Ep056 - Introducing... the My Childhood Books Project The Accidental Bookseller 2026-09-19 | Ep056 - Introducing... the My Childhood Books Project
Ep022 - The Regent Antiques Emporium Blackpool & Book Haul - science fiction The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-24 | I had to visit Fleetwood to pick up a large job lot of books for stock to sell. As Blackpool is only 15 minutes drive away I thought I'd call in to The Regent Antiques Emporium there which is housed in an old cinema building. I only had a limited time available on this occasion so I concentrated my attention on the specific book area to the rear of the ground floor. I'll definitely be returning (probably on a rainy winter's day) to browse in more detail.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro & Visit Explanation03:32 Browsing the book area of the Regent 14:46 Book Haul from the Emporium----------------- #booktube #Reading #Books #booktok #bookstagram #blackpool #haul #bookhaul #regentemporium #sciencefiction #asimov #bookshops #bookshopping #antiquescentre #bookstorevlog #goodreads #antiquecentre
Ep021 - The Perfection of Reading Book Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-21 | This is a new and original tag created by Lekden @arockinsamsara I was tagged by Alan @AlansReads His video is here:youtube.com/watch?v=ujl0Tr6cjiE&t=6sEmily @emreads25 also tagged me and her video is here :youtu.be/RmomHC73Mcg?si=vHtKMtJ49TKZs2VtLekden says:The Tibetan Buddhist instruction to live a meaningful life is to try to live the life of a bodhisattva, a person or being who has totally dedicated their life to benefitting others. The six perfections, known as the pāramitās in Sanskrit, are six types of enlightened activity that make up the bodhisattvas’ conduct which ordinary people are encouraged to try and realize in their own lives. This original book tag is celebrating those six and exploring how they might be reflected in our reading lives.The PromptsIn addition to answering each prompt also recommend a book that you feel embodies that particular perfection (as you understand it). (It is okay if it is the same as your answer to the prompt).1. The perfection of generosity: What is an experience of either book gifting or book receiving that was meaningful or memorable for you?*2. The perfection of ethical discipline: * What are your best and worst reading habits?*3. The perfection of patience: * What is a book that you anxiously waited for, and did it live up to the expectations you set for it?*4. The perfection of joyful effort: * What is a book or series that you found difficult to complete but found to be ultimately worthwhile?*5. The perfection of concentration: * What do you do, if anything, to get in a “reading zone”? What is your ideal reading environment?*6. The perfection of wisdom: * What is a book where you learned something, especially something unexpected (whether profound or mundane)?#booktube #bookrecommendations #booktags #booktok #bookstagram #booktag #perfectionofreading
Ep020 - Occult Detective October - My Book Reads The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-17 | Today's video is about what I'll be reading for Occult Detective October.What will you be reading?It's an event created by @M-J via her channel Reading This Life youtube.com/@M-J to help out Occult Detective Magazine and to bring a greater awareness to this fantastic subgenre of books and stories! You can check out Occult Detective Magazine here: http://greydogtales.com/blog/occult-detective-magazineYou may get an insecure url message but I carried on and it went there fine.Or you can find the magazine on Amazon. Just search there for Occult Detective Magazine - some issues are also on Kindle Unlimited according to M-J's post.*WEEKLY PROMPTS*Week 1 - Pre-1960Week 2 - Post - 1960Week 3 - DiversityWeek 4 - Anything Goes Co-hosts to the event are: Dave Brzeskiyoutube.com/@UC3pPdZfkc_fNr99krln_zsA youtube.com/@UCPd4pe4aaUW2ViQxNstsrzg youtube.com/@UC3516zdH-XqACeusCHCVk8w youtube.com/@UCQJF8NstQyMbUiWxz2MMmhA youtube.com/@UCrRKHixMHuf9pcon27j3wlQ youtube.com/@UCCPrTxVzJeTlrzUnhKAmSQw youtube.com/@UC25ejQMZQZU-McS62ae_KaQ youtube.com/@UCd1lknhO889SdL0OYL3pMQQ @michaelk.vaughan8617 @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn #booktube #books #reading #OccultDetectiveOctober #booktok #bookstagram #horrorfiction
