my hate comments as book recommendations 

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"nasty little goblin" sounds like something Rochester would call Jane Eyre

It's so hard to believe that this ball of pure joy could get hate comments🥺

I can’t fathom writing a hate comment on someone’s appearance, especially when you see it’s grown adults writing them sometimes

1) It didn't even cross my mind that you receive hate comments wow 2) This is the most amazing way to handle negative comments. You literally inspired me to handle negativity better by making this video. Thank you, amazing human ☺️

Thanks haters, for providing more Emma content for all of us!!

Oh God that's a brilliant idea for a video lmao Also anyone who thinks Emma is pretentious has clearly never met me lol

Emma, I'm a primary school (elementary) teacher here in Australia and I really feel like showing portions of this video to my students as an example of how nasty, bullying comments can be deflected with such grace, erudition, and intelligence (and just the perfect amount of sass!) This is a great example of resilience in the face of hostility and young people need examples like you more than ever. You have done this so well and to throw in book recommendations as an added bonus...brilliant. Thanks so much. Anthony - Sydney, Australia

So sad to hear that so many of these haters are male. As a male I can say that you are one of the major reasons I have got back into reading. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos, it shows.

I live for Emma's sarcastic answers 😆

“If I burned all my books, I’d still have them.” That’s so beautiful! This was a brilliant video idea.

The absolute brilliance of turning hate comments into book reccs. And making this video a sponsored one. I love this channel so much Emma 😄

People hating on long videos while I quite literally shriek with joy whenever I see a video of yours that is longer than 30 minutes. This was so funny and unexpectedly heart warming, Emma. Thank you!

Emma, you're awesome. I hope those comments never get to you, not even for a second. You've gathered such a beautiful community on your channel, and your videos bring so much joy 🖤. Some people are just insecure assholes that try to bring themselves up by putting others down. They got nothing on you.

Hearing “English degrees are useless” is the reason I was convinced to pursue a career in medicine. While I try not to regret my choice, I constantly wonder where I’d be in life right now had I chosen a field more in line to my passions of writing and literature.

I am much older than you, Emma, but your channel has given me insight and education. I love so many of your quotes and today's is probably my favorite so far: (Are you just trying to sound smart?): "Well, I'm not trying to sound stupid." Beautiful. I guarantee I am going to use that if ever the need arises!

“I actually don’t know how to read” 😂Lmfaooo this is why we love you!! You turn things that are supposed to hurt you into literal money and views. Love to see it 👏🏽👏🏽

Oooh girl you are almost at 1,000 books read! 📚 Can’t wait for that video. Certain it will happen this year!! 🌙

As someone who majored in something lucrative instead of my passion, go for your passion. Making money is mostly just a matter of how motivated you are, so do what motivates you 😃

Your sarcasm is masterful without being mean, well done

This is the best way too cope with idiots, make it business!

I don’t get how people can hate on you, you just give off the best vibe, I’m actually going on a vacation trip and I downloaded a ton of your videos to watch in my spare time

Have I told you lately what an amazing little goblin you are? This is brilliant! Love you so much! 🤍❄️🕊️

"i'm planning on being the rich guy, myself" I'm so proud to be a fan of your channel!!!

please don't ever stop making long videos. they're my companion when i’m studying or reading.

Hello from Uzbekistan, central Asia! I learned a lot from you about books, ur doing a great job, keep it up. I was lucky to read Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in Russian, it's a completely different experience compared with reading the translation

GURL since when your hair grew out so much it looks so good and healthy 💅🏻

Maybe do book recommendations for people who make positive uplifting comments. 👍🏻Then we are putting light on how much good is out there and not giving mean people any spotlight. Great channel!!

My daughter [ an English teacher] tells me I have too many books , she also makes fun of some of the genres I read, she is also a minimalist, we are very different in most ways. But I love her and am so proud of her.

