Picked up some fall books 📚 || Read it or Unhaul it #7 Reading Vlog 

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on these books...

“Rotisserie chicken” Emily please 😂😂😭😭

Ah... About Claudia... I read Interview with a vampire 20 years ago, but at the time, I mainly took the character to represent an horrific side of vampirism and its consequences (I was 15). I learnt only 2 or 3 years ago that Anne Rice had a daughter, that she lost to leukemia, when she was 5... The book was published a few years after her death. Since then, I wonder how much writing the character of Claudia might have helped in Rice's grieving process (making your (dying) child immortal, looking for the woman she will never be able to become, finally letting her go,...). I don't know how much that might explain how the character is talked about. 🤷

I spat out my drink when you called her rotisserie chicken LOL

It's okay when you don't have 'good' months with this challenge - every book you don't like and decide to unhaul is a success, because your library is becoming that much more curated to your personal tastes! It might not be the most fun to get to a point where you realise you're just not liking a book, and it might be less satisfying to get one you end up enjoying, but it's still a big win imo. The idea of a large curated library is just drool-worthy 💯

you should absolutely watch the show because the changes they make are really good! and the actors are so amazing like everyone is bringing their all, genuinely one of my favourite shows ever

I love the Read It or Unhaul It series. Your reactions are always fun to see. The kitten is getting just adorable.

Yes unhaul the Stephen King. This is my favorite series of yours.

On Interview with the Vampire: I thought the book was meh (also a 3 star for me), I enjoyed the movie well enough, but I LOVE the new tv show. As you said in the video, it not being very accurate to the book is to the tv show's benefit lol

Claudia clearly wants her own YT channel. 😸

Claudia's face at 11:00 😂 "who me?😳" we'll never get sick of seeing the fur babies ❤

Love the yellow light behind you. It gives off autumn vibes and Claudia is a comedian. And congrats with the new family member. I have a hard time finding the right books too. Not just this week but the whole year. I miss the feeling of being completely lost in a book.

I've heard nothing but good things about the tv show adaptation of interview with the vampire! I can't wait to watch it 🦇

I am pretty sure you can buy Shawshank as it's own book now. From what I remember The Breathing Method is not much fun at all. Perhaps unhaul Different Seasons and buy Shawshank as a stand alone?

The Body is the basis for another terrific, well-regarded movie, Stand By Me. Really think you should give Different Seasons another chance-Apt Pupil is easily the worst/most disturbing of the 4 stories.

I had a feeling you wouldn't like Interview with the Vampire so much, but it holds a special place in my heart as I read it as an emo teenager and I love how it talks about the horribleness, grittiness, and loneliness of vampire life rather than the sparkles of Twilight that was coming out at the time. And the context around Anne Rice writing this book made the book even special.

The Body is really worth reading. It isn’t a typical Stephen King, more like Shawshank and The Green Mile where the stories are more character driven and less reliant on shock. It’s a great coming of age story.

Currently watching and massively enjoying the TV show of IWTV! So gothic! So dramatic! Even a little Shakespearean at times! You gotta give it a try.

The hair, the dark red lipstick💄- it's giving Morticia Addams✨

I can definitely tell you feel better! It's so nice to see

The ghosts made from book paper are such a cute idea! I will definitely be doing this soon! Also if you want candles that last forever I highly recommend getting a candle lamp. I got one in a white elephant last Christmas and it is fantastic! It's also super pet friendly since there is no flame 😊

Love the subtitles when clawdia was attacking the microphone lol

Interview with the vampire is one of my favourite movies, highly recommend it

It's never to early to have cute Halloween decorations (especially the ghosts- I'm tempted to make them for myself)

the background light has made the videos look more sophisticated, reminds me of expensive libraries lighting. i love it! i think claudia does love you but she is indeed a little bit self-serving

Thank goodness for dairy substitutes because I just can't. And books with animal cruelty are a big nope for me. On the flip side, seeing your babies is a delight! 🍂Happy Fall!

