Hi Hannah. This was a really interesting one to do. Lots of fun. I'm sure you'll have terrific responses if you decide to do this one. No pressure, though.
I never fail to learn something (usually in the first five minutes) after viewing one of your videos! Missed your calling Pat. You should have been a teacher. 😁
Great video and tag! I too was shocked when I saw the "... My Mother..." title. I really don't like it. My answer for the poetry title would be "...of mice and men...", a line becoming a title. I love that you record reading stories for the children. Really great.
Hi Helen. I really don't like that title about the actress's mother either. I am not inclined to read books like that anyway, but the title was really off-putting. "Of Mice and Men" is a great choice. I actually started making my book videos for my little relatives before I started the channel, when I was just thinking about it. It was such fun! Hope you are doing well.
Wonderful responses! Thank you so much for tagging me in this excellent tag! I love The Sound and The Fury, as well as the Agony and The Ecstasy. Beautiful First Edition. The Wastelands is possibly my favorite poem. I think I will get cracking with this tag tonight.
I’ll play along a bit . . . Funny - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Tom Robbins) Like a line of poetry -- The Winter of our Discontent (Steinbeck) Heartwarming or homey - Just Kids (Patti Smith) Unusual combination of words - The Tsar of Love and Techno (Anthony Marra) Contradiction -- Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (Zora Neale Hurston) 🙂
Pat I think you have a wonderful delivery & great content in your videos. Glad I found you on “Is This Thing On”. You have a gravitas that only an English Literature teacher can bring to booktube.😀
Oh dear Heidi, you have just totally made my day! Thank you so much for this lovely comment. And I'm so glad that you found me on the show last week too! That was SUCH fun, and I don't know when I have laughed so hard--in my entire life. It was good for my heart. I guess you can see, hearing the English teacher Pat, what made Dave and Gareth's show that much funnier. Thanks so much for being here and for always contributing such thoughtful comments! 🥰
What a great tag! The hamster wheel of my mind is spinning very quickly! I better go dash off a quick list before his little legs get tired! LOL! I like the way you know the books so well that we get a mini review with each one. Super video!!!
Good morning! Your list brought back many good reading memories. Thank you! I loved The Agony and the Ecstasy! And Marcellus quickly became my favorite octopus. So much so that I then had to read The Soul of an Octopus by Montgomery to learn more about them. Louise Penny is a favorite mystery writer along with Dana Stabenow and Elizabeth George. Enjoy your reads!
It was a fun tag to do! Please consider yourself tagged if you feel like doing it. I’ve read that that McCurdy book is actually good, but I just can’t get beyond that awful title.
Pat here are my answers: 1. A Funny Title? A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet 2. A Shocking Title? The Only Good Indian 3. A Title that sounded like a line of poetry? The Name of the Wind 4. A Title Which Made Me ask Question? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 5. A Heartwarming or Homely (or maybe Homey?) Title? Legends & Lattes 6. A Title with an Unusual Combination of Words? The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 7. A Fantastic or Magical Title? The Mirror of Her Dreams 8. A Title Which is a Contradiction or describes the Impossible? The Lesser Dead
One of my favorite book titles ( I may have actually bought the book because of the title.) is Woody Allen’s collection of essays called Without Feathers. As you probably know, Pat, the title comes from a short Emily Dickinson poem: “Hope is the thing with feathers…” I was a big fan of Woody’s back before his domestic troubles.
"How do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners" - hah, love the cover. Strip quilting?, lol I was taken aback a bit when I heard the title to that book! Great answers to the tag Pat and thank you for tagging me :)
This was a really fun one, Fred! Love those dinosaur books! They are very popular among the little ones in my life. I'll look forward to your responses should you decide to do this one.
*Gasp* I love The Agony and the Ecstasy. It is one of my favorite books. As soon as you said Irving Stone, I caught my breath waiting for the title. It was published the year I was born, which makes it special to me, as well.
I have a 4 and a 5 year old and omg, I’ve never thought of filming myself reading a book for them. That’s such a good idea though, I’m going to try it.
