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First Blood sounds incredibly interesting but it doesn't have an audiobook yet. 😢

I don't read many thrillers but All the Missing Girls sounds good. I'm adding it to my TBR. I dnfed The Marriage Portrait but your enthusiasm is making me reconsider. It was too slow 🐌 so maybe I can wait until that's what I want. I loved Hamnet but that was slow too. I really want to try Spy X but according to my library, everyone else wants to too. 😢

Happy 2nd Booktube Anniversary! As for small press booktubers, have you checked out Eyes on Indie?

I haven't read Hamnet yet, because I'm kind of afraid I won't like it as much as The marriage portrait either. I heard so many people who loved Hamnet then being disappointed by The marriage portrait and then like a smaller group of people who think The marriage portrait is the superior book. But never someone who is loves both books equally?

I’m glad Piglets was enjoyable even if not a stellar read and a shame about Slugs. I seem to DnF short story collections more than anything else, especially as I read more and more of them and get to know what I do and don’t like. September turned into a bit of a Victorian classic month with a reread of Wuthering Heights as one of the highlights!

Love your content too. Yay two years!! :)

2 years?? Time has flown by!!

Happy 2nd Booktube Anniversary! We are so lucky to have you entertain and enlighten us!

Congratulations on two years! I think it’s totally normal for some of the enthusiasm to wear off as well as figuring out what kind of videos you enjoy making, rather than what’s expected. Vlogs are sometimes harder for me to watch because I listen to most videos and vlogs you kind of want to watch, but I’m happy with whatever you put out and thank you for the recommendations you’ve given me over the years!

I loved themed vlogs! And apparently I'm in the minority but I feel the same way you do about TBR videos-- that it just means those books get talked about twice. I skip all TBR videos. Love your channel. You are continually reminding me how much I love translated and small press books. As for other booktubers, my fave is Modern Ajumma ❤

Freshly HYPE!!!

I have heard great things about both Annie Bot and I Who Have Never Known Men....I need to get my hands on those!

I just read Dogs of Summer too, I think you nailed it--really interesting vibes but the plot was forgettable.

Two five star books in a month is great! It looks like Nothomb might be a new favorite author for you. I have a feeling I will feel the same way as you about I Have Never Known Men, i don’t think it can possibly live up to the hype for me.

I'm so glad that you loved The Marriage Portrait!!!

What a pleasant surprise! I love the intermission with Big and your background music! All the Missing Girls is my favorite Megan Miranda. I'm glad that you enjoyed Fourth Wing!

You are most welcome for "Funny Story", I will also gift you "Happy Place" once I've read it. I pre-ordered one of the Cormoran Strike books once, but that was an easy solve, I just sent the second copy to you!!! So curious as to what you'll be reading on vacay in November????

Thanks for sharing, several of these books are of interest to me!

I have that exact edition of Garden by the Sea I bought last year from my own indie and haven’t read yet 😊 I did read her The Time of the Doves this year though and really liked it.

These all sound so interesting!!

Oooh, I have Mystery Lights on my shelf for October as well!

Loved woodworm - I gave it 5⭐️ and just read pink slime which is also good/ atmospheric 3.5⭐️

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY!! 🥰

Great list!! Thank you so much for sharing! I wanted to read Woodworm the minute I saw it, but then as it started to get more popular I lost interest. 😅😅😅 I need to just pick it up!!!

Apart from The Abyss, I’m surprised that all the ones I wanted to read were already on my TBR so I’m not as clueless about new releases as I thought 😉. I have The Book Censor’s Library sitting on my shelf and this will give me greater impetus to read it soon. I read Samar Yazbek’s Planet of Clay and didn’t love it so wasn’t too interested in this new one but would be keen to hear your thoughts if you get to it. Definitely an interesting list and yes, great to see so many Arabic language books!

Venomous Lumpsucker sounds awesome. Possibly a critique of the super rich 🤔

You know me, "All You Can Kill" sounds especially good!

The Living Disability anthology sounds fascinating!

