I absolutely loved Where the Crawdads Sing. I normally read non fiction but enjoyed this so much and have recommended it to so many people who have also loved it too. Genuinely surprised to hear that some people really didn’t like it and opinions were polarised. Interested to see what you make of it. Happy reading 📖
Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Where the Crawdads Sing. I really enjoyed it! Normal People's Daisy Edgar-Jones is going to play Kya in the film adaptation! :)
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book I read many years ago but it has always stayed with me. I picked up North & South today in a charity shop! Looking forward to hearing what you think. Crawdads is more of a summer book. I think it's been hyped a lot. I thought it was good but not 5 🌟 Enjoy all your reading 😀
A Thousand Splendid Suns is terrific, as is The Kite Runner. I really enjoyed Brooklyn and adored the film, as it explores the theme of where is home (especially as I’m a Brit living abroad!). I read North and South for the first time this year and loved it too. I’m currently reading The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (frying my brain!), as well as Wuthering Heights & Villette for Victober. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your books in the coming months 😊
A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of my all time favourite books and it took me years to pick up Kite Runner as I thought nothing could live up to it. Loved Crawdads and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Read Crawdads last Summer on holiday but My Year at the beginning of lockdown. Good choice of books. Not sure I can tackle War and Peace though 😲
Tess is a beautiful winter read. I first read it in a cold October heading into November in my first term in university. I vividly remember finishing the last few pages looking out at the lawn beside the library before a 9am tutorial, as my bus had got in early. It might be an acquired taste, especially if you're not into Victorian writing, but I love Hardy's writing. Gaskell is also such a wonderful writer to get your teeth into, and more modern in her sensibilities than Hardy, so I think you should enjoy North and South. I am yet another person who hated Crawdads. To put it bluntly, I felt patronised by the tone of the writing. I also didn't think it was particularly well written either, but that's another day's work! My book club read it and yes, we were completely divided. It definitely creates extreme reactions.
Dear Lauren! I'm Russian and we read "War and peace" at school when we're 16-17 years old and, well, actually a lot of people just skip the war as these bits may get indeed a bit boring and maybe they are the most outdated, obsolete parts of the novel. I'm sure though you'll enjoy the "peace" part of it! 😁
Ooh I'm re-reading Tess (first time since I was maybe 16/7) next month I think. Autumn/Winter is such a great time to read classics I think... I'm on Dracula at the minute which I can't believe I've reached 32 without reading! 🧛♂️ Can't wait to see your opinion on North & South! I love that mini series too ♡♡♡ and have the book lingering on my shelf...
I've not read it but Brooklyn is genuinely one of my favourite films! Breaks my little heart every time. It really sums up the typical Irish emigration story and the people left behind which is still very much a part of life in Ireland.
Tess has been on my bookcase for YEARS, and I feel like you have inspired me to pick it up and read (once I get through the next 3 on my TBR!). Another lovely video Lauren, you speak s eloquently about books and I always look forward to watching :) Ceri x PS. I read Crawdads a few months ago and found it to be a slow burner but I absolutely adored it, hope you enjoy!
I'm currently reading I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé. I almost gave up after the first couple pages but by the time I got to chapter 3 I was hooked. A couple other books that have been on my TBR since March that I'm hoping to get to before 2021 is Queenie and The Starless Sea, as well as a whole stack of fantasy books.
I can't wait to hear what you think of The Robber Bride - I've had it on my TBR for years, along with Alias Grace, and haven't got to either of them! Although I think I'll be prioritising the latter for this year as it's longer and I want to watch the Netflix adaptation! Good luck with War & Peace - I read it over 2 months on a schedule as part of a readalong and found that really helped, but it's so worth it in the end!
I've returned to listen to your lovely voice. The book recommendations sound great. Congrats on getting back to War and Peace. All writers should revisit the classics.
A Thousand Splendid Suns was one of the first adult books I read when I was about 13, and certainly the first that wasn’t Marian Keyes type chick lit. I remember being absolutely enthralled and destroyed by it, it had a huge impact on me. For a long time I wondered if it could be as good as I remembered, but a lot of people seem to have loved it as an adult. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
"Where the Crawdad's Sing" is an excellent choice to add in with all the classics you'll be reading. It's an adventure. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Very excited for all of those classics, I still need to read Anna Karenina! I adored the Moshfegh and I think you will too, I hope you have a good last few reading months of this year :)
Brooklyn is one of my all time favorite movies. I read the book and was suprised at how much less I enjoyed it. I really think Nick Hornby enhanced the story with his screenplay. So if you don't love the book watch the movie the last half is different enough and it is so well done!
