Smash or Pass 👀 Classic Authors Edition (Huxley can call me) 

the part of emma saying "the next one better be virginia woolf ... smash" is one I felt deeply in my soul

You two should do a "solving an Agatha Christie novel" together

Sorry Emma but I have to agree with Carolyn on Steinbeck - defo a smash

John Steinbeck is an instant smash

What I conclude: Carolyn likes the typical masculine look (symmetrical features, hard , distinct jawline). Emma likes the quirky, brooding look. ( think Bruce Springsteen versus Elvis Costello) Also, to be fair, you should have used younger photos for the older authors.

Please do a female authors version--you know, for science!

Noooo, hard pass on Steinbeck? I’m with Carolyn on this one. SMASH. Also Hemingway and Kerouac.

emma: What about him?? *carolyn's expression completely dumbfounded as to how the photo evidence doesn't speak for itself*

Fun fact: Dickens positioned mirrors around his room so that he could act out characters from different angles!

We need a part 2 but with female authors! PLEASE (Virginia Woolf being the first instant smash, of course)

Steinbeck can call me!

The "It's Oscar Wilde!" was soo perfect!🤣🤣

murakami is a walking red flag with his depiction of women, let’s be honest 😂😂😂

I’m completely on board with Steinbeck, and always thought he is the best looking writer along with Hemingway. Also I think Emma would find Kafka’s look quite charming 🙃

Tolkien might not be hot but he had the idea for Beren and Luthien based on his wife and himself and I think that's just so beautiful. And Murakami is definitely a pass even though he loves the Beatles like me and his favourite song is also my favourite song 😂 Great taste, Carolyn!

Loved the effort put on your research Carolyneee! John'd be a smash for me too. He's great at delivering metaphors any time and on anything. And his character names are meaningfully and carefully drafted, so he might give you a whole new meaning/story involving yours ;)

Emmie and Carolyn's friendship is unbreakable. Their overall chemistry together is something incomparable. Hopefully they will continue to be there for each other through bad times and good times.

Cracking up 😂 not the “what did he deal with well” or Eddy

the video was so much fun! I really love this idea lol :D and the vibes and chemistry of you two are absolutely what I search for in a friendship :')) it's so lovely to watch you together!

emma’s face when carolyn asked her if she should have put women on the list 😭😭😭

Do more Smash or Passes! They're the best! 🤣

Interesting. I would have a hard time separating the writing and the man. It definitely colored my answers.

This is a more intellectual version of hockey locker room talk, soo funny!

The moment I saw this video all I thought was "Chekov is definitely going to be in the list and it's going to be a smash."

Okay I love this video idea 😂 I love how creative you are with your videos ❤

I love this idea! Also, I think it would be cool to one day walk around with different momentos from authors one adores. Examples: Shakespeare, you wear one earring on the left ear. Edgar Allen Poe: write mysteriously with a raven feather.

Love that you guys explored a tangent on the Beatles. Feel free to do that more often 😎

Steinbeck and Hemingway? Both smash without second thoughts. 😅

Gosh, I love you guys. It’s so fun to watch your videos. ❤

I love this! I needed this so badly 😂

Love love love this video concept

Have to say smash to: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Steinbeck and Hemingway. I’d pass on everyone else. I am definitely more in agreement with Carolyn on Jack Kerouac, and yes to Samuel Beckett! I love this video!

I almost choked laughing, my aunts kicked me out of the room sjsjjs I love this video so much Thank you 🥺☀️

This was so damn funny 😂 Part 2 please!!

The sudden close up full screen catfish always gets me LOL It is so funny but creepy!

That picture of Kerouac hands down means I side with Carolyn

gonna have to adopt “smash to high heaven” into my daily speech LMAO

John Steinbeck is definitely a smash

i immediatly thought of colorlesswonderland when i saw this haha but i must say, you two have very different tastes but i think i agree more with emma!!

Billy Shakes 🤣🤣🤣 I swear, Billy Shakes! I'm still laughing

Darling Billy Shakes is giving me nightmares this semester. I died seeing the name 😆

Although I chose Bilbo Baggins in Carolyn's vlog, I am surely not picking JRR Tolkien in this one. Gotto go to Indigo now to buy myself some Steinbeck, Hemingway and Chekhov. Thanks for doing these, that just made my morning !🥰

Dickens was a fox, lol. "Won't be turned off if you eat dirt". Me in my Captain America voice: I understood that reference! (thanks to Emma.) Very funny, Emma and Carolyn! As I mentioned on Carolyn's, I'm a bad judge of male beauty so I won't comment. Have a nice day, Emma! :-)

This is so fun ! Thank you !

