June Book Haul | 2024 

Aww, Simon, rest up and take care of your mental health as well as your physical health. Everyone needs a break sometimes. When you come back, do the kind of content you want. I love the idea of reading translator's works; I love prize content; I love theme content (remember the nuns!); content with your mom; book shopping; thrift book shopping; little free library runs; whatever you want. 💚

I love book hauls and reading wrap ups!! It’s how I build my TBR and have found so many great books through you. Take as long as you like to recoup a bit. We’ll be here when you come back xx

And I am interested in hearing Spring wrap-ups, even if they come out later in the future. More than hearing about new books that came out, hearing about the reader's experience is what really brings me to BookTube.

oh Simon take all the time you need to chill and recharge, your mental health is too important. It's good that you are really aware of your need to take a break - sending hugs!

You definitely deserve a break Simon. I can always go for a summer read video; and I don't think I'd ever get tired of seeing you sitting in front of your bookshelves. Take care and enjoy the Emerald Isle! ❤

I love a book haul and/or wrap up video because it really highlights books I wouldn’t have even heard of, and love to hear your thoughts on what you’ve read. I don’t think it matters when the video comes out, because we can buy/borrow/read them anytime, you know? Can never have too many summer recs ☺️ enjoy your time off though! ❤

Yes to summer reading recommendations 🥰

A break sounds like a good idea, Simon. You're so prolific here on BookTube on top of all your travels and work, and I honestly don't know how you do it. We'll all be here whenever you return. As for content, I'm here for anything you wish to share with us. (And wow -- how exciting that SJP mentioned you!)

I hope you have a brilliant and well-earned rest to look after yourself! Enjoy your travels. Like many, I love all of the content you do. Your book hauls really inspire me to look into new releases, though I enjoy hearing your thoughts on the books you’ve read most of all. I would love to see your spring wrap-ups-and more wrap-ups in general 😊

Love book shopping and book haul videos!!! ❤ please don’t apologize for doing them. They are great and we can live vicariously through your bookish buys!! 😊 mahalo

We love a big book haul!

Yes please to summer recommendations, and have a well-deserved break, Simon!

Love all your content. Just do you. Enjoy your time off and take extra care of yourself. 💜

king, take all the time you need to recenter yourself. you deserve a LONG vacation! happy to see whatever you decide to put out when you come back

Oh, and HOW COOL that SJP called you out! Bravo. See, I told you you were terrific.

Have a wonderful vacation and enjoy yourself during the summer while you can. See friends, catch up, see the sights. Fall will be a busy season for new books. We all have long TBR list this summer.

Much love to you Simon. Take the time you need to rest and practice good self care. Be well! ❤

I love all of your content and have read some amazing books because of your channel. Take care and sending love, enjoy your time off ❤️📚

OMG Bad Habit is PHENOMENAL - all the stars and feelings!!!

Ive had exile on my list! And sooooo looking forward to The Coin. Enjoy your holiday and take the time you need!

Oh gosh Simon! I ❤ all your content! Hauls, wrap ups, vlogs (love food pics!). I would imagine being a content creator can get tiresome at some point. Do give yourself a break. Enjoy your upcoming travels!

Well done for noticing when you need a break and avoiding the temptation to just push on. Look forward to seeing you when you’re back. ♥️

Subscribed so fast! The bookshelf initially caught my eye 😂 Loved your video, felt like a friend talking about their new books! Going to binge-watch the channel now. Extra points for the ‘not another one’ lady at the start 😂

First! ❤ love from Thailand 😊 watching in July on a Monday morning.

Hello Biscuit 🐈 I enjoyed 7 days in June I read it last June 😀 yes to summer book recs ☀️☀️

😂 Very fun start to a great book haul video Simon. It’s hard not to add to my tbr but I did choose ‘a few’😜📚 Enjoy your wish list reads, in honour of Pride month especially, (and I agree not just for the month of June) and like a movie, I’m always intrigued with what books are coming out in 25 and look forward to their launch. Yes to a summer reads video as well as a spring wrap up however/ whenever you decide to post it. It’s never too late😁📚 Take care and safe travels.

I really enjoy your shopping & haul videos so please continue doing them if you also enjoy making them. I also love the wrap ups as they usually give me more books to add to my (ever growing) tbr! I think taking some time off before you get to the point of burnout is a good idea, take some time off and enjoy it! :)

Absolutely love, love love your vlogs and your mums too. But please look after yourself as well lovely ❤❤❤❤

I love the sound of Help Wanted so I’ll be eagerly awaiting your thoughts!

Best wishes for a great reading summer.

