Any goals with big books for 2018? Are you as intimidated by them as me?

@gerchiaolifant5176

6 жыл бұрын

BookswithEmilyFox heck yeah especially since I trying to do 100 books next year.

@mistyrichmond362

6 жыл бұрын

I plan on reading the stand this year and I'm really intimidated by it.

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

100 books is scary enough without the big books! I don't think I'll try it again this year 😂

@ErinBoBerin20

6 жыл бұрын

Not really having to do with big books, but I’m hoping to read 75 books next year since I met my goal of 50 this year!

@joellejeltsch6926

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I want to read a Terry Brooks book: the Shannara chronicles! My edition has 1434 pages... huge :-)

Thank you for talking about older books. Booktube is so centered around new so it’s nice to have a balance

What did we do to deserve many videos this month

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

You've all been so awesome this year! ❤️

I like big books and I can not lie! :D

@showjumpingpeggy2340

6 жыл бұрын

roxemary haha good one! 😀

The Stand is my favorite Stephen King book. I read it for the first time over 30 years ago and still flinch away from people when they sneeze.

@hanaafresher3815

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to 2020 😆😆

@marcelbeaudoin3886

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, this aged well 😂

YES I AM THE SAME WITH BIG BOOKS!!!

Emily it's so refreshing to see such a variety of books on your channel. I LOVE hearing about books that are new to me and that everyone else isn't talking about. I very much appreciate your channel! :)

Love your videos and your honesty of your feelings of books!!! we have a lot of the same opinions.. Happy almost new year!

Hey ! I'm a Belgian reader (French side of the Force) and I just discovered your channel by trying to improve my English with other books lovers. So happy to see a person who speak English AND French ! My challenge is not to read more big books 'cause it's the case already. I've no problem with big books and honnestly, with ebooks, you don't see the difference most of the time. I read a lot of ebooks 'cause they are more pratical on the train, lighter and cheaper than paperbacks (French prices, I know English prices are very different). My challenge is to read more English books. I read eight English books last year so I want to do at least ten this year. Fingers crossed !

OMG The Painted Man is soooo good! Good luck with the big books. BTW, I love them. :D

I saw a peek of His Dark Materials when you tried to do the thumbnail, and knew immediately it was going to be a good video!

My favourite big book is Les Miserables and I also adore The Count of Monty Cristo. Another one I LOVE Pillars of the Earth - its huge but the story is amazing. I am planning on reading the follow up to that one World without end which is equally massive. I am probably not going to hit my reading goal but thats okay I am just trying to enjoy the books I am reading now. I may be a little more conservative next year we shall see good luck I can't wait to see how you do!

Been subbed to your beauty channel for years and I had no idea you had a book channel!! I'm so excited I will be binge watching this channel 😊

Yeeeesss!!! The painted man, the lies of locke lamora and others I soooo want more people to talk about on booktube, and you're doing it!! 🙌🏻

Oh what a beautiful time full of family, food and so many of your videos *-*

I really enjoyed Emma! You motivate me to make more time to read!!

OMG LOL yes. "Whoever said reading is not a sport ha snot done thumbnails". FAVORITE LINE. I really want to read Emma by Jane Austen too and Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. The Lies of Locke Lamora from your list is ALSO on my TBR. All of these books are so daunting ahhhh!!!!

Great idea! Sometimes I shy away from bigger books, but I think it might be because of my use of Goodreads. I love Goodreads, but I think it makes me insecure about my reading count (so silly). I do love to read big books though. They give you such great world building and character development! Best of luck on your goal!!

Emily! I just wanted to see for a few days now that in 2017 you've became my favourite booktuber! I'm amazed by all the content you've put online recently! It makes me happy every time I see that I've a new video of you to watch :).

Your videos are seriously so great. You always talk and mention books that aren’t just YA Fantasy and I love that

Absolutely loved the painted man, and I'm planning on picking up the second book next year :) also, just wanted to say that I really love your channel! You have an eclectic taste in books and I love seeing the vast number of fantasy books you have in your collection.

