What a lovely surprise to see your video tonight!! Thank you for the summary of each book, and listening to your whispered reading. You are so kind, and very much appreciated! 😊 Thank you!!
I love reading so I can give you some recs if you want! My favorite series is Outlander. It's definitely a commitment (9 huge books and she's writing number 10 now) but omg. If you don't mind a long commitment, the reward is SO worth it. The Witcher series is also very good. For stand alone books, The Man Who Came and Went is fabulous. The Silent Patient, Circe, The Snow Child, Stranger's Kingdom by Brandon Barrows, I could go on lol.
Thank you so much for the recommendations!! Yes I used to love reading king books when I was younger, I’m still working my way up to the now hahaha, but I’ll definitely check those out!
I LOVE this video !! I requested some book ASMR when you talked about reading Piranesi and this is so so amazing! I recently read girl with the dragon tattoo, and it was an excellent read if you are into the more human/mystery type books, or the red rising trilogy if you like sci fi hunger games type vibes. super tingly tapping and whispers as always!! thanks for this video !
I really enjoyed this video, Belvedere! I love books myself and I found it both relaxing and interesting to see the books you like. I have Piranesi in my shelf for a while cuz i absolutely loved Jonathan Strange and Mister Norell. And the ladies of grace-adieu. By the same author. But i didnt get around to it yet. I’ll start it after I finished Red, white and royal blue. Thank u so much for all the effort and time you put in your asmr videos. It’s a blessing during my work days (good nexs though, i should be done in two weeks and then i can still have two weeks vacation haha).
Awesome thank you so much!! Oooh you’re lucky you get to read it for the first time! Let me know what you think once you’ve read it 😊 And it’s my pleasure! Not long to go until that vacation!
i really loved open water - but I get what you’re saying! it’s definitely a book for introspection and at times blurs the lines of narration and poetry. But I prefer non-fantasy novels so maybe I’m biased 😄Thank you for the book recommendations!
Yes that’s a great way of describing it! I did like it and I think I’ll read it again in the future after reading a bit more because I think I’ll appreciate it more. Thank you 😊
great video as always! i loved hearing your thoughts especially about piranesi and hamnet, those are the two books i am most interested in reading at one point! 🥰 as for recommendations i would say 1) "lie with me", by philippe besson, it blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction but i found it so easy to read (the fact that it's under 200 pages helped probably lol) and the prose it's quite interesting, something between a journal entry and stream of consciousness 2) "in the dream house" by carmen maria machado, it's a memoir about the author's abusive relationship with another woman, it analizes queer relationships and the expectations society has of them and how abuse and the cycle of it fits in the conversation, while also being quite experimental with form with every chapter 3) and finally if you have an interest in greek mythology i can't not bring up "the song of achilles" and "circe" by madeline miller, she has a gorgeous prose and such a way with words, and seeing what she does with the source material is honestly so interesting and captivating
Wow thank you so much for your comment and these suggestions!! This is amazing, I’ll definitely check them out! Hopefully you’ll see me mention them in a future video 😁
Hey, mister. So the thing about the Vanishing Half is that it's probably more familiar to Americans who have a little more experience with how racism operated in the country - particularly in the South - during segregation and even well into the modern era. Colorism was very much a thing (it still is, and the debate has been ongoing in Hollywood for years about how light skin was found acceptable far more frequently and far earlier than dark-skinned Black actresses). The paler you were, the higher you could ascend in Black society. Racism was so deeply ingrained that many in the Black community would inflict it inward. For example, in some churches in the South, the paler people would sit in the front pews with darker complexioned in the back. There's a cutting line in one of my favorite "summer books" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil where a character talks about a Black "society" church and sarcastically says, "They have a comb over the door you have to pass under to get in." The straighter and less curly/nappy your hair, the more acceptable you were. Of course, this stuff exists in other countries. India, Korea, etc. The products revolving around skin bleaching (which is really, really bad for the skin). But there is a lot to unpack in American history about it. One of the more interesting related areas is New Orleans, where no minor amount of racial mixing occurred, and the children of those pairings would be referred to as quadroons and octaroons (one quarter or one eighth Black, respectively) and the different parts of society they inhabited or were allowed to inhabit. (There's also a lot in American history about the "one drop rule" and how dangerous passing could be in certain areas and times if you were caught). And I did not mean for this comment to go this long, lol. Sorry, history degree. It's an interesting area of American society to me as a descendant of pale Irish immigrant folk. No one ever bothered me for being part banshee.
Blacks are racist to whites just as often, especially nowadays. Racism is from anyone. As a half-white/Hispanic, I've only gotten flack from "pureblood" Hispanics.
Wow this is so interesting, thank you! I definitely think I’m missing some important historical context growing up in the UK but this is really useful! I can tell you’ve studied this a lot
You are my Jack Edwards of asmr
Hahaha I love it!
more book club videos please!! as a book lover, this is magical :')
I just finished a book this morning and was thinking to do a part 2 soon! Thank you 😊
What a lovely surprise to see your video tonight!! Thank you for the summary of each book, and listening to your whispered reading. You are so kind, and very much appreciated! 😊
Thank you!!
