BOOK UNHAUL CHALLENGE.

[@emmmabooks]

A few quick notes, y'all! 1. There's not a hole in my leggings, it's a piece of dust that disappears throughout the video lmaoo 2. I'm sorry the video is blurry in a few scenes! Sometimes it's hard to keep a handle on the quality when the viewfinder is really far away but I hope it doesn't affect your viewing experience too much. Enjoy!!

[@Winstar66]

emmmabooks what are you going to do with the books you unhauled?

[@Unleashthefantasy]

Islek Katina exactly that’s what I’m thinking

[@sarahdewitt6385]

I was thinking the same thing

[@pikachublessu1]

I was also thinking that.

[@GwendolynKensinger]

Donate them to a prison. Prisons use libraries as part of ongoing education, which reduces recidivism, but they're underfunded and understaffed. According to Books Behind Bars, most prisons do not allow family and friends to send books into prisons; they must come from a bookstore or publisher. And, unlike traditional libraries, prisons can't hold book sales to raise funds, so they'll keep your ARC in circulation. prisonbookprogram.org/

[@ababaigalit]

Gwendolyn Kensinger wow! What a fantastic idea

[@JulEnglefaris]

Gwendolyn Kensinger THEY DONT ALLOW FAM AND FRIENDS TO SEND THEM BOOKS? WOW. our prison system is fucked up

[@grlsaturn]

Julie Engle Well, The book could have things in it that they snuck in 🤷‍♀️

[@beautifuldestruction3563]

Chlo Chill If you are talking about hiding weapons or secret items, the prison system checks everything that comes in and out of the prison heavily. Even personal letters. My uncle is in a prison which allows books to be brought in. As long as the book is checked and the subject is not something like how to escape a prison. No highlighted words or any annotations of any type. And you also must give the prison a two month heads up if you are sending a book.

[@lupita7443]

My brother is in prison and we're not allowed to send him books. We have to go to a book store like Barnes and Noble and have them send it out

[@WhittyNovels]

i'm the opposite of you; every time i unhaul books im like GIVE ME A REASON TO KEEP YOU!!! NO ONE IS SAFE HERE!!!!! GIVE ME ONE WRONG LOOK AND UR ON UR WAY TO HALF PRICE BOOKS!!!!

[@rebelbelle1388]

I'm totally the same. I'm constantly unhauling books. That could be because I'm constantly buying books...

[@bluemoon5766]

Haha me too I have limited space and see no point of keeping a book even if it's an e book if it was just ok if I dont think I will reread it I get rid of it

[@jessicawatson7360]

Tiffany Boncek wish this was possible with audio.

[@bluemoon5766]

@@jessicawatson7360 I have never listened to an audio book you can't delete them?

[@bluetheon]

Same, I LOVE unhauling books! I don't have much space so I physically can't keep them anyway, but also I love the feeling of passing books onto other people who will read and might love them!

[@AClockworkReader]

I’m so excited to watch this!! I just filmed it today too, it’s honestly cathartic 😄

[@sanahs323]

A Clockwork Reader super excited to watch yours once you upload it Hannah!

[@kayleek3766]

A Clockwork Reader How funny I just came here from that video!

[@deargoldrush]

*not to be like super dramatic, but this is actually really hard* me everytime someone tells me to unhaul books I will never read...

[@wonderlandbr5651]

Brennan i find unhauling refreshing. Like my bookshelf are looking great and there are all the books that I love

[@deargoldrush]

Wonderland Br I actually cannot make myself to do unhauling... it’s too much for me 😂

[@KrystalBr0wn]

Brennan you and me both. My books are precious and it stresses me out to get rid of any

[@deargoldrush]

Krystal Utkin YES! I feel so anxious even thinking about unhauling them...

[@deargoldrush]

Me when you showed up with Lord of Shadows: *Emma, no one will believe you*

[@theloredaughter132]

Brennan I haven’t even been watching that long and even I did the /neck back from screen meme/ Noooo waaay.....

[@deargoldrush]

The Lore Daughter haha see? everybody knows she loves Cassandra Clare... she’ll never unhaul a single book by her 😂

[@gabbychiera8816]

Yeah that was so obvious

[@theloredaughter132]

Brennan & Gabby Chiera I mean I still laughed XD

[@deargoldrush]

*LET’S DO MORE, LET’S DO MORE* … never seen someone who’s more excited about unhauling than you in this moment 😂😂😂

[@tomtalksbooks]

That dual angle got me shook

[@ellias]

Emma: let’s get rid of books guys! Me: ohh goody this gonna be so stressful! Emma: bYE arcs Me: ....HAHAHA still proud of u bb I know it was v hard 👏🏻

[@fionapassiadou3326]

What are arcs?

