BookswithEmilyFox its way too early to tell if best, but I’m really enjoying “We” by Yegveny Zamyatin. It’s a classic dystopian fiction (allegedly the first ever). It inspired Huxley and Orwell. We’ll see how it turns out but so far I love that it forces my brain to be all in, taking notes and all. Also reading “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and while I’m loving the prose and tone of the book, I can’t stomach all the bug descriptions. They’re great and I care cockroaches so much but he’s worth it. Currently hunting for more Kafka.
I have just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle based on your recommendation and loved it!! I only have a few books left to read from your "beginners to sci-fi list" :D
I didn’t love the Great Alone too!! Every one on booktube raves about it so I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt the opposite. I also couldn’t stand the ending!
Well I have liked Crooked Kingdom a lot. Six of Crows is the first novel I read from this AU and I immediately purchased Crooked Kingdom after finishing Six Of Crows, and contrary to the advice on line I think it is better if you start with the Grisha trilogy (well now a quartet I suppose) and then read these two. I get your qualms about it, once again you have expressed your thought so well. Life After Life is definitely not my usual thing because the living the same life over and over again trope does not appeal to me in the least. But I have found a very cheap copy at a used book store so I just got it (yep). I only read it now because of the big book thing and please accept my many thanks since I loved it. The prose appealed to me very much that I actually purchased another novel from this author (who apparently writes mysteries too). I also read Red Sister upon your recommendation and ended up being very happy with it (I was not going to since I didn't like Prince of Thorns) and also got Grey Sister as well but have not read it yet. My favorite of April ended up being a total surprise Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon. I only got it because I LOVED the other two novels by this author (and I know that you didn't care about Uprooted very much) and despite the setting being not my thing and despite not really caring for dragons as much as the majority - just neutral about them-, I loved it to bits.
holding my breath while you were talking about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. it’s one of my favorites, currently reading it for the 4th time and I love it more every time. technically AART is New Adult. BUT I think people who like only YA would enjoy it. I want to read Red Sister but so many books and so little time!
Ive read The Great Alone and i loved it because drama and historical fiction are my thingggg. I did pick up Red Sister from the library but havent had a chance to read it yet, i may need to extend my borrow! I have Life after Life and want to read it and love it but i was not feeling it and now i need to start over because i love the premise too.much to ditch it.
I absolutely agree with you regarding Crooked Kingdom and it's one of mu favourite books. I think, like you, I just love the world so much that I let the weaknesses of the plot slide. The whole grishaversa leaves me wanting so much more but I guess I'll take what we can get!
I loved Life after life and Im loving the big book of May, All the light we cannot see. I read that beast in three days. Best recommendations ever! Thank you!
Kaz has extreme ptsd. People with ptsd don’t “just get over it.” That was actually one of my favorite parts of Crooked Kingdom, that background history.
Yeah that's definitely not what I was going for with that comment. And never said or thought that he should just "get over it". Let me just clarify it here since the vlog is not going to go up. I appreciated how diverse the characters were and how the PTSD was dealt with. I just wanted them to be happy and finally be together. I understand that not everyone gets happy ending or that maybe that's as good as their ending can be that's all. All three couples circled each other the whole book and not much ended up happening for any which was a bit disappointing (especially with the spoiler I mentioned)
When she said she was disappointed and bored with crooked Kingdom I gasped dramatically😂. But then then Kaz "oh! Emily! no!...😭" Still love you Emily, even if you don't love all my six of Crows children as much as I do...
@@BookswithEmilyFox I swear I heard bored or I was just so traumatized because you weren't completely in love with it I started having auditory hallucinations 🤣🤣🤣
I read life after life but I found it so boring 😞 Happy that you are loving it since it’s your challenge 💗 I will be starting Dune today and I am really excited 😃
My sympathies!!! I struggle so much with Leigh Bardugo’s writing, it just doesn’t grab me right off the bat. I picked up and put down Shadow and Bone five times before taking off with it. I loved the series and would definitely reread, but I had the same problem with Six of Crows. Something about it just sends me into a slump and it’s not that I don’t like the world ( I do very very much) or the writing it just makes me hesitant to pick up the duology again. The insane hype doesn’t help I feel.
I completely agree with your review of Crooked Kingdom I expected way more and missed the magic as well. Regarding the Red Sister series I really want to start it soon, and read that there is coming a new "series" in this series if that makes sense, first book will be "the girl and the stars"!!🤩
Loved the intro to this video! ‘Bitch please’ haha!! Really happy you are enjoying Life after life. Kate Atkinson is one of my all time favourite authors and Behind the scenes at the museum is my favourite of her books. She has a talent for ‘world building’ even though she is not a fantasy writer?! Just started Red sister so also feeling disappointed with the size of the finale?! Normally the final book of a series is much bigger than that! 🤷♀️
I've only recently got into booktube and I gotta say this is my favorite Channel by far. Your opinions sound really authentic, and I've found a lot of interesting books to put in my TBR. Side Note: I've almost caught Up with most of the videos in this Channel and I gotta say, i really didn't notice that english isn't your native language xD Keep Up the good Work! PS Hope you had a good Birthday (month)
snowglobe emily is SLACKING lol The Great Alone also frustrated me, but abuse is so hard to depict/read about. Don't feel bad I finished Life After Life, buuuut I am literally still not done with the Secret History 🙈
It’s so nice sharing a birthday month with one of the Booktubers I watch constantly. I’ve only read 6 short or average sized books this month. Just haven’t been in a reading mood the past couple weeks so my heavy reading happened early and middle of month. I’m loved my favorite cozy mystery series I hadn’t read since August 2017. For May, I’m planning on reading some children’s classics and thrillers because I haven’t read them in a LONG time.
