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@alexdingley9808 Жыл бұрын

"what did my 22 dollars get me? mediocre smut" a tragedy in less than 10 words 😭

@emmiereads Жыл бұрын

💔

@nishthagupta1357 Жыл бұрын

Oh I get that coz its so relatable like I can't even 😭

@lizzye1952 Жыл бұрын

"the bandwagon was banned for me" is a sentence I will be using regularly for all the colleen hoover books I do not like

@pendragon2012 Жыл бұрын

Libraries have saved me from this before! That way if I am not happy, I can DNF without guilt, lol. Ah, the joys of being poor! And I absolutely refuse to read The Cursed Child or acknowledge it in any way. Have a great week, Emma!

@Mia_M Жыл бұрын

I agree. It’s not canon to me given that someone else wrote it and the plot seems stupid.

@literology1329 Жыл бұрын

Agree. I just use the library

@the_rest_is_confetti Жыл бұрын

Not canon! I do not speak it's name haha

@ishikasingh5909 Жыл бұрын

I straight up tore my copy of cursed child because what the fuck is that book. Did I waste a lot of money? yes. Do I regret it? no.

@amyg8176 Жыл бұрын

The popularity of Sarah j maas and Colleen Hoover with young girls makes me reeeeally concerned for women who will believe that they write romance with decent men. They’re all being set up to accept abusive, mediocre men.

@griffendell Жыл бұрын

This! Especially the popularity of Colleen Hoover deeply disturbes me. She writes toxic romance exclusively and I'm very concerned about what it is doing to young minds. :(

@nishthagupta1357 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! I really hate them & I find these girls so damn obsessed with them & just reading them for smut coz that's what matters to them at the end of the day! Its just typical wattpad stuff which doesn't have any class at all. And I cant figure out why such standards have been set for a good famous book... But these two authors have really just been spreading some toxic traits.

@bl12 Жыл бұрын

Idk on booktok everyone is in agreement that they only like the characters actions because it’s a book…I feel a lot of people know that it’s toxic in the real world. But it’s a book so we don’t mind it.

@Luxmundee Жыл бұрын

While I agree that CH's writing is not worth the hype (can't say anything about SJM, never read her stuff), fear not my darling. Bookish women know that romance in books are not things we want/deserve/expect in romance with real people in real life. We compartmentalize. Wait until you discover how much people love dark romances, alien romances, monster romances. Surely you wouldn't assume we want such things IRL, would you? Simply put, we ain't stupid bby so don't worry but thank you for your concern that's rather adorable of you 💙💙💙

@angelacanedit Жыл бұрын

to be fair, they're meant to be read by adult women, not young girls

@almonster12 Жыл бұрын

I have to say that previews of books on Kindle and Google Books have helped me dodge quite a few literary bullets.

@lindaharrison3240 Жыл бұрын

It took me years to realize that marketing people are good writers, too; they're very persuasive writers and that's their job: to sell books. So when they persuade us to drop a few $20s on a book, their writing has succeeded. I finally got over that. Then I had to get over the podcast hype...long story short, I use the library a LOT more now.

@Weirder_the_better Жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but I absolutely love hearing people talk about books that they hated. I would love to hear recommendations for good books that you would describe as being "sad books". I love a good sad book.

@elizabethmac1475 Жыл бұрын

Les Miserables. The best sad book I know. Seriously, it's amazing.

@electroweakuni Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethmac1475 I second that

@QueenKarasu Жыл бұрын

Same

@noonlemur Жыл бұрын

a few good sad books i've read: Sing, Unburied, Sing / anything by Kazuo Ishiguro / The God of Small Things / The Bluest Eye / The Year of Magical Thinking / A Monster Calls

@h3xt0r46 Жыл бұрын

i love how respectful you are, even about books you hate haha

@corvidmorgue Жыл бұрын

i still have no idea how throne of glass is so highly regarded and how so many people like it literally from the first page i was like "oh...this is not good" 😭

@claudiazinser4408 Жыл бұрын

It's fun if you're 14 but after that....

