Reading 8 Books in a Week 📚 | Cosy Reading Vlog
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- In which I finish all the books on my currently reading pile, chat with you, show you what I got for my birthday, cook food and go for a walk. x
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MY BOOKS:
THE GIRL AQUARIUM: tinyurl.com/yc6tn9xs
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT tinyurl.com/lnz5bb6
FRANKLIN’S FLYING BOOKSHOP: tinyurl.com/hlsgkjq
FRANKLIN AND LUNA GO TO THE MOON tinyurl.com/yb2xnuv2
FRANKLIN AND LUNA AND THE BOOK OF FAIRY TALES: tinyurl.com/y2g9wqv5
THE BOOKSHOP BOOK: tinyurl.com/qbs3d2p
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Things mentioned:
TOAST article about Tilted Axis Press: www.toa.st/magazine/finding-r...
Halloween reading vlog: • Reading 10 Books & Bak...
Unlock! www.board-game.co.uk/search-r...
Gnocchi recipe: / cihextgphu4
Read with me video: • Read With Me 📖 | Snowy...
The Wilds by Julia Elliott
The Sea Cloak and Other Stories by Nayrouz Qarmout*
Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana
The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy
You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce*
Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa’at*
Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles
Dear Big Gods by Mona Arshi
Sanne: / booksandquills
Lauren: / readsanddaydreams
Lauren: / @laurenandthebooks
Jean: / bookishthoughts
Mercedes: / mercysbookishmusings
Northern Lights postcards: www.stonepinedesign.co.uk/sho...
poems by Brenda Shaughnessy www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...
Poetry Society posters poetrysociety.org.uk/product-...
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WHO I AM
Hello, my name's Jen. I'm an award-winning poet and short story writer. My debut short story collection 'The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night' is published by Two Roads, and my children's books 'Franklin's Flying Bookshop,’ ‘Franklin and Luna Go To The Moon’ and ‘Franklin and Luna and the Book of Fairy Tales’ are published by Thames and Hudson. I'm also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops' series, 'The Bookshop Book,' 'The Hungry Ghost Festival’ and ‘The Girl Aquarium.’ I run writing workshops, give talks at universities & book festivals on a variety of topics, judge literary prizes, and take on freelance writing and editing. If you would like to speak with me about the possibility of working together, please get in touch via email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com x
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Email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com
(Since starting CZcams, some of you have been asking what's wrong with my hands. This playlist should answer any questions :) tinyurl.com/yy9ctz2t)
This video contains no sponsored content. Books marked with * were sent to me by publishers for an honest review. - Zábava
You're really the Queen of reading vlogs. Watching you read and do peaceful things always lifts my spirits
Jen this was the coziest vlog ever. Thank you so much for all you do❤️ also! I have The Wilds and now I need to start it- I'm so glad you're enjoying it!
I'm Italian and can confirm that that poem by Quasimodo is indeed something every Italian would have learnt by heart in school! I might need to get one for myself.. It's a nice way representation of my two homes merging together (as I live in London).
Seeing you making gnocchi the first time inspired me and we made them too for our NYE dinner - it was a fun activity to make the night a bit more special, I love gnocchi but only made homemade ones once many many years ago with some friends and had lovely memories of that afternoon. We also love escape rooms in a box, I got my partner two of the Exit ones for Christmas and have tried one so far - more challenging that I expected but really fun! Will have to give Unlock a try too.
Which Exit did you try? And thank you for sharing. Hope you've had a lovely weekend. x
@@jenvcampbell we’ve done the Pharaoh’s Tomb, and now we’ve got the Orient Express one to try, which looks good! I would also recommend the ClueQuest PrintCutEscape ones that they’ve released during the various lockdowns. We went to their actual escape rooms on Caledonian Road a couple of times so it was nice to be able to do something similar at home. There’s quite a lot of cutting involved just to prep the materials, but I believe that if you pay a bit more they just send you the kit ready to go.
I did end up buying the Salvatore Quasimodo poster! Maybe you need to get Mr M to film a tutorial to make a frame for everyone you’ve #influenced to buy one 😂
I love spending time together 😌
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"The Wilds" sounds like my cup of tea! I absolutely loved this vlog and have added these titles to my wishlist. Hope you are well and thank you, Jen!
I hope you enjoy The Wilds if you decide to pick it up x
Your vlogs are always a joy :) I finished ten books this month so 2021 is looking like it'll be a good bookish year!
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Was excited to see alfian on your TBR list; glad you enjoyed it! As a malay-muslim singaporean reader of malay sketches, i saw myself in so many of his stories which was wild because there are barely any works of fiction that represent the person that /i/ am so specifically, so it was wonderful to see your take on the book. Makes me want to read it again with fresh eyes!
Wonderful & insightful as always, thanks Jen ❤️
I find the Vlogs very relaxing. Hope you had a Great Birthday.
Thank you 🧡
I grew up with my mum who was an avid reader, she always had at least 5 books on the go at any one time, (I can only cope with one book at a time). I am in awe of anyone who can juggle multiple books! 👍
I don’t mind juggling a nonfiction, a short story collection, a novel and a poetry collection but when I have multiples of those on the go it starts to frustrate me x
@@jenvcampbell mum always had a non fiction book (she read cookery books like a novel), and a memoir/biography, so probably only 3 fiction books at any a time x
A delightfully cosy Sunday evening video, I really struggle with poetry but I am trying to try a collection each month to get more familiar with it so thank you for the recommendation. I also find it really helpful hearing poetry aloud so you reading through one helps me to engage a bit more.
