congrats bb!!! amsterdam is sooo chill! and i call this the travelling library -- books that must go with me whenever i move from place to place. love seeing that our boy Bret is going with ya!
Congrats! Amsterdam is a cool place. Also about Moby-Dick: It goes fast paced for 100ish pages, then slowish for the middle 200, then for the last 100 it is very very fast and unputdownable. Don’t read anything about whales or whaling before reading to make the mid part more engaging as a read. Congrats again!
Congrats! I know there’s a pretty good selection of books in English in Netherlands bookshops. On the other hand it’s hard to pay for books in grad school!I’m excited for your journey, best of luck🎉
Amsterdam is really nice! You should check out Copenhagen and Brussels as well since they’re close by. I really want to read The Talented mr Ripley but I got a trip to Italy in august and I want to read it when I’m there.
I was in Brussels a few months again and I really want to go back. Copenhagen is definitely on my list too. Italy in August will be wonderful 🙌 I completely relate to that sentiment, wanting to read something somewhere specific
Congrats to being accepted into grad school! Amsterdam is a fantastic city to live in. I would actually bring only three unread books max with me, especially not some I feel sentimentally connected to. You will buy and find more favourites while you are there and then you will be confronted with the decisions which one to leave behind when you are going to return. So I would save your loved ones from that decision.
Hi Valentina, I hope you have a lot of fun in Amsterdam. One tip from me as a Dutch booklover, take a trip to the city of Maastricht, it's a 2,5 hour trainride from Amsterdam and it has one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world (according to the Guardian): Selexyz Dominikanen. It's a medieval church that has been repurposed into a bookstore. You'll love it. Maastricht is worth a day-trip otherwise as well.
Hello! Thank you so much for this information. I am 100000% going to be taking weekend trips to neighboring cities and this has moved Maastricht to the very top of my list. If you have any more bookstore recs please let me know 🙌
@@bookpogo There´s an English language bookshop called the Book Exchange on the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam that has a really good selection where you can find some nice old copies in good condition for fair prices. Hope you will like it!
Thank you so very much!! And idkkk I’m considering it but I’m a stubborn paper-loving traditionalist 😭 I’m more inclined though now that I know they’re waterproof
You know, of all of Bret Easton Ellis, I’m probably most fond of his first, Less Than Zero. Congratulations on Amsterdam! (Maybe try a Royale With Cheese). I did NOT like A Little Life, but to each their own.
LTZ is definitely special. I’m waiting for the perfect copy to find its way to me. Thank you so much!!! And Haha, I reserve zero judgement for that stance
Stoner by Williams is smaller and would fit nicely. Pun def intended! 🥳🍻 *edit: i guess i can only vouch for the nyrb paperback edition. Also, congrats. Hope you have an incredible time in Amdam. Make your story awesome 🤜🏽 🤛🏻
Weed shops in ams are trash. I suggest finding a legit plug/shop. Ams also hella expensive. I bought food from the grocery store then took it to the park to eat. Lmk how winter is there i hear it can get rough I want you read any of your short stories please
I didn’t go to any in Amsterdam but Willie Wortel in Haarlem is awesome. Great prices and great bud but limited options for a baby like me who doesn’t smoke spliffs. As for winter I’m a midwesterner so I feel (and hope) I can handle it. Trust this will be documented on here 🙌
eyyyyy congrats on the grad school acceptance!! that sounds like it's gonna be _incredible!_ I also gotta read _Demons_ but have just not made the time for it 🤡
Blessings to you that is quite the accomplishment 👍 I would not think you have to carry much, that is a very "bookish" city you're headed to. I believe you can finish all the books in this vid over the spring and summer here. "Demons" is typically good like any Dostoyevsky but it is SLOW and long, I would recommend more of his humorous short stuff ("The Double," "A Disgraceful Affair," "The Village of Stepanchikovo") first so you don't burn out on him! 👍
@@bookpogo 😃😺 Great I'm glad to hear, then go for it! 👍 I mean you are loving "The Adolescent" (the one of his that I haven't finished yet) so that says it all - you are even more of a "Dosthead" than I am!
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@@bookpogo I would actually bring only three unread books max with me, especially not some I feel sentimentally connected to. You will buy and find more favourites while you are there and then you will be confronted with the decisions which one to leave behind when you are going to return. So I would save your beloved ones from that decision.
