book hauls, exciting news & adopting more plants / a Cozy, Rambling Vlog

[@HowCaseySeesIt]

I discovered your channel about 2 weeks ago and I’ve been catching up on all of your old videos every day. Your videos bring me so much peace and comfort. You’ve also given me so many wonderful book recommendations. I’m so grateful for your content!

[@AmandaS18]

Me too!😊

[@emmiereads]

That means the whole world to me, I’m so glad☺️ I hope you’ve found all the books of your dreams and ah thank you beautiful!

[@malissamoench8587]

Hey, me three!

[@benmartizz8238]

I aspire to have a life as cozy as your vlogs feel like~

[@Mariak82]

Same.

[@fernandaneves4583]

literally raised my hands when you said you are moving omg i’m literally SO happy!!!!! we know how much you’ve been stressed over this place omg so happy!!!!!

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

One notification that could literally make my day 80% better

[@r0bbie216]

rude don’t you mean 100%?

[@ZuzuSyuhada]

It's not rude, it's realistic

[@Zera1211]

You inspired me to read War and Peace...the German edition has over 2000 pages 😅 But I am taking it 25 pages a day 😁

[@nnnnn2010]

I’m reading the Arabic version and it’s four books long!!

[@emmiereads]

ooh good luck, it's so worth it and taking it slow helps a ton! Hope it's everything you're looking for

[@s0sleepy]

em's channel literally has the coziest vibes

[@MilenaReads]

So happy for you that you’re moving! 🌞

[@emmiereads]

Thank you Milena!!💙

[@jananis.m5103]

Can not believe that your here Milena I watch your KZbin videos

[@selenalee5654]

I SCREAMED when you said you were moving,, can’t wait to see how your new place is!!

[@antonellabassi3466]

Dino Buzzati is one of my fave authors. He’s basically the Italian Borges. I’m pretty sure you’ll love it!

[@Rixxa_01]

I’m currently reading Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. Also will totally be looking into Book of the Month!

[@NoSaintOnEarth]

Im currently reading Les Miserables, im trying to read 50 pages every day. It's going well so far and I highly recommend it!

[@spiritedmai]

i loveeeeeee the way the brown bookshelf looks horizontally with the E.T. lamp and the new plants omggg love it!! and i cant wait for the moving vlog series 💚🪴

[@awesome_as_i_wanna_bee]

Finished "Fathers and Sons" by Turgenev just yesterday, also reading Jane Eyre now🥰

[@trapdoor3461]

I would recommend leaving the spider plant in the nursery pot, for now. It helps to keep humidity.

[@becca5736]

Yay!!! It's always a good day when you post!!! 🌱🍃📖

[@jastine935]

goooo grab some coffee or tea guys, this’ gonna be another relaxing video~ aahhh so obsessed with emma’s voice ✨

[@ScullyPop]

Your so intriguing when you talk about the books.

[@jeannellereads]

Yes!! Another cozy vlog! I absolutely love playing these in the background and getting in the mood to read ♥♥♥

[@marlier2403]

I’m reading The Night Circus on my lunch breaks, House of Leaves in the evening and The Anthropocene Reviewed on the weekends lol. Different books for different moods. Loving all of them so far

[@moonstonepearl21]

Your shirt going into your drink was a mood. I relate to that level of clumsiness. I feel that.

[@keithhhrdrgz]

HI PLEASE DO A VIDEO RECOMMENDATION OF THE BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS! ❤️😍🥰

[@lynncornelissen]

I second this!

[@dariostevens250]

Buzzati and Agota Kristoff are incredible!

[@eiskola7811]

Currently just finished Master & Margarita .. Right now I’m starting White Nights by Dostoyevsky 💫

[@rmt-books]

how was master and margarita?

[@eiskola7811]

@@rmt-books like a fever dream !

[@2727Reds]

@@rmt-books it's one great book, my no. 1 favorite... i recommend it Also, I'm re-reading it for 4th time now

[@ilyannearmrio8135]

Best way to wake up: Seeing notification of emmi's new video up on channel and watching while working❤❤❤

[@denisefreitas6727]

So happy you already found a new place! Your lamps and your new plants are lovely. Oh, The Tartar Steppe is very good! Hope you like it. Your vlogs are always cozy and full of beautiful feelings ( and beautiful things)!💖🌷🦋👒

[@sabrina-vl8ni]

your videos are so calming! :) and a great hideout for fellow bookworms like me!

