Of course it's valid to love other seasons, but fall is just objectively the best😗🧡 Seriously though, love the vlog, and the fall haul! The snail is my favourite, what a cutie🧡 I really appreciate your reflection on From Blood and Ash, as I haven't been sure about whether I want to pick it up. Glad you liked Keeper of Enchanted Rooms, it sounds really adorable. Looking forward to all of the fall recs! My only fall TBR books at the moment are continuing on with the next book in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series, A Murderous Relation, and a Promise in Fire by Jasmine Walt.
@abrareads2 күн бұрын
I jusy found your channel and you had me laughing with you during the outtakes. 🙂
@ErinandElaina2 күн бұрын
🙃🙃🙃
@abrareads2 күн бұрын
I loved the river enchanted and fire endless! I didn't really like a Novel love story either, however i really enjoyed the Dead romantics and The Seven Year Slip. The ex hex and kiss curse were really cute.
@ErinandElaina2 күн бұрын
Yesss you have great taste 🤣🤌
@abrareads2 күн бұрын
@@ErinandElaina have you read such sharp teeth by Rachel Harrison? If not, you should, I loved it!
@ErinandElaina14 сағат бұрын
I haven’t but I’ll add it to the fall list! I read Cackle and wasn’t that into it but I’ll give her another go!
@andreagriffin76343 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to film this video. I have been searching for something like this for awhile now. I learned a lot! I can't wait to try this myself. 😊
@ErinandElaina3 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!! Happy journaling 😃
@Kasacrafts4 күн бұрын
Love the cozy vibe of this video and the recommendations! I’ll be sure to check some of them out! I have read and enjoyed the Night Circus! I’ll have to check out A River Enchanted! That one sounded so interesting!
@ErinandElaina3 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!! Def check out A River Enchanted, sooo beautiful
@tarawith3dots4 күн бұрын
A fall recommendation for the Jane Eyre lovers: Villette by Charlotte Bronte This is arguably my favorite Bronte work. Critics believe it is semi-autobiographical, and the reader can glean some insight into Charlotte's infamous love affair with a married man. Think: a haunted school in Belgium, enemies-to-lovers, Gothic vibes, unreliable narrator, ambiguous ending. **a lot of the dialogue is in French, so just be sure your copy has translations
@BookBlather9 күн бұрын
What a great little tour! I pass two every morning when walking the pups, and there are two others pretty close to me. But I did not know that app existed! 😳. That robot one was SO cool. Thanks for taking us on the tour!
@ErinandElaina7 күн бұрын
The app is a game changer!! Thanks for watching 🥰
@ashoakthorn36911 күн бұрын
Great video! Im watching a bunch of Little Free Library videos to get for my own (i start building it this weekend!). I love your format, and that you share the story of each one.
@ErinandElaina10 күн бұрын
Omg I love that you’re building one!! My dream!!! Thanks so much for watching, we love the back stories 🥰
@shainadaleiden16 күн бұрын
thank you!!! this is SO cool and helpful! i’m definitely going to utilize canva for my journal now, i never really thought to, but this looks so fun!
@ErinandElaina15 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!!! Canva is the best, I’m so glad this was helpful!
@duffyjones447617 күн бұрын
Odd question… why is there a spoon in your Diet Coke ? Lol
@ErinandElaina15 күн бұрын
🤣 it comes with the teacup!! It’s too cute not to use, even for crisp cold diet coke lol
@duffyjones447617 күн бұрын
Just catching up with a couple of your vids while I do my journaling… look at you doing a monthly spread with the collage look!! Like you I’m new at this journaling lark… as always a good vid x
@ErinandElaina15 күн бұрын
Love it!! Hope your journal is going well 🥰
@JonathanMole-e7m18 күн бұрын
Is it possible to do curved text on Canva?
@ErinandElaina18 күн бұрын
As a matter of fact, yes it is! Click the text you’d like to curve and go to “Effects.” You’ll see the curve option about halfway down. 🙂 Free curved text!!
@mspinklady7418 күн бұрын
How spooky the girl on the cover of The Dutch House looks like you both or was it just me especially Erin xxx
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk19 күн бұрын
Happy birthday. Best wishes with what you are reading.
@ErinandElaina19 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@blackcatseye2220 күн бұрын
Never read Sweetbitter but loved the tv show.
