I was having such a horrible day, you know, when you aren't in mood to do anything. And then notification, that 'Emily posted new video', appeared, I immediately clicked on that and you really made my day better. xD So thank you, I guess.
You read so many books this month!! Thankfully March was a good reading month for me too :) I always look forward to your videos because you review such unique books and talk about titles I haven't heard of before!
Hope you'll like it too! I'm always a bit nervous when I recommend a book that is pretty new/I haven't heard many reviews on. What if nobody else likes it 😂
Your taste aligned with me a lot of times so I'm quite confident I'll like it too! I understand what you mean though, it's like you're still alone in loving it and still have no idea if everyone will love the book too! :'D
I love that you notice when there are sexist quotes because I always feel like I'm the only one who notices and my friends don't understand the problem!
I was in a reading slump since August and I read 15 books in March! Some of the books I read took me MONTHS to finish, but I finished them all in March and I'm so proud of myself. I can't stop reading right now. And I just ordered The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle after watching this video (I blame booktube for making me broke) because I've heard so many good things about it.
The best book for me this month was actually the audio version of "Wishful Drinking" by Carrie Fisher. It was so good that it actually ended my slump of not loving any books in a while this year. Honorable mention goes to "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" as it was totally worth the hype. Thank you John Oliver!
Insane reading month Emily!!! I read Animal Farm last year and loved it! I was really pleasantly surprised. I wasn't expecting to like something so grounded in political philosophy, but having background knowledge on the subject definitely added to my enjoyment reading it. It was actually one of my favourite reads of 2017, probably because having studied philosophy it definitely made me smile. It definitely packed a punch in a short amount of time. I gave it a 4.5/5. I really have had a bad experience with murder/mystery/thrillers in general. I also find them dreadfully predictable and had sworn to never pick up another (at least for a while) but after hearing you rave about The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I am tempted to give the genre one last go....especially if there is to be a sci-fi twist. After reading The Woman in the Window earlier this year and rating it a 1.5/2 stars, I have been in a bit of a slump myself. It was predictable from the first few pages and I had a problems with the premise. I completely felt the same.
Even though I saw the twist coming, I still enjoyed reading The Woman in the Window. I always wondered if I would enjoy Swan song but after your review, I am going to give it a whirl !!!!
I added two of these books to my TBR (bet you can guess which). Watching wrap ups gets me excited and nervous to do mine. I don't track the number of books I've finished through the month so looking at the end it always surprising to me.
I really want to read both the Evelyn books! They both sound amazing! I too think it's hilarious that they have such similar names and came out at pretty much the same time xD
I love your makeup! It also looks so good with that white and black striped shirt. I have NOT been in the mood to read basically at all this year. A bit in January and the beginning of February, but I didn't read at all in March. I have some more free time this month, so I'm hoping to use it as a catch up- to finish books that I'm "currently reading" but not actively reading; which may be why I haven't felt like reading. I've been reading the same books for what seems like forever but I'm not allowing myself to start more books because I've already started like 6 that I'm in the middle of.
Hi Emily. Boy 14 books in one month is impressive. It took me 3 months just to read that many. Thank you for another great video, I have never heard about any of those books. As of today, I have just finished listening to the last 5 chapters of the book adaptation of the movie Star Wars the Last Jedi, which was very thought provoking and interesting. I love the new characters that have been introduced in the last book, and who are still very compelling now. Either tonight, or tomorrow, I am going to either start listening to the second volume in a light novel series that is based on the anime A Certain Magical Index, or I will jump back into the second book in the Gentlemen Greatcoats Knight's Shadow by Sebastien De Castell, or the third book in the Crown of Stars series, the Burning Stone, by Kate Elliott. I am not sure which one yet, or I may go off in a totally different direction and get distracted by the Poldark series by Winston Graham. Again, I am not sure. Happy reading.
I also really love Animal Farm, it was in my top 5 best books of last year. This month I read - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero, Note to Self by Connor Franta, Wolf Children Ame and Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda and The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker. Oh, and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
I keep hearing excellent reviews of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo even though I hadn’t heard a thing about it (nor the author) a month ago. I think I’m convinced now to pick it up 🙂 Also, 14 books - Wow!
I just realised that this video is FRICKIN 23 minutes and I thought it was only 10 minutes! Lol. Not a bad thing, I really enjoy it and appreciate your quick review plus summary of the books. The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is on my tbr since 4 months ago, time to pick that up!
