Jen, I luv ya so much but just in case...if you meant "Urdu" language when referring to Centre book, at least I'd pronounce it as 'oordoo' so like the "ue" sound in "blue"! In case it's not, I'm really sorry for confusing and as a binge watcher I was able to guess a bunch of second bux when you mentioned the first in each pair, just saying...😏😎💯💙💕💙
Yes please to a part 2. Great Video as always. This was a good reminder of recent books and backlist books that you have talked about in the past four years I have been watching.
I always look forward to Sunday evenings, tucked up in bed while I watch your video. Thank you for always recommending such interesting books. I definitely need to read more Wyndham. I’ve only read Triffids.
I love the pairings. Hearing you talk about books like this makes me do the same with books I’ve read and it’s really fun. I also now have several new books to put on my TBR!
Thank you Jen, I love these videos and am looking forward to part 2! Corrag by Susan Fletcher and Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. The writing style and tone and stories are similar. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood has a similar plot, though the writing style is more humorous and the setting less in nature than the first two. All the books are partly based on real events.
Hi Jen, I love watching your videos and wondering if you could recommend any quirky, kooky, darkly comedic books please? I'm 60 and struggle with the new contemporary style. I've loved The Bus on Thursdays, Behind the Scenes at the Museum and Lessons in Chemistry. Many thanks and best wishes x
Thank you, Jen!! The two books that I link in my head that I have read recently are Project Hail Mary by Andy Wier and In Ascension by Martin Mc Kinnis ( spelt differently, I think)
The high house / the end we start from - another cousin would be The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ross. Originally written in Welsh and won so many awards. Highly recommend 🎉
You rarely release a video that doesn't pique my interest in at least one new book! I just picked up There's a Ghost in This House based on an older video and adored it, could you recommend any other spooky themed picture books with clever use of art?
Hi Jen, I love this type of video, as I love making these kinds of comparisons. Added 5 books from your video to my tbr. Had already planned to matchup Julia + Wifedom (won't re-read 1984 because of time constraints, but I'll look at a synopsis to refresh my memory. I do remember I liked the parts with Julia best and thought the book would have been better if that aspect had been expanded. Glad I've lived long enough to see it happen 😁) As for the mushroom books, if anyone hasn't seen it, I'd pair them with a charming documentary called Fantastic Fungi (it might still be on Netflix). 🍄 Lastly, I loved seeing you hold all the books up, because the UK versions really do tend to have better covers than the US versions. Ugly covers hurt my eyes! 😂
I recently read Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin and it reminded me of Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. Great recommendations! Thanks for doing these videos!
Yes I did thanks, but I did prefer Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto and The Women in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura which I know you were not as keen on, I have a few more Japanese authors to head to, I still have The Last Child of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada also The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda there are probably more on my shelves! 😂Only 3 chapters into Pet by Catherine Chidgey and loving it so far.
Recently read Grievers & Maroons by adrienne maree brown. The books have a strange pandemic theme where people just sort of stop in the middle of what they’re doing & become unresponsive. Lots of commentary on society, racism, grief. They were so good.
Thanks for this video. Looking forward to part 2, hopefully once your voice is recovered from this one. Books I'm tying together. Probably because I read them so close together but I read Mrs dalloway recently (my first Virginia woolf) and also so late in the day by Claire Keegan and I was struck by similarities in them, both short time span, both stream of consciousness in a way , more so for Mrs dalloway but that jumping around in time in thought and memory of (Sorry SPOILER) former relationships and lost loves. Also how both (in different ways) do sooo much with so little in their writing, very effective and efficient imagery (if that's the right word) not really a paring as too different in topic and style but just similarities that caught my eye.
@@jenvcampbell I have another - one I've just read and reminded me of another Just read the blue book of Nebo (ya) and although a very short read it kept making me think of I who have never known men, which although short took me ages to get through. Space for more detailed information for those wanting to avoid it - not quite spoilers though. Similar in plot as both connected to post apocalyptic but one with multiple pov and one not. So much about them were different but the fact that both look at survival of a child in that circumstance and that child growing up and being almost isolated in some ways. Though that they made good companion pieces to me.
I haven’t read Yellowface, but I think people who enjoyed it would also enjoy Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou - covers a lot if similar themes and is just excellent in general.
Thanks for being here, everyone ♥️ I hope you enjoy the video xx
Jen, I luv ya so much but just in case...if you meant "Urdu" language when referring to Centre book, at least I'd pronounce it as 'oordoo' so like the "ue" sound in "blue"! In case it's not, I'm really sorry for confusing and as a binge watcher I was able to guess a bunch of second bux when you mentioned the first in each pair, just saying...😏😎💯💙💕💙
Yes please to a part 2. Great Video as always. This was a good reminder of recent books and backlist books that you have talked about in the past four years I have been watching.
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I always look forward to Sunday evenings, tucked up in bed while I watch your video. Thank you for always recommending such interesting books. I definitely need to read more Wyndham. I’ve only read Triffids.
