Unpopular opinion, I read Starter Villain by John Scalzi earlier this year and didn't like it 😅I thought the humour was too cringy and it was trying too hard to be funny 🙈 I also read Bone Season earlier this year too (the re-released/newer version), initially I thought it was just OK. My edition had the prequel included at the back of it, and I found that I enjoyed the series a bit more after reading that as it provided a bit more context/clarification to the magical system. Would be open to reading the next one in the series. I picked up Horrorstor this year too! I actually like how the book looks like an Ikea catalogue lol. Really keen to read this one since I loved My Best Friend's Exorcism, and his other book The Southern Bookclub's Guide to Slaying Vampires! His other recent book, How to Sell a Haunted House not so much.

The lost daughter was my first Elena book. I recently found the first 2 in the series you recommended!! I’m so excited to read that! Hope you like lost daughter it was an interesting experience for me

Hi Emily, did Pear get re-homed? I know you were considering it and I may have missed the video where you discussed it. Also, in Ontario, at least, Value Village is putting price stickers on the outside of books now. Are they doing that in Quebec? If so, how are you removing them so well?

I thought my best friend’s exorcism was okay, like a solid 3 star. I LOVED final girls. Some of it may be because I’ve seen all of the old horror movies that it references but final girls was like 4.5 stars I would say

Excited to see what you make of Horrorstor! I want the physical copy just because of how cool it is 😂

i'm curious, what happened to mommy cat Pear/Persephone?

The Bone Season is the reason I'm afraid to read anything else by the author😅 It was a long time ago, but I still remember being confused, irritated and hating worldbuilding, main character and especially hating the romance....

IQ84- I had to read on and off, took about a year.

I was seeking the video and two of the titles say 'the sunken motel' and 'the cat runner' and I was so confused. But like always, great picks!

Omg love the background, the color, the books so nicely organized. Chefs kiss 😊

Watership Down is AMAZING. One of my favourite books ever. And it's a story of striving, a fantasy of rabbits. It's amazing😍

Omg I haven’t read Watership Down since freshman year of high school. Lol it’s a crazy story to use bunnies for. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

Your purple backlight is sooo pretty 🍇

Omg yay a new Emily video!! You're my new favorite Bookfluencer. I love how you read a variety of genres 🩷🦋✨

I have to love the lighting and the matching shirt

I do love Watership Down! I hope you like it too! Our reading tastes often align, so fingers crossed! :)

Hmm. I watched that film Lost Daughter on a whim. I didn't realize it was a Ferrante book.

Speaking of thrillers and seeing Razorblade Tears in the background…maybe David Joy? I’ve read The Line That Held Us and it’s intense. I want to try some of his other books. When These Mountains Burn has been recommended to me multiple times.

I love The Broken Girls by Simone St. James - planning to pick up more of her books!

allo emily! où est-ce que tu vas pour tes livres usagés?? c’est des belles trouvailles on dirait que à chaque fois je vais dans des livres seconde mains cest des cochonneries des années 1800😅 si jamais tu peux me recommander des endroits ca serait malade🙌🏻 merciii btw je t’écoute religieusement merci aussi pour tes vidéos 💜

So sad that you're so hot but the first thing I noticed is that you match your new lighting! 😂💜 Which book would you recommend to start reading Simone St.James? Afraid that if I start by the best one I'll end up disapointed by the others... 🤔 And kinda relieved about Grady Hendrix... Started by "The final girls support group" and didn't enjoy it that much... (Also bought most of his books before starting to read his novels... Never again! 🤦‍♀️😂) Been in a reading slump lately so no recommendations to give but picked up a few!

I was born in 1972, I feel old now 😂😂😂

I just want to let you know that some of the first books of simone st james are not quite mystery and more... romances with some kind of ghost story, I LOVE THEM, but I feel like if you go into them expecting a murder mystery you may be put off

I don't typically like magical realism, but I did just finish The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez and loved it

My dad bought it for me when I was 12 he thought it was a cute bunny story. I still to this day remember it. Not a cute bunny story, lots of gore. I lost my copy he got me and it was so long ago it was mass market but it is one I'd like to buy another copy and maybe if it another go.