Oh it is such a wonderful series for kids! The first half of the book is a series of questions, asking if a dinosaur does all sorts of things like shoving his dirty clothes under his bed or into a closet or back in his dresser drawers or behind doors. And then the authors proceed to answer their questions about all the good things the dinosaur does to keep his room neat and tidy. It's very funny and sweet. The dinosaur lives with a human family. The little kids in my life love these books!
I have that edition of Are There God? It’s Me Margaret and it has so many special memories for me. Love to hear how you read to young relatives! Thank you for the tag!
That’s so interesting with regard to the title The Catcher In The Rye. I love that you read to the children. That you have your mother’s book is endearing to me. Your answers were wonderful, as usual. 😊 Thank you for thinking of me, I would love to do this tag. Take care.
Hi Floss! Thanks for this lovely comment! No pressure from me about doing tags, but this was a fun one! I’ll look forward to your answers should you decide to do it. I hope you’re doing well! 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I am doing very well, Pat. Thank you for asking. I hope the same for you. I’m definitely going to do this tag. I’m a bit behind but I’ll catch u soon enough. Take care, friend.
Love your answers. Thanks for the tag. I will do this soon. Although the title I'm Glad My Mom Died is off putting, I thought it was a great book. It was difficult to read in spots
Great answers! The Mother title gets me every time as well, I want to read it because I’ve heard good things, but I can’t say the words out loud. Master slave husband wife is also a very heavy title, I would like to read that at some point. Thank you for tagging me! It brings a smile to my face every time 😊 I was tagged by Heather as well, and I didn’t think I would have a lot of answers, because I got stuck on the “bought it because” part, but seeing more people answer the questions is helpful to get inspired and it’s not so serious 😊 So I will try this one!
I didn’t buy any of these books because of the title; I don’t buy books because of title or covers. But I did the prompts anyway-based on titles that are funny, shocking, poetic, magical, etc. Yes, that “mother” book is supposed to be good, but I just can’t get beyond the title, and I guess I’m not that interested in the premise otherwise. No pressure to do the tag. Just know I’m thinking about you.😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Weeell covers are a different thing 😂 Maybe not just the cover, but they certainly draw me in! I know you didn’t and I think it’s great that you did the prompts anyway! I’ll do the same. I know there’s never any pressure from you. Aw thank you, that actually means a lot to me. No pressure to keep tagging me though haha just know that I appreciate it when you do! 💜
Thank you Pat! I will add this to my ever growing list. Lol😂 Still stripping after 24 years is funny. Especially when it jas nothing to do with what one would think.
I loved your answers to this Pat, and to your commitment to including Salinger in your videos! I haven't read anything by Salinger yet, and there's a part of me that doesn't want to start with Catcher in the Rye. Are there any other novels of his you'd recommend starting with, or is it Catcher all the way? 😜
@@aaronfacer Hi Aaron. Catcher was my first Salinger read, which I read for the first time at 13. After I read it and fell in love with it, I went back and read everything he wrote: Franny and Zooey, Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour, An Introduction (Raise High…and Seymour-that’s one book), and Nine Short Stories. As a teen, I didn’t think any of the others compared to Catcher. Nothing affected me the way Catcher did. But I was 13-14 when I was reading every Salinger book I could get my hands on. I’m not sure how I’d feel about any of them if I were coming to them all for the first time as an adult. I believe Catcher is his first book, followed by Nine Stories, and then Franny and Zoey. I found some of the short stories really dark and disturbing. Catcher has a lot of dark themes too, but I just loved Holden’s voice and character. I do think it’s his best work, and certainly his most memorable. It’s really the only one of his books that I do revisit regularly. I’m not helping you out here, am I? I’m afraid if you start with his lesser works, you won’t read Catcher! I’m very curious what it would be like for you to read it for the first time as an adult. Will you identify with Holden in some way, as I always have? Or will you find him to be a whiney, self-centered teen, as some people do find him? I will always see him as this incredibly bright, cynical kid who is also suffering horribly-and it’s much more than your normal teen angst. He makes me laugh, and I want to protect him at the same time. I’m sorry, Aaron. I’m really not helping at all. 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Pat, that's a perfect response! Part of what has made me curious about Salinger recently is just how much enthusiasm you have for him as a writer, and for Catcher in particular. I'm planning to take my daughter to the book shop tomorrow anyway, so we might find ourselves straying over to the "S" section of the fiction section, just to see what's there! ☺
