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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Books I read in March and April!
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Books mentioned
01:17 - One Hundred Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
04:02 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem- Joan Didion
06:05 - Poor Things - Alasdair Gray
08:39 - La Parabola de Pablo - Alfonzo Salazar
11:05 - The SHARDS - Bret Easton Ellis
11:42 - On Palestine - Noam Chomsky
14:30 - En Agosto Nos Vemos - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15:36 - Blue Lard - Vladimir Sorokin
18:08 - Other People’s Clothes - Calla Henkel - Розваги
On more on Palestine, I recommend Ten Myths About Israel, and also The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, both my Ilan Pappe.. and THANK you for addressing the genocide!! I respect you so much for it! As an Arab from the middle east its easy for me to know the truth, but when people from the west see it, i REALLY respect that because i know how much your media is biased and straight up racist. You rock! Keep going
Thank you for this comment and the recommendations 🫶 especially having studied rhetoric and communication, I’m blown away by the mass media coverage. It’s so easy to be misguided if you’re not on social media, following Palestinian ppl, etc. I appreciate you 🩷🇵🇸💪
There is no genocide in "palestine." It was never a country and will never be one.
You GET me when it comes to Poor Things. It is undoubtedly one of my favorite films, I’ve seen it upwards of 15 times already (unhinged, I know). And as much as I love the movie, the book really flips everything on its head not once, but twice-which I adored. So happy to hear you loved the book as well
Per your comments of On Palestine, really looking forward to reading it. Really recommend Minor Detail by Adania Shibli if you haven’t read that yet 🍉
omg 15 times is crazy but I totally understand. It's stunning. Im honored to have a top percentile poor things fan watching this video haha. And yes! Minor Detail is on my TBR I hope to get my hands on it soon :)
I’ve just discovered your channel and wow! I love your commentaries on books
Yay!!! Thank you so much I really appreciate it
loved it Valentina!! I’m glad you found a way to make videos without being so stressed. much love ❤️
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I’ve been wanting to read “cien años de soledad” since you first mentioned it and I just read the first chapter! This is my first classic-ish book that I’m reading for fun and I’m excited to dive into the other books you read! They all seem so interesting!
Yay! this makes me happy. I hope you enjoy it :)
I'm committed to reading all of Bret Easton Ellis's books this year (and loved your ranking video btw). I only read two so far, but I am already looking forward to the Shards🤓 Also, felt similar on Slouching towards Bethlehem, though I always enjoy reading her books I came to the conclusion that maybe I'm more fascinated by the idea of Joan Didion rather than her actual body of work
thank you!! I would love to know your ranking once you've finished. I hope you love the Shards. And I completely agree about Joan and I think it's a valid sentiment
love hearing your thoughts on books!!
thank you :)
I love your channel anyway but especially that Palestine section made me love you even more. need to read the Shards sometime, I pre-ordered a signed copy!
AMAZING 🙌 and I appreciate you 🫶🇵🇸
Discovered your channel because I ordered Blue Lard and wanted to watch some reviews on UA-cam. And you were I think the only one who had a review about the book. Now I’m happy to have found your channel, hope you continue making content. Also want to recommend The sound and the fury by Faulkner. It’s such a good book, stream of consciousness and difficult but a very rewarding read.
Yay i'm glad! Although I wouldn't count this as a proper review haha. I have made note of your recommendation, thank you :) I hope you love BL!
I like to sometimes rec Little, Big by John Crowley for fans of One Hundred Years of Solitude. It's about a few generations of a family living in the country, on the edge of a world of magic.
Poor Things is great. I think the book takes it to another level of perspective. I really enjoyed another book of his, Lanark, too. It's like half Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, half Dante's inferno.
I need to get onto Sorokin.
thank you for the recs, they sound great. Your description of Lanark is very enticing. Sorokin! Yes!
omg! i dont know if you’ve read it already, bcs im new to your channel, but my dad is a really big fan of gabriel garcia marquez’s work and so i bought him a copy of pedro paramo cuz i heard is a work that inspired not only gabriel’s, but a lot of other latin american writers, and my dad loveddd it! if you liked the magical realism in one hundred years of solitude, then i think its a really good book to try, im planning on picking it up soon :)
That sounds so good, thank u!!! 🫶🫶
I have a Hundred Years of Solitude on my desk right now, a long time favourite and one of those books you live with a come back to periodically from time to time. An adaption for Netflix has been in development for a while, will be difficult to translate to screen.
I liked the Poor Things book more than the film. I liked the film but it felt a bit over the top stylistically but I still enjoyed it.
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology of Occupation Around The World is another very good one on that subject. Edward W.Said - Orientalism is another great one. Edward was a Palestinian Philosopher and was forced to leave as a teenager with his family. The book is more a big picture overview of The Western Establishment othering of people from the east.
Wonderful recommendation thank you! And I know… I feel like it’s a bit pointless to adapt a book like HYOS. I’m expecting it to touch me emotionally and blow me away, the bar is high
Find someone who you respect but has completely different views to you. And read or listen to everything they have to say on a topic.
Not to have your mind changed but just to understand
You've gotta read Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian poet. For my mind Arab poets are some of the best in all of literature!
The Force by Don Winslow, The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy, and Freedomland by Richard Price are thrillers that're really well written, and they have incredible pace. Check them out.
Thank you very much :) I don't want to give up on the genre just yet so I'll check those out
You might be interested in Edward Said's writing on Palestine.
Spotify is the most goated app of all time.
It sucks
I don't think that Marquez wrote that August book at all. They have been just using his name to sell it.
Love Poor Things both the film and book.
blue lard sounds like if monty python sat in a circle and wrote a novel while popping adderall , excited to check it out
you will not be disappointed
Susan Abulhawa, Hala Alyan and Elias Khoury are some other Palestinian or Palestinian-American writers 👍
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im next lets go
i wouldve never read Dostoyevski if it werent for you i had this weird prejudice n thought he was Charles Bukowskis evil cousin or something turns out im completely wrong tho
luvv ur videos u keep putting me on amazing stuff
Lmaoooo this made my day + that made me laugh out loud 🫶🫶
if you havent already, you should read minor detail by adania shibli a palestinian author
Off topic but girl drop your skin care routine! You look GLOWING 😍
TY! Literally head and shoulders shampoo, sunscreen, and cerave lotion
@@bookpogo Its always those with simple routines that have the best skin! Any reason why you use head and shoulders shampoo as face wash though?
Valentina bros… we are so back.
Hahahaha
maybe lifes okay…
hola
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The word "like" was like used like a thousand times in this video. Just a small criticism, some people don't even realize how much it hurts the quality of their speech.
Lmao my dad has let me know how annoying this habit is for the past 10 years. The funny thing is I crop out a lot of the “likes” too 😭 can’t help it. But thank you
@@bookpogo Keep working on it, other than that it is really pleasant to hear you speaking