A Huge Book Haul for May 2024
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- I have A LOT of books to tell you about that I brought into my library in May. And I've already read some of them! Expand for more information. 👇
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Last Month’s Book Haul: • Book Haul for April 2024
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My June TBR: • My TBR for June and Pr...
Titles Mentioned 📚
The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a/99775/97805935...
Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips: bookshop.org/a/99775/97804514...
Black Tickets, Jayne Anne Phillips: bookshop.org/a/99775/97803757...
We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/97803995...
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/97816680...
Fools Crow, James Welch: bookshop.org/a/99775/97801431...
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/97805934...
Dancing in the Shallows, Clare Reddaway: bookshop.org/a/99775/97819141...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/97800617...
Amongst Women, John McGahern
Mary Lavelle, Kate O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/97818440...
The Land of Spices, Kate O’Brien
Old Romantics, Maggie Armstrong
The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/97816456...
A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World, Jane Cholmeley
Earth, John Boyne
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Want to thank you for suggesting WANDERING SOULS. In 1978 my family welcomed a Vietnamese family into our home and walked with them on their adjustment journey. Stunning and thoughtful writing and opened my eyes to emotions I have not thought about for years. I am new to your book tube but enjoy it so much.
That does sound like it would be a very personal experience from an absolutely beautiful book. I'm so glad you liked it.
You maybe interested in the memoir Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran, it’s a wonderful coming of age memoir about adjusting to American life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
@@bookofdust I've heard good things about that book.
Small Joys is a lovely book. It was on my best books of 2023.
I have 75 pages left now and I'm really liking it.
Perfection!!!! I was just trying to make a pic for Pride Month! The 2 Guncles it is!!!!
I hope you like them!
Welcome Back. Can’t wait for you and Joel to recap the trip. Can I recommend Memento Mori by Muriel Spark , I favor over The Prime but I’ve haven’t read any thing by Muriel Spark that wasn’t worth my time
I've heard good things about Memento Mori--thank you. I think I focused in on Prime because of the movie connection. But if I like it I fully expect to try more. The Mandelbaum Gate is the only one my local used bookstore seems to ever get its hands on.
I absolutely loved Wandering Souls. I don't understand why it doesn't get more attention. Also, I DNFed Night Watch. Not only did I not enjoy the book I thought the cover was hideous (not that it matters). I'm about 50 pages into The Guncle Abroad 🤗. Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Happy Pride! I'm so glad you loved Wandering Souls. And congrats on sparing yourself some agony with Night Watch!
The Land of Spices is a wonderful book, it was one of the many I was assigned during my study abroad year in Ireland and it was probably my favorite. Some of the things I appreciated about it the most was the way it described dealing with grief (subtle butvstill powerful) lesbian identity (not explicit, but still undeniable and very tender) and also the depiction of a sufragette (at that time the only one I came across them in fiction or media were those in Mary Poppins and I so hate those). Amongst women sounds fantastic, I have only read a short story by John McGahern and it was great, but I don't really remember much of it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Land of Spices.
Book shopping while on vacation was clearly successful! Love it!
It was so successful. And I could have gotten more!
I CANNOT wait for your deep dive into Night Watch. I saw we gave it the same rating on The Story Graph. I vented to my poor mother for like an hour about it. I want to see if you had the same issues I did or if you had other ones.
I think I've finalized the text for the post that will go along with it. Hopefully, I can film it today and schedule it for either Sunday or Monday. 🤞
wow, what a haul! thank you so much for sharing, I have been eagerly awaiting details of your Scotland/Ireland trip✨📚
Thanks for watching! More to come on Ireland and Scotland when Joel and I do our monthly wrap-up.
Welcome back!!
Thank you!
So happy you both made it back safely! Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Thank you! It was a great trip but it's nice being home with Teddy.
@@SupposedlyFun Puppy snuggles can't be beat!
@@AntisocialAuntie Definitely not!
I’m kept looking behind me while watching the last third of the video. I thought our cat was sleeping behind me. Now I know it’s Teddy snoring 😴🤗😂🤣
Ha! Sorry, I should have said something when he fell asleep.
