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Please get hold of Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer. I’d love to hear your views on it. Light hearted adult fiction with a strong emotional twist!

thank you for being the one to say that about Elle's art....

Loving this tbr auditing you're doing. I wish I had the time and drive to do something about mine. So many of these ones you are listening to I have as physical or ebooks and has reminded me I have them and should read them. For grown up, yes lots of people initially but it's the end at the start and then you go back and get introduced to them all so not as massive a person dump (if I'm remembering correctly, but then I read it physically, good thing about this one, I would imagine it easier to find it in second hand charity shop than some of the others)

Every time one of this series comes out I'm confronted by the fact that I haven't done anything about my own out-of-hand list since your last video prompted me to at least start on the last step.....HOWEVER we've just moved house last weekend and I have a lot of unpacking to do this weekend so maybe this is some perfect timing to do some audiobook sample listening on my library ones because I'm similarly fussy with narrators 🙈

So cute. So beautiful

I've only read There, There so far, but I think if I would pick up Wandering Stars, read the first part, then re-read There, There and the part two of Wandering Stars. But I agree, I think a book on a prize list should stand on its own feet completely.

I just read and reviewed The Mercies and found your video looking up other reviews about it. I loved this book. So many great themes and things to think through. I had no idea the author wrote children's stories! I'll have to look up more by her.

Just letting you know the word gypped is based in the g slur for the Romani people! (I usually assume ppl just don’t know these things so no ill intention on my end at all! 🩷)

Tysm for considering the spoiler aspect of The Sakekeep , as I’m currently reading it 📚🪱💚

For a cold, rest, but to prevent it going on my chest I have extra pillows and half sleep on my side and front hugging a pillow or ideally a microwavable soft toy to sweat it out and keep it away from going into my chest. Slump, I just accept it and don't force it and then eventually I've picked up a book that holds my interest, or a book needs to be back at the library and that gives me the motivation to push through. Hope you're feeling better.

Referring to not passing the bechdel test as a 90s trope as if they did it on purpose 😂 because it truly felt like it was a conscious choice watching back 😅🙃

have a wonderful time in japan.

New hair! ❤❤

I’ve got no cure for the cold unfortunately but my go to remedy for a slump is re-reading my favorites (specifically my shorter or faster paced favorites). Hope you feel better soon!

Looking forward to seeing your Japan adventures

Finally someone doing it at the right time 😭😭

I wouldn’t say Priory of the Orange Tree is particularly autumnal, but the queer rep is great and it’s a fun fantasy stand-alone. The ending is a little rushed, but other than that it’s good fun. I’d love recs on booker backlist titles!

And now for books 1. Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish? I am always carrying books I didn't finish in my currently.reading, my storygraph is a mess from it and I've accepted it as a way of life now 🤦 but probably 2 for this year, the mirror and the light, as I read wolf hall and bringing up the bodies this year and war and peace, started with the crawlalong but I could do two slow books at the same time and wolf hall won out as i couldn't read it quickly, so i doubt I'll manage war and peace for the end of the year but I want to try and pick it back up beginning of next year. 2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year? Nope Might try for a Victorian in victober as that feels wintery (blame dickens!) but nothing autumnal 3. Is there a new release you're still waiting for? Nope I haven't pre-ordered or anticipated new released to buy an dread immediately since the last discworld book I don't think. 4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year? Other than the two start and not finished above, either assassins apprentice or wheel of time. In the mood for epic long series fantasy and betwixtmas is that for me as before I could afford to preorder and buy the new discworld myself I would get it for Christmas and read it from opening until early hours boxing day every time. And I've been wanting to read the centre for months, but not got to it yet, same with enter ghost. 5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite of the year? Yes because I've not read so many books I loved.or will be favourites, only liked and bests so hopefully for some more loves. 6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year? Other than war and peace, not really...well other than deciding myself that I'll stop buying more books than I read and will stop getting library books to read instead of reading the books I have bought 🤦 and if I do that then that will impact what I'm reading. I have a vague idea of maybe trying to read the women's prize winners eventually, maybe even short list and selective long lists, but that means sticking to a plan, that not me.

