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I read a lot of lesser known books too, that not only have little reviews on Goodreads, but on the Dutch bookish platform Hebban as well lol. Though sometimes it has more reviews on Hebban than on GR. It's mainly because I do a lot of secondhand shopping and working together with smaller Dutch presses. Out of the 31 books I've read this year so far, 14 have under 200 ratings on GR 😅

Next time you could read "Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan". Recommended!

I use Goodreads to track my reading and TBR, but I don't use it much for looking at reviews. Occasionally I will if I think there may be trigger warnings, for example, but mostly it's just a way to track my own reading. I used to use a reading journal, too, but that went into storage and it took a year to find a new home, so I've only just found it while unpacking in the last couple of weeks. :)

I loved Fern Bradys memoir! Unfollow was harrowing.

I have read the Penguin translation of War and Peace. I really hope you enjoy it. This translation is one of the better ones (I have read it four times) Good luck.

I knew I could rely on your channel Emma. I just started "Difficult Women" by Roxane Gay and wanted to check if you had read her books. I am enjoying the short story collection. Not sure I am up for the other recs, "The handmaid's tale" provided enough anxiety for me. Roxane's books seem to be about the woman condition, trauma, more than speculative dystopian fiction. Sadly not too far fetched however. Just hearing the summary about Vox made me cringe. Also, I'd never make it :) Thanks for the warning about "An Untamed State". I think I'll still try it eventually. Many thanks. 📚🤓🙋‍♀

I'm all for a maths and physics books video. :) I love Matt Parker's books - his humour works for me. lol.

I really liked The Haunting of Hill House. It's really well done. I, too, want to read some more Shirley Jackson because of it. I think my favourite classic, though, is The Count of Monte Cristo. I read it in French in highschool (an abridged version, because that's what we had access to), and absolutely loved it. :)

Oof Tyrannasaur Chronicles. I had such high hopes for that one too. Are you saying you dont care about the difference between Tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurids, the Tyrannasauridae, the Tyannosauroids, and the Tyrannosauroidea?

I’d love to see @mercedes do this tag. I’m trying to formulate my own answers.

I love the cover of "Love in a Time of Serial Killers' very 1950's pulp fiction.

(This is such a long comment - I'm so sorry but you asked about something that I've been deep down the research rabbit hole about) You definitely need to read The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour! I say this bc you asked about Ru girls with books but it's honestly amazing (it was one of my favorite books last year). It's a mix of memoir, drag history, and art philosophy, and has a bit of a multimedia element with art and photography. I read it alongside Trans Warriors by Leslie Feinberg which is trans history with some memoir and political philosophy. They worked amazing together on so many levels so I can't not mention it. (I'm trying so hard not to write a whole essay in the comment, but trust that you should read them both) Other folks from RPDR have books too, but the only other one I've read is Alaska's memoir which is a cool read as a fan and some perspective on the scene but it's very much written in her voice, which I thought was fun but might not be for everyone. I have Gotmik's book that's more of about being trans and has multiple authors but I haven't read it yet. I have books from some others too, but a lot of them are more humor/lifestyle hybrids (like Trixie & Katya's and Willams. Ginger Minj's is a cookbook) and I haven't looked too much at them yet (except Willam's which I did start and... the humor is more rough than I expected given the pub date, so I would not recommend it unless you're really invested.) I think Courtney Act has a memoir and Bianca Del Rio has a humor essay type book as well. Really the one I'm most excited to get/read is the oral history that they put out about the first decade of RPDR.

Just when I was keeping my non fiction TBR at bay… 😂 Have added The Way Through the Woods and Into the Planet. 👍

I love it when memoirs are narrated by the authors, it gives you "something extra", the emotions are felt more keenly I think, so I really want to get 'Heavy' and 'Strong Female Character' as audiobooks.

I do not like memoirs. However, I love your channel!

wonderful video. I love memoirs and many of these I have not read. The cave diving one is especially interesting. Can't say I will get to all of them but that one is high on the list.

A Forger's Tale looks interesting. Could go with my nature heist overly specific niche haha, close enough anyways. I've seen Strong Female Character quite a bit. Way Through the Woods is tremendous. How have I never seen Unfollow before. Looks like another book to read to make me angry as if I don't have enough of those lol. That whole thing is soooo wacky. They protest the most arbitrarily connected things but it's nice when the biker clubs counter protest them. Oof I hated Into the Planet when I read it. Her and her first husband just came across terrible i thought. Anyways, great vid Emma

I love memoirs and read a lot of them. Great video. Put a few on my TBR. Thanks.

I own antlers.

Wonderful video. Loved Sapiens . Tamed sounded like a good follow up and loved what you said about domestication vs cultivation, never thought about the difference of what they describe. Vikings are something I've gotten interested in since visiting Norway and Finland last year. Thanks for the recommendations. Would love to see your take on novels that have some of this same info.