big big congrats....i love amsterdam, one of the best cities in the world--people are awesome too....i'll send you something next friday (pay day) for your acceptance....i would take only 1 or 2 books w/you....something essential--amsterdamn is a great city for bookstores and has a great many english language bookstores...you will find what you need and more important discover discover new books and new writers.....read some dutch lit...i just read The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld...and i love Henry Muselich (a classic)....and just have fun....travel light kiddo....and lastly, look up Boerejongens and Coffeeshop Sloterdijk....two coffeshops...you'll know why soon ;)....have travels.....bb
I swear you’re the coolest… thank you for the information and recs. If you have any other Amsterdam knowledge please shoot me an email!! And thank you for your generosity really truly 🥲🙏🙌
@@bookpogo will do...will try to connect you with people in netherlands and belgium, all cool...and yes, will paypal ya next week: im a writer and a teacher and nothing more important to me than helping young students, especially those who read....you're going to dig the 'coffee cafes' ;) hahahah....more next week.....bb
Embrace your new journey with strength & courage. My favorite Dutch scholar is Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She's an incredibly important voice right now, as the Netherlands has been struck with Socialist ideology & radical terror*st attacks. She transcended her environment of hate and now helps promote freedom & women's prosperity. -- ua-cam.com/video/3B6oLMrHQhs/v-deo.html -- as a young woman in academia, be careful for socialist forces who will try to recruit you. -GenZ in California
congrats bb!!! amsterdam is sooo chill!
and i call this the travelling library -- books that must go with me whenever i move from place to place. love seeing that our boy Bret is going with ya!
Traveling library is so cuteee 🥹 thank you Nathan :)) and OFC he’s coming we need the entities and paranoia wherever we are in the world
Congrats! Amsterdam is a cool place.
Also about Moby-Dick:
It goes fast paced for 100ish pages, then slowish for the middle 200, then for the last 100 it is very very fast and unputdownable. Don’t read anything about whales or whaling before reading to make the mid part more engaging as a read.
Congrats again!
Thank you very much! And duly noted 🙌
CONGRATS !!!!! also save room in ur suitcase for more books. an absolute slay
I’m saving room in my suitcase for you to come with me …
Congratulations!!! Hard to part with some books for sure....my Tolstoy books feel like old friends.
You feel me 🙏 and thank you!!!
Congrats! I know there’s a pretty good selection of books in English in Netherlands bookshops. On the other hand it’s hard to pay for books in grad school!I’m excited for your journey, best of luck🎉
Thank you so much!!! It’ll be a grind for sure but I’m excited 🙈
You’re the first booktuber I’ve seen who’s mentioned Life and Fate!! I own that and Stalingrad, but I’m so intimidated 🫣
I’ve heard it’s riveting so you should just dive right in! Ofc I will provide updates when I start it… I heard Stalingrad is great too!
im reading glamorama rn its so good
Amsterdam is really nice! You should check out Copenhagen and Brussels as well since they’re close by. I really want to read The Talented mr Ripley but I got a trip to Italy in august and I want to read it when I’m there.
I was in Brussels a few months again and I really want to go back. Copenhagen is definitely on my list too. Italy in August will be wonderful 🙌 I completely relate to that sentiment, wanting to read something somewhere specific
I finished reading The secret history on January and I can't stop thinking of the ending until now
That’s what I love to hear!!
Congrats to being accepted into grad school! Amsterdam is a fantastic city to live in.
I would actually bring only three unread books max with me, especially not some I feel sentimentally connected to. You will buy and find more favourites while you are there and then you will be confronted with the decisions which one to leave behind when you are going to return. So I would save your loved ones from that decision.
Thank you so much 😱😊🥹 I am so thrilled
reading at vondel park will be blissful.
This is an image I hold in my minds eye every night before I go to sleep… I can’t imagine that being my reality 🤩🥹
Hi Valentina, I hope you have a lot of fun in Amsterdam. One tip from me as a Dutch booklover, take a trip to the city of Maastricht, it's a 2,5 hour trainride from Amsterdam and it has one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world (according to the Guardian): Selexyz Dominikanen. It's a medieval church that has been repurposed into a bookstore. You'll love it. Maastricht is worth a day-trip otherwise as well.
Hello! Thank you so much for this information. I am 100000% going to be taking weekend trips to neighboring cities and this has moved Maastricht to the very top of my list. If you have any more bookstore recs please let me know 🙌
@@bookpogo There´s an English language bookshop called the Book Exchange on the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam that has a really good selection where you can find some nice old copies in good condition for fair prices. Hope you will like it!
Whenever i want to read a specific passage then realize that its from a book i have at my parents house, it makes me wanna blow my brains out lol😂
LMFAO 😭 I swear this is about to be a newfound struggle
@@bookpogo also remembered that i started reading Infinite Jest while studying abroad in china and had to bring it back😮💨 finished it in the airport
@@drainel9707 that’s crazy 😭
I’m going to read the secret history cause you. I saw the dedicated to bret and that sold me
Lmk what u think
congratulations girrl!! 🎉
my kindle saved me when i travel maybee could be a option for you
Thank you so very much!! And idkkk I’m considering it but I’m a stubborn paper-loving traditionalist 😭 I’m more inclined though now that I know they’re waterproof
You know, of all of Bret Easton Ellis, I’m probably most fond of his first, Less Than Zero. Congratulations on Amsterdam! (Maybe try a Royale With Cheese). I did NOT like A Little Life, but to each their own.
LTZ is definitely special. I’m waiting for the perfect copy to find its way to me. Thank you so much!!! And Haha, I reserve zero judgement for that stance
congrats !
