I immediately went to buy the Dollmakers on kindle after seeing your review on goodreads and I just want to shout out that it is currently £0.99 on the uk amazon because of their black week deals! And so is The Tainted Cup, if anyone wants to take advantage of the sales 😍 very excited to read both!

I watched the Nine Perfect Strangers TV show and it took such a sharp nosedive that I didn’t bother with the book

I love this video so much! One of the books that made me not wanting to have kids, was The long way to a small angry planet, i don't know why but just the talk of the two characters about what materhood is....

good collection series of books recommendations

I swear, i could watch and listen to you doing your skincare routine for 20 hours straight. I love it.

Great list, even outside the "hit your list" hook. Sometimes it's nice to read a few short books in between larger novels.

Emily, I do love your voice!!!🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️ (Can you let me know what type/model of mic you used for this video?)❤❤

Listen for the Lie is great!!!

I read The Sparrow and its sequel because of your recommendation and love it. It is such a fascinating story. I was hesitant because religion was such a big part of the story, but it didn’t end up bothering me. It just added to depth of the story and didn’t seemed to be pushing for it against faith. It just existed

What is the controversy with Mark Lawrence?

I'm glad to hear The Dollmakers is good. It's on my TBR but I couldn't remember why. Probably the cozy-ish talk. I have a lot of "mystery TBR". 😅

I had the same experience with Beartown, but never hear anyone else saying that so thought it was just me! Also thank you for not giving JKR any screen time ❤

I just finishef Men Who Hate Women, and sadly it's even more depressing and scary now than it was when it came out.

I just got back to back bangers! -The Unmothers by Leslie Anderson was a really good folk horror I think you'd like! -The Wild Hunyress by Emily Lloyd-Jones is really good so far, and even has a cat who is like Clawdia and Charlie were combined in size and attitude! There were a lot of good quotes in The Ummothets, my personal fav was "Every man is some girls monstet"

I've started reading The Dollmakers because of you today. haha Did you see that the author mentioned on her GoodReads profile that she has planned more books set in that world? They won't be direct sequels but there will be an overarching story/narrative!

So agree the dark weather and time change has really got to me this year! I've been looking at buying a lumie clock even xd

Just giving hearts to Emily for the rough week 🩷💙💜💖💝

Love reading books about history and anti capitalism texts. Wish more booktubers would talk about nonfiction. One time I saw a tweet from a guy who said women didn’t like history and it was only because he only cared about military history. lol

Favourites of 2024 💌 A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang Sleepless by Sarah Vaughn And Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli

That Bioderma lip balm is amazing,might be the best one I tried

One of the best books I read this year was Maniac by Benjamin Labatut.

I have recently seen I Who Have Never Known Man in the airport bookstore! I picked it up and explained to my beau that it must've been you who singlehandedly brought it to the spotlight! Which is great, because it is a superb book.

I didnt like Nine Perfect Strangers or Apples Never Fall, so it's good to hear you liked the newest Liane Moriarty!

I’m not a huge fan of SJM but I will say the throne of glass series gets much better. In the first book she’s bad on purpose because the point is to hide her identity. I believe the prince tells her to do this. I would recommend the first and second on audio only because they set up the story. The third book is where it turns and I was really surprised by how everything came together. I also like that it doesn’t focus on the shmexy scenes but the story. 😊it’s the only SJM series I actually enjoyed a lot.

I didn't enjoy the lost daughter by Elena Ferrante (book and film). I gave it 2 stars and my brilliant friend 5 stars. Listen for the lie was a pageturner but also meeeh, 3 stars.

You said you love reading reliving books - not quite that but a book I read this year that plays with time is Oona Out of Order and I loved it. It took me completely by surprise and I couldn't put it down. I recommend looking into it.

So I just read that the author of The Dollmakers is planning on releasing more books in the world but not direct sequels

Lip balm everywhere... half empty moisturizers and other things scattered about.. you're just like my husband and it drives me crazy 🤣

You are very articulate ❤ from Bharat(India).

I loved the Dollmakers and the character arc of the main character is really good! I also appreciated the author committing to an unlikable main character and allowing her to grow over the course of the book.

I usually cut the packaging of products when there's nothing coming out anymore. There's always so much product left inside. Love your videos! ❤

After the Neapolitan novels, I find Ferrante’s best work to be The Lying Life of Adults. It’s not as great as the neapolitan series (nothing is lol), but it’s really good.

I remember you reading these books like it was yesterday! I read Recursion and The Passage on your recommendation ☺

Awesome video. I don't like going out when it starts getting dark and cold. I prefer to stay inside and warm.

Maybe for your Patreon classic reading pick the big books from here. And do 1 short book in a month and then 1 big book in 2 months. (You might already do this, so ignore me if you do haha)

I don't mind reading big books, I actually love them. Especially fantasy series. But it is hard to find ones that I actually want to finish 😅 I dnf quite a lot of books

Hi Emily! I was wondering if you've already done audiobook recommendations? If yes, can you do an updated one, and if you still haven't, maybe it's an idea for future video content? I'm enjoying listening to audiobooks now on my downtime

Hi Emily! I was wondering if you've already done audiobook recommendations? If yes, can you do an updated one, and if you still haven't, maybe it's an idea for future video content? I'm enjoying listening to audiobooks now on my downtime

Emily x Jar 😂

We have so many books to read, it makes sense to read the ones we think will be 5 stars first. The Doll Makers seems interesting.

Thank you for calling out the irrelevant and unnecessary sexist scenes written by male authors 🙏🏻

Your videos always cheer me up 💕

Best book of 2024 was A Clockwork Orange but I don’t think that book will be for you, so I will recommend one my best books of 2023 which was House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport

This Black Box of Doom was an entertaining read, but it’s not science fiction. I found it fairly funny, but it’s really preachy about social issues. It’s largely about how we can be manipulated by social media.

My favorite books this year have been The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless (historical fantasy in Ireland with the most amazing nuanced characters), The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (standalone historical fantasy with an exciting heist, hilarious banter, and a sweet little romance. Based on a true story!), and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (a truly heartbreaking masterpiece).

Took a break from KZbin and I’ve missed so many of your videos! Sadness because I missed them, but excited because now I’m going to binge! Also Audible’s The Sandman … sooo good in audiobook form! I recommend! I’m on Act II 💯

I haven't found a 5-star since June, so I feel you.

I appreciate your candor of your experience with the colonoscopy, and glad you go through it. Also, my cat Hopper was sitting next to me while I was watching, and while Claudia was chatting/yelling, he went to search for her in my house. My Diva cat died last summer, so we're very happy to have the flashbacks when we see and hear Claudia. I've read one Simone St James (Broken Girls) and really liked it, and have three others on my TBR, including Murder Road. I've heard the same that it's not her best, but I'm still going to read it.

I recently read Here One Moment and really liked it. Gave it 4 stars. I have been in a reading slump all month. I usually read over 20 books, but so far this month I have read about 6.

FYI Most humans who live in Northern US or in Canada need to supplement Vitamin D during the winter. There just simply isn't enough sunlight even with daily excursions outside, supplements in dairy, and not overbathing. My doc actually has nearly every one of her patients take OTC vitamin D November through March. And now I really want to read Dollmakers. I'm on audiobooks until the end of the year during giftmaking crunch time... just stocked up on like all of Abby Jimenez's books. That plus 3 other randoms and the BEAST that are my Outlander books should do it... though I'm almost through them all! There's no way I could read them at an estimated 50-60hrs a piece in paper form or e reader form.