That was a lovely story about your grandmother,she is an angel by the sounds of it.I had a fear of the elderly when I was a child(not having known my grandparents and not being around their company)but later in life I had the honour of visiting and helping to feed infirm and elderly ladies at a nursing home/hospital where I learned the meaning of dignity.On a lighter note I love the exchange from an old movie:"Can you be Mary Rogers?" "For a goldmine I could be Cleopatra!"😁❤️
These slightly in-depth videos covering various monthly reads are definitely my favorite parts of your channel Emma! Never a dull day when these pop up xD
I love to get new recommendations by Emma, she has such exquisite taste in lit. This month I finished war and peace (it was a long project) and it totally ended up being a new favourite of mine. Earlier this year I read 100 years of Solitude (another highlight!)- keep the recommendations coming!!😊
The 'A Song of Ice and Fire' books are some of the only books I have ever reread and man~ I agree, they are soooo detailed and the world feels so full and lived-in, with something going on around every corner. No other fantasy has ever made me feel so immersed and invested in what is happening to EVERYONE in the story. Top tier literature, imo. Even years after reading it, nothing has come close to beating the experience of reading A Storm of Swords, especially. After it, everything else paled in comparison for a LONG time. T__T
Perfect timing Emma. It's 4 pm here in Italy and I have just made a cup of tea and have a yummy piece of cake to eat. I'm slowly reading Paradise Lost (I'm reading it in Italian and listening to the English audiobook because... why not 😸)and I'm loving it very much, more than I expected. "Heaven and hell" it's on my wishlist since forever and the more you talk about it the more I want to finally pick it up. Your story about the funeral really makes you a goth girl Emma 💀 Lots of love!
My favourite book this month (although I am not finished yet): definitely war and peace! I had it on my shelf for ages and never picked it up, but I am on page 700 at the moment and absolutely love it! Thanks for taking away the 'fear' of such an epic read!
I’m reading the Hobbit and loving it so much !!!❤ definitely going to be one of my favorite stories 🏔🥰 and i just wanted to tell you that you are my favorite youtuber, watching your videos is always such a comforting, inspiring and sweet moment and i keep looking forward for your next video 😍😘❤️💕 i read so much more because of you so thank you so much
My top three books from November were Interview with the Vampire (thank you for giving me the push I needed to finally get to it), Perfume by Patrick Suskind, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Adored them all. My least favorite was definitely Insomnia by Stephen King. Started it in September and was so glad to finally be done with it! Cleopatra sounds really interesting. I've been looking for more non-fiction. Thanks for and another cozy video. Happy reading everyone
Dark books with kids protagonist is such a niche genre and doesn't get marketed well but I really wanna explore it more. Like Coraline, pan's labyrinth (movie), kite runner, boy in striped pajamas and so on I think it's such important genre because kids and their media is often treated like kids live in a sugar coated cutsy world but no matter how much parents would wanna protect kids, kids do infact live in the real world so it's fascinating the understanding a kid may have of "adult" issues ... Emma i know you've mentioned not liking pan's labyrinth before, but please watch the movie it's way better, it was anyway intended to be a movie first and a book after, book is more so to understand lore i think. Movie is phenomenal !
If you liked Interview with a Vampire, you really should read Vampire Lestat. It's better, in my opinion. It's an epic tale of how Lestat becomes a vampire and then explores the history of vampires down to the very first vampires. He travels the world and makes friends, it's beautiful and heartbreaking. It's amazing. I highly recommend...I would avoid the Queen Akasha book, however. It's the third book in the series. She's a cool character but I couldn't get through reading the book, there are too many things wrong with it to write in a CZcams comment.
Favorite book of the month - and the year (and possibly of all time??) was Rebecca! I had so much fun reading it. The characters, mood, twists..perfection!
I read Vampire Lestat this month, and I think that was my favorite. I had a rough month so I didn't get to read as much as I wanted to. I loved learning more about Lestat and how his perspective.
I read The Witches by Stacy Schiff a while ago, because I was obsessed with the history of the witch trial. I cannot recommend the book enough, (for anyone who wants to read the history/ for someone who is new to the history) . There is a depth to the narrative and the accounts are recounted vividly. I have too much to say about it, because I was horrified to learn about the unheard truths. I was in high school when I read it and it absolutely gripped me. Cannot wait to read Cleopatra. :)
Haven't read Interview with the Vampire since high school and was going to unhual it to reduce the amount of books I own before a planned move. Your review for it made me change my mind. Read The Vampire Lestat in my mid twenties and had mixed feelings about it. Would be interested in your thoughts about it if you decide to continue the series.
November for me, without planning, was for Japanese literature. I read "before the coffee gets cold" and didn't like it at all. After that, I read "men without women" it's one of those books that makes you feel so smooth and quiet. and today I finished "the traveling cat chronicles" I don't know if you read this Emma, but I need you to promise me to check out this one. Sayonara
I have been a huge fan of Anne Rice ,you will love the rest of the vampire books ,also please be sure to read her witch books starting with The Witching Hour ,the writing is so beautiful i am sure you will fall in love as i did .
your videos always come at the best time! Im currently reading game of thorns for the first time, and your vlogs are really motivating me and making me want to read all of them in a day!! tysm for another great recommendation like always
Anne Rice is my fave author of all time 💕 she def created Claudia to grapple with the emotions that came with her daughter Michelle's passing. I have yet to pick up Cleopatra but it's been on the tbr for a hot minute.
