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I love Anne of Green Gables. I first read it in early 2020. I'm middle aged now and I avoided it as a little boy, because I thought it wouldn't be for me. I found it by turns hilarious and very moving, and I was very sympathetic to the main character's plight. None of the adaptations do it justice as far as I can tell.
@@thursoberwick1948 yes! I just commented this and that no one talks about it recently. I heard it on audiobook by the notebook actor Rachel McAdams. It was great.
Interesting, when I looked at my goto list I realised most of my material is self help based. I like Chris Ryan and I had a huge collection of R A Salvatore but not sure where they ended up. Far and away by Niel Peart, Mark Manson Subtle art of series and a few others.
Thank you for adressing Harry Potter in the way that you did. I feel it's necessary to distance ourselves from JK Rowlkng when we talk about it, but still I spend my childhood and teenage years reading this over and over. I respect people's decision not to mention it anymore, but it was so fundamental to my reading life and life in general that yes, it's still my favourite book of all times.
I love a book that i just read that no one ever talks about and it's a classic. Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery. I heard it on audiobook and the actor Rachel McAdams (the notebook) did the voice. It was good.
This really makes me want to reread Piranesi. It was such a good book. I went into it completely blind, thinking I might not love it. But I was so wrong, it's now one of my favs too!
I bought it because so many people were recommending it in their vlogs, but I honestly wasn't blown away. I saw the twist coming from a mile off. It is definitely an interesting concept, but I personally don't get the hype. I gave it a 3*.
It's not a Christy favorite books video without howl's moving castle and I understand your feelings towards that book cause I watched the movie and immediately felt at peace and when I knew there's a book of it from your video I exploded in happiness 🤯
I want to like 100 years of solitude. I really really did. I read it in Spanish (mind and the authors native language) and it was beautiful, don’t get me wrong. I just can’t enjoy a book where such disturbing things happen. Call me weak but I want someone to root for, good moments through the darkness, but 100 years of solitude just feels like never ending misery (which I understand is kind of the point I just don’t enjoy it). Spoiler alert….a dude literally bangs a 9ish year old girl. I hated that. I can’t get over it. Love the writing, hate the story.
Thank you for mentioning this. That means it's a no for me. I have taken to looking up trigger warnings for books before investing in them (time and money). I am sensitive and must be very discerning about the content of the books i read. Sadly so many acclaimed and popular novels contain content that is really quite traumatizing. Not bashing them at all, i have just learnt I do not have the capacity to read them.
It’s not even that for me. Its about the bad decisions everybody makes in the novel that makes no sense at all. All are insane except the grandma…?who at least remains calm and rational. Plus they just have to carry the SAME names each generation. I so want to love the novel but I just, I just can’t😅
@@iynur the grandma is only calm and rational because it is trying to show how she is only the sane person in the family, which also ends up isolating her. The name "one hundred years of solitude" is trying to portray her solitude in life
Some of my favorites, a few overlaps, will definitely have to delve into some of your titles. Moving Frankenstein to the top of my TBR list. Donna Tartt - The Secret History, The Little Friend, The Goldfinch Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow Michael Bishop - Brittle Innings Robert McCammon - Swan Song, Boy's Life Dan Simmons - Hyperion, The Terror, Carrion Comfort Robert A, Heinlein - Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden Robertson Davies - The Deptford Trilogy Robert Silverberg - Dying Inside, Lord Valentine's Castle Joe Haldeman - The Forever War Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian, The Road, No Country for Old Men Brandon Sanderson - The Mistborn Trilogy JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings David Wroblewski - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Stephen King - The Stand, The Dead Zone
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of my favorites. I thought the films version with Robert De Niro was good, Kenneth Branagh is such a great director. I like your Minnie Mouse coffee mug 🙂
I LOVED Piranesi SO MUCH and I can’t find anyone who loved it like I did. We read it for our book club and everyone was like “it was okay but a bit weird” and I just…no…I cried reading it because it was so beautiful and that never happens.
Glad you found something that moved you so much; it’s a special occasion! I didn’t find it very good or surprising but a good read, nonetheless. All the best for you🙂
I adored Piranesi - to the point where I have held off reading it again just in case it disappoints. Have you read Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake? It has a similar feel (or, rather, Piranesi has a similar feel to Titus groan) - dark, gothic and beautifully written. And it will take you 20 pages or so to get into it!
Hi- you might want to check out Ursula K. Le Guin, if you haven't already. She is a wonderful writer who creates enchanting and engaging worlds while provoking thoughts on complex issues.
A lot of these books are either on my wishlist or loved and read to pieces. Read The Travelling Cat Chronicles during my holidays, and as a self-certified cat lover, this book actually tore me to shreds emotionally. Such a wonderfully sad and heartwarming book. :) Will be adding alot of these books to my cart on my next book shopping spree. :)
I loved that book and it took 1 LINE to turn me from feeling ok to a sobbing mess. It was so heartwarming and I want to re-read it soon! I'm tempted to watch the movie but I don't want to get turned into a sobbing wreck again!