"The Guncle Abroad" is loads of fun. 😀
That's good to hear!
It was OK, not as lovely as original. Dont get your hopes up.
@@susanb4481 Good to know--thanks!
I thought Night Watch sounded so interesting when it came out but now hearing you and Eric at Lonesome Reader both disliking it makes me just pass on it. I can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it!
I'm hoping to film my video about it today!
TBR blows up again! The Safe Keep, Small Joys, and The Guncle Abroad are all on my list.
Sorry not sorry! 😉
Those sounded really interesting. And the bookstore hopping sounded really fun. Sounds like you had a great escape.
It was a wonderful trip. The bookstore culture over there is 💯
I put a hold on Night Watch when it was announced. I have yet to see a good review for it. I look forward to your deep dive.
It will hopefully be coming soon!
Welcome back Greg!😊 Hope you guys had a great time!
We had a great time, thank you!
Some of the responses to Night Watch have been soooo strong I’m kind of even more intrigued to get to it. I loved the sound of it when it came out I got my friend who came over from the US to bring me a copy back in November. Hahaha. The paperback edition of Small Joys is soooo much better than all the other editions. I am going to Dublin in July and will have to get Amongst Women.
Oh, Simon. If you do read Night Watch I will be very curious to hear what you think. I don't recommend it, though. 😂
I hope you have so much fun in Dublin! We loved it. And so many great bookstores to visit.
Welcome back! I am particularly interested in the books you got on your trip. It sounds like you came home with some good ones!
I love the books I brought home. Best souvenirs ever!
Oof! Quite the reaction to Night Watch! Looking forward to your review / takedown. But never mind that...Welcome Back! Was surprised to see you back here already. Even my time flew while you were having fun.
Thank you! I loved Ireland and Scotland but it feels good to be back.
There’s nothing like books as souvenirs of a great trip! I always go with a list of what I’m looking for or browse on my own. I was thinking about whether I’ve had experiences like you did with some of the booksellers and the answer is generally no,unless I’ve made a contact prior to the trip on social media. But usually the conversations I have are limited to not being able to find what I’m looking for. I definitely want to try your approach to finding something I hadn’t known about before.
Did Joel get any books on your trip?
Teddy almost sent me to sleepy land with his snoring. It wasn’t your content, I assure you! 😂
Teddy has had a big week for playtime, so he was very sleepy!
Joel got some cookbooks and a photo book of Ireland. We'll show them off in our monthly wrap-up.
I love the approach I discussed, but I wasn't able to try it in every store we visited. Books Upstairs had two employees, but both were busy helping other customers and I didn't want to interrupt. And the same was true for Lighthouse Books in Edinburgh. But when there's time, it's so fun to get to chat with them.
Welcome back! I hope the trip was fabulous.
I just finished Night Watch yesterday after coming very close to DNFing. I was impressed by its ability to be neither plot-driven nor character-focused, just tedious. I can't imagine how anyone would put it even in the top 50 American novels of last year. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts!
I just came to the comment section because I needed a break from all the irritation of writing my Night Watch Deep Dive. 😂
It's gratifying that I'm not alone in being confused by its Pulitzer victory.
I read “ The Echo Chamber “ by John Boyne a year or so ago - it is the story of how social media completely disrupts a family. And it is brilliant; one of my funniest reads of the last at few years. Highly recommend it. Not sure, but I think it is rather different from his other books.
I've heard that he tends to try different styles and approaches in his books.
The safekeeping is excellent. That blurb does not do the book justice
I'm really looking forward to it.
I really did not like Night Watch either, I look forward to your deep dive.
I've been so glad to see that I'm not alone!
Fools Crow is wonderful.
I'm really looking forward to reading it.
While I too miss Sandi as the host of Bakeoff, she's amazing at her job hosting QI. Check it out if you haven't yet, it's a very good show. She replaced Stephen Fry, had huge shoes to fill, and is doing a great job.
I've seen clips of her on QI and she seems very good at it.
