I'm not surprised that Jane Eyre found her way into this tag! I like the nerdy avenues of this tag. Dear Committee Members sounds like fun, and I'm jotting down The Equivalents on my TBR as well.
My spouse used to tease me that he was never sure what channel he was watching if I refrained from mentioning Jane Eyre for two videos in a row! I suspect you might really enjoy The Equivalents!
It will be my first time being a classroom student rather than teacher in a very long time-studying a book I’ve loved since I was 12yo or so and reread many times but never actually studied before. I’m looking forward to the discussions!
A very interesting book that has two narratives is The Perfect Predator by Stephanie Strathdree and Thomas Patterson. It's a memoir of when the husband (Patterson) was gravely ill. The wife gives her story and interwoven are the parts the husband remembers about how he felt during his very serious battle for life. Fascinating book. Terrifying given that superbugs exist but a must read
Thank you so much for sharing this title. It sounds like it deals with some of the big issues my spouse and I were writing about, and I didn’t know about this book.
I hadn't thought of Jane Eyre in that way before. Belonging yes in a general sense (with people, a place) but not as a home. Thank you. Also you are not alone, I also have yet to read stoner but it is now there, waiting in a very big pile of books for me to get to eventually (hopefully this year) Thank you also for highlighting Commited, I will check it out as I'm hoping to read more about and by indigenous north Americans
Dear Hannah, thanks for tagging me and for the kind words about my channel. Yes, I'm definitely sufficiently nerdy to do this tag 😄. My video will be online soon, in time for 'tag tuesday', in the early morning hours your time. I hope you'll enjoy it.
I really enjoyed hearing your answers to this tag. I am waiting to get the two Palestinian books from the library. The waitlist is long which is understandable. The Equivalents sounds really interesting.
I read Stoner last year and it was one of my favorite books of the year, and I hope you love it too. I also own The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and I tried to read it in November, but I was already reading The 1629 Project and it was too much depressing material at one time. I plan to read Khalidi's book sometime this year though.
I was filming right as he posted the video--but I cackled when I saw that! We have surprisingly similar bookish dislikes in general--but THIS BOOK is clearly an exception!
@@HannahsBooks it answers several of the tag prompts: relocation, boarding school life, and at the end a crazy club experience with "Courtial des Pereires", a mad genius pamphleteer and prolific man of ideas. A very great auto-bio novel
If I remember correctly, Winterson was a "member "of that (yet another)British literary invasion in the 80's that included Ian MacEwan, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Chris Hitchens, Salman Rushdie, and others. It was an exciting time in British fiction. I remember an interview with Gore Vidal championing Winterson, one of the few prominent American writers doing so.
Yes, that must be true! I didn't come to any of those other authors for a few more years, so I had not thought to connect them. I love that Gore Vidal championed Winterson--and must go look up what exactly he said. Thank you.
It was on a talk show, I think, and Gore was asked about contemporary fiction. He had strong opinions, as you likely know, so when he praised anyone it was meaningful. I'll see if I can find it for you.@@HannahsBooks
i reread the passion fairly recently !! i think it is a bit of a mixed bad, i could still appreciate it for what it was, and how gender non conforming it was and also felt like some of the representaiton of bodily deformity & difference was just like not very sensitve to say the least. but i personally did still enjoy the reread, maybe in part bc jeanette winterson meant so much to me as a young person coming to understand my own queer potential. i loved this tag (& ur answers!), i think i will def try do it some time !!
Thank you for sharing your experience! It was exactly that discussion about bodily difference that I was thinking about-and also imagining that Winterson’s portrayal of gender might feel less forward-thinking than it did in the late 1980s. You’ve convinced me to put it on my reread list sometime soon. Thank you!
Zuleka Dobson is the best university novel. Modern readers are prone to consider comedy as a less meaningful genre than drama or tragedy but the ancients knew better... comedy is about regeneration and renewal...
I became familiar with Joe Spivey's channel through Steve Donoghue's channel. I have become fascinated with this group of Booktuber's even though much is above my head at times. I am a late bloomer and missed out on much of the literature and other bookish content discussed in these channels. My daughter has an English/History degree so she is able to help me out. Funny story... We read A Great and Terrible Beauty by LIbba Bray. I just thought it was a cute YA novel set in a school setting with magical realms... My daughter said... did we read the same book? Apparently, it was about feminism in the Victorian age. I had no clue. LOL. She made me feel better though when she said she would have no idea how to be a nurse, draw blood and change a catheter. 😂. Thanks you Hannah for contributing to this Elder's education on all things bookish. ❤
Welcome, Marcia! I’m thrilled to have you here! If you like the channels of Steve and Joe, you are plenty ready for anything. 🤓 I am still trying to connect literature and historical context-and I know Joe is as well. And I am guessing that all three of us are with your daughter in being unable to do big nursing skills!
i'm just over half-way reading the 100 years war on palestine and do hope you'll do a video when you finish reading it and the other book which i'm interested in hearing about.