I think you'd like Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds, it's a debut which came out just recently and it is about the main character reliving a certain situation until he gets it right
Such a pity that Crooked Kingdom was disappointing! But I totally understand how annoying it can be if books are SOOOO hyped. That's exactly what I had with Strange the Dreamer. I thought it was going to be perfect, and then after 200 pages I DNF'd it, because frankly, I found it boring. it was just too hyped. Love your earring btw!
I think you should check out Jane, unlimited by Kristin Cashore. It's a spin on the sliding doors trope, and the protagonist has five different choices that determine the course of her life. The book goes over each of them and it's such a cool and interesting book
i have PTSD very similar to that of kaz. i've never read a book about a character who has that same issue as me, so reading about kaz's struggles to overcome that part of himself was incredibly real & relatable. i can assure you as someone who knows firsthand what it's like to be unable to touch another person, it is not something you just 'get over', and saying that was unnecessary and insensitive. in addition, i loved that kaz and inej were able to have a happy ending WITHOUT jumping into make out sessions in the name of "real" romantic love. kaz is still in the middle of healing from what happened to him, and he found the best way to show inej that he loved her, other than forcing himself to touch her (finding her parents and giving her a ship). i thought that was beautiful, and it gave hope to someone like me that maybe i'll be able to find a person who could accept the kind of love i can give. that's just ONE character, and i'm barely touching on his journey through this book. i also relate greatly to so many of the other character's issues, from the problems of their sexuality to having a disability, from enduring sexual assault to overcoming a lifelong prejudice. perhaps it's because you mentioned you don't enjoy character-driven stories, but i truly cannot see how one could not find anything to talk about this book when it explores SO MANY THINGS. honestly it sounds to me more like you don't WANT to like this book because it's popular or something, LOL. maybe i'm wrong but it really comes off that way when you ignore all this stuff. well whatever man, no hate to you, i still enjoy your channel. it's too bad you weren't able to find anything enjoyable about the duology, i suppose.
I mentioned in another comment that this wasn't what I meant. I had a whole vlog going into details about loving how the disability and ptsd was handled so obviously 2 mins doesn't go in details over that. No. I am 100% disappointed with this book and I'm not alone. I'm not trying to dislike it, I made it clear it's the opposite.
I am soooo happy you love life after life by Kate Atkinson! It my favorite book of all time. There is also a companion novel A God in Ruins which I also recommend. That one is more of an historical fiction rather than a scifi with lots of time line jumps, but I still loved it 😁
More than one book got 5 ✨from me this month Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey A Place For Us Things In Jars by Jess Kidd Blood & Sugar Women Talking by Miriam Toews I started The Great Alone on audio as I'm trying to read along with the Booktuber prize list. I got tired of it and stopped about 100 pages in.
I really enjoyed An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. I thought it was really well done and I agree with you on it being a good intro to sci-fi. I'm in the middle of crooked kingdom now and I kinda feel the same way as you about it. I gave six of crows 4 stars. I think the hype got me on it. But I am struggling with crooked kingdom. I feel like a lot of it is very predictable. It's definitely not living up to the hype I have heard about it.
I just finished Life after Life and I found the end a bit of an anticlimax. I still can't decide whether I like the book or not. It took well over 100 pages for me to start getting into the book and then I found the ending fell a bit flat, but I really enjoyed the way the story was told in between.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is on my tbr! i'm glad you enjoyed it ^^ sorry to hear that about The Great Alone! I read The Nightingale and loved it :)
Are you planning on reading Children of Ruin by Adrian Tachikovsky? I read Children of Time after you and loved it and just found out the sequel is comming out in a few days
I also just finished Crooked Kingdom last night and listening to your thoughts on it really helped me sort out my own. I absolutely loved Six of Crows (I immediately went out and bought all of Leigh Bardugo's books after reading it), so I really wanted to love Crooked Kingdom as well and for the most part I really did. However, I was wholly disappointed with the ending. It just felt like it ended, just flat ended. And yes, that one spoilery detail you mentioned (which I will not say here) did not feel genuine or earned, it just felt thrown in there. It just happened so fast. I also really should have read the Grisha trilogy first. I'd read somewhere that you didn't need to read the original trilogy to be able to read Six of Crows, and you don't, but Crooked Kingdom definitely spoils the ending of the Grisha trilogy which I'm really pissed about. Wow, now that I'm writing this all out, I think I might have to do my own rant video about the book--if I can even find the time :P So sorry for this rant...
I tried to read Six of Crows... I read the Grishaverse trilogy last year (because everyone was saying Six of Crows was so great!) and really enjoy those books but couldn't get to chapter 3 of SoC...
I agree with you on The Six of Crows series I didn’t really like the first book and I really wanted to like it but it didn’t work for me and Crooked Kingdom has been siting on my shelf and I just don’t know if I’ll pick it up
Finally someone who verbalized how I feel about the Six of Crows Duology. It didn’t live up to the hype of being mind blowing like a lot of Booktubers made it sound.