So glad you loved The Humans! I didn't know a lot about it when I started it, now I'm a big fan of Matt Haig! Not only are his books amazing, he as a person is sweet, wise and very kind! My goal this year is to read every book of his!
Jay G Warcross was a good read (not great but good)... good enough to make me want to read the second book. I know people compare it to Ready Player One but I find it to be very different.
I've not had the greatest day so coming home to a 23 minute video was amazing! I can't believe you read so many books when you had Swan Song in there! It's given me hope that I'll manage to read both Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix in April for the O.W.Ls Readathon!
I recently read Hunger by Roxane Gay and it was so good. It also talked a lot about how women are judged but more specifically on their bodies. Especially given your health struggles (and how you were/are society’s ideal even when you felt so unhealthy and frustrated with your body) you would probably really enjoy it.
So glad you're back; I hope things have settled down for you! I've been avoiding starting new books since the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness was so good, everything I've started has just felt meh. It's gotten me back in the bad habit of starting books and never finishing them. I have 7 books sitting next to me right now begging to be read! :P
The Humans is one of my favourite books ever! it doesn't get talked about enough. also you've convinced me to give both of the Evelyn books a go, they both sound very interesting!
I loved The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle! Blasted through it in a day, it’s that good. So glad you loved it too. And 14 books? How? I barely read 2-3 lol, I need to up my game
I haven't been watching a lot of book tube videos lately but the closest in taste I watch are Sina from OneMoreChapter and Emily from PossiblyLiterate!
The rainbow hair in Warcross hahah! Every two seconds it was "she tucked her rainbow hair behind her ear" or "she put her rainbow hair in a bun" and I was like I GET IT!!!
I'm currently reading The Seven Deaths ofEvelyn Hardcastle, because you talked about it in a previous video and I'm loving it so far! Also Warcross is in my closet somewhere and now I'm afraid to read it XD
you should try reading some works by agatha christie! i completely understand the frustration that comes with finishing a thriller and not feeling satisfied by the ending, and i've never felt that way when reading christie's stuff, her plot twists always throw me off and she's so clever as an author. obviously her books are less thriller and more mystery, but they're still so intriguing and really keep you clueless until the end :) you talking about the seven deaths of evelyn hard castle really reminded me of some of christie's work, and i definitely want to check it out :)
Seven Lives of Evelyn Hugo stunned me too! I got it from Book Of The Month club and wasn’t expecting much and then I was a crying, sniveling wreck 😭. Bird Box by Maleran. Was my best book of the month, so scary but I read it in a sitting because I HAD to know what would happen
I've read 11 this months and DNF 2 more. One that I intent to pick up again, because I actually enjoyed it, my mood just drastically changed in the middle and I needed something else. I read the Illuminae Files this month, all three, so that's definitely my favorite thing (probably fav sci-fi books EVER), of the three I think I liked the first one best but I'm not completely sure. I read a non-fiction book, which I never do, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and I went the audiobook way because I like his voice and that was the right call for this. It was heavy, sprinkled with guilt-freeing laughs, I enjoyed it.
I read the swan riders by Erin bow, the sequel to the scorpion rules. There will never be a better AI character that I will read: I can already tell. Great premise and culmination of the grand storyline
Girl, you need to explain your star ratings because you gave Beneath The Sugar Sky 4 stars but you didn't quite mention anything you like about it! Yet you gave 4.5 stars for Seven Death which you loved! Like how do you justify the 4 stars? 😆
There's no real logic behind it XD I rarely if ever give 5 stars so 4.5 is amazing but there might have been a thing or two I would have changed (minor things). Beneath the Sugar Sky is a weird rating (probably more of a 3.5) but damn do I love the worlds... just not the characters nor the story too much lol
YAAASSS. I love the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! It was my favorite book of 2017. So glad you enjoyed it too! Ugh I felt the same about Warcross and I also DNF'ed it halfway through and gave it 2 stars lol. Ready player one is way better! I didn't like the woman in the window either - it's such a basic thriller that I feel like I've read a million times! The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Humans sound so good! I'll definitely have to check them out :)
I’ve been in a bad “ starting many books, but not finishing them” mood. I’m in between reading at least 4 books and they’re all great but I’m having some attention span issues. I did finish The Grownup by Gillian Flynn which was just okay to me and I also got through Saga vol. 2 which was great.