@chloedile9769 Жыл бұрын

I actually like it but I think it is bad ahah. To me reading Throne of Glass is like watching reality TV shows. It's bad and stupid but funny and enjoyable. It's fun once in a while. It doesn't make any sense I know 😂

@writeandscribbles9680 Жыл бұрын

@@chloedile9769 I agree! I know it’s bad… when I read it it’s not good but I loved it 😂

@chloedile9769 Жыл бұрын

@@writeandscribbles9680 Exactly!

@quinniehalee Жыл бұрын

Heir of Fire is where you meet Manon aka when the books actually become exciting

@allanlear9637 Жыл бұрын

Can I just say that I absolutely loved the sentence "You're only alive for so long and then you kick the bucket; but you want to be able to kick a bucket full of good books." Yes. Quite so.

@allanlear9637 Жыл бұрын

But you're completely wrong about Good Omens, sorry :)

@Cubehead27 Жыл бұрын

"But you want to be able to kick a bucket full of good books, and none of these books are making it in the bucket" is the funniest sentence I've heard all week 😂 I have in fact driven through Saskatchewan and it is indeed shockingly flat. I adore Good Omens with my entire heart but to each their own 🤷‍♂️ Also I like the Iceland shirt.

@gpeterpete870 Жыл бұрын

I liked the Good Omens show but that may be because of David Tennant

@bigbadbarbra Жыл бұрын

I live in Saskatchewan. The major highway people drive on through Sask. goes through the flatest part of it! Northern and Southern sask. are completely different and beautiful

@Cubehead27 Жыл бұрын

@@gpeterpete870 Yes I enjoyed it a great deal as well

@Cubehead27 Жыл бұрын

@@bigbadbarbra Ah that would explain it

@nobbynoris Жыл бұрын

I am English myself, and a fantasy and horror reader. I just have never got Neil Gaiman. I feel his grasp of what constitutes horror has always been pedestrian and his use of language mediocre. But then I have also always felt the same about Stephen King's writing. So whatever.

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

It’s great to see Emmie back. We all have books we regret buying. I tend to hoard a lot of books, and personally, I wish I knew how to budget properly back then. Thanks for sharing the problems you’re facing. We are all humans and we are all prone to committing mistakes.

@alissamaharaj791 Жыл бұрын

We usually have such similar reading tastes but the difference I LOVE Neil Gaiman, Good Omens specifically is my favorite book 😅 (I had the same feelings as you about the ocean at the end of the lane tho) so sad to hear his writing doesn’t speak to you but it is interesting so to see where our tastes are similar and where they’re different! ❤

@danielsweet858 Жыл бұрын

I like Gaiman's short stories much more than the novels. Interesting ideas without having to read a bloated novel. Just my opinion...

@angelacanedit Жыл бұрын

I love coraline and have never read anything else of his

@danielsweet858 Жыл бұрын

@@angelacanedit Coraline is quite wonderful & is just long enough to tell the story properly.🙂🎃

@youdeadtome4055 Жыл бұрын

The goldfinch is one of my favourite books and my soul is crying when you are talking about it😭😭😭

@officialmkamzeemwatela Жыл бұрын

'Daisy Jones & The Six', 'Henry and June', 'The Sex Lives of African Women'...crying😭. I shall never recover the time

@someoneunknown7259 Жыл бұрын

Do consider running to the opposite end of a bookshop the moment you glimpse a Penelope Douglass book. Trust me on this one.

@ewelinahernon6556 Жыл бұрын

I received The Cursed Child as a Christmas/going away gift from my friend and I remember being so excited about it. I read a few pages on 23rd December 2016 and then put it away, because it iust read like a bad fan fiction. 4 years later, I decided to reread the HP series and after the 7th book, I decided to give the play another go, because it bothered me that I had left it unfinished, and oh my god, it was awful. My first one star. I'm keeping the book, because it was a really thoughtful gift that reminds me of my friend, but I wish I'd never read it, because it just made me angry xD

@MikoAsuke Жыл бұрын

The fact that the Cursed Child is considered canon. God, there are well written HP fanfics better than Cursed Child.

@ewelinahernon6556 Жыл бұрын

@@MikoAsuke That's so true.

@anitas5817 Жыл бұрын

Owning classics or buying books I want to reread makes sense to me, but I use the library (or maybe Audible credits) for popular fiction and nonfiction. It’s too expensive to just buy every book I might or might not like.

