My best book so far: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, it blended magical realism, philosophy, and fantasy - I went in blind and it was an amazing experience 🖤
First time I see this book mentioned in a bootube channel and I'm so glad it was - it's stunning and so magical, so personal it the way it's written. My all time favorite book, so happy you enjoyed it!
@@afoxasden I never see it mentioned either! Have you read more by him? I picked up 3 others after falling in love with Invisible Cities but haven't started them yet 🙊
@@wandering0wonderland I have, finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, which I also enjoyed but it's a bit different from Invisible Cities - it's more meta rather than soft magical realism but I recommend it because Calvino loved books and literature so much and you can feel it in the way he writes and how he addresses the reader (it's portmodern and quite inventive, about a reader that bought Calvino's latest book but it wasn't properly printed so we following him trying to find a good copy while ready the first chapters of different books). I'm currently going through his Italian Folktales - he went through Italy collecting and editing these tales so it's not really his work but I love the way he writes and tells stories. Which ones did you get? :D
@@afoxasden @The Foxas Currently have; If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, The Baron In the Trees, and Marcovaldo. I can't wait to read another, trying to pace myself but likely won't put it off for too long. I plan to reread Invisible Cities every year 🖤 Do you have other authors that give you similar feelings? After reading it I was so excited to have stumbled upon something so unique and equally distraught by the idea of never discovering anything quite as magical or like it again 🙈
1. War and peace (re-reading) 6. Carmilla 7. Sheridan le Fanu 8. Edward Rochester 9. Pierre Bezukhov 10. The Broken Wings 11. Persuasion 12. Oliver Twist 13. Anna Karenina, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo, Germinal, Great Expectations, The Forsyte Saga, Toilers of the Sea and Pearl S Buck's books
I'm reading Never Let Me Go right now and loving it. I agree that knowing nothing about it going in is the best way to go. You should do a spoiler filled video so you can talk about it more for people who have read it.
Ahh I’m so glad you’re loving it!!! I was thinking about doing a spoiler filled video, but I feel like I have so much to say that it will be 10 hours long! Might as well just recite the whole book for a video hahaha
I think Never Let Me Go was the first book that ever made me cry. I cry easily over books these days, but back then, it was UN-HEARD of. It was my first Ishiguro and it is only maybe my third-favourite of his novels today. That really says a lot about the power of his works!
1. best book- Anne of green gables is now my favorite book ever 2. Best sequel- Anne of Avonlea, clearly a new favorite series haha 3. New release I haven’t read yet- I don’t know 4. Most anticipated release- the third book in the inheritance games (the final gambit) 5. Biggest disappointment- the magic steeped in poison, I thought I would love this one since its a fantasy book with the magic system based on TEA but I ended up dnfing after 3 hours of the audiobook, I couldn’t get into the story 6. Biggest surprise- one piece and hunter x hunter, for some reason I didn’t think manga would be something for me but I was so wrong and I am now on the sixth volume pf hunter x hunter and the ninth of one piece 7. New favorite author- L. M. Montgomery, her writing and stories are just everything I need 8. Newest fictional crush- I don’t get crushes on characters unfortunately 9. Newest favorite character- a tough one but Anne Shirley 10. Book that made me cry- heartstopper 3 11. Book that made me happy- the wind in the willows 12. Most beautiful book bought this year- the selected works of the Brontë sisters and Anna Karenina (thank you for that recommendation, I am so excited to read it) from the vintage classics 13. Books I need to read this year- the final empire by Brandon Sanderson, the whole Anne series by L. M. Montgomery, Illuminae by Kaufman and Kristoff and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
1. Best book: The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen, Radio Silence by Alice Osman, Crime & Punishment and Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky for sure 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (it's freaking amazing; I love Red Rising so much) 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (so utterly interested in this book) 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I seriously have no clue what is going to be released in the near future 5. Biggest disappointment: In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (just wasn't what I had expected it to be) 6. Biggest surprise: How much I enjoyed Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Tove Ditlevsen, because this woman is a freaking genius 9. Newest favorite character: Apollonius from Iron Gold and I know he's lowkey psycho but we still love him 10. Book that made you cry: Radio Silence (I was in public, so I couldn't, but gosh did this book destroy me) 11. Book that made you happy: probably Holding Up The Universe 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas; penguin's modern classics addition, it's soo beautiful 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: All of the Dostoyevskys I own and def Anna Karenina, because I'm in the middle of it and it's sooo good; and probably every other book that I started but didn't finish, which is like about ten thousand, so it's gonna be fun :)
1. Best book- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 2. Best sequel- Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas 3. New release I haven't read yet- To paradise by Hanya Yanagihara 4. Most anticipated release- Daughter of moon goddess by Sue Lynn Tan 5. Biggest disappointment- This is how you lose the time war by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar 6. Biggest surprise- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (currently reading) 7. New favorite author- Osamu Dazai and Tatsuya Endo 8. Newest fictional crush- Charlie Lastra from Book Lovers by Emily Henry 9. Newest favorite character- Charlie Spring from Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 10. Book that made me cry- before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 11. Book that made me happy- Spy X Family manga series by Tatsuya Endo 13. Books I need to read this year- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; The count of monte cristo by Alxandre Dumas; Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes and a lot more! but these are big classics that are high on my tbr this year loved the video so much :) 💖
IIRC, To the Lighthouse touched on inspiration and motivation. Perhaps the main reason we have so much trouble finding them is that they tend to find us. However, there was this writer I knew who used to like to chide people like me with lines like: "You make your own inspiration," and "output is proportional to input."
1) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) this has quickly become one of my favorite books of all time. 6) Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata) I had not expected the amount of beauty that Kawabata’s prose would bring to the novel, the plot still makes me raise a slight eyebrow but the prose is incredible so I’m excited to read Snow Country. 7) Edith Wharton 9) Dorian Gray and May Welland (for completely different reasons). 10)The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), if you know you know. 11) Dracula, we read it for class and it was so much fun. 12) The Age of Innocence and Moby-Dick 13) Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia-Marquez), To The Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
@@cassiopeiathew7406 I cannot remember exactly how long I needed to finish MD, tho I expect it was around two months. I very much liked how the writing helped me to feel the tedium of the ocean. Enjoy!
@@jamesduggan7200 I am, the prose is kind of hit or miss with me but when it hits it really hits. I also love the gothic undertones and annotating for different themes.
@@cassiopeiathew7406 Possibly it's not the best time to bring it up, but you may wish to consider the motives of the narrator, Ishmael, in constructing his tale, and if there is anyone willing to back-up his story.
I haven't read very many of Dickens's earlier works, but my favorite by him is A Tale of Two Cities. Can't wait to hear what you think of that one when you get to it!
Never let me go and To the lighthouse are fantastic books indeed, Carolyn! I really want to read East of Eden too. I'd like you make a video only about Kate DiCamillo's books. She's is an amazing author.
Bit late and don't really have answers to any other but the two first questions, but 1. Best book: The Overstory by Richard Powers. Recommend for anyone who loves trees. 2. Best sequel: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce 2) I think you would enjoy The Overstory if you haven't already read it.
Never Let Me Go is my best book of the year so far too. I would love to hear you talking about it with spoilers. Maybe an idea for a separate video? :)
Never Let Me Go is one of my favorite books of all time, I'm so glad you loved it! It's funny to me that some consider it a sad book, because I found it overwhelmingly beautiful, but I had to read it for a highschool literature course so I think studying it academically gives you a different perspective on it. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Hamnet!
