haul some books with me | thrifted books & classics

from orange cats making the treacherous trek to cat hell, to books made for giants to hold, to more wintry finds, apparently we have it all today!
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[@klaudiabryl1110]

I cracked up when I saw the ridiculous size of The Stranger's edition 😂 the book is so good though, I hope you'll enjoy it!

[@kurtfox4944]

Maybe Camus wanted it that way! Too funny. as strange as that sounds, I think you are right. OMG, when you opened it up, I thought of a carnival / circus tent. LOL !

[@sportyprincessxo]

how is it so big 😂😂

[@mymindfullife7554]

Classic book in magazine style. 😆 😂

[@p0litical]

I kind of love it honestly! I wouldn’t even mind taking it out of the house 😂

[@danieljette8007]

We had to read The Stranger in High School. We had two hours to do that and believe it or not, some were never able to finish this short novel. Moreover, one of my classmate was grimacing. Reading was pure torture for him. You can only imagine the kind of school I was in.

[@c_r_i_ss_y]

That edition of The Stranger is as big as my hopes of coffee solving all of my problems. Enjoy the books Emma, they sound delightful!

[@readiculousreads4164]

If I could give you an award for how relatable and clever this comment is, I would. An emoji is the best I can do though. Bravo! 🏆

[@bayinthebooks4286]

I’m so happy you posted today. Yesterday was so rough for me. I found out a friend of mine died and this is the perfect distraction. Thank you Emma ❤

[@vulee100]

i know it dosen't mean much but sorry for your loss..

[@Bloomingsnowyflower0101]

My condolences 🙏 I hope you can find some enjoyable, mind- numbing distractions ❤

[@denisefreitas6727]

Sorry for your loss.

[@haleli9847]

sorry for your loss

[@victoriah.2083]

So sorry for yr loss. Thank you for sharing. I understand what yr going through. Wish I could meet you at a coffee shop somewhere, I could give you a hug, a shoulder to cry on and a hot cuppa. But this is the next best thing, I suppose. ❤

[@kaylag9579]

The Encyclopedia of Fairies should be read in Winter. I read it a couple of weeks ago and I wish I knew it was a winter book.

[@anisa2273]

thanks cuz I also got it and want to read it but when the season is right!

[@mk2939]

Same here, thanks for sharing

[@NatalyaVins-blueflower775]

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia is definitely more of a winter book.

[@zyrahdimalanta5115]

i love your videos for sooo long! the vibess are always immaculate. love from philippines 📚🖤

[@staygoldponyboy8881]

At least your copy of The Stranger had words. I ordered a copy of In Cold Blood and they sent me a notebook with In Cold Blood written on the front😕

[@gabooshi]

Yes to going book shopping in the summer despite having so many unread books on my shelf 😭🙏

[@Hansel783]

Me too!

[@miffieyy]

You forgot one thing despite being broke we're still going to book shopping this summer 😭😭

[@thomaslecky5301]

“Buying books and reading books are two entirely different hobbies” - Jack Edwards

[@car5522]

The way I burst into laughter when I saw you hold up The Stranger!

[@JJsims5504]

Is Tailchaser's Song the orpheus myth but cats? IS IT THE ORPHEUS MYTH BUT CATS? Truly incredible!

[@LMeier-xs1lt]

I'm always so happy when I see that you've posted. My most recently acquired book is a really cook version of Rilke's Book of Hours from 1918. Your love of Rilke got me into his writing and I was so exited when I found it

[@mahnibooth6833]

Hi Emmie, I recently had some bum book buys off Amazon and only realised when they arrived that they weren’t official copies of the books, but rather people re-printing them for self profit. Based on the edition of The Stranger you received, that could also be the same situation? You can always check when purchasing the book off Amazon who the publisher is to make sure you receive a true copy of the book. The books I tried to buy were Death of A Salesman and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies 😢❤

[@hyemiyah]

crying at how huge your copy of the stranger is. the last book i bought was infinite jest ❤

[@patriciatandoc1816]

lost it when she held up the copy of the stranger. i was genuinely laughing the whole time she was holding it hahahahahah

[@REMITHEREADER]

My most recently acquired book was the Oxford University Press' edition of War and peace and I got it because of you, I recieved it today and I'm super excited to dive into it 😍

[@pendragon2012]

Needed this joy today! Thanks, Emma! My most recently acquired book was "The Dark Wind" by Tony Hillerman. Happy early birthday, Emma!

