Watching your videos has become a slight obsession of mine. Listening to you talk is so soothing and calming. Added to that, I love the fact that your videos are often pretty long. Thank you for making videos!
I second this! I'd like to know your take on Dance Dance Dance tho, I'm still over-thinking whether I'm going to read it or not after finishing A Wild Sheep Chase ;p
It's actually part of The Rat Series by Murakami. It's the fourth book , the first two are novellas "Hear the Wind Sing" & "Pinball, 1973", followed by "A Wild Sheep Chase" and finally "Dance Dance Dance" 👍
I read all four books in the My Brilliant Friend series last year and they were at the top of my list of favourite books for 2020. I listened to them all as audiobooks which I thought were wonderfully narrated.
I plan to read Murakami chronologically too. I have heard people saying he's a bit problematic when it comes to women characters but his later works are better. So I kind of want to notice the changes in his writing.
He is indeed not that great about writing women and male character's attitudes to women! Personally I only plan on reading/revisiting his better-rated works, because I only have so much time, but it's definitely something to keep an eye out for when reading. I also think his novels are much better than his short stories!
I read a few books of him and I liked them - but it was a few years ago. I read also 'First person singular' and... I was very dissapointed, sadly. I am now curious if my taste changed or it's because of the book itself. I plan to read other his books and reread some of them, so I will check this out :)
Yes, the only Murakami book I’ve read so far is Colourless Tsukuru and although I liked it, the female characters and their development are not significant at all. I plan on reading Kafka on the shore since it’s my new book purchase and my expectations are sky high for this🤞
@@zarfeenhameed2664 (I tried to be as vague as possible but if you don't want to know anything about Kafka on the Shore then don't read this haha) I hope you like Kafka it's such an odd story! I really enjoyed it but unfortunately it had a few sexual scenes that I found to be a little unnecessary, I guess some of them add to the whole oddness of the book but I couldn't really find an actual point to them. And, maybe apart from one female character, the others had little depth and were just there for the male characters' pleasure/"personal growth". Still, I really liked the book and would recommend it as I keep thinking about it. Hope you like it too!
I read both The housekeeper and the professor and Love in the time of cholera and they became some of my favorite books of 2020! I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I did ☺️ I love your content, I hope you have a nice day 💫
The way you speak about books...🥰🥰🥰 I love your channel...and the diversity of books you choose to read: translated authors, classics, fantasy, middle grade. Its just a pleasure to watch your videos.
I was watching a ballet video, but you posted! Your videos are so amazing, thank you so much for making them! They’ve helped me so much during a confusing time.
The ocean at the end of the lane is one of my favourites books, it is indeed magical realism and as a child who grew up surrounded by books and with a deep imagination, this book touched me in a really deep way, also cried a lot reading it 🥺 cant wait to see your toughts about it!
Hello Emma! I'm pretty sure you love Greek mythology and stuffs like that. I also read and love The Song of Achilles and Circe. I am very interested to read more but as a non native speaker, it's really hard for me to directly dive into them .So if u have time, can you do a video dedicated to that whole Greek mythology and history fictions for starters? Sorry if I sound rude. I can understand English quite well but my writing is horrible. Anyway, love u 💕
hopscoth is great because it also has two different ways of reading it, from the first page to the last and also skipping back and forth through the chapters. It changes the story when you read it that way. One of my favorite books 💕💕💕
Thoughts and Meditations from Gibran is my absolute favorite, I highly recommend it. I collect all the old hardcovers of his, blessed enough to have some first editions. I’m a big Arab literature fan, borderline obsessed honestly. You might also like The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani if you haven’t read it, it’s another splendid work of early 20th century American literature, its considered the “first Arab-American novel”
omg yay i looove elena ferrante!! She has so much to say about female resilience, friendship and women's experience in general in the 20thC. Excited for you to read it
Against Nature was also mentioned in the Julian Barnes book The Man in The Red Coat. As well as influencing Wilde for D Grey character. Against Nature was mentioned in Wilde's trial which probably went against him. At the trial it was called 'the French book with the yellow cover'.
I’m so excited for you to read My Brilliant Friend; you are in for a emotional, heartbreaking but beautiful ride. I read the tetralogy last year and they soon became my favorite books. If you want more italian literature, you can always read anything by Domenico Starnone who is rumored to be Elena’s husband.