I was a bit memorized when I read Interview with the Vampire many years ago. The movie was pretty well done. All the players fill their roles so fully. Heaven and Hell sounds intriguing. Looking at reviews, I saw mention that it was in the style of Cormac McCarthy which interests me further. If you liked the style, you may appreciate The Passenger, it's amazing.
i was so busy so i only read the shadow of the wind and it's a new favourite now i loved it so much and the ending was the best part of it. i know you dnfd it and i understand that because i know you're not a big fan of dark academia books and also the first 150 pages were slow but the next half of the book is amazing and more exciting
Love you and your amazing channel love your book shelves look amazing please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 prayers and thoughts for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤
I just read "Villette", which I thoroughly enjoyed. By the way, my mom used to take my sisters and me to the psychiatric hospital where she worked when she was on call. I have fond memories, and I learned a lot.🧡
I kind of grew up in a nursing home. My grandma would watch me for like 1.5 years before I went to kindergarden, and we went to spend time with and take care of my great-grandma every day. I was apparently a little sunshine there 😊 I have fond memories of that time and I think it prevented me from being weirded out by old age as so many people seem to be. Then I helped out at a lot of funerals from age 9-15 (German Catholic kid things...although no open caskets here!), so that has normalised death as a part of life as well. I'm grateful that I haven't grown up totally sheltered from death and old age too, Emma!
Great video Emma. Love hearing about those childhood memories. What a gift your grandmother was/is to you! My Favorite Book of November was Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. My first time reading this Victorian Author. I also started the Aggie Morton book but like you the library snatched it back! I may go get a hard copy as I was liking it.
I've been behind on keeping up with videos so I didn't know you were reading IWTV! It's one of my favorite books and the series is my favorite adult series (as opposed to YA). Anne Rice is such an incredible writer- she IS the blueprint for modern vampires- and I was devastated when she died last year. Here I go binging the other recent videos of yours I haven't watched yet (since you mentioned you were reading it in a vlog)! okay but your tangent about going to funerals and listening to old people talk made me think of Harold & Maude, which is one of my favorite films!
emma just convinced me to reread a game of thrones, wish me luck (i also read it for the first time in high school, and i even got a quote from the book tattooed!)
I had a pretty slow reading month, y'know Novembers in Uni... but I did get to read Neuromancer by William Gibson for one of my courses! It was not my favourite Sci-Fi ever but I loved the Cyberpunk vibes
Crying in H Mart was my favorite book of the month, but The Marriage Portrait was a close second. The Aggie Morton series is definitely on my TBR radar now, thanks Emma :)
Hiii, I really love to hear you talk, especially about books 🙊 And my favorite book of this month was 'Dracula' and I love it. Of course I will look for 'Interview with the vampire'❤
@@coopaloopmex I listened to it on audible where it was brilliantly read by Simon Vance. And occasionally I read along with the audio in my book. Makes it much more manageable!
Speaking of the Icelandic sagas I'm planning on hopefully reading Njal's saga next month and I'm very excited for it. Heaven and Hell sounds fantastic as well, hopefully I'll be able to read that in the near-ish future.
Hey emmie🖐🏻 I'm currently in a big reading slump ..when I was younger I used to read all day and I don't remember how it stopped but I miss it so much..a few days ago i found this channel and your videos make me want to read even more.I'm 19 now and I really want to get into reading again but I picked up so many books, doesn't matter what genre or how long they are;none of them really exite me.Even if i stick with a book for a while I can't manage to read longer than 15 minutes at once mostly and it'sreally hard to concentrate.I tried to read at least a little bit every day to make it a habit but forcing myself to read feels kinda wrong. I don't even know what my taste in books is or how I'm supposed to figure that out honestly :/ I was just wondering if you could make a video on how to get over that or on how to find the right books. But any tips are appreciated ..Have a nice day everyone :)
I loved hearing about your childhood, your grandma, and your unusual upbringing. What wonderful and strange memories. Kudos to your grandma! It's obvious it contributed to you being such a kind, sweet, and gentle soul. ♥
Your grandma sounds like such a wonderful person! Also it's cool to know about how you went to funerals and talked with a lot elderly people; it seems like a valuable and insightful experience you had thanks to your grandma. Aggie Morton sounds like a cool character too!
my favorite book of this month might be Jane Eyre. Yes, I think it is. My least favorite book is sadly a good girl's guide to murder, but that was only because I read a lot of good books this month (a picture of Dorian grey, the night circus, and two more). Other than that I know that I am definitely going to pic up Heaven and Hell :)
Hi Emma! I started The Witcher series this month and am currently on the third book. Totally invested. But my fave book for Nov is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini. Deeply moving and beautifully written. 5 stars. Enjoy your Dec reads!
