I understand completly what you say about Murakami. I have read pretty much all of his books, I believe, and the feelings are all there. He is just such an amazing writer, the themes, the metaphors, the magical realism, the characters, the environments. Uau. So glad someone else feels the same. Also love the way you talk about your opinions and the way you just transmit knowledge. Could listen to you for hours. Thank you!
Yesterday I finished Justine and I really needed to hear someone's opinion because it shocked me and left me thinking A LOT. Thanks Emma for the booktube content
Being a native French speaker who's read a lot of Camus' work, I wonder how he could come across as even slightly convoluted. He is rather famous for his minimalistic, simple style instead. Roland Barthes even described his work as "le degré zéro du style, une absence de style qui devient un style de l'absence", so "the degree 0 of style, an absence of style which becomes a style of the absence". I wonder what English translators made of his style though! I don't know if you've heard of or ever read Huysmans but he's very convoluted and "À Rebours" is still my favourite book to this day. Odd, scholarly, narrative prowesses one after the other. I could only recommend at least "À Rebours" :)
Yknow you mentioned that the Sally Rooney book was quite meh in one of your other videos, same, but aS a cOMp liT sTudENt, I think you would really appreciate Jack Edwards video on reading the books read by the protagonists in the book cose he draws so many connections to what happens in the book and what they’re reading and the author’s beliefs etc. etc. He did one on Harry Styles too btw.
ahh yes, emma rambling about books - we love to see it🤍 my favourite book of 2020 has to be my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell. it deals with grooming, abuse and coming to terms with your own trauma in such a realistic and important way, SUCH a stunning novel (even though it was super hard to read, for obvious reasons)
Oh Richard Yates! I remember reading him when Revolutionary Road came out, reading that and then reading The Easter Parade and loving them both! Truly disturbed me in the miserable monotony of married life in the 50s and 60s. I think he should be considered a pretty great American writer (but people dont really read him, he's not really taught). Maybe try some Philip Roth? He wrote around the same time and while its been a while aince I read him I can see similarities. I would suggest Roth's earlier stuff even though its a bit masculine at times
your cover/edition game is so on point that it looks like a bookworm mood board btw :) (edit) p.s. included in the trinity of Circe and Song of Achilles, you should read Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls
Thank you so much for all your book videos! I've got so many great recommendations from them. I normally love retellings but I read the Penelopiad recently and it was quite disappointing, Margaret Atwood is normally brilliant but I felt that Penelope was a really 2D character, I did find it great that she gave the maids a voice though.
I love Camus, but when you were like "I cant read anymore of this or I'll throw myself out the window" ----- THAT was exactly how I felt reading Norwegian Wood. Like, I've never had a suicidal thought in my life before that book, and I had to stop reading it because I wanted to jump off the roof lmao.
don’t wanna be That Person but you might wanna be aware that adichie has agreed with jk rowling on her transphobic bullshit. i do support reading books detached from their context at times, but i think it’s important to be aware of this when recommending a thinker even if everything else they do is excellent!
omg i cannot believe this WHAT whyyyyy , she was one of my favorite feminists , it's really paradoxical when it comes to seperating the art from the artist you know , i guess i can just read her books borrowed from the library 🤷♀️
You might enjoy Stoner by John Williams, it was written in 1965 and has an academic setting. I believe it follows a pretty average man's life? It's on my tbr so I can't say whether or not I enjoy it myself, but I've seen/heard a lot of good things about it.
I don’t know if you have read it but we just looked at sexing the cherry by winterson and wow that is one sexy novella going into gender, construction of narratives presented to women and time set against the backdrop of the civil war
The best thing I read in 2020 was probably Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities was close, but I loved Flaubert's small-scale world-building so much, and Emma really is That Bitch. I cackled so much reading that book. It's magnificent.
This was amazing but I think it’s a bad influence for me because I should be reading - studying history, sociology and Ancient Greek philosophy for exams not these beautiful beautiful books 😢😢 - the description of the last murikami was so intriguing though❤️
hiiii , look i KNOW your tbr is full but... i'vr got to recommend some books for you James Baldwin - literally anything , his essay the fire next time and his play the amen corner are all i've read so far but they are SO DAMN GOOD !! A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo is an italian feminist classic that i think everyone should read and if your looking for something a bit more contemporary then read 'Kim Jiyoung , born in 1982' its this amazing Korean novella published recently enough , and it's really interesting to see the similarities and differences between the experiences of women in Korea and in the west also i noticed in your last video you got 'Gender Trouble ' which is on my (horrifyingly long) tbr , i haven't read it yet (bc online school and aforementioned tbr) but flicked through the table of contents and the amount of times the 'heterosexual matrix' is mentioned it's sounds pretty awesome.