I really enjoyed Holy Sister but it was shorter than I had hoped for. I understand Mark Lawrence is doing more books in the same world following new characters , so I look forward to that as I find the world fascinating.
I read crooked kingdom too this month and I have to admit that even if I loved it, gave it 5 stars and couldnt stop reading it until I finished it, I feel the same about the Spoiler. It didn't bring anything to the story exept a proof that it wasn't that easy. I also felt like it was the only character to who it could happened without being to dramatic. I don't know if it makes sense
Great video!!! I don’t know why but I feel iffy towards six of crows and crooked kingdom. I feel like there are so many things missing and so many unessasary things happening.
I've read Life After Life as well this month and I will be very interested to know your thoughts on the ending (it doesn't end anything, in my opinion).
A good and easy Sci-fi romance with a kickass MC and really swoon-worthy love interest is Defy the Stars. I also disliked Crooked Kingdom. Six of Crows was okay. I just wasn't into it and felt the hype was way too high for it. If you want a great fantasy romance I highly recommend Red Winter by Annette Marie.
I think huge reason why you didn't like SOC because it was a very character-driven. And may be you if you put in your mind before reading you would be less disappointed. (But if you prefer characters over plot i don't think the book would ever be disappointed or less than 5 or 4 for you)
Bummer about Crooked Kingdom for sure. I really enjoyed Six of Crows, but found Crooked Kingdom a little lacking for me as well. I definitely understand where you're coming from with that. I'm a big fan of the world, but that book doesn't represent it as well. I am a character-driven reader though, so I may have enjoyed it a little more than you 🙈
I was disappointed with Holy Sister too, like it was good but not as well as the two before it. There is another series set in the same world coming out though!
I agree mostly with what you said about Crooked Kingdom. I loved the world and the characters but the ending was just disappointing. That was not the clean wrap up to the epic adventure I was expecting and I liked the Six of Crows better. I wanted to fall in love with it but in the end, the entire series is like 3.5 stars for me.
Definitely not hating but I'm really surprised that you loved the Grisha trilogy so much but ended up not caring much about the soc duology, when it is the exact opposite for me : even though I only read the first book of the trilogy, I felt like it was a draft for something better, the characters were so boring and I didn't feel like the magic system was used at its full potential... On the other hand, I really loved Soc and even more Crooked Kingdom, so really I'm surprised here ! But still, I feel you when you say you wish it was more about the magic system. After all, you kinda make me want to give another chance to the trilogy and actually try to finish it eventually ! Anyway, I really love your videos and wish you a very good month of reading :)
Life After Life was one of my least favorite books of last year. I'm interested to hear what you think of the ending because that was the part that really solidified it as a bad book for me.
I feel good when booktubers say they only finished 4 books cause that’s about what I read but I read 8 books this month so I’m excited about that. I also read crooked kingdom this month to, and I don’t get the hype. Like I already don’t remember some of it.
Shushi Taz I’ve started reading game of thrones! I’ve read the first one years ago so started with the second, it’s really interesting picking up clues to the big plot so early on! 😁 Also recommend Brandon Sanderson! Having the same need for more thrones! Haha!
@@jennifermegan93 I intend to read the books of game of thrones of course 😁 I have read the mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. I need some completed series that I can binge read 😔
Cocou Emily! Comment vas tú? J'adore ta chaîne de maquillage. Je savais pas que tu as une chaîne des livres... booktuve s'apelle n'est pas?📖📚📘 Est-ce que vous faire une vídeo avec tes livres préféres en français? J'apprends le français ,et j'aimerais de savoir quels sont tes petites. J'adore ton accent en english, je pensais que tu était des Stats-Unis🇺🇸 Bisous ❤❤
You should call the other Emily ‘Semele’ which rhymes and is kind of like second Emily. And that’s the name of the main character in a book I’m currently reading.
I personally enjoyed Crooked kingdom more because I didn't read The grisha trilogy before,(I've read the first book after and I want to continue the series) because I think you compare the two a little bit to much. Like yea, the magic is interesting but the focus of the duology isn't the usage of magic, unlikely in the grisha trilogy. Also I think that some characters were ment to be frustrating, and Kaz's problem with touch is justified, especially because he didn't work on it until the end of the book.(not that that is good). I'm sorry that this doesn't help you, but this I wanted to tell you my opinion, maine you will see this book from another angle, but I guess if it disappointed you you can't do much about it, Wich is perfectly fine. Thanks for reading.
Having a whole vlog on the topic I realize I didn't go in enough details in this video and clearly I didn't explain myself properly. I do agree that there are reasons as to why it's like that for them (I just wanted the characters to be happy and since all three couples had reasons it started to become a bit much).
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but what about "a day in the life" style vlog about snowglobe emily ahaa
I’ve been reading I Know This Much is True for most of April and I’m still not done. 900 pages...... I don’t even know why it’s that long. I’m more than halfway through and so much is just unnecessary.
Kristin Hannah is one of my favorite authors. I recommend you to check out the Firefly Lane by her. It was so real. Historical fiction is not my genre but I love her. 💜 And about Crooked Kingdom... I think the reason you didn't like it as much as everyone else (including me) is because you expected something focused on the magic system and it wasn't. It was focused on the characters. But I also felt the age issue. They weren't like a teen at all. They were adults in my head lol 😂
I was not ok with the character death in Crooked Kingdom. It felt unnecessary and thrown in because like you said it is war so someone should die. So irritating. The Great Alone was our book club read for April. I have complicated feelings about this book too.
