Reorganizing my Bookshelves || May TBR 2024
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Hey Booktube, for my May TBR we are doing things a little different! I will be doing a month long reading challenge focusing on the books on my bookshelves I keep forgetting about and the ones I probably should unhaul. In order to do that, I decided to reorganize all my books and place a "TBR shelf" at the top of each bookcase. They'll be numbered 1 to 7 and put in a jar. Each week I'll pick a number and vlog myself reading them and/or unhauling them!
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I found this channel and I remembered watching you 10 years ago swatching lipsticks. So glad I can watch you again with another shared interest since we both seem to love post apocalyptic themed books. You’ll enjoy The Postmortal!!
My recommendation is to read The Bell Jar sooner rather than later. It is so good but raw and tragic. I think you'd love it.
Yes! The Bell Jar is amazing
can't wait for the one week one shelf challenge declutter or whatever you end up naming it.
ps: the cats decided to put their own directorial spin in this video and i support them in their artistic endeavors no matter how chaotic they are.
I love your bookshelves because all your books look read and loved - sometimes it seems like book influencers buy a bunch of special editions to make their shelves beautiful but never actually read those books which makes me a bit sad. It’s a different hobby I guess to decorate a shelf, valid in its own right but not for everyone :)
I never realized your hair was so long until this video!
I desperately need to cut it 😂
You can’t put The Housemaid in the excited to read pile after saying you hate domestic thrillers because that book is the DEFINITION of a generic domestic thriller that would’ve been published in 2016. Beyond the plot twist being super predictable… it really isn’t well written. If you do get the mystery/thriller shelf then just read that first and get it off your tbr, I know for a fact that you will not end up giving it anything more than a 3 star.
To be fair, I mostly want to read it because of the hype!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Its also blatantly plagiarized, along with most of Frieda McFaddens books.
@@sheramelton3583this this this!
@BookswithEmilyFox, it is a fun, fluffy read like most of her books. It's just a fun time!
@@sheramelton3583who is she supposed to have plagiarized?
I like your idea for how to organize your bookshelves. I also love the idea of reading the books on a particular shelf. I've done reading games reading all the books on a particular shelf at the public library, but never though to try that with my home shelves. :)
You came to save us from a case of the Mondays, thank you 🤟
Emily getting stuff done ,helping me with my reading slump and getting the dishes done lol ! joindre l'utile à l'agréable i wish i could have these many books tho to worry about reorganizing them ,that's like one of my goals in life,then after reaching that i can go back to my reasonable self lol . i love reading physical copies, English books are expensive here, but i feel the same i want my future imaginary personal bookshelves to hold the books that represent me and what i like and even stand for , you've been doing great when it comes to that with the read it or unhaul it and all the challenges keep at it , i was super busy lately didn't check out your channel in a while, basically had a back log to catch up on lol ,as usual of course your videos are a blast and those cats are just stars. High five
Yesss, this was the motivation I needed to reorganize my bookshelves. I wish I could share photos in the comments, but totally understand why that’s not a thing on YT. 👀
It's not because the shelves look "disastrous". That's character 😂 it's because you've been adding to your collection for a good while and at this point it's OUR collection and it'd be satisfying to see how it looks when every piece of the puzzle falls into place 😅
thank you! I keep seeing very aesthetically pleasing bookshelves, and I never feel like I can get mine to look like that!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I think most people can only keep one "esthetically pleasing" corner. If your collection is constantly changing, you'd have to sacrifice either functionality or esthetics. I think finding the courage to declutter not only what you don't like but also what you'd never read again might give you room to play with the esthetics.
You're right. I think that the few sections were I have new hardcovers tend to look better but I love used/well loved looking books. I just need to figure out how to organize them a bit better!
I spy Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour Bookshop with the cool glow in the dark cover!!! I 100% picked up & read that book because of the cover, 😂. I need a section of my bookshelf that is just "cool covers, ignore the inside".
That cover is everything! Is it not good?
@@BookswithEmilyFox my comment was harsh - it wasn't bad at all, just didn't blow me away like the cover design did. It felt a bit like someone had a good visual for a weird mysterious bookstore and tried to build a plot around it, to mixed success (for me). I didn't mind it though. :)
@@BookswithEmilyFox I also bought it because I saw someone show the cool cover on RUclips (it IS cool). I REALLY liked it. It's kind of a low-key and low-stakes mystery and I liked the magical realism mixed in with in-depth descriptions of the food available to Google's employees. There is a manic pixie dream girl but the romance was barely a plot point.
If you put some vases, stuffed animals, or whatever shelf decor you like on your shelves in the gaps, that might help make the shelves look pretty without losing the functionality of your organization idea. I usually use large vases or pottery since a large heavy thing also works as a bookend and is easier to move than a bunch of small things when you are accessing books on the shelf.