If you’re not ready for a reread of The Passion, you can revisit Italy with Winterson through her picture book The King of Capri. Last year I enjoyed a reread of Oranges Aren’t the Only Fruit that lead me on my 90s obsession with Winterson, but I haven’t revisited Sexing or Passion since then, but I have great affection for them still.
Ooh, I will definitely look up King of Capri! I have reread Oranges fairly recently and found it just as interesting as before--and my son adores Winterson's Gap of Time (since Winter's Tale is his favorite Shkespeare).
The more I listen, the more I want to read. Where shall I find the time. I will definitely listen to Committed as its avaliable on Kindle. There are others that you mentioned . The Palestinian authors are there and Peak Oil or perhaps Depletion andAbundance . Ok best I stopped there. One book at a time. Thanks.
When you're ready to add even more to your list, check out Steve Donoghue's list of 100 favorite biographies! (Peak Oil is not a specific book--but if you're looking for one, I recommend Richard Heinberg's The Party's Over or the more dramatic The Long Emergency by James Kunstler.)
Thanks!☕
Thank you so much!
I'm not surprised that Jane Eyre found her way into this tag! I like the nerdy avenues of this tag. Dear Committee Members sounds like fun, and I'm jotting down The Equivalents on my TBR as well.
My spouse used to tease me that he was never sure what channel he was watching if I refrained from mentioning Jane Eyre for two videos in a row! I suspect you might really enjoy The Equivalents!
Excellent tag! I'll be saving this to return to later--the tag and many of the books!
Oh you would make a wonderful version of this one! I can’t wait to see it. Consider yourself tagged!
Thanks for doing the tag Hannah! That three-part read of Jane Eyre sounds very interesting!
It will be my first time being a classroom student rather than teacher in a very long time-studying a book I’ve loved since I was 12yo or so and reread many times but never actually studied before. I’m looking forward to the discussions!
So many fascinating sounding books in this video.
Thanks, Brian. Meanwhile, we are getting just a bit of snow today--so I think Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome may be on my docket today!
@@HannahsBooks That is a great snowy day book.
A very interesting book that has two narratives is The Perfect Predator by Stephanie Strathdree and Thomas Patterson. It's a memoir of when the husband (Patterson) was gravely ill. The wife gives her story and interwoven are the parts the husband remembers about how he felt during his very serious battle for life. Fascinating book. Terrifying given that superbugs exist but a must read
Thank you so much for sharing this title. It sounds like it deals with some of the big issues my spouse and I were writing about, and I didn’t know about this book.
I hadn't thought of Jane Eyre in that way before. Belonging yes in a general sense (with people, a place) but not as a home. Thank you.
Also you are not alone, I also have yet to read stoner but it is now there, waiting in a very big pile of books for me to get to eventually (hopefully this year)
Thank you also for highlighting Commited, I will check it out as I'm hoping to read more about and by indigenous north Americans
Thank you, Jilly. I love it when tag questions make me think about books in new ways. And here’s a toast to Stoner this year!
Love Barbara Pym and re-read her week annually. You are making my TBR grow.! Always a good thing. Look forward to your videos. ❤
Thank you so much, Robin! (I assume you already watch him, but Shawn the Book Maniac is also a huge Pym reader.)
Barbara Pim’s An Academic Question is an interesting look into research ethics and women in 1970s academia.
@@joondk Oh yes! I think that might have been why I fell in love with Pym while I was in early grad school!
Thank you for the tag, Hannah. I shall reply this week..
Wonderful!
Dear Hannah, thanks for tagging me and for the kind words about my channel. Yes, I'm definitely sufficiently nerdy to do this tag 😄. My video will be online soon, in time for 'tag tuesday', in the early morning hours your time. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Wonderful! What an excellent version!
I've never read a novel set in Italy. I think after I'm done with my American history project, I need to do a literature project.
I’m always overwhelmed by how much I need and want to read and learn about!
I really enjoyed hearing your answers to this tag. I am waiting to get the two Palestinian books from the library. The waitlist is long which is understandable. The Equivalents sounds really interesting.
I am so glad other people are reading these books!
I read Stoner last year and it was one of my favorite books of the year, and I hope you love it too. I also own The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and I tried to read it in November, but I was already reading The 1629 Project and it was too much depressing material at one time. I plan to read Khalidi's book sometime this year though.
I’m especially pleased to be hearing love for Stoner! Definitely on my list.
Ha! Steve Donoghue just recommended the Pym book. 😂 (I’ve never read Pym so a biography isn’t even on the horizon for me.)
I was filming right as he posted the video--but I cackled when I saw that! We have surprisingly similar bookish dislikes in general--but THIS BOOK is clearly an exception!
Haha as soon as you mentioned The Professors House, I immediately thought: “ I wonder if she’s read Stoner”! Hannah I am sure you will love it!
Ooh, so glad you think that, too!
My wife was obsessed with Peak Oil a number of years ago. She read and talked about Depletion & Abundance but I never read it.
Wow! My other favorite Peak Oil authors were Richard Heinberg and James Kunstler. I am guessing that they were on her shelf, too!
@@HannahsBooks I remember her reading World Made By Hand by James Kunstler. Any book where people need to be farmers is a nightmare.
@@anotherbibliophilereads Ha!