Happy to help! x
Another lovely video 🌻and I think I'm going to try that gnocchi recipe this week! Looks amazing.
Happy cooking! x
I loved this video! Thank you for the link to Poems of the Underground. The individual poems I liked the most were sold out, so I went for set 73 that has 2 I quite like. (Wish I could have gotten Buses on the Strand, described as fat tomatoes finally released from traffic to Trafalgar Square. ❤️
Enjoy your poems! x
Lovely vlog! Finishing off all of your current reads is such a good feeling 😊
Definitely! Check back in a month’s time when the pile will be back again 😂
Happy the vlogs are back! Very interesting collections! 😊
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That gnocchi sequence was mesmerizing! 😋
I’ve tried to read lots of books but I find that if I’m to give my attention to an author I have to read one book at a time and if I’ve been emotionally invested it takes me some time to come out of that particular world.
I have a book to suggest for you, I think you would enjoy it. It’s called Intimate Nature The Bond between Women and Animals edited by Linda Hogan, Deena Metzger and Brenda Peterson published by Fawcett Books. It’s a series of essays full of folk lore. I hope you can find a copy, mine was picked up at one of the many second hand bookshops that we used to frequent. I had my first vaccination on Friday but who knows if it will still work in 12 weeks time??? I can’t believe it’s nearly a year since I went to Liverpool or saw my friends. Thanks for the vlog. I’m going to make gnocchi having watched your cooking. Hugs 🥰
Lovely vlog, thank you for sharing xoxo
This was so well timed, I’m also doing this today. 2 books down, 1 to go!
Happy reading!
That line got me at throat. Thanks for sharing it
Loved the snowy ambiance. 😊 Also wanted to say thank you for your Xmas recommendation of Becoming Unbecoming - read it three weeks ago. It was excellent and extremely moving. I did a dual review for it (with another graphic publication on the topic of sexual trauma - illustrated by Emily Carroll no less) for my channel. Good thing I read it here (here being the psych clinic I'm currently staying in) though, because it dredged up a lot of difficult emotions (but they need to be confronted, so ultimately it's a good thing).
Love that Northern Lights card, and the Tube poem poster; that's such a neat initiative! Take care. ☺️
promptly added Tiny Moons and Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles to my tbr. also, them's the biggest garlic cloves I ever did see! (also also, you look absolutely lovely in that light green jumper, cosy aesthetic rating 100)
it's natoora garlic. Super large! :) x
Such cosy wonderfulness - thanks Jen! I’ve just finished It’s a Sin and it emotionally destroyed me. Also, really want to give that recipe a go! X
Happy cooking! x
Happy Birthday! 🎉 One of my resolutions this year to read all the books on my TBR 🌚
Good luck ☺️
This was a lovely vlog to curl up with with ome iced tea this weekend :D. Hope you had a nice birthday!
Thanks, Nancy. I hope you’ve had a good weekend x
Appreciate the vlog, Jen :) :)
Thank you x
Lovely video as always! Now I’m hungry for those delicious looking gnocchi... Also, happy belated birthday! :)
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Lovely vlog! And wow, I'd never heard of the Poems on the Underground project, how amazing! Ordered a poster right away and it's already on its way to Germany :) Thanks for the recommendation.
Ah, which one did you get? x
@@jenvcampbell Set 73, mostly for Composed upon Westminster Bridge. If I can't travel to London, London has to come to me :)
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You always talk about so many interesting books 😊
Happy birthday 🎂😍
Enjoy your videos 🌿
Very nice vlog, take care.
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Hi Jen! I love that Quasimodo's poem, and yes you are right, mostly everyone knows it by heart! We have another one even shorter, Giuseppe Ungaretti's : M'illumino d'immenso. Clive Wilmer says this about its translation: "A rough translation would be "I flood myself with the light of the immense", though the vagueness of that is alien to the poem's terse musicality. The open vowels and the repeated ms and ns create a mood of wonder, evoking the light of a new day starting to flood the sky. The two lines capture something deep in consciousness that responds to this great but commonplace event out there in the external world." (here: www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/31/featuresreviews.guardianreview6)
Also for Christmas I was gifted a book you talked about in a previous reading vlog, Where the Wild Ladies Are" by Aoko Matsuda. The North American edition starts with a different short story than the English one (Do you know why they do that?), and yes, at the beginning it's a bit slow, but going further with the stories the characters return, and there is an overarching story that connects them all. I found it a nice light read, not amazing, but enjoyable!
I wrote this comment halfway through the video, I just got to the part where you talk about interconnected short stories! >.
@@bdiamanti Thank you for sharing the link! :) x
Have you read Before the coffee gets cold by a Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi? I really enjoyed it.
Yes, I have. If you ever want to check to see if I’ve read something, just search CZcams for my name and the title of the book, and any relevant video will come up.
I don't suppose you know where the dried flowers were purchased from? They're lovely.
Afraid not, but you can drop Sanne a message on Instagram/CZcams/Twitter to ask her @booksandquills x
I know one couple who play escape room games on zoom with friends
We haven't tried that with these as both couples would need the set of cards, but we do sometimes play boardgames with friends over Zoom if we both have the same ones :) x