Lena Dunham's book was one of my favourites of last year! I found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable collection of musings and stories. Also, get on "Girls", it's one of the greatest shows of the last ten years. Sending hugs, as always! :)
honestly buying books from charity shops is really good for authors. not only because the amount they'd earn from a book sale is already earned. someone bought that book once. it's fine. not to mention that the amount that gets to the author from one sale isn't much. but also because you're more likely to impulse buy a new author. if you like that book, you go out and buy other books from the author at regular stores at full price. a customer who buys one book is not a great earner. a customer who buys all of your books is very valuable. the business benefit of second hand books is a lot like the benefit of ARC's, except they're not new and someone already paid for it. the advertising from your booktube channel is also worth more than the amount the author could gain from a single book sale. The fact that if they search youtube for the title of the book and can see a review is worth much more than the royalties of that book.
This is off-topic, but I love how honest you always are about spending time by yourself and enjoying it. I easily feel pressured to socialise just because that's what you're kinda supposed to be doing with your time in an extroverted world, so thanks for unknowingly working against that bias.
I love that your book haul is 5 books and not 30 that were sent to you by publishing companies. It confuses me to no end when I see someone show off their three different copies of Harry Potter just because they wanted to get the US and UK edition and then have one that's a paperback or something... It just seems silly to me. Especially when they have 500 other books already. Thank you for never making your subscribers feel inadequate! Hope you had a lovely Birthday :)
Murakami! Murakami! Murakami!!!! Really hope you enjoy, he's one of my absolute favourite authors. He also runs a marathon a year - and he's 65. Very cool man.
I love charity shops, especially my local heart foundation. My brother buys most of his books there and then redonates them when he's finished. The only problem is that most of the shop is now books my brother has donated, and he not only dog ears pages but he also WRITES IN PEN IN BOOKS. If he's ever on a train and has thoughts about the book but doesnt have his notebook on him, he writes in the book. one of his old books has been in there since he left uni 4 years ago. Enjoy your books and happy belated birthday!
I love thrift shop books! If you don't mind sifting through a few dozen romance paperbacks, you can find some real gems. My library also has an event about once a year where they sell off books or other materials that haven't been as popular and are being "phased out," so to speak. It's a great way to try out old/new authors while also helping the library refresh their catalog.
Happy belated birthday Candy! I hope you weren't too lonely on your name day! I love your hair bow/tie thing. I'll be awaiting your review of Not That Kind of Girl! I'm awful at reading hyped books because I'm usually afraid of being disappointed.
I'm guilty of having a shelf dedicated to my Haruki Murakami books. Once you finish one, you just want to read more. Hopefully you enjoy reading Norwegian Wood. :)
Happy Belated Birthday! I have been curious about Norwegian Wood for a little bit now and am glad you picked it up! Looking forward to seeing what you think of it :)
happy belated birthday candice. recently i've been reading "the fall of the house of usher and other short stories" by poe for class. i've read mostly all of his works now, and man that guy is beautifully grotesque. enjoy your new books! :3
I've never really thought about charity shop books in that way before! I'm always going on charity shop hauls and I've never considered how the author is impacted by purchasing books there. It's something that, as an aspiring writer, I really should have considered.
+Leanne Rose Same here! The prices are a lot cheaper than buying from new though (and who doesn't like supporting charities?) :) As someone who can't afford new books all the time, charity shops are a good way to find new authors you like and build up your own collection of books for less money. I do try and get a balance between second hand and new books though!
Charity shops for the win! 80p copy of Jane Eyre anyone? I'm currently reading a library copy of The Catcher In The Rye which is written in a very conversational style so is quite a change for me. I'm trying to read more classics at the moment so the library is my best friend, but I keep getting sidetracked by new books like The Rest of us Just Live Here (oh jesus that cover is gorgeous)
I buy the majority of my books from charity shops because my mum loves having a nosey in them, so growing up, I was surrounded by charity shops/second hand shops and it's always really puzzled me to why more people don't shop in them. I have like 200 odd books and I'd say over 75% of them are second hand. As for library books, I'm still in my YA phase...I read a lot but I feel really illiterate when it comes to famous "adult" authors, especially living in Belfast you'd like to think I knew more Irish authors than I actually do. But nope, give me a dystopian universe and a stroppy 18 year old and I'm happy. The only adult author's books I really like is Stephen King, but that's because he's really all I've read, I just don't know where to start. ((Happy belated Birthday too!))
