As someone who isn't from an english speaking country I am so glad your books are so diverse and you'll read translated works ! Usually booktubers here will stick to english books and maybe an asian book if it gets enough hype so I love watching your videos and hearing about so many books I've never heard of before
So so agree on this! If you'd like to watch another booktuber reading a quite similar diversity of (also translated) books, I'd recommend 'books by leynes' ;-)
[edit: some of you said the volume was a bit too low, so I upload a higher volume version. Link is in the description box ;)] I hope you are all doing well and I'm wishing you a lovely day -- as per usual, please enjoy this summer haiku the melons look cool, flecked with mud from the morning dew - bashou
Hi Artisan. I really like your video and your glasses. I am a recent subscriber from your poetry videos. Thank you for sharing this haiku. I actually started getting haiku and begun a deep dive into the form/style. I had no idea that the 5-7-5 syllable count for the three lines was looked down upon and not really a good representation of the orginal japanese haiku.
Hi! I just wanted to recommend you to read The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'm really not a fan of his work, but I do believe that one is a good place to start. P.S I really love your channel and how much variety you add to your reading list, I've made a huge list based on your videos! Thank you :)
@@EmSaidThat Saying someone's voice is monotone is not rude and petty. It's just a physical observation. It's like saying someone has frizzy hair or is wearing a blue shirt. It's a character description. If an author described a character as having a monotone voice, would you bash that author for being rude? I was just surprised that you actually like her voice. I was just trying to clarify if you actually thought that or you were just being nice. Because I know what it's like to listen to an audiobook narrated by someone with a monotone voice and it's not ideal. I only commented about her voice in the context of a reply, I wouldn't just comment that out of the blue for no reason. I was responding to your opinion with my opinion.
Hey, I love your content so much and you are so inspiring. One thing I noticed was that you said you were trying to combat ablism where you see it and I think a really great way to do that would be to add subtitles to your videos. I know that a lot of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people rely on them, and I know it can be a lot of work doing them yourself but as you probably know the UA-cam generated ones aren't great. Thank you you so much for everything you do!
Hi thanks a lot for letting me know! I actually change my accent in videos to a standard British one for that reason, which also slows down my speech and as a result the UA-cam auto-generated subtitles are really accurate - it’s mostly mistakes with foreign names so I hope to rectify that in the future :)
After reading this comment and response, I put on the captions for this video and was shocked. The captions are so accurate except for the author names. It’s clear to me now that all the videos are spoken so each word is captured. Well done
you really helped calm my anxiety with this video so thank you!! i loved hearing your updates, and you brought up quite a few titles i've never heard of before that sound incredibly interesting, especially in the house, in the dark of the woods, the street, and black sunday! def added to my tbr, sending lots of love
your outfit + ootd dance are just *chef's kiss* I've been eyeing Disability Visibility - must pick it up soon! you're absolutely right about sign language. it's just pure ablesim that we aren't all taught it in school tbh. also omg, entangled 😂 d e a d.
First off, your outfit suits you so well. I love that you don't passively accept what you read and do your research on history. So much praise for educating yourself and acknowledging ableism as another form of discrimination that humanity struggles with. Love hearing your thoughts on your books, of course. Not as avid of a reader as you are, but hoping to get started.
I love that you read Brazilian literature! It's so good to see our classics being read outside Brazil. And you pronounce Jorge Amado perfectly! Love your channel, your sense of humor and your literary choices. ❤️
The outfit is perfect as always :) you are such sweetheart for saying you didn't have time to read all the books publishers want to send you. So many Booktubers accept the books (and the money) then just make a review of whatever the publisher or author wants them to say. I'm glad you're honest. Glad to see you have a post office box, Ill send you something cool from America.
Oh you will read Clarice! I'm Brazilian but nowadays I live in Ukraine and Clarice was born here in Ukraine but lived her entire life in Brazil. Is really nice to see you reading Brazilian literature 🥰
Your voice and entire manner is just so soothing! Like not put you to sleep, but when I watch your video I feel so calm. I also love that you read a more diverse spectrum of literature! I often get caught in the same loop of books and I'm trying to break out of that by reading more diverse books! I'm so thankful that I found your channel!! Keep up the good work👍
!!!!! i have SUCH a weakness for green hues and i am ABSOLUTELY in love with this look 😭💖 great book haul! thank you so much for your insight and passion!! 💖
I'm sad that I had to find you through your blm video considering I can only imagine how difficult that was to film but I am still very grateful. You have been an absolute delight to watch! I'll be adding the disabilities book to my goodreads 🤗
So cool that you are reading Chilean literature, I myself have family from Chile. I want to start reading Pablo Neruda as an introduction into Chilean literature. He had come on my radar for his poetry, but then I realized he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He seems like an amazing author, and I wanted to bring it up to you. Love your videos!
