I've always said kittens had too much energy for me and I stand by that. All I have to do now is wait another year... hopefully they'll be calmer by then XD
I regularly volunteer at my local library for their booksales and we call Elin Hilderbrand the foot lady as most of her book covers have bare feet on them 😂 The chicken hearts I get for my boys come in a plastic tub, and one of them figured out how to open the tub by himself! Got to love the little gremlins, but they sure do cause chaos
NOT THE FOOT LADY!! 💀 Her books are so popular I don’t get it. I really wanted to love it but it really wasn’t for me. I need to find them in a tub size because the little bags aren’t enough! Some pets are just too clever
@@BookswithEmilyFox The brand in the tub is Tuesday’s natural dog company. Hopefully you’ll be able to get them where you are. They are labelled for dogs, but are safe for cats, just a little bigger, but I have to break them up anyways. I was shocked that he figured out how to open it as he isn’t the brightest normally, but I guess when it comes to food and treats he is
Last month I went to the library and read the back of the Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas and picked it up. I honestly had a fantastic time. I probably won't blind grab money books, but there is something magical when you grab one cause of the cover and you fall in love with their story.
Hey Emily! maybe a gallery wall would be nice, and some small wall plants on the side of the book shelf like where u had the smaller picture. Pinterest has many gallery walls and you could probably find other inspo there too for your wall
I agree. At the end, I mention how I went back on what I had said, and ordered more that are the exact same frame. I’ll include a clip of them in a later Vlog!
Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper. You're a cat mom now and this is a great book about a cat adjusting to a new home. It might make you cry, and one part will definitely make you angry at a the fictional description of a real event involving a former politician.
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. I feel like that the people who enjoyed The Will of the Many also really liked that one and since you gave it 5 stars it might be worth it.
I just finished rereading Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts, which I would classify as a "summer read", though I remember liking it more when I was younger (about mid-teens or so). It spans 1987 to around 1994 or 1995 and a lot the main plot happens during the summer months.
Very interested to hear what you'll have to say about the Women who run with wolves, mostly because I didn't get along with it 😅 I'd seen so much praise that I was super excited and then it just didn't work for me. Obviously I hope you'll have a better experience, but I haven't seen anyone talk about it in years, so it'd be fun to hear fresh thoughts.
Bad summer people is very housewives vibes 😂 and I have summer of swallows by Molly garcia but haven't gotten to it yet🫠 I'm in texas our summers are about 6 months😂😂🫠 I still have time to get it in❤
Currently reading the Dead Romantics, halfway through, it is good so far, an easy and fast read. Some other books I have not read but curios about and would like to read soon are The Agency for Scandal, Sevice Model, Yumi and the nightmare painter.
First, love that you told your prediction to your cats haha Also I’m glad it’s not just me! Her covers really make her books seem like the perfect summer read :/
This was a lovely video! I recently read The Spear Cuts Through Water and loved it. I also just started The Tenant of Wildfell Hall on your recommendation.
Very glad you're reading Shadow of what was lost. Really hope you keep enjoying it! I'm currently reading book two and so far also very good. Totally see what you meant by YA vibes. It's super readable. The characters are around 18 I think, so that also makes sense.
Have you read Funny Story by Emily Henry? I'm not really a romance reader and didn't really like Book Lovers but I. ATE. THAT. UP. Great summer book. Now I'm in the hunt for more romance 😂 If you want to read an amazing fantasy trilogy, please pick up Justice of Kings. Criminally underrated!
I'm currently reading "No Mans Chattle" by Lee Swanson and lo♡ing it! My best fantasy so far this year is "The Witch's Heart" by Genevieve Gornichec (even made me cry) A few I havnt read yet you may be interested in "This Impossible Brightnrss" by Jessica Bryant Klaggmann, "Mayas Notebook" by Isabele Allende, "The Forbidden Notebook" by Alba De Céspendes, "A Mouthfull of Birds" by Samanta Schweblin Good luck! The Women who Run with the Wolves was one of my lowest 1☆s last year (reading the stories and skipping/skimming the "analysis" might be ok)
You will be pleased to know that I got a mid-roll ad for cat food while watching your video. On brand. 😂👌🏻 “She’s ready to slay” HAHA OH NO. It’s like the author researched slang and really wanted to include it.
I agree, summaries spoil too much! I want one sentence about the premise and the genre, that's it 😂 if I get more info than that I am more likely to not pick it up
Plus, sometimes you do like I did, and read the back of the third book when you’re supposed to be reading the second book of the series and get way too many spoilers (I did that with Mistborn 😭)
They love to eat from the same plate too so it's a struggle! I'd have to lock Charlie in a different room for meals and that seems a bit much for now lol I'll give him extra treats when Chunky isn't looking!
