Aww! She cried from just talking about books. I wanna hug her. This is the kind of passion we seek.

The way she passionately persuades you to read 👏

@samar1462

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. But I don't think reading needs pursuasion. I think if you are a human, you'll inevitably feel the passion of it and enjoy reading yourself. 😊

@samar1462

2 жыл бұрын

@@senpaixd1346 Yes, and dude, you ought to read Chekhov. His work is more human than human beings. Read his short stories, they are simply out of this world, the human sentiment involved is incomparable, definitely makes you more of a human being yourself. ☺️

I’ve always been a bookworm, but you have made me more interested in not just reading books but really learning and reading them in depth and applying them to my life in positive ways. I’m going to the thrift store to get some book and I’ve never been to a thrift store so I’m excited! Also I love your earring! Happy new year Emma and God bless you 🤍🎉

@sevgiyagmur4910

3 жыл бұрын

I feel same Happy New year to you 💖🐰

@KikiFu

3 жыл бұрын

Libraries also have sales in order to make space for newly donated books. Those sales are often very good and have wonderful translations available...for $2-5 typically. 🥰📚 Thrift dhops are greathrift but estate sales and garage sales also sell books at very reasonable prices often in "like new condition"

@zzyzxzzyzx

Жыл бұрын

​@@KikiFuyes! Nobody talks abt the fantastic library prices, but I've gotten two entire shelves for under $35 (!!) bc of my library.

@KikiFu

Жыл бұрын

@@zzyzxzzyzx That's awesome! 📚❤️

I love how you add snippets of footage where you read the books, that's such a unique idea😊

@ashleyjoyes4425

3 жыл бұрын

I love it too

This year introduced me to you, and that's why I let this year pass as not the worst year for me.🥺🥺🌼🌼🌼 Thank you for being this amazing human that you are, you've made my worst days better by just talking about what you love.❤️ I love you 💕

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

@shraddhanipurte639

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmiereads 😭❤️ thank you for replying I am literally screaming 🥺 you're literally my favourite person ❤️

@silviag.s.9894

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

the beginning of the video reminded me of this quote by Paul Celan: “Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.” be well Emma! thank you for everything you do!

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

ugh I love that, thank you!

@josephine7583

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmiereads of course!!

the passion you talk about language and stories is simply breathtaking

I’m 45 years old now and I spent 2020 getting reacquainted with my love of books. I graduated high school from home and learned that I love love love to write. I don’t know that I’m any good at it but it helps my mental state :) I know this video is 4 months old but I just found your channel and I think you do great work!

I love you so so much Emmie. There was a time when I used to devour books and enjoy reading but it dwindled over the past few years and I had stopped reading entirely. I picked up reading again this year , and the main reason behind this was you . Your videos and your enthusiasm about books really sparked back my interest in books . So thank you so so much. You have no idea how eagerly I wait for you to upload a new video.

I love that your list has so many books that aren’t talked about by most of booktube!! Some awesome titles 🤩

your videos have honestly been such a comfort to me this past year. thank you so much for all the hard work you do it’s honestly been such a hard year and your videos have been such a light in my life ❤️

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad, thank you so much for so many lovely words this year, love you!!

my top three of the year; 1. frankenstein (my new favorite book, the number one on this list and in my heart, absolutely beautiful and infinitely discussable) 2. the poet x (elizabeth acevedo became one of my favorite writers this year, her prose just spirits me away and dives deep into my soul, it's gut wrenching, emotional and so genuine) 3. this is how you lose the time war (just wow, so weird and so good, and oof what an audiobook) with an honourable mention to "if not, winter" which i read upon your recommendation and was truly blown away from! it festered in some deep part of my brain.. and a shout out to jane austen, whose books i devoured and were a much needed escape (especially sense & sensibility) and lastly, thank you for your videos this year.. you have been a source of calmness and peace in the storm that has become our daily lives! see you next year x

You are making me fall back in love with reading and books and every time I watch one of your videos it makes me pick up a book or multiple so I wanted to say thank you and i'm very glad I found your channel this year

