book haul & unboxings, Montreal grand prix, ranting about books 🏁 WEEKLY VLOG

[@beinglessness]

My heart literally melted when you showed up the two books by Mahmoud Darwish. As a Palestinian it brings so much pride to my heart that the Palestinian literature is getting popularised nowadays, and especially the poems of Mahmoud Darwish which we absolutely cherish as Palestinians everywhere in the world. Happy reading Emmie💓🌱

[@Cubehead27]

So much love! 🇵🇸 haven't read Darwish myself yet but very much need to get around to it

[@Bassynater2500]

“The wonders are not in the room right now” got me 😂😂😂

[@haerhawk]

A cute legends & lattes esque story where emma opens up a bookstore in newfoundland sounds so awesome ❤❤

[@emmiereads]

Dream life:’)

[@rhoda364]

Highly recommend The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw for similar vibes from far south NZ!

[@ivanacastillon3465]

I need 2-hour vlogs! You are my safe space on the internet, you bring me so much peace and comfort. I've been watching your videos since 2019 and I feel like you are a very close and dear friend of mine. You have a beautiful and unique soul Emmie.

[@emmiereads]

I’m honoured you’ve been here for so long!! I’m so glad they can be a safe space - and haha I will try my best on the 2 hour vlog 😂❤

[@rowenaroberta5244]

Same for me, since 2020 😊

[@poslekise685]

"Do I kiss my enemies now?" 😂

[@nathalie8110]

Yes, really love the long vlogs! Also thank you for opening up about your mental health. Every time you speak about how living in the city affects you, I can relate so well and it just feels so good to hear somebody experience similar things to the ones I do. Especially because in my social circle there's hardly anyone who can fully understand why I struggle so much to live in a big city. Although of course I hope that you'll be able to ease into it again soon, at least as long as you have to live there.. Working out has also been something that really helped me a lot. For almost a year now the bouldering gym has been my safe and happy place in this crazy city. Sending best wishes from Austria :)

[@shaimael-sayeed5771]

The second book mark has an Arabic phrase on it that says “لغة القلب"، which translates to “the language of the heart” and I firmly believe it refers to the Arabic language. The minute you uttered the Arabic word ‘maktaba’ my heart just bloomed. So nice to hear you say even one word in the language of the heart. 🤍

[@nothx9353]

Hi Emma, This notification was exactly what I needed tonight. I just had a day that felt like it would never end, and seeing this notification from you felt like a warm hug. You have a way of bringing so much light and positivity into the world, and tonight, that's exactly what my soul needed. Thank you for being you, Emma. You're a beacon of sunshine on even the cloudiest days. ❤️

[@emmiereads]

Awe lovely thank you so much for your words, this made my day - I’m hoping you have a very peaceful night after a rough day🩵

[@becksfizz]

omg while I was watching the Canadian GP i thought to myself “I wonder if Emma got to go this year”, and you did!!! and what an amazing race to get to be at oh my gosh - so glad you had fun 🤩

[@Integritydefins]

The lip gloss bit was hilarious 😂

[@juliette3423]

« Do I kiss my ennemies now? This is a weapon! » 😂

[@insyirah7675]

in the presence of absence was one of the best poetry books I read, so excited to read more of his works 🇵🇸🍉

[@tbrooks529]

I cannot find your poll asking for favorites, so I will give you my top 3 favorite fiction here. 1. This is How You Lose the Time War 2. The Archive of Alternate Endings 3. The Cider House Rules Slaughterhouse-Five is in my top 5. I'm glad I didn't read it when I was a teen also. All the meaning would've been lost. My favorite part was the bomb reversal scene. I stopped after that scene and cried for about 30 minutes. It was so powerful to think of war in that way, and to see destruction backwards defamiliarized something that has become all too familiar. It drove the horror of it home. In closing, I love the furbabies ❤ they look so content. Hope you are feeling well, too.

[@asmaqais6713]

I am so excited that you are picking up "Mahmoud Darwish" books he is my favorite author since childhood + the writing on the second bookmark is "The language of the heart"

[@milaces1323]

I loooove the F1 content! I'm a Leclerc girlie so i was so happy when he won the Monaco grand prix but now i won't be keeping up with the races so much because the America cup began and well, cheering for Argentina takes a priority place in my life 😂

[@jenniferlehfeldt4054]

I love your videos and your honesty. I feel you on the mental health struggles. Me too girl. Keep on doing what you’re doing to feel better. Little bits every day. And thank you for your channel, you uplift my day so much!!!

[@rocioguts]

ive been a long time f1 fan so you're living my dream actually having attended a race :") so happy for you though!