If I could read only 20 books but read them with your level of analysis I would but I have no idea how to make myself pause to think deeper about them and I just get lost in them - HeLp
If you’re on goodreads, there are lots of reading groups where people will decide on a book to read, say Count of Monte Cristo, and will chat about it every week/month. You could also look for videos on the author and get to know them and what beliefs/background might influence how they write and what they write about. *i forgot to add, for most books you can try googling a study guide and that could force you to stop and think about what you’re reading while you’re reading it, and not retrospectively*
Have you tried Scribd or another audiobook service? It might help you read more books (if you wanted). I prefer physical copies but I find audiobooks are great for lighter, more contemporary novels that I want to read but know I won't be annotating or anything. I can listen to them while cooking dinner, doing housework etc. I'm listening to Normal People at the minute because I didn't want to buy it.
Have you read Georges Bataille? Tbh i tried to read The Story of the Eye and i couldn't get through it LOL (i really wanna read his works tho), but if you find libertinism interesting you might enjoy him !
say it: " I am a book channel"
Best (not a) booktube channel ever 😬
Here just to listen to you beautiful accent rambling about books. Why is this my favourite thing ever?
"The bit with the horse doesn't happen in the Iliad, it happens in the Aeneid. I know. I was disappointed too." I CRIED
heheheheh
I understand completly what you say about Murakami. I have read pretty much all of his books, I believe, and the feelings are all there. He is just such an amazing writer, the themes, the metaphors, the magical realism, the characters, the environments. Uau. So glad someone else feels the same. Also love the way you talk about your opinions and the way you just transmit knowledge. Could listen to you for hours. Thank you!
Yesterday I finished Justine and I really needed to hear someone's opinion because it shocked me and left me thinking A LOT. Thanks Emma for the booktube content
Being a native French speaker who's read a lot of Camus' work, I wonder how he could come across as even slightly convoluted. He is rather famous for his minimalistic, simple style instead. Roland Barthes even described his work as "le degré zéro du style, une absence de style qui devient un style de l'absence", so "the degree 0 of style, an absence of style which becomes a style of the absence". I wonder what English translators made of his style though!
I don't know if you've heard of or ever read Huysmans but he's very convoluted and "À Rebours" is still my favourite book to this day. Odd, scholarly, narrative prowesses one after the other. I could only recommend at least "À Rebours" :)
Recently stumbled upon this channel, a world of books opened up for me, and this is supposedly not even a book channel.
Yknow you mentioned that the Sally Rooney book was quite meh in one of your other videos, same, but aS a cOMp liT sTudENt, I think you would really appreciate Jack Edwards video on reading the books read by the protagonists in the book cose he draws so many connections to what happens in the book and what they’re reading and the author’s beliefs etc. etc. He did one on Harry Styles too btw.
Seeing that you posted this just made my day 😍
The thumbnail! The editing! 😍😍😍
I should be doing homework, but I get so excited every time you post🥰
ahh yes, emma rambling about books - we love to see it🤍 my favourite book of 2020 has to be my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell. it deals with grooming, abuse and coming to terms with your own trauma in such a realistic and important way, SUCH a stunning novel (even though it was super hard to read, for obvious reasons)
This channel is a ray of sunshine!
Oh Richard Yates! I remember reading him when Revolutionary Road came out, reading that and then reading The Easter Parade and loving them both! Truly disturbed me in the miserable monotony of married life in the 50s and 60s. I think he should be considered a pretty great American writer (but people dont really read him, he's not really taught). Maybe try some Philip Roth? He wrote around the same time and while its been a while aince I read him I can see similarities. I would suggest Roth's earlier stuff even though its a bit masculine at times
I am so glad I've found your channel!! I love your videos
your cover/edition game is so on point that it looks like a bookworm mood board btw :)
(edit) p.s. included in the trinity of Circe and Song of Achilles, you should read Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls
Thank you so much for all your book videos! I've got so many great recommendations from them. I normally love retellings but I read the Penelopiad recently and it was quite disappointing, Margaret Atwood is normally brilliant but I felt that Penelope was a really 2D character, I did find it great that she gave the maids a voice though.
This dsylexic is proud ♥️♥️♥️ 20 is a lottt
We did Camus for french a level... no wonder my generation who took french were a little pessimistic
I love Camus, but when you were like "I cant read anymore of this or I'll throw myself out the window" ----- THAT was exactly how I felt reading Norwegian Wood.