HI EMMA!!!!!!!!! i just wanted to say a few things: 1/ i love you and your content so much. your videos are my favorite to watch and to fall asleep to when my insomnia is stronger than usual. 2/ i just wanted to thank you for making these videos, and for dedicating your time to us, even with a brain injury. you are so special and so dedicated to us and i am forever indebted to you emma. 3/ you have gotten me through so much. my brother and dad recently got corona, and it was so hard for me and my mom to be distanced from them, and to not know if they were okay. and your videos got me through it. i had one of your videos on EVERY second of every day. whether it be an old video or a new video. your long and soft spoken yet enjoyable content made me feel so connected to someone, and so extremely comforted. and i genuinely felt like we were best friends. thank you so much. i love and adore you and hope you’re doing okay. thanks again em

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

thank you seriously from the bottom of my heart for your kind words, they feel like a big hug

@sydneyvaden1175

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmiereads i love you. sending hugs 💗

I can’t believe I only found your channel today

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

awe hi!!

@filipamartins1722

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmiereads I’ve been binge watching all your videos! I love them :)

@triptinath5675

3 жыл бұрын

@@filipamartins1722 same

I just love how you recommend a whole new sort of books that are not the talk of the town ( booktube/ bookstagram ) I just find your content refreshing and non repetitive

top three books is HARD but just going by my gut I'm gonna have to say: 1. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 2. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 3. The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited by the McElroy family !

oh gosh, the intro made me so emotional... 🤍 sending so much love & praying for your continued healing into 2021.

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much lovely, sending you the biggest hug

Watching this while bullet journaling = maximum relaxation :)

@oliviaedenmusic

3 жыл бұрын

im setting up my 2021 spread to thisssss

Thank you so much for making this year just a little more bearable, your videos always make me feel so happy on so many dark days❤️

One of the best things that happened this year was to discover your channel. Your videos made me so happy in these difficult times, thank you so much. 💖

I wanna thank you, for making videos and having something to look forward to basically every week. For not making reading seem like a chore or something you feel compelled to do (some booktubers sometimes do that), but something so beautiful. And thank you for being the nicest human being. I’m very grateful for you.

I love people who love talking about books! My favorite books of the year were Pachinko, the Count of Monte Cristo, and Trevor Noah's memoir. They all made me feel really deeply, either sadness, happiness, or just completely moved. An honorable mention is The Magical Language of Others, another memoir. Thanks for introducing some new reads!

My top 3: Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov The purple hibiscus- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The picture of Dorian gray- Oscar Wilde

@triptinath5675

3 жыл бұрын

How's Lolita?

@oliviadomigues26

3 жыл бұрын

@@triptinath5675 👎😕

i honestly could listen to you talking about books forever

We all need to reconcile things at times. And you have helped me with that through your beautiful voice and amazing books. My “hope” for you is that you’re feeling that from all of us who love you and your channel. Wishing you the happiest and healthiest of New Years! ❤️

A book that made a huge impact on me this year was The girl with seven names by Hyeonseo Lee, the life story of a girl who escaped North-Korea. She has some TED talks on KZread too and overal it made me want to pick up more books about this topic and learn more about the situation.

@emmaco-qo8kp

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I also read a book about people who left from North Korea and everything they had to faced. It was an amazing book about the subject, called Nothing to Envy.

The beginning touched me deeply, what a precious human you are! 💖 I just want to thank you for all the joy and inspiration you brought me in this difficult year and I wish you a beautiful and healthy 2021! 🍀

the emotion in your eyes and face and the rawness with which you discuss these books is just the most beautiful warming thing. your videos have got me through the more difficult parts of this year and i cannot thank you more for that. (currently reading the phantom of the opera for the first time as a result of your videos!) lots and lots of love from the uk, you are so adored and appreciated. ♡

for me it was 1) killing commendatore by haruki murakami 2) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 3) The day Lasts More Than A hundred Years by Chinghiz Aitmatov

@shraddhanipurte639

3 жыл бұрын

I read Kafka on the shore in March and I really really loved it and still think about it every now and then

Also read 100 years of solitude in 2020, and it was so great, all the characters were perfect and when someone died, you just felt it, and you missed them being there. Alot of it was so unexpected and I agree with you, that this is one book you absolutely need to reread multiple times in your life!

My 3 favourites readings of this yera where: -The Foundation by Antonio Buero-Vallejo. - The sorrows of young Werther by Goethe. -The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

The passion you have is contagious, you made me cry

Thank you for introducing us to so many wonderful books over the year. I can't wait to add some of the titles I don't own to my shelves.