[@emmiereads]

Maybe we should start a reading/racing club!! It was so cool:’) thank you love🥰

[@rocioguts]

@@emmiereads omg YES would love that

[@gentledistortion953]

One thing I find useful for the post travel blues is to listen to music I heard during the trip. I like to create a unique playlist for each trip I go on. Hopefully it can help you bring back feelings from your adventures and make you feel more at peace!

[@MsGloomyLamp]

Grendel's purring right into my headphones was a blessing, thank you!

[@bookswithcoffees_]

So cool that you got to go see a race!! I hope you have a great week!

[@emmiereads]

Thank you beautiful - you too🩵🩵

[@th-px3bg]

Hi Emma. As an avid F1 history fan mostly I'll just offer a little fun fact. The only female driver to score points in F1 was back in the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975 a driver by the name of Lella Lombardi who scored 0.5 due to the fact that the race was cut short by a crash that killed 4 people and the drivers were awarded half the points they would get under normal circumstances as the race was finished in its 60%. Great video as always enjoyed it very much

[@layaltaha]

if you’re looking to read more palestinian literature, i highly recommend reading “i saw ramallah” by mourid barghouti (his writing reads as pure poetry, its beautiful), and ghassan kanafani is a well known palestinian writer with amazing books!

[@villinaudasi5418]

I have had a rough week too... I gave extremely important exam to become Literature Professor and it got cancelled and now they will be taking a reexam and I am just so not ready for it mentally.... This video is exactly what I needed... Kinda reminded me why I love books! Seeing you, Calcifer and Grendel is much much relaxing!! Thanks so much, Emma! Hopefully you feel better soon and have a lovely day! ❤️❤️

[@alex14496]

ahh ponytail, eyeliner & glasses is such a good look on you ❤ also so jealous that you got to see f1!

[@mina.e.l.f9643]

Thanks for being here and be my comfort zone💖💖

[@zainabmsheikh]

I just ended my first week at a new workplace and have been all sorts of overwhelmed so I'm truly grateful for your timing ❤

[@emmiereads]

Ah that must be a lot, hoping it’s been exciting as well - sending you all the peace and settled-in-ness🩵

[@readingwithkelsey]

love librairie maktaba! such a great place it's so nice to see montreal (my city) through your eyes and excitement 🥰

[@Eowynerre]

I totally get what you mean about city life, I visited London recently for a week and I hated it 😢 but then I moved from a town to a village and my life brightened by 50% it really does make a huge difference to some people ❤

[@susan-zb2pj]

emma, more weekly vlogs please, I love them, they are so cozy!

[@Integritydefins]

You're not alone in your anxiety. It's been a rough few weeks in these neck of the woods. I've just been enjoying my walks

[@magventures]

I started following you when I moved to Canada and I always love your excursion vlogs! I am out west (do *not* come to Calgary, the migraines would take you out hahah) so you often go places I wouldn’t otherwise experience! Thank you!

[@emmiereads]

Ooh how are you liking Alberta? Surprisingly visiting the mountains never gave me a headache - I think the humidity here is brutal🥲

[@magventures]

Well in that case, come visit and I’ll take you on a secondhand bookstore crawl haha! I am actually liking Calgary quite a lot, it’ll be a year in November and I’m grateful to finally be feeling more settled 😌 Alsooo just got to your teaser about the Newfoundland vid and already excited! Thank you!! 🖤

[@Bright13]

Spring/summer just feels like the right weather to read Anne. I just finished The Grace of Wild Things and currently reading the third book of the Anne series, Anne of the Island.

[@jaimee-kate]

Love your long & casual vlogs, so quintessential Emma!

[@dohabeshir9405]

my day gets 10 times better when you post and i needed that today your videos are litterly my comfort space. also i'm sooo happy you bought books by Darwish he's my favoutite poet and i consider myself lucky for reading his works in arabic he has beautiful writing style. i recommend trying Mourid Albarghothi, Radwa Ashour and Ghassan Kanafani too

[@Cubehead27]

Kurt Vonnegut! Man I really need to read him, I'm convinced he'd almost definitely be an instant favourite

[@tanuellaa]

Thankyou so much for such lovely recommendations 💞

[@medsm3113]

Grendel got sooo big! And Calcifer is so cute ❤ happy bday!!!!!!!

[@milliebks]

You saying that you feel caged reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from Much Ado About Nothing. "I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore, I have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me."

