books you need! (and books you don't)

[@sarcastic_fish]

happy valentines day lovelies, and remember your fun facts that the romans executed (beheaded) saint valentine, he's also the patron saint for beekeepers and epilepsy ♥♥♥

[@POPUpKR]

I finished reading Anna Karenina for the first time last week and Levin is probably my favourite character in literature.

[@ska2976]

I'm so excited to have gotten here early! I absolutely loved "The Book you wish your Parent had Read." It's super interesting to psychoanalyse my childhood, and also working on how to not pass on your negative experience to others.

[@a_literarylavender]

i actually love the fact that you divide your book hauls into two parts 'cause it feels like we get twice the amount of book content from you tho logic tells me that that doesn't quite follow the laws of time...👀

[@sarcastic_fish]

Gotta ration it out so I can keep you guys coming back like lil addicted lab rats 🥰🥰

[@sincerelyels]

I’m currently reading Crime and Punishment and I’ve bought the trial and I can’t wait to read it as well. Also looooved watching this 💕

[@chrysoula5226]

You are making me so happy by posting so much ✨️😽

[@RobinPalmerTV]

the book tube channel is back!

[@mckenziekate]

Loved this haul haha Love your energy always Love the RANGE of literature you read ✨

[@michelemaria463]

I need a france summer vlog soo bad, February is when I rewatch all your france vlogs

[@sarcastic_fish]

funny you should say that 👀👀

[@michelemaria463]

@@sarcastic_fish omfg !!!

[@pretentioussunshine]

With Anna Karenina I would definitely recommend reading the book first to be honest I'm usually a big advocate of watching adaptations of classics first but in my opinion Anna Karenina was a bit of a mess. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous and all the actors did a wonderful job but if you put a 1000 page book into a two hour movie it's bound to get a bit messy. I watched the film after reading the book and I am 100% certain that I wouldn't have had a single clue as to what was going on if I hadn't read the book

[@sausana2501]

100/100 agree!

[@glennonbell8917]

The Silence of the Girls is an absolutely gorgeous and heartbreaking retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women (mostly Briseis)!

[@BaileeWalsh]

yeah, I'm also not hitting my goodreads goal at the moment because I decided to pick up a practically 1,000 page book as the first book to read this year and I'm refusing to start another book physically until I'm close to finishing it. thankfully there are a lot of shorter books I've gotten in the past few months that I can quickly finish to catch up. I also could have sworn you had Anna Karenina! Maybe you just included an image of that copy but I swear I've seen it before on your channel. Anna Karenina is one of my favorite books! I've actually been wanting to re-read it for a while now. I re-watched the movie, oh gosh I think it was like 2 or 3 years ago now, where has time gone? Anyway, I re-watched the 2012 movie and loved it that time around. I was really caught up in Levin and Kitty when I read the novel and I want to give a proper focus to Anna and Vronsky. That adaptation definitely focuses on them, understandably so because it's such a massive and intricate story arranged in a 2 hour film, but nonetheless I was disappointed with it my first watch. I also didn't know about the production design of the film, which caught me off guard and took a bit to get used to on first viewing.

[@Giovanni-lw2mg]

YESSSHHH!! Thank you SO VERY VERY MUCH for uploading!🌸

[@deeadeb5763]

It’s so fun to see that even you can’t believe the smutty books that you’ve bought 😂

[@ferngecko1943]

Have you read A thousand ships by Natalie Haynes? I’d really recommend, it’s a retelling of the Trojan war but from the womens’ perspective (not just one woman but loads of different ones). If you like the penelopiad, it gave me similar vibes.

[@jupitermond2325]

yesss the Arthurian romances! I studied them at uni and they're absolutely batshit and horny

[@laura0104]

Now I want to read it! 😄

[@jupitermond2325]

@@laura0104 it's a wild ride. but will also make you suffer if you go in thinking that Chivalry is a thing because they're also very much giant dicks

[@sarcastic_fish]

This is the review I didn’t know I needed hehehehehehehe

[@elisazouza]

I found crime and punishment brand new in Oxfam! It was a literal dream

[@CharlesJosepDelDotto]

Emma, your video inspired me to finish reading Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger, which I started back in December and had slowly been making my way through. It's quite possibly the saddest novel I've ever read in my life, but in a good way. The worldview of McCarthy reminds me a lot of the worldview of Beckett, whom I know you love. If you've never read McCarthy, you might want to give him a shot. He's certainly interesting and a helluva great prose stylist.

