I Made The Hunger Games Books Even Better 

"Oh that hurts, the immense pain!" YEAH THAT'S HOW WE ALL FELT WHEN YOU DID THAT TO THE PERCY JACKSON BOOKS

The pain when you ripped the covers off 😭

Who else audibly exclaimed in excitement when they saw this upload, because I legitimately yelled, "YOOOOOOOOOOOO" when I got the notification lmao Super hyped to see what book wonders (and possibly horrendous crimes) you get up to this time Jess! :D

When you did the final reveal, I was about to ask, "Where can I get the books?" Then I remembered that I'm watching a Book Binding Video. Damn, that really sold me!

Wow, these look amazing! I love watching bookbinding projects, the end results always look great. I think the chronicles of Narnia would look fabulous leather-bound, although there are quite a lot of them 😂

You're doing a good job. For the leather part: 1. Try and trim or burnish some of the suede side. I noticed it's rather hairy which creates space between leather and the textblock. 2. Try and apply glue to the leather instead of the book. That way the leather becomes lightly damp which makes it more maliable. 3. If your folding tool doesn't create the desired sharpness around the embossing you can finish it later by using a dull but edged tool which you can heat up slightly (so make sure it's metal) and then contouring all the edges again. 4. A ripe to work out he spine in de drying process when you've just applied the leather works good too. Especially around the spine.

Also typically when you put books in a press, you want the spines to stick out, so just the covers and text block get smooshed, otherwise the spine is keeping the press from fully smooshing the rest. Love your projects! You’re rocking the leather!

The amount of legitimate pain I felt when you ripped the cover off 😭

The rip was so clean yet so painful😭✋️

Such a good series. You did a fantastic job Jess!

First you rip the Percy Jackson books now the hunger games!! As Sejanus Plinth once said “YOU’RE MONSTERS ALL OF YOU!”

I'm so happy to see how this turned out BUT THE WAY YOU HAD TO TEAR THE POOR PAGES FROM THE ORIGINAL BOOKBACKS IS JUST PAINFUL.

Having worked at Tandy for a while, and having done leatherwork for most of my life, here's what I'll say. EcoFlo All-in-One is exactly that. It's dye and topcoat that is applied all at once. It's vital that you get a clean, consistent coat in one go, and before it dries. If you let part of it dry, then do more of it, you'll see the line between the sections. Cova Color is an acrylic paint. It's a thin acrylic designed for leather, but it is paint. And the actual leather dye from EcoFlo, Fiebings, or Angelus...the best way to get a clean and consistent coat is to airbrush it on or lightly dampen your leather before dyeing it.

This was uploaded as I was working on a tiny notebook just for fun, so this is perfect to watch while waiting for the papers to flatten :>

Your rambling at the mini-press had me CACKLING!!! 😂 I absolutely loved that part! Super smart, and a gorgeous project! huge well done 😍

:00 a book press??? Thats so fancy im gonna miss pressing the books with other books and other random stuff tho

These came out so perfectly it kinda makes me want to learn how to bookbind!^^

Saying a prayer for all the good books that will not be mourned, and be reborn bigger and better.

Your bookbinding skills have improved so much! Very proud of you, sending love from The Philippines ❤❤❤

A book series that I'd love to see you bind is Warrior Cats! I loved the series growing up, but all but one of my books were paperback (Bluestar's Prophecy was the exception, for those curious), and because I got the first series from like 4 separate places the heights don't match either. It'd be really cool to see you bind them! (Mind you, I'm only really asking for the first series, not the whole franchise. You've bound 6 books in a video before, I'm not going to ask you to do over 40 ^^')

I have a suggestion for a series but it’s 3 arcs long, 5 books an arc, It’s called Wings of Fire, it’s one of my favorite book series and I’m really interested to see what they would look like in leather and what designs they could have, but it might be a 3 parter because there are 15 books total, 2 Legend books, and 4 short stories soooooo yeah!

Loved the whole process, it was great! It would be awesome if you turned the Harry Potter series into a leather set.

Amazing job btw You should do the maze runner I think it will look amazing

I just finished mockingjay a few weeks ago (loved the wholes series) and why am I just realizing when u said it that the mockingjay on the cover isn’t in a circle because it represents it being free?? That’s actually so brilliant

I’m blown away by how amazing those books look!

I’m so glad you got to make a new video!

This is Fantastic just like the Percy Jackson books you made, the next book series could be The lord of the rings possibly, luv ur vids!

I love this vids. Like, you teached me how to bookbind, girl. You really did.

these are so good! you did a great job book binding these

The covers look so awesome!

