August Reading Wrap Up 2020 || Books with Emily Fox

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

What's the best book you've read this month?

[@urosmartinovic940]

The bell jar by Sylvia Plath 🥰

[@---tk4rp]

i read the shadows between us and gave it 5/5 stars! i loved it so much.

[@marigabyteyssier2279]

Voices from Chernobyl, its a non-fiction

[@maniksharma3520]

"panchtantra ki kahaniya" most intriguing book ever written

[@quirkypages697]

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

[@isabelguillenperalta1510]

I feel like when someone reads a book and they say " I can't say anything because everything is a spoiler because nothing happens" is one of the biggest burn a book can get 😂

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

Duuuuude, you should have a segment in one of your end of the year videos where you do an "In Memory of" for all the books you dnf'd. I'm imagining black and white slow motion clips of you holding up the books with the title of the book on the screen and how many pages you read out of the total page count. Sad piano music too of course.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Last year I did a “I Give Up” video on all my DNFs... might have to do another one this year!

[@darknessdescends6701]

Emily (and me): "The ending of 2001 was just too weird for me." Sci-fi die-hards: "See, YoU jUsT dOn'T gEt It, E-MAH-LEE."

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I had flashbacks of Children of Men lol

[@marialuizafernandes2789]

The name of the wind is my favorite book of all time! The wise man’s fear isn’t as good, but I still enjoyed very much.

[@Chesh35]

100% my thoughts💜

[@Archonsx]

Why isn’t as good?

[@Mmmaaarrriiieeee]

I think it wasn't as good because of all the weird sex scenes...

[@BookedandBusy]

I found two new favorites this month! Jade City by Fonda Lee and The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

[@minminjjjzs]

I want to read The name of the wind but I'm trying to avoid reading unfinished series cause I'm already waiting for The winds of winter and the wait is no fun

[@frankiesscifiobsession3660]

I'm glad you're getting over.the slump. This year has just been hard all around. I think this may be the first time our opinions on books have diverged so much. I loved Leviathan Wakes. My favorite book of this month is actually Nemesis Games which is book 5 in the series. I love the tv show as well . I also really liked Children of Ruin even though it was similar to the first I liked the octopodes and the thing with Kern enough to overshadow the iffy end. 2001 was weird to me too so we still have that in common. :)

[@valsbookvoyages3344]

kubrick's 2001 is actually such a classic sci fi film! highly recommend

[@shawneedimaio314]

I definitely know what you mean about the Wayward Children series. I haven't loved any of them but they have enough story to want you to try the next one. At least they are pretty short so they are worth the read. I didn't even know another book was coming out, I will probably pick it up 🤣

[@kirihara120]

I may be biased because most of my favorite movies are older, but 2001: A Space Odyssey movie is very much worth watching. Even just for how visually stunning it is. There likely will never be a modern adaptation of it because the film is widely regarded as a masterpiece. Any modern adaptation will likely set itself up for comparison and thus failure.

[@SapphosGalPal]

Yeah. You watch 2001: A space Odyssey and you understand why modern sci-fi movies are the way they are.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I tried to find a stream online... and couldn't :S

[@SapphosGalPal]

@@BookswithEmilyFox I thought it was on Netflix, but maybe not in Canada? Shoot.

[@katietatey]

Yes! I'm glad someone mentioned this. The cinematography is amazing. I purchased the movie in Amazon Prime, you might be able to view it there Emily.

[@katxl7]

BookswithEmilyFox your library should have the DVD.

[@emireads901]

I finally finished reading Dune this month! I had been reading it since April of this year.

[@delfordchaffin5617]

I re-read it earlier this year. Just finished God Emperor of Dune (book 4 in the series) for the first time and it may now be my favorite in the series so far.

[@lilifane]

I'm curious what you'll think about The Expanse. I watched the series first because everyone told me how great it was. But I really had a hard time getting into it because I didn't care for the characters at all. This only changed at the beginning of season 2 (episode 3 or 4 I think) but then I fell hard for the story and the characters. It was only after season 3 that I read Leviathan Wakes and I actually liked it a lot (because it gave more insight in some of the things I was confused by in the show). I guess it was good to read it after I fell in love with the characters in the show (although my favourite show character doesn't even appear in the book).