I Seji, I found your channel recently through a suggestion from Jen Campbell and I really like your videos and appreciate so much that you always try to challenge your point of view and expand it! These days I came to similar conclusions about the importance of expanding the reading list about racism, feminism etc etc out of the American narrative (not to delegitimize it). I was thinking and thinking about how to approach these topics on my podcast (in Italian)... I want to talk about racism and diversifying your readings, but at the same time I want to to have a broader perspective for various reasons: I live in Canada, I'm Italian , I want to understand how racism plays out in Europe, and in Italy as well... Thinking about these topics, Adichie's ted talk "The Danger of a single story" was very illuminating for me and pushed me to broaden my perspective even more, and add other views to US ones! So for example I committed myself to start studying the Italian colonial past... something that you never really study or talk about in Italy...but that I think it's very important to understand racism in Italy in the present... Thank you for your videos and sorry for this long and probably confused comment! Benedetta
i can't do real tbr's either, i just get a pile of library books and the pressure of a deadline gets me to read them in time, also your outfit this time blew me away.
I love that you always try to pronounce the authors names in their original language, it's a small detail that makes all the difference and just warms my heart 😊 Edit: now I've reached the part of the video where you talk about that 😅 and love from Brazil ❤
I hope to read Disability Visibility some time soon, it's great that more literature in this realm is displayed very visibly in the bookshops and online stores.
I love watching your videos because the recommendations I get from you are always so unique, diverse and are books I have never heard of. And I love when you show your outfits 😂.
I have black sunday through Netgalley! I've yet to read but looking forward to your overall thoughts. Already excited from your thoughts about it before going in ^^ And you bringing up sign language was great! I actually had an introduction today at work, with us having to wear face coverings, and how to be able to accomadate our Deaf or deaf clientelle better! I really hope they follow it up and actually teach us!
Oooh, I'm currently reading The Souls of Black Folk, too. I'm very excited for your review, it sounds like you are really doing a close reading. I'm originally from the American South and so some of the history is familiar to me, and I'm finding it a bit easier going than you have (but then again sometimes I breeze through and miss things). I was very interested in his comments on Booker T. Washington. I was not that familiar with the difference in their ideologies and it just blows my mind at how little they were trying to achieve, in order to not put people off or be too radical. I can't wait to hear your insights! :)
firstly, you look absolutely lovely with this outfit!! and i'm sooo happy that you decided to pick up another brazilian book. i hope you enjoy our literature 🤗 also i love how i finally found a booktuber that includes books from non-english speaking countries, thank you for that!!
Thank you for this diverse list of books, I‘m learning so much from you. I recently watched your video on „how to read more“ and was wondering if you could do a similar „how-to“ video on how you analyze books? I looked through your videos to see if you already covered this topic but couldn‘t find one. Greetings from Switzerland :)
When we cease to understand the world sounds so interesting. I studied physics in college and I just know I'll love it! I've been meaning to read more in Spanish so I think I'll get the original! Thanks for the recommendation
Thank you for talking about Benjamin Labatut, I went off on a tangent researching his books and I'm really intrigued! I actually want to try to read him in Spanish (I speak a fair bit), now I just have to figure out where to get a copy haha
The Great Gatsby is a very quick read so you probably won't take to long. I've heard a lot about The Good Indians but if it's horror I won't be able to read it 😅 love your outfit today 😍 I'm loving your thoughts on learning sign language in school. I'm slowly trying to learn BSL but I keep not having enough time. This inspired me to focus more on it, I need to carve out a time a day. 🖤
I’m not sure if this could fit your October readaton, but I think it would be so interesting to make a parallel between The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and O Enfermeiro (The Attendant’s Confession) by Machado de Assis, because Machado was inspired by Poe’s work but with an ironic twist that’s so typical of him. I read both short stories in the same day and it made me so happy with Machado’s talent. His writing always blows my mind.
The vintage clothing make you prettier! I really do appreciate you trying to expose yourself to different types of lit and sharing your ideas with us! Your tangent about being influenced by two opposite cultures is a great topic! Colonization affects us all and still leaves many of us angry and confused. If I were to recommend a piece of literature to you then it would be Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands La Frontera, The New Mestiza. Anzaldúa is a Chicana writer (Mexican-American) who has compiled many of her essays and poems in this book that focuses on the idea of 'borderlands' and how many of us live in it. A border is not just separates physical line between two countries, but how it separates us culturally, socially, and our psyches. Thanks for your insight on racism and I agree that it's really dumb how it has become so narrowed that we believe it only happens in one part of the world.
