the first week of classes 📓 literature courses, studying, & going back to campus

[@melanieventer3511]

Literally 10 seconds in and the vibes are just *chef's kiss

[@emmiereads]

👩🏻‍🍳💕

[@lilydelacour]

Am I the only one who heard this comment as if spoken by Jack Edwards? 😄😄

[@melanieventer3511]

@@lilydelacour omg I'm taking that as a massive compliment

[@am13007]

Yay she's back to school!! Good luck with everything Emma, hope you're doing alright ❤here's a virtual socially distances hug 🤗 and some flowers and sunshine for everyone! 💐☀️

[@poojadeshpande7246]

Do you know the name of her uni ???

[@am13007]

@@poojadeshpande7246 unfortunately no 😔 but it's okay I think Emma wants to keep it private!

[@poojadeshpande7246]

@@am13007 oh okay. Np!

[@hyunlixlover1947]

she is literally cuteness overloaded>-< . I love and her and her great personality :)

[@이민-h6h]

Agree 22

[@lyndseyp]

It’s 100% worth taking the laptop to apple and asking for a battery service - I just did this with my 4yo MacBook and the battery replacement was £199 ($350CAD?) which is expensive, but was wayyyyy cheaper than a new laptop!

[@charleschan2920]

Your love for literature and books is really motivational.

[@yoshiforpm]

If the Mac is an Air (I seem to recall it being so), and it’s an early 2015 model or newer, Apple will do the battery for something like $169 (at least, that’s what it was when I worked there). It’s about a five minute job on an Air. Super easy. (I was a “Genius” and “Lead Genius” for about a decade).

[@vonhammershark]

‘saw falling leaves so had to get outside’ Emma is so enduring, the cutest person ever💛

[@hannahwebster5606]

I did a coulple of modules on renaissance literature at uni. I think its fascinating to study as people percieved the world in such a different way to how we do today.

[@esthermansur3818]

For your after image issue, if he is giving lots of info on the slides that he's not explicitly saying you should see if he would be willing to email you the slides before hand for you to print out and look at during the lecture instead of up at the screen. Best of luck with your semester 💕

[@鄭淳云-y2z]

I'm going back to college this week too after a year of rest due to my heart problem. It's so nice to watch your video when I'm so anxious and excited at the same time. I totally understand your feelings and feel understood, too. Wish you a lovely semester!

[@lynncornelissen]

YES to all the new brain dumps!!! I love hearing other people’s thoughts and the way their minds work. Also the jumpsuit looks fantastic on you.

[@KerryAnnGL]

One of my fav books is written just after the renaissance in the 1670s and I recommend everyone to read it either in the original French or a translation. Les mémoires de la vie de Henriette Sylvie de Molière. Remains the funniest thing I’ve ever read.

[@jonahisjournaling]

i FEEL you with the clothes ramble, just gotta remember if it makes you feel good then who cares what everyone else may or may not think! although its hard to try to remember that just something to keep in mind :) always remember you are beautiful!

[@antidelusionalpeeps]

I've been back to university for 2 weeks now and it's been a HUGE disaster. I've skipped many classes and lectures because I was afraid to come in late or because I just couldn't wake up in the morning and I truly thought it wasn't a big deal because it was only the beginning of the semester. I haven't reviewed any class either so far... I didn't prepare myself at all to go back to school, not mentally nor physically. I've been in this altenative reality for the past two weeks, thinking "don't worry it's just the beginning of the semester" ; but now back to reality, I'm realizing I messed up big time and my attitude has gotten me into trouble. I want to be punctual, attend all my classes and lectures, be organized and studious. Watching your videos is giving me the motivation to be all that. I screwed up and I'll have to face some teachers I haven't yet seen because of all my skipping (which terrifies me) but I've decided to change and not to continue in this spiral because of you.

[@hyemiyah]

here for the mental health talk because, SAME. i missed your uni videos. hope you have a great semester ♡♡♡

[@meenyard]

your videos are truly pure comfort for me especially when i'm feeling anxious (which is most of the time lol), i'm so happy to see you so enthusiastic about school and it makes me feel a bit better about going back to uni in october! i'm more & more glad that i got to discover your channel and watch these videos. also good luck for your classes, i truly hope it all goes well

[@bekytg9393]

So wonderful to see you so happy. I honestly feel, your new home has given you life and a boost. I feel in a months time, you will be right into the swing of university again and your worries will be in the distant past.