I love the one week one shelf vlogs and this sounds really fun.😁 I hope future Emily has fun with this🤞
1 minute in: I LOVE this idea🎉🎉🎉
Can’t wait a review of Jo Nesbe‘s book 😊
This’ll be fun - I can’t wait!
Your bookshelves are a dream. I need, I want something like that for my books !!
I really hope you get to read An Ember in the Ashes in May
This is a great idea! I thrift a lot, and there are a bunch of books that I have picked up, and they haven't been forgotten in the clutter.
We need a full bookshelf tour now that they're all lovely and organised 😍
The bookshelves look amazing. I'm looking forward to the hate reading or declutter vlog. 📚
Yaay I'm excited! I really enjoy the types of video where people declutter
I might have already mentioned this, but The Bone Season series got revised. Accoring to the author, she made some fairly big changes, so the original versions won't be "accurate" to the sequels.
The first book is aready out, and the others come out in early May.
1. I love to see someone with the exact same hair length as me! It's so pretty on you.
2. I know that you shelf's are probably not as Instagram-able as you would like, but I think the new order makes a lot of sense and will make reading a lot easier for you.
I think they looks more realistic and user friendly. Sometimes people have bookshelves that I fell like I can’t peruse. I love to be able to handle the books!
The Bell Jar is one of my favorites!💕
I'm reading The Lost Metal right now and I'm really enjoying it. Also, I love how your shelves literally feel like you're in a library or a bookstore!
Thank you! I really wanted my library too look like that!!
For Jo Nesbo - there are 5 books between The Bat and The Snowman. Would suggest you try The Bat and, if not sure, then Cockroaches and Redbreast. It's one of my favorite series and I think Redbreast is the best of the series. Both The Bat and The Snowman were just pretty good. The whole series is definitely starring a male protagonist written by a man, but like a woke Scandinavian man, so it's a lot of male energy but not misogynist (in my view).
I don't know if you will like Jo Nesbo, but if you do read them, probably does help to read in order.
Super fun idea! Can't wait for the vlogs
Maybe do for nonfiction that you just read a couple during the other books. And not pick it as a shelf
You've got so many books to potentially declutter! I am excited for you, it's so therapeutic!
I'm now ruthless in my unhauls so my bookshelf has six empty squares (out of sixteen squares). I only keep read books on my shelves and I keep my tbr separate; it helps my brain hahaha.
If you like sci-fi mystery thrillers you should read Dead silence and Ghost station by S. A. Barnes and Contagion by Erin Bowman. These are sci-fi, mystery, thriller books that are exactly like you described you wanted in a mystery/thriller book. Once you get ride of some on that shelf you should totally buy these! You’d really like them!
My bookclub read Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, I think it got mixed reviews. I did enjoy it. Also, Demon Cooperhead is probably what we will be reading for May.
The bookshelves having no backs would give me so much anxiety with your cats 😂 I would just be paranoid they’d push them off 😂
They have.😂 Especially Clawdia used to climb around in there all the time. 🥰 Probably still does, when she's allowed in the library. She certainly climbed the Christmas tree! 😂
Yeah they definitely do 😭 Tbf I had the bookshelves like this before I got cats!
Great, keep only what is promising for you. Most of us have done something similar. As soon as I find something that I am never going to read, I DNF it, move it to the donate pile. Keep only what I intend to read. Not keeping stuff "I should read".
Did you not already read The Road?
I’m excited for this version of Read It of Unhaul It! I hope you’re able to make some space for the books you actually want to keep 😊
No, ive only watched the movie
Aahhh, I see. Well, at least you know what you’ll be getting into if you choose that one lol.
I heard there is no punctuation in it. Is that true? Like, no quotation marks for people speaking, etc.
@@deendrew36 thats signature Cormac McCarthy. There is punctuation but no quotations.
@@mai6018 I feel like that would drive me nuts!
If you haven’t read wool by Hugh Howey or scythe you should totally read them! They are some of my absolute favorite sci-fi books ever! It’s unique and not been done before either. Also scythe is more dystopian than sci-fi if you have a shelf for that. Not really much sci-fi at all maybe a little.
Also, I'd be excited to hear what you think of the other Harpman books, even if i can't get them in English!
I've had little luck with mystery thriller books, but two I'd recommend are The last house on Needless street, which has a polarizing trope, but in my opinion it was handled with care. And also Fingersmith, which had a few plot twists and kept me very intrigued and it's a lesbian dream 🤣
I LOVE these types of videos! You did a great job, your bookshelves look nice ❤
David Eddings, Terry Brooks, and Terry Goodkind. Those three authors were the mainstays of my youth and the books that got me into fantasy. You will definitely hate them. 😂 It’s weird to look back at old favorites and see how misogynistic they seem now when they just seemed normal before.