War and Peace is great, but it does help to have an adaptation sort out characters and plot for you. I’d also recommend the musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, which adapts Books III and IV. North and South is also great, though slightly different from the series, but in really good ways. I don’t feel like either version messed with the story in egregious ways.
I heard Where the crawdads sing is supposed to be excellent. I don't think I'd have the stamina for W&P. My best read of the year so far was The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. I am currently reading 'Tonight I'm someone else' by Chelsea Hodson, a collection of essays I am really enjoying.
That’s a nice range of books. I hope you enjoy reading them! I studied Tess by Thomas Hardy at school and really disliked it, I couldn’t even get through the Spark Notes for it. I do think I should give it another read though as I feel learning a text in school is very different from reading it for pleasure. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it a lot more than I did
I've read "Brooklyn", "The Robber Bride" and "Where the Crawdads Sing". All were good books! I especially loved the story in "Robber Bride" and the nature writing (stunning!) in "Where the Crawdads Sing". I hope you enjoy them! I've got "The Butcher's Blessing", "A Mind Spread Out on the Ground", "Sansei and Sensibility" (I've had this on my shelf for waaay too long) and "A Girl is a Half-formed Thing" that I'd like to get to in the upcoming months :D There are definitely other books I want to get to, but these are physical books I have on my TBR.
What a lovely TBR, can't wait to hear your thoughts on them! My main plan is to continue with the Lord of the Rings, I'm 400 pages into it, so still a long way to go (literally lol). I'm sure that I'll be reading other things in between though!
Great list! I'm currently reading War and Peace and really enjoying it~ Sadly, I really didn't like My Year of Rest and Relaxation in spite of my high expectations, so I DNF'd it. I'll be looking forward to your thoughts, though. You might tempt me back into it! Brooklyn and North and South have been on my TBR forever, haha. Good luck with your reading :)
Hi Lauren how are you. How are you getting on in your new home.The end kiss of North and South TV series is everything is it not? North and south remains one of my personal favourite reads....my go to book whenever I have nothing else to read. I have read several books on your tbr and I am keen to get my hands on its not about the burqa. I love Khalid Hossenis writing. I would suggest the Kite Runner over Splendid Suns but both are spectacular. They are corollaries somewhat. Kite runner is a father -son tale and splendid suns is a mother-daughter story. I was so underwhelmed by crawdads and I really found the main character kya unlikeable so I never sympathised with her the way other readers did. I am also about to embark on war and peace. Anna karenina is one of my all time favourites and I've always wanted to read war and peace. Unlike you I haven't watched the series so I am worried i may find it hard if I dive straight in. Thanks for the video and the recommendations ♡
I think North & South might move up my list...it's been on my shelf for years and I'm scared cuz I love the series so much 🙈 hearing that it's anyone's go-to read is a great recommendation and exactly where I'm hoping it ends up for me 🙌 good luck with war & peace!!
I am about to begin reading Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland). I started with the audiobook of the title, which is EXCELLENT (love the Irish accent, to ME it is an accent), but I cannot absorb enough and keep the people/details straight so I purchased the book yesterday. I guess I am not an "auditory" person. I will still listen to the audiobook, but probably after finishing the book.
my issue with crawdads isn't just that it's bad but the sketchy past of the author in connection with the plot of the book, i really don't understand how people are able to push past that
I adored ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’. It took me and plonked me right into the marsh in North Carolina. Hope you enjoy it!
Your voice are so calming
I was just thinking how wonderful it would be for Lauren to read books for Audible. Such a great voice!!💕💕💕
@@Mel_leit I totally agree💕
You really do need to read North and South. I hope you love it! It's so great.
I'm 2/3 of the way through where the crawdad sing and I am loving it, beautifully written I think xx
I absolutely loved Where the Crawdads Sing. I normally read non fiction but enjoyed this so much and have recommended it to so many people who have also loved it too. Genuinely surprised to hear that some people really didn’t like it and opinions were polarised. Interested to see what you make of it. Happy reading 📖
Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Where the Crawdads Sing. I really enjoyed it! Normal People's Daisy Edgar-Jones is going to play Kya in the film adaptation! :)
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book I read many years ago but it has always stayed with me. I picked up North & South today in a charity shop! Looking forward to hearing what you think. Crawdads is more of a summer book. I think it's been hyped a lot. I thought it was good but not 5 🌟 Enjoy all your reading 😀
Tess and A Thousand Splendid Suns are so good!