Ep019 - Fiction Book Haul The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-14 | A few weeks ago I produced a non-fiction book haul of books I'd kept on my dining room table when I started to mull over creating my own booktube channel.This is now the Fiction part. They're mainly books I've bought online from various deals (often ones I'd had in my wish lists for ages but was waiting for a sale or price reduction).When it comes to the Wuthering Heights book I bought, I refer to a great video produced by @Paulina-Maria where she reviews lots of different editions of classics from a look, feel and font perspective (among other things). If you buy classics I'd recommend you watch the video. It's here :youtube.com/watch?v=MAUufN9tsPs #booktube #Reading #Books #booktok #haul #bookstagram #haulvideo #hauls #bookhaul #sciencefiction
Ep018 - Worth Every Page - The Big Books Tag (extended edition!) The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-10 | This is the Worth Every Page - The Big Books Tag (extended edition!).All Mammoths! The tag was created by Shelly Swearingen @Shellyish Her video is : youtube.com/watch?v=JSPRHIfg4uUI was tagged by :Emily @emreads25 Her video is : youtube.com/watch?v=HeUGK9zWW5U and Tracy @TracysNordicLight Her video is : youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0_ZHyeHho&t=4sWhen Shelly created the tag you had to name 3 or more books over 800 pages each that were worth the read i.e. worth every page.Emily expanded on this by adding a section for books she owned but hadn't got round to reading yet. Also doing this were Aaron Facer, Alan at Alan's Reads and Heroic Book Adventures so I've listed their videos below too as they contain great choices.Within their videos Aaron and Heroic included a mammoth that was a compilation of related work eg same character. So, I've done a separate section of that type of mammoth (3 books).Another section I've added are for books that I feel are a touch overrated.Finally, I mention one book that's huge in length which I don't yet own but will do in the future for definite. Alan's, Aaron's and Heroic's details are here:@AlansReads youtube.com/watch?v=7M1DnZiHlWM&list=PLPi9WXspkE8B7zlSnS8uLcNOJdnrmvRwA&index=7@HeroicBookAdventures83 youtube.com/watch?v=gpy8gMEUZHQ&t=68s@aaronfacer youtube.com/watch?v=V5xJLSlbB94&t=933sI nominate (and if your channel is devoted to one genre by all means just do the tag within your genre should you wish) :@NevsBookChannel @SFRetirementLibrary @TheInkbeardChronicles @woodlandbunny @CharlottesShelves @SFBookCave @SciFiFinds @MustReadMore @joshuacreboreads @bookmarksandblankets -----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:10 Read & Worth Every Page 06:31 Compilations08:29 I Own But Not Yet Read20:27 Overrated (partly)27:55 One To Buy and Read28:47 Outro----------------- #booktube #Reading #books #booktok #bookstagram #wortheverypage#mammothbooks #thebigbookstag
Ep017 - Rapid Fire Book Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-03 | This is the Rapid Fire Book Tag and I've been nominated by Emily at @emreads25 to answer these 25 questions as quickly as possible. Her video is here :youtube.com/watch?v=HnZrMxWKlQQ&t=1sThe aim is to do it in 5 minutes though, as you will see, I fail miserably!It's possible that the tag was created by a booktuber called GirlReading though I understand her channel isn't currently active.The prompts to the tag are as follows : 1. E-Book or Physical Book?2. Paperback or Hardback?3. Online or In-Store Book Shopping?4. Trilogies or Series?5. Heroes or Villains?6. A Book You Want Everyone to Read?7. Recommend an Underrated Book?8. The Last Book You Finished?9. The Last Book You Bought?10. Weirdest Thing You’ve Used as a Bookmark?11. Used Books: Yes or No?12. Top Three Favorite Genres?13. Borrow or Buy?14. Character or Plot?15. Long or Short Books?16. Long or Short Chapters?17. Name the First Three Books You Think Of.18. Books That Make You Laugh or Cry?19. Our World or Fictional Worlds?20. Audiobooks: Yes or No?21. Do You Ever Judge a Book by Its Cover?22. Book to Movie or Book to TV Adaptations?23. A Movie or TV Adaptation You Preferred More Than the Book24. Series or Standalones?25. Tag othersI tag: @lingerlongerwithbooks @TracysNordicLight @HeroicBookAdventures83 @aaronfacer #booktube #booktok #tag #tagvideo #tagtuesday #rapidfire #reading #booktube #Reading #Books
Ep016 - The Muppet Book Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-09-02 | This new version of The Muppet Tag was created by Gareth @bookssongsandothermagic and I was tagged by Alan @AlansReads This is what Gareth had to say about his new tag:"This is my new tag!! A Muppet-based tag! This is a chance to talk about books, but feel free to waffle about the Muppets too--a bunch of characters and a concept that is very very dear to my heart. Jim Henson is literally my all-time hero. So this is a tag that is based around 10 characters, with a prompt that goes alongside the personality of that character..."The Prompts: 1) Kermit - Name a book with a great leader 2) Fozzie Bear - Name a book that makes you laugh 3) Animal - Name a book that is unpredictable 4) Statler and Waldorf - Name a book that had to "win you over" 5) Ernie - Name a character that is innocent or naive or both 6) Gonzo the Great - Name a book that defies simple genre definitions 7) Dr Bunsen Honeydew - Name a book with a great concept 8) Dr Teeth - Name a character that lights up the scene and makes you smile 9) Rowlf the Dog - Name a character that's laid back and copes with the chaos around them. 10) The Muppets! - Name a book with a great "found family". #booktube #booktok #books #bookstagram #muppets #muppetbooktag
