Bookish check in! 📚 Reading goals, currently reading and book haul!
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Let's catch up! A very informal bookish check in about my reading goals, currently reading, and a book haul / end of year TBR. Featuring some historical non-fiction and Dickens. Please let me know how your reading year has been! Here's to actually completing a Goodreads challenge in 2021 📚
Books mentioned:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Pride and Prejudice
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain
Romantic Outlaws
The Covent Garden Ladies
David Copperfield
The Artful Dickens
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I’m glad that you took the pressure off yourself reading wise this year, there has just been so much more energy needed this year for the basic things! I’ve read way more literary fiction this year, I think my brain has enjoyed having something more challenging to focus on when I’m reading. Fab haul, I hope you enjoy the books and the rest of the reading year!
I think your early university book hauls were the first book videos I ever found on RUclips years ago, which got me into BookTube and really helped me through a tough time. Merry Christmas! :)
I love how you spoke about Addie LaRue! I really want to read that
I got my master’s this year! That was my big achievement in 2020 lol
Congratulations! What did you study?
@@Claire_Fenby communication, specifically how the media we consume and our identity intersect
I chuckle when people say they don't like Dickens, I like to say "what book?" As I do when people say they don't like Picasso, I say, "what period!" Oliver Twist was tough because of the anti-semitism but his strength as a story teller is difficult to ignore. I would like to suggest the most recent tele-series of Bleak House; it was so well done. Also Harlots is a terrific series and I am sadden that they will not have another season.
When reading Dickens I like to remind myself that a lot of his novels were written in serial installments with his bundle of children playing at his feet. Anyway, critics be damned! I will track down John Mullan for sure. Thanks for your insights.
The question is can you like the art and dislike the artist? I struggle with Picasso A LOT and don’t feel comfortable liking his work because of his behaviour. It’s a difficult one. I agree with the serialisation aspect on Dickens especially as it is commercial writing for the masses at best which has been forgotten over the years as Dickens has become a classic writer. I LOVE Harlots! Definitely due a re-watch. I’m up for any period drama to be honest.
@@Claire_Fenby Have you read Roland Barthes, 'The Death of the Author'? I recommend it.
Of course you must separate the art from the artist.
To become entangled with likes and dislikes of an author is such flabby thinking. We don't know these people-we see them through the prism of other people's thoughts and as each age applies a different set of morals, it would be a constantly moving feast.
Should we not read Jane Austen because some of her family money came from slavery-she certainly won't have spoken out against it.
Should we stop reading Charlotte Bronte-have you noticed that as Bertha becomes madder-her person of colour physical appearance is highlighted and, of course, Jane becomes rich because of the slave trade.
Maybe Thomas Hardy should be consigned to history's bin because of his sexism-I actually heard someone declare they were no longer comfortable reading him any more! I suppose credit to that particular individual for having read him, some potatoes make these pronouncements without having read, seen or heard.
Alas, I judge and I find these people wanting.
You may of course think that we should leave them behind as artists whose morals are anathema to ours but we will have to disagree and I have been on my soapbox for long enough!
@@zoemahon4749 Death of the Author isn’t the be all and end all of literary criticism though 📚 I never said we should stop reading books or authors but I will hold the texts accountable.
It’s important to challenge when a text or writer is problematic - that’s equally fair literary criticism.
It should also be stated that the view of the past as having very different morals etc isn’t always the get out clause you claim - many artists (like Dickens for his antisemitism) were challenged by their own contemporaries.
People are also allowed to like and dislike and to not feel comfortable. It’s just books for goodness sake 😂
Your view of readers being ‘potatoes’ is just as ‘flabby’ as the criticism you disagree with so please refrain from making that comment here.
Also the Austen point is interesting because of Mansfield Park. Have you read Said?
PLEASE read david copperfield. i’m begging you. i’ll die on that hill
Loved this video Claire, and I can totally relate in terms of scrapping the goals. I started to feel like I'm never doing 'enough' reading or uploading videos, whatever that means, so taking the pressure off has helped so much! Also that Pride and Prejudice edition... I'm OBSESSED. x
This was just the perfect book haul, everything you showed I was just nodding away excitedly! Hope you enjoy Romantic Outlaws! 😊
My reading has been okay, pretty much the usual. COVID is pretty much non existent where I live, so life has not been that disrupted compared to earlier this year when we had all pubs, clubs, cafes etc closed for about 3 months.
Don't beat yourself up for not being 'productive enough' just do your best, it's perfectly okay to do nothing. :)
I read Our Mutual Friend last month and loved it. First time I had read Dickens since high school. I’m going to make it a point to read one of his books every year from here on out.
I really loved this haul- I added a lot of the books to my wishlist!
I'm sure I'm twice your age, but I found myself agreeing with everything you said. That Pride and Prejudice is GORGEOUS! What a find.
Ahhh Romantic Outlaws, my favourite book. Hope you enjoy it as much as I love it. Great selection of books.
Your recommendation of time travel history series has totally excited me and rekindled my nonfiction reading. Think you are fantastic!
I only had the courage to pick up Dickens's big novels (Our Mutual Friend and Bleak House) when Katie from Books and Things was doing her serialised readalongs of them. I'm now really qurious what your question to John Mullan was! 😆
I love your videos, and I always llok forward to watching them, you’re amazing ❤️
Lovely video! So comforting and relaxing. This year I read Hard Times, my first Dickens. I liked it, it was a great place to start with him. Not too many characters, not too many plot lines. My university professor recommended Bleak House, which, apparently, has the first detective in literature and is one of his finest works. I want to read it next. Sorry for my english, it's not my first language. This year's been a great year of reading for me, mostly classics, I love them and I also love studying them.
