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Admire you for being dyslexic and doing a literature degree- (I am a dyslexic, struggle more with spelling)and I think my reading isn’t that bad as a child I’d read fast and I think I’m intelligent but I can’t read classics and also I don’t know how good my reading is now because I don’t read but I need to find some good books for me to read.
Thank you for being so relatable and honest about your dyslexia! 💛 I used to think 50 pages in a day was amazing until my boyfriend read a 400 page book in three evenings after work 🙂🙂🙂
I really appreciate that you make these sorts of videos and are always open about the ways in which dyslexia complicates the reading experience. I love booktube, but watching people blast through audiobooks in a few hours or read 12 books in a month when I can hardly get through two brings out the sort of frustration in me that you speak of with your brother. and it’s not that it’s a numbers game, I agree with your stance on quality over quantity, but shit, I also would just like to participate in a community readathon and not absolutely fail at it. I honestly really like how you made this experiment work to your benefit. Counting only the time spent actively reading isn’t cheating to me, it’s an acknowledgement of the immense mental effort a challenge like this demands upon the dyslexic reader. I know, myself, that reading sometimes makes my brain feel like it’s on fire. Despite the effort I go through to make the experience pleasant, sometimes it’s utterly intolerable, and rarely for lack of enjoying the material. It’s simply difficult to do. It requires patience and breaks, many many breaks. so I commend you for attempting this at all, let alone reading as much as you did which is absolutely something to be proud of.
I just discovered your channel. Can I just say how much you rock? I do not have dyslexia. I have ADHD, though it is controlled by medication. But for me, reading is work. I love it. I adore it. I live for it. But it is work in the same exact way that writing is. So I REALLY appreciate seeing this video coming from someone who is maybe pursuing a masters degree in literature (I only say maybe because I haven't watched all your videos and kept up with exact plans.)
Just wanted to pop in and say thanks so much for the wonderful videos you make! Have been re-watching all of your travel vlogs and there is something comforting about seeing nice places, with calm and fun life, and being with family and friends, while we have to currently limit ours for a while. Its also neat to see how much the videography and editing has evolved over the past years - well done Emma!
Ok also I love the idea of a video on reading viewers' recommendations (!) You could also do it with films! And I prefer this format of a readathon compared to the typical 24 h one because that one sucks the enjoyment out of reading...
Great vid. I read everything on my Kindle, which isn't for everyone. But works for me, it has the dyslexia font and calculates how many hours you've got left based on your reading speed (similar to what you do)- Super motivating.
As someone whose not dyslexic (and doesn’t have any disorder that might slow my reading) I normally read about 20-25 pages an hour. Im a slow reader purely because I prefer to really experience a text rather then just skim it; you should be so proud of your 15 page average because you're really not far behind - in fact, on occasions ill sometimes read 15 pages (or less) in an hour if the text is really dense! P.S. im not trying to invalidate the obvious struggles dyslexia will cause for readers, I'm just trying to say 15 pages an hour is genuinely really stunning and you should be proud 😊💖
Omfg 30:43 the ALARM I was listening to this video in the background and jumped about a foot in the air hearing that 😂 that alarm is the worst sound ever hahaha
Ahhh girl I loved this!! I’m a suuuper slow reader too (although not dyslexic) and that with combination of usually having v limited spare time w my uni degree means I get through 1 or 2 books a year at most ☹️☹️☹️ loved these recommendations though!💛🙌🏼
I have minor dyslexia and pretty awful dyscalculia. I have a goal every year to read 100 books and finally accomplished it last year. Font and page layout is a huge factor in choosing a physical book, which is why audiobooks are the best invention since spaghetti. I love the way you annotate books, it’s neat when I pick up a used book and see how the previous owner conversed with the text. It just adds to the reading experience, imo.
