Cozy weekend reading vlog with the cats!

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Cozy weekend reading vlog with the cats!

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Hey Booktube, I thought it would be fun to do a reading vlog on a book I've seen getting some hype! Is "A Dark Window" by Rachel Gillig (amzn.to/3TUEdLd) worth its popularity? Watch for my review :)
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Spoiler Free review at 27:19 (until 29:25 - don't worry I warn you before the spoilers start!)
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@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Spoilers start at 11:30 Spoiler Free review at 27:19 (until 29:25 - don't worry I warn you before the spoilers start!)

@eduardoo31 4 ай бұрын

i read the title as 'crazy reading vlog with the cats' and i was like, 'oh no, what did they do?'

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I mean.. Charlie did make a hole under the couch and hid in it so there’s that 🥲

@kbird6208 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox My cat opens up the bottom of box springs and goes inside. 🥴

@cpjohnson1887 4 ай бұрын

Your giggles make me kick my feet 😂 it's the most mischievous little giggle ever lol

@Reading_Tamishly 4 ай бұрын

We don’t read similar genres but I am here for the tea and the cats 😅

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

The cats are living their teenage years at the moment! Chunky has found out that opening the kitchen cupboards makes me give him attention... wish me luck 😅

@crazybiogeek 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox Ours has realized that scratching at the bathroom door will get her attention. There is another door that she can use to enter the bedroom, one that isn't closed (because the latch doesn't work properly). But no, she scratches and throws herself against the closed door and meows until we get up and let her in. Since she hates being picked up, I like to go around, corner her in the bathroom and pick her up and carry her back around and toss her on the bed. I'm hopeful that the trauma of being picked up after she scratches will make her stop doing it. Instead of simply doing what she wants, which is open the door. Negative attention instead of positive attention, if that makes sense. (TLDR: Our house is kind of a loop, so we have two doors that lead from the bedroom to the rest of the house. The cat takes advantage of that to mess with us.)

@erinasarutobi2206 4 ай бұрын

charlie constantly being in your face is just so funny 💀💀💀

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

He's always in my business 💀 "What you doing mom? You don't need to work/read/watch tv. Pet me instead" 💀

@erinasarutobi2206 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox and kisses 😆

@kathleenbrashier2579 4 ай бұрын

Awwww, Charlie's trying to groom you (the non-creepy version, obviously). Charlie is trying to clean and take care of you like he takes care of himself and his siblings. He's not trying to eat your sweater.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

He has become so cuddly!

@kathleenbrashier2579 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox I love that! It's so wonderful to have a purring kitty on you. 🥰

@caitlin6810 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been subscribed to you long enough to know very well that you have siblings but I’m still a little taken aback every time you bring them up. You have such intense only child energy 😂 (not a bad thing).

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I'm a middle child though... and definitely feel it XD

@kbird6208 4 ай бұрын

My one cat sheds enough! I was picking cat hair out of my breakfast while listening 😂

@lauramichelle6976 4 ай бұрын

The purrs🥰🥰 those kittens are too cute.

@kbird6208 4 ай бұрын

I once listened to a book where multiple times it said "Suddenly, the phone rang.". HOW ELSE CAN IT RING??

@ranielledocha 3 ай бұрын

Charlie cleaning your sweater STOP So cute

@BookswithEmilyFox 3 ай бұрын

He's working hard, making sure everyone in this house is clean!

@sillykitty1818 4 ай бұрын

I DNFd this book. I agree with the repetitive descriptions. The lip curling and also “his eyes flashed”. I really pick up on repetitive descriptions like that and it drives me nuts.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

If a book has “she let out a breath she didn’t know…” just once it’s enough for me to want to throw it away 💀 so I understand!

@kbird6208 4 ай бұрын

It is so easy to fix that kind of thing but I guess the books sell so no one cares 😬

@insanebutterfly3439 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely appreciate all the spoilers.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I hadn't done a vlog with spoilers in a while! I try to balance it a bit but it can be fun too!