I absolutely love Stephen Graham Jones. I'm really looking forward to this one though I understand there are one or two pretty horrific parts that I may have to skip! Thanks for the other suggestions and I love the outfit! Almost forgot. Years ago I read the biography Virginia Woolf by her nephew Quentin Bell. A lot of the book concerns the Bloomsbury Group. It is a fascinating and in depth biography. Not sure how easy it is to find these days, but well worth the read if you get the chance.
When We Cease to Understand the World sounds really fun. I took a lot of physics in college, so it seems like the kind of book I'd love. This is kinda a tangent, but the early quantum physicists really interest me, generally speaking, because I see their names plastered all over everything all the time haha, and they are a...strange bunch. Schrödinger apparently did like, a popular lecture series on biology & life from the perspective of a physicist -- how something so ordered can exist when the universe physically tends towards disorder -- and his early ideas about something like DNA existing, which is also on my TBR of stuff I want to track down and read. Anyway, thanks again for the recs -- they are so consistently thoughtful and diverse! 💖
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that top! I enjoyed hearing about your current reads and your thoughts on each book before you read them. I read The Great Gatsby in high school and loved it so I've been interested in getting the graphic novel.
1. That top is everything! 2. In the House in The Dark of the Woods sounds like my thing. 3. Also, The Only Good Indians! 4. And Black Sunday! 5. Laughing at your laughter at the word "entangled." 6. I really look forward to your thoughts on Dubois. 7. Animal abuse is not for me. 8. Great thoughts about sign language. In America, we don't prioritize spoken languages other than English, and in my day, a second language was not offered until middle school/7th grade/age 12 or 13. It's shifted to younger in a lot of schools. 9. Nice haiku!
I'm so excited you're going to read The Aleph! My high school literature teacher recommend it to me years ago but I never got around to it. I hope to participate in the book club and reading it this time around. Love your videos!
Thank you, first time I have seen you. As a black woman it is nice to find a black female you tuber reviewing books. I have put disability visibility on my wish list. Your right about all equality and I hadn't considered this aspect. Also I really agree that all race discussions are around America's. They have their own issues and experiences.
I'd definitely recommend Benjamin Button for some Fitzgerald perusing before Gatsby. It's a very short read but leaves you with something to think about, and I like that it wasn't as fanciful (?) as the film adaptation. It's been a while since I've read it, but I remember being quite fond of the story in all its bizarreness. :)
Fortnight Frights (that alliteration though) sounds like so much fun! Will definitely be joining in 😊 In the House in the Dark of the Woods has me very intrigued ~Laura
I love the vintage top. :) I am so looking forward to The Only Good Indians. I have also read Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones and really enjoyed it.
Always loving your bright and colourful clothing style! Black Sun looks stunning, I can't wait to hear your opinions on it and will be eagerly waiting!! :D
The outfit is sooo cute! I love your style so much ♥️ I completely agree on the sign language point that you made. There’s a woman at my job who is deaf so I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can to be able to communicate with here, now more than ever too since we have to wear masks and she cannot read my lips 💔
wow your outfit is impeccable, and with the way you styled your hair! just chef's kiss also, thank you as always for your thoughtful reviews and recommendations, i've once again added some more books to my to-read list!
I am also trying now to get my clothes mostly second hand and avoid so much fast fashion. The outfit you are wearing is sooooo cute 😍 I really get triggered by animal abuse in books and sometimes is not even needed for the plot or makes any sense at all to have it there becuase it has no purpose.
I read the Great Gatsby in high school and liked it enough that I recently bought a copy to reread as an adult. I read Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse in March but it was just an okay read for me, it could mostly be due to the fact that I'm not a fan of urban fantasy. I'll try Black Sun before deciding if Roanhorse is for me. Sensuous Knowledge sounds interesting.
Your channel is amazing and it's great that you really recommend lesser well known books. I'm definitely going to need to get a hand on Sensuous Knowlege and Black Sunday soon, they sound really interesting. Thank you for such great content!
11/10 recommend reading The Great Gatsby (the book is far superior to the adaptations). And if you want to read another Fitzgerald before it, I'd recommend reading This Side of Paradise.
I feel the same way about tbrs. I have a general idea of what books I’d like to read but I’m a mood reader and I lose a teeny bit of interest the moment I declare I will read a book.