I have up until this point never been much of a reader, but recently during the lock down, beyond just going back and forth to work and exercising at home, I started to get interested in sitting down, relaxing and actually reading. I have always felt forced back in high school and college, but ever since graduating college, I became very lazy in the scholastic since. So, not knowing of what to pick up first, I surfed TH-cam and came across you channel. Through your beautifully calm presentations of recommended reads I started to get the itch to delve right in. My first pick up was Snow Country (your description of it kind of reminded me of Samurai's Garden, a book I really enjoyed). Digging it so far! So thank you! I am a new subscriber, best choice I have made all year even though we are only 2 weeks in haha. Keep rockin' on! :) oh almost forgot, I’m also reading Hamnet, it’s about Hamlet’s son. Slower paced but a good little bit of history during the times of a plague.
30:53 OMG!!! I honestly did not expect you to pop that book out because I read the whole series and I absolutely loved it! I feel like I may have recommended you this series because it seems like something you might enjoy and I am so excited to see what you think of it! :) ♡♡♡
hi emmie! i'm a new subscriber and have just discovered your channel a few days ago! just wanted to thank you for these long, cozy videos :) been trying to get back into reading and your videos definitely help with motivation and are also very relaxing to watch after a long day of online uni - thank you! i hope you're doing well
Hi Emma, here’s some Italian literature that you might be interested in: The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, Novecento by Alessandro Baricco ✨
Hi, Emma I just discovered your channel. Just want to tell you, I absolutely love your channel. The way you talk about books is so inspiring. I just had a request for a video on your recommendations of Graphic Novels, if you read them? I would love to get your opinion on them. Thanks!
Hello Emma, greetings from Argentina! I just wanted to say that the book Hopscotch it´s called that way because the author wrote it so that there are two ways of reading the book, he explains this, I believe, in the first chapter. The reader can follow the chronological order of the chapters or follow the one proposed by the author "hopscotching" and in both ways it makes sense and the story acquires different meanings and results depending in which order you've read it. I hope you enjoy it!
idk if it's also for the english version but there's 2 ways to read hopscotch! you can read it normally and you stop kinda halfway through or you can follow the chapter order list that's in the book. Honestly I tried reading it the second way but I lost track of the plot 😭
I picked up Lord Jim as well recently! I highly recommend the movie, which is why I picked up the book! So much to think about even after watching just the movie, so can’t wait to delve into the book.
Argentine over here! So glad to see someone reading works from our end of the world :) Hopscotch is Cortazar's most famous work (you have two different ways of reading it so you can reread it and get a different experience) I really enjoy his short stories too. If you end up enjoying his writing I can recommend All Fires the Fire from him
ooh, so many good picks that are also on my TBR! glad to see you're getting more into Ishiguro, he continues to be one of my favourite authors ever. very interested to hear your thoughts on Stoner, I've heard so much about it.
I didn't read The Human Stain but I did see the movie (didn't know it was based on a book). The movie was fantastic so I can only imagine how great the book will be!
i have a video request if you take those, but i was wondering if you could make a video on what kind of music you listen to and shows you watch, i just think it’d be cool. I love all of your videos and i hope you have a good day :)
if you like the housekeeper and the professor you should definitely read Subject 375 aka The spider in the corner of the room by Nikki Owen the book is in a series called The Project it has a similar story and I'm amaze ed by it you will like it probably. :)
I just got the Paper Mill Press edition of Phantom of the Opera. It is STUNNING. I wasn't sure if you had it already or not...I needed a new copy because the other copy I had was too tiny to even read it...Which is why I've never read it. It is one of my favorite musicals though! I've started it now with my new fancy edition. :)
Thank you for this video. Your voice is soooo calming ! I love your TH-cam channel and I feel so excited to here your future opinion about those new amazing books ! ☺️ je t’envoie beaucoup de bonne ondes ! Bisous ! ❤️
oscar wilde's short stories are glorious & oh my goodness I GASPED when you showed the novel read by dorian gray! I didn't even know it actually existed... my mum just read 'my brilliant friend' & it is now one of her favourite books of all time!