@mandyhuybregts3235 4 ай бұрын

I have black furniture and a silvergray cat. Half of my curtains are always grey 😂. And i also clean and brush like crazy. So i understand the pain. And i love these updates hahha. Very funny but also true.

@elenasreadingcorner 4 ай бұрын

I have absolutely zero interest in this book, watching this 35 min video anyway for the cats😂

@kelseyyrobinson 4 ай бұрын

This book felt almost like a regency era fantasy to me and it made me love it. Sometimes I just need a slow burn insta love story in my life.

@ManEatingTeddyBear 4 ай бұрын

I DNF'd both One Dark Window AND Divine Rivals, so good luck! lol

@sydrichey6600 4 ай бұрын

tbh I have to reread one dark window because I did not pay attention to it when reading it the first time

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I shouldn't have finished Divine Rivals ...

@Mari_0706 4 ай бұрын

As someone who has 7 dogs & 1 cat and lives in a tropical country, I couldn’t relate more on the shedding! I just accepted my fate at this point 😅

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

OMG. I can't imagine 💀

@msellenandrea 4 ай бұрын

I read this last year and I didn't think I would like it, but I ate it up 😂I agree, it read like YA! The ending made me very intrigued, so I'm waiting for the second book from my library.

@deendrew36 4 ай бұрын

Elspeth is basically a Scottish form of Elizabeth. 😁

@sophiefreeman7456 4 ай бұрын

Emily! The vibes in the second book are so much more tangible and darker and I think people generally prefer book 2. I loved both just for the dark fantasy xD

@jwi1085 4 ай бұрын

Nice to know Scottish=fantasy (Elspeth is indeed our firm of Elizabeth)😊

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

LOL it does sound like fantasy from across the world :P

@becklebooks 4 ай бұрын

You updating about your reading while Charlie monches you is the best hahahaha

@MeMyshelfAndI 4 ай бұрын

It's actually a New Adult duology (so there's plenty of crossover) and the sequel is more Adult

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I've always thought of new adult as YA but with sexy scenes and there aren't any in this one so it didn't even cross my mind XD

@verucasalt4535 4 ай бұрын

Charlie has gotten HUGE! My cat is estimated to have been born March 1 2023 so he's around the same age as your kittens and he's not nearly as big. I love all your babies!! 😸

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

He's definitely a big one! At least he's on the skinny size so he's ~13lbs. What about yours?

@verucasalt4535 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox 9 lbs exactly! I just weighed him.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Like Clawdia!

@Thefrenchliterarywitch 4 ай бұрын

the cats are so cute!

@koptelefooniris 4 ай бұрын

I thought book one was ok, the whole cards idea felt a bit like magical playing cards which wasn't really my thing but still enjoyed myself. Book two was actually really good, a lot more gritty and the cards made more sense to me somehow. So would definitely recommend the second one. I also believe it's a duology and everything is wrapped up in the second book, so no trilogy commitment or middle book syndrome! Anyway, love your channel and videos! ❤

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I think I’ll try the audiobook from the library!

@koptelefooniris 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox I listened to it as an audiobook! Was very enjoyable 😊

@merodactyl 4 ай бұрын

Agree with this take. I liked book one but book two was much better!

@harriedkari5910 4 ай бұрын

Book recommendation: The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy Post-apocalyptic & time loops

@KYX1994 4 ай бұрын

It's a duology, Emily! So the story is already completed. I have to say I loved both books and didn't feel it was YA. I read some books that read a lot more YA than this.

@mariannkomlos8513 4 ай бұрын

Oh Emily! Divine Rivals is so much better.. and it reads so much less YA. Try that one :)

@BirgitHaeupl 4 ай бұрын

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@Shyngi382 4 ай бұрын

If there was a clear line between YA and Adult (or New Adult) then I'd say One Dark Window is just barely over that line. I found it YA in a sense that there was always something happening. Like one thing happened and right after it something else happened and there wasn't any room to breath or calm things down. And I think that it very popular in YA books. Of course the romance makes it go over to the Adult side. But I did like the ending and since it is a duology, I decided to read the second book. And I think the second book was actually more Adult than YA. I was waiting it to be more darker because of the ending of the 1st book. But sadly it wasn't and it felt like Elspeth/Nightmare became more like a side character. Of course the ending of the second book was very YA ending, one of those where you go "yeah of course this was the backstory". I gave the books 3.5/5, I really liked the idea, maybe I was hoping a more darker story. Especially since the thing was called Nightmare.

