a productive week in my life 🐈 tidying my space, unboxings, & starting a new month

[@LSUMM567]

Oh to be a cat traveling through the city in a backpack

[@kojo7485]

STRAY

[@mennatu-allahislam562]

I needed something to help me relax a little. And this is just perfect. THANK YOU

[@Cam-ps2ok]

I had the same issue with walk-in clinics last year for my vertigo. I didn't know what it was and I had to endure it for a week, trying to get an "appointment" at a walk-in clinic until I got tired and went to a private clinic and I got an appointment the same day I called. It took her less than 30 minutes to help me and do the maneuver to get rid of my vertigo and I had to pay 225$... :')

[@ginismoja2459]

Have you read from Bulgaria?

[@pendragon2012]

So sorry you were feeling poorly and hope that’s cleared up. I agree on why second readings sometimes are even more enjoyable. I think when you know what’s going to happen, you’re not in such a hurry and you can slow down and enjoy some of the moments you might have missed that first time through. Have a great week!

[@marim1999]

for Palestine I highly recommend you read the novella Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani.

[@smoothielover07]

Emmie’s vlogs will never NOT be comforting…even while in a bustling city.

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

So excited to watch! So overjoyed that you and sweet Carolyn were able to finally meet up! 🥰🍄

[@BriaBea]

On my list for Palestian books right now: the Parisian, Against the loveless world, and minor detail!

[@rawanzayyat1313]

Hi Emma! If you’re looking for a page-turner book, I would really recommend “ Mornings in Jenin” by the Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa. It talks about how Palestinians struggle because of the Israeli occupation. Really hope you would give it a go! 💗

[@yourmuddymind]

Yes! The Blue Between the Sky and Water by the same author is amazing as well + family history + magical realism!! 💫

[@nimrasaeed807]

for palestine id recommend u ''the blue between sky and water'' by susan abulhawa its so mindblowing and really informative.

[@aryaamlc2173]

if you are looking for a palestenien book you should try "morning in jenin " it's a very emotinal and generational story

[@emmiereads]

Thank you so much for the rec!! I have Minor Detail on my shelf and I really wanna read that one too

[@avf_l]

I hope this month turns out to be great for you Emmie!💞💞 I've just come back to the city after a long time in a little village living my cottages core dreams hehe, and coming back to busy and overcrowded places it's always hard. Seeing you trying to get used to Toronto has helped me so much and I wish you the best💞✨

[@Zoe-pu3pi]

If you still need a book for Afghanistan, ‘Dancing in The Mosque’ by Homeira Qaderi is brilliant! I sent it to you a couple months ago, but I’m not sure if you received it? The audiobook is fantastic as well!

[@wangxiao2019]

That book made me cry a lot

[@Zoe-pu3pi]

@@wangxiao2019 Same here!

[@zuhraa4171]

It was one of the best books I read last year. I loved it so much!

[@z.r.108]

I for one am really glad you keep mentioning yoga, because you've mentioned it enough times to make me get up and do some exercises lol! I am so grateful, I'm not joking! Thank you!:) Have a great month!

[@hal_dd2218]

it is not Israel it is Palestine!

[@kalliopemp2621]

Emma you have reached one third of a million subscribers yayy!!!! i am so proud of you

[@shanaelontine5762]

your videos bring me such a sense of peace and belonging, i just moved to a big city as well and am feeling the same way you do that you posted in one of your most recent videos. thank you for being so transparent and sharing your beautiful life with us because to people like me, it makes a world of a difference in my day. thank you ❤️🙏🏼

[@efluvial]

Hope you are continuing to enjoy your time with Carolyn. It was such a treat to see you together yesterday in the Dickens vs Tolstoy vs fruit debate!

[@angel85qcca]

If you are still having issues with your leg, try going to see your pharmacist! They are a lot more available than doctors and they are so knowledgeable.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Hi Emmie. I hope you're doing okay. Life may come with its challenges, but I know all of us have the capability to overcome them. The visuals in this are just immaculate. I hope you continue to succeed eitherway. Best of luck.