[@llaheys]

The characters in the Expanse are one of the aspects I love the most, but its fair to say that I didn't love them until later in the series ( I liked them, but its as their relationships develop that I started to love them).

[@DanicaChristin]

I'm glad you enjoyed Name of the Wind! It's one of my favourite books ever 💙

[@AmarieCAN29]

Can you read Children of Time as a standalone, as in does it have a strong ending ?

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

Very strong!! 100% would recommend actually reading it as a standalone, to me Children of Ruin reads very differently. It's a good sequel but absolutely not a necessity. I absolutely loved Children of Time, I wish I could read it for the first time again.

[@ilovesmallville13]

I'm so glad you enjoyed The Name of the Wind, it's been on my shelf for years too! I had high hopes for Leviathan Wakes but now I'm like.. Mmm I don't know lol and I'm happy you got to read Across the Green Grass Fields early, even though it wasn't your favorite! I'm about to read The Fifth Season soon, I can't wait 😍📖

[@Senidhr]

Well you're getting over your slump, I'm getting in a slump...so only read one book and i'm in the begning of the next one (Mistborn series. I know. I'm late to the party). I'm loving it, but can't seem to finish it.

[@Intothesunset89]

Off topic but could you do a video about your experience with Invisalign? ( if you haven't already) I'm contemplating whether It's worth the money or not.

[@stormingjales]

The Expance is one of my fave tv shows like top 5.

[@myfirstnovel]

Have you ever done a video on magical school novels since it is among everyone’s fave trope in general?

[@wjamimah7772]

I LOVED Wanderers! It was my favorite book of the year and I read it pretty early this year I still haven’t read anything to top it this year.

[@Miszrye]

AWE MAN, I LIKED LEVIATHAN WAKES SO MUCH

[@williamstewart6454]

The movie is probably one of the best sf movies made It was made in 1968/9 and the book was written at the same time A movie sequel :- 2010 was made and came out in around 1985

[@ellenwaters9744]

Emily love your lip colour! Is it gloss or an actual lipstick/crayon? Which lip colour is it?

[@karendavies7510]

2001 - I saw the film first. I didn't understand the ending so I read the book. It didn't help ... There was a sequel film, made in 1984, which you might enjoy. It is called 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Helen Mirren has a starring role in it.

[@piotsa8898]

I actually watched the Expanse first and then read Leviathan Wakes and loved it!! Book 2 has two really cool female characters as POVs and the Expanse actually brings one of them into season 1 which I really enjoyed (though I'd warn that the first two/three episodes of season 1 are a little confusing and also kind of try too hard to be edgy but then it really settles into something good). I'm usually one of the people cheering you on when you point out ridiculous quotes (because tbh classic scifi has so many of them) but for this one I think it's probably from Miller's POV, and, well, he's kind of a loser with a miserable life, so it fits him lol

[@llaheys]

I agree with the comment about the moon quote, Miller is ridiculous at times!

[@morganeminmy7007]

personaly I hate the name of the wind because it's so slow and not interesting for me. And I got spoiled book 2 and learned it set at the University again. It seems don't match with what the main character said : 'I fight dragons ' ect... It's too long.

[@morganeminmy7007]

I just read 300 pages of the name of the wind not the entire book

[@Ruhrohraggy23]

The Expanse show is INCREDIBLE!! I hope you like the show more than the book series :)

[@Archonsx]

The show is literally one of the worst shows ever created, and that’s not an overstatement.

[@MLLatUtube]

My favorite adult books of this month were Cinderella is Dead, Miracle Creek, and The Switch. Sounds like you made a good dent in your backlog.

[@theelpydimension]

Since you like magic schools you might want to check out Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. It's not a traditional magic school by any means but a cool story (duology) nonetheless. I do believe it's YA though some even categorize As middle grade. I'm currently reading the second book A late Warrior. Also reading Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom, trying to finish Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan (seems I've been reading this for at least a year, lol). Oh I just finished Wild Seed by Octavia Butler, audible audio, and wow what a weird story but good and well-written book. My first Octavia Butler! I will read the next in The Patternmaster series. Thanks for sharing!