Lots of authors now in the past have had terrible points of views on something, it is irrelevant to their books if they are subjects other than their problematic point of view.
this video makes me so excited because Christy gives book recs that are NOT just TikTok books and she also has beautiful video editing. so rare, thank you :')
We share a lot of our favourites! I love Murakami too and I feel conflicted by what people say about him online, as I still absolutely love reading his books. Also about 100 years of Solitude, people might say the "gun violence" part is particularly disturbing because it really happened. It's called the "Banana Massacre" and there was between 47 and 2000 deaths (??? the government was in it too, which explains the crazy estimation).
omg Christy, our tastes are so alike, I really need to start reading the other faves that I havent read yet but I recognize so many of mine in this list aaaaa
on another note: you would love Jorge Luis Borges, he writes, studies and plays with literature in such a way ... I think you would really really appreciate his short stories
so many of your favourite books are my favourite books as well (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc) or the books I haven't read yet but expect to fall in love with - such a wonderful list!
As usual I love to start my Sundays with your videos Christy (I'm from latinamerica) and I'm so happy it's about your favorite books, I've found so many gems thanks to you 💕
That's a beautiful cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude! I've never seen it in the US before. We have many of the same favorites, so I'll def be looking at some of the new ones that you've suggested. Thank you! 💛
So I had a horror story of a Christmas Day and lolled my way over here to find this video. Is there anything more uplifting that watching another person muse about their favorite books and why you should read them? Thank you so much. Lovely. Perfect. I am warmed and feel hugged. I love all the choices. (My recommendation: As Meat Loves Salt)
I've read so many books surrounding the fall of Troy, but I still haven't gotten Song of Achilles though I've wanted to since it first came out. I've got to remedy that soon. Pat Barker's books The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy are from the perspective of Briseis, and they are wonderful. Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorites as well.
idk why i was surprised to see howl's make it when there's a big totoro plush sitting behind you. definitely one of my favourites too. i read it just before the film came out and i have read most of jones' work since. my copy is so worn that the cover is starting to peel a little. i love a lot of the other books on the list too, especially frankenstein and the works of neil gaiman!
I find the way you referred to JK very offending. Just because you don’t agree with a certain point of view, doesn’t mean you can’t even mention her name. Reading so many books throughout your life should have taught you that.
Piranesi was brilliant! I was so surprised that it just swept me in to this world. Thank you for your video so now looking into these books to read for myself. Thank you.
I would love to hear your thoughts on a 2 book story called Shanghai Girls (then Dreams of Joy) by Lisa See- it was also a time skipping story starting the front of Japan's invasion of China. Then later the cautionary tale against communism in Dreams of Joy. For recommendation, Shanghai Girls was the book that made me love reading
I keep forgetting our taste is so similar!! I have overlapping favourites: the goldfinch, Piranesi, his dark materials, murakami and Neil gaiman are fav authors of mine. I love it!! 🥰🥰
Im such a snob. I caught an interest in Murakami as a writer, but scrolling through his books I didn't like the look of the covers. The only one I found pretty was the one you featured in this video.
I love your videos! On your videos like this when you recommend books, could you have a picture of the coveron the screen the whole time you are talking about it or a list in the description please? I watch you on my tablet with Amazon open on my desktop and add any books I want to investigate further to my cart. Sometimes I have to go back twice just to catch the title and author, because you only say it once and I can't read the cover when you putting it back and forth between your hands and moving it around. I would really appreciate that. Thank you!! I'm so happy for you that you finished your novel!!
I am so glad you mentioned Harry Potter. In regards to JK Rowling, I adore her and I won’t cancel her. She has her opinions, and rightly so. We all have opinions and the right to express them without being cancelled. I feel it sad that you can’t see that , oh ya you are from the academia point of view and not a scientific truth, such a shame.
So, I stumbled upon you and this video and thought I wo ups see if any of my fav books were mentioned (only one but I’m sadly extremely lacking in my reading), but then I noticed the card game Sorcerer over to turn side. And then I noticed Gloomhaven, what I think is Clank!, and Through the Ages back behind you. So, even though I couldn’t share most of your book list, I always have to give a shout out to someone with great board games on display (full disclosure-I haven’t played anything but Clank! even though I did back Sorcerer on Kickstarter).
Kayan Kollyn: the spiral of the ellmott & messenger of the secret 😊😊 ❤❤the great fantasy adventure saga book series 😊😊 Waiting for your review on this book😊😊
I am new to the channel. I jotted down the ones I haven't read. Thank you! I do notice that younger (than me 🙂) book lovers always preface their love of J.K. Rowling (if they include her at all anymore) saying they don't agree with her personal views. If we only read things from authors we fully agree with, it would be so boring, and such a limited list, too. Just something I wanted to point out. Good favourite list, and I will watch some of your other videos.
It’s the same with books. Some of my strongest reactions as an reader was reading really appalling things done by horrendous people. Not all books needs to fit in the box. It’s about experience and I absolutely hated things I loved for the first time. Now I am not subscribing to cancel culture and banning books but it’s important to have nuanced discussions about things and and all especially nowadays….
I have tried for years to get my book club to read Frankenstein but can’t forget them to forget the movies. It is a deeply philosophical study of what it means to be human.
I really enjoy your recommendations and have added many to my TBR list. But what I really need to know is what lipstick are you wearing? You wear this beautiful cranberry color that I NEED! thanks!
I don't really understand all the hate that J.K Rowling is receiving. She didn't say that she hate trans people, she said that she, as a woman who suffered abuse, she didn't want a person who is biologically a man in the ladys bathroom, or in woman sports. Let's chill and start to listen carefully what the other person has to say.
Thank you for giving a short summary. A lot of youtubers just say the book names and move on, but it really helps when you give a summary because I can tell if I might be interested in it.
I have! it's brilliant. I didn't love it QUITE as much as Ghost Empire, it was a little less structured because of how it considered the sagas, but I still thought it was wonderful 😊