I think it’s important to note that not all deaths are these dramatic, high stake events. Sometimes people succeed and everything goes right and someone still comes out dead. But I might actually read An absolutely remarkable thing on your recommendation
I agree so much about killing the character at the end of Crooked Kingdom. It gave me the impression that the author thought: oh, the readers/reviewers will think it was all too easy and hard to believe with how high the stakes were supposed to be... I should kill someone! It will make it more real! And then she chose one of the mains but not the main mains 🤷🏻♀️ Anyways, I liked Six of Crows better, I was let down by CK, even when I read it as soon as it came out
prove it Same about crooked kingdom, but the problem with SoC is that the entirety of it felt like the first half of a novel because it was a character drive book and most of the characters were only starting to make changes by the end. So I was disappointed with the first book because it didn’t feel finished (but I still really liked it) and then I didn’t ever get into Crooked Kingdom and it ruined my experience of the first one too because my main complaint with it was that it felt like it needed more.....
@@belleah5562 I see what you mean about SoC and normally I can't get into books like that but for some reason it worked for me. I do believe it has a lot to do with the time I read it and I think I would feel a bit differently if I reread it now. Now, for CK, you put it perfectly about feeling like it needed more. I agree completely
I really liked Crooked Kingdom and the duology in general, but King of Scars was a bit of a disappointment. The story around Nicolaï had so much potential but I was left with a "meh" impression while reading it.
While I loved Crooked Kingdom personally, the spoiler-y bit you talked about felt a little forced like I don't remember feeling any emotion to it where I always usually do with those scenes.
Six of crows and especially crooked kingdom is SO overrated, I only gave the second one maybe 2 stars :O I was also so annoyed with Kaz's constant deus ex machina plots that were just so unrealistic. It also made it difficult to care whenever it seemed like they actually were in a bad situation because you always KNEW that he had something else up his sleeve and bla bla bla. That book bored me to tears :'D
Honestly to me the character who got that shitty shock value ending was the most interesting character. The character development and humor of that character was so enjoyable, so I was very disappointed and shocked. It felt like a cop out tbh... I like the world and the characters (except Kaz kinda annoys me) but the plot of both the SoC duology and the Grisha trilogy are SO lack luster 😩
I'm in the minority that likes the Grisha trilogy better than the Six of Crows duology... I might be biased, but I just liked how much more magic there was in Grisha, since that's what I like reading in fantasy series. Not to say SoC wasn't excellent, I just... didn't enjoy it as much.
What's the best book you've read in April? :D
BookswithEmilyFox its way too early to tell if best, but I’m really enjoying “We” by Yegveny Zamyatin.
It’s a classic dystopian fiction (allegedly the first ever). It inspired Huxley and Orwell. We’ll see how it turns out but so far I love that it forces my brain to be all in, taking notes and all.
Also reading “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and while I’m loving the prose and tone of the book, I can’t stomach all the bug descriptions. They’re great and I care cockroaches so much but he’s worth it. Currently hunting for more Kafka.
The best book I read in April is probably 'The Long way to a small angry planet'. Can't wait too read the other books in the Wayfarer series
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The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh!
Daisy Jones and the six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Emily no. 2 is just jealous of how much we adore you. :)
I have just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle based on your recommendation and loved it!! I only have a few books left to read from your "beginners to sci-fi list" :D
I didn’t love the Great Alone too!! Every one on booktube raves about it so I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt the opposite. I also couldn’t stand the ending!
Well I have liked Crooked Kingdom a lot. Six of Crows is the first novel I read from this AU and I immediately purchased Crooked Kingdom after finishing Six Of Crows, and contrary to the advice on line I think it is better if you start with the Grisha trilogy (well now a quartet I suppose) and then read these two. I get your qualms about it, once again you have expressed your thought so well.
Life After Life is definitely not my usual thing because the living the same life over and over again trope does not appeal to me in the least. But I have found a very cheap copy at a used book store so I just got it (yep). I only read it now because of the big book thing and please accept my many thanks since I loved it. The prose appealed to me very much that I actually purchased another novel from this author (who apparently writes mysteries too).
I also read Red Sister upon your recommendation and ended up being very happy with it (I was not going to since I didn't like Prince of Thorns) and also got Grey Sister as well but have not read it yet.
My favorite of April ended up being a total surprise Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon. I only got it because I LOVED the other two novels by this author (and I know that you didn't care about Uprooted very much) and despite the setting being not my thing and despite not really caring for dragons as much as the majority - just neutral about them-, I loved it to bits.
I felt the same way about the Leigh Bardugo duology. I was so hyped up for it after the trilogy turned out to be so good.
holding my breath while you were talking about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. it’s one of my favorites, currently reading it for the 4th time and I love it more every time.
technically AART is New Adult. BUT I think people who like only YA would enjoy it.
I want to read Red Sister but so many books and so little time!
I was really surprised by it! It definitely is worth the read and deserves more hype!
Ive read The Great Alone and i loved it because drama and historical fiction are my thingggg. I did pick up Red Sister from the library but havent had a chance to read it yet, i may need to extend my borrow! I have Life after Life and want to read it and love it but i was not feeling it and now i need to start over because i love the premise too.much to ditch it.