If you’re looking for more Italian literature you should try picking up a book by Rafael Sabitini he was an Italian-English author. My favorite books of his so far are Scaramouche, Bellarion, and The Snare.
Italian book recommendation: Silk by Alessandro Baricco. One of my favs of all time! Also, Love in the time of Cholera is amazing!! Just going to say one little fun fact: the scenario it's based on my hometown Cartagena in the North Coast of Colombia, where García Márquez lived for a while. hope you enjoy it! :)
I thought, in The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman really captures how a child would think and feel in the situations presented. Sorta heartbreaking. I think you'll like it:)
For Italian book recommendations, maybe try Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities and Dino Buzzati's The Tartar Steppe. The former is a poetic and dream-like discussion of cities and the sentiments they bring on people, the latter is about loneliness and feelings of uselessness and inadequacy. Maybe not particularly uplifting reads, but they are still good lol
Definitely read Heart of Darkness again, Conrad wrote it as an exposé against colonialism, but through the lens of someone who is racist. It’s an immensely dense read, but I think now you’d enjoy it if you read it for fun. It’s my favorite book for a reason :)!
"You guys know that I absolutely adore books that entangle themselves with math and science and physics - and weird stuff like that" - Emma, 2021. Loved the book haul (and baby Grogu in the background just chilling)! Just wanted to start The Hobbit and I can't wait to hear your thoughts when you read it.
Philip Roth wrote the book “The plot against America” that was adapted into a Tv series. The book was fascinating! It’s about an alternate history of the US involvement in World War II, regarding its Jewish Community.
Excited for you to read more Murakami! Dance Dance Dance is a sequel book to his rat trilogy, but by no means do you need to read those to read Dance Dance Dance!
Hey Emma... or anyone really... could you make a video on "where to start reading" or something along those lines? I haven't read a book since high school. Because once I started college it was all textbooks and no time for fun reading. Honestly if you met someone who had never read anything but a text book. Where would you tell them to start if they are trying to become a reader? Should they start with middle grade? Classic? A popular series? Dr. Seuss? Lol. No seriously, I feel like I need to just start all the way over, I've lost all sense of literary analysis skills. Could you start a book club that you post here on TH-cam? Like maybe we all read Bunny or something together and discuss it here in the comments or something. Idk.
Hi Mia, I’m obviously not Emma but I definitely get where you’re coming from with not reading for fun in college. Some things that have really helped me are giving myself permission to read light, fun things, including YA, but also recognizing the ways my tastes have changed - some YA series I read in high school don’t resonate with me anymore, but I enjoy nonfiction which I didn’t used to! Short stories are also great, and manageable. If you’re looking for something to help you get back into literary analysis, I found How to Read Literature Like a Professor really useful and manageable, and if you’re looking for accessible literary fiction I recommend The House on Mango Street
I think middle grade would be a great start. But it would depend on your tastes. The Nevermoor series is excellent. Classics may be a hard start. There’s lots of engaging contemporary and historical fiction. Do you watch movies? What kind do you like?
Fun fact, Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym and her/his identity is kept hidden even in Italy. They can even be a man as far as we (don't) know. Also, talking about Italian literature I would like to recommend Novecento by Alessandro Baricco. It's short but very poetic and whimsical, right up your alley I would say.
The pronunciation of von Schönwerth's name wasn't horrible, but it is still so funny to hear English speakers, esp those of American English, try to pronounce German names :D It's a weird language, cudos to you for trying.
Not enough people on booktube talk about Against Nature. It's a completely bonkers book and after reading it I had both a bad taste in my mouth and a fascination for it, but I guess that's the point of decadent literature. Enjoy!
Hi Emma, I just started watching your videos and I love your channel so much! I'm 14 and I really want to start reading. Do you (or anyone in the comments) so happen to have book recommendations for my age? Thank you so much, stay safe and healthy! 💖
Hi💚 we are of the same age, I highly recommend ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen. It’s an incredible piece of work, very beautifully written and it inspired me to read more classics. Other books I recommend are: Little Women Frankenstein The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Three Men in a Boat and The Picture of Dorian Gray Happy reading!
hi emma, i suggest u should pick up 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I'm currently halfway of it and I'm loving it so far. like The Housekeeper and the Professor, one of the protagonist in 1Q84 named Tengo is a mathematician and also is a teacher!!! I think that's something u could relate upon, i guess. anw have a nice day!!!
