You've quickly become my favorite UA-cam guy. All the awkward intros, losing your train of thought, and rambling on about things are what make your videos great, so please don't edit them out. With almost every video on UA-cam having a like a hundred cuts, having some with no cuts is so refreshing. Don't change please....
I very rarely subscribe, but I did right now just because of this guy's vibe and also the manner in which this guy asked. He seems awesome. Glad to support a good guy.
Favorite thing about this channel is that you aren’t just trying to show off your literary promise. You’re just having a great time with books and bringing us along for the ride
Don't discount yourself by plugging the channel! Perfectly reasonable to say "consider subscribing if you like this stuff!" Really digging the format of the videos :)
We love you! This is why we subscribe!! It’s just a matter of time and word of mouth. Keep going! You are a pure, innocent lover of books. Not commercialized or sterilized. Stay you!!
If you want to get into Russian literature, start with A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders. It helped me a lot with how to read in general and Russian literature specifically
Really like the new setup! I totally agree about thrift store prices being so random. I love library book sales. (Just did my book haul video from the most recent sale I went to. Straightforward pricing - hardbacks $2, paperbacks $1!) I’ve got several that you mentioned on my shelves I need to read! The goldfinch, all Shirley Jackson, several Erik Larsson. Look forward to your reviews. To kill a mockingbird is so good!
If you’re into Irish authors I highly recommend John Boyne’s work specifically The Heart’s Invisible Furies and Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by him they are some of my favourite books of all time! And Ladder to the Sky by him is also incredible too! ❤
Currently half way through 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' and really loving it. Reminds me of 'the princess bride'. Ive never read Brandon Sanderson so Im finding this a really good introduction to his books and cant wait to read more from him.
I'm not much of a fantasy reader, but Tress was one of my favorite books last year. And High Fidelity is one of my favorite books of all time (love all of Nick Hornby's books really).
New subscriber. I really like the way you talk not just about your own favourite books, but your wife’s too. I think it’s nice that you want to read a book because she loves it. My husband is just getting into reading and does the same with my favourite books.
lego titannic! we have ours over the fireplace, lol! it used to be on top of one of our bookcases... and im glad we moved it, since it would have definitely been destroyed when our cat learned he can jump up there, we panicked and screamed CHEETO! GET DOWN! and he panicked in return and took off running across the tops of the bookcases and knock everything off. lol! crisis averted!
you can split it up into 4 sections and see inside the ship. see the engine room and things move. you can see the grand staircase. its amazing! im slowly mixing in lego models into my bookshelves. I have the Encanto house for my magical realism books. I have the lego typewriter and the spinning globe just cause they feel very library. lol @@booksaresick
Read Tress recently and lived it. Definitely works as stand alone. Read to kill a mockingbird last year. Awesome. Goldfinch rocked too. Bee Sting sounds interesting. I have The Brothers book on tbd as well. Working in count of monte cristo. Good picks! Thanks👍
Insane list - you have a four of my favourite ever books. High Fidelity, To Kill A Mockingbird, Words of Radiance and The Goldfinch are all on my favourites shelf. All very different in terms of genre, prose style, complexity etc and all great for their own reasons. Definitely worth keeping High Fidelity for after one of the mammoth books - Nick Hornby's books are great for just getting back into the swing of reading after a long slog because they're relatively short, uncomplicated prose with snappy characters and fast-moving plots.
An ambitious list! I love it! I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts on To Kill a Mockingbird. I am a person that read it in high school and I’ve considered reading it again as an adult to see if new things stand out to me. I’ll also look forward to your response to Devil in the White City! Oh man, this book 🤯. I struggle a little bit with nonfiction and found that the audiobook really helped me get through it. And, I just want to mention, libraries are cool places 🤓. There’s no way my bank account could support my reading habit, so I take advantage of all the library stuff! Last thing - I ❤ your videos! You are a fun and refreshing addition to BookTube! Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Oh I will for sure be sharing my thoughts on to kill a mockingbird. Honestly all I remember is there is someone called Boo Radley? SO excited for devil in the white city - it sounds insane. I do love libraries so much - I'm just an idiot for owning books, haha! THANK YOU!!!
