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I like to read books and then talk about them on the internet.
June Reads 2024
Here is everything I read in June, from isolated women, to Greek mythology and everything in between.
BOOKS 📚
Mrs Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
Thunderhead - Miranda Darling
So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan
No. 91/92 - Lauren Elkin
The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
James - Percival Everett
The Bradshaw Variations - Rachel Cusk
The Hearing Test - Eliza Barry Callahan
Circe - Madeline Miller
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BOOKS 📚
Mrs Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
Thunderhead - Miranda Darling
So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan
No. 91/92 - Lauren Elkin
The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
James - Percival Everett
The Bradshaw Variations - Rachel Cusk
The Hearing Test - Eliza Barry Callahan
Circe - Madeline Miller
FOLLOW ME 💃🏽
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris
Instagram: ___renee.morris
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VLOG | a parade by rachel cusk reading vlog
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A single book reading vlog, where I talk a lot about Parade by Rachel Cusk. PEOPLE 💜 Both videos worth checking out for further parade content @nathansnook ua-cam.com/video/5bataNedJt4/v-deo.html @casskrug ua-cam.com/video/dtTfT1aRTaY/v-deo.html FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ Airtable: airtable.com/appKdUXbfJ4xGPIsV/pagOHEHQ54x5ba4Qu
Mid Year Freakout Tag & Reading Goals Check In 2024 😱
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Time to check-in, reassess and see how the reading year is going so far. 😱 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag Questions 😱 1. How has your 2024 reading year gone so far? 2. What is the best book you've read so far in 2024? 3. Best sequel you've read so far in 2024. 4. A new release you haven't read yet but want to? 5. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year? 6. Biggest disappointment of...
VLOG | a week of finishing things I started
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I spent a week recovering from surgery and finishing all the half read books, making puzzle progress and RHOBH. #recommendedreads #booktube #readingvlog BOOKS 📚 The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka James - Percival Everett The Bradshaw Variations - Rachel Cusk The Hearing Test - Eliza Barry Callahan Parade - Rachel Cusk Worry - Alexandra Tanner Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other - Danielle Dutton I...
All the books I want to read this winter 🥶
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BOOKS 📚 A Horse at Night: On Writing - Amina Cain The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers Forbidden Notebook - Alba De Céspedes The Cost of Living - Deborah Levy Grief is for People - Sloane Crosley Kick the Latch - Kathryn Scanlan All Fours - Miranda July I Who Have Never Known Men - Jaqueline Harpman Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck Is Mother Dead - Vigdis Hjorth Parade - Rachel Cusk Acts of Des...
April & May Reads 2024 | good and bad rom coms, essays and journey novels 💔
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Finally recorded my April & May reading wrap-up. BOOKS 📚 Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld The Private Lives of Trees - Alejandro Zambra Coventry - Rachel Cusk Tar Baby - Toni Morrison Heartburn - Nora Ephron The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib The Road - Cormac McCarthy Kala - Colin Walsh FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.c...
VLOG | it's cold and i'm sick of reading mid books
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The cold snap got me grumpy this week and I'm read my first Cormac McCarthy. BOOKS 📚 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us - Hanif Abdurraqib The Road - Cormac McCarthy The Ten-Year Nap - Meg Wolitzer A Little Luck - Claudia Piñeiro At The Edge of the Woods - Kathryn Bromwich Great Expectations - Vinson Cunnigham The Bradshaw Variations - Rachel Cusk Kala - Colin Walsh PEOPLE 💜 @literaryiggy @j...
February & March Reads 2024 | family saga, cast of character novels
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I'm back reading books and talking about them on the internet. This month was all about lots of characters and family drama. BOOKS 📚 A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas Arlington Park - Rachel Cusk There There - Tommy Orange Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again - Katherine Angel The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Pineapp...
VLOG | i tried vlogging for an entire month
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It's a mammoth one, to anyone who makes it all the way through I applaud. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #booktube #readingvlog #bookrecommendations BOOKS 📚 A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas Lies and Sorcery - Elsa Morante Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again - Katherine Angel A Woman Destroyed - Simone de Beauvoir Arlington Park - Rachel Cusk There There - Tommy Orange PEOPLE 💜 @casskrug FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www...
VLOG | a week in my life on my own 💁🏽♀️
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Ever wonder what my life is like? Pretty boring tbh. Keep watching for a week of not much going on in my life. #booktube #bookrecommendations #readingvlog BOOKS 📚 Poor Things - Alasdair Gray On Freedom - Maggie Nelson FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/renee_morris Airtable: airtable.com/appKdU...
January Reads 2024 | coming of age, Irish lit & big brain essays
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Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy my wrap-up of everything I read in January. #booktube #bookrecommendations #readingwrapup #soireadthisbook BOOKS 📚 Adolescence Leaves - Nathan Truong The New Animals - Pip Adam (DNF) Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan Desperate Characters - Paula Fox Poor Things - Alasdair Gray On Freedom - Maggie Nelson PEOPLE 💜 @nathansnook LIN...
