BOOKS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE; sharp objects - gillian flynn invisible monsters - chuck palahniuk the plague - albert camus the trouble with being born - e. m. cioran inferno - dante alighieri johnny panic and the bible of dreams - sylvia plath poems selected by ted hughes - sylvia plath the final girl support group - grady hendrix scum manifesto - valerie solanas bestiary - julio cortazar actors anonymous - james franco trick mirror - jia tolentino not that kind of girl - lena dunham night sky with exit wounds - ocean vuong nightbitch - rachel yoder new poems 4 - charles bukowski how to make friends with the dark - kathleen glasgow exquisite corpse - poppy z. brite ghosts - dolly alderton there’s no business - charles bukowski viaggi di gulliver - jonathan swift
It's really refreshing to see a booktuber/book influencer emphasize ethical book consumption. It blows my mind that the most that many book influencers will do is say "use your library!" and still haul 30+ new hardbacks, half of which get decluttered. The circular economy utilized by World of Books/Ziffit is an admirable initiative. More booktubers need to reconcile with the environmental and ethical consequences of buying books and advocate for better alternatives. Three cheers for used books! P.S. Absolutely not dunking on libraries- they are one of the best public goods imo but not everyone has access to them and not all libraries have the specific books that people want to read.
My book collecting was supposed to stop once I started working at the library... it's just gotten much worse because not only do staff get first pick of donations, but we also get to take any withdrawn books we want
This makes me recently going to a book shop and buying books that I already own just because these ones had slightly different covers seem less... unhinged.
Wow, you actually read, recommended and enjoyed Cioran? I love you, honestly. He is a romanian writer, we learn about him in school and have exams on his works, he is amazing, a truly tormented soul and I always forget that people read him on a bigger scale because we grew up with his name since childhood.
Julio Cortázar. Also, you should eventually make your way to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Love him. Love magical realism in general. If you decide to try Marquez tho, start with “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”. It’s short and will immediately let you know if you are into his writing style or not.
I love the way you express things sm also Idk if you've read it or heard of it but I would really recommend "Before the coffee gets cold" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, it's a fun short read
How to make friends with the dark is so so great. I also loved girl in pieces by her and she is finally bringing out a new one this month. So excited 😍
i just read the dangers of smoking in bed, i still prefer the author's other short stories collection "the things we lost in the fire", but that one is really good too!!
The Plague by Camus is on my list after reading The Stranger, I loved that book. I also bought a Bukowski book on a whim without knowing much about him, now I'm curious at what makes him so wretched!
7:14 have you ever read Machado de Assis? I am brazilian and the guy is like, our biggest literature icon, he's a diva. Dom Casmurro is his most famous book, we even have a saying here: "capitu traiu ou não traiu?" (capitu betrayed or not betrayed? Bad translation by me), it would basically mean if something is true or just illusion. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas is my personal favorite, it's about a dead man who decides to become an author (it's so f*cking funny, and stylish and magical in a weird way). His tales and novelas are also great, I've read so many of them I can't even remember the names 🤡! Alas, I would recommend Machado a thousand times...
Omg, okey, i said to myself i wouldn't do a book size comment but... Well whatever 🤡🤡. I cannot forget a scene in Bras Cubas when he starts to delirate and everything becomes the most utter chaos, that was when the fella won me, because everything was just so funny and ridiculous and worrisome in a certain way, I remember felling like I smoked some marijuana. Machado does this thing where he treats problematic stuff in a sutil almost comedic way, his critics are sharp-witted and his portrait of life in Brazil, of how brazilian people behave, think and our cliches is dead right 🤭. I think he is a very unique author, but I also think that u're going to notice some resemblance in style, subject and critics with other latin american writers (bc u know, america latina is f*ucked and keeps being f*cked forever with not even a time to breath, so there are scars in all kinds of art latina) but he still is a "brigadeiro".
