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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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0:00 how I used to read
5:02 fetish for decaf tea
7:05 the method? Again..?
7:35 Out (natsuo kirino)
8:13 Rebecca (daphne du maurier)
12:05 kindle paperwhite
14:05 The Lord of The Rings (tolkein)
15:08 Big Magic (elizabeth gilbert)
15:55 Atlas Shrugged (ayn rand)
18:01 Russian literature
18:25 Hamlet (shakespeare)
19:17 The English Teacher (lily king)
20:36 A Passage to India (em forster)
22:40 I Capture The Castle (dodie smith)
24:12 Play It As It Lays (joan didion)
29:37 The Other (thomas tryon)
31:00 Murtagh (christopher paolini)
34:14 Kissinger (walter isaacson)
37:05 bye bye!
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Watching your videos (listening, actually) while doing my night skincare routine. It felt like I’m video calling a friend who loves to read books. None of my friends read books, sadly, and i have no one to talk to about books. Your channel is a comforting presence in my life :) I’m glad i discovered u
I love this because I’m doing my morning skincare routine while watching this video and it’s so comforting ☺️
❤️skincare and book videos….how perfect
🥺🥺no this is why i started a youtube channel, for good book chats and fun ppl like you. Im glad you're here chatting w me
i'm watching/listening to this video while crocheting and its such a chill vibe.
@@fiddleleaffiction @bellestrawberries umm... not a skincare-bookworm bestie meet-cute in the comment section?! pls tell me the two of you are bffs now???
I don’t know if this sounds dumb but I love watching/ listening to your videos in the morning while getting ready. I love how you rant and realistically explain your opinions! Especially cause your videos are so calm and sort of peaceful wich is perfect in the morning :) and your videos are the perfect length too!!! I love your humor and you inspire me so much. I love your channel
literally me rn
aww shut up!! it warms my rinky dinky heart to hear this
i’m always staring at the books in the background . . . i need a room tour 👏🏼
ill THINK about it.
I can see them fine. They’re all John Grisham and a couple Animorphs
You've slowly become my favorite youtuber ever since discovering your channel. I come for the books and stay for the sass
im building an empire...
I love your videos, thank you for validating my starting/ stopping of books
im glad you enjoy them 🫣🫶 im here to encourage everyone to stop reading ;)
We love a nuanced take on Ayn Rand 🙌 atlas shrugged is on my shelf, staring at me every day. Also I totally have a similar reading method and the problem is that it gives me anxiety to let books go on for so long and I think for me it really slows my pace. I’m going to test out reading one book at a time, we’ll see how that goes 😅 p.s. love your reading taste!!
give atlas shrugged a shot! hahah.. i get how it makes you feel. once i get to an obscene number of books i start getting anxious too
I don't really read books, but I enjoy watching your videos. Love the calm and cozy atmosphere of your videos
aw thank you!! 🥺
Rebecca is one of my favourite books ever, so glad you were able to find an edition you liked to read it :)
My copy is my grandmother’s and it’s one of my prized possessions (the paper reeks)… I agree tension is a good word over exciting haha!
Love the videos keep it up :)
mmmm i bet the paper smells good. i want an old ass copy of rebecca 😭
a midsummer night’s dream is a great way to get (back) into shakespeare because the story is fun and whimsical and the writing is somewhat easier to read/understand than his other plays
you might be on to something. i should try a comedy, i feel like he could make me giggle
Omg, this is exactly my reading process! I thought for sure no one else read in my crazy fashion…although, I do feel I actually get more reading done, because I don’t feel locked in. And if there is a book that I do want to finish and it’s dragging…I will assign myself like 10 pages a day and eventually get through it. I distinctly remember reading House of Mirth this way….omg, that bitch was relegated to 5 pages a day….but I got through it!
i started to do this too!
ohhhh no not house of mirth 😩 congrats on pushing through tho 🫡
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I love hearing you talk. ❤
thank you🥺🫣
This was a really refreshing Booktube video to stumble upon this evening. Actually that's a lie, because this is actually the second video of yours that I've watched tonight (the other being your perfectly idiosyncratic 'Books For Lonely Fall' which I loved for simply having done something heart felt and original, rather than the same trite list that so many creators churn out at this time of year.) There was no airs of pretence, no grand overarching objective (your "controlled chaos" vibe just made you even more endearing). You weren't going along with what's currently cool, not were you trying to claim to only be a serious reader of intellectually impressive tomes.