Just a quick note, sign language is used by many disabled people not just deaf people! Eg: autistic people often use sign language if they're non verbal soo yeah its really widely used but not many people know any sign language :(
Related to Fitzgerald recommendations, I would advise you to try The Beautiful and the Damned. In my opinion, after having read almost all of his works, it is his greatest achievement. I have seen, however, really polarized impressions regarding Fitzgerald in general and about specific works too, so I do not want to overstate anything, except than invite you to give him a chance. His short stories are also a good way to get to know him - I would either recommend A Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Six Stories, both collected by Penguin. I would absolutely love to hear your take on Fitzgerald after you manage to read something. And the Great Gatsby is definitely a must - I have read it for 3 or 4 times and I always feel like I find new dimensions of the book every time I come back to it.
I am adding Sensuous Knowledge to my want to read list! I loved what you said about it and I really want to read it as well. I loved this whole video, thank you for it and the time you take in writing your reviews! You look so stunning!! Your outfit is adorable!!☀️
I'm so glad you liked your first chilean literature! If you want to get more into chilean authors I could really recommend the house of spirits by isabel allende and pretty much anything by maria luisa bombal AND overdose / sobredosis by alberto fuguet ^^
thank you for saying that you read multiple books at once, I feel so weird when I only hear that it's impossible to do it bc I just can't read only one anymore except if it is a fast read bc I just get so anxious to finish it off, while with more books I can slow down and read a bit of each and feel acomplished by completing a smaller goal each day. I also just figured out that I'm mood reader so TBRs only work for a couple days, sometimes a week and very rarely more ksksk now, the sign language thing (the name here in Brazil is LIBRAS), I just was like, yes, same! like, technily it's also a official language here, but in reality? naaah, I only learned about it in a class on college bc it recently became mandatory in teaching courses but like, only six months to learn a whole language? seriously? plus many other issues and I wished I had payed better attetion to it and actually continued learning, but it would be just a me thing, not something that everyone felt they needed to do, you know? AAAAAh it's just so infuriating!. p.s: your pronunciation of "Jorge Amado" was perfect and precious!
I love your content so much. You have inspired me in so many ways and I am so glad I found your channel to expand the book genres I read. You have an exquisite book taste and you helped and encouraged me in reading literature that is more diverse. How do you find all these unknown masterpieces?😍😍😍
While the great gatsby is an American classic I think you’d be fine reading the graphic novel since you’ve seen the movie. I didn’t enjoy gatsby I much preferred tender is the night by Fitzgerald.
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Your outfit dance is powerful
Why thank you very much! :D
As someone who isn't from an english speaking country I am so glad your books are so diverse and you'll read translated works ! Usually booktubers here will stick to english books and maybe an asian book if it gets enough hype so I love watching your videos and hearing about so many books I've never heard of before
So so agree on this! If you'd like to watch another booktuber reading a quite similar diversity of (also translated) books, I'd recommend 'books by leynes' ;-)
@@Franclinx3 thank u !!
Yes, I share the same feelings as you
@@grff_ you're welcome :)
your top is adorable!!
Thank you very much!! :D
yes i was about to comment on that too! it's beautiful
[edit: some of you said the volume was a bit too low, so I upload a higher volume version. Link is in the description box ;)]
I hope you are all doing well and I'm wishing you a lovely day -- as per usual, please enjoy this summer haiku
the melons look cool,
flecked with mud
from the morning dew
- bashou
Hi Artisan. I really like your video and your glasses. I am a recent subscriber from your poetry videos. Thank you for sharing this haiku. I actually started getting haiku and begun a deep dive into the form/style. I had no idea that the 5-7-5 syllable count for the three lines was looked down upon and not really a good representation of the orginal japanese haiku.
Hi! I just wanted to recommend you to read The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I'm really not a fan of his work, but I do believe that one is a good place to start. P.S I really love your channel and how much variety you add to your reading list, I've made a huge list based on your videos! Thank you :)
"with Leonardo diCaprio....and Spiderman" 😂
I love your channel soooo much. You’re content is very rich and unique and have inspired me to make videos too.
Thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear that!! :D
You'd be an incredible audiobook narrator 💫
My thoughts exactly.
You really think so? I actually find her voice to be a little bit too monotone.
@@ashdani8561 yikes that's a pretty rude + petty contribution, keep it ✋🏻
@@EmSaidThat Saying someone's voice is monotone is not rude and petty. It's just a physical observation. It's like saying someone has frizzy hair or is wearing a blue shirt. It's a character description. If an author described a character as having a monotone voice, would you bash that author for being rude? I was just surprised that you actually like her voice. I was just trying to clarify if you actually thought that or you were just being nice. Because I know what it's like to listen to an audiobook narrated by someone with a monotone voice and it's not ideal. I only commented about her voice in the context of a reply, I wouldn't just comment that out of the blue for no reason. I was responding to your opinion with my opinion.