@Tanya Talwar i think imo in this particular book, subsconsciousness isn't really the main thing, nor it is related. it is just to question the two protagonists' own destiny in this world of 1Q84... although that is the real world. to put it simply, they live in the year 1984, but as the book goes on. strange things happens as if these things makes you think that you've been put into an alternate reality that differs in the world that you are in that moment. questions are in fact, in my opinion, are the strongest basis in this book... because it is the foundation that drives you to want to finish this book already. as Murakami himself said in this book "If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation." although I admit, the first part/volume of this book is somewhat a slow-burner for me... it oftentimes have put me off because they were so much that Murakami has written that at the time, I think I didn't care at all... but as I go along with it I start to unravel all the little significance of how Murakami's world building in the first volume affects the whole story as it is... and that makes me feel so glad that I paid so much attention to those tidbits. Sorry if this as vague as it can get, but the best thing is to just read it. If you're an avid reader of Murakami, as 1Q84 is indeed his "masterpiece", it is highly that you should check it out.
@Tanya Talwar that i cannot explain as of yet for i haven't finish it, however... IMO in terms of Murakami's books, i think you should not seek for the exact meanings of each and every story that he has written, because like Stephen King, Murakami likes to experiment as well, hence why some of his novels has major plot holes/cliffhangers... but the thing that drives the readers of Murakami is his ability to put so much informations about history or life meaning or his music taste or his philosophy in those works. It's like riding on a train full of information and whilst you are enjoying the ride, you are getting these fragments of informations that you can savor until you get off, and when you do get out of that train, you would think "WTF DID I JUST RIDE ON??!?!?" but clueless as you are, that's what makes you want to read more of his books.
Hi!! I’m telling you this cause I know you’ll probably appreciate it!! I’m Argentinan and when you say “Julio Cortázar” try to not close your mouth that much, you can try exaggerating your mouth movements (lol tahts weird to say) and the pronounciation will probably be more accurate🥰🥰🥰
*Emma uploads a book haul video*
my wallet: ah shit here we go again
Watching your videos has become a slight obsession of mine. Listening to you talk is so soothing and calming. Added to that, I love the fact that your videos are often pretty long. Thank you for making videos!
Hi Emma, Dance Dance Dance is a sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase so you may want to read that first :)
I second this! I'd like to know your take on Dance Dance Dance tho, I'm still over-thinking whether I'm going to read it or not after finishing A Wild Sheep Chase ;p
It's actually part of The Rat Series by Murakami. It's the fourth book , the first two are novellas "Hear the Wind Sing" & "Pinball, 1973", followed by "A Wild Sheep Chase" and finally "Dance Dance Dance" 👍
glad to see your laptop survived editing/exporting/uploading another video
It was a struggle😬
I read all four books in the My Brilliant Friend series last year and they were at the top of my list of favourite books for 2020. I listened to them all as audiobooks which I thought were wonderfully narrated.
Emma ur such a beautiful, wonderful soul. Luv u and ur videos so much
awe thank you💕
I plan to read Murakami chronologically too. I have heard people saying he's a bit problematic when it comes to women characters but his later works are better. So I kind of want to notice the changes in his writing.
He is indeed not that great about writing women and male character's attitudes to women! Personally I only plan on reading/revisiting his better-rated works, because I only have so much time, but it's definitely something to keep an eye out for when reading. I also think his novels are much better than his short stories!
Yeah, don't expect any deep character development in his female characters. I've read 3 of his books so far and it infuriated me sometimes
I read a few books of him and I liked them - but it was a few years ago. I read also 'First person singular' and... I was very dissapointed, sadly. I am now curious if my taste changed or it's because of the book itself. I plan to read other his books and reread some of them, so I will check this out :)
Yes, the only Murakami book I’ve read so far is Colourless Tsukuru and although I liked it, the female characters and their development are not significant at all. I plan on reading Kafka on the shore since it’s my new book purchase and my expectations are sky high for this🤞
@@zarfeenhameed2664 (I tried to be as vague as possible but if you don't want to know anything about Kafka on the Shore then don't read this haha) I hope you like Kafka it's such an odd story! I really enjoyed it but unfortunately it had a few sexual scenes that I found to be a little unnecessary, I guess some of them add to the whole oddness of the book but I couldn't really find an actual point to them. And, maybe apart from one female character, the others had little depth and were just there for the male characters' pleasure/"personal growth". Still, I really liked the book and would recommend it as I keep thinking about it. Hope you like it too!
