Ahhh I need to get The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I keep hearing such great things about it! Also Moxie is so great!! I read it back in September and loved it!
I just finished it! (literally 5 minutes ago) and it is so so so good! It's honestly so hard to describe how good it is. People kept telling me I needed to read it, so the hype was real but it honest to god deserves all the praise it is getting. It's definitely going to take me a few days to wrap my head around the story and formulate my thoughts before I can film a review, but I definitely recommend!
As a book collector, I thought you would like to know about the Waterstones exclusive edition of Daisy Jones- it's hardcover with gold glitter on the cover, has black sprayed pages, is signed, has a ribbon bookmark and really cool endpapers!
0:32 Daisy Jones and the Six The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 0:41 Moxie 6:33 the poetz 8:33 The Nowhere girls 10:36 Juliet Takes a Breath 12:46 Beuaty Queens 15:05 The female of the species
hey Emma, i usually dont comment in any videos that i see on youtube, but, this is one of my favourite videos on ur channel, and i have seen this video again and again and tried to get my hands on all the books that you have mentioned in this video, I HAVE READ MOXIE :-) (please include me too in the Moxie Fan Club :-) ) and like you, i have to read it maybe two or three times to absorb it all in :-) im not a booktuber but you are my FAVORITE booktuber.... you are me in an alternate universe :-) (if that makes sense :-) ) i very much relate to your personal struggles which you have talked about on ur channel, and i really want to hug you for being so brave and really so much badass... :-) you go girl , im ALWAYS rooting for you :-) i just recently read a badass book Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone and really loved it... maybe you will like it too... will see you & talk to you in your next video , keep making such amazing content and i love you :-) RESPECT :-)
All of these are on my tbr! Or I've read them. The book I recommend is already out in Australia, but it comes out in the US pretty soon under Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough. I can't recommend that enough. =)
I LOVE THIS ENERGY! and i love how you talked about every book so authentically and genuinely, it was so easy to tell that you truly treasured each of these reads.
The audiobook of The Poet X is so amazing! It's my first feminist read,and a great one in that. I cannot believe how much I related to X. There are just so many societies and religious groups which are still patriarchal in the essence. In a way, this book unites young women around the world. P. S:I've always loved the books you recommended💜💜💜
Moxie is one of my favorite books & I really did need this video bc I want to read more feminist books. I did have the nowhere girls around the time it came out but I did DNF it & after hearing your thoughts I might give it another try.
I would love to see an updated list to this, or like any books with female/female friendships. I really liked the videos Sam from thoughts on tomes did on this topic
A teen activist and feminist book I think you'd be allll over is The Birds, the Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh. It's about a girl who doles out sex advice in the bathroom at school when she herself is a virgin, while also training to be a doula. It's all about how their school's health and sex ed curriculum is abstinence only and very heteronormative, and it contains some amazing bits of wisdom that I've been trying to implement into my own life. It's very inclusive and a quick read with a lot of fun times and consent!
My absolute favorite book of 2016 was The Female of the Species and I definitely need to read it again. After With The Fire On High, I’m definitely looking forward to reading The Poet X soon and I’m hoping to read Daisy Jones and the Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo this month! I also hope to read The Nowhere Girls soon! Always love your recommendations videos
I have few feminist book recommendations - the exact opposite of okay - ( the second book) a girl called Shameless by Laura Steven And the spinster club series by Holly Bourne which includes -am i normal yet? -what's a girl gotta do? -how hard can love be?
Ok I gotta finally get on the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo I’ve been sleeping on ittttt❤️ loved it Emma ! I feel all kinds of inspired and empowered now
I just got back from seeing Captain Marvel and it was amazing and very empowering for women all around the world! I need some more feminist stories so thank goodness this video was uploaded today! 😊 💕
They were just saying that the movie made them feel empowered. Don't attack someone just because they have different taste in movies than you. Also, you don't think there should be equality of the sexes? Sounds kinda weak.
I've had the Female of the Species on my tbr for almost a year now and this video definitely gave me that final push to add it to the list of books I plan to read in April!
I found The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo a bit repetitive as I read it but I don’t regret doing so. As someone who really admires 40’s/50’s Hollywood films it also opened my eyes ***slight spoiler*** to how oppressed men and women in the LGBT+ community were back then but more so the struggle they went through to keep silent. As well as how women were severely objectified and pressured to become unrealistic molds for media and the big screen.
I just wanted to say that I honestly love your videos so much. You have the best book recommendations, I'm from NY so I feel like I relate to you so much and you always inspire me to keep reading! I didn't even get into YA before watching your videos and now I'm obsessed! I definitely want to check out all of these books but especially Moxie!