No, you were just yourself. In both videos. Your passion for the authors, books, and lines you quoted was genuine. Which sounds like a no-brainer, right. I mean isn't that the whole point in having a Booktube channel? Do that you can share how you feel and what you truly think about books? Well yes, it definitely started out that way, but over the past few years there has been an increase in people making content to generate profit. They work the algorithm and put more effort into networking their way into cliques, to boost the popularity and ultimately their income. Discourse around books has suffered as a result, so I'm always on the lookout for a new channel to follow.
You don't come across as someone who prioritises avarice and who will use artifice to get there. You seen real. Your tastes are eclectic, you don't seen like the type to criticise any of legislature's "sacred cows". Your current reading list is exactly the right amount of schizophrenic, and the way you vacillate wildly between genres, is adorably haphazard and I'm totally here for it. (I did nearly leap out of my chair when you referred to the 90s as "historic" but then I had a word with myself, remembered that I'm now 43, so 1993 was 30 years ago, and that's just something I need to accept, lol. So yeah, I'm old enough to be your mom, but I still really dig your whole vibe, as well as your frank, honest opinions on books. Subbed!
Also, I get you in the Didion thing. I started off with 'Slouching To Bethlehem" which is the main essay in a collection of them, published under that same name. Yes she is writing in the 60s but the stark parallels between the poverty crime, squalor and children being trafficked back then...And the absolute state of California today, are uncanny. History might not repeat, but it sure did echo.
It's a good starting place to lean about Didion and her brilliant eye for what she should write about. It's a slim volume of essays, but if you want to sample some of it, you can find the titular essay online (legimately..It's free online to read)
She is very much of the 60s,but with STB it's like having a the guide show you how bad things were. You'll learn a few useful things about drug deals, murder trials where the death penalty was sought for a female murderer, and a bit about how she wrote.
If you like biographies I read the latest one in her, earlier this year. I absolutely loved it and felt like the biographer really nailed Didions style.
I really want to re-read it again this upcoming new year.
Adieu x
I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS. i am happy to hear you enjoy the vids!! "exactly the right amount of schizophrenic" is my goal for this channel. I think you might be brilliant for recommending a didion biography. (im not not a fan of biographies!) Im sure it would make her work more enjoyable. thank you for taking the time to leave such a sexy comment
Hey, Charles. I just discovered your channel and love it. Your manic laughter is wonderfully surreal, but in a great way (!). As is your excellent insight into books. But, okay, my favorite tea is lapsang souchong. (I like Twining's, but I'm sure there's better.) The first time someone brewed a cup for me I asked, "What's burning?" It has a very smoky taste, is very strong, and is very delicious, at least to me.
thank you! hahah i will check out lapsan souchong, ive never tried a smoky tea my interest is piqued
I’m so grateful for booktubers & booktube b/c I’ve gotten exposure to things I’ve never would’ve learned about. Also I have anxiety and for some reason, listening to people talk about books calms me down lol!!! I love your channel & appreciate your insights/ witty humor. 🙏🏼👏🏻
aww shut up!! Im grateful for the booktube community too
I'm so glad you included I Capture the Castle! I read it for the first time this summer and had never heard of it before, but I loved every second, the characters are so charming and really stuck with me.
i looooved I capture the castle 😭 the characters are really great
Booktube has definitely changed how I read too! I might do a video on that sometime in the future.
Your natural reading style of just starting a lot of books would stress me out. But I do love how that gives you a taste of a lot of different things and keeps the pressure off DNFing.
hahah it does stress me out sometimes. do a video!!
I LOVE UR VIDEOS SO ENTERTAINING 😭❤️
My new fav is Claire Keegan….she writes short stories and novellas, which are typically not my thing….BUT she is crazy good…I just fly through her books, collections!
Claire keegan is my favourite too! Although her stories are short, they always leave such a big impact on me. Especially small things like these, that book lives in my head rent free
@@-rianna that is a beautiful story!!!💚
I learned abit about the Irish because of her, which is something because I’m American Irish and I didn’t know what troubles they faced over there. Her stories left a good impact on me.
eek! she sounds good. ive added small things like these to my list
very excited for the 15k subscriber special where you have a book burning bonfire! 😁🔥
*dam bro posts every time I have exams * all jokes , your videos make the studying less painful so thank you
lolll i hope exams go well... 👀
I've been binge-watching your videos this week. Very fun. While watching your videos, I've felt less alone in my reading habits. This one especially confirmed for me that I'm not an idiot for not finishing the books I start. I finish some of them. But definitely not most, because I start so many at once. I love having a bunch of different kinds of books started so I can pick up whichever one fits my mood at that moment.
