everything I read in May! | aka university controls my reading

[@leeridling]

okay but why does emma look like a princess from a fairy tale in this video 😭💕 we missed you!

[@xxzcfdxc]

Those earrings are so pretty

[@grafffuller3265]

Yeah, Marie said the same thing. You look like a princess in a fantasy story.

[@emmiereads]

Stop thank you beautiful😂💙

[@lunaginebra]

In all videos!!

[@kate559]

Yes 😭💕 she always looks extra gorgeous in this aesthetic (cattagecore or vintage clothes)

[@Sthemingway]

My favorite passage from H is for Hawk: "In two months, I think, my college job will end. In two months I will have no office, no college, no salary, no home. Everything will be different. But, I think, everything already is. When Alice dropped down the rabbit-hole into Wonderland she fell so slowly she could take things from the cupboards, and bookshelves on the walls, look curiously at the maps and pictures that passed her by. In my three years as a Cambridge Fellow there'd been lectures and libraries and college meetings, supervisions, admissions interviews, late nights of paper-writing, essay-marking, and other things soaked in Cantabrigian glamour; eating pheasant by candlelight at High Table while snow dashed itself in flurries against the leaded glass and carols were sung and the port was passed and the silver glittered upon the dark-polished refectory tables. Now, standing on a cricket pitch with a hawk on my hand, I knew I had always been falling as I moved past these things. I could reach out and touch them, pick them off their shelves and replace them, but they were not mine. Not really ever mine. Alice, falling, looked down to see where she was headed, but everything below her was darkness" (124).

[@camscornerbooks]

Thank goodness there’s a new Emma video! I’ve had horrible anxiety the last 24 hours and nothing feels the same as watching Emma and regaining some calm. 🍵

[@AhmadRohayma]

Same.

[@__loveball]

im glad im not the only one who feels this way about her videos 🌷i hope your anxiety is relieved and soothed and you feel better as soon as possible 🤗

[@madelynlamm2735]

I let out an audible sigh when I saw that you posted!! It's like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders lol. We missed you! 🥰 I LOVE THOSE EARRINGS!

[@emmiereads]

Awe so glad - missed you all💙 AND THANK YOU!!

[@Cooooookiiiieeee]

Hello emma. Your passion for literature is so contagious! I was burned out and started hated reading sometime in 2019 because of some personal issues. Now I am getting back into reading after discovering this channel. Thank you.

[@kimb884]

Those earrings are so pretty. You look adorable. Happy to hear about your May books. I’m immersed in Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s very good.

[@stellelu]

Just finished that! Loved it sm

[@frances8397]

i just got my first job ever at this creepy hotel near my home. i'm scared but i'm gonna make you proud emma, and probably read some of your hotel book recs to romanticise this experience

[@danieljette8007]

Do not be afraid of hotels. It's only in the off season that creepy things happen there. Anyway you're not Jack Torrance?

[@frances8397]

@@danieljette8007 hahahah let's hope i'm not! honestly i'm just most scared of getting my first job - if i'm gonna be able to learn fast what to do, facing criticism etc.

[@th-px3bg]

I will be finishing writing my tests in a couple of days and I will continue reading some books that I have left unfinished.Those are Catch-22,Johan Cruyff's autobiography and the first book of Papillon.Happy to have you back.

[@subtlefire7256]

I hope you'll enjoy Richard II! I'm somewhat obsessed with that play haha. The RSC version with David Tennant is also worth checking out, some scenes are available here on youtube.

[@Ellie-K.the-nerd]

IKR！that RSC version is gold ，David‘s performance is so great that I cried when Richard was killed

[@camille-ru1xb]

we always miss you so much, because you’re part of our life! but what we truly want is your happiness and well being, so take the brakes you need!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@emmiereads]

you're gonna make me tear up ! thank you beautiful

[@mialinguia]

Emma you officially have enough videos to watch one a day for a whole year🎉

[@aca_77]

Hi Emma. I just wanted to share that I lost my 11m old kitty suddenly and unexpectedly last week and I am devastated but the first thing I did was go out and buy The Dark Interval. Thank you so much for recommending such a beautiful book. You touch so many lives with your passion for reading and excellent taste.

[@Hansel783]

I'm so sorry to hear this. Absolutely sorry.

[@georgeparasol6939]

i’m so happy you’re back emma!! i hope you’ve been doing ok with the wildfires, we can smell/see smoke all the way in new york :/

[@Booksformonika]

I’m reading all the books I read in high school. I think now you understand and appreciate more .

