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  • @emmiereads
    @emmiereads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

    pls come back

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      on my way

    • @joannaszulc1496
      @joannaszulc1496 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I second this

    • @mirlne
      @mirlne 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I third this

    • @coralzambrano9587
      @coralzambrano9587 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      i fourth this

    • @Phoebe_934
      @Phoebe_934 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do it!

  • @arieska.meurer
    @arieska.meurer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    I love it when you and Emmie are together! I like watching the videos on the same subject from both channels so I can see both points of view! 🥰

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I’m so glad!!! (We love it too) 🥰

  • @PParks6973
    @PParks6973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Have you or will ever do a video on how you keep track of what you read? In a journal? On computer? In a notebook. I am in my 70s and an avid reader since childhood and I so enjoy watching your enthusiasm and intelligence with your love of books. It keeps me happy. You and your friend and her cat of course, are just lovely. From Tasmania.

  • @hmm6411
    @hmm6411 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Your turn Emma. NYC is waiting for you! Central Park, looking over the lake, reading as the rowboats pass, live cello in the background and Carolyn by your side. Continue growing the friendship. Love your videos.!!!

  • @Cubehead27
    @Cubehead27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Not a chance in hell that I'd ever have the energy or self-discipline for this much reading in one day but watching you guys do it is very cozy 😊

  • @femsfables
    @femsfables 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    i read ‘never let me go’ for university this year and actually really liked it! it wasn’t a five star read, but definitely enjoyable!

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @breeannavirrueta979
    @breeannavirrueta979 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    this video was very much so needed for my soul. thank you for continuing to share your perspectives on literature and for uploading them in such a comforting way. ❤️

  • @moonflower1616
    @moonflower1616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love the scene where you are both sitting and reading outside on the couch, and Emma's outfit perfectly matches the chess book cover, down to the socks. 😆

  • @prachikoolwal
    @prachikoolwal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    i’m so glad you read Jhumpa Lahiri and enjoyed it!!! please read more of her books and let us know your views on them (i personally love reading her works)

  • @juliaomelchenko1132
    @juliaomelchenko1132 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Enjoying every video you post, even before watching😃 They are so good and uplifting and motivating! I have many books to finish this month so I am inspired to have myself a 24-hour readathon too. Thank you for sharing your experience😗

  • @__rishikasingh
    @__rishikasingh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love to watch you guyss doing readathon !!
    Its my favourite video !!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @hedi3508
    @hedi3508 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love you both so much🥹❤️ and I really enjoy your videos together❤ keep going😍

  • @denisefreitas6727
    @denisefreitas6727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely loved this video! Wish i could read a book in the park with you both! ❤❤📚

  • @JohnSaxon-vw5vi
    @JohnSaxon-vw5vi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing video ladies love it and love it when when you two work together on a video prayers and blessings for you both love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

  • @iammehowru
    @iammehowru 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im so glad my algorithm is finally feeling me bookish content outside of the big 5 accounts. What a blessing to find yours and emmies accounts!

  • @k.o.hakala2112
    @k.o.hakala2112 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like this collab series. Good work, keep up the. Thank you.

  • @ludovicacastracane4975
    @ludovicacastracane4975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The cuttest book keepers ever sawn.
    I will start the Golden Notebook from Doris Lessing thanks to you! -)

  • @caoimhescott07
    @caoimhescott07 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seeing that you uploaded was like a gift!

  • @isabelmariamoorealonso666
    @isabelmariamoorealonso666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You guys have a friendship I can only dream of💗 I love you both!

  • @EmersSarah
    @EmersSarah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a fantastic day of reading and friendship! I just read "The Ice Palace" and LOVED it!!

  • @__loveball
    @__loveball 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you are both glowing :-) im very eager to read more Ishiguro after finishing Never Let Me Go. I think it was a uniquely crafted novel, even though I didn't enjoy the narrator's voice and I understand the criticisms. It's one of the books I don't get tired of talking about though, and that means a lot to me.
    looking forward to more videos of you two, hope you get the opportunity to meet as frequently as you want 💜

  • @BibBubDude
    @BibBubDude 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, I was reading ‘The Remains of the Day’ too, but then nursing school started kicking my butt and I had to stop. I was about 40% through, very slow paced book. Definitely going to come back to it during winter break. Definitely seems like a cozy winter read.

  • @AshtheViking
    @AshtheViking 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow. I haven't watched a video from Emmie before (will fix that) and didn't know you were in Canada but definitely had a moment of 'that looks like Lake Ontario' when you showed the park. I hope you enjoyed Toronto.

  • @martinelanglois3158
    @martinelanglois3158 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vibes all around with this. ❤

  • @jimcuster3677
    @jimcuster3677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad you enjoyed The Remains of the Day. My wife Sharon and I read it a couple of years ago and it instantly became my favorite book. I've read three more Ishiguro novels since then (including Never Let Me Go) and have enjoyed them all. Chess was a great story also.

