Hey! Here on the channel, I'm going to be reading, reviewing and discussing books from around the world, but mostly Asia & Africa!
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Omg. Seriously dude, met girl whwo loved this series, planned to buy her missing books but she kicked me off so i guess i may as well watch it and see if you are right 😅
Sooooo I know the Murtagh book is out 😅 when researching I accidentally clicked on the audiobook option which is why I said October. But my point at the end stands, I’ll be reading the book because the other books were good enough to convince me to!
I so admire your commitment to the Palestinians, and more generally to the rights of all human beings to live with dignity and freedom. It's not the easiest fight, but we owe it to humanity.
Interesting picks! Hope you enjoy reading them. I'm hoping to get through The White Tiger, Goat Days, and The Battle For Your Brain. Inshallah Wish me good luck!
This is so cool. Thank you for making the video 😊. And hadn't heard of the Djinn Patrol, definitely adding to the TBR, ta muchly. Keep putting that Arundhati Roy off cos of that heaviness 🙈. Have been eyeing her nonfic as well. Have you read? Would you rec?
Please do! I’d love to hear your thoughts. I’ve only read 2 of Roy’s non-fiction books. Azadi, which I highly recommend & her book with John Cusack which is also pretty good but I see more as a place to start to go off and read about the things they discuss in it
I personally am not a fan of such books - it has a rather western flavour to it, which isn't what I look out for when wanting to read outside the western canon. Such books, like immigrant fiction, tend to follow the western narrative arc and, to me, it feels much less authentic that way tone-wise.
I understand that perspective. I think I see it as different to writings from other countries, like I don’t apply this to Roy because she wrote in India about India, but books by the diaspora I’d say are a different genre. Yes there’s the western perspective on what they talk about but I think also that is something those of us in the diaspora can recognise for good or bad. But I get it not being everyone’s cup of tea
Loved this video, the recommendations were so varied and I feel like I’m just going to get smarter reading them. I’ll be checking out Malcolm X Speaks. I love the Blackpink top also!
I absolutely love Hiromi Kawakami, and can't understand how she's not more widely known! Just reading The Third Love now, which lead to me finding this video 🙂 I also work in a public library and recommend her books as much as possible!
Ikr! Oooo how is it?? I’m holding off on reading it until Autumn because I enjoy reading a lot more in the colder months 😂 Oooooo I hope lots more people sign up for the library! And take your recommendation.
I know how prevalent covert racism is in this country because I meet the covert racists all the time. The cruelty of nature has left me looking like the stereotype of the tail end of a Britain First march. I've lost count of the times I've been waiting for a bus or a train when some random stranger has tried to strike up a conversation with the same opening line of " I'm not being funny mate but" followed by a tirade about a minority group. I worry about how I appear to other people particularly people from minority communities, do I make them uncomfortable, do I scare them. I saw the rise of the far right in the 70's, I fought them in the 80's and thought we'd have gown out of all that stupidity, I'm so disappointed because I really thought things would have been better by now.
Great video! Suggestions: Salva Almada or Claudia Piniero (Argentina), Nona Fernandez or Alia Tabucco Zeran (Chile), Karina Sainz Borgo (Venezuela). Borgo has only written one novel (It would be night in Caracas) that has been translated. All the other authors have multiple books.
Me Again 😅 The main UK Indie publishers I tend to look at for translated works from different places (I sign up for email newsletters and buy on offer because money is annoying and limited): - Tilted Axis Press (massive rec for Violent Phenomena an essay collection about translation), - Charco Press (good for South American works), - Peirene Press, - Strangers Press, - Saqi Books, - Sinoist Books (I have been eyeing this one up not yet ordered or read anything from them), * my specific book recs list in reply 😊and would love any other publisher recs?
