Book Haul Revisit for April 2024
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2024
- This book haul revisit has a unique circumstance, so come see how many of the books I've purchased have been read, how many I still want to read, and which ones are gone. Expand for more information. 👇
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Last Month’s Book Haul: • Book Haul for March 2024
Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: • Book Haul Revisit for ...
PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.
April 2023 Book Haul: • A Massive Book Haul fo...
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out, Ryan Love
Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender
My Government Means to Kill Me, Rasheed Newson
Nettleblack, Nat Reeve
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Helene Hanff
Travels With Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck
The Beautiful Room is Empty, Edmund White
April 2022 Haul: • Book Haul for April 2022
True Biz, Sara Nović
Devotion, Hannah Kent
Brickmakers, Selva Almada and translated by Annie McDermott
The Blackwater Lightship, Colm Tóibín
Love in the Big City, Sang Young Park and translated by Anton Hur
Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell
April 2021 Haul: • Book Haul for April 2021
Edinburgh, Alexander Chee
Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu
Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge
April 2020 Haul: • Book Haul for April 2020
A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, Shokoofeh Azar
Ghachar Ghochar, Vivek Shanbhag
My Brother's Husband, Volume 1, Gengoroh Tagame
My Brother's Husband, Volume 2, Gengoroh Tagame
The Man Who Loved Children, Christina Stead
The Guest List, Lucy Foley
Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore
April 2019 Haul: • April 2019 Book Haul
The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler
A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro
City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s, Edmund White
Attic, Katherine Dunn
Willa & Hesper, Amy Feltman
The Gallery, John Horne Burns
Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope, Karamo Brown
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I really don't like hardcovers, for their heaviness and for their dustjackets. Just give me a nice floppy paperback. 😂
I do prefer a paperback!
Regarding Alexander Chee’s “Edinburgh” when you say: "I exorcised it like a demon from the house.”🔥🤣🔥
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I protect the dust jacket and the book! I would previously take off the dust jacket and whatever happened to the book, oh well. Recently I thought…why couldn’t I just put a book cover on to protect the book also 🧐 I found some stretchy book covers online and just pop them on my books while reading. Both dust cover and book stay lovely 👍🏻👍🏻
I love it when the actual hardcover of the book is decorative. I think that should be done more often and then just providing a clear dust cover so the decorative cover can be seen thru the dust cover is what I wish would happen.
I agree--that would be a wonderful development.
Great idea.
@@curtisrobinson7962 ❤️
I bet it was Willow from Books and Bao that recommended "Nettleblack" as she got me to add it to my tbr as well.
"I excorcised it from the house like a demon" 😂
😂 👿
I think a few people could say that about their ex.
I truly adore coming out books.
I liked The Gallery a lot. There's also a good bio of Burns out there. Read Edmund White!!
That's good to know!
So fun to see Charley! I really enjoyed that book.
I love the illustration of Charley.
Hi Greg! I take the dust jacket off when I read a book! ❤
Me too!
Is it just me? When you say you won’t mention the “library builders, Sue Graftons, gifted books, Pulitzer projects, etc”…it just makes me all the more curious to see them. I’m so greedy & snoopy! 😂
Dust jacket off the book while reading. It gets annoying plus I have a really bad habit of snacking while reading and there may or may not be chocolate smudges hidden by some of my dust jackets. 🍫
Why do chocolate and reading go so well together?
Really, there aren't a lot of books that get removed, but they can always be found in the original book haul video!
Blackwater Lightship is a quiet gem and would be excellent for June.
I’m so excited!
I loved Enlightenment of the greengage tree, there is a lot of magical realism of the Persian kind, I really enjoyed it. Felt like I learned something from it. There's ghosts so you could make it a variation on a Halloween read.
It would also make a great read for Women in translation month. the author was living in Australia at the time of publication and she was on numerous prize lists here and internationally.
Valentine is a good read!
Good to know--thanks.
I always remove the dust jacket!!!
Me too!
It depends on if I really like the dust jacket. When I like it, I protect it. If I don't, I leave it on to protect the book.
Interesting twist!
Arthur and Eddie are Coming Out…of their dust jacket. 😋
I got such a laugh out of that!
Regarding Hardcover vs. dust jacket: I put a book cover on hardcovers I'm reading to protect both the dust jacket AND the book.
That's smart!
Yes, take the dust jacket off. I prefer library books because the acetate solves the issue and with a 15 book hold list, I get a lot of shiny new releases.
I applaud your ability to manage that many holds without anxiety!
Valentine is a wonderful book ❤
I agree. It is also timely.
Thanks for the feedback on it!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I answered your question about jacket on or off last night on your short video. I think I might I have come across a little snippy in my reply. I said something like almost always keeping the jacket on as I thought I was able to protect the book and the jacket while reading. Like everyone who might accidentally damage a book jacket was just incapable of keeping it safe. I didn’t mean that at all. I think maybe the truer answer might be that I often don’t like the feel of the actual book cover against my fingers. I prefer something smoother. Naked hardbacks (no jackets) with beautiful printed covers would be my ultimate cover.
All good! I fell WAY behind on the comments for that video because I honestly wasn't expecting so many. I don't think I even saw your comment, and since I know you I wouldn't assume that you were being snippy. 😊
@@SupposedlyFun Awww. Thank you! 😊
I just purchased dust jacket protectors. 😂
That works!
I protect the dust jacket bit I HATE dust jackets lol. They really get in the way and they get messed up so easily
I always remove them first thing and then put them back when I'm done with the book
I hadn't thought of dust jackets as a nuisance but a lot of people agree with you.
@aNihilisticMystic Same!
solution: a dustjacket for the dustjacket🤣
😂
Team take dust jacket off to read
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I've mentioned before I'm reading LGBTQ books. This is a new genre for me. I was a lit major in grad school ( back in the late-1960s) the genre was mostly ignored. Hannah at Hannah's Books recommend some of the early / classic books and I'm gathering some of her suggestions. I plan to spend June reading mostly LGBTQ books. More suggestions please. I have Guncle and if I like that I will get the next book. I already read a Harlequin same sex romance - It was interesting. I've read some middle grade books on the topic some were very interesting and others just seemed like they were written because it is an "in theme".
I'm from Germany and... we don't really do dust jackets? I mean, its not unheard of. But almost everything here is in naked hard cover format. Lol
Not to undermine my point but I'm actually reading a dust jacket book right now and I'm really unsure how to handle it 😂 generally I prefer paperbacks anyways
Devotion is lovely. It would be a possibility for June #lgbtqi
Also Blackwater Lightship 💕
Good to know! Thanks.
The dust jacket is VERY important. It's a piece of art, the thing that attracts me to a book. Felix Ever After was blah and nonsensical
Regarding "The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree" I was disappointed, it was just an ok read. There was a lot of potential but I felt it didn't work. People have said it's magic realism and while there are elements of the fantastic alongside the barbarity of the Iranian regime, it seems rather layered on and unlike Garcia Marquez is not integrated into the fabric of the book. Magic realism is tricky to do as it can appear merely "tricksy" and I think the author falls short.
As for books that ended so poorly that they almost got thrown at the wall, my pick is Ann Patchett's "Belle Canto". It got me so angry that like Sally Rooney (Conversations With Friends) and Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet) both of which I thoroughly disliked, I've vowed never to read another one of their books. Sorry to those who love them, but give me Margaret Attwood, Kate Grenville or Barbara Kingsolver any day if I'm going to read female writers.
IMHO, True Biz was not worth my time.
Interesting!