Maybe my favourite Emma book video to date, it has timelapses (is there anything more satisfying in this life?), it has commentary on the books (commentary with substance, that is), and of course coffeeee. Also Emma I think you would enjoy Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Between the World and Me". Font is good. It's short. It's addictive once you start it, and it's a profoundly important book about race in America but also in general. According to John Green it's on his "everyone on earth" category of book recs. ❤️
In English my class is ready Lord of the rings an the font is horrible, my class gets asked to read 40 pages then answer questions on it in 1 hour. By the end the of it everyone has read it all and answered most of the questions and I’m just sitting there on page 20 still after staring in to space for 5 minutes. Funness of doing Latin and french and English and been expecting to know everything and read a book in a day. YAY (not)
I really enjoyed the dead queens club by hannah capin, it's a retelling of henry and his six wives but they're in present day america (it was so dramatic) and I loved it!
This is making me want to read Sappho even more I’ve almost brought it this month already so it has to happen now. I tend to read about 60 pages an hour but it varies.
In terms of the Mitford Sisters, Hons and Rebels is really good. It is very Jessica Mitford-centric (seeing as it is her autobiography) but the first third or so is about her childhood with her sisters and it's really interesting just how different they all were!
Loved the video!! I'm lucky enough to read quite quickly (like 100 pages an hour lol) and I really appreciated this little window into other people's struggles. It is honestly so interesting how our brains work so differently If you wanna do a video on viewers suggestions I recommend Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (the structure reminds me of If on a winter's night a traveler and it's also dense and a bit of a philosophical mind fuck, which I know you like), The general and his labrynth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I would usually recommend One hundred years of sollitude but this is a pseudo biography of Simon Bolivar and that sounds more up your speed) or The bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (if you wanna keep giving american literature a chance) Anyways, I completely adore your videos and have been absolutely binging them during quarantine hahah. All the love from Venezuela!!
Im LOVING the book content but can we please get more film vids?? Id personally love to see a favourite directors video because Sofia Coppola is also one of my favourite directors ever!
Someone understands!!!!! I usually fall asleep after a few chapters and it upsets me so much! I just get so exhausted so quickly, which is a massive pain. (And by a few chapters I mean 2 if they’re short)
OH MY GOD I FEEL YOU ON A PRIMAL LEVEL LIKE I HAD TO READ AUSTENS PERSUASION FOR SCHOOL AND I NEVER FINISHED IT BECAUSE I FELL ASLEEP EVERY. DAMNED. TIME. I. PICK. IT. UP. LIKE WHY LIKE LITERALLY WHY
I have ADHD and it literally takes me 1 hour to read 20 pages, so I feel your grief in some sense, but at the same time pressuring my self to read at the pace of others makes me want to avoid reading all together, so I’ve stopped beating my self about it and just accepted my natural chaotic reading habits
I am SUCH the same boat!! I love reading and my ADHD meds definitely help with it, but it is work as much as writing is work. I love both and I live to do both and I will never stop doing either, but they are both work. And you are not alone.
i'm not dyslexic and i read like twenty pages an hour, sometimes thirty. I think I read a hundred pages in an hour once?? i have no idea how that happened hahaha
Linnie13 i used to be able to read 100 pages in an hour, now i’ll read 30 pages in an hour, maybe it depends on the book I’m reading cuz every once in a while I’ll read a book where I whiz through it lol
Depending on the book I read about 40-80 pages per hour. I am not a native english speaker so reading in english usually takes more time. Also it really depends on what type of book it is. A Jane Austen Novel will take me longer than some ya fantasy.
I generally read about 40-60 pages an hour depending on what it is I’m reading and also my environment, like how quiet it is and stuff. Also depends on if I’m tired or not. Also I have slight OCD so I have to re-read certain parts a certain number of times and look at a word four times and weird stuff like that. I feel like a slow reader tbh.
Just discovered your channel with this video. Immediately added A Good School by Yates on my Wishlist. Loved the video and you're so entertaining to watch. 😊
if you're interested in african american literature, i definitely recommend "not without laughter" by langston hughes, which gives an insight into black family dynamics and black life during the 1910s, but it does have quite a bit of aave that can take getting used to. also "a raisin in the sun" is really good and i don't think you've mentioned it - bonus: it's a play so it will be good to your eyes! it's similar to "not without laughter" but takes place in the 1950s and there's some deeper plot focusing on idenitity and less overt racism in this one
I’ve mentioned Chiam Potok (Jewish New York author) on another video where you asked for American recommendations but I reckon you’d really enjoy “The Chosen” (published 1967, set in the 1940s). And how could I be a New Zealander without recommending Katherine Mansfield? Esp if you like Virginia Woolf. Get a collection of her short stories and just - savour.