I love your reviews! I’m definitely looking to buy The Humans and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! You totally took straight to book depository! ❤️👏🏼😂
Thank you for recommending Evelyn Hardcastle. I immediately checked into it after your review on Goodreads and loved it. I'm not sure why they're changing the title in the U.S. Trying to think where the "and a half" comes from
I really like your Videos :) Have you ever tried the "Millenium Triology"? They're Thrillers by a swedish author. I'm reading them right now and I thought maybe you would like it :)
i have a recommendation for you if you lived the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle but both are tv shows. both of them contain mind boggling stuff and one of them even has a time loop. WESTWORLD & BLACK MIRROR highly recommended
So many good reviews of Evelyn Hugo, and now from you... I should really read it. 😊 Thank you for mentioning the sexism and homophobia in adult sci-fi/fantasy books. I’m intimidated with reading adult books written from men because of that reason, since they are usually long and I don’t want to waste my time only to be disappointed. Maybe you should do a video on your favorite adult sci-fi and fantasy books that are not sexist or homophobic? That would be a great recommendations video. :)
You should try Octavia Butler, specifically the Lillith's Brood/Xenogenesis trilogy! I'm almost done with the third book, Imago, and the trilogy is awesome. It is very unsettling and deals with some rather heavy philosophical themes. It's not light reading, but is very rewarding.
I was complaining about this about old school sci fi books & movies to a guy friend. He sort of agreed with me but he thinks it is a part of genre which was kind of sad actually. I did not give up hope yet on the genre because there are many good books like Octavia Butler books you recommended, thanks a lot for recommendations.
There a lots of women that writes fantasy/sci fi and are underrated and most don't have any sexism/homophobia in them. Octavia Butler, Ursula K LeGuin, Victoria Schwab, N K Jemisin, Becky Chambers, etc. As for men, there are plenty that also don't have these issues. Brandon Sanderson, Sylvain Neuvel and I currently have a lot more on my TBR so I'll be able to recommend more soon :)
Hey Emily! One of my fave videos you've posted was the "fall book recommendations" and I think it would be great if you did the same for spring and/or summer. I got lots of inspiration from that video and would enjoy another one like that. Thank you so much for your effort
I've been in the reading slump lately and nothing could keep my attention. Not fluffy and easy ACOTAR, not beautifully written Strange the Dreamer (I've read 200p and left it even though really loved it, but just.. just couldn't). And then Truly Devious happened. I'm halfway through and really, REALLY loving it. I think the next shot will be The Seven deaths!
It's funny because I find that we have similar tastes but Ready Player One was my favorite book I read last year and I loved Warcross! (I'm not into video games but I liked the worlds in both books)
I feel like the Wayward Children series has so much potential but the books don't quite pull it off. I really loved Down Among the Sticks and Bones, but Beneath the Sugar Sky was too all over the place with no focus. Also, I thought the 2 Evelyn books were the same until this video haha, but it sounds like they're both worth reading so that's ok :)
I did read a few (monster calls, more than this, the rest of us just live here...) but not that trilogy yet! I have the first book on my shelf but I was waiting to see if I could find the rest of the books used too before starting lol
BookswithEmilyFox The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men. A Monster Calls is a stand alone novel that brilliantly evokes grief. Read the illustrated edition.
too bad that you don't like The Woman in the Window and Behind Closed Doors. I really enjoy reading them and they are some of my favorite psychological thrillers. Also, The Humans seems tempting, I definitely will read it.
I don‘t ever see his books mentioned on Booktube, but if you want to read a really good Thriller/Detective Story, I would highly recommend checking out the books by Chris Carter. He‘s one of my favourite authors and has not disappointed me. You definitely got me interested in the Evelyn Hardcastle book, so I‘ll be checking this one out for sure!
I stumbled on a video of yours recently and girl i have been binging on your videos ever since, i am so happy i found your channel! A lot of your commentary on books i have also read, i completely agree with, so i have come to totally trust your recommendations now lol. Your videos have totally re-sparked my love for reading and i am so thankful for that. Keep being you and voicing your thoughts even when it seems like the majority of people disagree. Cant wait to see more from you 🌞❤ (also my wallet kinda hates you tho LOL)
I love your channel and feel like we have very similar taste in books, whenever you recommend a book I imidiently have to add it to my goodreads. Would you ever consider making a video about your favorite science fiction novels? I really want to get more into the genre, but I don't know where to start. It also feels like so many of the most popular classic scific is really sexist (like you talked about with The Forever War) and as a feminist I don't particularity want to read about a future where women have less rights and liberties than we do today. xxx
I haven't read the sci-fi book, but is there a possibility that the sexist and homophobic parts of the book may intentionally be there to make people notice issues with our own society?