1. Best book- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 2. Best sequel- The Vanished Days (Slains #3) by Susanna Kearsley 3. New release Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley 6. Biggest surprise- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 7. New favorite author- Louise Erdrich and/or Elizabeth Gaskell 9. Newest favorite character- Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn 10. Book that made me cry- Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell 11. Book that made me happy- Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaisto 12. Most beautiful book bought this year- Anna Karenina by Tolstoy: 2 volume set Illustrations by Philip Reisman 13. Books I need to read this year- TBR stack is too big 😉
I have actually given 5 x 5 stars this year, perhaps I'm too generous, but they were 'Dickens Women' by Miriam Margolyes *audiobook*, 'Dorian' by Nalini Singh *audiobook* + short story, 'The Cheltenham Square Murder' by John Bude, 'A Scream in Soho' by John G Brandon *audiobook*, 'Muscle and Bone' by Mary Calmes ebook + *audiobook*. I hadn't realised that most have been audio but I do enjoy listening to narrations. This doesn't reflect that I do read many books but so far in 2022 these are my highest rated. I'm currently reading a few books on the go but I am reading and listening to the audio narration of 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, I decided that I'm going to read all of Dickens but at a slow pace as he wrote his works over 1-2 year periods. I figure they should be read that way! So far I'm really liking 'Sketches . . .' this is a work that is made up of many of the short chapters published in Dickens periodical_I think with Wilkie Collins at very earliest period of his writings. I know he and Collins had a periodical that they published together very early on, as they were good friends. This was published in 1836 but includes writing from 1833>
best book i’ve read so far+ made me cry: the inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir! it's a fiction inspired by her best friend (or the person she loved beyond her family), Zaza. it's so tender and passionate; giving us insights of women's struggles in early 20th century France while focusing on the tragic characters. If you enjoy the themes of maternal bond/trap, the pain of wanting to understand everything, living with contradictions, and just being yourself passionately, I think you will enjoy this very much! p.s. I love your overalls in this video
Carolyn , I love your book taste !! How long does it take you to read a book? I’m such a slow reader and if you have some tips I’d really love to hear them
Great video ❤ 1. Best book - Letter to my daughter by Maya Angelou 2. Best sequel - Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong 4. Most anticipated release - The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman 5. Biggest disappointment - Death on the Nile by Agatha Chrsitie (mystery isn't my thing) 6. Biggest surprise - Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion 7. Favorite new author - Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (and Carolyn Marie Castagna, of course! 😉) 8. Newest fictional crush - WIll Herondale (from The Last Hours series) 9. Newest favorite character - Florence Dombey (from Dombey and Son) and Eugénie (from The Mad Women's Ball) 10. Book that made you cry - Enfant de Salaud by Sorj Chalandon and Nothing Holds Back The Night by Delphine de Vigan 11. Book that made you happy - Letter to My Daughter (Maya Angelou) and Chain of Iron (Cassandra Clare) 12. Most beautiful book - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Puffin Clothbound Classics) 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? The Radio Operator by Ulla Lenze, Anne of Green Gables (finally!) and Beloved by Toni Morrison
So I will be reading call me by your name by andré Aciman and then once I get done with that I will read never let me go by Kazuo ishigue and the pearl I have here you talk but it enough to where I am so excited to pick them up I love you channel
I read East of Eden in January and could not put it down! It’s chunky but really worth it. And I’m hoping to read Anna Karenina this summer😊 I’ve been hyping myself up for a couple weeks now lol
I want to answer too :) some of them are from Indonesia, I'll try to mention them in English 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022 : Sang Keris (The Keris) by Panji Sukma, Blackshowman and The Murder in an Obscure Town by Keigo Higashino, and Miracle of Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022 : Not book, but comic Detective Conan volume 100 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to : I dont have 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year : New edition of Laut Bercerita, in english The Sea Speaks His Name by Leila S Chudori 5. Biggest disappointment : Karnak Cafe by Naguib Mahfudz 6. Biggest surprise : Negeri Senja (I dont know how to say it in english, but it's a story about place that always in sunset or something like that, that is the title) by Seno Gumira Ajidarma 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you) : Iksaka Banu and Seno Gumira Ajidarma, new for me :) 8. Newest fictional crush : I dont have any fictional crush :) 9. Newest favorite character : Kamio Takeshi from Blackshowman 10. Book that made you cry : Miracle of Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino 11. Book that made you happy : Hyouka series, specific number 3 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) : Teh dan Pengkhianat (Tea and Traitor) by Iksaka Banu and Sang Keris (The Keris) by Panji Sukma 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Max Havelaar by Multatuli, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, And Then There were None by Agatha Christie, Mahabharata and Ramayana Indian version.
I'll take your word that the chunkier Steinbeck chonks would fit a summer mood. I have mixed feelings about the film version of "East of Eden" as a whole (maybe because it's too long, or maybe too hammy) but it does indeed make decent use of a California summer setting, and I think James Dean knows how to capture Steinbeck flavors in his performance. Regardless, with only two Steinbecks under my belt (the obvious ones, "Of Mice & Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath"), diving back into his work is reserved for when I get my hands on "The Pearl" .... that one is less chunky, right? It'll go smoother on my shrinking attention span.