Like, I've never had a suicidal thought in my life before that book, and I had to stop reading it because I wanted to jump off the roof lmao.
don’t wanna be That Person but you might wanna be aware that adichie has agreed with jk rowling on her transphobic bullshit. i do support reading books detached from their context at times, but i think it’s important to be aware of this when recommending a thinker even if everything else they do is excellent!
ye ye I've been told, I added a lil amendment in the description (also DO be that person, always be that person)
omg i cannot believe this WHAT whyyyyy , she was one of my favorite feminists , it's really paradoxical when it comes to seperating the art from the artist you know , i guess i can just read her books borrowed from the library 🤷♀️
You might enjoy Stoner by John Williams, it was written in 1965 and has an academic setting. I believe it follows a pretty average man's life? It's on my tbr so I can't say whether or not I enjoy it myself, but I've seen/heard a lot of good things about it.
As a dyslexic myself, i tell u that 20 books in a year is a great number ;)
I don’t know if you have read it but we just looked at sexing the cherry by winterson and wow that is one sexy novella going into gender, construction of narratives presented to women and time set against the backdrop of the civil war
The best thing I read in 2020 was probably Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities was close, but I loved Flaubert's small-scale world-building so much, and Emma really is That Bitch. I cackled so much reading that book. It's magnificent.
I love reading murakami with a little misogyny in it for a lil razzle dazzle
gotta add that bit of ✨spice ✨
Haven't watched the whole video yet but your make up is just PERFECT. 😍 Where's the eyeshadow from?
read the bell jar!
Fantastic suggestion!
remember kids, still not a booktube channel
This was amazing but I think it’s a bad influence for me because I should be reading - studying history, sociology and Ancient Greek philosophy for exams not these beautiful beautiful books 😢😢 - the description of the last murikami was so intriguing though❤️
Okay but can i say just this: your skin woooow woooow!
Great books also🌸
hiiii , look i KNOW your tbr is full but... i'vr got to recommend some books for you
James Baldwin - literally anything , his essay the fire next time and his play the amen corner are all i've read so far but they are SO DAMN GOOD !!
A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo is an italian feminist classic that i think everyone should read
and if your looking for something a bit more contemporary then read 'Kim Jiyoung , born in 1982' its this amazing Korean novella published recently enough , and it's really interesting to see the similarities and differences between the experiences of women in Korea and in the west
also i noticed in your last video you got 'Gender Trouble ' which is on my (horrifyingly long) tbr , i haven't read it yet (bc online school and aforementioned tbr) but flicked through the table of contents and the amount of times the 'heterosexual matrix' is mentioned it's sounds pretty awesome.
If I could read only 20 books but read them with your level of analysis I would but I have no idea how to make myself pause to think deeper about them and I just get lost in them - HeLp
If you’re on goodreads, there are lots of reading groups where people will decide on a book to read, say Count of Monte Cristo, and will chat about it every week/month. You could also look for videos on the author and get to know them and what beliefs/background might influence how they write and what they write about.
*i forgot to add, for most books you can try googling a study guide and that could force you to stop and think about what you’re reading while you’re reading it, and not retrospectively*
Love this channel for book recs you just don't get anywhere else on Booktube
You said you hated Camus' existentialism and then how much you love Beckett's absurdist worldview. Pain.
Apropos getting a little taste test of people, I recently stumbled upon the Penguin Great Ideas series which is amazing for that purpose
hey emma, just wondering what are your career/job plans or ideas? I'm looking to study literature but I'm worried about job prospects after
Well she’s currently working on a masters in film so she’s probably going to go into the film industry
Yes the whole point of philosophy is that it's supposed to challenge you & your views!
Regardless of the subject of the video, You look great and happy.
Yo Emma....we need a Story Time from you! You're great!
May well finish all the little penguin books, there is only 50 of them. You can review some bad ones (Gertrude Stein -> Food)
Have you tried Scribd or another audiobook service? It might help you read more books (if you wanted). I prefer physical copies but I find audiobooks are great for lighter, more contemporary novels that I want to read but know I won't be annotating or anything. I can listen to them while cooking dinner, doing housework etc. I'm listening to Normal People at the minute because I didn't want to buy it.
Off topic but we need that makeup tutorial😍😍
Have you read Georges Bataille? Tbh i tried to read The Story of the Eye and i couldn't get through it LOL (i really wanna read his works tho), but if you find libertinism interesting you might enjoy him !
I get the whole still being at home thing - I'm stuck at home instead of in my uni room in Northern Ireland!!
hi i have a question, isn’t there a spoiler on the first page in the song of achilles?I was on page 80 and i was like hmm let’s read the first page 😭😭
You should read Sputnik Sweethearth by Murakami, I think its worth your time.
Don't worry about your driving skills, we all have had that period when we started. It will improve a lot, even after you got your licence
I had the exact same response to Andy Warhol's Fame
You look like Kendall Jenner in this video!!
I can't tell if you are 18 or 32
You're very beautiful ♥
you're deffo not a booktuber hahahha