[@outi3852]

My most recently acquired book is This Is How You Lose the Time War, started reading it right away and am loving it 😍

[@SarahAtHeart]

Wintersong is also a retelling of the film The Labyrinth. And Emily Wilde is a wintry read. Hope you enjoy both!

[@LadyEvalle]

YES! I came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned Labyrinth!!! Like, me and my sis were literally like "That Is Labyrinth!!" LOL. I am sooooo getting the audio book soon.

[@myrtolefk]

I've wanted to read Juliet Marillier for such a long time and Dreamer's pool sounds so good! Also this video came at a dangerous time for me because I'm going to a book fair in my city later today and ive already gotten too many books recently 😂 and this is making me very inspired to get more books 📚 ✨️

[@danielanorambuenadiaz9183]

That book is enormous 😂😂😂😂 I love the art style of the cat book!!!! They don’t do covers like that anymore 🥹

[@denisefreitas6727]

Emma, i fell in love with "Tailchaser's song"! Cutest cover! Love Juliet Marilier too! The thrifted books look all amazing! 💖📚

[@danielavaldes3301]

I'm reading Klara and the Sun. I'm really enjoying it. I don't know much about the story yet... but the pace is amazing.

[@tine272]

klara and the sun was soo good 😢 i still think about it every now and then

[@brittanyallemanayers3447]

My most recently acquired book is The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

[@Cubehead27]

I got the same copy of The Stranger and quickly decided to unload it on a little free library 😆 thought the book was fantastic though My most recently acquired books were The Name of the Rose and The Turn of the Screw (the latter of which I started a couple days ago and am quite enjoying)

[@syaikhahafaniy7543]

omg early and just wanna let you know that I read grendel because of you and that book basically changed me, ily and I love your taste

[@oliversolar3504]

whenever crappy things happen in life i can always count on emmie picking me up

[@1973rochester]

I, honestly, laughed so loud when I saw the size of “The Stranger” book. But, I hope you enjoy reading it since it’s an excellent novel. And the latest book I bought is “Understanding Philip K Dick” which is part of the Understanding Contemporary American Literature series.

[@duyguacar2504]

My last purchase was Kairos by Erpenbek, a tale of time being by ruth ozeki, old man and the sea, farther away by franzen and two books of amin maalouf. It is always a pleasure to listen to your talking about books.❤

[@gretab211]

My most recently acquired books are some beautiful, old, thrifted German editions of `Letters to a Young Poet´ and `Collected Poems´ both by Rilke. You got me so excited to read them soon☺🥰

[@casual-books]

Most recently acquired book is, Mona by Pola Oloixarac . Hope to read it this month !

[@jasminesmith6361]

Omg I hope you love Wintersong!!! It was one of my absolute favorite books back when it first came out 🥰 I hadn't read very many "strange" books at the time, and it is one of the books that sent me on my strange book journey lol

[@Booksformonika]

You got me into reading classics 😊

[@jahnavi_reads]

i spilled my coffee the moment you show the copy of the stranger🤣🤣

[@milan_915]

my most recent book buys were billy summers by stephen king and the first 2 hunter x hunter books. i also really wanted to say that i love how much you adore the snow. i love the winter and everything about it, but i live in louisiana so i’ve never seen real snow. seeing how much you love it though has made me want to buy as many books about snow and ice as humanly possible and learn as much as i can. i am also quite envious of your canadian winters as the winters down south are slightly cooler than summers and still equally as humid. sweater weather does not exist and the heat is agonizing.

