Even before the video starts let me tell you YOUR HAIR LOOKS AMAZING!!! You look so adorable xx

@BookswithEmilyFox

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I have the feeling that "magical realism" is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but the concept was developed and defined by Latin American authors like Garcia Marquez. I recommend going back to those classics. I personally prefer 100 Years of Solitude to Love in the Time of Cholera, if you wanna read one of the most popular ones but you're not much into romance, you probably like it too. It is also an attempt to write a "total novel", so that the world becomes the novel and the novel includes the world. (Actually, my favorite "total novel" attempt is The Death of Artemio Cruz by Fuentes; it starts out slow but man... a masterpiece). If you want to start with something shorter , you can try Of Love and Other Demons (i should've probably checked if that's the correct translation but it'll be similar if not exact). My personal favorite is Pedro Paramo by Rulfo, which I wouldn't quite consider magical realism (it's too fantastical for that), but it was a big influence on Garcia Marquez. I may recommend it more for the fall, though, bc it is dark. It's super short, and kind of confusing, not exactly a light read, but it is amazing, especially considering when it was written. The first time I read it, I literally flipped to page 1 and started over. Btw sorry for lack of accent marks in this comment :/ and also for recommending super literary works that you may not wanna read at the beach haha

I am obsessed with your bangs

Morgan Matson is my absolute favorite contemporary author! If you end up liking her writing Second Chance Summer is my favorite book of hers.

I gravitate more towards contemporary books in summer and recently read Since You've Been Gone. It is perfect when you're in mood for something light☺

I love And Then There Were None! ♡

For magical realism novels read Gabriel Garcia Marquez book! I think you'd love Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

@thatswhatshesaid3983

7 жыл бұрын

Caroline Meyersohn I loved that book!

I'm SOOOO excited for you to read "And Then They were None." So good. ^_^

I LOVE The Unexpected Everything! I actually read it during winter but every time I think back to it it felt like I read it during summer. It's such a fun read and I adore the characters.

We have this thing called "One Book, One Community" where I live, and every year we read a book & go to events that relate to the book. Last year was "All the Light We Cannot See," and even though I wasn't that into the subject matter, Doer's writing is absolutely exquisite!

The Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is a great magical realism book and a super quick read. Highly recommend!

I really enjoyed The Husbands Secret. Looking forward to reading Big Little Lies.

Your new hair is just so beautiful and adorable ❤

I've bought The unexpected everything a couple of weeks again and it is on my summer TBR, Since you've been gone I read a couple of summers ago and it's the perfect summer read!

Your going to LOVE both Morgan Matson books!!❤💛💚💙 I did💕

I read All the light we cannot see earlier this year and loved it, such a sweet and beautifully written book for summer!

all the light we cannot see!!!! both that and the nightingale were great, but i suggest all the light we cannot see so much more. it honestly has got everything. give it a try, you won't regret it!!

So many good ideas! Thank you Emily 💕💕

Summer for me is always a slow time for reading. I am the same way about fantasy. It's perfect for any time of the year.

I've been reading a lot of historical fiction this summer. I loved "Threads and Flames" by Esther M. Friesner. It's about a Polish Jewish seamstress who immigrates to America to find her older sister. She's around during a historical fire at a sweat shop in New York. I'd one of my favorite books I've read this year. You might also try "Moloka'i" by Alan Brennert. It's about a young Hawaiian girl who comes down with leprosy and how she lives with it on an island for people suffering with the same disease are banished to. It's a bit slow at times but the writing is beautiful, and covers a lot of topics.

YOUR A BOOKTUBER TOO???? ABSOLUTELY 😃😃 yesssss. You should definitely read " call me by your name" as it fits the whole summer theme and it also has same sex romance

I really enjoy reading contemporaries in the summer too, one of my favourites is 'the summer I turned pretty' by Jenny Han. Although it's a little cliche, and the first book is way better than the rest of the trilogy, it always gives me that nostalgia for memories of the summer.

Yaay, most of the books I love are here. Ari&Dante, Simon and I'll Give You the sun.

For magical realism I recommend Haruki Murakami! He's my favorite author ♥ The books I will always recommend from him are "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" and "Kafka in the Shore". His books are great, I really hope you will check them out! ♥♥♥

@mmlemonade

5 жыл бұрын

I hated the Wind-up Bird Chronicle (I found it so all over the place) but I loved Kafka on the Shore!

To all the boys I've loved before is my favorite book. I believe it is so well written.

Another summer one that I love is The Summer I Turned Pretty series. I always read it in the summer. Love your IT book. I just bought it and i am going to read it this winter.

I've been on a kick with Kathy Reich and her series about a forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan. I'm obsessed! Just started the 10th book in the series. Also, LOVE the hair!!