What's the best book you've read this month?
BookswithEmilyFox The coldest girl in cold town by Holly Black
Because of your earlier recommendation a while back, I read Flowers for Algernon - so heartbreaking!
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 1001 pages of epic fantasy
BookswithEmilyFox The Language of Thorns :)
BookswithEmilyFox Dark Matter
Reuploaded since the first time the quality was 360p... I think it's fixed!
I was wondering where it went.. kept on refreshing until it came back! Yey! Love your videos! We were so blessed at Xmas to get so many :D
Technology failed me today! XD
Aw I wish I could post all the time! I miss it too :)
I was having such a horrible day, you know, when you aren't in mood to do anything. And then notification, that 'Emily posted new video', appeared, I immediately clicked on that and you really made my day better. xD So thank you, I guess.
You read so many books this month!! Thankfully March was a good reading month for me too :) I always look forward to your videos because you review such unique books and talk about titles I haven't heard of before!
Will definitely be getting to Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! :)
Hope you'll like it too! I'm always a bit nervous when I recommend a book that is pretty new/I haven't heard many reviews on. What if nobody else likes it 😂
Your taste aligned with me a lot of times so I'm quite confident I'll like it too! I understand what you mean though, it's like you're still alone in loving it and still have no idea if everyone will love the book too! :'D
I love that you notice when there are sexist quotes because I always feel like I'm the only one who notices and my friends don't understand the problem!
It can be frustrating :/
I read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle AND The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo this month too! I absolutely loved both of them.
Yay!! :D
Favourite book this month was Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I finished the 659 page book in three days XD
Oh man, Warcross and Beneath the Sugar Sky are two of my favourite books I’ve read this year! Loved them both completely.
my fav read of the month is Strange the Dreamer and A Conjuring of Light! i am not okay
I've been wanting to read Strange the Dreamer!
BookswithEmilyFox I would highly recommend this to you! it was really great and beautiful! I will definitely reread this in future 👌🏽
I was in a reading slump since August and I read 15 books in March!
Some of the books I read took me MONTHS to finish, but I finished them all in March and I'm so proud of myself. I can't stop reading right now.
And I just ordered The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle after watching this video (I blame booktube for making me broke) because I've heard so many good things about it.
Awwww so many books, sooo little time :o Sometimes I wish I could just read all day every day ...
I'm wondering if it wouldn't because tedious if it was a job... I mean sometimes it would be awesome but not all books are great :/
The best book for me this month was actually the audio version of "Wishful Drinking" by Carrie Fisher. It was so good that it actually ended my slump of not loving any books in a while this year. Honorable mention goes to "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" as it was totally worth the hype. Thank you John Oliver!
YOUR EYE MAKE UP IS FFFFIIIIIRRRREEEE!
Insane reading month Emily!!! I read Animal Farm last year and loved it! I was really pleasantly surprised. I wasn't expecting to like something so grounded in political philosophy, but having background knowledge on the subject definitely added to my enjoyment reading it. It was actually one of my favourite reads of 2017, probably because having studied philosophy it definitely made me smile. It definitely packed a punch in a short amount of time. I gave it a 4.5/5. I really have had a bad experience with murder/mystery/thrillers in general. I also find them dreadfully predictable and had sworn to never pick up another (at least for a while) but after hearing you rave about The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I am tempted to give the genre one last go....especially if there is to be a sci-fi twist. After reading The Woman in the Window earlier this year and rating it a 1.5/2 stars, I have been in a bit of a slump myself. It was predictable from the first few pages and I had a problems with the premise. I completely felt the same.
Even though I saw the twist coming, I still enjoyed reading The Woman in the Window. I always wondered if I would enjoy Swan song but after your review, I am going to give it a whirl !!!!
I added two of these books to my TBR (bet you can guess which). Watching wrap ups gets me excited and nervous to do mine. I don't track the number of books I've finished through the month so looking at the end it always surprising to me.