Anyways, your channel is fantastic and you're hilarious and so refreshing to watch.
awww im dam late responding to this but im grateful you enjoyed the vids. never feel like an idiot for not finishing books!
i'm watching some of your videos and your vibes have so much comfort and you remind me remus lupin or a character of a dark academia book for sure.
i am honored to comfort..i love lupin so im feeling pretty flattered
ok I LOVE didion (even though I don't get all the references) and for her basically you have to read her in summer (preferably outside, tanning or lounging by the pool). I've read White Album but Slouching Towards Bethlehem is by far the better essay collection. I read it in order but here's the 3 essays I have dog-eared: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, On Self Respect, and Goodbye to All That. On Morality and Marrying Absurd all also gems--she really shines on her personal essays. As for White Album, I only have In The Islands dog-eared, but the later essays are a little less history-focused. didion NEVER MISSES but I agree, sometimes it's hard to understand all that she's covering
ugh i shouldnt have started with the white album. ill pick up slouching. ive read on self respect online and i love it! i forgot to say in the vid. didion in the summer sounds hot i cant lie
I love all these new videos charlie bby
thank you milly baby
love the way you talk about books! i also have a kindle and i also refuse to buy ebooks, i only use it because of libby, and i usually go on a binge of sending the books over all at once and i find it less annoying that way hehe
thank you! yea i got the kindle with the intention of just libbying everything. I need to do your binge send method
i read the same way as you, it’s more chill that way. my fav tea is chamomile and lavender. great vid 📚
thank you ;) ive been eyeing a lavender tea at my local grocery store...
It’s a good weekend, csop video! AYN RAND - I just talked about my journey w/Ayn in the University tag video. I discovered her, her fiction & Objectivism when i was in my 20s. It was mind-blowing to me. Cool to think of how you read as a cycle of books. It really works for me. So smart! It feeds the mood reader always to have one on the go. TEA: yes. I just saw that green peppermint tea at TJs today, almost bought it. But I don’t know if it was decaf.
I’m an Earl Gray fan myself. Twinings. I HAVE to get to Rebecca. I read it SO long ago… Didion: and oh yes…The Year of Magical Thinking. One of my fave AUDIO books ever.
im a rand fan till i die! 🫣 earl gray (with milk and sugar of course) was my first true love. you must try the TJ tea. Rebecca is best enjoyed with a cup of tea ;)
@@cs0p , I DO need to re-read Rebecca since I don't recall it at all. And, now, with a required cup of tea this time of yr, for sure. I'm putting Rebecca on my white board for '24. 🤩
my new fav. i’m reading secret history because of you LOL
!!! i hope you enjoy
yr [old] method of reading is basically exactly mine. I love the flexibility it affords me, and how it de-dramatizes putting a book down. you explain it perfectly (I may in fact quote you if I ever make the "how I read" video I've been thinking about for a while): I don't have to make a firm dnf choice as soon as my interest wanes in a book. I can set it aside, and if it becomes a de facto dnf by virtue of the fact that I never want to go back to it, I can officially call it.
no it really is the best method. I forgot how great the flexibility is. I would love a bibliosophie how i read vid...
As for Shakespeare, I recommend reading Richard III! I was never a Shakespeare girl in high school but I've found a new appreciation for his work now that I'm doing my undergrad in English lit. His work is fun because no two people have the same exact interpretations. If you wish to develop a deeper understanding (at least for Richard III) I would watch Al Pacino's, Looking for Richard :3
oo ooo oo i feel like a history might be just what i need. i think someone else said lovers of game of thrones (me haha) should try richard. i added looking for richard to my lettrboxed...
Shakespeare makes for some of the most immersive reading ever for me, as it forces me to stay engaged in the story to understand what is happening, and for some reason, it has never felt like a chore of any kind! Ayn Randy’s books are incredibly well written at times, where the mystery and suspense of the story keeps adding layers to itself. Parts of it are gripping, other parts are a little slow, but it’s a great read over all
i need to get into shakey!! agreed on the rand front, she writes an engaging story
- The book cheating right there hit home ! Once you see something tantalising, it's like the current book just meanders a little, and I just can't think to force it. I ruined Dracula for myself when I first started off- never again. Please take the time you need!