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin - such a gorgeous little novel translated from French set in South Korea. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Not ready any sequels yet! 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas - promoted as "Mexican Gothic" meets "Rebecca"! 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin 5. Biggest disappointment: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval. Set in early 90's Norway this was supposed to be about a period/music scene I'm interested in (Norwegian black metal) but sadly I really didn't enjoy it. 6. Biggest surprise: No major surprises so I'd have to go with the plot twist in Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Elisa Shua Dusapin 8. Newest fictional crush: Jane Su from One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 9. Newest favorite character: Evelyn Hugo from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 10. Book that made you cry: Tied - both Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston made me bawl like a baby! 11. Book that made you happy: I read The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood during the week my Grandfather was dying as I needed something light and fluffy and it perked me up. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): Rilke's Book of Hours 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: Misery by Stephen King, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: The Inheritance of Oquidea Divina 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Kaikeyi 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Babel 5. Biggest disappointment: Read and Gone by Allison Brook. I really liked the first book in the series, so I thought I'd like the 2nd, but the writing was so cringy! Too bad. 6. Biggest surprise: Extasia by Claire Legrand 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): TJ Klune 8. Newest fictional crush: Mitch from Well Matched 9. Newest favorite character: Taesia from City of Dusk 10. Book that made you cry: The Final Revival of Opal and Nev 11. Book that made you happy: The House in the Cerulean Sea and Tea Dragon Tapestry 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): Gallant 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: I have a huge TBR list, but just a few: I Must Betray You, Circe, Rosewater, Pachinko, Chain of Iron, Gilded, The Rules of Magic, The Piano Teacher, The Stardust Thief, Kingdom of Copper
My absolute favorite is Anna Karenina, which I think is a great place to start! Also, his two short stories “How Much Land Does A Man Need” and “What Men Live By” which you can find in a penguin little black classics edition! :) I hope this helps!
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022 : The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022 : none 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to : I don't know the new releases of this year :( 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I don't know the new releases of this year :( 5. Biggest disappointment : Breakfast at Tiffanys (not my style...); 6. Biggest surprise: Hamnet; 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Zulfu Livaneli; 8. Newest fictional crush: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak; 9. Newest favorite character: Chiyo from Memoires of a Geisha; 10. Book that made you cry: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jouad; 11. Book that made you happy: Love Your Life, by Sophie Kinsella; 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): great majority of books I read on Kindle.... from the few physical books - Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: To Kill a Mocking Bird;
mmm I get it. I’ve recently done the same thing with one hundred years of solitude because I was too overwhelmed with college and couldn’t take the time to enjoy the book properly
You are more than welcome to look up trigger warnings if that’s something you’d like to know before going in! I can gladly tell you that there is no sh/sa violence in the book!
Hi Carolyn :) Emily Henry's Book Lovers is also my new release that I want to get to! Here are my answers to the tag : czcams.com/video/ucwhIeYdW2g/video.html
My best book so far: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, it blended magical realism, philosophy, and fantasy - I went in blind and it was an amazing experience 🖤
Thank you for the recommendation
First time I see this book mentioned in a bootube channel and I'm so glad it was - it's stunning and so magical, so personal it the way it's written. My all time favorite book, so happy you enjoyed it!
@@afoxasden I never see it mentioned either! Have you read more by him? I picked up 3 others after falling in love with Invisible Cities but haven't started them yet 🙊
@@wandering0wonderland I have, finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, which I also enjoyed but it's a bit different from Invisible Cities - it's more meta rather than soft magical realism but I recommend it because Calvino loved books and literature so much and you can feel it in the way he writes and how he addresses the reader (it's portmodern and quite inventive, about a reader that bought Calvino's latest book but it wasn't properly printed so we following him trying to find a good copy while ready the first chapters of different books). I'm currently going through his Italian Folktales - he went through Italy collecting and editing these tales so it's not really his work but I love the way he writes and tells stories.
Which ones did you get? :D
@@afoxasden @The Foxas Currently have; If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, The Baron In the Trees, and Marcovaldo. I can't wait to read another, trying to pace myself but likely won't put it off for too long. I plan to reread Invisible Cities every year 🖤 Do you have other authors that give you similar feelings? After reading it I was so excited to have stumbled upon something so unique and equally distraught by the idea of never discovering anything quite as magical or like it again 🙈
1. War and peace (re-reading)
6. Carmilla
7. Sheridan le Fanu
8. Edward Rochester
9. Pierre Bezukhov
10. The Broken Wings
11. Persuasion
12. Oliver Twist
13. Anna Karenina, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo, Germinal, Great Expectations, The Forsyte Saga, Toilers of the Sea and Pearl S Buck's books
I'm reading Never Let Me Go right now and loving it. I agree that knowing nothing about it going in is the best way to go. You should do a spoiler filled video so you can talk about it more for people who have read it.
