books I want to read that not enough people are talking about!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Here are some books that are on my TBR that don’t get enough attention!
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books mentioned:
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
Crudo by Olivia Laing
The Ghost in the House by Sara O'Leary
Anne of Green Gables the Graphic Novel by Brenna Thummler
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
Ye by Guilherme Petreca
The Gran Lebowitz Reader
Orphic PAris by Henri Cole
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
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Ariel, how dare you to not mention the BOOKSHELVES!! There up, they are there, they are THRIVING!
🙈🙈🙈🙈 video about it coming soon!!
@@ArielBissett can't wait!!
Yesssd
I love the casual angle showing the bookshelves. Like every video has a new corner of ariels house and I’m loving the mystery of “which corner will appear in the next video?”
Yay, Ariel bringing back "7 books i want to read that nobody cares about"! That was my favorite video of yours!
I changed the title because I didn’t want to be mean to the books hahahaha 🙈🙈🙈
OMG that’s how I found Ariel! By looking up books about Frieda Kahlo on RUclips!
“They actually have nothing in common” made me laugh 😂 I sort of associate books that live together on the shelves. Everything in its right place 📚
Coming from a small country that has a language basically nobody outside of the country knows, there are so many great books published here that never get translated, and I really wish they were as I want to share my favourites with the rest of the world.
what country?
@@leabakir5869 Norway
FINALLY, someone else knows about The Blue Castle! I read it a few years ago and it's my favorite L.M. Montgomery book, topping Anne of Green Gables which I never thought possible! L.M. Montgomery's writing is so descriptive and beautiful! I hope you enjoy it Ariel!
Really appreciate the fact that you took the time to research how to pronounce a last name, rather than just saying "sorry i'm probably butchering this" (as is so common in the youtube space)!
Oh my god someone other than me knows about “the blue castle” So exciting !!!!!
The main character, Valency Sterling was so ahead of her time 💕💕 honestly she’s one of my favorite characters of all time. I’ve read it May 2020 and it’s about time I give it a reread. The audiobook is fantastic as well.
Love from Saudi Arabia 💕
Well this is a great rec! Now I’m extra excited!
Oh I read it in July of 2020. A new favourite as well!
I just signed up for StoryGraph a few days ago and it was one of the first recommendations for me. I recognized Lucy Maud Montgomery's name but had never heard of the book...now here it is! Just requested from the library 😍
@@Katie_DelTaco ENJOOOY 😍😍😍
In my late teens I also had a period of looking up not so famous titles by famous authors and the Blue castle was amazing. Now, being a 30 year old, it starts to seem to me that there has always been the checklist for how we are supposed to spend our lives and then there is each person's individual moment of letting the prejudice go . That, as now even social studies say, is the true beginning of happiness, no matter how old the person is. I fully agree that this book should be talked about more.
What I'd give to have Ariel as a friend, her energy is just so fantastic haha 🖤
ME TOO I need more people in my life like her
Agreeeeeeed 😫
Ariel on BooksUnbound: I don't read pretentious books
Also Ariel: 13:24
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
@@ArielBissett hahahahaha
@@ArielBissett I was hoping for an opening like, "In my defence..." 😂 😂 😂
i'm in a literature class and your notification is just *chef's kiss*
The Blue Castle is so dear to me and I've just put that anne graphic in my basket. I'm so glad people still love anne.
"it's also short, and Canadian!" me too!! haha
The graphic novel of Anne of green gables is how I got my 6 year old to really get into reading!
The last book (8) in the Anne series takes place during WW1, if you wanted to know the more specific time period 😊 I’ve had blue castle on my tbr FOREVER, really need to get around to it
I desperately want more people to read Chemistry by Weike Wang. It’s this short, witty book about a woman dealing with burnout from her Chemistry PhD program, snapping and destroying property at her university, then struggling to figure out her identity outside of the work and productivity that she, her parents, her partner, and society has always defined her by. It’s full of dry humor and is one of the best books I’ve ever read (and I usually only read fantasy.
My fav quote: “That about sticks and stones and bones. But my bones are very brittle. And I am lactose intolerant.”
