what i've been reading lately
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Well, hello everyone. Welcome back! Here's a little update on what I've been getting into lately ~ from Trollope to Deborah Levy to the Puritans!
I'd love you to join in the conversation in the Comments.
Booktubers mentioned:
@casskrug
@bibliosophie
Books mentioned:
Can You Forgive Her? ~ Anthony Trollope
The Fortune of the Rougons ~ Emile Zola
The World Besides ~ Garrard Conley
The Misalliance ~ Anita Brookner
The Man Who Saw Everything ~ Deborah Levy
Knife ~ Salman Rushdie
I’m very interested in the new Rushdie. And congrats on the retirement and the new part time job! I would love to work in the library after retirement.
Heidi, thank you! It’s been interesting. Being new in a part time job is …interesting. But I’m getting there and love the atmosphere!
the Hayes is an odd one, but the writing is still fantastic! a perfect reminder that i need to get to his better ones 😭
and love love LOVE that you volunteer at the library! being in a place of books and giving back to the community is so wholesome
Oooh I can’t wait to try this 3rd Hayes. 🥰. I’m not as altruistic as all that though! It’s a job at the library. 😅🤣. Iam volunteering my time though in another way…helping to write grants for some cat rescues.
@@thelefthandedreader6632 that is still so stellar! for the cats I love ! ✨💛
@@thelefthandedreader6632 that’s still so amazing! for the kitties!!! ✨💛
2:29 the book blends so nicely with the background!!
Oh, yes! 🥰
The Conley looks fascinating--and I really must check out Knife, too... Enjoy the library work! Sounds perfect.
Thanks, Hannah!
your garden looks like a lovely place to sit and read!! another reminder from a reader i admire to finally pick up some hayes haha x
Thanks, Katie. 🥰. A good reminder for me to actually sit in it and read! Yes, Hayes! Having read all3 I would recommend My Face For the World to See. It was the most enjoyable…this 3rd one of his, The End of Me is my least fave, it who knows! It’s still Hayes.
I used to work in the library while I was attending university. I used put back books and periodicals. Thanks for the vids, it's inspiring me to read a bit everyday.
Ah, that’s cool, Paul. It’s my pleasure🥰
Love this view and the bird sounds so so much! I’m beyond excited to read Knife. I just picked it up the other day.
Ah, thanks! I haven’t filmed outside I guess since last Summer! It’s an intense and yet beautiful book.
I am a major Drabble Fan. I can really recommend her trilogy called The Radiant Way. Also The Needles Eye. She’s wonderful.thanks for your own suggestions.
Oh, thank you SO much for the Drabble recommendation. I felt a little lost when looking at her books at the library!
I wanted to say thank you so much for sharing my video the other day, it means so much! Also I’m so glad you liked “Can You Forgive Her?”, I have it but I don’t know anyone who’s read it, so I love hearing a glowing endorsement ❤
You’re SO welcome! Keep doing what you’re doing. Your videos are so engaging. I’m about to start the 2nd Palliser series novel. I’ll be ordering that book used as I have been doing. I’m so glad to have discovered Trollope last year.
@@thelefthandedreader6632 Please let me know how the second one goes!!
Bummer that the Anita Brookner didn't work for you, but it's cool that you've read a lot of her work now. I've decided I want to get through Maggie O'Farrell's novels because it's silly to enjoy an author so much and not explore more of their work. Your backyard is beautiful, and I'm glad you're enjoying your time as a circulation desk employee at the library. I hadn't heard of paging, how cool. Wish I could join you ♥
Patti, the library job has been really enjoying and fulfilling so far. 🥰. Oh what a wonderful project! Do you know I haven’t read ANY of her fiction!! Thank you for the feedback on the backyard. I haven’t filmed out there since last Summer, I guess!
Library job sounds great! And you have really had a good reading experience lately, haven't you?
It really has been. 🥰. It’s funny that you say that, Vickie, because since then, I’m trying to read this and that and things aren’t working. You know how it goes!
ahhh your backyard looks so peaceful and tranquil!! haven’t heard of the conley before but it sounds intriguing, if not a bit frustrating!! i’m glad you decided to pick up the levy - definitely a wacky one but so worth it in the end i think. so cool to hear about your experience working at the library, so glad you’re enjoying it so far
I love that feedback, Cass. I’m working in my yard so much that I don’t really take it in as much as I should. That’s changing this year! And whew. Yeah. I finished the Levy book and…huh? 😆
I want that backyard!!!! ❤❤❤
Your face lights up when you talk about the library.
Ahhhhh, thanks Ann. 🥰🥰
i loved the backyard talk! so peaceful and lovely with the bird sounds 🥰 can't wait to hear your thoughts on knife! i've been wanting to pick that one up
Ah, thanks Noor. For some reason this year more than ever, I’m enjoying my backyard. 🥰
it is not required to read the rougoun-macquart in order, so if you are not feeling "the fortune" I highly recommend "germinal" ! I have also heard great things about "thérèse raquin", "nana", "la curée" ("the kill" in english, I think?), and "au bonheur des dames" ("the ladies' delight/paradise"). Glad to hear that you love your library job so much !! I am unfortunately still far from retirement age but I think that I would enjoy it very much too :)
Leila, ah thanks for that reminder about Zola. I appreciate it. I did have Therese Raquin on my list, so I’ll try that at some point!
Yeah I’ve been collecting Anita Brookner but not all her books are “grabbers”. I’m doing the same with Julian Barnes and there’s been one I read recently that I had to push my way through. 😂 All the best with the library job. I tried to find a job there too (libraries in our local area) but no luck as they prefer librarianship graduates. I’m under qualified with my MBA ! Oh well😂😂
Ah I do want to get to another Julian Barnes. I read A Sense of An Ending. What do you recommend as some others that you liked? Well, Helen, it’s the library loss! That’s a real shame because I know you’d love it. Here, it’s common for circulation and paging staff to be anyone that seems qualified. And the Reference librarians to have a Masters of Library Science.
@@thelefthandedreader6632 I loved Metroland which was his first book. Yeah it was a bit frustrating but I understood they needed younger graduates with library degrees. That’s ok. I started the RUclips channel and reviewing books to see if this was any value to them but they needed formal accreditation. Anyway I’m not fussed at all. I have books in my life and I chat to people all around the world about them. I’m like a librarian but without the physical building. 🤣
The model on the cover of the Man Who Saw Everything is the same one on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Incredible story.
How did your library get Knife so soon? I am attempting to read the Satanic Verses once again. It's not easy.
The scene in the backyard was great, birds chirping in the background while you were commentary-ing. Beautiful show. Thank you.
Ah, thank you! I noticed that…the cover photo! I know, right? Gotta love my library! 🥰
Yeah, don't be worried about putting down the Zola. It's hard to spend a lot of time with people you dislike, no matter how interesting they are...
Very well put! 🥰