Huge Book Unhaul 2024 (lots of reviews!)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Hey Booktube, time for a new book unhaul for 2024! I'm getting rid of 60+ books so you get a bunch of reviews and non recommendations as I declutter my bookshelves!
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Which books do you need to unhaul?
Mr. Mercedes! I DNFd it because I HATED it. Will not finish the series.
I'm debating on whether I should unhaul The Lunar Chronicles. I'm a sucker for Fairytale retellings, and I really enjoyed that series when I read it (years ago at this point), but I don't know if I will ever reread it. I like to give books I unhaul to my local library.
I unhauled loads recently including the box set of a court of roses and thorns. Gave it to my sister-in-law who is 16! She will enjoy it more than me for sure. Xx
the inheritance gamesssss and everything by sally rooneyy
@@Marie45610 that is my absolute favorite series ever! I personally would say keep it but if you think you’d never read it again then give it to the library.
DNF everything you don't like, life is so short and you can't read every single book cover to cover. Reading is for enjoyment so if the book repulses you in any way just stop torturing yourself and find another one that speaks to you! ♥️😄📚
Absolutely! I’ve gotten so much better at it and I want to keep being even harsher because of that!
Yes same 😄
Yes!!! Step away from the literature 😂
I used to dnf any book that i wasn't feeling but now it's been a whiiiiile since i dnf a book, even bad ones. God gave me patience i guess
@@kellymelo7145 ya I've dnfd only a few. Gonna read one of them soon. Too slow for my mood previously
OH MY GOODNESS my parents were gifted a copy of rich dad poor dad and they think it's the stupidest book on the planet but they keep it to prank each other. They'll sneak it in to weird spots around the house and wait for the other person to find it and they have a blast with it.
LOL best use for that book
DNFing and donating/gifting books that aren't working...one of the most important practices as a reader imo!
This video is highly anticipated every year 🎀
I get to declutter my bookshelves and complain about the books I didn’t like?! Best video to film 😂❤️
Yes so entertaining 😁. Love book roasts
@@BookswithEmilyFox Hehe 😅 yesss!!! I love your videos so much Emily ❤️. You're such a funny person. I kind of want to make a RUclipsr channel of my own. Not right now because I'm going away for 7 months to a special needs school program. I have a developmental delay lol 😆. Thankfully it only affects my math skills not reading. But maybe 🤔 after that at some point ☝️. I'm too shy to show my face right now. Unfortunately 😔. And it probably wouldn't be like a whole booktubers type thing lol 😆. I probably wouldn't have that much time. But ya I really want to do book 📚 reviews. Maybe some snack reviews eventually lol. You have a good one my friend 💪🏻.
Feeling lucky to have survived🐝😭
PS I know it’s not a bee. I was stressed lol
Good job Emily 👏🏻
As someone who's allergic to bee stings, I get it. Do you have plants near the window that might attract them?
No but I do have a window AC unit in that room (not the other bedroom tho) so it’s possible they came in from there!
@@BookswithEmilyFox. Check outisde under the eavestrough where they will build a nest and come in through windows. I had a few wasps came in and found a nest being started under my roof.
I’m gonna ask my dad… better him than me 👀😂
If thats the second hornet/wasp to end up in your house you might have a nest attached to your house. I had one in my ceiling once it’s not fun. Get pest control out before it gets worse.
Also this is a great Unhaul! I have removed a decent of amount books from my shelves this year so far too and it’s always nice! This inspired me to look them over again haha.
I’m going to pretend I did not read the first paragraph 🙈
@@BookswithEmilyFox no no no. You need to make sure that was the last one. Do you want to fight with a third one? Do you?
I am scared of them but my appartment is mine and no insect shall terrify me in it. I had to make phone calls because they were building a nest inside the exterior wall in between old bricks last year.😳
Good luck!!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I think especially if you're seeing them this early - I mean, I don't know how things are in Quebec, but where I live in Sask, it's uncommon to see them this early in the year - I've seen 2 outside so far - I'd be worried about a nest. I'm worried there's a nest under my front porch because of the two (maybe the same one?) I've seen.