[@leilanibaby3975]

I pre ordered the new Elizabeth Acevedo book family lore. I'm beyond excited for it. 😍

[@oak_leaf]

My most recent purchase is Fairy Tale by King. For my husband, but who knows - maybe I'll read this too

[@camc1838]

The size of the book is amazing😂 That gave me a much-needed laughter today

[@victoriah.2083]

Dreamer's Pool. I am ready to move into the neighborwood. And the Tail Chaser book! 😲 ❤ Thanks Em, for another banger book haul.

[@lightscamerasashley.]

I am always so proud when I find a good thrifted book.. like fate played its part ☺ some great pick ups in this one! love & appreciate your videos, emmie 💞

[@camscornerbooks]

Happy Emma vid ❤❤❤ Love seeing the books you pickup for yourself. I have taken so many recommendations from you.

[@Harmosaurus]

Cam!! Reading all quiet on the western front, saving your vid review for later. I'll let you know what I think :)

[@camscornerbooks]

@@Harmosaurus 🥰 I hope you love it! It was so surprising to me how much it moved me. Probably my biggest surprise of the year for when I do the mid-year freak out vid

[@KellyAK]

Most recently acquired book is Family Business by Jonathan Sims, bought in a kindle sale and going onto my autumn/horror tbr. My most recent physical book purchase was actually One Hundred Years of Solitude, I found it in a charity shop for £1.99 and had to buy it because you've talked about it so much! Planning on reading it this month 😊

[@alloriginalgirl13]

Happy Wednesday Emma! Thank you for another great book haul :D

[@sarratebib2386]

i love you thank you for existing

[@jassymayreads]

Yay! I’m so excited you have ‘Ice’ I’ve been waiting to hear your thoughts on it so I can’t wait!

[@noraliu6442]

Hi Emma! Super happy to see a new video today and I immediately bought the legend and lattes. I just finished The Magician by Colm Toibin and i highly recommend it

[@Tolstoy111]

That Stranger edition looks like self published. Measure For Measure is fantastic!

[@lunaginebra]

My most recently acquired book is Beauty is a wound! Which I bought because of your video!! I absolutely enjoyed the video, Emmie! I was wondering, since you love books about cats, if you’ve ever heard the book series Warriors and if you would read them haha they look kinda funny and there are a lot of books on the series but I think it could be fun for you to give it a try just for fun. Also I love every recommendation you give us about ice, snow and winter! That’s one of my favorite book topics too! ❤❤

[@GizaDee]

You might have done this already but I'd love a video about your favorite books based on the seasons! I don't know many winter books and you seem very passionate about them so I bet you'd have great recommendations! Also, my most recently acquired book is The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin.

[@carsick518]

Most recently acquired books for me are Parable of the Sower and the Kurt Vonnegut Encyclopedia that my partner found at the thrift for me

[@libbykerns2963]

i just got a gorgeous copy of Til We Have Faces and i’m so tempted to reread! also you might have just convinced me to pick Hamlet up again hehe

[@alexandravalentina4854]

What a gorgeous book!! I love it!!

[@vickymaldonado7761]

Love love LOVE used books, they give me the coziest vibes!!! Last acquired book for me is Anna Karenina! Can't wait to anotate the hell out of it.

[@hemera.r]

I actually just bought Winter In Sokcho because I´ve been wanting to read it for so long and then your review was also so good so...

[@aejlindvall]

Can't wait for you too read Ice - such a fascinating book and author!!

[@DustfeatherOfFire]

What a beautiful copy of Tailchaser's Song! I've actually got a second-hand copy of this book on order at the moment

[@russellmagee8300]

that copy of The Stranger is ABSURD

[@riddhikolapkar678]

I'm not sure people know this but Tailchaser's Song is Tad William's debut novel. William is the author of The Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy and one of the pioneers of modern epic fantasy. He is highly underappreciated and I hope you read more of his works.