I also read Animal Farm this month and I loved it!!! It is now one of my all time favourites!
I really want to read both the Evelyn books! They both sound amazing! I too think it's hilarious that they have such similar names and came out at pretty much the same time xD
Right? Clearly 7 + Evelyn = good combo lol
I'm excited for the Evelyn Hardcastle book. I just got approved for an eArc of it. It sounds really good.
I really want to get The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle but it's so expensive! I'll probably buy it anyway though after hearing you rave about it!
I usually don't buy new books because of that... I took the risk for this one and it was totally worth it haha
I would love if you do a video on your fav trilogy/duology books!!!
I love your makeup! It also looks so good with that white and black striped shirt.
I have NOT been in the mood to read basically at all this year. A bit in January and the beginning of February, but I didn't read at all in March. I have some more free time this month, so I'm hoping to use it as a catch up- to finish books that I'm "currently reading" but not actively reading; which may be why I haven't felt like reading. I've been reading the same books for what seems like forever but I'm not allowing myself to start more books because I've already started like 6 that I'm in the middle of.
Evelyn Hugo made me cry too! I was totally shocked! So much more than I expected.
Seriously didn't expect it!!
I love your videos! It always makes me want to immediately pick up a book!
The things you say about books makes me trust your recommendations
That's awesome! I read 20 this month
Hi Emily. Boy 14 books in one month is impressive. It took me 3 months just to read that many. Thank you for another great video, I have never heard about any of those books. As of today, I have just finished listening to the last 5 chapters of the book adaptation of the movie Star Wars the Last Jedi, which was very thought provoking and interesting. I love the new characters that have been introduced in the last book, and who are still very compelling now. Either tonight, or tomorrow, I am going to either start listening to the second volume in a light novel series that is based on the anime A Certain Magical Index, or I will jump back into the second book in the Gentlemen Greatcoats Knight's Shadow by Sebastien De Castell, or the third book in the Crown of Stars series, the Burning Stone, by Kate Elliott. I am not sure which one yet, or I may go off in a totally different direction and get distracted by the Poldark series by Winston Graham. Again, I am not sure. Happy reading.
Yay! I read Animal Farm this in March as well and I LOVED IT! Glad you liked it too
I get very happy when I get a notification that you've put up a new video
Yes!Totally agree with Warcross thank you!
If you want older sci-fi, read La nuit des temps by René Barjavel! I loved it so much, that's the book that made me read more sci-fi :)
I also really love Animal Farm, it was in my top 5 best books of last year. This month I read - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero, Note to Self by Connor Franta, Wolf Children Ame and Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda and The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker. Oh, and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle sounds soooo freaking interesting. Adding to my TBR immediately !!
I keep hearing excellent reviews of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo even though I hadn’t heard a thing about it (nor the author) a month ago. I think I’m convinced now to pick it up 🙂 Also, 14 books - Wow!
I really hope you'll like it too! It had been a while since my heart hurt this much (:(
Helene Jeppesen ;
I just realised that this video is FRICKIN 23 minutes and I thought it was only 10 minutes! Lol. Not a bad thing, I really enjoy it and appreciate your quick review plus summary of the books.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is on my tbr since 4 months ago, time to pick that up!
So many books haha It was hard to summarize everything but as long as it doesn't FEEL like 23mins we're all good :D
DO IT!!
So glad you loved The Humans! I didn't know a lot about it when I started it, now I'm a big fan of Matt Haig! Not only are his books amazing, he as a person is sweet, wise and very kind! My goal this year is to read every book of his!
I definitely will be checking out more of his books!
The premise of The Sudden Appearance of Hope sounds EXACTLY the same as an old Buffy episode. Interesting🤔
Your face when you read those horrible quotes hahah my face exactly
So glad you're out of your reading slump! In March the best book I read was I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman as I was lucky enough to have an arc
I still need to get my hands on warcross!!!
Jay G Warcross was a good read (not great but good)... good enough to make me want to read the second book. I know people compare it to Ready Player One but I find it to be very different.
For me is even better than Ready Player One! I loved it, you should read it 😊
Jay G it's a really fun read, highly recommend :))
I've not had the greatest day so coming home to a 23 minute video was amazing! I can't believe you read so many books when you had Swan Song in there! It's given me hope that I'll manage to read both Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix in April for the O.W.Ls Readathon!