@@booksaresick you’re not an idiot for owning books!!!! Buy all the books! I just mention Libraries for when your wallet feels a little slim or you want to read something but you’re not sure you want to spend your cash on it - you get it! You’re awesome.
I love your videos, I always look forward to when you post a new one and I follow you on all platforms. I have one complaint about your new set up though, please don’t hold it against me 😊 I don’t like the camera angle, its obvious that you’re looking at the camera, i’m not speaking to , the viewer. Other than that, right on dude, love your bookshelves etc. FYI, I have purchased a bunch of books that you have recommended or were excited about, I love how excited you get, losing your train of thought, etc. etc. please don’t ever change. Love ya!
In regards to the last book and keeping track of characters and what not - this is what annotating can help with! If you don’t want to write in your book, stick a post it note on the inside of the front cover with your notes - then it’s all there for you!😊
ohh man, i've not read high fidelity for yeeaaars. I might need to pick that back off my bookshelf soon and give it a re-read. To Kill a Mockingbird is on my list to read this year too... For some reason this was one I never got to read in school, though others in my year did...Strange. So I feel it's about high time.
From your list here, I decided to pick up The Devil in the White City and am looking forward to it! I also picked up Ender's Game for a first time read. Was a solid $10 trip to Half Price Books for them both!
Hi so I just found your channel, and watched 3 videos and subscribed. You are going to love The Brothers Karamazov. I read it last year right after War and Peace. I know, I was super proud. Enjoy.
Looks like you'll have time for Berserk. Nice! Also, I'm about to read the last book you showed as well but with a different translator. Such excitement!
I literally don't read that much, but I'm trying to read more this year. I came across your videos and I don't know what it is about them, but I can't stop watching. The videos are clear I enjoy your input and recommendations. Thanks for the videos and hopefully I get around to reading some of these!
Based on some of your choices, you should look into Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series, then take tangents to his Black Hills and The Terror for some stories based on history. If you like Larson, you’ll like Simmons. Also Neal Stephenson, particularly the Baroque Cycle. Absolutely brilliant.
I have the exact same shelves. Bought them last year. Have u read The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie? I see it on your shelves. Loved them, but from there it went downhill for me with him. And you need to read The Lies of Locke Lamora. Such a great fantasy book! Are you on Goodreads? Huge fan of your channel. Always happy when I see there is a new video waiting. Greetings from Vienna, Austria 😊
The Devil in the white City is wonderful. My husband was not a reader and I hoped to change that. I gave him this book and it transformed him instantly. He went on to continue to read others of the author.
Ooooo, Devil in the White City is the only Larson I’ve read. How is that possible?! Very much enjoy your content. I second the commenter who suggested George Saunders’ A Swim in a Pond in the Rain-but not if it delays you just jumping into that pond with The Brothers Karamazov. That gorgeous novel dug holes in my soul that will never be filled until I can talk to others who have read it.
I loved The Brother’s Karamazov. It looks like you have Dovers Thrift classics version. That might be the translation by Constance Garnett She translated it about 100 years ago, but it’s readable for sure. After I get through some other books. I want to try to read a more modern translation of it to see if it’s even a better experience.
Love the new setup, as much as I love seeing the bookshelves I equally love seeing that Fender. :) On to books, you've got some good ones on your list! Happy to see We Have Always Lived in the Castle, one of my favorites.
Mal de altura, de Krakauer es perfecto! El libro de Shirley Jackson es un 100!!! (el mejor de Shirley). Love to listening to you, love your readings. Estoy terminando Los hermanos K... y es monumental.
Irish authors ! Yes man ! how about Roddy Doyle, the Van Trilogy, Two Pints... I love him. And if you're looking for a fantasy author recommendation, how about Guy Gavriel Kay? Fantastic Canadian author.
Love the videos. I appreciate the different genres you read (I do the same). How about some murder/mysteries some time, maybe some Agatha Christie. Keep it up!
