taking my final exam, reading goals & everyday life | week in the city vlog 

i once bought some manga in france and it also had the small size and the dustjackets (with concept art underneath!), so i guess it's a general french manga thing?

My cat is missing since last week and our house is quiet and lonely in a way it never had before. The feeling of missing him is too much to stand, but seeing Calcifer filled me with so much joy and brought back good memories. 🥰Also, good luck on your upcoming exams and I hope you're looking after yourself!

The week you got Calcifer, I also got a kitten and my partner and I had named him Calcifer as well!! My jaw DROPPED when I watched your first video with him! Made me laugh so hard!! Our kittens are twin flames :)

Proud of you, Emma! You had a lot of tough things thrown in your path but you powered through and kept a sunny, positive attitude. Thanks for sharing with us and giving us book nerds a place to come and get recs and discuss our reading. I did enjoy "The Cossack" by Tolstoy as well. Keep smiling and reading, Emma! 🙂

I love your productivity vlogs! It’s so nice to see someone else working hard too. It’s the motivation I needed. plus ifs always nice to see Calcifer 💜 good luck with exams!

To prep myself for the current reread of One Hundred Years of Solitude I changed the name of every file & folder on my laptop to "José Arcadio".

Yes, all French manga is like that. Dutch manga as well! I think they’re the same size as Japanese manga. Not sure why English manga is bigger 😅 and they usually all have the lil dust jacket! Also the anime being padded with flashbacks and filler is a common thing. It’s usually because the anime will catch up to the manga so they stretch it out until they have more chapters to work with. And of course because it usually airs weekly so kids need a lil refresher sometimes. Not specifically made to be watched back to back basically 😊 Also third time recommending the Nana manga 😇 I think you’ll like it, it’s about a 20? year old girl called Nana who moves to Tokyo from her small town to follow her boyfriend who is studying at a university there. On the train she meets another girl called Nana who is also moving to the city to start a band, and they end up sharing an apartment even though they’re very different (this is all in volume one).

I feel absolutely spoiled for getting an almost-hour long video of you and calcifer, good luck with your exams as well Emma!

To shadow! 🐾🥺🐕‍🦺

girl.... let me tell you.... YOU are awsome. Last night I was soooo in the anxiety spiral and your video help me get it toghether... igot calm and grounded i even sleep a couple hours, so it took me a long time to finish the video, but thnak you sooo much for helping this person that was so lost. I send you a hug! (sorry for the english!) Greetings from Mexico

Hi Emma! As someone who lived in Toronto for a year, I really empathize with how overwhelming and full of concrete the city is - and I moved there from another big city, Vancouver! Be gentle on yourself and it's completely okay to miss the nature and quiet of other places. I recommend visiting Allan Gardens if you're missing some nature, especially in the winter because the conservatory is so beautiful and green year-round.

lovely video

Hi, emma. thank you for the video today. I'm always watching it! The reading speed is slow, so if I read a lot month, 5 books are the meximum. but I want to read all the books in your video! I really like your video, because I can feel your unique atomosphere! life can't always be fun, but I hope it doesn't hurt too long when hard or sad things happen. I will continue to support your life! p.s I'll study english hard and write it without a translator the next time I write a comment :)

Hey Emma, thank you so much for an almost an hour long video. You’re video is like a comfort hug. I’m so proud of you for pushing through all of your tough time. Sending you lots of love and hugs. Sending you strength🫂💗✨

the little part where you talked about the mountains is exactly how i feel about mountains! ever since i was little we visited various mountains in my country with my family and this year we are going again in a couple of weeks and i'm so excited because it just feels different than any other geographical type of form i don't know how to express it like i lived in the netherlands for a bit and it felt empty because it was so flat so i'm always super super grateful and in awe to be around mountains

Not French, but also from Europe: mangas here are tiny and have dust jackets lol. Especially popular, main stream mangas like attack on titan, naruto or hxh. I've seen some more underground projects that are usually considerably thicker be either without the dust cover or be hardcover.

My fav youtuber posted!! I am so happy I could cry right now. Have been binging you video (multiple times) they are so relaxing and makes me so happy. You're my only source of joy nowadays thank you so so much

your videos are always this instant source of happiness. Your videos have become such a comfort to me and I always look forward to them. Thank you for what you do!

It's so interesting to know those essay questions and yr thought on them, Emma, love 💕 it

I can relate to your feelings about wanting to live without humans around ;) Recently I connected to an aspect of me that hides how much sadness and fails I have carried for so long, and that this need to hide was why I wanted to shield myself from people. I'm trying to go into this wound and melt it with love and compassion. Just sharing this new insight 🙏

I just wanted to say that I really enjoy all your videos! I was in such a big reading slump but I stumbled onto your videos a few months ago and listening to the way you talk about books really motivates me to do my own reading as well as explore more classics :’). I also feel so much more motivated to do homework and study after watching your studying vlogs so I’m super grateful to you. I know it’s a lot of work to upload so regularly but I just want you to know that you have a very loyal viewer in me :-) Hope you have a lovely day (and Calcifer as well)!!