[@peep322]

Fiona Passiadou arcs are basically books that are given out by publishers that have not been released yet and may still have changes made to it

[@august7421]

I don’t even own 32 books..

[@iamronidog]

kylie loves dan and phil Same.

[@audrey6995]

Same

[@stacynicole5991]

I started with 4 and now I’m hitting around 60....my mom encourages me to read because she doesn’t and I’m like mom I will live in Books-A-Million and now I’m getting a new bookshelf to hold my addictions😂

[@perlaperez6663]

Woah I just counted mine and I have 60 I thought I had 20 lol

[@caveswater]

Your collection will grow super fast, believe me. I remember having 20-25 books in late 2015, now I'm nearing the 300+ mark. Once I turn 18 and have a job I'm sure that number will double in a year lmao I have no self control.

[@pumpkin4275]

Thank you so much for this! I'm so happy you finally decided to post an unhaul. I love these videos and this is such a wonderful tag!

[@kirapeters8881]

Please always make unhauling videos like this. I find unhauling videos interesting in general, but I think watching the process of you picking the books made this so much more fun!

[@sakuram4908]

Emma our chemical hearts is super problematic and has stalking in it, taking advantage of drunk girls, glamorization of mental illness, referred to the mc that had gone through trauma as a broken girl and the main characters disability was just a complete misrepresentation. Honestly you didnt miss out on anything by unhauling it!

[@therealfirelord3359]

That sounds like the biggest pile of horsecrap I've ever known about, thanks for posting a warning

[@dianakunta6669]

You unhauled more books than i own !! Great video it is fun to watch !

[@mimik9948]

THIS WAS SO STRESSFUL BUT SO FUN TO WATCH

[@allisonsdiaryjourney]

Unhauling books feels as if Im letting go of my child. Lol

[@isah4602]

I absolutely adore this duo camera angle thing. So cool!

[@Marie45610]

You could put the ARCs in one of those "free mini Libraries".

[@therealfirelord3359]

Like a book exchange! That's an awesome idea

[@sarasweetheart19]

Nooooo Foolish Hearts was so Good!!!! It was my favorite book of March

[@juliarhapsody]

can Emma just donate all those books to me please

[@Allymai_]

areadersworld Hi!

[@stacynicole5991]

areadersworld YES I WAS THINKING THIS THE WHOLE TIME

[@tiffany1721]

Same

[@MissLelezap25]

I like this video so much! I like that you went outside of your comfort zone (in the sense that you felt stressed looking at the pile of unhauled books). In the end I think that unhauling books is a very good thing to do, it "cleans" our shelves and therefore our minds, a little bit? Love you!

[@carolinepaxtonsorensen4867]

You should definitely keep Extraordinary Means! It's such a unique book. It's a contemporary about two teenagers at a tuberculosis sanatorium. It's a really fantastic book!

[@thebookchronicles2494]

Good video 😊. It’s always good to clean out the bookshelf sometimes 😊. I need to do that .

[@tijanakovac7865]

Diabolic books are so great! Fast paced, twists and turns, politics and questioning what makes a human/soul

[@margarets2924]

Great job!! It feels good to unhaul books. I agree with your feeling on Throne of Glass. If you’re not 100% sure, keep the book until you’re ready!

[@jesswillard5423]

So sad people are not giving The Diabolic and Empress a chance, such great books.

[@ashleyoreads]

Right!

[@aroseinwinter7719]

Yes my heart is bleeding

[@DaniCalderon_G]

I’ve been wanting to read them for a while, I’m definitely picking it up because of this comment 😜

[@crisblakeney]

I’ve got a copy of The Diabolic and will read it soon! Can’t wait to enjoy it

[@aroseinwinter7719]

Cris Blakeney i loved it. Beautiful story

[@eleftheriaiosif9243]

When you said you were gonna unhaul an exclusive edition of lord of shadows I was so scared 😂

[@TheReadingWerewolf]

This is such an awesome challenge. I already have an unhaul lined up so I probobly wont do it anytime soon but it's definatly going on my booktube bucketlist!