[@aneeshajha]

Heyyy emma i suffer from lots of anxiety and watching your videos gives such comfort and peace❤ love from India💕

[@Cubehead27]

Hope you had a really great break and that you're doing well, glad you're back 🥰 Speaking of Shakespeare I just did a re-"read" of Macbeth the other day by following along to the Joel Coen A24 film of it, which I would definitely highly recommend to those that haven't seen it (I want more people to approach filmmaking like that it's really cool)

[@ReadingNymph]

A book that was written... a feel thats a unique burn and I now want to use it 😅

[@teresaferrer1818]

Omg I ADORE your earrings! I wish I managed to read as much as you do hahahah, I only managed to read one and a half books (Absolutely on music by Murakami and Ozawa, and half of the 2nd Game of Thrones book, both brilliant!), uni is sooo time consuming... Anyways, love your videos, so glad that you're back! 🥰✨

[@iamperfectlight1978]

Yay! Emma video!! You are the essence of calm and serotonin. You were missed, but I'm so happy you took some time for you and yours. Even work you love needs a break sometimes. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, welcome back. Ps: those earrings are everything.

[@Maya-11146]

Yeeeey another video!!!! Im sooooo excited 😃. Nothing better than a video from stunning Emma😊 x

[@farandaway123]

Literally just found you yesterday and I've already watched dozens of your videos. I've been having a reading renaissance in my life and your videos have been inspiring me

[@sophhnavarro]

Among my favourite reads in May were Words of Radiance, Not All Boys Are Blue, Witch Hat Atelier (which I think is right up your alley btw :3 ), The Hierarchies, and Our Wives Under the Sea.

[@pendragon2012]

Hey Emma! Glad to see you--been thinking of you. Across the lake here we're getting the smoke. Hope and your loved ones are far away from the fires. Be well!

[@joychalaby]

Emma, your videos always bring a smile to my face! They are so calming and make me want to go straight away and read so badly. Missed you online, but hope you had a good month and are getting good rest even as you are studying ❤

[@andioopsie]

Hiii Emma I loooove your videos !! You’re such an inspiration to me, all of us!! Bisou from Paris ❤️😽

[@maudslagter5559]

30 seconds omg, love your videos btw! you have such a calm and comforting vibe, i wish we could be friends. i hope your having a great day!!

[@emmiereads]

Awe thank you lovely, hope you’re having the best week!

[@rachaeldiviney712]

On the corridors topic, there's a short clip in Safia Nygards video about staying in all the Vegas Strip hotels (she has a series about hotels you might like) where they get horrible vertigo and dred from the corridor. They meet other guests who have the same trips feeling. Also there are tons of urban explorer KZbin channels that explore dead malls

[@MariaAlice-kr2uf]

You should write a great book about cats Emma. And Calcifer as your inspiration . I'm sure it could be a great start as a book writer.

[@mackenzie9669]

Your earrings and shirt are so cute!!! I love your videos; they're so calming!

[@alep5561]

i found your channel like two weeks ago and i think ive gone through two years worth of videos during those weeks im now in love with your channel

[@clairerenee7893]

i missed your videos so much!! i hope you’re doing better!

[@pcronin32]

A reference on the eyes of animals for your essay, in case you haven't heard it before. It is from Aldo Leopold after he shoots a wolf. 'We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view.'

[@mariacamellabarruela3404]

soooo happy u have a new video!!! made my day special!😍🫶🏻

[@alinearmond]

There is a very famous soap opera in Brazil that is a retelling of The tamming of the schrew and I had no idea hahaha actually found out from listening to you explaining the plot, when I thought “that is o cravo e a rosa” haha

[@aelissa39]

I’m on a personal mission to go through Shakespeare, and I’m using your reading timeline as a guideline 😄 Been enjoying Julius Caesar, surprisingly easier than Othello!

[@leahslibrary11]

EMMA how dare you you look so beautiful you took my breath away 🌼📚

[@rosabutcher5092]

Hi Emma 😊 the T. H White Goshawk I think you would like better, weirdly. It is way more sympathetic to the hawk’s viewpoint and despite his bumbling efforts I think he has a real sense of the hawk as a wild, free, untameable creature in its own right with its own point of view, as applied to an animal that’s just there for humans to tame and domesticate for their own purposes. It’s actually really worth reading. Also your hair looks really nice X

[@fiddleleaffiction]

She’s baaaaaaack 💛💛💛

[@bellppa411]

those butterfly earrings 😍

[@bellppa411]

where are they from? 🥹

[@ritabilal2531]

Missed you 💕

[@emmiereads]

missed you guys!!!🌼

[@Blondie101010100]

Great to see you back, Emma. Best of luck with your school work. 💕

[@emmiereads]

Thank you!! 😊

[@isabelmariamoorealonso666]

Glad to have you back💕💕💕 I love the Romeo and Juliet 1968 adaption, the music is so beautiful fitting the language perfectly

[@lunaginebra]

Ahhh I’m so happy to be watching new videos from you, Emma! I hope you get to read what you want very soon and I’m also so happy that you got your new chair! ❤ loved the video as always!

