Book prize winners, a savage Cusk review, and millions of pages saved • This Month in Book News ✨

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It's my birthday today, so a short description here as I'm short on time... but here's the book news for June!
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00:00 Book news
03:02 New book releases
07:45 Future release announcements
08:23 Prize news and dates
11:37 Books on screen
13:21 Deals
15:04 Feelgood story
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4 июл 2024

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@benreadsgood Месяц назад

It’s great to be back! Let me know what releases you’re most excited for this month 👀

@bibliosophie 25 дней назад

i didn't know there was a new julia armfield! i also liked our wives under the sea, so i'll check it -- thx ben book news network :)

@KierTheScrivener Месяц назад

I loved the Runaway by Alice Munro.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Ooh thanks for the recommendation. Seems like it’s hard to go wrong with her collections!

@ameliareads589 8 дней назад

Happy Birthday, Ben! 🎉 And thanks for putting all this research into these kind of videos.

@benreadsgood 4 дня назад

Thanks so much! ❤️

@katiejlumsden 26 дней назад

The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro is a great short story collection.

@benreadsgood 26 дней назад

Thank you for the rec Katie! 🙌

@ellenmadebookclub 26 дней назад

Happy birthday! Hope you had a lovely trip! Great broadcast as always. 😊

@benreadsgood 26 дней назад

Thanks very much! 🥰

@rudy679 Месяц назад

Can't wait for Passiontide. Loved The Mermaid of Black Conch.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Really interested to see what people make of it!

@maryminnock9863 25 дней назад

Happy Birthday! Yeah to making books more environmentally friendly. One good thing about KDP is Print on Demand - contraception for books, only wanted books get born! 🤪

@benreadsgood 25 дней назад

It is a nice idea but… a world without physical bookshops?! 😱

@Tristan-L-Space-Books 22 дня назад

I really like and appreciate this style of video, as well as the information 🤩

@benreadsgood 19 дней назад

So glad you like it! 🥳

@nathansnook Месяц назад

still so sad with the loss of Alice Munro. if you like Patchett, you'll surely love Munro

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Ben's First Patchett was a HIT so I'm probably going to love Alice's stuff 🥰

@YourTrueShelf Месяц назад

Firstly, happy birthday for yesterday! 🎂 Hope you hauled some books 📚 I completely blame you for purchasing yep new Kindle books!! I bought Rosewater and Playing Games (which tbf were in my wishlist, so great to nab a deal 😊) As usual, a brilliant video - what would we do without these?! X

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you Sarah! I do like the deals for those books that I might not otherwise pick up, but I'm happy to give a go digitally. Interestingly, people don't tend to buy me books for my birthday because they worry they'll get me something I already have (or something I won't like!) Just means I have to buy myself some presents 😅

@nicolesquires141 29 дней назад

Great content & format Ben. Thank you!

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks so much for watching! 🙌

@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 Месяц назад

Happy birthday Ben 🎂🥳🎉🤩☘️👋🍀

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you so much 🥳

@bookofdust Месяц назад

Despite being a short story writer, a surprising number of Munro’s works have been adapted into films. The one I can highly recommend is The Bear Came Over the Mountain from Hateship…. The movie has the name Away From Her and was Sarah Polley’s directorial feature. It’s a heartbreaking mediation on memory, aging, love, loss and letting go and stars a luminous Julie Christie as a woman with dementia. One of the nice things is that Polley being from Canada, she infuses her film with quintessential Canadian elements retaining that sense of location that otherwise are excised in many other of the film adaptations. It’s one of those rare combinations where both the written and cinematic works are both strong and equally exceptional in their own right.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you for the thoughtful recommendation! I have heard good things about Hateship, and if it has this story (and a movie to go with it), perhaps I should seek that collection out first.

@Tetsujin-28 Месяц назад

Belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Belated thank you!

@ReadingNymph 25 дней назад

I hope you had a lovely birthday!

@benreadsgood 25 дней назад

Thanks very much! It was nice, although I took the day off but then realised everyone else was working so spent it mostly pottering about on my own 😂

@karenmoore4430 Месяц назад

Hi Ben all along I have been saying Soldier Sailor for the Women’s Prize but I read Brotherless Night to finish my women’s prize reading and I think Brotherless Night will now win.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Ooh that’s a glowing recommendation. I’m going to get started with it as soon as I finish my current read!

@aleksandrajovanovic4604 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday, Ben! 🥳

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you!! 🙏

@nickyhampson875 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday Ben. Monstrilio is a given purchase for sure. How did you get on with In the miso soup? 🤣🤣

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks very much! I liked In the Miso Soup, although it didn't quite hit 5 stars for me because it fell apart a bit towards the end. But will be reviewing soon!

