Eugenides... Ewe-gen-ah-deez? Love your videos, homegirl. And your style, your taste, your spicy, sort of adventuresome energy when you talk about reading. It's like you have little love affairs with your books and their authors. Kinda hot, shit! 🔥 I def sub for your awesome energy as much as your great book takes and recommends. Thanks for the mood again. Stay up, queen 👑 💜👏🏾

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just finished this book- i started it in april of 2023 but dnf'ed it around page 130 because i couldn't stand the fact that all she did was sleep all day and treat her friend so shitty when she had so much privilege and potential and opportunities for happiness. i decided to pick it up a few days ago and read the rest of it and I have to say i enjoyed the second part of the book better and it gave me a better perspective of her mental illness and why she is the way she is. i appreciated this video and other ones i watched because it sincerely didn't dawn on me the reason why she was acting that way was because of how serious her mental illness is, (the first 130 pages i mean) combined with the fact how shitty she was raised and the fact that both of her parents are dead. i picked up on many of the notes you put in here and some were new perspectives i havent thought of. thank you for this video!

E.V. Rieu’s translation of the Odyssey is a significant literary landmark in itself (in addition to its own numerous qualities), being the first Penguin classic, and opening a door to classic literature that many people would otherwise have not had access to.

but while doing sports it hurts😢

I studied Complit at Kings too. Im from Mexico still dunno wtf to do with my life. Im over 30 lol😂

I love harry cameron on this book....its really worth

Amazing book!

You are so fast in speaking,fantastic eloquency.,and beautiful lady.❤

Hi my grandson has dyslexia n ADHD. I had him on a reading programme but I still feel he isn't ok at school. He is stressed out n thus comes across as rude, disruptive n lazy. He wears glasses. Can I ask the optometrist to tint them for him? I'm so stressed. He is 14 and in grade 8. Pls pls help us😢

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And I never understood people who never enjoy history lol I get your point though. I think it's the way history is written and the way we are told to approach it in academia. But, I view history as a story and I read history the same way I read a novel. But, I do love both lit and history.

1:36 some of my friends think I’m doing that but it’s really real witch leaves me sad and lost

Maybe James wanted to give the letter to Harry but he wasn't able to do it bc he was drunk or for any other reason. And that's why they were on the car together. Maybe Harry insisted to drive or something like that. Idk

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Shes a female Literally me.

Just finished this book my coworker gave me this book it was so awesome it's like reading jackie Collins books but not so raunchy but it was so dope

Had one fitted today. Was offered sedation or GA but would have to wait so went through a tank of gas and air instead. It still hurt!

omg before the coffee gets cold. i genuinly hated it and whenever i talked to anyone about it they liked it i was genuinly shocked, im glad i found someone that shares my opinions

The pill saved me! Before, I used to have extremely painful periods, regularly fainting because of pain. After trying three different pills I've finally find one that eventually stopped my periods altogether! Currently 13 months without any bleeding. Amazing!

Is this the real Google it sounds like mine

1:19 it's a play that got turned into a book and then got a movie adaptation

I never understood when people said a book's writing was "sentimental" like it was a bad thing..... Until i read certain books. BTCGC is definitely one of those books.

no reason for this video to be this long

My favorite Hemingway work is the short story titled "A Clean Well Lighted Place." I routinely refurn to read it again. It strikes something sad and deep that I apparently need to feel routinely.

Where does the lost soul go to? When does life start? Are you positively sure that this is not an eternal soul taken? To heaven or...." Just follow the corporate money not merely with the production of them, but on the other side with medical problems and psychological problems and unwanted children that result from contraceptive "failures" and sexual diseases and resulting cancers. Read and view "Contraceptives or guns, which one is more dangerous to society" the other side of the story

ive wanted 2 read this so bad since i heard of it since i really liked catcher in the rye and these books seem to have the same vibe (unlikable and severely mentally ill main character) so THANK YOU for the warning about eating disorders im fresh in recovery and that wouldve fucked me up bad LMAO looks like we'll be holding off on this book for a while i suppose!

