the way you talked about bibliophobbia and esp when you said "I'm always afraid the sentence never coming" it reminded me of one of my favorite poems called "the fear" by Mahmoud Darwish, I couldn't find a translation for it so I'll try to translate it the best I can even though I'm not a translator "fear has the taste of the magical lotus in the bigger odyssey. and might the stranger forget his land and his dog his loyal friend and his first wife and take up wandering I'm afraid I'd forget and I'm frightened of the burden of my memory on the manuscript of tomorrow. there I'm neither there, nor here. And I'm afraid of not writing the last line of the poem"
pinning this!!! thank you so much for your translation of this wonderful poem! i always think about the next day, how much hope and wonder i’ll carry into it. the great perhaps, though always full of fear of the unknown, is one so full, also, of anticipation 💫
so glad to hear that the Heti made an impact on you! and ahhh thank you for growing with me through all these little videos 🥹🫶🏼 wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨📚
the hearing test almost made it into my list! the anthropologists, rejection and human acts were already on my 2025 tbr, so i'm happy (and not surprised) to see them here. i also have we do not part as an arc, so i'll probably read that soon as well. i'm curious about the italy letters, bc it's the only book on yr list that i haven't read or already intended to read soon. and as you say, there's a dearth of vietnamese writers in the general booksphere conversation thanks for bringing us another fabulous year of videos 💖
I hate picking favourites, but if I had to: 1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 2. The Unicorn from the Stars & Other Plays by W. B. Yeats 3. The Letters of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath 4. Matilda by Mary Shelley 5. Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (much better than the film, which frankly butchered the story)
I loved hearing you talk about Letters. I can’t wait for my library to get Bibliophilia in and Parade. What an enhanced experience this book was for me this year as a result of our read a long. It really was. More Morrison - for me in 2025. Thank you for the reminder. 👏. Human Acts is on the top of my list of books for ‘25. I want to experience this writer. Happiest of New Years, my friend.
thank you so much for our reading of Parade! it was such a joy in tackling such a tough text! and would love to know your thoughts on Han Kang! a very interesting writer for our times! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨📚
i’m so excited about this AHHH i love the idea of “important reads” & i’m really looking forward to reading the italy letters hopefully next month 😊 also had a year of quite a few rereads & it’s been fun!!! thank you for this lil holiday present 🫶🏼
to more important reads in 2925!!! ✨📚 and EEP! would love to know your thoughts on The Italy Letters! so so wonderful to have met you this year! and to many more hangouts in the new year ✨🫶🏼
177?! Wow. I am perplexed but mainly inspired and motivated for next year. I read 14 books this year and they all transformed me, I couldn't imagine 177!
i just had a major issue with screen time and just traded that time off for books! but it’s never about quantity, but more so quality! 14 transformative books is such a joy! would love to know which books meant a great deal to you this year :)
amazing list nathan 👏🏼 i’m planning to read rejection in the new year!! like right in january!! excited to see what it’s all about. also human acts is also high on my list for 2025. & you’ve officially put the italy letters on my radar. hope you have a happy new yr!!
eep! can’t wait for you to get to these priority reads!!! happy holidays and a happy new year to you! so lovely to have gotten to know you more through books and vlogs this year! and to plenty more in 2025 ✨🥂
Yes to Parade, Alphabetical Diaries and The Bluest Eye. I read Morrison for the first time this year and will definitely be reading many more of her works in the coming year.
I will definitely read the Italy Letters. I know so little about Vietnamese culture. If you have any other recs on the subject let me know. I already have a hold on Rejection whenever it gets to my library.
