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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.

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

i love a renée reading vlog!!! and loved your thoughts on parade. i can't wait to get into it x

“Mundane, repetitive but interesting” Ducks, Newburyport :)

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!!

excited to watch this video! but just wanna ask: would you ever do a bookshelf tour? it looks so beautiful 🥰

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 :)

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 enjoyed hearing your thoughts, I am totally late to reading Cusk but plan to one day. I really enjoyed your outfits!

Loved hearing your thoughts on this one! And always love your vlogs. Hoping to get to this Cusk in the next month!

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!

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! 🌻

Coming back to this after finishing it because i just started it today! 💪

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

trust me, i will be SAT for that cusk video x

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

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!

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.

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

No one has read everything! I’m still keen to know what your fave ever books are

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!

renée!! i just noticed the channel name change!!!! i love!

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??!

Just went and immediately acquired The bee sting, and immediately started reading itttttt

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!

Yes to favorites of all time video! Just make it a part one so you can update later.

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

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 really hope your recovery is progressing. Recovery is so so hard. It requires so much patience. Fingers crossed! 🥰

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!!

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!!

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

I love your vlogs! What a nice Sunday treat ❤

Needing to finish a bunch of things you've started ... relatable. Tell me you're an Aries without telling me you're Aries!!!!!!!

I liked The Buddha in the Attic but did you also find that the style in which its written got old half way through?

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

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!

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!

the music Renée!!! i loved! what was that?!

I love your page and Kat’s too!

New Renee yippie!!!

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 ◡̈

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 am reading De Cespedes' "Her side of the story" for my Italian feminist vlog theme.

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.