What I Read in June 📚
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- I chat about all the books I read last month. xx
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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:
Lara by Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
TOAST review (with giveaway) tinyurl.com/y8qxo83r
my interview with Bernardine / cb3lcidp9fo
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Darling by Rachel Edwards
She Clown by Hannah Vincent
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Holly Exley / @hollyexley
essay on Medium / how-to-do-nothing
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
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The audiobook version of Girl, Woman, Other is stunning. The narrator gives it so much life. It's a joy.
It is indeed ☺️
I'm about to finish girl woman other. It is fantastic. I feel great empathy for most of the characters. It is so well written and totally believable
I can’t remember the last time I finished reading a book and immediately started from the beginning again ♥️
I also read Mr Loverman in June and thought it a little bit superb. I love to see older characters represented in fiction, but to have older characters represented with such depth and humour filled me with admiration for the author. She-Clown and How to Do Nothing both sound like books that I might seek out in future.
I hope July's reading brings you a few new favourites.
I looooove the phrase you used: “it went into my brain and ironed things out.” HOW ELOQUENT AND SPOT ON! Sometimes I have trouble articulating how a book has changed me, or how it’s affected me in general, and I’m definitely going to use that phrase in the future. Haha besides that, awesome video. I really would like to read ALL of the books you recommended! Especially How to Do Nothing. :)
This video was an absolute pleasure. It's impossible not to get caught up in your enthusiasm. Your recommendations never disappoint and I'm thrilled to add more titles to my list. As an added bonus.. I love listening to you.... Your accent, your phrasing, your eloquence. I love your channel. Thank you for all you share with us. 💕
I read Girl, Woman, Other when it was short listed for The Booker and loved it. I also recently listened to it on audio in preparation for a book club discussion. It was so good both ways. I have Mr. Loverman and Blonde Roots TBR.
I can't wait to start working my way through Bernardine Evaristo's back catalogue of books so many of them sound amazing . Thank you for sharing your thoughts on these books with us xxx
She’s a gem 🧡
There's nothing wrong in buying books without reading them?
Every time I get a patreon notification of a new video I internally happy dance. Watching this on my lunch break :)
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Best books I’ve read in June
All the Lives We Never Lived by Arundati Roy
Pieces of Me by Natalie Hart
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer 📖📚☘️👋☕️
I've become totally obsessed with Bernardine Evaristo since reading Girl, Woman, Other. I was blown away by the book and it's really stayed with me. I'm currently about halfway through Mr Loverman and like you totally love Barrington. Looking forward to seeing how the story resolves. Also picked up 3 of her other books, because of reasons. x
I also read and enjoyed How To Do Nothing last month. Almost read like a memoir to me, definitely a unique approach.
I read quite a few books in June, including several Agatha Christie novels and the first three of the Detective Inspector Huss series, but my two favorites were The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark and Burn by Patrick Ness.
I’m reading Girl, Woman, Other at the moment! I’m glad you liked it, it’s made me more excited about my next reading session (:
Hurray! ♥️
While I've seen Girl Woman Other everywhere I haven't been sold it as well as you just did!
Hope you love it, too, if you decide to pick it up!
I loved these reviews, Jen. In depth, articulate, and with such a lovely artist eye and ear. Your reviews are always fascinating, but these really stood out to me. I just ordered Mr Loverman yesterday. I’m still sort of looking for an entry into Girl, Woman, Other. I’m not sure what is keeping me from picking it up. It seems a bit intimidating. Perhaps it’s just the length. I’ve got the physical book and the audiobook, so between the two, I should be able to get into it. Your discussion on it here and the quote you read definitely pulled me in. I am determined to have it read before the Women’s Prize is announced, so if my beloved Hamnet doesn’t win, I’ll at least be able to compare. 😊
Thank you so much for sharing, I love your videos and the way you describe the books. The last thing I read was the story "Who Moved My Cheese", I found it quite fitting for the moment, it was a interesting read.
I definitely want to read Girl, Woman, Other. I keep hearing such wonderful things! :)
I've not read Evaristo before but Mr. Loverman is definitely a book I want to check out.
I also read Mr Loverman in June and it just made me so happy!! I've also read Girl, Woman, Other and really liked so now I need to read more of Bernardine's! I've wanted to read How to do Nothing so badly and the way you spoke about it made me feel like I might have to buy it soon..! My other favorite book I read in June was My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland :-))
I'm sold on How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell. Thanks, Jen
I just finished Helium by Rudy Fransisco, picked up again Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna - Samarasinha. and ordered (on its way!) You Are Enough: Love Poems for the End of the World by Smokii Sumac.
I'll be checking out Girl, Woman, Other when I am able to. Thank you for another wonderful video.
I read girl woman other last week and loved your igtv interview.