My husband has been checking under the back deck but hasn't checked the front porch yet 🙈👀
I need to get my wasp trap set up.
Imagine how funny if after the bee escapade, you had started talking about unhauling “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Little Bee,” and “Bee Season” 😂
You in blue with the red lip is stunning 😍
Thank you!! I was feeling the summer vibes 🥰
As soon as I started this video, my first thought was "Emily is doing this video early this year - she always does this in June!" 😅🤦♀️
I'm struggling with how fast the year is going too!
If it makes you feel better, it was meant to go up next week so it is indeed a bit early :P
If you have an outdoor electrical box be sure to check it for wasp nests. I had them in there and walked past it to turn off the garden hose and got swarmed, they went for my head and I had so many stings under my hair i couldn't even count them all. Wasps hate me and I've been swarmed multiple times for no reason.
Use a vacuum cleaner to catch bees and wasps in the house - the long attachment means you don’t have to get close, and the trapped insect dies in the vacuum bag. ❤
Yess for DNFs ! Yesss for decluttering ! Life is too short girt !
I LOVE your unhauls! Helps me form a strong list of books to avoid because things that bother you bother me, lol!
I'm also working on making my shelves reflect my taste, and it gives me such peace looking at them now that I've been a little cutthroat! 😁
Eek. I hate bees!!!
The If Books Could Kill podcast did a good episode on Rich Dad, Poor Dad! It sounds very bad so good call on unhauling it 😂
FINALLY there's someone who mentions that Einstein wasn't a good guy and would rather read a book about his wife, for some reason no one talks about how he literally took ALL the credit for the work he did with his wife, removed her name from the paper they were both contributing to, and when he became famous he treated her absolutely horribly 🤢
I don't think people know tbh. I didn't until recently. It's sad how common it is/was :/
Although I read the housemaid in one sitting, it was like WTF just happened!? for me 😆
Haha it’s so readable but so bad!
Lol I've not read it
A couple people highly recommended Freida McFadden as an author so I was excited to read her books and put a few on hold at my library.
I have never had such a free fall in hopes and expectations as I did reading her books 😂
I've been waiting for this video! I'm so excited ☺️🎉
The bee situation made me laugh. It reminded me of the "put a bird on it" scene in one of the earlier seasons of Portlandia. 😂
THE CITY OF BRASS????? WHAT??? i am shook 😮😭
IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TRILOGY
I also tried to read City of Brass three times! I was fine in the beginning, really liked the first part. But just when I felt like I had the groove of the story, the perspective changed to that prince character and it felt like I was reading a different book. I got stuck there all three times. I just didn't understand what was going on!
One of the best books I’ve ever read with an older woman is Drive your plow over the bones of the dead by Olga Tokarczuk! She one the literary nobel price a couple years ago and it was a very entertaining book with a great twist 😊
Yes!! I’ve had a rough few weeks and this is the perfect fix. Hands down my favorite video of yours (a close second is your worst and most disappointing of the year) 😂😂
I so agree with you on the Ancillary series. It's not a translation issue! It's really, truly complicated for no reason. I also bought the trilogy thinking I was going to love it. I read the first chapter and said absolutely not, and unhauled all three.
You're better than me; if I had seen that wasp, I would have screamed. Deep phobia here. I get why some people didn't enjoy Emily Wilde's, even though I love it, and I really respect you trying to respect your own reading tastes. It's what I'm trying to do as well. I'm currently debating if I want to donate the Divine Rivals duology myself. There's a few things I liked about it, but I think I rated each book like 3.5 or 3.75 stars because they were lackluster for me. And ALL the love to Octavia E. Butler. I read "Parable of the Sower" in February, and I plan on reading even more of her books this year.