A Thousand Splendid Suns is terrific, as is The Kite Runner. I really enjoyed Brooklyn and adored the film, as it explores the theme of where is home (especially as I’m a Brit living abroad!). I read North and South for the first time this year and loved it too. I’m currently reading The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (frying my brain!), as well as Wuthering Heights & Villette for Victober. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your books in the coming months 😊
A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of my all time favourite books and it took me years to pick up Kite Runner as I thought nothing could live up to it. Loved Crawdads and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Read Crawdads last Summer on holiday but My Year at the beginning of lockdown. Good choice of books. Not sure I can tackle War and Peace though 😲
Tess is a beautiful winter read. I first read it in a cold October heading into November in my first term in university. I vividly remember finishing the last few pages looking out at the lawn beside the library before a 9am tutorial, as my bus had got in early. It might be an acquired taste, especially if you're not into Victorian writing, but I love Hardy's writing. Gaskell is also such a wonderful writer to get your teeth into, and more modern in her sensibilities than Hardy, so I think you should enjoy North and South.
I am yet another person who hated Crawdads. To put it bluntly, I felt patronised by the tone of the writing. I also didn't think it was particularly well written either, but that's another day's work! My book club read it and yes, we were completely divided. It definitely creates extreme reactions.
Dear Lauren! I'm Russian and we read "War and peace" at school when we're 16-17 years old and, well, actually a lot of people just skip the war as these bits may get indeed a bit boring and maybe they are the most outdated, obsolete parts of the novel. I'm sure though you'll enjoy the "peace" part of it! 😁
Ooh I'm re-reading Tess (first time since I was maybe 16/7) next month I think. Autumn/Winter is such a great time to read classics I think... I'm on Dracula at the minute which I can't believe I've reached 32 without reading! 🧛♂️
Can't wait to see your opinion on North & South! I love that mini series too ♡♡♡ and have the book lingering on my shelf...
I've not read it but Brooklyn is genuinely one of my favourite films! Breaks my little heart every time. It really sums up the typical Irish emigration story and the people left behind which is still very much a part of life in Ireland.
Tess has been on my bookcase for YEARS, and I feel like you have inspired me to pick it up and read (once I get through the next 3 on my TBR!).
Another lovely video Lauren, you speak s eloquently about books and I always look forward to watching :)
Ceri x
PS. I read Crawdads a few months ago and found it to be a slow burner but I absolutely adored it, hope you enjoy!
I'm currently reading I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé. I almost gave up after the first couple pages but by the time I got to chapter 3 I was hooked. A couple other books that have been on my TBR since March that I'm hoping to get to before 2021 is Queenie and The Starless Sea, as well as a whole stack of fantasy books.
I can't wait to hear what you think of The Robber Bride - I've had it on my TBR for years, along with Alias Grace, and haven't got to either of them! Although I think I'll be prioritising the latter for this year as it's longer and I want to watch the Netflix adaptation! Good luck with War & Peace - I read it over 2 months on a schedule as part of a readalong and found that really helped, but it's so worth it in the end!
The Netflix adaptation of Alias Grace is so good 👌 I haven't read the book so can't help out there though 🙈
I loved Where the Ceawdads Sing. It is so beautifully written. The best book I've read this year
I've returned to listen to your lovely voice. The book recommendations sound great. Congrats on getting back to War and Peace. All writers should revisit the classics.
A Thousand Splendid Suns was one of the first adult books I read when I was about 13, and certainly the first that wasn’t Marian Keyes type chick lit. I remember being absolutely enthralled and destroyed by it, it had a huge impact on me. For a long time I wondered if it could be as good as I remembered, but a lot of people seem to have loved it as an adult. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
"Where the Crawdad's Sing" is an excellent choice to add in with all the classics you'll be reading. It's an adventure. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Very excited for all of those classics, I still need to read Anna Karenina! I adored the Moshfegh and I think you will too, I hope you have a good last few reading months of this year :)
Brooklyn is one of my all time favorite movies. I read the book and was suprised at how much less I enjoyed it. I really think Nick Hornby enhanced the story with his screenplay. So if you don't love the book watch the movie the last half is different enough and it is so well done!
