Planning a fresh month of reading 🧺January TBR

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[@onions2802]

I love your vids your like my comfort tuber and your one of the people who got me out of my reading slump! I really appreciate you

[@manasam8868]

Sameeee her videos are like my little treats!

[@annabelle7603]

That's such a good way to put it! She is a comfort KZbinr ☺ like a cup of hot chocolate and a fluffy blanket

[@onions2802]

@@annabelle7603 YEA THATS HOW SHE MAKES NE FEEL

[@scarlettesc]

A Frankenstein video essay would be so super cool!

[@avidlyreads2254]

I love your Uni Vlogs as well as the rest of your videos. I find you to be a fun, clever, and comforting person and your videos really help me when I'm experiencing anxiety and depression. Thank you for all that you do!

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

Mrs. Dalloway is quite tricky. The 1st time I read it, I nearly drooled on every single page🤣

[@sincerelycheryl]

The immediate sense of peace I get just by clicking on one of your videos ✨

[@lokammolla6238]

The blue eye shadow looks so good on you!!! And blue overall really suits you 💙

[@emmiereads]

thank you beautiful

[@oluwabukolaashaye4982]

True that

[@kiranreader]

love how much the season informs your reading!!

[@neverbored]

What a gorgeous ending with the fish aquarium ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐠🐠🐠🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 Thank you for the video ❤️

[@sophiependragon8485]

My TBR for January is: -The left hand of darkness -The handmaid's tale -Wuthering heights -Otello

[@jfarmerswatermelon6061]

Ahh i want to read Wuthering heights thx for reminding

[@valel1879]

yesss The Left Hand of Darkness was one of my faves of 2021

[@sophiependragon8485]

@@valel1879 I'm loving it, it's amazing the world that Ursula K. Le Guin has created ♥

[@canopicfemme]

blue period is one of the best mangas I've ever read, it made me fall in love with being an artist all over again. the character writing is phenomenal and the art style is absolutely gorgeous.

[@yuliia5634]

Hi guys, this is my TBR for January: -"Cronicles of Narnia" - reread -"Game of Thrones" 1&2 - "Dune" 1 -"The Eye of the World" 1

[@evaggeliatseliou9329]

Hope you like all of them 😆♥️

[@yuliia5634]

@@evaggeliatseliou9329 I hope so too, but I heard all of them should be good. Have fun with your TBR ❤️

[@evaggeliatseliou9329]

@@yuliia5634 thank youu 🥰

[@ANA-il6js85]

Love love Narnia book, my fav of course Lion, witch and the wardrobe and Silver Chair ❤️

[@EdenIsaacs]

how can you read both Game of Thrones books in 1 month?! 😩 i’ve been slowly getting through the first one for the past couple of weeks now

[@Sthemingway]

Your eye shadow is superb! And the touch of red from your nails.... semi-Snow White minus the poisoned apple vibes.

[@charu2774]

Here's my reading list nobody asked for: David Copperfield(my first Dickens read) Baluta The little prince(rereading) 1984(rereading) Uncle Tom's cabin Interrogating motherhood

[@subtlefire7256]

Ooh I also need to reread 1984 sometime this year, it's been like a decade.

[@h.natasha4103]

David Copperfield is also on my list and it's my first Dickens too!! Excited and nervous at the same time 😂

[@r.j.williams]

David Copperfield was my first Dickens a couple of years ago and I really enjoyed it once I'd adjusted to the writing style. I hope you enjoy it too!

[@valo9346]

Im in love with the little prince its such a great book!! 💕

[@charu2774]

@@valo9346 I wholeheartedly agree. The book has something magical about it

[@GabieApolo]

I woke up but I didn't wanna get out of bed just yet but then I saw this video was uploaded and got up, had breakfast and sat down to watch it. With hot tea and everything

[@JungianHeights]

I just finished reading Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell. I plan to get through as many Penguin Great Ideas books as possible. I am currently reading; Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz, The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham, Cultish by Amanda Montell, and Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney. I have many more books that I will pick up this month, plus I have Audible, so I can listen to many of them. I have also decided to record what I read this year, which I have never done, despite being a lifelong reader. I discussed it in a blog post of mine, the somewhat narcissism/ego boost of it, and how it makes us fall into a cycle of competition.

[@Quest4korea93]

Just want to tell you that you were one of the main people that got me back into reading and it has enriched my life so much this year! Thank you!