[@royaevereadsbooks]

I was freaking out as you were talking about getting rid of the limited Lord of Shadows copy lol lol YOU GOT ME

[@theloredaughter132]

I definitely need to do this tag in a few weeks!

[@sk8tie]

Girl how did you know I was in the mood to watch book unhauls. I love this! I need to unhaul a bunch of the books I left at my parents' house when I moved out since they're basically books I didn't like. I just have nobody to give them to because my library doesn't want them and our local used bookstore doesn't want them.

[@mckenziestaley9063]

Your struggles are so relatable. You could donate the ARCs to your local thrift store. They don’t care what kind of books they are. I’ve found ARCs in mine before.

[@mirnatius]

Unhauling has been one of the best things I’ve done. Proud of you! I would say maybe let people on Twitter know what books you are getting rid of and tell them that they can choose whichever they want and to just pay shipping. Once the ones people wanted are gone, maybe you can donate to the library or some center. Hope something works out though! 😊

[@onceuponascream]

you're going to make your library SO happy!!

[@aideeng8259]

This was weirdly therapeutic to watch and it's making me feel motivated to clean my shelves when I'm done college for summer in 2 weeks!

[@kyleybremer8324]

So relieved you kept ToG series!!!! Great video! I enjoyed it so much!!!😆❤️

[@pinksuperstar2]

Thank you for this video, Emma. Not only was it fitting since I'm combing through my books to see which ones to unhaul and save. And seeing your video reminded me of books I need to add to the unhaul. What you could do with the ARCS is maybe give them to a thrift store like Savers or something. You could also try the library. Some don't mind getting ARCS

[@romaiqbal4408]

I don’t know how you do this I am so attached to my books. But I also admire the fact you only keep books you really love.

[@annalise_cc4693]

For some reason, it makes me sad to unhaul books I didn’t even like😂😂😂

[@katiemccomb7118]

Same.

[@Yokie05]

I dont😂 i want my bookshelf to be like a treasure chest.

[@mayday9273]

Your makeup looks super cute Em!!

[@lindsayjardine3376]

Love these videos this me trying to unhaul book x

[@sandyreadsalot]

This is an interesting way to do an unhaul! I did an unhaul about a month ago so I don't feel the need to do one again but whenever I do, I will definitely do this challenge!

[@KameSquidSS4]

Hurts my heart to see you get rid of Diabolic because it was such a good book

[@RallyReviews]

Classic Squidney your the only person I have heard say they like it

[@ashleyoreads]

I liked it too XD

[@peanutb108]

I really love this challenge (and not just its on your channel and you my favorite) but I love decluttering. Unhauls are so satisfying. I might everntually do this on my channel but idk when haha

[@ravenluvs2read]

Unhauls are so cleansing to the soul.

[@kathrynteal23]

Foolish Hearts was soooo good! I read it in one day, it reads really quickly. I loved it!

[@rebekahmackenzie]

Now you have more room on your shelves for new books! =) I love your videos Emma! Thank you so much for what you do

[@BasicallyBrittx]

I have the same with Game of Thrones! I've actually read the first 3 books but I will never finish them, however, I just can't get rid of them!! You're unhauling soooo many books! Yasss more room for new books 😏

[@serenadarking6301]

you should totally finish the series!

[@HiddenNuggetttv]

I'm reading through the series, I'm on the second part of book three, and I'm so burnt out with them but I know that if I put them down and pick them back up in future, I will have to reread the first 3 and I'll just be burnt out all over again, so here is to another few months of just powering through D:

[@serenadarking6301]

I have only read the first 2 books so far, but I just started them this year! I absolutely love them so I'm assuming I'll enjoy the rest of the series even though they take me almost a month each lol. The problem is since they take so long to read I always end up in a reading slump but they are still my favourite adult fantasy books so far. Do you enjoy them or are you pushing yourself through them?

[@HiddenNuggetttv]

Serena Darking I am thoroughly enjoying them, absolutely, it's just how detailed and vast the world is that overwhelms me. The length of the series isn't an issue, just the amount of characters and world building that there is, but overall I am in LOVE with the series and I can't wait to find out what happens in the rest of it!! Are you enjoying it too?

[@Marie45610]

I'm thinking of borrowing the Game of Throne series as audiobooks from my library. I feel like that's the only way I will ever read them.