You should read "El túnel" by Ernesto Sábato, it's a really good one and almost a classic haha or "Cuentos de Amor, de locura y de muerte" by Horacio Quiroga, if you're interested in reading more Latin American authors.
nice, that bukowski looks really interesting, never seen it before. i went to the used book/media store yesterday, and i got a nice hardcover of ulysses from 1946 and a thick-ass library of america volume of walt whitman. i really adore the library of america series, i imagine they're practically nonexistent down there in oz, but i highly reccomend trying to get at least one volume to have. they just basically print authoritative collections of american authors in really nice editions, each volume typically containing 3 or 4 novels or volumes of poetry, typically 1000-1400 pages
so glad that you're diving into latin american literature! we have such under appreciated writers with such good books! when it comes to classics my favorite ones are machado de assis (brazil, wich btw it's in portuguese and not spanish) and gabriel garcia marquéz (colombia). also mariana enriquez, mario vargas llosa, isabel allende, itamar vieira jr. are great contemporary authors!
Yess!! I strongly agree, I feel like one of the most representative authors of latin american literature has to be Gabriel García Marquéz, and his book ‘A hundred years of solitude’, it’s true that it can be scary to read because it is so highly appreciated amongst the whole world but it is sooo worth it, you should give it a try:)
I think you’d love Machado’s In The Dream House, Dakota, if you haven’t already; it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read, queer, relevant, genre-bending, Latin American aesthetics - a memoir about a victim of same-sex domestic abuse who looks at that abuse from different angles and literary forms, e.g. from choose your own adventure, to noir, to fairytale, to stone comedy, to Gothic romance.
Omg ♡ You reading latinamerican fiction aaaaa also : Enriquez and Cortazar? Yes, the taste is impecable You should read Borges for weird + classic and analysis on Literature itself...or Horacio Quiroga for gruesome :0
You should totally do a video recommending weirdly specific books, where you put a story with a question sticker up on your ig where we send in our specific requests 👀💌
you should definitely read On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Voung! It’s his first novel but it’s truly one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever read- every sentence is a piece of poetry
I bought The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and I'm currently three stories in and am having a bit of a problem with how Brazilians are depicted in the book. So in the story of Silvia and the lake with the gaggle of girls trying to get the guy, one of them sees the image of the Virgin Mary in the shrine and says that she's black, naked and the owner is most likely Brazilian. So, the thing is, the patron saint of Brazil is Our Found Lady (the Virgin Mary) and she is black. She is symbolic not only for Catholics but also for other non-Catholics religions as well. Describing her as being naked with red nipples is offensive towards believers and especially towards her story (she was found in a river in Brazil by a couple o fishermen while their village was starving because there were no fish anymore, and they found a black image of the Virgin Mary at the bottom of the river. This image blessed them and there were fish in the river again. The image was put on a shrine for people to pray, they sewed her a mantle, and this shrine became a church, and this church became the second largest basilica in the world - after St. Peter's in Vatican City). So yeah, I had a problem when a shrine for a black Virgin Mary in the body of water was described in such a manner. The other short story, the one where a family in a neighbourhood helped a beggar and after everything happened one of the people said he threw "macumba" at them. Well, macumba is a musical instrument used in capoeira and in African religions. Macumba is also an extremely pejorative term used to describe African religions, so much so that it has erroneously become associated with spells and witchcraft. We talk so much about representation in literature, but we have to be aware and discuss and criticise how authors oftentimes use African religions to describe something evil and witchcrafty in books (just notice how black people are described if they live in New Orleans in any media). People who practice these religions are a minority in the American continent, and religious intolerance is a serious issue that people face. Using religion or any kind of derogatory terminology in any way shape or form in books, films, series, songs, and media, is a disservice to the public because it spreads misinformation, culminating in more religious intolerance and it is extremely offensive to the people that practice non-predominant religions. I hope I enjoy the rest of the book, her writing is impeccable, but I can't ignore how she uses and describes cultural and religious topics from a country she is not from.