I loved Aristotle and Dante! I just started listening to another Saenz book, the Inexplicable Logic of my life.

@sidalidjellali2638

7 жыл бұрын

confessions of a book addict I just started reading it too✌

I'll give you the sun is freaking incredible, also those bangs look gorgeous on you!!

I literally screamed when I saw " to all the boys I've loved before" it's so good omg !!! I read the first two in a day , which is like pretty impressive... I am now reading the third one . I actually got that on the day of the release date but there's so much going on with school like finals and stuff , and it's so good !! And I could say that trilogy is my all time favourite contemporary reads confidently. P.s I have re read the first two like 5 times 😂😂 Also your hair looks amazing

I loved big little lies and I plan to read more of her books this year. I also really liked the series bases on it. I also really loved to all the boys I loved before. It's such a cute story. In the same genre, I also read Since you've been gone but didn't like it at all. I thought there was not much to the story but the little mistery in there kept me intrigued, although the outcome wasn't really good. I will not say much. I hope you enjoy it though. Agatha Christie was my favorite author while growing up. And then there were none is amazing! Im always in the mood for contemporaries because where I live is summer 24/7. Hope you have a great summer reading! ;)

Awesome recommendations! :D I keep seeing The Raven Boys all over the place... hmmm... interested!

You might be interested in reading Emily Henry. So far she has written, both of which are YA magical realism: -The Love that Split the World, which I haven't read -A Million Junes, which I have read. This is a book about grief, but involves a lot of magical elements and moving between reality and memory. Although there is some insta-love, this book dealt mostly with grief and memories. It was a fast read! Sarah Addison Allen is another author who writes magical realism, in a chick-lit way. Since it's summer, you might be into these!

I LOVED All the Light We Cannot See, and Where'd You Go Bernadette. I definitely think you'll enjoy them very much! I'm currently reading Bridget Jones's Diary, and I think it's a great summer read so far! :)

I definitely agree with you on feeling more in the mood to read contemporary during summer! I get a similar feeling during winter where I want to read really huge high fantasy series, though honestly I do that all year round :P

Since You've Been Gone and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe are both fantastic reads! I'm going to finish Unexpected Everything this year sometime hopefully.

Magical realism books I really enjoyed are Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz and Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving!

I always think of I'll give you the sun as a summer read too idk why haha. I think you're going to really enjoy the husband's secret. I did like Big Litte Lies just a bit more but The husband's secret is pretty awesome too. One of my favorite genres to read in the summer is psychological thriller and mystery too :)

We love I'll Give You The Sun - hope author brings out a 3rd book soon. Sure you will enjoy the Jenny Han.

I love the side of you love books besides makeup! It gives you shine from your heart and show you are smart ! 💖💖

@BookswithEmilyFox

7 жыл бұрын

Or the fact I went to law school could do that :P Jokes aside though, loving makeup doesn't make you stupid and loving books doesn't make you smart :)

@plannersparkle8352

7 жыл бұрын

BookswithEmilyFox hmm... well, I feel many beauty gurus are materials. I feel hurt when people declutter so much stuffs . Keep up the good work ! 😊😊

Big Little Lies is SO GOOD. Watch the show even if you didn't read the book. It's awesome. Madeline was my favorite character too. The Husband's Secret is less good but still enjoyable. For a girl-on-girl book I'd recommend Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen. It's a beautiful love story, but it has a heavy religious theme so if you mind that you probably won't enjoy it. We Were Liars is a really good and fast summer read. I read it last summer in one sitting. I've had the Nightingale forever and haven't read it yet. I've got it when I got All the Light We Cannot See which I struggled to get through, so it kinda tainted my view of the Nightingale. I hope I'll read it this summer though. Great video Emily :)

You will love the nightinggale and All the light you cannot see. Both are amazing but yes start them separate to each other! I will give you the sun is so so good! I am planning on reading big little lies as well this summer. I just finished three books so I am always looking to see what others are reading! BTW your hair is bomb! xo

For magical realism I just go with my favorite author: Haruki Murakami. He write mainly magical realism and his books are just so beautifuly written and the topics are normally so interesting that I just reach for them. Also you have Gabriel Garcia Marquéz I am only starting his works this summer and they have a very summerish feeling to them. Although the stories are very deep they are told in such a light way that you just can't put it down!!!!

A good contemporary summer read would be When Dimple Met Rishi... Even though you are not much into the romance genre, but you should still read it.. because it's so much more than just a romance.. it has a strong character development element which I really enjoyed.. I really think you will enjoy it Emily.😊

I love how she pronounces it "trillers"

I recommend A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams. It's a historical fiction set on in a 1930's beach vacation community with crazy family drama, girl drama, an undying love, all topped off by a massive hurricane (based on a real one from that time). I couldn't get enough of this one.

