Oh my gosh, middle aged women DO read ;-). You're the first person my age I've seen doing content on books and I'm so glad to find your channel! I'm not sure we have the same taste in reading material, but I'm glad you're out here none the less. :-)
We have definitely been living in distracting times lately. I'm feeling a glimmer of hope... The great 2024 Strout Reread has been so essential to my soul! I'm reading Olive, Again right now and it's the perfect book for the moment.
I love when different books that I am reading talk to each other. Cocktails with George and Martha sounds good! I’m going to see a production of Albee’s The Goat next month. Yes, sometimes I struggle with books that I am sure I would enjoy… if I was in a different frame of mind. Setting them aside and trying again later usually works for me. Glad to hear you have been enjoying some comfort reads. 🤗
I would be feeling that glimmer of hope were it not for the %#@& Electoral College. And that's all I'm going to say about that. The Elizabeth Strout Reread sounds like a lovely idea, since Olive didn't care two figs about anything or anyone, really. I bought the hardcover of Margo's Got Money Troubles because the premise sounds so great. I want to read it when I return from vacation in mid-October since I'm going try an all-Kindle trip. I expect to buy books there, though. 🎼 Minn-e-so-ta, here I come, right back where I started from. 🎶
Yay, so good to see you! Definitely not the only person feeling out of sorts. I've been feeling the same way but have some (cautious) hope now. I am so happy to hear you loved Margo's Got Money Troubles. I've been wanting to pick it up but hesitating because I didn't want to be disappointed. Cocktails with George and Martha sounds so good. I've been so curious about the Dunne book. (Side note: I loved Dominick Dunne's novel The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, which I read in HS/college, and I remember also following the trial in VF.) Gearing up to read Olive, Again as soon as I finish one of my current books. You got an advanced copy! You're making me want to listen to these--and American Wife, which is due a re-read. That blue (green?) on the walls and that Hockney poster! ❤
I don't think I ever read any of Dunne's novels and now I'm curious! And I do think you'll be entertained by Margo. It is a quick and funny book. A couple of years ago we decided to give the house a refresh after many years of greige decor and so I went with two radically dark colors of deep blue and then a peacock green. The front of the house is in blue and then the bedroom and bathrooms are in the green. It totally changed the look of the house and I'm so happy we did it. And I'm a fan of comfortable chairs and the Hockney poster made me so happy. :)
I enjoyed both Cocktails with George and Martha and The God of the Woods. The multiple timelines (for God of the Woods) did take some effort, so I can see where it might be a good idea to come back to it later.
Yes, I am going to put it on the backburner for a while. Cocktails with George and Martha definitely kept me entertained while I was reading it. It would have been something to see that performance on stage!
Hi Sonja, as always, happy to see a new video from you. I used to look forward to reading Dominick Dunne’s articles in VF. I’m pretty sure I also read all his novels, his writing was very engaging. I too heard an interview with Griffin, don’t remember which outlet. I’m undecided whether I will spend time on the memoir. “Olive, Again” induced some tears. (For some odd reason, in my mind, I envisioned Olive as Rosalind Russell in “Auntie Mame” - bossy, rushing around, stirring people to action.) I’ve only read “My Name is Lucy Barton”. Maybe in 2025, I’ll get into the sequels and find out the significance of the snake and the pick-up truck. I have suspicions. I just finished, “A Month in the Country” by J.L. Carr. I thought it was beautifully written but I wasn’t as enraptured as a lot of folks have related. (4/5) “The All of It” by Jeanette Haien was a more intriguing short novel. Yes, sometimes when I am reading a novel that I am not really into for a book group commitment I often struggle not to be enticed by more interesting fare. Oh boy, you are right 🎢 it’s so difficult to turn off all the voices for this hopelessly addicted news junkie. Enjoy the rest of your summer reading 📚 👓 🍹
Love Rufi Thorpe. I've read all her books and am waiting for a hold on Margo. The Girls of Corona Del Mar is also excellent. After reading Beautiful Ruins I've never looked at Richard Burton the same way. Cocktails sounds most interesting. What made you pick it up? Yes older people--at 75 I do believe I'm still growing and changing or perhaps coming to be myself more and more. I just finished Delphi by Clare Pollard. It is a covid book and was only ok. I too struggled with a book that is suppose be good--All the Colors of the Dark by Whitaker. Had to give up on it for the present. My favorite book this month was The Rachel Incident--another Irish book and coming of age story and liked it more than any Sally Rooney so far.
I first saw Cocktails on my library website and when I read the description, I knew I wanted to try it. I love books about Hollywood and the arts. I did read Beautiful Ruins and remember there was a part about the filming of Cleopatra, right? But honestly I can't remember that much about the plot. Maybe a reread. I'm going to seek out more Rufi Thorpe and yes to The Rachel Incident! I loved that book and it was one of my top books of last year.
