Plan a month of reading with me 👩🏻‍💻 cozy afternoon organizing + july tbr

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Anna Karenina
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[@lamegoldfish6736]

I'm glad Emma does not cry over spilled milk.

[@kickflipzine]

her mama told her not to

[@arubarnadasgupta9807]

I’m so glad you found your way to Rabindranath Tagore! He was a Nobel laureate from the state of West Bengal in India. He also is credited with writing and composing the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. I really hope you’ll enjoy his book of poems, Gitanjali!🖤

[@bivapodder5110]

I am too happy also 💜

[@sharoncurran6622]

I don't think people appreciate Tagore...the poetry is new to me, but his influence on Phyllis Nussbaum and education directly impacted me. A brilliant man.

[@krittikapaul355]

his short stories are absolutely brilliant. I'm sorry you wouldn't be able to read them in bengali, but if you could, you'll question how you ever spent a life before this without reading his work

[@samkim9786]

my july tbr list (bc i have exams, so im trying to squeeze everything in!) - to the lighthouse, virginia woolf - funny weather, olivia laing - lonely city, olivia laing - kitchen, banana yoshimoto and if i have time; the memory police!

[@giovannaaraujoamaral2939]

to the lighthouse is incredible! read it last month ;)

[@samkim9786]

@@giovannaaraujoamaral2939 yes! thats the book im reading right now, so so good and the writing is absolutely sublime!!

[@samkim9786]

"I got into a fight w my umbrella, and.... the umbrella won." This made me smile it's so cute

[@shereadswithya]

Heidi is a beautiful story of a little girl who loves living in Mount Alps with her grandpa. I remember reading it as a kid and crying when heidi was moved to Frankfurt, she missed the mountains so much she began sleepwalking and how she saved up soft buns for Peter's granny. Thanks for recommending it. Gotta go back and read it again

[@Yiran]

sounds very good

[@user-ft3iw8hc7g]

I read Heidi all the time when I was a kid! Your comment made my day, i almost forgot about her ♡Brought back so many fond memories

[@shereadswithya]

@@user-ft3iw8hc7g Your reply made me happy too. You're really sweet. Have a great day!

[@Babvgurl3]

thank you so much for reminding me of that book! your comment was so sweet and beautiful it reminded me of the feelings i had reading that book 🤍

[@shereadswithya]

@@Babvgurl3 we share the same feelings. That's amazing! Have a wonderful day!

[@carolinemclaughlin4951]

You popped up on my feed one day with me never watching any of your videos before. Watching your 100 book recommendations videos made me want to start reading again, and a month later I'm loving it. Last night I watched the video again, this time with my partner, and we made a list of books that sounded interesting to him too. so thanks!

[@apalachowdhury3167]

As an Indian and a Bengali I'll be looking forward to see you reading Gitanjali and know your thoughts.. He's our greatest poet, novelist, playwright of all time.. Any amount of word is not enough to describe his greatness.. I'm literally looking forward to it.. Also I feel utter bliss to have found you.. And you inspired me to read Rilke..

[@taliaf.3221]

The goldfinch is Donna tartts best book-- I constantly tell my friends to skip the secret history all together and just read the goldfinch. It demands a lot but is so rewarding!!! Ps: Theo survives a terrorist attack, not a car crash, though a car crash plays an important role later in the book

[@annashulha2525]

Hi, Emma! I'm from Ukraine. I highly recommend you to read Lesya Ukrainka's "The Forest Song". This drama is a great masterpiece of Ukrainian culture. It's a mysterious fairy-tale of love, traditions, freedom and the irresistible power of nature. And also the mood of this masterpiece, may remind you the song "Shum" by Go_A (was performed in Eurovision this year). I hope you enjoy it. Thanks)

[@rowenaroberta5244]

I finished the Bell Jar, i'm going on with War and Peace and finishing Aspects of the Novel by Forster, but i'm definitely going to start some other books, probably Rilke (Letters to a young poet) or Kafka (Brief an den Vater) in German :)

[@maiobee]

What did you think about the Bell Jar? I’ve been thinking about reading it but I’m not sure it’s good…

[@mediumjohnsilver]

Your task to read a book from every country is interesting. I’ve never read a novel from Norway, but I have read and enjoyed several of the plays of Henrik Ibsen. As you asked what we are reading for July, I’m reading a book that I had when I was a child, but never got around to reading before - The Abandoned by Paul Gallico. Published in 1950, it tells the story of a little boy who turns into a cat. He is befriended by a tabby named Jennie, who gives him cat lessons. Lesson one: “When in doubt, wash.”