[@herivygrows13]

Hi there:") Hope you have a great day/night beautiful soul I'm having a rough time doing basically anything these days but your vidoes are always a pleasure to watch. please keep it up and take care and also I'm sending A HUGE virtual hug for Calcifer your little demon :> um yeah that's it and don't forget to drink enough water daily and do a thing you really love each day. 🌻🦋🤍

[@dulcepelayo7571]

I think Emma kinda feels like Kiki from Kiki’s delivery service when she moved to the new city 🌱

[@Skyyy1436]

carolyn and you are such a vibe!!! plus adore calcifer. cant just watch a single video of you without him hanging around like a lil demon 😍

[@daisywynn477]

Could you do a notion tour video (or an updated version if you already have)? I've seen a few of the pages you use on your channel but it'd be cool to see a more in-depth tour :))

[@maryreadspoetry]

You have also read from Iran 🥰 The Stationary Shop☺️

[@Cubehead27]

If you're still looking for something from Nicaragua, you could see if you can find a collection by Ernesto Cardenal. He was a poet and a Catholic priest/liberation theologian who also managed to get appointed Minister of Culture during Nicaragua's period of socialist Sandinista governance (and as a result got a significant amount of heat directed at him personally from Pope John Paul II). I can't say I've read a very great deal of his work myself (although I have enjoyed what little I've read, and I've been meaning to read more soon), but he's a really fascinating figure and his poetry is very well loved.

[@LexieMoon321]

You and Carolyn are so cute together! I am so happy that two internet friends finally met each other in real life! ❤

[@prerza]

watching emmie’s vlogs is very therapeutic to me 💗 love u em 🍦💗

[@myrtolefk]

this was such a lovely vlog emma 🌺 tomorrow I'm starting my second year as a teacher and I've been feeling a little low in general the past couple of of months but thank you for this moment of calm before a new (re)start ✨i hope we all have a great year ahead 💕🍄🍁

[@01Elvi]

Emma, for Hungary, i really recommend Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb, it's one of my favorite books ever and also a very important one in Hungarian literature!! the book is about a failed honeymoon in Italy, identity searching, has elements of mysticism and a love story (or two), i think you'd like it!

[@meredithscott6395]

I love Toronto, but the noise and concrete do get to me. When I need to recharge, I like to do one of the following: 1) The Brickworks for a gentle hike and some green space. 2) Peruse Type Books on Queen St. and sit in Trinity Bellwoods Park.

[@stephanie0311]

One Hundred Years of Solitude seems comparable to The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, it's about so much of humanity, a piece of history most don't know about, has some light magic realism, and is just elegantly written. Page 1 - 'We came like doves across the desert in a time when there was nothing but death' & 'Everywhere I walked my fate walked with me, sewn to my feet with red thread.' Ah! I love it, you might want to check it out. Love your vids too! :)

[@normmansor1313]

Change is never easy, more so change in a new location. Strange place, strange people, strange operating hours (like the clinic) but that's what makes it all a challenge. You my dear Emma can overcome this. Just get it together, be in the zone and take it one task at a time. Each time you hit a setback, just find a way around it and get what you need done done. There's a lot of positive energy from people you know and don't know personally all rooting for you, don't let that go to waste.

[@_C____]

"So what is the plan for this week you might ask... just not spiraling" was a vibe

[@Faye_L]

Conrad!!! Not enough people branch out beyond Heart of Darkness with him, but it's so worth it. I hope you enjoy Lord Jim!

[@jamesduggan7200]

Do your coincidence makers wear hats? It sounds like it could be the basis of a movie starring Matt Damon, where the coincidence makers wear hats. It turns in a romance, btw.

[@락토비]

I started to watch your videos when you were with thousands of subscribers and you has grown a lot! From Korea

[@kinganagy2384]

For Hungary, I think you would enjoy something from Magda Szabó - my ultimate favourite is The Door.

[@absolutetwaddle]

Lord Jim is one of my favorite books of all time. I would highly recommend the Horatio Hornblower series if this genre is your thing. It’s a series of books based loosely on the life of Horatio Nelson by C.S. Forester.

[@sarahshaheen2347]

Occupied Palestine, not Israel

[@emilymorgan9070]

Hey Emma! For your around the world challenge-- I just finished 'Memory for Forgetfulness' by Palestinian author Mahmoud Darwish. Honestly breathtaking, part way between poetry and prose and memoir. He was known as the national poet of Palestine.

[@EhsanHAsadi]

since you showed the list of the countries you haven't read from, I suggest you to read Symphony of the dead from Abbas Maroufi, the Iranian writer just passed away a week ago, So I kinda feel it's my duty to advise every single person to read his works. SPECIALLY Symphony of the dead!

[@tinagarcia3571]

OK Emmie do you have a favorite bookstore and cafe yet? how about a gallery or museum? Anything Fredrik Backman from Sweden is good. After I commented the gallery showed up. lol

[@maryeckles482]

For Egypt, try Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef. It's a memoir of the women who started the first modern bookstore in Egypt with her sister and friend. I know nonfiction isn't your usual thing, but its a super enjoyable book and a window into modern Egypt and it's literature.