Thank you so much 🥰🥰🩷🩷
Stoner by Williams is smaller and would fit nicely.
Pun def intended! 🥳🍻
*edit: i guess i can only vouch for the nyrb paperback edition. Also, congrats. Hope you have an incredible time in Amdam. Make your story awesome 🤜🏽 🤛🏻
I’m so looking to read that! And thank you 😊😊
Weed shops in ams are trash. I suggest finding a legit plug/shop.
Ams also hella expensive. I bought food from the grocery store then took it to the park to eat. Lmk how winter is there i hear it can get rough
I want you read any of your short stories please
I didn’t go to any in Amsterdam but Willie Wortel in Haarlem is awesome. Great prices and great bud but limited options for a baby like me who doesn’t smoke spliffs. As for winter I’m a midwesterner so I feel (and hope) I can handle it. Trust this will be documented on here 🙌
I’d also pick lunar park and glamorama to cross the Atlantic lol
We would definitely get along
@@bookpogo I think so too 😂🩷🩷
Lunar park is scary though lol
@@Rogerdoger-bh8sjit’s scary in a different way though
Hi Valentina, I love your channel so much! When are you going to grad school? Will you continue to post once you're there?
Hello! Thank you so much 😊 I will be going in August and as long as I’m reading I will be posting 🙌
eyyyyy congrats on the grad school acceptance!! that sounds like it's gonna be _incredible!_ I also gotta read _Demons_ but have just not made the time for it 🤡
Thank you!!
Blessings to you that is quite the accomplishment 👍 I would not think you have to carry much, that is a very "bookish" city you're headed to. I believe you can finish all the books in this vid over the spring and summer here. "Demons" is typically good like any Dostoyevsky but it is SLOW and long, I would recommend more of his humorous short stuff ("The Double," "A Disgraceful Affair," "The Village of Stepanchikovo") first so you don't burn out on him! 👍
Thank you Jack! I definitely want to check those out but if there’s one thing I know for sure is I have the stamina for a slow burn Dostoevsky hahaha
@@bookpogo 😃😺 Great I'm glad to hear, then go for it! 👍 I mean you are loving "The Adolescent" (the one of his that I haven't finished yet) so that says it all - you are even more of a "Dosthead" than I am!
Congrats on grad school!
Glamorama sounds interesting!!
Thank you! And haha..Interesting, definitely, but disturbing is a better descriptor!
If you get a chance to read Michael Herr’s Dispatches I would be interested in your opinion.
I’ve made note of it!
I would bring the Picture of Dorian Gray, but that's just me (I'm perfect)
enticing title i had to click right away (found this in my recommendations)
Yay!!
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Haha trust me I’m not going to grad school for anything literature related
i like pigeons
They’re my favorite animal 🩷🙌
congrats on getting accepted into grad school!
Thank u max!!
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Amsterdam??
Yurrrr 🏃♀️
What will you study over here?
@@melordbeatseither archives and information or data and AI
Sorry, I changed my comment, before I saw your reply and now I can't open it and find out what you said.
Haha I said thank you so much, and that I am beyond thrilled 😊🥹
@@bookpogo I would actually bring only three unread books max with me, especially not some I feel sentimentally connected to. You will buy and find more favourites while you are there and then you will be confronted with the decisions which one to leave behind when you are going to return. So I would save your beloved ones from that decision.
big big congrats....i love amsterdam, one of the best cities in the world--people are awesome too....i'll send you something next friday (pay day) for your acceptance....i would take only 1 or 2 books w/you....something essential--amsterdamn is a great city for bookstores and has a great many english language bookstores...you will find what you need and more important discover discover new books and new writers.....read some dutch lit...i just read The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld...and i love Henry Muselich (a classic)....and just have fun....travel light kiddo....and lastly, look up Boerejongens and Coffeeshop Sloterdijk....two coffeshops...you'll know why soon ;)....have travels.....bb
I swear you’re the coolest… thank you for the information and recs. If you have any other Amsterdam knowledge please shoot me an email!! And thank you for your generosity really truly 🥲🙏🙌
@@bookpogo will do...will try to connect you with people in netherlands and belgium, all cool...and yes, will paypal ya next week: im a writer and a teacher and nothing more important to me than helping young students, especially those who read....you're going to dig the 'coffee cafes' ;) hahahah....more next week.....bb
@@bluewordsme2 🤩🤩
bring less than zero over rules of attraction
Don’t own it yet… waiting for the perfect copy to find me
married to my wife lmao u bi?
No just adhd😭
I just want to be let off the hook. Unfortunately for me, no book in this world can do that.
Even so, there's something to be said for reading a book.
Embrace your new journey with strength & courage. My favorite Dutch scholar is Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She's an incredibly important voice right now, as the Netherlands has been struck with Socialist ideology & radical terror*st attacks. She transcended her environment of hate and now helps promote freedom & women's prosperity. -- ua-cam.com/video/3B6oLMrHQhs/v-deo.html -- as a young woman in academia, be careful for socialist forces who will try to recruit you. -GenZ in California