@@aaronfacer Oh I just absolutely adore that you are taking your daughter to the book shop tomorrow. A young woman that I mentored when I was still teaching just today sent me a picture of her new baby--born in March--sitting in chair and "reading" a book--or that's what it looks like. I just loved it! I hope that you pick up some wonderful books for your daughter! Do you have Ezra Jack Keats' THE SNOWY DAY for her? One of my favorite children's books of all time. Anyway, I hope you do find some Salinger. His books are all fairly short, so it won't take you long to read them. I will be very curious to hear your thoughts, especially about Catcher. It's set in post World War II New York City, and it may seem very dated now (A Jaguar automobile costs, I think, $4000 in the novel!), but the themes--a teenager dealing with profound grief, the phoniness of much of adult society, the desire to preserve the innocence of children--feel timeless to me. Keep me posted!😊
Hey Pat - enjoyed your reflections as always. Curious if you have had a look at the NY times 100 Books of the 21 Century? With your background and knowledge, I am so curious about your thoughts are and what YOUR book list would look like! I read Foster then went on to read Small Things Like These based on your recommendation. I enjoyed them so much! I also finished John Boyne's Element books Water and Earth...Fire will be out in November. So many beautiful novels coming out of Ireland. You must be getting very excited about your up coming trip. I wanted to mention a beautiful novel that I have just finished - The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson - I think you would really enjoy it. It has an interactive element too...such a beautiful experience for the reader! Take care Pat! x
@@p4chennorway Hi Patricia. I have seen The NY Times list. I haven’t really studied it, but I followed it all week as each segment was revealed. I guess I think it was premature to be making Top 100 books of a century that isn’t even 25 years old yet. I thought there were some wonderful books on it, and, as I usually feel about these lists, there were many great books missing. I’m so glad you are loving Claire Keegan. (I do have to say, though, I thought her collection Antarctica fell far short of Foster and Small Things….Thank you for the book recommendation! Once I finish this Ulysses re-read and my reading as a co-host of Rocket Summer, I will have more time to explore again. So thank you for suggesting titles! Always appreciated! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I totally agree! It doesn’t seem at all balanced - but interesting to follow and watch unfold - if only to reflect on the books we have read and would have chosen for our own top 10 so far. Yes I looked at Antarctica - but decided to look at Walk the Blue Fields first. I’ve been reading one short story each afternoon during this week. Yes the TBR just grows and grows joyfully! 📚❤️Until next time…
@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk you are correct. There are all of these variations of “Beam me up, Scotty,” but not those exact words in that order. This little video is fun: ua-cam.com/video/QTcMmXVUXw8/v-deo.htmlsi=CtQ9pRkYs2OeU70J
"Still stripping after 25 years" will be the name of my new youtube channel devoted to macroeconomics and the poetry of Ayn Rand. "April is the cruelest Month" was also the title of a short story by Cuban writer Cabrera Infante. It's online and I think I talked about it in one of my videos. It's an excellent short story to read with Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." I think the first time I heard about Judy Blume was in a Belle & Sebastian song. Whenever a trailer or blurb or review states a story is "heart warming" I head for the exit. I read the same thing when I read a review of the film "Cinema Paradiso." If it hadn't been to friends who dragged me to the movie theater I never would've have seen it. I don't think the reviewer understands what heart warming meant.
This is a fabulous tag! The Sound & the Fury is an especially wonderful choice. Master Slave Husband Wife is a fascinating book-so well done.
Hi Hannah. This was a really interesting one to do. Lots of fun. I'm sure you'll have terrific responses if you decide to do this one. No pressure, though.
