happy 10 years Kayla! you've inspired me (& so many others) SO much over the years & i'm so excited to see all the creative ideas you have in store for the next 10 years. 💖
I started watching in 2020 and I binged all of your available videos [not creepy at all 😅] in like a month lol YOU ARE AN ICON BABY! I'm just here to petition for you to un-private all of your old videos for like a day so I can complete my stalking 🤣 Congrats on 10 years!!!!🎉
Ahhh congrats on 10 years on Booktube! What an amazing accomplishment 😍🤩 you have always been and continue to be such a huge inspiration for me in this community and it has been the greatest thing ever to watch your channel grow throughout the years! 🥂
1:20 One suggestion I had would be, instead of making a top 10 list of your favorite books, can you make a top 100? The 100-11 spots don't have to be numbered like in the NYT list, and I think that will give us much more recommendations and understanding what you enjoy and look for in books 💕
I joined booktube in 2018, and have been watching you since then, but moved channels in 2020 when I felt overwhelmed with the community and have never been able to look back in the same way - except for watching you. I look forward to your videos each week; when I need to sit with a project for a long time I queue up one of your videos, old or new. when I feel burnout from my own videos or need to be inspired, I watch you, because I love your editing and the way you talk about books and sort out your thoughts. I adore how you don’t put books down or when you don’t like a book, you don’t put down the people who love them. you find a person for every book, even if it didn’t work out for you, and as a lifelong reader and former bookseller and maybe someday future librarian (?), it makes me so happy to see you share that love in that way. sincerely, thank you so much for sharing videos with us, and happy ten years! 💗
Here's a question for the Q&A: I joined sometime in 2021 or early 2022, and I've noticed that in early videos you call yourself Lala, but now you always use Kayla. What happened? Why the switch? Looking forward to all the ten-year videos!
I've been following you since you were making cloth diaper videos, and you've been my favorite content creator through it all! You've been with me (via youtube) through my entire motherhood journey; from cloth diaper reviews for my tiny first baby through rediscovering my passion for reading as my babies are nearing their teenage years. Thank you, Kayla for being a constant in our lives and being willing to share yourself and your family.
So many of your projects are SO unique, analytical, and interesting! Which is why I loved you! I can’t believe I got to be here for 7 of the 10 years! I can’t believe it’s been so long!
I found you in 2016! My dad was sick and the long hours at the hospital were spent binging your catalog (and reading). Then when he passed, you were right there keeping me going. I can’t express how grateful I am for you!
Kaylaaa I'm crying a little bit! Your channel found me on a random algorithm when I didn't even have my UA-cam account and I was living in a new city and had no hobbies. This journey of yours has been my absolute favourite thing to follow along.
omg i never comment, but this video made me realize just how long i've been watching your videos!! i remember absolutely eating up your monthly bullet journal videos, i can't believe that was 2018!! and i def rewatched the closet unhaul project multiple times lol congrats on 10 years!!!!!!
I love your consistency, and I think the reason a lot of people (myself included) find your channel so comforting is because you're not in a transitional period. I love that no matter what's going on in the world, I can tune in, and you have a new video about what you're reading. Your video concepts are so fresh and interesting, and I think you are perfect exactly where you are and doing what you do! ❤❤ Congrats on 10 years!!!
i think my first EVER introduction to booktube was watching you, ellias, kat and zoe talk about the raven cycle in 2018, but i didn't keep up with your channel regularly until 2020. now, i'm a bookseller in Seattle and watching your channel has turned me onto so many things I would've never tried! it's always a blast picking up your new favorite books, and passing on your recommendations to other readers. thanks for ALL you do, it is so so appreciated ❤
It's so crazy that it has been 10 years! I am happy to have been following you since pretty much day 1 - and it's cool to see how your content and channel has evolved over the decade, but you have always stayed true to you! This was such a walk down memory lane, obviously for you, but also for me as a viewer reflecting on my own life at the same time (and my channel/bookternet journey since I started my channel in late 2013, though quit in 2018 or so). You've always had such creative and unique content that pushes the boundaries of what Booktube can be! I'm consistently impressed by the quality & quantity of content you produce. Looking forward to seeing what you do in year 11!
Congrats on 10 years! I've always been curious, why and how did you decide to Private so many of your old videos? This ten year celebration is also making me wistful of if I could go watch some of those beginning videos 😁
I’ve been watching your videos since the Closet Cleanout days, almost 8 years.. 😬 You continue to be my absolute favorite person on UA-cam. Your creative and silly spirit keeps me coming back. Love you Kayla! 🩷🩷
Congrats on 10 yrs! 🎉🎉 I have only Been watching since 2022! I found you when I started to get back into my reading journey. I quickly realized I needed to find more than just book recs - so I have you! I find your content & personality refreshing in the Booktube world. Maybe because we are both Moms, and in our “don’t give a f$&% era” - I always enjoy your videos - even if our reading tastes don’t always align. Thank you ❤
So glad to be here with you and genuinely appreciate what you bring to the community because it’s creative and interesting, but your life is joyful and safe and that’s the life I’m always trying to cultivate! 🙌🏼 baby Liam made me cry though. I’ve got small humans and damn. Time flies!
questions: 1. how old were you and rob when you got married? 1b. how old were you when you had Liam? 2. are you ever sick of UA-cam and want to quit? 3. are there any popular books from the past 10 years you either refuse to read or read and hated?