@@ashdani8561 keep that one too
Hey, I love your content so much and you are so inspiring. One thing I noticed was that you said you were trying to combat ablism where you see it and I think a really great way to do that would be to add subtitles to your videos. I know that a lot of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people rely on them, and I know it can be a lot of work doing them yourself but as you probably know the UA-cam generated ones aren't great. Thank you you so much for everything you do!
Hi thanks a lot for letting me know! I actually change my accent in videos to a standard British one for that reason, which also slows down my speech and as a result the UA-cam auto-generated subtitles are really accurate - it’s mostly mistakes with foreign names so I hope to rectify that in the future :)
sorry I didn't know. And thank you for clearing that up!
@@TheArtisanGeek Could you please do a video showing us your natural accent? I'm so curious now!
After reading this comment and response, I put on the captions for this video and was shocked. The captions are so accurate except for the author names. It’s clear to me now that all the videos are spoken so each word is captured. Well done
You always come with the interesting books I've never heard of.
you really helped calm my anxiety with this video so thank you!! i loved hearing your updates, and you brought up quite a few titles i've never heard of before that sound incredibly interesting, especially in the house, in the dark of the woods, the street, and black sunday! def added to my tbr, sending lots of love
Heya Susan!! I’m so happy to hear that, hope you’re doing alright 🥰✨ I think you’ll really enjoy The Street :) Sending lots of love back ✨xx
your outfit + ootd dance are just *chef's kiss*
I've been eyeing Disability Visibility - must pick it up soon! you're absolutely right about sign language. it's just pure ablesim that we aren't all taught it in school tbh.
also omg, entangled 😂 d e a d.
First off, your outfit suits you so well. I love that you don't passively accept what you read and do your research on history. So much praise for educating yourself and acknowledging ableism as another form of discrimination that humanity struggles with. Love hearing your thoughts on your books, of course. Not as avid of a reader as you are, but hoping to get started.
I love that you read Brazilian literature! It's so good to see our classics being read outside Brazil. And you pronounce Jorge Amado perfectly! Love your channel, your sense of humor and your literary choices. ❤️
This whole look is really going on for you specially the hairstyle and that top! 👌
The outfit is perfect as always :) you are such sweetheart for saying you didn't have time to read all the books publishers want to send you. So many Booktubers accept the books (and the money) then just make a review of whatever the publisher or author wants them to say. I'm glad you're honest. Glad to see you have a post office box, Ill send you something cool from America.
Oh you will read Clarice! I'm Brazilian but nowadays I live in Ukraine and Clarice was born here in Ukraine but lived her entire life in Brazil. Is really nice to see you reading Brazilian literature 🥰
Your voice and entire manner is just so soothing! Like not put you to sleep, but when I watch your video I feel so calm. I also love that you read a more diverse spectrum of literature! I often get caught in the same loop of books and I'm trying to break out of that by reading more diverse books! I'm so thankful that I found your channel!! Keep up the good work👍
I really love how you educate yourself as your read. It makes me motivated to better myself. And your descriptions are so fab
You’re so cuuuute, love your hair. You should share your hair routine !
!!!!! i have SUCH a weakness for green hues and i am ABSOLUTELY in love with this look 😭💖 great book haul! thank you so much for your insight and passion!! 💖
I love that you always talk about books that other booktubers don't 💗
I'm sad that I had to find you through your blm video considering I can only imagine how difficult that was to film but I am still very grateful. You have been an absolute delight to watch! I'll be adding the disabilities book to my goodreads 🤗
I will never get over how happy your face makes me 💗💗
So cool that you are reading Chilean literature, I myself have family from Chile. I want to start reading Pablo Neruda as an introduction into Chilean literature. He had come on my radar for his poetry, but then I realized he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He seems like an amazing author, and I wanted to bring it up to you. Love your videos!
I Seji, I found your channel recently through a suggestion from Jen Campbell and I really like your videos and appreciate so much that you always try to challenge your point of view and expand it! These days I came to similar conclusions about the importance of expanding the reading list about racism, feminism etc etc out of the American narrative (not to delegitimize it). I was thinking and thinking about how to approach these topics on my podcast (in Italian)... I want to talk about racism and diversifying your readings, but at the same time I want to to have a broader perspective for various reasons: I live in Canada, I'm Italian , I want to understand how racism plays out in Europe, and in Italy as well... Thinking about these topics, Adichie's ted talk "The Danger of a single story" was very illuminating for me and pushed me to broaden my perspective even more, and add other views to US ones! So for example I committed myself to start studying the Italian colonial past... something that you never really study or talk about in Italy...but that I think it's very important to understand racism in Italy in the present...
