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Last Word from Montmartre by Qiu Miao Jin (from the Chinese, Mandarin I believe), Lyric Novella by Anne-Marie Schwarzenbach (from the German but they also wrote in French so not sure), Death in Venice by Thomas Mann and Mephisto by Klaus Mann (both from the German). And La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono and The Wind that Lays Waste by Selva Almada (both from the Spanish BUT SOSOSOSOSOOSISOS GOOD)

god i love spoilers for books i will never read. it feels like we're having a lil chitchat

as a clarinet, i think you are also a clarinet you just have the vibe 😙 (if you are a trumpet im gonna be mad at u srry.. if you're a string instrument like ..unsubscribing. might be ok if you're a horn or saxophone /lh)

I loved chlorine so much and I didn’t really dislike the mc but I related to her thinking in a lot of ways.., and seeing everyone hating her so much has me self assessing 😭

New to your channel, but, wow, I really dig the way you talk about books. The way you word yourself makes these books actually enticing to me. Thank you for these awesome recommendations! Definitely going to check out The Need and This Thing Between Us. ;)

I’m obsessed with This Thing Between Us and nobody understand omfg thank you!!! The Mexican folklore nods, the Latino media realism representation, the fucking wall… chefs kiss. I’m a kindle girlie but I had to get the physical copy because I just keep reading it over and over and over again

I’m obsessed with This Thing Between Us and nobody understand omfg thank you!!! The Mexican folklore nods, the Latino media realism representation, the fucking wall… chefs kiss. I’m a kindle girlie but I had to get the physical copy because I just keep reading it over and over and over again

I caught one of your videos 2 weeks ago & immediately went out and bought This Thing Between us. Read that book so fast! I usually have adhd & get distracted easily but i couldnt put that book down. Im putting more of your book recs on my tbr list. 😊🎉💜

I feel so validated - I’ve tried to read Dubliners twice and both times I couldn’t get more than 15-20 pages in because it was literally putting me to sleep 😂

Did you play trombone? Maybe flute? Idk any other instruments lol

oh, i’ve got to see your reaction to bunny! that book through me off in a way that i haven’t been in a while. subscribed and waiting xx

I recently stumbled onto your yt channel and I love how you explain the synopsis of each book without spoiling it. You make the books sound so intriguing!

What qualifies as a good translation to you? Is it like listening to the opinions of the people who speak both languages concerned? Or is it just not having bulky and confusing language? I’ve never thought about what makes a good translation!

If you enjoy BEE's writing, you should read Glamorama. It's a wild book but doesn't have the gruesomeness of The Shards. They are my two favorite books by him!

Chlorine was one of my least favorite books of 2023. It reads like a ya. I rolled my eyes so hard so many times. Also: American Pyscho is like reading a catalog interspersed with crime scene photos. It's the grossest book I've ever read, but so well done. Like, so smart. So stomach-turning. I want to read The Shards real bad. "So much has happened but also nothing has happened" is my plot speed sweet spot.

29 degrees, it’s still gd 95 in busted ass Texas

chlorine reminds me (probably mostly because i *just* read it lol) of a short story in the Irish literary journal 'Banshee' #5, "The Souring of Milk" by Sophie van Llewyn where *SPOILER* this traditional housewife in a very traditional marriage can't perform her house tasks like miking the sheep or watching the souring of milk, anymore bevause she is heavily pregnant and overdue at that so all she ends up being able to do is lie in the bathtub ans she even tries to get out but she cant anymore so she watched her husband have an affair and while she is basically bound to the bathtub and she feels helpless while first the neighbors help her but then she feels like they start to resent her and the baby does not want to come she seems to go through some kind of transformation of first eating a fish whole and then slowly developing a tail, even a veterarien not a human doctor inspecting her, until at the end she "sings the baby out" and her daughter gets born as a mermaid and they both, as mermaids, escape through the drain

I finally figured out who you remind me of! Maisie Williams! It's kind of uncanny

these have been so wonderful and fill me with all the thoughts I am consumed by upon reading. making me want to read ever so much more!! my to read list is rapidly growing out of control but feeling very inspired! :,]]

Just found your channel and love it! I Who Have Never Known Men is holding my #3 of all time favorites ( competing for the same spot is Tell Me I'm Worthless ) and I was completely blown away by the story. I am a huge fan of feminist, nihilistic, gritty books that manage to tackle critical thinking topics AND still manage to have beautiful prose and storytelling!

whats your spotify!?

