Clawdia: How dare you do anything WITHOUT ME!!! I AM THE QUEEN OF THIS HOUSEHOLD!!! EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND ME!! I'm glad to hear something other than absolute praise for everything under the sun stephen king writes. It's rare that I hear someone talk about faults or issues or nuanced stuff in his books
If you haven’t read The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, I recommend it to go with your non-fiction about midwives. The main character was a real midwife in the late 1700s and had to deal with a smug male doctor.
Oh boy, German here and we actually read Kafka in school. I always laugh when you say you did not have to read Shakespeare since you are French Canadian. We had him in like 3 classes, including German in different years. It’s so interesting to hear what different people had to read in school. Super interested in the “light horror” book. Love the author but really do not enjoy horror. Thanks for the long video..
For The Interview With A Vampire, the context is kinda important. Yeah, the kid thing was messed up, I agree. But the period when it was written (before the rise of popularity of vampire books and other media, not to mention that wast majority of vampires in popular culture back then were either pulp horror or straightup joke), Anne Rice's personal situation, cultural context, they all play a role. That being said, none of that can make you enjoy the book, I get that. What I'm getting at is that already in a first few pages of the second book, written years later, we get informed that Louis was an extremely unreliable narrator. And then Anne Rice basically either explains or changes stuff and creates the whole vampire lore that has since pretty much bled all over the genre :) So while I 100% respect your opinion on this book, I would none the less suggest if not reading other books (I'm just now reading the second, after doing my research), then at least checking out some general info about the whole series, it might give you a bit more context and improve the overall vibe that you got from the first book.
Self-help books are money grabs. They are simply someone discovering something temporarily worked for them and assumes that if it works for them it must work for everyone else (whether that’s around physical or mental health, money etc.). Often supported by flimsy science or research, if any at all, all while ignoring the inherent differences we all have. Money grab money grab money grab
Thank you for this wrap up. I enjoy listening to you talk about books, cats, and life updates. Looking forward to your video on spoiling books you didn't finish.
The ends of Never Lie & Perfect Marriage are so bad lol Also Age of Magical Overthinking was all over the place! A shame, cause I also enjoyed Wordslut & Cultish.
I absolutely love Emily's reviews, but I love her rants even more. Also, watching her has given me the courage to dnf a book or be more vocal about when I don't like a book.
thank you for freeing me from the age of magical overthinking. my copy got returned to the library before i could finish it and now i know to not borrow it again!🎉
The Devil’s Playground by Craig Russell. It was like reading a supernatural film noir, set in multiple timelines, but centered on old Hollywood during the Silent Film era.
Love all your videos 💖 Thanks for putting out so much content for us lately! Can we please get an updated "All about my cats" video for Christmas this year?🥰
I had a surplus of dinosaur and fox books, so I made up Dinofoxtember to churn through em! The best were -Her Spell that Binds Me by Luna Oblansky (spicy sapphic romantasy with witches and a fox familiar) -The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (historical mystery with a magical fox spirit in 1900s China) -The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper ( very good historical dual timeline mystery set in Australia) -Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M Marrineau (about a "beast charmer" which is like a magical Pokemon trainer and had a couple foxish beasts) -reread The Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (fav YA series) -The Bird King by Willow G Wilson ( historical fantasy set during the Spanish Inquisition I really enjoyed it)
On the topic of words the word robot comes from the Czech word for slave, it's from a 1920s book originally written in Czech called The Universal Robot. Also technically we could say everyone has a vagina bc v's are "invaginations" and p's are "envaginations", so we can use language in a more equal way!
I love audiobooks but when it comes to In the dreamhouse, reading the physical book was way better for me. It took the reading experience to another level, and brought me closer to her as a person for some reason. As if I needed to take in her words in my own way and in my own pace. Something about the layout of the book with the shorter chapters, gave a more poetic feel to it, and made the book feel quite original, if that makes sense. A strong and engaging read!
Fifteen! That’s a great month. I finished four in September. One was David Copperfield which is a chunker, but the Victorian writing slowed down my reading pace. I’m glad I took it slowly though. It was good. Now I am prepared for Demon Copperhead for a bookclub in October.
Just wanted to say thank you for creating content. ❤ I’ve been struggling after having surgery and I’ve been binge watching your videos. They bring me comfort during tough times. I want to read so many of your recommendations!
I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed the Janice Hallett book I read (The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels). It's written in a similar format. It took me a bit to get into, but I ended up loving it.
Oh, I don't blame you for being disappointed with/DNF'ing Freda McFadden's books. I picked up The Teacher from the library recently after hearing people rave about it and I was appalled by the storytelling, the characters and the writing. I smiled when you mentioned the focus on clothes because in this book, the main character is obsessed with shoes. When you look up ending of books you DNF'ed, you should check out the summary of The Teacher just for kicks - the twists and turns are just ludicrous. Now that I know that this was initially self-published, this makes a bit more sense, but I agree wholeheartedly with you - didn't the publisher have anything else better to publish? (They are probably making lots of money with those books, unfortunately, so I guess they probably don't care too much about the quality.)
They are throw away beach read books in my opinion, take no real thinking, are fast page turners and a bit ridiculous, they are not gonna cut it with the really widely read reader so…..I think that’s where the divide is. She’s trying to be another Lisa Jewell but isn’t quite as good - and Lisa Jewell isn’t really amazing either
Maybe the main character from Frugal Wizard's Handbook needed that self-sabotage help book. haha And I think I'm the only one who liked Frugal Wizard's Handbook because I can really relate to how the main character felt like a failure among people he grew up with becoming more successful.
My 10th grade teacher read Metamorphosis by Kafka aloud to my class. She kept laughing about what a funny story it was while we all stared at her confused.
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook was by far the worst of the Secret Projects. I think you will enjoy the other two better, they're more "serious" than the first two.
i didn't like The mountain is you because at first it felt like it was delivering a good message but within like 30 ish pages i quickly got the tone that the book was sort of blaming the reader for everything? Like it had the tone of everything is your fault for the issues that arise in your life sort of message. Plus it became really repetitive after a certain point. The book probably could've been summarized in like 50 pages or less.
September was a pretty good reading month for me as well! I finally got around reading Vicious by V. E. Schwab and I loved it. I had problems with Vengeful, but overall enjoyed it too. I saw that there's a third book coming, supposedly? I hope so, I didn't like the abrupt conclusion of the story haha. I also read Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio, which was one of my most anticipated releases for the end of the year, and it was perfectly atmospheric for fall! The story wasn't much, but the vibes were exactly what I wanted.
I'm reading We Solve Murders, about a third of the way through it. I love the laidback humor in it. And, a cat named Trouble, you can't go wrong. The main character is admonished by his cat when he stops rubbing his head, funny. My next one will be Apprentice to the Villain.
I really love your longer videos, because I always listen to them while I'm doing house chores, today I had to change my bedsheets (hate to do that) and you really helped me with that :'D
I recently read the escape room by L.D Smithson and I think Its my favourite thriller I have read this year its soo entertaining,its reality tv with escape rooms
I DNFd The Appeal because I was doing the audio version. Listening to the to and from headers over and over again was tiresome. I didn't make it to the murder. I'm very curious if you think the story is worth suffering through the format. I know she has a new book out. I was interested in checking that one out.
Emily, I’ve enjoyed Kindred, and the Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents books. I wasn’t crazy about Dawn sadly. Where should I go next for Butler?