I absolutely agree with you regarding Crooked Kingdom and it's one of mu favourite books. I think, like you, I just love the world so much that I let the weaknesses of the plot slide. The whole grishaversa leaves me wanting so much more but I guess I'll take what we can get!
Holy typos batman. I'm leaving them...evidence of my exhaustion clearly. 😅
I loved Life after life and Im loving the big book of May, All the light we cannot see. I read that beast in three days. Best recommendations ever! Thank you!
Kaz has extreme ptsd. People with ptsd don’t “just get over it.” That was actually one of my favorite parts of Crooked Kingdom, that background history.
KTsBookishEscape Yeah i’m disappointed when people are just like “why don’t you just touch Kaz” because it’s traumatic for him maybe?
Yeah that's definitely not what I was going for with that comment. And never said or thought that he should just "get over it".
Let me just clarify it here since the vlog is not going to go up. I appreciated how diverse the characters were and how the PTSD was dealt with. I just wanted them to be happy and finally be together. I understand that not everyone gets happy ending or that maybe that's as good as their ending can be that's all.
All three couples circled each other the whole book and not much ended up happening for any which was a bit disappointing (especially with the spoiler I mentioned)
When she said she was disappointed and bored with crooked Kingdom I gasped dramatically😂. But then then Kaz "oh! Emily! no!...😭"
Still love you Emily, even if you don't love all my six of Crows children as much as I do...
I liked the characters tho and never used the word bored 😂
@@BookswithEmilyFox I swear I heard bored or I was just so traumatized because you weren't completely in love with it I started having auditory hallucinations 🤣🤣🤣
I agree with you about the thing at the end of Crooked Kingdom! This is the first time someone thought the same
I read life after life but I found it so boring 😞 Happy that you are loving it since it’s your challenge 💗 I will be starting Dune today and I am really excited 😃
My sympathies!!! I struggle so much with Leigh Bardugo’s writing, it just doesn’t grab me right off the bat. I picked up and put down Shadow and Bone five times before taking off with it. I loved the series and would definitely reread, but I had the same problem with Six of Crows.
Something about it just sends me into a slump and it’s not that I don’t like the world ( I do very very much) or the writing it just makes me hesitant to pick up the duology again. The insane hype doesn’t help I feel.
I completely agree with your review of Crooked Kingdom I expected way more and missed the magic as well. Regarding the Red Sister series I really want to start it soon, and read that there is coming a new "series" in this series if that makes sense, first book will be "the girl and the stars"!!🤩
Happy birthday Emily! 🍾🎊🎁 crooked kingdom was never interesting to me but now that you hated it I’m kind of intrigued to read it 😂😂
Loved the intro to this video! ‘Bitch please’ haha!! Really happy you are enjoying Life after life. Kate Atkinson is one of my all time favourite authors and Behind the scenes at the museum is my favourite of her books. She has a talent for ‘world building’ even though she is not a fantasy writer?! Just started Red sister so also feeling disappointed with the size of the finale?! Normally the final book of a series is much bigger than that! 🤷♀️
I’m trying to finish The Humans today. Picked up on your recommendation. Loving it.
I've only recently got into booktube and I gotta say this is my favorite Channel by far. Your opinions sound really authentic, and I've found a lot of interesting books to put in my TBR. Side Note: I've almost caught Up with most of the videos in this Channel and I gotta say, i really didn't notice that english isn't your native language xD
Keep Up the good Work!
PS Hope you had a good Birthday (month)
snowglobe emily is SLACKING lol
The Great Alone also frustrated me, but abuse is so hard to depict/read about.
Don't feel bad I finished Life After Life, buuuut I am literally still not done with the Secret History 🙈
The aluminium hat is the gift that keeps on giving!! :')
It’s so nice sharing a birthday month with one of the Booktubers I watch constantly. I’ve only read 6 short or average sized books this month. Just haven’t been in a reading mood the past couple weeks so my heavy reading happened early and middle of month. I’m loved my favorite cozy mystery series I hadn’t read since August 2017. For May, I’m planning on reading some children’s classics and thrillers because I haven’t read them in a LONG time.
I think you'd like Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds, it's a debut which came out just recently and it is about the main character reliving a certain situation until he gets it right
Such a pity that Crooked Kingdom was disappointing! But I totally understand how annoying it can be if books are SOOOO hyped. That's exactly what I had with Strange the Dreamer. I thought it was going to be perfect, and then after 200 pages I DNF'd it, because frankly, I found it boring. it was just too hyped.
Love your earring btw!
You missed out.... on the insta love lol
I think you should check out Jane, unlimited by Kristin Cashore. It's a spin on the sliding doors trope, and the protagonist has five different choices that determine the course of her life. The book goes over each of them and it's such a cool and interesting book
I've read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and I liked it. I would like to read The Great Alone soon, too.
i have PTSD very similar to that of kaz. i've never read a book about a character who has that same issue as me, so reading about kaz's struggles to overcome that part of himself was incredibly real & relatable. i can assure you as someone who knows firsthand what it's like to be unable to touch another person, it is not something you just 'get over', and saying that was unnecessary and insensitive. in addition, i loved that kaz and inej were able to have a happy ending WITHOUT jumping into make out sessions in the name of "real" romantic love. kaz is still in the middle of healing from what happened to him, and he found the best way to show inej that he loved her, other than forcing himself to touch her (finding her parents and giving her a ship). i thought that was beautiful, and it gave hope to someone like me that maybe i'll be able to find a person who could accept the kind of love i can give.
that's just ONE character, and i'm barely touching on his journey through this book. i also relate greatly to so many of the other character's issues, from the problems of their sexuality to having a disability, from enduring sexual assault to overcoming a lifelong prejudice. perhaps it's because you mentioned you don't enjoy character-driven stories, but i truly cannot see how one could not find anything to talk about this book when it explores SO MANY THINGS. honestly it sounds to me more like you don't WANT to like this book because it's popular or something, LOL. maybe i'm wrong but it really comes off that way when you ignore all this stuff.
well whatever man, no hate to you, i still enjoy your channel. it's too bad you weren't able to find anything enjoyable about the duology, i suppose.