- A way I kept my burgeoning bushel together was assigning myself a few pieces to finish by say a month. They don't necessarily need to be books- good academic papers, especially those working in the literary realm, are composed eloquently enough (save the amount of bad Wilde puns I've seen-) and easy to bulldoze through. They're also informative, and may come in handy as context. Additionally you can dnf with less guilt.
- This is so awkward given the squareness of the previous points, but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Some quality to your videos (minimal filters/editing? the calmness that pervades? the unbleepedness of it all?) and YOU (dry-humoured, flippant, honest, widespread recs, 而且看得懂普通话哈哈) makes them so bizarrely mellow that when a new one drops it's a little burst of joy. This stuff hard carries me irl.
Cheers from Singapore,
Anna 🐌
Anna!! thank you 🥺 what a sweet, thoughtful comment. I might just try reading a few papers every month..unless i hit a bad wilde pun ;)
I'm adding "mental mastication" to my vocal asap. I love your honesty here! As a fellow mood reader booktuber, I've had to really be ok with not reaching as many subscribers/watchers bc it doesn't fit the algorithm.
the algorithm sucks...im only happy when i like the content i put out, not how it performs
I’m so glad you liked Rebecca and are liking I Capture the Castle. Both are in my top books of all time. Read My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier too, I personally think the pacing is better than Rebecca.
i remember you saying you liked DuM in an older comment! I'm excited to read Rachel..
New viewer here 👋🏽 this is my first video of yours, crazy, I know, and honestly I thoroughly enjoyed it!! Hooked and looking forward to seeing more of your content, as I don’t really watch any booktube/booktok content at all really.
So funny how I was wondering if you were gonna mention Didion, and you mentioned a book that was my first read of her (and only… just read it a couple of months ago.) I’m really surprised by your take of her writing!! Specifically in reference to your difficulty with her being entrenched in sixties references. As a girly that has little knowledge to be proud of the sixties, I actually didn’t find it a problem to read. (Ngl, I don’t remember too much my experience of it. Maybe I skipped things I didn’t understand? I have no recollection.) I am with you on her prose though. It was her prose that had me hooked tbh, and I’m ngl, you really have to finish it. Maybe I’m soft (and not very desensitized to anything really) but the story at the end had me feeling heartbroken.
Also super funny that you mention McCarthy, because I’m currently reading my first of him rn, All the Pretty Horses. While I do like appreciate his writing a lot, you are so right about his attempt at run-on/stream-of- consciousness sentences. As I experience them, it feels like he’s shoving them down my throat lmao. Not natural at all.
For nonfiction, do you only ever read biographies? I was thinking of picking up Isaacson’s book on Leonardo da Vinci, but I haven’t ever gotten to it lmao. Right now I’m reading The Lords of Easy Money by Christopher Leonard, and maybe it’s an easier read for me since I’m in business school, but for a book about the federal reserve and interest rates, the writing feels very centered around people and the storytelling imo, and feels very easy to stay engaged in so I would recommend it. (Other nf I’m reading rn is Oliver Roeder’s Seven Games and Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve, but I haven’t gotten too deep into yet…)
Overall, love love the video, it made me so happy knowing someone has a similar reading style to me (how do you not read 5+ books at once lmao). Speaking of, my rule when I visit book stores is that I’m required to read the first 5-30 pages lol. I refuse to buy a book otherwise haha. Anyways, keep up the good work 🥺☺️
aw thank you for the comment! i remember the white album being heavy sixties specifically. i shouldve read pretty horses first bc i know its very beloved. someone gave me leonardo for christmas one year! i think i read a few pages hahaha im not opposed to any nonfiction! i just dont know where to start and biographies feel comfortable. i need to start just reading a few pages in the bookstore
happy one year bestie 🥳🫂🍾
thank you, sexy 😁
The new Rebecca movie adaptation with Lily James was really good. It’s on Netflix. The kindle is actually quite a useful thing. I got a 2nd gen like 10-11 years ago and it’s still going strong. It’s the best way to read at night. Also, I use to always read it in public when I didn’t want people asking me what I was reading. I feel like having a book with the cover flashing in the wind is an invite for extroverts to ask you about it. The kindle staves them off. Lol
I love this degree of your introvertedness 🤗
HAHAH no I GET YOU ppl interrogating me is like 80% of why i dont read in public. I need to try it on the kindle. i will check out the netflix rebecca
I’m obsessed with your channel already. Immediate follow. Feels like I know you already. 😂
thank you, sexy ;)
I stopped the movie, I was watching to come watch you!