Shirley Jackson is my favorite author and I'm reading/rereading all of her works this year, after dipping back into "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," which I first read in 1974 in a sophomore-year high school English class on 20th century US literature. The teacher, Mr. Huckaby, loved Jackson's work and did a terrific job of teaching about it. I'd read "The Lottery" in 8th grade and been blown away by it, and have been hooked on her works - fiction and nonfiction - ever since. Great choice. Every time I read it, I'm left stunned, even though I know what happens.
New setup looks great! Appreciate your videos buddy, and like your wide variety of selections. The channel is doing awesome and I feel like it’s due to the authenticity.
I read The Goldfinch before The Secret History (before that book blew up on social media) and they are both fantastic. I want to re-read them. Also new subscriber here!
New subscriber - loved the cringy ask. (I dislike the shamming type asks, you know: “Only half of my viewers subscribe…”) Intrigued that you went from new reader to avid reader in such a short time. (I’m a retired teacher whose calling in life was putting the right book in the hands of kids like you.) Sounds like you live in a great place for readers, too, from the references you’ve made to libraries (22 What?!!) and bookstores,etc. Also, dark, gloomy weather very conducive to hibernating with cozy reads. Keep posting😊📚❤
New here, gotta say I'm excited to check out your other book content! Loved how you presented the books you are going to tackle this year. Those looks like some great books to dive into!! I appreciate the varying genres. Also, I just purchased High Fidelity, because I honestly can't believe I haven't read it yet and it seems like such a staple of a well read book list! 😊
People talk bad about the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird which is Go Set a Watchman but i liked it a lot and recommend it when you're ready for it. And you'll know you're ready to read Go set a watchman when it comes to you.
I've never seen my reading history/taste overlap with a UA-camr so well as with that stack. This is the first video of yours I watched - I've read 5 of those books and 2 more of those authors sooo 7 out of 10 books! Words of Radiance is one of my favorite books of all time as well as Tress - I hope you enjoy them! So I think I gotta check out Into Thin Air and High Fidelity and perhaps another Larsson (I wasn't a big fan of Devil in the White City - the writing was good but the content was not for me). Anyway, I'm subscribing 😊
The Bee Sting is a great read… it’s propulsive … from start to finish … has lots of drive … I used to work at Mr Chips…in the Upper East Side way back in the aughts & I waited on Harper Lee a few times… she would drink decaf with sweet n low … reading the times … I asked her one day… what’s on the mind of the great Harper Lee & she said Nothing much … just reading the paper… she was pretty low key… for such a brilliant writer … On another note … a couple recommendations… The Known World by Edward P. Jones … Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell… & on yet another note I’m eager to read Prophet Song…& Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow …Birnam Wood…Parable of the Sower… plus I hear a lot of booktubers rave about Claire Keegan …
whatever happened to 4 for a dollar thrift book pricing?! lol! houston has a store thats a big little free library. you just walk in and drop stuff off and pick stuff up, somehow I haven't been yet! laurandareads mentioned it in one of their videos. I need to get down there. im just so far up in the suburbs!
UA-cam put ur video in my feed. I enjoyed it. As far as an intro i preferred yours over watching the ones that are 2 mins of watching them make ice coffee!! I really like the look of your bookshelves. The two tones look good. Great video.
New subscriber (from this video!) so I’m not sure what your tastes are like, but if you like Irish authors, I’d suggest Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by Seamus O’Reilly. It’s his memoir from growing up in Ireland with 10+ siblings and a single Dad, and it’s beautiful and hilarious. One of my favourites from last year! Also anything Claire Keegan :)
Yay! I’m currently reading The Brothers Karamazov. I’m totally intimidated by the size, but it’s split up into part 1, part 2 etc. (or maybe it’s book 1, book 2🤔) but it’s helping. Also, I’ve had to write names (some have several names they go by) on my bookmark. Which really helped in the beginning 😊
@@booksaresick Yes , I’m really enjoying it. It’s quite fast paced. And I only needed the names on the bookmark for the beginning, you get used to who’s who quite quickly. I started just reading the first names, as they still call each other by their full names! 🤣 So, I just skip the last names now.