I'm 200 pages into Norwegian Wood and am loving it SO MUCH! (In fact, I've already ordered Kafka on the Shore, knowing I'll need to read another Murakami very soon.) By the way, I love the copy of it you picked up! I hope you enjoy it!
When I was little, I used to read Roddy Doyle's children's books. They were my absolute favourite and they were so weird. I wish I knew where I'd put them all x
Just paused the video so I could say...I JUST visited the Library a week ago and stumbled across a Murakami book thinking, "why not give it a shot? A lot of other people like him and I love Japan!" So far I am LOVING his writing style! You picked a good author I think :) Okay I will let you carry on with the video ^_^
I've got three unread Murakami books so I should probably get round to reading them... I absolutely adore Submarine. One of my favourites! Wild Abandon was nowhere near as good, in my opinion, but I hope you enjoy it!
I actually just went to my library today! I took out several books but the one I'm most excited about is Vango book 2 by Timotheé De Fombelle! I also finished This Book is Gay by James Dawson today and it was a really good read, I have some criticisms but a few things have changed since he wrote it so I'll let it slide haha! Happy birthday :)
You need to read 'The Giggler Treatment' by Roddy Doyle! And then 'Rover Saves Christmas' because they are both HILARIOUS!!! P.S. I hope you had a nice birthday xxx
Being friends with Taylor Swift is basically the best recommendation you can have. Well, happy belated birthday Candice - hope you had a great day! I'm glad that someone else uses their local library on booktube. I feel like I'm nearly the only person who uses mine which is a great shame because they're such an important resource! xoxo
omg I saw murakami in your video photo and just had to watch!! I love his work definately give kafka on the shore I read by him, or kitchen by banana youshimoto
this reminds that i actually haven't read submarine despite being desperately in love with the film for god knows how long. i should probably do something about that (also u r absolutely in for a treat with murakami!!!)
I hope your hirthday was very bappy!! I hate books written in an accent/dialect. Some people say it's charming or that it adds to the authenticity but I find it hard to read and understand and I think it distracts from the content itself somewhat...anyway I hope you enjoy all your exciting new books :D xxxx
I completely agree!!! I usually give up on them before I finish because it is just so frustrating. I read "Push" by Saphire and i wanted to claw my eyes out. Lol The story itself was wonderful, which made it one of the few ones i could actually finish, but man it was hard!
I just finished reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, and while i didn't check it out from a library or buy it in a charity shop, it was an incredible read. So if you're ever interested in reading a book that talks about mental illness, loss and living your life fully then have a look at it! :)
Norwegian Wood is a great place to start with Murakami. Hope you enjoy it! I found the Dunham really disappointing, it has some fluff and she tries and fails to be Nora Ephron at points but if you're going in cold you'll probably enjoy it more than I did. You should definitely watch Girls, though, it's her best work.
The Upanishads contain eternal, universal truths that have been discovered and realized by many people of different lands and time periods. They reveal the nature of reality and the meaning of life. That volume is a good introduction. Possibly the best 75p you will ever spend, if it resonates with you.
I like Murakami's short stories the most. Girls is a show that I find interesting but depressing. I have to be in the right state of mind to watch it otherwise it just bums me out.
Also, have you read 'man at the helm' by nina stibbe? I read it as I'd be told it was a really funny book, however I didn't find it that funny, it was a really good book but it did cover some dark themes. I'd love to know what you thought of it. Xx
Religions are SO interesting when seen with an anthropological eye! I'd suggest you to start reading studies and essays rather than delving right away into the original texts though, they can be difficult and quite heavy to read. I can give you the titles that made me fall in love with comparative religion if you are interested! And happy birthday, you bright star!
I think Upanishads is pronounce oo-PAHN-ee-shahds, but I'm not entirely sure? I've heard it several different ways. And I'm curious to see what you think of Lena Dunham's book - I also tend to avoid non-fiction, semi-memoir-like books about feminism by white people, so I haven't picked it up, but I trust you to tell me if I should after you've read it. ;) On a tangential note, if you haven't read Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, I *would* recommend it.
There is an oxfam books which i walk past on my way too and from work its very dangerous, accidentally bought 14 books in one week with the justification that most were from charity shops… someone help me
Ah! I have also been trying to avoid white feminist books that state the obvious. so many perspectives and voices out there (especially on feminism) that are more important to buy and read :)