@goreadyreader Жыл бұрын

I'm same way! I like to own the classics, or my favorites. I just borrow the new fiction that I am taking a chance on lol.

@Mia_M Жыл бұрын

I will add that you can usually find pdf versions of a lot of books online even with newer books. That’s what I do when I’m on the fence about a book or really don’t want to spend the money.

@fairypenguinss Жыл бұрын

Same, where I live books are just far too expensive to just take chances on. I'm not about to spend 35 dollars on a paperback that I might not like just because it's popular. Also this might sound shallow but I really do care about what covers look like. I have limited space and my surroundings really affect me so if I'm buying a physical book that 1. is expensive, 2. takes up space and 3. I will have to look at every day, I want it to be both a nice object and something I will read more than once in my lifetime. Classics are good for this since a lot of them are timeless and I plan to reread at different stages of my life. They also have lots of different editions to choose from. A lot of contemporary novels I am interested in I will just get from the library because a lot of them have really trendy graphic design that dates itself quickly and sometimes the stories themselves don't really stand the test of time.

@georgianatrutescu Жыл бұрын

The intro! 😂 🙌🏽 OMG, I so agree on the “Before the coffee gets cold”! I am so glad I didn’t spend money on it because I listened it on Audible but I lost a credit though… 😅

@lindaharrison3240 Жыл бұрын

😄 you're right--it IS spooky spending money on bad books 😑 I feel your pain. Been there, done that, using the library a LOT more.

@annakovacsvlogs6382 Жыл бұрын

SAME with Before the Coffee gets cold!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE, preach Emma🫶🏼

@aye.p Жыл бұрын

Books in Argentina are really expensive. So, since I read mostly classics I listen to them first here on youtube or if there are new releses on a pre paid plataform. I buy the ones that rank 4 stars. Is a way to save money and space on my shelves. If, because of my anxiety, I buy something that I don't like, I sell them and get credit on a second hand library in my town. 🤗❤ PS. Do not read The cursed child!!!

@angelacanedit Жыл бұрын

same in chile 💔 i just read ebooks on my kindle or on the national library app

@user-yc9vs1ku8s Жыл бұрын

Reading classics is the best you can do, you'll never be disappointed (bad books tend to be forgotten, and classics are literally the BEST books of each period of time) I also live in a country in which foreign books are not THAT affordable, so I'd rather spend my money on a good classic then to speculate on something that might be pure literary trash.

@emmaloris Жыл бұрын

Omg. The Goldfinch sent me into a 12-month reading slump! I'm still confused why it is so highly praised 🤭

@Melpomium Жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who also didn't enjoy the Goldfinch. I was considering reading it again because everyone just loves it, but I've satisfied my curiosity!

@angelacanedit Жыл бұрын

the goldfinch was the last book i pulled an all nighter for, not worth it lol

@yhash2434 Жыл бұрын

obsessed with your bgm choises🥰

@coffemuse Жыл бұрын

Re Sanderson, I tried Mistborn a while ago and found it dull: mostly workmanlike writing with flat characters BUT this year I gave him another chance with the Way of Kings and it is great. So from my limited experience of him, I'd say you're giving him his best chance if you try the Stormlight Archive series.

@centaurora913 Жыл бұрын

I read Skyward recently too, after reading most of his major books, and it definitely was very different, and less well done than his other work. His writing can be debatably hard to get into, and it definitely is more slow-paced than a lot of fantasy and sci-fi, but the worlds are so thought out, so complex, and he explores mental health a little disability, and puts a lot of work into making everything feel real and complete.

@mikanchan322 Жыл бұрын

I don't know.. I see everybody saying that his books take a while to get going and some parts are really boring but so far I find The Final Empire not boring at all.

@centaurora913 Жыл бұрын

@@mikanchan322 Yeah I did find Mistborn to be pretty fast-paced and easy to get into to, it depends on what you’re used to reading and a lot of fantasy readers are not used to his pace

@shuwei9420 Жыл бұрын

I love so much that you're so objective and respectful of books that you hate. I feeeeel the pain of having spent money on mediocre reads but then I donate them to the local library because I know most of these books will be loved by someone else and I feel a little bit better. Still very heartbroken, but not soul-crushingly devastated 😂

@maryeckles482 Жыл бұрын

That’s one of the reasons I love the library! You can try new authors without any money lost if you turn out to dislike them.