Thanks for the tag. I was thinking I don’t really buy books for their titles, then saw my GarbAugust pile and thought again…
@@GenreBooks23 ha!! I need some Garb August suggestions!
Thank you, Pat!
I love your choices, and love learning from what you share with us. 🧡
Aww thank you. That's very kind of you to say.
Aw, I love that you make videos of yourself reading picture books for the kiddos in your life!
@@awebofstories it’s lots of fun! 🥰
I never fail to learn something (usually in the first five minutes) after viewing one of your videos! Missed your calling Pat. You should have been a teacher. 😁
lol!! 😂 Thank you, my dear friend!
Great video and tag! I too was shocked when I saw the "... My Mother..." title. I really don't like it. My answer for the poetry title would be "...of mice and men...", a line becoming a title. I love that you record reading stories for the children. Really great.
Hi Helen. I really don't like that title about the actress's mother either. I am not inclined to read books like that anyway, but the title was really off-putting. "Of Mice and Men" is a great choice. I actually started making my book videos for my little relatives before I started the channel, when I was just thinking about it. It was such fun! Hope you are doing well.
Wonderful responses! Thank you so much for tagging me in this excellent tag! I love The Sound and The Fury, as well as the Agony and The Ecstasy. Beautiful First Edition. The Wastelands is possibly my favorite poem. I think I will get cracking with this tag tonight.
Excellent, Cliff! It’s a great one!
I’ll play along a bit . . .
Funny - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (Tom Robbins)
Like a line of poetry -- The Winter of our Discontent (Steinbeck)
Heartwarming or homey - Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Unusual combination of words - The Tsar of Love and Techno (Anthony Marra)
Contradiction -- Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (Zora Neale Hurston)
🙂
@@patriciah8579 Excellent!! Great responses. Love Patti Smith’s Just Kids.
What a great concept for a tag and lovely answers! ❤
@@NicolesBookishNook thank you, Nicole. It was a fun one to do. Consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do it! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Thank you!
Pat I think you have a wonderful delivery & great content in your videos. Glad I found you on “Is This Thing On”. You have a gravitas that only an English Literature teacher can bring to booktube.😀
Oh dear Heidi, you have just totally made my day! Thank you so much for this lovely comment. And I'm so glad that you found me on the show last week too! That was SUCH fun, and I don't know when I have laughed so hard--in my entire life. It was good for my heart. I guess you can see, hearing the English teacher Pat, what made Dave and Gareth's show that much funnier. Thanks so much for being here and for always contributing such thoughtful comments! 🥰
What a great tag! The hamster wheel of my mind is spinning very quickly! I better go dash off a quick list before his little legs get tired! LOL! I like the way you know the books so well that we get a mini review with each one. Super video!!!
Thanks, Reney! Love that little hamster wheel in your mind! This was a fun tag and quite thought-provoking. I’ll look forward to your responses! 🥰
Good morning! Your list brought back many good reading memories. Thank you! I loved The Agony and the Ecstasy! And Marcellus quickly became my favorite octopus. So much so that I then had to read The Soul of an Octopus by Montgomery to learn more about them. Louise Penny is a favorite mystery writer along with Dana Stabenow and Elizabeth George. Enjoy your reads!
@@bjminton2698 thank you! I’m so glad my list resonated with you! 😊
Great tag! Thank you for tagging me! I really loved your discussion of The Catcher in the Rye.
Thanks, Mariandrea. I hope you are doing well. I'll look forward to your version, should you decide to do this one! It was fun.
This was a fun tag! Same feeling with the McCurdy book
It was a fun tag to do! Please consider yourself tagged if you feel like doing it. I’ve read that that McCurdy book is actually good, but I just can’t get beyond that awful title.
