Best & Worst Books of 2019 || Goodreads Reading Challenge Wrap Up

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Did you read any of these? What's your review? :D

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

I’ve only read 4 of these books. I’ve read An absolutely remarkable thing, I liked it but really hated the characters and didn’t like the ending that much cause I don’t like cliffhangers. And I read The women in the window, and I actually enjoyed it, though I do agree that it’s similar to a lot of other books, but I liked the mental illness representation, I thought it was really well done. I’ve also read The hate u give, and I’m not so sure what was wrong with it, I just think the hype ruined it for me, I think it was just ok and not mind blowing. And lastly, I’ve read The Help and it’s one of my favorite books of all time. It’s beautifully written and the story is amazing, and the movie adaptation is amazing as well.

[@R.G.LovesBooks]

The great alone 5⭐️

[@amyc2696]

I read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle after hearing you talk about it earlier in the year and I loved it! I'm curious as to why your copy is The 7 1/2 Deaths and mine is only The Seven Deaths though!

[@alexiadoremma]

@@amyc2696 i think they changed the title to seven and a half because people got confused with the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

[@leticiatoraci9855]

I agree about Red Rising. I started reading it, but it was not for me. I definitely want to start the series by Mark Lawrence and Circe and The Martian were definitely winners for me too. And I will check the Hank Green book on your recommendation.

[@ReadByAndy]

You posting this despite the chocolate bit is the level of self-confidence I need in my life

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Who's excited for part 2!!?

[@geo745geo2]

✌

[@ohoodmohammed3548]

I☝🏽

[@lauramolina3337]

👋

[@zahraaal-hilo7013]

🙋🏽‍♀️

[@joyce2479]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Alanitoo]

Sorry Emily, but my eye is right on that chocolate bit lol

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Right?? 😂 I had to mention it right away because... damn

[@Justluffyyy]

I always look at her eyes so I wouldn't have noticed it but now all I can look at is her mouth...beautiful lipstick btw

[@brittanyrippy563]

I couldn’t stop looking until it went away. But it happens to the best of us lol!

[@insanebutterfly3439]

BookswithEmilyFox if u had not said anything I would not have noticed it

[@willforlife_]

i licked my teeth with my tongue at one point watching this haha

[@pocketniall]

The way Goodreads categorizes books drives me up a wall 🙅🏻‍♀️ Having worked previously in a bookstore and currently getting my master’s in library science, I’ve had a lot of “huh????” moments looking at the Goodreads’ genre placement. I love how thorough you are with your review of all of these books and I totally agree with you that it’s unfair when someone has read only one book in a category and votes-the results a definitely skewed!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

So apparently they're categorized based on the shelves people put them (?!) That sounds kinda dumb to be honest but it explains what's going on. They really should fix that! Thank you :)

[@caseyc2497]

End Of Year Series = the greatest time of year because it brings the sassiest and saltiest of Emilys

[@christinahasd]

Your upload schedule is perfect for me. Every time I sit to calm down your videos pop up. Love from Greece!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Really happy to hear it ❤️

[@InvisibleLovatic]

aye i'm Greek too ✌️

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

Snow globe Emily should write a book called The Girl With All The Bangs. Its a mystery/thriller that Goodreads will categorize as YA/erotic fiction.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

We all know I would write amazing erotica... all about nipples obviously

[@maRRiiH95]

Can somebody please explain the Snowglobe Emily thing? 😅

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

It was a free promotional item she received in the mail. At first everyone thought it was creepy but now everyone is in love with Snow Globe Emily and wants to marry it.

[@stardroplet9499]

I hope Stephen King one days sees your videos and writes a scary story about you and snow globe Emily 😂 maybe like a modern twist on Dorian Gray

[@cinyyyyy8416]

star Droplet 😂😂

[@1Inked4Heart3]

😂😂😂😂

[@cherylolypop]

Why do I actually need this😩😂

[@caitlin578]

Hank Green announced the sequel! So excited 😍😍

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Hellllll yesssss

[@thetland0308]

Thanks to your videos my TBR is ginormous now. Next task will be finding time to read all these books while still pretending to leave my house and be social haha Emily your reviews are awesome.

[@aliciacroft]

I loved the Circe audiobook also, one of the best audiobooks ive listened to. Have you also listened to Song of Achilles - same author, different narrator, but also absolutely brilliant. Also was meh about 2nd and 3rd of Seannan Mcguire, but loved the 4th! I really ought to read 7 and a half deaths, and the Red Sister series. Good challenge and vid.

[@Eva-iw5uw]

10 favorite books of the decade pleasee🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍

[@astellus]

Here for that snow globe face comment. XD

[@MissEllaReads]

Best intro ever Emily!😂😂 We love you!