How much I read really depends what sort of book I am reading, and what I want to take from it. I probaly read about 40 pages an hour. Btw: love your videos ❤
I have a mild form of dyslexia, so I kinda read certain books which have a certain print style and size. My favorite writer is Arthur C Clark, Other wise if I don't fancy a book I use graphic audio app and read more Graphic novels, Its refreshing to find a younger person who also has experienced Dyslexia interesting blocks and how you coped with those blocks.
I have a problematic love affair with the James Bond novels so I would be interested to see what you think of Casino Royale 😂😂 Great job on the video 💙💙
i really recommended “autobiography of red” from Anne Carson, it’s the myth of geryon and heracles but then she made it gay. I fell in love with that book the first time i read that, and it’s under like 200 pages
Really enjoyed this! But the American prison industrial complex needs to be completely overhauled. Just like politics, take the profit motive out of it, and it will get fixed. But Americans in general need to give up worshipping at the alter of financial gain, and profit being your main motivating force.
my god the concept of for-profit prisons is so horrendous like THEY. HAVE. INCENTIVES. TO. KEEP. PEOPLE. INCARCERATED. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON REHABILITATION OR THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY ETC OR JSUT ARRESTING OR KILLING PEOPLE BC THEY LOOK.... SUSPICIOUS????
Emma Angeline yep 👍👎 Not much incentive for rehabilitation and recovery if you can make a lot more money 💵 putting people in prison and keeping them there! It’s a lot like watching a train wreck witnessing an empire crumble. But it’s crumbling all the same. Don’t get me started! 😳🙄
I usually read 50 pages/hour, but i get slower if it's non-stop hours. Funny how people worship books (oh no she's annotating), for me it's just paper and the ideas that matters.
Yeah I have book recommendations. You need to read the greatest living feminist alive today. Camille Paglia. Start by reading Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson and Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays. Read all her books but those are great starters, She is a real feminist iconoclast. She takes on anyone and everyone. Including Sontag. Hope you’re not reading outside your comfort zone. Love you Emma😘😘
Depending on the book I read about 40-80 pages per hour. I am not a native english speaker so reading in english usually takes more time. Also it really depends on what type of book it is. A Jane Austen Novel will take me longer than some ya fantasy.
hello my lil book hoes here's my goodreads come join me let's b friends www.goodreads.com/user/show/84099251-emma-angeline (apparently im the 37th most followed person on goodreads in the uk this week and im wHEEZING)
Should have read War and Peace, its a really short book.
Even russians fear this book
omg it’s literally a brick to me 😇😇
Admire you for being dyslexic and doing a literature degree- (I am a dyslexic, struggle more with spelling)and I think my reading isn’t that bad as a child I’d read fast and I think I’m intelligent but I can’t read classics and also I don’t know how good my reading is now because I don’t read but I need to find some good books for me to read.
Thank you for being so relatable and honest about your dyslexia! 💛 I used to think 50 pages in a day was amazing until my boyfriend read a 400 page book in three evenings after work 🙂🙂🙂
how dare he
I really appreciate that you make these sorts of videos and are always open about the ways in which dyslexia complicates the reading experience. I love booktube, but watching people blast through audiobooks in a few hours or read 12 books in a month when I can hardly get through two brings out the sort of frustration in me that you speak of with your brother. and it’s not that it’s a numbers game, I agree with your stance on quality over quantity, but shit, I also would just like to participate in a community readathon and not absolutely fail at it. I honestly really like how you made this experiment work to your benefit. Counting only the time spent actively reading isn’t cheating to me, it’s an acknowledgement of the immense mental effort a challenge like this demands upon the dyslexic reader. I know, myself, that reading sometimes makes my brain feel like it’s on fire. Despite the effort I go through to make the experience pleasant, sometimes it’s utterly intolerable, and rarely for lack of enjoying the material. It’s simply difficult to do. It requires patience and breaks, many many breaks. so I commend you for attempting this at all, let alone reading as much as you did which is absolutely something to be proud of.
