Your comment about Sapiens made me feel better - I’ve been reading it for months for the reason you mentioned! I get that way with nonfiction sometimes unless it has a strong narrative.
Gosh Nightbitch sounds so interesting! What an amazing idea. I'm reading The Animals in That Country at the moment, about talking to animals, and I really like that possibility, the merging of the animal and the human kingdoms.
I need to read some Nicci French novels. Mrs. March sounds like something I would enjoy and The Talented Mr. Ripley is a classic I still need to read. Thanks for another great wrap up. 😊💙
Hooray, for another Jen monthly wrap-up! Hurry, for the next wrap-up! I kid, I kid. Love watching your reading & baking videos, I can hardly wait for the next! 💕 'Girl, 11' goes on my TBR, want to get it as soon as I finish my current reads: The October Country (Ray Bradbury) - such masterful writing; and Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong).
I read Piranesi by Susannah Clarke, which I enjoyed a lot! Then I read Mrs.England by Stacey Halls, which I also found quite captivating and then I read The Witch‘s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, a retelling of Norse Mythology, which I loved the first half of and more or less skimmed the second half of . Now I started reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
The Talented Mr Ripley is such a great title. Nightbitch is also wonderfully sassy for a title haha. I am re-reading Wuthering Heights at the moment because I went to Top Withens in September so wanted to revisit the landscape in the book to compare. Also read The Buddha of Suburbia in last month which was good fun. And been reading Seeing Things by Seamus Heaney on and off for about 2 months. Have so much more poetry to read :'D
In September, the favourite books I read were 'The girl with the loading voice', 'Ill feelings', and ' The nickel boys' - all brilliant in different ways. I think the girl with the loading voice was my favourite, I was disappointed it didn't carry on at the end so hopefully there will be a sequel. I also read some other good books but those were the best. September was a great reading month! :)
After watching your Nicci French video, I’m now on my third (all audiobook) and this is my first Freida Klein. Love them and definitely improving the commute every day!
My first one was What To Do When Someone Dies and then Losing You. I was always vaguely aware of their books but with their being so many it was quite overwhelming so thank you Jen! Planning to work my way through them all. X
I just finished The Last House on Needless Street. I really enjoyed it, I thought I knew one of the plot twists and I did kind of did but then it took what the f*** direction with that twist and ending was just wow. It's a psychological horror. I think you'd like it, it's not particularly scary, it's more unsettling is a good word. Its also a real page turner. Anyway, as today is Canadian Thanksgiving, have a happy holiday. Good luck on the reading.
The patterns are so fab!! Very excited for this wrap up :) I'm drinking a hot chocolate, resting after dropping my partner at work. Your videos make me feel very warm and fuzzy
Just finished reading Pew and the Luminous Republic which I picked up because of you and they are probably going to be my favourite books of the year so thank you! I'm currently reading The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Will definitely be looking to pick up Nightbitch and The Last Place You Look.
I just finished Nightbitch this evening having tried hard not give up on it. I think it was just too weird for me! I ended up skipping large chunks, especially towards the end. I’m looking forward to reading Beautiful World, Where Are You after all the hype. I somehow managed to pick it up for £1 from the charity bookshelf in my local supermarket!!!
Recently started Zorrie by Laird Hunt and Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Got back into reading The Coward by Jarred McGinnis while continuing my reread of Jude the Obscure. I lighten the mood with Diary of a Nobody and whatever Pratchett book I'm on.
I read Kiss myself goodbye by Ferdinand Mount last week, and really enjoyed it. It's non-fiction, uncovering his aunt's incredible life story. Inspired by your recent video, I read Friday on my Mind at the weekend, and picked up Saturday Requiem from the library today.
There is no such thing as too many patterns! I read to dare last year and while I remember enjoying it at the time, I dont actually remember ANYTHING about it.
I just finished (on audio) Medallion Status by John Hodgman which was fine and I just checked out I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro. I listened to How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams, which starts out as a very amusing romcom, but becomes increasingly more tense in the last third of the book, which is really effective. I'm now listening to Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear and am enjoying it a lot. I read The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary which I adored (and I just bought her book The Road Trip on the strength of The Flatshare). I am reading The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson which is creepy and compelling. And I am trying to finish The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, which I thought was right up my alley, but I am probably going to DNF it. This is just a partial list of what I have read recently. Which is amazing, because I have fallen off on reading in recent years. Jen and a couple of other booktubers have gotten me back into reading in a big way.
I've recently read Alice Waters' We Are What we Eat, Nigella's book - Cook, Eat, Repeat, and am halfway in the private detective series of Laura Lippman. Also read: In My Dream I Hold a Knife and The Echo Wife. No high marks for either of those. Just finished the Goliath (Billy Bob Thornton) series on Amazon Prime - we both loved it, and finished the latest series of Billions and loved it.