[@meganperez2339]

I absolutely love unhaul videos so amazing 😉😇 great video Emma

[@gatsbydee1602]

With the ARCs that I have but don't want anymore, I usually will leave them in places around town like the Laundromat or my local ice arena when I go to watch my nephews play hockey. I put a Post-It that says "Free. Please read and enjoy".

[@crisblakeney]

I don’t have as many books as you or the other booktubers, but I couldn’t imagine unhauling any books, even the books that I didn’t enjoy! There aren’t many books that I don’t enjoy, though because I’m easily entertained....but I think that’s because I buy a lot of books that you and other booktubers recommend such as Scythe and Thunderhead by Neil Shusterman. I really like watching unhaul videos, though because you get that fresh feeling after actually doing it. It’s like a new start. Plus, you now have the room for more amazing and new books!! 32 more spaces for you 😍😍 Also, I think you should do a fun contest somehow for a giveaway with all of these books maybe? That would be really fun and different! Anyway, love your videos and I’ll be waiting for another new one soon!! 😊😊

[@sydneclark5922]

Even though you are getting rid of Extraordinary Means and don't plan on reading it soon I do recommend trying to read it in the future. I read it last fall and loved it so much. It was on of my top books of 2017. So yeah I highly recommend

[@madilyn4508]

I hate getting rid of books. Just watching you do this challenge is giving me anxiety! 😂

[@Kartmez]

Omg, my heart just stopped when you said you're gonna get rid of the limited edition of Lord of Shadows. I'm Brazilian so I couldn't get those editions, you're so lucky!

[@rachelbelanger2708]

I love how you started off hesitant in the beginning and then you were like LET'S DO MORE

[@tasneemanjum1520]

That's one huge pile to unhaul!The struggle(and stress) is real😬

[@nkfanning]

I love this video!i could watch an hour long version

[@Ray-td4tq]

When you almost unhauled hazel wood my heart stopped. I love that book. Great video

[@antonella249]

I love your makeup in this video😊

[@ms-tz8jo]

LMFAO THAT GETTING RID OF LoS JOKE WAS UNHOLY 😂😂👌👌 OMG for a moment I was like HOW COULD SHE? Imposter! WHERE IS EMMA? 😂😂❤

[@BookNerdSue]

At 7:01 was when I rolled my eyes so much!! LOL! Oh Emma...

[@jessicacapper3733]

Hey Emma, great video! I'm curious as to why you didn't like All the Bright Places, what was it?? :)

[@erincorcoran5936]

"Oh SHIT, I completely forgot about these books!" is a mood

[@ilsenleon2378]

Omg Emma it’s been so long since I watched your videos!! Starting off with a controversial one clearly but it’s ok! Always love seeing your content! You’re my favorite Booktuber ever! Of course I respect your decision with unhauling books but I just can’t unhaul books when I just know that I will miss out on something great. I don’t think you should unhaul Wild Beauty as I heard it’s absolutely beautiful or Foolish Hearts or The Diabolic. I mean that’s just my personal opinion. But you did pretty good! Pretty much every single book had a good reason! Love your videos!

[@alisondegrave8846]

I get a lot of arcs as well. Something I've started doing is donating my arcs to local teachers that I know because they struggle to keep books in their classroom libraries.

[@fairytalekingdom9465]

you didnt fool me with the "im going to get rid of the lord of shadows book" ahahah loved this vídeo, emma! super entertaining!

[@leandrieviljoen7655]

Almost started crying when you unhauled Diabolic 😱 please put it on your TBr

[@JourneywithJill418]

Is Under a watchful Eye still one U wish to Unhaul ?? Or let go of ? I am interested

[@miko488]

The internal struggle you have with unhaulings books is sooo me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This was so much fun to watch! Just thinking about unhauling books gives me anxiety 😅

[@IShouldReadThat]

There's something so satisfying about unhaul videos! Good on you forgetting rid of so many books. Now you can fill up that empty shelf space with more books 😛

[@lifebycandlelight]

I recently finished diabolic and the empress and I really enjoyed it! The end of the empress killed me and I don't know what to do about it until I can find out what comes next.