[@isabellehall9217]

Fantasy recommendation: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart. I'm reading it rn and I love it

[@MrD5914]

FYI H is for Hawk currently going for $1.99 on Kindle if anyone is interested!

[@marjoriedybec3450]

In May, I re-read "Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton (1921 Pulitzer winner), then read "Trust" by Hernan Diaz (2023 Pulitzer co-winner), then "Saving Italy" by Robert Edsel, a non-fiction book about the monument men who tried to save the architecture and art in Italy during WWII.

[@emmalambrecht4000]

So good to see you ! ❤ Right there with you with the overwhelming school work, may the force me with you 💪

[@mumoftwoboysjoshjames4100]

Interesting fact.. Shakespeare died on the same day he was born, 23rd April (St George’s day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) Which is also my birthday 🤪 I just thought i’d to put that out there 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🙈

[@isabellehall9217]

Heyy Emma! So happy to see you! Hope you're well. I'm gonna watch the video after I finish studying 💓

[@kiranreader]

the corridors book sounds amazing!!

[@soph3373]

hi emma! so nice to have you back :)

[@emmiereads]

Awe hi! So nice to be back🙃

[@meerlesen3350]

I‘m so happy that you’re back, i missed you videos so much! ❤

[@blackheartbooks]

The butterfly earring is so pretty

[@milaces1323]

I only read three books in May, trying not to compare but i do feel like a slacker 😂 Missed your videos! Ps: Cesar Aira's last name is pronounced with an A like in apple and the I sounds like the letter E in the word 'see'.

[@emmiereads]

3 is amazing!!!! What were they? And thank you so much for letting me know!

[@milaces1323]

@@emmiereads I've been in a non-fiction mood so i read Illness as methaphor by Susan Sontag, Kitchen confidential by Anthony Bourdain (amazing! 5 stars) and Empire of pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. You're welcome! 😊

[@grafffuller3265]

