A Surprise Ruthless Unhaul (ruthless for me okay)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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Books Mentioned:
-The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
-Martin John by Anakana Schofield
-If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura (translated from Japanese by Eric Selland)
-Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
-Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John
-The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
-Elisabeth's Lists: A Life Between Lines by Lulah Ellender
-The Distant Marvels by Chantel Acevedo
-The Innocents by Michael Crummey
-The Early Novels by Deborah Levy
-Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell
-Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
-Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
-The Storyteller by Kate Armstrong
-The Secret History by Donna Tartt
-Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother by Douglas A. Martin
-Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
-At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
-Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir
-The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore
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Your glee at unhauling 9 books was so fun to watch!
PROUD OF YOU!!! ❤
First I scream then Hiiiiiiiii ! Then I watch 😊
Good for you! This was a fun video. I know what you mean, it’s such a weird and difficult task getting rid of books - I just remind myself that if I really want to read it later, I can always use the library - or - just buy it again!
Well done 👍 to you as I no that I could not do it please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your Australia family friend John xxx
Letting go of nine whole books is impressive!
I don't know if it's impressive BUT it's definitely impressive for me! :)
You've accomplished something ^^
You go, girl, throw these 9 out of the window!
I relate to this struggle. So many of my books, realistically, have sat I unread on my shelf for years. But I still feel like I fully intend to read them, so just calling it like it is and getting rid of them is tough.
Always good to see you, including when it's to see you *not* read books. Idk why book unhauls are so entertaining, but it's just fun seeing what doesn't make the cut and why.
I am SAVAGE while watching makeup declutters; I don't know why but I always want people to get rid of almost everything!
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere Lol :) When it comes to makeup I'm a minimalism guru, being I have none. Clothes and books, on the other hand...
I bought a Kindle back in 2008 and have not looked back. When I moved recently, I had to get rid of 75% of my physical books, I think I had about 3,000. Because I was able to replace those books that I had to "keep" with digital copies, I found that it wasn't too hard. I have kept my most prized books, like the Riverside Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and some of the Loeb classics, I am very happy with my collection now.
Wow, 3,000 books! Incredible. I had a similar feeling when I lived abroad and could only access English-language books on my Kindle--it really simplifies things. Now I really like having a hybrid system where I own some books physically, but others (especially new releases) I only borrow electronically through my library
Well done - almost half of them gone! But three things spring to mind: first you must read Levy’s Man who saw everything - it’s brilliant! Second is you can’t just read course materials during your masters - have some lighter reading to see you through. And thirdly, I am definitely NOT going to follow suit - this week I am reading Alias Grace which I bought in 1996 and there are lots more like that on the shelves!
Totally agree about having some lighter reading during the course, but I think I'd rather have it be spur-of-the-moment choices based on casual visits to libraries and bookstores! I guess I'm realizing that I don't want my own shelves to function as a bookstore, and I only want them to act as a library for rereading
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere That approach will certainly help if and when you move - I'm dreading ever moving again!
I also struggle to unhaul books I haven’t read yet (but am ruthless once I’ve read it-I get rid of most of the books I read unless I truly love them), so I applaud you for unhauling 9 tbr books!!
I'm definitely more on your page now and getting much more comfortable unhauling certain types of books I've already read. But the whole time I was editing this video I was like "who even am I??" because I never do this kind of thing with unread books! It was freeing though, I won't lie to you
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere I can imagine!
you're tough but fair, Jen. seriously though, i don't have a problem with any of your choices and i'm glad you're overthrowing your tbr (at least a little bit).
So sad to hear your thoughts on Sally Rooney … I read Conversations with Friends and did not enjoy it. But I am glad you were able to unhaul! I wish my husband would be willing to do this, but on some level he thinks he will read all of them!
Haha I totally see where your husband is coming from! I had this conversation with a friend the other day--I was saying that one half of my brain thinks I'll read every book near the top of my TBR list, and the other half knows that's actually impossible, and the two halves don't acknowledge each other at all
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere Yes, that sounds just like Jason!
I'm slowly lessening my tbr as well, I'd love to have 11 books at the most. It sounds so much less stressful
Oh Emily this was just my majority English-language contemporary fiction--I now have about 65 total TBR books on my physical shelves. (Totally agree with you though, can you imagine how freeing it would be if this were all?) BUT 65 is still pretty manageable, and maybe one day we'll both get down to 11 for real ;)
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere My current tbr is 95 books and I'm hoping to be under 60 within the next two years. 11 books would be so freeing so here's hoping we both get there!
oh no!
😳😂 don’t worry, it’s already on a list called “post-master’s Brontë extravaganza” - and now someone else can read this specific copy before 2025 😉
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere 💙💛
1:30 Enhance and zoom.
I purposely didn't want to share which exact books were on my current list ;) I like being part-public reader, part-private reader
Hey
Are you working while you do masters?? If not fam you straight you gonna have plenty of time to read
I'll be learning two languages, taking classes, working part-time, and applying for internships...sooo not really seeing much reading in my immediate future 😂
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere yea that’s a lot lol. But still, you might be pleasantly surprised. Maybe. I’m doin a phd program rn (cog neuro so not lit related at all) and somehow i been reading more than ever. Either way gang we wit you thick and thin 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@bignatesbookreviews Jesus, a phd in cog neuro...sounds relevant and employable, can't relate. Do you have a lot of external reading assignments for it? That will probably be the problem with my program, lit and history classes are like "go read these 1000 pages, see you in 3 days"
@@InsertLiteraryPunHere I promise it’s less employable than you think lol. And yeah we got reading but a lot of my classes was stats and coding and stuff. But weren’t you working like full time in Russia as teacher?? (still going thru your backlog lol) idk maybe I’m being optimistic but if you was doin 40hrs a week I honestly think masters might be a load off..though part time work and learning 2 languages *on top* of the coursework might push it over the edge.. and grant/intern applications do admittedly suck ass. Is all your reading scholarly though ?? Last I left off you were debating the merits of being well-read v specialized (I know way too much about you 😂😂) surely you can incorporate some of the Central European lit you read into the channel ?? I think people would fuck wit that