I also couldn't get through The City of Brass.
I’m glad it’s not just me!
I've not read it
i have been obsessed with unhauls this week so this is like 🙏🎉😭
I’ve almost done with my binge of the revised editions of The Bone Season series and I’m loving it! Def recommend, especially since you enjoyed her other books.
Oh no, the brutal unhauling of Ann Leckie hurt a bit, it’s my favorite series ever 😭Anecdotally, English is also not my first language, yet I read the book in it and loved it and issues only in the beginning, where it’s like intentionally vague. But you do you, queen, unhaulings ftw ❤
Loved the unhaul. And the bee situation was so funny, but you’ve kept your srnsrs senses and continued the video. Your courageous. I liked the housemaid because it was such a fast and mindless read. But noth8ng I would keep. In Tana frenches book, my favorite is broken harbor. My least favorite is the searcher.
I have started donating any books which I didn't like or finish. The books get a new home and more shelf space for me.
Wonderful video and a great idea.
And luckily the bone season has gotten really pretty new covers! :D I just got all 4 in hardback
The flying insects might come in when you open your outside doors. We also had some come in through the exhaust fan/vent in a bathroom. Good luck!
Not the vent?! 😨
I think it’s from the window AC… terrifying
I always get so anxious when I watch these types of videos, fearing that a book that I really like appears 😂. Seems like I was lucky this time.
Haha it happens! Can’t like everything!
Great to see your book misfires going out the door and giving you peace of mind. I think it's wonderful when you really get to know yourself well enough to know whether a book is going to work for you. I will stand in a library book sale, read the first couple of paragraphs to see if I like the writing style and only if I like it do, I buy it. But sometimes I wish I had gotten the book as a Kindle edition instead because there are so many words requiring a definition! And Kindle makes it easier to read. Love good Kindle sales too. I can't stand insects either. Hope you find an easy solution!
Yes I have 288 downloaded samples
It's insane lol 😆
Your whole bee panic reminds me of when I found a tick on my dog a few months ago.
I love your book unhauls ❤
The Likeness is one of my all time favorites. In the Woods is probably the worst in the series (imo)
Yes, I am really hoping she at least gives that one a try. I re-read that series every once in a while but I have never re-read the first one because it definitely is the worst.
I love unhauls and especially yours! you're always so brutal and you don't tolerate any shitty things in novels, it's fantastic :)
I heard the bee through my earphones and it freaked me out! 😂
Right after you said kicks a dog, an ad with a dog popped up. Just thought that was kinda funny!
Wow, I agree with just about every review you just gave....scary. Good Stuff!
The most satisfying video i've seen in a while❤
Omg, the wasp! I hate wasps!!
I’m listening to the audiobook of Emily Wilde and really enjoying it. The narrator is very good. Just a thought in case you want to try it again!
“The precious, precious seed” LMAOO
At this point I think it’s creepy and I’m gonna make it sound creepy 💀😂
You are BRAVE. When there's a 🐝 (or bee-adjacent like a wasp, yellow jacket etc) in my house I literally flee the house until my husband or mom goes in to kill it 😂 I literally tell people I'm allergic as a way to explain my severe panic lol. The last instance I ran out of the house in my pajamas, no bra, no shoes, hair not brushed. If you've seen more than 1 it wouldn't hurt to have an exterminator check it out, see if there's an entrance point or a nest nearby.
I found the last one because Clawdia was playing with it, so I had no choice. I didn’t want the cats to get hurt. 😭
Oh man, re Rich Dad Poor Dad the podcast If Books Could Kill did a whole episode about it and I highly recommend it. They cover popular pop culture books that are in reality full of junk science and BS.