shut the hell up no you did not 🫣🫶
@@cs0p I so did!! 🫶
Yayyy new contenttt❤❤❤❤
yay a sexy fan ;)
6:57 the word is phalanges! so for me I've really been enjoying Egyptian chamomile tea lately, I've been drinking it for my blood pressure and anxiety and it actually helps. I put almond milk and honey into it and it tastes like a Christmas cookie, so give it a try if that's your thing. also a fan of lemon tea actually, and of course Earl Grey. though ultimately my drink of choice is just diet Pepsi
ultimate diet pepsi hahah, earl gray is a classic, i need to get into chamomile ive never been a huge fan
I totally agree with you abt Joan didion I could not finish the white album! It was SO reference heavy it was just unenjoyable at that point
meeee too me too me too. the white album is the worst reference heavy work of hers ive read
That’s my favorite tea! It is still available, but only during the holidays - so stock up. (It’s apparently a very popular item at TJ.)
mmmm ok i will, i need to go check the shelves
Stopped what I was doing to watch this video!!
good. 😤🫣🫶
IT’S GONNA BE A FIRE SATURDAY WHEN MR SOP POSTS!!!!!
ayn rand
also check out grotesque and real world by kirino
i just bought grotesque and Im itching to read it.... 🫡🫣🫶
I enjoy reading more when I give in to the whole “cycle” thing you’re talking about. I’m glad I’m not alone.
its the definitive best method ;)
@@cs0p Agreed. We gotta remember to have fun with it. 💙
i love love looove daphne du maurier, literally one of my favorite authors. personally i recommend the house on the strand, its one of my beloved novels
eek! i will add it to my list 🫡
just looked it up and it looks so fun
@@cs0p i hope u’ll like it!! i plan on rereading it this december :)
Your hair looks really good like this 🙃
His hair always looks great doesn't it?
@@davidl8298 nah this is 100% his look connie baby
@@tannerv259 yes I think you maybe right! Best wishes David from the UK
HAHAHA THANKS FANS
I used to only focus on one book until i picked up Priory and realized I can't always focus on a 800 page fantasy book🫠 I'm currently reading a collection of easays/introductions/speeches etc which is longer than i thought and i rarely read nonfiction, so I've reread a trilogy and finished a contemporary in the middle of it. Now I'm still reading it but have a classic on audiobook lol
lol priory. you now understand the assignment...
I have been reading A Prayer For Owen Meany and it makes me think of you. I have a feeling you would totally enjoy it!
🥺 i have added to my list
Happy 1 year ish 🎉🎉
Try Jasmine Tea quite aromatic and calming.
Actually great reading system haha
I just have to finish even if I'm not enjoying it. It really annoying tbh.
thank you 🫣 i need to get into jasmine tea, ive never really grabbed it up
I just got Out delivered and will be reading it next month! 😄
!!!! i cant wait to hear what you think👀
I never pay money to download books (or movies) either, I always find them for free somewhere and consider it very OK.
You've got some balls to admit to liking Ayn Rand on RUclips. I like her as well!
Forster is sooo difficult, especially to a non-native English speaker! I struggled with his fantastic early "Maurice".
paying for digital content just isnt in our blood. I can see forster being difficult for non native english speakers. It's a slog for me too sometimes
I think the TJ's Candy Cane tea is seasonal and we are just about to enter the season where it's back in stores!
mmmmm thank you ill go stalk the stores ;)
I just got back into reading this year & am a bit burnt out by the one at a time book-reading method. Definitely want to try this method in the new year!
you need to try this method. it saves me from so much reading burnout
I've watched this video a couple of times. I love listening to you talking about books. I like how you dig into them... something I miss from certain "bigger" BookTubers, who just recount what's written on the back of the book... Have you read short stories by Dorothy Parker? I really recommend The Collected Dorothy Parker. I think you'll just LOVE her sarcasm and wit.
i told myself i wasnt going to buy books for the next few months BUT im trusting you with my life and ive just ordered this on amazon. I have to believe my superfans ;)
@@cs0p Let me know what your thoughts on it are once you've finished it. She's almost as witty as you. If I remember correctly, 'The Collected Dorothy Parker ' also includes poetry. This is one of her poems:
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
sooo so good even though i love the smell of gasoline 🫣@@Wout.vlmnck
@@cs0p Wow, you really ARE the man of my dreams.