I love how her sentences aren’t complete and the humor is very dry. Can’t recommend it enough.
The lavender fireplace and baseboards are giving me life!
Or is it periwinkle? The light changes between different shots. Still giving me life.
We are always excited to hear ANY recs you have!!
For years, I've been recommending 'The Language of Flowers' by Vanessa Diffenbaugh - AMAZING and heart-squeezing novel that breaks my heart every time I see it in a sales section or a dusty pile.
So into this line: 10:44: "You don't read the backlist... that's dumb". Couldn't agree more lol
The Blue Castle is fabulous! I think you will love the main character and it’s just such a fun heartwarming story.
the bookshelves are up!! ahhh!!
The enthusiasm for all these books made my whole day! One of the books I'm writing a paper on that not *everyone* may be familiar with since it is no longer in print is "Good Morning, Miss Dove" by Frances Gray Patton. It's extremely sentimental to me, my copy is vintage and barely holding up, but I looove studying this book! Especially because there's just not as much out there about it, and I even found a vintage Japanese movie program (it was made into a film in 1955, released in Japan in 1956). Anyways, I loved this video and added several books to my TBR! The most exciting adventures as an adult is reading classic authors everyone knows, but reading their less popular books (I love John Steinbeck, but I love reading all his other little books they did NOT make you read in school).
ahh I must recommend all of lm montgomery’s other novels!! the emily of new moon series is so dear to my heart! and the story girl + the golden road are SUCH PERFECT, WONDERFUL depictions of childhood wonder. I’ve read almost all of her other books and I can never get enough of her writing, it’s just so wonderful! I hope you can get around to them someday :D
I'm currently reading all of the Anne of Green Gables novels and enjoying them! I'm not Canadian, so I don't have the same familiarity with Anne as you have. I lived in Nova Scotia for three months during my teens and when I introduced myself as Anne, people would just say "oh like Anne of Green Gables" and I had no idea what they were talking about lol
The Blue Castle sounds really good! I'd love to get my hands on it 😊
I am really enjoying reading "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine", have not finished it yet, but I'm enjoying getting to know the main character and her past
Loved that book!
It's getting better the more I advance
unrelated but the background looks so cute and cozy, your home is turning out wonderfully!!
i’ve been watching your videos for so long that your voice is so soothing and nostalgic for me, i really enjoy watching your content to make me feel better. thank you for continuing to post after all these years ❤️✨
So excited to dig into these new book recommendations. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes for more Ottessa Moshfegh!! Homesick for Another World was quite good, a lot of the stories I loved though as with any collection they're not all stellar. I really hope you enjoy it
Sara O'Leary was my professor last term and is genuinely one of the loveliest people I've met! I know her children's books get a lot of love but it's so nice to see her fiction be featured :-)
Ariel I read Station Eleven because of you last month and HOLY COW 🐄🐄🐄 that book was so amazing!!! Thank you so much for the rec💕✨📚
I love The Blue Castle! I love practically everything by LMM, but The Blue Castle is my favourite! 😄 It, along with Jane Eyre, have been my favourite novels since I first read them when I was 12 (which was almost 30 years ago now.) 😳
Yaaay your new vid!! Feels like home, you're a comfort person to me and a big inspiration, now back to the video with a pen and paper to elongate my TBR list, yupiii!!! Lots of love!
I read Year of Wonder when I was in high school and was captivated by it.
I read Year of Wonders years and years ago, and remember liking it. How weirdly relevant it seems now, I must re read it.
Me too!
so I just finished watching the one from 2017, and you recommended books that I DREAM of discovering (and reading)!! This is so exciting aaaah 🤩 I really hope we get to see more of it, or any of your videos actually. You make everything you talk about sound so fascinating and lovely and I’d pick up literally anything you talk about! Thanks Ariel 💘
Omg, the bookshelves look so good!
I love your vids!! Thanks for all of the wholesome, lovely book content❤️
Thank goodness for your channel! I’ve been struggling with finding books I like. I think I’m going to enjoy the books you are recommending!
