everything i read in november: classics, romance & magical reads

[@luhsea]

I love that you read middle grade books. I think I sometimes feel like I have to be reading serious adult books all the time so this definitely inspires me to pick up some easier, fluffier reads too!

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

never feel ashamed of what you read! you enjoy what you enjoy, that matters more than what a snob would say about it

[@riyamishra280]

Read whatever you want to , one day I read charles Dickens and the next day I am reading books like "the little princess" . One day I read classics ,another day I am reading harry styles fanfics . It's all about the balance . Read whatever brings you joy .

[@scarletsjazz6472]

I read a thing once that said it is very important to read books that are made for younger people because oftentimes those are the books that teach important life lessons as they want to give children a ‘moral to the story’ so you keep reading those middle-grade books!!

[@trishnickles2236]

A year later, but I'm a new subscriber to Emma's wonderful channel. I agree with you; I think reading middle grade or " lighter" books keeps the mind young! Be well all. 💕 📚📚

[@bizarreindividual4026]

I think only you can literally make anyone want to read a book that you absolutely hate lol just the way you describe books is insane and I love it. You’re always describing books and making them sound so amazing and intriguing and then you’re saying how much you hate it lol

[@grrrr_mommy]

Its so nice to see that you were actually able to enjoy the month of november with your reads for most of the people (including me sobs) somehow this month ends up becoming a slump 😭

[@oOhkandykOo]

Yeess! It was such a slump month

[@cicadasinsummer]

you're definitely not alone in this lol

[@bookwormies]

Ikrr🤧🤧😭

[@bb_reads]

Omg same, I only read 6 books. :/

[@bookwormies]

@@bb_reads I read one book🥆😶

[@laurynjohnson5966]

I’ve never heard of “the 3rd act” in romances but now that I think about it… nearly 90% of the books I’ve read have that aspect.

[@adrienne4028]

I love the fact that Astrophel is a name meaning “star lover” and Stella means “star” in Italian.

[@hannicaj2000]

ive quickly recognised that you have most definitely become my comfort booktuber…. needed to subscribe to keep this comfy energy around

[@possumgirl_25]

I love Princess Academy. When I was a kid I’d spend summers sitting around at my dad’s workplace and I remember reading that book in a storage closet and having the time of my life. Such a cute book.

[@milaces1323]

November was such a great reading month for me. No idea how i did it but i managed to read 10 books. Great video as always Emma! ❤❤❤

[@balanfelicia4445]

How did u manage to read so much?!

[@milaces1323]

@@balanfelicia4445 my tv broke, maybe that explains it 😂😂😂

[@balanfelicia4445]

@@milaces1323 😂😂😂😂

[@yasmines5692]

So jealous 😫 😩

[@myrtolefk]

the haunting of hill house is one of my favourite shows of all time so I'm super intrigued by the book as well! I've heard it's not very similar but the show is so intricate and incredibly heart shattering literally one of the best stories I've ever experienced and it only makes sense that its standing on a solid base! (but i only recommend the show to people who are prepared to cry) great video as always emma✨

[@mattkean1128]

I hope you continue with Tolstoy's short stories. I just finished his Hadji Murat, one of his last I believe, and its ending really stuck with me.

[@ishanighoshal2653]

November and October were probably the best months because I got out of my reading slump and I read sooooo many books which made me so happy cause I was struggling with finishing a book during September due to exams

[@bb_reads]

That's amazing! ❤️❤️ Surprisingly it was the exact opposite for me. September was my best reading month and I somehow managed to read 40 books then, but I read only 15 in October and 6 in November. Feel in a slump. :(

[@dianne9757]

Yes! the Brown sisters series is what I go back to right now to find my happy place, it's just so light and fluffy, and the relationships are also so healthy. it's also one of the books I read as a palette cleanser after reading heavy-topic books 🥰

[@Seddighah]

I love your diversity. You read everything and recommend books in different genres. My English is not that great and I don’t understand the more heavy books so l really like it that i can still read some of the books you recommend 😊😊

[@farihazarin4202]

It's December 1st in my country and I just finished a book after being in a slump of 3 months. This video came at the right time. Can't wait for more recommendations from you 🥰

[@J_R186]

I started reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd when I saw it in one of your videos. Loved it, 5/5 stars for me. The ending was mindblowing! I then gave it to my mum and it was a 5/5 for her as well. Now I have ordered it for my grandpa for christmas. I hope he likes it.