I love what you said about being an imperfect person but still a feminist with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I definitely agree and felt that way! Can't wait to read Daisy Jones and Moxie now. The Female of the Species and The No Where Girls are both on my shelf waiting for me :3 And I enjoyed The Poet X too! Great recs x
i recommemd noteworthy by riley redgate. it's a mash up of pitch perfect and she's the man. it's a lowkey feminist book but it's talks about so much like sexuality, gender, race, class.
All of these books are either ones that I’ve loved so much when I read them or that are on the top of my TBR already 😍😍😍 Hoping to read Moxie veeeery soon
I also recommend The Friday Society. It’s a feminist, steampunk mystery novel that follows three female assistants. A magicians assistant, a sort of scientist assistant, and a sort of samurai assistant. It’s set in the UK in like 1800s or smth and it reads easy. One of my faves. Ps. I know the description isn’t top notch and that’s just because it’s been awhile since a read it.
I added so much more books in my wishlist lol ! Thanks for the recommendations ;) I agree with you so much on your views of feminism ! I'm so grateful women fought for the rights i have now and i think it's important to keep talking about it and fighting until all women have the same rights, worldwide.
Wonderful list. I have been on a Taylor Jenkins Reid reading kick since I got meet her at the event. I have gotten my Mum to read the books after I read them. As I post this I have read all of Taylor's works. I love how she writes woman supporting woman instead of being caddy bitches.
Stand By your Manhood a book you can read if you want,if your a Man or a teenage male entering Manhood or if your a woman or transgender who is curious
I think you should definitely read The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Stevens. The sequel just came out. Its a lot about claiming your sexuality as a woman and the double standard that boys get praised for having sex while girls get slutshamed. It is ridiculously funny while being very political and I just love it so much.
a new emma video is exactly what i needed after working an 8 hour shift and coming home sick. I loved this video and i still need to read the seven husbands and daisy
I want to thank you for highlighting intersectional feminism and elevating stories of marginalized women. It is so important and I really whole-heartedly appreciate that.
I'm a Sophomore in high school and we're reading YA books for class. We each got to pick a book from a selected list and I picked Moxie so we read it in February. Now we're about to read our second pick and I am reading The Poet X.
If you are interested in more verse books, both Burned and Tricks by Ellen Hopkins are really good. I know everyone recommends her for verse books, but its 100% for good reason!
I was going to say that I think you'd enjoy the Spinster Club series by Holly Bourne, but I see other people have recommended it already. :) Each book focuses on a different teenage girl from a friend group, each with their own issues,, and while I feel like the focus is very much on being a teenager and the experiences that come with that, I very much enjoyed the series as an adult; and yes, it has a lot of feminist elements.
I read Moxie and Poet X in February. The Nowhere Girls was on my TBR but I kinda forgot about it. I’m gonna read it tonight. It sounds super interesting.
@@emmmabooks I think you’d like the book called the power. I forget the name of the author but it’s about teen girls getting powers and the worlds and the teens parents reactions to it. I haven’t read the book but I’ve been watching the series and it’s pretty good.
Love this list. Evelyn Hugo is near the top of my TBR and this makes me so excited to get to it. Also, totally agree with you on how feminism is perceived. I think that's why I love Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist so much. It was the first book that made me feel like it was okay to not always get everything right.
I just read The Birds, The Bees and You and Me, which had a similar vibe to Moxie in the pamphlet/zine way, but they hand out condoms and want to make sex an easier topic to talk about. It has a lot of talk on feminism in it and just is overall great!! ❤️
My favorite feminist novel is The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E Lockhart. It’s my favorite E Lockhart book and is just so empowering and handles a complicated character of a teenage girl who wants to be respected and independent but also wants to date the popular guy. It’s best to go in not knowing much but the book is super funny and is in general about a girl who wants to join an all male secret society at her school. It’s highly underrated but such a great feminist book!
Aaaah! I love this and I love you and everything you have to say about this for our community. I’m very worried about the future of your mentions and comments section of this video so I’m here for you if you need someone and I’m ready to fight for you if you need someone! lol xox ❤️
i still need to ship the hebrew edition of City of Bones to you!! i was at base for a few weeks and i visited family outside of the country but i’m gonna ship it this weekend! ♥️ it’s at my house on my desk waiting to be sent :)
I don’t know why but daisy jones just didn’t click with me. Maybe it was the format, I just felt like I was forcing myself to read it and found it incredibly boring