Emma is on my list too. I also want to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. Love your vids and your honesty. Happy New Year!!

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

LOTR is epic! A lot of descriptions but... I loved it! Sam is the best :D

I’ve got a couple big books on my list for next year. You’ve inspired me to try for a few more! Those big books are super scary for some reason.

I just recently subscribed and I am absolutely loving your videos! Best decision I've made in 2017 probably 😊 Keep up the amazing work!

The edition of His Dark Materials you have is beautiful!! :D Good luck! I hope you achieve all your goals.

This video was sooo satisfying to watch! Especially the thumbnail with all the beautiful books😄

Le comte de Monte Cristo is my favorite book! This is a great choice! 😊

Yes yes yes! Love your list! I'm planning on continuing The Wheel of Time series, as well as King's The Dark Tower series.

Yes I feel you Emily! Nowadays with my busy schedule I usually listen to big book on audio instead!

I just found you, and I am sooo excited to follow your Bibliophilic journeys~! I go through books WAYYYYyyy to fast, and my library can't really keep up. Current faves are Jane Lindskold, Mercedies Lackey, and Elizabeth Bear

i love your videos. they’re always so informative and interesting to watch. you put in so much effort into your videos and I can’t wait for your 2018 videos!

What a pleasure to watch your old movies! And honestly - it's great to hear you speaking French :)

Omg Emily I love your end of the year video's so much.. so excited everytime I see a new video I want to read more big books and fantasy next year, but I'm a very slow reader so it's extra intimidating (still gonna try though) Good luck with conquering your fear in 2018!!

hi! just found your channel a few days ago! I've got a lot of big books on my tbr as well! been racking my brain trying to figure out where you are looking! I love your accent!

What a great idea to get through big books on your TBR! Good luck with it :D

Also I absolutely love that you’ve posted so many book videos lately!!

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

I really wish I had the time to do that all the time!! Oh well one crazy month a year is good too 😂

You will love theft of swords. Great action and the two main characters are hilarious together. Awesome bromance between the two.

You are going to LOVE The Stand! I so envy you reading that for the first time. I like big books and I cannot lie... :)

Wow, great selection! The Count of Monte Cristo is in my list, too. I started reading Emma and I love it so far.

I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE A BEAUTY AND A BOOKTUBE CHANNEL! I’m planning on reading The Alienist, catching up on Outlander (just started The Fiery Cross tonight) and I want to do Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive this year. My goal is 50 books for this year! I read quickly and usually have a couple hours to myself since my husband works nights and my kids go to bed around 9. I’m already on book 10 for the year 😂

So excited to see you read the stand! It’s been sitting on my bookshelf and I’ve been intimidated to read it so maybe I’ll give it a try in 2018 too haha

I love the selection of books you choose! Not just the popular books you see on booktube. I feel like I can already dream all the lists everyone is going to make these days..

I'm quite the opposite, I don't get intimidated by big or long books, I get excited to read them even if they take forever to read! Btw, I love how much you've uploaded this December!! :)

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like the book community tends to make us feel pressured to read a high number of books instead of pages or quality! I'm trying to resist that pressure since I'm doing it to myself! I really wish I had enough time to upload this often all the time :(

@mlagv4045

6 жыл бұрын

Same! That and I feel a sense of accomplishment when I put them back on my bookshelves. That and the feeling of starting a big book series and knowing that you have all these pages of world building and characters just make me so damn excited to read them!

N.k Jemisin and the Inheritance trilogy are amazing. I'm so excited for you and only mildly jealous that you get to read the series for the first time :) I wish I could reread that series again for the first time :O

The stand is wonderful! It was one of Stephen kings books that I read first. I have heard really great things about Swan Song as well and it is on my shelf waiting to be read as well!