I really like that you actually turn these hateful comments into something useful and good (giving them recommendation). Some people will never take it as gracefully as you. Admired you for that.

you are so phenomenal! the fact that you could think to turn something so negative into absolute positivity whilst being so kind??? you’re a true inspiration em!

this is such a funny video idea - and also im relieved to hear it was difficult to collect enough hate comments. the community around your channel is so warm and kind! unrelated but your hair looks fabulous

you are one of the people that have inspired me to pursue an eng/lit degree after i graduate highschool this may. your videos give me sm comfort and i love watching them when i’m sad because you are always taking care of yourself it seems. you’ve also somewhat convinced me to move to canada bahaha

I love your channel. It's so relaxing and calming to my soul. Your videos always calm me down when I have problems dealing with anxiety. I love when your videos are really long, I really appreciate small moments like making tea, watching the snow fall, little fireball's shenanigans, your daily routine, talking about books and when you get philosophical... Please don't ever doubt yourself or force yourself to change just because of few hateful people. There is so many of us who love you and what you do for who you are. :)

Hi Emma I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos. They are always so full of insight, wisdom and witty commentary. I’ve actually been dying to know what your annotation process is like and was reminded again after seeing your heavily tabbed phantom of the opera book (which is amazing btw, I always love seeing all the different colored tabs hinting at all the gorgeous genius to be discovered within the book’s pages). I would just love to know how you annotate books and organize the thoughts and ideas you have while reading. Thanks!

Emmie always comes up with such unique book recommending concepts! It's literally the coolest

I just wanted to say that I love your videos and you are a great inspiration for me. You and Caroline have inspired me to begin reading classics and I love watching your videos when I need to destress and take a moment for myself. Something about your voice makes me focus completely, which is almost like meditation to me. ❤️❤️❤️

This video is pure genius 🤌🏻. Such a queen honestly. You are such a ray of sunshine Emma. I appreciate your messages in this video. A lot really resonated with me. So thank you for your content 💕

I'm in love with how you describe constant changing and never looking the same! 🧡

this was so fun to watch, u literally crushed all of them!! your videos are amazing and i love to hear your thoughts and also you look so beautiful! 💜

I'm a firm believer that hate comments only stem out of jealousy, you are such a nice soul and its wonderful to see that you take even the negative comments and turn it into a beautiful creative video 💕✨ You inspire us, thank you for this entertaining video 😂

Emmie, thank you so much for what you said about majoring in literature. I feel so lost sometimes, I forget what my passion is about. You reminded me of it. Also, definitively will read Stoner. Thanks for recommending!

I can't explain the unique feeling of joy I get when I see a new emmie video 🥺 I love quite literally every video uploaded

pleaseee i love your long videos! don't shorten them 😭

making money out of haters, we love to see it.

So when is the "nasty little goblin" merch dropping? Can it be printed on a mug as a "before coffee" sort of thing?

Thank you for consistently bringing inspiration to read

Emmie is the light of my RU-vid life. How dare you put her down?! Glad you roll with it girlie ❤️ I love you, calcifer, and your bookish content! Also your hair is so shiny, healthy, and beautiful in this video. You are thriving ✨️🫶

The comment reaction to w3tfarts has me DEAD 💀 Thanks for turning such silly comments into a great video, Emma. You deserve nothing but love ☺️

Emma and Carolyn having new video ideas makes my day 😆😆

Your videos bring me so much joy! You re-sparked my love for reading and writing (and gave me the encouragement to follow my dreams to an English degree). You're amazing, please keep making content that makes you happy 🥰

I really love the way you described the books we read being together with us, like living inside our hearts and minds and just being there that we can hear, smell, and taste them whenever we come across them deep inside our memory lane. It really resonates with me and made me think about the way I view myself as a reader. Plus I wanted to thank you for the content you make, haters can go to hell. I have been following you for 2 years now and believe me when I say whenever I see a notification from you, my heart lights up, and the minutes I spend watching your videos are the golden time of my day. So thank you very much. Love all the way from Morocco 🇲🇦.

i always wanted to study languages (and linguistics) but i was too scared because of the uncertainty of employment, so i never did it. so i'm really happy & proud of you that you studied what you wanted to no matter what others said about it!

i love your long videos 🥺 and thankyou for actually talking about the books i realised most popular booktubers or tiktokers are popular for the amount of money they spend on books or how many books they've read and im tired of that in the community due to books becoming cool on the internet :(

loved how you turned hate into such a wonderful thing as books are! i'm slowly catching up on your december and january vids since my exams forced me to go on a lil booktube break and i gotta say...emma you've been uploading a lot i'm having such a good time now watching everything!