[@bassholic705]

Haven't read the books but I've watched the whole tv series of The Expanse and loved it. I think what really appeals to people is that this sci-fi world is the most believable yet. The technologies you see in it are much closer to what might happen than Star Trek for example. As far as "the quote" it might be because it's from the POV of Miller, and he's pretty much the "seedy detective" type? Not sure though lol.

[@amivanzyl8876]

I thought the same! Miller is an intentional cliché and that sounded like the type of thing he'd say. That doesn't mean I'm into it... I feel like the world would not have been any poorer if they'd just cut that sentence 🤢 The TV show is incredible, how do they end every single episode in such a satisfying yet intriguing way? Without resorting to cheap cliffhangers? So impressed.

[@pamelatarajcak5634]

I had watched the Expanse series before reading the books, and book 1 was disappointing to me too, because they had included a character in the first season who didn't show up until book two, and she was my favorite character. So deflating. Technically I only have three books on my pile of shame and I completed one this month, Vanity Fair, a British classic lit book. I loved it. I wasn't surprised though. I loved it when I put it down, but I was in college at the time and got too busy to read it.

[@Watersapphire]

I don't think that the love interest in "The Name of the Wind" was written in the way that readers should care too much. At least I did get the feeling that's sort of done on purpose. Yes, there's one, but it makes sense that a young boy has a crush on someone, but this someone doesn't have to be too important, because there're other more important things to the story. It's not the typical setting of the romance, but that's why I actually really liked it. It felt genuine to me and I don't think that one book should strongly focus on everything that story can provide. :)

[@wjamimah7772]

I saw that fat stack of books in the thumbnail! I’m happy that you’re getting out of the slump

[@learngrow435]

I read Leviathan Wakes as an audiobook and enjoyed it, but I haven't continued the series.

[@iyaiya8184]

YOUR LAVENDER TOP THO 👀💗

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thank you!!

[@ABookishLife]

My pile of shame remains intact 😂😂😂 I finally read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and it's my new favorite! ❤️

[@marikastrom4901]

If you didn't like Leviathan Wakes I don't think you will like the rest of the series. Pacing, POV and story arc continues on similarly pretty much throughout, though I'd say book one and book seven are above the rest. Too bad, an absolute favorite of mine. :)

[@JV-hh8lp]

Have you read "Life as we knew it" by Susan Beth Pfeffer? Its a good dystopian book

[@loren0531]

I loved The Name of the Wind! I agree I didn’t like the romance, so the chapters near the end weren’t my favorite. But I really loved it. I just bought the second, but haven’t read it yet

[@becklebooks]

Oof, Leviathan Wakes got a 2.5 from you? Oh nooo it's on my tbr for the beginning of next year. Guess I won't start 2021 with reading it, just in case LOL!

[@danielnel4403]

I have just finished reading children of time and I really enjoyed it ;-) I see you said children of ruin is not that good so won't be picking that one up .I'm currently reading Dune before the movie comes out in December.

[@francoruggiero6584]

OH.MY.GOD! Please watch the 2001 movie. It’s a classic! And you will be amazed at how good and not old it is.

[@neetibaheriya4755]

Please read wise man's fear AS SOON AS YOU CAN!!! I just finished it and thought book 1 was better. will look forward to hear your thoughts on it!

[@micaccino2752]

I've never been interested in reading sci-fi but watching your videos really makes me want to start 😂

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I do have a beginners guide 👀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/omm4gXSLoLZ8hqs

[@micaccino2752]

@@BookswithEmilyFox thank you! i'll have to check it out 😊

[@RandieKenneth]

Besides the main character, I didn't *love* Name of the Wind because by the end I felt that nothing happened. There are these huge and long premises that last up until 3/4 in, but the it fails so badly in wrapping up (nothing wraps up basically). Great foundations, poor building.