I love this idea ... can NOT wait to see this video. I have, thankfully, been going through my own shelves to try and reorganize everything. Before I start buying more books, I want to read what I have and get rid of those books that are not for me.
The shelves look great! 🎉
I'm kind of surprised to see Wizard's First Rule on your shelf. I feel like that's one you'll hate. 😅
It is great example of what I meant by books that I bought when I first started watching Booktube. I must’ve seen it on the list of must read fantasy books. I have heard since things making me believe I won’t like it. So it has been sitting on the shelf unread for 5+ years lol
Nice rerog! TO deal with the nonfiction backlog, you could add one nonfiction book for each week and pick from 6 shelves. You should unhaul the Black Crouch book you disliked. Why keep it on the shelf? Also, I hope you do (and film) an unhaul before May; your life will be more pleasant.
I saw you have The Martian on the right SF Shelf of Doom. I personally enjoyed that one.
Loved it! ❤
Oh I think you will definitely hate ringworld! I saw it sitting there all by its lonesome lol.
I hated The Bat by Nesbo, but everyone tells me that it is the beginning of the series (and of his career in general, written in the late 90s) and that I should have started with one of his later books. So maybe you should read The Snowman first.
The writing gets more... pointed? deliberate?.. but the mood is the same throughout (I love the series), so I'm not sure you'd love the later ones if your really hated The Bat.
I really enjoyed The emperor’s blade by Brian Staveley!! Love to hear your thoughts on it once you read it 😊
The most anticipated video of the yearrr 😉 🎉🎉🎉
Drinking game for the phrase "everything else" drink small shots
The Deep by Nick Cutter is probably not an Emily Book.
I read the Troop by him….I might have to wait a while before I do another. 😳🫣
I love An Ember in the Ashes but I don’t know if you will. I think you’ll like Helene more than Laia
"An unkindness of magicians" is definitely not YA!
Woahh, your hair is really long, and it looks so healthy
I do not think you’ll like The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (one of your SF Masterworks). The MC is super misogynistic, which is intentional and thematic (I read it 10 years ago so don’t quite remember the details), but I don’t think you’ll enjoy the experience of being in his head
If you don't want to end up in a reading slump again, do yourself a favor and avoid Kafka. It's incredibly bleak and often drags on.
(I don't say one shouldn't read him at all but maybe not if there's a danger of another reading slump 😅)
LOL good to know!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Eh try Metamorphosis (it's like 50 pages) and see if it's your vibe. It is definitely very bleak and not a light read but - imho - he doesn't drag for me if you find some humor in tragedy.
3:26 I also have Traitors Blade on my TBR and have been warned that it is great, BUT there is one chapter that is very questionable
Edit: also, yeah, Ringworld is BLEH
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Have you read Eye of the World?? Just started rereading that series as the it’s finished now and probably enjoy it more now than when I was a teenager and just started it.
I might be out of the loop but whatever happened to mama cat? Last I remember she had to be kept separate from the kittens, but did you put her for adoption, is she still there?
I address it here at ~17mins
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I spotted Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson on your Sci fi shelves, I tried to read that but got overwhelmed by the utter cringe that I didn't get past 5-10 pages before I had to DNF - it felt like 90s era Michaelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had wrote it, which I thought I might actually enjoy in a goofy Cyberpunk nostalgia way but just irritated the f*** out of me way too much, I wonder if you'd be able stick it out for longer or hate it too? 😅
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I really don’t think you’ll like An Ember in the Ashes at all 😬
Yeah… I read it in high school back when it was new and loved it but… I don’t think I’d enjoy it as much now. I had some problems with it then that I don’t think I’d be able to look past as much if I read it now.
Good to know I haven’t heard anything negative about it!
Literally just finished it yesterday and I agree.
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Why do none of the books line up with eachother along the front hahaha my eye is twitching watching you put them all a few cm off flush.
Why don’t you actually put all the books from the top shelf (including the ones you mean to put on there like the YA books) into a jar and pull from them - so rather than pulling a particular shelf you pull a particular book
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Yes! I hate when books are really popular and I don’t get it.
Oh, I see you have School for Good and Evil. Have you read it? I really liked that series. Movie was also okay, even if I didn't agree with some stuff they changed there.
Honestly I don’t think you’ll like this book! I didn’t and I’m an older teen. It’s for like 11-14 year olds! It’s a magic school and the two main characters have guy trouble as well. It’s way too YA/middle grade for you. I’d put it in a books you’d hate shelf.
@@juliacash8135 Well, you got a point. I don't remember watching Emily read any middle grade books here. But I'd say its worth trying.