Devil in the White City and Into Thin Air are both AMAZING. So excited for you. My brother actually recommended Into Thin Air to me when he read it in HIGH SCHOOL. He was not wrong!
I saw an Orange amplifier in another video, now seeing an acoustic guitar and a telecaster in this video. What kind of music do you like to play? I love your new set-up! I hope you love We Have Always Lived In the Castle. Just know it's not a horror story, some people say they went into it expecting horror and when it wasn't, that hype they gave themselves ruined it. But it is a 5 out of 5 book in my opinion. (The Haunting of Hill House was 5 out of 5 for me, too. Shirley Jackson rocks)
Excellent selection there! I also really want to read The Bee Sting and continue with The Stormlight Archive this year! Think you're going to love We Have Always Lived in the Castle - it's so tense and brilliant
Finally someone who isn’t reading the same 10 books! I keep finding that the popular book recs just aren’t for me. The best books I have read, I just picked up randomly while thrifting or at the library bc I liked the cover.
Just read “We Have Always Lived In The Castle” a few months ago and LOVED it. If Gilmore Girls and The Addams Family had a baby, it would be this book. So good, so thoughtful, so Shirley Jackson. Excited to hear your thoughts!
You've quickly become my favorite UA-cam guy. All the awkward intros, losing your train of thought, and rambling on about things are what make your videos great, so please don't edit them out. With almost every video on UA-cam having a like a hundred cuts, having some with no cuts is so refreshing. Don't change please....
Kind of makes it more real, like you are just chillin with someone. When you talk to people in real life, it is never perfect, so I like it too.
Agree with this comment! Over edited videos can get kind of overwhelming. Conversational ones are so much more relaxing and enjoyable.
I very rarely subscribe, but I did right now just because of this guy's vibe and also the manner in which this guy asked. He seems awesome. Glad to support a good guy.
Favorite thing about this channel is that you aren’t just trying to show off your literary promise. You’re just having a great time with books and bringing us along for the ride
Thanks dude :)
What is literary promise?
Typo! Prowess*@@deendrew36
@@deendrew36probably meant prowess. Autocorrect/phone typing can affect even the best of us.
@@whisper_dvm5157 oh yeah, duh. I am a donut. lol
This is bringing back what UA-cam was back in the day… personality. Always stoked when I see a notification! Keep up the great work
“Irish authors: kinda sick.”
Lmao you heard it here first folks! Honestly though this is why I love this channel
Irish authors are fantastic!
Don't discount yourself by plugging the channel! Perfectly reasonable to say "consider subscribing if you like this stuff!" Really digging the format of the videos :)
You will LOVE To Kill a Mockingbird. One of my favs. Waiting for your thoughts on The Bee Sting.
We love you! This is why we subscribe!! It’s just a matter of time and word of mouth. Keep going! You are a pure, innocent lover of books. Not commercialized or sterilized. Stay you!!
4:06 perks of marrying a bookworm, we have many duplicates as well and recently i also found a book that was on my tbr🤭
If you want to get into Russian literature, start with A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders. It helped me a lot with how to read in general and Russian literature specifically
Yes, yes, yes, love all Saunders’ stuff.
I haven't read any of the Sanderson secret project books that I paid a fortune for. lol. *rolls eyes at self*
Really like the new setup! I totally agree about thrift store prices being so random. I love library book sales. (Just did my book haul video from the most recent sale I went to. Straightforward pricing - hardbacks $2, paperbacks $1!) I’ve got several that you mentioned on my shelves I need to read! The goldfinch, all Shirley Jackson, several Erik Larsson. Look forward to your reviews. To kill a mockingbird is so good!
I just finished The Bee Sting and if I had a Staff Pick, I'd Staff Pick the heck outta that one. It's quite entertaining.
Devil In the White City turned me into an Eric Larson fan. You'll enjoy it!
If you’re into Irish authors I highly recommend John Boyne’s work specifically The Heart’s Invisible Furies and Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by him they are some of my favourite books of all time! And Ladder to the Sky by him is also incredible too! ❤
I’d also like to recommend the red rising series I think you’d enjoy that one! First book is the weakest the rest are incredible
Just bought it can’t wait
Currently half way through 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' and really loving it. Reminds me of 'the princess bride'. Ive never read Brandon Sanderson so Im finding this a really good introduction to his books and cant wait to read more from him.