[@czai_]

Happy that you're finally reading/listening to The Toll!! :D

[@kathleenk2263]

I'm about a quarter of the way into "Supernova Era" by Cixin Liu based on your recommendation of "The Three-Body Problem" and it is absolutely amazing so far! think you would definitely enjoy it

[@kitkatkc9]

I finished my first Stephen King book, The Long Walk and gahhh 😫 so insanely fascinating and I really liked it until the last two dang pages. I was 93% through and thinking “why didn’t Emily like the ending? It’s pretty good right now” and then I read the final two pages and am so mad at King for that ending 😫

[@aaoch1]

He’s terrible at endings!! If you want a good ending read 11/22/63 - his wife wrote the ending and it’s great.

[@rachell9796]

I read Imaginary Friend. I really enjoyed. I read and listen to audio books. I’d say Imaginary friend is better as a physical book because of the writing style. As a comparison- Less is such a great book but if I had not listened to it I wouldn’t have liked it. Some books are better as physical some better as audio books.

[@winniemaereact1391]

Connais-tu les Contes interdits? C’est tellement bon 😍

[@natasja8201]

I love the books about “the Seven sisters” from Lucinda Riley! I’m really binge reading them. Btw what is the lipstick you’re wearing?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Ysl volupté tint in oil in 4!

[@whatkaylasays]

I forced myself to finish the Wanderers and while I enjoyed it a lot more towards the end, i definitely understand the urge to DNF it. It definitely ended on a weird note as well. The best book I read this month was Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes. It’s a middle grade book following the ghost of a black boy who was killed by the police. It was extremely well done.

[@dahakhamoontouched4133]

I think you succeeded very well. See, August WAS a good reading month! I finished Children of Time and am 2/3 through Children of Ruin. I am finding CoR to have more of a horror element to it than CoT ever did, now that We Are Going On An Adventure...

[@Suzyj1103]

Has anyone here read Night Film by Marisha Pessl? I'm about 1/3 way through and I'm not super loving it, is it worth pushing through for the mystery? Because I'm struggling with not liking the characters but the mystery is somewhat interesting so far!

[@Amanda-ld7ge]

Leviathan Wakes was just meh for me too!! I was so sad :( it was interesting in the beginning for sure, but then things just kind of flopped. I started the show and it's actually pretty good - I think it makes a better tv show

[@iyaiya8184]

Each book in the Wayward Children series is super short, which makes it a bit more irresistible 😩

[@braveandbookish9626]

Do you ever LOVE anything? Does anything ever appeal to you? I’ve watched so many videos and all I ever get from you are books “not” to read.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

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[@Sharifa466]

I really enjoyed the first half of Name of the Wind. But I couldn’t get through the second half without the audiobook (sped up). I wanted more magic and more epicness and I felt I didn’t get that 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@shumi7051]

I really need to know the name of the lipstick that you wore in this video 😂. Stunning!!!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Ysl volupté tint in oil in 4!

[@shumi7051]

BookswithEmilyFox Thank you so much! 💞 💞💞.

[@moev29]

I love the Kingkiller Chronicles, but I hate the love interest and could entirely do without her. I’m hoping that she finally serves a purpose other than being tedious in the third book (if we ever get it). lol

[@Courtneylovesbooks]

This month I’ve read 13 books, 3 children’s books, 15 short stories and 18 graphic Novels, my favourites were mainly the graphic novels

[@abbywonder3825]

Good reading month.

[@srinidhinarasimhan5765]

you should read year one by nora roberts

[@zoeyl9662]

favourite book this month was definitely Jade City! it's a martial-arts/asian inspired adult urban fantasy book (first in the Green Bone Saga) and I absolutely loved it!! plz consider giving it a try, I'd love to hear your thought about it :>

[@BOOKSYadaYada]

Imaginary Friend. Thank you for saving me some most precious time.

[@iyaiya8184]

hello, emily! i'm from the philippines and your videos always make my day. if i could only watch one booktuber, that would be you! i even binge-watched on my birthday hehe. i hope you are always well ❤️ ANYWAYYYYY, the 2001: A Space Odyssey film was so visually pleasing. It was good... and weird.