Wellllll my tbr is in trouble again lol. I have seen that John Boyne has a whole slew of recent novellas named Under the Earth, water, earth and I have two of them so far but haven’t read them yet. I loved The Hearts Invisible Furies but I never picked up Ladder to the Sky. I’ll be curious how these shorter novellas play out… I am most interested in Small Joys, Fools Crow, Old Romantics and The Safekeep …. So you know, just about all of themmmm thaaaanks lol I mean thanks!! ☺️
I always have mixed feelings about new books on my radar. Especially when I feel like I know in my bones I might like something. I’m anxious to hear your thoughts on the Pulitzer Prize winner and why you disliked it so much… I haven’t read it, but ironically, there is a nonfiction that came out on the same subject, different insane asylum, and I’m betting it will win some non fiction awards for its research and story. I actually thought it would be good to read them back to back to compare the fiction to the non fiction … I might do that this winter. I just realized that my one 2024 tbr shelf has more books on it than I can read in the remainder of this year and so if each shelf has 2 years worth of unread books, I have to make sure I don’t die in the next 20 years, and let’s face it, I’m no spring chicken 😊😅😂 oh boy. I may need to cull some and I feel extra guilty to do it if I haven’t read them. Wish me luck and I’m looking forward to your next video. Hopefully I find one that shows a bit of your trip!😊
Good luck! Both my Pulitzer video and a video about the trip have been posted now. One thing that might be good to know about John Boyne (pointed out to me by a subscriber) is that he has had some transphobic controversies in recent years.
@@SupposedlyFun hmmm I did not hear of controversy but then again, I don’t look for them either. If someone has an unpopular opinion that’s their prerogative, as long as they are not into hate speech, which I would tend to think not in his case….? But good writing is good writing. Usually if someone is a bigot you will be able to tell thru their writing there will be hints that will sway me away from that author, but I haven’t seen that so far with him since I’ve only read that one book. Thanks for the heads up though, I’ll be reading on the lookout for that bias in his writing, if it doesn’t bleed thru I’ll still be a fan. And nothing will ever take away from the brilliance of The Hearts Invisible Furies.
I’m excited to see your vacation videos!!
@@Phillybookfairy From what I've heard and seen, the controversy began with his handling of a transgender character in one of his novels--and then got worse based on his response to those conversations.
I read 100 pages of Night Watch and did not finish!! Don’t understand how it won!
Me neither! Deep dive will hopefully be coming soon.
What was Teddys reaction when you returned from your travels
He was excited! But he was also overjoyed to sniff all the treats in the lobby of the place where he stayed. 😂
Hey, if you're a Rowley fan, wondering if you've read Lily and the Octopus? Seems like it'd be right in your wheelhouse. Made me cry, as my Lucy had an octopus at the time.
I applaud your strength in reading that book at that time in your life. I've kept my distance from Lily and the Octopus because I lost a dog to a brain tumor and even nearly two years later, I do not think I could emotionally handle it.
Totally get it! ❤
@@jodilyn9 ❤
I think if Night Watch had not won I would never have read it. I didn’t hate it as much as you (and definitely not as much as Eric Karl Anderson 😱) but I found it very underwhelming and basically meh.
I just don’t understand how it beat out so many other books that were so much better.
While reading The Guncle abroad I kept thinking about your trip to Italy a few years ago.
The more I've been thinking about Night Watch since I finished it, the more annoyance has tipped into dislike--and it keeps intensifying. I'm sure part of it has to do with incredulity that with all the options, THIS was what they chose. I haven't watched Eric's video yet. I decided I want to do my deep dive first so I can keep my own thoughts fresh. Not sure that makes sense, but here we are.
I can't wait to start The Guncle Abroad!
Lark & Termite was practically unreadable, so not surprised at all about Night Watch.
I can't even imagine trying Lark & Termite now.
Lark and Termite was pretty good, but not great. I don't understand the appeal. Hope you and Joel had a good time.
We had a great time, thanks!
Did you get your sweatersw
We did! Two sweaters each. They're being shipped, so we probably won't have them for another three weeks.
Perfection!!!! I was just trying to make a pic for Pride Month! The 2 Guncles it is!!!!
I hope you like them!