Reading Wrap Up for June and July Plans
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- Joel and I had a great reading month in June. We finished 9 books each, and also talk about our book plans for July. Expand for more information. 👇
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Titles Mentioned 📚
The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a...
Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a...
Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a...
Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, Brad Gooch: bookshop.org/a...
In Tongues, Thomas Gratton: bookshop.org/a...
Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a...
Homebody, Theo Parish: bookshop.org/a...
Gator, M. Tasia
The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a...
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parish
Heartstopper, Volume 5, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a...
Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a...
Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon: bookshop.org/a...
The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a...
Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a...
Close Range: Stories, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a...
Cinema Love, Jiaming Tang: bookshop.org/a...
The Intoxicating Mr. Lavelle, Neil Blackmore: bookshop.org/a...
Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a...
Out At Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player, Glenn Burke and Erik Sherman: bookshop.org/a...
Check, Please! Volume 1, Ngozi Ukazu: bookshop.org/a...
What I’d Rather Not Talk About, Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey): bookshop.org/a...
The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a...
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I am still listening to The Dutch House and so loving it. What I love the most about it is that it is a brother/sister sibling story and the two are so close…like my brother Jon and I…he is my brother that died of AIDS when he was 34 and I was 35. My judgement of a book is frequently having to do with whether it is realistic enough to touch me deeply. This one is working. For Pride month I read Tinman also…it touched me too. Yesterday when I got home from the ocean I opened your sympathy card…more tears, but I am not afraid of tears. Thank you so much. It was beautiful. I also got to hold Roxy’s cremains in her pretty box. I’m weird…I pet the box and gave it a kiss. I’m avoiding dog books for a while. I’m painting Dem rocks to beat the band though. What a day it’s been.
I totally understand--we have the boxes with the ashes of Guinness and Jameson displayed and we say goodnight to them every night. I need to get to The Dutch House at some point. Hang in there!
Sadly Olivia will not be in season three of Heartstopper. 😢
Cocktails and books with Joel and Greg (guest staring Teddy) is the Netflix show we really need.
I would binge-watch that.😄
I'm so bummed she won't be in season 3! And if Netflix calls, we would listen. 😂
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Why not? 😂Lotsa dog lovers out here!
My favorite book of June was My Government Means to Kill Me. Thank you for recommending. Starting July with Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright. It won the Stella Prize and I think it will be on the Booker list. It is definitely not a book for everyone. I want to read Stamped from the Beginning to "celebrate " American history. Keep reading
Stamped From the Beginning is a great read for the Fourth of July weekend. I'm so glad you liked My Government Means to Kill Me! I've heard good things about Praiseworthy.
I wasn’t convinced on Small Joys when you first mentioned it, but after hearing both you and Joel talk about it, I’m sold! It is on audio, interestingly read by author Paul Mendez! Definitely going to listen to that. I am picking up Homebody at the library tomorrow. The Safekeep sounds interesting. I’m a bit concerned about the amount of religion. That’s a big turnoff for me.
I’m just going by whim as usual in July. There are a few books coming out on the 4th in the U.K. that I preordered, which I’ll get to as soon as they arrive. After a day like today, I need something new and exciting to occupy my mind for a bit. And I’m still trying to get back to Glorious Exploits, which the library just kindly renewed for a third week for me.
I think there are mentioned of Isabel going to church in Safekeep but nothing overt--it's more to hammer in that she's a regimented person as you get to know her. I don't think there are any explicit religious references in the book at all.
Reading on a whim in July sounds delightful!
I fell off booktube a few months ago and I’m trying to get back but I must say that your wrap up is always a must for me! You are both so loving and caring to each other, it makes me so happy to watch you talk about books! You’re like a cozy blanket! A lot of warmth goes through that screen and of course Teddy always adds an extra layer! 😉
I appreciate that! I'm glad we can provide some comfort and joy--and talking books with Joel and Teddy is always fun.
After reading Brokeback Mountain, I became part of an online campaign to have it made into a movie. I wrote to Annie Prouix and got a lovely postcard back!! I’ve a story about the going to see the film when it was released in London but it’s too long to go into here.
That sounds like a great story!
Wonderful!
It was me who recommended “The Coast Road” by Alan Murrin. However, my friend just read it and although she said it was “interesting,” she didn’t share my over-the-top enthusiasm for it so let that opinion guide you or not. I take responsibility if you DNF it. 🙂It’s not a fast-moving book but the author captures the gossipy nature of Irish villages so well, and also the feeling of dominance in the women’s lives by the church. I’m impressed with Alan Murrin as a storyteller.
I read The Coast Road this month and while I thought it was a good book, it wasn’t what I was expecting. IDK, maybe I misread the blurb or something, but I had the feeling it was going to be at least a little about lesbian love, and it’s not. It’s about oppressive conditions in Ireland for straight women. So yeah, good book, but not queer, and kinda depressing.
I feel like I will love a book about a gossipy Irish village, so I'm excited! I'm so sorry I couldn't remember your name!
@@LaughingStockfarm1 Oppressive is the right word.
@@SupposedlyFun As the commenter above mentioned, “The Coast Road” is a bit depressing although the storytelling is so good that I was willing to let myself be led down a trail of misery. It’s nothing a good cinnamon bun book can’t remedy.😄
@@MJ-in-Canada Well I love a cinnamon bun book regardless so all good!