War and Peace is great, but it does help to have an adaptation sort out characters and plot for you. I’d also recommend the musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, which adapts Books III and IV. North and South is also great, though slightly different from the series, but in really good ways. I don’t feel like either version messed with the story in egregious ways.
Yea! Robber Bride made the cut! Im just ordered Its Not about the Burqa.
I heard Where the crawdads sing is supposed to be excellent. I don't think I'd have the stamina for W&P. My best read of the year so far was The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. I am currently reading 'Tonight I'm someone else' by Chelsea Hodson, a collection of essays I am really enjoying.
The movie adaptation of Brooklyn was wonderful. Do watch it after you are done reading the book!☺️
That’s a nice range of books. I hope you enjoy reading them! I studied Tess by Thomas Hardy at school and really disliked it, I couldn’t even get through the Spark Notes for it. I do think I should give it another read though as I feel learning a text in school is very different from reading it for pleasure. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it a lot more than I did
I agree, To kill a mockingbird is a great book, but I feel School just ruined it for me.
I've read "Brooklyn", "The Robber Bride" and "Where the Crawdads Sing". All were good books! I especially loved the story in "Robber Bride" and the nature writing (stunning!) in "Where the Crawdads Sing". I hope you enjoy them! I've got "The Butcher's Blessing", "A Mind Spread Out on the Ground", "Sansei and Sensibility" (I've had this on my shelf for waaay too long) and "A Girl is a Half-formed Thing" that I'd like to get to in the upcoming months :D There are definitely other books I want to get to, but these are physical books I have on my TBR.
What a lovely TBR, can't wait to hear your thoughts on them! My main plan is to continue with the Lord of the Rings, I'm 400 pages into it, so still a long way to go (literally lol). I'm sure that I'll be reading other things in between though!
Great list! I'm currently reading War and Peace and really enjoying it~ Sadly, I really didn't like My Year of Rest and Relaxation in spite of my high expectations, so I DNF'd it. I'll be looking forward to your thoughts, though. You might tempt me back into it! Brooklyn and North and South have been on my TBR forever, haha. Good luck with your reading :)
Hi Lauren how are you. How are you getting on in your new home.The end kiss of North and South TV series is everything is it not? North and south remains one of my personal favourite reads....my go to book whenever I have nothing else to read. I have read several books on your tbr and I am keen to get my hands on its not about the burqa. I love Khalid Hossenis writing. I would suggest the Kite Runner over Splendid Suns but both are spectacular. They are corollaries somewhat. Kite runner is a father -son tale and splendid suns is a mother-daughter story. I was so underwhelmed by crawdads and I really found the main character kya unlikeable so I never sympathised with her the way other readers did. I am also about to embark on war and peace. Anna karenina is one of my all time favourites and I've always wanted to read war and peace. Unlike you I haven't watched the series so I am worried i may find it hard if I dive straight in. Thanks for the video and the recommendations ♡
I think North & South might move up my list...it's been on my shelf for years and I'm scared cuz I love the series so much 🙈 hearing that it's anyone's go-to read is a great recommendation and exactly where I'm hoping it ends up for me 🙌 good luck with war & peace!!
ahh I loved Tess! hope you do too
I am about to begin reading Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland). I started with the audiobook of the title, which is EXCELLENT (love the Irish accent, to ME it is an accent), but I cannot absorb enough and keep the people/details straight so I purchased the book yesterday. I guess I am not an "auditory" person. I will still listen to the audiobook, but probably after finishing the book.
Me: I need a break from online shopping for a shelving/drawer unit for beside my bed. Booktube time. *clicks this video* I think it's a sign?
I thought Crawdads was a terrific book but it was overhyped which can result in pretty strong good or bad reviews.
my issue with crawdads isn't just that it's bad but the sketchy past of the author in connection with the plot of the book, i really don't understand how people are able to push past that
I have not heard anything about that! Will look into it x
@@LaurenWade be careful cause it will spoil the plot
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Hi I am new here! I read 'Where The Crawdads Sing,' for bookclub I belong too. I didn't like it.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is heartbreaking. Get your kleenex ready. It is my all time favourite and stayed with me years after I read it