[@aubreyholt279]

As soon as you said you had exciting news, I immediately hoped it was that you were moving! I hope your new place is quiet and peaceful and lovely ♥

[@emmiereads]

Awe thank you, I hope so too!!

[@marynrhea2409]

currently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude & loving it so far

[@sofiamoreirafernandes6203]

Ohhh you have to read The notebook! such a special one, I never read anything similar! I am very curious to hear your opinion. :)

[@welcomeyoungsir5168]

I just started watching you and you are already my comfort you tuber

[@margarita3123]

Dropping my book just to watch this! Also, thank you so much for spoiling us with daily uploads!!

[@sanazlol1723]

Same!

[@feliciamulyawan]

hey emma, i just wanna say that your videos and Carolyn's channel are helpful and calming. You have helped me through my father's covid days. I just lost my dad around 10 hours ago. I know that God loves him more. Now I can't even read Anna Karenina. It's because every time my late father used to ask about what page that I'm on. Currently, I'm grieving, we'll be fine. Love, Felicia

[@mandylouise]

The island of sea women by Lisa See is also about the haenyeo of jeju but it’s set slightly earlier at the start of WW2. I really liked it and it really opened my eyes to the way the local people were treated during the occupation and what these women went through to provide for their families

[@anaish.5256]

I really enjoyed reading that book too, it was really enlightening about the way of life on the island, its traditions and people's history

[@BetterThanYou96]

EYYYYYYY back at it again with the good stuff!!!!! Just finished reading "The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein" as well!!!

[@emmiereads]

Ooh I LOVED that one, how’d you like it?

[@BetterThanYou96]

@@emmiereads It was creepy and disgusting. Completely demented. And I loved it!!!!

[@oopsididitagainimgoingtofail]

Omg I just finished that book too, it’s so good 😊!

[@shinjinibigharia5173]

these vlogs comfort me after a cry sesh

[@josephsantillan3817]

Hope you have more bookshelf space in your new apartment.

[@shrill_2165]

Moving is always so exciting

[@dianewalker9154]

I am reading Braiding Sweetgrass and Norwegian Wood.

[@mawley3266]

Seeing that you uploaded always makes my day! And currently I am reading Mort from the disc World Series.

[@ulengrau6357]

Finishing Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities" - dual reading with original by side so it's taking me a while to read it, but it's a great experience.

[@lputube123]

I could tell that apartment was really getting to you. So happy and excited to hear you’re moving! That big smile says it all! Can’t wait to see your new place!! How exciting!! Hope you have a wonderful time with your family! 💚

[@emmiereads]

Ah thank you so much Linda, I’m so excited!! I hope you’ve been having a wonderful summer so far💕💕

[@lputube123]

@@emmiereads Thank you! I am! Except it’s SO hot here! Staying in a lot and reading in the AC!! 😁

[@lputube123]

ps. Love both lamps!! Nice finds! ❤️ I would of grabbed both of them in a hot second! 😃

[@martasgreatlibrary]

i've only read 30 pages of the goldfinch but so far i'm liking it! good luck with moving and can't wait for the vlogs! you looked so happy in the last clip, you're such a light!

[@ТаисияСулейманова]

Time flies with your vids! In a short time you became one of the people I feel some kind of mental connection with. You are very sweet and bright! By the way, that glass mug with golden shinies and winter trees is amazing...Also loved the cream cardigan and transparent earrings! I was planning to read "The Goldfinch", but something is continuously stopping me. It's a massive book and I have a lot on my tbr already. Thanks for sharing your opinion on this

[@emilyb6002]

I needed a nice long video to relax my brain after a really hectic day and then this pops into my subscription box. Perfect timing as always. Thank you ❤️

[@lovejuingong3337]

enjoy to wait your moving vlog...

[@changelingreader14]

Oh how lovely! I'm going to be hanging with a friend today, am expecting a book I'm super excited about to arrive, got some nice reading of Stendhal's 'The Red and the Black' in already, and now a delightful upload from you! This day really is turning out to be a great cozy one after some lacklustre times. Hope everyone else is doing well and things go well for you, Emma, with moving and everything else!