@@Akuliszi yeah it would be good for her to at least try it
5:44 Have you watched the 3 body problem netflix series? 😊 i’m excited to hear your thoughts if you did!
I did! I overall liked it. They simplified the science but the characters were more likeable!
I genuinely think you'll hate The Belgariad by David Eddings - the writing is stiff and dry, the plot is cookie cutter, and something extremely upsetting happens towards the end of the book... Feel free to ask what it is
I have been warned that’s why it’s on that side lol if I feel like getting rid of books when I pick shelf number one I will probably get rid of some of those!
Is that a bind-up of the whole series (5 books)? I read that years ago. I agree. I don't think you'll like it. Just read a bit to say you looked at it, and then put it in the un-haul shelf.
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What thing happens? Is it at the end of book 1, or the end of the whole series? Personally, Ce'Nedra made me want to scream. Also, I'm thinking that Taiba's whole existence as a character will annoy the crap out of Emily.
I believe it’s the first two books!
@@kathleenbrashier2579 At the very end of book one it's revealed Barak basically forced his wife to marry him, and when she shut him out of their room because he was drunk he broke the door down and r*ped her... and the book clearly wants you to think that he's the poor put upon husband to her ungrateful hag
@@kathleenbrashier2579It's at the end of the first book, Barak is revealed to have basically forced his wife to marry him and she recounts an instance of him getting really drunk and her locking the door to protect herself - to which he replied by smashing it and r*ping her. The book presentes her as this selfish, ungrateful hag who doesn't appreciates her poor put upon husband who loves her oh so very much
I gave NO EXIT by Taylor Adams 1-star. The “71/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” was almost equally as bad. Dump those two, for sure!!
She loved the 7 1/2 deaths 😅
The “7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” is amazing I loved it! I rated it 5 stars! If you liked it I’d recommend checking out the authors other works. A new book by this author is coming out later this year.
I don’t think you will like Heinlein and you have some in your classic sci-fi shelf.
Oh, I’m totally sure I will hate him. I’m just torn about keeping that edition because I love to collect them 😭
A warning for The strange and beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender, it contains rape. And I would consider it pedophilia, but it probably depend on the person. I personally did not like the book, it left me confused and a bit unhappy.
You'll definitely hate the Terry Goodkind and Peter V Brett books, but the David Eddings and Terry Brooks books will probably just be meh.
I really don't think you are going to like Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. As a person, I've heard some bad things about the way he treats the people he works with and his opinion about fantasy authors/fans. The books are also a lot of SA and pain for no reason. His depiction of women in the series... Yeah, I just don't think you are going to like his work. If you are interested in learning more about him as an author or his books in general, Daniel Greene did a video about him that I think is pretty comprehensive.
Disclaimer: I read his books when I was 17-20 age range. They were my first experience with older/darker fantasy. This series reinforced some pretty toxic beliefs I had about women and how they derive their value. The concept around the wizard's rules were interesting, but the delivery impacted my mental health for a long time. I stopped reading the series before it finished and as a completionist this was really difficult.
I think you will hate Hollow Kingdom by Kira Buxton, it's written by a woman but has 100٪ 12 year old boy "humor".
I just finished Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, I liked it but it is too long and very mommy focused.
I have to say, I don't think you will enjoy " The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender"
By Walton. It was just disgusting and horrible in my opinion.
I don't think you'll like Promise of Blood. I swear every female character's motivations revolved around a man, and the way some of them were described just icked me out
You need to get rid of Lux (Fantasy). You’ll hate it.
I don’t think you will like the Bell Jar. It’s very racist and no one says anything about that when recommending it.
That’s exactly why it has been sitting unread on my shelf for years :/
Yes @briana845! It was on my TBR for years for mental health rep. until I saw a @JesseOnRUclips video about problematic recommendations which mentioned the racism in The Bell Jar, which I'd never heard mentioned before in all the years that people have recommended it...
Feeling a bit uncomfortable seeing the last shelves at the bottom empty. For safety reasons, you should have more weight at the bottom than at the top. Sorry, just a concerned subscriber here. 🤷♀️❤
Oh no, you will HATE John Dies at the End...the misogyny is rampant.
Oh god, just toss Ringworld. The story is terrible, it's suuuuper mysognist, and you will hate it I'm sure. It's not worth the time investment.
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I know you don't own the book but I think you should read "as long as the lemon trees grow." It's a really good book. Heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time.
I'm pretty sure I read John Dies At The End back when I was a teenager. If it's the book I think it is, it was _extremely_ weird in a "far too many hallucinogenic drugs were consumed by the author while this was being written" kind of way. I can't actually remember how it ends or much of the plot because I had so much difficulty understanding it. Not sure if that was due to being a teen with minimal life experience or due to how deliberately disjointed and confusing the story was though. I never reread it as an adult.