I first discovered you in 2017 with the closet unhaul series. I remember rewatching the first few episodes over and over because I just loved the formatting. Crazy to think I was in high school when I first tuned in and now i’m a full blown adult. Thankful for every video I have ever watched. ❤
I found you during the lockdown, you and gabby, and you helped me survived those trying times. Thank you so much 🥺💙 more decades to come, cheers to everyone 🍻
I still vividly remember discovering your Favorite Books of 2019 video as one of my first forays into Booktube. I believed Plant Based Bride started getting into Booktube around that time and your videos were recommended as part of the algorithm. And your channel definitely got me back into reading, especially since we have such similar taste! I vividly remember the 2020 eras so well, and it's hard to believe I've been following you now for 4 years! I can't wait to see what is to come!
Congratulations on 10 years!🎉🎉🎉 this made me realize I've been here since 2018....crazyyyyy lol!! I think most of us are here for you and everything you do!
I found u from your rearranging bookshelves video, then I slowly watch your videos and became a subscriber. Back when I found u I didn't even read regularly, let alone have the same book taste with you but I love your vlogs, and how you talk about books you read so, I continue to watch your videos. Now, I do became a reader and although we don't have the same taste in books, I still looooovee watching your videos, so yeaa congrats for 10 years in booktube💓 we love you Kayla
Been here since 2017 and oh how amazing these few years have been, so happy to have discovered one of my favorite comfort channels and can’t wait to see what’s to come. Congrats!! 🎉 🥳🫶🏻
Congratulations on 10 years!!! 🎉 I'm so grateful for the comfort, laughter, and book fun you've brought to my life for so many years. I genuinely still get so excited every single time I get a Kayla notif. I appreciate all of the time and effort you put into your videos and for sharing your life journey with us! PS: 10hr bestie liveshow MUST include DTI please!! 🙏
I just looked up how long I've been subscribed, and I have been here since August 2016! You were a staple in my college years when I was away from home 🫶🏽 you're still a comfort now!
I started watching in 2018. You introduced me to so many of my favorite books, including The Wayward Children series, which went on to save my life, so thank you forever.
I'm so glad I found you on YT. Congratulations❣️ You are always pertinent while being entertaining to watch . Cheers to many more decades of you and your channel on YT.
Ive been here all 10 years! I remember spookathon and the live shows with shannon and paige! you are definitely one of the most creative people on booktube! heres to another 10 years!!
Im so excited for this series!!! Ive been here since 2017. I can't believe that. I started watching ur vids when I was 15 and im now 21. Ive been a member for almost two years now I think. I am so glad u aren't quitting booktube cuz that intro scared me at first.
Congrats on 10 years! Did some math and realized I started watching your channel my sophomore year of high school and I'm now 2 years out of college. It feels like I grew up with you as my cool aunt. ❤❤❤
I started watching your channel in 2017, which is somehow sevenish years ago, but kinda feels like yesterday?!? Time is crazy lmao. You've given all of us so much great content, and your videos especially helped me not only get back into reading (as well as finding booktube int general), but also helped me through some really bad days. I love how unique and fun your videos are, but mostly I just love your personality. My reading tastes are quite different from yours, but I still have a blast watching your vlogs 😊 Edit: Typo, and slight correction of time
What a wonderful accomplishment, Congratulations! I came to book tube super late because of being a parent. I didn't discover it until 2020 during well that which we don't want to discuss, and you were the first person I watched. I was hooked! I have been a member ever since! I really enjoy all of the content you are providing, the highs and lows ( I really don't see any of that but what do I know), and you put in a lot of hard work!! All creators do! So thank you Kayla for continuing to be here for those of us late to the party! Happy 10 and many more!
I found your channel through the year-long thumbnail experiment video, and binged your entire backlog. Love your creativity and how you make content that's pure fun and joy. Thank you for all you do and congrats on 10 years!!!
Congratulations on completing ten years Kayla. I watch your channel religiously and I enjoy everything so much. I think I found your channel in 2019 but I binge watched a lot of previous years stuff before catching up to that year's videos. Closet unhaul was my most favourite. I remember the Jeep video, the VSCO girl video etc. it's been so much fun. Watching for six years and will be watching forever!
I started following you around 2015 or 2016. I vividly remember the bookshelf video - I watched it several times to get ideas for my own shelves. Happy 10 year anniversary! 🎉
I found you in 2016/2017 when I discovered booktube was a thing! You were one of the first people I started watching. ❤ I always loved reading and was instantly hooked! I didn’t even know what goodreads was yet and just read what I found thrifting and at my very small library. You’ve helped me find some of my favorite books ever. ❤
Found you a few months ago, and I've watched so many of your videos. You immediately became one of my faves on booktube, and i wish i found you sooner. Congratulations on 10 years🎉🎉.
I started watching you when I was 6 months post partum (Feb. 2024). You inspired me to start reading again and I’ve read close to 40 books this year which is a lot for me!