[@FirelordOzai007]

I love that you went ahead and posted the video with the chocolate anyway.

[@gerchiaolifant5176]

I keep looking at Snow-globe Emily. Her bangs are styled so great. 😆

[@helenejeppesen2133]

Really enjoyed this video! I also DNF’ed “Nine Perfect Strangers” 😝 And have realized that I can trust your opinion when it comes to books 🙃

[@khalifaal-rowaiei4656]

Keep doing this challenge it was soooo fun to watch! And I’m soooooooo excited for you your December videos. I’m so happy that we will get to see MORE of you in a short period of time! Keep the good work 💪🏼

[@marystuart83]

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a masterpiece 🤩 even though I agree on the weak ending ♡

[@tinyjennyl2002]

I LOVE your Reviews and Recommendations!! I always learn something new from you! Keep ‘em coming Emily:)

[@caenerys]

I’m so glad you loved An Absolutely Remarkable Thing! One of my fave books of last year by far! I’ve been binging your videos and haven’t had a chance to comment but I THINK this is the video where you mention Red White and Royal Blue and unfortunately for me it’s one of my least favourite books OF ALL TIME. I hated it so much and people were NOT happy with me for that 😂😬 I’m intrigued to see what you’ll think of it if you ever do read it!

[@gabrielabianchi1809]

I really want to read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

[@Yvette.T]

I loved Nine Perfect Strangers...quite a different feel to her other books, and the ending brought it all together for me...actually got me a little emotional (parental theme). Funny I didn't see the bashing of that character, I just felt she was being fleshed out. 😊😊

[@Victoria-pt4io]

Goodreads genres are confusing because they don't actually categorize the books. The genres you see are just what users decided to tag/shelf them as and then GR just looks to see how many times people shelved something in a specific genre regardless of what the books actually genre I like this to some extent as it allows me to search for books that fit very specific subgenres/tropes , but think GR should on the books main page provide the official genre as deemed by the publisher/author

[@kiraironskin]

Omg the thumbnail! For a moment I believed the results for this year are out already 😅😅 This video is a great idea 😊😊😊 Maybe I will read this years (if I haven't already read them of course^^)

[@kellyorourke5248]

Love your videos!! Also, the bangs look great. 😊

[@shmizzleshmazzle9830]

I bought The Martian last summer because you love it so dang much. I'm gonna start reading it tomorrow.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Some people hate the humor but I lived it in this one! (Not so much in Artemis)

[@wolfsisterheart]

My friend and I are reading it in January when she has more time to read

[@fbhr8751]

I loved this readinh challenge of yours. I don't vote in the goodreads choice awards. Because if I am lucky I have read one of the ones I could vote from. Will you be reading more Mark Lawrence next year?

[@marystuart83]

Every domestic thriller mentioned sounds like The Girl On The Train, which I didn't enjoy for the same exact reasons you re mentioning here 😄💙

[@michelea2326]

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was okay. Like you said, the very end of the story was very disappointing. Kinda killed the whole thing for me.

[@lovelydaywithholly]

Michele A I sooooo agree!!!!

[@shelf-righteous3952]

Emily you NEED to read Vita Nostra!!! I feel like it should be the next big booktube thing but no one has read it. It has a school setting and "magic" (kind of) but it's super dark and cerebral!

[@PascaleWP]

'not an alcoholic, not a wife.' Finallyyyy. Sérieux, ces options de personnage principal, I can't anymore!

[@R.G.LovesBooks]

I loved the last time I lie, that ending was mind blowing

[@caroliinalopes]

Hi Emily! Just wondering if you're aware that The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on a real story. If you look it up, you'll see that the prisoner actually did have a lot of the benefits described in the book. The historical inaccuracies that the book has been criticized about have a lot more to do with descriptions of routes taken between camps (geography-wise) and things of the sort.

[@camifaust5962]

I read The immortalist this year too. I really enjoyed the first two siblings stories more than the end. But it was a solid 4 stars for me.

[@bookswithkatie7364]

Love these videos! I look forward to these every year ☺

[@bookcaseofdoom]

Every year the Goodreads awards annoy me more and more 😁 People just vote for whatever, often even if they haven't read it. Or the most read book wins, which is just a popularity contest, like you said. No credibility to them 😁

[@whimziereads6190]

I was just typing that the 4th one in the wayward children series is the best and then you said it changed your mind. :) I'm glad we agree!!!

[@MrSunglasses]

Hank Green just announced his new book on his channel! Who’s excited???

[@xRadInsanityx]

You should try reading Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty! It's even better than Big Little Lies and much, much better than 9 Perfect Strangers.

[@ReadsWithKesara]

I so agree with you on Red Rising! The beginning kind of ruined the book for me even though everyone else seems to love it.