Just found your channel and have binge watched a bunch or your episodes. I listen to a lot of audiobooks while driving around in my cruiser and when I am out sailing on my boat. You are so bubbly and cute when you explain why you like the books you do. The French Canadian accent is so cute too. It makes me laugh at times, which is an added bonus. FYI, I’m Canadian as well but don’t have that French accent. Not to say I don’t sound Canadian because I do notice in my videos I sometimes do say “eh?” at the end of my sentences. You don’t even realize you do it until you watch yourself. Ha ha. You seem to like similar types of books to what I like. Keep those videos coming. I’ll be watching. Craig

I've got a lot of massive books planned for 2018, I want to get through at least half of the wheel of time series (there's something like 13 or 14 books and the first one is over 700 pages!), Dune, and the wise man's fear. Considering I'm a slow reader that may well be my entire year but we'll see! I've wanted to read the stand for a while too but it's just so long! Good luck with your goals!

I love big books! I have read a couple of the ones you listed here, but my favorite might be "Children of Time". Such a wonderful book! I thought it was incredibly interesting and a thought provoking read. Great stuff! All of these look great though!

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear it! Can't wait to get to it!

I've got the Inheritance Trilogy bind up and I'm planning to read it sometime next year too. And I also played with the floppy pages like you did in the beginning of the video. XD His Dark Materials is also on next year's TBR. I've never read it (or seen the Golden Compass movie), so I don't know much about it, but I know it's well-loved. I'm looking forward to it! Hopefully, I'll read more big books next year. Sometimes I just need a push to get me motivated; Tome Topple helps a lot. I actually got through LOTR this year! :)

I loved the Lies of Locke Lamora! I read the first and second book back to back. I am waiting to marathon the third and fourth book.

I'm so happy about this! I love long books and not many people dare on booktube to read them so....yass! Bring them in

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

They're so scary!! 😂

Looking forward to your thoughts on The Lies of Locke Lamora! I've had that book sitting on my tbr-shelf for over a year now, and I really need to get around to reading it but uh, big books. Similarly, I find them intimidating, and it's currently the biggest book on my tbr-shelf, so... hopefully I'll get motivated to read it!

You are seriously becoming one of my favourite youtubers, like, in general, not only on Booktube. Your videos are a joy to watch and you seem like an amazing person! Keep up the good work and have a great New Year!

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year ❤️

I'm super intimidated by big books, but after reading It this year (which has the same # of pages as The Stand) I feel like I can read anything. I'm actually going to be reading The Stand in February, and several other of King's larger books this upcoming year as well. I think you'll do well in your reading, but good luck with this goal :D

I have read all the books in the Riyria series except for the 4th Chronicles book. Hoping to get to it soon. Love that series!!!

I LOVE big books! They don’t seem to intimidate me unless I’m unsure about whether I’ll like the story. The size, however, doesn’t bother me. I’m currently reading the Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson and I want to finish the Mistborn trilogy next year. I also want to read the 4th book in the Lightbringer series since book 5 comes out next year. I plan to read The Stand by Stephen King as well as Under the Dome, reread the Inheritance Cycle by Chris Paolini, reread Harry Potter, finish the Game of Thrones series and read more Brandon Sanderson! Good luck, Emily! Hoping you enjoy these books so I’ll have more big recommendations! Happy New Year!🎊

Don't be afraid of big books. I love to settle down and immerse myself in a thick book. Emma is a great Jane Austen book, Persuasion is my personal favourite. The Lies of Locke Lamora is fantastic world building, and has a great hook. Enjoy. (Oh, the David Eddings book was my first introduction to fantasy, I have a soft spot for it). I should re-read His Dark Materials it has been yeearrrsss. You have some fantastic picks for the year.

I’m definitely reading Leviathan Wakes, the Stand and Dragonriders of Pern in 2018. I am reading the Belgariad too but I just got the first book for Christmas and also A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James which is pretty big and I’ve been wanting to read it for so long. Excited for 2018 Reading! Adding some of your Sci Fi books onto my TBR too!

The Stand is one of my all time faves! The middle part can be a little bit slow but if you power through it's fantastic.