I'm not much of a fantasy reader, but Tress was one of my favorite books last year. And High Fidelity is one of my favorite books of all time (love all of Nick Hornby's books really).
New subscriber. I really like the way you talk not just about your own favourite books, but your wife’s too. I think it’s nice that you want to read a book because she loves it. My husband is just getting into reading and does the same with my favourite books.
lego titannic! we have ours over the fireplace, lol! it used to be on top of one of our bookcases... and im glad we moved it, since it would have definitely been destroyed when our cat learned he can jump up there, we panicked and screamed CHEETO! GET DOWN! and he panicked in return and took off running across the tops of the bookcases and knock everything off. lol! crisis averted!
Thats so sick! This is actually a non-lego model but I want that lego one so, so, so badly haha
you can split it up into 4 sections and see inside the ship. see the engine room and things move. you can see the grand staircase. its amazing! im slowly mixing in lego models into my bookshelves. I have the Encanto house for my magical realism books. I have the lego typewriter and the spinning globe just cause they feel very library. lol @@booksaresick
Read Tress recently and lived it. Definitely works as stand alone. Read to kill a mockingbird last year. Awesome. Goldfinch rocked too. Bee Sting sounds interesting. I have The Brothers book on tbd as well. Working in count of monte cristo. Good picks! Thanks👍
Last year i wrapped 12 books from my shelves in brown paper. I then picked 1 a month at random. Only DNF'd 1
Thats a sick idea
Nice! What did you DNF, and which was your fave?
If you like Erik Larson (and David Grann), you should check out Patrick Radden Keefe! Very similar and just as good
would be cool if your wife would show her fave books also! lovin your channel
Insane list - you have a four of my favourite ever books. High Fidelity, To Kill A Mockingbird, Words of Radiance and The Goldfinch are all on my favourites shelf. All very different in terms of genre, prose style, complexity etc and all great for their own reasons. Definitely worth keeping High Fidelity for after one of the mammoth books - Nick Hornby's books are great for just getting back into the swing of reading after a long slog because they're relatively short, uncomplicated prose with snappy characters and fast-moving plots.
Thats a great idea. I love the idea of reading high fidelity after something like Words Of Radiance haha
I really liked Tress of the Emerald Sea! It was very fun! It was also my first Sanderson, and I'm really excited to read the Mistborn series next!
Your intros and outros are some of my favourite on booktube.
Words of radiance is an excellent sequel! Currently on the third book Oathbringer and really enjoying it!
I love Into Thin Air. Fantastic book
An ambitious list! I love it!
I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts on To Kill a Mockingbird. I am a person that read it in high school and I’ve considered reading it again as an adult to see if new things stand out to me.
I’ll also look forward to your response to Devil in the White City! Oh man, this book 🤯. I struggle a little bit with nonfiction and found that the audiobook really helped me get through it.
And, I just want to mention, libraries are cool places 🤓. There’s no way my bank account could support my reading habit, so I take advantage of all the library stuff!
Last thing - I ❤ your videos! You are a fun and refreshing addition to BookTube! Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Oh I will for sure be sharing my thoughts on to kill a mockingbird. Honestly all I remember is there is someone called Boo Radley? SO excited for devil in the white city - it sounds insane.
I do love libraries so much - I'm just an idiot for owning books, haha!
THANK YOU!!!
@@booksaresick you’re not an idiot for owning books!!!! Buy all the books! I just mention Libraries for when your wallet feels a little slim or you want to read something but you’re not sure you want to spend your cash on it - you get it! You’re awesome.