@Toni-nm3bm23 күн бұрын
Me gustaría oír el sonido real,sin música de esos grandes y preciosos sitios❤
@ErinandElaina23 күн бұрын
you should visit!
@GoldenHourWhimsy24 күн бұрын
Payback’s a witch was such a fun read! Definitely a great witchy fall romcom book.
@ErinandElaina23 күн бұрын
Perfect 👌
@karollynnzavala990824 күн бұрын
Great vlog, girls! 💝📚💄🎀
@karollynnzavala990824 күн бұрын
Nice makeup and great book recommendations, Elaina! Thanks for sharing! 💕🎀📚📔💝
@karollynnzavala990824 күн бұрын
Hi Elaina! Loved your video and how your nook turned out! ❤️📚
@ErinandElaina23 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!! ☺️
@flippinpages655024 күн бұрын
Happy Birthday, mine is Thursday.. I got myself 4 books and a wonderful hot chocolate mix. I loved Station Eleven...Have fun reading
@ErinandElaina23 күн бұрын
Happy birthday!! 🎂 Thanks for watching 🩷
@karollynnzavala990824 күн бұрын
Happy Birthday, gRLs!! 🎉🎂🍾🍸🥂🎁🎊
@ErinandElaina24 күн бұрын
thank you!!!
@karollynnzavala990824 күн бұрын
I’ve already added some of these great books into my TBR! ☺️
@debra991625 күн бұрын
Happy Birthdays!!! Two of my sisters and I have birthdays within one week in May. My older sister is 2 days less than 2 years older than me, and I am 5 days less than six years older than the other sister (my third sister was born in June). I recently bought The Love of My Afterlife at Costco, but I haven’t read it yet (I’m kind of saving it until next year, when I plan to read all colorful and/or happy books…we’ll see how long that lasts, lol). I listened to The Husbands and it does get a bit repetitive in the middle, but then something happens that changes things up. You have me very intrigued with Station Eleven! I hope you both had wonderful birthdays.
@ErinandElaina24 күн бұрын
You guys must have such a busy May/June!! Love your year of happy books idea! We'll let you know how Love of My Afterlife is...we're looking forward to all of these bday books!! Thanks for watching!! ❤
@duffyjones447625 күн бұрын
Happy birthday ladies 😊😊 xxx and congratulations on 1000 subbies 🎉🤩 I’m a happy follower from early days and love watching the channel evolve and grow… fabulous work ❤
@ErinandElaina24 күн бұрын
Thank you!!! We loving having you here with us!! 🩷
@erinfox267125 күн бұрын
New to the channel, so I’m not sure yet about your reading tastes, but books that I’ve really enjoyed and would recommend are The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, Legendborn by Tracy Deon, and Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston.
@ErinandElaina24 күн бұрын
Great suggestions, we’ve loved a lot of these!! Welcome ☺️ Adding Amari and the Night Brothers and Killers of a Certain Age to the chalice 🙌
@mbbertram360525 күн бұрын
Such great recommendations! Sweet bitter is really good. I worked for the same restaurant group in the early 2000s. My experience was not as exciting. I just finished the ARC of The Last Witch In Edinburgh by Mariell Thompson. Really good - Scottish folklore, feminist, Sapphic. It releases 8/20.
@ErinandElaina25 күн бұрын
Hell yes consider that added to the list
@chrish499126 күн бұрын
The Cloisters British cover is so pretty.
@ErinandElaina25 күн бұрын
right?!
@rebeccamulkern105127 күн бұрын
The one in Alnwick is my absolute favourite, they are dog friendly too and in winter the log fire in the frown room with the comfy chairs is sooo inviting. Loved the miniature train going above our heads, it was such a surprise ❤
@ErinandElaina27 күн бұрын
That sounds so picturesque, hope I can visit in the winter at some point!!
@JVPITERZ427 күн бұрын
Do you think it’s good for a 14 yr old?
@ErinandElaina27 күн бұрын
Probably if you’re ok with references to spice (mild, but there) and f word dropped a decent amount!
