In October, I buddy-read Walking on the Ceiling with Amelia - I loved it, she didn’t. When I heard Mattea Roach (CBC’s The Next Chapter) interview Savaş about the Anthropologists, I found the author’s comments applicable to her first novel as well. She’s interested in how we use daily routines to establish our identities. (Walking on the Ceiling is so much about discovering personal identity.) Savaş also compared the beauty of everyday life to the way a still life painting makes you see things differently. I’m with you 100% on the desirability of illustrations in books for adults.
Aaiii I'm mad at myself for not making this connection as I would have loved to mention this in my video. You are quite often several steps ahead of me in my discoveries :-) Your comment also affirms a hunch I have about Savas's writing ... because it lacks traditional narrative form it depends much more on making a deep and personal connection with a reader than other more plot-heavy works. I treasure your comments, Lindy - thank you!
reading this dickinson poem while listening to you recite the first and last stanzas made an actual knot of tears form in my throat and chest -- i love when just a few symbols (and probably the sound of a voice reading) can cause such a physical punch i read about 25 or so pages of the anthropologists earlier in autumn and also wasn't latching on. i was planning to return to it at some point vaguely (bc i've liked savaş' other novels), but you've made that intent less vague. maybe before the end of the year!
Yes, a "physical punch" is exactly it. Thanks for letting me know, I really appreciate it. The Anthropologists is a strange one, isn't it? I was so so close to a DNF. E x
I need to ask this basic question. So many of your reading choices, they seem so out of left field compared to the everyday man’s books. Even the educated everyday man. Are your selections intentionally looking to be different for the sake of being different? Or is this what all of the literature majors out there are reading these days because these titles can actually rival the classics (or worse, to just be avante garde). Or is this a geography ‘problem’? Or something else. My wording may sound judgmental and/or ignorant but I am just so curious. And really, I don’t think I would look my nose up to any answer.
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 oh gosh, I feel so bad. You took away your beautifully composed response. Ack I’m sorry that I didn’t respond sooner. Between last minute holiday things and sleeping a bunch because I think I’m getting sick, alas. The late bird certainly does not get the worm. Anyway, I think it sweet about wanting to stay connected to your grandfather through reading. Actually it’s more than sweet. It’s the most profound thing I have ever heard anybody do. I believe that Reading defines a person so by reading what they did, you are indeed closer! Which leads to my next comment with regards to you talking about your reading selection as a reflection of your eclectic self. I’ve been struggling with my limited space versus wanting to keep my books. If reading is so defining, how can I think of letting them go? I thought I had resolved to start selling my books. And now you have me questioning that. Thank you (no sarcasm)….. nope I did not peg you as a handbag person. Nope, not at all. Hahahah. Thank you for your kind words by the way about me. It actually took me aback to hear somebody say they looked forward to what I put out in UA-cam world. So often I think of my videos as confessing into the void and when somebody hears and wants to hear more it’s unnerving, in a good way. Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah and all that jazz!
In October, I buddy-read Walking on the Ceiling with Amelia - I loved it, she didn’t. When I heard Mattea Roach (CBC’s The Next Chapter) interview Savaş about the Anthropologists, I found the author’s comments applicable to her first novel as well. She’s interested in how we use daily routines to establish our identities. (Walking on the Ceiling is so much about discovering personal identity.) Savaş also compared the beauty of everyday life to the way a still life painting makes you see things differently.
I’m with you 100% on the desirability of illustrations in books for adults.
Aaiii I'm mad at myself for not making this connection as I would have loved to mention this in my video. You are quite often several steps ahead of me in my discoveries :-)
Your comment also affirms a hunch I have about Savas's writing ... because it lacks traditional narrative form it depends much more on making a deep and personal connection with a reader than other more plot-heavy works.
I treasure your comments, Lindy - thank you!
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 It’s a pleasure to share bookish thoughts with you ☺️
and on a more superficial note: i love this shirt, and that edition of brave new world is gorgeous
Oh not superficial - you made my day. Truly x
reading this dickinson poem while listening to you recite the first and last stanzas made an actual knot of tears form in my throat and chest -- i love when just a few symbols (and probably the sound of a voice reading) can cause such a physical punch
i read about 25 or so pages of the anthropologists earlier in autumn and also wasn't latching on. i was planning to return to it at some point vaguely (bc i've liked savaş' other novels), but you've made that intent less vague. maybe before the end of the year!
Yes, a "physical punch" is exactly it. Thanks for letting me know, I really appreciate it.
The Anthropologists is a strange one, isn't it? I was so so close to a DNF. E x
I need to ask this basic question. So many of your reading choices, they seem so out of left field compared to the everyday man’s books. Even the educated everyday man. Are your selections intentionally looking to be different for the sake of being different? Or is this what all of the literature majors out there are reading these days because these titles can actually rival the classics (or worse, to just be avante garde). Or is this a geography ‘problem’? Or something else. My wording may sound judgmental and/or ignorant but I am just so curious. And really, I don’t think I would look my nose up to any answer.
I simply read what I like!
@@theonlyrealproperty2567 oh gosh, I feel so bad. You took away your beautifully composed response. Ack I’m sorry that I didn’t respond sooner. Between last minute holiday things and sleeping a bunch because I think I’m getting sick, alas. The late bird certainly does not get the worm. Anyway, I think it sweet about wanting to stay connected to your grandfather through reading. Actually it’s more than sweet. It’s the most profound thing I have ever heard anybody do. I believe that Reading defines a person so by reading what they did, you are indeed closer! Which leads to my next comment with regards to you talking about your reading selection as a reflection of your eclectic self. I’ve been struggling with my limited space versus wanting to keep my books. If reading is so defining, how can I think of letting them go? I thought I had resolved to start selling my books. And now you have me questioning that. Thank you (no sarcasm)….. nope I did not peg you as a handbag person. Nope, not at all. Hahahah. Thank you for your kind words by the way about me. It actually took me aback to hear somebody say they looked forward to what I put out in UA-cam world. So often I think of my videos as confessing into the void and when somebody hears and wants to hear more it’s unnerving, in a good way. Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah and all that jazz!