These came out so beautifully!! Wowowow

After watching both your videos and Nerdforge's I'm having an itching to either complete a leather bound set of the Wings of Fire series or see it done. It's a big series, the main three arcs spanning 15 books, and that's not including the Legends books or the Winglets. Finding hardbacks of all 15 books isn't easy either, or necessarily cheap. I was looking at it the other day and getting hardback copies of all but two would cost a Benjamin and a half. That's not taking into consideration the cost of other materials needed and the time it would take. Still, even if not to make a bound book set, it's a pretty decent read. Aimed for a younger audience, but it's been consistent in my life since I bought the first book back in my sixth grade Book Fair. Only thing it made me regret was the amount of OCs I've created and subsequently forgotten due to it, lol.

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous I think the green one turned out the best!

these turned out so good omg

These look gorgeous!! Your books are so cool!!! Im super excited for the new movie i loved the book when i read it so i think itll translate relatively well into film

You've outdone yourself here.. they're amazing

I love these bookbinding videos. Would love to see more!

THESE LOOK AMAZING!!!! Also you got in into book binding a few months ago so thank you so much for that 😊

making this asap!!! its so amazing!

This seems so cool! I’m gonna watch this and maybe do something like this to a copy of the lightning thief for my friend who loves Percy Jackson.

Love your channel, great videos and awesome humor. Thanks so much for being a creator!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I'M ALWAYS HYPED WHEN JESS LESS POSTS A BOOK BINDING VID

I LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES SO MUCH I'm so excited to see Songbirds and Snakes ♡ Also: this looks so good!! :o

These all look amazing!! Great job!

ive only read the first one so yknow kinda need to read them all Also a series i think you would find neat is Wings of Fire (though its a VERY long series so bounding it may not be a good idea)

I would LOVE to see you read and perhaps bind the Artemis Fowl books? Or at least the first book. It can technically be read as a stand-alone novel, but the series gets wilder and wilder as it progresses. I've heard some say that it's almost as if it changes genres on the way through, which I totally see. Artemis Fowl is my favorite book series and I'd love for it to get some love.

I’ve been watching your vids since your first upload, and ur the reason I bind fanfics. I think it’d be cool to see u do the Matched trilogy next (they were the books that got me into reading)

No because this is so unbelievably pretty!!

These turned out so so cool! I’m in awe over how cool they look with such relatively simple steps. Your videos are always so enjoyable to watch, thank you for all the time and effort you put into them ❤ - I would recommend the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and perhaps the Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson. The last book of the series comes out next year. Both of them are kinda big series with long books but I highly recommend!

For the early worry about the green dye I think it looks the best out of a great looking quartet! So clean!

Would love to see you do The Maze Runner series

Amazing finish! Love it

When you showcased the books, I imagined "Gem of Panem" playing, because it's fitting.

So, I'm just going to hop on here and say two things... (I don't comment often, sorry) 1. These turned out great even with the struggles you had getting the green to apply evenly (I've had that problem with thinner dyes, too- it's not easy to get it just right). I totally feel your pain. I've used that last brand of dye for a while now (it's the only brand they sell at Tandy Leather and the local Michael's store), and it can be totally finicky. Light colors are especially hard to use because they behave almost like watercolors in that the layering effect is very, very difficult to avoid. Which brings me to number: 2. With those thinner dyes, I've found that, a lot of times, it absorbs more evenly and leaves you having to do fewer "coats" of it if you dampen the leather first. Some great leatherworking channels I've learned from are Dark Horse Workshop, Corter Leather, and (maybe a little surprisingly) Four Keys Book Arts. And Sea Lemon and Nerdforge are awesome! Another great bookbinding channel is DAS Bookbinding, if you're interested- I use his methods all the time for making journals and sketchbooks. Just wanted to throw those out there. I'm no RU-vidr or anything, but I've done this as a personal hobby for many years, now, and I learned SOOOOO much from those channels when I was just starting with leather-binding books. (Some of them weren't around then, others were, but I've learned something from all of them.) Always love, love, LOVE your videos, Jess. You always bring a smile to my face, and your creativity is inspiring. I can't wait to see what you come up with next, and I also can't wait to watch you continue growing in your craft. You got this!

I've never read the hunger games but those looked awesome in the thumbnail!

You are my inspiration to start doing it also ❤️ I love how leather bound books look

I need Martina at NerdForge to do her version of Leather binding The Hunger Games quadrilogy now!! LOL

ive been watching your content for a bit today and i gotta say i really love it, youre extremely fun and your content type does remind me a bit of Nerdforge (in the best way possible) Keep up the great work Jass!! youre awesome!