Being dyslexic this has given me motivation to read
audiobooks, then you can read anything you want with no pain.
@@mariajohnson2294 Fr I do that and I'm not even dyslexic
I just discovered your channel. Can I just say how much you rock? I do not have dyslexia. I have ADHD, though it is controlled by medication. But for me, reading is work. I love it. I adore it. I live for it. But it is work in the same exact way that writing is. So I REALLY appreciate seeing this video coming from someone who is maybe pursuing a masters degree in literature (I only say maybe because I haven't watched all your videos and kept up with exact plans.)
Just wanted to pop in and say thanks so much for the wonderful videos you make! Have been re-watching all of your travel vlogs and there is something comforting about seeing nice places, with calm and fun life, and being with family and friends, while we have to currently limit ours for a while. Its also neat to see how much the videography and editing has evolved over the past years - well done Emma!
Tried to do a 24hr read-a-thon last weekend and failed completely 🙃.
Ok also I love the idea of a video on reading viewers' recommendations (!) You could also do it with films! And I prefer this format of a readathon compared to the typical 24 h one because that one sucks the enjoyment out of reading...
Great vid. I read everything on my Kindle, which isn't for everyone. But works for me, it has the dyslexia font and calculates how many hours you've got left based on your reading speed (similar to what you do)- Super motivating.
As someone whose not dyslexic (and doesn’t have any disorder that might slow my reading) I normally read about 20-25 pages an hour. Im a slow reader purely because I prefer to really experience a text rather then just skim it; you should be so proud of your 15 page average because you're really not far behind - in fact, on occasions ill sometimes read 15 pages (or less) in an hour if the text is really dense!
P.S. im not trying to invalidate the obvious struggles dyslexia will cause for readers, I'm just trying to say 15 pages an hour is genuinely really stunning and you should be proud 😊💖
you should do updated favourites!
Omfg 30:43 the ALARM I was listening to this video in the background and jumped about a foot in the air hearing that 😂 that alarm is the worst sound ever hahaha
Ahhh girl I loved this!! I’m a suuuper slow reader too (although not dyslexic) and that with combination of usually having v limited spare time w my uni degree means I get through 1 or 2 books a year at most ☹️☹️☹️ loved these recommendations though!💛🙌🏼
I have minor dyslexia and pretty awful dyscalculia. I have a goal every year to read 100 books and finally accomplished it last year. Font and page layout is a huge factor in choosing a physical book, which is why audiobooks are the best invention since spaghetti.
I love the way you annotate books, it’s neat when I pick up a used book and see how the previous owner conversed with the text. It just adds to the reading experience, imo.
OMG BOOKS ok I needed this today
usually around 80 pages/hr
Maybe my favourite Emma book video to date, it has timelapses (is there anything more satisfying in this life?), it has commentary on the books (commentary with substance, that is), and of course coffeeee. Also Emma I think you would enjoy Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Between the World and Me". Font is good. It's short. It's addictive once you start it, and it's a profoundly important book about race in America but also in general. According to John Green it's on his "everyone on earth" category of book recs. ❤️
In English my class is ready Lord of the rings an the font is horrible, my class gets asked to read 40 pages then answer questions on it in 1 hour. By the end the of it everyone has read it all and answered most of the questions and I’m just sitting there on page 20 still after staring in to space for 5 minutes. Funness of doing Latin and french and English and been expecting to know everything and read a book in a day. YAY (not)
I really enjoyed the dead queens club by hannah capin, it's a retelling of henry and his six wives but they're in present day america (it was so dramatic) and I loved it!
This is making me want to read Sappho even more I’ve almost brought it this month already so it has to happen now. I tend to read about 60 pages an hour but it varies.
In terms of the Mitford Sisters, Hons and Rebels is really good. It is very Jessica Mitford-centric (seeing as it is her autobiography) but the first third or so is about her childhood with her sisters and it's really interesting just how different they all were!