I think it was my best reading month ever (or close!) So. Many. Books.
I'm glad I could brighten your day a bit :)
I recently read Hunger by Roxane Gay and it was so good. It also talked a lot about how women are judged but more specifically on their bodies. Especially given your health struggles (and how you were/are society’s ideal even when you felt so unhealthy and frustrated with your body) you would probably really enjoy it.
Yay!! My next read is Evelyn Hugo! I’m so happy you loved it.
I hope you'll love it!! Prepare the tissues!
I have read 1984 so many times. Unrelated, I love your channels!!
So glad you're back; I hope things have settled down for you! I've been avoiding starting new books since the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness was so good, everything I've started has just felt meh. It's gotten me back in the bad habit of starting books and never finishing them. I have 7 books sitting next to me right now begging to be read! :P
The Humans is one of my favourite books ever! it doesn't get talked about enough. also you've convinced me to give both of the Evelyn books a go, they both sound very interesting!
I'll definitely be raving about it a lot from now on!!
Holy shit! You read so much this month! Love your honest reviews
It was crazy! 6 books in January and February and then 14 in March?! XD
Hated Warcross, loved Evelyn Hugo, wanting to read Evelyn Hardcastle!
I loved The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle! Blasted through it in a day, it’s that good. So glad you loved it too. And 14 books? How? I barely read 2-3 lol, I need to up my game
I really want to read those Evelyn books when I get home to get me out of this record reading slump!
Hope they will help you! They were both very addicting! Hope you're doing well :)
Can you do a video where you tell your favorite booktubers? You have a similar taste in books as me, so I would like to have some recommendations 😇
I haven't been watching a lot of book tube videos lately but the closest in taste I watch are Sina from OneMoreChapter and Emily from PossiblyLiterate!
The rainbow hair in Warcross hahah! Every two seconds it was "she tucked her rainbow hair behind her ear" or "she put her rainbow hair in a bun" and I was like I GET IT!!!
Seriously!! We don't need to be reminded every 5 mins!!
Your review of Warcross made me laugh so much, what an experience.
Finally! Nice to hear you found your 5 star reads!! Hoping I will too because I've been reading mediocre books lately 😪
It was about time!! Hope you'll find some too soon!
BookswithEmilyFox thankkiuuu😘
I'm currently reading The Seven Deaths ofEvelyn Hardcastle, because you talked about it in a previous video and I'm loving it so far! Also Warcross is in my closet somewhere and now I'm afraid to read it XD
Yay! Hope you'll love it till the end!
You might enjoy Warcross anyway :)
you should try reading some works by agatha christie! i completely understand the frustration that comes with finishing a thriller and not feeling satisfied by the ending, and i've never felt that way when reading christie's stuff, her plot twists always throw me off and she's so clever as an author. obviously her books are less thriller and more mystery, but they're still so intriguing and really keep you clueless until the end :) you talking about the seven deaths of evelyn hard castle really reminded me of some of christie's work, and i definitely want to check it out :)
Seven Lives of Evelyn Hugo stunned me too! I got it from Book Of The Month club and wasn’t expecting much and then I was a crying, sniveling wreck 😭. Bird Box by Maleran. Was my best book of the month, so scary but I read it in a sitting because I HAD to know what would happen
WoW congrats on 14 books!! Totally agree on Beneath the Sugar Sky, what a disappointment! Still not willing to give up on the series though
I've read 11 this months and DNF 2 more. One that I intent to pick up again, because I actually enjoyed it, my mood just drastically changed in the middle and I needed something else.
I read the Illuminae Files this month, all three, so that's definitely my favorite thing (probably fav sci-fi books EVER), of the three I think I liked the first one best but I'm not completely sure.
I read a non-fiction book, which I never do, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and I went the audiobook way because I like his voice and that was the right call for this. It was heavy, sprinkled with guilt-freeing laughs, I enjoyed it.
I'm definitely going to pick up The Seven Deaths of Emily Hardcastle soon!
Hope you'll love it :D
I read the swan riders by Erin bow, the sequel to the scorpion rules. There will never be a better AI character that I will read: I can already tell. Great premise and culmination of the grand storyline
Emily, read Call me by your name! It is absolutely incredible.