Loved 'Sapiens'. 'Tamed' and 'Built on Bones' sound really interesting to me, so I'm adding them to my ever-expanding tbr. A book I read and loved this year is 'Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It', which has several sections focusing on archaeology (I particularly enjoyed a chapter on vikings/the Birka Warrior Woman, and another one on the medieval polymath/scientist/artist/theologian Hildegard).

Nice vid Enma. I have stuff by Alice Roberts i need to get to. I started a fossil book this month actually. Apparently i need to read built on bones being crazy rural myself haha. I shall add King of Ancient History on Booktube to my titles I have acquired 😂

Can't believe I've only just found this! Will join belatedly!

I discovered World of Books this year and it was not good for my physical TBR 🙈😅

Love these recommendations! I haven’t read it yet myself but I have seen other people review and recommend The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag by Sasha Velour.

And the Band Played On looks like it would be an important read to fill in some gaps for me. That font though...

My TBR for #pride Enlightenment by Sarah Perry Henry Henry ( which should come with a trigger warning) The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock The Wrong End of the Telescope Martyr! How We Named The Stars The City of the Living The Men of Echo Creek The Disappearance Boy The Sleeping Car Porter The Celebrants 12. Far too ambitious. Especially for someone whose a slow reader.

I had a very similar reading experience with Sakura Obsession.

Sea room was a dnf😢. Noooo! I have to read it still. Hoping I can still find some nuggets in there I like. Good for you though for setting it down. Bummer books are pointless. Reading is what you make it and I choose joy❤

Added sakura to my wishlist❤. Thanks for the tip

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Life Changing is going on my TBR STAT!

Cities and Canopies looks lovely. Makes sense about the audio print dilemma. Distinctly Mediocre is a great rating. Life Changing is one I'll get to sometime. Great vid Emma

Great reviews. Loved the "horns" surprise in the sci fi book review. Life Changing sounds like something I need to look up and see if I can find over here. I just finished The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ozeki. Love the Buddhism grounding that centers her stories. very good. Also reading News of the Dead which is a strange fiction set in norther Scotland--slow going. Love hearing about the art books. I was reading several books for the Booktube prize so didn't get to join in on Spring-a-thon. Best of my group was House of Doors by Eng and Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad. Both were excellent reads. Enter Ghost give a great bit of history of Palestine in the story though it is mostly between the lines. Great book.

How’s your June reading going Emma? I’m still reading The Botanical Daughter. It fits in well with other reading for #lgbtqi . 🍀👋☘️📕📖📚☕️💐

You had to throw in Black Books! Now I am lying here replaying moments from that in my head.

I love books with sweet messages inside too❤

You don't have deckled edges in the UK?! That's reason enough for me to move there! I despise them! 😄

Another scientific recommendation - Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey Williams. Interesting book for the layman re the elements.

You should check out Scarthins bookshop in Cromford and Scriveners in Buxton (both in Derbyshire) They are both, by th 10:16 e sound of it, similar to Toppings. They sell both new and second hand books and Scarthins has a coffee shop too! Could spend a whole day there.......

Loved your answers haha. I have a couple good ones for some but not much for others. I'm giving props to the animal book guy only referring to them by their taxonomic binomial. Probably the most pretentious but goofy thing I've heard in a while that I'd probably find funny in person haha. Great vid Emma

A circus performer and a former bookseller! Fun! The strangest places I've ever bought a book have been from a 1 euro per book box in front of a laundromat, and a 100 yen per book on a shelf in front of a porn store.

Can't believe you mentioned Topping and Company in Edinburgh. i just traveled to Scotland from U.S. just to go to this store, well not just also for a hike but it was at the top of my list.. It was well worth the trip and I spent most of the evening and then an afternoon just reading off the shelves and buying. I live in the Northeast in the U.S and love going to the old Book barns that are in this area. There are several in Connecticut and around Boston. Big old barns with uneven wood floors and used, ancient and sometimes a few new books scattered in everywhere. They are great fun to explore and I always come out with strange books I never remember why I bought. Also they have the strangest people working in them but they do know books. Don't know how they stand all the dust. Loved this video and your answers.

I need to thank you because recently i discoverd that i have read a lot of great books based on your recommendation ,i love nonfiction espically scientific one's, and you offer me wide range of selections, i follow you from SUDAN

Our town doesn’t have a bookshop. The nearest one is 80 miles away. There is one charity shop that sells books but it’s not in town centre and in a weird little unit on the outskirts. However I’m always found great books on the few occasions I’ve got there.

Thank you for doing the tag. Amazed to see it take on a second or third life.

I enjoyed the book and i enjoyed your review.

Love Becky Chambers. When Brooklyn was Queer looks really good too. If you're interested in fictional AIDS stories I recommend The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels and also Christadora by Tim Murphy.

Hi Emma, I watched this as I am into the post apocalyptic/dystopian genre and because I’m also going through my romance genre phase, I’m reading “Homestead” by Claire Kent and wow it’s hard to put down! If you’re ever inclined I recommend it since I know you enjoy romance as well. Thank you for this. I now have additional books to consider when I’m up for a cozy :) dystopian read! 📚❤️‍🔥💀🎴