I thoroughly enjoyed these prompts and your responses! You have convinced me to read Willa Cather's The Professor's House.
Oh, I hope you will! I was not expecting to love it so much.
Pnin by Nabokov
Decline and Fall, Waugh
Pickwick Papers, Dickens
Death on the Installment Plan, Céline
Pale Fire, Nabokov
Thanks for the tag. R
Ooh, I don't know Death on the Installment Plan at all. Sounds fascinating!
@@HannahsBooks it answers several of the tag prompts: relocation, boarding school life, and at the end a crazy club experience with "Courtial des Pereires", a mad genius pamphleteer and prolific man of ideas. A very great auto-bio novel
If I remember correctly, Winterson was a "member "of that (yet another)British literary invasion in the 80's that included Ian MacEwan, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Chris Hitchens, Salman Rushdie, and others. It was an exciting time in British fiction. I remember an interview with Gore Vidal championing Winterson, one of the few prominent American writers doing so.
Yes, that must be true! I didn't come to any of those other authors for a few more years, so I had not thought to connect them. I love that Gore Vidal championed Winterson--and must go look up what exactly he said. Thank you.
It was on a talk show, I think, and Gore was asked about contemporary fiction. He had strong opinions, as you likely know, so when he praised anyone it was meaningful. I'll see if I can find it for you.@@HannahsBooks
I found the interview where Vidal talks about Winterson. It's on youtube: Gore Vidal Interviewed by Dick Cavett (1991) go to minute 39 @@HannahsBooks
The interview: ruclips.net/video/zgSQaTqSZ20/видео.html
i reread the passion fairly recently !! i think it is a bit of a mixed bad, i could still appreciate it for what it was, and how gender non conforming it was and also felt like some of the representaiton of bodily deformity & difference was just like not very sensitve to say the least. but i personally did still enjoy the reread, maybe in part bc jeanette winterson meant so much to me as a young person coming to understand my own queer potential. i loved this tag (& ur answers!), i think i will def try do it some time !!
Thank you for sharing your experience! It was exactly that discussion about bodily difference that I was thinking about-and also imagining that Winterson’s portrayal of gender might feel less forward-thinking than it did in the late 1980s. You’ve convinced me to put it on my reread list sometime soon. Thank you!
Zuleka Dobson is the best university novel. Modern readers are prone to consider comedy as a less meaningful genre than drama or tragedy but the ancients knew better... comedy is about regeneration and renewal...
I haven’t read it, but it is now on my list! Thanks, Chris!
I became familiar with Joe Spivey's channel through Steve Donoghue's channel. I have become fascinated with this group of Booktuber's even though much is above my head at times. I am a late bloomer and missed out on much of the literature and other bookish content discussed in these channels. My daughter has an English/History degree so she is able to help me out. Funny story... We read A Great and Terrible Beauty by LIbba Bray. I just thought it was a cute YA novel set in a school setting with magical realms... My daughter said... did we read the same book? Apparently, it was about feminism in the Victorian age. I had no clue. LOL. She made me feel better though when she said she would have no idea how to be a nurse, draw blood and change a catheter. 😂. Thanks you Hannah for contributing to this Elder's education on all things bookish. ❤
Welcome, Marcia! I’m thrilled to have you here! If you like the channels of Steve and Joe, you are plenty ready for anything. 🤓 I am still trying to connect literature and historical context-and I know Joe is as well. And I am guessing that all three of us are with your daughter in being unable to do big nursing skills!
I was looking for the Palestine book. It seems to be temporarily out of stock everywhere. I will keep searching and waiting
I can imagine they are both in high demand right now! Which one are you looking for? (And roughly where do you live? Not the US, right?)
i'm just over half-way reading the 100 years war on palestine and do hope you'll do a video when you finish reading it and the other book which i'm interested in hearing about.
I’m eager to hear what you think, too!
Youll really enjoy _Stoner,_ I know!
Definitely on my list!
Palestine A 4000 Year History is on my Historathon list.
I’m so glad other people are reading it-and I am eager to hear what you think.
If you’re not ready for a reread of The Passion, you can revisit Italy with Winterson through her picture book The King of Capri. Last year I enjoyed a reread of Oranges Aren’t the Only Fruit that lead me on my 90s obsession with Winterson, but I haven’t revisited Sexing or Passion since then, but I have great affection for them still.
Ooh, I will definitely look up King of Capri! I have reread Oranges fairly recently and found it just as interesting as before--and my son adores Winterson's Gap of Time (since Winter's Tale is his favorite Shkespeare).
Great video!
Thanks, James!
The more I listen, the more I want to read. Where shall I find the time. I will definitely listen to Committed as its avaliable on Kindle. There are others that you mentioned . The Palestinian authors are there and Peak Oil or perhaps Depletion andAbundance . Ok best I stopped there. One book at a time. Thanks.
When you're ready to add even more to your list, check out Steve Donoghue's list of 100 favorite biographies! (Peak Oil is not a specific book--but if you're looking for one, I recommend Richard Heinberg's The Party's Over or the more dramatic The Long Emergency by James Kunstler.)