Oh my word, I'm so excited to hear you talk about the Blue Castle!!!!! I read that book for the first time earlier in the year and I adored it. I related to her so much! I hope you love it too 😊
I was so happy to hear you mention The Blue Castle! I read it a few years ago (the rationale was the same - I love Anne of Green Gables books) and it instantly became one of my favourite books! It' perfect in every way 😍
I love your "new books" videos. It always contains some really interesting and kinda random (which adds to the fun) books with exciting topics.
Thank you for putting all the books in the description! Every booktuber should do this :)
The bookshelves in the back, the recommendations,... I love everything about this video!
Talking about books that are not as well known as they deserve to be: I loved March by Geraldine Brooks. So if you love Year of Wonders, give that one a shot too!
Ooooo! I could look into the backlist of an author I found while looking for backlist books, haha!
I can’t wait to see more house updates. I see you have a new bookshelves!
You are r the he future of what libraries scan be. Our library closed as fast as they could shut the doors last year, after six months they allowed “appointments”. No regard for the idea of those materials belonging freely to we the public (I’m in Pennsylvania, not CA). Just their attitude! These books are ideas and relationships we have, not just paper and ink! A lot of people in “libraries” turn more people off than on. I’ve worked at three local libraries for an extended time. If people like you worked at libraries more people would dive in more and more lovely authors would get their due, not just the corporate authors on automatic lists at libraries. And I’m 54, I had four kids when I was 27.
THE BOOKSHELVES IN THE BACK 🤩🙌🏽🤩🙌🏽
I loved Year of Wonders! I read it years ago so I didn't read it from the perspective of the current pandemic. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it :)
Thank you for existing. Your videos are my happy place 💖
I love Geraldine Brooks! People of the Book is my favorite, but this makes me want to give Year of Wonders another read.
I loved "The Cantoras" about wlw pre-uprising in Uruguay across their lives, I learnt stuff, I laughed, I cried
I now want to read EVERY book on this list! I love your book taste and the way you talk about books
Oh my gosh! I read Year of Wonders last summer and (as it was my favorite) did a book report on it in the fall. Honestly, it broke me in the best way possible. I hope you love it!!!
My family and other animals by Gerald Durell is a fantastic and hilarious book ! So is all creatures great and small by James Herriot. And also the phantom tollbooth by Norton Juster is really witty. I read them years ago but they still remember them as being exceptional !
I love this video! I didn’t realize that there was a graphic novel for Anne of Green Gables and now I really want to read it!!
I just finished Homesick For Another World earlier this week!! So bizarre and funny and tender and i am absolutely obsessed with every single story
I've read all of the stories in Homesick for Another World! It's a wild one. As with most short story collections, some stories are better than others. But all of them are kind of insane. Moshfegh has an incredible way of understanding humans. She writes them in such a grotesque and intentionally unsettling way. It's hard to say whether I liked it, because "liking" the type of stories that she writes is challenging with how unnerving they can be, but they definitely fascinated me. She paints a fantastic visual and emotional picture.
I read the blue castle earlier this year I LOVED IT!!! I can't wait to hear your thoughts
Always LOVE a new book rec vid!!!
I looove L.M. Montgomery's works! 😍😍
oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one who finds comfort in reading pandemic books. I read multiple at the beginning of the year and it was massively cathartic for me.
Also I have an indie reading project where I'm specifically reading self/indie published and small authors so there's a lot of books that I like but nobody I know has read XD I highly highly recommend Remaining Aileen by Autumn Lindsey
Loved these recs! Have added a couple to my wish list!
The lighting and color grading? I think? looks SO good. It’s calming and so so visually pleasing IDKKKKK
We just watched your video on blackout poetry in my AP English class ❤️❤️
What is giving me life right now is the fact that I painted my nails today and I just realized they’re the same color ariels fireplace which is my favorite color!!!!
whenever i find myself in a reading slump, i come and watch your videos because your enthusiasm and excitement is infectious 😊
I LOVED Homesick for Another World! It’s so good 😍 I’ve had Crudo on my shelves for years, perhaps your video will push me to finally get to it 😅 Thank you for this video, lots of interesting reads!
You have to read the whole Anne of Green Gables series! You'll get adult Anne, and there are 7 or 8 books. When I was a teenager, the 3rd book was my favorite (Anne of the Island).