[@nikwolf7722]

I also read The Haunting of Hill House in November and I found it so fascinating! Shirley Jackson really managed to capture the angst all the characters feel through their conversations - the more frightened they got, the sillier they tried to sound and make jokes about themselves and the house, but they always felt kinda off. As if all of the people in the house were playing some sort of false "happy person" to hide behind. I found that to be such an interesting observation of how people react when they feel uncomfortable and it made the book so much more creepy to me.

[@HJPeet]

I also detest the “third act” in romances. I’m surprised it still ranks so high for so many. I find romances so lame and eye-rolly. I just can’t do it. Chloe Brown was so hyped up i went for it despite knowing better deep down. I ended up DNF’ing, 1-star, regret, all the things.

[@M1ntt806]

Considering how many people have caught on to this trope by now and how repetitive and stale it has become in pop culture, it's surprising that writers still continue to overuse/abuse the shit out of it lol

[@ketsiamayenne8844]

@@M1ntt806 I think that it also has to do with publishers, editors and so on. The romance publishing business is very prolific, there's a formula that works very well, the 3rd act break up, it's easier to stick to that rather than to take risks

[@tabspham]

I'm so in love with your warmth and simplicity in loving books. I just. Ughhh I love your vibe.

[@sarahstager8450]

as soon as the cover popped up for Princess Academy it brought back so many memories!!! I read that book when I was a kid and while I was reading it I chewed some very smelly gum so now that book and the flavor of this gum are indelibly intertwined in my mind lol

[@skylarandrei9203]

u r like the only youtuber that sorta calms me down. like when the world gets too much for me, i just put your videos on and i feel like im being hugged. this is such a weird explanation

[@maggiefelisberto5281]

I also finished Haunting of Hill House in November. I did a Shirley Jackson fall with The Lottery and Other Stories and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Hill House was my last one, and for me, I think it was my favorite of the three

[@ri3869]

You inspired me to pick up The Phantom of the Opera and I'm so excited to read it up soon

[@jmsl910]

how do i find emmie's review of Phantom on good reads?

[@ri3869]

@@jmsl910 she has not written anything on there, she has just given it 5 stars

[@aditmaryadi6678]

Snuggling on my bed so cozy in my night time, then your upload notification popped 💙 I read 2 classics last month. And I'm going to read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman this month. Thank you Emma for your recommendation ☺️☺️

[@CatherineDoII]

What were the classics you read? 🙂 I want to read The Graveyard Book too. ✌🏻📖

[@aditmaryadi6678]

@@CatherineDoII I read modern classics such as Waiting for Godot and Camus' The Stranger 😄 Yess and I'm so excited to explore any other Neil Gaiman books!

[@CatherineDoII]

@@aditmaryadi6678 Oh, you have a good taste for books. 🙂

[@aditmaryadi6678]

@@CatherineDoII thanks! How about you? What books did you read last month?

[@shrouuuq]

I was looking for a video to watch in your channel then I saw you uploaded a new one, I’m always excited about your videos ❤️❤️

[@neverbored]

Resurrection is such an amazing book! Absolutely loved everything about it.

[@emmiereads]

ah so happy you loved it!!

[@ba-gg6jo]

That makes at least two of us!

[@lewiskwok8100]

Yes, the one and only. I can’t wait for another Emma the sleuth in Agatha Christie. My copy of Christmas Carol should be delivered this Saturday.

[@lewiskwok8100]

Emma, promise is a promise please

[@annagyorsa8100]

Awww it's so nice being able to watch you basically just talking 🥺🥰

[@lynncornelissen]

Ah a cup of tea and some Emma. My comfort after a long work day ❤️

[@Alex-pb5rf]

Princess Academy is actually a middle grade (as far as I know at least) :) Thank you for the lovely video!

[@dohabeshir9405]

emma your videos are my therapy . i always watch your videos when i'm sad or felling down thanks to the moon and back *-* i also wanna say that i'm so excited to read the christmas carol with you guts in december it will be my frist time to read a book with a bookclub

[@josephcossey1811]

From "Resurrection" to "Princess Academy" in one mighty leap! Now that's what I call steaming broccoli!

