gosh, your selection is always so exquisite, Kat! it's like walking around a book store and just picking up and checking out different books. so soothing!
Oh wait, thank you so much for this! I feel like I maybe bought it because I heard it was a good intro spot to start, but then got re-intimidated because anything plato feels intimidating haha. Ill dig that out of the piles and move it to the top of the list!
I love what you get out of your books and would love a video explaining your note-taking method as I know you have a notebook dedicated to your readings.
I’ve been in a reading slump since November. it’s not that I don’t /want/ to read, but the thought of reading a book is exhausting and reading more than a chapter whenever I do seems impossible. I have pretty much all of these books on my online tbr and I want to read them so bad 😢
OMGOSH I feel that! Sometimes taking a break is needed! (or maybe trying a different format/genre?) But take your time getting back into it. The wonderful thing is that these books will always be here for us when we're ready to get to them. No rush ❤️
The stars aligned !!! I still can't believe you spotted the beautiful edition immediately after talking about it. 😆Also, I haven't heard of 'The Crane Wife.' It sounds so good... immediately requesting the audiobook from my lib!
The Crane Wife is soooo special! I want to hug CJ Hauser hahahah. She has an essay in the paris review which is like a snippet if you want to get a feel before committing 😂
Green Dot was so good! I have never rooted for a morally gray character as much as this main female character. I also really jived with the humor throughout the book.
SEEEEE! Hahaha the sentiment around the book are SO truly mixed! I loved that the writer got you cheering for our messy main girlie 😂 Ok, I'll bring it back to my pile to consider before the end of the year hahaha
subscribed in the first minute of watching. such a great taste in books, i found boks for my tbr almost immediately! i'm always looking for some books that will make me a well-rounded reader and your channel is a promising source 😊
Awwww wait omg this is so sweet! Happy that youre here, and we def try to read a little bit of everything in this corner of the internet, so hope it continues to be aligned ☺️♥️
Oh my goodness what a SOLID tbr and haul!! I took so many screenshots (as one does on a kat vid) but most intrigued by the ones about friendship. I have oddly been reading more this year, but this year it’s been such a need-to-escape mode for me.
Always love us a friendship read! Did you ever read Big Friendship? That's a great one too to add if you're wanting more of that! And that's ok, you can be our outlier piece of data 😂 I hear you on the escapism, though! Sometimes that so necessary
Yay🙂. Added "How to think like a woman" to my cart. I also want to dip into philosphy texts. "The lying life of adults" is one of my favs-you will love it! My reading has been slow, so I am just rereading books i love. Currently on a James Baldwin binge.
Yay! From the little bit I read it was interesting, I hope we both get along with it haha. And Omgosh a Baldwin binge sounds sooooo ideal! Which of his books are you reading right now?
This month I read "Giovanni's room" "Another country"and "The fire next time". Will likely pick "If beele street could talk" next and more of his essays.
YESSSS! Ive seen some people start to pick it up and really vibe with it! Im so glad! I might try to make that my audiobook nonfiction read so that I can get to it soon too!
I get soo excited for your videos! The clips of the bookstore makes me feel present with you. I love the way you decipher books. Your TBR constantly adds to my TBR list. I just picked up a signed copy of Fighting For Our Friendships by Danielle Bayard Jackson. I’m really excited to dive into the topic of female friendships. Female friendships really set the pinnacle for all intimacy.
Awww this is so sweet! And YES to finding a signed copy! How cool! I so so agree with you, I feel like it's suchhhhh an underrated (and undervalued!) exploration, that of friendship between women. It really often is the building block for intimacy! (there's a whole conversation about how were socialized to replace that with a romantic partner too, which is so unfortunate). I hope you enjoy your time with that one!
Aw, enjoy All About Love! And First Love wasn't what I was expecting, but was so wonderful in an unexpected way. I hope you enjoy it when you make your way to it!
I have the Philosophy book out from the library..reading snippets first thing in the morning. Oh the Ferrante. I started reading that in 2020 but never kept going . I love having the reminder dear to try it again.