@griffendell Жыл бұрын

Burn "The Cursed child", burn it! Don't read it. I wish I could go back in time and unread it. 😢

@LexieMoon321 Жыл бұрын

Oof. I feel this. I bought a popular fantasy book and I hated the main character so much lol

@zzyzxzzyzx Жыл бұрын

Oooh what book? I love hearing about books people didn't like haha

@flowersandlace Жыл бұрын

girl spill !! which book??

@librarianinthesky Жыл бұрын

I really can't understand the hype over Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I was expecting so much and got so little.

@bearztube Жыл бұрын

My God, sometimes I regret downloading some ebooks wasting my Megabytes

@essidus Жыл бұрын

That feeling when your favorite series is on the list. I will say this, Skyward is foundational. The scofo doesn't really kick in until the second book. But I don't think it would be different enough.

@mattkean1128 Жыл бұрын

There's something so awkward about Good Omens and I always feel so alone in not loving it lol.

@noonlemur Жыл бұрын

after reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold i couldn't help thinking it would make a better stage play than book...turns out the book was originally a play!

@faith_es Жыл бұрын

Emma, I'm the same as you. I hated and dnfed multiple penelope douglas' bully romances but her very first book that I tried was called Birthday Girl. This one is an age-gap and surprisingly so, so much better than all her bully romances! Honestly if you're still willing, I really wanna see you give PD your last chance with Birthday Girl.

@Literary_Baddie5838 Жыл бұрын

"...you wanna be able to kick a bucket full of good books..." Best thing I've heard in while 😅

@rocky02524 Жыл бұрын

thank you for speaking on Before the Coffee Gets Cold!

@marianacruz0 Жыл бұрын

before the coffee gets cold didn’t do it for me too, i kept seeing tiktoks of people sobbing when finishing the book but i found it quite underwhelming tbh

@rachelmace6189 Жыл бұрын

Great video and thank you for sharing your thoughts. I’ve been dying to read both Ninth House and Sleepwalking but keep hearing mixed reviews, so I’m still unsure about buying them. Like someone already said in the comments, it’s probably good to get a library card to save money on books that end up being DNFd. I should take this advice! 😄 I wonder if how much we enjoy books is to do with how we’re feeling or what’s happening in our life at the time? For example, a few friends have said they don’t see the appeal of The Goldfinch, yet I devoured it and loved it. BUT I was on holiday in Poland and had time to sit and really take it all in and I have fond memories of the trip in general. Also, Theo’s friend (I can’t remember his name now) speaks bits of polish throughout too, which made it even more special for me. IDK, maybe it just hit the spot with me. Oh, and don’t get me started with The Cursed Child… 🙄

@kapertures Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I'm too old for the tik tok.. 😂 I'm bonding with you over Before the Coffee Gets Cold, but I had a Scribd sub trial and listened to it and didn't lose any money, thank goodness. I always live for your sense of humor. 😅

@babyboy1971 Жыл бұрын

I love the goldfinch. I’ll argue (as someone who lost both his parents, and one at a relatively young age) that the goldfinch is about the pointlessness of life, when lensed through the eyes of grief. It’s shockingly good. But I didn’t love the way it resolved and dragged. But it resolved and dragged as life does, a boring mystery and a bit of a nightmare. Forgive my nihilism, it’s been a rough decade or two. And in the wake of losing my parents, my north stars, much of my adult life feels like I’m driving through an endless Saskatchewan, in the rain.

@kristionabank6810 Жыл бұрын

What i always like to do is rent a book from the library or a friend and if i liked or loved it, ill go online and buy it so i can read it over again if i want to in the future or let friends barrow it. I love your book recommendations thankyou!

@WalkingOnMarsTv Жыл бұрын

Agh the Neil Gaiman take is such an odd one. You would expect such a beloved fantasy author to be right up your alley. A genius of a gentleman

@kseniyasbooknook4172 Жыл бұрын

haha yeah, I didn't get the hype behind Before the Coffee Gets Cold either. I like emotional reads and I do cry during books frequently enough but that one fell so flat and I don't plan on reading anything else by that author. It would be so funny if my mom read English and could give me her feedback on the books I love- I wonder what it would reveal! Thanks for another great video! :)

@mowoe Жыл бұрын

I recommend Brandon Sanderson's novella "The Emperor's Soul"! It's concise and mindblowing. I've sadly failed to get into any of his longer work.

