This made me feel less awkward if I ever decide to start a booktube channel. We all gotta start somewhere, and our videos just naturally improve over time😊
When you mentioned Anna and the French Kiss, I was laughing so much because you didn't read it at that point and hated it. It is weird to see how much your accent has changed.
7:07 No one gonna mention younger Merphy’s hand sign for number 4? Lol Never seen that before in my life. Also, your love for Gentleman Bastards makes me happy. Can’t wait for book “awkward hand sign”
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The rant was so funny 😅 I stopped caring about the presentation of my books when I was 12 when my baby brother threw Goblet of Fire into the (clean!!) toilet.... It spent so many weeks drying out in the hot water cupboard, we had to tape the spine back together and it was wrinkled like nobody's business and we had to keep taping individual pages back in it but we couldn't afford another copy so whatever!! And now, as long as the pages are intact and in the correct order? who cares lol
You sounded so southern! Like me hahaha Part of the reason I don’t make videos is because the only time I ever did, everyone hated my accent. How can you change so much in only three years? Wow lol
This was awesome! Your voice is almost like a different person. I guess I’m used to hearing your voice in my ears too often 😂 I love that you apologize for interrupting yourself! That rant was hilarious, because you constantly leave your books open with a pencil in them in your vlogs. It’s so funny to see how you have changed over time.
Loved the part when past Merphy started talking about "Anna and the french kiss". As soon as I saw that cover I was like "Oh boy, this is not going to end well for you"
Debate Team Leader: Let us look at Harry Potter objectively and figure out why it is consider of the best fantasy series of all time. Merphy Napier, you can start us off. Merphy Napier: Because duh Debate Team Leader: Well that is all I needed to hear, I guess we are done here.
The way you are describing how you were uncomfortable and awkward and your voice wasn't relaxed when you made this first video - that's sooo me right now. I just started making videos about 3 weeks ago. So it's so nice and uplifting (?) to see that someone like you were the same way when you started out 😅
+1 comment about the accent change. Also it's just fascinating how much a person can change in 3 years. I think I had only just gotten on goodreads 3 years ago. If I left reviews at all I hesitate to go back and read them hahaha
I laughed at your self-criticism of sounding scripted. I just started Youtubing, and I only made notes once and it was so hard to follow them. But when I shoot several takes to get a video done I end up forgetting whether or not I said everything or say things twice. I need to work more on editing so that I can piece my videos together from several different takes. I love the fact that you prefer to sound conversational. Keep it up.
Okay, but that rant by then-Murphy was golden. If there was a script, it completely went out the window to go down that rabbit hole of a tangent. A+ quality.
Man, you let that southern twang hang out there! It is always a cool thing to rewatch your earlier work and you always get so amazed by how much you have improved since! Keep it up friend always enjoy watching.
BEARTOWN. Thank you, Merph, for recommending this! I'm now the proud owner of every published Backman book. My new favorite author. I wish I knew of a similar author because I'm having serious withdrawals! 😅
man I love these types of videos! They are always so funny but great to see how far people have come! Baby Merphy is still more talented at booktube then I shall ever be!! lol
And every morning, brought me to tears. It brought me to tears so hard that I've shared it with everybody I know whoeve ever read a book, and every one of them have been moved...
Love that you can nonchalantly review your learning phase with little to no outward cringe. I would be in a ball of cringe-suffocation, if I were to watch myself. Immediately, my lip snagged when Anna and the French Kiss was shown. But, then again, our understanding always changes with experience. Love ya, Merphy!
@@sheilaklein3822 game of thrones, the first book and the tv show is called game of thrones, but the book series as a whole is called a song of ice and fire.
Merphy, your first is still better than so SO many hundredth book tube vlogs. Seriously. Sure, it was early days for ya, but you're still cute, you're still solid on the books, and of course tastes vary and change over time, so don't be too hard on Past Merphy.