Thank you for your videos and sorry for this long and probably confused comment! Benedetta
You make me so excited to read classics and nonfiction! I’ve gotten so many recommendations from your videos that I’m excited to check out!
i can't do real tbr's either, i just get a pile of library books and the pressure of a deadline gets me to read them in time, also your outfit this time blew me away.
I love that you always try to pronounce the authors names in their original language, it's a small detail that makes all the difference and just warms my heart 😊
Edit: now I've reached the part of the video where you talk about that 😅 and love from Brazil ❤
Ok so mint green on you with your skintone is just insanely beautiful. And the red lipstick, like wow
I hope to read Disability Visibility some time soon, it's great that more literature in this realm is displayed very visibly in the bookshops and online stores.
Ohh so hyped for the horror readathon!!! Also the book covers of these pushkin books are so pretty
I love watching your videos because the recommendations I get from you are always so unique, diverse and are books I have never heard of. And I love when you show your outfits 😂.
I have black sunday through Netgalley! I've yet to read but looking forward to your overall thoughts. Already excited from your thoughts about it before going in ^^
And you bringing up sign language was great! I actually had an introduction today at work, with us having to wear face coverings, and how to be able to accomadate our Deaf or deaf clientelle better! I really hope they follow it up and actually teach us!
I love your outfit , your style : it is so bright and gives me spring vibes my fave season
Oooh, I'm currently reading The Souls of Black Folk, too. I'm very excited for your review, it sounds like you are really doing a close reading. I'm originally from the American South and so some of the history is familiar to me, and I'm finding it a bit easier going than you have (but then again sometimes I breeze through and miss things). I was very interested in his comments on Booker T. Washington. I was not that familiar with the difference in their ideologies and it just blows my mind at how little they were trying to achieve, in order to not put people off or be too radical. I can't wait to hear your insights! :)
firstly, you look absolutely lovely with this outfit!! and i'm sooo happy that you decided to pick up another brazilian book. i hope you enjoy our literature 🤗 also i love how i finally found a booktuber that includes books from non-english speaking countries, thank you for that!!
Love the dancing while you’re talking about your outfit 😍
I am still working on being selective about accepting ARCs. All of them sound so good
Thank you for this diverse list of books, I‘m learning so much from you. I recently watched your video on „how to read more“ and was wondering if you could do a similar „how-to“ video on how you analyze books? I looked through your videos to see if you already covered this topic but couldn‘t find one.
Greetings from Switzerland :)
did not expect to find so many good hispanic literature recommendations from your commentary of translated copies, thanks!
Leonardo di Caprio and Spiderman ahahaha I love that!
Your top is so pretty! I always love the books you recommend
When we cease to understand the world sounds so interesting. I studied physics in college and I just know I'll love it! I've been meaning to read more in Spanish so I think I'll get the original! Thanks for the recommendation
Thank you for talking about Benjamin Labatut, I went off on a tangent researching his books and I'm really intrigued! I actually want to try to read him in Spanish (I speak a fair bit), now I just have to figure out where to get a copy haha
My pleasure! The publisher directly ships to a number of countries actually, so you might be able to get it via their website :) tienda.hueders.cl/
Very cute shirt! Love your hair! Black Sunday is on my radar too.
I wish I had half as much confidence as you in that outfit dance. Inspiring 😂
TY for listings books in description 👍🏼👍🏼
my pleasure! :)
If you read for audio books, I would listen to every single one! Your voice brings such a calm and happy feeling 💓
The Great Gatsby is a very quick read so you probably won't take to long. I've heard a lot about The Good Indians but if it's horror I won't be able to read it 😅 love your outfit today 😍
I'm loving your thoughts on learning sign language in school. I'm slowly trying to learn BSL but I keep not having enough time. This inspired me to focus more on it, I need to carve out a time a day. 🖤
I’m not sure if this could fit your October readaton, but I think it would be so interesting to make a parallel between The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and O Enfermeiro (The Attendant’s Confession) by Machado de Assis, because Machado was inspired by Poe’s work but with an ironic twist that’s so typical of him. I read both short stories in the same day and it made me so happy with Machado’s talent. His writing always blows my mind.
The vintage clothing make you prettier! I really do appreciate you trying to expose yourself to different types of lit and sharing your ideas with us!