@@cs0p Also thanks for trusting me on this and ordering the book. That's really sweet. 💜
Hahaha totally felt the Christopher paolini and big words rant! I remember picking up Eragon when i was 15 and the first sentence had a big vocab word (i believe it was "conflagration") and i thought the guy was sooo pretentious. But very possible i was just jealous bc we were the same age and bro was a published author 😩
me too on the jealous front hahah, eragon is blast i need to not stomp on kids books 🫣
Actually, I just saw it on TJ’s shelves on Sunday, hoping they bring back the Madagascaran Vanilla seasonal tea with the cute lemur on the box, that I miss. I usually would buy 6-8 boxes to have it throughout the year.
StoryGraph has changed how I read, part good, part not so. I’m going to tweak it for 2024 to make it less stressful how I’ve come to do it. It had especially discouraged me from doing supper mammoth books I hoping to correct.
RUclips has also discouraged from reading mammoth books! Im trying to get better about it. I need to look into the lemur tea...
Charles boppin around in the 60s with homegirl Joan was not a fantasy i ever had but now i do
lol i wish id been around in the 60s 😪
I just saw I capture the castle in a used book store - a first edition - and it looks just like the one you have!! So I feel like it’s likely you have a first edition 🤔🫣
youre lying....this bithc is old as shit you might be right low key. I still want to throw the dust jacket away tho 😭
Good natural method. It is nice to come across those books that you can't put down. Best wishes.
its the best...good wishes to you too...
5:24 i love tea and im so glad to hear you say this
tea is theee best
I love tea too 🥰 There's a tea company from my area called Market Spice, but you can also buy their teas online. I'd recommend their cinnamon-orange black tea. Even my mom who normally hates tea loves it! For a non-caffeinated tea I'd recommend rooibos.
I'd also recommend Hitchcock's Rebecca. He did have to change the ending because of the Hays (morality) Code in Hollywood at the time. But it's one of my favorites of his movies, and it is close to the book besides the ending.
mmmm i love a citrusy tea. ok ok ill give hitchcock R a chance
Teavana used to sell this white chocolate peppermint tea and it’s my fav cuz it’s SO good but it’s so hard to grab now 😭
mmmmmm that sounds so good. ive tried their pre made chai and its tasty
I’m so glad there is someone else out there who questions Didion
there. is. 😘
Your facial expressions get me every time
im thinking about doing a video where I just make faces to express my feelings about books
@@cs0p thatd be everything omg pls do
I just binged all your videos today both harder and faster than Neely O'Hara binging a bottle of pills. *taps vein* more videos pls
HAHAH NOT NEELY
Literally SAME with me !!!!! So glad I'm not alone in this reading style... and I'm just as dramatic lol. I also have stacks and stacks of currently reading, TBR, and soft DNF's all over the house! Fav tea : Earl Grey in the morning and Chamomile at night :)
mmmmmmm earl gray is the best. i need to get on the chamomile hype train! its good to hear there are other apes with piles of half read books everywhere
That's exactly how I read. My adhd would never let me read one book at a time unless I hyperfixate, then I don't eat and sleep for two days reading the book 🤷🏻♀️ I'm also just as addicted to caffeine, headaches and all, I drink coffee because it calms me down and helps me focus, so I don't really want to quit, but the thing about coffee is the amount you drink stops being enough and you start needing more and more and more, so to deal with that I do some sort of detox or whatever you call it in English like once every half a year or so. I don't drink coffee for a week or a bit more, the headaches stop by day 3-4, by the end of the week you feel perfect, you just have to get through that (pick time for it wisely because you will not be able to do anything productive in those days). It's very much possible and you almost got there when you gave up I think
i need to adopt your detox method. Im a slave to caffeine. reading only one book at a time is difficult for me too
i LOVE tea thank you for the recommendation
tea is the sexiest i need to give it a bigger platform. booktube 🤝 teatube
Totally enchanting. Maybe watch a production of Hamlet, don't read it? The one from the Almeida with the Fleabag priest (I NEVER remember his name...) is terrific. Harold Bloom on Hamlet is fascinating.