@lindaharrison3240 Жыл бұрын

There are a LOT of mediocre books out there...at 64YO, I just don't have time anymore. I say cut your losses and get out early.

@kellyhauber7891 Жыл бұрын

Oh Emmie, I feel seen. I agree with all of your authors and books. I've tried them all. Luckily, half were library books but I did also purchase The Cursed Child with such high hopes. And don't get me started on Six of Crows.

@efluvial Жыл бұрын

Great commentary! Thanks Emma! Just curious if you have read The secret history by Donna Tart and if so did you like it? I’ve been thinking of reading it.😊

@rondoflicflac Жыл бұрын

Love your Icelandic shirts lately💜

@druidicnonsense Жыл бұрын

as someone who also struggles with Neil Gaiman's books may I recommend his short stories? I really enjoyed all the ones I have read so far and find that his style and his ideas are very well suited for a 20 page story rather than a 250+ page book :)

@angelacanedit Жыл бұрын

emmie you gotta read "these violent delights" by micah nemerever, it's my fave dark academia book!!! highly recommend

@ToddsBookTube91 Жыл бұрын

Entertaining video Emma. Hope your Autumn goes good

@weare.great.minds_4214 Жыл бұрын

Hey Emmie!! just wanted to say you're currently my favorite youtuber as well as booktuber. I absolutely love reading and found and interesting novel that I'm currently reading and really like. It is called how to stop time by matt haig and it's basically about this man, Tom who has a rare condition where he only ages once in every 15 years so he's 450 years old. It travels along with his past life and love, with really interesting relationships with really big people who are currently famous in history. There's a society that protects people with his condition and the only rule for these rare unaging people is that they're not supposed to fall in love. Tom is tired of life and becomes a history teacher modern day. It's super good and based on some of the other books you talk about I think you'd like a lot about this book, if not the plot at least the writing style.

@elsasnow6224 Жыл бұрын

Sanderson's writing isn't good in general, I'm a fan but I like his books for other things but it makes sense why someone wouldn't like his books because of writing. His the way of king series people say is the best of his ( I assume the writing would be better too) so you should check that one if you want to read something by him in future

@smoothielover07 Жыл бұрын

I LOVED Coraline SO MUCH (book & movie) that I went and bought quite a few Neil Gaiman books and when I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane, I hated it so much that I got scared of reading anything else of his…it’s been 3+ years and I still haven’t touched that stack of books I bought! LMAO

@kartik3719 Жыл бұрын

James Tullos made an hour long video tearing into Throne of Glass and all of its stupidity i highly recommend it 😂😂

@knccc Жыл бұрын

I LOVED Before the Coffee Gets Cold :)

@AbbyNormL Жыл бұрын

I have read ebooks only for about the last 10 years (ran out of space for real books). One of the benefits of using a Barnes & Noble or Amazon ebook reader is you can download a sample of the book (generally first chapter and sometimes 2nd chapter). Time enough to determine if you want to read the entire book or delete it.

@esme9655 Жыл бұрын

Ok so I kind of agree with you on Six of Crows, I was a little let down given how popular it is but I liked it enough to read Crooked Kingdom and the characters wormed their way into my heart. The writing mediocre and don't get me started on the heist or politics because they make no sense and we all know it, but I just can't help but love these books.

@halfgodfairy8654 Жыл бұрын

I basically only buy classics and books that Im confident will be at least 4 stars. If I wanna read Ya or a popular books I just get them at my library. I also read Throne of Glass this year, hated it, and was sooo glad that i just got it from my library and didnt spend a single cent on it. Buying used books is also a great way to save money- i just got three of the Game of Thrones books for 22 instead of 45 € lol- I think the only book I kinda regret buying this year was the Acotar series, i read Crescent City and loved it and thought i should give her other series a try, the book Set was only 25€ on Amazon so I thoughg "why not?". While i still gave them 3-4 stars each, I shouldve just gotten them from my library instead lol. I dont have enough shelf space to keep 3 star books

@ruebennomura9143 Жыл бұрын

Hey emmie you been read a lot of book and you have a lot of fan to support you

@Onceuponatime006 9 ай бұрын

I remember you showing the Never After book series in your library tour.. did you read it or unhauled it..??