The following books I read in May of 2023. I mostly read Fantasy, Science Fiction and Thrillers. I hope that you may be swayed by one or two of these books...and want to read them for yourself (time perimitting). If you've read any of them...would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks, ahead of time. I read the first book in this series at the end of April. It had been recommended to me by a friend. Funny thing, I had owned the trilogy for years...not remembering that I had already bought it. 01 -👍🏻Lindsay Buroker - 02 Dark Currents - 4.25 Stars 02 -👍🏻Lindsay Buroker - 2.5 The Assassin’s Curse - 5 Stars 03 -👍🏻Lindsay Buroker - 0.0 Shadows Over Innocence - 4.5 Stars 04 -👍🏻Lindsay Buroker - 03 Deadly Games - 4 Stars - this series is Steampunk Fantasy with an "enemies to lovers" trope, but really a slow burn romance that is really done well. The characters are well written and it is by an Indie Author that I want to support. There are seven books in the main series, but as you can see...there are prequels and interludes within the series that build upon each of the characters. Really enjoying my time in this world. The following book and its predecessor (whcih I read in April) were given to me by the author for an honest review. 05 -👍🏻Shelly Campbell - 02 Voice of the Banished [The Marked Man duology] - 4.5 Stars - This series is stone age fantasy, fairly bleak (like Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, but in a Fantasy genre) and really interesting. Made some choices that I hadn't expected...which went to areas in the story that was great to explore. The second book really built on itself and was actually better than the first book. I recommend it. Some of my friends never got past the first book, unfortunately. I started reading this series, called Will Trent after the titular character. Then, the TV series came out and I usually enjoy adaptations and the choices that are made between the different mediums. Where as in the Reacher TV series and the Joe Pickett TV series, where they explored a book as season, this series has mashed 4-5 books within one season, making the books SO much more enjoyable, and making the TV series lose a lot of the charm (and the thriller/horror vibes in the adaptation...unfortunately. Love the books a LOT better...though the actor playing Will Trent is amazing in his choices. 06 -👍🏻Karin Slaughter - 05 Fallen - 4.75 Stars - I was first introduced to this character, Will Trent, in a crossover short story collection that had famous characters interacting with other author's famous characters. It gave me an insight into other author's works...expanding my love of the Thriller genre. Funny enough, I thought I had already finished this book, but I started this novella, and got distracted by a LOT of other books...and looked back on this book (thinking that I had finished it) and saw that I hadn't. Loved it. Just don't know why I set it down. So good. 07 -👍🏻Brandon Sanderson - Dawnshard - 4.5 Stars - I've read all the Cosmere books at least once (except for the latest book that has been published - The Lost Metal (Mistborn, Era 2), so any book in this overall series is always a blessing. Love it. I continue to pick up William Gibson books, hoping to rekindle the fire I had in reading his first book, but unfortunately...all these books later...I just don't like the way he writes anymore. In the Peripheral book/series, I truly believe the adaption waa done LOADS better than the way the author did it (sadly). He has amazing ideas, but he muddy's the story with nonsense (IMO). 08 -👍🏻William Gibson - 02 Spook Country - 3.75 Stars 09 -👍🏻William Gibson - 03 Zero History - 4 Stars - glad that I finished another of his trilogies. I may reread it, but it all depends. Sometimes I find that a second read allows me to see the story, and enjoy his process better...knowing the overall journey...so that the specifics mean more...as I read it again. This may be a ME problem. A friend recommened this NINE book series for me to read, especially since I love Star Trek. I'm really glad that I did. I love The Original Series (TOS) era which is based on the 1966-69 TV series that spawned the Star Trek universe by Gene Roddenberry. This book/series takes place in the middle of Season 1 of the TOS TV series...and is really well developed (so far). 10 -👍🏻David Mack - Star Trek: Vanguard 01 Harbinger - 4.25 Stars Going back to an old stapple of fun, plus Season 2 of Reacher on AmazonPrime is approaching...which will be based on this book...and I wanted to reacquaint myself with the source material...before watching the series. Some like doing it the other way, but for me...I gain more enjoyment with the choices that are made by the director, cinematographer, the writers and the actors...than seing their version (first), then reading the source material. That is a choice that I make. BTW, I've read all twenty-seven novels in this series and a few of them multiple times. One of my favourites. 11 -👍🏻Lee Child - Reacher 11 Bad Luck and Trouble - 4 Stars I've read from this author in the past, and enjoyed her work. I love Science Fiction stories that are done in non-linear storytelling, plus allow the reader/the main character to learn at pretty much the same pace. This book does this VERY well, imo. 12 -👍🏻Mur Lafferty - Station Eternity - 4 Stars Being a HUGE Star Wars fan, and reading over 70 Disney Canon novels...this book was hyped big, and it did NOT disappoint. So good. the author is very good, and has a unique style of writing. Her personal interests are poisons and how people die... and it is used really well in this story. 13 -👍🏻Lydia Kang - Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm - 4.5 Stars My wife and I have been enjoying your Vlogs and your videos on your personal book reading and your reading for UNI. We haven't read any (or rarely any) of these books...which is fun to hear your thoughts on them...and in the future we may read some of them. Thank you for your cogent thoughts and the sharing of your time. Have a wonderful day.

[@rosej5424]

Off topic but those earrings are absolutely beautiful!!

[@lindsaykerr4890]

obsessed with your earings

[@johnsailorsgoat]

I’m reading the poetry of Robert Frost and loving it!

[@anastasiamalikova]

I finished BK, stranger/outsider, convenience store woman, coraline, matilda, alice in wonderland, franny and zooey in May! And I'm almost done with neon gods. If anyone has any similar recommendations, let me know! I recently started the Idiot by Dostoevsky, and I love it so far! As always, love your videos! You're my main inspiration to read more!

[@yacrupni]

This is inspiring me to pick up Shakespeare!!! Always grateful for your videos

[@mikeyoung9810]

So cute. I just love watching you perform and talk. "UnPutDownable".

[@TheUnwantonLife]

Emma I missed youuuu yayyy

[@illmatic7752]

Hey Emmie, if you'd like to read more Aria. It has been published entirely under the name 'Aria the Masterpiece' Should be really easy to find in Canada as I can buy all volumes in Europe quite easily and you guys usually have a more accessible manga market

[@gilllee625]

Jack Halberstam discusses H is for Hawk in her book Wild Things: the Disorder of Desire. There are some interesting ideas. It might be helpful if you are going to write an essay about it.😁

[@penultimateh766]

I would really suggest you try to see some of these Shakespeare works performed live, that is the way they're intended to be.