2024 Most Anticipated Reads
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Might be a bit late, but here are all the new release books I'm looking forward to reading in 2024. #bookrecommendations #booktube #soireadthisbook PEOPLE 💜 @nathansnook @katsfieldnotes FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ Airtable: airtable.com/appKdUXbfJ4xGPIsV/pagOHEHQ54x5ba4Qu
VLOG | first vlog of 2024 - what i'm reading
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Starting the year off strong with a big long vlog about what I read in the first week of 2024. #booktube #readingvlog #literaryfiction BOOKS 📚 Adolescence Leaves - Nathan Truong The New Animals - Pip Adam Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan PEOPLE 💜 @nathansnook FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ ...
20 books i want to read in 2024
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Consider this your recommended reading list for the year. From literary thrillers, to western frontier novels and even a little bit of fantasy. ✨ Enjoy! #booktube #20for2024 FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ Airtable: airtable.com/appKdUXbfJ4xGPIsV/pagOHEHQ54x5ba4Qu
December Reads 2023
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An average reading month, but ended it with a new obsession with Irish history and would love to read more Irish authors. #soireadthisbook #booktube #readingwrapup BOOKS 📚 Milkman - Anna Burns Swing Times - Zadie Smith A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib A Court of Thorns and Roses FOLLOW ME 💃🏽 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/_reneemorris Instagram: instagram.com/ renee.morris/ Airtable: ...
2023 in review - how was my reading year?
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2023 in review - how was my reading year?
VLOG | lets go dancing and then go to a book fair!
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VLOG | lets go dancing and then go to a book fair!
VLOG | a quiet october reading vlog
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VLOG | a quiet october reading vlog
New Bookshelf 🎉 Q&A - cost, shelf organising & a shelf tour
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New Bookshelf 🎉 Q&A - cost, shelf organising & a shelf tour
VLOG | reading tiny books to get me out of a slump
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VLOG | reading tiny books to get me out of a slump
VLOG | reading Love by Toni Morrison for bookclub
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VLOG | reading Love by Toni Morrison for bookclub
Mid Year Freakout Tag + Goals Check In 📈
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Mid Year Freakout Tag Goals Check In 📈
This was such an informative and helpful video!! I feel eager to read So Late in the Day, James, and Bradshaw Variations now. Glad to see you enjoyed Circe too. I absolutely loved The Palace of Eros if you’re still in the mood for Greek myth retellings. Great writing and storytelling in that one!
Wonderful to have found you with this great take on Parade, but equally exciting to find another Booktuber who is living in the southern hemisphere and wearing winter clothes!! Great video, thanks.
Thank you, hoping you’re curled up and keeping warm with a good book this winter.
omg ur dog is so cute 😭 I haven't finished the road yet but personally I love it for its simplicity, also the "boringness" just goes to show how depraved their lives are, they're just trying to survive in this barren world, which highlights the dad-son relationship and his love for his son even more, or at least this is how I understood it (I'm only like 40% in so far) but I loved this reading vlog
Still not convinced about the road. 😅 mars says thanks for the lovely compliment.
i love a renée reading vlog!!! and loved your thoughts on parade. i can't wait to get into it x
love you hun xx
“Mundane, repetitive but interesting” Ducks, Newburyport :)
Ahhhhh the tome of course.
what a packed reading month!! there’s nothing better than getting through a bunch of tinies. really intrigued by the miranda darling and lauren elkin. bradshaw variations is probably gonna be one of the next cusks that i pick up, seems like it’ll be kind of in line with arlington park!!
Miranda Darling felt closer to Arlington Park, maybe because the plot feels similar. If you’ve read In The Folds by Cusk that’s quite similar to Bradshaw.
excited to watch this video! but just wanna ask: would you ever do a bookshelf tour? it looks so beautiful 🥰
I did one in my bookshelf q&a at the end of the video. Maybe I’m due an update though? ua-cam.com/video/Ihbzt_ejmWQ/v-deo.htmlsi=7A13TYPU_xGe0tGM
@@r.enee.morris sorry, I should've gone through your old videos to check if you've posted one already, I'll check it out!
@chamomilegf no it’s all good. I’ve acquired more books since then so a an update at the end of the year could be needed.
a week later, i've finally finished watching this vlog (and also reading the book)! really agree about the deep vein of violence in all the sections, in different guises: destructive, generative, personal, social, illuminating, etc... i have to mull a bit more -- and i've certainly not read all cusk's written -- but this may be my favorite of her books? i look forward to the cuskapalooza wrap-up video! i loved yr ferrante vid :)
It’s one to ponder for sure and I’m interested to reread at some point. It’s pretty up there of my Cusk totem pole.
arlington park is also at the top of my list this year so far. can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the miranda july and danielle dutton when you get to them!! i personally love the really long vlogs, they’re so great to have on for company as i cook dinner or something like that!! so excited for the cusk wrap up and would love an all time faves video!!