I read both The housekeeper and the professor and Love in the time of cholera and they became some of my favorite books of 2020! I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I did ☺️ I love your content, I hope you have a nice day 💫
watching these videos while sick with covid. you're so comforting to me. thanks for making my day a lot better.
Sending you so much love, I hope you recover quickly🤎
The way you speak about books...🥰🥰🥰 I love your channel...and the diversity of books you choose to read: translated authors, classics, fantasy, middle grade. Its just a pleasure to watch your videos.
I was watching a ballet video, but you posted! Your videos are so amazing, thank you so much for making them! They’ve helped me so much during a confusing time.
The ocean at the end of the lane is one of my favourites books, it is indeed magical realism and as a child who grew up surrounded by books and with a deep imagination, this book touched me in a really deep way, also cried a lot reading it 🥺 cant wait to see your toughts about it!
Hello Emma! I'm pretty sure you love Greek mythology and stuffs like that. I also read and love The Song of Achilles and Circe. I am very interested to read more but as a non native speaker, it's really hard for me to directly dive into them .So if u have time, can you do a video dedicated to that whole Greek mythology and history fictions for starters? Sorry if I sound rude. I can understand English quite well but my writing is horrible. Anyway, love u 💕
Hi! Ah yes I do - I’d love to make a whole video about it☺️
Your writing isn't horrible at all, you seem to have a good feel for choice of words☺️ All the best💌
Thank you Emma 💕
Oh. Thank you another Emma 💕 your kind words encourage me a lot
You write better than a lot of native English speakers! Couldn’t even tell that English is not ur first language 🙀
Omg Stoner ❤️ what a book, larger than life. I sincerely hope you like it, it is one of my favorites!
hopscoth is great because it also has two different ways of reading it, from the first page to the last and also skipping back and forth through the chapters. It changes the story when you read it that way. One of my favorite books
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that is so so cool, thank you for letting me know - I have such high hopes for it!
Thoughts and Meditations from Gibran is my absolute favorite, I highly recommend it. I collect all the old hardcovers of his, blessed enough to have some first editions. I’m a big Arab literature fan, borderline obsessed honestly. You might also like The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani if you haven’t read it, it’s another splendid work of early 20th century American literature, its considered the “first Arab-American novel”
Ooh thank you I’ll have to check it out!
omg yay i looove elena ferrante!! She has so much to say about female resilience, friendship and women's experience in general in the 20thC. Excited for you to read it
Against Nature was also mentioned in the Julian Barnes book The Man in The Red Coat. As well as influencing Wilde for D Grey character. Against Nature was mentioned in Wilde's trial which probably went against him. At the trial it was called 'the French book with the yellow cover'.
I’m so excited for you to read My Brilliant Friend; you are in for a emotional, heartbreaking but beautiful ride. I read the tetralogy last year and they soon became my favorite books. If you want more italian literature, you can always read anything by Domenico Starnone who is rumored to be Elena’s husband.
I have up until this point never been much of a reader, but recently during the lock down, beyond just going back and forth to work and exercising at home, I started to get interested in sitting down, relaxing and actually reading. I have always felt forced back in high school and college, but ever since graduating college, I became very lazy in the scholastic since. So, not knowing of what to pick up first, I surfed TH-cam and came across you channel. Through your beautifully calm presentations of recommended reads I started to get the itch to delve right in. My first pick up was Snow Country (your description of it kind of reminded me of Samurai's Garden, a book I really enjoyed). Digging it so far! So thank you! I am a new subscriber, best choice I have made all year even though we are only 2 weeks in haha. Keep rockin' on! :) oh almost forgot, I’m also reading Hamnet, it’s about Hamlet’s son. Slower paced but a good little bit of history during the times of a plague.
I love reading that people have discovered a love of reading. I enjoyed Hamnet.
