I think you will love Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. It also fits into the Spoonies readathon since one of the main characters suffers from chronic disability and it is an important theme.
I’ve been enjoying your TBR videos lately. They’re motivating me to work through my TBR books as well. Glad you’re enjoying making them. I was shocked Cuddy didn’t make the short list?!?
I prefer to think of Gissing as an author concerned with social realism and although I have only read The Nether World I didn't get any sense of him wallowing in misery but rather found it to be a wonderful story of moral integrity. By the way your story about the cane coincided with the fact of a work colleague(who is out sick at the moment) showing me his new walking stick which his wife is drastically trying to get rid of!!!😂Apparently she hid it and then tried to break it.
Cool picks. I'm trying Misery May too. I'm reading a book about an Australian attending Cambridge and doing a phd on Joseph Conrad - One Another by Gail Jones. I think I might read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad this month for Misery May. It's been sitting on my TBR for too long. I have a bunch of war books sitting on my TBR from the 1001 btrb4yd list and I might add those to my reading this month. I think I'll try The Fraud as well, both the audiobook and the hardback are available at my local library now. Happy Reading.
Sad your pick didn't make the shortlist. Can't wait to get to Tale of Two Cities this month, heard so much about this Dickens I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about.
I share your disappointment about Cuddy not making the shortlist. In contrast My Father's House was good not amazing. I'd be happy to see New Life win though. I enjoyed Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow so much more than I expected. Definitely worth a go. Wandering Souls certainly fits the brief for Misery May.
I really must try Cuddy! I love your discussion of being drawn to the disability plot when you weren’t quite anticipating it. I have definitely experienced the same kind of thing!
Really enjoyed this 😊! Sorry to hear about Cuddy, which I'm looking forward to; also that For Thy Great Pain... is not on the list as I have this lined up to be read along with the original Julian & Margery Kemp books. I'm doing Misery May (Hardy, Zola - usually reliable!) and Mayhem (Shirley Jackson, H G Wells). Really look forward to your posts!
So sorry about Cuddy! I think "The Lifted Veil" by George Eliot (a long short story? short novella?) is mostly miserable, if you haven't read that and if it's included in your collection. Of course there's nothing sadder & more sob-inducing than the end of A Tale of Two Cities😢
I’ve just started Cuddy. Annoyed it hasn’t made the shortlist. It’s been universally praised. I’m currently reading Leeward What Kitty Did & a book about Mary Bennet I have copies of Wandering Souls Tomorrow and Tomorrow Unread as yet.
btw - there's a great film starring Gregory Peck that seems to parallel your description of O'Connor's My FAther's HOuse: The Scarlet and the Black. An Irish priest in the Vatican oversees an underground railroad to aid escaped PoWs and other distressed persons. While Germany was doing well in WW II it was a difficult and dangerous undertaking but as most people still understand: Germany lost (after which Gregory Peck's character had other responsibilities).
So, it usually depends on where I have access to books. If I have a physical copy, then I usually read it physically, and if I don't have a physical copy and want to read it, then whether I read it physically or on audiobook often depends on whether my library has an audiobook or a physical copy! I often read or reread classics on audiobook, partly because I really enjoy rereading on audiobook and getting a different experience if I read it physically last time, and also because a lot of audiobooks of classics are included in my Audible subscription. I sometimes prefer an audiobook for a really long book, because I feel like it interferes with my other reading less, if that makes sense?
@@katiejlumsden Perfect, thanks for the reply. I like to reread on Audible too - I like that it creates a different voice to the character that often brings out a personality nuance that I didn’t pick up while reading. I also like that a lot of the classics are free and the narrators are often top notch. Love your channel, thanks for the content.
Wandering Souls is amazing but also very sad. I really disliked The Fraud and I would say it falls on the more literary side. I like boring books and it took so much effort to finish. I am hopig to read Mona Awad's All's Well. It has chronic pain rep and Shakespeare.
I think you will love Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. It also fits into the Spoonies readathon since one of the main characters suffers from chronic disability and it is an important theme.
I’ve been enjoying your TBR videos lately. They’re motivating me to work through my TBR books as well. Glad you’re enjoying making them. I was shocked Cuddy didn’t make the short list?!?
Right?! Cuddy was so good!
My plans for May are mostly short books , hopefully not depressing. Happy birthday!
You motivate us all to read more 💌
Enjoy what you end up reading!🧡
I have been disabled since birth but i have less than ZERO desire to read books about disability.. various reasons!