[@eleventhhour138]

I love that you did not re-film this video! 😂

[@35Justme1]

By any chance have you read Verity? Would love to know your thoughts on it.

[@darknessdescends6701]

Hi, Emily! Been following your channel for a while now. I love your videos (and your new bangs)

[@lausommeils6668]

The fourth book in her Wayward children is also my fav, if you want, try her Laughter at the Academy anthology, some of the stories bored me but others like one involving Jurassic Park, other involving a sort of reinterpretation of the Velveteen Rabbit, two Peter Pan commentary stories/not retellings but re-imagining? and one of a scientist freeing diseases as a commentary of antivaccination were really good.

[@skullfullofbooks7398]

Yes the book categories are super weird. I think it's mainly driven by nominating and voting with not much moderating.

[@afreenhena7501]

Mark Lawrence writes the best Fantasy books. His Broken Empire trilogy was really really good.

[@sherrismith8874]

I too didn't like Beneath the Sugar Sky but loved In an Absent Dream.

[@ДарьяЧернышева-н4х]

7 and a half deaths literally dragged me out of the reading slump, not even kidding. The ending was kinda???, but the mystery aspect was pretty good and intriguing throughout

[@yrynoy]

I actively resented In An Absent Dream because The Goblin Market was FANTASTIC and we barely saw anything of it, Seanan Mcguire did her usual "skip the action" move and it was frustrating AF. It's such a shame because both the setting and the main character were my favorite out of the series. I can't bring myself to give any of the books 5 stars because I feel the most important parts that would really round up the narrative are missing. Beneath The Sugar Sky is my favorite book because you actually SEE a quest happening.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

That was my review exactly!!! I hate the “skip the most important part” but it was still the best of the series

[@ricecakepower]

Really enjoyed this video! Great idea!

[@monthanadias9941]

Circe is the best book I've read this year so far, which is really unsurprising since I'm a hoe for greek mythology. But seriously, it is SO. GOOD. Miller really knows how to rewrite these characters.

[@benjaminsparrow8016]

Chocolate is appropriate all the time! I probably wouldn't have noticed if you didn't mention it.

[@bitterlyfun]

I wasn't a big fan of the Kiss Quotient. I appreciated the rep, but outside of that this felt very Fifty Shades of Grey, especially at the end where the guys gets a bit possessive. Didn't quite understand why everyone was in love with it.

[@cat.book.nook.]

Have you read Verity by Colleen Hoover? :D I read it, I usually don't read such books but it had great reviews. And... well, let's say that I'm very curious what you might say :D Unfortunately, it also involves being in a coma like half of these books.

[@MaryAmongStories]

I wasn't expecting to enjoy AART, but it was very good!

[@thedespotcat]

Ok but An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is adult fiction. That's where it's shelved in the bookstore. So, while goodreads could probably do better for other books for sure, you'd have to blame the author or the publisher for that book itself.

[@offline._archive]

Love this challenge, emily!

[@ammalyrical5646]

Just FYI Hank Green's book isn't YA, it's either new-adult or adult. Hank classified it as speculative fiction.

[@VeraFran]

It would be adult, new-adult=erotica which AART is not, thankfully.

[@ammalyrical5646]

@@VeraFran Not true. I've read a comical new adult adventure fantasy. New adult somehow turned into erotica, but it's not supposed to be (it meant to be college-age/just out of college people starting life)/

[@nohungryghosts]

ok but red white & royal blue is HILARIOUS so at the very least you’d have a laugh

[@LanTheDreamer]

i also love the martian! the book is fun to read and the explanation is not that hard to understand.

[@biankatoth1786]

I really hated the end of the outsider, it started so interesting and then this... no. I really wanted to love The ancestor trilogy but something just doesn't click with me. I will still finish it (I only read the first two), but I just don't love it.

[@callmeaftercoffee]

Ohhh Emily I love you! Haha that I intro 😂.

[@leannes7503]

I couldn't even finish Nine Perfect Strangers. I kept reading hoping it would get better but eventually I gave up. Nothing happens.

[@v9382s]

I just bought The Outsider but I’ve never read the Mr Mercedes trilogy and don’t really want to...Will The Outsider still make sense to me or will I be confused having not read Mr Mercedes?

[@frivoloustales]

You won't be confused. But it does have spoilers for the trilogy, just so you're aware.

[@SimranKaur-wo6dd]

Would love to know your favorite movies too. You should do a similar video, maybe with the oscars!

[@Theunfathomable0]

I also tried to audiobook the kids quotient but I also couldn’t finish it. Romance makes me cringe and I can’t relate to it.

[@normagruden]

I don't get the category ''fiction''? I mean, fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, romance books, historical fiction, contemporary...isn't that all fiction?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I think they use it as Contemporary/Literary Fiction kind of Fiction lol

[@normagruden]

@@BookswithEmilyFox got it, thank you Emily! :)

[@chickennerd2085]

Hope you wanna learn to style your hair like korean style, specially with bangs... i can imagine it could be so cute on you...