Ok so it's been ages since I went to Japan, like 2015.i think, but we did all three of those places. it's amazing, massive culture shock since I can't read kataka or kanji, only romanji. We did Tokyo, stayed in Kyoto one night then Osaka as a base as had the train pass (worth it, bullet train is amazing). Kyoto was wonderful and has tonnes to see. We were lucky as we happened to be there when the main castle/shine place was having a light festival on the night for the cherry blossom season. Best bits of the trip, studio Ghibli museum, would love to visit the new theme park. Nara and miyajima are great but watch out for the deer, will eat anything in your pockets when your not watching (a friend nearly got his passport stolen by one at Nara). Mount inari too gate was fun, we walked to the top too (in pouring rain). Getting to try okonominyaki in a proper non tourist place was great, ramen same. Hiroshima.was impactful, important but also brutal. As we went in cherry blossom season there was just lots was walking around and enjoying seeing Japan, particularly in Tokyo, like shibuya crossing, and the parks and the temples, emperors castle. If you sew and craft then the shops around big tomato in the fabric district nippori. In osaka, don ton bori or food on an evening was vibrant and fun and we also went to Osaka castle and the park around it. Depends on the type of holiday you do, we do walking around, parks, castles, museums, temples and shrines trying out food as we wanted around and crash on the night, so didn't really do any proper night life

Oh I totally relate to the "bed reading", if you have the possibility I'd recommend getting an ebook reader with a backlight display, it's perfect for that. I have an old Pocketbook and I've been using it for years, especially in the evenings or at night.

Hi! I just found your channel and immediately loved the vibes. That's a great idea for a video, would love to see more of those! Also some of the books went straight to my tbr :) Btw the doggo always should get the best place on the couch, so I totally understand. What's their name?

Commenting before I watch the rest of the video and forget this. I used to get frustrated with everand for temporarily making books unavailable that I wanted to read but I found a way round it! Im not sure if this is the same for ebooks but for audiobooks you can download them and then you always have access to them. So I always have my top 10 books I want to listen to downloaded so they cant be blocked. It does mean you need to have an idea of what you want to read next though.

I adored Hex...the first time i read it, it tore my heart out and i picked it up and read it again straightaway 😂 but i entirely get why people wouldn't like it!

Hannah it's me. Can I have some advice on making my own channel please? 🙏

The Everand algorithm is an easy one. It makes books unavailable on your saved list to stop you from canceling your subscription for the next month. It goes for saved books, very often particularly for ones you only saved recently. It usually almost never goes for books, you've already started. So if you are planning to read a certain book next month, open it and pretend you are in the middle of it. That usually works for me.

For bread the devil knead - I listened to the audio book and recommend it.

Not all of the lucy barton ones are novels. I think that the 2nd or 3rd on is short stories of the people we met before in lucyd stories from where she was from and mention things about lucy barton and her family, some in passing some more involved. I've just started reading lucy by the sea which is the pandemic one, because plans went out of the window when library books became available 🤦 August top book. Ti amo i think, written beautifully and a heartbreaking book. Enjoyed anatomy of a scandal. nd alteady shared throughtd on headshot. Currently also reading (with my ears) and loving speak, Okinawa

I did really like Hex but I think its shortness and the pace that Fagan chose works against it and I definitely think it was one of her weaker stories - I actually think the confines of it being about a Real Thing harmed it too. If you wanted to pick up any Jenni Fagan I reckon The Panopticon or Sunlight Pilgrims would work much better for you (they're also my two favourites so I'm a wee bit biased). She also has a memoir which is brilliant but is a very difficult read about a plethora of potentially really triggering stuff.

Oddly enough I recently read headshot, really liked.it, devoured it in fact, but it hasn't stayed with me as much as I expected, still remember bits of it if I think about it but it doesn't appear/pop into my head. I also recently read ti amo, which is beautifully written, the first page, the writing 💔 Because I'm behind on UA-cam but been commenting on insta, I have a feeling I have already told you that tin man is a wonderful book that I really enjoyed and loved, not read any other winman yet though. Currently reading mirror and the light I have it in paperback, but still too chunky for reading easily so.....reading the ebook. I've been reading the trilogy this year and not in time with the mantle crawlalong on footnotes and tangents, but determined to read by the end of the year. I also listened to true grit this year, donna tart did do a great job of narrating and getting the feel for Mattie's personality BUT i think for me it needs to be an eyeball read first or not and ear one as i kept drifting and not listening, might have just been wrong time for me to listen though.