I love it when I haven't heard of any of the books in these types of videos!! I'm prob most interested in Bog Wife - sounds like a great autumnal read

Amazing wrapup!!! :) Was super curious about a ton of these books and its great to hear your thoughts on them!

women in translation month poetry edition???? hell yeah as someone who's dabbling more into poetry i would love that

I had been wondering where you had got to but August is also my busiest month so I figured life stuff! I have actually heard quite a few people say the Croft book was disappointing so I don’t think you’re alone. I think Vagina Obscura is the most appealing but I’m not reading much non fiction at the moment so it will have to wait!

Hi, Alyse, just found your channel and like your taste in books. Wow! What a challenge to read 300 books of more than 500 pages. I am new to your channel and you might have read some of the ones I am going to mention, but some may be new to you. Here we go: Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Bee Sting by Paul Murray, Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, The Red and the Black by Stendhal, Any Human Heart by William Boyd, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Great job on goal 1! My favorite books over 500 pages are: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, and Blankets by Craig Thompson. (That last one is a graphic novel.)

You've sold me on "Enter Ghost" and "Saint X", I've ordered both from Amazon. Since we've last chatted, I've read The Housemaid, By Frieda McFadden A Talent for Murder, By Peter Swanson, Yours Truly, By Abby Jiminez, and now I"m reading The Seracher, By Tana French.

That’s great you’re doing so well on your main goal! Very restrained! My books in books out is looking good, mainly because I unhauled 100 or so books 😉. I always have loosey goosey goals but I’m pretty much on track, reading a bit less globally than I’d like but I’ve been really into the Victorian classics this year and that’s also the reason I’ve read 11, 500+ page books which are either classics or non fiction (the notes add up 😉)

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on I Who have never known Men. The author is Belgian and I am considering saving it for Eurovisionathon in April.

That’s impressive, 16 out of 26! I’m realizing that I probably need to do this to keep myself accountable in my book buying. And yes, having something lighter will definitely add some variety to August. I’m aiming to read about half WIT and then i have some other books I’m already reading that will mix it up. I loved Elena Knows too, but also haven’t read her new one, and I don’t know why 🤔

Yes for the global reads! So many interesting titles I’ve heard you rave about. I told you a few of my favorites on your mid year tag and funnily enough a lot of mine are non fiction too even though I don’t read much of it at all 🤔 Butter Honey Pig Bread and Enter Ghost are probably the two calling me the most but I think I could read any of these and get something out of them.

I honestly don’t know how people pick favorites🤔, I tried to figure out my favorite read and struggled to pin it down. Ironically it seems that some of my favorites have been non fiction which is only about 15% of my reading. Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon and Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal for example. I also loved All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P Jones and there is a story in there that made me cry. 😢 My most anticipated new release of the year is Olga Tokarczuk’s Empusium and then there are numerous Restless Books new releases I haven’t read yet and own 🤦‍♀️

The Wayfarers series has 4 books. They are all companion books instead of direct sequels. I loved all 4! I wish there were lots more cozy sci-fi books. I love the idea of 2 books same title but I have to avoid these as they sound dark and painful.

So many great titles highlighted here. I'm so glad I came across your channel🌻

So many intriguing book recs from you, per usual!!

The Centre has such an intriguing premise!!

I really want to read Isabel Zapata’s essays! I loved her poetry collection (which is also kind of nonfiction poetry but in a different way haha). I thought In Vitro wasn’t going to be for me and was planning to start with Empty Pool, but you’ve totally sold me on In Vitro! 👀 Motherfield sounds amazing too. I love those types of experimental, multi format, poetry/essay-y, books.

Hmm, I’m still intrigued by Cold Nights of Childhood but the torture stuff sounds like it would be too much for me so I might have to skip it. I remember when you hauled The Feast I was interested in it so glad you enjoyed it, if didn’t love it.

Just like your video on The Wall, this was so interesting Alyse. The way in which there are similarities and differences in what consent means in these two books. I think the non fiction appeals more but they both sound like they tackle it head on and with a lot of thought. Great discussion!

So many different and unique books. Great video. Thanks.

Ooo that anthology from Deep Vellum sounds so good! I love anthologies as they always introduce me to new writers. I’m currently reading Stories from the Center of the World from City lights. It’s only about a quarter translated but there is a great range of stories in there. Mother-in-law strikes again! How lovely not to have to pay to try books you aren’t sure about. I don’t read fantasy but love to watch it on TV so I’m hoping they make Fourth Wing into a series 🤞