@craftinginthemoonlight 4 ай бұрын

I finished the book last night. It was fun and I definitely will continue because I need to know where that last card is hidden and if Ravyn can get Elspeth back. I did have a giod time reading it!

@abibliophobe2731 4 ай бұрын

I was about 100 pages away from finishing this book and dnfed. Don't care to do back. Can't wait to hear your thoughts

@blandae5670 4 ай бұрын

In fantasy books from slavic countries, they eat groats!

@Annacadabra89 4 ай бұрын

I read A History of Wild Places last year and it got me out of a reading slump. You might like it, kinda weird, sort of a mystery but it hooked me.

@badfaith4u 4 ай бұрын

Please do vlog Divine Rivals. I bought the book and would love to hear your thoughts.

@laurenschenck5355 4 ай бұрын

Love ur vlogs so much and thanks so much for everything all hard work ❤️💙📙🧡🧡❤️🫶🏻🩷🩷🪻📚📚🌼🌼🥀🦋💞💚📚📚🪻💝🩵📖🧡🪻🩵🩵🩵💝💝📖📖📖🧡📚📚📚📖💞🌞🌞🌸🌸💜💜🥀🥀🫶🏻💓📙💓💝🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵💓💜🫶🏻🌸❤️🩷🦋💛💛💛❤️❤️💚💚l

@qnnika8399 4 ай бұрын

I love your videos! For readable books you might also like “How to kill men and get away with it” by Katy Brent. I read it in one sitting 😊

@martinelanglois3158 4 ай бұрын

Loved the vlog, adore the cats. I don't read sci fi or fantasy but I also read with a big licking over affectionate cat on my lap. Would not do it any other way. 🐈‍⬛🥰

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Does he make good biscuits?? Because Charlie doesn't. He tries. But he often makes air half biscuits lol

@martinelanglois3158 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox I don't know what is considered good biscuit making but when he does it, he is quite gentle.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Nice, Clawdia is quite intense when she makes hers lol

@arobinreads 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ The shadow of what was lost vlog would be great

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I'm too scared of it XD

@arobinreads 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox You can do it 💪 maybe just try a chapter and see how it goes?

@batman_ 4 ай бұрын

I haven't seen the video yet but based on the title I'd guess you didn't like the book, because you didn't even care if it's "One" or "A" dark window 😂❤

@notthemostread 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@sarahwhite4227 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

LOL fixed it 😂

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I have about one functional brain cell lately (very clear in the vlog lol) it says more about that than the book 😂

@batman_ 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox 100% relatable 😂

@tiwik6603 4 ай бұрын

Its a duology… and second book is so much better!

@Allenro711 4 ай бұрын

Emily, you made me curious about the string thing. I dnf'd this book like 3 chapters in so I never got to even the first mention of it, but I got my ebook again and searched it. It says it 5 times 😂

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

String yes. But corner pulled? Lip curling? It definitely happens 20 times lol

@Allenro711 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox The entire phrase of string pulled by corner of mouth thing. Which is still a lot for being such a weirdly specific phrase. String itself appeared a few more times haha.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

It’s definitely excessively specific 😂

@deendrew36 4 ай бұрын

The cutting of the hand always seems weird to me. Have you ever had a cut on your palm? Like, it takes forever to heal because you use your hands all the time, bandaids don’t stay on your hand, and you wash your hands all the time, meaning it can’t develop a good scab and it stings like a mo fo. If you have to cut something, do your forearm or leg or something. I dunno…not your hand!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Right? Right after he tells her it only requires a little and its like "then why did you cut your whole hand like that???" How does it not affect how he will fight as a soldier?? So silly

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

What book could you not put down until you were done with it? Or anything that would make for a fun vlog 😂