Ahh I’m so glad you’re loving it!!! I was thinking about doing a spoiler filled video, but I feel like I have so much to say that it will be 10 hours long! Might as well just recite the whole book for a video hahaha
I think Never Let Me Go was the first book that ever made me cry. I cry easily over books these days, but back then, it was UN-HEARD of. It was my first Ishiguro and it is only maybe my third-favourite of his novels today. That really says a lot about the power of his works!
1. best book- Anne of green gables is now my favorite book ever
2. Best sequel- Anne of Avonlea, clearly a new favorite series haha
3. New release I haven’t read yet- I don’t know
4. Most anticipated release- the third book in the inheritance games (the final gambit)
5. Biggest disappointment- the magic steeped in poison, I thought I would love this one since its a fantasy book with the magic system based on TEA but I ended up dnfing after 3 hours of the audiobook, I couldn’t get into the story
6. Biggest surprise- one piece and hunter x hunter, for some reason I didn’t think manga would be something for me but I was so wrong and I am now on the sixth volume pf hunter x hunter and the ninth of one piece
7. New favorite author- L. M. Montgomery, her writing and stories are just everything I need
8. Newest fictional crush- I don’t get crushes on characters unfortunately
9. Newest favorite character- a tough one but Anne Shirley
10. Book that made me cry- heartstopper 3
11. Book that made me happy- the wind in the willows
12. Most beautiful book bought this year- the selected works of the Brontë sisters and Anna Karenina (thank you for that recommendation, I am so excited to read it) from the vintage classics
13. Books I need to read this year- the final empire by Brandon Sanderson, the whole Anne series by L. M. Montgomery, Illuminae by Kaufman and Kristoff and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
1. Best book: The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen, Radio Silence by Alice Osman, Crime & Punishment and Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky for sure
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (it's freaking amazing; I love Red Rising so much)
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (so utterly interested in this book)
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I seriously have no clue what is going to be released in the near future
5. Biggest disappointment: In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (just wasn't what I had expected it to be)
6. Biggest surprise: How much I enjoyed Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Tove Ditlevsen, because this woman is a freaking genius
9. Newest favorite character: Apollonius from Iron Gold and I know he's lowkey psycho but we still love him
10. Book that made you cry: Radio Silence (I was in public, so I couldn't, but gosh did this book destroy me)
11. Book that made you happy: probably Holding Up The Universe
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas; penguin's modern classics addition, it's soo beautiful
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: All of the Dostoyevskys I own and def Anna Karenina, because I'm in the middle of it and it's sooo good; and probably every other book that I started but didn't finish, which is like about ten thousand, so it's gonna be fun :)
1. Best book- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
2. Best sequel- Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
3. New release I haven't read yet- To paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
4. Most anticipated release- Daughter of moon goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
5. Biggest disappointment- This is how you lose the time war by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
6. Biggest surprise- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (currently reading)
7. New favorite author- Osamu Dazai and Tatsuya Endo
8. Newest fictional crush- Charlie Lastra from Book Lovers by Emily Henry
9. Newest favorite character- Charlie Spring from Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
10. Book that made me cry- before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
11. Book that made me happy- Spy X Family manga series by Tatsuya Endo
13. Books I need to read this year- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; The count of monte cristo by Alxandre Dumas; Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes and a lot more! but these are big classics that are high on my tbr this year
loved the video so much :) 💖
Please read East of Eden! I would love to hear your thoughts about this great book! :)
I will most certainly read it! Hopefully soon!!!
IIRC, To the Lighthouse touched on inspiration and motivation. Perhaps the main reason we have so much trouble finding them is that they tend to find us. However, there was this writer I knew who used to like to chide people like me with lines like: "You make your own inspiration," and "output is proportional to input."
I’ve read The Winners already since I’m Swedish, you will definitely love it! It’s fantastic!
OH MY GOODNESS!!! You just made me so happy and even more excited than I already am!!!
1) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) this has quickly become one of my favorite books of all time.
6) Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata) I had not expected the amount of beauty that Kawabata’s prose would bring to the novel, the plot still makes me raise a slight eyebrow but the prose is incredible so I’m excited to read Snow Country.