[@Benjamin_Bratten]

Just about finished with Things Fall Apart, reading the Prophet slowly to really appreciate it (which I am), and tomorrow I'm starting up Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro.

[@theola2499]

so excited for ur move!! just worried about how much books you’ll have to pack 🥲 hope everything goes well 💕

[@tejaswinisparthasarathywrites]

I'm reading Anne of Avonlea! It's sooo sooo good!❤❤❤❤

[@Jinxed11]

The Goldfinch was definitely trying at times to get through, but it's definitely worth the journey! Also your outfit is absolutely adorable today! Really good taste!

[@joyscardigan]

aaaa i hope ur move goes swiftly!! sending much love x

[@sarawiser]

if you’re looking for more books about the Haenyeo and Jeju i HIGHLY recommend reading The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See!!It is very similar to The Mermaid of Jeju and incorporates a lot of the same historical elements. I absolutely LOVED it! One of my favorite books I read last year 🌊 💜

[@sarawiser]

It also feels VERY personal and intimate so if you didn’t feel that way in The Mermaid of Jeju I definitely recommend this one

[@2009ashmi]

Emmie your videos are my happy place and reading inspiration. Getting back into reading again has helped my brain fog tremendously!! My brain and I thank you! Hugs! 💚💚💚💚 Ps. Hope you're doing ok and staying cool and safe in the heatwaves you guys have going through. 💙💙💙

[@oobalooba.]

Aaahhhh!!!! Can’t wait for you to move 😻 hope everything goes smoothly and works out well for you 💜💜💜

[@akashwan]

Congratulations on the exciting news of moving! Thank you always for such great and stellar content. I am planning to also read The Birds soon as it seems very interesting.

[@anoushkad5846]

your videos are so aesthetic and calming to watch specially after a long day❤️

[@dohabeshir9405]

Such a beautiful cozy vlog ! 💜

[@lysandrasbookoflife5746]

Ugh I love your ghibili decor ❤️❤️❤️ your videos are so wholesome!!!!

[@CarrieBarrieintheDesert]

yaay! excited for the move. currently reading Sophie's World and a couple others.

[@gabeyobro]

I didn’t sleep well last night so looking forward to winding down with this video at bedtime! Thank you for making these soothing and cozy vlogs ❤️

[@crippleized]

Been readin the dawn of day by friedrich nietzsche. It’s great. It’s a lot. Can only take about twenty, thirty pages a day. I recommend it.

[@williampinson1759]

I can relate about The Goldfinch. I think it's a good novel and worth reading, and on occasion there were parts that really hit home for me. Particularly the parts in Vegas. But, it did feel like there's long stretches where nothing happened. Not to backseat Donna Tartt to much, this won a Pulitzer after all, but it felt like a lot of material could have been cut down so the book didn't feel so drawn out.

[@accidentalfrenchfries]

I agree! I'm reading it right now, and it's not bad, but it's just incredibly slow ://

[@halynaryf]

The Notebook by Agota Kristof is one of my favourite books!

[@MartinDSmith]

No need to say how grateful I am for your Frankenstein In Baghdad rec, absolutely loving it.Don't do your back in hauling around all those weighty tomes!❤️

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

Thank you for asking what we've been reading 🥰 I'm working on learning Russian and reading Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin. It's set in Russia during the middle ages. and it reminds me of Gabo, whom I know you looooove 🥰

[@stokely1664]

Good luck with your move! I recently moved to a different state and couldn’t bring my bookshelves with me.

[@skylermorris8685]

I just finished my book of the month pick this week, I get to read my add-ons next, but that library is gorgeous, but not much has been going on just my physics class lol

[@TannieDavidson]

The lamp reminds me of Dr. Finkelstein’s house in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

[@sziakonyv]

i'm so happy about your hunarian book :) i'm whatching you from hungary, so "hi!" i did not read that book, but hungarian literature is really good, soooo i hope you'll/you've enjoy that

[@madeline3954]

godspeed and good luck with moving all the books

[@emmiereads]

my back hurts just thinking about moving them all haha

[@myrtolefk]

You're so creative with creating more space for books haha i loved the idea of the overturned shelf😅

[@ayashan5554]

Currently reading Anna Karenina at night and The God of Small Things during the day! 🌿 finished De Profundis last night and cried like a baby...

[@dalishrogue3621]

Hope you find a new place that you love!