Girl, you need to explain your star ratings because you gave Beneath The Sugar Sky 4 stars but you didn't quite mention anything you like about it! Yet you gave 4.5 stars for Seven Death which you loved! Like how do you justify the 4 stars? 😆
There's no real logic behind it XD
I rarely if ever give 5 stars so 4.5 is amazing but there might have been a thing or two I would have changed (minor things). Beneath the Sugar Sky is a weird rating (probably more of a 3.5) but damn do I love the worlds... just not the characters nor the story too much lol
I just realize I didn't even give it 4 stars on goodreads so really. Let's forget all about this XD
Haha! Okay, so I'll count it as maybe skip Beneath the Sugar Sky but definitely try The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle!
Your makeup looks fantastic in this video!
YAAASSS. I love the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo! It was my favorite book of 2017. So glad you enjoyed it too! Ugh I felt the same about Warcross and I also DNF'ed it halfway through and gave it 2 stars lol. Ready player one is way better! I didn't like the woman in the window either - it's such a basic thriller that I feel like I've read a million times! The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Humans sound so good! I'll definitely have to check them out :)
I’ve been in a bad “ starting many books, but not finishing them” mood. I’m in between reading at least 4 books and they’re all great but I’m having some attention span issues. I did finish The Grownup by Gillian Flynn which was just okay to me and I also got through Saga vol. 2 which was great.
I love your reviews! I’m definitely looking to buy The Humans and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! You totally took straight to book depository! ❤️👏🏼😂
I'm always skeptical of my own reviews, I feel like I'm all over the place 😂 I'm glad they're helpful!! Hope you'll love them as much as I did :D
BookswithEmilyFox hahahah you’re doing great! I look forward to your videos each time and enjoy them! Hopefully you’ll have a 24 readathon soon! :) xo
WhileI didn’t really like Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris, The Breakdown by the same author is really good. I definitely recommend it.
Thank you for recommending Evelyn Hardcastle. I immediately checked into it after your review on Goodreads and loved it. I'm not sure why they're changing the title in the U.S. Trying to think where the "and a half" comes from
Almost finished Evelyn Hugo and really want to read Evelyn Hardcastle! Will there be a third Evelyn to read?! 🤯
I'll keep an eye out!! If there's also the word seven in the title I'll get it for sure lol
I really like your Videos :)
Have you ever tried the "Millenium Triology"? They're Thrillers by a swedish author. I'm reading them right now and I thought maybe you would like it :)
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a gem 🙌🏼
Yaaaas :D
Wouldn't it be a great movie?!
I read the Seven Deaths of Evelyn Harcastle on your recommendation. It was excellent!
Totally agree with you girl! Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the best book and everyone does need to read it.
i have a recommendation for you if you lived the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle but both are tv shows. both of them contain mind boggling stuff and one of them even has a time loop.
WESTWORLD & BLACK MIRROR
highly recommended
San Otaku Black Mirror was fucked up. In a good way! But man, yeah, messed up. What is Westworld about?
I just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle on audiobook, I loved it!
So many good reviews of Evelyn Hugo, and now from you... I should really read it. 😊 Thank you for mentioning the sexism and homophobia in adult sci-fi/fantasy books. I’m intimidated with reading adult books written from men because of that reason, since they are usually long and I don’t want to waste my time only to be disappointed. Maybe you should do a video on your favorite adult sci-fi and fantasy books that are not sexist or homophobic? That would be a great recommendations video. :)
If I recommend it, liked it, 99% chance the book doesn't contain any sexism/homophobia/racism, etc!
You definitely need to read it :D
You should try Octavia Butler, specifically the Lillith's Brood/Xenogenesis trilogy! I'm almost done with the third book, Imago, and the trilogy is awesome. It is very unsettling and deals with some rather heavy philosophical themes. It's not light reading, but is very rewarding.
LovelyLooker122 Thanks!
I was complaining about this about old school sci fi books & movies to a guy friend. He sort of agreed with me but he thinks it is a part of genre which was kind of sad actually.
I did not give up hope yet on the genre because there are many good books like Octavia Butler books you recommended, thanks a lot for recommendations.
There a lots of women that writes fantasy/sci fi and are underrated and most don't have any sexism/homophobia in them. Octavia Butler, Ursula K LeGuin, Victoria Schwab, N K Jemisin, Becky Chambers, etc.