Well ..... I have a mess of a tbr, so can't offer any advice, I can make you feel better though, that at least you haven't bought a load of them because of the 99p ebook deals and they are all waiting on your ereader mocking you as you borrow more books to read and not read the ones you own, and that's just ebooks 🤦that doesn't include the piles of physical. Soooo many books and I get through far fewer than you do in a year. I do wish I had the time and space to organise them though, I have a note book for ones from booktube but then that gave way to the Amazon wishlist as a tbr reminder and as I'm now moving away from kindle to kobo I have gone through the kindle one and only recreated the ones I know I definitely still want on the kobo one. I don't have everand at the moment so at least I have one less I'm keeping up with 🤦

Not sure if you familiar with the Ikea Billy bookcase ... I have 4 of them, all with the addition on the top ... all are full / double stacked so all kinds of books I cannot see. Do I cease to make purchases? I do not! I do my best in this as other financial undertakings to support independent retailers ... shall I be reading them all? I dunno know long I am going to live & shall not be fretting about the volumes unread when I am dead ... could be a goth song ... volumes unread when you are read ... laughing like mad here ... as always splendid to see one of your fine posts.

Can you tell im catching up on videos (summer hoks are over! I have time!) I didn't know that zamyatin spent time in newcastle, i have it and do need to get around to reading it. The dystopic imagery from nirthern industries remined me of something i know but aren't sure how true it is, ridley scott based the imagery for blade runner on the views if the industrial areas of hartlepool and seaton carew. We was already on my tbr, have added the extinction of ireena ..... It sounds right up my alley.

😮 I got a mention 😮 I think...feeling honoured 😳. It is weird how the books that are best but not favourites means having more to say about them. Means that there's more there to pick apart and because you can see how good it is, you can also see why it wasn't a love too. Not read any Benjamin Myers yet, but after visiting the farne islands (well going around them in a boat) but I think I might start with cuddy (although I still have a different one somewhere, the one about the young man and then old woman on the north east coast....)

Expectations, had expected employees and poor thing higher and in the top 10. Although I have read neither... Yet For me I have a top 2 for the first half of the year, minor detail and the blue book of Nebo. Saying that I've read 2 in August that I also loved, but that will be saved for the best books for the year

I like short stories ... precise pieces of work & good to have a slender volume of them in ones handbag as you never know when you might have a few minutes to read. Aside from reviews for some periodicals it was the only form my favourite writer Katherine Mansfield used.

Long Days Journey Into Night - complete film with the great Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson - ua-cam.com/video/vmasgRjKzUY/v-deo.html

I do not think the number of books means anything ... one cannot compare Bleak House (a fairly substantial size wise novel) with a graphic 'novel' which is more like a comic book.

The only Atwood novel I like is her first one ... The Edible Woman published in 1969. I have always liked her short stories but not her later novels ... not sure why ... perhaps felt too middle aged for me ...

Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner was the first choice when The Book Of The Month Club started in the states back in 1926.

The Mill On The Floss complete text - www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6688/pg6688-images.html

Is London the greenest city in Europe? In its study, NerdWallet focused on Europe's 30 most populated cities and counted how many green spaces and parks each has. London came out comfortably on top, with 3,000 such green spots. The Royal Parks are home to an astonishing variety of wildlife. Roaming red deer and pipistrelle bats in Richmond Park. Kingfishers and skylarks in Bushy Park. Reed warblers in St. James Park.

hullo, I have just found you here ... I live in Cambridge & know/knew Ali Smith who also has a place here. She & her female partner lived on the same street as we did back when her career was coming into the light. What is slightly odd, but not really since this is Cambridge, we know the science fiction author Colin Greenland & his darling of years Susanna Clarke author of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I read Mayflies & came this close (index & thumb very near) to crying ...

I just bought a copy of headshot!! im super excited to get to it

Is the new life the one that starts on the train? 👀👀 If so, I read that first chapter because Simon Savidge told me to 😂 I've been meaning to keep reading ever since but my library/borrowbox never has it and I'm trying not to buy books right now... (we'll ignore the yellow Rebecca purchase of dreams...)

Love Tin man so much!! I hope you enjoy it…

Right I'm doing it, I'm cleaning out my borrowbox accounts... your digital video made me want to do it but now I actually have the time right this second... or as soon as the kettle's boiled at least 😂

I’ve just read Neon Roses and There, There too. Loved Neon Roses. I think I agree with you about There, There. I also lost track of motivations. I also really struggled with the dialogue which ended up being quite distracting. I thought it was better than average in the end. Really liked what it was doing and saying just struggled a little with the delivery but think that was a me problem 🤷🏻‍♀️

Aww i like it again. Nice hair ❤

Oh my gosh I do the exact same things with my Thalia wishlist (Thalia is the German equivalent to Barns & Nobel) 😹 I’ve saved over 600 books I’m interested in in some extend. Sometimes I’m just intrigued by the cover. Every time they have discount on English books I’m so overwhelmed and don’t know which books I REALLY want to read. Maybe I have to create a spreadsheet as well. 🙈

I‘m so glad I found your channel! Can’t wait to binge all your videos thehe ✨