[@sarcastic_fish]

Ahh you almost influenced me to buy it and then I saw it was hardback bc it's still very new :((( So I bought The Road and No Country For Old Men. I think the film is incredible and yeah my brother has read both books and says they're super good, so I trust you guy's taste. Such an interesting one to compare him to Beckett tho so shall keep that on the brain when I read him!!

[@CharlesJosepDelDotto]

@@sarcastic_fish One of my favorite lines in all of contemporary literature is a line from The Road: "There is no god and we are his prophets." Like, that is the most Beckettian thing ever written that wasn't actually written by Beckett. As for No Country, the novel is good, but I think that's one of those rare cases where the film is better than the book. Anyway, enjoy the novels when you get around to them, and let us all know what you thought of them!

[@CharlesJosepDelDotto]

@@sarcastic_fish Oh, I just remembered: Since you mentioned A Good Year and Ridley Scott, Ridley Scott directed a film that came out 10 years ago, The Counselor, based on an original screenplay by Cormac McCarthy. Similar to A Good Year, it received mixed reviews when it came out, but it's actually really good, and there's a scene towards the end between Michael Fassbender and Rubén Blades that's just quintessential McCarthy in its writing.

[@mrodriguez377]

Enjoyed this and am looking forward to part 2!

[@JulEnglefaris]

I think if you're interested in the possibility of having or not having children, The Handmaid's Tale is a must. Also it's brilliant and some of her best writing

[@zlzlzl2]

Book loving day ❤

[@BookTimeWithRyan]

There should be no doubt…. She’s a Booktuber.

[@mishelly]

That’s really interesting that your seeing a therapist for ADHD. Both of my kids are ADHD /ADD and we’re seeking out a therapist m. Hope to not have to medicate but my eldest found that a therapist really helped him and taught him techniques for dealing with things. Ok sorry this is about books lol but thanks for sharing!

[@BookTimeWithRyan]

I agree with wanting to have compete collections.

[@andykuklis7226]

Fank yew for making the best videos!

[@jennyyeh4730]

not a fan of the pevear and volokonsky translations ! Recommend Rosamund Bartlett (Oxford world classics) for Anna K in terms of readability! Also revised Maude translation which is the latest Oxford world for war and peace

[@user-wu5kd8le8b]

Unrelated but have you watched Babylon- you HAVE to watch it!!!!

[@mollykeating5875]

Zinnie Harris - This Restless House is a feminist/ classic retelling and it’s honestly unbelievable…also about female rage/ male violence. I’m writing my diss on it and loving it so recommend :)) it is a play but love

[@sarcastic_fish]

⭐️ adds to cart ⭐️

[@boncuk555]

Thanks to you, I read and finished Norwegian Wood by Murakami. Wow what a masterpiece 😍. What book from Murakami would you suggest reading after Norwegian Wood? Thank you and Lots of Love 😘

[@josephine7583]

if you like novels with images in them you should check out The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald. it's about a guy walking around the English countryside thinking about things, and includes photographs taken by Sebald himself.

[@zoltank590]

Love the way you say Karenina!

[@untitledmanuscript]

I completely agree with you on book buying Also have you read the acotar series yet? 😂

[@sarcastic_fish]

I LOVE ACOTAR IVE READ THE FIRST FOUR LMAO AND IM SAVING THE LAST ONE TILL I GET SAD AND NEED SOME ESCAPISM

[@cocacolachy]

@@sarcastic_fish a review pls!

[@untitledmanuscript]

@@sarcastic_fish Who are you and what have you done with Emma 😂

[@mkashpur7697]

russian literature? Really? Unsubscribed.

[@powliepie]

oh because boycotting Tolstoy is obviously gonna end the war right?

[@mkashpur7697]

@@powliepie Let's hear how much Tolstoy you'll be willing to read after your house is destroyed by a russian missile.

[@powliepie]

@@mkashpur7697 none. but i won't be reading anything else either then. so what's your point?