I love love loveeee that you're reading bits of it in the morning, it seems like the perfect way to consume it! I might borrow your strategy in the summer and do it that way. And yes! A return to Ferrante is always a great thing!
so excited for you to read audre lorde again - highly recommend zami as well!! how to think like a woman sounds really intriguing. drifts didn’t 100% hit for me when i read it last year but i’m toying with the idea of rereading it 🤨 loved what you had to say about the intensity of early friendships, made me want to read first love even more!!
Yes! Zami I read fully in undergrad, but I would love to revisit it again with a fully baked brain hahaha. And oh no re: Drifts! Ive only seen positive things. So so curious what your reading of it would be on your second go! Its hard to tell which books need that second comb through and which ones were just ... mid for us, you know 😂 And ugh, First Love was such a special read!
Ok so you’ve made me really, really want to read Thirst, A Good Happy Girl and House Gone Quiet. Colm Toibin is great. I would suggest the prequel to Long Island, Brooklyn. It starts in Ireland and then heads to, you guessed it, Brooklyn. Hahaha. I’m now desperate to know who it was who has blurbed Blessings. Ha! Spill that 🫖 tea.
I honestly love all the encouragement towards Toibin! I requested Brooklyn from my library, but the queue is endlessssss so we'll see when we get to it. Too many good books being released, its a wonderful problem to have! And *whispers* a certain ngozie adichie
Hi Kat! I enjoyed the video. Book hauls are my favorite videos to watch. I have added Namwali Sepell's stranger faces to my TBR. Nearly all the men in Lagos are mad, sounds very funny. Enjoy reading all those books!
Oooh, I don't typically do hauls but it's great to know you enjoy watching them! Taking notes! Hahaha. The Namwali sounds soooo intriguing! Excited for both of us to explore her work! Well wishes for your reading too!
That's so true!! I was definitely in a slump and felt meh about books last year, and this year, I have been moving slower with my reading. I'm not concerned about how much I'm reading; I'm more concerned about reading stories that intrigue me. I do have a goal, but I chose a goal intentionally that I know I will hit with my slower pace regardless (70)- reading one book a week with an audiobook a month will get me there. The cemetery of untold stories really intrigues me. I have the audio, but I heard it's good to read as well, so I think I'll have to get a physical copy as well.
No, I truly want the think pieces explaining the phenomenon, cause I think it's sooooo weird we all experience the same thing! But I love setting that intention around your reading, quantity really at the end of the day doesn't mean a dang thing. And you've been reading some good ones! I just requested House Mate because of you sis! The premise of the Alvarez books sounds gorgeous! Libro hooked it up, I might try with audio first since there's something nice about Latinx oral storytelling, but that's good to know people really enjoyed it physically too!
I want to read piglet just for the cover but it’s also radiating mid vibes so ive just been looking at food paintings like noah verrier to scratch that itch
@@katsfieldnotes no but seriously why do all new release have such gorgeous book covers the past two years it’s not good for my tbr . They were so ugly 5 years ago and the paperback was I’ll inevitably be uglier
Negroland is excellent and Quicksand is on my list too. That sounds like a great pairing. Interested to hear how you get on with Zambreno, she’s right in my /our shared wheelhouse but I could never get a foothold with her work. It really is a good year for new releases, though it means I think I’ll get to stuff as soon as the preorder arrives and that hasn’t been happening hah. Reading All Fours run and I’m into it
You're the second person to say that re: Zambreno and now Im scared. I've seen some quotes and have always been blown away, but who knows. She def does seem up our alley though! Excited for your final thoughts on all fours!
COMMUNAL FREAKOUT 😂 I do think it's so cool that we can have lil existential crisis about our silly lil hobby with each other haha (but whats the science behind that!) Hope summer reading treats us all a bit better!
Hi Kat!! Loved the haul! Can’t wait to hear what you think about Julia Alvarez’s book…I loved it! I watched the Netflix show for The Lying Life of Adults so I don’t think I’ll be reading the book (show was goood!)
I’m reading Victim by Andrew Boryga, about 40% in, I’m entertained but nothing to write home about yet. I’m also reading Oye by Melissa Mogollon…it’s cool, but I’m struggling with the way it’s set-up.