You are in for a great treat, Lies of Locklamore and Belagriad are great. A good Peter Hamilton is The Great North Road, which is also a big book. I listened to the audiobook about 55 hours and I devoured it, I highly recommend it!!!

I‘m currently reading Monte Christo (I‘m on page 1055) and I love it!! It‘s great and soo worth the many many pages 🤗

It’s so weird! This video just popped up in my recommendations and watching your newer videos, I’m so surprised to see the books on your shelves being so different! So much YA, spotting some Pratchett books (I don’t remember seeing them on your shelves recently…), you talking about reading Stephen King and being sure you’re going to love it lol and rainbow shelves? Anyway why post on a 5yo vid? It’s just so random I had to share!

I love your channel, you made me read more Sci fi and thrillers in 2017 (and King! 😀). I'm going to wait for this video where you explain how you manage to read all those books in one year! The only book I'd consider "big" that I read this year was "It" and it left me only tired and disappointed. Picking up a huge book is challenging, especially if you're like me and you HAVE TO finish every book you start...

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

It was definitely tiring! I think it has to do with the dark tone and the writing. It's not something you fly through! Committing to a big book isn't easy!

This video is great! Gives me great ideas for audiobooks to listen to. ☺

The Stand is my all time fav! So worth it!

hahaha i loved your intro! you are so precious!

You're definitely not alone in feeling this way! For some insane, maniacal reason, I decided I would read the entire Stephen King Dark Tower series consecutively without anything else between. I'm currently on book 5 of 7 (8 since the epilogue is a whole separate book). Each book is around 500-700 pages. What have I done.

Lies of Locke Lamora was one of my favourite reads of 2017! Theft of swords and Children of Time are on my tbr for 2018 too.

Very curious about The Inheritance Trilogy. I accidentally bought it thinking it was The Fifth Season series because the covers are so similar; ended up returning it because I didn’t know anything about it. Leviathan Wakes is next up on my TBR. I started it when I had a lot of time before a wedding and liked what I read of it so far. I don’t have a ton of big books but I have a lot of long ass sci-fi series for the coming year.

This is a very inspiring video! I hope you will enjoy them all. I tried Inheritance but first book was really not for me so decided not to continue but Theft of Swords is one of my fav books and whole series is absolutely amazing

The Stand is also on my big books list for 2018 - hopefully I'll start it sometime in January! I've had my copy for a while but have been passing it up for shorter books.

I haven't read any of these! I love to read big books, but I also avoid them a lot, because I like to whip through books quickly, and I like to be able to devote all my time to a big book. My argument makes as much sense as yours does! I was hoping to also read 1 big book a month, I think I'll just pick something I'm in the mood for. I started reading Middlemarch in December, and I'm not done (the book is over 800 pages) so I think I'll just finish that one in January. I would LOVE to reread Gone With the Wind this year, its one of my favorites and its been awhile! Some others: Brisingr, Inheritance ( from the Eragon series), Invasion of the Tearling, The Fate of the Tearling, The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly, the 2nd book in the Bronze Horseman series, reread Illuminae, Gemina, and then read Obsidio, A Game of Thrones, The Passage, The Bone Season. I'm sure there's more, that's just off the top of my head.

Hi ! I'm a new subscriber and I'm French (and I didn't read any book of Alexandre Dumas... Shame on me !). Your challenge inspire me, I will make my own list for this year ! :)

You have the best sense of humour ever.

I have that bind up of The Inheritance Trilogy also. I think I will tackle it and The Stand the month you pick them so it'll give me a little motivation to read my big tbr books on my shelf. :(

I'm planning to read The Count of Monte Cristo (in English) in 2018. I started reading it in 2017 and got about sixteen chapters into it before I let a crazy work schedule distract me. I'll check back to see what you think. I just found your channel.

I'm with you! Let's do this!

@abbywonder3825

6 жыл бұрын

oooh, I'll totally Buddy read The Stand with you!