Personally I love all your videos, particularly ones where you're out and about and share snippets of your life and what you're reading and your thoughts on the book as you're reading. BUT, you have to look after yourself. Take as much time as you need to do things that bring you life x

Hauls are great, butvi definitely like a balance of hauls and wrapups or even reading in progress videos. More cat content is always welcome. BTW my library's 2024 reading challenge included ,read 2 books by the same translator, which I completed with two translators in two different languages and I had a blast. One of the books turned out to be the best book I've read so far this year (Honeybees and Distant Thunder)!

Love the t-shirt. Love the woman in the interview at the start of the video. Yes to summer reading. How about doing the wrap up in parts so that each is not too massive? Just a thought. I also think that Alan Hollinghurst is under edited but that’s the first proof copy of his new novel that I’ve seen! I enjoy very much listening to you talk about books and such while sitting in your library but I also enjoy the out and about videos. Do what feels good! And have a fantastic time away!

Do whatever you want to film! I love reading wrap ups and will go back and watch old ones to get recommendations ❤

Enjoy your time of rest and relaxation. Really like your channel along with another 29,500 or so followers. Especially love when you talk about the books you have read and authors you enjoy. Take care🥳🥳🥳

Love the wrap ups and recos, my two favorites I read in June were The Coast Road by Murrin and Wolf at the Table by Rapp.

Enjoy book hauls but book reviews/wrap-ups are my favourite.

Seasonal book recommendations are always interesting and useful. I also like bookshop visits around the country. Taking a break from filming every so often sounds sensible. We'll still be here when you get back.

What a treat for a Sunday afternoon! 😄

OMG SJP spoke directly to you!!!!!!!

Have a lovely relaxing break Simon 🌞😎

I don’t really watch hauls, I don’t find them very interesting tbh but I love wrap ups or reading vlogs, anything with opinions on books you’ve read. I’m personally not fussed if they’re late, I just watch booktube to hear readers perspectives, good or bad, which is why I skip the hauls. Also I’m not watching the summer book recs because it’s winter for me haha but I’m saving them to come back to in September, so I’m interested!

Hi Simon 👋🏻☺️ the main thing is that you’re healthy & happy & feel pressure-free 🙏🏻 we all obviously 💗 what you’re doing 👏🏻 📚 🚂 🐈 🎶 etc 😘 have a well earned break & TC x

I really love your wrap ups ❤

Haha, love the meme combo at first! And I just enjoy when we get a vid tbh; you do plenty outside yt and obv that effects how much time you have to film (and read/prepare sth). So I don’t mind a haul 😉 But I defo support you doing what you need to do to feel good about this channel of yours - so what matters most is that you love what you do. Hope you have a fab July of travels and holidaying! Also, love and support the shoutout to whatraereads 🌸

The Silence In Between sounds so so good! YESSS! Summer reading recs please! STOP it! I bought Lost in the Garden in Norwich when I was hanging out with Sarah based only on the cover! Yesterday I read Sandwich by Catherine Newman while at the lake eating a sandwich and today I'm reading The Offing by Benjamin Myers :) I love hearing about ARCs because I'll either request them on netgalley or pre-order them. I've had a stressful spring- school year stress, health stuff... I decided that after I got back from my holiday to the UK, Montenegro, and Croatia that I'd read whatever I want and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. I only just returned from the UK, but am having SO much fun with this start of a Michigan summer reading whatever I want! I am 100% here for your unhinged summer! Can't wait to see what you read and recommend! Rest up and enjoy your summer. We're here for you whenever you decide to return.

Book hauls are fine and whenever the wrap-ups happen. Rather see Booker predictions than books of summer or whatever.

Enjoy your vacation. I look forward to your return. You will be missed. Take time to read a book here and there.

I got Gender Theory when I was in Bristol so can't wait to read! And I have the bella mackie book on netgalley

I love a wrap-up so it would make me very happy to see your two part wrap-up videos. It’s never too late. As you are able, of course. xx And a summer reading list/recommendations would be very much appreciated.

I do love a wrap up and love the books you have read the most.i would never see lots of these books here in Cape Town but I can order them and a Simon recommendation is the best. I like a summer reading recommendation please do that. Look after yourself. I prefer books that are available I won’t remember a book coming out in 2025.

Love the content no matter the subject or theme. They are always informative and usually very funny too. Love sitting with a coffee for the book hauls too and pausing to write up a very long list and publication dates to look forward to! Agree with all other comments. Do whatever you want. We will all watch. 😁 You mentioned Dublin in July - is this a public event trip or a private trip ??