@sheltercoordinator8387 Месяц назад

Happy birthday! This format is such fun....I'm really enjoying it.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks very much! Glad you’re enjoying these still 😊

@norfolkreads Месяц назад

Happy Birthday Ben 🎉🎉

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you! ♥️

@talithareads Месяц назад

Happy birthday, Ben! 🥳

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you!!! ♥️

@severianthefool7233 Месяц назад

Happy bday! I love these recap/book news videos. Also, that Cusk review was absolutely eviscerating.. yikes

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks! And yeah they didn’t need to go that hard on her 😂

@doloresprocaccio2336 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday! Still loving this new format!

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you so much! 🙌

@tiamarnie7323 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday, Ben! 🎉

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you! 🥰

@booksandsarcasm4713 Месяц назад

Love this video concept!

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks so much for watching, glad you like it!

@cathyi3805 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday, Ben!!! 🎂🎉 Thanks for filming on your birthday! ☺

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you so much for watching! 🙏

@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing Месяц назад

Happy birthday Ben 🎉

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks Keri 🙌

@markhnk Месяц назад

Happy Birthday!

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks so much! 🙏

@glossy1068 Месяц назад

Another great one! And I think it's awesome doing what you love on your birthday. Cheers!

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@Bront-ki2im Месяц назад

Thanks for your sharing, and happy birthday. 🎈

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks for watching, and for the birthday wishes!

@leeh4343 Месяц назад

Happy birthday! Very cute nephew card 😊 thanks for keeping us updated in all things bookish! I saw Alexis Wright talk at the Melbourne Writers Festival and she was excellent .

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks! To be honest I am very intimidated by Praiseworthy because it's so long, but it's getting to the point where I cannot continue to bury my head in the sand. I will have to read it! 😅

@BobTheBookerer Месяц назад

Happy birthday!

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you BobTheBirthdayWisher! 🥰

@Nina_DP Месяц назад

Happy birthday, Ben! I just celebrated mine last week. 🥳 I think I may pick an Alice Munro for this months's Read Good Prompt. I've been struggling to pick something because I don't believe in book shame. 😉

@yellowmeeplereads Месяц назад

Happy birthday! Still loving this series. Playing a little imaginary jingle in my head for ✨~book news ~✨

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

I have been thinking it needs a jingle!!! Music creators hit me up 😂

@neotropic Месяц назад

I love Dear Life collection.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

That one seems to be the most widely available in bookshops! So perhaps an easy one to turn to.

@onourpath Месяц назад

Happy birthday, Ben! 🎂 I hope you love Monstrilio. 🤞🏻

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks! Really looking forward to it and trying to clear all the other stuff I want to read so I can get to it!

@spexi513 Месяц назад

Happyyyyyyyyy Birthdayyyyyyyyy!!!! I don’t find it tragic it all - birthdays and 📚 go together imo 📚🪱💚

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you very much 🥳

@SaraIsReading Месяц назад

Happy Birthday! I've just begun to read the Everyman's Library edition of 'Carried Away: A personal selection of stories' by Alice Munro. It looked like a good introduction to her writing, and the fact that it was an Everyman's h/b was an extra plus.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you! And yes those Everyman editions are lush aren’t they.

@Shelf_Improvement Месяц назад

Have a fantastic birthday. I put Boy With A Black Rooster on my tbr

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thank you so much! 🙏

@readandre-read Месяц назад

Happy Birthday! I'm excited to learn more about the new Julia Armfield book! You can't really go wrong with any Alice Munro collection but my favorite might be Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. I love the title story.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

I’m excited to see where Armfield goes this time. I’m going to an author event of hers in a few weeks so it will be cool to hear her talk about it. Thank you for the birthday wishes! 🙏

@chiayinhung 29 дней назад

This video is informative and entertaining, as usual. Thank you! I’m really excited about Monstrilio, which features love, the supernatural, and tragedy.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed the video! CANNOT wait to dive into Monstrilio.

@cathyg.9996 Месяц назад

Happy Birthday Ben! 🥳🎂 This year’s Pulitzer Prize winner was a bit of a surprise since no one seems to have heard of it. I am not familiar with it either and it doesn’t sound like my cup of tea. I’m currently reading and loving Ordinary Human Failings.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you Cathy! Yeah I'm just not really that won over by Night Watch, but maybe all it takes is someone I know to put up an enthusiastic review 😅 Ordinary Human Failings is great!

@judybrown1624 Месяц назад

I love these videos! I think maybe I say that every month 🤔

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Haha well it’s nice to know you’re still enjoying them. Thanks so much for watching!