- Solo Dance, Li Kotomi, Arthur Reiji Morris (Translator) (people aren't fans of this whilst I understand the critiques I feel differently and this is one of my all time favourites), - Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, Lin Yi-Han, Jenna Tang (Translator) - Almond, Won-Pyun Sohn, Joosun Lee (Translator) - Shoko's Smile, Choi Eunyoung, Sung Ryu (Translator) - Idol, Burning, Rin Usami, Asa Yoneda (Translator) - Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, Xiaolu Guo (I believe this book is translated but the authors later works are now written in English, but don't quote me), - Is Mother Dead, Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translator) - Tender Is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (Translator) - All The Lovers In The Night, Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator) - I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman, Ros Schwartz (Translator) - Why I No Longer Write Poems, Diana Anphimiadi, Natalia Bukia-Peters (Translator), Jean Sprackland (Translator) - Boulder, Eva Baltasar, Julia Sanches (Translator) - Seven Empty Houses, Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell (Translator) Nonfics - How to be Fascist, Michela Murgia, Alex Valente (Translator) - Woman Life Freedom, edited by Malu Halasa - A Decolonial Feminism, Françoise Vergès, Ashley J. Bohrer (Translator) - Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism after the War on Terror, Christine Delphy, David Broder (Translator) Definitely need to read more and vary from where I am reading, but I stuck to only the books I have read and given high 4 or 5 stars. *listed author name order as per their English book covers, to help finding them.
@BrownBooktuber No worries I hope at least one of the suggestions you like the look of/end up enjoying 🤞. I've only recently been doing the keeping an eye on publishers thing tbf. Sorry if you already know but in case you dont. You might be interested in keeping an eye on the publishers verso and pluto, the wrong video for this comment but dependant on political events they will temporarily make an ebook free to download or heavily discount a relevant reading list. I was able to get a fair few nonfic eBooks related to Palestine for free last year, and the BNP book you mentioned was heavily discounted (not started this yet). Oh and if you choose to read Solo Dance I may skip the review just in case you hate it 😅.
Great recs and I had completely missed the existence of The Dog Who Dared despite having read The Hen Who Dreamed. Also I'd be down for the suggestion video with the authors that didn't meet the criteria here - 'women authors around the world/in diaspora published in English', I am clearly not the content creator because that's like not the greatest video title but I am very curious of the books you wanted to recommend but couldn't.
worry about yourself and your own country rather than getting offended on behalf of us ( the not angry, decent, white English people). Guarantee you didn't watch the video, you got mad at a book title in a thumbnail that Sully didn't even write. Take some introspection and think on why this was your immediate reaction. The topic of discussion is clearly on far right white nationalism/ extremism, yet your immediate response is to ignore the discussion at hand and instead say "what about violent brown people" to an Asian man. Why was this your reaction?
@ridinwithjake serious question: are you so fragile and insecure that you must immediately try to shift the focus off white people (such as yourself) when racism comes up?
@@BrownBooktuber Oh, I was actually waiting for the video (because I don't like Murakami either lol) but didn't know you had already posted it! I just double-checked your channel and it's up. Gonna watch it lol
Hi, I've never read Colleen Hoover and I don't particularly want to.😅 I read Iron widow tho and even if I liked the universe and the first idea of the plot, I don't have a good memory of this reading. I find it a bit boring and well I'm not the biggest fan of the polyamory thing either. But yeah that's for sure that we all have so much better to read than this Colleen Hoover author.
I did get the criticism of Iron Widow, it wasn’t my favourite book but it felt different & I’m a big fan of “mech” shows and stuff so it appealed to me haha. But if it’s not your cup of tea it’s not your cup of tea I respect that 😊
@@BrownBooktuber ah yeah it is a book that is different from others tho for sure ! And it had been a lot appreciated I think. In France at least. yeah I'm not that much into mech shows either 😅 that maybe explains my feeling about it too ^^ but that's what is great with literature. There is tastes for everyone 🥰
I saw some family at a funeral the other day (not related to the riots) and its insane how much more racist they are now. Theres always been prejudice but now they get angry seeing a black guy walking to the shop. Apparently hes walking around like its his country not ours. The asylum seekers? Compared to the nazis and people ask why we stopped the nazis but we cant stop some dinghys while implying (and sometimes just saying) that they should be shot. It scares me how unempathetic my own family can be towards people who look different to them. I cant even imagine having to be scared to go outside because your skin is darker. They want to make Britain great again while actively showing the worst and most disgusting aspects of Britain.
