legends and Lattes this month, I hope you like it as much as we did!!

ahh same here! the cover art and the word 'steeped' was what caught my attention!! I absolutely loved that book and I hope you do too!! 🤩🤩

Ik wist niet dat je Nederlands was wth!!! Zit al een paar dagen je video’s te bingen, I love them

DUDE YES Laini Taylor is my FAVORITE author- I love them and their Gods and Monsters series is also rly good, goodness, I want them all

Strange the dreamer is my current favorite of all time I hope you love it 🥺

I ADORE Strange the Dreamer! It's beautiful. I went around hugging it happily the first time I read it.

It's such a good idea 💡 having bookish secret Santa

Geniet maar van je drie boeken, Kerstmis en Nieuwjaar. Vele fans zullen je missen maar, wanneer je video’s wederom zullen verschijnen zal iedereen des te meer kunnen genieten. Vrolijk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar voor jezelf, je vriend en elk zijn familie. Groetjes van een zuiderbuur. 🎉❤😊

wait thats so weird i literally got those 2 exact books for last christmas

11:55, in the US it’s called tissue paper, not sure what it’s called in the UK. I often get it confused with toilet paper haha

Amazing video! I hope we will have it this year too❤

you’re literally the only reason i go on youtube anymore

Wonderful video, so cozy 🤩 tho just in case it slipped your mind, I think your full name is visible in the embossing!! In case you want to blur that or something, just to be safe

are there no extra fees when ordering from the uk to the netherlands from awesomebooks?

If this is the end, then let's hope for a fabulous new beginning! Have a very happy New Year

Please read the thief of spring would love to get your thoughts on it

I love your earrings. Where do you get them from?

can't wait to hear what you think about a magic steeped in poison! on the waitlist for the sequel at my library :)

I am wondering if you have read the book City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I made a video about it and I am wondering about your opinion on the book.

Underrated channel I love you 🥺

whats the cracklong candle name??

Your videos always so magical 💕

You should make a TikTok account

i love your videos! thank you for vitamin’s recommendation, i’m vegan so i will need those. great vlog

CAN U READ THE H0USE 0F NIGHT SERIRES

Home field advantage was actually a cute read!

Your earrings are so cute!!

Heyyy ms Leonieee, can u read James Patterson especially Women Murder's club series pls. Only if u have spare time or done reading other books. Thanksss, love lots!!

I recommend reading no longer human idk if you take book requests but honestly no longer human is probably the best book I ever read. It is VERY depressing though.

Fence is LGBTQ+! Many of the characters are queer, but for the main character and his 'enemy' its very very slow burn, they're up to volume 5 and no romance between them yet, like they're barely able to call themselves friends yet lol. Its very focused on the actual fencing at times, but all the side characters also make it worth reading. I'm definitely not a sports graphic novel/manga type person but i love this!

Oooh if you want dark, atmospheric books with nature / woods vibes you should look up The Trees by Ali Shaw (the cover will grab your attention and the premise, not a spoiler its on the blurb, is that one day the trees basically all wake up 👀)

I adore your winter reading diaries videos, they feel so cosy and soothing, thank you so much! Now I'm just a little bit sad that my friends don't read, I would have loved to make a bookish Secret Santa with them (or at least being gifted specially selected books for me, seems amazing 😱)

I'm part of a virtual book club and we did Secret Santa too! It's my favourite December activity. I gifted V.S Naipaul's A Bend In The River and Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise. ☺️

Hi! I happened to stumbled upon your video at 1am, the video of 2 weeks ago about booktok, at just the right time! Because of the overwhelming start I had, trying to get back to reading and TikTok not making it easier so I wanted to say thank you! I get to use my money responsibly since I am an young adult. I am excited to become part of your community because so far reading these comments and seeing your honesty makes me feel comfortable here. Thank you again!

Not me, making a journal spread for strange the dreamer while watching this, because I loved it so much!

When you wear your hair like you did at the beginning of this video, you bear a striking resemblance to Virginia Wolfe.

Ohhh Leonie you’re gonna love Strange the Dreamer! I’ve been waiting for you to read it, I also feel like you’d really like it! So excited. One of my all-time favorite books!

LOVING the content these days Leonie!! srlsy the vibes and recs and just seeing ur daily life has been so comforting and cozy

I'm only at the beginning of the video, but my god, this earring is so beautiful. Where is from?

Strange the dreamer is soooo good I just finished it about a month ago! Please do a reading vlog for this.

Hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family. Thank you for you winter diary videos.

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Leoni! 🎄

i love your vídeos, it always makes me feel cozy! happy holidays 🥰

Would you do a video to show us what you got in the rituals advent calendar?

The black (or is it dark blue) is tissue paper. ^J^

you uploading so regularly is curing my seasonal depression

That’s such a nice channel! I’m in love

I can't wait for you to read Strange the Dreamer