Fantastic selection! I really enjoyed High Fidelity. And John Cusack will always be on my celebrity crush list. 😂 The Goldfinch is perfection!!! 😊
I love your videos, I always look forward to when you post a new one and I follow you on all platforms. I have one complaint about your new set up though, please don’t hold it against me 😊 I don’t like the camera angle, its obvious that you’re looking at the camera, i’m not speaking to , the viewer. Other than that, right on dude, love your bookshelves etc. FYI, I have purchased a bunch of books that you have recommended or were excited about, I love how excited you get, losing your train of thought, etc. etc. please don’t ever change. Love ya!
I loved Goldfinch , Secret History not so much - but I just realized I’m not so in to dark academia books, so I guess it’s just me 😉
The Bee Sting is a fantastic book, excited to hear your thoughts on it!
Can't wait!
In regards to the last book and keeping track of characters and what not - this is what annotating can help with! If you don’t want to write in your book, stick a post it note on the inside of the front cover with your notes - then it’s all there for you!😊
Also (sorry for a second comment) but I gave up on Brothers Karamazov last year and your goal to read it makes me feel like I need to pick it back up!
I’m adding so many books to my list!!
Into Thin Air and Devil in the White City are both so great! Hope you enjoy
I hope so too!
ohh man, i've not read high fidelity for yeeaaars. I might need to pick that back off my bookshelf soon and give it a re-read. To Kill a Mockingbird is on my list to read this year too... For some reason this was one I never got to read in school, though others in my year did...Strange. So I feel it's about high time.
From your list here, I decided to pick up The Devil in the White City and am looking forward to it! I also picked up Ender's Game for a first time read. Was a solid $10 trip to Half Price Books for them both!
I think you are going to love The Bee Sting. Cant wait to hear your thoughts - omg you will love mockingbird too!
Nice man, you have me wanting to read Stormlight. I’m currently reading got: storm of swords and man it’s good.
Hi so I just found your channel, and watched 3 videos and subscribed. You are going to love The Brothers Karamazov. I read it last year right after War and Peace. I know, I was super proud. Enjoy.
Looks like you'll have time for Berserk. Nice! Also, I'm about to read the last book you showed as well but with a different translator. Such excitement!
I literally don't read that much, but I'm trying to read more this year. I came across your videos and I don't know what it is about them, but I can't stop watching. The videos are clear I enjoy your input and recommendations. Thanks for the videos and hopefully I get around to reading some of these!
Was recommended your channel last night and am working my way through all your videos! Such a great way to spend my workday.
Hahaha I knew you were gonna say To Kill a Mockingbird 😂 we all sparknotes’d that book
Based on some of your choices, you should look into Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series, then take tangents to his Black Hills and The Terror for some stories based on history. If you like Larson, you’ll like Simmons. Also Neal Stephenson, particularly the Baroque Cycle. Absolutely brilliant.
I have the exact same shelves. Bought them last year. Have u read The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie? I see it on your shelves. Loved them, but from there it went downhill for me with him. And you need to read The Lies of Locke Lamora. Such a great fantasy book! Are you on Goodreads?
Huge fan of your channel. Always happy when I see there is a new video waiting. Greetings from Vienna, Austria 😊
I too am excited to read books this year
The Devil in the white City is wonderful. My husband was not a reader and I hoped to change that. I gave him this book and it transformed him instantly. He went on to continue to read others of the author.
I'm also very curious about The Bee Sting! I've only heard great things about it so far
I freaking loved We Always Lived in the Castle. The movie was pretty close to the book as well.
Ooooo, Devil in the White City is the only Larson I’ve read. How is that possible?! Very much enjoy your content. I second the commenter who suggested George Saunders’ A Swim in a Pond in the Rain-but not if it delays you just jumping into that pond with The Brothers Karamazov. That gorgeous novel dug holes in my soul that will never be filled until I can talk to others who have read it.
I loved The Brother’s Karamazov. It looks like you have Dovers Thrift classics version.
That might be the translation by Constance Garnett
She translated it about 100 years ago, but it’s readable for sure.
After I get through some other books. I want to try to read a more modern translation of it to see if it’s even a better experience.
Love the new setup, as much as I love seeing the bookshelves I equally love seeing that Fender. :) On to books, you've got some good ones on your list! Happy to see We Have Always Lived in the Castle, one of my favorites.