  • @buddenbrooks
    @buddenbrooks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Never let me go is one of my all time favourites!
    Edited to add: I think I had a similar reaction to you, NLMG hit me harder but TROTD was just quietly devastating

  • @rustlingtrees8987
    @rustlingtrees8987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love watching the same content on both channels! I've been watching Emma's videos for a while and hers were the only bookish videos I watched in English, but I guess that is about to change now :) Btw, "Zweig" is pronounced with more "t" at the beginning (Tsweig, not Sweig), but the rest was perfect. I reread chess this year (actually listened to it) and it is so good. I first read this almost 15 years ago and I still remembered it well.

  • @antidelusionalpeeps
    @antidelusionalpeeps 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I started Never Let Me Go but found it slow and dull so I put it aside. Hearing you talk passionately about it makes me want to pick it back up and read it with a fresher perspective. I relate to what Emma said about the book but the way you talk about your interpretation of it makes me realize I probably missed the point. I hope I will like it better this time around!

  • @ooh29
    @ooh29 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was beautiful 🙌🏻

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m so glad you thought so 😊

  • @lynncornelissen
    @lynncornelissen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Emma’s pronunciation of Zweig is correct!!

  • @elichaitman3294
    @elichaitman3294 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been waiting for this one 😊

  • @magda_mf
    @magda_mf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've actually only just finished reading the Ice Palace! I started reading it on a cold rainy day and I think that this enhanced the atmosphere of the book a lot and I enjoyed it so much 😁 I can totally see why you dnf'd it though!
    I also read Never let me go quite recently and share Emma's thoughts on it, sorry 🙈

  • @dianaayt
    @dianaayt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I also started reading manga for the first time after watching netflix's live adaptation of one piece! It really helped to already know the basics of the story, I feel like that made it so much easier to keep going and not being overwhelmed with the new format and also story. But now in over a week and half I've read over 140 chapters (17 volumes) and now it makes me feel weird reading it left to right haha Its something to get used to! There are these mangas that so many people say they are some of the best stories ever written, it's kinda sad I wasn't going to give them a shot because of their format. And I'm glad I'm already started with one of those and I can already tell it will be one of the best stories ever

  • @chiming_
    @chiming_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hope i have a reading bestie like you (and Emma) do.

  • @bobthecat-rh5dy
    @bobthecat-rh5dy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve read NLMG and TROTD by Ishiguro and my reaction to these two books is exactly the same as yours: was deeply moved by NLMG, gave it 5 stars and 4 stars to TROTD. Ishiguro is such a marvelous writer! And I just started reading Klara and the sun. Now, about Zweig! (Pronounced ts-v-eye-g). Another top notch writer! I haven’t read Chess story yet, but I have read Beware of Pity - this book is a MUST READ, do you hear me? It’s a must read!!! I am sure you’ll be knocked out by it as I was, since it seems we have a similar taste. Not sure Emma would like it, her taste is a bit strange to me. I do like to watch her vlogs as well, but I’ve been a bit disappointed in her book ratings lately. She’s nice though, and it’s wonderful seeing you two getting on so well! ❤

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn't know which translation to get so I got both - the one volume verse translation from Arndt (sp?) and the 4 volume prose translation from Nabokov. So, looking forward to reading with you this Winter.

  • @poojadeshpande7246
    @poojadeshpande7246 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    sucha a nice video ✨

  • @MartinDSmith
    @MartinDSmith 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Jhumpa Lahiri's book Whereabouts:ostensibly simple episodes but existentially profound observations on the experience of being human.

  • @rachelparry4614
    @rachelparry4614 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never Let Me Go….I recommended that to my book club last year after watching Carolyn gush about it. I have similar taste to her and I did like it, but probably not as much as she did. No one else in book club liked it. I watched the movie recently and really enjoyed the movie. I’ve only read one other Ishiguro, and loved it - Klara and the Sun.

  • @oak_leaf
    @oak_leaf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never let me go happens to be a pick of my bookclub for October so I will tell you my thoughts very soon :)

  • @alyanaiqbal1436
    @alyanaiqbal1436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Friendship goals❤🥺🥺

  • @AmalijaKomar
    @AmalijaKomar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love Ishiguro and read almost every books he wrote. Also love Vessos and winter atmosphere in Ice Pallas. His most important book is Byrds.