i think youre right. I need to check out a production and then circle back to read it
honestly you have the vibes of someone who would have been around and popping in the 60s with joan didion
loll thank you ;)
yes bb u r a SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and you are my favorite booktuber 😘
I loved both Memoirs about the deaths in Didion's life. SO GOOD.
im very excited to give them a shot 👀
This is a most delightful video- thank you for sharing your reading list with everyone!!! A Passage to India is a magnificent novel- I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I wish for you the same!!! Also, The Other by Thomas Tryon is a favorite horror novel of mine- I loved it!?!?! It has a twist within that I did not see coming, and I had to re-read it just to make sure I read it right- a little incentive for you, just in case!?! 😀 Also, if you enjoy The Other ( or even if not!), I HIGHLY recommend his book Harvest Home, which I love even more- a folk horror novel that stayed with me longer than I expected, which is the best kind!!!!! 😀 Please keep the fantabulous content flowing, and as always, until next time, wonderful Mr. Charles!!!!! 🎉 😀 ❤ P.S. Have a blessed, beautiful, scrumptious Happy Thanksgiving week!?!?! 😊🥳
nicholas! you have encouraged me to keep going with The Other and India. I have a gorgeous copy of Harvest Home! it might make an appearance in a video if I get my act together. I hope you had a nice thanksgiving! See you soon...
You LIKED Where Angels Fear to Tread??? I guess I just didn’t get it. It seemed to drag on and I didn’t care about the characters. I didn’t understand what the point was.
I just finished Norwegian Wood myself and um, ok. It was my first Murakami and it was interesting. It’s apparently his only non-magical realism novel and I’m not in a MR mood so I guess I won’t be revisiting him for a while. I’m interested in 1Q84 since it’s so long hut I have fall and winter books I want to get through before the seasons pass.
Good to see you again, take care!
i loved angels!! The character dialogue was what really hit for me. I get how it can drag on tho, forster isnt the most fun to digest. lol on murakami, i havent tried him yet but am also intrigued 1q84..take care as well, sexy fan
Can you give us an eye roll count in the bottom corner of the video so I know how many we get to by the end please?
HAHAH
Murtagh’s writing gets a lot better once the plot hits off 20-30 pages in. The rest of the book didn’t have oddly used big words and had a really beautiful story unfold.
ok ok maybe ill keep tring
to answer ur tea question, my favorite teas are peppermint, orange, and ginger! chamomile for sleeping :) tea is one of my favorite beverages, i try to drink it daily. not a huge coffee person tho!
also yay for reading cycles! i love to savor books and am a slow reader because of that so i often like to start a bunch as well and mood read :) it's nice to take a while to truly enjoy and savor art
savoring is another big reason i do the cycle method!! i forgot to mention it, but sometimes i pick up a book i really love and i really want to savor it so i read other books in between. i need to kick coffee and just do tea 🫣
My favorite teas are Twinnings English Breakfast Tea, Twinnings English Afternoon Tea, Twinnings Irish Breakfast Tea, Twinings Pure Oolong Tea, Twinings Darjeeling Tea, Twinnings Earl Grey Tea, and Harney and Sons Paris Blend!
mmm twinnings for the win. i need to try it so i can say we are twinning haha
Hamlet has been in my tbr for like a year I thought I would love to read shakespeare but as I started reading it, it just didn't click for me so I'm waiting for the time when I have the motivation to read it
me too me too ME TOO
For someone whose never read Tolstoy, what's the first book you would recommend?
while i found this video to be enjoyable - to be quite frank i think that i, myself, would find your reading routine torturous. i think this is because my reading routine is very different. typically what i’ll is buy/receive anywhere from 6-10 books, read one at a time, until i’ve finished through all of them, and repeat. obviously this does have its limitations, such as when i spent a year and a half reading a 600 page novel because i have a completionist mindset, but otherwise, i find that it works exceptionally well. also my reading speed is often 30pph, and a general reading goal of atleast 100ppd. also, i’m curious - if you were to select a list of your top six/seven favorite contemporary authors/novelists, who would you select and why? mine would be (and note that i mean this list unironically, earnestly, and fervently, and also in no particular order) donna tartt, stephenie meyer, jeffrey eugenides, elena ferrante, kazuo ishiguro, gillian flynn, & joan didion.
lol i understand. it can a bit torturous sometimes. mine would probably line up with the authors of my fav books ever. tartt is def #1. your list is so awesome
new video yayy
and a new sexy first comment ;)
I think it's about time I dipped into "the World of Book(s)." Which book would you recommend to a beginner bearing in mind I may only ever read one?
hahah you seem like a silly guy. "lets pretend this never happened" is a funny, short memoir that made me laugh a bunch. It's made up of short sections so it's really easy to pick up and read just a bit whenever you feel like it. tell me if you give it a shot!