I loooved this video so much! Please keep doing this format of videos, it feels like i’m talking to a friend about good books

i love your videos so much!!!!

i was in such a reading slump last year and Severance saved me!!!!! one of my absolute favorite books now…eek i cannot wait for whatever ling ma writes next!

i have dubliners on my bookshelf rn someone pls tell me its not that boring 😭😭

i've been wandering if bret easton ellis' works would be something i enjoy, since im basically in love with donna tartt, and now that im watching this video the shards has definitely been added to my tbr !

Luv your videos. Narration is pitch perfect. You give the exact amount of information that just whets my interest. Thank you

Dubliners boring????????

I just read Brainwyrms and I need to put it out there that you'll read it and talk about it. Manifesting if you will.

Love the long videos from u

I found your channel a week ago, and I’ve read of a couple of the books you’ve featured on your channel! I’m Thinking of Ending Things was so good, and I just finished Bunny- definitely a bit of a rollercoaster, but an enjoyable one! The way you describe books makes me excited to read again, thank you for that!

Hello Frankie, your page description says you like magical realism. I’m what your opinion of Haruki Murakami is.

Well the comments have spoiled the fact that you played trumpet but my genuine guess before finding out was clarinet so.... sorry to this man

Queer relationships, body horror, mermaids, retrospective narrator...Despite your (totally fair) critiques, I have to check out Chlorine, it's right up my alley!

I who have never known man is a one of a kind book, I absolutely love it!

So American Pyscho is 100x more visceral and grotesque and also 100x more detailed with the descriptions of what everyone is wearing like down to the brand of moisturiser and the brand of their spectacles. Every time it's a new scene every single item of clothing is listed. I enjoyed the listing of street names in The Shards. I remember having to take breaks with American Pyscho whereas The Shards is much more readable. Would love to see what you make of AP if you read it.

Sweater weather spellcasting - love it I also loved I who have never known men although I wish I had been given more answers I found chlorine mid & didn’t care for the main character

I recently discovered your channel and I really like your videos. I was surprised that you did not like "Crime and punishment". But I mean... I get it. It is a long and convoluted book. BUT DUBLINERS ? 🥲 So well written. So lively. Such a good and accurate portrait of Dublin.

Discovered your channel recently and have been enjoying your videos. Cheers!

You would probably love the podcast Once Upon a Time at Bennington College. It’s basically about Donna Tartt and Brett Easton Ellis and their whole writer gang from the same college. They all use each characters based on each other in their fictional stories. They’re even known to use the fictional college Camden as a stand in for Bennington College in their stories.

lol i started chlorine yesterday and dnf-ed it 50 pages in because the writing was just bad. it was disappointing because i also got done reading "gideon the ninth" which i also hated so it was back to back disappointments. im now reading "House of Hunger" by Alexis Henderson to satisfy my need to read some lesbian horror and so far im enjoying it a lot more.

earthlings is one of my favourite books of ALL time i struggle to talk about it properly because there’s SO much to say but also impossible to talk about 😭

omg i love your channel!! ive been reserving books you recommend at my local library <3

100000% with the take on the Bell Jar. i just read it with my partner and we were like…. 🦗 this is what people are hyped about??? 😅

i can’t get enough of how you relay plots. the way you describe them is so perfect. i could listen to you summarize books for hours!!

So happy to hear another person who doesn’t enjoy hardcovers of dust jackets! For me it’s definitely a textural thing, I just prefer how paperbacks feel

I love the way you talk about books! I think you might really enjoy some of Shirley Jackson's horror, The Haunting of Hill House and my comparatively underrated fave, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

I'm on the last 30 pages of the shards and it took me awhile to get into it and now its gripping me

the writing in chlorine pissed me OFF! it was suuuuuch a disappointment.

Your videos make me excited to read again.