I'm very much enjoying watching tbr or pop videos, because sometimes they inspire me to pick up a book I also own from my shelves. Also they are often the incentive for a buddy read, because when I know what people plan to read, I might ask them to read the book together.
Wifedom is absolutely amazing. I'll be interested in your thoughts! It's definitely a Phenomenal Women book because it is incredible what she went through and put up with from George. It's going to be one of my favorites this year. Can't believe it didn't make the shortlist for the Women's Prize.
I have not read Ingrid Persuad but I'm interested. I already have Small Joys on my TBR...maybe when my self-imposed buying break is over. Eve is on my list as well. North Woods was in my top 10 last year; I want to reread it soon. Your August list is terrific! .
So happy to see that you have chosen to read The Tale of Genji!!! And in Tyler's translations, even if it is abridged. Waley's one is beautiful, but so tailored to European tastes, and trying to make Genji appealing and his behaviour acceptable, that it gives you a really misleading sense of the characters and situations. As always, your TBR is a trove of treasures. Love from Chile
It's always such a treat when your videos pop up in my subscription feed. I have to read North Woods and The Rachel Incident for the UA-cam Prize. You've convinced me to read some Faulkner this month.
Great picks, Ros. I've been meaning to read The Lost Love Songs for ages. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! So, I started reading The Tale of Genji in March as part of my goal to read classic books from around the world. But I'm not making as much progress as I thought I would. I had an easier time with Noli Me Tangere from the Philippines. I think it's because the writing style is more similar to modern writing. At my current pace and my habit of picking up other reads I might finish Genji in 2030 😂
@@PageTurnersWithKatja I haven't got to Noli Me Tangere as yet but must. I am gradually working through world classics I have missed out on. Are you reading the unabridged Genji?
I led a group read of Genji in 2019. We started on January 1 and finished at the end of February that year. Mostly I read the unabridged Royall Tyler translation, but some days I switched between different translations, comparing passages. I sampled Siedensticker, Waley and Washburn translations. I wish I could remember if I had a favourite, but I do remember that there could be quite a divergence.
I was wondering for a sec why your Genji was so slim! I tackled the whole darn thing last year. Yes, it did go on and on... 😂 I just finished Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey - it was excellent! I'm guessing her Iliad is equally great. I'm really looking forward to the new Ingrid Persaud - I loved her last book.
I felt a little guilty picking an abridged version of Genji but it felt less of a risk. The Watson Iliad is excellent. Vigorous and suited to oral performance. I'm using an audio version of that and also reading the Fagles translation. I think a reread of The Odyssey may follow for me, with Wilson. Love After Love was tremendous wasn't it? I hope this one matches up to it.
I read Wifedom last fall and loved it. Very well written and the mix of non-fiction, memoir and fictionalized elements worked for me. My opinion of Orwell has changed forever reading about the details of how he treated his wife. Orwell was a completely entitled, infantile, utterly lacking in empathy. He hit the jackpot with his wife Eileen, who was better educated, more intelligent and better writer. She completely gave over her life to Orwell and he took advantage of her to the point of abuse. Perhaps it's not fair to judge from my vantage point of many decades in the future... as I write this, I still have quite a deep emotional reaction to the book which I read months ago. As I said, very good writing.
@@melaniereed3494 I am happy to hear the fictionalised element worked for you as I am curious to see how I react to that. My partner Steve read it last month and was boiling with outrage like you.
Oh I really enjoyed The Rachel Incident for Irish Readathon this year 🎯 Wouldn't have thought it was my type of book either, but there was a lot to enjoy
I am always interested in what other friends are reading and learning about the events although it is not possible to participate all of them 😊 ı am so glad you are enjoying the poems ❤️ Wifedom sounds quite interesting 😊
I like the idea of TBR’s as a pile of possibilities because, I too, have bigger bookish eyes than my stomach, but it’s nice to dream and see others do the same. I haven’t read Love After Love yet but Ingrid Persuad’s new one also sounds really good and Charlie and Shawn both have me interested in Small Joys. Looking forward to what you think of those two, Eve and Wifedom Ros. I’ll be continuing my Egyptian Summer and The Magic Mountain as well as throwing in some extra WIT for good measure.
@@josmith5992 The Magic Mountain does keep one busy for a while. I think you are right, the dreaming and planning about potential reading is a pleasure in its own right.