Ep015 - 40 Books For £4 !! - Stock Book Haul The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-27 | I buy another 40 books for just £4 ! 10 pence per book!This is the next "Stock Book Haul" for my channel - books that I acquire with the intention to sell either online or at a shop in Sedbergh, Cumbria where I rent shelf space. #books #bookhaul #haul #booktube #bookselling #bookseller #bargainbooks #auction #charitybookshop #cheapbooks #thriftbooks #cricket #pgwodehouse #wodehouse #nancydrew
Ep014 - The Big Non Fiction Book Haul The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-22 | This is a big haul of Non Fiction Books.Ever since I decided to start a channel in February I've been putting non-fiction books on my dining table with the intention of doing a NF book haul video. Today, with my dining table fast becoming a dumping ground, is that day!I cover natural history eg foxes, hedgehogs, rural life, sport, conventional history, politics, UFOs and popular rock and alternative music. I hope you enjoy.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:21 Waffle02:41 The Non Fiction Book Haul----------------- #booktube #Reading #Books #booktok #nonfiction #history #sport #luiselizondo #politics #naturalhistory #haul #haulvideo #hauls #bookhaul
Ep013 - Channel Update and the 54321 Challenge The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-20 | I start with an update on what planned videos you can expect to see in the next couple of weeks including my visit to Wigtown.Then it's the 54321 Challenge which I saw in a video by Catherine at @lingerlongerwithbooks and thought I'd have a go at.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDjrap8-6L8&t=7sPlease feel free to do your own video challenge should you find it interesting. -----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro & Channel Update02:52 5 Favourite Books17:04 4 Books In My TBR20:26 3 Books I Recommend 26:09 2 Recent Reads29:40 My Current Book----------------- #booktube #Reading #Books #54321Challenge #WilliamMorris #shadowofthewind #theroad #rozzwilliams #brueghel #booktok
Ep012 - Ten Untouched Books Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-13 | This is the Ten Untouched Books Tag originally created by @RainierBooksI saw the videos produced by @emreads25 and @AlansReads and thought that's a great topic for a Tag.In between the filming and editing of the video I was kindly nominated to do it by @TracysNordicLightSo please go check out their channels and great vlogs.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:34 Book 101:37 Book 203:03 Book 305:26 Book 408:24 Book 510:12 Book 611:37 Book 712:25 Book 815:25 Book 918:34 Book 10----------------- #booktube #Reading #Books #tenuntouchedbooks #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy
Ep011 - Good News, Bad News & The Week Ahead (inc Wigtown!) The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-07 | Today I share some good news followed by bad news. I then give an idea of what I'll hopefully be up to in the week ahead - a bookish week away with lots of reading and a visit to Wigtown (Scotland's book town),-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Good News02:17 Bad News03:45 Plans For The Week Ahead----------------- #booktube #Reading #books #wigtown #bookishretreat
Ep010 - Are You Like Jane Austen? Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-04 | This is the Are You Like Jane Austen? Tag which @emreads25 has nominated me for. Emily's own video is here : youtube.com/watch?v=A6Jy-uU1qvgThe tag was originally created by Shelly Swearingen @Shellyish Everyone is invited to have a go at this tag should you wish.Prompts: 1) Jane Austen was an artist and writer. Give yourself a point if you're an artist. Give yourself an extra point if you are a writer. 2) Austen was born to a large family. She had a total of 7 siblings: one sister and six brothers. Give yourself a point if you have a three-or-more siblings family. 3) Austen did not enjoy her formal education. Give yourself a point if you did not care for school. 4) Dark humor is woven throughout Austen’s writing. Give yourself a point if you have a grim sense of humor. You must share a dark joke in order to get this point. 