The most cozy book shopping day in Fall 🍂📚 Portland Bookstores & small business (reading recs)

#books #booktube #bookstore #bookhaul #cozy #portland #local #feelgood #cottagecore #romance #academia #supportsmallbusiness

Hello, friends!

There's not much better than exploring row after row of books on a cozy, rainy day.

Thank you so much to the bookstores who participated in this video! Big big big shoutout to Joanna, Gere and Michelle, who so bravely agreed to speak on camera about their favorite books 📚 And thank you, viewer friend, for being here ❤️

Big hugs,
Morgan

The amazing bookstores I visited in this video:

🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨🍁🍂✨

[poppycalliope]

Can I just say that I love how you upload on Fridays! I know that every 2 weeks no matter how my days have been I can look forward to your video and a steaming cup of tea ☕️ thank you for being you Morgan 🤎🍂📖✨️

[hollyjollycalli]

thank you for showcasing local bookstores in an age where online shopping is so common! you showed what is magical about local bookstores—the booksellers and their amazing knowledge. ❤

[kaitlinchristman]

I am normally a very silent follower of your channel for the last few years now because I always feel self-conscious about leaving a comment. But I have been slowly catching up on your videos and savoring them this past month and they are such a treat!

Morgan, you did such a lovely job interviewing each of these people. I love local small bookstores. I work at a library and while I will never not appreciate being able to get the majority of my reading material for free, I still love buying books and supporting bookstores. This was a fun little video. Also, the color of that sweater and lipstick suits you so well!

[plaidchucks]

As a long time Annie Bloom’s patron a few facts: 1. They have an educator’s discount. 2. They can special order anything- usually just takes a few days to arrive. 3. They have a loyalty program. For everyone $100 you spend, you get $5 back. 4. They used to have a precious cat named Molly who lived there. RIP Molly!

[jessicajordan]

Our sweet brave girl 🩵 *tight hugs!* How courageous you've been 😊 I'm so very proud that you introduced yourself to new people...and new book stores. My coworker, when she opened up the little fabric shop I worked at every morning some years ago, would always insist on greeting the store and singing a little tune to make the spirits within happy. How much joy must a book store have watching readers peruse, gush, cry, get upset, and swoon over their paper children?

[paleblue]

I loved seeing all the bookstores. Tell the woman in the last one with the blue bookshelves thank you thank you thank you for giving space for poetry and mentioning poets! THANKS

[Haru-drdk]

Hello Morgan.I am Japanese and recently started watching your channel.I love your cozy videos and they help me relax from work and childcare.I too love to read and have started reading some of the books you have mentioned in your videos so far.I find it wonderful that we live in completely different countries and yet enjoy the same books.Your city is full of wonderful little bookstores.I too will be exploring my city this fall.I look forward to more of your videos in the future.
Haruna

[Freakingcurly]

I really loved the interviews you did. It sounds scary to talk to people that don't know you, or that aren't accustomed to being in camera, so 👏👏👏 props to you!
How about doing a vlog reading the books they recommended?

[kimclenard]

Morgan- Your confidence is growing and it shows in the last few videos, especially this one! 🥰

You have always been such a light and you shine so beautifully in the world. Blessings to you. 🙏

[anavidreader]

I think this has given me the push I needed to pick up Paladin’s Grace, I’ve loved the two other books I’ve read by T. Kingfisher but wasn’t sure about this but hearing Joanna’s enthusiasm has convinced me! I love independent bookstores but sadly don’t have any local to me. I make an effort to always buy from one online whenever I buy new books though and love visiting them when I go away :)

[megreads]

Appreciating people who work in bookstore is very encouraging because they work so hard to sell a book, they know much more than us what to recommend for buying, thank you for having this nice gestures towards them, I wish we could have people like you in my country encouraging small business like I do.

[kathleenroberts]

Love bookstores that support the local authors. Yay for us poets!, good for her.

[karlabranson]

I am so glad you went to Spoke & Word. They have only been open for a year and are such a lovely addition to our Portland adjacent area!

[TheMinimalishMama]

I just love how each person lit up when you said you’d buy their recommendation 🥰 You can tell how passionate each person is about books!

[stephvandermeulen]

I wish I could have gone with you to these shops! I spotted so many good ones I've read, both in general and of the staff recos, and I would have tried hard not to overwhelm you with all the books I'd press into your hands. I too love to ask staff I've never met for their recommendations. I love being surprised by books I wouldn't have picked up on my own. Ah, if I could have any business, it would be a bookstore! I've worked at several, but also at libraries, and I'm a copyeditor. Books have been my life and passion for over 45 years. What a fun video and I love that you're discovering more new shops!

[awildbecoming]

Please let us know what you think about the books you picked up once you've read them! :)

[karen_lo]

I loved this video! I found myself smiling the whole time I watched it. It was super original and thoughtful!
thanks for making me smile on a hard day :)

[charoulachr]

You have beautiful bookshops in Portland! Great video Morgan! I hope I manage to visit your country and town one day and see all these amazing places in person 🤍🕊️

[Thecottagebookworm]

This was such a beautiful video, it is rare someone goes to a bookstore AND speaks to those working there. I know how big this was for you as I have been a fan for a time and so so proud of you. My Saturday breakfast routine every 2 weeks is getting cosy and watching you, just perfect 💜💜

[kararh]

The big vegan flavor book will not disappoint. I follow the author on youtube and everything I made my husband asks me to make again.