Emma, I love these vlogs! I'm excited to see what you read in Women Writing class, I took a similar class and really enjoyed it. Your videos are so inspirational and down to Earth, you feel like a real person and friend, thank you for sharing your life with us.

Ive been having a really rough day, so thank you for the comforting hour of content

I'll probably be finishing up on The Cossacks today which I have really enjoyed.100 Years Of Solitude was excellent,a multi-faceted work.What's a gloomy day Emma but finding ourselves,like Olenin,lost in the forest for a while only to re-emerge out into the splendour of the the snow-capped mountains and rejuvenating sunshine.A big hug!❤️

Speaking of cleaning, i have this antique 18th century furniture for my bedroom that is in need of washing and i've been doing that while listening and watching your vlogs, so thank you Emma for making this activity much more enjoyable!

Hey Emma, thanks for all your videos! They make such good relaxing background. I can just play them and relax.

This hour and a half with you has been a delight. Congrats on completing your course, and I’m looking forward to recommendations from your women writers course. I, too, have had life take unexpected turns due to health issues and I applaud how well you have managed your way through and are achieving your educational goals. I really like these snippets from your day-to-day life. I hope you can find a city/nature balance that works well for you. Thanks for joining me for my morning coffee.

i just moved out my parents house and now watching this vlog! also to a way bigger city than i'm used to (i grew up on a farm), so this is giving me a lot of comfort

I love your love for animals! The only tattoo I’d consider is for the dogs in my life, so I totally get it. Glad to see you finished your American Lit class relatively painlessly!!

I’m so proud of you! Congratulations for finishing your degree. As someone who lost a year of university bc of health stuff I relate to you so much. I know that you did your best and hope everything goes so well for you in the future.💖

Calcifer looks like a full adult cat now! 🥹🥰 😵‍💫i hope American lit was not too too dire! I know it’s not your favorite Love love love the little pen pal corner!

Hi Emma 👋I discovered your channel recently and it made me so happy 😊 I was always curious how a literature student life will be and you gave a in-depth look . Reading has always been my hobby and hearing you talk about books is so therapatic 🤗 Especially your productivity makes me want to organize my life a bit more 🙋. Your bookshelf and room is so cute and pretty 🥰 You are so kind , smart and funny 😎 you give these positive vibes making people easy to connect with you 😊 Thank you for starting the RU-vid channel and bringing joy into people's lives 🙏 Your videos are like a warm hug in a cold days ❣️ 😍 Wishing you all the success and happiness 👍 I have noticed you have beautiful desktop wallpapers , where do you download them ??

Hi Emma! Manga in France are very similar to their original Japanese versions, which are also small and with dust jackets :)

Hate what’s happening with IG, but living for long videos! Thank you 🥹

OMG! I just came back from a trip to Toronto with my family and one of the things that we were praising about Toronto (and a lot of cities in Canada that we've visited) is the HUGE ratio that we found between buildings and nature/trees compared to our cities in Spain!!! Really shows you how what you're used to can change your perspective 🙂

This channel was already the best and now with a cat included…. Just perfect 😍❤️

your grace and the way you speak remind me somehow of a young helen hunt. you’re both just so captivating and beautiful

I'm so looking forward to seeing you post on your ASMR channel again! When i was studying for my end-of-year exams i watched every video on the channel like 5 times.

Oooo the ending of the Stone Sky blew my mind! I hope you love it!

i love watch longer vlogs :D and I really like when you talking about introverts people thoughts because it's relatable to me and im through for some of this things since i don't answer messengens quicker and don't like a lot people in the city this is really bother me and see you talk about it helps a lot ✨️ :)

As far as I know string plants are all pretty similar, so I personally don’t have a string of hearts but I have a string of pearls. What I’ve noticed is that they don’t need a bigger pot for a while since they have a shallow root system. It looks like this plant is doing really good atm and is putting out tons of new growth, I wouldn’t personally put it in a bigger pot at this stage. I’d wait until it starts to slow down/decline a little bit, and then look if you see some roots coming out of the bottom of the pot. At that point I would put it in a bigger pot, just one size bigger.

Luv tidying!!! Sooo calming

Hey emmie I hope you did good on your final exam wish you the best of luck

Good luck, and thank you for your time spent on your channel ❤️

Your vlog made my Sunday better, Emma! The idea of the tatoos with your pets is lovely! Calcifer is a cutie! I love the High Park, it's beautiful! Ciao! 💖🐈🐾🐾🌷💗✨

Hi love your vlogs as always, I've had 100 years of solitude in tbr for quite some time so defently getting around it soon ! By the way as french person myself I can tell you that every manga in France looks like this, the small size and the dust jacket are standart !