Really enjoyed this! Thank you and I already added all the books, except like 2 or 3 in my TBR long ago from your previous vlogs and wrap-ups, haha, I was really thinking that Human Acts might be you #1 this year also a few months back, the way you were talking about My Friend by Donna Tartt really gave me similar sensation that you might keep it in your top 10. Other than that, all were kind of more or less expected, really adore and love your vlogs, wrap-ups and everything, Nathan! The comfiest space for me to relax and gain critical insights. One thing I would like to add, the commentary you made on how all books are political, how intricately and masterfully you dwelled onto that topic and gave your reasoning for your statement, that really made me genuinely surprised and it was really striking too, to say I really and whole heartedly agree with all you said and you opened up many insights and possible angles for me to consider whilst enlightening me on the topic. As a fellow lover of literature whose passion is reading and engaging critically with texts, I much rather prefer you and your style of taking everything in and how you so beautifully and skillfully deal with everything, how you have this flow and this manner of approach that I adore, than someone who chooses to post a statement without further backing it up or giving any reasoning. I read 18 books this year, my personal best, and these are the top 5: 1. On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 2. Swimming In The Dark by Thomas Jedrowski 3. Lie With Me by Phillipe Besson 4. The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka 5. Animal Farm by George Orwell Just recently purchased both The Vegetarian and Human Acts by Han Kang and really excited to start them the coming year. Happy Reading!
oh gosh thank you for such an immense comment! books mean a great deal to me, and in such a hot political climate occurring globally, much of my politics and how i stand and move through the world is a toll of time and action that i must participate in! but also!!! i too read to escape! and i do that through art yet try and blend it all in a way that makes me come back to reality. thank you always for taking the time to watch these videos! it truly means a lot and comments and sentiments like this really push me to continue at all! so thank you kindly ✨🙇🏻♂️ and golly !!! these are wonderful picks! love Ocean and CANT WAIT for his new novel coming out next year! i still need to read Besson! perhaps for 2025 😭 wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025!! ✨📚
Idk Nathan, who am I? *spirals in existentialism* I SOO so so agree with you on Rejection. A must read! And Kang is absolutely on the tippy top of the list for 2025. Such a great list boo! Grateful for you! Happy almost new year!
Wow, 177 is a remarkable number of books. I'll check out the books - going to check out the book by Ayşegül Savaş. My reading list for 2025 gets longer and longer... I can relate to your sentiment about giving recommendations. I would struggle with that.
I love that you preface each book with a quote! I also have the anthropologists as a quiet fav this yr. Wait do u have the sunnys toni morrison evangelist hat?? Saranghae 😙
I had my 👁️ on Rejection & added it to my TBR, but your accolades in a previous video = I read it a few days later and was even more impressed than i expected, and my expectations were high AF. It’s definitely in my top reads of ‘24 & unlike anything in my typical 📖 wheel house . So - good looking out ! 📖🪱💚
Have heard so many good things about Rejection will probably HAVE to get it. Just finished a minor classic called The Dinner by Herman Koch and wish I’d read it five yrs ago when it came out. Be well and Merry Xmas.
Your intro music sounds so much like the guardians theme from breath of the wild and every time I open one of your videos I get a little tiny panic attack thinking a guardian has a laser on me😭
Thanks for the forecast! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
i just traded screen time for book time! and i think i might’ve gone overboard.. 🫠 history unfortunately repeats itself and every day is a struggle and a right in fighting towards a stronger and better democracy fit right for the public. this is graciously expressed in duty and persistence in Human Acts. truly get wait to get to The Vegetarian! Keegan!!! a master of the economy of words and rich in emotions! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨🫶🏼
how do you retain what you read though? you must have been speedrunning through everything. i read 52 books a year for the past 3 years and that required a lot of time and dedication to properly absorb the material and appreciate it. double that sounds insane
i’ve been thinking of doing a video on this, as i’ve been mulling over how to respond without having the need to write an essay 😭😭😭 - but in short, i jot down notes and direct lines from the text and the first retention is mere sentiment, and then plot, characters, and arcs and how they tie in theme are secondary to me, and lastly, what impressions it left on me become journal entries and then a goodreads review! also, books are meant to be reread, and that also contains a different retention of things undiscovered in the first reading, and much more to discover with time and how you’ve aged. 177 books is a lot! 52 books is also a lot! and i am an insane person!!! 🤪
the way you talked about bibliophobbia and esp when you said "I'm always afraid the sentence never coming" it reminded me of one of my favorite poems called "the fear" by Mahmoud Darwish, I couldn't find a translation for it so I'll try to translate it the best I can even though I'm not a translator
"fear has the taste of the magical lotus in
the bigger odyssey. and might the stranger forget
his land and his dog his loyal friend
and his first wife and take up wandering
I'm afraid I'd forget and I'm frightened of the burden of my memory
on the manuscript of tomorrow. there I'm neither
there, nor here. And I'm afraid of
not writing the last line of the poem"
pinning this!!! thank you so much for your translation of this wonderful poem! i always think about the next day, how much hope and wonder i’ll carry into it. the great perhaps, though always full of fear of the unknown, is one so full, also, of anticipation 💫
Finding your channel on Christmas Day is truly a gift. Better late than never.