Finally your review of the Auggie book. Been waiting for this review since your haul. I am a fan of middle grade books. Great! Will order it right away!
I loved your recommendations, heaven and hell sounds so interesting! I’ve read a hundred years of solitude last month and I’m honestly having a hard time to move on from all the buendias drama. It’s just so magical the way marquez writes! To start december I picked “the aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges to read and so far I’m liking it very much. Always good hearing from you, Emma. Have a good week 🤍
My favorite book from November is 100% "Fruiting Bodies: Stories" by Kathryn Harlan. It's actually probably my favorite read of the year so far, and I haven't seen nearly enough people talking about this collection. So, I'm currently endeavoring to recommend it far and wide. I know that short story collections aren't for everyone, but I also think this collection could change a few minds on the matter :)) This is a book that will definitely be living rent free in my mind and blood until the day I die. And even after, I think this book will be with me still. Can recommend enough
@@ErinCoburn Ornithologist's Guide to Life by Ann Hood is one of my favorites (this may be OOP). Annie Proulx's Heart Songs & Close Range are excellent. For early to mid 20th century Dorothy Parker and James Thurber are great reads. Things We Didn't See Coming (Steven Amsterdam) is a disturbing but thought provoking collection of related stories about what would have happened if Y2K had really occurred. I have shelves full of great short stories but these are the ones that came to mind. Happy reading!
Read ‘Wolf Hall’ in November. With effort I came to grips with the “he” narrative device and ended up loving the book. Also really liked ‘Lucy by the Sea’.
Considering you have read Pamuk and liked his work, and because you liked the "narrated by the dead" narrative device of Heaven and Hell, I really recommend "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk. It's narrated by multiple people, including the murderer and his dead, and it's kind of a detective novel because you don't know who the murderer is till the end!
I love your grandma time story. ❤️ I have had a perfectly lovely reading month. Sourdough by Robin Sloane was the lowest rated at 3.75, but I docked .25 for the audio reader's voice. Her man voice annoyed me to no end. Holier Than Thou by Jackie Hill Perry and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen were my top rated at 5 stars each. The other two books were 4 stars.
So glad you posted, I really needed this today! And I'm grateful for you being so open with us. Your grandma sounds pretty amazing. My favourite book was All's Well by Mona Awad. Really weird and dark, but also somehow funny.
so glad you loved aggie morton, i would highly recommend the murder most unladylike books! it's like malory towers but with murder mysteries, need i say more? the friendship between the two main characters develops so well over the series, and it also has a lot of references to fictional detectives like poirot, marple, and sherlock holmes. these books have such a special place in my heart so i take every opportunity to recommend them.
@14:25 I can relate to what you are saying; although I haven't read the book you are holding, I remember reading a book called Remember Me by Lesley Pearse. That book was incredible, and it took me a while since it was full of sorrow, pain, happiness, etc, and it certainly grabs your emotions and takes it on a rollercoaster ride. The main character Mary had her life turned upside when she stole a hat and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her story is not happy, filled with pain, sorrow, betrayal, and sometimes joy sprinkled in-between moments of great distress. I still remember the rollercoaster of emotions I felt reading that book in regards to the character Mary. The only thing that sustained me was that she would get a happy ending, and when that didn't happen, I was so angry, disappointed and upset at the author. I felt cheated by the author for putting this character through that but not having the decency to give her a happy ending. It was after I read the next few pages of the author's notes explaining why she didn't give her a happy ending even though she wanted to, did I then understand that it was non-fiction and not a fictional book that I just read. I still looked to the internet to see if I could find out what happened to her, but there were no records, and for the following months that followed, I found myself wondering about Mary and hoping that she indeed find happiness.
Favorite: Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby Least favorite: Lies She Told by Cate Holahan 😳 Loved hearing your childhood stories - unlocking the Emma lore 🧙🏼♀️
I've picked up Heaven and Hell on your recommandation this week while I'm sick with the flu, and I love it. The writing is so weird, unlike anything I've ever read ! So thank you. I'm reading the french translation by Éric Boury, and the french title is "entre ciel et terre", which is an interesting choice !! Hope you're having a wonderful week Emma
Ms. Emmie!!! We need to talk... lol... you are a menace to my society!!! I cannot tell you how many books I have bought and read because of your recommendations. Along with the fact that I am also doing the Dickens VS Tolstoy with you an Carolyn... Menaces I say!!! and I wouldn't have it any other way. I have to also say that I a excited to see what the next course of learning you will be taking on and just remember to never reach for the stars when the galaxy is far beyond them.. Love from Ohio my dear
Emmie, I know your a book girl but if you are diving into Vampire lore the best vampire show/ movie of all time is True Blood ( also based in Louisiana ) seasons 1-4 its so good I just rewatched all of them. I cant get past season 5 though because the writing takes a not so great turn when the creator of the show, Alan Ball left the show. Its on HBO max ( its so good ) Im reading 100 years of Solitude right now thanks to you and I am really enjoying it. Im going to be picking up Interview with a Vampire next
i read five books in november which is a lot for me! two of them were five star reads- five quarters of the orange by joanne harris and letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke!