Oh my GAWSHHH!!!! YT-origins!Merphy was so young, it's so freaking adorable, I can't even; And that ACCENT!! 💜💜💜💜 I LOVE IT. Lol ^-^ I know I'm super late to watching this, but - hey - I've only been watching booktube in general for a year or two now and only just stumbled across this, so I am not ashamed. I don't know why, but this really really brought some smiles to me 🙂 Thank you for sharing, and for being so kind/gentle / fond(Gracious? idk!) with your own past self.^-^ lol This was nice to see! I am not over the fact that you used to read Ted Dekker!!! 😹😹🥰🤣 ((honestly, SAME; but that 'haven't read any of his recent releases' bit is also SO relatable😅🤭)) I've been considering [possibly ]starting up a little something of my own channel myself lately, so .. seeing where one of my most-oft-watched channels started out themself is...I dunno? Reassuring?? Somehow ? If that makes sense.💜 I also want to apologize for being one of those people whose first impression of you was that you were maybe a little dishonest or insincere or something, although at the time I had no actual or conrete reason why something just vibed a little bit off to me. I think it might have been the fact that when I first started watching you, I was catching mostly review videos in which you were still using a rating system - which, in hindsight, knowing now your issues with ratings and all . . gives me pause to theorize .. that might have had something to do with it? (Possibly combined with the fact that, at times, we do have very contrasting opinions about some things and perhaps that subconsciously colored my perception of you a little bit..unfairly..more than I had realized. But I actually really enjoy exploring perspectives that differ from my own, almost expressly to challenge &/or expand my own views a little.) In any case: I am sincerely sorry, for my initial bad impression of you - I have since come to quite a different and much better impression of you, after watching more of your videos in general as well as much more recent videos from you. 💖💖 Wishing you a good 2021; and looking forward to what future content you'll surely bring!
For the comfort book question I would have to say Alloy of Law. I hear you talking about Mistborn, but not about the second series with Wax and Wayne. If you have not yet read the second Mistborn series you should. Wayne is the funniest character I have ever read and he always makes me feel better.
Omigosh I remember watching that video 😭 😂 You've come such a long way!! Also this video is hilarious 😂 maybe you could do another reaction video in the future?
i like the rant. !! besides no one steals books besides your friends. can leave a book in a open car. no one would touch it. its like having a time machine and visiting yourself at points in your life
I like young Merphy, she was spunky and full of passion, and importantly she didn't break the spines of books. She's a girl after my heart. You've gone over to the dark side current Merphy. I reckon you're a pod person anyway; you can't even get the accent right. Merphy had this cute little southern drawl, it was adorable; like a proper southern belle. Yours is all wrong.
Ted Dekker is amazing! If you’ve never read any Frank Peretti I’d suggest you try him out - specifically the duology of “This Present Darkness” and “Piercing the Darkness.”
That makes one think. I do not watch TV, I watch movies very seldom and I watch Merphy 4 or 5 times a week. That chick, young Merphy, has a lot to learn yet to become an entertainer. This was an enjoyable video. She was like many others, and then she grew.
As everyone in the beginning, you looked like as if you scared of the camera and you were so serious because of that. It's really visible in your eyes. Now you are so much more relaxed and emote so much more :)
You have come a long way since your first video! I agree that you're obviously not comfortable in front of the camera in your older video. I'm in that boat right now since I'm still getting used to making videos but hopefully I get more confident in front of the camera like you have :)
10:30 WHAT??? I live in Brazil where it's supposed to be more expensive and the highest price I've seen it at is 60 dollars (considering pre-corona rates). I bought it on Black Friday, so it was less than 30 dollars
I love Ted Dekker! I read his Circle series this year and it is one of my favorites(right behind Wheel of Time and tied with Harry Potter). Love that you liked his books.
Can you please explain the love behind Wheel of Time? I keep trying to read it because I get told so often how awesome it is...I just can't get into it.
@@sheilaklein3822 It's the impressive amount of worldbuilding and the characters that I got attached to. Their storylines become so compelling that I just couldn't put it down. And it isn't gratutitous like other fantasy series(GRR Martin).
@@jonathankoan, another author I can't stand. I literally threw book one across the room when (spoiler alert, if there can be spoilers on a series this old) Lady was killed.