Pat here are my answers:
1. A Funny Title? A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
2. A Shocking Title? The Only Good Indian
3. A Title that sounded like a line of poetry? The Name of the Wind
4. A Title Which Made Me ask Question? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
5. A Heartwarming or Homely (or maybe Homey?) Title? Legends & Lattes
6. A Title with an Unusual Combination of Words? The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
7. A Fantastic or Magical Title? The Mirror of Her Dreams
8. A Title Which is a Contradiction or describes the Impossible? The Lesser Dead
@@heidi6281 Excellent choices, Heidi! Well done!! This was a fun tag.😊
Hey Pat! Thanks for the tag. These never get old. Love tags! I read I’m Glad My Mom is Dead. That was a heavy one !
I've read that it's a good book; Just can't stand the title! Hope you're doing well.
One of my favorite book titles ( I may have actually bought the book because of the title.) is Woody Allen’s collection of essays called Without Feathers. As you probably know, Pat, the title comes from a short Emily Dickinson poem: “Hope is the thing with feathers…” I was a big fan of Woody’s back before his domestic troubles.
@@alanpaul8791 Yes! I was a big fan too, back in the day.
"How do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners" - hah, love the cover. Strip quilting?, lol I was taken aback a bit when I heard the title to that book! Great answers to the tag Pat and thank you for tagging me :)
This was a really fun one, Fred! Love those dinosaur books! They are very popular among the little ones in my life. I'll look forward to your responses should you decide to do this one.
*Gasp* I love The Agony and the Ecstasy. It is one of my favorite books. As soon as you said Irving Stone, I caught my breath waiting for the title. It was published the year I was born, which makes it special to me, as well.
@@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks awww! That does make it special! 🥰 One of my mom’s favorite books of all time! Hope you’re doing well, Michael.
I have a 4 and a 5 year old and omg, I’ve never thought of filming myself reading a book for them. That’s such a good idea though, I’m going to try it.
It’s been a fun little thing I’ve been doing for three little ones in my life that I don’t get to see nearly enough. We all love it! 🥰
Great tag, love the stripping concept 😆
I had a similar reaction to the Ilyon Woo book, great title
It was a fun tag. Please consider yourself tagged if you would like to do it.
I now need to know how dinosaurs tidy their rooms. The humorous title is The Best.
Oh it is such a wonderful series for kids! The first half of the book is a series of questions, asking if a dinosaur does all sorts of things like shoving his dirty clothes under his bed or into a closet or back in his dresser drawers or behind doors. And then the authors proceed to answer their questions about all the good things the dinosaur does to keep his room neat and tidy. It's very funny and sweet. The dinosaur lives with a human family. The little kids in my life love these books!
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Sounds fantastic. I loved the Charlie and Lola stories for their collage layout.
@@heathergregg9975 Yes! They're wonderful too!
This is a great tag. Loved your answers as always. I think I’m going to tackle this one later today 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff a fun one, for sure! Thanks, Debs!
Thank you for tagging me Pat I like this one and often buy books for their title so I should be able to answer these 😊
I probably don't often buy for the title, but I just did the tag using the prompts to talk about titles of books that I have.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 as good a way as any Pat 😄
I love the premise of this tag! I do love a good title. And you didn't even have to cheat to get Catcher in there! Great job on this tag, Pat!
It does crack me up every time I’m able to work it into a video! 😉 No pressure from me, but I’ll look forward to your responses if you do this one.
Thank you for tagging me. I read ‘Are you there god? It’s Me Margaret,’ last year and I saw the movie too. They were both good.
Hi Jess. Yes, I think it has been an important book (and movie) for many people-young girls especially.
I have that edition of Are There God? It’s Me Margaret and it has so many special memories for me. Love to hear how you read to young relatives!
Thank you for the tag!
@@MyMessyBookshelf it was a fun one to do. I’ll look forward to your edition, Nicky, if you choose to do it. 🥰
That’s so interesting with regard to the title The Catcher In The Rye. I love that you read to the children. That you have your mother’s book is endearing to me. Your answers were wonderful, as usual. 😊 Thank you for thinking of me, I would love to do this tag. Take care.