0:57 LOL at me just having made mi cafe con leche and chillin’ like imma watch some booktube 😌☕️😃 in my defense, i’ve chosen a rainy day to watch your video 🙈 and it was giving can’t have me catching the sniffles 🤧☔️😅
1:36 yes!!! I got that same edition bc I needed something different to what was being offered to us and it kinda got me to collecting more from the penguin modern classics series bc their uk covers are simply 💯
2:40 always happy to share my bookstore knowledge! ☺️ Also low key have some tea on this book/author (sorta kinda maybe 😆 random gossip i came across) so when you finish we’ll chat but hoping it’s good - I’m telling myself to read it now that i know you are!!
“A portrait of a woman on the brink” say less 🤣 (re: A Good Happy Girl) I’m always down to read a book blurbed by Emily Austin as well. Also, did you know Marisa Tomei reads the audiobook for The Lying Life Of Adults?! I haven’t read it but I feel like it just has to be amazing right? I also completely feel the same about slumping in reading goals for 2024, if slumping is even the right word for it. I’m on pace to read the least amount of books in a year since 2021, and while it does freak me out a bit, I have also been exploring new hobbies and spending more time with friends IRL since before the pandemic. So it’s hard to be too terribly mad about it, ya know? Hoping to get lots of good reading time in this summer though. ❤
Wait I don't know Tomei is, but I just listened to the sample and LOVED! I was listening to Troubling Love last month and just couldn't with the narrator so I gave up on Ferrante audiobooks, but you've turned it around for me hahah I honestly love this slower pace of reading for us! Especially when we're rounding it out with other really meaningful experiences. Finding that balance I def think is the new goal!
I lowkey put that Strout in the video hoping there would be a little peer pressure, cause I need it! 😂 This is good to know! And yessss, can't wait for that Ferrante!
lying life of adults!!! MK did such a good job at selling it to us 😂 even if we didn’t pick it up then bc i am itching to read it soooooooo if we read it around the same time 👀 we should defo chat about it
@@katsfieldnotes To be honest I picked the books blindly. One of them I've had on my radar for a long time, one I discovered recently and the third was written by my professor of Global studies (unfortunately his work hasn't been translated yet into English).
next year, just set your reading goal to 1 book so that goodreads tells you u are X amount of books over that goal! (that's what I've done the past 2 years jaja)
gosh, your selection is always so exquisite, Kat! it's like walking around a book store and just picking up and checking out different books. so soothing!
Eeeeep this is such a sweet compliment, thank you Liane! 🥹❤️
3:23- symposium is actually a really good place to start if you don’t have a lot of experience reading philosophy ! It’s also very good.
Oh wait, thank you so much for this! I feel like I maybe bought it because I heard it was a good intro spot to start, but then got re-intimidated because anything plato feels intimidating haha. Ill dig that out of the piles and move it to the top of the list!
I love what you get out of your books and would love a video explaining your note-taking method as I know you have a notebook dedicated to your readings.
Ooooooh this is a great idea! I'm going to try to work on this! Thanks for the suggestion (and for watching ☺️)
@@katsfieldnotes i second this 👋 i would absolutely adore a dedicated "reading notebook" video!
I’ve been in a reading slump since November. it’s not that I don’t /want/ to read, but the thought of reading a book is exhausting and reading more than a chapter whenever I do seems impossible.
I have pretty much all of these books on my online tbr and I want to read them so bad 😢
OMGOSH I feel that! Sometimes taking a break is needed! (or maybe trying a different format/genre?) But take your time getting back into it. The wonderful thing is that these books will always be here for us when we're ready to get to them. No rush ❤️
you have such great energy!! definitely tuning in on every video nowwww
aww, thank you so much!
The stars aligned !!! I still can't believe you spotted the beautiful edition immediately after talking about it. 😆Also, I haven't heard of 'The Crane Wife.' It sounds so good... immediately requesting the audiobook from my lib!
The Crane Wife is soooo special! I want to hug CJ Hauser hahahah. She has an essay in the paris review which is like a snippet if you want to get a feel before committing 😂
Green Dot was so good! I have never rooted for a morally gray character as much as this main female character. I also really jived with the humor throughout the book.