Speaking of being with the dying elderly, my favorite book this month was the audiobook of Tuesdays with Morrie! Narrated by the author, which I love. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Your grandmother sounds lovely! I'm definitely going to check out Heaven and Hell. My favourite read of the month was an incredible essay collection called It Came From the Closet
I love your middlegrade(ish) recommendations so much. I read Poison for Breakfast last month per your recommendation and it was so much fun!! A favourite from last month I'd recommend to you: Underland by Robert Macfarlane because they go underground and into icebergs!!!
listening to you talk about literature is inspiring me to read again! will you sometime in the future do a video on tips for getting back into the swing of reading? sorry if that seems like a dumb thing to ask. your color tabs keep catching my eye and i'm just convinced you have a really cool system for retaining. so curious about them. and super envious that you can read books in one day. hahaha
yes yes, I had a GREAT reading month! I read Loveless by Alice Oseman, and loved it so so much, also read (The book of Negroes by Lawrance Hill) -in Arabic- and it was FANTASTIC, great and heartbreaking, and really recommend it very much! and then I reread my favorite book (A Gentleman In Moscow), and just loved it more:) i really hope you read it and really wanna know what you think about it
You have definitely heard this recommendation before but if you liked Heaven and Hell you will like The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. They have similar themes, although in my opinion Zusak's writing is a little more cynical. Also, you have inspired me to stop putting off A Game of Thrones :)
Reread Slaughterhouse -Five by Vonnegut.... definitely recommend.Moved on to Mother Night now and it's great as well....dude has a dark sense of humor for sure.
My favorite book for November was Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M Montgomery. I gave it five stars. I did mention it to you in the comments of another video earlier this year and yes it did take me a long time to finish reading it. It only took me a long time to finish because I was reading other books from the library trying to get through them and some of them were bigger. Jane of Lantern Hill is one I got secondhand so like my other books of my own personal library it didn't get as much priority though I loved reading it. From reading it I decided to keep it as part of my permanent collection because I gave it five stars. Five stars for me means that I liked it enough that I might or probably will read it again. I like Jane but not her mother so much. She isn't a horrible person. Her mother is simply a pushover. But it is still a cozy and warm book to read when you want a book that isn't overly heavy or thick on plot or life issues. Great to read any time of year!
Your childhood sounds very familiar and it’s so interesting and funny because even though we have different cultures, we always, always find lots of similarities! My grandmother used to take me and my sister to lots of funerals because here in Romania, when you live at the country side, you HAVE to go to every funeral! 😂
At this point I don't even remember how I ended up finding you Emma, but your videos have become such a calming place for me. Thank you so much 😊❤️
That was a lovely story about your grandmother,she is an angel by the sounds of it.I had a fear of the elderly when I was a child(not having known my grandparents and not being around their company)but later in life I had the honour of visiting and helping to feed infirm and elderly ladies at a nursing home/hospital where I learned the meaning of dignity.On a lighter note I love the exchange from an old movie:"Can you be Mary Rogers?" "For a goldmine I could be Cleopatra!"😁❤️
These slightly in-depth videos covering various monthly reads are definitely my favorite parts of your channel Emma! Never a dull day when these pop up xD
I love to get new recommendations by Emma, she has such exquisite taste in lit. This month I finished war and peace (it was a long project) and it totally ended up being a new favourite of mine. Earlier this year I read 100 years of Solitude (another highlight!)- keep the recommendations coming!!😊
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The 'A Song of Ice and Fire' books are some of the only books I have ever reread and man~ I agree, they are soooo detailed and the world feels so full and lived-in, with something going on around every corner. No other fantasy has ever made me feel so immersed and invested in what is happening to EVERYONE in the story. Top tier literature, imo. Even years after reading it, nothing has come close to beating the experience of reading A Storm of Swords, especially. After it, everything else paled in comparison for a LONG time. T__T
I agree, but it is about lard arse finished the series, rather than chasing the money.
Perfect timing Emma. It's 4 pm here in Italy and I have just made a cup of tea and have a yummy piece of cake to eat. I'm slowly reading Paradise Lost (I'm reading it in Italian and listening to the English audiobook because... why not 😸)and I'm loving it very much, more than I expected. "Heaven and hell" it's on my wishlist since forever and the more you talk about it the more I want to finally pick it up. Your story about the funeral really makes you a goth girl Emma 💀
Lots of love!
Heaven and Hell sounds so good! I love that you liked it so much! I think you’ve convinced me to read it I just hope the tragedy isn’t too bad 😅
My favourite book this month (although I am not finished yet): definitely war and peace! I had it on my shelf for ages and never picked it up, but I am on page 700 at the moment and absolutely love it! Thanks for taking away the 'fear' of such an epic read!