Every manga have a dust jaquette in France. As a bookseller I actually like the attention put by the editor

10:40 oh goodness, i'm getting ptsd from when i took my topics in american lit course 😂 yeah unfortunately most of american lit is like that. i feel like because america and most americans are so centered on individualistic ideals, all the essay questions i got for that course are always so broad because everyone has a different interpretation of those vague words like "freedom" and "the individual." i was going to avoid american lit for as long as possible until i started reading western american literature and ecocentric lit: blood meridian, monkey wrench gang, grapes of wrath, etc. that's really where it's at for me when it comes to am lit. those words that sound so fluffy, like "freedom," start to disintegrate when you realize not many people who have lived here (the u.s.) have ever felt truly free: indigenous people, black americans, latin americans, women, lgbt+, everyone. i think getting past the intro to am lit was the hardest part but after that you can really run with a lot of different angles ☺ sorry for the tangent LOL. glad you made it through! good luck on your final course! it sounds like it's definitely more up your alley!

love those fanmade bookmarks! cute😍

I love your long videos like this one!

I also love long videos! 🥰 especially if they're yours

Love your cat he's so cute♥️

Hey! I took women's writing just this year at TMU. It's a pretty easy course, just a lot of writing.

Keep up the great content✨ really loved this video!

thank you for today's video.. i will watch it well 🙆🏻‍♀️💕

I'm not an English major but I'm taking a Women in Literature course this fall and honestly I can't wait to see what you have to read for yours. Anyway, I've been watching your vlogs for quite a long time and it always feels like catching up with a friend. Thanks for posting these!

ugh i love your videos

Your mystery plants at the end are baby rubber plants! And that viney thing is not a new shoot, it's actually a flower! 💚 love your content, Emmie!

Love the animal tattoo idea :) congrats on finishing your class ❤️

Hey Emma, as always this is an amazing video. Calcifer has grown Up so fast!! In Spain mangas are smaller than english versions and also have dust jackets! I hoy so surprised when I bought a manga in english and Saw the size. Anyway, I Hope you are having a good time in Toronto. Have a nice week♥️

Love your plant set up 😍

Robin Miles is absolutely the best audiobook narrator I've ever listened to. I went on Libby and searched for her name just to find more audiobooks that I knew would be fantastic just because she narrates them.

We love your long videos too!

All mangas in Spain also look like the French version! And mangas in Japan usually look like that as well!

Calcifer is getting so big!! 🥺❤️

I love your plants! I am going to be adding plants again to my apartment, but also need to get the cat-safe ones. Sadly, no Stargazer Lily for me but I'll do whatever else I can! 😸

Hi Emma, so happy you posted! I just got up from reading the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo... And i just can't put it down, it has been so long that i read a book that is actually making me want to come back again and again. Have you read it? How did you like it?

cal is getting sooo big i'm obsessed !!! anyway have you thought of getting some pet sound buzzers and teach him how to communicate w you? its all i have been watching on tiktok lately. luv ya

Your cat is so well behave, I so envidia you! If I try to put one of mine on the transporting box, is a lot of drama... cheers from Chile. Love your channel and your recomendations

If you like fir/balsam candle smells check out the candle Dickens by Fly Paper Products !! They have book and author related candles :D and Dickens smells just like Christmastime

He's growing up so fast!

Hey Emma! I know this is unusual, but you've mentioned a few times in your videos that you play video games. So I am here to recommend you some that I think you would like becuase of the themes in them! Said games are the Shelter franchise (Shelter, Shelter 2, Paws and Meadow) and The First Tree. :)

Calcifer sleeping away from you is probably just a seasonal thing. It's just too warm for cuddles.

Calcifer is too smart to write into words. Such a scholarly lad ⭐️😽

Video #4 of me recommending hakumei and mikochi

I love you’re video’s! I want to be a English teacher in the future and I enjoy all your video’s keep them up by the way I’m reading the girl upstairs right now if you have not reeded it I recommend you too.

I’m sorry to hear you aren’t loving Toronto! I’m not sure where you’re located but if you are close at all to the Don Valley trail system I would recommend visiting for your nature dose!

I’m in the middle of reading Ring by Koji Suzuki. It’s 12:04am here, I’ve scared myself and now watching this to calm down hopefully lol

Wishing you the best in your exams

My family has had our current dog (a beautiful little schnauzer-poodle) since 2010, and now he's having a great deal of kidney trouble and he's in the last phase of his life - I only currently see him around once a week when I go home for dinner (which is unfortunate) but I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with him while he's still around. Holy Christ am I going to miss him. Glad of the opportunity to reminisce a little with strangers on the internet though 😊 Also I am steadily plodding along through my One Hundred Years of Solitude reread, and it's been long enough since I first read it that there was an enormous amount of stuff I completely forgot about that is really hitting hard. Last night (-mild spoiler warning-) I got to the bit that discusses Ursula's blindness, and it was so incredibly poignant that it probably should've brought out a tear or two (it didn't, but it should've).