Your tangent about being influenced by two opposite cultures is a great topic! Colonization affects us all and still leaves many of us angry and confused. If I were to recommend a piece of literature to you then it would be Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands La Frontera, The New Mestiza. Anzaldúa is a Chicana writer (Mexican-American) who has compiled many of her essays and poems in this book that focuses on the idea of 'borderlands' and how many of us live in it. A border is not just separates physical line between two countries, but how it separates us culturally, socially, and our psyches.
Thanks for your insight on racism and I agree that it's really dumb how it has become so narrowed that we believe it only happens in one part of the world.
Could you give us a room tour, with like a quick glimpse of what you have on your shelves
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"Entangled". Oooh, I'm intrigued. 🤭🍵
I absolutely love Stephen Graham Jones. I'm really looking forward to this one though I understand there are one or two pretty horrific parts that I may have to skip! Thanks for the other suggestions and I love the outfit!
Almost forgot. Years ago I read the biography Virginia Woolf by her nephew Quentin Bell. A lot of the book concerns the Bloomsbury Group. It is a fascinating and in depth biography. Not sure how easy it is to find these days, but well worth the read if you get the chance.
You always read such diverse books from so many countries, I love it!
i've never seen anyone talk about the street on booktube! i'm so happy you're liking it, it's one of my favorite modern classics.
You have such a way of speaking about books that is both calming and passionate and I love it so much!! :-)
When We Cease to Understand the World sounds really fun. I took a lot of physics in college, so it seems like the kind of book I'd love.
This is kinda a tangent, but the early quantum physicists really interest me, generally speaking, because I see their names plastered all over everything all the time haha, and they are a...strange bunch. Schrödinger apparently did like, a popular lecture series on biology & life from the perspective of a physicist -- how something so ordered can exist when the universe physically tends towards disorder -- and his early ideas about something like DNA existing, which is also on my TBR of stuff I want to track down and read.
Anyway, thanks again for the recs -- they are so consistently thoughtful and diverse! 💖
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that top! I enjoyed hearing about your current reads and your thoughts on each book before you read them. I read The Great Gatsby in high school and loved it so I've been interested in getting the graphic novel.
I read In the House in the Dark of the woods. It was interesting although I never finished it in time before I had to return it to my library
That top is so beautiful. I love your style just in general. :D
In the House in the Dark of the Woods definetly got put on my want to read list.
1. That top is everything! 2. In the House in The Dark of the Woods sounds like my thing. 3. Also, The Only Good Indians! 4. And Black Sunday! 5. Laughing at your laughter at the word "entangled." 6. I really look forward to your thoughts on Dubois. 7. Animal abuse is not for me. 8. Great thoughts about sign language. In America, we don't prioritize spoken languages other than English, and in my day, a second language was not offered until middle school/7th grade/age 12 or 13. It's shifted to younger in a lot of schools. 9. Nice haiku!
I'm so excited you're going to read The Aleph! My high school literature teacher recommend it to me years ago but I never got around to it.
I hope to participate in the book club and reading it this time around.
Love your videos!
Thank you, first time I have seen you. As a black woman it is nice to find a black female you tuber reviewing books. I have put disability visibility on my wish list. Your right about all equality and I hadn't considered this aspect. Also I really agree that all race discussions are around America's. They have their own issues and experiences.
I'd definitely recommend Benjamin Button for some Fitzgerald perusing before Gatsby. It's a very short read but leaves you with something to think about, and I like that it wasn't as fanciful (?) as the film adaptation. It's been a while since I've read it, but I remember being quite fond of the story in all its bizarreness. :)
Fortnight Frights (that alliteration though) sounds like so much fun! Will definitely be joining in 😊 In the House in the Dark of the Woods has me very intrigued ~Laura
I love the vintage top. :) I am so looking forward to The Only Good Indians. I have also read Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones and really enjoyed it.
Always loving your bright and colourful clothing style! Black Sun looks stunning, I can't wait to hear your opinions on it and will be eagerly waiting!! :D
The outfit is sooo cute! I love your style so much ♥️ I completely agree on the sign language point that you made. There’s a woman at my job who is deaf so I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can to be able to communicate with here, now more than ever too since we have to wear masks and she cannot read my lips 💔
Oh my god, I've missed you so much!!
Ahhh thank you! I'm happy to be back! :D
your videos are so amazing and you are helping me to diversify my reading immensely!! thank you for everything you do :)
oh my god i Just noticed the pumpkin pillows
I highly recommend reading The Great Gatsby! It is my favorite book of all time and I don't think any of the adaptations have done it justice.
I'm exactly the same with TBRs! My Goodreads Currently Reading list is as much of a lie as my new years resolutions!