I am fine with no intros, tend to agree with you about that one and particularly loud intros! Your speaking voice is richer now with all of your vlogging and narrating experience.
The Murphy that is Murphy is still shining through in all her Muphyness, as will be the case for this video in 2022. And we'll still be here... for the Murphyness of it all :^D
Fun video :). Being uneasy and awkward in front of camera is the most common thing in first videos. I actually like old looking shabby books with stains :)
This is reminding me to ho bank and private some of my videos from when I started. I think the biggest thing was the voice. Because you soesk deeper (as you pointed out) but I've never paid attention to your accent before but it use to be strong
Hey! I resemble that rant, lol....I want to see the rest of it! I told my MOTHER she couldn't borrow my books anymore...my MOTHER!! (She was a smoker, cannot get that smell out! I still have books she borrowed out in the garage, and she's been dead almost a decade. )
Peter pan was awesome!!! I loved it thank-you for the recommendation and I am currently reading howl's moving castle which is quite interesting too so thanks for that too..
Lol i keep my books upside down a lot, but they don't sit there for more than a few hours generally. I wreck spines sometimes though. Just cause i want the book to flop open
Merph does have an intro and it's "OK" ❤ like literally that's the first word she says in every video, so quit bugging her lol
Okay, so
Merphy, not Merph
I started laughing when young Merphy picked up Anna and the French Kiss XD
lost in a booKCase Saaaaaameee!!! 😂👌🏻
Same lmaooooo
You can only keep one book
Merphy: I’m gonna keep the entire Harry Potter series
you can't have just one book! it would be an unbearable ordeal
Merph, your accent used to be so strong, how did living in Kentucky of all places make it go away?
I noticed this right away!!
I noticed that too!
Practice! I got rid my mine in high school just by watching lots of TV
Probably doing audio recordings
That’s what I want to know!
Your accenttttttt! I didn't realize how much it had changed!
emmanlss I was going to say the same thing!!
Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed.
It’s crazy how natural you are on camera now compared to back then.
It's like watching two completely different (yet same) people at once. Strange how we evolve so rapidly over few years!
Your accent has changed so much in 3 years 😳
At first I thought that the sponsor was from her first video and I was like “how did she already get a sponsor on her first video!!?!?!”
Actually I thought that too but I didn't question it... I should probably question how many brain cells I have now
This made me feel less awkward if I ever decide to start a booktube channel. We all gotta start somewhere, and our videos just naturally improve over time😊
When you mentioned Anna and the French Kiss, I was laughing so much because you didn't read it at that point and hated it. It is weird to see how much your accent has changed.
Michele Ann it's like seeing an old video by Daniel Green where he says he wants to read Sword of Truth
7:07 No one gonna mention younger Merphy’s hand sign for number 4? Lol Never seen that before in my life.
Also, your love for Gentleman Bastards makes me happy. Can’t wait for book “awkward hand sign”
For the record: I like that you don't have an intro. They're utterly useless.
What're you talking about? her into is, "OK, so..." watch, every video.
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She sounds like she has an accent in her first videos. I liked it!
I'm staying tuned for the 2023 reaction video to this reaction video. You speaking about your past selves: Priceless.
So this is where it all began and now you seem more comfortable and relaxed and one of the best Booktubers, been a fan since 2017
I couldn't stop laughing at the Anna and the French Kiss 😂😂😂
Also the waving at the start is adorable Merph :DD
Your accent is so strong in your old video. Love your sense of humor.
I'm with Old Merphy. Don't damage my books unless you want to go to war. You do seem like a much more confident person now though.
What I find funny is how the old Merphy wouldn't lend the current Merphy 😂 Also, great vids by both yall :)
The rant was so funny 😅 I stopped caring about the presentation of my books when I was 12 when my baby brother threw Goblet of Fire into the (clean!!) toilet.... It spent so many weeks drying out in the hot water cupboard, we had to tape the spine back together and it was wrinkled like nobody's business and we had to keep taping individual pages back in it but we couldn't afford another copy so whatever!! And now, as long as the pages are intact and in the correct order? who cares lol
I am going to start my first channel at the end of the month, hopefully.