[@desislavamilcheva4496]

I just love your videos. When I'm watching them I feel like I'm in front of you and we are talking to each other about how our days went, about books, I love the energy, it really calms my anxiety 💜

[@emmiereads]

That was the nicest comment to read I’m so glad it feels that way, it definitely feels like chatting to friends when I film too💙

[@moonstonepearl21]

Those falling leaves shots are gorgeous.

[@sewterriers1955]

It is so fun to watch you head back to school and take us with you!, I sure miss those days though 0ver 40 years ago. You inspired me to pull out my copy of More’s Utopia carefully underlined and notes in the margins. It is a 1949 edition. Truly a pleasure to be reading it again. I know you are enjoying your classes and I am so very happy for you.

[@juliaoliver2549]

Emma, I completely relate to the idea of not being able to find a class on the first day. I usually would go to campus a few days before just to get oriented. Hope the semester goes all right for you in literature. I love watching your videos to unwind or prepare for the day ahead. I'm a social work major and hope to get my bachelor's degree. I use these videos as a break. Thank you for all that you do.

[@Fromlindawithlove]

Never feel self conscious about what u wear! Uni is so big that most of the ppl u pass u won’t see again for like 2 weeks and everyone worries so much about themselves they don’t have time to worry about others. Everyone is exactly like u thinking “what if I look weird will ppl like me” that no one realizes no one cares (in the nicest way possible). Plus it’s 1 outfit of the million u will wear to school during the year. U look great all the time Emma love u lots ❤️❤️

[@Ambermarie13]

I just wanted to say I feel the exact same way about picking outfits for school! also I love doing my makeup but I always feel like I have to keep it simple for class, and then I end up dramatizing it when I get home haha

[@ezgi3987]

yesss!! keep giving us more eng lit & campus content

[@ldh1562]

this was so cozy and personal, i loved it! thank you for sharing!

[@dataam]

im so happy that you get to be back in person!! also really glad to see a canadian booktuber in ontario here on youtube, your videos are always such a delight to watch! so much happiness gained from each one

[@KMort]

The shot of the clouds was SO BEAUTIFUL 💙 And it's almost infectious how much you love university, I go back on 27.9. and I am forcing myself to be excited but am still so nervous, even though I'll 99% be back online

[@songeunrae]

Your school is so pretty! Happy back to school Emma ❤️

[@EmilyADavis-kq8el]

One thing I've noticed about being back to in-person school is people tend to dress up a bit more now than they did before. Like everything is an event! Been loving seeing everyone feeling themselves in their outfits.

[@emmiereads]

Yess!! Love it

[@Tiffany-lo6hc]

Seeing your big smile while talking about school made me so happy! I'm so proud of and excited for you! Edit: RE your difficulty with projected slide decks, you can request your own copy to view at home afterwards (usually? Or before?). That way during class you can listen and take notes on the lecture by listening, and then go over them at home on a more tolerable screen/with sunglasses/whatever and match them with the notes you took in class. P.S. have you tried screen dimmers on your phone/PC to reduce eye strain? I have them on mildly all the time, but I have them set to brighten/dim with the sun. I use f.lux for PC (yes the . is intentional) and Twilight for my Android phone - not sure about the Mac versions.

[@emmiereads]

Awe thank you💙💙 those are great ideas thank you - I do use a screen dimmer but I’ll definitely search those up too!

[@Eliina552]

@@emmiereads yes, submit an official request for printed slides. depending on uni, doctors note might be needed.

[@JessicaPawlitzki]

f.lux also works on Macbooks. On mine it's always on.

[@almostyou]

@@emmiereads Yes, requesting a printout of the lecture slide deck is a really straightforward and easy accommodation to make. It's also a common accommodation (at least in the US...I work for a psychologist who does testing specifically to help students get the accommodations they need to succeed in school). You may be able to get the accommodation informally by just talking to your professor, but there should also be an official channel through the university to request these kinds of accommodations.

[@altliza7237]

my masters programme in literature starts tomorrow and seeing this made me even more excited!

[@carolinemarshall1669]

You are amazing Emmie! Thanks for taking us with you on your journey!📚😊❤️

[@moonstonepearl21]

Yea overthinking about how people perceive you is so stressful. I hate when I'm in the mindset of worrying about that. It doesn't help that so many people are jerks. I'm glad you made the decision to wear what you want and screw what people say because that's easier said than done.