I’m Colombian so when I was in high school (11th grade, I was 17), 100 Years of Solitude was one of the obligatory reads. God, I hated it!, I didn’t read it but we have to do a movie of the book. I’ve always being intimidated by this book, of course with 17 I was still in love with Edward Cullen and that’s what I wanted to read in school. I just want to tell you that you convinced me! I want to read it now and I’m very glad to be so privileged to be able to read it in the original language. Thanks!

Every time I watch one of your videos you make me grab a book afterwards. It's surely a gift you have there. ;) I love how you chose such different authors with different mother tongues and experiences throughout their life! It helps me to gain a broader perspective when it comes to literature and shows that although 95% of booktubers like to read their American YA-stuff that you are one of the few 5% who isn't going to constantly talk about Sarah J. Maas' books for years to come. I also enjoy a YA sometimes, but diversity is worth more to me. :)

I read "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison in high school for a project and LOVED it, I definitely want to read it again soon as an adult to see what I get from it with a more mature perspective

It’s so beautiful to see how you’ve grown throughout this year. Thank you so much for sharing♥️

Now I need to read every single book here that I haven't already😂 Love this video and love to hear your thoughts💖 Happy New Year! ✨🍾

you are literally shining in this video!! 🌺✨🌺✨🌺✨ thank u for all the recommendations and also for the calm and soothing vibes that you emanate 💕

i'm so glad you liked 'the picture of dorian gray'!! i kinda have the same "issue" with that book as you do with 'the phantom of the opera' - i cannot stop collecting different versions/publications of it. it's just so beautiful!

Thank you so much for this video!

At 1:53, I got teary-eyed!!!Got the same feeling😢 because reading helped me as well during the ordeal that was 2020. *New subscriber here❤

This sounds quite dramatic but is very true; this is my favorite KZread video. Like ever. And I watched 1000s of KZread videos over the course of the past seven years. Is just makes me so happy 🥺

The opening speech was so beautiful.

I have one hundred years of solitude sitting on my shelf. Now I have to read it soon. 🙈

It's the new year in korean time. happy new year, emma💖

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

happy new year!!

i love this so much my top 3: - this is how you lose the time war - little life - beloved

What a fantastic video. Thank you for this. Nowadays I'm rarely shaken/stirred/inspired by what I read, so it's wonderful to see (to remember) the power that language and imagination, wielded by one mind, can have over another. Your responses are so affecting. And such an eclectic list! A glorious celebration of the ability of books to help us find new depths in ourselves. My top three books of this year were 1. Wives and Daughters (Gaskell) 2. Little Women (Alcott) - proving that classics are classics for a reason; this was the first time I'd read either - and 3. Born With Teeth (audiobook), Kate Mulgrew's autobiography, read by the author herself, another instance (to add to your examples) where reading from the page would certainly not have been the same experience. Thanks again for this lovely three-quarters of an hour.

love your voice and your tone sooo much！！especially for a book lover and English learner who try to understand without captions. your video make me feel comfortable and peaceful

Re: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead - I'll have to add this to my TBR list based on your recommendation..... It's sad that even with the classics' more famous passages 'about' animal suffering, like Raskolnikov's dream in Crime & Punishment - where he's horrified by the horse being whipped, you still get the sense as a reader that it's a religious metaphor or mainly intented only as a commentary on how people mistreat each other. Then along these lines there are films like Au Hazard Balthazar by Bresson and The Rules of the Game by Renoir (countless others) in which *real animals* (i.e. in the film's production) are literally enlisted as sacrifices to this kind of poetic device. It's a glaring blindspot that's rarely remarked on.

Thank you for all the effort done this year! Been with you since September, but I feel like I know you for years and years. Your videos helped me get through some tough times and I've become a more active reader nonetheless. Happy New Year, Emma! Love you

you always sell me on every single book you read. the eloquence!!!! the passion!!! happy new years emma!!