I was watching an interview with Tarantino this evening talking about audience reaction to Pasolni's "Salo." He liked to see the film in theaters over the years with an audience that hadn't seen it. There was always someone who freaked out. The late 60s and 70's were a great time for moviemaking not just here but around the world. One could make a film about anything and be truly transgressive. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" is a brutal film. I think we all know couples like that. Interesting history about the film. When you talked about "Consent" I thought you were talking about Vanessa Spriingora's memoir by the same title. I don't know if it's been translated into English from the French, but I've read it in Spanish. A film was released this year. It took place in the early 80's in France where Springora, who was 13, began a sexual relationship with a writer 36 years her senior. They met at a party her mother hosted and attended by writers and intellectuals. It was known that the writer liked young girls and when the mother finds out she is going to see him at his place after school, she just warns her that he is a known pedophile but doesn't stop her from going. It is shocking, but not in the circles her mother traveled in. That is what the memoir explores. The 70's and 80's, yes more were different then. At university a professor I had began a relationship with a student. We liked him a lot, he was excellent literature professor, and we knew the girl, a punk rocker. It didn't bother us at all they were having a relationship. They've been together now over 35 years.
It was a different time and I'm glad that it's different. You do have to wonder what (aside from lust) a grown man would get out of a relationship with a girl barely into her teens. I also knew of relationships like that and see the great imbalance now. Interesting about the Spriingora memoir; I imagine that the writer of the memoir I read knew of it and was inspired? I'm sorry I didn't answer your comment earlier. It got lost in my notifications. Hope you're doing well.
Yes, it seems that sometimes we aren’t able to enjoy certain books in the moment, but need other kinds of stories to meet our current situations. I can see why you are drawn to the books with Olive, Lucy and Maissie…they are all about women meeting certain challenges in very human ways. They are written with such compassion, which is so needed in our world.
Oh my gosh, middle aged women DO read ;-). You're the first person my age I've seen doing content on books and I'm so glad to find your channel! I'm not sure we have the same taste in reading material, but I'm glad you're out here none the less. :-)
I'm catching up on videos and have put at least one of your books from the last four videos on my tbr!
Really a rollercoaster!!! We all deal with it differently 🫠
We have definitely been living in distracting times lately. I'm feeling a glimmer of hope...
The great 2024 Strout Reread has been so essential to my soul! I'm reading Olive, Again right now and it's the perfect book for the moment.
I'm feeling that glimmer of hope, too. And yay for the Strout Reread. :)
OMG, Margo's Got Money Troubles sounds like a ride!
It was a fun read, for sure.
I really enjoyed this style of video. It feels different than a lot of the book tube videos I see and it was refreshing!
Oh thank you!
The only problem with watching other book tubers channels is that it increases the tbr! So many books and so little time. Happy reading to you.
Hi. I'm sorry I'm only now getting to your comment. But thank you so much for your nice note and I hope you're reading something you love right now.
I love when different books that I am reading talk to each other. Cocktails with George and Martha sounds good! I’m going to see a production of Albee’s The Goat next month.
Yes, sometimes I struggle with books that I am sure I would enjoy… if I was in a different frame of mind. Setting them aside and trying again later usually works for me. Glad to hear you have been enjoying some comfort reads. 🤗
I would be feeling that glimmer of hope were it not for the %#@& Electoral College. And that's all I'm going to say about that. The Elizabeth Strout Reread sounds like a lovely idea, since Olive didn't care two figs about anything or anyone, really. I bought the hardcover of Margo's Got Money Troubles because the premise sounds so great. I want to read it when I return from vacation in mid-October since I'm going try an all-Kindle trip. I expect to buy books there, though. 🎼 Minn-e-so-ta, here I come, right back where I started from. 🎶
Yay, so good to see you! Definitely not the only person feeling out of sorts. I've been feeling the same way but have some (cautious) hope now. I am so happy to hear you loved Margo's Got Money Troubles. I've been wanting to pick it up but hesitating because I didn't want to be disappointed. Cocktails with George and Martha sounds so good. I've been so curious about the Dunne book. (Side note: I loved Dominick Dunne's novel The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, which I read in HS/college, and I remember also following the trial in VF.) Gearing up to read Olive, Again as soon as I finish one of my current books. You got an advanced copy! You're making me want to listen to these--and American Wife, which is due a re-read. That blue (green?) on the walls and that Hockney poster! ❤
I don't think I ever read any of Dunne's novels and now I'm curious! And I do think you'll be entertained by Margo. It is a quick and funny book. A couple of years ago we decided to give the house a refresh after many years of greige decor and so I went with two radically dark colors of deep blue and then a peacock green. The front of the house is in blue and then the bedroom and bathrooms are in the green. It totally changed the look of the house and I'm so happy we did it. And I'm a fan of comfortable chairs and the Hockney poster made me so happy. :)
Cocktails with George and Martha sounds good.
It was really interesting, Brian. Makes me want to find the movie.