Hi Ros, thank you so much for shouting out my event, phenomenal woman and incorporating it with all your wonderful reading. I’ve heard about Eve and want to include nonfiction in my event as well, I was very interested in the book small joys from your description and I think I’ll put it in my September TBR, mental health and birds and found family. Yes yes yes. I’ve recently discovered translated fiction and it’s become part of my monthly reading. I want to find a translated work by a phenomenal woman and I’m sure I’ll find one that I haven’t read yet. Cora Sandel is an author. I became fascinated with last year through her trilogy, Alberta and Jacob. I’m sure I’ll mention her during the month. Thank you again for supporting and encouraging me and my first solo event. Aloha friend.
What a wonderful month you have planned, Ros. I read North Woods with my "real life" book club last fall, and then I also was assigned it in my Book Tube Prize group for the quarterfinals. I'm so glad it has made it into the final round. I adored it. It's not at all the kind of novel I am usually drawn to, but I loved it. I'll be curious to hear your views. As you know, I'm reading As I Lay Dying with your group. It really is probably the most accessible of Faulkner's novels, isn't it? I'm going to be reading Phenomenal Women too, but I'm still figuring out what I'm going to read for that. I'm hoping to read Claudia Pineiro as my "Woman in Translation." I love how you and your daughter read and discuss books together. That's really something wonderful that you share. I hope you have a lovely reading month, Ros!
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I am really pleased to get the extra nudge to read North Woods. It sounds like my sort of novel. Good to hear you enjoyed it. I loved Pineiro's Elena Knows and need to read another of hers. And I hope your month is wonderful.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks North Woods has people somewhat divided, as you may have heard if you have seen any book reviews of it on BookTube. I adored it. My whole book group adored it. But I have a good friend who also has a book group, and she said that they almost all didn't like it at all. I was fairly obsessed with it in the fall-winter. I'll look forward to hearing what you think.😊
Great TBR! I’m loving As I Lay Dying and seeing everyone’s thoughts in the group chat. I’m very interested in reading more Clarice Lispector so I’m looking forward to your thoughts on The Apple in the Dark. Wifedom and The Tale of Genji are also on my tbr. I’m thinking of reading Beloved by Toni Morrison for the phenomenal women readathon!
@@karlalikestoread I think this Lispector may be a little different. Mind you all her books are distinctive. Beloved would be perfect for the readathon.
This Thursday August 8, 2024, TV Cultura (a Brazilian public television network) re-presents, in celebration of the broadcaster's 55th anniversary, a special with the last interview given by writer Clarice Lispector to reporter Júlio Lerner, in 1977. After the recording, Clarice asked that the chat only air after her death, which occurred 10 months later, in December of the same year. The original interview is available on TV Cultura's UA-cam channel. I'm not sure, but perhaps they will also make today's special program available after it airs. And I too, since I was a teenager when I first read her, I have always been in love with Clarice Lispector.
I would like to read "Wifedom" but don't have it yet. I'm actually reading 4 books right now, but can't finish half of them because the braille reading device is broken. So I'm struggling with "Sappiens" by Yuval Noah Harari and started reading "Beyond The Sunset" by Anna Jacobs. I also have "Northanger Abbey" and "Wuthering Heights" waiting for me to start reading hard copies of.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks I'll do reviews of those when I'm done reading them. I'm thinking to do a review of "Jane Eyre" as well, because everyone seems to love it, but I personally didn't. Eventually finished that at the start of this year, although I meant to read it for victober last year.
I'm very much enjoying watching tbr or pop videos, because sometimes they inspire me to pick up a book I also own from my shelves. Also they are often the incentive for a buddy read, because when I know what people plan to read, I might ask them to read the book together.
@@ameliareads589 thanks for saying that. It is good to know TBR videos have some value.
Wifedom is absolutely amazing. I'll be interested in your thoughts! It's definitely a Phenomenal Women book because it is incredible what she went through and put up with from George. It's going to be one of my favorites this year. Can't believe it didn't make the shortlist for the Women's Prize.
@@melissafirman1962 my partner Steve read it last month and kept expostulating as he read about Orwell's behaviour. Good to hear you rated it highly.
I have not read Ingrid Persuad but I'm interested. I already have Small Joys on my TBR...maybe when my self-imposed buying break is over. Eve is on my list as well. North Woods was in my top 10 last year; I want to reread it soon. Your August list is terrific!
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@@readandre-read I am optimistic about North Woods and even more so when you say that. Eve sounds fascinating doesn't it?