Girls is one of my favourite series ever. Do give it a go if unlikable female characters don't piss you off. Great haul. And love your room aesthetic. 😁
interesting selection !! i love getting second hand books, I feel less guilty for spending money :) one thing I have to say: hated „Ghosts“. So many people seem to love it though, I would be interested to know what you think !
ok this might sound weird but we are like the exact same person i’m just the american version. we have like the same style and aesthetic (like oddly specific), i too am a literature junkie (i work at barnes and noble), and we even lowkey look alike (like how i look now, disregard my profile picture). I would LOVE for you to do a video on your style/outfits or room or something!! you inspire me sm
‘SCUM Manifesto’ is brilliant and hilarious. Also loving the philosophy representation 👌🏼 I’ve been waiting to find a second hand copy of ‘The Trouble With Being Born’ with the cover you have. PS. If you want any philosophy recommendations I have a big list I’m pretty proud of putting together haha
@@jazminemcmahon5366 Haha sure :)) Well if you're just getting into philosophy it's helpful to start with Plato (Five Dialogues, 'The Republic'). Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' is a great one for moral philosophy (though I'm a utilitarian so I have to suggest JS Mill's 'Utilitarianism' haha). Other good/not-too-impenetrable texts are Descartes' 'Meditations on First Philosophy' (about what we can know for certain), Albert Camus' 'The Myth of Sisyphus' (if you're having trouble with meaning and the uncaring nature of the universe), Lucretius' 'On the Nature of Things' (if you like poetry and are interested in early philosophy that happened to get a lot right before science), Marx's 'Capital' (for political philosophy). Haven't read Marcus Aurealius' 'Meditations' yet but I'm certain it's great for methods to calm the mind. Personally, I'm mostly trying to read through in chronological order, though I'm jumping ahead now and then to read texts I'm particularly keen for. Here's my list if you're interested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yf_KwD3Twy17jkefgo1TxzCMUXrvt5Mm7Ic16l3JSWU/edit?usp=sharing
Palo Alto actually isnt in Actors Anonymous! Ive read both (and hated both haha) but from what ive remember Actors Anonymous is a novel, not a collection.
ROFL!! You maaaaaay have an….inclination??!! 😆😆😆 Obsession…..??Serious need!! 😆😆😆 It is incredibly refreshing to see someone who reflects such a passion AND utilizes this medium to spread the good word, about words…..and reading! Kuddos to you. Subbed! ❤️✊😎❤️
If you end up liking Exquisite Corpse I have some recommendations for you (Dennis Cooper. Read everything he's ever written. Preferably not in two months like I did). Transgressive fiction is one of my big things haha. Have fun with Invisible Monsters. It's my absolute favorite Palahniuk, great for people who just think he's all Fight Club and toxic masculinity.
Hi, I just want to give a word of warning for Sharp Objects. It may not be an issue for you, but just for anyone who is considering reading it; it is INCREDIBLY triggering in terms of sel-f injury description. It is a fantastically written book, and I knew what I was getting into when I read it, but it has stuck with me for nearly half a decade. Once again, FABULOUS book, but I recommend caution for anyone who has a relationship with depression, addiction, or self harm. Good luck with further reading! Xoxo
Haven’t seen NIGHTBITCH be mentioned elsewhere, which is a bummer. The book is phenomenal, I adore the prose, the unreliable narrator, how unabashedly feminine it is with all of the focus on the female protagonist and the women around her. As a mother, a stay at home mother at that, the depictions of it is heartbreakingly realistic. NIGHTBITCH is one of my favourite books, and if you enjoy the writing style then I wholeheartedly recommend Bunny by Mona Awad
I’m adding all of these books to my reading list, thanks for sharing! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser
What sites do you use to get such cheap books? I'm in Melbourne and all the other yt ppl always recommend international ones, help a fellow broke student out 🙏
This woman is rich, just look at everything she own she has so much free time to color code and match it aesthetically. Im not saying thats bad or anything, just that you are very wealthy! Congratulations.