Wish me luck 🤞
Best of luck.
Good luck!
Good luck
You sounded so southern! Like me hahaha
Part of the reason I don’t make videos is because the only time I ever did, everyone hated my accent.
How can you change so much in only three years? Wow lol
This was awesome! Your voice is almost like a different person. I guess I’m used to hearing your voice in my ears too often 😂
I love that you apologize for interrupting yourself!
That rant was hilarious, because you constantly leave your books open with a pencil in them in your vlogs. It’s so funny to see how you have changed over time.
Loved the part when past Merphy started talking about "Anna and the french kiss". As soon as I saw that cover I was like "Oh boy, this is not going to end well for you"
Debate Team Leader: Let us look at Harry Potter objectively and figure out why it is consider of the best fantasy series of all time. Merphy Napier, you can start us off.
Merphy Napier: Because duh
Debate Team Leader: Well that is all I needed to hear, I guess we are done here.
You made me rl lol.
So adorable 💕
You have to get rid of all your books.
Merphy stares into cam : "NO"
😂
"let's skip her" that's so funny
9:32 “Oh Merphy, I love you”
I like that you have no long intro and dive straight into the video! Just to the point, love it
Merphy:references games of thrones saying sweet summer child.
Also merphy: dnf the second book
Me:obtains crippling depression
You have a much stronger accent in the older video! I'm from the UK so I don't know where it's from in the US...
Definitely a southern accent. Not exactly sure where. Maybe Tennessee.
Yeah I thought Southern. Reminded me of Fred on Angel.
Kentucky
She lives in Kentucky now, I don’t know where she’s from originally. I’m from Tennessee though and she does sound like us
Omg Merphy!! That southern twang! 🤣 it’s just so relatable! Love when you said intertwined!
Awwwww! This is actually SUCH a cute first video.
What a rant by old Merph 😂
She really let it all out
As soon as I see the notification for a Merphy's I'm here
The way you are describing how you were uncomfortable and awkward and your voice wasn't relaxed when you made this first video - that's sooo me right now. I just started making videos about 3 weeks ago. So it's so nice and uplifting (?) to see that someone like you were the same way when you started out 😅
Been watching you for almost 3 yrs now. I consider you a friend. Stay gold Merphy.
This is great. It's cool seeing you now and then...
This cracked me up. You were my inspiration for starting my channel and I am cringing so hard when I re-watch my old videos.
You are a very likable person it even makes old you watchable.
Its crazy hearing you with a strong accent!
+1 comment about the accent change.
Also it's just fascinating how much a person can change in 3 years. I think I had only just gotten on goodreads 3 years ago. If I left reviews at all I hesitate to go back and read them hahaha
So cute! Seeing the old Merphy recommending a Cassandra Clare's book was so weird 😂 it's funny how time changes everything.
I laughed at your self-criticism of sounding scripted. I just started Youtubing, and I only made notes once and it was so hard to follow them. But when I shoot several takes to get a video done I end up forgetting whether or not I said everything or say things twice. I need to work more on editing so that I can piece my videos together from several different takes. I love the fact that you prefer to sound conversational. Keep it up.
Okay, but that rant by then-Murphy was golden. If there was a script, it completely went out the window to go down that rabbit hole of a tangent. A+ quality.
Man, you let that southern twang hang out there! It is always a cool thing to rewatch your earlier work and you always get so amazed by how much you have improved since! Keep it up friend always enjoy watching.
I got so excited that you also love Just Ella!! Its one of my favorite books from middle school/high school.
BEARTOWN. Thank you, Merph, for recommending this! I'm now the proud owner of every published Backman book. My new favorite author.
I wish I knew of a similar author because I'm having serious withdrawals! 😅
man I love these types of videos! They are always so funny but great to see how far people have come! Baby Merphy is still more talented at booktube then I shall ever be!! lol
The intro thing is one of the reasons why I started loving your videos! I hate introductions!
"you sweet summer child" haha!
you've come so far ^^ loved this video!