[@emmiereads]

ah really?:') so happy for you!! wishing you the happiest year ahead

[@vaibhav6826]

It's my birthday and a new video from Emmie is the perfect gift.

[@siminhedayat2599]

your voice is so calming, i just want to listen to you and relax

[@Tara-kc4yg]

I read Mrs. Dalloway at University and loved it! I wrote an essay about it that was probably my proudest accomplishment at the time.

[@candlelightlove]

GIRL U ARE LOOKING SPECIALLY PRETTY IN THIS VIDEO!!! u look so good with makeup on omg the eyeshadow??? SLAY!!!!!

[@Ninaofthe90s]

My TBR for January: Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier The Art of War - Sun Tsu Kafka on the shore - Haruki Murakami

[@moonstonepearl21]

I don't know if you've already done a video like this before, and I missed it, but I see so many cute plushies in the background. I think it would be really cute to see a video doing a plushie tour. We've seen you do nice bookshelf tours and plant tours. I enjoy tour videos, but I know they can be difficult and time consuming to make.

[@Jojojozilla]

Yes, a new Emmie video. Hope you are well, much love 💜

[@Torsee]

Any visit with you is grand!

[@oliviarobinson1366]

Virginia Woolf is my favourite author, I'm so glad you've started reading Mrs. Dalloway! Woolf's writing is very unique on a sentence structure level -- her sentences are often long and meandering, but never feel run-on because the words are so carefully chosen and arranged. Liquid sentences! I've read all her novels, most of her letters, and I'm working my way through her complete journals (I'm on vol 4 of 5). Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Mrs. Dalloway! I would recommend picking up To the Lighthouse or Orlando next.

[@circleofleaves2676]

Favourite author here too. I read all her novels 20 years ago, starting with Orlando. Then I read A Room of One's Own (that's an essay, not a novel, for anyone else reading this), then devoured everything else. I now have 32 books on my shelf that are either by her or about her (novels, essays, short stories, diaries, letters, memoir, biographies, bloomsbury stuff etc). Jacob's Room was my favourite for awhile, but I haven't re-read it in a long time. The Waves has always had a special place in my heart; when I moved to the UK for 18 mths (from Australia) it was one of two books I took with me. I plan to re-read all of her novels this year, which will be interesting, because while I've re-read a few of hers, there are some I haven't re-read since my first read through 20 years ago.

[@CallMeSethler]

I attempted Mrs Dalloway a few months ago but it was a bit much for me. Couldn’t really get into it. Might take another crack at it in the future though…

[@whataheavenlywaytolive]

where would you recommend starting with her and what are your favourites?

[@oliviarobinson1366]

@@whataheavenlywaytolive I would start with To the Lighthouse. I love all her novels but especially The Waves, Orlando, and Night and Day.

[@ninepointwesthomestead6016]

You are going to love the body keeps score. It really connected some dots for me about reoccurring depression I have experienced as an adult in August every year. It was a real ahah for me.

[@cecilygriffis6508]

The ice palace is giving me bridge to terabithia vibes and now I'm intrigued

[@maikengravgaard5082]

The House of the Spirits is wonderful, I’m glad you’re reading it this year. I started it summer 2021 and ended up reading something else and forgetting about it, so I finished it in December and January, and I am really happy that I read it that way - it was amazing to read it over such a long period of time since a lot happens and a lot of time passes in the book. Easy 5 stars 🥰

[@haleylquinton]

My Dark Vanessa is really good but it's so, well, dark. It's absolutely beautifully written and I 100% recommend it but I don't think I will ever re-read. Your bookshelf is making me want to actually arrange my books better

[@luhsea]

I totally agree with this - so glad I read My Dark Vanessa but I actually had to take breaks from it at times because it was affecting my mood so much!

[@SyakiraAzam]

Hi Emma! I immediately clicked and put aside all the to do list to watch this! I think I speak for so many that we are so thankful that you keep pouring this love and coziness into our lives. Happy new year to you and to everyone

[@ursula1716]

I don't do monthly TBRs, but for 2022 I did set a few reading goals for myself (finish Earthsea series, read more authors from my country, reread some of my favorite books, etc.)