I have the same problem with big books... they're just such an investment of time and intimidating with their size. Wishing you a lot of success and luck with your goal for this year :)

The count of Monte Cristo is one of my all time favourite books and I'm not even that much into classics. I think you'll enjoy it, it's a good story 😊

I don’t have any big ones in my TBR, but have fond memories of reading S.K. Under the Dome while on holidays, so that combo of events is perfect 👌🏻 lol

Your list is impressive! I'm also planning on reading His Dark Materials (your edition is glorious, I might acquire it if I love the series) and Emma (my favourite Austen) in 2018. I'm really interested in your opinion on The Lies of Locke Lamora, but I won't pick the series up until the second-to-last book gets published. There's supposed to be 7 books I believe, and there's been a few years between books 3 and 4. The only book I read on your list is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Cycle #1) which I read earlier this year and I didn't really enjoy. I didn't continue on with the series either, but maybe you'll love them better than me. I'm not reading Dumas this year (although I might change my mind), but I'm reading other French classics... I'm hoping to read both Tintin and Astérix (over 50 comics!) this year! I've read most of them, but it's always good to go back :)

i laughed only seconds into the video ... reading def is a sport :D ... I really love the idea of this as I often am the same with big books. Lets see how 2018 goes but your idea goes on my pile for 2019 - I already have a project planned for 2018 that I would have loved to involve you but I had no way of contacting you :D. I love getting lost in them but 1400 pages .. wow, really? I often just push books with 500+ back because something exciting comes up that feels like "read it real quick and then pick up the biggie" ... really bad thing about this video is that I do not need more big books on my tbr :D Oh, and I am in love with your lipcolor. What are you wearing?

The Historian!!!! You need to read it!

Locke Lamora is great, i think you will have fun with this book :) It is big, but i read it really quick. It is an easy read, i'd say.

I absolutely LOVE both Swan Song and The Stand. I have read both several times and they are two of my all time favorite books.

KittyG talks about the demon cycle series. She's who I originally heard about it from. I think she might have reviewed the series as a whole but I might be mistaken.

@gerchiaolifant5176

6 жыл бұрын

Abibliophobe27 yep she finished it I think. She also has amazing sci-fi and fantasy recs.

I'm very curious to hear what you think of The Stand. I read it in 2017 and I'm still torn about whether or not I liked it haha.

Are you going to do the charts of all the types of genres etc you read like last year? Would love to see that!!

@BookswithEmilyFox

6 жыл бұрын

Yup! Last day of the year since I’m still finishing some books!

So many of these are on my tbr list. I think I'm going to read one big book a month too.

Actually got Leviathan Wakes two days ago (my edition page count is 561, lol)! Thought about maybe reading it in January if I don't get slumpy.

The count of Monte cristo is my all time favorite classic though as I only got to third year high school French I wasn’t even close enough to fluent so I read them in English.

aren't you the cutest booktuber on KZread? You absolutely are.

The Stand was the book that made me fall in love with reading, and it has remained my all time favorite book. It’s a book that will stick with you long after you put it back on the shelf.

You're right that opinions on Riyria can be divided, but dang I loved Riyria Revelations. The first 2 books are pretty light n breezy reads, but starting from the 3rd book things really start to ramp up, and books 5 & 6 are just fantastic. The Expanse!! Awesome stuff, they can get really draggy in places but totally worth the occasional slogs.

My favorite big book is Gone With The Wind! Didn't expect to like it, but I didm

Your going to kill this challenge this year :)

I started reading theft of swords last month and its really good, you should definitely start reading it. I also have The way of kings but i don’t even know when i’ll get to that. It’s 1k+ pages 😩

The Stand is one of my favorite King books. I should reread!

Emma is amazing! The movie stars Gwenyth Paltrow and is one of my favorites

I also decided to tackle some big books in 2018. Mine are mostly history, current events type books and historical biographies. I also have some fiction like Dune, Shogun, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, some anthologies of Shakespeare and F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as rereading His Dark Materials too. Best of luck with your thick book goals.