[@fernie5654]

The Stranger (or The Outsider, depending on the translation) by Albert Camus is based in Algeria! It has one of the most famous opening lines in French literature: Mother died today, or, maybe yesterday, I can’t be sure. It’s written in colonial Algeria and explores the relationship between the settled French who have been living there for centuries and the native Arabs as well as what it truly means to be guilty of a crime

[@rustydollparts]

The fact that you read so much is so inspirational, and I'm so envious of your collection of book 😂🤍 Happy 4th of July for any Americans 🇺🇸💐

[@AmandaS18]

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rustydollparts]

@@AmandaS18 😊❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@renatestyvepettersen7356]

As a person from Norway, I really really recommend Maja Lunde as a writer, her works are so incredible. Her trilogy, «Klimakvartetten», is fiction surrounding climate crisis, and «The End of the Ocean» is my favorite so far!! Definitely read it if you get around to it!

[@tseiou]

The Golfinch is one of my favourites!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 🥰

[@annamattos8627]

I have just picked up Sophie's World, by Jostein Gaarder (from Norway). I did read it decades ago, now I wanna experience it again as an adult. My next pick will probably be Time and the Wind, by Erico Verissimo (from Brazil), which is a huge family saga. These should probably take me at least as far as August.

[@annamattos8627]

@@Alex-wl9xw Yes, I am really enjoying it!

[@JackiJinx]

The Goldfinch! I went through the audiobook last year. Not quite the right synopsis, but it's definitely a memorable read. An experience for sure!

[@audrey92]

The Goldfinch is fantastic! It may be big but the story is so captivating that the pages fly by.

[@Poppy-lq7ii]

Your videos never fail to relax me!! Sending so much love your way♥️

[@Brookerdoo]

The goldfinch is my favorite book of all time. It’s very detailed and doesn’t always move super fast but it’s really really beautiful. I hope you enjoy it!

[@bruh-iy9ec]

How is it that your videos make me feel like I'm sitting by a fire in a big comfy chair at Christmas time, in my HP blanky sipping a hot cocoa more than actually sitting by a fire in a big comfy chair at Christmas time in my HP blanky sipping a hot cocoa does?

[@mahijoshi4476]

It's a mystery bruh

[@RhiannaVarney]

I love The Goldfinch - excited to hear your thoughts ☺️📚

[@YK_1975]

Not sure about audio version, but you should definitely read sth from Nikolai Gogol (for Ukraine) - Dead Souls or The Government Inspector (some of his best novels). some will argue he's Russian author tho, but he was born at what is now Ukrainian territory, so technically it counts as a Ukrainian read.

[@narminz8050]

my july tbr list: Murakami - Dance dance dance Jean Baudrillard - America James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room Camille Aubray - Cooking for Picasso Orhan Pamuk - Snow

[@samanthaimrie2918]

I loved Heidi as a child, but I had a picture book version. I’m def eyeing that beautiful rifle paper co. version of it!!

[@camillafladberg673]

A sky painted gold is fantastic. I have just read it, and it realy warmed my heart. I think this may be a book I will pick up every summer😊.

[@selenalee5654]

the monthly planning tbr vids are my favs 😩❤️

[@humyrahfatima]

Emma, I hope you're safe in the heatwave. Take care ♥️

[@renalbac]

The Lady of the Camellias is a great summer/spring read! One of my fave books 🤗

[@cryingaboutbooks]

this is literally asmr for me 💞💞

[@jacobburr7835]

I borrowed a book from you in my dreams a few nights ago. Thanks for the dream book!

[@user-ft3iw8hc7g]

My tbr list: -Jude the Obscure, Tom Hardy -Great Expectations, Charles Dickens -Sаtori in Paris, Jack Kerouac -Amerika, Franz Kafka ♡

[@aflutterofstars]

I'm glad you're having a good time with Inferno! I had an absolutely magical, life-altering experience studying the Divine Comedy at university (I'll never forget my professor introducing the Dante course as a "guided tour through Hell" 😂) so it's lovely to see other readers enjoying it. 😊 Lady of the Camellias broke my heart. I never, NEVER cry over a book, but this one brought real tears to my eyes. I look forward to hearing what you think of it someday.

[@azael1880]

we slaves of suriname by anton de kom is a really good pick for suriname which was banned when it first came out.

[@ShivangiBhasin]

So excited to read Anna Karenina along with you! Also, Tagore has my entire heart and soul the way Rilke has yours, looking forward to hearing about your experience with him🙂🌻

[@duaaelrabea3553]

A sky painted gold is one of my favorite books 💖 Definitely worth reading! 💖

[@caroavapz]

I will be reading The Goldfinch and Anna Karenina as well for the book clubs! Excited for the reading vlogs to come!

[@emesedorkamihalyi4309]

Hi Emma! I'm from Hungary and I think you would like Kosztolányi Dezső's works. He was a great friend of Rilke and I believe their style and interests are very similar.