Thank you very much! Very excited for some more Shirley Jackson in my life
I’m planning on re-reading the gold finch this year! Love that book
TRESS IS MY BABY. And words of radiance. amaze amaze amaze
Mal de altura, de Krakauer es perfecto! El libro de Shirley Jackson es un 100!!! (el mejor de Shirley). Love to listening to you, love your readings. Estoy terminando Los hermanos K... y es monumental.
Really like the new set up ...
Irish authors ! Yes man ! how about Roddy Doyle, the Van Trilogy, Two Pints... I love him. And if you're looking for a fantasy author recommendation, how about Guy Gavriel Kay? Fantastic Canadian author.
Love the videos. I appreciate the different genres you read (I do the same). How about some murder/mysteries some time, maybe some Agatha Christie. Keep it up!
Shirley Jackson is my favorite author and I'm reading/rereading all of her works this year, after dipping back into "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," which I first read in 1974 in a sophomore-year high school English class on 20th century US literature. The teacher, Mr. Huckaby, loved Jackson's work and did a terrific job of teaching about it. I'd read "The Lottery" in 8th grade and been blown away by it, and have been hooked on her works - fiction and nonfiction - ever since. Great choice. Every time I read it, I'm left stunned, even though I know what happens.
New setup looks great! Appreciate your videos buddy, and like your wide variety of selections. The channel is doing awesome and I feel like it’s due to the authenticity.
Enjoy WoR, it’s a ride! I’m a bit over halfway through book 3 just crushing stormlight rn, I’m obsessed with
Very excited for it!
This is a solid lineup. I’ve read and love nearly every single one of these. You’re going to have a good year!
Brothers Karamazov! Sanderson's Cosmere ... You read the greatest stuff!
High fidelty is fantastic, Hornsby is a funny writer. I also enjoy Krakauer Into Thin Air is a terrific read.
Well I'm counting myself lucky that I've just stumbled across your channel. Definitely got a lifelong subscriber
I would never “realistically stop buying” books either!! 😂
I have watched "To Kill a Mocking Bird" and really loved it. Will try to read the book as well. Your new set up works well!!! Love it!
I loved The Goldfinch. It won the Pulitzer
I read The Goldfinch before The Secret History (before that book blew up on social media) and they are both fantastic. I want to re-read them. Also new subscriber here!
We have the same reading taste. I love these
"Midwest emo" 😂
The new setup is sick!
New subscriber - loved the cringy ask. (I dislike the shamming type asks, you know: “Only half of my viewers subscribe…”) Intrigued that you went from new reader to avid reader in such a short time. (I’m a retired teacher whose calling in life was putting the right book in the hands of kids like you.) Sounds like you live in a great place for readers, too, from the references you’ve made to libraries (22 What?!!) and bookstores,etc. Also, dark, gloomy weather very conducive to hibernating with cozy reads. Keep posting😊📚❤
Your videos always make me happy. 😊
Into thin air is my absolute favorite of his, on my top 10 books of all time.
please don't get rid of that awkward intro with the music at the beginning and you staring for a few seconds, it's unique to your channel!
Hahaha! I will happily include the awkward. Unfortunately I can't use the music I was using anymore for copyright reasons :(
New here, gotta say I'm excited to check out your other book content! Loved how you presented the books you are going to tackle this year. Those looks like some great books to dive into!! I appreciate the varying genres. Also, I just purchased High Fidelity, because I honestly can't believe I haven't read it yet and it seems like such a staple of a well read book list! 😊
People talk bad about the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird which is Go Set a Watchman but i liked it a lot and recommend it when you're ready for it. And you'll know you're ready to read Go set a watchman when it comes to you.
I've never seen my reading history/taste overlap with a UA-camr so well as with that stack. This is the first video of yours I watched - I've read 5 of those books and 2 more of those authors sooo 7 out of 10 books! Words of Radiance is one of my favorite books of all time as well as Tress - I hope you enjoy them! So I think I gotta check out Into Thin Air and High Fidelity and perhaps another Larsson (I wasn't a big fan of Devil in the White City - the writing was good but the content was not for me). Anyway, I'm subscribing 😊
The Devil in the White City is INCREDIBLE!!! You'll love it!!