Alphabetical Diaries was insane. I never thought a book with that premise would hit me the way it did. Thank you for sharing these
so glad to hear that the Heti made an impact on you!
and ahhh thank you for growing with me through all these little videos 🥹🫶🏼
wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨📚
A treat for the holidays ❤ thank you for the amazing insights as per usual. Sending you (all the) love
all the love felt 🫂🫂🫂
happy holidays and a happy new year to you ✨🫶🏼
Always a delight, thank you for sharing and being you.
thank you kindly! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨📚
the hearing test almost made it into my list! the anthropologists, rejection and human acts were already on my 2025 tbr, so i'm happy (and not surprised) to see them here. i also have we do not part as an arc, so i'll probably read that soon as well. i'm curious about the italy letters, bc it's the only book on yr list that i haven't read or already intended to read soon. and as you say, there's a dearth of vietnamese writers in the general booksphere conversation
thanks for bringing us another fabulous year of videos 💖
I hate picking favourites, but if I had to:
1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
2. The Unicorn from the Stars & Other Plays by W. B. Yeats
3. The Letters of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
4. Matilda by Mary Shelley
5. Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (much better than the film, which frankly butchered the story)
thumbnail was a big slay
I loved hearing you talk about Letters. I can’t wait for my library to get Bibliophilia in and Parade. What an enhanced experience this book was for me this year as a result of our read a long. It really was. More Morrison - for me in 2025. Thank you for the reminder. 👏. Human Acts is on the top of my list of books for ‘25. I want to experience this writer. Happiest of New Years, my friend.
thank you so much for our reading of Parade! it was such a joy in tackling such a tough text! and would love to know your thoughts on Han Kang! a very interesting writer for our times! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨📚
i’m so excited about this AHHH i love the idea of “important reads” & i’m really looking forward to reading the italy letters hopefully next month 😊 also had a year of quite a few rereads & it’s been fun!!! thank you for this lil holiday present 🫶🏼
to more important reads in 2925!!! ✨📚
and EEP! would love to know your thoughts on The Italy Letters! so so wonderful to have met you this year! and to many more hangouts in the new year ✨🫶🏼
177?! Wow. I am perplexed but mainly inspired and motivated for next year. I read 14 books this year and they all transformed me, I couldn't imagine 177!
i just had a major issue with screen time and just traded that time off for books! but it’s never about quantity, but more so quality! 14 transformative books is such a joy! would love to know which books meant a great deal to you this year :)
amazing list nathan 👏🏼 i’m planning to read rejection in the new year!! like right in january!! excited to see what it’s all about. also human acts is also high on my list for 2025. & you’ve officially put the italy letters on my radar. hope you have a happy new yr!!
eep! can’t wait for you to get to these priority reads!!! happy holidays and a happy new year to you! so lovely to have gotten to know you more through books and vlogs this year! and to plenty more in 2025 ✨🥂
Brilliant Nathan! You have perfect taste! I took so much from this, thank you! Happy Holidays❤
thanks for tuning in! and happy holidays to you and a happy new year 💫
The Bluest Eye is the only Morrison book that’s stayed with me and I read it before you were born. Interesting list.
quite a claim! curious to know what, which other Morrisons come in second and third for you in terms of staying with you? ✨💌
loved hearing about all of your favorites!! also human acts is def my favorite han kang I've read it.