[@denisefreitas6727]

Yes, November was a great month for reading indeed. I want to thank you, Emma, for the recommendation of Snow and Rose ; i loved it! 💖

[@bookishming5771]

I would love to read Get a Life, Chloe Brown! Just the way you described the story resonated with me so much 🥺 I've been in a reading slump recently so hopefully this book about the positive things in life pulls me out of it! 😆

[@juliarosemaryturk]

"oaky afterbirth"- i deeply thank you for that reference

[@shilohpeterson5307]

Loving the closed captions of Hercule Poirot as "haircut poro"

[@aykakatibli7249]

Well, knowing what kind of life Tolstoy led I think the ending sounded pretty logical 😂

[@hhira7225]

Emma, can you make a vid on "top 10 books every middle grade schoolers should read" or like "top 10 middle grade books that everyone should read?" I would love to watch♡

[@RenPowers]

If you like 'The Haunting of Hill House' I 100% agree with Emma that you would also totally enjoy "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." It's my favorite of hers!

[@yashvidhaddha8185]

I couldn't read so much in November but I'm looking forward to December. I've currently picked up this random, not so discussed book called 'The Man Who Lost Himself' where there is like a poor man who is identical in face, physique and even the timbre of his voice to this rich man. Two chapters in and I'm sort of liking it...

[@tommyboy1090]

23:09 “oaky afterbirth” 🤣 Jim: “…what was that? 🤨”

[@Bookelenawriter]

Shannon Hale!! I love that you mention her in this (okay I know I'm like eleven days late to the party but its fine). My all-time favourite book when I was a kid, that I constantly got out of the library was her novel "Book of a Thousand Days". I was obsessed with it, and when I first got a kobo when I was around 13, it was the first thing I bought on it. I like think about this book still so much, and so I reread it a couple days ago. Like it obviously has its issues, and I think if I read it now for the first time (I was obsessed and reread it constantly between 10 and 13 and I'm now 23), I wouldn't like it as much since I'm not really into fantasy. But its just filled with so much nostalgia and happier times and worlds I wish I could write its wonderful.

[@ellag2154]

I read princess academy when I was 12 or 13 and I remember liking it a lot back then. Unlocked an old memory

[@morganecachia6501]

Another amazing video Emma, thanks for brightening my day ! I read Hill House in October and loved it ! Agree with everything you said about it ! In November I read my first Murakami book (south of the border, west of the sun) and I still don’t really know what to think of it tbh , I might try After Dark since I remember you recommended it !

[@champagne_problems5042]

yess I read the princess academy when I was ten I was OBSESSED

[@LaFou06]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is my favorite Agatha Christie book, I remember the ending was so unexpected

[@sadiejohnstonie]

Oh WOW I read Princess Academy YEARS ago and have been trying to remember the name of it for so long!!

[@MartinDSmith]

A lovely video as always Emma,but if I had on my gloves I'd give you one to the solar plexus concerning Resurrection😂.The love that exists between Nekhlyudov and Katyusha is one for the ages, despite his atrocious treatment of her.And given your super sleuth tendencies,I thought you would have run riot in the juror's room!!!❤️

[@valel1879]

Loved the video, Emma! I haven't been able to read much the past 2 months because of uni, but watching your videos helps to fill up the literaty void inside of me hahaha. Hope you're having a great day/night 💌✨📖🕯️

[@kyestrella]

i hope everyone watching has a beautiful day, and that your last month of 2021 is kind and warm!!! 🤍

[@_cultclassics]

Hi Emma, I’d like to recommend the manga Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty (Ohayou, Ibarahime) by Morino Megumi. It’s about this isolated girl and the boy who started working for her as a housekeeper. The characters are well-rounded and the romance is realistic and very wholesome. I think you’d like the story. 🌿

[@andrewglasson592]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is my favoutire Agatha Christie as well as And then There Was None. Also enjoyed reading Thus Were Their Faces and haunting of Hill House. A good film version of Haunting of Hill House is The Haunting. In November I've read Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads, Olga Tokarczuk's The Books of Jacob, Ruth Ozeki's The Book of Form and Emptiness, Sanora Babb's Whose Names Are Unknown and Karen Jennings An Island.

[@bunathan2485]

i recommend the snow child, its an easy read and I like it, based off a russian fairy tale set in alaska

[@mennatu-allahislam562]

my fav gurl is coming to make my day again^^

[@thefastestgrammarteacherwo355]

i feel you should review THE KINGS GRAMMAR

[@IzzyRain]

Thank you for going into so much detail!