Congratulations! I subscribed around 2017- 2018 times. I remember stumbling into your channel earlier and not enjoying the middle of the road books you read. I started enjoying the channel when you found your voice and you are still one of my favorites
For the qna ♡ What are some of your memorable moments and achievements in booktube? Congrats on 10 years! I always admire your taste and honesty in the community. I remember clicking on your Bookmark'd video back then simply cause I liked your bangs in the thumbnail lol
I can't believe I watch your channel for 8 years 😲 just so you know there are people who watch for years but almost never comment 😂😂 Congrats on 10 years - I hope you are happy in personal and booktube life and find a lot of new 5 star favorites 🎉🎉
i was watching you occasionally around 2016-2020 as i’ve dipped in and out of booktube since around 2014, but i have been a regular watcher since the end of 2022! i especially remember the reading journal videos you made a few years back
I've been watching your videos for about two years. What became apparent to me from the very beginning is how hard you work on your channel. How much you care about your content. I love that you're willing to read outside your comfort zone by reading things that aren't usually favorite genres. How diverse your reading is, but most of all, how positive your channel is. You & Gavin Reads it All are my favorite Booktubers. You both go above and beyond with your ideas, creativity, and resourcefulness. Not only that, you're both so humble, kind, and sincere. Thank you for all that you do.
I discovered you and the channel on 2017 with the 7 ways to organize your bookshelf! Since then, I’ve been trying to keep up with you content. Happy 10 years on booktube, thank you for all the fun times! ❤
Congratulations Kayla! 🎉🎉 I joined in 2019, but then went back and watched so many of your older videos! Truly such fun concepts from so early on! Thank you for all the amazing entertainment you have given us over the years! ❤ (Also after the thumbnail experiment I have forever tried to figure out what secret challenge you were doing each year… the delusion😂) Some questions for the Q&A: - what video are you proudest of? - What’s a video you feel well encapsulates your channel? - What are some of the most influential books for you personally that you have read? - what’s a video concept you came up with that you wish more people would give a go?
Happy decade! I think I started consistently watching your channel around 2019, and I love how you demonstrate change and growth over time with your reading and thoughts. I think sometimes it is okay to rest on our laurels with something we have spent a lot of time on! I recommend trying to enjoy getting to a spot where you can coast a little, but that can be hard to do in 2024.
I’ve been watching since 2015 and this was so fun and nostalgic to watch! I’m so glad you’re here and I can’t wait for the “ten years” content to come! 🩷🩷
Happy 10 year!!!! Been here since 2019. Noelle and you both added so much to my life in that dark time after. And so I have so many fav books because of you. 🖤
Just went down memory lane and I followed you on Dec 13, 2021. I only watched journaling videos but wanted to start a reading journal and found booktube. The video that did it was “Catching up on 2021 reads// December vlog 1” This is such a milestone and it’s amazing to see someone stay here this long and still be so unique and creative. We don’t have the same reading tastes but I still like knowing your thoughts on books and your creative TBR ways! 🎉
I have been a silent viewer for many years now, I am not sure how many comments I have left. I even checked, I've been here since 2017 which is crazy to me. I have genuinely loved consuming your content and seeing your reading experiments grow it has brought me so much joy and comfort. I have quite literally grown up watching your channel, I sit here writing this at 20 now and am thinking back to watching your closet unhauls when I was 13. You seriously brighten my day, in a way I can no express. Like genuinely you bring me so much positivity I always know that a video from you will make my day a million times better. Congrats on 10 years!
Came for the book decor, hooked by the closet unhaul, and stayed because you are the best book person across any of the platforms ❤thank you for getting me to read dig. That book slapped
Congrats on 10 years! That's dedication and I'm glad you're on here. I love your reading vlogs even though I'm not a horror/thriller/mystery person. They're very relaxing and fun to watch.
Amazing!!! I found you in 2019 and you (and your backlist of content) helped me through covid by being a great place to escape, you helped me try amazing genres for the first time AND helped me find some of my most favourite books of all time so THANK YOU! 🎉🎉📚
Been here 6 years watching your content, hope to be here as long as you make content on this platform. I watch almost every single video, and your content has a special place in my heart. Thank you for th3 10 years you have dedicated to booktube, and congratulations.
I got back into reading in 2020 as a way to occupy myself during lockdown. I pretty immediately found your videos and have never looked back! There are other booktubers I’ve watched off and on, but I have never stopped watching your videos. They always feel so creative and engaging, and the way you talk about books make me feel excited about reading. In fact, your videos have largely impacted my reading over these last 4 years. I want to say that at least 50% of the 250-ish books I’ve read in that time have been books I heard you talk about. I don’t comment super often, but this feels like an appropriate video to speak up and to say thank you so much for the wonderful content you provide us with 😊
Congralutations on your booktube anniversary!!! 🎉 Late 2017, but mostly 2018 was the year I began following you and started watching all the older videos. The "my husband controls my instagram" is one I sometimes rewatch.
I've been here for a long time, not 10 years but maybe 8? I get confused because I binged all your videos after subscribing. I think I joined in 2016/2017. You're my favorite UA-camr (not just Booktuber). It1s so crazy how time flies. Congratulations!