@jolinelam5622 Жыл бұрын

harry potter and the cursed child was so unnecessary imo i finished it and it was not worth my time at all, i felt like if it was a book and not a play it would be better

@SuspirosdaBea Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree with you with ninth house xD I unhauled it soon after reading it

@KaiBingham Жыл бұрын

I have been trying to get back into reading and I made the mistake of picking up Neon Gods and Electric Idols. It did take me trying to read Electric Idols to realize I did not like the books. I refuse to read the cursed child lol. Great video

@rachaelhofford1680 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a relief to find someone else who didn’t love the Gold Finch !!!!

@renee_6974 Жыл бұрын

Madeline miller is working on a retelling of hades/persephone and im so excited!!!

@The_Open_Book Жыл бұрын

I grew up not being much of a reader but I always wandered the book stores with the same hang-up, that I couldn't risk spending *that* much money on something I didn't like. And I wasn't on Booktube either, to know anything about it but I remember seeing Throne of Glass ALL over the fantasy section and thinking... it must be good. I'm glad I didn't waste my money/time, and I'm sorry you did 😅

@katybyrd8674 Жыл бұрын

I am right there with you on Neil Gaiman! I was so convinced I would/should like him after reading a couple of the middle grade ones and some interviews, but I have rarely had to struggle for so long to slog through a book I despised than with Neverwhere or American Gods. I read so many things by him looking for another one that I would vibe with to the point where now he's my most-read author and I genuinely hate MOST of his books, lol

@Archive89_ Жыл бұрын

“I don’t even have proof she can slice bread efficiently “ I’M DEAD 😂💀

@milenataylor7323 Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree about Before The Coffee Gets Cold. It left me cold 🤷🏻‍♀️

@peachyb6528 Жыл бұрын

15:43 I did not think it was a waste of time but neither was it earth-shattering. I did enjoy the exploration of the characters specifically Theo. And I think there were several beautiful lines like this: “not just the predictable vastness of time, and space, but the impassable distances between people even when they were within arm’s reach of each other”

@craigpartain Жыл бұрын

Good Omens is the only one of these I've read from this list, and I felt the same way. Many of the other books on the list though are ones I've been on the fence about, skeptical of them despite all the recommendations I hear. Good to know that the skepticism is warranted.

@sophiecarbone4977 Жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree before the coffee gets cold was just trying too hard to be an emotional book, it just did not work for me! So happy I’m not the only one. I’ve only heard rave reviews about it.

@jmsl910 Жыл бұрын

i actually thought it was just plain old silly

@hotpeopleread3203 Жыл бұрын

3 videos in a week? We are being FED

@lysancasilvestris4449 Жыл бұрын

Wow, you have some crazy book prizes, even before inflation and paper crisis ... I'm really thankful for fixed book prizes in Europe. The hyped book I recently listened to and stopped after less than half of it because I couldn't any more was The Atlas Six. The negative reviews on Goodreads talk about the exact things that bothered me about it.

@Olivia-fw6kg Жыл бұрын

i read the entire throne of glass AND acotar series before i realised the books weren't good and i thought i was the only one since all my friends adored it 😭 thank you for the validation

@circleofleaves2676 Жыл бұрын

I didn't enjoy Before The Coffee Gets Cold either. The rules seemed silly, and the things around the rules, like the ghost getting up to go to the toilet (why would a ghost need to do that?) The writing itself was also just really, really bad. Fortunately I borrowed it from the library, so I didn't waste money, and fortunately it was a quick read so I didn't waste *too* much time on it.