[@euanfreeman179]

I just finished Monster, She Wrote. :D A very cool book about the hidden or less famous woman authors who helped pioneer horror and speculative fiction. Excellent to extend my tbr with more classic women writers. :)

[@kristinabosjanoks]

Very random comment, but your outfit at around 5mins is just absolutely perfect!! Also, a wonderfully calming and inspiring video as always 🧡

[@mena4397]

Congrats on moving!!! Im so happy for you, I hope the new place is everything you've ever dreamed of :))))

[@emmiereads]

Thank you thank you!! August can’t come soon enough haha💕

[@welcomeyoungsir5168]

I was watching another one of your videos and was checking your page that’s how I got so early

[@auroraxbeamm]

yayy! thats so exciting! excited for the moving vlogs! =D 🏠

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great new vlog..I got a big book haul coming soon..adorable new plants

[@altheahinojosa6642]

we're truly spoiled by your content huhu

[@Laura-pb7mz]

I love your videos! They are so calming. I've been reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; it's so good.

[@blairesarmen9908]

currently reading: Anna Karenina, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Unravel Me will be slow in reading these books bc we still have classes :> but I'm grateful to have started reading the books earlier this month

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

it’s not summer for you?

[@blairesarmen9908]

@@ohohnenyeoo2654 not yet 😣😩 our uni started in October, that's why we'll end this month. and there's rumor we'll go back in August. :> we'll just have less time for summer break. 😅

[@harley8973]

just finished Vox and now onto the stranger in the woods by michael finkel which looks soooo interesting!

[@maryamalatawi]

I’m taking break from uni and Also tbh from everything, my KZbin notifications are full and I don’t care only for your notification bc i know your videos, your calm voice will make me in a good moood .

[@abidababu9088]

Happy to meet you too!!!!!. I started reading lady chatterley's lover by D H Lawerence. I almost about to finish the book ✌🏾🙂

[@asna9574]

Thanks for such amazing content Emma. Your videos are always so comforting and relaxing

[@celina6259]

Do you have any Murakami books left to read ? I would love to hear your thoughts on his books 😊

[@hyemiyah]

congratulations on moving to a new place! 🏠 ❤️

[@emmiereads]

Thank you!! I'm so excited :')

[@learajkovic]

i love the e. t. lamp 😌

[@monikasinha4351]

Oh I am so excited for this vlog!

[@maggieburton5020]

Just finished 'Secret Lives of Color' by Kassia St. Clair! Started 'War of the Worlds' by H. G. Wells!

[@malissamoench8587]

I read The Secret Lives of Color this year! So interesting!!

[@illuwinki5650]

i’m currently reading “Master and Margarita” in russian and “the goldfinch” and “the house in the cerulean sea” in english)))

[@cecilie...]

Yay! I also got three new plant babies today! I love yours!

[@emmiereads]

Ooh what kinds did you pick up?☺️

[@cecilie...]

@@emmiereads I got a little myrtle tree, a lemon pelargonium (they smell really good and are great at fending off mosquitoes!) and a syngonium plant. They're just all so pretty!

[@fatimaalamien8786]

I love these vlogs🥺❤️

[@rehabyasser2990]

my day just got better ♥️

[@annazhou3732]

i think if u want the same informativeness and generational saga vibes as mermaid of jeju but much more attachment to the characters themselves u should pick up pachinko next

[@emmiereads]

yessss I cannot wait to get to Pachinko!!

[@deborahwager5883]

I really didn't love The Goldfinch. So long and so much waiting!

[@aniyal5487]

congrats on your announcement! no spoilers for people who havent seen the whole vlog but im so excited to see your bookshelf in the vlogs for that :D

[@ba-gg6jo]

Just finished "The Florentines", "The House of Fragile Things" and "Frankenstein in Bagdad" The latter was mentioned by the Book Boss, or *Emmie* to you, and me. I did enjoy it, but it was a little uneven, and swapping from third to first-person towards the end did little to help the narrative. I suppose the whole book was a metaphor for the chaos in Iraq and the splintered world of Bagdad. Worth giving it a go though. Pleased to hear you are leaving that building site you have been living in, amazed how cheerful you have remained throughout. I hope the move goes relatively painlessly.

[@sonalim9880]

I'm reading Rekha:The Untold Story right now 💜💜✨