The books which made the most impact on me in September where The Mothers by Brit Bennet, Ghost Wall and Summerwater bei Sarah Moss. The other Bennet Sister was wonderful and A curious history of sex by Kate Lister is just fantastic especially the audio version.
So today I found out that The Sister who ate her brothers will be delivered much earlier than they said originally and definitely in time for Halloween. Yay! On a totally different note, I need to get better at dnf'ing books because I still can't do it without feeling immense guilt. Especially well written books which just don't appeal to me personally, I just feel like I have to finish them. The struggle is real...
Hi Jen! Is it too mother henly to say, 'don't lift those big stacks!"? When you're listening to audio books, do you tend to listen to them at a normal speed, or do you speed them up? Just wondering.
"poetry please" although i haven't picked up the book i bought from your last poetry review. I also long to read a dystopian, people have stopped reviewing them but to me they're just a favourite genre unrelated to the present, which i see through the lenses of biology and politics, so i am very unhappy
Hi Jen, How do you reconcile wonky feelings about an author and reading their book because everyone else is? I am very bothered by the fact Sally Rooney is refusing to allow her books to be translated into Hebrew because of her pro-Palestine beliefs. Which, I DO support Palestine over what Israel is doing to them, but I’m put off by this almost blatant anti-Semitism, because not all Jews are Israeli, and so it seems deliberately cruel of her to do this.
I spoke about that in a video from years ago (not specifically about Rooney, obviously, as this was ages ago, but talking more generally) m.ua-cam.com/video/rhXU5MJQjgY/v-deo.html
Also, just to add, my understanding is that Sally Rooney does want her books translated into Hebrew, she just doesn’t want it to be translated and produced by an Israeli company. x
those patterns go amazingly together, beautiful
Your comment about Sapiens made me feel better - I’ve been reading it for months for the reason you mentioned! I get that way with nonfiction sometimes unless it has a strong narrative.
Gosh Nightbitch sounds so interesting! What an amazing idea. I'm reading The Animals in That Country at the moment, about talking to animals, and I really like that possibility, the merging of the animal and the human kingdoms.
I need to read some Nicci French novels. Mrs. March sounds like something I would enjoy and The Talented Mr. Ripley is a classic I still need to read. Thanks for another great wrap up. 😊💙
I love your patterns, it’s cheerful, much love across the pond
Hooray, for another Jen monthly wrap-up! Hurry, for the next wrap-up! I kid, I kid. Love watching your reading & baking videos, I can hardly wait for the next! 💕 'Girl, 11' goes on my TBR, want to get it as soon as I finish my current reads: The October Country (Ray Bradbury) - such masterful writing; and Goodbye, Vitamin (Rachel Khong).
I read Piranesi by Susannah Clarke, which I enjoyed a lot! Then I read Mrs.England by Stacey Halls, which I also found quite captivating and then I read The Witch‘s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, a retelling of Norse Mythology, which I loved the first half of and more or less skimmed the second half of . Now I started reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
The Talented Mr Ripley is such a great title. Nightbitch is also wonderfully sassy for a title haha.
I am re-reading Wuthering Heights at the moment because I went to Top Withens in September so wanted to revisit the landscape in the book to compare. Also read The Buddha of Suburbia in last month which was good fun. And been reading Seeing Things by Seamus Heaney on and off for about 2 months. Have so much more poetry to read :'D
In September, the favourite books I read were 'The girl with the loading voice', 'Ill feelings', and ' The nickel boys' - all brilliant in different ways. I think the girl with the loading voice was my favourite, I was disappointed it didn't carry on at the end so hopefully there will be a sequel. I also read some other good books but those were the best. September was a great reading month! :)
Mrs March sounds wonderful. Really like that premise. Definitely adding to my ever-expanding TBR! ☺
Just finished A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers and starting The Binding by Bridget Collins.
Night bitch sounds just my sort of thing! Definitely picking that up! ☺️
After watching your Nicci French video, I’m now on my third (all audiobook) and this is my first Freida Klein. Love them and definitely improving the commute every day!
Yey! ♥️ which others did you read before Blue Monday? x
My first one was What To Do When Someone Dies and then Losing You. I was always vaguely aware of their books but with their being so many it was quite overwhelming so thank you Jen! Planning to work my way through them all. X
I just finished The Last House on Needless Street. I really enjoyed it, I thought I knew one of the plot twists and I did kind of did but then it took what the f*** direction with that twist and ending was just wow. It's a psychological horror. I think you'd like it, it's not particularly scary, it's more unsettling is a good word. Its also a real page turner. Anyway, as today is Canadian Thanksgiving, have a happy holiday. Good luck on the reading.