[@rachitgupta1819]

Your video came at the perfect time, I can finally stop watching cooking videos 😭😂

[@__loveball]

your hair is so pretty! And I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since you got Calcifer 😮 I have been following you for so long and I still get just as excited as when I started watching when you post a video 🤍

[@moonstonepearl21]

Your first your favorite books video was how I found your channel :)

[@aaaamnaaaa]

Yesss orange nails lore 🧡 the level of comfort in these videos ugh emma is to booktube what emma chamberlain is to youtube

[@JaroslavP]

I have just found you in the thicket of my interests. I did not expect F! as a topic! How awesome! Loved your stream, and yes, I am here for the books! Thank you! I will watch more.

[@Liliiixx]

I'm from Montreal, but I didnt know about this book shop! Thank you I will visit it 😁

[@00egg00]

I'm having trouble with where I live as well (upstairs neighbours and sleeping) and it's true what you say about leaving, because when I visit my mom I don't want to come back, and when I come back I'm so stressed for about a week or two.

[@Mariak82]

I used to watch F1 years ago growing up because of my Dad and Brother. We used to go to Brands Hatch here in the UK.

[@thaliafernandez1378]

That song you put on the background always makes me so homesick… for my house in my hometown, my backyard and garden. Now I live in a big city too. 🥺 I tear up every time

[@maliha3921]

I hope you feel better , i relate to what you said at the end . Sending you a virtual hug 🫂❤️

[@Hannah-lv6to5rl7v]

I’m planning on reading my first Octavia E. Butler book next month - Parable of the sower. I chose this one as the novel starts in July 2024

[@leticiaanalima]

love your vlogs, Emmie! I would not recommend you start reading Butler with "Wild Seed"! if I had started with that one, I would never have picked up anything from her ever again. Considering what you said about it, it is not really about that at all. I actually found the main character incredibly frustrating because she was SO passive throughout everything. I highly recommend starting with "Kindred" or "Parable of the Sower"

[@yw1971]

23:47 - Maybe her best. Great novel I read decades ago.

[@budiardjo6610]

our goddess back.

[@milenapiccoli8169]

grendel is such a baby, I love him

[@mattkean1128]

Happy this week is behind me. Time to order some books and relax with KZbin.

[@ts_editor]

I've had two F1 phases. Right now I couldn't even tell you the weekend format. The swank shampoo might be worth it - Wonders!

[@taliahope6424]

For lonely immortal beings and their daily struggles, I highly recommend Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás. It’s a queer retelling of the downfall of Lucifer. The writing style is so poetic and unique!!

[@mawley3266]

I love that you’re an Oscar fan, love him

[@royallyriv]

she’s a mclaren girly yessss 🧡

[@themovieonyoureyelids]

oh the canadian grand prix was amazing, I'm glad you went! I'm a max girlie so I'm obviously happy about the result lol 🧡

[@naomix1131]

So happy you got to see one of the craziest races of the season

[@tayabarry3839]

As a super crazy F1 fan, this brought me so much joy (even if Montreal was a tough race for me as a Ferrari fan 😂)

[@emmiereads]

Oof seriously, they should have offered tissues for the Ferrari fans :/

[@salmaelhadouchi]

The presence of absence literally blew my mind, it was amazing 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[@Anna_otg]

omgg Emma, I started watching F1 last year and always thought you were Oscar in a different font, I'm so happy that you got to experience that live and love that you are a 81 girlie

[@arianecasanova1822]

I'm going to the Brazil grand prix this year for the first time and I can't wait !!!! Love it seeing your experience in Montreal.

[@emmiereads]

Ahh jealous!! So excited for you☺️

[@JennyFernBooks]

Omg yes for cheering for Piastri! 🧡

[@LuoPtt]

Am I the only one who sits here marvelling at how nice Emma's nails are? ❤❤ Lot's of love ❤

[@Tanya_LitLife]

My kitten is a good pirate as well. I’ve been eating on the sly & smuggling snacks like a felon, lol 🐱

[@beautyandherbooks]

It's so cool that you went to the grand prix!! Definitely a bucket list item for me!

[@hylylgmn]

slaughterhouse five means everything to me i’m so excited you read it!! in one sitting is WILD though lolol

[@goddessnix444]

needed this! also hilarious intro.

[@caseylynn_]

Oh my gosh the same thing happened to me!! I bought a Fenty lipgloss from Sephora, not realizing that it was a “plumping” lip gloss.. I was so confused when my lips started burning 😂😭 I thought I was having an allergic reaction

[@incandescent.glow.]

SEEING THE CANADA GP FROM YOUR POV IS SO COOL !! even though it wasn’t my favorite race of the year because leclercs STUPID DNF

[@macide500]

i feel like everyone is so afraid of being "controversial" but i deeply believe that we shouldn’t let that make us censore some parts of our opinions especially when it's so important to voice them. free Palestine🍉❤

[@heyheykimbee]

I've read Mind of My Mind (which is the sequel to Wild Seed) and I really enjoyed it! Butler creates really compelling world building.