Hey, just wondering if you still have this? How was your experience long term? Thanks

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"Sylvia Plath just got it" !!!!!!!! I cannot stress that enough for me! I read the Bell Jar straight out of high school after studying her poetry (my English teacher bought it for me as a leaving present) and then read her journals not long after. And I have so many things in there I underlined that just made me feel 'she gets it.' Screaming from the rooftops "Sylvia Plath Just Got It!"

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How do you suit every single hairstyle??? Not paying attention to a single title, just staring at your curls tbh😍😍😍

Have you read the newest Moshfegh, Death in her Hands? I thought it was a decent read but nowhere near the heights of AYORAR.

Hi Emma, Cléves (Marie Darrieussecq) review please 😊

This isn’t constructive criticism at all. All you’ve done is slander someone’s work. You haven’t provided a criticism sandwich. If you want to have any value in the criticism you give, you need to express your thoughts coherently.

agree with the overhype and trauma = drama issues with Before the Coffee Gets Cold but I think this might partially be a byproduct of Japanese culture where typically you DON’T talk about heavy topics as to not inconvenience the people around you. At least from my understanding it’s encouraged to not be disruptive and keep personal issues to yourself. Maybe don’t read any more translated Japanese lit if you didn’t like the simple writing style either HAHA since that’s something that I’ve seen in other authors as well. Also japanese media does not typically use the three act/hero’s journey structure so fundamentally even the storytelling tends to be different structurally than western books/film! In general Japanese works I’ve read tend to have topics that are novel/shocking in Japanese culture that don’t really hit the same if you’re thinking from a western perspective tbh. For example the book’s approach to the husband with dementia not wanting his wife to be his caretaker is actually a pretty unorthodox way of thinking in that context

You’re convincing me to read the bell jar

I'm so glad that you liked The Outsider! I read it a few years ago, and it knocked my socks off. Re: the first sentence, my understanding is that it's one of the great litmus tests for translators; back in 2012, the New Yorker even had a whole article on how to translate it. As for absurdism, check out the plays of Luigi Pirandello (e.g., Henry IV, Six Characters in Search of an Author). I'm convinced that, alongside Kafka, he was one of the major precursors to absurdism. And Frankenstein! Another one I read for the first time only a few years ago. It's such a good novel, so much better than a person would think based purely on pop culture's representation of it. Also, it's so, so good to see Wendell Berry get taken down a peg or two. At least in the US, some people treat him like he's some sort of saint. I enjoyed reading Eileen last year, my first Moshfegh. Did you see the film adaptation? Definitely one of my fave movies of 2023.

I read the Old Man and the Sea in high school and HATED it. But I guess, as an adult, I should give it another chance. Also - agree that the Bell Jar is SO good, but also needs to be read with caution.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold! I don't understand how it got so popular as well, there are bad written books that become popular because they're still fun, but that one was so boring, I cared about no one and nothing. I guess everyone bought it and then didn't read it, because I don't get it

your book reviews are so in-depth and make those you like sound so so enticing. also your copy of Frankenstein is beautiful and I agree with everything you said about it <3

The merits of Before coffee gets cold is the book cover is nice. ❤ on all the classics pick.

re 1:40: have you read walter benjamin's essay "unpacking my library: a talk about bookcollecting"? benjamin relates an anecdote of anatole france (a well known man of letters and bibliophile in his day) where a visiter to his personal library asks if him has read all of his books, and in reply france says, "not one-tenth of them. i don't suppose you use your sèvres china every day?'"

Omg Spot on with Before the Coffee Gets Cold. We read it for a book group the next day it was in the charity shop. I cannot believe people think this is a great story. Boring, mind numbing, twaddle worst book I read last year.

Agree with the first book!!!! Someone finally said it

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Hi Emma, I'm dyslexic too but I love learning English. I know that your videos are a litte bit old, but for me they are very useful. I'm so glad that I found them. I have been learning Engslih for maybe six years and in this year I figured new techniques out like, e.g., shadowing or "repeat after me", and I try to read out loud. Of course I can't forget about listening. I always try to listen a lot of English podcasts or watch TV series, movies etc. only in English. Other techniques don't work like, e.g., textbooks of grammar or classic school methods, but the crucial thing is the support of your loved one. Once again, thank you.

I read this yesterday. Excellent book. Strangely relatable in many senses except that i could never afford to behave like this. I see the appeal though. I reckon this'll be the best book i read this year.