This has been in my notes for a vid idea for a couple years lol. While searching it I seen people have done this a little bit ago Glad she did it though!!
My sister buys me $1 books so I can try them and if I hate them I can trade them at LFL or occasionally my used bookstore for credit 😅 which is honestly the most thoughtful way to buy me a book since I am impossible to buy “surprise books” for
Regarding the beginning of the video, I was just telling my husband this exact thing! That I miss picking out books based on cover and description instead of getting bombarded by recs online. Miss it a lot😭
One of my favorite books (and the first I added on my Goodreads) is actually one I got at dollar tree. All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth Church. A beautiful and often tragic story of a woman who pursues her love of dance and ends up as a Vegas showgirl during the tumultuous 1960s. It goes a lot deeper than that, as she has past and present devastations to navigate and learn from, but there’s your elevator pitch.
I usually get my notebooks, flash cards, and pens/pencils from Dollar Tree. I have gotten some fiction books from Dollar General for $3 each. Which is an awesome deal. I found the Dune Series 3 in 1 book for $3. I also love their lipsticks & eyeliner.
I've recently started reading whatever I'm feeling in the moment and branching out because I want to get 'my love of reading' (that's what I call it) back. I used to go to the library and pick out random books, so I get what you mean about the feeling of liking a book and wondering if you'd have picked it up otherwise.
One of the sweetest books I have ever read I bought at the dollar tree. I can’t remember the name however because my dog, when he was a puppy ripped up my entire collection of books in 5 seconds. He’s lucky he’s so cute.
Loved this video. I also kind of miss that time when you didn’t really have as much social media influence. Except when I was younger I used to look at what “other people enjoyed” section on Amazon and used to write like every book down. 😅
Best in person places for books in no particular order: Dollar Tree, Ollie's, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Half Price Books (if they would just come to Florida!!!) I didn't go into Salvation Army and walk out with 8 books...
im glad you didn’t get the blue flowers book you showed from the 3rd store bc i have read that and the ending was so confusing and the story just wasn’t as interesting as the synopsis made it sound 😭
I never thought about getting a book from dollar tree before, I might give it a shot. I love going into a book blind. Best feeling ever. I remember in my school library I happened to pick a red book w/out a clue what it was about and it’s still one of my favorites today. I had no idea it was so popular before hand either lol. It was The Giver by Lois Lowery.
I found a large print version of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous at Dollar Tree. I have over 50 books from there. I love getting books from there. I am a crazy binge reading i don’t read descriptions I just read 🙃
When we do road trips we stop in at a dollar tree and buy the cheesiest looking book we can find then take turns reading it in silly voices to keep whoevers driving awake
In Ireland we have Dealz and eurogiant as our version of dollar tree and they actually do have some good books a lot of the time! It does be fun for getting out of my comfort zone abit in genres
Thanks for the video . I bought one book from dollar tree then I found out in my area library book sales have $5/ bag and thought that deal was awesome.
I read Little Darlings! It is creepy and I really enjoyed it. I also picked it up at the dollar tree. Another dollar tree book, my husband read called What’s Left of Me is Yours
P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast are actually a mother and daughter, I've read books by them before, they have a really long series about vampires, the first book is called Marked and they have some other books too
i once got a book from the dollar tree. it was a fantasy horror novel for kids (think neil gaiman but impossibly wackier and lighter in tone) and it lost me so bad, to this day i have no idea what the plot of that thing was supposed to be...i remember being entertained enough for it to be worth the dollar though
New subscriber! I really loved this video idea :) It was so refreshing to see you take a chance on these books without having any prior influence to read them. It definitely pushes me to try this the next time I’m out looking for books, and seeing what else is out there. Can’t wait for part 2✨
In Germany we have stores like that too where you can get stuff for 1€ (or at least it used to be like that, but you know, same concept) and they also carry books, but 9 times out of 10 it's stuff no one's ever heard of. I distinctly remember going to a store called Woolworth and they had a book from Jennifer L. Armentrout that I definitely would've gotten if it wasn't practically destroyed. So yeah, that 1 time out of 10 you will find books (or other media) that people actually heard of. But that's exactly the reason why I love going to cheap stores like that, Tedi and Woolworth are the best ones (I think the only ones to carry books anyway, so the point is kind of moot, haha.)
I've always wondered about purchasing a book at Dollar Tree. Great idea for a video. Also, just to let you know, if the word is gryphon, then it's pronounced griffin.
I’m from Europe the Netherlands and we have a chemist store but they also sell kids stuff and books and I love to buy books there for €3 euros and the same reason you said because nobody read them and I just can’t be influenced by my opinion it’s so peacefull
Omg, my friend, there are way WAY better graphic novels out there! Let me know if you need any recommendations for where to start with them (I'm a bit of a visual novel fanatic lol). Loved this video and love you, can't wait for part 2 🫶✨
i have so many good dollar tree book recs😭 - A River of Royal Blood, by Amanda Joy - Hush, by Dylan Farrow - Enchante, by Gita Trelease - Diamond City, by Francesca Flores - The Dinner List, by Rebecca Serle
Dollar Tree sells books?🤯Had no idea, and I'm going tomorrow lol. You did that! Always on the hunt for a steal! Those books though, not so much. The only book I'd be interested in is the one from the Mad Men guy, but you glossed over it. If you make a Part 2, please post a review!
Could you believe I found books in Barns and Noble for $1.00. Even cheaper than Dollar Tree. They were selling some overstock books too. Obviously not all books there are so cheap, but again overstock is bargains passed on to the public. Our local Barnes & Noble does that. Also, I think Dollar Tree books are fantastic. Love em, too ❤😂 Happy treasure hunting to you!
Just watched this! My DT had an appalling book selection area...one small section on the bottom shelf under kids' books and coloring books. Mixed in with stickers and miscellaneous. But I bought one and we'll see! Fun.
What a nice video idea☺. I have some books (and guided journals) that I absolutely love from Dollar Tree but the Dollar Trees that you went to really popped off because I've never seen books that pretty at any of mine. A graphic novel?? Amazing.
I got a Snooki comedy book “Jersey shore character I think or something similar “ and a Native American book something and the lightning people from dollar tree like a decade ago my dollar tree no longer sells books like that anymore. But I thought It was fascinating.
I gasped when you showed Blue Flowers in the store, because it's one of my favorite books of all time and I had to buy it online because I couldn't find it anywhere!
I love Good Reads I get my next tbr list from them and it helps for my How many books I can read in one yr from Jan 1 to Jan 1 my goal this yr to read 150 books
i'm so happy you made this video & im hopeful that many readers find some books they love at DT. i always feel so sad when i see books at DT. i think of the hours and hours the author spent tooling away only to end up on the Island of Misfit Toys. i've tried a few but the ones i tried were literally unreadable. that made me even sadder.
I used to work at a grocery store and it made me so sad to see them occasionally come in, take a bunch of the books off the shelves and tear the covers off and then dumb them in the trash:(
