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A heartwarming story, a beautiful book for children, and the relentless push for isolation, driven by ignorance and dogma. Humanity is capable of so many things, both beautiful and hideous...

I agree with you: too much litirary, too much lirical and difficult to connect. I prefer James, My friends by Hisham Matar and Wandering stars

I'm very interested in reading "Night Train to Odesa." Looks like it's available October 31st in the states.

About ten days ago Sphen the Australian Gay Penguin died, he was with his partner Magic for six years and together raised two adopted chicks.

I agree with you 100%.

And Tango Makes Three is on Internet Archive, so anyone with access to the Internet Archive can see it. That is where I read it. It is a delightful book. The people who want to ban it don't want their kids seeing it and asking awkward questions. It is just about two penguins raising a chick... the problem for the small minded is the two penguins happen to be the same gender, these are probably also people who believe that a pair of penguins would have journeyed all the way from Antarctica to the Middle East to get on Noah's Ark!

It would be funny if it weren’t so sad. Love is love 💙

When people’s fear of homosexuality goes too far.

I live in the U.S. The people who ban books are all about hate. They see showing empathy as a weakness. They seek to destroy anything or anyone who doesn't fit into their bigoted world view. It's frightening how much power they have here.

Gorgeous view.. I hope you enjoyed your breakfast 😊

This is the second book from the Booker Long List that I did not finish. Although there was beautiful writing, it was static and I was not engaged in the hearts and struggles of the characters. I also stopped about 1/4 of the way into THE SAFEKEEP, for many of the same reasons: I was not touched by the characters and did not want to spend any more time with them. MY FRIENDS continues to have my vote. I couldn't stop caring about the destinies of the trio of friends.

Didn't like it either.

So many books and so little time. The ever expanding tbr! Best wishes and happy reading to you.

"How is it possible to perceive this potential, the beautiful irrealis mood, in the endless space of a few moments?" It's a divisive novel. I loved it. It's extraordinary. It's almost made up for Praiseworthy not being Booker listed. I was really touched by the characters. The snapshots of prose reveal something, like a photograph does, held in a moment in time. I want it to win. It's made-up for the YA feel of Wild Houses.

I've read recently: I love it. james is very well-written

I missed you videos. I hope that you are enjoying a good summer. I haven't read Resurrection

I think Percival James is a clever writer, not a great one. This is based on my reading of a half dozen of his novels; all were entertaining but forgettable. JAMES is a little different, because of its origin in an American classic. While i anticipate it will win the Booker Award, i do not think it is the best book nominated. MY FRIENDS is a greater novel. (I have not read the entire list.)

Hi. My profile name has changed. I've been following you since the day that I discovered you. I look forward to your intelligent,thoughful reviews . It's definitely not about the quantity of books for you. You do quality ,interesting posts. I've significantly scaled back the amount of booktubers that I watch...for the same reasons that I don't watch TV. I appreciate the time that you take to create videos. Thank you ❤

I have a friend living in Portland and visited a few years ago and Powell’s was easily the biggest highlight of my visit 📕🪱💚

Such a fantastic book! Thanks for your discussion. I wasn’t certain that James would be loved by non-Americans, and I am so glad it has been. I hope you find Huck Finn to be as interesting as I do. Going in with the understanding of its limitations is really helpful, I think.

Totally agree. A beautifully written book.

Wonderful to hear that you loved this one! I'm planning to read it this fall but I'd like to reread Huckleberry Finn first.

Glad you liked James it is a great novel.

A modern classic! I don’t think it was eligible for the Pulitzer until next year. I don’t see how it doesn’t win. Hemingway famously said that all American literature begins with Huckleberry Finn.

i also decided not to do the booker dozen, i made it as far as i could and that's it! i'm glad you liked james!!

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This makes me think of some of Almodovar films. Of course he did cast female actresses most often as trans females, but with great warm and sympathy as had not been shown before. Carmen Maura in Law of Desire was a revelation.

Oh boy as a political centrist living in Florida that wants to read everything and loves some of these authors… I have to disagree with you. Books should never be banned from the general public, but parents should have the right to keep inappropriate content from being pushed on their kids. Not that I agree with all these books being selected but there is a big difference between a book truly being banned, and being kept from children on a public level. Right wingers are not the villains you seem to think they are. If a parent finds content inappropriate for their child that is within their right to determine that as it’s a parents job to raise and protect their children. It’s the same as not letting a child see an R rated film. That isn’t censorship. I agree parents should teach their children to understand and accept different points of view, but that doesn’t mean they should trust the state to do it. I don’t trust the state to do it, and honestly with your criticism of the state I don’t see why you would either. I mean no disrespect but this one got me a bit heated.

I've never heard of this author before, but it sounds like he's pretty successful, even though booktube somehow neglects him. Great spotlight.

I am rooting for My Friends!

I just finished the book and really enjoyed it but it was SO violent - so much extreme violence. I really like this author's writing, especially because I am married to a black man who is a retired sheriff's deputy. I just wish that it wasn't so EXTREMELY violent.

I just picked this book up in a library book sale. I read “Late Nights on Air” a few years ago and loved it. I’ve recommended that book to many people. This past winter I read “All Things Consoled” her memoir about caring for her parents in their final years, which I thought was beautiful and touching and very honest.

Thanks for the recommendation! I haven't heard of this author before, but I'll definitely check them out now.

Bewilderment was my favorite book the year I read it and perhaps in my top 3-5 of all my reads ever . Blahdiggityblah, comment allowance overdrawn

I love the singing

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JAMES is clever but not great. I predict it will be the winner. I am presently reading MY FRIENDS which is both tender and violent, and suspenseful as well. Tommy Orange is a fine writer but I have not read this one yet.

I’m think that Head Shot, Wild Houses, Enlightenment, and Held might be the books I choose from the list.

No books are banned nowadays!!! (Edit after reply: the books are not banned, they are just not required literary reading material in the school for kids. That's not truly a ban. You can get the books anywhere. )

Wild Houses is set in Mayo. The accent alone is a delight. I have a copy on audio. The three I’ve read Stone Yard Devotional is good Orbital is ok Enlightenment is disappointing

So many books with over 4 star ratings on Goodreads is pretty impressive. Looking forward to your thoughts on Elizabeth Hay’s book. 😊💙

Very reasonable sounding leftist preaching. However, Parents not wanting children to read about sexual perversion and wanting those books kept out of the school library is NOT BOOK BANNING. You are merely saying those books are not for children. Ever wonder why political LEFTISTS always go after children????

Propaganda. Not allowed in certain places is not banned in USA.

So, in other words, these book are not really banned. The are merely not allowed in school as age inappropriate, or not relevant to the curriculum. I would imagine there are many such books not allowed by both conservatives and liberals. But these books are available for purchase by anyone, thus are not really banned in any state.

Some books are not suitable for children. They are not "Banned" you can buy them.

Congrats! You got Percival and Kushner - both brilliant.

this video is Brat

Leave it to Texas to have a place that bans a book about banning books, that's a clever way to keep things the way you want them. I really enjoyed your list and the research that you put into the episode.

I missed you top videos' list. it's pretty sad that there are some book that are banned, sinc it's not possible to spark conversations about them

Thanks for this list and the demographical information about the areas banning them. As a person who lives in a high income, predominantly white, Trump supporting place I am surprised that my community doesn't appear on your list.