5) Jane broke off two engagements and died a spinster. Give yourself a point if you are single. 6) Austen experienced low periods or spells of depression. Give yourself a point if you have struggled with mental health. 7) Jane moved away from her childhood home in her 20s. Give yourself a point if you’ve lived away from your childhood hometown or region. 8) Jane was not vain. Give yourself a point if you have very little interest in vanity. 9) Hair was of little concern to Austen. Give yourself a point if you cannot be bothered with your hair. 10) Austen expressed her distaste for hot weather. Give yourself a point if you dislike the heat. How did you score? 10-11 - The spirit of Jane Austen lives in you. She’s with you day in and day out. 9-8 - In another life, Jane Austen and you could have been siblings or at least good friends. You want to spend time with one another and work to make that happen. 6-7 - You and Austen are friends. You two could enjoy a long walk in the country and chat about all of the things you all have in common. 4-5 - Though you have less in common with Jane than some, you could probably spend an afternoon with her chatting about your similarities and differences. 2-3 - You and Austen may not share much in common, but you two would be delighted to see one another at a local social gathering, exchanging pleasantries about your different lives. #booktube #Reading #Books #janeausten #janeaustenjuly
Ep009 - Which book have I picked for GarbAugust? - science fiction The Accidental Bookseller 2025-08-04 | I've decided to have a go at GarbAugust and this is the book I've chosen.Credit to @CriminOllyBlog who invented GarbAugust. #booktube #Reading #books #GarbAugust #sciencefiction #scifi #pulp
Ep008 - Eight Memories Book Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-30 | I've created a new Booktube Tag. It's the Eight Memories Book Tag.What are 8 books that you see on your shelf or that you remember reading where that sight evokes powerful memories regarding moments in your life or key experiences? Similar to when you hear a song and it transports you in memory to a key moment or period in your life, what 8 books do the same for you and why? I'm nominating some booktubers that I subscribe to and hopefully some of them might want to have a go at it also.It's carte blanche on how much information someone wishes to impart or not.It's an opportunity to give subscribers a little more detail on how lives connect to books via experience. Also it gives listeners to our book memories more information about us for when we are no longer here to tell them.The booktubers I'm nominating are :@SFRetirementLibrary @CharlottesShelves @JosephReadsBooks @Paulina-Maria @emreads25 @GrammaticusBooks @As-I-Lay-Reading @AlansReads @woodlandbunny @library_of_a_silversaint I mention 2 bands as part of one of the book's memories.For those seeking to hear a sample........FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM :Endemoniada (Live) - youtube.com/watch?v=YnHajxmTjGMLast Exit For The Lost - youtube.com/watch?v=eX9BonioVQASumerland - youtube.com/watch?v=55sUvlJB1uUCHRISTIAN DEATH related :With Rozz - youtube.com/watch?v=9n5nW9UDgqoyoutube.com/watch?v=gMao9j9npw0Without Rozz - Gitane singing Gloomy Sunday - youtube.com/watch?v=K3-aRzDkYI8youtube.com/watch?v=17BQlzUDqp0youtube.com/watch?v=7XzDqMD-5YU-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:45 Book 105:26 Book 208:25 Book 318:57 Book 423:33 Book 525:20 Book 627:17 Book 732:36 Book 8----------------- #booktube #Reading #books #eightmemoriesbooktag #eightmemories#greyhoundbuspass
Ep007 - Mid Year Book Tag inc my must reads for 2025 The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-27 | This is my Booktube Mid Year Book Tag and I include the books that I absolutely will be reading (among others) before the end of 2025.In the vlog I mention another excellent Booktuber called @Paulina-Maria.The particular recommended episode where she reviews lots of different types of Classic is here :youtube.com/watch?v=MAUufN9tsPs&t=18s-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:17 Best book?02:29 New release looking forward to?05:08 Most anticipated?07:58 Biggest disappointment?11:04 Biggest surprise?12:39 Happy or sad?14:22 TBR for rest of 2025?29:19 Most attractive book?30:29 TBR Part 2?----------------- The Mid Year Book Freakout Tag questions I answered were :The best book I read so far in 2025?Is There a New Release That You Haven’t Read Yet, but You’re Really Excited To?What Is Your Most Anticipated Release for The Second Half of The Year?What Is Your Biggest Disappointment So Far?What Is Your Biggest Surprise So Far?A book that made you happy or cry?What Books Do You Want to Read by The End of The Year?Most Attractive Book you read so far? #booktube #Reading #books #sciencefiction #scifi #ufo #midyearbookfreakouttag #midyear #bodysnatchers #midyeartag #midyearbooktag