[@AngelaSmith2030]

Watching this while i get ready for work 😂 maybe ill add one to my tbr list

[@emmiereads]

ooh hope you have a great day!!💙

[@AngelaSmith2030]

@@emmiereads i actually didnt lol so im making tater tots and enjoying my night with some reading 😁

[@haleyc1]

because of you i asked for over 15 books for christmas, over 10 of them being classics. pray for me as i try to get through war and peace

[@blackheartbooks]

Your voice is very comforting

[@morganecachia6501]

Another amazing video Emma, thanks for brightening my day 🥰 I read Hill House in October and loved it ! Agree with everything you said about it ! In November I read my first Murakami book (south of the border, west of the sun) and I still don’t really know what to think of it tbh 😂 I might try After Dark since I remember you recommended it !

[@Fiona_Co]

I LOVED The Princess Academy when I was younger! I might go reread it and see if it holds up for me!

[@renataluna378]

Hi Emma🌻 I know you are not a fan of short stories but considering how much you loved A hundred years of solitude, I think that you are going to love the compilation of short stories by Gabriel García Marquez:)

[@tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds]

I loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown, too!! And it's usually not my type of genre. I can't wait to read the rest of Talia Hibbert's books.

[@bb_reads]

November was my worst reading month, I was in a slump and only read 6 books. :( Glad your reading went better!

[@artistryunicorn928]

Woah! 6 books is a bad month for you!? :O That's awesome. My goal is 6 books a month and I can usually hit it but 6 or 7 is usually my limit. Though! This month I'll be reading 6 one hour short stories on top of everything else and I count each of those as 1 so that will pad my numbers XD

[@bb_reads]

@@artistryunicorn928 I usually read 10-15 on an average per month. In September I somehow read 40. :) Yay that's amazing! Good luck and happy reading. ❤️❤️

[@artistryunicorn928]

@@bb_reads That is absolutely insane XD congratulations dude!! And thank you so much! :) Happy reading to you too!

[@bb_reads]

@@artistryunicorn928 thank you! ❤️❤️

[@niks961]

just wanted to say that you motivated me to buy 100 Years of Solitude and now im in love with it

[@benmartizz8238]

Same! I've been reading it for a month and I'm enjoying everytime I spend time with it!!

[@emmiereads]

Ah amazing:’) I wanted to reread it so badly this year but don’t think I’ll be able to get around to it so I’m happy you’re enjoying it🤗

[@DyianFernandez]

Never been this early woah! This is amazing Emma ❤️

[@marywong9976]

I LOVE princess academy when i was 10 haha! Think it also had some basic feminist themes that was super informative for someone rly young

[@omarperez4478]

You've read more books this month than I have all year lol :')

[@sherlock9882]

I read princess academy when I was young! It has 3 books in the series and I was obsessed. 😂

[@juliankohan6170]

I only read Freud this November, and not because of pleasure, it was for school. Although I really like reading his work

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yes, one semester I read the library's collected Freud - a hard job but a labor of love

[@limelightentertainment4980]

I read Small Favors. Now I’m reading The Count of Monte Cristo.

[@wamyarabel1288]

Oh finally !♡

[@ba-gg6jo]

Great demolition job on Ressurection, though my take was that the tone of the whole book was to demonstrate the grinding unfairness of the Russian Legal system, hence the sense of repetition. No satisfactory ending as there never was with the system according to Tolstoy and many others.

[@hyemiyah]

i know i shouldn't be saying this, but i'm so thrilled tolstoy is going downhill because now it's finally time for dickens to shine!!!

[@margaretm526]

Well now I need to buy a pink cardigan

[@euanfreeman179]

*says absolutely nothing positive about Resurrection* "Well, I guess it still gets two stars." XD My best read of the month was Phantom of the Opera, by a pretty big margin. :) I'm glad your proselytizing convinced me to try it

[@bunathan2485]

One thought fills Immensity, I'm gonna say, a single thought can override logic and reasoning. A single thought can cloud your mind. A single way of thinking will only negatively impact you. But also one thought can free you from your binds and open up the world. The one idea that nothing is black and white or whatever can slap you in the face, and slap your beliefs in the face. idk thats what im gonna say though. Possibley completely off and you all have some magical big brain thing I didn't think about but whatever. Then again I also didn't spend too much time thinking about it. like 3 minutes give or take. so don't kill me. edit: I had another thought, yeah at 2am. to build upon the idea of that one thought, in Fahrenheit 451, it is ONE thought that flips Guy Montag on his head, i don't want to spoil anything if somehow no one read that book, but its one idea that completely changes his life. Again, One thought fills immensity.