My new novel, “Like I’m Looking At A Missing Person Poster” is out. It follows Icarus Pearlyard after his dreams of becoming a sailor go awry, propelling him into an introspective odyssey in this psychological drama. eBook is up but lemme know if you wanna be updated on the paperback:)
if you like Enriquez and Cortazar, you should read Jorge Luis Borges, Osvaldo Lamborghini, Samanta Schweblin and Horacio Quiroga those 4 go in the same graphic and gruesome line. But, because im argentinian i cant recomend those 4 without recomending Juan Jose Saer, Silvina Ocampo, Alejandra Pizarnik(you will love her) and Ernesto Sabato. Hope you find them if you are intrested :)
There are far worse and more expensive ways of filling the void, to be sure (though I think I'll stick with Jess Franco over James Franco). No such thing as too many books, though unfortunately there *is* such a thing as not enough space for them, which is a large part of why I don't buy them so much any more... that and the fact that Kindle makes the reading experience a lot easier for me (and damn but new books are expensive in Australia). Also, I second the recommendation for Machado de Assis one of your other commenters made; Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas came out a year or two again in Penguin Classics so people (like me) have been discovering it, and it's great.
Have you read any John Fante? Bukowski said he was a key inspo- calling him a god rather, and his Bandini Quartet really blow your hair back. In saying this, he does have some detestable moments and is pretty sexist, but the MC is, like Bukowski's characters, meant to be disliked, and comes off as kinda desperate and pathetic - but in a really interesting anxiety way.
BOOKS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE;
sharp objects - gillian flynn
invisible monsters - chuck palahniuk
the plague - albert camus
the trouble with being born - e. m. cioran
inferno - dante alighieri
johnny panic and the bible of dreams - sylvia plath
poems selected by ted hughes - sylvia plath
the final girl support group - grady hendrix
scum manifesto - valerie solanas
bestiary - julio cortazar
actors anonymous - james franco
trick mirror - jia tolentino
not that kind of girl - lena dunham
night sky with exit wounds - ocean vuong
nightbitch - rachel yoder
new poems 4 - charles bukowski
how to make friends with the dark - kathleen glasgow
exquisite corpse - poppy z. brite
ghosts - dolly alderton
there’s no business - charles bukowski
viaggi di gulliver - jonathan swift
if you like invisible monsters, i gotta recommend diary by palahniuk! to me, it's easily his best and most restrained book
invisible monsters is a masterpiece
Is Sergio the dear friend from Italy who sent you the vintage Italian book ??? If so I'm surprised none else seems to have noticed.
❤️Also, love you
I still can't believe a pinguin wrote all of those classics.
STOP AHAHAH
I finally got this. I read this a while ago, and I only now understand the joke. 😭
they can’t fly but they really can write
It's really refreshing to see a booktuber/book influencer emphasize ethical book consumption. It blows my mind that the most that many book influencers will do is say "use your library!" and still haul 30+ new hardbacks, half of which get decluttered. The circular economy utilized by World of Books/Ziffit is an admirable initiative. More booktubers need to reconcile with the environmental and ethical consequences of buying books and advocate for better alternatives.
Three cheers for used books!
P.S. Absolutely not dunking on libraries- they are one of the best public goods imo but not everyone has access to them and not all libraries have the specific books that people want to read.
plus they're cheaper too lol
My book collecting was supposed to stop once I started working at the library... it's just gotten much worse because not only do staff get first pick of donations, but we also get to take any withdrawn books we want
This makes me recently going to a book shop and buying books that I already own just because these ones had slightly different covers seem less... unhinged.
hey its you
Me omg I change some of my book covers because I keep finding rare editions at charity shops and on eBay
type her, please
I love how your room is decorated (including the mass of books mindlessly devouring it)
It’s the way that I’m watching this as I’m heading to my favorite bookstore to cope after a hard midterm
Now I want to buy all of these books! Dakota you have such a comforting energy and you’re so eloquent it’s lovely to watch!
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature." - P.G. Wodehouse
Wow, you actually read, recommended and enjoyed Cioran? I love you, honestly. He is a romanian writer, we learn about him in school and have exams on his works, he is amazing, a truly tormented soul and I always forget that people read him on a bigger scale because we grew up with his name since childhood.
Julio Cortázar.
Also, you should eventually make your way to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Love him. Love magical realism in general. If you decide to try Marquez tho, start with “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”. It’s short and will immediately let you know if you are into his writing style or not.
i agree, that book is amazing
totalmente
your book piles are so sexy but I know the day that you get a bookcase it'll be INSANELY good!