I’m glad to keep you company while you cook.
I enjoyed hearing your thoughts, I am totally late to reading Cusk but plan to one day. I really enjoyed your outfits!
Thank you for watching.
Loved hearing your thoughts on this one! And always love your vlogs. Hoping to get to this Cusk in the next month!
Thanks Sara, enjoy it when you get to it.
A nearly one hour new reading vlog from Renée about Parade?? Be still my beating heart...off to enjoy and come back here to comment afterwards; I have a suspicion you will adore this one like I did!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Perhaps G stands for genius? but like you say and what Cusk is showing, is that not all G's are equal; distinctly through gender. Also maybe acts of violence are more permitted/ tolerated by male G's than female G's? But then we may consider that the woman who attacks the wife in the first part of the novel is also a G? Is Cusk making any new statements on her usual preoccupations: art, motherhood and the female condition? The only thing I struggle with in her works that I've read so far, is that she doesn't quite confront her privilege or wealth or the intersections of her themes with race. It's all very bourgeois. Anyway your discussion provoked these thoughts and it was so very gratifying to listen to your insights on this book! 🌻
I think Cusk is exploring the same ideas but in slightly different form. It does feel familiar but not the exact same. Yes her privilege is alway showing and I doubt she will change at this stage. Thanks for watching!
Coming back to this after finishing it because i just started it today! 💪
Enjoy
yessss loved hearing your thoughts on this one!! definitely one of the most thought provoking and challenging books of the year for me. i’m glad to see you enjoyed it so much and congrats on finishing all of cusk!! 😱
THE MOMENT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! loved these thoughts. agree very much with skipping the small talk to get to the nitty gritty details of life and conversation, the gory bits. loved seeing all this in The Diver. also, you made me realize how violence appears in each part. for some reason, i thought it was most prevalent in the first part, but with your thoughts, Cusk is tackling violence at all angles. thank you for this wonderful vlog! <3
2:01 "something lighthearted and easy (...) but it lacked a lot of depth for me" honestly, this is how I feel about emily henry's books 😭 lighthearted and easy, sure. but god, they're written so blandly. it's not too much to expect a chicklit-y book to also have a bit of depth, right
It’s not a lot to ask. Heartburn definitely remedied this for me. Em Hen I’ve tried and it’s a hard no.
trust me, i will be SAT for that cusk video x
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As someone who once wanted to be an SNL writer, I absolutely devoured Romantic Comedy, even though a lot of the “vote blue no matter who” takes annoyed me lol. I do think there has been general commentary in the states about “schlubby” SNL actors/actors in general dating women that are considerably “out of their leagues.” I do think Sittenfield reflected that discourse fairly well. But I think you were accurate to point out the main character’s insecurities. While she is confident in her work, she has very low self esteem, which can be frustrating to read. The Danny Horst rule was both meant to reflect discourse while also deflect from her own insecurities. I do wish Sittenfield had done more to allow the main character to work through her self esteem issues, though! Anyway! Thesis from a new subscriber is over lol. Totally agree that The Night Owls is an egregious name for any sort of adult programming, fictional or otherwise
Thanks for the insight. It’s helpful hearing from a US pov, as I’m sure there are things I’m not getting. I guess I find it weird in general to have such a superficial observation be the heart of a story. Also the covid stuff was weird/jarring. NZ handled it so different so reading a character driving across country for a hook up during that time was crazy to me.
The Bee Sting has been on my tbr for a while now, I will have to get a copy, lol! I don't have a goal, but the fact that I have read 28 books so far, including school reading, is pretty impressive to me! It might be recency bias, but my favorite book, in this case novella, so far is Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson. It's a thriller with beautiful writing and a great ending. Would love to see a favorites video!
28 books is awesome! Will check out Bloom, that’s a new one to me.
Fantastic reading so far this year! I’m looking forward to reading a few that came up on your list, Kala especially. I CANNOT wait for your Cusk video. Loved your Ferrente one so I’m thrilled that I’ll get to hear your retrospective on Cusk.
Kala was so gripping, hope you enjoy. Looking forward to sitting down and planning the Cusk video.
having a week dedicated to finishing things you have started is a theme i could really be incorporating into my life haha. this was such a nice vlog!! i hope your recovery process is going well, sending love x
It was a very accomplished yet relaxing week. Xx
No one has read everything! I’m still keen to know what your fave ever books are
Compiling the list and having a good time.
I was also very underwhelmed by Small Things Like These, so I'll have to give that other Keegan a try. Also, 100% picking up Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other - sounds really great. Can't wait for the two Cusk videos to come!