[@coolsaili1142]

Hey Emma!! Would just love if you do a video about the gulag archipelago..... ☺️

[@jamesduggan7200]

I read that several years ago, tho I believe it was abridged as well as translated for English audiences. Especially I remember AS anecdote of a fellow inmate who believed Christ wanted (in a masochistic way) to feel pain. That idea today isn't particularly shocking yet somehow he worried it was blasphemous, as if that remained a relevant consideration in such a horrible work camp.

[@gchristopherklug]

Which class are you talking about regarding architecture? Was there a textbook? More, please.

[@kristiclaybrook6812]

Nicest Parts of Hell by Billy Ray Middleton Jr is one that surprised me in the way the title's meaning was made even more amazing after I read the book. The characters were multidimensional and it was fun to watch what they faced when an apocolypse popped up. Ray, a rockstar still in love with Roby who is now in prison was my favorite character...but Marvin also stole my heart. He's a gentle giant who is misunderstood. This book is fairly new and I'd love to see you review it!

[@chelleandpoppy6379]

I feel your rant about hating Resurrection because I just finished Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller, and I hated it! I know a lot of people love it, but the structure didn't work at all for me and it felt so obvious! I think that I'm going to give Resurrection a shot because I found out I can do an independent reading study in law school, and Resurrection and Bleak House by Dickens both sound perfect for that. I'm really curious what you'll think about Bleak House because, although I haven't read it, that was the quintessential book everyone recommended before I was starting law school. I've never heard of Resurrection, which is surprising, but also not because American law is descended from English common law Dickens would've been writing about. And as for Resurrection lacking a resolution, well unfortunately the legal system hasn't come much further in the last hundred odds years. I think it's crazy Tolstoy recognized that as early as the late 1800s.

[@oscarestrada8477]

Ten books in a month? you're a fast reader (or maybe a really dedicated one, or maybe both). I can barely finish a book a week.

[@angelmateong4039]

Emma can you make a video about literary references in Taylor Swift's folklore and evermore album?🥺

[@emmiereads]

i would be honoured to!! will definitely take a lot of planning but I'd love to do this!

[@angelmateong4039]

@@emmiereads Thank you. I'm happy to hear that🥺

[@joselocalau123]

Happy Marriage has a drama, it's on Amazon Prime lol

[@normmansor1313]

Happy to be here. Cosy as always

[@malissamoench8587]

So all of the other works by Tolstoy that you and Caroline are reading are short stories? I didn't realize his works were so heavy at the beginning of his career. What was the change in your reading schedule that was made?

[@martasgreatlibrary]

i neeed to read hill house

[@catalinal4152]

you should give Argentina another try!! "Rayuela" by Julio Cortazar is a classic, maybe you´ve already read it but it´s so good

[@jimcanedo7509]

What are your thoughts about reading a physical book versus reading on Kindle?

[@FredWonder]

Just recently found your channel and its been a joy to watch. And, as a huge Stephen King fan, I was just wondering whether you're a fan of his or not? I always find myself peeking at your library and I don't seem to find any King. So please let me know :)

[@rare9877]

DAMN NO THIS MONTH SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMPTY HOW DID YOU DO IT. I HAD MY MIDTERMS :(

[@ibrahimkoross6154]

A new video !!! ♥️

[@yongjinnkim9207]

I've read Shirley Jackson's 'The lottery'. As a person who is born and raised in far east Asia, it was quite a difficult to get the message.

[@jimmycryz]

Will there be a new book club for 2022?

[@virginiafernandes336]

someone is a tiny bit bitter because she was BAMBOOZLED by Agatha Christie..... not going to name names...... lol (just kidding)

[@emmiereads]

😂

[@lovemiley271]

I'd love to hear your comments on Normal People by Sally Roony

[@emmiereads]

ooh maybe one day I’ll get around to reading it!

[@jmsl910]

@@emmiereads worst book i read this year (sorry jack...)

[@antonellabassi3466]

Apparently, Tolstoj himself seduced a young maid in his youth. She ended up being thrown from the house and 'lost herself' :-/

[@BlackCampariBlue]

Any romance book recommendations that don't follow the overused 3rd act formula? :)

[@jmsl910]

emmie, do you always finish books? your thoughts on resurrection screamed DNF.

[@Toracube]

Inspired to get on my butt and read more.... thanks.

[@oksanaborges3300]

I get the feeling that the entire "hatred" toward Tolstoy's "Ressurection" is waaaay too exaggerated. She just could've said: "didn't like it. period" This all drama is a set up for the future live discussion (let's be honest, those are not debates) in order to keep things a lil more interesting for the viewers: oh, look! Emma absolutely hated the book that Carolyn loves! OMG