I’m glad 🧡
i also just put down How to do Nothing. I loved the beginning but struggled through the rest of it and DNF'd it. I might give it another go after hearing your thoughts, which i appreciate!
Always enjoy your videos Jen, especially putting them on and having you chat to me while I cook. I just finished reading Dept. Of Speculation by Jenny Offill and The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
What have you been cooking recently?
@@jenvcampbell A lot of pasta! Haha. And last week I made carrot cake for my moms birthday 😊 She died a few years ago but I like to make cake on her birthday still :)
Aimee-Claire Smith That is such a lovely thing to do! ❤️
I finished 14 books in June which is just bonkers! I finally finished Becoming by Michelle Obama on audiobook. My favourite physical book I read was probably Normal People by Sally Rooney. I just bought Girl, Woman, Other and will be getting to it very soon.
ahh I really need to read Girl, Woman, Other!
"that's his address" etc i replayed that just to listen to you say it again:)
I didn't like Girl, Woman, Other I think it's just not for me. I like the sound of She-Clown and I have the Romona Ausubel book, but I haven't read it yet.
Mr Loverman sounds like a good read!!!
I don’t know how you got that from what I said...
@@jenvcampbell I thought 'pot boiler' meant something alongside 'breathtaking' and 'a damn good story' lol, not something derogatory eek :'D
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Also i'm still seething all the publishing dates being put back. AND CAN YOU BELIEVE BERTRAMS! Bl**dy hell! wtf! i can't believe it! Grief!
i'm reading Ahmet Altan sword wound and it's rubbish, but i paid good money for it not cheap, so i'll finish it. because of an Elif Shafak book review. It's one of those written by a randy old bloke books europe had lots of in the 60s where freudianism meant everything dissolved into sex - she goes to worship, has half an orgasm, sees a handsome man, imagines she's in love, has an orgasm blah. Plus it's like wm maxwell 'the chateau' also reading (his dullest to date, but he can write) the woman has no character. Not that there's excess of that with the man. Like Ali Smith, es is someone whose books are just alright who writes book reviews that would sell ice to an eskimo whose taste in literature is dreadful, i should learn: what you most like reading and should read more of is, her book reviews! 'the chateau' is pretty dull when the arrive there, up until there it's beautiful, perfect, because he captures that travelling feeling so absolutely perfectly. Which is what i most miss. (I know, i should say 'i miss my friends' but it's that feeling of freedom i really miss.)
yeah this has been a sht reading year, 'everything i read turns to sht' to misquote Midas, srsly random and not making me ungrumpier neither!!!!!!!!!!!! I've managed to find a sht Cynthia Ozick book to go with the dull Maxwell! I mean, every sentence was a masterpiece, but the whole was water, nuffink. I think austen's emma has been the best book i read and i am not a fan of rereading, it's just free is a great price and gutenberg is there
I really disliked how to do nothing. First, it is an essay collection, with seperate essays, not connecting chapters. Second, if I want to do read half baked ramblings, I can do it for free on reddit. Though the joke is on me, since I really wanted it for the cover. Also, I was really tired of bird watching by the end of this book, and found the whole 'connect with nature since that's our human destiny' vibe really annoying.
Each to their own.
Sir...what is this?
…This is the Que.
The que... to what?
Why...the que to grow,
and soon you will go,
to new places and new heights,
where you will shed all of your woe.
Oh...is that so?
It is,
for here your soul can never be low,
for rapture you shall eternally sow,
as you go toe-to-toe with the wonders of the firmament,
just beyond this pretty blue bow.
Now cut this bow, come on, don’t be shy...
it’s time to say goodbye
to your understandings below.
it’s time to go beyond the sky.
It’s time to reach beyond your dreams.
It’s time to go where imagination can’t take you,
it’s time to exceed the seams of reality.
for here you can only grow.
Now don’t say it ain’t so because it is,
and it always has been....
well...
so.
Now blow a final kiss down below
to all that you know,
for it’s time to start the real big show.
And your soul, in throe of transcendence,
beyond this pretty blue bow,
shall forever glow
all so bright,
all without blight,
in this transformative flow,
and I promise to throw you back
with a ruthless attack
if you decide to say no
and go back
to all that you know,
down below.
Endless gifts I will stack all for you,
as long as you stay in my sight
and keep me in the know,
but I know you won’t stoop low.
Face it, your only way is forward;
your only way is my delight;
isn’t that right?
As you go,
past this pretty blue bow,
in this que
of this marvellous hue,
beyond this blue,
into all this white,
all so bright
and out of divine sight.
Come with me into the light...
and begin your new life,
for this is the last step of your old life,
or was it a life,
or was it a lie?
Whatever...say goodbye.
Your old journey,
your first,
your false,
started low.
Your true journey starts here
Now
And
my
my
are you high.
Now whisper
bye
bye
to all behind,
and shout a very loud hi beyond that pretty blue bow.
It's time to fly.
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