I read Tin Man and enjoyed it. I agreed with your opinions on Tin Man. I felt sad for Michael not keeping up with the friendship with Annie and Ellis. I also read The Sleeping Car Porter, a gentle man focused on his future. I appreciated how his fellow porters looked out for him.
I didn’t manage to get to Sleeping Car Porter this month. Hopefully soon!
Love listening the two of you chat books. Just delightful. I also loved Brokeback Mountain, both book and movie.
Thank you! It's fun chatting books with Joel.
I read Tin Man a couple of years ago and I loved it :). I also have Still Life by the same author in my library, I should read it soon, I’ve heard wonderful things about it. I haven’t read Brokeback Mountain, but I’ve seen the movie and cried my eyes out, such a heart-breaking story.
I have a copy of Still Life that I need to get to now. Brokeback is so sad!
Brokeback Mountain crushed me! I felt like I could relate to every characters emotions in that story. I cried for 3 days!!!
It’s so good!
That's me and Tin Man, it's been on my wish list since it came out and I am expecting so much of it by now that I am scared to pick it up.
And here I've added fuel to the fire. 😂
I came to realization what is the MOST precious in your wrap ups. Not just Teddy 😊 It is the love and care you express to each other while discussing books! It is so organically included in the discussion, that sets the enjoyment from the video to another level. Marriage goals! 😊❤ Thank you both!
Thank you! That means a lot.
Recommendation for Joel
The Ministry of Time
It deals with a real life character from the failed Franklin expedition… Graham Gore.
Other recommendations
Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
The In Between by Christos Tsiolkas
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian ( baseball)
The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
I very nearly got a copy of Evenings and Weekends when we were in Ireland, but since it's getting released in the United States this month I held off. Thanks for the recommendations!
Not sure if this will change your mind or anything but I wholeheartedly believe you guys should give the series version of Fellow Travelers a chance because it is drastically different from the book with the addition of the 3 decades in between and added characters. It also subdued a lot of the heavy political part (but still provided the necessary context of the period) to centered more on the love story which painted both of the protagonists in a much better and nuanced light. And if the plot still doesn't work for you then you can always watch it for the chemistry between Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey.
Anyway, love your videos as always and hope to hear more amazing recommendations from you guys in the future 💗✨
I'm very late to this party this time! 🙃
Greg, you could talk to me about The Safekeep if you like.
And, Joel, you definitely have to re-watch Brokeback Mountain. That movie destroyed me completely!
I also love Close Range, it's a fantastic short story collection (with a lot if very unlikable characters on it)! I only just read it a couple of months ago.
And, OMG, I adore Olivia Colman too!
Only two books for me in June. To the Moon and Back by N.R. Walker and That Night by Alice McDermott. That Night was a Pulitzer finalist the year that Beloved won. I enjoyed reading it. I am now reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell.
I hope you enjoy Hamnet! I haven’t read that McDermott book.
Nine and nine! That is solid! 🏆🏆
Great books to think about, again, Small Joys is added to my list. Thank you. Just to say I was shopping unprepared for a 'gay man ' story book, but suddenly realised how many were about the struggles, the hidden , non accepting love, so when I asked for help in my local book shop they said that there are love stories now especially in YA that are happy, not about the struggle of acceptance from family or personal point of view and just a delight to read. Things are moving forward! So they recommend, ' Less ' by Andrew Sean Greer, I brought this for my friend's son who I just adore and hope he enjoys it. Wanted to mention, not sure if available in the US.
Last month I read only 3 books but all were good ones😊
1.My sister,the serial killer by Oyinka
2.Yellow crocus by Laila Ibrahim
3.The 3rd one was by Clark Thomas Carlton.
I have started this month by reading The people on platform 5 by Clare Pooley....
I've heard of small joys a lot recently but somehow looks like you and Joel are the ones who convinced me to add it to my tbr... thank you!
I've definitely talked a lot about Small Joys recently. I remember liking My Sister, the Serial Killer. Thanks for the feedback on the Carlton book!
I'd like to read Homebody but unfortunately my library doesn't have it. I'll have to check Barnes and Noble. I don't often read graphic novels because I don't like turning the page every 2 seconds 😂
There is a lot of rapid page turning for those books. 😂
I just finished Fire Exit, and loved it too. I think Talty has become one of my favorite authors. Thank you for recommending Homebody, I’ve just put it on hold and look forward to better understanding my enby kiddo’s experience. (Do you think it’s teen appropriate and that a 14 year old might like it?)
I've loved both of Talty's books, so he's on a roll for me! I think Homebodies would be fine for a 14-year-old. I can't think of anything in it that wouldn't be age appropriate.
Thanks - enjoyed the conversation.
I did not register that Annie Proulx wrote Brokeback Mountain - duh! I really LOVED The Shipping News - which was a Pulitzer winner, I think? I have read it more than once and could easily pick it up again.
Hi Greg and Joel I have just reserved Small Joys from our library. Much prefer your cover though.
I do like the UK cover more than the US one. But I hope you enjoy it!
You had me at “Navy Seals, all gay, of course”!😂❤
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All 3 of you are cute! Hey up there in Missoula, one of my fave places. Lived in the Rattlesnake.
So Small Joys is not available online?
What a small world! The Rattlesnake is a cute neighborhood. Small Joys probably is available as an eBook, but I don't really read those for whatever reason, so I was holding off for the print book.
I’m ordering a paperback copy from B&N atm.
@@SupposedlyFun I placed a hold on Libby and I’m the first in line!☺️ Only problem was I had too many holds, had to delete and change.