So happy to see that you have chosen to read The Tale of Genji!!! And in Tyler's translations, even if it is abridged. Waley's one is beautiful, but so tailored to European tastes, and trying to make Genji appealing and his behaviour acceptable, that it gives you a really misleading sense of the characters and situations. As always, your TBR is a trove of treasures. Love from Chile
Thanks for that encouragement Marcela. I decided to trust Penguin Classics as I wasn't sure for myself.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks great job from Penguin then 😉 Hope to hear your thoughts on the novel someday!
It's always such a treat when your videos pop up in my subscription feed. I have to read North Woods and The Rachel Incident for the UA-cam Prize. You've convinced me to read some Faulkner this month.
Are you a finals judge too? It's a strong field I think.
What a fabulous TBR. North Woods and Eve are both amazing. And Genji! ❤
@@lindysmagpiereads thanks for those votes of confidence.
Great picks, Ros. I've been meaning to read The Lost Love Songs for ages. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!
So, I started reading The Tale of Genji in March as part of my goal to read classic books from around the world. But I'm not making as much progress as I thought I would. I had an easier time with Noli Me Tangere from the Philippines. I think it's because the writing style is more similar to modern writing.
At my current pace and my habit of picking up other reads I might finish Genji in 2030 😂
@@PageTurnersWithKatja I haven't got to Noli Me Tangere as yet but must. I am gradually working through world classics I have missed out on. Are you reading the unabridged Genji?
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 yes, by the same translator - Royall Tyler - but unabridged. It's the penguin deluxe edition in ebook format.
I led a group read of Genji in 2019. We started on January 1 and finished at the end of February that year. Mostly I read the unabridged Royall Tyler translation, but some days I switched between different translations, comparing passages. I sampled Siedensticker, Waley and Washburn translations. I wish I could remember if I had a favourite, but I do remember that there could be quite a divergence.
I hope you enjoy
The Rachel Incident
Small Joys
North Woods
as much as I did.
@@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 I am glad to hear you enjoyed The Rachel Incident. I was worried about that one.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks it’s set in Cork. On audio you get an idea of the accent
@@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 ah good. I have an audio version although I will see if the library has a paper copy as that helps for judging.
I was wondering for a sec why your Genji was so slim! I tackled the whole darn thing last year. Yes, it did go on and on... 😂
I just finished Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey - it was excellent! I'm guessing her Iliad is equally great.
I'm really looking forward to the new Ingrid Persaud - I loved her last book.
I felt a little guilty picking an abridged version of Genji but it felt less of a risk. The Watson Iliad is excellent. Vigorous and suited to oral performance. I'm using an audio version of that and also reading the Fagles translation. I think a reread of The Odyssey may follow for me, with Wilson.
Love After Love was tremendous wasn't it? I hope this one matches up to it.
Yeah for you & Tilly reading Small Joys together. I hope you love it 🤞❤️Happy reading Ros 📚❤️
@@CharlieBrookReads I sold it to her after speaking to you 😀
I read Wifedom last fall and loved it. Very well written and the mix of non-fiction, memoir and fictionalized elements worked for me. My opinion of Orwell has changed forever reading about the details of how he treated his wife. Orwell was a completely entitled, infantile, utterly lacking in empathy. He hit the jackpot with his wife Eileen, who was better educated, more intelligent and better writer. She completely gave over her life to Orwell and he took advantage of her to the point of abuse. Perhaps it's not fair to judge from my vantage point of many decades in the future... as I write this, I still have quite a deep emotional reaction to the book which I read months ago. As I said, very good writing.
@@melaniereed3494 I am happy to hear the fictionalised element worked for you as I am curious to see how I react to that. My partner Steve read it last month and was boiling with outrage like you.
Love After Love is still on my TBR shelf, but now I am also interested in her next read. The Rachel Incident is definitely on my radar as well. 😊💙
@@BookwormAdventureGirl oh do read Love After Love.
Oh I really enjoyed The Rachel Incident for Irish Readathon this year 🎯 Wouldn't have thought it was my type of book either, but there was a lot to enjoy
@@MargaretPinard oh brilliant. I shall approach it with more confidence now.
I really enjoy watching TBRs.
@@anitahayne8621 that's good to hear. You gathered I was uncertain about putting them up.
I am always interested in what other friends are reading and learning about the events although it is not possible to participate all of them 😊 ı am so glad you are enjoying the poems ❤️
Wifedom sounds quite interesting 😊
@@BernasBookishAdventures that's good to know. And Hikmet is amazing.
I like the idea of TBR’s as a pile of possibilities because, I too, have bigger bookish eyes than my stomach, but it’s nice to dream and see others do the same. I haven’t read Love After Love yet but Ingrid Persuad’s new one also sounds really good and Charlie and Shawn both have me interested in Small Joys. Looking forward to what you think of those two, Eve and Wifedom Ros. I’ll be continuing my Egyptian Summer and The Magic Mountain as well as throwing in some extra WIT for good measure.