[@tofuprincess1161]

Hey Emma! Not sure if you would like it but I would rec "The Book of Disappearance" by Ibtisam Azem which would cover both Israel/Palestine in your around the world challenge. It is a really interesting book based on the premise "What if all the Palestinians in Israel disappeared?" It has themes of space and ownership, occupation and exile, memory and loss, told through the dual narratives of Alaa, a Palestinian living in Tel Aviv and Ariel, an Israeli neighbour of his.

[@tiago_mariz]

I'd recommend "Baltasar and Blimunda" by José Saramago (Portugal) for your Around the World Challenge! Beautiful historic novel with magical realism elements and all the wit Saramago always brings to the table. Love your videos!

[@serendimity]

Ah I’m a little late but I would recommend anything by Mahmoud Darwish but especially “Palestine as metaphor”

[@inesfelix1050]

Hi! I don't know if you read it yet, but I've seen in your shelves The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, that's portuguese! If you haven't read yet please do, it's amazing, and I can also recomend Saramago, our one and only Literature Nobel 🤗 Great Readings! (P.S.- I hope things are better now with your moove to the city...at least you seem so ♥ September is here so things will start to feel better ehehehe 🍄🍂) A big hug from Lisbon, Portugal

[@beckzbooks]

Sorry about the medical system, I’ve been having the same issues, it’s the worst. Best of luck !! Maybe a walk in London (think that’s the name of the city your from) ?😂

[@georgianatrutescu]

Besides reading, yoga is my biggest passion and it helped me in so many ways! I’ve started in a yoga studio and then continued at home (hatha yoga and ashtanga yoga). I could recommend a few teachers if you are interested to deep dive into the world of yoga even more, it’s life changing. Living in a big city can be overwhelming especially if you are not used to it but it can also be a life lesson and looking from this perspective there are lots of things you can do and explore to help your mind get used with the idea of living there. Also, people are very interested to know how life in Toronto is like so it would be nice to see vlogs like this from you. 😉

[@barbaracorreia1290]

from portugal, I highly recommend blindness from jose saramago, it's about an epidemic of blindness that is a great metaphor for the world we live in. thank you your content brightens my day ☀

[@cristalnotreed6221]

Oh from Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the most known , he's got a Nobel and everything (never read him, so if it's bad I do not take responsibility 😗)

[@laurakuhlmann1626]

Oh wow, the walk in clinics had been bad before the pandemic but from what you're saying they got really bad. I'm so sorry hope you got the help you needed.

[@youtubeseagull]

you shouldn't bother giving a hoot when you're young. Save the big think for the elders, the worries, the cares.

[@homehome623]

Not Israel its palestine

[@gl4621]

If your rash is warm to touch and spreading it may be infected. Just happened to me and it takes antibiotics. Hope that helps.

[@denisefreitas6727]

Perfect video for my cloudy Sunday. Love the purse! Wish you an amazing September, Emma! 💖

[@ReadAndThrift]

I did have a tick bite this summer and waited 6 hours at the clinic only to be diagnosed with something else and then ended back up at another clinic weeks later. Such a joke

[@kareemelzanaty9998]

You are amazing and I am enjoying while watching you 😘 good luck 🤞

[@divyanshubora7443]

Dear Emma, Really loved your vlogs and as a student of English Major they're really helpful indeed. ✨ Best, Divyanshu Bora Assam, India

[@elodie_k221b]

I read The Coincidence Makers in the French translation and I really liked it.

[@saratarnociova]

hi emmie! Have you already read a book from Slovakia? Because i didn't see it on the to-read list and haven't caught that you read one:))

[@BrainFreezeWave]

I'm not sure if you've talked about this in another video but do you put your book reviews in Notion as well? Or a summary/final thoughts/etc?

[@AdrianasWonderland]

beautiful vlog, every time i watch you i get this felling of calmness and peacuflness. i watch you when i need to do my chores or when i need to get rest from work. thatnk you for being here

[@prathiksha4292]

Calcifer has grown so big 😭

[@beatrizveiga1260]

Hi i hope you keep feeling better, for you reading challenge i saw that you didnt have anything from Portugal so i thought i could suggest some books. 1. The Maias by Eça de Queiroz 2. The relic by Eça de Queiroz 3. The year of the death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago 4. The book of disquiet by Fernando Pessoa 5. Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago Hope you find something that you like and interests you.

[@analuisarex]

Love your videos! First time commenting! I'm from Portugal and I think you would love any book by Jose Saramago (Nobel Prize Winner). I recommend Blindness or my favourite Death With Interruption.