I just want to let you know I really appreciate your book recommendations. I tend to read a variety of different books so thanks again.

Nothing is more classy than recommending haters books 💅🏻 such a queen ✨

The way Emmie knows that for someone try to cause pain this person needs to be in pain is so lovely. This video now lives in my heart and I want bring this lession for life

you’re literally a ray of sunshine emma. thank you for your existence ❄️♥️📚

Emma I am obsessed with your channel and will forever be!! You are hilarious and thoughtful and radiant and bring so many people so so much joy!! This was amazing oh my goodness.

I have so many questions for these people..just...sooo....many

Hahaha love this! Such a brilliant idea! Hope this become a tradition in the channel 😆

I've seen myself become the reader that I used to be. You have inspired me to take out time for books. Ever so thankful to you dearest Emmie ❤️❤️❤️

You're so smart, resourceful and innovative for turning those comments into an awesome rec video Emma!

The comments about "what are you gonna do with your degree" are so relatable to me. I'm a history major (currently doing my master) and all I ever get is either that question or "sooo you wanna be a teacher then, right?". No Susan, I don't wanna teach kids. Don't get me wrong, I have the highest respect for teachers, but I could never. I think what I love about my degree (and what you probably also love about yours) is that it gives us the ability to acquire knowledge we're interested in, but doesn't pigeonhole to just doing one specific job. Sure, it's not as safe as studying law or medicine and just knowing you'll be a doctor or attorney, but it gives us more freedom to pursue many different things that we're passionate about. I could never imagine just doing one thing as a job for my entire life. That's just me.

I'm excited for your english degree careers video!! These were great breakdowns and recommendations.

The idea behind this video is so brilliant, so clever, and I love it 😂😍 Kinda wish I could get a part 2, but also not really ahah!

This video was such a cool idea :)) I discovered your channel recently and what I like is how you talk about a book you recommend. It's similar to how I would. I have no one else to talk to me about books in the way I talk about them to others so it's very comforting. And you got me interested in stories I wouldn't otherwise pick up from a shelf.

I absolutely loved this video! Your sense of humor is just *chef's kiss* ♥

Love the way you've approached this topic!! Love your channel and your content!! Also, great idea not giving any of your time to the creeps. 🤗🤗❤️

I love your description at the start of your idea of this video cooking in your brain fluid! I love it when I have ideas floating around my brain, it makes me feel alive and creative! Good on you for taking on the haters and well done with this video!

Hey! I love your videos sm! I've been downloading all of your videos to watch them when I'm on vacation and trust me it just makes my day better and reminds me why I love books and literature so much. I hope these comments never get to you cuz you deserve happiness and peace onlyyy! Love ya

Such a interesting idea! But really, I find it so sad that you get mean comments when all I get from you are positive vibes!

I genuinely don’t understand how anyone could write such negative things to a person who exudes such positivity. You are SUCH a bright light in this world ☀️

I just love how u turn everything into something positive, the vibe, such a beautiful mind.

Emma, you look so beautiful and I’m so glad that we get to watch you here. I always thank you for doing these videos and keeping me so interested and inspired in this field which is also my own. I love my Hispanic literature degree, which I’m close to finish and that video about what to do with a degree like that makes me so, so exited! ❤

I love the longer videos. It's the opposite of the current tiktok culture. Readers clearly love being immersed in things, immersing ourselves in reading books, so it's easy and desirable for us to immerse ourselves in long videos ABOUT books. It's funny that that dude clearly didn't realise he could watch a long video in parts.

These hate comments are only made by people who are so miserable in their own lives that they take it on others. Don’t let the haters get you down, Emma! We love you! ❤

Thank you so much for encouragement for English Majors- I am a second year english major and sometimes I feel like I’m wildly chasing a passion that will lead to an irresponsible life. Hearing you defend the study of such a beautiful art makes me so happy!