Thank you so much for this video! I am currently reading Wuthering Heights for the first time and I'm definitely enjoying it. I have The Invisible life of Addie Larue and I think hearing what you have to say about it will make me read it sooner. Again thank you for sharing your thoughts!
You are so lovely and inspiring! Keep it up 😘 I have also been feeling different in my reading, also more non-fiction but now before Christmas I feel again like reading some classics. Kisses from Austria xx
I read way more this year than in previous years, basically because I started a book tube channel this year and was challenging myself to read all the time. I want to do fewer challenges and readathons next year because I've definitely felt the pressure, but I've also enjoyed loads of the books I've read that I probably wouldn't have got that without them
My reading productivity has been wayyy down this year...about a fourth of what I normally read. With everything going on in the world, I'm finding it difficult to stay focused. I have picked up a new hobby though, so all is not lost lol! Hopefully my reading will pick back up in 2021 when/if things calm down 🤞
ETA I'm currently reading Courtiers by Lucy Worsley, Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan and just ordered Covent Garden Ladies and The Five
I got David Copperfield on a whim back in February. Haven't gotten to it, naturally, but the first wee bit of it I sampled was great.
I love the 'naturally' - one day I'll read ALL the books ahaha
Reading has mostly been about escapism and trying to relax, which mostly means I've been reading History. I realised quickly in April, not to put too much pressure on myself with reading. Hopefully more will be read in 2021
How funny, I‘m really into learning more about the 17th century this year as well! And this Christmas I treat myself to a nice edition of Pepys‘ diary. I like Dickens’ writing and the book by John Mullan is on my wishlist. I got Bleak House this year and started Great Expectations.
I've read some adult novels this year "Secret History" and "Piranesi" but generally wished for them to be over about half way through. I did listen to Jonathan Strange on Audio book and loved that. However, a lot of the time I've not been able to concentrate but have enjoyed middle-grade books such as Little Princess, Secret Garden, Howl's Moving Castle and so on.
I love your style of video and the part about your mum was so funny!
I have a feeling that at least one dislike on this video is from her 😂
I've been rereading lots this year - I'm not sure if it was just time for me to reread a lot of favourites or if on some level I wanted to return to something I thought I could rely on. I studied Dickens and I love his work, he does comic characters so well and no one can spin a yarn better. I would go for David Copperfield first as it's semi-autobiographical and might help you 'get' him a bit more. Although be warned, that man did not write good female characters! Like anything he's not for everyone, and that's fine. I've recently read Forster and Woolf for the first time after watching your videos and now I want to read Modernist everything, so thanks for the introduction!
:) I loved your video! I really would like to read « David Copperfield», now. ^^ And « The Ladies of Covent Garden ». ^^
I just finished The Five and absolutely LOVED IT. Do you have any similar recommendations? I'll have to get my hands on Covent Garden Ladies asap.
I think i'm going to read david copperfield in december (or at least start it) ☺
I read David Copperfield last year around this time and I did not think going into it that it would turn into my favourite Dickens to date...but it has. It’s not a perfect novel but some of the characters have stuck with me so vividly and the reading experience was so enjoyable that it’s now on my favorite books list. Also, I want to put a plug in for Dombey and Son because there is so much in there about gender and The Marriage Market and women’s place in Society and the corrupting force of capitalism, definitely a lot to unpack.
I NEED THAT JOHN MULLAN BOOK IN MY LIFE! 😆😆😆 He’s the best.
Yes! I also love the sound of Dombey in Son - just need to find a Vintage classics edition of it 😂
What did you said to John Mullan that made him laughed?? Please share with the class! hahaha I love him too and I think he is just brilliant. I read a lot more of non fiction too this year, don't know why, but I was drawn to it. The topics were basically literary theory, the universe and the concept of time. Yes, not random at all hahaha
Gorgeous top, where is it from? 🙈😍
I buy everything via depop or in charity shops so I’m not actually sure!
Does this mean I can discount this year's birthday too?!
If needed - 100% 😂😂
PS start with David Copperfield x
you look lovely ^^
I DNFed Addie La Rue at 75%. it sounded like something right up my alley but I just couldn't't get into it and I was frustrated with how YA the writing style was and how immature the characters were! Lol! It was probably just me. If you like time slip novels I highly recommend Crossings Alex Landragin.. it also is set mostly in Paris and includes Charles Beaudelaire as a central character:)
What do you mean by a YA writing style? 📚
@@Claire_Fenby well I meant for a book that's categorised as historical fiction/fantasy the writing was very reminiscent of YA books. Just not adult imho. Especially when compared to something like Hamnet which also has elements of fantasy and history. I thought it would be more literary.
@@1siddynickhead Yeah I never thought it was marketed like Hamlet or any literary historical which might be why our expectations are very different.
@@Claire_Fenby yes that's true..I shouldn't have assumed that since it wasn't categorised as YA,that it would automatically be literary.
@@1siddynickhead It’s definitely v commercial - more of an Outlander than a Hamnet
It’s hard to like Dickens because he’s pretty sexist in his novels.
I feel like liking Dickens as a person vs liking his writing style is a different kettle of fish but it does trouble me too.