SEEEEE! Hahaha the sentiment around the book are SO truly mixed! I loved that the writer got you cheering for our messy main girlie 😂 Ok, I'll bring it back to my pile to consider before the end of the year hahaha
subscribed in the first minute of watching. such a great taste in books, i found boks for my tbr almost immediately! i'm always looking for some books that will make me a well-rounded reader and your channel is a promising source 😊
Awwww wait omg this is so sweet! Happy that youre here, and we def try to read a little bit of everything in this corner of the internet, so hope it continues to be aligned ☺️♥️
Oh my goodness what a SOLID tbr and haul!! I took so many screenshots (as one does on a kat vid) but most intrigued by the ones about friendship. I have oddly been reading more this year, but this year it’s been such a need-to-escape mode for me.
Always love us a friendship read! Did you ever read Big Friendship? That's a great one too to add if you're wanting more of that! And that's ok, you can be our outlier piece of data 😂 I hear you on the escapism, though! Sometimes that so necessary
Yay🙂. Added "How to think like a woman" to my cart. I also want to dip into philosphy texts. "The lying life of adults" is one of my favs-you will love it!
My reading has been slow, so I am just rereading books i love. Currently on a James Baldwin binge.
Yay! From the little bit I read it was interesting, I hope we both get along with it haha. And Omgosh a Baldwin binge sounds sooooo ideal! Which of his books are you reading right now?
This month I read "Giovanni's room" "Another country"and "The fire next time". Will likely pick "If beele street could talk" next and more of his essays.
I’m reading Fighting for our Friendships now and love it so far!
YESSSS! Ive seen some people start to pick it up and really vibe with it! Im so glad! I might try to make that my audiobook nonfiction read so that I can get to it soon too!
I get soo excited for your videos! The clips of the bookstore makes me feel present with you. I love the way you decipher books. Your TBR constantly adds to my TBR list. I just picked up a signed copy of Fighting For Our Friendships by Danielle Bayard Jackson. I’m really excited to dive into the topic of female friendships. Female friendships really set the pinnacle for all intimacy.
Awww this is so sweet! And YES to finding a signed copy! How cool! I so so agree with you, I feel like it's suchhhhh an underrated (and undervalued!) exploration, that of friendship between women. It really often is the building block for intimacy! (there's a whole conversation about how were socialized to replace that with a romantic partner too, which is so unfortunate). I hope you enjoy your time with that one!
First Love sounds right up my alley, I’m reading All About Love by bell hooks right now
Aw, enjoy All About Love! And First Love wasn't what I was expecting, but was so wonderful in an unexpected way. I hope you enjoy it when you make your way to it!
I have the Philosophy book out from the library..reading snippets first thing in the morning. Oh the Ferrante. I started reading that in 2020 but never kept going . I love having the reminder dear to try it again.
I love love loveeee that you're reading bits of it in the morning, it seems like the perfect way to consume it! I might borrow your strategy in the summer and do it that way. And yes! A return to Ferrante is always a great thing!
so excited for you to read audre lorde again - highly recommend zami as well!! how to think like a woman sounds really intriguing. drifts didn’t 100% hit for me when i read it last year but i’m toying with the idea of rereading it 🤨 loved what you had to say about the intensity of early friendships, made me want to read first love even more!!
Yes! Zami I read fully in undergrad, but I would love to revisit it again with a fully baked brain hahaha. And oh no re: Drifts! Ive only seen positive things. So so curious what your reading of it would be on your second go! Its hard to tell which books need that second comb through and which ones were just ... mid for us, you know 😂 And ugh, First Love was such a special read!
First Love sounds so cool!!
It was reallllly really lovely!
Ok so you’ve made me really, really want to read Thirst, A Good Happy Girl and House Gone Quiet. Colm Toibin is great. I would suggest the prequel to Long Island, Brooklyn. It starts in Ireland and then heads to, you guessed it, Brooklyn. Hahaha. I’m now desperate to know who it was who has blurbed Blessings. Ha! Spill that 🫖 tea.
I honestly love all the encouragement towards Toibin! I requested Brooklyn from my library, but the queue is endlessssss so we'll see when we get to it. Too many good books being released, its a wonderful problem to have! And *whispers* a certain ngozie adichie
that audre lorde edition!!!
Shes a beaut!
Hi Kat! I enjoyed the video. Book hauls are my favorite videos to watch. I have added Namwali Sepell's stranger faces to my TBR. Nearly all the men in Lagos are mad, sounds very funny. Enjoy reading all those books!