7) Edith Wharton
9) Dorian Gray and May Welland (for completely different reasons).
10)The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), if you know you know.
11) Dracula, we read it for class and it was so much fun.
12) The Age of Innocence and Moby-Dick
13) Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia-Marquez), To The Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
Idk about putting Moby Dick on a strict schedule - maybe - it tends to go slowly.
@@jamesduggan7200 12 was most beautiful, although I am trying to finish Moby-Dick by the middle of July.
@@cassiopeiathew7406 I cannot remember exactly how long I needed to finish MD, tho I expect it was around two months. I very much liked how the writing helped me to feel the tedium of the ocean. Enjoy!
@@jamesduggan7200 I am, the prose is kind of hit or miss with me but when it hits it really hits. I also love the gothic undertones and annotating for different themes.
@@cassiopeiathew7406 Possibly it's not the best time to bring it up, but you may wish to consider the motives of the narrator, Ishmael, in constructing his tale, and if there is anyone willing to back-up his story.
I haven't read very many of Dickens's earlier works, but my favorite by him is A Tale of Two Cities. Can't wait to hear what you think of that one when you get to it!
I can’t wait to read it! I’ve heard such great things! To be honest, I wouldn’t rush to read his earlier works! 😂
Good books info, love the way you talk and express, a pleasure to watch your videos.
What do we want? - Etsy Restock!
When do we want it? - Now!
Kidding! - Love your videos. Love your art. You’re awesome. ✌🏽
I just purchased never let me go can’t wait
YESSS
Never let me go and To the lighthouse are fantastic books indeed, Carolyn! I really want to read East of Eden too. I'd like you make a video only about Kate DiCamillo's books. She's is an amazing author.
Bit late and don't really have answers to any other but the two first questions, but
1. Best book: The Overstory by Richard Powers. Recommend for anyone who loves trees.
2. Best sequel: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce 2)
I think you would enjoy The Overstory if you haven't already read it.
Never Let Me Go is my best book of the year so far too. I would love to hear you talking about it with spoilers. Maybe an idea for a separate video? :)
Never Let Me Go is one of my favorite books of all time, I'm so glad you loved it! It's funny to me that some consider it a sad book, because I found it overwhelmingly beautiful, but I had to read it for a highschool literature course so I think studying it academically gives you a different perspective on it. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Hamnet!
1. Best book- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
2. Best sequel- The Vanished Days (Slains #3) by Susanna Kearsley
3. New release Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
6. Biggest surprise- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
7. New favorite author- Louise Erdrich and/or Elizabeth Gaskell
9. Newest favorite character- Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
10. Book that made me cry- Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell
11. Book that made me happy- Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaisto
12. Most beautiful book bought this year- Anna Karenina by Tolstoy: 2 volume set Illustrations by Philip Reisman
13. Books I need to read this year- TBR stack is too big 😉
i looooooved to the lighthouse, need to film my mid year freakout tag video asap
Never Let Me Go is so incredible. Always lovely to hear people rave about it 😊
So glad to hear you love it too! ✨
I have actually given 5 x 5 stars this year, perhaps I'm too generous, but they were 'Dickens Women' by Miriam Margolyes *audiobook*, 'Dorian' by Nalini Singh *audiobook* + short story, 'The Cheltenham Square Murder' by John Bude, 'A Scream in Soho' by John G Brandon *audiobook*, 'Muscle and Bone' by Mary Calmes ebook + *audiobook*. I hadn't realised that most have been audio but I do enjoy listening to narrations. This doesn't reflect that I do read many books but so far in 2022 these are my highest rated.
I'm currently reading a few books on the go but I am reading and listening to the audio narration of 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, I decided that I'm going to read all of Dickens but at a slow pace as he wrote his works over 1-2 year periods. I figure they should be read that way! So far I'm really liking 'Sketches . . .' this is a work that is made up of many of the short chapters published in Dickens periodical_I think with Wilkie Collins at very earliest period of his writings. I know he and Collins had a periodical that they published together very early on, as they were good friends. This was published in 1836 but includes writing from 1833>
best book i’ve read so far+ made me cry: the inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir! it's a fiction inspired by her best friend (or the person she loved beyond her family), Zaza. it's so tender and passionate; giving us insights of women's struggles in early 20th century France while focusing on the tragic characters. If you enjoy the themes of maternal bond/trap, the pain of wanting to understand everything, living with contradictions, and just being yourself passionately, I think you will enjoy this very much!
p.s. I love your overalls in this video
Carolyn , I love your book taste !! How long does it take you to read a book? I’m such a slow reader and if you have some tips I’d really love to hear them
we WILL read northanger abbey this year, maybe october because it's satire on the gothic genre?