My native language is Spanish, and Spain's editions of manga have dust jackets, but usually Argentinian editions don't, so I have a little bit of everything in my manga collection lol Also, when I lived in Japan I bought a few manga as well and those also had dust jackets haha

Wonderful video. Thank you! Congrats on finishing your American Lit course. Di you get to read any Southern Gothic? You're going to love it: Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy, etc. American lit is starting to mature. It takes a long to time to become a culture.

French mangas are like that!! I had the same moment as you when changing from english to french in Letter Bee (':

Oh, thanks for mentioning how upsetting vet visits are. I have to take the day off work if it's not on a Saturday (because I get so entirely emotional).

I think that manga volumes in europe are smaller in general. Im from Spain and they are the same size as the one you showed. There are special editions tho, they are called Kanzenban and theyre biger and contain more chapters than the regular editions

From what I understand, French editions of manga are much closer to the Japanese with regards to dimensions and dust jackets, at least for mass marketed single volumes. It's rather the US editions that size up.

I have volumes A, C, D, and E of Nortons Anthology because I’ve (unfortunately) taken a seminar in American literature, early American literature, and 20th century American literature and beyond. I also do not love American literature, so I feel you 😩 I’m so happy you only have one course left. I’m starting my final semester of my English Language and Literature degree program. I’m over it. I want to read for pleasure again.

Very much enjoyed the (almost) hour we just spent together - thx. I finished my reread of 100 Years last week, and am looking forward to some human interaction, maybe a live show? As for Tolstoy, it is what is: I thought maybe the Dickens-Tolstoy debate project was a little much, but if I'm proved right in that respect I won't be particularly happy. As I've said before, I'm very much looking forward to the show where you do Kreutzer Sonata, one of my favorites. Calcifer looks good, as do you too, and make sure you soak up all the culture the big city has to offer before now, you may even like the opera.

Hi Emmie your so adorable!

In these last two vlogs I realized how similar we are... I'm the worst at messaging people back, I moved to a bigger city with my boyfriend almost 3 years ago and at first I would NOT leave the house without him (it's better now, but I always prefer having him with me) haha so I understand what you mean, makes me anxious to leave the house and see poeple everywhere! I also just got a 4 month old little cat and she's the best, following me around everywhere ❤ it's nice to find someone so similar to you when you feel a little weird for these things sometimes. Hope you're well, love from Brazil :)

I am really happy your enjoying Hunter X Hunter is one my favorite anime and manga

New subscriber here! *waves* and fellow Toronto girl *waves harder* I've been more of a romance reader but I've gotten burnt out on romance booktube and the... what's the word... disingenuousness (is that even a word?) of it all where it just seems like everyone is reading the same five books from the same five authors in order to get each other's views rather than from any real enjoyment, so I started looking for something different and happened upon your channel. I just wanted to see someone talking about different interesting books with an apparent genuine love for them and I found that with your channel and a few others. You even have me giving a second look at classic literature where I've always bypassed them before but you make them sound so interesting! Finally, I want to just say thank you for making me look at the city I've lived in all my life with fresh eyes. Your vlogs exploring Toronto have inspired me to go on more walks which has been so good for my mental health. After the past year where I started a new evil day job (the dream is to write from home full time) and lost my little sister to illness, I needed a mental health boost and your videos have helped me immensely. So thank you. I've also discovered a plant store close by my place that I never noticed before and...you know, I might just. :p This was a long ass comment. 😂

If you are watching the older hxh then I recommend turning to the 2011 one, I felt it had a much better pace

Hi Emma! I thought I’d recommend How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery. It’s a short memoir about all the animals she’s had in her life, both pets and those encountered during her work as a science and nature writer. I think you’d like it ☺️ Thanks for another lovely vlog 🐈❤️

Proud of you babe ❤️

Is there a cemetery anywhere nearby, with trees, where you could sit when you need some quiet and nature? I always find cemeteries calming places.

Loved this vlog! watched it while sitting outside in the backyard taking a break from reading with my cat Nyx! I was just wondering if your P.O box is still open now that you have moved? (:

Emma, you should read "By the Bog of Cats" by Marina Carr. It's a play and a wonderful modern version of the myth of Medea, plus it has wintery vibes ❄️

me: Obsessively trying to have an orderly and correlative collection emma: "so i didnt find number 4 so i bought the french version lol"

My cat does the same thing with taking food out the bowl to play with, except he does it with the dog’s food.