@kaylawaye27 күн бұрын
I also had to buy The Spellshop because the cover is just so inviting. I just started reading it and it's really good so far 💜✨
@ErinandElaina27 күн бұрын
Let us know if you like it!!! Perfect way to start the season
@ashleyfahey316028 күн бұрын
Here are some of my fav fall reads! Adult fic: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dracula by Bram Stoker (listened to it for the first time last year and was absolutely blown away by it!) The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte YA fic: The Luminaires and the Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard, The Drowned Woods and The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, Gallant by V.E. Schwab YA graphic novel: Over My Dead Body: A Witchy Graphic Novel by Sweeney Boo Juvenile Fic: The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien, The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (this is wonderfully spooky!) Juvenile graphic novel: Bunnicula by James Howe, Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen (so cute, a hug in a book), Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee (another hug in a book!) I love Alix Harrow's books! One of my fav authors! I really enjoyed Starling House.
@ErinandElaina27 күн бұрын
Tysm for these!! The Historian is amazing, I don’t think we’ve ever properly read Dracula though, may need to do that soon!! We’ve also heard a lot about The Hazel Wood, definitely on the list.
@BooksWithStephanie28 күн бұрын
I had to pause to comment because I read Sweetbitter as I was starting my first ever serving job having moved to a new city just like the main character in the book and that was hella trippy. lol (also the book was just okay honestly) Edit: Now that I am at the end. Also I have read Payback's a Witch earlier this year! It's cute but honestly, with the conflict towards the end, I didn't like it and I felt Talia came off petulant. Bummer though because otherwise it was really good, it just gave me the ick a bit.
@ErinandElaina27 күн бұрын
Omg that is wild that you read Sweetbitter while your own life was sort of parallel to the story!! I bet it was trippy haha. It’s been years since I was a server but I have a lot of fond memories, even fond memories of all the server drama haha.
@Nicathatsme28 күн бұрын
Some great books! I’m also planning to read The Familiar and Vampires of El Norte this autumn. I read God of the Woods last month and liked it so much that it made my favourites of 2024 list. Starling House was just ok to me, it felt a little YA to me. Slewfoot was a great eerie, colonial, feminist story. It felt more magical realism/historical fiction than horror but it was very witchy for sure. I recall it made it to my favourites list the year I read it. ✨ 🧹
@ErinandElaina28 күн бұрын
Love this thanks for sharing!! You’ve convinced us to start with God of the Woods and Slewfoot 👌
@tarawith3dots28 күн бұрын
Fun video! I am also tired of the 100F days. I am so surprised you liked A Discovery of Witches! I read until I got to the vampire yoga scene and had to remove the book from my house ASAP because of the cringe.
@ErinandElaina28 күн бұрын
Hahaha why do I not remember this scene?!? Its been so long since I read it but I do remember loving them! I’ll have to investigate lol
@anniea9028 күн бұрын
I DNF'd Warm Hands of Ghosts. Couldnt get into her writing style and did not connect with FMC. Cackle by Rachel Harrison was a good witchy read if you havent tried it. Bunny by Mona Awad is on my Fall TBR and for a nonfic memior Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughtry.
@ErinandElaina28 күн бұрын
I looove Caitlin Doughtry her books are fascinating! I read Cackle but the spiders were too much for me lol maybe I’m not cut out for true witchy reads. Def adding Bunny to my list!!
@debra991628 күн бұрын
I was watching/listening while cooking…now I must watch again to write down all the recommendations. I have a couple of the books you mentioned (I also bought The Spellshop because of the adorable cover), but I’ve not read any of them yet. Thanks for the brief descriptions without reading the back cover to us. 👍
@ErinandElaina28 күн бұрын
Let us know which ones you like when you start reading!!! The Spellshop cover is 👌
@karollynnzavala990829 күн бұрын
Hi there, greetings from Mexico City! 😊 Lovely video! New subscriber here ☺️ P.S. Would love to see a Day in your Work Life... It sounds really interesting working at a library!! ❤️📚
@ErinandElaina28 күн бұрын
It’s the best job in the world!! Unfortunately I am not allowed to film at work, but I can tell you that every day is different, and that I’m lucky to wake up and feel happy to go to work each day!
@MsCheesemonster13Ай бұрын
I have lost count of the books that I’ve bought, just because I fell in love with the covers. My brief flirtation with ebooks is well and truly over. We will definitely check out the Waterstones in Bradford as it’s the nearest to where we live. Thank you.
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
“Brief flirtation” 🤣 love it. Thanks for watching!! The Bradford Waterstones is definitely worth exploring
@jirijarskyАй бұрын
Nice nails reflex color, is it effectual if you are in the heavy rain on the noisy street ....
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Yes sometimes I even help direct traffic if it’s needed
@jirijarskyАй бұрын
@@ErinandElaina Ok :-) Greetings from Pilsen...