If you ever listen to anything while reading comments, let it be this - go find book called Manifestation Hacks by Olivia Cooper, then come back and thank me
I had no idea when I started following you but based on things that sparked memories for me book and video-wise, I think 2019. Wow! Much longer than i thought. I think my favourite things about your channel are partly your personality - I love the creative and complex video ideas - but also just the reading vicariously. I really value your opinion on books, so even though 50 books is a big year for me, I feel more well-read via your opinions. Love you as a friend ❤
Congratulations!🥂I started watching in 2019 and I'm so glad I did because come 2020, I found a lot of comfort in your videos and other Booktubers. FWIW you were definitely already over 100K subscribers by 2019, I remember that.
congratulations!! your channel has been one of the only ones over the past decade that i’ve consistently watched even when i was too busy/depressed/ill/etc. to watch much of anything and has provided me with so much enjoyment over the years💕 *cracks knuckles* now for the questions 🗒️✍🏻 1. your graphic design background and experience obviously influences your content (thumbnail series, title cards/ graphics/etc, designing book covers, etc.) but do you think it influences your content in other ways we might not even realize? 2. you come up so many unique concepts and ideas that often turn into trends on booktube. what other sources besides booktube/youtube do you get your inspiration from? i’m sure a lot of your ideas come from just being a creative person but i’m curious to know if there are unexpected places you get inspiration from? (e.g. you’re on a hike and see an interesting tree and decide to do a vlog reading books with like sentient botany lol) 3. you’ve gotten to know your own reading taste pretty well over the years. are there any subjects/topics you have a hard line about not reading but if certain authors wrote it, you’d be willing to try it? if so, which authors? 4. out of all the books you’ve read since you’ve been on booktube, what 10 do you think have had the biggest impact or influence on you? 5. and lastly since i’ve been around here a long ass time (2014 baby!!), am i misremembering or did you go to a event one time and one time only? i have the vaguest memory of you going to one? 😭and you saying it was the first event type thing you were ever going to (and you never did again lol)? i feel like i remember you saying you were only going because it was kind of nearby and another reason i can’t remember lol. i also feel like maybe there was another canadian booktuber there but i can’t remember who. or am i just making this all up? (v possible!) love you bestie!! 🫶 (as a friend!)
Ahhh!!! Happy 10 years, Kayla! I started watching your Closet Unhauls in 2017 and have been hooked ever since! I must say, I appreciate the consistency and safety that your videos bring so much. They're so soothing in the midst of all that's going on. Am looking forward to the next year of videos and beyond! 🤍🤍🤍
What's your favourite and least favourite video you've ever made? I've been watching your videos since 2016 and you're still one of my favs!! Congrats on ten years!!!!!!
I been here for 8ish years? And I must say a big Thank You to you, Kayla. Because of you I jumped back into my childhood passion of reading and now I have made it my full time job as an audiobook narrator! You have so much more positive impact than I think you realize. And I will still be here for as long as you decide to say on this journey ❤
36:30 - honestly, this is one of the reasons I love your channel despite generally having different book preferences. We're the same age and the childhood series kept me watching when most of my youtube time went away.
This was such a refreshing video and as someone who was inspired by your youtube channel to create my own booktube channel, i feel like I needed to watch this❤ Happy booktubeversary and cannot wait for next years content🎉
Congrats on 10 years! I have not been following you for all of that time, but this still made me emotional😂 Looking forward to all the celebratory content!
I’m not sure why this stands out to me so much but I definitely remember finding your channel back when you would do unboxings with Liam for Page Habit and maybe Owlcrate Jr. Happy 10 years of Booktube!! 🎉🎉
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"Nobody believed that"
My gullible self did. 😔 Nearly had a heart attack
ily 🥹💕🙏🏻
Same. Stomach dropping out of butthole moment lol
SAME I LITERALLY JUST STARED AT MY PHONE LIKE 😮
SAMEEE FELL OF MY CHAIR 😅
Girl, same.
The year long thumbnail project was ICONIC, like I think about that reveal every few months
It was !!!!
I just watched it for the 4th time the other day lol. I love it
it was my gateway drug into kayla
Haha, my jaw dropped!
happy 10 years Kayla! you've inspired me (& so many others) SO much over the years & i'm so excited to see all the creative ideas you have in store for the next 10 years. 💖
It's WILD that I vividly remember videos from over 5 years ago lol, been here since 2017 with the iconic closet unhaul series!
Same!
Same! That's when I found her.
@@melaniet6805 Same! It was such an iconic series!
Me too!
0:20 ok but my blood ran cold
There's a difference between being complacent and being content 🩷
i love the flip from ‘ok i’m leaving’ to ‘jk here’s the next year of videos laid out’
Girlll you do not joke about shutting down your channel!! The way my heart skipped a beat😭😭
I started watching in 2020 and I binged all of your available videos [not creepy at all 😅] in like a month lol YOU ARE AN ICON BABY!