I’m reading the Hobbit and loving it so much !!!❤ definitely going to be one of my favorite stories 🏔🥰 and i just wanted to tell you that you are my favorite youtuber, watching your videos is always such a comforting, inspiring and sweet moment and i keep looking forward for your next video 😍😘❤️💕 i read so much more because of you so thank you so much
“If you’re unfamiliar with a game of thrones, I can’t help you” yep that sums it up perfectly🤣
My top three books from November were Interview with the Vampire (thank you for giving me the push I needed to finally get to it), Perfume by Patrick Suskind, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Adored them all. My least favorite was definitely Insomnia by Stephen King. Started it in September and was so glad to finally be done with it! Cleopatra sounds really interesting. I've been looking for more non-fiction. Thanks for and another cozy video. Happy reading everyone
I love love love your channel its so good !!!!! Listening to you talk about these books is better than reading the actual books!
New video from you is a delight!!!❤❤❤ Obsessed in reading classics because of youuu✨
Dark books with kids protagonist is such a niche genre and doesn't get marketed well but I really wanna explore it more. Like Coraline, pan's labyrinth (movie), kite runner, boy in striped pajamas and so on
I think it's such important genre because kids and their media is often treated like kids live in a sugar coated cutsy world but no matter how much parents would wanna protect kids, kids do infact live in the real world so it's fascinating the understanding a kid may have of "adult" issues ...
Emma i know you've mentioned not liking pan's labyrinth before, but please watch the movie it's way better, it was anyway intended to be a movie first and a book after, book is more so to understand lore i think. Movie is phenomenal !
If you liked Interview with a Vampire, you really should read Vampire Lestat. It's better, in my opinion. It's an epic tale of how Lestat becomes a vampire and then explores the history of vampires down to the very first vampires. He travels the world and makes friends, it's beautiful and heartbreaking. It's amazing. I highly recommend...I would avoid the Queen Akasha book, however. It's the third book in the series. She's a cool character but I couldn't get through reading the book, there are too many things wrong with it to write in a CZcams comment.
I dnf’ed iwtv sadly. I’ll check VL out, thanks for the rec!
Favorite book of the month - and the year (and possibly of all time??) was Rebecca! I had so much fun reading it. The characters, mood, twists..perfection!
I read Vampire Lestat this month, and I think that was my favorite. I had a rough month so I didn't get to read as much as I wanted to. I loved learning more about Lestat and how his perspective.
I have borrowed heaven and hell from my library, thanks for the rec… looking forward to it!😊
I read The Witches by Stacy Schiff a while ago, because I was obsessed with the history of the witch trial. I cannot recommend the book enough, (for anyone who wants to read the history/ for someone who is new to the history) . There is a depth to the narrative and the accounts are recounted vividly.
I have too much to say about it, because I was horrified to learn about the unheard truths. I was in high school when I read it and it absolutely gripped me.
Cannot wait to read Cleopatra. :)
Wonderful videos! Your grandma sounds so amazing and wonderful 🥰 and also Aggie Morton sounds so precious!
Haven't read Interview with the Vampire since high school and was going to unhual it to reduce the amount of books I own before a planned move. Your review for it made me change my mind. Read The Vampire Lestat in my mid twenties and had mixed feelings about it. Would be interested in your thoughts about it if you decide to continue the series.
May God bless Emmie for giving us the best content all the way. Seems like she's gradually improving, and that's a great sign.
November for me, without planning, was for Japanese literature.
I read "before the coffee gets cold" and didn't like it at all.
After that, I read "men without women" it's one of those books that makes you feel so smooth and quiet.
and today I finished "the traveling cat chronicles" I don't know if you read this Emma, but I need you to promise me to check out this one.
Sayonara
I have been a huge fan of Anne Rice ,you will love the rest of the vampire books ,also please be sure to read her witch books starting with The Witching Hour ,the writing is so beautiful i am sure you will fall in love as i did .
My favourite book of November was The Colour Purple! 💜
your videos always come at the best time! Im currently reading game of thorns for the first time, and your vlogs are really motivating me and making me want to read all of them in a day!! tysm for another great recommendation like always
I've been putting off reading Game of Thrones even though I've owned this book for seven years now. I think this is a sign 👀
Anne Rice is my fave author of all time 💕 she def created Claudia to grapple with the emotions that came with her daughter Michelle's passing. I have yet to pick up Cleopatra but it's been on the tbr for a hot minute.