[@CherrieWalker]

Such a great video I definitely need to do this challenge soon as I need to make some serious bookshelf space before my birthday on the 24th 😂😂

[@Havelanca]

Great video, Emma! For future reference, I didn’t really like ‘All The Bright Places’ by Jennifer Niven either. I thought it romanticised depression and something was just... off. Holding Up The Universe on the other hand, is one of my all time favourites and is really worth a try. It is about a Jack, boy with prosipagnosia (probably spelt wrong) and Libby, formerly America’s Fattest Teen. It is really heartfelt and I love it. It is the only book I have EVER read that as soon as I finished, I wanted to read again. I hope you give it a shot one day and enjoy it as much as I did. :)

[@brigutierrez5249]

You should audiobook Holding up the Universe. that one is probably the single book I rec out of all the ones you unhauled... it was a pretty cool premise.

[@Theladythatgames]

You could see about giving the books away to hospitals or homeless shelters. Or go to a bookish event and randomly give them to someone

[@aliciakuhlare]

watching this feels like therapy tbh

[@thejenmath]

Does your city have Little Free Libraries? That's where I take arcs I know bookstores won't buy.

[@emilia6522]

OMG I had a dream last night that you uploaded this, cause in the vlog you were filming this, but there were no new videos when I woke up. But my dream came true after all! 😍

[@broadwaybutterfly310]

I *just* found out about Girls Made of Snow and Glass yesterday and I reeaally want to read it so seeing you unhaul it made my heart hurt

[@livaliberte4275]

That "Lord if shadows" almost gave me a heart attack. But there's just no way someine in a full mind would ever do that. And I knew you wouldn't!💜

[@EmilyCheetham]

I’m going to be moving house. Most of my books have already been packed away. So once Iv moved house I’m going to do a small unhaul of the books I don’t want any more. They are mostly booms that wee given to me that I don’t think I’ll ever read as I’m not interested any more or they are part of a several book series and I just can’t see myself going and buying a pile of books when I already have a pile of books I do want to read. There are also a few books I either never finished or I bought but changed my mind on them. I’ll probably sell them to a books for cash company.

[@tessavery2151]

For a second I thought you were actually going to unhaul Lord of Shadows..

[@emmysrandomreport]

I am starting to have physical ARCs showing and piling up and I was wondering where you donate them since they can not be resold by anyone?

[@bat5092]

I just finished City Of Glass last night. Can someone tell me if I'm supposed to read Clockwork Angel or City Of Fallen Angels next?

[@Marina-bk5qz]

A Fangirl Hey! You’re supposed to read Clockwork Angel, City of Fallen Angels, Clockwork Prince, City of Lost Souls, Clockwork Princess, City of Heavenly Fire. And then if you want to read The Dark Artifices, I think you should read Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy first. Hope it was helpful and have a good day.

[@bat5092]

Marina Patán Thanks! That's what I thought. I just wasn't sure. XD

[@Bri-oy7eu]

Whenever you post an unhaul, I NEED to unhaul!

[@hawkstar2]

My husband, daughter, and I are moving soon and I've been unhauling and it's so therapeutic lol! As for the ARCs, do you have any Little Free Libraries near you? You could totally just pop them in some of those and people would be thrilled to find them! Goodluck!

[@matthew-be3vi]

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME THO😭😭

[@rykerhartness2716]

HI! I love your videos so much!

[@HiddenNuggetttv]

I love this challenge! I get the same unhaul bug, I struggle a lot at the beginning but once I start unhauling, I can't stop ^-^

[@sabinelouise3970]

THE DIABOLIC AND THE EMPRESS ARE REALLY GOOD!!!!! you should have kept them!

[@itsjustjade.]

omg the diabolic was so good!

[@gloria_2587]

when you said you were unhauling that signed edition of lord of shadows i literaly gasped

[@aelingalathynius9963]

When you said Lord of shadows I was like, "Nope. She'll never do that 😂."

[@BookishBabbles]

I saw you pick up lord of shadows and said nooooo. What a relief!

[@snowingonolympus8588]

I HAVE THAT DOCTOR WHO QUOTES BOOK LIKE THAT EXACT COPY OMG

[@Allymai_]

Snow Reads Me Too!

[@nohungryghosts]

I’m not sure if it’s too late but you could donate your ARCs to places like the prison book program or the women’s book project, both of which donate books (I believe including arcs) to those incarcerated.

[@isaacriggs4656]

I just love that you dress in all black and have black hair, but you’re very positive seeming and enthusiastic.

[@FiMilton]

This is awesome! I’m so bad at letting go of books!

[@miwi8866]

you can donate the Arcs to the housing works bookstore cafe in lower manhattan they will sell the arcs and the proceeds go to helping people with HIV/AIDS. the whole bookstore is used books and they have an ARC wall.