I'm just here to petition for you to un-private all of your old videos for like a day so I can complete my stalking 🤣 Congrats on 10 years!!!!🎉
I binged watch too once I followed
Fellow binge-watcher 😂🙈🙋🏻♀️
Ahhh congrats on 10 years on Booktube! What an amazing accomplishment 😍🤩 you have always been and continue to be such a huge inspiration for me in this community and it has been the greatest thing ever to watch your channel grow throughout the years! 🥂
"You can do hard things" is such a solid self-depreciating joke. 😂😂
1:20 One suggestion I had would be, instead of making a top 10 list of your favorite books, can you make a top 100? The 100-11 spots don't have to be numbered like in the NYT list, and I think that will give us much more recommendations and understanding what you enjoy and look for in books 💕
LALA! The beginning made me nervous hahaha. Congrats on 10 years! 🎉🎉🎉
Been here since closet clean out! Seeing Liam grow is what finally choked me up. He used to be so little! I feel ancient. lol.
This is the one that always gets me 😭 I remember when Liam was so small..
Can't believe I've been here 6 years! You're still one of my few "watch every upload" UA-camrs! Excited for the Year of Lala!
I joined booktube in 2018, and have been watching you since then, but moved channels in 2020 when I felt overwhelmed with the community and have never been able to look back in the same way - except for watching you. I look forward to your videos each week; when I need to sit with a project for a long time I queue up one of your videos, old or new. when I feel burnout from my own videos or need to be inspired, I watch you, because I love your editing and the way you talk about books and sort out your thoughts. I adore how you don’t put books down or when you don’t like a book, you don’t put down the people who love them. you find a person for every book, even if it didn’t work out for you, and as a lifelong reader and former bookseller and maybe someday future librarian (?), it makes me so happy to see you share that love in that way. sincerely, thank you so much for sharing videos with us, and happy ten years! 💗
a year celebrating 10 years is so disney celebrating its 50th for 18 months. HAPPY DECADE MISS LALA!!!
Here's a question for the Q&A: I joined sometime in 2021 or early 2022, and I've noticed that in early videos you call yourself Lala, but now you always use Kayla. What happened? Why the switch?
Looking forward to all the ten-year videos!
when i tell you my jaw dropped and i gasped at the intro lmaooooo
I've been following you since you were making cloth diaper videos, and you've been my favorite content creator through it all! You've been with me (via youtube) through my entire motherhood journey; from cloth diaper reviews for my tiny first baby through rediscovering my passion for reading as my babies are nearing their teenage years. Thank you, Kayla for being a constant in our lives and being willing to share yourself and your family.
Only when you started sum up all your videos I've noticed I've been here way longer than I thought. Love your channel! 💜
So many of your projects are SO unique, analytical, and interesting! Which is why I loved you! I can’t believe I got to be here for 7 of the 10 years! I can’t believe it’s been so long!
Why am I emotional?? Cannot believe I’ve been watching for 10 years! We’ve all grown so much. Thank you so much for this safe space.
I found you in 2016! My dad was sick and the long hours at the hospital were spent binging your catalog (and reading). Then when he passed, you were right there keeping me going. I can’t express how grateful I am for you!
Omg baby Liam!!! 🥹🥹 happy 10 years, Kayla!
Kaylaaa I'm crying a little bit! Your channel found me on a random algorithm when I didn't even have my UA-cam account and I was living in a new city and had no hobbies. This journey of yours has been my absolute favourite thing to follow along.
omg i never comment, but this video made me realize just how long i've been watching your videos!! i remember absolutely eating up your monthly bullet journal videos, i can't believe that was 2018!! and i def rewatched the closet unhaul project multiple times lol
congrats on 10 years!!!!!!
I love your consistency, and I think the reason a lot of people (myself included) find your channel so comforting is because you're not in a transitional period. I love that no matter what's going on in the world, I can tune in, and you have a new video about what you're reading. Your video concepts are so fresh and interesting, and I think you are perfect exactly where you are and doing what you do! ❤❤ Congrats on 10 years!!!
i think my first EVER introduction to booktube was watching you, ellias, kat and zoe talk about the raven cycle in 2018, but i didn't keep up with your channel regularly until 2020. now, i'm a bookseller in Seattle and watching your channel has turned me onto so many things I would've never tried! it's always a blast picking up your new favorite books, and passing on your recommendations to other readers. thanks for ALL you do, it is so so appreciated ❤
Was already emotional and then you had to talk about Liam and hockey 😭 weep. Thank you for sharing your life and passions with us for so long 🫶🏻
P.S. you should 100% do a reflection on the membership about your hair and nails over the past 10 years✨
I just love you, thank you for existing and making my life so much better 🩵🫶🏻
It's so crazy that it has been 10 years! I am happy to have been following you since pretty much day 1 - and it's cool to see how your content and channel has evolved over the decade, but you have always stayed true to you! This was such a walk down memory lane, obviously for you, but also for me as a viewer reflecting on my own life at the same time (and my channel/bookternet journey since I started my channel in late 2013, though quit in 2018 or so). You've always had such creative and unique content that pushes the boundaries of what Booktube can be! I'm consistently impressed by the quality & quantity of content you produce. Looking forward to seeing what you do in year 11!
Congrats on 10 years! I've always been curious, why and how did you decide to Private so many of your old videos? This ten year celebration is also making me wistful of if I could go watch some of those beginning videos 😁
Happy 10 years!! I’ve been watching for 5 years and I’m constantly impressed, inspired, and entertained. ❤
Also, it's crazy how many of these videos I remember, your content is just so unique.