All the light we cannot see ❤️❤️❤️

You should definitely read some of A.S. King's books! Most of them are considered magical realism as far as I know, and they're fairly quick reads but they're all so unique, thought-provoking, and philosophical. I've read three of her books: Everybody Sees the Ants, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, and Please Ignore Vera Dietz. Really loved HotF and PIVD (though Please Ignore Vera Dietz really only has a sprinkle of magical realism). Everybody Sees the Ants wasn't as big a hit for me, but I think you would enjoy it!

For magical realism I would highly recommend The Green Mile by Stephen King! It's got some historical fiction elements to it as well because it takes place during the great depression but it's one of my favorites and I think you'd probably like it. The movie is pretty good too!

If you're looking for more wlw books, I would definitely recommend of fire and stars by Audrey coultherst, it's about lesbian princesses!

@morgansapp

7 жыл бұрын

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Yeah I had to come back to comment your hair is JUST my new favorite hairstyle

I love Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe!!!! It's so amazing! It's so freaking beautiful! I have read it,but I don't own it sadly.. And Everything Leads to You is great!!! I own this one and geeeez, it's so good! I just love the "feel" of it??

So many great recs here! I am currently reading The Nightingale, and eh- it is okay. But OMG if you haven't read "All the Light" do it ASAP, SO GOOD!!! Just finished Big Little lies and LOVED it. Excited to hear what you think of the other book you are reading by the same author.

Great suggestions! I just finished raven boys I do want to get through them all this summer.

YES MORGAN MATSON TOTALLY BLEW ME AWAY !!!!!

You should read "To kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. This is probably one of my favorite books to read, plus it gives you information about the great depression. 👌

I feel like discovering a different side of Emily since all I ever knew was you loving tons of sci-fi and thriller books in each video you made😁 Interesting recommendations tho thanks!

So excited for this video, Emily. I really needed a couple of nice books for summer, and these sound so amazing; thanks for the inspiration

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli has a bit of girl loves girl in it, Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst for better female relationship oriented book. TATBILB is an amazing Summer read. I finished it last month and I don't like Romance books in general, but this one was good and I'm sure it will make you hungry by the end of it.

beach lane is super cute! i recommend!!

Now I want to read them all!

The Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan!

Love the bangs girl!

If you're interested in reading magical realism you should try out Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle! They're both excellent.

I love historical fiction and read a lot of it. Let ME tell you THE NIGHTINGALE is fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!

The Nightingale is amazing and could not put down and I have read other books by this author and these are just as good

Hello from Montreal! ;) The Nightingale and All the Light are AMAZING historical fiction books! Seriously two books that stay with you looooong after you've finished reading them. I would recommend starting with All the Light, as it's less intense emotionally and the writing is ridiculously beautiful (one of my all-time favs). Both books will make you cry so have a box of Kleenex nearby. Amuse-toi ma chère!

thats so true. like there are so many books where a boy is in love with a boy compared to where a girl is in love with a girl that are popular. but i do have a recommendation which is of fire and stars. personally i wouldnt tell you more than that there is sapphic love in it and that it has a court setting bc i was kinda spoiled the plot but i still really enjoyed it. i definitely think that the writing style could have been a bit better, although it certainly had potential, and also i think the ending was kinda weak. that being said i love the book so much, and i think that a lot of the characters, especially the main characters are rlly well written. and one of the main characters who is a girl is written in a way that you dont often see women written so that was rlly cool :)

the dream thieves is incredible em!

Everything leads to you is sooooo good! when I first read it I didn't like it that much, but somehow the more I think about it the more I like it. If you end up liking it, you should pick up We are okay, it's quite different, but pretty good. Enjoy your reading!! 😁😁

"The Husband's Secret" was a decent novel with surprises. I really thought the secret was something different than what it was in the book. I hope you get the chance to read it though and do a review.

I read "and then there were none" last summer and loved it. You should read it, really. (and I'm not usually fond of polars ^^)

For magical realism, I'd recommend Bone Gap by Laura Ruby.:) I think you'd really like it! Also Up to this Pointe by Jennifer Longo.

Emily I hope you enjoy My Husband's Secret, I really enjoyed the mystery of it. Also if you enjoy it you should check out another book by Liane Moriarty called What Alice Forgot. It has a little romance in it but nothing cheesy I think since it is an adult book, it also kind of has the slight kind of mystery/trying to figure out what's going on feel as The Husband's Secret does. It was my first I read from her and Big Little Lies which is on my current TBR is gonna be the third book from her that I read!