@laurakuhlmann1626 Жыл бұрын

I read Throne of Glass, Neon Gods, and Before the Coffee Gets Cold and I 100% agree with you (the last of the 3 was so superficial IMO). Regarding Neil Gaiman, I enjoyed American Gods, I wonder if it may work for you as well. Haven't read any of his other books

@courtneyreagan900 Жыл бұрын

My brother gave me Throne of Glass after reading only the first page. After hearing your thoughts earlier this year I read the first chapter and got rid of the book! I'm still interested in ACOTAR but I'm borrowing it from the library! I found HP and The Cursed Child shortly after it came out at a thrift store for 25 cents. I don't remember much about it, I didn't hate it but really it wasn't memorable either. Thanks for your video ❤

@marjoriedybec3450 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. I regreted "The Alchemist", "101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think," and "Barry Lyndon." I'm very glad no Dickens books made your regrets list. :)

@emmiereads Жыл бұрын

so glad I never bought The Alchemist, listening to the audiobook was hard enough haha and nah I don't think I'll ever regret buying Dickens

@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын

I signed up with Audible last week, using my introductory credit for SK's Billy Summers (which I enjoyed a lot), and last night used a Premium membership benefit to borrow Verity until the end of the month. Prolly I shouldn't say too much about either of the two novels, because primarily I read Classics and am therefore not a good critic of contemporary fiction. That said, I think that Hoover is talented. Listening to her main character, I feel like it's a real person, albeit one with whom I'd not get along.

@labeba Жыл бұрын

Me first meet with Brandon Sanderson this year was mistborn: the final empire and its chief kiss in fantasy world, I believe it's young adult too not sure if the rest of the series is.

@lauramolina3337 Жыл бұрын

It’s like younger adult? Hahahahahah, like a book that works as a bridge, but that’s just my opinion.

@ionablunt109 Жыл бұрын

Okay but my toxic trait is wanting to see a reading vlog of the cursed child …

@blackatblu Жыл бұрын

heyy emmie. do you have a spotify? :)

@susanp7386 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you about The Ninth House - it was awful. Babel is another shocker - so hyped and yet so, so bad. Fortunately that was a library book. When I see books hyped on social media I cynically think that the publishers know they're bad and have to get as many people as possible to buy them before word gets around. Lots of good books are published without that level of hype.

@din.3764 Жыл бұрын

emmie have you review shatter me series?

@lifecolors4250 Жыл бұрын

The intro: gosh I agree 🥹💔

@rainblackbird8761 Жыл бұрын

I watched the miniseries Good omens first and loved it sooooo much and then read a book and I loved it but I think it's because of the show - they did a really great job! I think that if I read the book first I might not have loved it as much

@ReadingNymph Жыл бұрын

Thats a good point, we need to try the books to see what we like. This is why I also DNF 😅 if its not working for me I give up

@peachyb6528 Жыл бұрын

19:14 So sad to hear about your thoughts on Six of Crows, and kind of scared to read Ninth House but I’ll probably like it 😅

@lisaplummer8144 Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that I borrowed the books that made it to your list. I listened to a lot of bad books after eye surgery a few years ago. I don’t feel too much regret since I didn’t buy them and I was stuck on the couch with orders not to use my eyes. 😂 It’s so satisfying to hear your take on Neil Gaiman. I have said the same thing, “I just can’t put my finger on it.” I wanted to like his writing but there is something so forced about it. I labored through American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane with zero satisfaction in the end.

@carolinbookland Жыл бұрын

I remember being really excited to read Before The Coffee Gets Cold and then you said it wasn’t good and I it was all I needed to leave it in the past 😅

@scoobydoo_forever Жыл бұрын

I love to court of thorns and roses series but didn't like throwing of glass or crescent City

@yw1971 Жыл бұрын

You did recommend "Ninth house" last year. What changed? (Also try buying used or electronics)

@EMM_84 Жыл бұрын

Run away from cursed child! I saw the show a few months ago and wasnt blown away. The effects are awesome and really fun to witness but the story doesnt make sense. They did a great job of transforming the theatre so even just walking into the building adds to the experience. I was late to the HP hype and quickly got stuck in but just as quickly felt happy to move on to other things.

@longlivesteelo8670 Жыл бұрын

If you going to read Sanderson please read Stormlight Archive instead of mistborn.

@rileyr5984 Жыл бұрын

Hey Emma. Loved your Saskatchewan diss. Coming from someone who actually lives there… I can’t help but laugh and agree with you😂 Hope the school year is going well for you!