[@marystuart83]

I put mythology in "historical fiction" too!🤣 come for me🙈

[@ashleypfeiffer7504]

Still waiting on you to read Crown of Midnight.... lol

[@joannapats6843]

So you're saying as a history major, I'm gonna have an issue with Tattooist of Auschwitz... I have it but have yet to read it! Uh oh...

[@nonfictionfeminist]

I was so confused by Tattooist of Auschwitz! I saw it advertised as a non-fiction, and the author bio discussed it as an interview, but then the copyright page said it was fiction, and I was so confused! Finally figured out it's based on a true story, and I agree, the writing was pretty terrible. I expected so much more out of that book. That said, I want to read the next book in the 'series' because the story sounds interesting, which isn't something I do often when I hate an author's writing so much.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I didn’t know it was going to be a series!

[@theIaurenshow]

you’re the cutest person ever ok share some with the rest of us

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Oh shush ❤️

[@picklejuice2]

I’m... I’m so sorry...but... Where did you get your sweater?😳 (Why am I like this)

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thanks for reminding me!! I got the M bit.ly/2OykC2R

[@banditachutia5854]

Wait there's a part 2?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Once it's edited!

[@nagmafirdaus3286]

Which camera do you use😀?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Canon 70D

[@stranger8447]

Snowglobe Emily keeps distracting me 😂 My ADHD can't ignore her

[@daniwolfe1335]

Do you have a favorite comfy reading chair?? If so, what kind is it/where is it from??

[@YoSamiYo]

Snowglobe Emily needs some chocolate too!

[@ericavandegrift6219]

I hated Broken Girls so much lol. I felt like I got the bait and switch. I thought I was getting more of a supernatural thriller, but the ghost had nothing to do with anything. The present day murder had nothing to do with the death of the girl in the 50s. Then it just had some Holocaust stuff thrown in. It felt like the author had a good idea for three different books and tossed them all together and it just didn’t work. It was too much.

[@nonfictionfeminist]

I started Liane Moriarty with The Husband's Secret, loved it. Big Little Lies, loved it. Then as I read on, I got more and more disappointed in her. My most recent reads were Hypnotist-something-something and Truly Madly Guilty, and at this point I'm just not going to bother anymore.

[@shannonhughes8488]

an absolutely remarkable thing was definitely scifi but i do think it was adult, not ya

[@mandythislovelypath3740]

Liane Moriarty is either horrible or great, but Big Little Lies was the only one I can say I really enjoyed. Haven't read that one though. I've also not enjoyed Lisa Jewell.

[@marystuart83]

Maybe I'm being despotic but it would be great if goodreads only allowed you to vote for the books you've read 😅 I know you can list it as 'read' even if you haven't, but maybe voters would think twice before lying 😅

[@alexiadoremma]

If you do the romance category, definitely would recommend Red White and Royal Blue since it's an m/m romance which is super rare in the romance category of the goodreads choice awards tbh, it has sex though but other than that it has a lot of politics/discusses important topics and it's also so soft and super cute. Also would recommend The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren, it's like watching a romcom, it's funny and the sex scenes are all fade to black. It's a perfect read for the summer!

[@izsamuel8997]

The Me Before You series is so ableist and gross and it upsets me that people still think it’s okay to read and actually a winner of a prize🙄 so frustrating!!

[@mralex989]

Can I ask where your from ? Love your videos

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I'm French Canadian :)

[@Maude_bastilternative]

FINALLY someone with the same opinion as me about the Tattooist of Auschwitz!! I didnt finish it. I thought that he was almost having fun in there?! Like wtf. I couldnt bare it

[@heleneandersson7649]

”Historical fiction with some fantasy elements.” Yeah, The Immortalists is magical realism. Just saying. ;) I liked it.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

NOOOOOOOO..... Fine. Maybe lol

[@ttheLemonSong]

Are you from montreal Emily?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Nope

[@teresamedeiros7312]

Yep, Nine Perfect Strangers was really bad. I've read a couple of her other books, just meh. Shes a no read author for me now.

[@mushroomc0re]

AART is Adult not YA

[@temitina2804]

I like your accent. Where are you from?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I'm French Canadian!

[@dg9531]

I don't read Sarah J Mass because I don't read sex scenes. I wish it were more ya and less new adult.

[@caseyc2497]

yyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas

[@nl3237]

J'ai aussi détesté 9 Perfect strangers. Total shit indeed.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

It’s okay, I like chocolate too

[@purplepothos5794]

Hope it was good chocolate.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Hazelnut... Worth looking silly on the internet :P