I love the way you express things sm also Idk if you've read it or heard of it but I would really recommend "Before the coffee gets cold" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, it's a fun short read
Is that the book where they travel back in time while drinking coffee?
@@georgepantzikis7988 yes, it is
@@zida6162 I saw it at my local Waterstones and it looked cool, but I haven't bought it.
It is!
I would loooove a video of u talking about philosophical books 💗
Second hand books are the best! I love searching for Second hand bookstores, you never know what you will find
How to make friends with the dark is so so great. I also loved girl in pieces by her and she is finally bringing out a new one this month. So excited 😍
I feel very in tune with you through these books. SO many that I love on here!
Sylvia Plath is extraordinary. The Bell Jar is soul wringing.
isnt plath a racist
@@emi-il5si all older writers are racist and dead
@@mari-ov5qe no actually they’re not, and calling a racist extraordinary is weird imo 🤷♀️
@@emi-il5si they are though. are u gonna try to cancel tolstoy next? they’re literally rotting right now who cares
@@mari-ov5qe who said anything abt canceling anyone chill
I am having such a great evening watching your videos. Please don't stop posting!
so happy to see you reading Argentine literature
SI :)
your vibe makes me wanna read classics for some reason 😭
i was just expecting a video from ur recent tiktok. im so excited to watch!
Excited you're talking about latin american authors, the last story of Bestiary is so hauntingly beautiful, hope you like it!
i love old books sm, i have one, it's almost 250 years old and the way i can hold it in my hand. amazing.
the collar gives me berries&cream vibes 😂💗
i just read the dangers of smoking in bed, i still prefer the author's other short stories collection "the things we lost in the fire", but that one is really good too!!
The Plague by Camus is on my list after reading The Stranger, I loved that book. I also bought a Bukowski book on a whim without knowing much about him, now I'm curious at what makes him so wretched!
7:14 have you ever read Machado de Assis? I am brazilian and the guy is like, our biggest literature icon, he's a diva. Dom Casmurro is his most famous book, we even have a saying here: "capitu traiu ou não traiu?" (capitu betrayed or not betrayed? Bad translation by me), it would basically mean if something is true or just illusion. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas is my personal favorite, it's about a dead man who decides to become an author (it's so f*cking funny, and stylish and magical in a weird way). His tales and novelas are also great, I've read so many of them I can't even remember the names 🤡! Alas, I would recommend Machado a thousand times...
Omg, okey, i said to myself i wouldn't do a book size comment but... Well whatever 🤡🤡. I cannot forget a scene in Bras Cubas when he starts to delirate and everything becomes the most utter chaos, that was when the fella won me, because everything was just so funny and ridiculous and worrisome in a certain way, I remember felling like I smoked some marijuana.
Machado does this thing where he treats problematic stuff in a sutil almost comedic way, his critics are sharp-witted and his portrait of life in Brazil, of how brazilian people behave, think and our cliches is dead right 🤭. I think he is a very unique author, but I also think that u're going to notice some resemblance in style, subject and critics with other latin american writers (bc u know, america latina is f*ucked and keeps being f*cked forever with not even a time to breath, so there are scars in all kinds of art latina) but he still is a "brigadeiro".
I took a class on 19th century Brazilian lit during my PhD, and of all of the Machado that we could've read, the profe picked Quincas Borba
i absolutely love what you said about bukowski. my copy of hollywood got here this morning
Do you have an account on goodreads? Would love to see your lists of books.
I was wondering the same thing
she does! same as her youtube username
Would you mind putting the link? I can't find it 😭
@@breepark8635 do you have the link? Because I've been searching for DAYS
i also buy books to fill the void in my soul!!! omg the vintage book!! so amazing!
I think there's the cutest void on your armchair though
i personally prefer 'dark places' over 'gone girl' and 'sharp objects'! definitely worth the read!!
I loved Sharp Objects when I read it. The show is also very good. Camille felt really relatable to me.
You should read "El túnel" by Ernesto Sábato, it's a really good one and almost a classic haha or "Cuentos de Amor, de locura y de muerte" by Horacio Quiroga, if you're interested in reading more Latin American authors.