It seems like such an insane story - can't wait!
The Bee Sting is a great read… it’s propulsive … from start to finish … has lots of drive … I used to work at Mr Chips…in the Upper East Side way back in the aughts & I waited on Harper Lee a few times… she would drink decaf with sweet n low … reading the times … I asked her one day… what’s on the mind of the great Harper Lee & she said Nothing much … just reading the paper… she was pretty low key… for such a brilliant writer …
On another note … a couple recommendations… The Known World by Edward P. Jones … Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell…
& on yet another note I’m eager to read Prophet Song…& Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow …Birnam Wood…Parable of the Sower… plus I hear a lot of booktubers rave about Claire Keegan …
whatever happened to 4 for a dollar thrift book pricing?! lol! houston has a store thats a big little free library. you just walk in and drop stuff off and pick stuff up, somehow I haven't been yet! laurandareads mentioned it in one of their videos. I need to get down there. im just so far up in the suburbs!
Love these recommendations! Added several to my TBR.
I read The Devil in the White City years ago and I couldn't put it down. Great book!
UA-cam put ur video in my feed. I enjoyed it. As far as an intro i preferred yours over watching the ones that are 2 mins of watching them make ice coffee!! I really like the look of your bookshelves. The two tones look good. Great video.
Into Thin Air is my favorite Krakauer book and is one of is favorite books I've ever read. I read it twenty years ago and still think about it! Enjoy!
New subscriber (from this video!) so I’m not sure what your tastes are like, but if you like Irish authors, I’d suggest Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by Seamus O’Reilly. It’s his memoir from growing up in Ireland with 10+ siblings and a single Dad, and it’s beautiful and hilarious. One of my favourites from last year! Also anything Claire Keegan :)
Yay! I’m currently reading The Brothers Karamazov. I’m totally intimidated by the size, but it’s split up into part 1, part 2 etc. (or maybe it’s book 1, book 2🤔) but it’s helping. Also, I’ve had to write names (some have several names they go by) on my bookmark. Which really helped in the beginning 😊
Thats is so sick! Are you enjoying it so far? The several names for the same person thing is going to kill me, I just know it lol.
@@booksaresick Yes , I’m really enjoying it. It’s quite fast paced. And I only needed the names on the bookmark for the beginning, you get used to who’s who quite quickly. I started just reading the first names, as they still call each other by their full names! 🤣 So, I just skip the last names now.
Devil in the White City and Into Thin Air are both AMAZING. So excited for you. My brother actually recommended Into Thin Air to me when he read it in HIGH SCHOOL. He was not wrong!
I saw an Orange amplifier in another video, now seeing an acoustic guitar and a telecaster in this video. What kind of music do you like to play? I love your new set-up! I hope you love We Have Always Lived In the Castle. Just know it's not a horror story, some people say they went into it expecting horror and when it wasn't, that hype they gave themselves ruined it. But it is a 5 out of 5 book in my opinion. (The Haunting of Hill House was 5 out of 5 for me, too. Shirley Jackson rocks)
Excellent selection there! I also really want to read The Bee Sting and continue with The Stormlight Archive this year! Think you're going to love We Have Always Lived in the Castle - it's so tense and brilliant
Adding high fidelity to my tbr 😂
Tress is a fantastic book! It is such a lovely story. It was everything I wanted in a book and more!
Finally someone who isn’t reading the same 10 books! I keep finding that the popular book recs just aren’t for me. The best books I have read, I just picked up randomly while thrifting or at the library bc I liked the cover.
Just read “We Have Always Lived In The Castle” a few months ago and LOVED it. If Gilmore Girls and The Addams Family had a baby, it would be this book. So good, so thoughtful, so Shirley Jackson. Excited to hear your thoughts!
Welp there it is the solicitation of subscribe. Lmao dude you can ask your content is incredible and worth the click of a button.
New here! You had me at Midwest Emo and I am here to stay! ♥
I love High Fidelity!!! I’m so excited that someone else is reading it ❤