Hi Floss! Thanks for this lovely comment! No pressure from me about doing tags, but this was a fun one! I’ll look forward to your answers should you decide to do it. I hope you’re doing well! 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I am doing very well, Pat. Thank you for asking. I hope the same for you. I’m definitely going to do this tag. I’m a bit behind but I’ll catch u soon enough. Take care, friend.
No worry about tags. I'm way behind on them too, but I do like to do them. I just can't keep up.
Love your answers. Thanks for the tag. I will do this soon. Although the title I'm Glad My Mom Died is off putting, I thought it was a great book. It was difficult to read in spots
Hi Stuart. I have read that it was a really good book. I just can’t stand the title!
Great answers! The Mother title gets me every time as well, I want to read it because I’ve heard good things, but I can’t say the words out loud. Master slave husband wife is also a very heavy title, I would like to read that at some point.
Thank you for tagging me! It brings a smile to my face every time 😊 I was tagged by Heather as well, and I didn’t think I would have a lot of answers, because I got stuck on the “bought it because” part, but seeing more people answer the questions is helpful to get inspired and it’s not so serious 😊 So I will try this one!
I didn’t buy any of these books because of the title; I don’t buy books because of title or covers. But I did the prompts anyway-based on titles that are funny, shocking, poetic, magical, etc. Yes, that “mother” book is supposed to be good, but I just can’t get beyond the title, and I guess I’m not that interested in the premise otherwise. No pressure to do the tag. Just know I’m thinking about you.😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Weeell covers are a different thing 😂 Maybe not just the cover, but they certainly draw me in!
I know you didn’t and I think it’s great that you did the prompts anyway! I’ll do the same. I know there’s never any pressure from you. Aw thank you, that actually means a lot to me. No pressure to keep tagging me though haha just know that I appreciate it when you do! 💜
@@ellenmadebookclub I love our no-pressure friendship! 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Me too! 😄💜
Thank you Pat! I will add this to my ever growing list. Lol😂 Still stripping after 24 years is funny. Especially when it jas nothing to do with what one would think.
Right? I kind of laughed out loud at that one. No pressure to do the tag, but I'm sure you'll have great responses if you do choose to do it.
I loved your answers to this Pat, and to your commitment to including Salinger in your videos! I haven't read anything by Salinger yet, and there's a part of me that doesn't want to start with Catcher in the Rye. Are there any other novels of his you'd recommend starting with, or is it Catcher all the way? 😜
@@aaronfacer Hi Aaron. Catcher was my first Salinger read, which I read for the first time at 13. After I read it and fell in love with it, I went back and read everything he wrote: Franny and Zooey, Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour, An Introduction (Raise High…and Seymour-that’s one book), and Nine Short Stories. As a teen, I didn’t think any of the others compared to Catcher. Nothing affected me the way Catcher did. But I was 13-14 when I was reading every Salinger book I could get my hands on. I’m not sure how I’d feel about any of them if I were coming to them all for the first time as an adult. I believe Catcher is his first book, followed by Nine Stories, and then Franny and Zoey. I found some of the short stories really dark and disturbing. Catcher has a lot of dark themes too, but I just loved Holden’s voice and character. I do think it’s his best work, and certainly his most memorable. It’s really the only one of his books that I do revisit regularly. I’m not helping you out here, am I? I’m afraid if you start with his lesser works, you won’t read Catcher! I’m very curious what it would be like for you to read it for the first time as an adult. Will you identify with Holden in some way, as I always have? Or will you find him to be a whiney, self-centered teen, as some people do find him?
I will always see him as this incredibly bright, cynical kid who is also suffering horribly-and it’s much more than your normal teen angst. He makes me laugh, and I want to protect him at the same time.