@keeva2176 4 ай бұрын

Little Thieves for me! first book i got a little bit obsessed with in a long time, which is good bc i almost did not read it when i realised it was technically YA lol

@qnnika8399 4 ай бұрын

How to kill man and get away with it! Or the newer book by the author (Katy Brent). I liked the first one better though. Very witty and fast paste 😊

@mirjamegger1439 4 ай бұрын

I really liked A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen. For me it felt very cozy sci-fi (like cosy fantasy, but with sci-fi😃). A non-recommendation, but maybe an interesting vlog book, would be The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon. I really don‘t understand the hype and found it very tedious to read. You‘d might hate it as well😂

@itsnotwhatyouthinkicanexpl3426 4 ай бұрын

"The Serpent and the Wings of Night", by Carissa Broadbent, is a very easy read as well if you wanted to try another romantasy. The premise is similar to Hunger games mixed with acotar. It helped with my reading slump, good luck! ❤ And I really like your sci fy recommendations top 10 videos! That would be fun to maybe do an updated version somewhere in the future.

@laura_c547 4 ай бұрын

I think You may like the housekeepers by Alex hay, is about a group of house maids doing a heist of a house in the victorian era,if anything is very fun😅

@Redbearyoga 4 ай бұрын

Charlie is a precious angel baby and can do no wrong in my eyes

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Even if he made a hole under my couch that I had to tape so he wouldn't hide in it? 😂

@Redbearyoga 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox he’s just redecorating 😅

@Amy1437 4 ай бұрын

i havent read this but the latest SJM book (CC3) did the mouth thing... her version was anytime someone smiled, their mouth kicked up at the corner. it was so annoying. once you see it you cant unsee it lol

@suzys735 4 ай бұрын

I love this duology soooo much ❤

@tiwik6603 4 ай бұрын

Continue!!! 😮

@Ermordrung 4 ай бұрын

I have read both and I think that Divine Rivals is much better and reads more adult, at least New Adult. I was always confused as to why it is marketed as YA… I would be curious if you would like it 😊

@avrorawhite9763 4 ай бұрын

You want older heroines, go read Clocktaur duology by T Kingfisher. Slate is around 30 years old.

@textilaerika 4 ай бұрын

I know you have Heartless by Marissa Meyer on your shelf and that could be a good read if you want something that is readable and you could go through it kind of fast. It's a YA but I feel its more of a fairytale

@zZz-lg3dn 4 ай бұрын

it’s a duology. to me it is a YA and it is a fast read even for the second book.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

A duology definitely is more appealing than a trilogy… maybe lol

@laurenschenck5355 4 ай бұрын

I loved the Dark Window and Divine Rivals OBSESSED with them both one of my favorites 📙📚📚📖📖📚📖📖📚🌞🩷📙📚📖💙📙💙❤️❤️💓💓🦋🦋💜💜💜🩵🌼🌼🧡🥀❤️❤️💓💛🧡💚❤️💙📖📖📖📚🩷🩷🩷🩵🩵💜🩵🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻💝💝🪻📙📙📙📙❤️💙💙💙❤️🧡

@alexiasp 4 ай бұрын

Girly im so curious: how much do you read out of pleasure and how much do you read just to make a review? I just came back to reading after a BIG slump and there are so many books that i wanna read, but I feel like a reality check will help me be less overwhelmed lol

@alexiasp 4 ай бұрын

if u make a Q&A i’d be so curious what’s you answer to this question!

@cat.book.nook. 4 ай бұрын

I've said it's fall like two days ago to my friend. 😅 But to be honest the seasons are pretty crazy nowadays..

@cat.book.nook. 4 ай бұрын

And also, my cats are shedding like crazy too. Touching one of them with slightly damp hands is the worst because my hand turns into a werewolf basically 😅

@anikamercier2651 4 ай бұрын

I really liked One Dark Window and the second book. But I thought the first book was a bit better. Some of your questions or points at the end are explained in the second book.