I’ve been watching your videos since the Closet Cleanout days, almost 8 years.. 😬 You continue to be my absolute favorite person on UA-cam. Your creative and silly spirit keeps me coming back. Love you Kayla! 🩷🩷
Really love the format of this. Congratulations. You’re someone I watch despite having almost no overlap in reading taste. ♥️
Congrats on 10 yrs! 🎉🎉 I have only Been watching since 2022! I found you when I started to get back into my reading journey. I quickly realized I needed to find more than just book recs - so I have you! I find your content & personality refreshing in the Booktube world. Maybe because we are both Moms, and in our “don’t give a f$&% era” - I always enjoy your videos - even if our reading tastes don’t always align. Thank you ❤
So glad to be here with you and genuinely appreciate what you bring to the community because it’s creative and interesting, but your life is joyful and safe and that’s the life I’m always trying to cultivate! 🙌🏼 baby Liam made me cry though. I’ve got small humans and damn. Time flies!
congrats on 10 years. you’re my favorite creator of all time. I love you Kayla!!!!🩷🫶
questions:
1. how old were you and rob when you got married?
1b. how old were you when you had Liam?
2. are you ever sick of UA-cam and want to quit?
3. are there any popular books from the past 10 years you either refuse to read or read and hated?
I first discovered you in 2017 with the closet unhaul series. I remember rewatching the first few episodes over and over because I just loved the formatting. Crazy to think I was in high school when I first tuned in and now i’m a full blown adult. Thankful for every video I have ever watched. ❤
I found you during the lockdown, you and gabby, and you helped me survived those trying times. Thank you so much 🥺💙 more decades to come, cheers to everyone 🍻
I was not ready for all of the onion cutting here today! Why has this made me so emotional?? Here's to the next 10 years and beyond!! x
I still vividly remember discovering your Favorite Books of 2019 video as one of my first forays into Booktube. I believed Plant Based Bride started getting into Booktube around that time and your videos were recommended as part of the algorithm. And your channel definitely got me back into reading, especially since we have such similar taste! I vividly remember the 2020 eras so well, and it's hard to believe I've been following you now for 4 years! I can't wait to see what is to come!
Congratulations on 10 years!🎉🎉🎉 this made me realize I've been here since 2018....crazyyyyy lol!! I think most of us are here for you and everything you do!
I found u from your rearranging bookshelves video, then I slowly watch your videos and became a subscriber. Back when I found u I didn't even read regularly, let alone have the same book taste with you but I love your vlogs, and how you talk about books you read so, I continue to watch your videos. Now, I do became a reader and although we don't have the same taste in books, I still looooovee watching your videos, so yeaa congrats for 10 years in booktube💓 we love you Kayla
Been here since 2017 and oh how amazing these few years have been, so happy to have discovered one of my favorite comfort channels and can’t wait to see what’s to come. Congrats!! 🎉 🥳🫶🏻
Congratulations on 10 years!!! 🎉 I'm so grateful for the comfort, laughter, and book fun you've brought to my life for so many years. I genuinely still get so excited every single time I get a Kayla notif. I appreciate all of the time and effort you put into your videos and for sharing your life journey with us!
PS: 10hr bestie liveshow MUST include DTI please!! 🙏
I just looked up how long I've been subscribed, and I have been here since August 2016! You were a staple in my college years when I was away from home 🫶🏽 you're still a comfort now!
I started watching in 2018. You introduced me to so many of my favorite books, including The Wayward Children series, which went on to save my life, so thank you forever.
I'm so glad I found you on YT. Congratulations❣️ You are always pertinent while being entertaining to watch . Cheers to many more decades of you and your channel on YT.
Ive been here all 10 years! I remember spookathon and the live shows with shannon and paige! you are definitely one of the most creative people on booktube! heres to another 10 years!!
Im so excited for this series!!! Ive been here since 2017. I can't believe that. I started watching ur vids when I was 15 and im now 21. Ive been a member for almost two years now I think. I am so glad u aren't quitting booktube cuz that intro scared me at first.
Congrats on 10 years! Did some math and realized I started watching your channel my sophomore year of high school and I'm now 2 years out of college. It feels like I grew up with you as my cool aunt. ❤❤❤
I started watching your channel in 2017, which is somehow sevenish years ago, but kinda feels like yesterday?!? Time is crazy lmao. You've given all of us so much great content, and your videos especially helped me not only get back into reading (as well as finding booktube int general), but also helped me through some really bad days. I love how unique and fun your videos are, but mostly I just love your personality. My reading tastes are quite different from yours, but I still have a blast watching your vlogs 😊
Edit: Typo, and slight correction of time
What a wonderful accomplishment, Congratulations! I came to book tube super late because of being a parent. I didn't discover it until 2020 during well that which we don't want to discuss, and you were the first person I watched. I was hooked! I have been a member ever since! I really enjoy all of the content you are providing, the highs and lows ( I really don't see any of that but what do I know), and you put in a lot of hard work!! All creators do! So thank you Kayla for continuing to be here for those of us late to the party! Happy 10 and many more!
10 years on youtube is a FEAT! Especially with how content has changed, shorter attention spans, shorter videos etc.
I found your channel through the year-long thumbnail experiment video, and binged your entire backlog. Love your creativity and how you make content that's pure fun and joy. Thank you for all you do and congrats on 10 years!!!