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the Olivia Laing book; I really want to read The Lonely City by her.
And The Blue Castle sounds like such a comfort read!
that book about paris will make you miss paris more! I'm the same way but with edinburgh and I started re-reading the 44 Scotland Street books and im just cry!ing! about the fact that I'm not there!! But also, those books are great and I highly recommend them if one wants a slow paced book where there isn't really a plot, one just gets to follow different characters life. Like slow-tv but in book form!
Ariel coming through with amazing book recs as always
I loved The Blue Castle. One of my favourite books!
YAY more books! I am so here!
"The Fran Lebowitz Reader" is on my wishlist and also came to my attention after watching the Netflix series, which I loved. Thanks for the reminder. The cover for "The Blue Castle" is gorgeous!
I love graphic novels more than anything I would love a whole video on your recommendations!!
year of wonders, flashback to year 11 english, also melted the hell out of my copy's spine.
The Blue Castle is SO GOOD. Favorite LM book
I can listen you talking about books endlessly ❤️
I recently bought Boy Swallows Universe after my husband started listening to the audiobook, he didn't finish it but thought it sounded like something I would like, so naturally I had to buy it and it sounds amazing!
Great list of books! Gonna read them soon!
ALL THESE BOOKS SOUND SO GOOD 😍
Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next Series needs to be talked about more!! She's a literary detective who, in the first book 'The Eyre Affair', has to save Jane Eyre by going into the book... It's so good!!
Also, all of your content... It's calming and comforting when anxiety hits, so thank you! Your creativity, your art, is really appreciated!
Homesick for Another World is amazing!! So glad you were able to find it
Thank you for these recommendations! I'll be picking a few of those up. A book I adore that nobody seems to talk about is Old Baggage by Lissa Evans. It's about a woman who was once a suffragette and doesn't quite know what to do with herself without a cause to focus on. It's really witty and one of my faves.
The Ghost in the House sounds great! I've never read a ghost story that I've really enjoyed. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it! 🖤
I just picked up The Blue Castle on the recommendation of my cousin-in-law who says it was her favorite book as a teen!
Hope you’re well ❤️❤️
Yes 🙌🏻 Crudo is incredibly!
Ahhh, Ariel.....I'm a newish subscriber. Your "I just purchased a house" video ended up in my feed one day and I've been hooked. You're such a joy to watch. I'm writing a comment because this video reminds me of the voracioius reader I used to be. I, too, was that child who obsessed over my schoolastic book orders, loved the crack of a new hardcover and the candy necklace fragrance of the newly printed pages. I stopped reading in recent years. I'm not sure why. I would guess my anxiety was a contributing factor. My attention wanders to easily. Watching you wax poetic about your finds makes me long to experience those feels myself. I love a good ghost story so I'm going to order The Ghost in the House and hope it serves as the gateway read that shepards me back into the reader world long gone from my life. Great content. Thank you for making me smile (NYS, age 55).
Yayyy the shelves are up!!!
I LOVE BLUE CASTLE!!!!!!! It's a great book, my mom introduced me to it last year. I really liked "East" by Edith Pattou, it's a Beauty and the Beast/Eros & Psyche story about a girl and a polar bear. Also, "Once Upon a Marigold" about a boy falling for the princess and the powers that be trying to crush them (very cute, and the princess has powers).
I am about to be 30 this June, and I’m trying not to be depressed about not being married, not having children, and just existing trying to make ends meet. I’m also on a reading slump and I’m trying to get back into reading after the semester ended. 😫help!
Homesick for Another World is actually next on my list, I grabbed the eBook when it was super on sale a few months ago. I also have Finding George Orwell in Burma and have been meaning to get to it for a while.
You made me put a few books on my tbr! Exciting!
Blue Castle is my favorite LMM book, I've reread it many times.
OMG YOUR SHELVEEEEEEES! 🤩🤩🤩 (the hype is real, specially for the dust jackets ✌🏼)
Adore!!! that fireplace cover!!!
I love Persuasion and Anne of Green Gables so I will definitely be picking up that LM Montgomery book.
Thanks, now I have some books to be excited about too!