Also my TBR pile grown a lot due to this video, so thank you for that as well 😂❤️

It blows my mind how young you are and the wisdom that comes out of your mouth. I’m retired. I am very impressed by your words. Putting yourself out there for strangers to watch/love/criticize or even dislike is something I would have never done. The one thing I have learned from my own experiences throughout life is that the more critical a person is, the more unhappy they are in there own lives. Keep up the great work.

You look so confident and happy talking about what you love, dear Emma. That shows you chose the best path. When I first saw you I thought of what Anastasia Steele's life would have been if she had preferred the right way. You're stunning as the actress, but your intellect and self-realization make you a complete gem. This combination cannot leave haters alone. Those people just have no passion in life and little attention to themselves. We love you, sunshine 💛

Your hair looks amazing emmie 😭✨

this video was an amazing idea emma and when you talked about "a moveable feast" i agree with everything, books are more than their physical form they are important because we carry the essence of the stories in the soul, and i for example have my bookshelf because it brings me peace. Responding to hate with kindness is one of the best things. I got emotional :) I loved the video

"I'm not trying to sound stupid" haha yes this is everything. Great video and I liked this video even before I started watching it. Booktube would be empty without your thoughts on these books.

Handled hatred with pure class! ❣️

This was perfect, I wrote down a few of the recs and love the idea of replying to hate comments with book recs. Lol. That'd be hilarious! I agree with your take on so many of these things, it's such a beautiful way of looking at life.

I’ve been following you for years(??) now and I love your long videos. Please never stop posting them 🤲✨🥺

You’re the greatest bean! The wonderful human you are far outshines them all. We love you, Emma!!! (My orange, fluffy boy says the same to you and Calcifer by stating, “Meow.”) ❤️

I LOVED this video!! How about making one of these once a year? Sarcasm is always entertaining!😊 Also, there is some connection between Rice's vampires and "sunbathing" but I won't say anything more 😉

Emma, this was fantastic! Thank you for doing this! Idk if you have seen it, but there’s a singer I really love, Madilyn Bailey, she basically turned hate comments into a song, and it’s so beautiful! I love this idea, but I also suggest: maybe do one with love comments! You deserve them! Your work is great and it actually helps me get more comfortable with lots of situations. Bear hug ❤

THIS WAS SUCH A HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL WAY TO REPLY TO HATE COMMENTS........WE LOVE YOU EMMA💗

Love you Emma! I love middle grade and children's books and read them still and I'm in my 50's! Who cares what you love, it's wonderful. Read every age group; children's books, middle grade, ya, adult . . . Romance is warm and fuzzy if it's good quality. I can't wait for your video on your English degree. Looking forward!

Okay, Emma, what are you doing... I haven't even finished watching this, but you are amazing! I love your thoughts, your jokes, your taste in books and your way of choosing perfect words for describing something that is dear to you. Oh my gosh, you are such a beautiful person, how is there any hate towards you?! Not that hate ever needed rational explanations, but still( I love you and your channel wholeheartedly

I love hearing you respond without calling people names and sinking to their level! I love you and your content 💕💕💕

I find you to be a bright young woman with noble intentions and a passion for the amazement of words. Carry On!

Emma is absolutely spitting in this video. I have enjoyed this tremendously, please keep these videos coming!

Your mini-rant about majoring in English hit so hard, haha. I'm only a few months away from getting my English degree and I'm so excited for all of the doors it's going to open for me. I also tried to be a STEM major for a while, but I was miserable and writing/reading was the one field where I felt I would learn the most and be able to fully immerse myself. I've been working on my degree for four years and now that I'm in the final stretch, I'm so happy I allowed myself to pursue what I loved. Loved this video concept, btw :D

I've been following you for a couple of years now and even tho our book taste is entirely different I come back to every video because 1. You're so lovely and kind but 2. Your sense of humor is keen and I love it. Thanks for entertaining me Emma you're the best.

The irony of posting a hate comment about no job opportunities with an english degree… on a video that you probably got paid to make… talking about LITERATURE 😩