[@roxannehsk6862]

i read The Ice Palace because or your winter recs from last year and it is now one of my all time favorites. it was insanely good, the atmosphere was chef’s kiss

[@Faye_L]

Ice Palace does sound amazing. 😍

[@tre_37]

Awww emma! I keep waiting for your videos! Youre the best. And THANKYOU.

[@tiffanyjohnson4649]

Emma, do you think you could do a video showing us some ideas on how to annotate books? I’d like to do it on some of my classics as I read them but could use some pointers! ☺️

[@bookswithchaimae]

Your channel is already a good place emma thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bookishlychelle9434]

Love your videos so much. You’re such a calming presence

[@literarydoodles]

Woah, even I'll be reading Frankenstein for my Romantic Literature class, it is pretty good so far. 💓💓 I have finally added Snow Country to my February tbr and I can't wait to read it ❄❄❄

[@TanjimRahman]

I love hearing from you. Whatever you say. Thanks for the videos!

[@Sam-cn3cg]

I started reading Blue Period because I heard it was better than the anime, and it definitely is! it's really good, I'm not doing anything related to art and it was still impactful to me, so I can imagine how it would touch someone who's invested more of their time in arts.

[@claraguazzoni3030]

Every month i look foward to this videos, they are part of my self care routine, i just love the whole vibe and it always makes me excited to read!!

[@MilenaReads]

Mrs Dalloway is a great way to start with Virginia Woolf. It was the first novel of hers I read and after reading it I fell in love with her writing.

[@fileanavailable]

Hi Emma, I would strongly recommend Tolstoy’s “A Calendar of Wisdom,” one of his last great published works and what he considered to be his greatest contribution to humanity. It brings me joy every single day that I read it and I hope all of you guys look for it if you come across this comment. Thank you so much for inspiring me to read more meaningfully last year and I can’t wait for a new year alongside your channel. I hope it warms your heart to know how much peace and comfort you bring to so many of us. We see your passion for reading and it’s infectious. I don’t comment as often but have watched nearly all of your videos and thought I’d introduce myself: I was a double major in English and TESOL here in the states (graduated 2018 woot!) and work as a copywriter/freelance translator. I am Eastern European and some of my favorite classics include Anna Karenina, Northanger Abbey, Frankenstein, Brave New World and the Count of Monte Cristo. ❤️

[@Yumika_00]

Emmie's video & a cup of coffe = heaven

[@sascha7476]

ohh i loved spinning silver!! it was even better than uprooted!!

[@camille-ru1xb]

hey emma 🌱 i dont know if you know this feeling but sometimes i feel like im moving away or losing myself and your channel is one of the things that bring me back to who i am! just wanted you to know that what you do is very important to me❤️ i hope you have a great 2022💖

[@kkreadsallthebooks]

The Body Keeps the Score is amazing, but I highly recommend having the audio book available as well. For those dense moments... :)

[@CanalPanendithas]

I'm also starting the year with Mrs. Dalloway!! I read To The Lighthouse for uni and it was amazing, so I'm really excited for this one. I'm also in a faust "project", so I'll be reading the many renditions of the myth - from Marlowe to Pessoa.

[@Ri5004]

aint nothin better than planning a nice fresh month of readin, jus like planning a nice fresh bowl of oatmeal.

[@bookishmina]

Hi from Transylvania, spooky dark academic! You are the one person I open KZbin for most excitedly. Thankful that you ARE. ✨

[@kerlygerl]

So peaceful and cozy…you are doing so much for us. Hey Grandmother!❤️

[@MusicBlik]

Oooh, I hope you get Spinning Silver soon! I read it last month and LOVED it! Last night I finished the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy - quick YA read, quite imaginative, with great twists - and today started a religious history book I want to finish before I read "S" on your recommendation. Hopefully the library copy has all the inserts, LOL! I love to read recreationally but also want it to be edifying, you know what I mean? So I try to intersperse non-fiction in among the fantasy. My recent favorite non-fiction is a WWII memoir called "A Higher Call", about a damaged American bomber that made it back to England because a German fighter escorted it past the Atlantic wall and out to sea. It recounts the soldiers' histories, and how they reconnected 40 years later. It was phenomenal!

[@ThatSpoonieTransGuy]

Omg, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who struggles to decide what to read next because there's so many options 😅 I'm currently actively reading One Last Stop, The Poppy War, and The Bloody Chamber, and I have a bookmark in The Priory of the Orange Tree, Love's not Color Blind, and Death Note. I have currently sorted my bookshelves by read, priority tbr and whenever, but that's only the tip of the iceberg because most of my books are on my ereader. And as much as I love my ereader, picking books from there always feels a bit like picking recipes without pictures.