Thank you so much!! 😊
book videos are my absolute favorites!! loved this :)
I’m so glad! Thank you 😊
I love reading so I can give you some recs if you want! My favorite series is Outlander. It's definitely a commitment (9 huge books and she's writing number 10 now) but omg. If you don't mind a long commitment, the reward is SO worth it.
The Witcher series is also very good.
For stand alone books, The Man Who Came and Went is fabulous. The Silent Patient, Circe, The Snow Child, Stranger's Kingdom by Brandon Barrows, I could go on lol.
Thank you so much for the recommendations!! Yes I used to love reading king books when I was younger, I’m still working my way up to the now hahaha, but I’ll definitely check those out!
I LOVE this video !! I requested some book ASMR when you talked about reading Piranesi and this is so so amazing! I recently read girl with the dragon tattoo, and it was an excellent read if you are into the more human/mystery type books, or the red rising trilogy if you like sci fi hunger games type vibes. super tingly tapping and whispers as always!! thanks for this video !
Ahh I knew someone had suggested more book ASMR! Thank you so much 😊 ooh yeas definitely sounds like I would like those! I’ll have a look
I really enjoyed this video, Belvedere! I love books myself and I found it both relaxing and interesting to see the books you like. I have Piranesi in my shelf for a while cuz i absolutely loved Jonathan Strange and Mister Norell. And the ladies of grace-adieu. By the same author. But i didnt get around to it yet. I’ll start it after I finished Red, white and royal blue.
Thank u so much for all the effort and time you put in your asmr videos. It’s a blessing during my work days (good nexs though, i should be done in two weeks and then i can still have two weeks vacation haha).
I also find your channel name to be very Piranesi-esque. I like it!
Awesome thank you so much!! Oooh you’re lucky you get to read it for the first time! Let me know what you think once you’ve read it 😊
And it’s my pleasure! Not long to go until that vacation!
Just ordered Piranesi and Hamnet 😍 If you're looking for recommendations- 'Circe' and 'The Song of Achilles' are really good!
Amazing!! Lmk what you think when you’ve read them 😁 thank you for the recommendations I’ll check them out!
i really loved open water - but I get what you’re saying! it’s definitely a book for introspection and at times blurs the lines of narration and poetry. But I prefer non-fantasy novels so maybe I’m biased 😄Thank you for the book recommendations!
Yes that’s a great way of describing it! I did like it and I think I’ll read it again in the future after reading a bit more because I think I’ll appreciate it more. Thank you 😊
great video as always! i loved hearing your thoughts especially about piranesi and hamnet, those are the two books i am most interested in reading at one point! 🥰
as for recommendations i would say 1) "lie with me", by philippe besson, it blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction but i found it so easy to read (the fact that it's under 200 pages helped probably lol) and the prose it's quite interesting, something between a journal entry and stream of consciousness 2) "in the dream house" by carmen maria machado, it's a memoir about the author's abusive relationship with another woman, it analizes queer relationships and the expectations society has of them and how abuse and the cycle of it fits in the conversation, while also being quite experimental with form with every chapter 3) and finally if you have an interest in greek mythology i can't not bring up "the song of achilles" and "circe" by madeline miller, she has a gorgeous prose and such a way with words, and seeing what she does with the source material is honestly so interesting and captivating
Wow thank you so much for your comment and these suggestions!! This is amazing, I’ll definitely check them out! Hopefully you’ll see me mention them in a future video 😁
pleaseeee do more book videos!
I will for suure!
Hey, mister. So the thing about the Vanishing Half is that it's probably more familiar to Americans who have a little more experience with how racism operated in the country - particularly in the South - during segregation and even well into the modern era. Colorism was very much a thing (it still is, and the debate has been ongoing in Hollywood for years about how light skin was found acceptable far more frequently and far earlier than dark-skinned Black actresses). The paler you were, the higher you could ascend in Black society. Racism was so deeply ingrained that many in the Black community would inflict it inward. For example, in some churches in the South, the paler people would sit in the front pews with darker complexioned in the back. There's a cutting line in one of my favorite "summer books" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil where a character talks about a Black "society" church and sarcastically says, "They have a comb over the door you have to pass under to get in." The straighter and less curly/nappy your hair, the more acceptable you were.
Of course, this stuff exists in other countries. India, Korea, etc. The products revolving around skin bleaching (which is really, really bad for the skin). But there is a lot to unpack in American history about it. One of the more interesting related areas is New Orleans, where no minor amount of racial mixing occurred, and the children of those pairings would be referred to as quadroons and octaroons (one quarter or one eighth Black, respectively) and the different parts of society they inhabited or were allowed to inhabit. (There's also a lot in American history about the "one drop rule" and how dangerous passing could be in certain areas and times if you were caught).
And I did not mean for this comment to go this long, lol. Sorry, history degree. It's an interesting area of American society to me as a descendant of pale Irish immigrant folk. No one ever bothered me for being part banshee.
Blacks are racist to whites just as often, especially nowadays. Racism is from anyone. As a half-white/Hispanic, I've only gotten flack from "pureblood" Hispanics.
Wow this is so interesting, thank you! I definitely think I’m missing some important historical context growing up in the UK but this is really useful! I can tell you’ve studied this a lot
You voice is awesome🎉
Thank you!
Piranesi is SO good
I’m glad you like it too!!