  • @spaceyarcher
    @spaceyarcher 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my fav booktubers

  • @El_Alf
    @El_Alf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh, that's so funny! I've been going Irish lately, too. It happens at most random times and I have no idea why 😂 Nothing I've been watching has been irish 🤔

  • @beawesome7056
    @beawesome7056 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Carolyn! I‘ve recently read „Either/Or“ by Elif Batuman, which is the second part of a series, and am now reading the first part called „The Idiot“. Have you checked out the authors work? Because since its a lot about literature, I think you could enjoy it! Batuman also has a book named „The Possessed“ where she writes about classics and their authors, apparently mostly russian ones.
    Love your videos!

  • @doaadikrallah
    @doaadikrallah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    never let me go made me cry like a baby, i loved it sooo much it was so so good and the love story 😢😭😭😭💔

  • @disakland4714
    @disakland4714 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have read it. It’s probably my favorite book of all time. Or at least very very high up. It’s not the absolutely best book I have read though. It’s just that the themes of Never Let Me Go always get me and I keep thinking of it weeks after reading it. I have read it I think four times now, maybe five.

  • @ninakenda
    @ninakenda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved the video by the way!❤

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So glad 😊

    • @ninakenda
      @ninakenda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CarolynMarieReadsThanks for the fast answer! I love your taste in books! Keep it up

  • @danielleg9834
    @danielleg9834 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I kind of had a similar reaction to Emma when I read Never Let Me Go. I think I had just wanted more to the ending and more of an explanation and more background maybe? It’s been a while since I read it but I also gave it 3 stars.

  • @yassminezaki9564
    @yassminezaki9564 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i loved the video so much

  • @hegaukatze1599
    @hegaukatze1599 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At the moment i'm reading "the buried giant" by kazuo ishiguro, it's my first book by him and i enjoy it a lot! 🌿

  • @rondoflicflac
    @rondoflicflac 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looooove thiisss❤

  • @danieljette8007
    @danieljette8007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chess by Zweig, one of the most brilliant story I've ever read. I would like to be able to play chess like that.

  • @prabalpanda0786
    @prabalpanda0786 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love emmi tshirt 'Protagonist Antagonist'.😅😅

  • @claaaaaara
    @claaaaaara 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, Carolyn! I just got curious: what didn't you like in mangas? like, what makes you feel that it's not for you? I just got curious cause sweet stories with nice drawings kinda seem like your vibe!
    anywayy, seeing you with emma was so fun!!! so happy you guys found each other and you share a bit of your friendship with us. it's just a really good energy, made me so happy watching you!

  • @evien190
    @evien190 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Never Let Me Go, thought The Buried Giant was okay, and hated When We Were Orphans, so I think my taste for Ishiguro is a bit different to Emma's😅

  • @Jane4077
    @Jane4077 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can you two please live together permanently? 😊

  • @wickedfandom
    @wickedfandom 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have you read The Buddha in the Attic or When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka? Both are such good, yet sad reads!

  • @tinagarcia3571
    @tinagarcia3571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remains of the day made me angry. I think I'll try The Clothing of Books.🌺

  • @andrewmalone2911
    @andrewmalone2911 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No need to apologise to us Carolyn. You're honorary Irish.

  • @jmsl_910
    @jmsl_910 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i was also underwhelmed by never let me go
    i read it years ago and wasnt a bit fan
    i read it again this year & yea, not my cup of tea

  • @yusra3628
    @yusra3628 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was also disappointed by never let me go, I wonder if it’s worth reading his other books since I liked his writing.

    • @juliette3423
      @juliette3423 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn’t like never let me go but loved the other books I read by him!

    • @yusra3628
      @yusra3628 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@juliette3423 if you've read it do you reckon I should try with the buried giant? I like fantasy and am most intrigued by that one.

    • @juliette3423
      @juliette3423 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@yusra3628 I read “Klara and the Sun” and “the Remains of the Days”, I enjoyed both and they are very different! Haven’t picked up “the buried giant” yet! :)

  • @asmaqais6713
    @asmaqais6713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree with Emma about never let me go I appreciate it but it's so boring

  • @mirlne
    @mirlne 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait wasn't there also someone named Carolyn as well in a book you read in your last Readathon???

  • @ReligionOfSacrifice
    @ReligionOfSacrifice 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read "Never Let Me Go" and I wasn't impressed with it and the movie was okay.
    I tried to read "Chess" but ended up skimming it and thinking it wasn't worth it. I loved Chess as a kid and would recommend "Fresh" which is a movie about Chess or "Searching for Bobby Fisher."
    I loved the movie "The Remains of the Day" but I did not like the book. I think maybe the author is better for the movie than the books he writes.

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't mind Emmie changing how Carolyn holds the manga book, but I don't like how she looks at her friend's choices of books. I'd have been happy to have any friend be a reader of any books. I never had a friend who reads.