And every morning, brought me to tears. It brought me to tears so hard that I've shared it with everybody I know whoeve ever read a book, and every one of them have been moved...
Love that you can nonchalantly review your learning phase with little to no outward cringe. I would be in a ball of cringe-suffocation, if I were to watch myself. Immediately, my lip snagged when Anna and the French Kiss was shown. But, then again, our understanding always changes with experience. Love ya, Merphy!
"you sweet summer child" XD
Jay G not a fan of ASOIAF but knows the value of a good saying hahahahaha
@@raquelmarcalsantos, fan of what?
@@sheilaklein3822 A Song Of Ice And Fire
@@sheilaklein3822 game of thrones, the first book and the tv show is called game of thrones, but the book series as a whole is called a song of ice and fire.
Merphy, your first is still better than so SO many hundredth book tube vlogs. Seriously. Sure, it was early days for ya, but you're still cute, you're still solid on the books, and of course tastes vary and change over time, so don't be too hard on Past Merphy.
The funniest part for me was how past you kept arguing with the premise of the game you were playing.
This was an amazing video, I love the little borrowing books rant😂, and also how your taste changed trough the years
The Circle series is what got me into fantasy as a high schooler and I have never heard of anyone talk about it! Ahh I need to reread it!
Oh my GAWSHHH!!!!
YT-origins!Merphy was so young, it's so freaking adorable, I can't even; And that ACCENT!! 💜💜💜💜
I LOVE IT.
Lol ^-^
I know I'm super late to watching this, but - hey - I've only been watching booktube in general for a year or two now and only just stumbled across this, so I am not ashamed. I don't know why, but this really really brought some smiles to me 🙂 Thank you for sharing, and for being so kind/gentle / fond(Gracious? idk!) with your own past self.^-^ lol This was nice to see!
I am not over the fact that you used to read Ted Dekker!!! 😹😹🥰🤣 ((honestly, SAME; but that 'haven't read any of his recent releases' bit is also SO relatable😅🤭))
I've been considering [possibly ]starting up a little something of my own channel myself lately, so .. seeing where one of my most-oft-watched channels started out themself is...I dunno? Reassuring?? Somehow ? If that makes sense.💜
I also want to apologize for being one of those people whose first impression of you was that you were maybe a little dishonest or insincere or something, although at the time I had no actual or conrete reason why something just vibed a little bit off to me. I think it might have been the fact that when I first started watching you, I was catching mostly review videos in which you were still using a rating system - which, in hindsight, knowing now your issues with ratings and all . . gives me pause to theorize .. that might have had something to do with it? (Possibly combined with the fact that, at times, we do have very contrasting opinions about some things and perhaps that subconsciously colored my perception of you a little bit..unfairly..more than I had realized. But I actually really enjoy exploring perspectives that differ from my own, almost expressly to challenge &/or expand my own views a little.) In any case: I am sincerely sorry, for my initial bad impression of you - I have since come to quite a different and much better impression of you, after watching more of your videos in general as well as much more recent videos from you. 💖💖
Wishing you a good 2021; and looking forward to what future content you'll surely bring!
It's nice to see how much you've matured
I love how much your accent comes through in your first video
For the comfort book question I would have to say Alloy of Law. I hear you talking about Mistborn, but not about the second series with Wax and Wayne. If you have not yet read the second Mistborn series you should. Wayne is the funniest character I have ever read and he always makes me feel better.
Omigosh I remember watching that video 😭 😂 You've come such a long way!! Also this video is hilarious 😂 maybe you could do another reaction video in the future?
Your accent is adorable!!!
i like the rant. !! besides no one steals books besides your friends. can leave a book in a open car. no one would touch it. its like having a time machine and visiting yourself at points in your life
Your sound is soooooo much better now. I think you had a much stronger accent back then. Way better than my first video.
This was a gem. Thanks for this.
I like young Merphy, she was spunky and full of passion, and importantly she didn't break the spines of books. She's a girl after my heart. You've gone over to the dark side current Merphy. I reckon you're a pod person anyway; you can't even get the accent right. Merphy had this cute little southern drawl, it was adorable; like a proper southern belle. Yours is all wrong.