Blurbs indeed often give up too much of the story away, that is why I rely mostly on recommendations from people on UA-cam with similar reading tastes. Or I simply prioritize my favorite authors.
I've also seen Elin Hilderbrand's books everywhere, and never picked one up because I also thought they'd be Hallmark-y beachy reads, and there are just other types of things I'd rather read. But what you're describing is indeed even worse than I thought! 😬
I get the feeling you won't like Women Who Run With The Wolves (even though I love it and would recommend it to several people). I will say that the introduction to the book is quite academically heavy, but that the rest of the book is not like that so much. It's the kind of book you can also dip in and out of and can read isolated chapters. In case it helps!
That’s too bad you didn’t like the summer book I knew as soon as I saw it you wouldn’t like it 😂 I don’t know if you’d try her again but I liked golden girl by her and summer of ‘69
Emily, my wife pointed out your slight accent, and I had not noticed. If it's not rude to ask - did you grow up in North America or another place? And could it be that such an advanced reader and vocabulist learned English as a second language?
If it’s any consolation, the author of that book, Elin Hildebrand or whatever was featured on one of Jess Owens’ Book Communitea videos for bad behavior towards reviewers. So the book quality mirrors the author quality 😆
The books scream “female experience” so I don’t believe for a second they were written by a man. If it wasn’t only one person then yeah the theory of the couple is possible 🤷♀️
@@BookswithEmilyFox To be honest the idea of a man writing it seems ludicrous, but apparently that theory comes from people doing analysis of the writing style and linking it to some author guy whose wife grew up around the same area featured in the books (I could be mixing up details here, its been a while since I went down that rabbit hole) hence both of those versions of the theory
Elin Hildebrant is unreadable! And she releases book after book after book like a machine! HOW? and FOR WHOM?? I feel like she writes for Karens worldwide.
i've bigned the whole series for My brilliant friend and now i'm not sure if i should read the books... BUT i need to know what happens and i cannot handle waiting for the 4th season 🥲
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“Although I do come with 3 cats, be warned” 😂 I love the development of when you had planned to not keep more than 1 kitten to keeping all of them ❤
I've always said kittens had too much energy for me and I stand by that. All I have to do now is wait another year... hopefully they'll be calmer by then XD
What happened to the mama cat?
@@pennPi mama cat has a new home! She wasn’t getting along with the kittens, she tells the whole story in “all about my cats” video
When Clawdia jumps up at the end, it looks like she's a tiny cat perched on your shoulder!
She does! Unfortunately she's 10lbs so she'd be too heavy on my shoulder lol
I regularly volunteer at my local library for their booksales and we call Elin Hilderbrand the foot lady as most of her book covers have bare feet on them 😂 The chicken hearts I get for my boys come in a plastic tub, and one of them figured out how to open the tub by himself! Got to love the little gremlins, but they sure do cause chaos
NOT THE FOOT LADY!! 💀
Her books are so popular I don’t get it. I really wanted to love it but it really wasn’t for me. I need to find them in a tub size because the little bags aren’t enough! Some pets are just too clever
@@BookswithEmilyFox The brand in the tub is Tuesday’s natural dog company. Hopefully you’ll be able to get them where you are. They are labelled for dogs, but are safe for cats, just a little bigger, but I have to break them up anyways. I was shocked that he figured out how to open it as he isn’t the brightest normally, but I guess when it comes to food and treats he is
“Since when do you run?” “So now he runs.”
Absolutely love the pictures you showed. And I think a mix of frame colors actually looks best.
I agree! I ended up ordering more of that exact style so we’ll see how it goes lol
Last month I went to the library and read the back of the Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas and picked it up. I honestly had a fantastic time. I probably won't blind grab money books, but there is something magical when you grab one cause of the cover and you fall in love with their story.
Hey Emily! maybe a gallery wall would be nice, and some small wall plants on the side of the book shelf like where u had the smaller picture. Pinterest has many gallery walls and you could probably find other inspo there too for your wall
Emily's 4:34 "good pain" clip has so much Edna Mode energy (from The Incredibles)
The color of the frames are fine, actually. Being too matchy matchy can also backfire, especially if you are going for homey vibes.
I agree. At the end, I mention how I went back on what I had said, and ordered more that are the exact same frame. I’ll include a clip of them in a later Vlog!
Looking forward to your redecorating and your cats are so adorable.