I mentioned in another comment that this wasn't what I meant.
I had a whole vlog going into details about loving how the disability and ptsd was handled so obviously 2 mins doesn't go in details over that.
No. I am 100% disappointed with this book and I'm not alone. I'm not trying to dislike it, I made it clear it's the opposite.
I am soooo happy you love life after life by Kate Atkinson! It my favorite book of all time. There is also a companion novel A God in Ruins which I also recommend. That one is more of an historical fiction rather than a scifi with lots of time line jumps, but I still loved it 😁
More than one book got 5 ✨from me this month
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
A Place For Us
Things In Jars by Jess Kidd
Blood & Sugar
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
I started The Great Alone on audio as I'm trying to read along with the Booktuber prize list. I got tired of it and stopped about 100 pages in.
I really enjoyed An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. I thought it was really well done and I agree with you on it being a good intro to sci-fi.
I'm in the middle of crooked kingdom now and I kinda feel the same way as you about it. I gave six of crows 4 stars. I think the hype got me on it. But I am struggling with crooked kingdom. I feel like a lot of it is very predictable. It's definitely not living up to the hype I have heard about it.
I just finished Life after Life and I found the end a bit of an anticlimax. I still can't decide whether I like the book or not. It took well over 100 pages for me to start getting into the book and then I found the ending fell a bit flat, but I really enjoyed the way the story was told in between.
I read Crooked Kingdom in april, and I looooooooved it!!! Can't wait for book 3 😍😍😍😍😍
I read Life After Life in April and I loved it!
I enjoyed “Crooked Kingdom” but I agree that death of one of the characters really felt synthetic, like it was specially made for extra drama
Emily, have you read Death's End by Cixin Liu? It is a chinese scifi trilogy about first contact with aliens. In Poland nowadays it is really popular
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is on my tbr! i'm glad you enjoyed it ^^
sorry to hear that about The Great Alone! I read The Nightingale and loved it :)
Because you talked so much about Red Sister, I finally picked that up from my library today haha.
Are you planning on reading Children of Ruin by Adrian Tachikovsky? I read Children of Time after you and loved it and just found out the sequel is comming out in a few days
Read 4321 by Paul Auster!!! It’s one of the coolest coming of age books I’ve ever read
I also just finished Crooked Kingdom last night and listening to your thoughts on it really helped me sort out my own.
I absolutely loved Six of Crows (I immediately went out and bought all of Leigh Bardugo's books after reading it), so I really wanted to love Crooked Kingdom as well and for the most part I really did. However, I was wholly disappointed with the ending. It just felt like it ended, just flat ended. And yes, that one spoilery detail you mentioned (which I will not say here) did not feel genuine or earned, it just felt thrown in there. It just happened so fast.
I also really should have read the Grisha trilogy first. I'd read somewhere that you didn't need to read the original trilogy to be able to read Six of Crows, and you don't, but Crooked Kingdom definitely spoils the ending of the Grisha trilogy which I'm really pissed about. Wow, now that I'm writing this all out, I think I might have to do my own rant video about the book--if I can even find the time :P So sorry for this rant...
That's why I hate when people say you don't need to read it first!! YOU DO!!! The magic system is just not explained and yes plenty of spoilers!
I tried to read Six of Crows...
I read the Grishaverse trilogy last year (because everyone was saying Six of Crows was so great!) and really enjoy those books but couldn't get to chapter 3 of SoC...
I agree with you on The Six of Crows series I didn’t really like the first book and I really wanted to like it but it didn’t work for me and Crooked Kingdom has been siting on my shelf and I just don’t know if I’ll pick it up
Been in a massive slump this year. Keep starting books and not finishing them. Nothing has been wowing me lately. Suggestions?
wow girl such a good wrap up :) x
I think Emily number two should be called either EJ( Emily Jr) or Embot(Emily + robot)
yeah i feel the same way about the six of crows duology
Finally someone who verbalized how I feel about the Six of Crows Duology. It didn’t live up to the hype of being mind blowing like a lot of Booktubers made it sound.
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I totally agree. I found it so boring and didn't get the hype at all
I agree with you with Holy Sister. I really enjoyed it but really wanted more. I felt a little cheated at the end because of how fast I finished it.
I really enjoyed Holy Sister but it was shorter than I had hoped for. I understand Mark Lawrence is doing more books in the same world following new characters , so I look forward to that as I find the world fascinating.
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Really sad that you didn’t enjoy Crooked Kingdom, it’s one of my favourite books of all time
I wouldn't go as far as saying I didn't enjoy it lol
3.75 is far from a bad rating!
Notifications r the best thing sometimes 🍿🍿
Letti Lopes Especially when we’re available to watch them right away.