I read the City of brass series because I made my own jar with books inspired by you and your challenge. Sadly this year I've never pulled a book from it. Atleast so far
City of brass was the first or one of the first I pull from my jar
"parable of the sower"
I got so scared I literally just started reading it yesterday 😮
Have you tried cosy mystery? There are so many series about women playing detective in picturesque Cotswolds villages (and elsewhere around the world), you're bound to like some of them
I’ve read a couple and they’ve been enjoyable but most of them were ~3.5 ⭐️ so idk if they’re for me. Might need to try more!
I've read a lot that weren't problematic. If I can think of any I'll tell ya
@@BookswithEmilyFox I can't say that I've read a lot that deserved more than 3.5 or 4, but I apparently love reading about old nosy ladies drinking tea and solving murders :D
Omg I finally found you Emily. Thank goodness ur doing great ❤ missed you
I finished City of Brass and liked it despite it being a bit boring, then I started the second book and could not finish it! Then i remembered how you resd wikipedia plots if you really want to know the ending so I took a leaf from your book, read the wilipedia entry, best thing I ever did
If you are finding random bees in your house check the plant pots if you have any houseplants. Happened to me once they had a hive in a plant
I also liked the first Millennium book and hated the second one, so I DFNed. I always feel validated when you mention it haha.
Did you get to the scene where she sleeps with an underage boy?? What was that??
@@BookswithEmilyFox I did finish the second book because it was years ago when I still didn't DNF books themselves, what I DNFed was the series. BUT YEAH the whole second book it's one bad decision after the other. Like, the first book is showing you trauma and you're like "oh hey I don't hate this use of abuse because it's to call the system out" but then you get to the second book and you have to wonder if it wasn't fetichism all along.
I still remember over ten years ago reading "The Bat" my first Jo Nesbo book and I could not finish it. It was a time where I mostly finished every book. It was my first and last book from him. At the moment I am struggeling with "Emily Wild". Half way through and still wondering why "everyone" loves it. I am not sure if I finish it.
Thanks for another enjoyable video! For stories about historical women, Marie Benedict started with The Other Einstein.
I agree with you about No Exit. I read through it quickly and the story itself has stuck with me, but something about the writing really bothered me. Also some plot holes/major conveniences kind of ruined it for me.
That looks like a wasp. BTW, unless you have an allergy, bees are very gentle creatures. Wasps are very aggressive and territorial. So, please be careful.
DONT SCARE ME LIKE THAT I saw I am legend and almost screamed
Felt the same about Divine Rivals and most of the books you unhauled.
6:06 the way my hand slapped across my mouth I'm shocked
Hey Emily 👋🏻😄❤. I love your videos girl 💞. I dint have enough books for a big unhaul i only have 87 books probably. Im just guessing. I need to count them all loo 😅
For detective novels that aren't sexist, I suggest Camilla Lackberg. There are of course plots and side plots with bad men but the main characters are likeable IMO. They definitely have character arcs throughout the books so reading them in order is a good idea. They are kind of slow paced with a lot of characters but I find them to be a nice, comfortable pace for listening to.
I have also given up on City of Brass. The writing bored me but I get the appeal. I love Emily Wilde but I totally understand why people don't like it. I'm a wordy, nerdy, awkward person who also seems to say the wrong thing all the time so I clicked with The main character. The romance isn't great but not the worst so it's tolerable.
I did really love Emily Wilde and Ancillary Justice but I found myself agreeing with so many others. Everyone in my Family has killed someone was one of my most frustrating recent reads because I felt there was a good book in there somewhere but I hated the style.
I got sidetracked for a moment, saw the fox emoji and you fighting for your life and thought there was a FOX in your house haha
I’d be less scared I think 😂
7:38 I dnfed the "Never Lie" by her 🙃 I straight up stopped reading the book, gave it 2 stars and went to the reviews to read some spoilers and I'm glad I dnfed when I did. I was shocked after seeing it had an average of +4 stars when I read it!!! I was like "are we sure we're all reading the same book?" lol I don't understand the hype with her books at all!