Oooh, I don't typically do hauls but it's great to know you enjoy watching them! Taking notes! Hahaha. The Namwali sounds soooo intriguing! Excited for both of us to explore her work! Well wishes for your reading too!
That's so true!! I was definitely in a slump and felt meh about books last year, and this year, I have been moving slower with my reading. I'm not concerned about how much I'm reading; I'm more concerned about reading stories that intrigue me. I do have a goal, but I chose a goal intentionally that I know I will hit with my slower pace regardless (70)- reading one book a week with an audiobook a month will get me there.
The cemetery of untold stories really intrigues me. I have the audio, but I heard it's good to read as well, so I think I'll have to get a physical copy as well.
No, I truly want the think pieces explaining the phenomenon, cause I think it's sooooo weird we all experience the same thing! But I love setting that intention around your reading, quantity really at the end of the day doesn't mean a dang thing. And you've been reading some good ones! I just requested House Mate because of you sis!
The premise of the Alvarez books sounds gorgeous! Libro hooked it up, I might try with audio first since there's something nice about Latinx oral storytelling, but that's good to know people really enjoyed it physically too!
What an incredible list of books 🥰
Some truly great ones in here!
I want to read piglet just for the cover but it’s also radiating mid vibes so ive just been looking at food paintings like noah verrier to scratch that itch
I feel the same about piglet. It keeps calling to me but I don't think I want to deal with an unresolved mystery
HAHAHHAAH. I want a site that lets us download book covers as wall art because some of these covers are trullllly gorg
@@katsfieldnotes no but seriously why do all new release have such gorgeous book covers the past two years it’s not good for my tbr . They were so ugly 5 years ago and the paperback was I’ll inevitably be uglier
eek even more books to add to my tbr 🫡
the best problem to have 😈
Quicksand is so good!!! Highly recommend
HI EMMA LOVE! Miss you 😭 Wait you're the one who spoke about quicksand way back when! Im so excited to get to it!! Hope you're doing well ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Negroland is excellent and Quicksand is on my list too. That sounds like a great pairing. Interested to hear how you get on with Zambreno, she’s right in my /our shared wheelhouse but I could never get a foothold with her work. It really is a good year for new releases, though it means I think I’ll get to stuff as soon as the preorder arrives and that hasn’t been happening hah. Reading All Fours run and I’m into it
You're the second person to say that re: Zambreno and now Im scared. I've seen some quotes and have always been blown away, but who knows. She def does seem up our alley though! Excited for your final thoughts on all fours!
I just read Blessings and its beautiful. You’ll love it
im so excited for it!
I have been reading super slowly this year and I AM freaking out about my goodreads goal lol
COMMUNAL FREAKOUT 😂 I do think it's so cool that we can have lil existential crisis about our silly lil hobby with each other haha (but whats the science behind that!) Hope summer reading treats us all a bit better!
Great selection! Long Island is the sequel to Brooklyn so, you might want to read that beforehand 😃
THE HEADS UP I NEED! Thank you for letting me know, will definitely pivot to that one first 😂
Big OOH for First Love. Adding it to the tbr!!!
Eeeeeep, I can't wait to hear what you think of it!
Such a good mix. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Piglet and Green Dot. Oh wow, Blessings sounds very interesting.
I keep hearing such praise for Blessings! And yes! Super eager to get to Piglet in particular!!
Loved sister outsider
Love to hear that! Truly feel like that ones a seminal piece
I caved and bought butter by asako yuzuki with the uk cover
Ok but the UK cover of that book is GORG. I understand the capitulation to that purchase 😂
Hi Kat!! Loved the haul! Can’t wait to hear what you think about Julia Alvarez’s book…I loved it!
I watched the Netflix show for The Lying Life of Adults so I don’t think I’ll be reading the book (show was goood!)
I’m reading Victim by Andrew Boryga, about 40% in, I’m entertained but nothing to write home about yet. I’m also reading Oye by Melissa Mogollon…it’s cool, but I’m struggling with the way it’s set-up.