[@vanilla00fluff]

Hope you are staying safe amidst all the smoke

[@denisefreitas6727]

Emma, it happened the same with me about Romeo and Juliet: i didn't like it when i read it for the first time, but now i really love it! Girl, i love your earrings and your blouse! You look lovely! 💖

[@marybria1229]

Hi Emma! My fave Shakespeare play is King Lear. Want to read Julius Ceasar, upon your recommendation, this summer.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

I loooove your earrings and that outfit, Emma! 😍

[@myrtolefk]

Yessss! So excited to watch this I missed your videos✨️

[@bethdavies5715]

I missed your content so much!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@masoomabatool314]

The tamming of the shrew apparently has the same storyline as my favourite rom-com 10 things I hate about you and I'm thrilled to know that

[@jocelynstokes7223]

I think it's a retelling! The sisters Bianca and Kat have the same names in the movie, I noticed that too!

[@my_19th_personality]

3 minutes in and i am already convinced that i have to re-read romeo and juliet asap💞

[@nicolel8704]

i read a night sky with exit wounds and normal people! not many books, but it was an enjoyable reading month nonetheless!

[@jasminejefferson6630]

Oh my god her earrings ❤️❤️❤️❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@kaygreig656]

While a villainous Richard III depicted in Shakespeare made for great theater, it is not necessarily historically accurate. Read Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time as a very enjoyable easy read rebuttal. Also the recent movie The Lost King is the fascinating true life story of finding the body of Richard III under a modern day car park in Leicester, England.

[@mariyajaveedkhan159]

Finally!! After 13 days!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@AdrianasWonderland]

i would love to read more Shakespeare, I read only Romeo and Juliet years ago but I think it wasnt the right tham back then

[@allielilia3794]

omg the earrings

[@idalisreads4444]

The fact that I never knew 10 Things I Hate about You is based on the Taming of the Shrew lolll

[@stellelu]

I love your earrings!! Thanks for the vid :)

[@mattkean1128]

I really enjoyed Aira's An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter. And it's a very fast read.

[@jueviolegrace7428]

my book queen!!!

[@gracehughes7617]

so glad you're back!! where are your gorgeous earrings from? 🦋💫

[@Tetsujin-28]

This is such a great channel. Upbeat, informative and enjoyable. The Woman In The Purple Skirt: Yellow Cardigan follows TWITPS 24hrs a day so I thought we'd get a "Fight Club" moment.

[@mcmoon_]

aaaa emma. please read death in venice. i didn't like it...i thought it had a good idea but the execution made the reading boring. i get why it is such an important book, all the themes that it covers, all the background, all that stuff... but god, it felt like i read 1000 pages... just imaging the setting of the hotel and the outside in venice makes it very interesting and enjoyable but i believe the writing style was not for me... it may be also the translation, i read it in my first language, spanish.... anyway, i really would like to hear soon about it, and i believe that for your tesis it might be interesting to include in your hotel related stories. please read it, i really like to hear a review from you c: sending luv from Colombia~~

[@siirimirjamii.]

Emma you're looking gorgeous

[@emmiereads]

Oh thank you!!🙃

[@sdfkfhfjg]

oh i love those pants that you're wearing at 13:04 they look cool

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

For juxtaposition for Richard III you might try The Daughter Of Time by Josephine Tey, it is very interesting, it gives the other side of the argument that Richard was not evil, and was scapegoat. It was written by a one of the great mystery writers of the Golden Age, so you keep flipping the pages and stars her detective, who hurt his back and leg badly chasing a criminal and is bored out of his head with nothing to do. A friend brings a bunch of pictures for him to look at to cheer him up, (As a detective he is known to be an expert at reading faces,) And one of them was Richard. Which set him off on a reading quest to find out more about him because to the detective his face is not hiding an evil man. It is fascinating and fun.

[@canopicfemme]

there's a manga inspired by Richard III called Requiem of the Rose King that you might like!

[@jinuelzymon]

AAAAAAAAA WE MISSED YOU EMMA! 😭

[@veniceicesea]

you are so beautiful! 🩷

[@moonstonepearl21]

Your earrings are gorgeous

[@rowanjoy419]

Emmie Yesterday was my Birthday, I love june, I like to have born in june.

[@mendbayarj.8992]

Love from Mongolia ❤️

[@emmaopaline]

Love from France ❤❤

[@emmiereads]

💙💙💙

[@hannahdaisy6905]

Shakespeares Richard III could only loosely be called history!

[@GlaauAguiar]

taming of the shrew is so underrated

[@rachelchoong8348]

I need to know where you got those earring! They are so pretty!

[@santiagoaner433]

I hope the bad experience doesn't put you off Argentinian literature (or even Aira's, he has a lot of different books). Though I saw on Goodreads that you're reading The Motorcycle Diaries, so I guess that counts as Argentinian lit 😅 Great video as always, Emmie!