I read YA because I teach and I have some personal reservations about reading it for pleasure (just me, not saying anyone else should!!! :-D ) but I'll Give You the Sun and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe are two that I adored and that really impacted me very personally. I love magical realism! I just read At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson and it was amazing!!! It's a short story collection of magic realism and fantasy.

I am going to try and read All the Light we Cannot See this month. I am currently reading made you up and then after that I think I'll read that. I read The Nightingale last year and it was my favorite book of the year but I love historical fiction that takes place in world war 2. I am currently hoping I can find a physical copy of it at a used book sale or something. Since I have read it I am hesitant to pay full price. Also, a book I suggest is Eliza and Her Monsters. That book was really good. I loved the characters and the relationships. It might be something that you'd end up liking as well.

So many of these are also on my TBR list. Can't wait to see what you think of them! I'm with you on The Raven Boys Cycle -- I liked it, but I didn't go insane for it like everyone else did and I didn't really love the last book. I seem to be in the minority with that though, so maybe it's me.

Loved the video Emily! Would you mind putting all the books in the description box below next time? Also, I love your new hair, it looks adorable on you

for magical realism you might enjoy the books of Keith Donohue. He has a dark comedy titeled: Centuries of June (planning to read it this month) an Orpheus and Euredice retelling: The motion of puppets (planning to finish it this month) And his books Angels of Destruction and The Stolen child fit very well in the summer imo. simply because the themes are more to do with love for family and who you really are. At points they are almost like dreamy fantasy, that totally sucks you away. Or the Witches of East End series by Melissa de la Cruz. These border on low fantasy and are a retelling of the Eddas (Norwegian myths). Personally I tend to lean toward lighter reads in the summer. So easy to read fantasy (or rereads in that genre), some contemporaries that aren't romance based and sometimes a mystery/thriller. If I am in the mood I will pick up classics.

Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway is a beautiful summer read, if you haven't read it yet.

If you're looking for more light hearted reads, check out Stephanie Perkins!! She's the queen of cutesy contemporary, her books are like happy pills

I just finished Reading The Nightingale and I thought it was really good

I just finished Final Breath by Kevin O'Brien. It was awesome! A wonderful thriller. I loved The Husband's Secret; I think you will enjoy it! :) I enjoyed The Nightingale. My next book to read is Harlan Coben's Home.

Another YA Contemporary with a lesbian main character that I recommend is Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruits by Jaye Robin Brown, you could try it out next summer!

Magical Realism: One Hundred Years of Solitude and Cereus Blooms At Night by Shani Mootoo are great examples. Not sure if Stiefvaters books can be seen as magical realism but..

Please do a video on your favorite dystopian books!!!

I have read a lot of those books . Just finished And Then There Were None and want to watch the old black and white movie. The nightingale and All The Light We Cannot See were good but a similar book....The Light Between Oceans was amazing . And the movie was even better than the book...which doesn't happen very often.

The Nightingale took me a little bit to get into but then I sobbed! Have some Kleenex ready! haha

If you liked Simon Vs then you try the Upside of Unrequited!! It's by the same author and it's so good. Plus it has amazing rep!

I was bingewatching your videos and at the same moment you uploaded one, perfect!!

@Elsa_ingenue

7 жыл бұрын

and btw the bangs look so good on you!

@BookswithEmilyFox

7 жыл бұрын

We could say I posted "exactly" at the right time... :P

There's this great non fiction book called "Dear John, I love Jane." And it is about women who were with men and realized that, that's not what they wanted. There is also "You Know Me Well" (it's about friendship,but the main characters are a gay guy and a gay girl) there is love and it's set during pride month!

If you want to dive into Magical Realism, please do read Gabriel García Márquez, who is considered by many the father of the genre (One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicles of a Death Foretold). I would also like to recommend Latin American literature in general, just because it is something very different from what you already read, and I think you might like it. I have a soft spot for female writers like Isabel Allende (The House of Spirits), Gioconda Belli (The Scroll of Seduction) and Laura Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate).

A reaaaaally good book is A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness!!!

Magical realism: Sara Painter & Sarah Addison 👌🏽

And Then There Were None is one of her best books!

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh your bangs are SooooooooOooooOooOooOo cute!

I would recommend reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Reid Jenkins. It's a historical fiction set against the backdrop of Old Hollywood and is told from the perspective of an Old Hollywood actress. Her story is interwoven with ageism, sexism, racism, homophobia, LGBT and a lot of other things that are still common. Y'all should check it out.

Stardust maybe? I don't know if it's magical realism or not but its good

your hair looks amazing

Great video Emily! I am so torn because I am on a book no buy for the summer but I want to buy books and just binge read since I am out of school for the summer and will be starting my PhD this fall lol sooo clearly things will change