Jen, I luv ya so much but just in case...if you meant "Urdu" language when referring to Centre book, at least I'd pronounce it as 'oordoo' so like the "ue" sound in "blue"! In case it's not, I'm really sorry for confusing and as a binge watcher I was able to guess a bunch of second bux when you mentioned the first in each pair, just saying...😏😎💯💙💕💙
Yes please to a part 2. Great Video as always. This was a good reminder of recent books and backlist books that you have talked about in the past four years I have been watching.
I always look forward to Sunday evenings, tucked up in bed while I watch your video. Thank you for always recommending such interesting books. I definitely need to read more Wyndham. I’ve only read Triffids.
I love the pairings. Hearing you talk about books like this makes me do the same with books I’ve read and it’s really fun. I also now have several new books to put on my TBR!
Hi Jen, I love watching your videos and wondering if you could recommend any quirky, kooky, darkly comedic books please? I'm 60 and struggle with the new contemporary style. I've loved The Bus on Thursdays, Behind the Scenes at the Museum and Lessons in Chemistry. Many thanks and best wishes x
Thank you, Jen!! The two books that I link in my head that I have read recently are Project Hail Mary by Andy Wier and In Ascension by Martin Mc Kinnis ( spelt differently, I think)
Thank you Jen, I love these videos and am looking forward to part 2! Corrag by Susan Fletcher and Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. The writing style and tone and stories are similar. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood has a similar plot, though the writing style is more humorous and the setting less in nature than the first two. All the books are partly based on real events.
You rarely release a video that doesn't pique my interest in at least one new book! I just picked up There's a Ghost in This House based on an older video and adored it, could you recommend any other spooky themed picture books with clever use of art?
Hi Jen, I love this type of video, as I love making these kinds of comparisons. Added 5 books from your video to my tbr. Had already planned to matchup Julia + Wifedom (won't re-read 1984 because of time constraints, but I'll look at a synopsis to refresh my memory. I do remember I liked the parts with Julia best and thought the book would have been better if that aspect had been expanded. Glad I've lived long enough to see it happen 😁) As for the mushroom books, if anyone hasn't seen it, I'd pair them with a charming documentary called Fantastic Fungi (it might still be on Netflix). 🍄 Lastly, I loved seeing you hold all the books up, because the UK versions really do tend to have better covers than the US versions. Ugly covers hurt my eyes! 😂
Recently read Grievers & Maroons by adrienne maree brown. The books have a strange pandemic theme where people just sort of stop in the middle of what they’re doing & become unresponsive. Lots of commentary on society, racism, grief. They were so good.
The high house / the end we start from - another cousin would be The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ross. Originally written in Welsh and won so many awards. Highly recommend 🎉
Yes I did thanks, but I did prefer Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto and The Women in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura which I know you were not as keen on, I have a few more Japanese authors to head to, I still have The Last Child of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada also The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda there are probably more on my shelves! 😂Only 3 chapters into Pet by Catherine Chidgey and loving it so far.
I recently read Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin and it reminded me of Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. Great recommendations! Thanks for doing these videos!
Thanks for this video. Looking forward to part 2, hopefully once your voice is recovered from this one. Books I'm tying together. Probably because I read them so close together but I read Mrs dalloway recently (my first Virginia woolf) and also so late in the day by Claire Keegan and I was struck by similarities in them, both short time span, both stream of consciousness in a way , more so for Mrs dalloway but that jumping around in time in thought and memory of (Sorry SPOILER) former relationships and lost loves. Also how both (in different ways) do sooo much with so little in their writing, very effective and efficient imagery (if that's the right word) not really a paring as too different in topic and style but just similarities that caught my eye.
@@jenvcampbell I have another - one I've just read and reminded me of another Just read the blue book of Nebo (ya) and although a very short read it kept making me think of I who have never known men, which although short took me ages to get through. Space for more detailed information for those wanting to avoid it - not quite spoilers though. Similar in plot as both connected to post apocalyptic but one with multiple pov and one not. So much about them were different but the fact that both look at survival of a child in that circumstance and that child growing up and being almost isolated in some ways. Though that they made good companion pieces to me.
I haven’t read Yellowface, but I think people who enjoyed it would also enjoy Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou - covers a lot if similar themes and is just excellent in general.