[@tryslibrary]

I can’t wait for you to read Greenglass House!! I think you should definitely save it for Christmas. It’s set during winter vacation so I think it’ll feel more magical :)

[@marie-pierlarouche8157]

I love to see your TBRs. Here's mine! My January TBR: - Circe - The Priory of the Orange Tree (reread) - The Picture of Dorian Grey - The Hate U Give - Little Women

[@jatinasnani1552]

Your vibe is magical . 🦋

[@apet6752]

My comfort youtuber.🌻 I had a bad day yesterday and then a horrible night last night so thank you for uploading today 💞

[@tine272]

i don't put alot of pressure on myself when it comes to reading so i only have two goals this year: finish 30 books and (all thanks to emma!) finally start reading some classics 💕✨

[@entrenchpodhost]

Finishing up The Box in the Woods right now, and hoping to get to a few Zelda graphic novels as a warm hug and finish the month with Turtles All the Way Down! I've been wanting to read it for so long.

[@nehatandel2372]

Would love a dedicated video on Frankenstein! Starting A levels this summer and it’s one of the books assigned so your video would be incredibly helpful. Also, love watching the monthly pick outs❤️

[@demonchildofwar]

Frankenstein is so much better than I ever expected !

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Movies too, Young Frankenstein.

[@gemmamoon5998]

It really isn’t what you would expect it to be based on the pop culture idea of Frankenstein (and I mean that in the best way possible)

[@subtlefire7256]

I just got a Jules Verne box set after watching the new Around the World in 80 Days adaptation/reimagining rekindled my childhood obsession and I'm about to start rereading the book. 😊

[@Picklesole]

I started The Three Body Problem a couple days ago and I’m loving it so much I can already tell this series is going to be one I constantly talk about for years

[@elyse49]

That series is sooo good. If you like that first book, I highly recommend going for The Dark Forest and Death's End straight after.

[@KB-vb9mq]

I’m obsessed with you and your videos

[@selenamcmahan9234]

I got a beautiful edition of a Fitzgerald collection for Christmas with this side of paradise, tge beautiful and the damned and great Gatsby hoping to tackle it this year as my first classics

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Your Frankenstein edition is lovely. It’s such a sad story and there’s so much to it. So many great books to look forward to. 😊💙

[@drewseamans7143]

Bessel Van Der Kolk’s book The Body Keeps Score is really cutting edge in the subject of how trauma manifests itself in the body. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to understand how trauma can affect us and treatments that make a difference.

[@Jeena4873]

I am also excited to read Frankenstein 🌸💜

[@jenniferalvarado9714]

It's a great book❤️

[@luanllluan]

Read back in high school, one of my fav still today 💜

[@Melpomium]

Happy new year! This might sound silly but watching how passionate you are about reading has really changed my way of tackling a book. It feels like I'm going on an exciting new journey and I'm getting so so much more out of reading now. I'm so excited to begin new books but also tackle old loves (in particular War and Peace + One hundred years of solitude!) Thank you so much, Emma.

[@seshiria_4290]

I'm screaming!!! I'm so glad you owned a book of blue period, I recommend a book from Soseki Natsume "I am a cat" I have a good laugh for every page!♡

[@GabrielLopes-dz6xr]

Now the year has started! ❤

[@Chelseabea]

You should see if The Brain's Way of Healing, by Norman Doidge is something you fancy reading at some point. It's not always brain injuries, but it's about the neuroplasticity of the brain in many different conditions and how we can use that to heal so many brain-related things. It's really accessible and I loved his writing style. :)

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

Likewise sounds amazing... I'm going to check that out! I have several favorite authors who's work I am coming to the end of, and would love to find more.

[@juneharkrider3049]

greenglass house is so good!! i read it in a book camp in middle school before it officially came out! so good ☺️

[@pattycandle3596]

Hello from France ! Thank you for all ! I love your videos ! Happy new year !!! 💖📚❄

[@maryvandehei]

I would absolutely love to have a cozy chat with you about books over a cup of tea, it’s so nice listening to you and I’ve added many books to my list from watching you recently. Just started “for the wolf” per your winter book recommendations :)

[@annie_ma13]

I started reading Virginia Wolf with Mrs. Dalloway too!☺️ I enjoyed it and definitely will be reading more from her. To the lighthouse is next!))