My son and I are dyslexic. This is inspirational. Thank you
such a good idea! i'm going to try this
I've got attention issues so this is encouraging I should try this
Mystical Catnip same 😂 i’m going to try it this weekend 🤠
able to read about 20/30 pages an hour, but depends. Mot of the time I'm not able to keep concentration up to that level
Loved the video!! I'm lucky enough to read quite quickly (like 100 pages an hour lol) and I really appreciated this little window into other people's struggles. It is honestly so interesting how our brains work so differently
If you wanna do a video on viewers suggestions I recommend Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (the structure reminds me of If on a winter's night a traveler and it's also dense and a bit of a philosophical mind fuck, which I know you like), The general and his labrynth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I would usually recommend One hundred years of sollitude but this is a pseudo biography of Simon Bolivar and that sounds more up your speed) or The bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (if you wanna keep giving american literature a chance)
Anyways, I completely adore your videos and have been absolutely binging them during quarantine hahah. All the love from Venezuela!!
This stould have more likes
P.S I am serverely dyslexic
I’m severely dyslexic just got into classics I’m 45 takes me ages to read thinking doing literature open university xx
Im LOVING the book content but can we please get more film vids??
Id personally love to see a favourite directors video because Sofia Coppola is also one of my favourite directors ever!
I may be planning some film vids coming soon 👀👀👀 might have a similar format to this video 👀👀👀
Someone understands!!!!! I usually fall asleep after a few chapters and it upsets me so much! I just get so exhausted so quickly, which is a massive pain. (And by a few chapters I mean 2 if they’re short)
OH MY GOD I FEEL YOU ON A PRIMAL LEVEL LIKE I HAD TO READ AUSTENS PERSUASION FOR SCHOOL AND I NEVER FINISHED IT BECAUSE I FELL ASLEEP EVERY. DAMNED. TIME. I. PICK. IT. UP. LIKE WHY LIKE LITERALLY WHY
I have ADHD and it literally takes me 1 hour to read 20 pages, so I feel your grief in some sense, but at the same time pressuring my self to read at the pace of others makes me want to avoid reading all together, so I’ve stopped beating my self about it and just accepted my natural chaotic reading habits
Wow same for 200 pages book i need 1 month
I am SUCH the same boat!! I love reading and my ADHD meds definitely help with it, but it is work as much as writing is work. I love both and I live to do both and I will never stop doing either, but they are both work. And you are not alone.
Please read the Great Gatsby!!
i'm not dyslexic and i read like twenty pages an hour, sometimes thirty. I think I read a hundred pages in an hour once?? i have no idea how that happened hahaha
Linnie13 i used to be able to read 100 pages in an hour, now i’ll read 30 pages in an hour, maybe it depends on the book I’m reading cuz every once in a while I’ll read a book where I whiz through it lol
Let’s start a book club, yes? Yes.
Don’t want to get my hopes up too high but I’m going to assume that means you’ll at least consider it? 😭
@@MF-lw7ck im down to make one :)
Prob to late but I'm in :)
ohhhh pleaaaaase!!!!!!
@@Mazadepizza I just saw this 🥲
Depending on the book I read about 40-80 pages per hour. I am not a native english speaker so reading in english usually takes more time. Also it really depends on what type of book it is. A Jane Austen Novel will take me longer than some ya fantasy.
Can you make a video about what it’s like to read as a dyslexic? Like is reading speed just slow or is it more about comprehension?
I generally read about 40-60 pages an hour depending on what it is I’m reading and also my environment, like how quiet it is and stuff. Also depends on if I’m tired or not. Also I have slight OCD so I have to re-read certain parts a certain number of times and look at a word four times and weird stuff like that. I feel like a slow reader tbh.
I prefer that Sappho translation to Anne Carson’s actually.
Hey, I usually read 30-45 pages an hour, which I don't see as a lot, because a lot of people I know read like 60 pages an hour. 🙃
depends on the book but about 30-50 pages an hour
Just discovered your channel with this video. Immediately added A Good School by Yates on my Wishlist.