Congratulations on completing ten years Kayla. I watch your channel religiously and I enjoy everything so much. I think I found your channel in 2019 but I binge watched a lot of previous years stuff before catching up to that year's videos. Closet unhaul was my most favourite. I remember the Jeep video, the VSCO girl video etc. it's been so much fun. Watching for six years and will be watching forever!
I started following you around 2015 or 2016. I vividly remember the bookshelf video - I watched it several times to get ideas for my own shelves. Happy 10 year anniversary! 🎉
I found you in 2016/2017 when I discovered booktube was a thing! You were one of the first people I started watching. ❤ I always loved reading and was instantly hooked! I didn’t even know what goodreads was yet and just read what I found thrifting and at my very small library. You’ve helped me find some of my favorite books ever. ❤
Happy 10 years!! Been here since 2017 and it's been such a fun time. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.
Found you a few months ago, and I've watched so many of your videos. You immediately became one of my faves on booktube, and i wish i found you sooner. Congratulations on 10 years🎉🎉.
I started watching you when I was 6 months post partum (Feb. 2024). You inspired me to start reading again and I’ve read close to 40 books this year which is a lot for me!
Congratulations! I subscribed around 2017- 2018 times. I remember stumbling into your channel earlier and not enjoying the middle of the road books you read. I started enjoying the channel when you found your voice and you are still one of my favorites
For the qna ♡
What are some of your memorable moments and achievements in booktube?
Congrats on 10 years! I always admire your taste and honesty in the community. I remember clicking on your Bookmark'd video back then simply cause I liked your bangs in the thumbnail lol
I can't believe I watch your channel for 8 years 😲 just so you know there are people who watch for years but almost never comment 😂😂 Congrats on 10 years - I hope you are happy in personal and booktube life and find a lot of new 5 star favorites 🎉🎉
i was watching you occasionally around 2016-2020 as i’ve dipped in and out of booktube since around 2014, but i have been a regular watcher since the end of 2022! i especially remember the reading journal videos you made a few years back
I've been watching your videos for about two years. What became apparent to me from the very beginning is how hard you work on your channel. How much you care about your content. I love that you're willing to read outside your comfort zone by reading things that aren't usually favorite genres. How diverse your reading is, but most of all, how positive your channel is. You & Gavin Reads it All are my favorite Booktubers. You both go above and beyond with your ideas, creativity, and resourcefulness. Not only that, you're both so humble, kind, and sincere. Thank you for all that you do.
I discovered you and the channel on 2017 with the 7 ways to organize your bookshelf! Since then, I’ve been trying to keep up with you content. Happy 10 years on booktube, thank you for all the fun times! ❤
Congratulations Kayla! 🎉🎉
I joined in 2019, but then went back and watched so many of your older videos! Truly such fun concepts from so early on! Thank you for all the amazing entertainment you have given us over the years! ❤
(Also after the thumbnail experiment I have forever tried to figure out what secret challenge you were doing each year… the delusion😂)
Some questions for the Q&A:
- what video are you proudest of?
- What’s a video you feel well encapsulates your channel?
- What are some of the most influential books for you personally that you have read?
- what’s a video concept you came up with that you wish more people would give a go?
Happy decade! I think I started consistently watching your channel around 2019, and I love how you demonstrate change and growth over time with your reading and thoughts. I think sometimes it is okay to rest on our laurels with something we have spent a lot of time on! I recommend trying to enjoy getting to a spot where you can coast a little, but that can be hard to do in 2024.
I’ve been watching since 2015 and this was so fun and nostalgic to watch! I’m so glad you’re here and I can’t wait for the “ten years” content to come! 🩷🩷
Happy 10 year!!!! Been here since 2019. Noelle and you both added so much to my life in that dark time after. And so I have so many fav books because of you. 🖤
I started watching you during the closet unhaul era, and I'm so glad to have stuck around
Just went down memory lane and I followed you on Dec 13, 2021.
I only watched journaling videos but wanted to start a reading journal and found booktube.
The video that did it was “Catching up on 2021 reads// December vlog 1”
This is such a milestone and it’s amazing to see someone stay here this long and still be so unique and creative. We don’t have the same reading tastes but I still like knowing your thoughts on books and your creative TBR ways! 🎉
I have been a silent viewer for many years now, I am not sure how many comments I have left. I even checked, I've been here since 2017 which is crazy to me. I have genuinely loved consuming your content and seeing your reading experiments grow it has brought me so much joy and comfort. I have quite literally grown up watching your channel, I sit here writing this at 20 now and am thinking back to watching your closet unhauls when I was 13. You seriously brighten my day, in a way I can no express. Like genuinely you bring me so much positivity I always know that a video from you will make my day a million times better. Congrats on 10 years!
Came for the book decor, hooked by the closet unhaul, and stayed because you are the best book person across any of the platforms ❤thank you for getting me to read dig. That book slapped
Congrats on 10 years! That's dedication and I'm glad you're on here. I love your reading vlogs even though I'm not a horror/thriller/mystery person. They're very relaxing and fun to watch.
