English Lit reading list & Uni TBR / what i'm studying this year

a little video about my first semester reading list and what i'll be studying this year at uni!

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[melanieventer]

This just reminds me why I want to study english lit

[MartinDSmith]

I hope you will be ok Emma, one step at a time!I am about to embark on a poetry journey myself beginning with an adventure into the world of Rilke❤️

[maanya__]

Oh I am so excited for the literature and uni content, I hope you have an amazing start to your semester!

[anka]

Ok three things:
1. I had to read Beowulf for an online course and didn’t love it, but I really hope you do;
2. It’s great that you have Frankenstein on your list, I have also read this SO many times and love it; and
3. I love your Kiki’s delivery service screensaver :)

[ellelala]

Paradise Lost is swoon-worthy. Good luck in your studies this semester and happy reading.

[pineandsprucebooks]

I also had my head injury in 2019. Recovery can be so strange especially when you're forced to take a step back from the busyness of life to focus on healing. I hope you know your videos provide a lot of people with the space and time for healing and calm. Happy reading to you! King Lear is my absolute favourite Shakespeare play. Edgar's final lines just tear me apart haha. I hope the classes will be fulfilling💚

[Sthemingway]

I'm excited for you, Emma! Looks like the desk your brother made you is doing its duty.

[annagyorsa]

First I was just like *OMG WHAT A SUPER CUTE AESTHETIC ROOM*
then I noticed you put out the postcard I sent you 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[BookishCasss]

I would love to see an essay writing video! I'm also going back to in-person schooling for English Literature and have always struggled with essay writing

[francescakyanda]

I really dig your soft voice and plants, you're like a magical cottagecore librarian. Subbed.

[londonsars]

I am at the very beginner’s level of reading, but your synopsis of Paradise Lost has REALLY intrigued me. I have been out of school for a year and without reading or exposing myself to true knowledge, I feel I am regressing. Thank you for always giving great recommendations! You are brilliant and uni is lucky to have a passionate person like yourself to share your ideas in.

[josephine]

hi emma, i just started my semester (as a literature major) and ive been feeling so demotivated both with coursework and reading in my free time. watching this video has given me some motivation again and i feel so antsy to get to my work. thank you so much!! also i had never heard of Memorial but it sounds so amazing and i need to read it!!!

[venuss]

this sounds so interesting!!! i’m still in high school, but i’ve been heavily considering studying english literature when I go to college ^__^ have a great semester emma!

[th-ksto]

it's great to see you so happy for your upcoming reads on uni! so many wonderful works to go through! <3

[limeparticle]

I just read King Lear today! It is so amazing. Oh and I know it sounds kind of weird to say I read it today, but I’ve been on vacation for the past four weeks and decided to spend my time off reading as much Shakespeare as I possibly could, so I’ve now read 16 plays, written 75 pages of notes and watched 18 hours of lectures… it’s been total immersion, and so much fun! I don’t know how I’m going adapt to going back to work tomorrow 😂

[insidelaurensbrain]

I used to have a turtle and I would take my turtle to the porch and read the turtle Beowulf.

[am]

Comment sections of booktubers always make me smile. Especially videos like these. Just a bunch of wannabe literature majors (some are already literature majors) uniting because of their love of the subject 💗🥺like don't mind us we just crawled out of our cottagecore nooks stuffed with books and plants to meet other creatures of our species 🥺🥺

[aprilhawkins]

I wish i could go back to uni and study literature, but i threw my life away and now i'm dying from cancer, so i'm living through you vicariously. Your videos bring me so much joy.

[ozymandias]

I get so excited when you post a new video, your content is always refreshing !! I hope you enjoy the books and have a good semester 🤍

[just_ella]

The wallpaper, the plants, the wall art, the hair
The vibes in this video are astronomical