As for men, there are plenty that also don't have these issues. Brandon Sanderson, Sylvain Neuvel and I currently have a lot more on my TBR so I'll be able to recommend more soon :)
Have you read Lies by T.M. Logan? If you haven't...you should.
I love her accent, honestly "thriller" sounds way better in her version than in English
The Humans is one of my favorite books of all time!!
I read Difficult Women by Roxane Gay a few months ago & 5 star LOVED it! Gotta read Bad Feminist too tho!
i really want to read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo i keep hearing great things, i’ll definitely pick it up on april
Hey Emily! One of my fave videos you've posted was the "fall book recommendations" and I think it would be great if you did the same for spring and/or summer. I got lots of inspiration from that video and would enjoy another one like that. Thank you so much for your effort
I've been in the reading slump lately and nothing could keep my attention. Not fluffy and easy ACOTAR, not beautifully written Strange the Dreamer (I've read 200p and left it even though really loved it, but just.. just couldn't). And then Truly Devious happened. I'm halfway through and really, REALLY loving it. I think the next shot will be The Seven deaths!
Yay I’m glad you’re out of reading slump. I was in one too but The Lying Game by Ruth Ware helped me through it .
I recently picked that one up! I'll probably keep it for the fall when I always overdo it with thrillers :D
Have you ever tried A Man Called Ove? It’s great and the audiobook is fantastic, makes you laugh and cry
It's funny because I find that we have similar tastes but Ready Player One was my favorite book I read last year and I loved Warcross! (I'm not into video games but I liked the worlds in both books)
I feel like the Wayward Children series has so much potential but the books don't quite pull it off. I really loved Down Among the Sticks and Bones, but Beneath the Sugar Sky was too all over the place with no focus. Also, I thought the 2 Evelyn books were the same until this video haha, but it sounds like they're both worth reading so that's ok :)
You should read The Good Girl by Mary Kubica! It's a mystery/thriller. The ending, I didn't see coming.
I really enjoyed The Humans, too. I thought I bought it because you mentioned it? Maybe a haul?
Probably! I was excited about it... glad it was worth it!!
I started reading The Forever War and DNFed it after that first part you read out loud. No thank you, I don’t have time for that!
I read the butterfly garden. Amazing. Extraordinarily creepy. The last twist wasn't great, but the rest of the book was captivating!
Emily, have you read any books by Patrick Ness? The Chaos Walking Trilogy? I think you would like it if you haven't read it already.
I did read a few (monster calls, more than this, the rest of us just live here...) but not that trilogy yet! I have the first book on my shelf but I was waiting to see if I could find the rest of the books used too before starting lol
BookswithEmilyFox The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men. A Monster Calls is a stand alone novel that brilliantly evokes grief. Read the illustrated edition.
too bad that you don't like The Woman in the Window and Behind Closed Doors. I really enjoy reading them and they are some of my favorite psychological thrillers. Also, The Humans seems tempting, I definitely will read it.
I don‘t ever see his books mentioned on Booktube, but if you want to read a really good Thriller/Detective Story, I would highly recommend checking out the books by Chris Carter. He‘s one of my favourite authors and has not disappointed me.
You definitely got me interested in the Evelyn Hardcastle book, so I‘ll be checking this one out for sure!
I stumbled on a video of yours recently and girl i have been binging on your videos ever since, i am so happy i found your channel! A lot of your commentary on books i have also read, i completely agree with, so i have come to totally trust your recommendations now lol. Your videos have totally re-sparked my love for reading and i am so thankful for that. Keep being you and voicing your thoughts even when it seems like the majority of people disagree. Cant wait to see more from you 🌞❤ (also my wallet kinda hates you tho LOL)
Is it Damian in your pic? XD
I'm so glad you found me! It can be hard to find others that have similar taste :D
BookswithEmilyFox yes its damian!! i just laugh every time i look at his face hahahaha
You should read The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah!
I love your channel and feel like we have very similar taste in books, whenever you recommend a book I imidiently have to add it to my goodreads.
Would you ever consider making a video about your favorite science fiction novels? I really want to get more into the genre, but I don't know where to start. It also feels like so many of the most popular classic scific is really sexist (like you talked about with The Forever War) and as a feminist I don't particularity want to read about a future where women have less rights and liberties than we do today. xxx
I haven't read the sci-fi book, but is there a possibility that the sexist and homophobic parts of the book may intentionally be there to make people notice issues with our own society?