Mid-Year Reading Check-In: Some Favourites and Hotly Anticipated

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Hello! I’m Bob, and now that we’re at the midpoint of the year, I wanted to look back over some books I’ve loved, and some others I’m excited for!
00:00 Introduction and Books I’ve Loved So Far
05:23 Upcoming Books I’m Excited For
Books Mentioned:
Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey
Rónán Hession- Ghost Mountain
Laura Pawson- Spent Light
Ali Smith- Gliff
Han Smith- Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking
Rebecca Watson- I Will Crash
Alexis Wright- Praiseworthy
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5 авг 2024

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@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 22 дня назад

A new Ali Smith is always something to celebrate.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Yes! It should be a national holiday!

@TheLeniverse 26 дней назад

Glad to see these mid-year update videos still coming out. There was a flood of them in early June, and I was like "We're not halfway through the year yet!!!" 😅 Also, I still haven't made mine. 🤪

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ahah yes! Where has the time gone?!

@hannahlosttheplot 17 дней назад

100% agree with you about the joy of reading Ali Smith. I also loved Little Scratch and can't wait to get my hands on I Will Crash!

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Oh it’s an intriguing book- I hope you like it!

@lindysmagpiereads 23 дня назад

I’m very excited about Ali Smith’s new book! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

I’m so excited for it!

@bmaei5 25 дней назад

New releases. I read the new translation of Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Douglas J Weatherford, and enjoyed it. A man goes looking for the father who abandoned him and probably finds out more than he wanted to know. Loved Spent Light. The possessions you own, their past history, and then your history with them. Just started After World by Debbie Urbanski and enjoying it immensely. Sen Anon chronicles her days and waits for a digital afterlife.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ooh, I haven’t heard of those two- thank you!

@deegrows7589 24 дня назад

Two books I recently read and loved - The Mermaid of Black Conch and Leonard and Hungry Paul. I look forward to reading Ghost Mountain because I love how Hession writes! Next up is Small Joys.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ooh, yes! Both such fantastic books!

@benreadsgood 26 дней назад

The Han Smith one sounds really interesting - will be looking forward to your thoughts on that one! And Spent Light is one I’ve thumbed in a bookshop a few times, so if you love it that might be my impetus to pick it up… 👀 Hope the brain is back to full strength soon, Bob! 🧠

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Yes! So excited for the weird and wonderful books out at the moment!

@ianp9086 26 дней назад

I have all three of those on my shelf and hope to get to them later this year! I am just getting to James at the moment. I agreed with everything you said about Ali Smith and can’t wait for a new one from her!

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Every release of Ali Smith is a cause for celebration!

@janeshuttleworth5563 21 день назад

I know you loved the Night Alphabet so if these three are better then I must read them!

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Oh yes! I really should have carved out a space for that on this list!

@thelefthandedreader6632 19 дней назад

I may now be sold on at least trying Praiseworthy. I keep looking at it at the library!

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Aha, I could talk about it for hours! I hope you like it if you do read it!

@GeraldineRowe 23 дня назад

My favourite read of the year so far is Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon, although there are plenty of other recent releases which come not far behind. My best surprise read was Two Years Before the Mast by Henry Richard Dana, a telling of the author's time aboard a ship sailing round South America to California when it was still part of Mexico (pre-Goldrush). Not normally my kind of thing, but I read it with Google Maps open beside me and found the descriptions absolutely fascinating.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Oh I really want to read Glorious Exploits! And Two Years sounds amazing! Thanks for the heads-up!

@rudy679 26 дней назад

'It's not a race but, you know...' Bob being in a race with himself. 😅

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ahaha, why do I always do this to myself 😂

@rudy679 9 дней назад

@@BobTheBookerer you love books too much

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

@@rudy679 aha, it’s a gift and a curse 😂

@Showmeyourshelfie 25 дней назад

Praiseworthy is next on my TBR and I'm looking forward to it. I just finished a fun Indigo press book called Boy with a Black Rooster. Its set in the middle ages and written like a Hams Christian Anderson tale in novel form for adults. It's everything I had hoped Tyll would be. I think Tyll might have more to say about German identity but this little lovely book was a lot more fun. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to your reaction to the Booker announcement later this month.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ooh, I really wanted to read Black Rooster! It sounds incredible!

@readandre-read 26 дней назад

I am determined to get to Ghost Mountain this month or next. Your other top 2 sound really interesting as well. My standouts so far include James, Blackouts, Long Island and All My Puny Sorrows.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Oh I loved it so much! And ooh, those are great standouts!

@janethansen9612 25 дней назад

I am still plodding my way through Praiseworthy. Over 5OO pages now, but can only manage a few pages a day. It is so dense I am struggling but determined to finish. On the side I'm reading Parade by Rachel Cusk but finding it a bit confusing. At least it's a short book and I'll be finished with it in the next day or so. Hopefully the next book I pick up will be more engaging.

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Aha, yes! I agree with that about Parade! I enjoyed it but don’t know what I read.

@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 26 дней назад

All the books on your list are books I haven’t read. Ghost Mountain sounds great. I may be the only person who didn’t find Leonard & Hungry Paul funny. I had 16 5 star books in the first 4 months of this year. May and June had one 4 star. My reading has been not great since May. The weather is truly awful here. It’s more like winter. For example the long range forecast says it will be only 6 degrees on Friday. Rain, rain and more rain. It’s very depressing. Best books so far Enter Ghost Brotherless Night Greta& Valdin Hello Beautiful Tom Lake Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Haworth ( brilliant debut ☘️) Service by Sarah Gilmartin ☘️ Solider Sailor Ordinary Human Failings How To Build A Boat The Caretaker by Ron Rash Bandit Queens North Woods Strong Female Character by Fern Brady Fayne by AnnMarie MacDonald Stone Yard Devotional by Charolette Wood ☘️👋🍀📕📚📖☕️🤗

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Ooh, those are some fantastic books! And yes! I thought Sunburn was so well done!

@ameliareads589 26 дней назад

What is the German book you are looking forward to? 😉

@BobTheBookerer 9 дней назад

Aha, I actually can’t remember now, but looking at my shelves, it’s probably either something by Erpenbeck or Saša Stanišić, who I’ve been meaning to read for ages!