@@Mrs._.GalaxyWandererexactly!!!
Yay someone that feels the same about Crooked Kingdom!! 😂😅
I read crooked kingdom too this month and I have to admit that even if I loved it, gave it 5 stars and couldnt stop reading it until I finished it, I feel the same about the Spoiler. It didn't bring anything to the story exept a proof that it wasn't that easy. I also felt like it was the only character to who it could happened without being to dramatic. I don't know if it makes sense
The way you feel about the six of crows duology is how I feel about the grisha trilogy 😅
I mean it's also how I felt about the grisha trilogy... except there was more magic lol
Agree 100% on Crooked Kingdom. Glad I'm not alone.
Great video!!! I don’t know why but I feel iffy towards six of crows and crooked kingdom. I feel like there are so many things missing and so many unessasary things happening.
I've read Life After Life as well this month and I will be very interested to know your thoughts on the ending (it doesn't end anything, in my opinion).
So now I've gone and bought the first of these sister books by Mark Lawrence...
I wished Leigh explored more on the origins of the Grisha magic in Crooked Kingdom.
She does that in King of Scars if you wanna give that a go
@@aidacelicaguilar7927 yaaaaaas now i have the motivation to read it. Thanks!
A good and easy Sci-fi romance with a kickass MC and really swoon-worthy love interest is Defy the Stars.
I also disliked Crooked Kingdom. Six of Crows was okay. I just wasn't into it and felt the hype was way too high for it.
If you want a great fantasy romance I highly recommend Red Winter by Annette Marie.
I think huge reason why you didn't like SOC because it was a very character-driven. And may be you if you put in your mind before reading you would be less disappointed. (But if you prefer characters over plot i don't think the book would ever be disappointed or less than 5 or 4 for you)
Bummer about Crooked Kingdom for sure. I really enjoyed Six of Crows, but found Crooked Kingdom a little lacking for me as well. I definitely understand where you're coming from with that. I'm a big fan of the world, but that book doesn't represent it as well. I am a character-driven reader though, so I may have enjoyed it a little more than you 🙈
I LOVED life after life right until the very last page... then I was confused and disappointed. I would like to know if you feel the same way!
That lipstick looks great on you! What is it?
Memebox in Spring Fever! bit.ly/2GSqIWI
I need more shades!!
Emily, your hair looks amazing! Can i ask you what do you style it with? 😍
Thank you! My very old Nume 2" curling wand!
I was disappointed with Holy Sister too, like it was good but not as well as the two before it. There is another series set in the same world coming out though!
I agree mostly with what you said about Crooked Kingdom. I loved the world and the characters but the ending was just disappointing. That was not the clean wrap up to the epic adventure I was expecting and I liked the Six of Crows better. I wanted to fall in love with it but in the end, the entire series is like 3.5 stars for me.
Definitely not hating but I'm really surprised that you loved the Grisha trilogy so much but ended up not caring much about the soc duology, when it is the exact opposite for me : even though I only read the first book of the trilogy, I felt like it was a draft for something better, the characters were so boring and I didn't feel like the magic system was used at its full potential... On the other hand, I really loved Soc and even more Crooked Kingdom, so really I'm surprised here ! But still, I feel you when you say you wish it was more about the magic system. After all, you kinda make me want to give another chance to the trilogy and actually try to finish it eventually !
Anyway, I really love your videos and wish you a very good month of reading :)
I never said I loved the Grisha trilogy. I felt exactly the same you did!
Life After Life was one of my least favorite books of last year. I'm interested to hear what you think of the ending because that was the part that really solidified it as a bad book for me.
a school setting special video please?!
Oh it's in the making... just trying to read a few more first!
I feel good when booktubers say they only finished 4 books cause that’s about what I read but I read 8 books this month so I’m excited about that. I also read crooked kingdom this month to, and I don’t get the hype. Like I already don’t remember some of it.
You totally beat me this month!
I really like the grisha universe and I really liked Six Of Crows but I was disappointed in Crooked Kingdoms.
How do you do your curls?
“Listen, Linda...” I died 😂😂😂
need some fantasy recommendations after watching the GOT episode :(
Shushi Taz I’ve started reading game of thrones! I’ve read the first one years ago so started with the second, it’s really interesting picking up clues to the big plot so early on! 😁
Also recommend Brandon Sanderson! Having the same need for more thrones! Haha!
@@jennifermegan93 I intend to read the books of game of thrones of course 😁 I have read the mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. I need some completed series that I can binge read 😔
Shushi Taz why do fantasy authors take so long to wrap up a series?! 😩
@@jennifermegan93 I know right? 😔
Cocou Emily! Comment vas tú?
J'adore ta chaîne de maquillage. Je savais pas que tu as une chaîne des livres... booktuve s'apelle n'est pas?📖📚📘
Est-ce que vous faire une vídeo avec tes livres préféres en français? J'apprends le français ,et j'aimerais de savoir quels sont tes petites.
J'adore ton accent en english, je pensais que tu était des Stats-Unis🇺🇸
Bisous ❤❤
You should call the other Emily ‘Semele’ which rhymes and is kind of like second Emily. And that’s the name of the main character in a book I’m currently reading.