This is a stretch but what about getting pictures of the cat siblings surrounded by books in a frame… 😆
Nothing better than a vlog from the one and only ❤
Yes, two or three will look great there
Ooo I love the flower pictures!!
I truly think you’ll enjoy “the days of abandonment” by ferrante. It’s her best work after the Neapolitan novels.
I'll make sure to get that one!
I'm planning my next book haul so if you could make me read one book this year, what would it be?
Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper. You're a cat mom now and this is a great book about a cat adjusting to a new home. It might make you cry, and one part will definitely make you angry at a the fictional description of a real event involving a former politician.
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. I feel like that the people who enjoyed The Will of the Many also really liked that one and since you gave it 5 stars it might be worth it.
The spear cuts through water by Simon Jimenez!
The Inmate by Sebastian Fitzek
The Hunger games series ❤😊❤❤
I just finished rereading Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts, which I would classify as a "summer read", though I remember liking it more when I was younger (about mid-teens or so). It spans 1987 to around 1994 or 1995 and a lot the main plot happens during the summer months.
I enjoyed Summer on the Bluffs (Sunny Hostin). It’s a summer read but contains serious themes. It’s a series and book 3 arrived earlier this year.
I’m reading Sunny’s books next.
Very interested to hear what you'll have to say about the Women who run with wolves, mostly because I didn't get along with it 😅 I'd seen so much praise that I was super excited and then it just didn't work for me. Obviously I hope you'll have a better experience, but I haven't seen anyone talk about it in years, so it'd be fun to hear fresh thoughts.
Bad summer people is very housewives vibes 😂 and I have summer of swallows by Molly garcia but haven't gotten to it yet🫠 I'm in texas our summers are about 6 months😂😂🫠 I still have time to get it in❤
Currently reading the Dead Romantics, halfway through, it is good so far, an easy and fast read. Some other books I have not read but curios about and would like to read soon are The Agency for Scandal, Sevice Model, Yumi and the nightmare painter.
I randomly picked up Ellen Foster and first 2 lines had me😊
I recommend "just for the summer " by Abby jimenez
Saw you hold up the Ellen H book and said to my cats, she’s not going to like it. I haven’t read that one but I’ve tried some of hers and DNFd them
First, love that you told your prediction to your cats haha
Also I’m glad it’s not just me! Her covers really make her books seem like the perfect summer read :/
I liked 28 Summers by her. Listened to the audio book
I enjoyed Hotel Nantucket
This was a lovely video! I recently read The Spear Cuts Through Water and loved it. I also just started The Tenant of Wildfell Hall on your recommendation.
"Yeet the Yolo fellow kids" energy lol
Very much so!!
Very glad you're reading Shadow of what was lost. Really hope you keep enjoying it! I'm currently reading book two and so far also very good.
Totally see what you meant by YA vibes. It's super readable. The characters are around 18 I think, so that also makes sense.
That's exactly it! I'm making progress and still liking it!
Have you read Funny Story by Emily Henry? I'm not really a romance reader and didn't really like Book Lovers but I. ATE. THAT. UP. Great summer book. Now I'm in the hunt for more romance 😂 If you want to read an amazing fantasy trilogy, please pick up Justice of Kings. Criminally underrated!
May i recommend the book A Tree grows in Brooklyn. Would you read it, pretty please??
You definitely need to read You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle!!
I honestly think you would really enjoy Kallocain by Karin Boye. She is so underrated internationally but huge here in Sweden :)
I’ve tried Elin Hilderbrand twice and something was so off-putting about the writing for me 🤷🏽♀️ I’ve given up.
I'm currently reading "No Mans Chattle" by Lee Swanson and lo♡ing it!
My best fantasy so far this year is "The Witch's Heart" by Genevieve Gornichec (even made me cry)
A few I havnt read yet you may be interested in "This Impossible Brightnrss" by Jessica Bryant Klaggmann, "Mayas Notebook" by Isabele Allende, "The Forbidden Notebook" by Alba De Céspendes, "A Mouthfull of Birds" by Samanta Schweblin
Good luck! The Women who Run with the Wolves was one of my lowest 1☆s last year (reading the stories and skipping/skimming the "analysis" might be ok)
You will be pleased to know that I got a mid-roll ad for cat food while watching your video. On brand. 😂👌🏻 “She’s ready to slay” HAHA OH NO. It’s like the author researched slang and really wanted to include it.