I just purchased Rejection a couple weeks ago so I’m so glad to hear it’s so good!
ahhh so excited for you to get to it!!! would love to know your thoughts :)
What a wonderful list - thank you for sharing your thoughts!
thanks for tuning in! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025!!! ✨📚
Christmas came early! A Nate special 👌👌👌
just for you 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025 good sir! ✨📚
Intro ate, instant sub, love your energy 😤🔥
✨🙇🏻♂️ thanks for tuning in! your presence here matters 💫
I've been eagerly waiting for this!
Yes to Parade, Alphabetical Diaries and The Bluest Eye. I read Morrison for the first time this year and will definitely be reading many more of her works in the coming year.
oh wow! so happy you got to Morrison this year! which Morrison did you read? ✨💌
what a beautiful description of The Anthropolgists :") sending you lots of xo's, Nathan
xo’s felt!! 🫂🫂🫂
wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025 bb !!! ✨📚
I will definitely read the Italy Letters. I know so little about Vietnamese culture. If you have any other recs on the subject let me know. I already have a hold on Rejection whenever it gets to my library.
Loved this!
thanks for tuning in! your presence here matters 💫
Girl, 177 books? Oh lordi Lordi Lordi!
we might have gone overboard this year.. 🤦🏻♂️
merry christmas, dear nathan 🎄
thank you so much! hope you have a wholesome christmas ✨🎅🏼
Really enjoyed this! Thank you and I already added all the books, except like 2 or 3 in my TBR long ago from your previous vlogs and wrap-ups, haha, I was really thinking that Human Acts might be you #1 this year also a few months back, the way you were talking about My Friend by Donna Tartt really gave me similar sensation that you might keep it in your top 10. Other than that, all were kind of more or less expected, really adore and love your vlogs, wrap-ups and everything, Nathan! The comfiest space for me to relax and gain critical insights. One thing I would like to add, the commentary you made on how all books are political, how intricately and masterfully you dwelled onto that topic and gave your reasoning for your statement, that really made me genuinely surprised and it was really striking too, to say I really and whole heartedly agree with all you said and you opened up many insights and possible angles for me to consider whilst enlightening me on the topic. As a fellow lover of literature whose passion is reading and engaging critically with texts, I much rather prefer you and your style of taking everything in and how you so beautifully and skillfully deal with everything, how you have this flow and this manner of approach that I adore, than someone who chooses to post a statement without further backing it up or giving any reasoning.
I read 18 books this year, my personal best, and these are the top 5:
1. On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
2. Swimming In The Dark by Thomas Jedrowski
3. Lie With Me by Phillipe Besson
4. The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
5. Animal Farm by George Orwell
Just recently purchased both The Vegetarian and Human Acts by Han Kang and really excited to start them the coming year. Happy Reading!
oh gosh thank you for such an immense comment! books mean a great deal to me, and in such a hot political climate occurring globally, much of my politics and how i stand and move through the world is a toll of time and action that i must participate in! but also!!! i too read to escape! and i do that through art yet try and blend it all in a way that makes me come back to reality. thank you always for taking the time to watch these videos! it truly means a lot and comments and sentiments like this really push me to continue at all! so thank you kindly ✨🙇🏻♂️
and golly !!! these are wonderful picks! love Ocean and CANT WAIT for his new novel coming out next year! i still need to read Besson! perhaps for 2025 😭
wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025!! ✨📚
Idk Nathan, who am I? *spirals in existentialism* I SOO so so agree with you on Rejection. A must read! And Kang is absolutely on the tippy top of the list for 2025. Such a great list boo! Grateful for you! Happy almost new year!
Wow, 177 is a remarkable number of books. I'll check out the books - going to check out the book by Ayşegül Savaş. My reading list for 2025 gets longer and longer...
