A January (and belated December) wrap up
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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books mentioned:
ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells
ARTIFICIAL CONDITION by Martha Wells
SULPHURTONGUE by Rebecca Salazar
THE PACHINKO PARLOUR by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
SORROW AND BLISS by Meg Mason
THE OTHER MOTHER by Rachel M. Harper
FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry
SPARE by Prince Harry
OF WOMEN AND SALT by Gabriela Garcia
TRICKSTER DRIFT by Eden Robinson
GIRLS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Maria Adelmann
THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green
CROW LAKE by Mary Lawson
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I won't lie - I mostly clicked to find out your thoughts on Spare (not that I wouldn't watch anyway, but the motivation was really there, heh). I don't plan on reading it, but it's been entertaining to see what everyone thinks. I'm glad you had some really great reads in January. My three completed reads were just alright. Hoping for better things this month. -Becks
LOVED CROW LAKE!! 😍
I was so lucky to find a copy in a used book store here where I live. Seriously , those characters are as real to me as anyone in real life. Cannot say enough great things about it.
🔥🔥🔥 Crow Lake hive rise up!
@@TheBookBully 🤣🤣🤣
You've convinced me to finally read The Anthropocene Reviewed! I loved John Green as a teenager but for some reason this just never appealed before. It sounds like the perfect antidote to beginning of the year blues.
I think it's a great way to start the year! I hope you love it
That Tiktok! 🤣🤣🤣 Always love your reviews even when they are one sentence. January is almost over and the light returns slowly but surely.
Even responding to this comment on Feb 1 makes me feel lighter. Bye bye Jan!!
Call the Midwife is the best show ever
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As a retired midwife (33 years delivering babies) I can say I loved my profession, even the days that didn't go so well and there are always some. I don't watch the "Midwife" shows though I did read the book--I think I would look for the flaws. Love what you had to say however. Its cold and rainy here too and I'm in California so I have no right to complain. Love Mary Lawson as well. Need to read more of her backlist. Reading Chop Suey Nation (your recommendation) to honor Chinese New Year. Just finished The Measure by Erlick. The jury is still out on that one. My favorite for January was Our Endless Days by Claire Fuller. I've read all her novels now (yes I am a fan) and am waiting for her new book that should be out in the U.S. in April. I did love your December wrap up.
Oh what a great idea to read Chop Suey Nation for lunar new year! I'm glad to hear you liked Our Endless Numbered Days. I have that on my shelf too and I definitely want to read more Claire Fuller this year so I will maybe bump it up the list!
I listened to Spare on audio. It was interesting and bizarre but ultimately I don’t know how much I got from it. I received Crow Lake this week and am now very excited to get to it.
My fav book I read in Jan is definitely We Spread by Iain Reid. I can't stop thinking about it and the author is from Kingston, ON 😀P.S. We have 3 cats, my tip: I keep most of my clothes inside out until I wear them, get dressed and quickly leave the house (avoiding their gaze and resisting the urge to pick them up and give them a squeeze).
Ok this inside out clothes thing is genius! Although I have a very hard time not petting my BB cat at all times 🥹
@@TheBookBully It's so hard. I call the kittens "Little baby kitty cats"! ♥ LOL They love it. I can tell. Old man Bruce, is 8 years old and he follows them around judging them for breaking all the rules.
Hi! I empathize with wearing black! You nailed it on the Matthew Perry book. He is full of anger but knows he has massive love and resources. He loves/hates his parents. I think I love Chandler so much that I gave Matthew 4 stars!! As for Harry. I will not be reading his book. I will, however, watch the review you mentioned. Finally, I put the John Green audio book on hold and the Lawson book on my TBR. I enjoy your videos, it feels like you are sitting here with me as I drink my coffee. I buy the Walmart brand and put half and half in it. What was the icky flavor you were drinking?
Aww I'm glad we are drinking coffee and chatting about books together. The whole thing about Matthew and his parents was crazy to me! He's like in his 50s and he still has such a childish mentality about his parents!!
I have a nespresso machine and I had the dregs of my vanilla oat milk in the coffee. I cleaned my machine shortly after this and bought new milk and all my coffees have been 🔥 since!
Interestingly, my two favorite reads in January were both nonfiction.
The first, which I listened to on audio, was Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree. I loved how it focused on the whole system and interconnectedness of the process of the reemerging ecosystem, and how it was not only important that highly visible things like nightingales we making a comeback, but also things like taste beetles and fungi.
The second was Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp. It's an oral history taken in the 1980s (though published much later), that for a theatre nerd like me, is a fascinating journey through a huge section of American theatre history and is filled tidbits from so many different wonderful actors, directors, playwrights, etc.
Both of these sound so great. I am especially interested in the theatre story. I've added it to my list of books to keep my eye out for.
I won't be reading Spare but I have gotten a lot of enjoyment watching others' reviews and vlogs about it. Best book I read this month was Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Everyone keeps talking about this book. Maybe I need to put it on a TBR
@@TheBookBully It's one of those books with a big paradigm shift. I've been following / a part of the death positive movement for many years and I still got a lot out of this book and learned a lot.
Thank you for reading Matthew Perry’s book so I don’t have to! 😂
Not all heroes wear capes 🫡
My SAD is always at its worst in January and February. My insomnia has been crappola.
Best books I’ve read in January ( on audio as I can’t concentrate enough on text)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
The Book of Form and Emptiness
Daisy Jones and the Six
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I want to get to The Book of Form and Emptiness someday!
I DNF'd both The Other Mother and Of Women and Salt. Good to know I'm not alone in my feelings. I had such high hopes for The Other Mother. I ultimately ended up being bored and not invested in the characters. I have both Son of a Trickster and Crow Lake on my shelves. Your making me feel like I need to hurry up and get to them. The trouble is what will I de-prioritize? Ahh bookish problems.
The struggle is very very real! If only we had an extra 4 hours a day just for reading.
There won’t be much of an audience for Harry’s book here in N.Ireland/Ireland. It was the leading story on news channels here when it was published. It was put before nurses strike, NHS crisis, cost of living crisis and everything that effects our lives.
Yeah it was on a bunch of news shows here, too. We really do love our pop culture tat!
Well..... As long as your hair goal isn't stockard Channing in Grease, I think you're good 😂 JK your hair is ALWAYS lovely!
Hahaha but she is so ICONIC in Grease! Her hair is also great in The West Wing.
I think the key to Perry and Harry's book is to listen to them as they are not written for the Booker and then you don't notice. I can't wait to just hear Harry' s voice in my house. My problem with Perry's book was his screwed up relationships and views of women......jerk much??? HOLY crap!!
Totally 1000% agree with your review on Matthew Perry’s book. It was awful. As a matter of fact, after suffering through it, I couldn’t watch Friends reruns for months because just seeing him made me puck 😂😂😂
Is it just me, or does Prince Harry look like a Sim on the cover of that book. Or like a CGI person. There is some uncanny valley thing going on there haha
You are correct only (plz watch the TikTok linked)
@@TheBookBully 😂😂
“I liked it a lot” 😂 great wrap up! Yikes. I don’t think the Matthew perry book is for me. I ended up taking Spare off my hole list at the library. 🤷♀️ not intriguing me
Probably a good decision!