EDIT: LMAO I'm sorry but I laughed so much at 26:47 !! your reaction hahaha I would have reacted the exact same way
Some people are entertained by different things. Even if it's something badly written lol 😆
@@YW2324 oh 100%! I mean I read a lot of what would be considered "trashy" books just because they're entertaining. In this case it was just a matter of the plot not making sense lol
Divine Rivals love it so much and one of my favorite books 🪷📙📚🌼🪷🪷📙💝🩷🥀🩵🩵💓🫶🏻🫶🏻🌺🌺💛💛🌞❤️❤️🌸🪻💓💓💝🩷🪷💜🥀🩷💝🌹💓🫶🏻🫶🏻💚❤️💞🌞🌻🌸🪻💚💚💚🧡💙💜💜💘💘🌺🌺💛💛🌼🌼🩵🩵❤️❤️🌻🌻💜💘🌺🌺💘
I read ONE book by Freida McFadden which was The Teacher and hands down one of the worst books I have ever read. One Star. Made zero sense in the end lol Never reading anything else by the author.
I agree.. I detested the housemaid books, Dnf’d her One by One book. It was terrible to get through.
You're not tripping with Ancillary Justice, the book is really that bad. I had to read it as an assingment for my literature course and let me tell you, i got to 30 pages and gave up on it cause it was just so boring and confusing.
Since i had to do the assingment, i found a web online that did a full review of the book, and to summarise it, the first 200 pages are drinking tea and going back and forth from present to past, and the other 200 pages is a constant chasing sequence with the main character making very stupid decisions.
I seriously dont understand how it got so many awards, but then i see that Ann Leckie had contacts within the industry and it explains everything. Also that she was Octavia's Butler student, and she tried to copy concepts from Octavia's trilogy "Lilith's Brood" into her own book and didnt work.
I didn't hate the snowman but it was not very memorable either.😮😮😮
Hey have you picked up a new fantasy book called When the Moon Hatched??? Loving it.
Unrelated to books sorry but I love your hair ! What do you use to have them so straight and shiny? 🎉❤
Would you do a video about Octavia E. Butler's books?
Where to start with ? What did you like about the stories she wrote ? Writing style , top favorites books etc .
I've only read by her the short story _Bloodchild_ and it was really good but so disturbing !!
All of books are lol the least traumatic one is Kindred and it’s about slavery so… still rough! I have one (well two) books left to read by her then I’ll do a video reviewing them all
Having read and loved 'Guns, Germs, & Steel' loosely speaking it explains how societies grew where they did based on climate and available plants/animals and how this advantaged some over others. Although I enjoyed it, I absolutely wouldn't recommend it to most people as it reads like a dense textbook (like different species of wheat dense); however, the other two books in this series (Collapse, Upheveal) are significantly more readable with more of a 'story' structure and give the cliff notes versions of several lesser known global conflicts (plus niether need to be read in order).
I thought a fox was in your house I was so scarred for the kitties 😱
No way are there some books I've kicked off my TBR or dnf in recent years featured in this video. 😂 Murakami is an author I've wanted to give a chance eventually because of his acclaim, but decided to listen to readers' reviews - positive and negative to balance it out - and not pick them up. It's not like we're lacking reading material in the present.
I respectfully don't care about someone's promise that a series is going to improve if you just keep going when you didn't even like half of the first novel, even if it stems from good intentions, except if they kept on pestering on you after you said you're good not continuing. It might, perhaps, but while a first novel doesn't have to blow me away, I should be somewhat into it at least.
Good stuff!
Would be curious on your take on Financial Feminist if you want to try finance books! I considered myself pretty financially literate but it was still a great, insightful read to me.
I loved Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of faeries, but I will admit the beginning is super slow. It does get really good, in my opinion, but it's almost till the middle. If you are not vibing with the book it's okay
Emily Wilde's pace and action picks up so much in the 2nd half. The first half is certainly a slog to get through. 2nd book is action packed. Loved it much more than the first book. :)
Shame about graceling, I see what you mean by the first chapter but that is one old school YA series that I wish had more hype. I recently re-read and then continued with the new books she has released and it gripped me all over again, such compelling world building and characters.