YES!!!
The book I read so far was anna karnina and jane eyre I love both books
Yessss two of my all time favorites!
I can't wait to read The Winners!! But I'm also nervous just like you because I don't know if it would live up to the previous 2 books.
Great video ❤
1. Best book - Letter to my daughter by Maya Angelou
2. Best sequel - Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong
4. Most anticipated release - The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
5. Biggest disappointment - Death on the Nile by Agatha Chrsitie (mystery isn't my thing)
6. Biggest surprise - Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
7. Favorite new author - Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (and Carolyn Marie Castagna, of course! 😉)
8. Newest fictional crush - WIll Herondale (from The Last Hours series)
9. Newest favorite character - Florence Dombey (from Dombey and Son) and Eugénie (from The Mad Women's Ball)
10. Book that made you cry - Enfant de Salaud by Sorj Chalandon and Nothing Holds Back The Night by Delphine de Vigan
11. Book that made you happy - Letter to My Daughter (Maya Angelou) and Chain of Iron (Cassandra Clare)
12. Most beautiful book - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Puffin Clothbound Classics)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? The Radio Operator by Ulla Lenze, Anne of Green Gables (finally!) and Beloved by Toni Morrison
So I will be reading call me by your name by andré Aciman and then once I get done with that I will read never let me go by Kazuo ishigue and the pearl I have here you talk but it enough to where I am so excited to pick them up I love you channel
That’s so wonderful to hear! I hope you enjoy all of them! Happy reading :)
Barnaby Rudge was so impossible. I’m determined to finish it,eventually.
It was, but I believe in you! Hahaha
I read East of Eden in January and could not put it down! It’s chunky but really worth it. And I’m hoping to read Anna Karenina this summer😊 I’ve been hyping myself up for a couple weeks now lol
I want to answer too :) some of them are from Indonesia, I'll try to mention them in English
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022 : Sang Keris (The Keris) by Panji Sukma, Blackshowman and The Murder in an Obscure Town by Keigo Higashino, and Miracle of Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022 : Not book, but comic Detective Conan volume 100
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to : I dont have
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year : New edition of Laut Bercerita, in english The Sea Speaks His Name by Leila S Chudori
5. Biggest disappointment : Karnak Cafe by Naguib Mahfudz
6. Biggest surprise : Negeri Senja (I dont know how to say it in english, but it's a story about place that always in sunset or something like that, that is the title) by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you) : Iksaka Banu and Seno Gumira Ajidarma, new for me :)
8. Newest fictional crush : I dont have any fictional crush :)
9. Newest favorite character : Kamio Takeshi from Blackshowman
10. Book that made you cry : Miracle of Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino
11. Book that made you happy : Hyouka series, specific number 3
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) : Teh dan Pengkhianat (Tea and Traitor) by Iksaka Banu and Sang Keris (The Keris) by Panji Sukma
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Max Havelaar by Multatuli, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, And Then There were None by Agatha Christie, Mahabharata and Ramayana Indian version.
I'll take your word that the chunkier Steinbeck chonks would fit a summer mood. I have mixed feelings about the film version of "East of Eden" as a whole (maybe because it's too long, or maybe too hammy) but it does indeed make decent use of a California summer setting, and I think James Dean knows how to capture Steinbeck flavors in his performance.
Regardless, with only two Steinbecks under my belt (the obvious ones, "Of Mice & Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath"), diving back into his work is reserved for when I get my hands on "The Pearl" .... that one is less chunky, right? It'll go smoother on my shrinking attention span.
ALSO YOU'VE CONVINCED ME TO BUY AND READ NEVER LET ME GO WITHOUT EVEN DESCRIBING IT!!!
YES YES YES
Hope you get out of your reading slump! Im reading Northanger Abbey next month 😊
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin - such a gorgeous little novel translated from French set in South Korea.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Not ready any sequels yet!
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: The Hacienda
by Isabel Cañas - promoted as "Mexican Gothic" meets "Rebecca"!