Buffy is so good!! It obviously has some bad aging but I watched it for the first time in 2017 and think it holds up pretty well

You look stunning with a dark lip 😍 the whole vibe is fall 🙌

Read Interview with the Vampire last month and I didn’t click with it either! tbh I wouldn’t have finished it if I wasn’t obsessed with the tv show! 👀 I definitely recommend it, it’s the best thing I’ve watched in years

the long walk is AMAZING, my favourite and first book i read of Mr. King

I think the show handles claudia the best i can't lie

I did like this episode. Seeing you having a harder time to read makes it normal for me to have a harder time and I empathize a lot with you! ❤ And YES you should absolutely declutter different seasons- if you liked Shawshank, I'm sur you can find it as a standalone somewhere... 🤔 Progress indeed! ❤

Love the Clawdia content! 🥰

OMG! Those ghosts are so cute! You made it love it 🍃🍂📙📖📙🍃🍃🍂📚📚📚👻💛💛🍁🍁🍁🍁📚📚📚📖🎃🤎🖤🖤💛📚🍁🍁🍁📚💛👻🖤💛📖🤎🤎🤎🎃🍃🍃🍃🎃🎃📖🍂🍂👻💛🖤📚📚💛💛🖤🎃🎃🍃🍃🍃

The movie with brad pitt and tom cruise is great and so is the tv show.

I bought the book Different Seasons solely for The Body (movie adaptation is Stand By Me and easily my favourite Stephen King). I'm so glad I never read the other stories in it 😂

I love all your cat shenanigans, I adopted a puppy in April who’s still only six months old now and she’s an absolute menace. I’d never be able to film something peacefully with her around. Fun fact about Anne Rice! That’s a pen name, her real name is Howard O’Brien. For real! That’s a popular trivia question for probably obviously reasons and I pass that knowledge on to you 🤲

As someone who loved The Vampire Chronicles and a Louis apologist- The Vampire Lestat is the superior book.

Love that your cat always wants to be in the video😂

My 12-13 year old self adored Anne Rice. I guess at that age a lot of the problematic parts aren't really something that is noticed. It almost needs to be that shocking and melodramatic to get through to that age group. What I did notice after a few more years Anne Rice really needed an editor since there were some inconsistencies. Again, it did take me a few more years to realize that these novels were written more for her to deal with her internal struggles throughout the years and it highly shows. It gets wild in the later books. As for the tv series, yes you should watch it. Even if you didn't like the book, and if you liked the booked too it is very good. It does acknowledge very early that the story that Louis originally told the interviewer is very different than the story that is going to tell now. The overall theme of the series is how you remember things is not necessarily how they happened.

Interview is one of Anne Rica's tamest books when it comes to themes. I like her writing but I totally understand those who find it dense. I think she may just not be for you, because her writing is always in that style and the themes always stay in heavy topics.

You should definetly watch the Interview with the Vampire show, it's pretty different from the book, but I think you'll enjoy it more. I'm actually sad you didn't get to read The Body, it's one of my favourite Stephen King novellas. It's not horror or even a thriller and it also has a brilliant movie adaptation (it's almost scene for scene the same as the book).

"The Body" is the basis of the movie "Stand by Me." I found the story interesting and at the same time meh. I don't remember anything Apt Pupil-ish in it but King does have more animal stuff than necessary. My favorite of all time of his is Duma Key; it's worth the read. Bag of Bones, too. I think you made it further through Apt Pupil than I could have. I've never read it. Thank you for this video and all the cats!

I can read almost anything, but the second there’s a hint of cruelty to animals, I’ll DNF a book so fast….this is why I was surprised you liked Born a Crime. I never got past that one scene. I finished the book, but it was ruined for me.

So... you are not going to read "The body"? It was adapted into the movie "Stand by me". That's a good one.

I haven’t read Interview with the Vampire but I did just binge the tv show and it was amazing!! Still didn’t love the whole child thing but in the show Claudia is older and they talk about the morality of it all. And she’s incredible in the show! Both actress and the character she’s playing.