Loved the video and you're so entertaining to watch. 😊
Can you do more videos on your dyslexia, it's really comforting to know I'm not alone 😂😂
I’m planning on doing a dyslexia q&a soon but I have a play skit of all my dyslexia vids in the meantime!
if you're interested in african american literature, i definitely recommend "not without laughter" by langston hughes, which gives an insight into black family dynamics and black life during the 1910s, but it does have quite a bit of aave that can take getting used to. also "a raisin in the sun" is really good and i don't think you've mentioned it - bonus: it's a play so it will be good to your eyes! it's similar to "not without laughter" but takes place in the 1950s and there's some deeper plot focusing on idenitity and less overt racism in this one
Lowkey pains me when books are written all over 😂 i tend to keep them all looking brand new
I used to be like you. Then I turned to the dark side
Emma at anybody in her family with a book: "What are you reading? Is it TRASH? WHY ARE YOU READING TRASH?" 🤣
I’ve mentioned Chiam Potok (Jewish New York author) on another video where you asked for American recommendations but I reckon you’d really enjoy “The Chosen” (published 1967, set in the 1940s). And how could I be a New Zealander without recommending Katherine Mansfield? Esp if you like Virginia Woolf. Get a collection of her short stories and just - savour.
How much I read really depends what sort of book I am reading, and what I want to take from it. I probaly read about 40 pages an hour.
Btw: love your videos ❤
Sade oh god.
6:32 I'm dyslexic and thats literally me
I read maximum of 200 pages an hour and it depends on the book how interesting it is... I read classic/non-fiction fairly slow
I have a mild form of dyslexia, so I kinda read certain books which have a certain print style and size. My favorite writer is Arthur C Clark, Other wise if I don't fancy a book I use graphic audio app and read more Graphic novels, Its refreshing to find a younger person who also has experienced Dyslexia interesting blocks and how you coped with those blocks.
do you know if ur reading could eventually get faster or will it stay the same? I am dyslexic as well and I hope my reading will get faster over time.
Just a random guy comment: You are beautiful! Also I am curious, can you see things that you imagine in your head?. I mean visually
if this video doesn't blow up i WILL be upset
Deal with it 😎
I have a problematic love affair with the James Bond novels so I would be interested to see what you think of Casino Royale 😂😂
Great job on the video 💙💙
Audiobooks all the way. I no longer try to read on my own.
What's wrong with science fiction?
i really recommended “autobiography of red” from Anne Carson, it’s the myth of geryon and heracles but then she made it gay. I fell in love with that book the first time i read that, and it’s under like 200 pages
omg you wear the 1975's t-shirt!!!
I just don’t reed 😂
You look like a cross between Emma Watson and Daisy Ridley.
Big up the Fredrick the great fanboys
classics take some people longer to read.
Really enjoyed this!
But the American prison industrial complex needs to be completely overhauled.
Just like politics,
take the profit motive out of it,
and it will get fixed.
But Americans in general need to give up worshipping at the alter of financial gain, and profit being your main motivating force.
my god the concept of for-profit prisons is so horrendous like THEY. HAVE. INCENTIVES. TO. KEEP. PEOPLE. INCARCERATED. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON REHABILITATION OR THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY ETC OR JSUT ARRESTING OR KILLING PEOPLE BC THEY LOOK.... SUSPICIOUS????
Emma Angeline yep 👍👎
Not much incentive for rehabilitation and recovery if you can make a lot more money 💵 putting people in prison and keeping them there!
It’s a lot like watching a train wreck witnessing an empire crumble.
But it’s crumbling all the same.
Don’t get me started! 😳🙄
I usually read 50 pages/hour, but i get slower if it's non-stop hours. Funny how people worship books (oh no she's annotating), for me it's just paper and the ideas that matters.
Yeah I have book recommendations. You need to read the greatest living feminist alive today. Camille Paglia. Start by reading Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson and Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays. Read all her books but those are great starters,
She is a real feminist iconoclast. She takes on anyone and everyone. Including Sontag. Hope you’re not reading outside your comfort zone.
Love you Emma😘😘
Depending on the book I read about 40-80 pages per hour. I am not a native english speaker so reading in english usually takes more time. Also it really depends on what type of book it is. A Jane Austen Novel will take me longer than some ya fantasy.