[@stews9]

Thank you so much for posting, Emma. Always wonderful to share in your insights and experiences. As a Dickensian, I hope you end up enjoying Martin Chuzzlewit. Dickens disliked America first time through, finding it coarse and crass, but the second time he came he softened his views. Wish he hadn't. *w*

[@ChristianRumi]

nationality based recommendations: SHADOW OF THE WIND!!!! (Spain), A Man Called Ove (Sweden), City of Brass (Egypt, kinda), The Chestnut Man (Denmark) on the health care thing (don't continue if this is a stress point for you): as bad as it is in ON, NB healthcare is in MAJOR crisis. If you need to go the ER, you normally would have expected to be there for 6-12 hrs pre Covid, and now its like 24-36+ hrs, so 2 hours wait would seem lovely to me (I'm not minimizing the fact that even that is a long wait, but I wish I could have access to services that quickly). A bunch of more rural hospitals are closing their ERs or severely limiting their hours. There have been like 3 ppl that died in ERs while waiting for assistance in the past like 2 months, and the whole system seems to only be getting worse. Hoping some change is on the horizon (irony, considering that's the name of our health system 🙃)

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

My mental health lately has been good probably because Autumn is my favorite season of all time so I get more less anxious during this🎃🕷️🪦👻💀🦇📚☕

[@duyguacar2504]

For Hungary, i highly recommend books of Sandor Marai or Magda Szabo. Especially Ballad of İza by Szabo.

[@ubik-sama5349]

I noticed Spain is a country you haven't read from? You should check out Don Quixote, I've heard it's a bit of a classic.

[@fenchuchacon8]

Read The Lisbon Syndrome by Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles for Venezuela!

[@ryanfrancis827]

What with the death of the Queen, I’ve been feeling a bit disoriented, but your videos always help ground me and help me read. Thanks for that, and I hope you’re doing good!!

[@mennatu-allahislam562]

My favorite girl is here

[@cindyurban150]

Hi Emma, Beautiful photography ! OMG...My husband has the same kind of rash ! We think it was a bug bite. I hope you get to a Dr. soon,that's so frustrating, what you had to go through for an appointment ! I could never live in any city...I need the peace and quiet of a woodland cottage. I hope you are doing better with your anxiety.Take care of your sore throat, I'm trying to get better from my sore throat. Watching your videos are helping me ! Thank you ! Happiness, Cindy

[@bekytg9393]

Will you and Carolyn be reading American Notes by Charles Dickens?

[@martasgreatlibrary]

good luck getting used to the city emma ❤️ i just moved away from home for the first time on sunday (not too far, only to the city as well and just to be closer to my uni) and getting uses to it it's weird but we'll make it! 100 years is amazing and i'll never get tires of commenting it in your videos! aaand this is very out of context but i have solar storms in one of my classe's reading list and as soon as i saw it i thought of you!

[@brunamgc]

I hope you remove Portugal from the list of countries you haven’t read from soon 😄🇵🇹

[@mariamkakalashvili3860]

add Georgia (country) to your around the world list, you won't be dissapointed.

[@itsinna01]

notion tour ? 👀

[@ester797]

Hi Emma! You could also try Lazy Susans for your pantry, they are amazing!

[@artfuladjunct8224]

I work in healthcare in the US and it is understaffed here, too. One of our doctors has no availability until December, and the others often have to double book and be on call at the hospital.

[@ReadingNymph]

Hope you have a great time with Carolyn!! I do think you can get more out of a reread

[@manbejo612]

I heard road noises, is that really loud? Jeez btw do you read Oera Linda Book?

[@shybunnymia]

You have been non-stop on One Hundered Years of Solitude that I bought a copy for myself and see what it is all about. I am excited to read it!

[@angel-ro5dt]

we desperately need your notion tour 🥹🙏🏽

[@MartinDSmith]

I hope you got your doctor appointment!I know you didn't want to wait but some times we have to bite the bullet.❤️

[@nuska3425]

If you are in search for a Slovenian book, I would recommend "Southern scum go home" by Goran Vojnović. It's a bitter sweet book about yugoslavian people living in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. A great read for sure♥️

[@BookishRaider]

You can also put a light in the pantry as well, my family and I had done that with for my Grandmother and it's worked out for her in the past.

[@blabbinglobster]

Emmie, yours is one of the smartest channels on youtube. I am proud you live in Toronto.

[@mennatu-allahislam562]

Watching your videos is the very best solution for any reading block

[@Маріяякасидитьвдома]

have you read The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic?

[@lenisbethpitti6325]

I'm curious, what book from Panama did you read?

[@Hansel783]

Is Calcifer going to be okay at home with your mom and dog?

[@aardvarkbookclub]

Kupfert & Kim - those donuts are the BEST! 😍

[@em1l144]

Can we take a second or two to appreciate and contemplate the thumbnail, it's ostentatious.

[@HariLee_music]

Cute cat

[@rafalarbi5234]

countries on my shelf i had not read from ( Algeria)