Hi Simon - To answer a question you asked in passing, I think if you talking about books with upcoming publication dates, maybe the sweet spot could be 3-4 months before the publication. Then, it does not seem like too long of a wait before we can get out "mitts on it." 😄 I'm currently reading Sociopath: A Memoir, which I think got added to my TBR after you referenced it in one of your videos. I got about a third in and then put it down to focus on another book I had started (The Husbands, which I'm half-way through and am finding entertaining). I'll be interested to hear other people's review on this memoir, including yours if you do read it. (Side note: I've read Seven Days in June and I know what the first page is talking about, so hearing about your mom's reaction to it gave me a good chuckle.)

The silence in between is excellent

Great haul, I will definitely be adding some of these on to my TBR, I hope you have a good rest during July.

Alan Holinghurst is a favourite author. I’ve read all his books and look forward to the new one. I wrote him a fan letter years ago and he wrote back!

I love book hauls and book shopping. The nearest bookstore to me is over 80 miles away.

“Bad Habit” by Alana S. Portero is an outstanding read. Yes, I’d like to see a summer reading recommendations video even though I have enough books to see me through the summer. 😄

As you know, I'm a fan. You can do whatever you like and I'll listen and grow my TBR. But here are some thoughts I have, for whatever its worth. a. I like hauls as an intro to books that I might otherwise not discover. But when the stack is too big, I glaze over because the creator can't give enough about each book to entice. I'd recommend a monthly haul where you feature no more than 5-10 hauled books that you really want your readers to know about. Be a curator. b. I would love to be privy to your author interviews. Even snippets of them would be nice. And I love when you and Louise banter together. Could you do four quarterly videos with a guest (say, authors, booksellers, fellow readers, other booktubers, even judges after winners are announced)? Heck, you could interview those bathtub poets! You and your guest can discuss a favorite book or author, the results of a book prize, the new releases, whatever. Your Mary Beard event sounds like such a treat. c. I don't pay attention at all to new releases, and I especially never know what is coming out in the 1st half vs 2nd half of any given year. But I would be curious to know (not every new release but) the 3 or 4 that you think are worth knowing about. Be a curator. d. I love you sitting in your reading room talking to me. I wish you would speak more slowly, and savor the books you are discussing. Relish the nook and the time you spend with us there. Don't let it be a task you have to rush through just to get it done. e. I love your SavidgeReads reading challenge. Those videos are always fun, I think because they are narrowly focused on one or two books. Hope that feedback is helpful. Like I said, you are doing something right based on your numbers. Keep being you, Simon. You're terrific. PS So curious about Straight Acting. TY. marjorieapple.substack.com

Could you do a video on Australian authors and books you'd recommend. Wanting to read more from other countries and translated work but don't know where to start

I love you in the library on the pink fainting couch . It’s very relaxing with the books on the shelves behind you? If you feel up to it , would you do a Booker prediction video?

That new Emezi book is insane!!!

Have a rest, Simon, it sounds as though you need it. Perhaps when you do that other things will fall into place, keeping all those plates continuously spinning must be exhausting. Whatever you do will be enough. You are enough. Enjoy your summer break and come back refreshed. Take care of you and yours.

A show on children's MG and YA books would be so appreciated.

Take a breath ! Slow down, Go back to the basics, ask yourself, what am I excited to talk to you all about? There is your answer! Remember when you first started and why, it will help you. Thanks for the books shown, some great temptations here, but your health is more important obviously. Take care

Biscuit is a beautiful cat Simon,

I would love a summer reading recommendations 🎉

Whereabouts in Oxford is the discounted bookshop please?

Can’t wait to hear what you think about women and children first. The NetGalley version was awful but I have never seen what changes from that version to the published one

Can you do a book summary of books in translation.? I loved your travel documentaries. -especially the Wales scenery/castles.

We refer to Liverpool as Irelands second largest city.

but also one of them is best friends with a donkey 😂

What does your t-shirt say?

For God's sake not another book haul! 🤣🤣🤣😍

First of all I love you and your channel and you should make the content you want to make. However, as you asked, hauls are good but I much prefer reviews/wrap ups because I want to here your views and recommendations. That's the point for me, otherwise it's just holding up books that exist which anyone can do, but the reason I follow you is because I love your taste and want your recommendations. Also your hauls are a bit too large which means I feel you rush through them, I'd rather you focused on the books you are really interested in and took your time. I love when your just chatting and would love you just to slow down and do videos on author's and books you love. I've loved you book and author spotlight videos in the past So yes to a Summer recommendations video or any recommendation videos. Do make sure that you don't burn yourself out, take a break when you need too.

We all need a summer break to get through the rest of the year. Anywhere... stop worrying, do what you want, you're cult.