[@TheChristianna321]

Good luck in your new semester! I definitely can relate to getting lost on the first day. We had a building on campus that was practically a maze. I had classes there every semester of my 5 years at the school, but even in the last semester, I gave myself an extra 15 minutes to find a class in that building on the first day (& I needed every bit of that extra time)

[@yaneth6557]

i so related to the jumpsuit moment. love that you ended up wearing it!

[@Bookelenawriter]

congratulations on back to school!! (I'm definitely late to watching). I just moved to the uk for my masters, and honestly looking at the bus seats when you were on the campus I had a hit of nostalgia for the Canadian bus system (specifically the notoriously terrible one in my home town). Glad to see you're enjoying classes!

[@yifanzhang8522]

The sailor moon Tee is so cute!!

[@parul6658]

September skies are really beautiful 😍

[@richardsnyder8714]

Of all the book sites out there you are by far the best of them all.

[@lucostanza7523]

Watching you read for classes is motivating me to go do all the work I have for lectures next week! So happy you're back in school 💕 hope you are doing great

[@emmiereads]

Ooh I’m glad, good luck!! What are you studying? Thank you dear💕

[@lucostanza7523]

@@emmiereads I'm studying art history and theory and loving it 😍

[@mikilanders]

Yay!! I’m glad you’re getting to be in your full element again! And the blue jumpsuit is STUNNING on you!! 🍂

[@saumyavats8136]

Emma being anxious about being anxious is a whole other level relatable 😂

[@nafatza]

i started uni today and i am so excited for poetry and english history classes. also good luck everyone sending all of you lots of love

[@Cubehead27]

Glad your first week back went well! I'm also back at school and really relieved to be seeing people again but obviously shit's flying on main campus-stay safe, don't work too hard, and I hope you're doing ok ❤️

[@Fairied]

Congrats on starting uni again! Big step! You should be real proud of yourself. For the class with the projector, I would recommend you go speak to your student services department. I am sure you can work something out with them so the professor sends you the slides and you can look at them at home instead of trying to focus on them in class.

[@kateyang1223]

This is my first year of university. I major in English literature as well, and it's so nice to see you sharing your uni life. It feels like I go to school with you!!!

[@moonstonepearl21]

That campus building is so beautiful!

[@maanya__742]

Yes! I am so excited for this back to school vlog. Hope you are doing well and keeping healthy Emma. Sending you loads of love:)

[@emmiereads]

I’m so excited for the rest of them ah thank you, sending all the love back🥰

[@anaish.5256]

I just got back to uni on monday after almost a year (I had a huge burn-out in december) and I was so excited, yet so stressed, to go back there but during the past months, your channel helped me a lot and this new video too, I'm so happy to accompany you as you go back there too ❤️ I feel less alone in my struggle w/ anxiety 🥺🥺 So tysm!!! 💓

[@emmiereads]

The best wishes are being sent your way, I hope it goes so well for you💕 we’ve got this💙

[@anaish.5256]

@@emmiereads sincerely, thank you 🥺🥺

[@bizarreindividual4026]

I was pleasantly surprised when this video popped up as I have been going back and watching all y’all videos catching up and having a awesome time! I know exactly what you mean about wearing pieces that you feel like you’ll stand out in. I feel awkward every single time I wear a bowtie for some reason. I just have to pretend like I don’t have it on and walk up in there with confidence. Once I’m in everything is fine. I also get very lost. I like to go the day before to find everything. Easier said than done for me because I have a car. But yes I like to get places an hour early. Good luck with school and don’t overdo yourself

[@madelynlamm2735]

Good luck back at school, Emma! I wish I was still in school, I also LOVE university!! Can't wait to follow along with you all year. That lecture hall was BEAUTIFUL!

[@KenHidaka84]

I know you‘re struggling mentally rn because you‘ve mentioned it in the previous videos. I just wanted to tell you that when I‘m confused or depressed I‘m always turning to your videos because they give me such a homey, warm, fuzzy feeling. So thank you for making me feel better.

[@farahmohamed1852]

Your sailor moon sweatshirt is soooooo cute! 🥰

[@MilenaReads]

I’m so proud of you Emma! 🧡

[@remarkablylisa]

Reading with Emma more like studying with Emma ❤️📖📚

[@holetariat]

I also get so in my head about the outfits I wear to class and "drawing attention" to myself

[@sandramathews24]

Now I feel bit bored because I am graduated from my English language and literature degree and it makes me feel sad because I miss my friends and social life. Now I am applying for my post graduation and Better to go to my academic life. This video makes me to jumps out from mine comfort zone.All the best for everyone who are ready to begin their student life.