I was a bit memorized when I read Interview with the Vampire many years ago. The movie was pretty well done. All the players fill their roles so fully. Heaven and Hell sounds intriguing. Looking at reviews, I saw mention that it was in the style of Cormac McCarthy which interests me further. If you liked the style, you may appreciate The Passenger, it's amazing.
i was so busy so i only read the shadow of the wind and it's a new favourite now i loved it so much and the ending was the best part of it. i know you dnfd it and i understand that because i know you're not a big fan of dark academia books and also the first 150 pages were slow but the next half of the book is amazing and more exciting
Already December…?😮Time flies…
Love you and your amazing channel love your book shelves look amazing please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 prayers and thoughts for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤
Happy December! So curious to see if “Green Glass House” will make it onto your December reading list! 😊❄️
I love the way she talks... and how she is mindful all the time💜
I just read "Villette", which I thoroughly enjoyed. By the way, my mom used to take my sisters and me to the psychiatric hospital where she worked when she was on call. I have fond memories, and I learned a lot.🧡
I kind of grew up in a nursing home. My grandma would watch me for like 1.5 years before I went to kindergarden, and we went to spend time with and take care of my great-grandma every day. I was apparently a little sunshine there 😊 I have fond memories of that time and I think it prevented me from being weirded out by old age as so many people seem to be. Then I helped out at a lot of funerals from age 9-15 (German Catholic kid things...although no open caskets here!), so that has normalised death as a part of life as well. I'm grateful that I haven't grown up totally sheltered from death and old age too, Emma!
Great video Emma. Love hearing about those childhood memories. What a gift your grandmother was/is to you! My Favorite Book of November was Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. My first time reading this Victorian Author. I also started the Aggie Morton book but like you the library snatched it back! I may go get a hard copy as I was liking it.
I've been behind on keeping up with videos so I didn't know you were reading IWTV! It's one of my favorite books and the series is my favorite adult series (as opposed to YA). Anne Rice is such an incredible writer- she IS the blueprint for modern vampires- and I was devastated when she died last year. Here I go binging the other recent videos of yours I haven't watched yet (since you mentioned you were reading it in a vlog)!
okay but your tangent about going to funerals and listening to old people talk made me think of Harold & Maude, which is one of my favorite films!
emma just convinced me to reread a game of thrones, wish me luck (i also read it for the first time in high school, and i even got a quote from the book tattooed!)
4:23 yes Emma we have total faith in you that you'll actually finish a series 😂😂😭😭
I had a pretty slow reading month, y'know Novembers in Uni... but I did get to read Neuromancer by William Gibson for one of my courses! It was not my favourite Sci-Fi ever but I loved the Cyberpunk vibes
Crying in H Mart was my favorite book of the month, but The Marriage Portrait was a close second. The Aggie Morton series is definitely on my TBR radar now, thanks Emma :)
just randomly rewatching old emmies videos becouse there is no one whom i love more
Hiii, I really love to hear you talk, especially about books 🙊 And my favorite book of this month was 'Dracula' and I love it. Of course I will look for 'Interview with the vampire'❤
your voice is so calming in this video, i love it
Plop your butt down! LOL love it. And yay you're loving Dombey and Son! I read it for Victober this year and loved it so much too. ❤
"Ok, I think the sirens have stopped." Is probably the best start to a youtube vid I've seen all month.
My heart skipped a beat and I 👏.. yes Anne Rice Interview with A Vampire. My all time favorite book.
I just finished "Bleak House" and was completely blown away by it. Will probs get the same copy of Dombey & Son. You rock Emma!
Oh ! I have that on my shelf, but at 900 pages, it is soooo intimidating! I need motivation
@@coopaloopmex I listened to it on audible where it was brilliantly read by Simon Vance. And occasionally I read along with the audio in my book. Makes it much more manageable!
♥️ DOMBEY and SON.
Fantastic story. ♥️
Speaking of the Icelandic sagas I'm planning on hopefully reading Njal's saga next month and I'm very excited for it. Heaven and Hell sounds fantastic as well, hopefully I'll be able to read that in the near-ish future.
still reading but "East of Eden" is undoubtedly one of my favorites of the month!
Hey emmie🖐🏻
I'm currently in a big reading slump ..when I was younger I used to read all day and I don't remember how it stopped but I miss it so much..a few days ago i found this channel and your videos make me want to read even more.I'm 19 now and I really want to get into reading again but I picked up so many books, doesn't matter what genre or how long they are;none of them really exite me.Even if i stick with a book for a while I can't manage to read longer than 15 minutes at once mostly and it'sreally hard to concentrate.I tried to read at least a little bit every day to make it a habit but forcing myself to read feels kinda wrong. I don't even know what my taste in books is or how I'm supposed to figure that out honestly :/
I was just wondering if you could make a video on how to get over that or on how to find the right books.
But any tips are appreciated ..Have a nice day everyone :)
I'm currently reading Interview with a Vampire and can feel that it will be a new favorite of mine too ahhh
I loved hearing about your childhood, your grandma, and your unusual upbringing. What wonderful and strange memories. Kudos to your grandma! It's obvious it contributed to you being such a kind, sweet, and gentle soul. ♥
patiently waiting for you to continue the vampire chronicles ⚰️🧛🏻♀️
I love Interview with a Vampire too! I'm dying to read Vampire Lestat! ❣️❣️
Your grandma sounds like such a wonderful person! Also it's cool to know about how you went to funerals and talked with a lot elderly people; it seems like a valuable and insightful experience you had thanks to your grandma. Aggie Morton sounds like a cool character too!
my favorite book of this month might be Jane Eyre. Yes, I think it is. My least favorite book is sadly a good girl's guide to murder, but that was only because I read a lot of good books this month (a picture of Dorian grey, the night circus, and two more). Other than that I know that I am definitely going to pic up Heaven and Hell :)
I read Jane Eyre in October and it may be my favorite book of the year. Such an amazing read
@@coopaloopmex yeees it is so good!