Maybe get the Keegan from the library if you can.
renée!! i just noticed the channel name change!!!! i love!
🥰🥰 thanks bb
you've convinced me i need to read parade!!!!!! things DO go down in the literary dinner party! do we need more irl dinner parties??!
Housewives is further proof for more dinner parties IRL.
Just went and immediately acquired The bee sting, and immediately started reading itttttt
I love that. Enjoy.
definitely would love to hear your favorite books of all time (or at least thus far!) and favorites can change and that's a good thing, it could also be a nice reflection for you in ten years time when you've read a lot more to go back and see what your favorites were at that point in time. :) and who even is well read, I think only very few people are, so I would definitely still love to hear /your/ favorites!
Good shout, I will start planning.
Yes to favorites of all time video! Just make it a part one so you can update later.
Good idea.
cannot WAIT for the Parade vlog and the Cusk video! need my hands on Thunderhead. i've been seeing it everywhere and it's just so gorg
Thunderhead was a quick little read. Let me know what you think if/when you get to it.
ahhh I hope you enjoy Grief is for People and Acts of Desperation, and... should I try A Horse at Night, given our shared distaste for Indelicacy?
I’ll let you know about A Horse at Night, I’m still sceptical.
I really hope your recovery is progressing. Recovery is so so hard. It requires so much patience. Fingers crossed! 🥰
We are slowly getting there, it’s crazy how different this experience is to the first time. Things are taking there time that’s for sure.
you’re the only person i’ve heard talk about the bradshaw variations!! one of the last cusks i have left as well. really enjoyed this vlog, hope your recovery is continuing to go well!!
I didn’t pick up in the fact that this was her last fiction before outline trilogy. Such a contrast. There’s a definite divide going on in her work.
living for the amina cain renaissance hahaha. i just picked up grief is for people from the library yesterday - i hadn’t heard the didion comparisons but that’s making me even more excited to get to it. also having fomo with all fours but my library hold is taking so long to come in!! this is such a good list and all the editions you have are so pretty!!
okay wait i’m dying at “i’ve been avoiding this book because i don’t want to look at it” 😂
This is the only ugly edition in the bunch.
loved hearing about your experience with The Hearing Test, especially since it sits so close to your current situation. wishing you a speedy recovery! <333
Will always remember it fondly, I hope the narrator is doing well.
I love your vlogs! What a nice Sunday treat ❤
Yay! Thank you!
Needing to finish a bunch of things you've started ... relatable. Tell me you're an Aries without telling me you're Aries!!!!!!!
👼🏼 big pea brain energy.
I liked The Buddha in the Attic but did you also find that the style in which its written got old half way through?
Maybe a little, but overall I felt like it made sense to continue with the style of the collective group narration.
I read Forbidden Notebook this week and loved it. I hope you enjoy!
Read and absolutely loved the Sloane Crosley ARC. I would also put it on a par with the Didion.Quite a stack.. Just picked up Parade from the library.Found I who have never known men really disappointing though - just never moves on from the premise. If you have read the blurb you have read the book imo
Sloane Crosley seems like a favourite all round.
All Fours is a wonderful ride. hope you enjoy!!! also, i still have yet to read A Horse at Night! the booktube fomo is getting real!
So much fomo with all the reads.
i also preferred A Horse at Night: On Writing over indelicacy. just finished all fours, its wacky lol but enjoyable. i hope you liked kairos, i really liked it but its bleak af lol. is mother dead is also fun and you. areright it was longlisted for int booker in 2023. i'm excited to hear what you think about these books when you get to them!
I like bleak. Maybe I’ll read kairos before all fours. For balance.
the music Renée!!! i loved! what was that?!
I’ll dm you the track
I love your page and Kat’s too!
Kat is an angel 😇
New Renee yippie!!!
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Good luck with Acts of Desperation. I haven't heard much about it in my circles but this was just... fine? I'm glad I read it but I also felt like I wasted my time.
I'm fully on board with a Winter of Women™ for you! This is a very good list IMO; hope you find some edifying reads among them. I'm currently reading Megan Nolan's newer one, Ordinary Human Feelings ◡̈
Oh I like that. 💜 Not surprising they’re all women.
That edition of acts of desperation is criminal. I hunted down for the yellow and black one with the naked woman instead which is gorg. The book is really really good though, hope you do pick it up soon! Also, patiently waiting for your thoughts on Kairos, will def buy it if you recommend it!
I have considered reordering it but that seems silly. TBH I’ve done it before with ugly books.
I am reading De Cespedes' "Her side of the story" for my Italian feminist vlog theme.
Nice, I’ve preordered that one.
What a great selection! I have read some of these (The Forbidden Notebook is great! You did pronounce her name correctly.) and the others are also on my TBR.
Phew, feel like I need to work on the flow of the name.