Emilyyyy, do you have an updated list books for reading slumps or easy reads?
You could try
-The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
-Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
-Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
-Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu
@@zachreads thank you! I’ll check them out
Samantha Shannon has released "the author's preferred text" versions of the bone season series so far. She explained that it was because of how info dumpy the start of TBS was and how she's grown as a writer and can do the story more justice.
"You are not safe even in death" Loved it 😂😂😂
There are a few books that I need to get rid of, but I want to give them a chance.
"Lightlark" is one of them -> I bought it when it got popular, because I wasn't really into booktube /booktok yet, and didn't realise it's just an overhyped bad romantasy.
Also "the Killing Moon" by N.K. Jemisin. I tried it twice, and I really like the world, but never was able get past page 100.
That's how I felt with the books number the stars by Louis Lowry and sanctuary of the shadow by Aurora Ascher they weren't for me. Hard dnf put them in the free lil libraries.
I read Ancillary Justice. It had a good premise but the book was just okay. I actually read second in series but for some reason, it was a slog to get through. Maybe it was the way it was written and side characters seemed forgettable. Should I even try to read the third one? I'm debating on that.
Samantha Shannon has released "the authors preffered text" versions of the bone season series so far. She explained that it was because of how info dumpy the start of TBS was and how shes grown as a writer and can do the story more justice.
I agree so much with you on Do Androids dream of Electric sheep?!! It was somewhat interesting, but it just felt so dated.
the cover of hyperion is so so pretty though! always such a disappointment when the cover is pretty but the book is bad
If that hornet looks like a much bigger yellow jacket it might be a European hornet. I swear I get one in my apartment every spring despite the windows being closed, and they’re massive and scare the crap out of me.
You should definitely continue the Dresden files by Jim butcher. The first two books are not great but they get better. You should try it again or maybe something else by him. If you don’t really want your read it that’s ok. Also I read graceling recently. It was only ok but not great. I rated it 3 stars. Read the second one as well but it was only ok as well maybe a bit better.
The Dragon Tattoo series is a translated series from Sweden. So, maybe some things don’t translate exactly. Lizbeth Salander is one of my favorite female characters. She is a bad ass!!
Same with do androids dream of electric sheep! It was good/ meh. Nothing more 🤣 glad I’m not alone.
Honestly, I was kinda glad that you got rid of the Einstein book. His wife Mileva Marić, an amazing woman, spent the part of her childhood in my hometown in Serbia.
I will never forgive In the Wood for not answering my questions. I will die mad.
Divine Rivals and Emily Wilde's.. were my biggest book disappointment of 2023. I don't understand the hype :D
City of Brass is one of those books i want to hiss at when i see it. Agreed that it's boring, and what really killed me is at the end of it when plot starts to happening (because you're running out of pages), it HAPPENS OFF SCREEN WTH
I have to say I still find your dislike of Ancillary Justice very confusing as I have followed you for years and always thought it was a series you would enjoy, particularly as it explores themes of imperialism and gender identity which seem to be issues that are important to you. It is by far one of the best science fiction series ever written and is incredibly incisive. It is up there with Ursula K Le Guin's writing. I actually went back and re-read the first book after watching your review as I was so surprised that I thought I must have been misremembering the trilogy, but it was even better the second time. That being said, english is my first language, and also sometimes we read books at a bad time and they just don't gel. There are plenty of books I've hated that if I'd read them at a different time or when I was in a different mood/had more patience I very well could have ended up enjoying them. Absolutely not saying you should give them another shot of course, you do you! I'm just sad you didn't enjoy them! and interested to know what exactly put you off?
Looks like a yellow jacket, not a bee. Look around the eaves of your house to try to find the nest.