Agree with every single one of Emma's smash/pass verdicts apparently I also like the weird ones lol

It's like, Caroline, omg you're so pure you make my heart melt :'))

"have you seen the bee movie?" "yes?" "you like jazz?" "yes"

Homer was most likely female, given the detailed knowledge of weaving and the dearth of information about sailing and war found in The Odyssey, for example. That's a contemporary analysis and it makes good sense. Look at a picture of older Tolstoy. Terrifying.

This was fabulous. Made me laugh so much! 💗

when she saw Anton Tchekhov and screamed :'' SMASH '', i felt it.

Omg yes Julius Caesar is one of my favs from Billy Shakes

girl c’mon John Steinbeck is such a solid smash😌✨

I shall watch this the moment I get home. Certainly somethin' to look forward to.

emma's taste in men makes me feel so seen like yeah i too enjoy a weird looking guy

“He looks like an egg though.” I snorted a little too hard at that.

"I'm a hoe for Edgar Allan Poe" 😂

hilarious! who wouldn't do Shakespeare!? xD lol, Kerouac too, all the sadearth amarica! he's god damn beautiful!! Emma is nuts! lol D'x ,😭😂☺️

I'm having such a stressful week and you girls just reminded of lightness and fun 🧡💛💙💜💚❤... and being a middle-aged man with thinning hair I completely agree that Dostoyevsky should just shave his head!!! 🤣🤣🤣 PS Steinbeck = Smash!!!

Hi there, love watching you guys! Was wondering if you both have seen The Little adore it series from BBC with Matthew Macfadyen our Mr. Darcy! I loved it in high school highly suggest!!

Did Carolyn go all the way to Canada to shoot videos all day all week? XD But it's actually great, watching them together. 🌟

I was waiting for this aaaa

I just can't even imagine the editing work that must have gone into both of these videos, lol

I just finished Weyward. I really enjoyed it and gave it 4 stars. It wasnt super plot driven but it was lovely.

15:55 Flashbacks from that scene in Ted 2 (the movie) haha

For those of you not immediately familiar with Norwegian Wood [Murakami], in an interview Paul claims that John wrote the song about a man so frustrated with a girl's stand-off that he ends up burning down her home.

I thought of Steinbeck before he even came up. Go, John!

Whenever I have to take notes on Shakespeare, I called him Willy Shakes lol

Have u ever read Mario Benedetti or José Luis Borges? The first one is more a poem guy and the second one is top latín américan writtters. Probably the best in Argentina.

very straight

Me literally living in Siberia and being married to a Siberian reading the "survided Siberia" pro about Dostoyevsky 😭😭😭

Emma your British accent is perfect.

That's, honestly, the best thing I've seen today

"huge ears but he wears them well" omg???? I'm crying

Loved this xx

Hemingway was a depressed alcoholic but he made the most beautiful famous granddaughters, Oh and he adored cats so much that his house in Key West was left to them and is still there. Steinbeck had clear blue eyes if that helps . lol

"I admire your work but don't want you to work on me!" 👍👍👍

Does the ✨smash and dash✨ Leo (boy-toy) Tolstoy applies to his reading work too? (like just experience him and then 👋) I haven’t read him yet but I’m planning to since he’s so famous and recommended

Pass, smash, pass, pass, smash (maybe he could take a trip down my esophagus), pass, pass, pass, hesitant smash, pass, smash (he looks like James Franco, but I also like trains), pass (he looks like goth Hitler), smash (he’s giving Jude Law), smash (but leave when he brings the scotch), pass, smash (if he’s offering then who am I to supply?), pass. (Bonus round, pass Kerouac (he’s giving homosocial misogynist), pass Camus, smash Du Bois, Aldous Huxley could get it, Smash Beckett)

aldous huxley hahahha i died with billy shakes

Smash on Steinbeck. East of Eden was awesome.

Mishima should be here too .. he was really handsome 😍

i am obssesed with this video

I think there is definitely a bias if you use pictures from their youth for the half and pictures of them as old men for the other 😂

😂cool video, needs more Sylvia Plath tho.

Please do book review of Shadow and bone series or dan brown books or elif shafak books ?

when you said there were no female authors I died a little inside/j

Hey Ernmie you are a good vlog and novel

4:08 Emma's exe stop working 😅

Du Bois pronounced his name doo-boys. He rejected the French pronunciation, saying "I am an American and my name is pronounced Doo-boys". Love your videos, Emma!

John Steinbeck kind of looks like Miles Teller with the mustache

I'm on one 'Smash and Dash' and one 'Smash and become devoted'.

Aldous Huxley is 6'4 AND A HALF

Ok Jack Kerouac could get it!

Jack Kerouac is a smash like if i take his life in context then no but he looks good!

the unique looking folks 😭

Hell no to smashing Steinbeck

Okay but Chekov ? Still can't believe it haha

we need a women's version of it.not only for us but emma especially

Hemingway looks like Schmitt from new girl

Definitely yes on Steinbeck, so handsome