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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 ❤️📚

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 😂

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

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

Best wishes for a great reading summer.

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

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

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

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

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!

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 <3 take care of yourself~!

Have a lovely relaxing break Simon 🌞😎

I really love your wrap ups ❤

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.

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 ??

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

Whereabouts in Oxford is the discounted bookshop please?

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.)

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

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! :)

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

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

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

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 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🥳🥳🥳

Books mentioned: Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi Napalm in the Hear by Pol Guasch We Were the Universe by Kimberley King Parsons Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare by Will Tosh Passiontide by Monique Roffey Play Thing by Bea Setton The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson Bad Habits by Alana S. Portero Youthjuice by E. K. Sathue Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie Above Us the Sea by Ania Card Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel The Coin by Yazmin Zaher Determination by Tawseef Khan Ex-wife by Ursula Parrott Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst Delicious Foods by James Hannaham Gender Theory by Madeline Docherty What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie Old Soul by Susan Barker The American No by Rupert Everett All the World Beside by Garrard Conley Exile by Aimée Walsh A Room of Ones Own: A lecture by Elif Shafak Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan Strangers at the Port by Lauren Aimee Curtis Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden Another Word for Love: A memoir by Carvell Wallace A Quitter’s Paradise by Elysha Chang Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mey Yu Them! by Harry Josephine Giles My Dead Book by Nate Lippens Supplication by Nour Abi-Nakhoul Deliver Me by Elle Nash The Milkman’s On His Way by David Rees Cecilia by K-Ming Chang Mouthing by Orla Mackey The Serpent Dance by Sofia Slater Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs by Damon Galgut The Impostor by Damon Galgut Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Are You Enjoying? by Mira Sethi Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo Disturbance by Jenna Clake

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The silence in between is excellent

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.

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

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!

Biscuit is a beautiful cat Simon,

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.

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. 💚

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

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

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.