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I love this concept! Looking forward to part 2 😊
Thanks, Holly x
Great video. Looking forward to part 2 ❤
Thanks, Suzanne ☺️ x
I love the pairings. Hearing you talk about books like this makes me do the same with books I’ve read and it’s really fun.
I also now have several new books to put on my TBR!
very interesting and i'm glad we have part two in the future.
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This was such an interesting video! Definitely added many books to my mental tbr that I’ll be on the lookout for.
Thank you Jen, I love these videos and am looking forward to part 2!
Corrag by Susan Fletcher and Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. The writing style and tone and stories are similar. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood has a similar plot, though the writing style is more humorous and the setting less in nature than the first two.
All the books are partly based on real events.
Hi Jen, I love watching your videos and wondering if you could recommend any quirky, kooky, darkly comedic books please? I'm 60 and struggle with the new contemporary style. I've loved The Bus on Thursdays, Behind the Scenes at the Museum and Lessons in Chemistry. Many thanks and best wishes x
Have you read Where'd You Go, Bernadette? That might fit the bill. x
Great video! Would love a Part 2. The two books I always think about together are The Magic Fish and On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
I’d add The Magical Language of Others by EJ Koh to that pairing ☺️ x
Thank you, Jen!! The two books that I link in my head that I have read recently are Project Hail Mary by Andy Wier and In Ascension by Martin Mc Kinnis ( spelt differently, I think)
Thanks Jen, you've packed a lot in. One of the pairings I'm interested in is 1984 and Julia. Looking forward to part 2. 😊
I’ve been umming and ahhing about it. If it’s on the Women’s Prize longlist I might give it a go x
Amazing tips, Jen! Thank you always
The high house / the end we start from - another cousin would be The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ross. Originally written in Welsh and won so many awards. Highly recommend 🎉
You rarely release a video that doesn't pique my interest in at least one new book! I just picked up There's a Ghost in This House based on an older video and adored it, could you recommend any other spooky themed picture books with clever use of art?
Hi Jen, I love this type of video, as I love making these kinds of comparisons. Added 5 books from your video to my tbr. Had already planned to matchup Julia + Wifedom (won't re-read 1984 because of time constraints, but I'll look at a synopsis to refresh my memory. I do remember I liked the parts with Julia best and thought the book would have been better if that aspect had been expanded. Glad I've lived long enough to see it happen 😁)
As for the mushroom books, if anyone hasn't seen it, I'd pair them with a charming documentary called Fantastic Fungi (it might still be on Netflix). 🍄
Lastly, I loved seeing you hold all the books up, because the UK versions really do tend to have better covers than the US versions. Ugly covers hurt my eyes! 😂
I recently read Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin and it reminded me of Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. Great recommendations! Thanks for doing these videos!
Thanks for your recommendations. I have just finished The Pachinko Parlour and I have picked Pet as my next read.
☺ Did you enjoy The Pachinko Parlour? x
Yes I did thanks, but I did prefer Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto and The Women in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura which I know you were not as keen on, I have a few more Japanese authors to head to, I still have The Last Child of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada also The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda there are probably more on my shelves! 😂Only 3 chapters into Pet by Catherine Chidgey and loving it so far.
Recently read Grievers & Maroons by adrienne maree brown. The books have a strange pandemic theme where people just sort of stop in the middle of what they’re doing & become unresponsive. Lots of commentary on society, racism, grief. They were so good.
I will look at that, thanks x
Thanks for this video. Looking forward to part 2, hopefully once your voice is recovered from this one.
Books I'm tying together. Probably because I read them so close together but I read Mrs dalloway recently (my first Virginia woolf) and also so late in the day by Claire Keegan and I was struck by similarities in them, both short time span, both stream of consciousness in a way , more so for Mrs dalloway but that jumping around in time in thought and memory of
(Sorry SPOILER)
former relationships and lost loves. Also how both (in different ways) do sooo much with so little in their writing, very effective and efficient imagery (if that's the right word) not really a paring as too different in topic and style but just similarities that caught my eye.
☺️♥️
@@jenvcampbell I have another - one I've just read and reminded me of another
Just read the blue book of Nebo (ya) and although a very short read it kept making me think of I who have never known men, which although short took me ages to get through.
Space for more detailed information for those wanting to avoid it - not quite spoilers though.
Similar in plot as both connected to post apocalyptic but one with multiple pov and one not. So much about them were different but the fact that both look at survival of a child in that circumstance and that child growing up and being almost isolated in some ways. Though that they made good companion pieces to me.
I haven’t read Yellowface, but I think people who enjoyed it would also enjoy Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou - covers a lot if similar themes and is just excellent in general.
I LOVED disorientation!! Great rec
A pairing I really like is Silas Marner by George Eliot and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Fikry is an homage to SM. 💚
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To be honest, you kind of have to be from another planet to immerse yourself in weird, exotic literature that defy convention🎉
Sounds like something the Cheshire Cat would say! x
@@jenvcampbell keep up the great work. I like your videos, by the way😎
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Hi Jen, could you please recommend a book that I could read if I really really really loved the writing of Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie?
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza x
Thankyou! I will check this out very soon
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