I like how your sweater matches your skin tone perfectly it’s a very soothing look
30:53 OMG!!! I honestly did not expect you to pop that book out because I read the whole series and I absolutely loved it! I feel like I may have recommended you this series because it seems like something you might enjoy and I am so excited to see what you think of it! :) ♡♡♡
Emma's vlogs are a part of my daily life; a part i love the most💞💞
STONER. A wonderful book. I could not stop reading it though it grew more and more sad with each page. John Williams is just a brilliant writer.
Not only do I like your book content, but also your lovely voice and smile! I'm subscribing.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is amazing! It definitely felt like magical realism to me so you will probably enjoy it! 💕
The happy prince and devoted friend are my favourite short stories from Oscar Wilde, I hope you enjoy x
hi emmie! i'm a new subscriber and have just discovered your channel a few days ago! just wanted to thank you for these long, cozy videos :) been trying to get back into reading and your videos definitely help with motivation and are also very relaxing to watch after a long day of online uni - thank you! i hope you're doing well
Hi Emma, here’s some Italian literature that you might be interested in: The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, Novecento by Alessandro Baricco ✨
thank you thank you☺️💕
also Silk and Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco!🦋
Hi, Emma I just discovered your channel. Just want to tell you, I absolutely love your channel. The way you talk about books is so inspiring. I just had a request for a video on your recommendations of Graphic Novels, if you read them? I would love to get your opinion on them.
Thanks!
Hello Emma, greetings from Argentina! I just wanted to say that the book Hopscotch it´s called that way because the author wrote it so that there are two ways of reading the book, he explains this, I believe, in the first chapter. The reader can follow the chronological order of the chapters or follow the one proposed by the author "hopscotching" and in both ways it makes sense and the story acquires different meanings and results depending in which order you've read it. I hope you enjoy it!
I rarely seen audible sponsering a booktuber.
And im so happy to see it finally happening.
U r such a queen em.
God bless you
Much love from India 🌹
idk if it's also for the english version but there's 2 ways to read hopscotch! you can read it normally and you stop kinda halfway through or you can follow the chapter order list that's in the book. Honestly I tried reading it the second way but I lost track of the plot 😭
I love your voice, is so soothing and cozy!!
I picked up Lord Jim as well recently! I highly recommend the movie, which is why I picked up the book! So much to think about even after watching just the movie, so can’t wait to delve into the book.
Looooove the sweater!
Argentine over here! So glad to see someone reading works from our end of the world :) Hopscotch is Cortazar's most famous work (you have two different ways of reading it so you can reread it and get a different experience) I really enjoy his short stories too. If you end up enjoying his writing I can recommend All Fires the Fire from him
ooh, so many good picks that are also on my TBR! glad to see you're getting more into Ishiguro, he continues to be one of my favourite authors ever. very interested to hear your thoughts on Stoner, I've heard so much about it.
I just found your channel yesterday and I’m in Love with your book recommendations. I Just started reading last year :)
my brilliant friend is the first of four books following the lives of Elena and Lila, there is also an HBO adaptation that is just spectacular :)
I thought I was the only one that knew about snow country. That is such a beautiful book
I didn't read The Human Stain but I did see the movie (didn't know it was based on a book). The movie was fantastic so I can only imagine how great the book will be!
oh my god I absolutely loved Love in the Time of Cholera! I am so excited to see what you think of it!!!
i have a video request if you take those, but i was wondering if you could make a video on what kind of music you listen to and shows you watch, i just think it’d be cool. I love all of your videos and i hope you have a good day :)
I believe she doesn’t watch shows because of her concussion, but I would also love to see her music taste ☺️
@@tanishaorejuela1501 oh okay thanks for telling me :)
if you like the housekeeper and the professor you should definitely read Subject 375 aka The spider in the corner of the room by Nikki Owen the book is in a series called The Project it has a similar story and I'm amaze
ed by it you will like it probably. :)
Happy New Year, Emma! ❤️
Same to you!
My Brilliant Friend is so good!!!!!!! the entire series is incredible!
I haven't read Stoner, but Butcher's Crossing was incredible! I would definitely recommend it if you want more John Williams.