@emmiereads

3 жыл бұрын

LOVE YOU SARAH, happy new year!!!!

a video i’ve so been waiting for! opening up a tab for goodreads to get adding

My number one book of 2020 is also One hundred years of solitude, followed by Love in the time of cholera and If Beale street could talk by James Baldwin. So glad to hear your love for Gabo (thats the friendly way we call Gabriel García Marquez in Colombia). As the books, you've also been like friend for me this past year. Thank you for sharing your life, your readings, your thoughts and your emotions. Hope this year brings amazing and more beloved books. Hugs from Latin America!! Ps: I love Rilke too

GURL Shirley Jackson is GREAT! The Haunting of Hill House was stunning. Im about to read the Sundial lol.

my favourite book of the year and the one that influenced me the most was The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. I read it at a time where i was really not doing well and it made me remember why i love stories so much and that life is okay with stories in it. It made me feel the type of wonder and magic I used to feel when reading fantasy as a child and in short it was a beautiful journey with many layers and i can't wait to read it again many times even though I believe it was most important in the fact that it gave me hope at a time when I wasn't at my most hopeful. other favourites were the bone clocks by david mitchell, spring by ali smith and before the devil breaks you by libba bray.

This year I found you and you introduced me to my favorite books. You brought me into classics and for that I am forever grateful to you!

Super interesting to see two polish books on your list :) warm greetings from Warsaw!

Your videos have been such a comfort this year. I'm so glad you loved The Picture of Dorian Gray and Beloved! I am a massive Oscar Wilde fan, and I can't wait to read even more by him this year. Also, Toni Morrison was such a talented author! I should perhaps reread Beloved. It was my first Toni Morrison book as well and it's been years since I read it. If you're looking for more Toni Morrison I highly recommend The Bluest Eye next. The way the main character internalizes a standard of beauty that she can never achieve is poignant and heartbreaking. It's such a powerful read. Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2021!

Ahh, no other awards [shows] can even compare; they can't even TRY!! Literal[ture]ly a perfect video from a perfect channel. It has been so wonderful to see everyone take in your words and warmth and recs and just have something free from any 2020 bedlam and absolutely overflowing with light and collective passion (without caring about run-on sentences). HNY (Also mine were The Remains of the Day, The Winter of Our Discontent, and Stoner if I had to limit and if anyone cares or just for posterity)

I love your channel SO MUCH! You bring so much comfort and inspiration. You reminded me how much I love to read. I just bought phantom of the opera and I can’t wait to share in the joy! Thank you so much!

I discovered your channel sometime in August and it's one of the few true gems I had the pleasure to enjoy this year. I like how I remember a lot of the clips you inserted from your vlogs. Love you, love your channel ❤

I’m so glad I found you this year. I haven’t been here for long but you really made my quarantine better. Thanks for what you do. ❤️

I aspire to speak so fluently, calmly and so intelligently as you do ❤️❤️

Yayyyy new content!! I love you! I’m currently reading the phantom of the opera after seeing your Channel ✨💕

I have One Hundred Years of Solitude just sitting in my bookshelf, seeing the way you talk about it makes me really want to get through it finally. It´s am important piece of literature here in Mexico, so I´m scared of reading it! Anyway, while you´re in this Márquez vibe, I recommend Chronicles of a Death Foretold. It´s basically about a man who is going to be killed, and the entire town knows about it but him. It is quite short, no more than a hundred pages but it´s beautiful. I loved it! And if you´re into the magical realism, try Julio Cortázar or José Saramago.

Your love of stories is so relatable and so beautiful 🥰💐

I got myself Autobiography of Red and Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead for Christmas because of you. I'm currently reading Anne Carson and it's one of the best books I've ever read, so I'll never thank you enough

I love how passionate you talk about these books. It made me add quite a few books to my reading/wishlist. I hope 2021 will be better for you and that you have the chance of reading many more fantastic books.

Your thoughts are so beautiful... man I'm addicted. I love your passion.

Hi beautiful human being! Been waiting for it! Thankssssssss happy new year lovely Emma!!!!!!! Happy happy new year! Hope you'll (everyone will) have amazing, fulfilled, and full of exploration and safety year next year!

One hundred years of solitude is one of my all time favorites!! Absolutely amazing

I NEED IT WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE!!! Such a gorgeous story!

Thank you so much for sharing this top 17 and for making me want to read more classics. I definitely want to read Rilke this year. I also read The picture of Dorian Grey a few weeks ago and I absolutely loved it, the writing was so beautiful! Happy new year and take care 😊

my lil top 3: mrs dalloway, a room of one’s own and hamlet; also: SO happy to see someone recommend ishiguro, he’s one of my favourite authors!! i think you’re gonna love a pale view of hills

sooo happy to be spending the new year's eve with a new vid of yours!