@@cs0p Thank you, I'll give it a go, although the title is giving me PTSD flashbacks to my last job interview
Lady Earl Grey Black Tea (for hot tea) and Raspberry Black Tea (for cold tea), both by Maya Tea. They package their tea in air-vacuumed resealable bags.
mmm i will try the raspberry black tea. i always love earl gray
Greetings from Scotland 🏴 (which is part of Great Britain/United Kingdom 😉). I'm glad you enjoyed Rebecca - I have 10 different editions! The first line of I Capture the Castle is one of my favourite....and that edition ❤
Have you read Stoner or Butcher's Crossing by John Williams? Both masterpieces IMO.
Favourite tea = Yorkshire Gold 💚
I’ve had Stoner in my kindle FOREVER; should I move that to next up?
@@kathleena4038 Immediately 😃.... the quiet, gentle prose is beautiful. I do hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
HAHA hi scotland ;) 10 different editions!! I can't blame you. I bet they're gorgeous. When i was younger i had multiple copies of the exact same book from thrift stores. Also I've already amassed 3 editions of I capture the castle 🫣 I loved stoner! I need to pick up butchers crossing. Ive never tried yorkshire gold but it has been added to my TTBR (tea tbr ha ha)
@@cs0p TTBR - Brilliant 😄
I LOVE I Capture the Castle!!!! There is a movie too, and it’s not bad!
i just finished it and i loved it so much 😭
I made myself a tea YOU INFLUENCER i really like the harney & sons special edition tins i made jane’s garden tea which is green tea w pomegranate and roses i also like their ralphs american breakfast tea it is quite strong and tastes preppy. Hawaiian Islands tea company and lupicia hawaii are my other fav tea brands. If it’s not wintertime, tea for me will almost always mean going to a boba shop. Green and white teas with fruit juices are my weakness. Yes more ppl need to talk about lily king, about rebecca. You should def try lotr on audiobook read by andy serkis he sings! His voice lends gravitas to the already wonderful words.
i cant tea influence the queen of tea herself!! i swear you have a sexy cup of tea in every video. the harney and sons tea sounds delicious. im on their website rn and there's a white christmas tea that looks so good 😭 maybe ill order myself a couple tins for christmas...a tea that tastes preppy. i need it. i loooove the ralphs coffee designs. im partial to thai tea boba, i need to branch out 🫣 I might just listen to lotr and read along bc its taking me forever to get through
16:09 I love it and and her writing is greater than her ideas.
you get it.
please really hope u winter book recommendation making my lonely Christmas less lonely❤
its in the works i promise...😏
22:02 I do the same thing but I make it at least to get to a hundred pages, it makes me get in to a book so much smoother!
100 pages is generous of you...i respect the hustle. but i agree getting a chunk out of the way in one sitting makes the book smoother and more enjoyable
@@cs0p oh definitely! Truly best read a chunk of the book right away, makes it easier to decide to continue or not
Maybe I need to start reading multiple books at once more often. I only do it when I'm reading a book for school and one for myself, yesterday I finished two books by doing this. :)
You must adopt this method.
@@cs0p Noted
Trader Joe's Winter Wake Up tea is my favorite. It's more of a spicy cinnamon tea and my go to for cold weather.
shut up...TJs didnt sell it one year and i bought 12 boxes of it on amazon. This was my favorite tea ever and still is when i dont mind the caffeine. it tastes great cold too mmmm
I LOVE TEA, my fav is supreme (😏) matcha green by Pukka... it doesnt have a strong matcha flavour, more just like green tea, really good
mmmmm i love matcha. i need to start making it myself 🫣
Do you have a book club? I'd love to join if you do lol
i dont..maybe i should make one...
I love tea! There's this danish brand called Chaplon Tea, that makes the best Earl Grey tea! That's my favorite
mmmmm i just bought a box of decaf earl gray hahah. I will check out chaplon tea 🫡
@@cs0p I hope you enjoy your tea! 😊
bring back the sassy eye roll plz 💞
HAHAH i understand the mission.
you're everything I want and more
good. stay here baby.