Oooooooh! Your timing is awesome! I'm just watching a lot of book binding vids ^_^

Omg omg omg I WAS WAITING FOR U TO DO THE HUNGER GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!wasn't expecting to be so hurt when u ripped the covers off😭 but omg I love the hunger games so much...

THESE LOOK AMAZING!! honestly I'd suggest Warriors but that's such a long series. Maybe just a super edition or two?

omg. If you did 'The Maze Runner' I'D BE IN LOVE

I love the finished look! They turned out really well. And I can definitly relate to some things in this video, like how I constantly misspell things (note my misspelling of the word definitly) Maybe you cold try a book from the Warriors or Wings of Fire series? They are some of my favorite book series, and I'm curious what you could do with them.

The gold dipped string actually was so smart! I’m stealing the idea 😁

im in love with these and now I need this in my life

I think they look amazing. I have one suggestion. Next time when using "rivets", cut a recess in the board for the rivet so that the rivet will be flush and not button. I keep seeing them getting knocked off in my head

I literally just watched the first movie for the first time ever yesterday lol, and now I see this. (I heard The Hunger Games was like the Life Series so I gave it a watch XD Ngl, I did actually love it and can make a bunch of correlations lol) Edit: Those have got to be the COOLEST DIY book covers I’ve ever seen!💜

OMG I LOVE THESE IT LOOKS SO GOOD! 😮 You should definitely do more! Maybe the maze runner?

You're OK, noob is still in. Fantastic work!

JESS YOU DID IT!

These are SOO GOOD ✨✨✨

These book projects could be really cool for giving books with beat up paper covers a new life life.

honestly when you said you were adding ribbons i thought it was gonna be those bookmark-ribbons that fancy writing books have lol. The books came out super great! i'd love to turn my four Dark Crystal books into cooler looking ones like this (if nothing else i'd at least loose the stupid NETFLIX "sticker" on the front) but i'm way to scared to touch them bc they're just to precious to me lol.

4:58 “I DONT HAVE DYSLEXIA I JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL” Realest thing I’ve heard all day

I just found your channel because I wanted to get into bookbinding.... But now I'm just enjoying playing HermitCraft background music bingo 😂 The books came out amazing ❤

Dude, you got your mini press for 40! I just paid 50 at Walmart! Great looking books! Cant wait to see the next set!

Wow! I love your content so much! It's so genuine and makes me laugh every time! Keep up the amazing work! I can't wait for your next video! (No matter how long it takes! ;) )

Though it hurt to see the cover get ripped off, the end result was worth it.

i love youre book covers

These look AMAZING!! I think you should do The Cruel Prince or Fablehaven next!!

Now there is another Hunger game book for haymitch!

I hope you enjoy Songbirds and snakes! It's a good book. Also, you did a great job! The books look gorgeous!

the selection series was that book for me too in 8th-9th grade I had (and still do) a lot of trouble reading and learning things so reading was always on the hate list especially when I grew out of junie b jones and the fairy books (only because a middle school library doesn't have them). ive wanted to have the dresses on the covers for close to 10 years (except for book 2, I just don't like it its very odd). but I would love to see the covers reimagined. sorry for spelling also not my strong suit. love your work I only found you a couple weeks ago and love your stuff.❤

you make this look so easy! I don't know *why* i'm so intimidated by using leather but i still am. maybe one day

i love the hunger games series and these turned out so well!

Another great video. But Mumbo totally did not get enough air time.

why do i lowkey want to see leatherbound versions of the dork diaries series it would be like giving all of nikki’s little diaries a massive glow up lol

These look so BEAUTIFUL!! (What kind of Cricut do you use btw?)

Beautiful work! There are many books that would look awesome in leather, too many.

I'm gearing up to rebind the Abhorsen Trilogy! Thats my inspo for book binding :)

I just started re-bind of harry potter, I couldn't bring myself to rip the cover off. So I had my husband do it. Im a chicken. Id recommend getting a few bricks, wrap them in some paper. Works great when your book press is occupied. Love this project!

jess i saw hunger games and lost my mind immediantly omg

THE PAIN OF THE PAGES!!!! IM CRYING 😭😭😭

I would absolutely love if you made “Warrior Cats” into a leather bound book, there are a ton of books so maybe the first 3-4?

percy jackson books: carelessly rips apart covers hunger games books: this is going to bring me immense pain sobs rips book open

This is so good!!!!!

just a heads up for the future. Cricut sells a deep cut blade for chipboard and board just like you used. But great job on the project!

I would love if you did the shadowhunter book series. I love Cassandra Clare books they brought my love for reading back to life

I feel the pain of getting the mini iron lol, I had to get one for my ooak doll clothes and was SO ANGRY when the money I paid for quality tools gave me quality tools XD

My book in heart is PJO