The patterns are so fab!! Very excited for this wrap up :) I'm drinking a hot chocolate, resting after dropping my partner at work. Your videos make me feel very warm and fuzzy
Just finished reading Pew and the Luminous Republic which I picked up because of you and they are probably going to be my favourite books of the year so thank you! I'm currently reading The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Will definitely be looking to pick up Nightbitch and The Last Place You Look.
I just finished Nightbitch this evening having tried hard not give up on it. I think it was just too weird for me! I ended up skipping large chunks, especially towards the end.
I’m looking forward to reading Beautiful World, Where Are You after all the hype. I somehow managed to pick it up for £1 from the charity bookshelf in my local supermarket!!!
Meant to say the other day, I’m loving how your end shot now includes your new book too:)
Mrs March sounds amazing.
Recently started Zorrie by Laird Hunt and Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Got back into reading The Coward by Jarred McGinnis while continuing my reread of Jude the Obscure. I lighten the mood with Diary of a Nobody and whatever Pratchett book I'm on.
I read Kiss myself goodbye by Ferdinand Mount last week, and really enjoyed it. It's non-fiction, uncovering his aunt's incredible life story.
Inspired by your recent video, I read Friday on my Mind at the weekend, and picked up Saturday Requiem from the library today.
There is no such thing as too many patterns! I read to dare last year and while I remember enjoying it at the time, I dont actually remember ANYTHING about it.
You have persuaded me to get The Talented Mr Ripley off my TBR shelf. Will you continue with the series?
I will but going to read others by her first ☺️
I just finished (on audio) Medallion Status by John Hodgman which was fine and I just checked out I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro. I listened to How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams, which starts out as a very amusing romcom, but becomes increasingly more tense in the last third of the book, which is really effective. I'm now listening to Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear and am enjoying it a lot. I read The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary which I adored (and I just bought her book The Road Trip on the strength of The Flatshare). I am reading The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson which is creepy and compelling. And I am trying to finish The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, which I thought was right up my alley, but I am probably going to DNF it.
This is just a partial list of what I have read recently. Which is amazing, because I have fallen off on reading in recent years. Jen and a couple of other booktubers have gotten me back into reading in a big way.
I've recently read Alice Waters' We Are What we Eat, Nigella's book - Cook, Eat, Repeat, and am halfway in the private detective series of
Laura Lippman. Also read: In My Dream I Hold a Knife and The Echo Wife. No high marks for either of those. Just finished the Goliath (Billy Bob Thornton) series on Amazon Prime - we both loved it, and finished the latest series of Billions and loved it.
I love NIgella! Made the vegan gingerbread from Cook Eat Repeat last week and it was so good, though it had about 600g of sugar in it alone lol.
The books which made the most impact on me in September where The Mothers by Brit Bennet, Ghost Wall and Summerwater bei Sarah Moss. The other Bennet Sister was wonderful and A curious history of sex by Kate Lister is just fantastic especially the audio version.
So today I found out that The Sister who ate her brothers will be delivered much earlier than they said originally and definitely in time for Halloween. Yay!
On a totally different note, I need to get better at dnf'ing books because I still can't do it without feeling immense guilt. Especially well written books which just don't appeal to me personally, I just feel like I have to finish them. The struggle is real...
I've finished reading Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley, set in Lancashire, good and scary. :[)
Hi Jen! Is it too mother henly to say, 'don't lift those big stacks!"? When you're listening to audio books, do you tend to listen to them at a
normal speed, or do you speed them up? Just wondering.
I listen at normal speed x
have you read the secret life of fungi by aliya whiteley? I found it a lot easier to read than entangled life!🍄✨x
I haven’t read that because I had Merlin‘s book and didn’t feel I could justify getting both just yet, but I do love her work x
wow wonderfull channel!
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"poetry please" although i haven't picked up the book i bought from your last poetry review. I also long to read a dystopian, people have stopped reviewing them but to me they're just a favourite genre unrelated to the present, which i see through the lenses of biology and politics, so i am very unhappy
Best books read so far this month
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Standard Deviation
Writers & Lovers
The Feast
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Hi Jen,
How do you reconcile wonky feelings about an author and reading their book because everyone else is? I am very bothered by the fact Sally Rooney is refusing to allow her books to be translated into Hebrew because of her pro-Palestine beliefs. Which, I DO support Palestine over what Israel is doing to them, but I’m put off by this almost blatant anti-Semitism, because not all Jews are Israeli, and so it seems deliberately cruel of her to do this.
I spoke about that in a video from years ago (not specifically about Rooney, obviously, as this was ages ago, but talking more generally) m.ua-cam.com/video/rhXU5MJQjgY/v-deo.html
Also, just to add, my understanding is that Sally Rooney does want her books translated into Hebrew, she just doesn’t want it to be translated and produced by an Israeli company. x