Hi Emma! I started The Witcher series this month and am currently on the third book. Totally invested. But my fave book for Nov is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini. Deeply moving and beautifully written. 5 stars. Enjoy your Dec reads!
Heaven and Hell sounds really interesting! adding to my list, thanks Emmie!
Finally your review of the Auggie book. Been waiting for this review since your haul. I am a fan of middle grade books. Great! Will order it right away!
I loved your recommendations, heaven and hell sounds so interesting! I’ve read a hundred years of solitude last month and I’m honestly having a hard time to move on from all the buendias drama. It’s just so magical the way marquez writes!
To start december I picked “the aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges to read and so far I’m liking it very much.
Always good hearing from you, Emma. Have a good week 🤍
Ooh Heaven and Hell has the “Greek chorus” narration. I love books that have that. It always makes books feel so atmospheric and magical
My favorite book from November is 100% "Fruiting Bodies: Stories" by Kathryn Harlan. It's actually probably my favorite read of the year so far, and I haven't seen nearly enough people talking about this collection. So, I'm currently endeavoring to recommend it far and wide. I know that short story collections aren't for everyone, but I also think this collection could change a few minds on the matter :)) This is a book that will definitely be living rent free in my mind and blood until the day I die. And even after, I think this book will be with me still. Can recommend enough
Thanks for the recommendation. I LOVE short stories and have shelves full of them. I'm eager to get a copy of this now.
@@mdipeace If you have any recommendations for other short story collections; I too am always in the market to expand my shelves with them :)
@@ErinCoburn Ornithologist's Guide to Life by Ann Hood is one of my favorites (this may be OOP). Annie Proulx's Heart Songs & Close Range are excellent. For early to mid 20th century Dorothy Parker and James Thurber are great reads. Things We Didn't See Coming (Steven Amsterdam) is a disturbing but thought provoking collection of related stories about what would have happened if Y2K had really occurred. I have shelves full of great short stories but these are the ones that came to mind. Happy reading!
Read ‘Wolf Hall’ in November. With effort I came to grips with the “he” narrative device and ended up loving the book. Also really liked ‘Lucy by the Sea’.
It always makes my day when I see a notification from your channel
Considering you have read Pamuk and liked his work, and because you liked the "narrated by the dead" narrative device of Heaven and Hell, I really recommend "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk. It's narrated by multiple people, including the murderer and his dead, and it's kind of a detective novel because you don't know who the murderer is till the end!
My Name is Red and Snow by Orhan Pamuk are both so so so good!
I love your grandma time story. ❤️
I have had a perfectly lovely reading month. Sourdough by Robin Sloane was the lowest rated at 3.75, but I docked .25 for the audio reader's voice. Her man voice annoyed me to no end.
Holier Than Thou by Jackie Hill Perry and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen were my top rated at 5 stars each. The other two books were 4 stars.
My favourite book of the month was The Turn of the Screw, so spooky, loved it🫶
Describing A Game of Thrones as “a joy to read” is accurate and misleading at the same time haha. Love it.
So glad you posted, I really needed this today! And I'm grateful for you being so open with us. Your grandma sounds pretty amazing.
My favourite book was All's Well by Mona Awad. Really weird and dark, but also somehow funny.
so glad you loved aggie morton, i would highly recommend the murder most unladylike books! it's like malory towers but with murder mysteries, need i say more? the friendship between the two main characters develops so well over the series, and it also has a lot of references to fictional detectives like poirot, marple, and sherlock holmes. these books have such a special place in my heart so i take every opportunity to recommend them.
These are some of my favorite videos you make! Wishing you an amazing reading month in December, happy holidays ❤❤❤
I literally always scream out in joy when I see a new video 😂 love you so much ❤️ and happy Christmas season, can wait for the festive videos :)
@14:25 I can relate to what you are saying; although I haven't read the book you are holding, I remember reading a book called Remember Me by Lesley Pearse. That book was incredible, and it took me a while since it was full of sorrow, pain, happiness, etc, and it certainly grabs your emotions and takes it on a rollercoaster ride.
The main character Mary had her life turned upside when she stole a hat and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her story is not happy, filled with pain, sorrow, betrayal, and sometimes joy sprinkled in-between moments of great distress. I still remember the rollercoaster of emotions I felt reading that book in regards to the character Mary. The only thing that sustained me was that she would get a happy ending, and when that didn't happen, I was so angry, disappointed and upset at the author. I felt cheated by the author for putting this character through that but not having the decency to give her a happy ending. It was after I read the next few pages of the author's notes explaining why she didn't give her a happy ending even though she wanted to, did I then understand that it was non-fiction and not a fictional book that I just read. I still looked to the internet to see if I could find out what happened to her, but there were no records, and for the following months that followed, I found myself wondering about Mary and hoping that she indeed find happiness.