[@vivistjohn4524]

yesssss the ice palace! so good

[@calopteryxsplendens6051]

I LOVE how you're wearing your comfy pjs with those gorgeous earrings! fashion icon on another level haha And also I wish y'all a happy new you year :)

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

love a fresh tbr, so exciting to see if it'll be a fun reading month! xoxo

[@creationspast.janebowell1903]

Love Yeats ! Thank you and Frankenstein is absolutely wonderful.

[@justcoffeey]

Omg you are so pretty and the grey matching outfits! I’m thinking to cut the same hairstyle ❤

[@Sages_and_Pages]

I just finished reading Greenglass House! There is so much going on you almost forget it’s set at Christmas time.

[@emmiereads]

ooh maybe I'll pick it up this month anyway then!

[@charlottestarling8543]

I’m reading Mrs. Dalloway this month, it’s my first time reading Virginia Woolf too :)

[@FranFellow731]

I am reading Frankenstein right now! First timer ☺️ I might recommend checking paperback dreams talking about den of vipers before you do that to yourself though, I don’t think I could ever do that one 😳

[@Bookelenawriter]

I read Mrs. Dalloway in my survey of English Literature class in my second year! I definitely found it hard to get into at first since it is stream of consciousness and that is a form of writing I had never really read before, and it was also my first Virginia Woolf, but I loved it so much. While I don't really remember much of what we talked about in class when we read it, I do remember my professor focusing more on the aspects of war and how Shell Shock and war trauma not only effects those who were in the war but also those at home (we looked into it with considerations of Woolf's life herself). I definitely want to reread it one day, I hope to hear what you think :)

[@Naomi-qy9mz]

EARLY AHHH!! Sitting down with a granola bar and an orange to enjoy this video ❤❤

[@rangerartemis9579]

The part where you were going through your shelves was great ASMR- would love to see a video like that on your ASMR channel!

[@martasgreatlibrary]

i hope i can also get to the ice palace this winter! it sounds sooo good! also yay to frankenstein! it's the best book to study hahha

[@user-yy5yg9bu9i]

I love Virginia Woolf's novels. I read At the lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway at the end of last year. I'm amazed! I plan to read in January The Hours by Michael Cunningham.

[@mariacblazquez]

Hiii, my TBR for this month is short but I really hope I enjoy them: . The invisible life of Addie Larue (currently reading) . Harry Potter and the philosopher stone (reread) - but this time it's gonna be an illustrated version that I'll be reading with my little brother . Heat wave (reread) - yes, the Richard Castle one hahah . A conjuring of light

[@IzzyRain]

I associate science fiction with January so that’s where my main focus will be this month! Happy reading 📖

[@emmiereads]

me too! I wonder why haha but hope you pick up some good ones!

[@MrsHarryStyles1234]

Den of Vipers was one of the worst/most traumatizing books I have ever read. I couldn't finish it. Made me feel dirty and was absolutely unhinged not in a good way. With that being said, here is my TBR for the rest of this month!! -The Goldfinch (halfway through, she's definitely a slow one) -Leave the World Behind -The Picture of Dorian Gray -The Love Hypothesis (to see what the hype is about!!!)

[@lisasstitchingandsuch]

Happy New Year Emma :) Keep doing what you are doing. I really like how consistent you are with your content yet at the same time you also share with us your life changes as needed. i.e. university, living spaces, your brain injury and holidays. The combination is very natural and also comforting :)

[@viaverborum1099]

Having my breakfast and watching this. Simple pleasure! Thank you, Emma. Hope you have a great year ahead!

[@Nickelini]

I think Mrs Dalloway is a good intro to Woolf. It’s the style she’s famous for, but not as difficult as To the Lighthouse or The Waves. Try to read Cunningham’s The Hours too

[@veritygazzard7210]

The ice palace is terrifyingly beautiful! I read it in one sitting. I can't wait to hear what you think of it... I'm dying to go to Norway now!

[@madisonbourret4597]

Read blue period! Such a beautiful series!

[@chrissyplanteater2892]

I’ve just started reading for the wolf 🐺

[@miriamajigboye7473]

Love this

[@chiroptophilia]

Your eye makeup looks so pretty!