@adelecaroline3614Ай бұрын
The Waterstones in Bradford is my local one! Thought I recognised it in the intro! It is my calm space. Except for the time a toddler was in there throwing a tantrum and RUINING THE VIBE! Apologies for all the ridiculous construction in Bradford. They are pedestrianising it
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
It was sooo beautiful and inspiring!! But yeah we almost abandoned finding it bc navigating the city centre was a nightmare lol
@adelecaroline3614Ай бұрын
@@ErinandElaina Yeah, Market Street is quite the maze right now! And sometimes has the added fun of a brain shaking pneumatic drill!
@pamelajarvis7728Ай бұрын
O Caledonian is brilliant!! Recently had a real promotion again here in the Uk . Well worth a read !!.
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Interesting!!! Ok I’ll bump it up the list 😆
@greeneyedmimibostian3013Ай бұрын
❤❤. Read Circe ❤❤
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
It’s one of my all time favorites!! I probably should have bought that copy it was gorgeous
@cassiegerrard813Ай бұрын
I feel the same about covers. I strongly dislike the fluorescent pink uk cover for Weyward, I had to order the US cover off Amazon.. but, at least I know I have the desire to pick it up & read it..
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Omg I know, the US version is sooo beautiful!! Let me know if you like it, there were too many bugs for me 😂🪲
@ashleyfahey3160Ай бұрын
Hello! I’m a new subscriber! I greatly enjoyed watching the London vlog. And let me tell you, I laughed out loud when I saw the chalice! My kind of book peeps! Looking forward to catching up on the other videos! Oh and BTW, I’m a librarian as well-a youth librarian!
@ashleyfahey3160Ай бұрын
Oh and Strange the Dreamer is fantastic. Love all of Laini Taylor’s books.
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Yess librarians who love a good chalice!! I’ve been wanting to read Strange the Dreamer for ages, so glad to finally get to it! Thanks for watching we are super happy you’re here. ☀️
@debra9916Ай бұрын
I think the British cover for The Maid is gorgeous…teal is my favourite color (I stuck the u in there as an homage to England, lol).
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
LOL yeahh tbh I think you might be right about the UK cover. I’m reading the book now and the teal is striking!!
@skyedragon1933Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this review. I've watched so many extremely positive 5☆ reviews & was beginning to think I was crazy for disagreeing.
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Nahh you and I are the only sane ones 😄
@VyvRamАй бұрын
Amazing vlog, I loved seeing all the different places in the UK and your haul!
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Aw thanks for coming along! ❤️❤️🇬🇧
@duffyjones4476Ай бұрын
Lovely video… really enjoyed exploring with you. As an Aussie I hadn’t realised that Americans had different book cover’s until last year when embarking upon my Agatha Christie reading challenge. Thoroughly entertained by the writing style ( not about the description of ‘old’ ladies in their 50s !!) I discovered that the US covers are completely different. Can you smart ladies maybe do a vid explaining to us why? Because I can’t think why publishers go to so much trouble… especially when you’ve shown that your eye was drawn to the UK covers repeatedly. No need to be nervous… you were awesome 😍
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
From what I’ve read, publishing companies change the covers to suit market preferences of each country!! I guess the British have different tastes than us haha. US covers tend to be lighter and flashier than U.K. ones, and US covers more often have characters on the front! So fascinating. I used to live in England so maybe I’ve picked up their tastes 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for watching and your thoughts!
@debra9916Ай бұрын
Recommendations: Middle grade-The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, children’s-A Place to Hang the Moon, Short Story-The Yellow Wallpaper, adult fiction-The Traveling Cat Chronicles Happy Reading 📚
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Oooh these are good, thank you!!
@mbbertram3605Ай бұрын
Yay! I hope you love Lonely Hearts Book Club!
@ErinandElainaАй бұрын
Omg that was the coziest read ever. That book is like a warm hug. I definitely teared up a bit at the end… who’s your favorite club member?? Mine is Maisie. She won me over instantly with her breakfast biscuits.
@mbbertram3605Ай бұрын
@ErinandElaina that's a hard one to answer. They are all pretty amazing. I'm so glad you liked it. Her newest book, Library of Borrowed Hearts, is just as good if not better - multi POV & dual timelines. She also has two cozy mystery series under the name Tamara Berry and a new series coming out in 2025. Can't wait to watch your recap!