[@mlnguia1651]

I love the sound of your keybord

[@sophhnavarro]

Your uni building is so pretty! Also, for the after-image issue you experienced in class, try emailing your prof about it. They might be able to send you a text-only version you can print out or some alternative format to make it easier for you. I find profs are willing to work with students on accessibility concerns. Best of luck on your return to in-person classes! :)

[@euanfreeman179]

I reallylove that gold bee brooch that was with the jumpsuit. :) Uni for me is going pretty well- I only have one class, which I'm already making good progress in, and then it's just grad school stuff as usual. I just got a little haul of horror and dark academia books for spook season which I'm really excited about.

[@emmiereads]

Haha thank you! That’s amazing to hear, what class is it?? 💕

[@euanfreeman179]

@@emmiereads It's a physics lab class, on how to research and give talks and write papers. :) I'm just about done with the research part for the first 1/3 portions I think! :D

[@tanishiadhikari9474]

Wow, i come on youtube to rewatch emma’s videos and look what i found, a new one. ❤️

[@annagyorsa8100]

it just makes me a lot more excited too about school seeing you loving it so much. it is actually my last year in high school so i would really like to enjoy it without having to go back online :/

[@Zekrom190]

Good luck in your new semester! Emma

[@erika20099]

Good luck Emmie!!

[@stormmatthews686]

You know Em, I keep getting into these these haitus' from booktube and I always end up coming back to you. I'm glad to see you're getting back to uni! I've been dragging at college myself, having a hard time keeping up, but hopefully your study spirit can wear off on me. It's been a minute since I've visited your channel so I can't recall if you ever made study with me videos before but I think if you did they could be a hit. I know I could use a long distance body double to get my adhd gears going sometimes :)

[@MartinDSmith]

Hopefully all goes well with your uni!It's wonderful being on this journey with you.Give Eevee a pat on the head😁❤️

[@asiantrumbles1604]

Thank you for reminding me to finish my laundryy!

[@spiritedmai]

hi emma 💘💘💘 so excited for u to start slowly getting used to college life again! i just graduated from uni (also in english literature) so i am honestly super burned out and glad it is over but if i wasn’t i would feel soooooo motivated by these vlogs, they’re so inspiring to watch! about the mask issues, i really recommend u to use disposable ones instead of cloth ones. cloth masks are so much harder to breathe in. i have severe anxiety and disposable masks help so much with breathing exercises in public and stuff, so i really recommend it. also, your university is sooooo gorgeous??? my whole uni is atrocious compared to that one building (it isn’t pretty anyway but compared to yours it looks especially ugly 😭) anyway, really looking forward to these uni vlogs, ur excitement about academia motivates me to work hard on my own stuff too! thanks for another video and as always u look Stunninggggg and don’t be anxious to twirl around in ur pretty fits at uni because u are eating the girls up!!!! serving!!! just popping off!! have a nice week 💚

[@sharoncurran6622]

Liked Renaissance English. The Faerie Queen is interesting...a quick look at English History, importance of Elizabeth 1st would help with Shakespeare, too. I think. Good Luck for the coming year!

[@lauravicentegarcia2395]

lovely

[@holetariat]

Your videos are so creatively inspiring, as well as always inspiring me to read.

[@GP-jo8gw]

Em, the same happened to me with my laptop. Mine was from 2012 though so they stopped making the parts for it. If they really won't do a battery replacement, you could trade in your macbook and get a credit to use toward a refurbished macbook. You can find refurbished ones for ~$900 depending where you look

[@HaleyShealy15]

I didn't realize that you had a Renaissance class in a literal building from a Renaissance painting. omg it's so beautiful

[@skyhideaway]

Your uni literally looks like an antique museum!

so happy that you could come back to university!! i hope everything turns out well for you this semester ❤️

[@milaces1323]

I hope you have a wonderful semester Emma! 💕💕💕

[@emmiereads]

Thank you thank you!!

[@moonstonepearl21]

One of the toughest transitions with going back to college is getting used to all the walking again. My campus was on a hill. So. Much. Incline. Walking.