I enjoyed both Cocktails with George and Martha and The God of the Woods. The multiple timelines (for God of the Woods) did take some effort, so I can see where it might be a good idea to come back to it later.
Yes, I am going to put it on the backburner for a while. Cocktails with George and Martha definitely kept me entertained while I was reading it. It would have been something to see that performance on stage!
All the YES to Maisie Dobbs!! 💗
I can't wait to see what happens to Maisie and Billy next.
I am definitely reaching for more genre fiction in these stressful times. I agree it does get hard to concentrate when our minds are whirling.
Watching the news and social media is wild right now.
I'm so glad you got to have a great visit with Doris.
@@anenthusiasticreader that week with Doris was the highlight of my year so far! ☺️
Hi Sonja, as always, happy to see a new video from you. I used to look forward to reading Dominick Dunne’s articles in VF. I’m pretty sure I also read all his novels, his writing was very engaging. I too heard an interview with Griffin, don’t remember which outlet. I’m undecided whether I will spend time on the memoir.
“Olive, Again” induced some tears. (For some odd reason, in my mind, I envisioned Olive as Rosalind Russell in “Auntie Mame” - bossy, rushing around, stirring people to action.) I’ve only read “My Name is Lucy Barton”. Maybe in 2025, I’ll get into the sequels and find out the significance of the snake and the pick-up truck. I have suspicions.
I just finished, “A Month in the Country” by J.L. Carr. I thought it was beautifully written but I wasn’t as enraptured as a lot of folks have related. (4/5)
“The All of It” by Jeanette Haien was a more intriguing short novel.
Yes, sometimes when I am reading a novel that I am not really into for a book group commitment I often struggle not to be enticed by more interesting fare.
Oh boy, you are right 🎢 it’s so difficult to turn off all the voices for this hopelessly addicted news junkie.
Enjoy the rest of your summer reading 📚 👓 🍹
hey😊❤😊
Love Rufi Thorpe. I've read all her books and am waiting for a hold on Margo. The Girls of Corona Del Mar is also excellent. After reading Beautiful Ruins I've never looked at Richard Burton the same way. Cocktails sounds most interesting. What made you pick it up? Yes older people--at 75 I do believe I'm still growing and changing or perhaps coming to be myself more and more. I just finished Delphi by Clare Pollard. It is a covid book and was only ok. I too struggled with a book that is suppose be good--All the Colors of the Dark by Whitaker. Had to give up on it for the present. My favorite book this month was The Rachel Incident--another Irish book and coming of age story and liked it more than any Sally Rooney so far.
I first saw Cocktails on my library website and when I read the description, I knew I wanted to try it. I love books about Hollywood and the arts. I did read Beautiful Ruins and remember there was a part about the filming of Cleopatra, right? But honestly I can't remember that much about the plot. Maybe a reread. I'm going to seek out more Rufi Thorpe and yes to The Rachel Incident! I loved that book and it was one of my top books of last year.
@@anenthusiasticreader all of Thorpe's previous are interesting.and great stories.
I was watching an interview with Tarantino this evening talking about audience reaction to Pasolni's "Salo." He liked to see the film in theaters over the years with an audience that hadn't seen it. There was always someone who freaked out. The late 60s and 70's were a great time for moviemaking not just here but around the world. One could make a film about anything and be truly transgressive. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" is a brutal film. I think we all know couples like that. Interesting history about the film. When you talked about "Consent" I thought you were talking about Vanessa Spriingora's memoir by the same title. I don't know if it's been translated into English from the French, but I've read it in Spanish. A film was released this year. It took place in the early 80's in France where Springora, who was 13, began a sexual relationship with a writer 36 years her senior. They met at a party her mother hosted and attended by writers and intellectuals. It was known that the writer liked young girls and when the mother finds out she is going to see him at his place after school, she just warns her that he is a known pedophile but doesn't stop her from going. It is shocking, but not in the circles her mother traveled in. That is what the memoir explores. The 70's and 80's, yes more were different then. At university a professor I had began a relationship with a student. We liked him a lot, he was excellent literature professor, and we knew the girl, a punk rocker. It didn't bother us at all they were having a relationship. They've been together now over 35 years.
It was a different time and I'm glad that it's different. You do have to wonder what (aside from lust) a grown man would get out of a relationship with a girl barely into her teens. I also knew of relationships like that and see the great imbalance now. Interesting about the Spriingora memoir; I imagine that the writer of the memoir I read knew of it and was inspired? I'm sorry I didn't answer your comment earlier. It got lost in my notifications. Hope you're doing well.
Yes, it seems that sometimes we aren’t able to enjoy certain books in the moment, but need other kinds of stories to meet our current situations. I can see why you are drawn to the books with Olive, Lucy and Maissie…they are all about women meeting certain challenges in very human ways. They are written with such compassion, which is so needed in our world.
Hi. Thanks for your nice comment. You're right that the world could use some compassion.