Top 5 Books of the Year (so far)
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- Books Mentioned in this video:
Erasure by Percival Everett
James by Percival Everett
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi
9th Street Women by Mary Gabriel
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
The Hundred Year War on Palestine
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hamad
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Blackouts by Justin Torres
The Long Form by Kate Briggs
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Review videos referenced:
Finger Bone:
• War and Fiction
James:
• James by Percival Ever...
Wandering Stars:
• Wandering Stars by Tom...
Cuddy:
• A Review of Cuddy by B...
The Long Form:
• A Review of The Long F... - Розваги
What a great group of books - many are my recent favourites as well. I’m so glad you also found Cuddy and Blackouts such powerful reads. I agree it’s hard to imagine a better book this year than James - although My Friends by Hisham Matar comes close. I really need to get to reading Tommy Orange.
Thanks Eric. I just added My Friends to my list of books to read.
Enter Ghost, James, Soldier Sailor, Cuddy and Wandering Stars are all books that lit up my life whilst reading them. Thanks for bringing some others to my attention. The Long Form appeals from your description.
I loved the combination of art, history and memoir in Thunderclap. I must remember Ninth Street Women as an option for September.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Ninth Street women is a chunkster, but I enjoyed it tremendously.
James is probably going to win every award this year. Everett is having a great year with Erasure being adapted into film in the same year as his magnum opus came out. Sailor Soldier is going on my list.
It does seem to be Everett’s year. I hope that doesn’t work against him in the end.
What a fine selection of books! I’m adding 9th Street Women and Thunderclap to my TBR 😊
I hope you’ll enjoy both.
This list and your discussion is terrific. I have also read Erasure, James, Enter Ghost and (here it is again!) Blackouts and agree with your reviews. I'm eager to read Thunderclap and Wandering Stars. Here's to great reading for the rest of 2024!
Hope you like them both and that the rest of your reading year is excellent. Thanks Angelea.
Great list! Finger bone has been catching my eye for a while and this video has given me the push. Cheers.
Thank you. Finger Bone first appealed to me because it is set in a time, place, event that touches on my own research and writing, but I thought it was excellent. I hope that you will like it,
My friend you have excellent taste! Got a lot of good ideas from your video!
Thank you very much for the kind words.
Great discussion, Brian. James is definitely my number 1 book of the year so far as well. Enter Ghost would be in my top five too. I still need to get to Cuddy. Thanks for another really thoughtful discussion, Brian.
Thanks Pat. I think you will really like Cuddy.
What an amazingly diverse list, 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@MemphisJones Thank you for your kind comment.
Amazing list! When I stumbled across Enter Ghost, I only knew it was novel about Shakespeare. I was immediately sucked in and read it in one day. Moving and thought provoking. Seeing both Ninth Street Women and Thunderclap on your full list makes me hope you will participate in the art-related reading event in September!
Thanks Hannah. I didn’t know/remember there was an art related reading event upcoming. That sounds intriguing
@@BookishTexan Another Bibliophile Reads, Bouquins and Boooks, etc. Official announcement to come.
Another Bibliophile Reads, Bouquins and Books, etc. Announcement coming eventually.
People's favourite reads is really what I want to see for the mid and end year! 😀
Great to see Cuddy, one of my top reads this year. I haven't gotten to James yet, have never read Huckleberry Finn and am trying to decide if I should or need to to get the most out of James.
Also enjoyed Erasure which I read this year. Will work my way through Everetts backlist, The Trees is a favourite and I liked Dr. No.
You made me curious of The Long Form, will see if I can get my hadns on it!
I was on an Everett binge this year reading four of his books including James. I don’t think you have to read Huck Finn first, but it might add some depth if you did or read the Wikipedia article about it.
I need to pick up my next Percival Everett. So far, I’ve read James and Trees. He and James McBride are entering favorite author status for me this year.
@@alldbooks9165 I still haven’t read a McBride, though I’ve been threatening to for quite a while.
James is one of my favouirites this year too - loved his The Trees a couple of years ago too.
The Long Form sounds fascinating. ✨️
Fingerbone is brilliant in a devastating way. 💥💀
I love how Everett uses language and perceived literacy and more in both Erasure and James 📚
@@PageTurnersWithKatja The Long Form was one of those books which fits me exactky right
James is everywhere! It has to win some major prizes.
I hope it will!
Can't recall if I congratulated you on becoming a Grandpa. Congratulations! I've just finished Enter Ghost. I was less wowed at the artistry but learnerd a hell of a lot
Thank you Marc.
James is also one of my favorite books of the year so far, as well!
@@awebofstories We have good taste.🤓
Hi Brian, I want to get to “James” at some point this year. Aloha friend.
Hi Marilyn! I think you will really like James!
Enjoyed Erasure. Loved James by Percival Everett.
@@scotthacker2265 I’m officially a Percival Everett fan
@@BookishTexan Enjoy Percival Everett’s books.
Every time you mention Blackouts I am reminded it is still lying on top of my TBR pile and I keep picking other books anyways.
That happens to me all the time.
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Cuddy is one of my all time favourites too , and James I really enjoyed, though never having read Huckleberry Finn, I wonder if I lost out a bit here.
I think being familiar with the basics of Huck Finn are probably enough. Though Everett does assume his readers have read HF.
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Thanks for the recommendation.
'Glorious Exploits' has been my favourite book so far.
I will have to look into that one. Thanks for the recommendation Clare.
saw the film based on the erasure book and liked it and so may pick up james⚛😀
The movie and the book have some real differences but I thought both were great.
I've only completed 4 books so far this year, but the best of those was Lonesome Dove.
Lonesome Dive is a great one.
James is certainly the stand out of the year, and I generally don't get along with Percival Everett's writing.
I went on an Everett binge over the last year and think James is the best though The Trees and Erasure were very good as well. Which of his books did you dislike?
@@BookishTexan I thought The Trees was just okay but I really disliked Dr No. I think the satire is just too obvious in those, but James was a different experience.
You’re not the first reader on BookTube to rave about James. I must say, however, that the premise makes me hesitate. It sounds like a novel that was written an agenda in mind.
Not sure Everett does agendas beyond following his ideas where they go. I definitely think James invites the reader to create one.