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “Even If This Love Disappears Tonight” by Misaki Ichijo really did make me think of the first girl I loved and held her hand at 14 years old. Three girls and I did a race swimming and a kid went down a slide and his butt hit her head so hard she forgot she was in love with me on the day she fell in love with me and thus ended my first love story.
      WELL THE AMAZING HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
      One third of all my favorite top 39 books were read in 2023 thanks to the month of October having my favorite book of all time by Fyodor Dostoevsky and finally a Japanese author Misaki Ichijo made my top books list. ChatGPT got me to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and my mother got me to read “Teacher Man” by Frank McCourt and “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair.
      Here is what I read for October by Fyodor Dostoevsky, unless declared otherwise:
      1) “The Insulted and Humiliated”
      2) “The Eternal Husband”
      3) "The Gentle Spirit”
      4) "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
      5) “An Honest Thief”
      6) "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding”
      7) "The Heavenly Christmas Tree”
      8) “Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed”
      9) “A Little Hero”
      10) "My Uncle's Dream”
      11) “Netochka Nezvanova” (nameless nobody)
      12) “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
      13) “Even If This Love Disappears Tonight” by Misaki Ichijo
      These 13 books make this brag possible.
      1) “The Insulted and Humiliated” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
      2) “Vilette” by Charlotte Brontë
      3) “Chesapeake” by James A. Michener
      4) “Poland” by James A. Michener
      5) “Even If This Love Disappears Tonight” by Misaki Ichijo
      6) "Childhood, Boyhood" by Leo Tolstoy
      7) “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
      8) “Teacher Man” by Frank McCourt
      9) “The Complete Poems of Anne Bronte” by Anne Brontë
      10) “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair
      11) "Caribbean" by James A. Michener
      12) “Hawaii” by James A. Michener
      13) "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
      TOP FAVORITE 40 BOOKS
      "The Holy Bible: King James Version" copyright 1967
      1) "The Insulted and Humiliated" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
      2) "Verbal Behavior" by Dr. B. F. Skinner
      3) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy
      4) "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
      5) "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev
      6) Myth Adventures - series by Robert Asprin
      7) The Chronicles of Narnia - series by C. S. Lewis
      8) "Vilette" by Charlotte Brontë
      9) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
      10) "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
      11) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev
      12) "Chesapeake" by James A. Michener
      13) "Poland" by James A. Michener
      14) "Roots" by Alex Haley
      15) The Silmarillion - The Hobbit, or there and back again - The Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien
      16) "Even If This Love Disappears Tonight" by Misaki Ichijo
      17) "Childhood, Boyhood" by Leo Tolstoy
      18) Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
      19) "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin
      20) "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
      21) "Paris 1919: six months that changed the world" by Margaret MacMillian
      22) "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë
      23) "Virgin Soil" by Ivan Turgenev
      24) "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
      25) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - by Mark Twain
      26) Old Mother West Wind series - wildlife series by Thornton Burgess
      27) "Microbe Hunters" by Paul de Kruif
      28) "Cancer Ward" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
      29) "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt
      30) "Kon Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl
      31) "The Complete Poems of Anne Bronte" by Anne Brontë
      32) "From Beirut to Jerusalem" by Thomas Friedman
      33) "The Berdine Un-Theory of Evolution: and Other Scientific Studies Including Hunting, Fishing, and Sex" by William C. Berdine
      34) "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair
      35) "Caribbean" by James A. Michener
      36) "Hawaii" by James A. Michener
      37) "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosiński
      38) "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice
      39) "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
      40) "Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev

  • @ashmakk8649
    @ashmakk8649 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s actually Tsvaig… it was close just not S sound but TS cuz Z in German pronouns like TS

  • @ksch1177
    @ksch1177 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Emma's pronounciation of 'Zweig' is pretty good :). (Side note for all language-enthusiasts: It actually means branch (like on a tree))

  • @ninakenda
    @ninakenda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Stefan Zweig is pronounced Stefan Tsweig

    • @CarolynMarieReads
      @CarolynMarieReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

    • @azu_rikka
      @azu_rikka 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Emma actually pronounced it correctly ❤

    • @jamgart6880
      @jamgart6880 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t think that helped like you think it did 😂

    • @ninakenda
      @ninakenda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jamgart6880 well i didnt know how to explain it

    • @ninakenda
      @ninakenda 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@azu_rikka nobody did in my opinion and i speak german but one time they almost got it!

  • @nimeshbastola5868
    @nimeshbastola5868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you both vegans ?

  • @rocioguts
    @rocioguts 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I actually read never let me go when i was 14 or 15, when no one was really talking about it. Wasn't my favorite ishiguro and didn't enjoy it as much. Fast forward to now and i see so many people reading it! I reread it to see if i got it wrong. Still isn't my favorite but I definitely appreciate it more, especially about how you discuss it as well 😊 the movie is exquisite tho 🤌