[@woeffi7471]

Too bad you didn't like Leviathan Wakens. It's one of my favorite series, binge read all 8 books this year! But hey, we can't all like and dislike the same things. On the other hand, you liked Name of the Wind way more than I thought you would. But please, that cover is t e r r i b l e. Someone got paid for very little work.

[@rs.rc1679]

4:46 The mark of the end of an era hahaha

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

About time!

[@rs.rc1679]

BookswithEmilyFox Hahaha too bad it was a disappointing read for you though

[@kaylaalbers1153]

Yep, the ending of 2001 completely ruined it for me.

[@bookishpothos7649]

Methinks you put off CoR for more than a year because you subconsciously knew all along it was going to be a disappointing read. For the 2001 movie, maybe you might have been thinking of Interstellar from 2014? It has a few Easter egg references to Space Odyssey. Definitely worth a watch regardless if you haven't done so already though a word of warning it does require you to look at Matt Damon's face.

[@Lost_in_a_book]

Loved this wrap-up!! I need to get to The Name of the Wind soon as I’ve owned it for at least a year now 😅 I really don’t like incongruous lines in books and I really do appreciate you flagging these up - they add nothing whatsoever to the plot or story so why even include it?! This month I read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig which was a beautiful and life-affirming book so I would recommend that 😊

[@berylalodia1049]

You uploaded this 15 hours ago but youtube just give me the notification now?!!!!

[@marigabyteyssier2279]

I agree with you about the ending of 2001: Space Odyssey, I was expecting something better

[@elainerodriguez5691]

Damn I’m early, also I’m reading the war breaker by Brandon Sanderson on your recommendation, :) I read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo and loved it !

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

So happy to hear it :)

[@jaell2496]

in my opinion 2001 is hyped for its movie, not for the book. The movie is a classic. I have the book in my tbr but never got around to reading it... may be one day :P

[@mino7526]

I’d like to recommend a book that I believe you’re gonna like, Daddy Long Legs, I think it’s elementary level, super funny only 100 pages, it might bring a laugh on your face💛

[@gerarddonohoe5806]

Agreed with your opinion on 2001 although it’s still one of my favourite sci-fi books along with its sequels it is at times a slog, as for the films 2001 & 2010? They may be old but I would recommend them to anyone who has any kind of love for sci-fi and there both excellent films ..

[@emilyberry15]

I'm not gonna lie your reading month was super disappointing :( I hope you read all 5 star books next month!!

[@burge2695]

I did not really like imaginary friends..gave it 3/5

[@AwkwardBookworm]

Gah I still need to read the name of the wind 😭

[@irenegrijalvotarres]

Seanan McGuire is REALLY into My Little Pony, so maybe that's where that's coming from

[@SuavisTea]

📚❤

[@teanlit2949]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the girl and the stars.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I give name of the wing 3 stars and wise mans fear 1 Star. I DNF it.

[@ashm4738]

I had a bad reading month...I DNF'd 4 in a row. :(

[@amonicareads4125]

snow globe emily is using her mask as a blanket

[@suepellerin]

I’m currently finishing up Darkdawn and hating every moment of it. I’m actually really surprised how much you liked this series, given how problematic I’m finding it from a feminist perspective. Yeah, that line from Leviathan Wakes isn’t great, but that series is filled with amazing, actualized, nuanced female characters (full disclosure: this opinion is based on my knowledge and love of the TV series; I’ve yet to read the books). It’s far more troubling for me when a supposedly “bad ass” female character is really just a sex object in disguise - Mia isn’t a real person; she’s the fantasy equivalent of the “cool girl” (as described in Gone Girl). Not to mention the extremely male gazey-ness with which Mia’s relationship is viewed.

[@missburn]

Interesting. I don't ever intend on reading Nevernight but I have never heard anyone critique it like you do, most people seem to think it is super feminist. But often times it seems like a "feminist book" is all about a female character being "badass" and violent. What you critique here about male gaze is rarely something I see pointed out in reviews. A lot of feminist fantasy books seem very superficial in their supposed feminism. But again, specifically Nevernight I have not read.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I DNF wise mans fear.