Or what? Are you going to try to kill me? Are you going to try to kill a random coloured person on the street? Come on mate what’s your plan if we don’t?
Ireland has had copycat riots as well, i haven't been in the country but my family counterprotested in my area and the racist cowards did not show up when there was people fighting back. Great video, and very important to make too ❤❤❤
Seconding another commenter - I live outside the UK, but I've seen footage of the riots. The depth and volume of hatred on display is sickening. Sending much love and support to you and your family. ❤
Hey there. Your video got recommend to me on my FYP. It was heartbreaking to hear you talk about how you struggle with finding a response within yourself to the violence and hatred that is on display these days. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be a person of color living in the UK right now, and I feel so much sadness for you. I don’t know if it’s because you wanted to steer clear of the YT algorithm, or if it’s for reasons of conviction, but I noticed you didn’t describe the current aggressors as f4scists. Personally I absolutely think we should. It’s accurate, it adds to the urgency of the debate, and it changes how and with what information we look at the situation. With this in mind, I can personally also recommend The Alt Right Playbook, a YT series by Innuendo studios, in case you haven’t watched it. And I find lots of Three Arrows videos to be incredible pertinent to the debate. Lastly, I don’t think it was ever weird for little Sully to adore Malcolm X. Freedom and justice are struggles that entice all of the working class all over the world. I share your sadness and anger and will never stop fighting our oppressors and their foot soldiers.
Thank you! To be honest I normally would be but I think when I recorded this it was a bit of a stream of consciousness so I think I couldn’t find the right words when describing them, but also, I did get a lot of fascists on my other channel so maybe it was an unconscious decision. I’ll certain check out the YT series!
Like everything in Britain it all comes down to social class. If you are white and grew up with money, it is almost a certainty you know a 2nd/3rd gen British Pakistani who went to medical/law/dental school. Or you're neighbours with someone who did. If you grew up in a dog shit council estate in rotherham you know what's going on with them tinted BMWs parked outside the care homes.. Different social classes have VASTLY different experiences of Multicultural Britain. whether you choose to except that or not is up to you.
I am so sorry about this horrible racist country :( many of us white ppl in the UK love and adore our brown and black and Muslim neighbours and friends and support and love multiculturalism and believe in a global freedom of movement. I am so sorry these racists have been so emboldened and have been so empowered for the past solid decade :(
I've just discovered your channel today and have never clicked a subscribe button so fast! The racism displayed over the last week or so has genuinely had me feeling sick at times, i cannot comprehend some of the things I've seen. It's been a dark time but I admit my spirits were lifted slightly by the counter protests which saw off the fascists the other day. On a side note, i'm really looking forward to checking out the rest of your content.
Strange that they won't riot when prominent white figures are found to have been preying on children for 60 years. But they're quick to hate immigrants and brown people in general. So gross, I truly hope you and yours stay safe.
I just finished this book 😼📚 so loved it! I picked because I love both, cats and books, but also was looking for something lighter. I was surprised on how insightful the book is, highlights not only the love for books but also the importance of them, and "how" we read them and use them in life. It was a lovely surprise. Love your review too, great job reviewing such a lovely book. Thank you!
Very necessary 🙏 in times like these it is important to not fall into the trap that the media wants us to. We need to channel our rage towards something meaningful, sending you courage!
Regarding the end of your video, you mention that their hate is making you hate them. But I don't think it's the case, the anger, the rage we feel will never equate to their shallow and blind hatred. We don't have to be better, we already are, because we care for one and other. Moments like these, it was the case for me in France, we desperately need community. People with similar backgrounds, similar beliefs but more importantly similar empathy. Keep reading, organize, and don't let them get inside your head 🌱