Quiroga 💕
Yess we want more book hauls videos 😁❤️
Love the bears on your jumper 🐻
Invisible Monsters is one of my all time favorites!!!! It surprised me like no other book ever had
I'm seriously considering purchasing another myriad of books lol oh and by the way, you look STUNNING. Like incredible
nice, that bukowski looks really interesting, never seen it before. i went to the used book/media store yesterday, and i got a nice hardcover of ulysses from 1946 and a thick-ass library of america volume of walt whitman. i really adore the library of america series, i imagine they're practically nonexistent down there in oz, but i highly reccomend trying to get at least one volume to have. they just basically print authoritative collections of american authors in really nice editions, each volume typically containing 3 or 4 novels or volumes of poetry, typically 1000-1400 pages
You "have no explanation"? 11:35. I like smelling books, too. I love the smell of new books. Book paper smells wonderful.
so glad that you're diving into latin american literature! we have such under appreciated writers with such good books! when it comes to classics my favorite ones are machado de assis (brazil, wich btw it's in portuguese and not spanish) and gabriel garcia marquéz (colombia). also mariana enriquez, mario vargas llosa, isabel allende, itamar vieira jr. are great contemporary authors!
Yess!! I strongly agree, I feel like one of the most representative authors of latin american literature has to be Gabriel García Marquéz, and his book ‘A hundred years of solitude’, it’s true that it can be scary to read because it is so highly appreciated amongst the whole world but it is sooo worth it, you should give it a try:)
@@renataluna378 a hundred years of solitude is my all time favorite book haha such a wonderful work of art! definitely one everyone should read it!
Clarice Lispector
Cant wait for the reviews xx
I think you’d love Machado’s In The Dream House, Dakota, if you haven’t already; it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read, queer, relevant, genre-bending, Latin American aesthetics - a memoir about a victim of same-sex domestic abuse who looks at that abuse from different angles and literary forms, e.g. from choose your own adventure, to noir, to fairytale, to stone comedy, to Gothic romance.
I second this!
Love Dante! Really want to reread The Divine Comedy soon!
Omg ♡ You reading latinamerican fiction aaaaa also : Enriquez and Cortazar? Yes, the taste is impecable
You should read Borges for weird + classic and analysis on Literature itself...or Horacio Quiroga for gruesome :0
You should totally do a video recommending weirdly specific books, where you put a story with a question sticker up on your ig where we send in our specific requests 👀💌
you should definitely read On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Voung! It’s his first novel but it’s truly one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever read- every sentence is a piece of poetry
your videos are so delightful! they have this sort of vibe that I absolutely adore! hope to see more videos in the future
i love watching your videos sm they are so fun yet insightful to watch !!
I can’t wait to read Ghosts bc I absolutely loved Everything I Know About Love!
I bought The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and I'm currently three stories in and am having a bit of a problem with how Brazilians are depicted in the book. So in the story of Silvia and the lake with the gaggle of girls trying to get the guy, one of them sees the image of the Virgin Mary in the shrine and says that she's black, naked and the owner is most likely Brazilian. So, the thing is, the patron saint of Brazil is Our Found Lady (the Virgin Mary) and she is black. She is symbolic not only for Catholics but also for other non-Catholics religions as well. Describing her as being naked with red nipples is offensive towards believers and especially towards her story (she was found in a river in Brazil by a couple o fishermen while their village was starving because there were no fish anymore, and they found a black image of the Virgin Mary at the bottom of the river. This image blessed them and there were fish in the river again. The image was put on a shrine for people to pray, they sewed her a mantle, and this shrine became a church, and this church became the second largest basilica in the world - after St. Peter's in Vatican City). So yeah, I had a problem when a shrine for a black Virgin Mary in the body of water was described in such a manner. The other short story, the one where a family in a neighbourhood helped a beggar and after everything happened one of the people said he threw "macumba" at them. Well, macumba is a musical instrument used in capoeira and in African religions. Macumba is also an extremely pejorative term used to describe African religions, so much so that it has erroneously become associated with spells and witchcraft. We talk so much about representation in literature, but we have to be aware and discuss and criticise how authors oftentimes use African religions to describe something evil and witchcrafty in books (just notice how black people are described if they live in New Orleans in any media). People who practice these religions are a minority in the American continent, and religious intolerance is a serious issue that people face. Using religion or any kind of derogatory terminology in any way shape or form in books, films, series, songs, and media, is a disservice to the public because it spreads misinformation, culminating in more religious intolerance and it is extremely offensive to the people that practice non-predominant religions. I hope I enjoy the rest of the book, her writing is impeccable, but I can't ignore how she uses and describes cultural and religious topics from a country she is not from.