You never watched Buffy! Omg. You should watch it. It’s so fun. The first season is super campy but it’s still fun and then season 2 and 3 are just amazing. Also great Halloweeny vibes.

different seasons has published the stories by themselves. so if you only want shawshank redemption, you can buy a copy. and THE BODY has a movie adaption called STAND BY ME. the body is basically these four boys who go in search of a dead body.

interview with the vampire tv show is so SO GOOD.... its a rare case where the adaptation is better than the book tbh

Stephen King's novella The Body , was made into a pretty popular and loved movie Stand By Me. I haven't read the novella, but the movies is a really good coming of age tale. So, I think you might like to read The Body❤

Stand By Me is one of my favorite movies which is based on The Body so I am biased for sure. But it's one of those rare moments where I personally believe the movie is better than the book. I just read The Body this year and I had such high hopes but it just didn't do it for me.

Hi Em ;) Just check the spoilers for the ending of King's stories, call it done maybe/and declutter the book if disgusted that much

The Interview with the Vampire tv show is great!!! You might like it a lot more than the book

I read Interview years ago, when it WAS a sensation. The thing about Claudia is, she's not a little girl anymore. And part of her story arc is that she comes to resent the fact that she's not a little girl anymore, but her body will never grow to match her mind. She becomes quite the little monster. A Fire Upon the Deep is a favorite of mine, but I confess that the first time I read it I had trouble understanding the underlying concept of the Zones of Thought. I thoroughly enjoyed the Tines (the hive mind dog creatures) and the Skroders (the tree like creatures) though. They're great people. But yeah, I think the book requires a fair bit of concentration. Love your purple dinosaur sweater (those are dinosaurs?)!

Listening to this video while doing some work, and I wrote "hit and miss" in an e-mail 2 seconds before you said it! Spooky😂👻

Btw Anne Rice based Claudia on her deceased daughter. Interesting way to process grief but yeah. I preferred book 2 "The Vampire Lestat", it's better and the pacing is faster.

Love this series! It's how I found your channel some months ago and binged the whole playlist. I do sometimes wonder when you feel meh about a book whether you'll keep it or not. Rotisserie chicken o m g 🤣 Clawdia meows so cutely, it reminds me a little of a little demon at my childhood home, I can't wait to hang out with her and the other pets when I come home. :) She especially meows for attention and gets the zoomies often even though she's almost an elder cat, and she looks a lot like Chip!! She's more interested in pets than treats but our second cat is food driven!! The more I hear of Stephen King's books, I dislike them (him?) more and more... I just don't want to read that kind of stuff (although I've seen a couple of movies based on his books I thought were pretty good at the time I watched them and only realized they are King's years later - Shawshank, Green Mile, Shining; and I watched Dr Sleep because my partner is a fan kinda. I think Pet Sematary or Salem's Lot is his favorite). Which if any King books are worth it? But I don't know if I even want to when he writes about grape like that and animal abuse and I've heard that IT, I think?, has child sa... I've also seen some of his writing featured on a subreddit Men writing women with weird descriptions of women. I say DNF and yeeeet that book

YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED BUFFY???? You lucky duck - you have many seasons of fun ahead of you if you ever start! (also: "I'm the can opener" 🤣)

8:50 not gonna lie, you looked like a villain there, with Clawdia on your lap😅

I read Interview with the vampire a few years ago and I liked it but it did feel a bit slow. I've been wanting to watch the new show because from what I've seen it's a masterpiece and the cast is brilliant. It feels like the perfect fall/spooky season watch!

You can purchase the first story separately, and then un-haul Different Seasons. I'm at the same point as you honestly, I read Shawshank and loved it, then started Apt Pupil and put it down. If I pick it back up, I'll skip that story and start with #3.

My partner and I like to watch your videos together after dinner, and I have also been called back to greek yogurt and cheese, despite the fact that its probably not a good idea. So you can imagine the look I received...

You’re foster kitten is so cute and adorable and ur doing amazing job 👻🖤🖤👻🐴🐴🍁🍂🍂🍂🤎💛📚📚📖📙📙🖤📖🤎🍁🖤🖤🖤👻👻🍂🍂💛🎃📚📖📙📙📙📖📖

I think you would enjoy The Body in Different Seasons. The second one is the worst of all of them. I knew you would probably give it up (which is totally understandable), but anyway, I hope you try again for the third story.