I’m sorry, Aaron. I’m really not helping at all. 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Pat, that's a perfect response! Part of what has made me curious about Salinger recently is just how much enthusiasm you have for him as a writer, and for Catcher in particular. I'm planning to take my daughter to the book shop tomorrow anyway, so we might find ourselves straying over to the "S" section of the fiction section, just to see what's there! ☺
@@aaronfacer Oh I just absolutely adore that you are taking your daughter to the book shop tomorrow. A young woman that I mentored when I was still teaching just today sent me a picture of her new baby--born in March--sitting in chair and "reading" a book--or that's what it looks like. I just loved it! I hope that you pick up some wonderful books for your daughter! Do you have Ezra Jack Keats' THE SNOWY DAY for her? One of my favorite children's books of all time. Anyway, I hope you do find some Salinger. His books are all fairly short, so it won't take you long to read them. I will be very curious to hear your thoughts, especially about Catcher. It's set in post World War II New York City, and it may seem very dated now (A Jaguar automobile costs, I think, $4000 in the novel!), but the themes--a teenager dealing with profound grief, the phoniness of much of adult society, the desire to preserve the innocence of children--feel timeless to me. Keep me posted!😊
Hey Pat - enjoyed your reflections as always.
Curious if you have had a look at the NY times 100 Books of the 21 Century? With your background and knowledge, I am so curious about your thoughts are and what YOUR book list would look like! I read Foster then went on to read Small Things Like These based on your recommendation. I enjoyed them so much! I also finished John Boyne's Element books Water and Earth...Fire will be out in November. So many beautiful novels coming out of Ireland. You must be getting very excited about your up coming trip.
I wanted to mention a beautiful novel that I have just finished - The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson - I think you would really enjoy it. It has an interactive element too...such a beautiful experience for the reader! Take care Pat! x
@@p4chennorway Hi Patricia. I have seen The NY Times list. I haven’t really studied it, but I followed it all week as each segment was revealed. I guess I think it was premature to be making Top 100 books of a century that isn’t even 25 years old yet. I thought there were some wonderful books on it, and, as I usually feel about these lists, there were many great books missing. I’m so glad you are loving Claire Keegan. (I do have to say, though, I thought her collection Antarctica fell far short of Foster and Small Things….Thank you for the book recommendation! Once I finish this Ulysses re-read and my reading as a co-host of Rocket Summer, I will have more time to explore again. So thank you for suggesting titles! Always appreciated! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I totally agree! It doesn’t seem at all balanced - but interesting to follow and watch unfold - if only to reflect on the books we have read and would have chosen for our own top 10 so far. Yes I looked at Antarctica - but decided to look at Walk the Blue Fields first. I’ve been reading one short story each afternoon during this week. Yes the TBR just grows and grows joyfully! 📚❤️Until next time…
Apparently no one ever said "Beam me up Scotty", and Mr Spock never said "It's life Jim, but not as we know it."
@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk you are correct. There are all of these variations of “Beam me up, Scotty,” but not those exact words in that order. This little video is fun:
ua-cam.com/video/QTcMmXVUXw8/v-deo.htmlsi=CtQ9pRkYs2OeU70J
I think "homely" means something different in the UK. It does mean "homey" and cozy.
@@joycejarrard6958 hi Joyce. Yes, I thought that too, so since it means “ugly” in the US, I thought I’d add “homey” as a possibility too. 😊
"Still stripping after 25 years" will be the name of my new youtube channel devoted to macroeconomics and the poetry of Ayn Rand.
"April is the cruelest Month" was also the title of a short story by Cuban writer Cabrera Infante. It's online and I think I talked about it in one of my videos. It's an excellent short story to read with Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants."
I think the first time I heard about Judy Blume was in a Belle & Sebastian song.
Whenever a trailer or blurb or review states a story is "heart warming" I head for the exit. I read the same thing when I read a review of the film "Cinema Paradiso." If it hadn't been to friends who dragged me to the movie theater I never would've have seen it. I don't think the reviewer understands what heart warming meant.
@@LibroParadiso-ep4zt I think you should consider yourself tagged! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Tags...I've heard of such things! I saw this today thought you'd enjoy it too. I'll link it separately.
J.D. Salinger
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@@LibroParadiso-ep4zt UA-cam might not let you put links in comments…
@@BookChatWithPat8668 It was a CBS This Morning story about J.D. Salinger. It was from its archives about a documentary. You'd likely seen it.