19:32 cute 🥰
I am currently reading Frankenstein!! I am really liking it so far!❤❤
You've got some great books there! Give The Buried Giant a chance at being one of the first you read. I think you'll love it.
I just got the Paper Mill Press edition of Phantom of the Opera. It is STUNNING. I wasn't sure if you had it already or not...I needed a new copy because the other copy I had was too tiny to even read it...Which is why I've never read it. It is one of my favorite musicals though! I've started it now with my new fancy edition. :)
I get so excited when you upload new videos!! love all of then :)
Thank you for this video. Your voice is soooo calming ! I love your TH-cam channel and I feel so excited to here your future opinion about those new amazing books ! ☺️ je t’envoie beaucoup de bonne ondes ! Bisous ! ❤️
Your pajama sweater looks sooooo cozy
oscar wilde's short stories are glorious & oh my goodness I GASPED when you showed the novel read by dorian gray! I didn't even know it actually existed... my mum just read 'my brilliant friend' & it is now one of her favourite books of all time!
Please make Jane Eyre a dark academic pick!!! I’d love to read it with the dark academics community!!🥰
If you’re looking for more Italian literature you should try picking up a book by Rafael Sabitini he was an Italian-English author. My favorite books of his so far are Scaramouche, Bellarion, and The Snare.
I'm definitely picking up the book from The Picture of Dorian Gray which was one of my favorite reads of 2020!
You have such a smooth Voice!!
every time i watch a video of yours i feel like we're kindred spirits :')
also, those glasses suit you so well!! love them, so cute
Italian book recommendation: Silk by Alessandro Baricco. One of my favs of all time!
Also, Love in the time of Cholera is amazing!! Just going to say one little fun fact: the scenario it's based on my hometown Cartagena in the North Coast of Colombia, where García Márquez lived for a while. hope you enjoy it! :)
I thought, in The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman really captures how a child would think and feel in the situations presented. Sorta heartbreaking. I think you'll like it:)
For Italian book recommendations, maybe try Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities and Dino Buzzati's The Tartar Steppe. The former is a poetic and dream-like discussion of cities and the sentiments they bring on people, the latter is about loneliness and feelings of uselessness and inadequacy. Maybe not particularly uplifting reads, but they are still good lol
Definitely read Heart of Darkness again, Conrad wrote it as an exposé against colonialism, but through the lens of someone who is racist. It’s an immensely dense read, but I think now you’d enjoy it if you read it for fun. It’s my favorite book for a reason :)!
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"You guys know that I absolutely adore books that entangle themselves with math and science and physics - and weird stuff like that" - Emma, 2021. Loved the book haul (and baby Grogu in the background just chilling)! Just wanted to start The Hobbit and I can't wait to hear your thoughts when you read it.
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How and when do you listen to audio books? I can’t seem to find a way to listen and pay attention
Philip Roth wrote the book “The plot against America” that was adapted into a Tv series. The book was fascinating! It’s about an alternate history of the US involvement in World War II, regarding its Jewish Community.
I'm so happy you got yourself a copy of The Three-body Problem! I'd love to see what you think about the most popular sci-fi in China hahaha
Excited for you to read more Murakami! Dance Dance Dance is a sequel book to his rat trilogy, but by no means do you need to read those to read Dance Dance Dance!
Hey Emma... or anyone really... could you make a video on "where to start reading" or something along those lines? I haven't read a book since high school. Because once I started college it was all textbooks and no time for fun reading. Honestly if you met someone who had never read anything but a text book. Where would you tell them to start if they are trying to become a reader? Should they start with middle grade? Classic? A popular series? Dr. Seuss? Lol. No seriously, I feel like I need to just start all the way over, I've lost all sense of literary analysis skills. Could you start a book club that you post here on TH-cam? Like maybe we all read Bunny or something together and discuss it here in the comments or something. Idk.
Hi Mia, I’m obviously not Emma but I definitely get where you’re coming from with not reading for fun in college. Some things that have really helped me are giving myself permission to read light, fun things, including YA, but also recognizing the ways my tastes have changed - some YA series I read in high school don’t resonate with me anymore, but I enjoy nonfiction which I didn’t used to!
Short stories are also great, and manageable.