My favorite book of November was actually a re-read of The Broken Wings, which I first heard of from you! 💕
I bought "Interview with the Vampire" in the Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans (near Anne Rice' house), and I love it 🥰
Favorite: Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby
Least favorite: Lies She Told by Cate Holahan 😳
Loved hearing your childhood stories - unlocking the Emma lore 🧙🏼♀️
Some of my favorite reads from November were Shadow and Bone, Piranesi, and The Language of Spells (a delightful middle grade read).
Oh! I'm currently reading The Lady of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
I've picked up Heaven and Hell on your recommandation this week while I'm sick with the flu, and I love it. The writing is so weird, unlike anything I've ever read ! So thank you. I'm reading the french translation by Éric Boury, and the french title is "entre ciel et terre", which is an interesting choice !! Hope you're having a wonderful week Emma
My favorite book of the month was The Old Man And The Sea
Ms. Emmie!!! We need to talk... lol... you are a menace to my society!!! I cannot tell you how many books I have bought and read because of your recommendations. Along with the fact that I am also doing the Dickens VS Tolstoy with you an Carolyn... Menaces I say!!! and I wouldn't have it any other way. I have to also say that I a excited to see what the next course of learning you will be taking on and just remember to never reach for the stars when the galaxy is far beyond them.. Love from Ohio my dear
Emmie, I know your a book girl but if you are diving into Vampire lore the best vampire show/ movie of all time is True Blood ( also based in Louisiana ) seasons 1-4 its so good I just rewatched all of them. I cant get past season 5 though because the writing takes a not so great turn when the creator of the show, Alan Ball left the show. Its on HBO max ( its so good ) Im reading 100 years of Solitude right now thanks to you and I am really enjoying it. Im going to be picking up Interview with a Vampire next
i read five books in november which is a lot for me! two of them were five star reads- five quarters of the orange by joanne harris and letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke!
Hey, thank you for being you, it's very refreshing to hear your voice :) Month's Fav book - The history of bees by Maja Lunde
Speaking of being with the dying elderly, my favorite book this month was the audiobook of Tuesdays with Morrie! Narrated by the author, which I love. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
six of cows was my favorite book this month! i INHALED it 5 stars it was amazing escapism and its what I needed
Favorite book this month was Exile and The Kingdom by Camus. But also quite enjoyed The Secret History.
my fav book of the month was 'The Thirteenth tale'
Your grandmother sounds lovely! I'm definitely going to check out Heaven and Hell. My favourite read of the month was an incredible essay collection called It Came From the Closet
Ok FINE I’m sold on Interview With the Vampire. Sign me up!
I love your middlegrade(ish) recommendations so much. I read Poison for Breakfast last month per your recommendation and it was so much fun!!
A favourite from last month I'd recommend to you: Underland by Robert Macfarlane because they go underground and into icebergs!!!
listening to you talk about literature is inspiring me to read again! will you sometime in the future do a video on tips for getting back into the swing of reading? sorry if that seems like a dumb thing to ask. your color tabs keep catching my eye and i'm just convinced you have a really cool system for retaining. so curious about them. and super envious that you can read books in one day. hahaha
I'd say my favorite book of November is a tie between A Game of Thrones and Under the Whispering Door. :)
yes yes, I had a GREAT reading month! I read Loveless by Alice Oseman, and loved it so so much, also read (The book of Negroes by Lawrance Hill) -in Arabic- and it was FANTASTIC, great and heartbreaking, and really recommend it very much! and then I reread my favorite book (A Gentleman In Moscow), and just loved it more:) i really hope you read it and really wanna know what you think about it
You have definitely heard this recommendation before but if you liked Heaven and Hell you will like The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. They have similar themes, although in my opinion Zusak's writing is a little more cynical. Also, you have inspired me to stop putting off A Game of Thrones :)
Reread Slaughterhouse -Five by Vonnegut.... definitely recommend.Moved on to Mother Night now and it's great as well....dude has a dark sense of humor for sure.
You are really going to have to continue reading the Vampire Chronicles series!
My favorite book for November was Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M Montgomery. I gave it five stars. I did mention it to you in the comments of another video earlier this year and yes it did take me a long time to finish reading it. It only took me a long time to finish because I was reading other books from the library trying to get through them and some of them were bigger. Jane of Lantern Hill is one I got secondhand so like my other books of my own personal library it didn't get as much priority though I loved reading it. From reading it I decided to keep it as part of my permanent collection because I gave it five stars. Five stars for me means that I liked it enough that I might or probably will read it again. I like Jane but not her mother so much. She isn't a horrible person. Her mother is simply a pushover. But it is still a cozy and warm book to read when you want a book that isn't overly heavy or thick on plot or life issues. Great to read any time of year!
Your childhood sounds very familiar and it’s so interesting and funny because even though we have different cultures, we always, always find lots of similarities! My grandmother used to take me and my sister to lots of funerals because here in Romania, when you live at the country side, you HAVE to go to every funeral! 😂