[@Maya-11146]

My day just got better!😊

[@Tanya_LitLife]

The Grace of Wild Things is (so far) the best book of the year for me. I hope you love it, too!

[@chuucake]

hii emma! i missed you so much ♡

[@captainbaekho]

i really recommend kenny's bookshop from ireland if you are a widow/er of book depository. they have new and used books very cheap. i have bought 5 books already and everything is great.

[@rchlfth_reads]

Would love to hear your thoughts about Klara and The Sun. It didn't have that much impact on me but for some reason, it's one of my fave books. The feels it gave when I read it was something

[@TheUnwantonLife]

the most recent book I bought is Demon Copperhead. I got it specifically to read after I'm done reading David Copperfield. I have about 70 pages left!!

[@cuorehoon]

20:31 the latest books i got were 'the sun also rises' by hemingway (a '66 edition i randomly found in a used bookstore), 'il fu mattia pascal' (an italian classic), 'kitchen' and 'of mice and men' ! also omg, i have the same edition of 'the stranger' and i bought it on amazon too !! thankfully mine is a normal size tho 😭 hope you like it, i personally loved it

[@chaptercarys]

I had the same experience with the Legends & Lattes audiobook. Interesting to hear that you are enjoying the physical book though - maybe I will pick that up instead!

[@goddessnix444]

most recently bought a beautiful edition of the brothers grimm's complete fairy tales. it has gilded edges and it's just stunning. very happy.

[@Marcela.Isabel]

My stranger book is the baby version of yours but same cover. That crack me up. I end up reading Camus in the middle of getting emotionally involved with Dostoevsky’s writing style, thinking maybe it will be a good break from all the Karamazovs but man Meursault was something else. After finishing the Stranger (sorry Dostoevsky, almost done with it) I had to get Camu’s A Happy Death. Pretty stoked about it.

[@Rizahawkstang]

I cannot believe that copy of the Stranger 😂 At first I thought it may have been a large print edition but it doesn’t seem like it is. The most recent books I bought were manga. I’ve been collecting the Fullmetal editions of Fullmetal Alchemist and just bought volumes 5 and 6.

[@user-ob4wz5yx9t]

A thesis possibility for a snow-centered work is James Joyce’s “The Dead”- Best of luck with your writing!

[@nissasbookcorner]

my most recently acquired book is this random arc i found in one of those little free libraries called Toil and Trouble by Augusten Burroughs. supposedly about witches and stuff so sounds fun!

[@Georgina_d]

Most of my books are thrifted like this Monday I brought 6 for £1.50. I’ve read two this week already (never let me go and Brideshead revisited). The quality’s really good, most of them seem like they’ve not even been read before

[@zzyzxzzyzx]

Whoa that's a STEAL. My library sometimes does 10 paperbacks for $1 but it's rare to find 10 good books lol

[@yuliavmp]

I just thrifted Watership Down and A Dowry of Blood and I'm so looking toward your opinion of Klara and the Sun since it's a book that had me really conflicted on it's rating lol

[@romywolfofficial]

You always make me want to buy more books. (My bookshelf is slightly panicking as it hears this.) My most recent book purchase is A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara which will probably break me. 😅

[@Geet99]

You have my full support emotionally

[@romywolfofficial]

@@Geet99 I'll probably need it. Thank you 😬😊

[@temimajek2706]

I’m actually reading klara and the sun now and I’m really enjoying it. Ironically I also found a brand new copy at the thrift store 😂

[@myrtolefk]

Oh and my most recently acquired book I got is called Paradise Circus by Sraosha and i have no idea what it is or what it's about but i got it from a local bookshop that apparently also is a publisher and it looked interesting so I got it!

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

That edition of The Stranger is the size of a children's picture book! The last three books I bought were The Lincoln House by Nancy Horan, To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, and one inspired by you was A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man & Dubliners by James Joyce. I already have Ulysses and have attempted to read it, but maybe I need to start with something less challenging.