I love seeing a booktuber reading works from my country
Girls is one of my favourite series ever. Do give it a go if unlikable female characters don't piss you off. Great haul. And love your room aesthetic. 😁
interesting selection !! i love getting second hand books, I feel less guilty for spending money :) one thing I have to say: hated „Ghosts“. So many people seem to love it though, I would be interested to know what you think !
ok this might sound weird but we are like the exact same person i’m just the american version. we have like the same style and aesthetic (like oddly specific), i too am a literature junkie (i work at barnes and noble), and we even lowkey look alike (like how i look now, disregard my profile picture). I would LOVE for you to do a video on your style/outfits or room or something!! you inspire me sm
how do you keep ur hair so healthy omg. also ur making me more obessed with books and its dangerous !!!!
“Do I need to go to literature rehab?” lmao same
I feel slightly better now looking at my TBR shelf that is slowly but steadily outgrowing the rest of my bookshelf
I will honestly scream if you get yourself a bookshelf and make a video about it. Believe me it feels so good (I have no place myself for one🙈)
‘SCUM Manifesto’ is brilliant and hilarious. Also loving the philosophy representation 👌🏼 I’ve been waiting to find a second hand copy of ‘The Trouble With Being Born’ with the cover you have. PS. If you want any philosophy recommendations I have a big list I’m pretty proud of putting together haha
I would love some recommendations haha
@@jazminemcmahon5366 Haha sure :)) Well if you're just getting into philosophy it's helpful to start with Plato (Five Dialogues, 'The Republic'). Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' is a great one for moral philosophy (though I'm a utilitarian so I have to suggest JS Mill's 'Utilitarianism' haha).
Other good/not-too-impenetrable texts are Descartes' 'Meditations on First Philosophy' (about what we can know for certain), Albert Camus' 'The Myth of Sisyphus' (if you're having trouble with meaning and the uncaring nature of the universe), Lucretius' 'On the Nature of Things' (if you like poetry and are interested in early philosophy that happened to get a lot right before science), Marx's 'Capital' (for political philosophy).
Haven't read Marcus Aurealius' 'Meditations' yet but I'm certain it's great for methods to calm the mind. Personally, I'm mostly trying to read through in chronological order, though I'm jumping ahead now and then to read texts I'm particularly keen for. Here's my list if you're interested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yf_KwD3Twy17jkefgo1TxzCMUXrvt5Mm7Ic16l3JSWU/edit?usp=sharing
Palo Alto actually isnt in Actors Anonymous! Ive read both (and hated both haha) but from what ive remember Actors Anonymous is a novel, not a collection.
You would loooove Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
ROFL!! You maaaaaay have an….inclination??!! 😆😆😆 Obsession…..??Serious need!! 😆😆😆 It is incredibly refreshing to see someone who reflects such a passion AND utilizes this medium to spread the good word, about words…..and reading! Kuddos to you. Subbed! ❤️✊😎❤️
Viaggi di Gulliver is Italian for Gulliver's Travels
If you end up liking Exquisite Corpse I have some recommendations for you (Dennis Cooper. Read everything he's ever written. Preferably not in two months like I did). Transgressive fiction is one of my big things haha.
Have fun with Invisible Monsters. It's my absolute favorite Palahniuk, great for people who just think he's all Fight Club and toxic masculinity.
invisible monsters is so good and unhinged
Love this, thank you for sharing 🥺💛 I love ur little collar
Hi, I just want to give a word of warning for Sharp Objects. It may not be an issue for you, but just for anyone who is considering reading it; it is INCREDIBLY triggering in terms of sel-f injury description. It is a fantastically written book, and I knew what I was getting into when I read it, but it has stuck with me for nearly half a decade. Once again, FABULOUS book, but I recommend caution for anyone who has a relationship with depression, addiction, or self harm.