Your accent was WAY different! Also, Anna and the French Kiss had me ROLLING
Ted Dekker is amazing! If you’ve never read any Frank Peretti I’d suggest you try him out - specifically the duology of “This Present Darkness” and “Piercing the Darkness.”
That makes one think. I do not watch TV, I watch movies very seldom and I watch Merphy 4 or 5 times a week. That chick, young Merphy, has a lot to learn yet to become an entertainer. This was an enjoyable video. She was like many others, and then she grew.
Present Merphy's face at 9:09! Hahaha😂😂
As everyone in the beginning, you looked like as if you scared of the camera and you were so serious because of that. It's really visible in your eyes.
Now you are so much more relaxed and emote so much more :)
You have come a long way since your first video! I agree that you're obviously not comfortable in front of the camera in your older video. I'm in that boat right now since I'm still getting used to making videos but hopefully I get more confident in front of the camera like you have :)
😂 That was hilarious! Nicely done! Just a fun start to my Thursday, so thanks!
It’s interesting that past you sounds more southern 😂
10:30 WHAT??? I live in Brazil where it's supposed to be more expensive and the highest price I've seen it at is 60 dollars (considering pre-corona rates). I bought it on Black Friday, so it was less than 30 dollars
That Skillshare ad though 👌🏽
Awwww your accent was so much stronger three years ago! Wow
Also, I love that you apologize for interrupting yourself. Hahaha
Love that old accent, for realz. It makes me miss home
man that rant of hers was hilarious
I love Ted Dekker! I read his Circle series this year and it is one of my favorites(right behind Wheel of Time and tied with Harry Potter). Love that you liked his books.
Can you please explain the love behind Wheel of Time? I keep trying to read it because I get told so often how awesome it is...I just can't get into it.
@@sheilaklein3822 It's the impressive amount of worldbuilding and the characters that I got attached to. Their storylines become so compelling that I just couldn't put it down. And it isn't gratutitous like other fantasy series(GRR Martin).
@@jonathankoan, another author I can't stand. I literally threw book one across the room when (spoiler alert, if there can be spoilers on a series this old) Lady was killed.
@@sheilaklein3822 Well, maybe you should keep reading then?....
@@sheilaklein3822 The story gets amazing by the last 4 books. It is really worth it.
I am fine with no intros, tend to agree with you about that one and particularly loud intros!
Your speaking voice is richer now with all of your vlogging and narrating experience.
The Murphy that is Murphy is still shining through in all her Muphyness, as will be the case for this video in 2022. And we'll still be here... for the Murphyness of it all :^D
Wow your accent used to be so strong! Baby Merphy is so cute.
Fun video :). Being uneasy and awkward in front of camera is the most common thing in first videos.
I actually like old looking shabby books with stains :)
This is reminding me to ho bank and private some of my videos from when I started. I think the biggest thing was the voice. Because you soesk deeper (as you pointed out) but I've never paid attention to your accent before but it use to be strong
You have an intro, "OK, so, today..."
The biggest thing I noticed was the accent. You don't hear her say "dagum" in get videos anymore haha.
Shows how much you have grown Merphy
Ooh I love your old accent! Bring it back! 😁
I love the "respect my books, love your books, don't touch my books" rant. Hilarious.
Hey! I resemble that rant, lol....I want to see the rest of it! I told my MOTHER she couldn't borrow my books anymore...my MOTHER!! (She was a smoker, cannot get that smell out! I still have books she borrowed out in the garage, and she's been dead almost a decade. )
I was laughing so much and your commentary on your past self just made it better. Also... You had/have an accent?? 🤯
Peter pan was awesome!!! I loved it thank-you for the recommendation and I am currently reading howl's moving castle which is quite interesting too so thanks for that too..
No way! Francis Chan?! That brief mention has my respect :)
Can I just say that your hair looks amazing recently?
Lol i keep my books upside down a lot, but they don't sit there for more than a few hours generally.
I wreck spines sometimes though. Just cause i want the book to flop open