They know their target audience 😂
I agree, summaries spoil too much! I want one sentence about the premise and the genre, that's it 😂 if I get more info than that I am more likely to not pick it up
Plus, sometimes you do like I did, and read the back of the third book when you’re supposed to be reading the second book of the series and get way too many spoilers (I did that with Mistborn 😭)
@@BookswithEmilyFox hahaha noooo, I did that with the third Diviners book and was spoiled massively too...
You should try Mary Lawson, she is a great CANADIAN author!!!
Feeding multiple cats is always a battle. We have an extra large and a large here 😂
They love to eat from the same plate too so it's a struggle! I'd have to lock Charlie in a different room for meals and that seems a bit much for now lol I'll give him extra treats when Chunky isn't looking!
Maybe you could stain the frames you have?
I am 23 in my place of work which is a bookstore in uk. Slay is very common vocab amongst staff.... Just saying
Blurbs indeed often give up too much of the story away, that is why I rely mostly on recommendations from people on UA-cam with similar reading tastes. Or I simply prioritize my favorite authors.
Exactly! I can't believe I used to just grab wtv lol There are so many options now it's overwhelming
I've also seen Elin Hilderbrand's books everywhere, and never picked one up because I also thought they'd be Hallmark-y beachy reads, and there are just other types of things I'd rather read. But what you're describing is indeed even worse than I thought! 😬
I also picked up an Elin Hilderbrand at the used book store this week without knowing anything about it. Your review doesn't bode well for me 😂
Well now I’m invested. You’ll have to tell me how it goes!!
I get the feeling you won't like Women Who Run With The Wolves (even though I love it and would recommend it to several people). I will say that the introduction to the book is quite academically heavy, but that the rest of the book is not like that so much. It's the kind of book you can also dip in and out of and can read isolated chapters. In case it helps!
Oh no! I’m hoping I’ll love it
For me, summer = fantasy books 👀🤭
That’s where I’m at for the rest of the summer!
How can I get out of a reading slump? Give me a tip
That’s too bad you didn’t like the summer book I knew as soon as I saw it you wouldn’t like it 😂
I don’t know if you’d try her again but I liked golden girl by her and summer of ‘69
📚❤️🐱
Excuse me I say "slay" (ironically though) and I'm nowhere near fifty 😂
Ironically is fine but it felt so awkward and forced in the book. All her writing was :/
Emily, my wife pointed out your slight accent, and I had not noticed. If it's not rude to ask - did you grow up in North America or another place? And could it be that such an advanced reader and vocabulist learned English as a second language?
I’m French Canadian!
If it’s any consolation, the author of that book, Elin Hildebrand or whatever was featured on one of Jess Owens’ Book Communitea videos for bad behavior towards reviewers. So the book quality mirrors the author quality 😆
No way! That's good to know
I'm not hip on lingo at all, but I know a few people (early 20s) who still say slay now, and I hear it on youtube too
Really? I feel like I haven’t heard anyone say it unironically in forever
I mostly only hear it from people in the LGBTQ+ community. Anyone else I see use it, they're saying it ironically bc it's a bit cringe now.
By the way, any theories on Elena Ferrante? Do you believe the they're a man or they're a husband and wife team theories?
The books scream “female experience” so I don’t believe for a second they were written by a man. If it wasn’t only one person then yeah the theory of the couple is possible 🤷♀️
@@BookswithEmilyFox To be honest the idea of a man writing it seems ludicrous, but apparently that theory comes from people doing analysis of the writing style and linking it to some author guy whose wife grew up around the same area featured in the books (I could be mixing up details here, its been a while since I went down that rabbit hole) hence both of those versions of the theory
Did you drink coffee before filming the intro ??? what is happening ??? 😂😂😂😂
I just checked if my youtube playback was sped up, like seriously, it is just me ?? 😂
I was happy... then I read some Elin Hilderbrand and she took that away from me lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox 😂😂 Oh noooo
Elin Hildebrant is unreadable! And she releases book after book after book like a machine! HOW? and FOR WHOM?? I feel like she writes for Karens worldwide.
I hate the synopsis on books. They are way too long like an essay.
Why is so ridiculous enormous that book? I never saw anyone like that.
I just find it cringy when older authors try to write younger gen’s lingo
Yes! It bugs me! same when they include mentions of modern movies, tv shows etc. Thats why the mention of René-Jean was also an ick.
@@BookswithEmilyFox exactly - it instantly makes it feel dated
i've bigned the whole series for My brilliant friend and now i'm not sure if i should read the books... BUT i need to know what happens and i cannot handle waiting for the 4th season 🥲
I can’t wait for the last season!! The books are so worth it
@@BookswithEmilyFox adding it to my never ending TBR then haha