Good luck with further reading! Xoxo
bestiario dudeeeee. cortazarrrr!!!! my favorite writer. his first name is julio btw haha
im argentinian and i love to see people from the english booktube community reading argentinian/latin american literature
Haven’t seen NIGHTBITCH be mentioned elsewhere, which is a bummer. The book is phenomenal, I adore the prose, the unreliable narrator, how unabashedly feminine it is with all of the focus on the female protagonist and the women around her. As a mother, a stay at home mother at that, the depictions of it is heartbreakingly realistic.
NIGHTBITCH is one of my favourite books, and if you enjoy the writing style then I wholeheartedly recommend Bunny by Mona Awad
I’m adding all of these books to my reading list, thanks for sharing! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser
What sites do you use to get such cheap books? I'm in Melbourne and all the other yt ppl always recommend international ones, help a fellow broke student out 🙏
I would love to know too!
me threeeeee
Thrift books is really good!
Hi! I love your videos for poetry i recommend Federico García Lorca he is a spanish poet he also wrote Several plays, keep making amazing videos!!
you should add maurice by E.M forster to that list (or watch the movie because they are equally as good)
I’ll never forget the journey Invisible Monsters took me on
Do you think you could ever do a video on how you created your blog? x
omg i was literally reading the plague and listening to your video “read with me”
i hope you enjoy sharp objects its amazing
This woman is rich, just look at everything she own she has so much free time to color code and match it aesthetically. Im not saying thats bad or anything, just that you are very wealthy! Congratulations.
where do you get your books? from a fellow melbourne person wanting to buy vintage books again!!
i’m currently reading dead lake by darcy coates
I pick up books all the time for free at yard sales and Facebook, but I have no clue what to do with them. I got lots of them lol
How do you choose which books to buy when in the bookstore? And do you research them all before buying them or do you just trust your gut?
Which painting is that in the back ?
Birth of Venus by Bouguereau
My new novel, “Like I’m Looking At A Missing Person Poster” is out. It follows Icarus Pearlyard after his dreams of becoming a sailor go awry, propelling him into an introspective odyssey in this psychological drama. eBook is up but lemme know if you wanna be updated on the paperback:)
where do you find books so cheap!!! I'm in Melbourne and I have to know hahah!!! x
we love a chaotic vibe!!! ahah jk very curious to know what you'll think of the books
if you like Enriquez and Cortazar, you should read Jorge Luis Borges, Osvaldo Lamborghini, Samanta Schweblin and Horacio Quiroga those 4 go in the same graphic and gruesome line. But, because im argentinian i cant recomend those 4 without recomending Juan Jose Saer, Silvina Ocampo, Alejandra Pizarnik(you will love her) and Ernesto Sabato. Hope you find them if you are intrested :)
There are far worse and more expensive ways of filling the void, to be sure (though I think I'll stick with Jess Franco over James Franco). No such thing as too many books, though unfortunately there *is* such a thing as not enough space for them, which is a large part of why I don't buy them so much any more... that and the fact that Kindle makes the reading experience a lot easier for me (and damn but new books are expensive in Australia). Also, I second the recommendation for Machado de Assis one of your other commenters made; Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas came out a year or two again in Penguin Classics so people (like me) have been discovering it, and it's great.
Please make a video on philosophical books.
Ohh a Victorian booktuber!!
hi can u pls recommend ur fav bookshops in melbourne?
I love this video!! You're stunning!
SHE HAS AN ACCENT OH MA GHAD
Have you read any John Fante? Bukowski said he was a key inspo- calling him a god rather, and his Bandini Quartet really blow your hair back. In saying this, he does have some detestable moments and is pretty sexist, but the MC is, like Bukowski's characters, meant to be disliked, and comes off as kinda desperate and pathetic - but in a really interesting anxiety way.
where'd you get the second hand books from love!!
Would love to hear your 3 favorite Plath poems
You said you like to scribble. What do you write in your books?
Dakota! Post book recs 🥺 soon