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I also read at least 3 books at a time.
Yessss!! I kept refreshing UA-cam yesterday for a new upload!! 😊
wow your outfit is impeccable, and with the way you styled your hair! just chef's kiss
also, thank you as always for your thoughtful reviews and recommendations, i've once again added some more books to my to-read list!
Your blouse is so dreamy!!
I highly aprecciate your thoughts in abilism as well as your recommendation for 'Sensuous Knowledge'. Will be looking into those in the future!
Love your vintage look! Stunning!
I really need to read roanhorse's middle grade book, and I'm excited for the black sun's release and to hear your thoughts from when you read it
I am also trying now to get my clothes mostly second hand and avoid so much fast fashion. The outfit you are wearing is sooooo cute 😍 I really get triggered by animal abuse in books and sometimes is not even needed for the plot or makes any sense at all to have it there becuase it has no purpose.
I read the Great Gatsby in high school and liked it enough that I recently bought a copy to reread as an adult. I read Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse in March but it was just an okay read for me, it could mostly be due to the fact that I'm not a fan of urban fantasy. I'll try Black Sun before deciding if Roanhorse is for me. Sensuous Knowledge sounds interesting.
1.) I love your outfit and dance you did showing it off
2.)You’re so we’ll-spoken and I love that you read so many different books!
Your voice is so calming, love your videos!
Your channel is amazing and it's great that you really recommend lesser well known books. I'm definitely going to need to get a hand on Sensuous Knowlege and Black Sunday soon, they sound really interesting. Thank you for such great content!
11/10 recommend reading The Great Gatsby (the book is far superior to the adaptations). And if you want to read another Fitzgerald before it, I'd recommend reading This Side of Paradise.
I feel the same way about tbrs. I have a general idea of what books I’d like to read but I’m a mood reader and I lose a teeny bit of interest the moment I declare I will read a book.
The Benjamin Labatut book sounds brilliant!
Just a quick note, sign language is used by many disabled people not just deaf people! Eg: autistic people often use sign language if they're non verbal soo yeah its really widely used but not many people know any sign language :(
Related to Fitzgerald recommendations, I would advise you to try The Beautiful and the Damned. In my opinion, after having read almost all of his works, it is his greatest achievement. I have seen, however, really polarized impressions regarding Fitzgerald in general and about specific works too, so I do not want to overstate anything, except than invite you to give him a chance. His short stories are also a good way to get to know him - I would either recommend A Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Six Stories, both collected by Penguin. I would absolutely love to hear your take on Fitzgerald after you manage to read something. And the Great Gatsby is definitely a must - I have read it for 3 or 4 times and I always feel like I find new dimensions of the book every time I come back to it.
I am adding Sensuous Knowledge to my want to read list! I loved what you said about it and I really want to read it as well.
I loved this whole video, thank you for it and the time you take in writing your reviews!
You look so stunning!! Your outfit is adorable!!☀️
I'm so glad you liked your first chilean literature! If you want to get more into chilean authors I could really recommend the house of spirits by isabel allende and pretty much anything by maria luisa bombal AND overdose / sobredosis by alberto fuguet ^^
thank you for saying that you read multiple books at once, I feel so weird when I only hear that it's impossible to do it bc I just can't read only one anymore except if it is a fast read bc I just get so anxious to finish it off, while with more books I can slow down and read a bit of each and feel acomplished by completing a smaller goal each day. I also just figured out that I'm mood reader so TBRs only work for a couple days, sometimes a week and very rarely more ksksk now, the sign language thing (the name here in Brazil is LIBRAS), I just was like, yes, same! like, technily it's also a official language here, but in reality? naaah, I only learned about it in a class on college bc it recently became mandatory in teaching courses but like, only six months to learn a whole language? seriously? plus many other issues and I wished I had payed better attetion to it and actually continued learning, but it would be just a me thing, not something that everyone felt they needed to do, you know? AAAAAh it's just so infuriating!.
p.s: your pronunciation of "Jorge Amado" was perfect and precious!
Your shirt is so adorable!!!
I could listen to you all day, great video!
i loveee your style is soooo pretty. can you please make a video about your favorite YA books please? love ya ❤️
I love your content so much. You have inspired me in so many ways and I am so glad I found your channel to expand the book genres I read. You have an exquisite book taste and you helped and encouraged me in reading literature that is more diverse. How do you find all these unknown masterpieces?😍😍😍
While the great gatsby is an American classic I think you’d be fine reading the graphic novel since you’ve seen the movie. I didn’t enjoy gatsby I much preferred tender is the night by Fitzgerald.
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