[@tugbamelisakaya4505]

I really needed this video to motivate myself. I am trying to study for my make-up exams but I am too tired due to the whole dissertation process..

[@skywa7183]

Ur nail polish gives me nostalgia cuz my teacher at elementary usef to wear it lol

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Those plump glosses work to swell your lips lol used one once years back and never again.

[@kimbarbeaureads]

Yup, 20 year old me learned a lesson.

[@RedCupBookClub]

Greenland was like a beautiful, tragic fever dream. I had a good time with it.

[@elizabethr.2491]

I give 5 stars to that shampoo!!! Im obsessed with it ❤😂

[@aamnahere6250]

I just finished a short story collection called 'Gaza Writes Back' by Refaat Alareer and several other extremely talented Palestinian writers from Gaza. I don't usually like short stories and certainly not as much as novels but every short story in this collection is incredible. They brimmed with so much promise, warmth, loss, love, exile, nature and beauty. More and more people need to check out this book.

[@claurenzi2766]

OMG!! What an amazing race to see irl! 🫶

[@Saladbar1120]

These look like new glasses. And I love them.

[@fannitordai8799]

Emma reading these popular TikTok books is just pure comedy😹

[@martinelanglois3158]

Tu devrais revenir à Montréal quand ce n'est pas la F1, peut-être à l'automne ou à l'hiver ? Je comprends ton anxiété. Je ne sors pas pendant les grands événements et il faisait encore plus chaud cette semaine (felt like 43°C). Bon anniversaire à toi et Calcifer. Déjà 2 ans?! Wow. 🧡🐈 Bonne semaine !

[@megbern2416]

love love love these videos and thank you for sharing all the books with us, some of these i've never heard of, so i'll def have to check them out :))

[@gladouhills9039]

I subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago and I really enjoy your content 😊 Love from France ❤

[@Kim-poet]

I'm just happy to see you today, Emma. I want to suggest that you read Slaughterhouse 5 again. It's a deceptively simple book, even for a highly skilled and discerning reader like you. But if you decide once is enough, so it goes. You have read it in this moment, but there are many moments in which you're still reading it and more in which you haven't yet. 🙂

Two books from Palestine 😍 I can finally watch your videos again 🤗 Happy reading 😊

[@nancyjacobs5842]

I had my husband looking at me during your lip plumping review. I was laughing out loud!

[@kate559]

AHHH yes, so happy you finally you decided to continue anne of green gables series 🫶🏻🥹 it’s so cozyyy and worth it!!

[@emmiereads]

I cannot wait, it’s so comforting:’)

[@fiddleleaffiction]

How does my brain know the days you’re going to post? 😂 also recently you asked for cozy sci-fi recs. If you haven’t read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury yet, I would HIGHLY recommend. I feel like you’d love it! Might not be categorized as cozy to some, but it felt that way to me, and the writing was just sooo glorious.

[@yw1971]

27:04 - put some yogurt on it. It helps ('grandma's medicine')

[@Kim-poet]

I sure wish you had a PO Box again, Emma! Your birthday is coming up and I've got bookish cards. You could specify "No Books Please," until you get into a place with the infinite library of Jorge Luis Borges.

[@old.fezziwig]

Emma, I think living alone in a big city like you do takes a lot of courage. I'm sure having pets helps. I can't have pets where I live - HOA rules - but my parents and I share a dog, who lives with them. So I go over every day and play with her, pet and feed her. And when I'm ready I'm going to get an Emotional Support Pet letter from my doctor and a dog of my own.

[@miriam2526]

Very random comment but oh my god that little dobby figurine!! Sooo cute!

[@lynncornelissen]

The 2024 Canadian GP being the first ever race you see if F1 GLORY. It was such a good time!!!

[@2009ashmi]

Hi Emma. I feel you with the migraines. They can be wicked. Stay cool and hydrated and hope you feel better. Hey you convinced me to get Icefields! Will be starting it soon! Sending hugs 🤗📚🐛❤️💚 ps. Know how Grendel is. Our kitten Pumpkin stole the chicken off my son's plate the other night! Lol!

[@chandunipabajayakody2054]

love watching your vlogs!!

[@DarrenRosenow]

lol... Whenever I ride VIA rail I get a big headache too

[@kimbarbeaureads]

Plumping lip products are supposed to be painful. That's how they make your lips swell. 😁 I love Grendel's little ears in that frame. Too cute. Also, applying sunscreen to a sunburn can help it heal faster

[@kimbarbeaureads]

Grogu conjured that spiderweb.

[@juliandherbooks1]

Aaaah so excited!!