Ep006 - Michael Moorcock mini book haul & Star Wars nugget - Science Fiction Fantasy The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-23 | This is a mini haul of Michael Moorcock paperbacks in a lovely condition I bought for £1 each in a charity shop in Sedbergh. On the same visit to this beautiful town in Cumbria I pop in to Westwood books and buy 2 other books. -----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:26 Michael Moorcock mini haul11:36 Westwood Books visit----------------- #booktube #Reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi #starwars #splinterofthemindseye #michaelmoorcock #alandeanfoster #justincronin #sedbergh
Ep005 - Edmund Cooper Book Haul - Science Fiction The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-16 | This is an Edmund Cooper book haul made up from a visit to the Hornby Book Fair, dropping in at the Old Pier Bookshop in Morecambe and a box from Ebay containing a Cooper bundle.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:33 Hornby Book Fair05:49 Old Pier Bookshop, Morecambe14:36 Ebay Box Bundle----------------- #booktube #Reading #books #sciencefiction #dystopian #ebaybooks #edmundcooper #ufo #scifi
Ep004 - 40 Books for £4 Part 2 - Stock Book Haul The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-09 | I buy 40 books for just £4 ! 10 pence per book!This is Part 2 of the first "Stock Book Haul" for my channel - books that I acquire with the intention to sell. This is 24 hours after Part 1 when I realised upon playback that the mic had stopped working - turns out it had lost its charge.Straight into the haul on this one with just a minimal intro.-----------------#books #bookhaul #haul #booktube #bookselling #bookseller #bargainbooks #auction #charitybookshop #cheapbooks #thriftbooks
Ep003 - 40 Books for £4 Part 1 - Stock Book Haul The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-09 | I buy 40 books for just £4 ! 10 pence per book!This is the first "Stock Book Haul" for my channel - books that I acquire with the intention to sell. I also explain more about the different avenues through which I sell books.Part 2 of this haul to follow in my next video.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:38 Sedbergh Bookstore Shelf Rental04:47 Buying At Auction05:37 FB Marketplace & Offline Selling15:06 The Imaginary Parrot!15:48 This Haul Background19:07 The Haul - Part 1-----------------#books #bookhaul #haul #booktube #bookselling #bookseller #bargainbooks #auction #charitybookshop #cheapbooks #thriftbooks
Ep002 - Book Haul from High Peak Bookstore inc science fiction, dystopian, music, non fiction The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-09 | My first book haul video for the channel. I visited High Peak Bookstore near Buxton and these are my purchases. I also went there last year and I can remember what I bought so I have separated the video into Haul 1 and Haul 2 (the first one being my recent visit) to give a broader idea of books sold there. Includes science fiction, dystopian, popular music and non fictionI love it there!I mention another booktuber had done a video at the same store. He is @BookishDadReads and this is the video of his visit when he interviewed a staff member :youtube.com/watch?v=2pxwZZ8LmYw&t=47sHere is the url for High Peak Bookstore :highpeakbookstore.co.ukJust to clarify that the thumbnail isn't a representation of High Peak bookstore. The thumbnail is just a cartoon image of a bookstore in the countryside. The Dismaland photo was taken by myself.-----------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:28 Visit 1 Haul18:33 Visit 2 Haul-----------------#sciencefiction #books #bookhaul #highpeakbookstore #haul #booktube #cheapbooks #dystopian
Ep001 Booktube Newbie Tag The Accidental Bookseller 2025-07-09 | Hi Everybody,Welcome to the first video for my new Booktube channel. I plan to include episodes of book hauls of books I buy for myself (lots of genres) and separate "stock" book haul videos of books I acquire to sell onwards. There'll be plenty of other bookish content, book reviews, book fair and shop visits as well as the somewhat occasional vintage board game review (not many but a lot of bookshops sell board games so I thought I'd include several at some point). I do hope you will enjoy watching my youtube journey.I namecheck some booktubers in this video so here they are :@SFRetirementLibrary @JulesBurt @outlawbookselleroriginal @JohnLaRuffa @GrammaticusBooks @CharlottesShelves #booktube #booktubenewbietag #booktubenewbie #bookseller