I personally enjoyed Crooked kingdom more because I didn't read The grisha trilogy before,(I've read the first book after and I want to continue the series) because I think you compare the two a little bit to much. Like yea, the magic is interesting but the focus of the duology isn't the usage of magic, unlikely in the grisha trilogy. Also I think that some characters were ment to be frustrating, and Kaz's problem with touch is justified, especially because he didn't work on it until the end of the book.(not that that is good). I'm sorry that this doesn't help you, but this I wanted to tell you my opinion, maine you will see this book from another angle, but I guess if it disappointed you you can't do much about it, Wich is perfectly fine.
Thanks for reading.
Having a whole vlog on the topic I realize I didn't go in enough details in this video and clearly I didn't explain myself properly. I do agree that there are reasons as to why it's like that for them (I just wanted the characters to be happy and since all three couples had reasons it started to become a bit much).
but what about "a day in the life" style vlog about snowglobe emily ahaa
I’ve been reading I Know This Much is True for most of April and I’m still not done. 900 pages...... I don’t even know why it’s that long. I’m more than halfway through and so much is just unnecessary.
That moment when Emily says "Linda" and that's my actual name :O I was like: Ö.Ö
I felt the same way for crooked kingdom I gave it 3.5. All in all it was just boring to me.
ahahahha the intro is hilarious :P
Kristin Hannah is one of my favorite authors. I recommend you to check out the Firefly Lane by her. It was so real. Historical fiction is not my genre but I love her. 💜 And about Crooked Kingdom... I think the reason you didn't like it as much as everyone else (including me) is because you expected something focused on the magic system and it wasn't. It was focused on the characters. But I also felt the age issue. They weren't like a teen at all. They were adults in my head lol 😂
the first book looks like the spongebob thing with the "three hours later" lol I don't know if this makes sense lol
Nina C. I know what you mean! The background when that time jump gag happens in Spongebob...it is looks very similar to the book cover. Haha.
Haha I can kinda see it!
I was not ok with the character death in Crooked Kingdom. It felt unnecessary and thrown in because like you said it is war so someone should die. So irritating. The Great Alone was our book club read for April. I have complicated feelings about this book too.
Y’all that have goodreads accounts, if you want, pls lemme know your username cause I love seeing what other people are reading and all that
I think it’s important to note that not all deaths are these dramatic, high stake events. Sometimes people succeed and everything goes right and someone still comes out dead. But I might actually read An absolutely remarkable thing on your recommendation
Oh of course but I still think it felt like an afterthought :/
I agree so much about killing the character at the end of Crooked Kingdom. It gave me the impression that the author thought: oh, the readers/reviewers will think it was all too easy and hard to believe with how high the stakes were supposed to be... I should kill someone! It will make it more real! And then she chose one of the mains but not the main mains 🤷🏻♀️ Anyways, I liked Six of Crows better, I was let down by CK, even when I read it as soon as it came out
prove it Same about crooked kingdom, but the problem with SoC is that the entirety of it felt like the first half of a novel because it was a character drive book and most of the characters were only starting to make changes by the end. So I was disappointed with the first book because it didn’t feel finished (but I still really liked it) and then I didn’t ever get into Crooked Kingdom and it ruined my experience of the first one too because my main complaint with it was that it felt like it needed more.....
@@belleah5562 I see what you mean about SoC and normally I can't get into books like that but for some reason it worked for me. I do believe it has a lot to do with the time I read it and I think I would feel a bit differently if I reread it now. Now, for CK, you put it perfectly about feeling like it needed more. I agree completely
I really liked Crooked Kingdom and the duology in general, but King of Scars was a bit of a disappointment. The story around Nicolaï had so much potential but I was left with a "meh" impression while reading it.
Hey Emily, if you like fantasy books within a school setting, you should check out the Harry Potter series.
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Oh wow I just looked it up on Goodreads, it does sound right up my alley thanks!!
While I loved Crooked Kingdom personally, the spoiler-y bit you talked about felt a little forced like I don't remember feeling any emotion to it where I always usually do with those scenes.
Finally!! Someone agrees.... Grisha was way better!!!
Holy sister also fell flat for me :( I thought the alternating timeline was fun but idk. The ending was disappointing.
😂 Emily 2 has not read any books this year 😂😂 you’re the best
Six of crows and especially crooked kingdom is SO overrated, I only gave the second one maybe 2 stars :O I was also so annoyed with Kaz's constant deus ex machina plots that were just so unrealistic. It also made it difficult to care whenever it seemed like they actually were in a bad situation because you always KNEW that he had something else up his sleeve and bla bla bla. That book bored me to tears :'D
I don't know why but I can't watch you on normal video speed, I watch it on 1.25. Love the channel though!
Honestly to me the character who got that shitty shock value ending was the most interesting character. The character development and humor of that character was so enjoyable, so I was very disappointed and shocked. It felt like a cop out tbh... I like the world and the characters (except Kaz kinda annoys me) but the plot of both the SoC duology and the Grisha trilogy are SO lack luster 😩
I was disappointed for that reason too! I liked them!
The world and the magic system are awesome but there's something missing for me in both series!
I'm in the minority that likes the Grisha trilogy better than the Six of Crows duology... I might be biased, but I just liked how much more magic there was in Grisha, since that's what I like reading in fantasy series. Not to say SoC wasn't excellent, I just... didn't enjoy it as much.
I cared about jesper so much in crooked kingdom and i wish we could get more of him, i wasn't fan of kaz so i didn't enjoy book as much as i wated to