@Showmeyourshelfie Месяц назад

The Bear Goes Over the Mountain is a short by Alice Monroe and is available for free from The New Yorker. It's brilliant and I can't recommend it enough. I had a bookclub a few years ago and every other month we did close readings of short stories. This ones one one my absolute favorites. Thanks for the video and happy birthday!

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Sounds like a cool book club! I’ve never been great at very close reading so I want to get better at it. I need to tackle Feorge Saunders A Swim in the Pond in the Rain at some point because he seems like the perfect teacher for it. Thanks for the birthday wishes! 🙏

@Showmeyourshelfie Месяц назад

I have not read A Swim in the Pond but that looks like an amazing way to get through Chekov and short stories in general. Great recommendation.

@nimbustuba Месяц назад

I highly recommend listening to the audiobook version of A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, with George Saunders narrating. I love the his voice and it’s often wonderful when an author reads their own book.

@cecilialau_ Месяц назад

Happy birthday, Ben! Hope your day is fab 🥳 Can’t wait for more Bryan Washington, what an absolute treat it was to read his “announcement” on the two to come 🙌 And I very much agree with you, I know we don’t know celebs personally, but I was still disappointed that Blake Lively would sign up for a coho adaptation… Just being completely honest.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Haha tbh it’s more that I don’t want to watch it but I want to support Blake. I wish she didn’t test me like this!!! Thanks so much for the birthday wishes🥰

@SteveReadswithSeamus Месяц назад

Two books in June for me: Morgan Talty first novel following his award winning debut short stories (US?) Fire Exit and Jessica Anthony’s first novel since Enter the Aardvark, The Most

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Ahhh seeing lots of positive stuff about the Talty. We're not getting it over here until October though!

@SteveReadswithSeamus 28 дней назад

@@benreadsgood I was wondering about that. Is Jessica Anthony an author you see over the pond?

@benreadsgood 26 дней назад

She’s not an author I’m familiar with, but done a quick search and looks like she’s had a few published over here.

@nanimaonovi2528 Месяц назад

I just read 'Lies and Weddings', it's an over the top implausible soap opera. If you like fashion and reality TV it might be a fun Summer escape for you.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

It’s not my usual kind of read to be honest! But I know Kwan has his fans so it felt worth mentioning 😅

@ianp9086 Месяц назад

Any Alice Munro is wonderful but the mid period books like Open Secrets, Hateship, or Runaway are superb. And a new Julia Armfield is a must have! And I think you are right about Solenoid not being released over here.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Hateship has had quite a few mentions, so feels like the one I’m most gravitating to. Thank you!

@ianp9086 Месяц назад

@@benreadsgood I've read all 14 of her collections so obviously a bit of a fanboy but I can highly recommend the ongoing project by the site Mookse and Gripes which takes a detailed look at every story.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thanks for the tip - I visit that group now and then so might have to check it out!

@michaeldornan7737 Месяц назад

Muitos parabéns!

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

Thank you!

@dqan7372 Месяц назад

Can't go too far wrong with Munro. I'd simply steer people around "The View from Castle Rock" as their first read as it isn't representative of the rest of her work. "Dear Life", her last, got OK reviews, but wasn't as universally acclaimed. Readers not keen on short stories would do well to start with "Lives of Girls and Women", a novel in short stories.

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Thanks for the sage Munro guidance! Didn’t realise the had a novel in stories. Will look it up!

@seamusgaelic6447 Месяц назад

It was great to hear you mention Bryan Washington. I've read his first two books, "Lot" and "Memorial". It's good to know he has two more books coming out. Also, as far as Alice Munro, I only just became aware of her a few months before her death. I've read - and can recommend - her short story collection "Dear Life". From my singular exposure to her work, I can understand why she is so highly regarded. I found her collection one of the best short story collections I've read. Lastly: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEN! Now, go out, and get pissed as a fart! It's your birthday!

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

I have Family Meal staring at me from my shelf and I really want to read it. More Washington is only a good thing! I will be having a drink, but not too much… it’s a Monday after all 😅

@katrinamuritala3207 Месяц назад

Noo I paid full price for bodies

@benreadsgood Месяц назад

Early adopter problems!!! At least you’ve supported the author and publisher though. John Murrays are smashing out of the park this year with their releases!

@Nopi9 Месяц назад

Glutton might have got an upgrade with the American cover but dear god why are the rest of the uk paperbacks always such ugly downgrade from the hardback . I don’t like buying hardbacks but the paperback art almost always make me regret not buying them.

@benreadsgood 28 дней назад

That’s so interesting! I often find myself regretting buying a hardback when the paperback is prettier. But probably just confirmation bias 😅