“She’s just pretending to love me.” 😂 It’s funny that you looked up the year before you started your sci-fi. If that was me and I saw it was published more than 10 years ago I’d immediately go no hahaha. I’m strict. 🙈

Not sure if you've ever seen the movie Stand by Me from the 80's with Corey Feldman, Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell and Keifer Sutherland but it's based on The Body from this collection. It and Shawkshank are definitely the two best stories from this collection and even if you don't read the last one I definitely recommend it. I'm sure if you just want a copy of Shawkshank to keep without the rest of the stories I'm pretty sure they published it on its own when the movie first came out, it'll likely have the movie tie-in cover but it is an option.

Different Seasons was the first Stephen King book I ever read, The Body was my favorite of the four but I liked all the stories but they are definitely intense and creepy

I had the same reaction to reading that Stephen King book. I finished the whole thing out of sheer stubbornness for my book club. You can just toss it - you're not missing anything. Apt Pupil was the worst story but the other two were just blah for me.

26:14 That sweater looks amazing.

Interview with the vampire show is very good. amazing writing and acting, one of the best adaptations. they have really elevated the source

Clawdia is NOT happy at the mention of "lupine" 😂

The Body is Stand By Me the movie. It’s about kids hearing there’s a body and going to find it.

I haven't tried anything else by King other than the first Dark Tower because I hated the shock value descriptions as well. It takes it too far and makes me feel icky. I read to feel mostly good haha.

and they say cats can't be affectionate. my boyfriend's cat sits on his chest, stares into his eyes, and rubs against his face, every night before bed hahaha

“Rotisserie chicken”, I love this series

Don’t read Apt Pupil, Emily. Trust me on this one! LATER: Finished the video - yep, you had the reaction I thought you’d have. It’s the reaction I had when I read it, absolute revulsion and just “Why??? Why???” I was so disgusted that I had to physically get the book out of the house. I think that’s happened only one other time, with Let the Right One In (child abuse). On a happier note, the cats are mega cute - I love how out of control Clawdia is!!

Clawdia, stealing the spotlight again😂 Cats are mischievous little beasts and I love them with my whole heart. I am sending all your kitties lots of pets and kisses!❤

I used to love Stephen King, my all-time favorite was Salem's Lot, funnily enough it is about vampires. Then, I read one of his novellas and it was extremely disturbing, so much so, that I have never picked up another book by him. I would un-haul it.

Cats are truly creatures of chaos! lol I have five and I work from home. It's always a struggle! I thought Interview with the Vampire was okay but in general I really don't like Anne Rice's writing style. I have DNF every other book I've tried to read by her. I was literally 8 pages from the end of The Vampire Lestat and DNF. 😂It was so boring. But I really love the movie and the TV show. I hope you check them out!

The Interview With The Vampire tv series is excellent

Well my love affair with vampires started with Anne Rices' book adaptations when i was a preteen. Interview with the vampire movie is more accurate than Queen of Damned, but i kind of like more Queen of Damned because is kind of camp but the music...if you are a gothic or metal music fan, you will definitely love the music. Still have all the soundtrack on my pc. Now regarding the book, i read it, but was also a 3 for me. I had to push it. Doesn't flow very well I didn't see the series of Interview with the vampire but i saw the other one the is also an adaptation from her books - The Mayfair Witches. I really liked the series, can't wait for season 2.

Salem's Lot is a good book by SK to read in the fall (vampiers) 🍂🍁🍂 and The Shining and Misery, for winter 🏪❄️☃️

Claudia has the funniest meow ROFL.

