Friday Reads June 28: fiction & nonfiction in audio + a graphic memoir, & why I only read 3 books
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- In this booktube episode I talk about two audiobooks-historical fiction & philosophy-as well as a graphic memoir. I also chat about a spice rack, rowing, gardening, knitting & an embroidery stitchalong.
00:00 intro (nonreading activities)
7:11 🇺🇸🎧 God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O’Gieblyn; audiobook read by Rebecca Lowman; published by Random House Audio
09:48 🏴🎧 Clear by Carys Davies; audiobook read by Russ Bain; published by Simon & Schuster
12:35 🇺🇸 Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls; published by McClelland and Stewart
18:05 Outro: embroidery stitching
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Other mentions:
Gorge Narrows Rowing Club: gorgerowing.ca/index.html
The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies
Christi Johnson on Instagram: @christijay and @stichwish
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The satisfaction of an organized spice rack! Feeding a ghosts sounds excellent.
@@myreadinglife8816 Every day I am happy about my spice rack! It’s the little things in life. 🌻
Although I love the way you talk about books, I just love all the other wonderful parts of your life that you share. Whether it’s gardening, natural dyes, cooking/baking, knitting, stitching, traveling, or rowing, it is so delightful to learn about the many interests you have. You inspire me to pursue interests and experience new things. You have also expanded my world of reading. I am definitely putting in a library request for the graphic memoir. I love Carys Davies’ writing. The first book I read by her was West, and I was mesmerized. I picked up my library hold of Clear and can’t wait to start reading it. Just finished Beautyland by Marie Helene-Bertino and enjoyed it.
I am so glad you are here on YT, Lindy.😊
Joanne, thanks so much for your lovely message. I feel warm all over. And thank you for reminding me about Beautyland; I enjoyed 2 am at the Cat’s Pyjamas and knew she had another book out but it had slipped my mind. Now it’s back front and centre on my TBR. 😘🤗
You have been busy! I can already smell the delicious cooking that will be done with all the spices. 😋
I imagine there are many people who would find having so many spices unfathomable, but for me it’s a joy. 😁
Organized spices! That's a terrific gift. I have Clear waiting on my book cart; I'm glad you had a good review. A gem awaits me. I'm really impressed with your rowing hobby!
Hi Angelia and thanks for your comments. 🥰 Clear is definitely a gem!
Hi Lindy, you’re having a wonderful summer with rowing cooking, knitting and embroidery stitch work. And of course reading!
I found the end part very calming. Aloha friend.
Thanks Maya. I debated whether or not to increase the speed of needlework video and in the end I doubled it, which is still slow enough to see all the movements.
@@lindysmagpiereads you are amazing! When my house was renovated about five years ago we put in a Lazy Susan where we put our spices, but I always had spice jars since I was really young. I don’t have 60 spices though.😀
@@MarilynMayaMendoza A lazy Susan is a good idea for access to spices. This new spice rack came with sheets of labels for 500 (!!) different spices. I checked off 71 and then had to winnow my list because there are only 60 jars. 😆
The vest is looking great and I’m sure the spice rack will be a wonderful addition to your kitchen. 💜
I already love the spice rack. I don’t know why I called it a spice cabinet in the video. 🙃
Wow! God Human Animal Machine sounds like a can't miss to me, and I adore the way you talked about disenchantment vs enchantment in our perspective on the world around us. I will have to internalize that.
@@ReadBecca Thanks Rebecca! If you read God Human Animal Machine, I am curious to know your thoughts. 🤗
Feeding Ghosts seems like a book I need to read.
Shawn talked about it a while back on his channel and he was blown away too. It’s got a special something, different from other graphic memoirs that I have read.
@@lindysmagpiereads yes I remember Shawn talking about it. The problem is that it is quite expensive and is not available at my library.
@@59cubanita I am making a sad face on your behalf. I hope it becomes available in the future.
Hi Lindy. Lovely to sit in the sun and watch here on a Saturday morning. I will definitely look out for the graphic memoir you recommended. Thank you 😊❤
Hi Tanya! I’m glad to hear you are enjoying winter sunshine. 😊
@@lindysmagpiereads It was 5 degrees Celsius and now warming to a lovely day. I love to sit with my first tea of the day and tune in.
@@tanyam6197 It makes me smile to hear that. Thank you. 💕
I really enjoyed Clear as well! I recommended Brooms to a friend after reading it based on your review and she read it this week and really enjoyed it.
Clear grows in my estimation the more I think about it. Remarkable for such a spare novel.
Thanks for telling me about your friend’s enjoyment of Brooms. It’s nice to hear that the word is spreading!
I finished Clear a couple of months ago and I'm still deciding what I think about the ending. Feeding Ghosts is on my list. I hope to get to it soon. As always, I love hearing what you are up to outside of books. Rowing, knitting, spices, oh my!
I was surprised by the ending of Clear, and surprise is a good thing for me. I’m going to include a spoiler, so anyone who doesn’t want to see it, stop here!
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At first I thought it was too quick for Mary to have gone through the range of emotions she did before suggesting a solution. It seemed too neat. Too pat. But then I remembered her compassionate comments earlier on about eviction of the island resident and taking into account her close friendship with another woman when she was younger-it adds up to a realistic possibility for the ending chosen by the author. I also think that Ivor could no longer abide living in isolation, even if he had been allowed to, so it was good that he became part of a new family.