Oooh! Netflix made an adaptation of Watership Down and Sam Smith’a music video for Fire on Fire takes clips from the adaptation! Also, Horrorstor audiobook was good/fine. I think the pairing with the book would be cool to follow the furniture diagrams.

Oh no, Starter Villain was not it for me, unfortunately. I gave it 3 stars but it was too action heavy. I hope it works for you though!

In terms of mystery thriller, hear me out : Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. It's more of a historical fiction with twists, but I think it can be categorized as mystery. I've LOVED it and it might be queer.. 😏 Also, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. It has a polarizing plot twist, but, after reading the afterword especially, I'm convinced it was done respectfully. These two were two that felt the least' cheap ' as unfortunately popular thrillers tend to feel to me, and evoked the most emotions. Fingersmith felt a bit too long but literally put a spell on me and the queer romance was 🔥

14:09 The second way (ee-kea) is the correct original pronounciation of IKEA in Swedish, but the first way you said it (ay-kea) has been established in English-speaking countries so it's not like that's incorrect. 😊

Omg what light are you using in the background? I'm in love 💜

I liked Simone St James newer release Murder Road!!! It was SO good, I think maybe her best I felt like i was watching a movie

I love the light! The screen capture for the video was SO eye catching!!!

I just finished starter villain and it was so funny. It’s not my typical genre and I couldn’t put it down. Was a really fun read

I binged The Bone Season revised editions after never having read them previously but loving her other works and I was completely hooked! Can’t wait for book 5 in Jan. Hopefully you enjoy it too!

one good non-fiction AND Elena Ferrante recomandation is her essays on writing and literature ( In the Margins) it just adds so much meaning to the books to see how she feels about the characthers too, how the dynamics with Lenu and Lila are other than in her previous books, and she is just an amazing writer, i found them amazing

I really enjoyed Starter Villain, I'll be the first to admit that its really a silly book, but it has everything to make me love it. Loved the cats and oh there's lot of cats on these book

I'm doing BookTuber appreciation month in August. What is something youd like me to read? (Or you can choose to feed me to something terrible for your own amusment!) I'd take a Snowglobe Emily rec too.

I bought Beneath the Keep in april! Haven't read it yet. The book I'm reading right now is called The Familiars by Stacy Halls it takes place in 1612 and is about women being accused of Witchcraft and one of them is a midwife. It's really good so far I stopped counting at 80 books I've bought this year.... oops I've been reading smut the last weekend of every month for fun, the next one I have is Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad B*ner by Raven Blackbird 👀 lol

I hope you like the bone season :D

Loooove the thumbnail with the purple background ❤

The movie version of The Lost Daughter is so good.

I had no idea night swim had a second book 😱

The cartoon version of Watership Down is pretty bloody, tough story that definitely resonates with life today. You will have lots of empathy and cheer on for the good bunnies against their enemies.

I've read Horrorstor last month and it was bad 😭

+1 vote of support for the color palette on this one! Looks really cool.

Omg I didn't know there was a Tearling prequel - NEED

Haha glad you liked the book, Emily! I especially gifted it to you for laughs and a good time. Hope you enjoy it! ❤

I enjoyed Watership Down more than expected. Curious to see your thoughts on the St James one as it sounds interesting.

The Lying Life of Adults is great but I didn’t care for The Days of Abandonment

My eyebrows SHOT UP when I saw you got Watership Down. I am very intrigued by what you'll think of it. And I actually just traded in a bunch of books for store credit at my local used bookstore and loaded up on old mass market fantasy and scifi books. Started reading one of them, Dragon's Winter by Elizabeth A. Lynn and am already totally in love. I'd never read anything by her or even heard of her, but for a nearly thirty year old book, it feels really progressive. Lots of women in leading/military roles, and the main male character is queer. I'd say this one was a hidden gem!