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin
5. Biggest disappointment: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval. Set in early 90's Norway this was supposed to be about a period/music scene I'm interested in (Norwegian black metal) but sadly I really didn't enjoy it.
6. Biggest surprise: No major surprises so I'd have to go with the plot twist in Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Elisa Shua Dusapin
8. Newest fictional crush: Jane Su from One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
9. Newest favorite character: Evelyn Hugo from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
10. Book that made you cry: Tied - both Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston made me bawl like a baby!
11. Book that made you happy: I read The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood during the week my Grandfather was dying as I needed something light and fluffy and it perked me up.
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): Rilke's Book of Hours
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: Misery by Stephen King, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami and The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
I read East of Eden last year. I read the first few pages and was immediately hooked.
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: The Inheritance of Oquidea Divina
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Kaikeyi
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Babel
5. Biggest disappointment: Read and Gone by Allison Brook. I really liked the first book in the series, so I thought I'd like the 2nd, but the writing was so cringy! Too bad.
6. Biggest surprise: Extasia by Claire Legrand
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): TJ Klune
8. Newest fictional crush: Mitch from Well Matched
9. Newest favorite character: Taesia from City of Dusk
10. Book that made you cry: The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
11. Book that made you happy: The House in the Cerulean Sea and Tea Dragon Tapestry
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): Gallant
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: I have a huge TBR list, but just a few: I Must Betray You, Circe, Rosewater, Pachinko, Chain of Iron, Gilded, The Rules of Magic, The Piano Teacher, The Stardust Thief, Kingdom of Copper
which are your favorite Tolstoy books or the ones that your recommend for someone that have never readed him...?
My absolute favorite is Anna Karenina, which I think is a great place to start! Also, his two short stories “How Much Land Does A Man Need” and “What Men Live By” which you can find in a penguin little black classics edition! :) I hope this helps!
@@CarolynMarieReads Yep.! Thank you I will read them :)
Thanks Much!
I loved Book Lovers (and don’t read much romance) 😍
You should read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante!
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022 : The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022 : none
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to : I don't know the new releases of this year :(
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I don't know the new releases of this year :(
5. Biggest disappointment : Breakfast at Tiffanys (not my style...);
6. Biggest surprise: Hamnet;
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Zulfu Livaneli;
8. Newest fictional crush: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak;
9. Newest favorite character: Chiyo from Memoires of a Geisha;
10. Book that made you cry: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jouad;
11. Book that made you happy: Love Your Life, by Sophie Kinsella;
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): great majority of books I read on Kindle.... from the few physical books - Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: To Kill a Mocking Bird;
I wanna read East of Eden too! Have the german version. Maybe we can read it at the same time. 😄
That would be wonderful, though I’m not sure when exactly I’m going to read it! :)
my best book so far would be "The Well of Loneliness" by Radclyffe Hall. Idk if you have read it or not but in my opinion, it's very underrated :')
Just gona grab 'never let me go'❤️😂
Yessss
Carolyn i am going to read a book of Tolstoy and i haven't read Tolstoy before would you tell me which book i should read? (Kinda short book)
i’ve noticed that you stopped talking about doctor zhivago, did you finished reading?
I didn’t actually. I put it to the side for now because I wasn’t in the mood for it, and I didn’t want that to hinder my enjoyment. :)
mmm I get it. I’ve recently done the same thing with one hundred years of solitude because I was too overwhelmed with college and couldn’t take the time to enjoy the book properly
Ah... So no finishing Doctor Zhivago this year 😥😁
Do you recommend looking up the trigger warnings for Never let me go?
Why would you need a trigger warning?
@@catherinep7923 she talked about how devastating and heartbreaking it is and there were hard topics
@@catherinep7923 and she didn't specify what kind of topics they were so I wanna know if there is sh,sa, violence
You are more than welcome to look up trigger warnings if that’s something you’d like to know before going in! I can gladly tell you that there is no sh/sa violence in the book!
@@CarolynMarieReads okey thank you! Don't want to bring up any past trauma 😅😊
Hi Carolyn :) Emily Henry's Book Lovers is also my new release that I want to get to! Here are my answers to the tag : czcams.com/video/ucwhIeYdW2g/video.html
Hello
Where are your beautiful dungarees from?
I got them from Old Navy 😄
@@CarolynMarieReads thank you!
I think you are going to fall in love with East of Eden 🤍