Did NOT know it was a show, so I'll definitely read the book before I watch the show hahaha
0:57 LOL at me just having made mi cafe con leche and chillin’ like imma watch some booktube 😌☕️😃 in my defense, i’ve chosen a rainy day to watch your video 🙈 and it was giving can’t have me catching the sniffles 🤧☔️😅
1:36 yes!!! I got that same edition bc I needed something different to what was being offered to us and it kinda got me to collecting more from the penguin modern classics series bc their uk covers are simply 💯
2:40 always happy to share my bookstore knowledge! ☺️ Also low key have some tea on this book/author (sorta kinda maybe 😆 random gossip i came across) so when you finish we’ll chat but hoping it’s good - I’m telling myself to read it now that i know you are!!
9:21 love this for you and all the readers that went that night to witness three spectacular writers in conversation 🥰🌟🙌🏽
19:41 quote of the video: “it’s here. I own it now.” - lol definitely what i say to all the books I’m just like, how/why did I get you 😅
The idea of collecting the penguin modern classics is GENIUS! They truly are elite!
just found your channel! subbed 💌
Hi Karly! So happy you're here! 🥰❤️❤️❤️
“A portrait of a woman on the brink” say less 🤣 (re: A Good Happy Girl) I’m always down to read a book blurbed by Emily Austin as well.
Also, did you know Marisa Tomei reads the audiobook for The Lying Life Of Adults?! I haven’t read it but I feel like it just has to be amazing right?
I also completely feel the same about slumping in reading goals for 2024, if slumping is even the right word for it. I’m on pace to read the least amount of books in a year since 2021, and while it does freak me out a bit, I have also been exploring new hobbies and spending more time with friends IRL since before the pandemic. So it’s hard to be too terribly mad about it, ya know? Hoping to get lots of good reading time in this summer though. ❤
Wait I don't know Tomei is, but I just listened to the sample and LOVED! I was listening to Troubling Love last month and just couldn't with the narrator so I gave up on Ferrante audiobooks, but you've turned it around for me hahah
I honestly love this slower pace of reading for us! Especially when we're rounding it out with other really meaningful experiences. Finding that balance I def think is the new goal!
Ferrante fangirling, hope you like the lying life ❤❤Strout fangirling too😊
I lowkey put that Strout in the video hoping there would be a little peer pressure, cause I need it! 😂 This is good to know! And yessss, can't wait for that Ferrante!
I second the strout 🫶🏻 she is my anglo saxon ferrante
Long Island is sequel to Brooklyn to read that first!
Noted! Thank you for your service hahahaha that would have been devastating to walk in to book 2
my reading pace has been insane, even by my standards. i set out to read 24 books this year, and I'm already on book #23.
oh look at you go! you are my opposing data point, we need that for a true scatter 😂 congrats on almost hitting your goal too, that's incredible!
hi friend!! i am buckled in and ready to add to my tbr
that audre lorde edition WOWOW you spoke that into existence lmao the clip of you showing the book cover YOU PRECIOUS HUMAN
oooo i didn’t know thirst was written by a latine writer!! vampires & yearning is all i need 🧛♀️
yooo i have been trying to read lucy before bed but no brain empty i cannot read while sleepy
lying life of adults!!! MK did such a good job at selling it to us 😂 even if we didn’t pick it up then bc i am itching to read it soooooooo if we read it around the same time 👀 we should defo chat about it
last year was SUCH a slumpy reading year
I am reading books for my vlogs by authors who have Yugoslav heritage and write about wars and inherited transgenerational trauma.
Oh wow, that sounds so so interesting!
@@katsfieldnotes To be honest I picked the books blindly. One of them I've had on my radar for a long time, one I discovered recently and the third was written by my professor of Global studies (unfortunately his work hasn't been translated yet into English).
niña, that stack at the beginning is H U G E jajaja
damn, that's a beautiful Sister Outsider cover!! me están dando ganas de ir a visitarte de nuevo... the stuff u find in NYC!!
if you end up reading Woman Hollering Creek in the summer instead of the winter, me avisas :) I'd love to join u! I wanna re-read cuz it's a fave
next year, just set your reading goal to 1 book so that goodreads tells you u are X amount of books over that goal! (that's what I've done the past 2 years jaja)
adding Quicksand to my TBR!
love love love that u are posting more consistently again!!