Amazing!!! I found you in 2019 and you (and your backlist of content) helped me through covid by being a great place to escape, you helped me try amazing genres for the first time AND helped me find some of my most favourite books of all time so THANK YOU! 🎉🎉📚
Been here 6 years watching your content, hope to be here as long as you make content on this platform. I watch almost every single video, and your content has a special place in my heart. Thank you for th3 10 years you have dedicated to booktube, and congratulations.
I got back into reading in 2020 as a way to occupy myself during lockdown. I pretty immediately found your videos and have never looked back! There are other booktubers I’ve watched off and on, but I have never stopped watching your videos. They always feel so creative and engaging, and the way you talk about books make me feel excited about reading. In fact, your videos have largely impacted my reading over these last 4 years. I want to say that at least 50% of the 250-ish books I’ve read in that time have been books I heard you talk about. I don’t comment super often, but this feels like an appropriate video to speak up and to say thank you so much for the wonderful content you provide us with 😊
Congralutations on your booktube anniversary!!! 🎉
Late 2017, but mostly 2018 was the year I began following you and started watching all the older videos. The "my husband controls my instagram" is one I sometimes rewatch.
I've been here for a long time, not 10 years but maybe 8? I get confused because I binged all your videos after subscribing. I think I joined in 2016/2017. You're my favorite UA-camr (not just Booktuber). It1s so crazy how time flies. Congratulations!
If you ever listen to anything while reading comments, let it be this - go find book called Manifestation Hacks by Olivia Cooper, then come back and thank me
I had no idea when I started following you but based on things that sparked memories for me book and video-wise, I think 2019. Wow! Much longer than i thought. I think my favourite things about your channel are partly your personality - I love the creative and complex video ideas - but also just the reading vicariously. I really value your opinion on books, so even though 50 books is a big year for me, I feel more well-read via your opinions. Love you as a friend ❤
22:21 I love that you mention the difficulties as well. It’s nice to hear someone else with those issues 😂❤
Congratulations!🥂I started watching in 2019 and I'm so glad I did because come 2020, I found a lot of comfort in your videos and other Booktubers. FWIW you were definitely already over 100K subscribers by 2019, I remember that.
congratulations!! your channel has been one of the only ones over the past decade that i’ve consistently watched even when i was too busy/depressed/ill/etc. to watch much of anything and has provided me with so much enjoyment over the years💕
*cracks knuckles* now for the questions 🗒️✍🏻
1. your graphic design background and experience obviously influences your content (thumbnail series, title cards/ graphics/etc, designing book covers, etc.) but do you think it influences your content in other ways we might not even realize?
2. you come up so many unique concepts and ideas that often turn into trends on booktube. what other sources besides booktube/youtube do you get your inspiration from? i’m sure a lot of your ideas come from just being a creative person but i’m curious to know if there are unexpected places you get inspiration from? (e.g. you’re on a hike and see an interesting tree and decide to do a vlog reading books with like sentient botany lol)
3. you’ve gotten to know your own reading taste pretty well over the years. are there any subjects/topics you have a hard line about not reading but if certain authors wrote it, you’d be willing to try it? if so, which authors?
4. out of all the books you’ve read since you’ve been on booktube, what 10 do you think have had the biggest impact or influence on you?
5. and lastly since i’ve been around here a long ass time (2014 baby!!), am i misremembering or did you go to a event one time and one time only? i have the vaguest memory of you going to one? 😭and you saying it was the first event type thing you were ever going to (and you never did again lol)? i feel like i remember you saying you were only going because it was kind of nearby and another reason i can’t remember lol. i also feel like maybe there was another canadian booktuber there but i can’t remember who. or am i just making this all up? (v possible!)
love you bestie!! 🫶
(as a friend!)
Ahhh!!! Happy 10 years, Kayla! I started watching your Closet Unhauls in 2017 and have been hooked ever since! I must say, I appreciate the consistency and safety that your videos bring so much. They're so soothing in the midst of all that's going on. Am looking forward to the next year of videos and beyond! 🤍🤍🤍
What's your favourite and least favourite video you've ever made? I've been watching your videos since 2016 and you're still one of my favs!! Congrats on ten years!!!!!!
I been here for 8ish years? And I must say a big Thank You to you, Kayla. Because of you I jumped back into my childhood passion of reading and now I have made it my full time job as an audiobook narrator! You have so much more positive impact than I think you realize. And I will still be here for as long as you decide to say on this journey ❤
36:30 - honestly, this is one of the reasons I love your channel despite generally having different book preferences. We're the same age and the childhood series kept me watching when most of my youtube time went away.
This was such a refreshing video and as someone who was inspired by your youtube channel to create my own booktube channel, i feel like I needed to watch this❤
Happy booktubeversary and cannot wait for next years content🎉
Congrats on 10 years! I have not been following you for all of that time, but this still made me emotional😂 Looking forward to all the celebratory content!
I’m not sure why this stands out to me so much but I definitely remember finding your channel back when you would do unboxings with Liam for Page Habit and maybe Owlcrate Jr. Happy 10 years of Booktube!! 🎉🎉
I’ve been here since the cloth diaper reviews friend 🤣♥️💜
I absolutely love how much you plan for your channel! It seriously does not go unnoticed the amount of effort you put into your videos
You helped me get back into reading in 2018, forever grateful for your channel. ❤