[@moonstonepearl21]

My first semester I did a test run of going to every single class beforehand and even took note of how long it would take to get to each class. I was super nervous about not being able to find the places I needed to go. After a while I stopped doing that, especially since I became more familiar with that campus and many of the buildings. However some buildings on my campus were notoriously designed in the most confusing manner possible. For example, there is this one building where for the first week you see people wondering around swearing trying to fine their class. In it you'll have something like a hallway with the 100s classrooms. Then the next hallway will be the 500s?????? There are halls in-between the halls. It's ridiculous. I remember I had to hand in my writing folder at my appointment time in my professor's office. I ended up handing it in a bit late because I couldn't find the office. I told her I was wondering around for I don't know how long trying to find her office ,and she was just like Yep. That's this building and how confused she was when they first gave her that office. There are a ton of examples of people getting lost in that building and the other super confusing ones. Maybe the person who made the floorplans was trying to prank everyone. Thank goodness all of the buildings aren't like that.

[@natalia-ps7ru]

MY QUEEN

[@GabrielLopes-dz6xr]

Ahhh, really nice, i'm happy for you! Have a good journey back, Emma! ✌🏾👏👏

[@AmandaMaria]

I’m so happy I found your channel 🤗

[@denisefreitas6727]

The most stylish girl on Campus! Your uni's campus is beautiful. Good luck with everything, darling Emma!💖🎒🌼📚

[@katerina9159]

Good luck to all of us, a new semester means a new start🤍

[@rosemeadows629]

Completely get the clothing bit Emma - I'm going back to a different uni for masters and boy o boy I've never felt more conscious of how I could come across!

[@monicagyves960]

Great work Emmie!!! I'm so glad you're back doing what you love ❤️ 💕 💗 You're right the polka dot jumpsuit does suit you!!!

[@xcrunner3291]

I love you channel Emma! I am catching up on all of your previous videos AND I just found your Lunar Library ASMR channel! I am so glad I found your content! I hope you’re well!😃

[@prachikoolwal]

I love your style!!!! 💞

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great new vlog! Love the typewriter keyboard style that I've seen around booktube..I love typewriters I miss having one lol

[@Faye_L]

I'm so happy for you!!! But yeah, fearing something good could be snatched away is something I fulllllly understand. But you're doing great. Enjoy! Ugh, after-images suck. I have visual snow syndrome, so I get that a lot. I wear sunglasses all the time, and people get used to seeing it, but I've also become a master of the eye-nap - when your sight gets too cluttered, close your eyes and let the after-images get as bright as they need to, then sort of turn on the dimmer, if that makes sense? I've found it's possible to will them to brighten or fade if I focus on them with my eyes closed. It only takes a minute, and afterwards the clutter has eased off a lot. And my eyes really appreciate the break! I don't know if that helps, but I thought I'd share. 💛

[@emmiereads]

Thank you lovely - I know what you mean! Doing that as well as blinking a ton helps with them, they are awful and I truly hope someday they go away but for now thank you for the tips!!💕

[@aditmaryadi6678]

Good luck for everyone who are starting to attend offline classes! Hoping Everything will be back to normal really really soon 🤞

[@jiozarmarkchica6777]

Nice to see you doing school stuff♥️

[@이민-h6h]

6:52 That's how I exactly make my latte at home.

[@Autumn1988]

Try seeing if anew battery can be fitted. Apple at least in the UK have to see if they can repair.

[@jimmycryz]

your university is so damn beautiful.

[@AmiAmarantaml]

You can definitely change the battery of your Mac book, but you need to know whether it’s just that or if it’s got more issues. I know certain models had a bad Bach of batteries, mine was and got it replaced for free.

[@eve8243]

I know some universities have laptops that you can check out! I know they're not always Macbook quality but they could be nice to have in between classes to do some work. Also SAME about not knowing where classes are and walking in late. I literally walked in late to my math class this semester and found out 15 minutes in that I was in the wrong class :/

[@deeadeb5763]

OMG I so agree with you about being excited about uni again! My entire in-person tutorial said a synchronous good morning to the TA (who I'm sure was horrified lol) because everyone missed uni vibes 🤣 Its so good to see you back in uni too! About the projector thing, may be you could speak to your uni's accommodations department? They ay be able to help find solutions :) just a suggestion :)

[@emmastitch9744]

I'm so happy for you Emma

[@emmiereads]

Hope they go amazing!!☺️

[@emmastitch9744]

@@emmiereads Thank you❤️

[@ashleycaralee1369]

For the Renaissance class projector problem, maybe he could email you the slideshow and you can focus more on what he’s saying in class than the screen? That might help :)

[@cathyspratling4254]

I love your school Emma, It would surely inspire me to pursue knowledge 😁❤️