[@DefaultName-nt7tk]

I am from Hungary as well and you took my word out of my 👄. Yes, Kosztolanyi is one of my havourite author.

[@emesedorkamihalyi4309]

@@DefaultName-nt7tk I'm sooo happy to hear that because sometimes I feel like he is not appreciated enough

[@feliciamulyawan]

my current read in July : 1. Anna Karenina 2. David Copperfield 3. Flowers for Algernon my tbr list: 1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2. The picture of Dorian Gray 3. Harry potter and hbp 4. Percy Jackson series (the first book)

[@Penguin806]

Just discovered your wonderful channel. So relaxing listening to you go over your reading plans and discuss books. Informative and calming! Thanks for making content.

[@mawley3266]

for switzerland I have to recommend Friedrich Dürrenmatt to you. He is a swiss playwright and writes somewhat absurd, thought provoking and ironic plays that mix elements of comedy and tragedy. My favourite works of his are The Physicists and The Visit of the Old Lady.

[@myrtolefk]

I love your Sunday uploads 🤗 I've started Anna Karenina and I'm in love with it already ✨

[@wiktor5016]

Thank you Emma. I will begin Anna Karenina today and I'm so excited to read it again! 🙂.

[@jeannellereads]

Your videos are always so cozy and inspire me to go and read ☺️ plus you read a good variety of books

[@payelbagchi8317]

My birthday is coming.. And i am so excited to receive a lot of books📚!! I am getting Anna Karenina, the silent patient, IT , Frankenstein and many more- 🥰💗

[@mony8130]

The silent patient was sooo good 😊

[@maiobee]

I’m also currently reading Anna Karenina. So far it’s the best classic I’ve read!

[@BontleLanga]

Yes, we did not see a single Rilke book on your TBR😅🤞🏽 I'll be finishing the Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson and possibly re-reading Poison: A Social History by Joel Levy (one of my all-time favorite books) 🌻 Hope you manage to find a good book from those countries you mentioned😊

[@monikasinha4351]

Hi Emma, I am reading Anne of Green Gables this month and I am enjoying it so much, your past couple of videos really prompted me to pick it up, thanks a lot!!

[@samkim9786]

ahh so happy you made a planning vid for july, definitely been so motivated to read lots and i need to plan as well though i have exams this same month. i wish i could focus 100% on reading :(

[@Daphneeejzz]

I'll be reading 7 Agatha Christie books that I found in my local thrift store (only 50 cents a book), I'm currently reading The Giver Of Stars and ordered A little life, The Push and Beach Read. So that's be 11 books but the Christie ones are all

[@lilshrimpy14]

I'm currently reading Anna Karenina too! I definitely have been underestimating how long it would take me to get through it though, but I'm loving the atmosphere creates!

[@aubreyholt279]

I will always vote read more Rilke! You are always happy when you talk about him! I really love your book journal series, please keep doing them 🥰

[@lovejuingong3337]

I will read the mermaid from Jeju too. It's beautiful ❤️

[@mariaangel815]

I'm obsessed with your contents 💕

[@lilitelepoczki6150]

Hi Emma🥰I’m from Hungary and I really recommend a book by Szabó Magda: The Door. It’s truly a good (sort of dark) read and she is one of the best authors here in my country!

[@ireneg4515]

She's a great author!!

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

thanks, I’ll check it out myself too. You helping Emma helps me too. 💕

[@Lokster71]

Definitely agree with this The Door is a fantastic read.

[@lilimandula]

another Hungarian Lili here and i got to say i love Abigél by her!!! truly recommend it to everyone that comes across this comment:)

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

@@lilimandula are they all translated? To English?

[@denisefreitas6727]

Love your TBR. Hope you enjoy your readings, Emma.🌷🦋✨

[@sourcreams]

The cost of sugar by Cynthia McLeod is a historical novel and it's one of the most important books from Suriname.

[@anti-chan1649]

I read Klara and the sun for July and I am obsessed with it!

[@kamonlanustu1844]

Hello from Thailand. I just discovered your channel a week ago and it inspired me to go back to read, more. Thank you for creating such an interesting content! Lots of love ♥️

[@ritabilal2531]

I'm reading 1984 and Pride & Prejuidice..I read Heidi two months back and loved it!

[@priyap5279]

This video is so nice. I love your outfit 😍. Heidi is one of my favourite books. I hope you enjoy it ☺️☺️

[@Lunabandit]

haiii emmie!!! i’m reading phantom of the opera for the first time this month and will be thinking of u!!!

[@lifesabeach3100]

You've inspired me to take on the book from every country challenge! I would love to know how you select books for this challenge (especially smaller, less industrialized countries)

[@taniapinky1]

Yay! New Emma video. So darn happy! 😊😊

[@hanial1487]

Hi Emma! Your channel is my comfort space. I love your videos! Thank you for that soo much!❤️

[@NovaVanBuren]

I'm also reading The Goldfinch this summer!!