I read Interview with the Vampire almost 8 years ago so I totally forgot about the problematic passage you pointed out in the video. However I remember finding it so underwhelming! I was looking to read beloved vampire stories and I had heard so much praise around it. I find it overhyped tbh. I think nothing beats Dracula by Bram Stoker among the vampire stories I’ve read so far. This one is among my favourite novels ever

I love halloween. If people can start with xmas in october, i can start halloween now 😂 i just wish i could get more cool decor! And SK... well i feel you. Maybe, if you REALLY want to, try the 3rd untill you dont like it anymore/finish & same with the 4th... but there so much else out there to read... i'm not sure i would bother. I have so many of his books from a collection i bought years ago and i just never pick them up bc i find SK... weird. He has cool ideas but the endings are not great for me + there seems to always be some weird sex thing thrown in so... i'll attempt some this halloween season to see if i unhaul them or not

those ghosts are so cool. I'm definitely gonna make some 👻

Interview is supposedly Horror lol. I do similar to you with a tbr teapot. I am, however, just back from a big reader's con and spent over £500 on books and merch lol. 🙈

I knew A Fire Upon the Deep was going to your pile of shame when you mentioned brain fog! The first sentence of my review for the book is "This book makes me feel very dumb lol. But I still like it." It's rather dense and beginning is kind of slow. But it was good after that. I like book 2 even more.

Definitely unhaul the Stephen King book.

My favorite Stephen King book is Misery

Yes Interview with the Vampire. You need to read it ASAP. One of my favorite books I have ever read. Watch the movie not the show as a real fan of the book I don't recommend the show. The movie is very close to the book except the very end small part but good.

For some reason I didn’t realize Apt Pupil is a book! I remember watching the movie (starring a childhood crush Brad Renfro) in jr high or high school

Love the Tv Show for Interview with a Vampire and the good thing is they aged Claudia up a bit and they address the problem of her age. The actors are all fabulous. I think you would really like the tv show. The movie wasnt bad for its time but definitely has some problematic parts.

It's not BookswithEmilyFox, it's BookswithClaudia now. She already has the beauty spot, she's a STAR. Also, may I ask what's the brand and color of your lipstick? It looks amazing on you! (Though, it may be your incredibly good looking face doing most of the work...)

😂 Omg! "Rotisserie Chicken" 😂 I had just taken a sip of my tea when you said that and I got tea up my nose.

I've pretty much never read any Stephen King, and also mostly stay away from his movies, at least the ones that are "Stephen King-y" - as in horror. But I absolutely loved the movie Stand by Me, a heartfelt coming-of-age story, and was later shocked to find out it was from a short story by Stephen King... which was The Body. I have no idea what the story is like, but you should totally watch the movie!! I've thought of reading the collection you had there because it seemed like both movies made from the stories didn't seem like regular Stephen King fare, and were both excellent movies. Sounds like I should stick with the movies, though... I haven't seen the newest Anne Rice vampire movie (series??), but I did watch the Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt one after I'd read the book. Honestly, I think the moral dilemma about turning a child into a vampire was dealt with better in the book. I did think that wasn't just glossed over - at least one of the vampires felt really uncomfortable with it, and the girl who was turned was miserable being an eternal child, and as I recall they regretted it and vowed never to do that again. I felt it was much more lightly dealt with in the movie (but it's been years since both for me, so the memory is fuzzy...)

My laser eye surgery didn't "stick" either lol.

Interview has been one of my favorite books since I was around 13. The movie is still really good, it holds up. The show... eh.... I didn't care for it. I only watched one episode but I didn't care for the show. Side thing, apparently, Anne Rice wrote this book shortly after her daughter died who was around the same age as Claudia. I think it was some kind of catharsis or something. But also this is a 14 book series. I have only ever read the first book. I don't have it in me to read 14 books of her melodramatic writing. I do like Interview, but it is very melodramatic.

I have Interview with the vampire in my books to read. I was obsessed with the film when I was a teenager. As I can remember, the child is older in the film. My friend have a cat (Karma) that eat (not chew, swallow) fairy lights if they're low. I have to stop the video and look the translation of Different seasons, and it's split in two (two seasons each) in Spanish, that the reason I didn't recognize the title. Christmas?! 🤣 The ghosts are cute. I agree, King is a hit o miss.

Love the lipstick color 😍