@thbestfrnd 4 ай бұрын

He’s grooming you ❤❤❤

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

For a second I thought you were talking about the book (the monster in her head) 😂

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 4 ай бұрын

What colour are River rocks… grey? Black? Brown? Hmmm

@4travelinggirls 4 ай бұрын

My local library's main storytime lady is named Elsbeth, just had to rep, haha

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Haha that's awesome! I'm willing to bet she isn't French :P

@kellyroll8108 4 ай бұрын

I thought this was ok and I sort of like the whole cards bit but what I couldn't stand was the spelling of the names. From reading comments below book 2 might be worth picking up.

@cynthiafialka 4 ай бұрын

I always enjoy kitty appearances! I must stand up for Siamese, they are not biters. I’ve never had one that did that.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I thought Pica was common with them?

@cynthiafialka 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox some of them do chew things. I had one that liked to chew on wool sweaters. But most of them haven’t chewed on anything that other cats wouldn’t. I think cats in general like to chew stuff. Actually I thought you said biters, and I thought you meant biting people!

@keithcuarteros9844 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFoxyes! My Siamese likes to lick plastic bags 😬 and she tries to the plastic leaf decorations by the window 😑

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Oh no it doesn't bite anyone but he loves to lick/chew and swallow things that aren't food -_-

@jessicamorales1556 4 ай бұрын

😂❤

@laurenschenck5355 4 ай бұрын

Hope you had a fabulous weekend Emily and ur fur babies 💙❤️🧡🧡❣️🌸💜💘💜🌼🩵🩵🌹🌸🌸💛💛💜🌸🌹💙🩷🌞🌞💘💛💛l💓🥀🌸❣️🪷❤️💙🩷🦋💔💙🩷🌞🌹📚📚📙📙📚📚📖📖📖

@Stargazerlost 4 ай бұрын

I DNFed this book. I couldn’t stand the insta-love “romance” and all the drama that came with it.

@keithcuarteros9844 4 ай бұрын

My I’m scared 😟 these are two recommendations if you loved Fourth Wing (or maybe if it wasn’t for you 😅). But I loved Divine Rivals but not as much as FW (I couldn’t put it down) 🤣 don’t hate me😝 I have yet to read ODW😊

@ejderhaz 4 ай бұрын

I powered through book 1 (I was also in a reading slump and wanted to read something that'll help) and omg you won't enjoy book 2 at ALL, there is a 2nd romance/couple and I was so DONE with their flirting 😭😭😭 I could not, i should have dnf'd it honestly

@crazybiogeek 4 ай бұрын

Our cat-beast likes to lick blankets, but only the blankets that I made. She doesn't care about licking blankets that were purchased from a store. Why are cats?

@stacymartinez3178 4 ай бұрын

Good afternoon my dear friend

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Good afternoon!

@keithcuarteros9844 4 ай бұрын

6:00 I WISH my cat was this cuddly, I have to make her cuddle with me😅 only for a few moments though, she like it when I carry her but too much and she’s 🙅🏻‍♀️😄

@lilybirdfly 4 ай бұрын

I felt the same way about the romance parts, just too cringy. I do think book 2 is better. It’s VERY readable and non-stop action.

@mafaldarosinhas9116 4 ай бұрын

I read both books and loved them. There are definitely some issues with repeating expressions and even the magic system had some flaws (to me, at least). But overall I thought it was a pretty good balance between fantasy and romance, because even though the magic system is very simple, it's complete and it made sense to me. I gave both 5 stars and ugly cried on both books. I also thought the monster was the love interest at first but unlike you was kinda disappointed because I love a good enemies to lovers 😂 totally forgot about the part that they "meet" when she's 9, so my bad 😬😂

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

LOL the 9yo detail is a deal breaker but I am a fan of enemies to lovers!

@mafaldarosinhas9116 4 ай бұрын

@BookswithEmilyFox oh yeah, definitely, I think I just unwilling ignored it (?) XD he was still my favorite character. Also if you enjoy enemies to lovers I think the romance in the second book has a little more to it than elspeth and ravyn, not sure everyone with agree but there's more banter !!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

My library has the audiobook so it's low commitment... I'll give it a shot!