If you’re looking for something to help you get back into literary analysis, I found How to Read Literature Like a Professor really useful and manageable, and if you’re looking for accessible literary fiction I recommend The House on Mango Street
I think middle grade would be a great start. But it would depend on your tastes. The Nevermoor series is excellent. Classics may be a hard start. There’s lots of engaging contemporary and historical fiction. Do you watch movies? What kind do you like?
Fun fact, Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym and her/his identity is kept hidden even in Italy. They can even be a man as far as we (don't) know.
Also, talking about Italian literature I would like to recommend Novecento by Alessandro Baricco. It's short but very poetic and whimsical, right up your alley I would say.
The pronunciation of von Schönwerth's name wasn't horrible, but it is still so funny to hear English speakers, esp those of American English, try to pronounce German names :D It's a weird language, cudos to you for trying.
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My brother was named Jabraan after khalil gibran but I’ve never picked up a gibran book I feel ashamed
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if you're still interested in italian literature: elsa morante's la storia. :)
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Not enough people on booktube talk about Against Nature. It's a completely bonkers book and after reading it I had both a bad taste in my mouth and a fascination for it, but I guess that's the point of decadent literature. Enjoy!
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ohh, could we do a buddy read of shirley?
I am too high for the Only Revolutions book 🚫
Hi Emma, I just started watching your videos and I love your channel so much! I'm 14 and I really want to start reading. Do you (or anyone in the comments) so happen to have book recommendations for my age? Thank you so much, stay safe and healthy! 💖
Hi💚 we are of the same age, I highly recommend ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen. It’s an incredible piece of work, very beautifully written and it inspired me to read more classics. Other books I recommend are:
Little Women
Frankenstein
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Three Men in a Boat and
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Happy reading!
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I want to send you a little something by Proust for you to review. 😊
hi emma, i suggest u should pick up 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I'm currently halfway of it and I'm loving it so far. like The Housekeeper and the Professor, one of the protagonist in 1Q84 named Tengo is a mathematician and also is a teacher!!! I think that's something u could relate upon, i guess. anw have a nice day!!!
@Tanya Talwar i think imo in this particular book, subsconsciousness isn't really the main thing, nor it is related. it is just to question the two protagonists' own destiny in this world of 1Q84... although that is the real world. to put it simply, they live in the year 1984, but as the book goes on. strange things happens as if these things makes you think that you've been put into an alternate reality that differs in the world that you are in that moment.
questions are in fact, in my opinion, are the strongest basis in this book... because it is the foundation that drives you to want to finish this book already. as Murakami himself said in this book "If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation."
although I admit, the first part/volume of this book is somewhat a slow-burner for me... it oftentimes have put me off because they were so much that Murakami has written that at the time, I think I didn't care at all... but as I go along with it I start to unravel all the little significance of how Murakami's world building in the first volume affects the whole story as it is... and that makes me feel so glad that I paid so much attention to those tidbits.
Sorry if this as vague as it can get, but the best thing is to just read it. If you're an avid reader of Murakami, as 1Q84 is indeed his "masterpiece", it is highly that you should check it out.
@Tanya Talwar that i cannot explain as of yet for i haven't finish it, however... IMO in terms of Murakami's books, i think you should not seek for the exact meanings of each and every story that he has written, because like Stephen King, Murakami likes to experiment as well, hence why some of his novels has major plot holes/cliffhangers... but the thing that drives the readers of Murakami is his ability to put so much informations about history or life meaning or his music taste or his philosophy in those works. It's like riding on a train full of information and whilst you are enjoying the ride, you are getting these fragments of informations that you can savor until you get off, and when you do get out of that train, you would think "WTF DID I JUST RIDE ON??!?!?" but clueless as you are, that's what makes you want to read more of his books.
I actually enjoyed more Love in Cholera time than A Thousand Years of Solitude
Emma I bought 3 books today and got 7 in the mail. I DONT HAVE ANY MONEY.
Hi!! I’m telling you this cause I know you’ll probably appreciate it!! I’m Argentinan and when you say “Julio Cortázar” try to not close your mouth that much, you can try exaggerating your mouth movements (lol tahts weird to say) and the pronounciation will probably be more accurate🥰🥰🥰
"It says that it is an instant classic"
Me, Russian intellectual: "who is that b..ch?"
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