I prefer to think of Gissing as an author concerned with social realism and although I have only read The Nether World I didn't get any sense of him wallowing in misery but rather found it to be a wonderful story of moral integrity. By the way your story about the cane coincided with the fact of a work colleague(who is out sick at the moment) showing me his new walking stick which his wife is drastically trying to get rid of!!!😂Apparently she hid it and then tried to break it.
Cool picks. I'm trying Misery May too. I'm reading a book about an Australian attending Cambridge and doing a phd on Joseph Conrad - One Another by Gail Jones. I think I might read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad this month for Misery May. It's been sitting on my TBR for too long. I have a bunch of war books sitting on my TBR from the 1001 btrb4yd list and I might add those to my reading this month. I think I'll try The Fraud as well, both the audiobook and the hardback are available at my local library now. Happy Reading.
Sad your pick didn't make the shortlist. Can't wait to get to Tale of Two Cities this month, heard so much about this Dickens I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about.
I loved Music in the Dark, don't miss it! Perhaps it might count for Misery May, although not all of it is sad. I found it so beautiful!
I've got it out the library and am looking forward to it :)
I found The Secrets of Hartwood Hall ebook on sale, so I snatched it right up! Excited to read it and share my thoughts.
Thanks :)
I share your disappointment about Cuddy not making the shortlist. In contrast My Father's House was good not amazing. I'd be happy to see New Life win though.
I enjoyed Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow so much more than I expected. Definitely worth a go. Wandering Souls certainly fits the brief for Misery May.
I'm very excited for those two!
I really must try Cuddy! I love your discussion of being drawn to the disability plot when you weren’t quite anticipating it. I have definitely experienced the same kind of thing!
I hope that you will enjoy all of your Books that you will be reading.
Take Care & Happy Reading
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Good set of books on your May reading list. I envy you reading A Tale of Two Cities.
Happy Birthday, Kate, with many happy returns. Have been enjoying your videos very much (even tho I've not been able to keep up at all : ( )
Really enjoyed this 😊! Sorry to hear about Cuddy, which I'm looking forward to; also that For Thy Great Pain... is not on the list as I have this lined up to be read along with the original Julian & Margery Kemp books. I'm doing Misery May (Hardy, Zola - usually reliable!) and Mayhem (Shirley Jackson, H G Wells).
Really look forward to your posts!
Enjoyed this! (and I can confirm The Well of Loneliness is sad)
Nice to see you again
So sorry about Cuddy! I think "The Lifted Veil" by George Eliot (a long short story? short novella?) is mostly miserable, if you haven't read that and if it's included in your collection. Of course there's nothing sadder & more sob-inducing than the end of A Tale of Two Cities😢
So true! Not sure why I didn't think of including A Tale of Two Cities in my Misery May list!
I’ve just started Cuddy. Annoyed it hasn’t made the shortlist. It’s been universally praised.
I’m currently reading
Leeward
What Kitty Did & a book about Mary Bennet
I have copies of
Wandering Souls
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Unread as yet.
btw - there's a great film starring Gregory Peck that seems to parallel your description of O'Connor's My FAther's HOuse: The Scarlet and the Black. An Irish priest in the Vatican oversees an underground railroad to aid escaped PoWs and other distressed persons. While Germany was doing well in WW II it was a difficult and dangerous undertaking but as most people still understand: Germany lost (after which Gregory Peck's character had other responsibilities).
I wonder if they're both based on the same true story!
@@katiejlumsden Without doubt it's a story that needs to be told again and again, lest we forget.
Great list as usual. How do you decide whether you will read a physical book or listen on audio? This a personal dilemma for me.
So, it usually depends on where I have access to books. If I have a physical copy, then I usually read it physically, and if I don't have a physical copy and want to read it, then whether I read it physically or on audiobook often depends on whether my library has an audiobook or a physical copy! I often read or reread classics on audiobook, partly because I really enjoy rereading on audiobook and getting a different experience if I read it physically last time, and also because a lot of audiobooks of classics are included in my Audible subscription. I sometimes prefer an audiobook for a really long book, because I feel like it interferes with my other reading less, if that makes sense?
@@katiejlumsden Perfect, thanks for the reply. I like to reread on Audible too - I like that it creates a different voice to the character that often brings out a personality nuance that I didn’t pick up while reading. I also like that a lot of the classics are free and the narrators are often top notch. Love your channel, thanks for the content.
Wandering Souls is amazing but also very sad.
I really disliked The Fraud and I would say it falls on the more literary side. I like boring books and it took so much effort to finish.
I am hopig to read Mona Awad's All's Well. It has chronic pain rep and Shakespeare.
I'll have to look into All's Well!