I just want to let you know that I really admire the insight you have when you talk about books that I would never be able to verbalize myself. I think it's a gift to be able to speak your thoughts in a direct manner. For example when you started out talking about Sorrowland and you made the connection that so many happy places have the word Land at the end, I thought "oh wow I would have never drawn that connection but it's so true". I would have just looked at that title and just never really think about its real or interpreted meaning. So I just want to tell you that I am always captivated by your discussion on books. I think it's part of what makes you so good at making personalized book recommendations. You really see what's in between the lines.
That triangle shaped thing behind you makes me think of the folding paper game we all played as kids where your friend picks a number & you fold/shift it back & forth with both hands, etc.
a BIG recommendation for a book with a similar vibe as death in her hands is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by olga tokarcuk! inner monologue, evocative setting, weird happenings, gorgeous prose, animals being accused of getting revenge on humans by murdering them… i think you would love it as much as i did!!! sounds right up your alley :)
Glad to see you promote Sorrowland. I thought it was one of the most distinct and creative books from last year, and hopefully more people read it because of you.
Really enjoyed Death in Her Hands as well-the journey it goes through is so meta and surreal! About to check out Eileen (also by Ottessa Moshfegh) soon. You have sold me on Other Words for Smoke!
I knew you'd love Sorrowland! I had this in a random library pickup where my library does blind bags based on genre you like and they pick 3, 5 or 10 titles depending on how many you want and this was my fave of the group they gave me.
I was so worried you were going to give Sorrowland a bad rating... as soon as I started it I was thinking you would love it! So glad to see you also gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I would love and need a book organization video. Not a bookshelf organization video but how you fit it all in your house? I am struggling on how to utilize wall space efficiently.
i’m so glad you enjoyed death in her hands; it was my first read of the new year as well as my first five star :) i love the way the title appears in the book itself near the end….very clever imo
oh my gosh im so relieved you liked Death in Her Hands. its my favorite of Moshfegh's books! i had a feeling you may enjoy it. i also definitely read it as metafiction and loved that part of it! its so dark but playful, and Vesta is such a vivid character.
I loved Only Mostly Devastated! It was one of my favorite books for 2020. It is so interesting how different people can have different thoughts on books.
So excited you loved Death in Her Hands! I read it as an arc and LOVED it but no one else has seemed to share the same feeling 😆💁♀ Being marketed as a thriller, when its not, for sure didn't do it any favors. I don't read much ya but I think I'm going to give Other Words for Smoke a go. Sounds like something I would love. Looks like you had a good reading month with all those 4 & 5 stars, yay! Love that.
I wanna read All My Rage and The Blood Trials. I've been seeing many reading Robin Hobb. But I will definitely be reading Tahir. one of my favorite reads of 2022 so far is Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
The books you gave the highest rating to had the titles you liked. Do you think because you liked the book so much it then made you have more affinity for the title? Like if you had not read the book just read the title do you think you would still like those titles more?
For an organizational idea: what about showing Liam all the books you read and having him put them in order of his most liked to least liked (or vice versa) covers?
I loved your insights on Sorrowland! I really enjoyed it as well, even if the body horror aspects crept past what I can usually handle (I'm a weenie🙈) . I know you've disliked a lot of cult books in the past and have said you think you just don't like them in general, so what's different about Sorrowland for you? Is it that it was just written better in your opinion or was the cult aspect used in a way that worked better for you?
I have two very short stories you might enjoy from a book called Upright Beasts by Lincoln Michel. One is called Things Left Outside, and you can find it for free online
I really really didn’t like Death in Her Hands, it was a one start read for me. I picked it up because My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by the same author was a five star read for me.
God when my iPad first pulls up a RU-vid video, the like button is in one spot but as soon as I hit like, it shifts and makes me hit dislike 😡 sorry if you got a dislike notification! It’s ALWAYS like for your videos.