[@komaedacoffee4298]

Matcha late is the best 😘 Thank you for uploading relaxing videos ❤️

[@may-yq1il]

i recently picked up war and peace bc i was really inspired by you!! will be reading it this month

[@Aiiidamoradiii]

i just found your channel and i really love your aesthetic! great video! 💞

[@jodihowe7274]

lovely video! I am reading Anna Karenina and looking forward to your updates on this book. Thank you. Hope you are having a wonderful vacation.

[@KamoheloM___]

Anna Karenina happens to be my current fave. Stopped reading the ebook as I’m waiting for my physical copy. I love the first 100pages so so much. -South African 🇿🇦

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

All I can say is that I wish you good luck with your reading your July tbr list please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your Australia fan John ❤️❤️❤️

[@talafayad5631]

TBR this month -the great gatsby -100 years of solitude -lord of the flies -the english patient -the handsmaid's tale -stephen hawking's collection of essays about black holes and baby universes

[@roxanaalecu3741]

I just finished Anna Karenina on Friday.It became one of my favourites.

[@ginal2643]

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[@euanfreeman179]

For a Ukrainian book (which I believe is on libby!) Vita Nostra is a dark fantasy/dark academia by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. :) It just got an English translation in 2018.

[@irenenieto9006]

I'm gonna read this month the phantom of the opera I recently saw it in one of your videos and I deciden to buy it, also I will continue with the throne of glass saga

[@julianne222]

sitting by a lake reading books (and taking a break from the internet lol) sounds like a DREAM! i hope you have a wonderful time

[@sofiasahagon8850]

just what i needed after a tirrriiiingggg dayyy waaaahhhh

[@RadioGirLF]

The Mermaid From Jeju was pretty good, I think you'll enjoy it even more than I did.

[@irinairinaa211]

Ohh I need to read Anna Karenina soon too... 😍😍

[@shuttergirlUK]

If you're going somewhere isolated, with lots of solitude, read Marquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera'. Trust me, I read it at around your age. It's never left me since.

[@AliceStivanello]

i loved the goldfinch sm !! i can’t wait to hear your thoughts ab it :)

[@sakshinadkarni317]

GITANJALI YESSSS LESSGO MY FAVVVVV POET :”)

[@EmilyFatality]

I'm watching this at work as a security guard and that car horn made me jump! Thought someone snuck up on me lmao.

[@sincerelycheryl]

pen and paper ready to write these all down 📝

[@marywong9976]

I am definitely finishing The Goldfinch this month. It's Jane Austen July so i have Mansfield Park and Persuasion and a retelling--The Other Bennet Sister on my TBR

[@moiratuttle3981]

Your videos influenced me to try and do the same around the world challenge and oddly enough I picked the same books for Switzerland and Sudan

[@realllpetch5671]

Currently reading the old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway and steppenwolf by Herman Hesse! Hope you enjoy your vacation time soon, Emma💓

[@theweebnd2033]

hope u have a blessed july fav youtube channel

[@linn7340]

I'm norwegian and also I teach norwegian in school. I don't thing Maja Lunde is the best we have to offer. I would suggest you rather try Out stealing horses by Per Petterson, or Stay if you can, leave if you must by Helga Flatland. Both are some of the best books I've read. Karl Ove Knausgård, Agnar Mykle and Jon Fosse is also very famous (and good) norwegian authors :)

[@mirandafabre8964]

Some more ocean reads for you! The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See and The Deep by River Solomon. Both were great reads and so unique!

[@Yuna_David]

For some reason I still think about the history of bees sometimes. I liked the book a lot and hope you will too

[@areeba4355]

Notification of happiness and love arrived. ❤❤

[@catarinareis4333]

I had a whole TBR set for July but then I found out about the StoryGraph's Translation Challenge (where you can basically read books translated from a language that isn't English) and I decided to give it a try, I already chose the books for the different prompts and I'm very excited! hopefully I can still do a little/most of the TBR I had previously planned but I'll try not to focus on that too much and just enjoy my reading 😊

[@IrishFlyingSquirrel]

My July reads are Frankenstein in Baghdad (read it today), East of Eden, and No Hiding in Boise. Possibly Rebecca if I have time.

[@ReadingNymph]

Enjoy your little retreat!

[@t.sure_is_nokidding4453]

Your keyboard is so cool,I like it

[@LexieMoon321]

Queen! Can you recommend me cottagecore books?!

[@emmiereads]

I have a summer recs video coming soon! :)

[@alexandraramz]

looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the goldfinch.... i got through it a year ago and it’s the worst book i’ve EVER read 😭😭