I can relate to your sentiment about giving recommendations. I would struggle with that.
it’s so hard!!! especially to complete strangers! wishing you a strong reading year in 2025! the Savaş is wonderful! 💫
I love that you preface each book with a quote! I also have the anthropologists as a quiet fav this yr. Wait do u have the sunnys toni morrison evangelist hat?? Saranghae 😙
Hi Yena! Thanks for recommending Nathan. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!
@@jjcabello1who wouldn’t!! ❤
ahhh love the booktube community 🥹🫶🏼
hooray for quiet favs!!! 💕
and i do have the hat!!! needs more wear out tbh !!!
You know what hell yeah
HELL YEAH HI KING ✨🙋🏻♂️
thanks Nathan
subscribed right away im in love
ahhh thanks for stumbling upon this video ✨🙇🏻♂️ your presence here matters 💫
I had my 👁️ on Rejection & added it to my TBR, but your accolades in a previous video = I read it a few days later and was even more impressed than i expected, and my expectations were high AF. It’s definitely in my top reads of ‘24 & unlike anything in my typical 📖 wheel house . So - good looking out ! 📖🪱💚
ahhh so happy to know you got to it!!! that last essay/chapter ?! 🤯🤯🤯 loved how inventive in form it felt!!!
Interesting selection.
Have heard so many good things about Rejection will probably HAVE to get it. Just finished a minor classic called The Dinner by Herman Koch and wish I’d read it five yrs ago when it came out. Be well and Merry Xmas.
You are hilarious - instant subscribe! And thank you for articulating so humanely the absurdity of current wars. Warm wishes from Kyiv ❤
i stand with ukraine!!! ✊🏼🇺🇦 sending you warm wishes and wholesome moments as we tidy up these last few days of 2024 ✨💌
Ive only started following you around june but it has been such a wonderful time on your channel
ahhh thank you so much for being part of the space! it truly means a lot! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025 ✨📚
Saint Nook brings gifts early
i said HO HO HO ✨🎅🏼
Your intro music sounds so much like the guardians theme from breath of the wild and every time I open one of your videos I get a little tiny panic attack thinking a guardian has a laser on me😭
It's "M.A.Y. in the Backyard" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, featured on the soundtrack of Call Me by Your Name
177? What allows you to freeze time like that?
being off my phone !!! i had such a gnarly screen time addiction i just wanted to fix it and i think i went overboard..lol 🫠
@ good for you!!!!!
Is that a soy sauce fish desk lamp?
it is! it’s from heliograf! 🎣
....I love u too.... Thank you. Please do more xxx
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will always try to keep the people fed with more nookish content ! ✨📚
Thanks for the forecast! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
uhhh excuse me but this is a booktube
I read all her books up to beloved but I tired of her. I remember Sula but only the title.
how do you read 100+ books 🥲
looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the vegetarian.
i just traded screen time for book time! and i think i might’ve gone overboard.. 🫠
history unfortunately repeats itself and every day is a struggle and a right in fighting towards a stronger and better democracy fit right for the public. this is graciously expressed in duty and persistence in Human Acts. truly get wait to get to The Vegetarian!
Keegan!!! a master of the economy of words and rich in emotions! wishing you a wonderful reading year in 2025! ✨🫶🏼
how do you retain what you read though? you must have been speedrunning through everything. i read 52 books a year for the past 3 years and that required a lot of time and dedication to properly absorb the material and appreciate it. double that sounds insane
i’ve been thinking of doing a video on this, as i’ve been mulling over how to respond without having the need to write an essay 😭😭😭 - but in short, i jot down notes and direct lines from the text and the first retention is mere sentiment, and then plot, characters, and arcs and how they tie in theme are secondary to me, and lastly, what impressions it left on me become journal entries and then a goodreads review! also, books are meant to be reread, and that also contains a different retention of things undiscovered in the first reading, and much more to discover with time and how you’ve aged.
177 books is a lot! 52 books is also a lot! and i am an insane person!!! 🤪