I cried when you thanked everyone who writes and records and thinks of books. I have a painful nerve injury in my hands which started last August. I've had to give up my dreams of becoming a composer as I couldn't write, or play any instruments. I can't hold a book for too long because it hurts my hands/fingers, so I've listened to so many audiobooks!! Can't wait to get better, and hopefully not deal with this pain anymore. Wishing you a good recovery as well!

it made me happy to see that you like some polish authors and their books! Olga Tokarczuk's and Stanisław Lem's work is really good.

You've introduced me to so many wonderful books this year

Thank you for mentioning the books in the description, you're a lifesaver!

In 2019 I suffered a brain injury as well and it was very rough as my escapes were also reading and watching movies. As a journalism student, I had to put my whole life on hold and get better little by little. I know that it might feel very rough, to be honest and I still have my rough days a year and a half later, but it will get better and soon you'll get back into the magical worlds of books and your appreciation for them will forever change for the better 😊 And you are doing great with this channel, I love how you introduce me to new books and Sailor Moon has definitely been my 2020 guilty pleasure, they were just so cool 😂

this year was a complete mess for me and i have to say that discovering your channel has helped me tremendously. your voice is so soft and your videos are so calm and aesthetically pleasing, it feels like teraphy. i’ve also read lot of the books thanks to you and found so many new favs. thank u for this year emmie! 🤍 you re great

I really really love your video! I am a booklover ! Your video motivate me to read books! from Japan.

I love your videos 💖💖💖 Your videos have very cozy and wonderful atmosphere 💖 Hope you have a lovely Holiday ☃️❄

I find myself opening up to so many of your suggestions just from your description. I’ve never read Manga but I think Sailor Moon is a comfort I need! What influences your book choices? Very happy that your videos are a generally juicy length so thank you especially for this past year 💜

Ahhhhh I’ve been so looking forward to this!! 😍👏

Great list and set of books. I couldn't do that with all my 2020 books, too many favourites

Your video is helping me now to get out of such a terrible moment thank you ❤️

@melanieventer3511

3 жыл бұрын

I'm wishing you the best💕

@sarawiser

3 жыл бұрын

sending you love!

@sydneyvaden1175

3 жыл бұрын

hope you’re okay! sending love xx

@shraddhanipurte639

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you are okay and sending love and wishes ❤️

@bookswithchaimae

3 жыл бұрын

@@shraddhanipurte639 thank you ♥️

You are such a special human being, I’m so glad I found this channel ;-; thank you for the recs and I hope you have a wonderful 2021

My top 3 were 1. To the lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 2. Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 3. The tenant of wildfell hall by Anne Brontë I’m really hoping you read some of Woolf’s work in 2021, she’s my favourite author and I’d love to hear your take on her 💛

7:06 'Gemina' (the whole series) sounds amazing! And I love it when people get really excited about Sailor Moon (8:33 chef's kiss) 😂Thanks for the many many book recommendations and for another wonderful video! 🤍

Pixar: We need to make audiences get teary-eyed by the five minute mark of our films. Emmie: Hold my beer.

Im reading a hundread years of solitude now, im barely on page 100 and something but i already know its one of the best books ever written. And im looking forward (and afraid of) the netflix adaptation

You would also really like love in the time of cholera. First time reading Marquez. I am soooo excited to get into 100 years of solitude. But, his writing has enchanted me as much as the bronte sisters. It’s magic.

Thank you Emma for letting us join you in your journey this year, it was a pleasure to watch 🙏. My top 3 of the year: 1) War & Peace by Tolstoy 2) Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez 3) Normal People by Sally Rooney 🖤✨ wishing you and your loved ones the best for next year!

I love “cem ano de solidão” by Gabo, its also one of my favourite books 🥺🥺🥺 i am in love with your channel

It's great that you discovered so many new favourites this year! I actually just ordered both Phantom of the Opera and One Hundred Years of Solitude today because you speak so highly of them. 😆 I'm so grateful for having stumbled across your channel earlier this year, your videos have been a huge comfort as well as an inspiration. I hope 2021 brings you good things and many more amazing stories to enjoy! 💛

One good thing this year was discovering your channel. Happy new year!

thank you so much emmie! your videos have helped sparked my enthusiasm for reading this year when i didn't really feel like doing anything at all. so glad i had you and your videos as a companion this past year!!