@@josmith5992 The Magic Mountain does keep one busy for a while. I think you are right, the dreaming and planning about potential reading is a pleasure in its own right.
Hi Ros, thank you so much for shouting out my event, phenomenal woman and incorporating it with all your wonderful reading. I’ve heard about Eve and want to include nonfiction in my event as well,
I was very interested in the book small joys from your description and I think I’ll put it in my September TBR, mental health and birds and found family. Yes yes yes.
I’ve recently discovered translated fiction and it’s become part of my monthly reading. I want to find a translated work by a phenomenal woman and I’m sure I’ll find one that I haven’t read yet. Cora Sandel is an author. I became fascinated with last year through her trilogy, Alberta and Jacob. I’m sure I’ll mention her during the month. Thank you again for supporting and encouraging me and my first solo event. Aloha friend.
I love the idea of your event and wanted to flag it if I could. I think I interpreted it a bit loosely! I must revisit Angelou too.
I really enjoyed the Rachel incident so I hope you do too. Hope august is a great reading month for you too 😊
@@novellenovels that's good to hear. I shall approach it with happy anticipation.
@@novellenovels have a great August yourself.
What a wonderful month you have planned, Ros. I read North Woods with my "real life" book club last fall, and then I also was assigned it in my Book Tube Prize group for the quarterfinals. I'm so glad it has made it into the final round. I adored it. It's not at all the kind of novel I am usually drawn to, but I loved it. I'll be curious to hear your views. As you know, I'm reading As I Lay Dying with your group. It really is probably the most accessible of Faulkner's novels, isn't it? I'm going to be reading Phenomenal Women too, but I'm still figuring out what I'm going to read for that. I'm hoping to read Claudia Pineiro as my "Woman in Translation." I love how you and your daughter read and discuss books together. That's really something wonderful that you share. I hope you have a lovely reading month, Ros!
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I am really pleased to get the extra nudge to read North Woods. It sounds like my sort of novel. Good to hear you enjoyed it. I loved Pineiro's Elena Knows and need to read another of hers.
And I hope your month is wonderful.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks North Woods has people somewhat divided, as you may have heard if you have seen any book reviews of it on BookTube. I adored it. My whole book group adored it. But I have a good friend who also has a book group, and she said that they almost all didn't like it at all. I was fairly obsessed with it in the fall-winter. I'll look forward to hearing what you think.😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I trust your opinion Pat but we'll see.
Great TBR! I’m loving As I Lay Dying and seeing everyone’s thoughts in the group chat. I’m very interested in reading more Clarice Lispector so I’m looking forward to your thoughts on The Apple in the Dark. Wifedom and The Tale of Genji are also on my tbr. I’m thinking of reading Beloved by Toni Morrison for the phenomenal women readathon!
@@karlalikestoread I think this Lispector may be a little different. Mind you all her books are distinctive. Beloved would be perfect for the readathon.
This Thursday August 8, 2024, TV Cultura (a Brazilian public television network) re-presents, in celebration of the broadcaster's 55th anniversary, a special with the last interview given by writer Clarice Lispector to reporter Júlio Lerner, in 1977. After the recording, Clarice asked that the chat only air after her death, which occurred 10 months later, in December of the same year.
The original interview is available on TV Cultura's UA-cam channel. I'm not sure, but perhaps they will also make today's special program available after it airs.
And I too, since I was a teenager when I first read her, I have always been in love with Clarice Lispector.
@@DistantKingdoms thank you for telling me. I will see if I can find it and how good the subtitles are. I am passionate about her books.
I would like to read "Wifedom" but don't have it yet. I'm actually reading 4 books right now, but can't finish half of them because the braille reading device is broken. So I'm struggling with "Sappiens" by Yuval Noah Harari and started reading "Beyond The Sunset" by Anna Jacobs. I also have "Northanger Abbey" and "Wuthering Heights" waiting for me to start reading hard copies of.
@@harmonyln7 how frustrating. I haven't read Sapiens although it sounds fascinating. Something about author turned me off a bit.
@@harmonyln7 I look forward to your reaction to Northanger Abbey and Wuthering Heights.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks I'll do reviews of those when I'm done reading them. I'm thinking to do a review of "Jane Eyre" as well, because everyone seems to love it, but I personally didn't. Eventually finished that at the start of this year, although I meant to read it for victober last year.