[@user-fv5bo4ho7v]

your videos are so therapeutic emma ❤‍🩹❤‍🩹

[@shroomylala]

Since you like the big Folger editions Amazon thought you’d like the giant Camus. 😂 I’m actually digging it. I think it would look great on my coffee table. 😅

[@Geet99]

Emma wearing two clips is just like me trying to hold my life together 😊

[@ParadoxKismet]

I had no idea The Stranger came in magazine size. Crazy......... 😂. I will be waiting for your opinion of Tailchaser's Song. I'm currently reading the Dragonbone Chair by the same author. Ice has been on my radar for awhile. I really enjoyed Klara and the Sun. My most recently acquired book is The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins - even though I haven't read the first book yet 🙃. Thanks for sharing, Emma!

[@RachelHaraburda]

most recently acquired book: The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer. I was recently in Canada and had to had to HAD TO get the Canadian edition because its so much prettier than the US one. I'm in the middle of other books but picked this on up immediately and I'm really enjoying it. A great "lost in your 20's" book even though the protagonist is 18

[@katreadss]

that copy of the stranger is something else oh lord!

[@Thingsjennamakes]

I read wintersong this January and you'll never be ready for the goblincore

[@herivygrows13]

ah emma you truly know when it's the best time to upload! I've been waiting for this and your vidoes always boosts my mood =) i wish you the perfect week and hope you're doing well buddy

[@queentatoune]

I have also gotten some randomly sized books from Amazon before 😂

[@yhash2434]

I recently had dinner with one of my high school teachers and she gifted me with her copy of my brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante which im very excited to read !

[@alyakblu3]

That happened to me when I bought Oliver Twist off of Amazon! It was just enormous

[@forthegaysandthequeens]

Most recently acquired book, The hunger games 2nd book and the Divergent 2nd and 3rd books.

[@paulmyers9049]

Cool books emma! My cramp dad just got me some Flannery o'connor, and, orhan pamuk too, i never heard of, looks intreging- idk why,. 😓 i cant wait for the stranger video.. theres just nothing like the beginning of that book! But Cèline takes the cake over camus, i think anywey! 😖

[@idkdude969]

as a former manga collectioner I would just give u an advice to maybe only buy like one series at a time and really figure out what u want to read next, bcs mangas tend to cost a lot and u can get overwhelmed by how many there are and start too many series that u wont be able to complete. And maybe before starting a new series look at how many books there will be out in whole. And sorry for my bad english lol I am from Berlin

[@alishamundoc1396]

i recently acquired and bought myself as my birthday present Wuthering Heights!! since i want to join the Game of Tomes book club 😄

[@dreamingfolkore]

Hi Emma ❤. My most recent purchase was actually a recommendation of yours! Convenience Store Woman. I feel there are some words in there I desperately need to read... ps. I LOVE the music you add in your videos. Thanks to you I have now discovered Kylie Dailey's beautiful music.

[@ttttthea]

omg the huge copy of the stranger hahahha! my most recently acquired book is the idiot by dostoevsky, which i'll be buddy reading with a friend soon! so excited!!

[@AyceMcGee]

"implosion if you will" I will

[@Jaclyn87]

My copy of the heart of a dog is like a notebook also and it does feel strange. It also looks like someone just photocopied it and the cover is actually a little blurry 😂

[@mariajosefin]

My most recent purchases are Yellowface by RF Kuang, I have more souls than one by Fernando Pessoa and Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat. Looking forward to reading them!

[@anywho2199]

My most recent acquired book is a clockwork orange!

[@tabithamiscellania]

I remember seeing Tailchaser's Song at the school library as a kid but I never read it. That's crazy! I hope it's epic

[@marianacruz0]

the stranger copy omg it's huge 😭😭 camus would love it tho

[@jimmycryz]

The size of The Stranger is just absurd, iykyk.