Reading 2024 books!

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Join me as I finally talk about a few of the books I’ve been reading lately--all new!
BOOKS DISCUSSED:
We Loved It All by Lydia Millet
Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley
Other People’s Words by Lissa Soep
Trondheim by Cormac James
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
EVENTS AND CREATORS MENTIONED:
#MemoirMay ‪@jaimee-kate‬
#MentalHealthMay #MentalHealthMay Marilyn Maya ‪@MarilynMayaMendoza‬ and Kim ‪@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH‬
#MiseryMay Scott ‪@GunpowderFictionPlot‬ and Gemma ‪@GemofBooks‬
MY 2024 BOOK REVIEWS (published in Open Letters Review):
WRITE LIKE A MAN by Ronnie Grinberg openlettersrev...
TO BE A JEW TODAY by Noah Feldman openlettersrev...
THE LETTERS OF EMILY DICKINSON edited by Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell openlettersrev...
CARSON McCULLERS: A LIFE by Mary Dearborn openlettersrev...
CHASING BRIGHT MEDUSAS: A LIFE OF WILLA CATHER by Benjamin Taylor openlettersrev...
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15 сен 2024

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Комментарии : 52

@bradykelso8682 3 месяца назад

Can’t wait to read Dench’s books. Wonderful video, Hannah! You’re fabulous!

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Thank you very much, Brady! That is so kind of you!

@krzysamm7095 3 месяца назад

Dame Judi Dench is one of my favorite British actresses. She is moving in everything that I have seen her in.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I love her, too! She's lost much her sight, so when she's quoting Shakespeare, it is all from memory. Just wonderful.

@karlalikestoread 3 месяца назад

I love what you mentioned about how we carry bits from people we have known and loved with us in our speech. So sweet and very true!

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Karla! I see you have a new booktube channel yourself-and I am looking forward to taking a look later! Welcome!

@karlalikestoread 3 месяца назад

@@HannahsBooks Thank you so much Hannah! I’m having so much fun so far. I’m excited to keep improving my ability to talk to the camera 🙈

@novelideea 3 месяца назад

I have Dame Judi’s book on my holds at the library and I’m really looking forward to it ❣️

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I hope you will enjoy it!

@MarilynMayaMendoza 3 месяца назад

Hello Hannah, thank you so much for participating in mental health, May.. I enjoyed your analysis and insight on the books you read about grief. I also agree with you about second person. It often doesn’t work for me for the same reasons you stated. I’m looking forward to reading Judy Denches‘s book. She is one of my favorite actresses, although I haven’t seen her in a Shakespeare play. I am back from a very enjoyable and extremely active vacation. So I am enjoying sitting back and watching videos from Readers, I admire like you. Aloha my friend.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

It was such a treat to see you with Lindy! I'm so glad you were able to travel. Enjoy your catch-up!

@hartereads 3 месяца назад

I'm looking forward to listening to the Dench book. Thanks for recommending it!

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I can't wait to hear what you think!

@BookChatWithPat8668 3 месяца назад

What a rich and varied reading experience, Hannah! I love all of your reviews as they are always so thoughtful and measured. Judi Dench’s book is one I especially want to read. Thank you for another great video, Hannah! 🥰

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for your kind words, Pat! I can imagine you might love Dench's book.

@BookChatWithPat8668 3 месяца назад

@@HannahsBooks I think you are right!

@eusaypdx 3 месяца назад

I too loved Judi Dench's book, very candid and entertaining ❤

@HannahsBooks 2 месяца назад

It was such a sweet and joyful book!

@TimeTravelReads 3 месяца назад

It's always delightful to hear from you Hannah.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Thank you! So glad you're here!

@TriumphalReads 3 месяца назад

We Loved It All is one I plan on getting to at some point soon. Didn't know about the prayer emphasis in it. Other People's Words and Shakespeare The Man Who Pays the Rent are also books I'd be interested in getting to as well. Thanks for some good recs Hannah!

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I think you might really enjoy We Loved It All--and also that you will have a lot to say about it. Prayer is not extensively discussed--just stuck out to me, but it might not to you. Thanks for stopping by!

@BookishTexan 3 месяца назад

That Judy Dench Shakespeare book sounds great.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

It is quite charming!

@recentlyseenreading 3 месяца назад

Bakhtin - there’s a blast from the past I didn’t expect. Using heteroglossia to describe that sense of language echoing between people is interesting. Perhaps it’s also a way of thinking about the ways language and gesture travel through generations.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I'm sure literary critic scholars could explain exactly what is wrong with this kind of application, but I found her take on it absolutely fascinating!

@readandre-read 3 месяца назад

Thank you for these thorough yet non-spoilery reviews, Hannah. I think I saw the Judi Dench book in my library's new acquisitions list and Ill be looking for it. I'm definitely up for something delightful.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

The Dench is casual and fun--while still pretty nerdy. Seems like a perfect summer read while waiting for an outdoor performance of Shakespeare in the Park to start!

@marciajohansson769 3 месяца назад

Thank you for this video. I started to listen to Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley . Was looking for something to deal with the grief of losing my brother to suicide. I had to take a break from it as I typically listen to audiobooks in the car. Not a good combo trying to drive and listen to an emotional book. As always I learn so much from your commentary on the books you read. Be well.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Oh Marcia… I am so, so sorry. It can be healing to read about grief-but there are times when it is just too much…

@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 3 месяца назад

It waa lovely to hear you talk about recent reads for a change. I can imagine that use of the first person plural would raise my hackles so I am not tempted by the Millett. I suspect I would enjoy Dench's book and it would make a good present for Tilly.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I can imagine Tilly might enjoy it! It is casual and chatty-very much not academic. More like having tea with an older woman who is looking back on her fascinating life.

@jorgem71962 3 месяца назад

I have Judi Dench's book on my pile. Most likely will listen to the audio.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I love hearing Dench talk! Just a warning though: the audio doesn't really feel like an off-the-cuff conversation, which somehow I was expecting.

@ThoughtCouture 3 месяца назад

Thanks for putting Trondheim on my radar! It sounds like a novel I’d love, so I’ll definitely check it out 😊

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I’m eager to hear what you think of it!

@lindysmagpiereads 3 месяца назад

Thanks for these reviews. I listened to Millet’s We Loved It All and didn’t notice her use of ‘we,’ but I did feel a nonspecific irritation that I blamed on Xe Sands’ narration. You sold me on Judi Dench’s Shakespeare; I’m now 20th in line for the audiobook at my library.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

How interesting! I was recently trying to decide on a narrator for an audiobook and Xe Sands was one of the choices. I loved her voice, but for some reason I just could not connect with her reading style in the little sample. Hope you enjoy the Dench!

@lindysmagpiereads 3 месяца назад

@@HannahsBooks I find Xe Sands has a cool, rather diffident delivery that works well with some texts and not with others.

@davidnovakreadspoetry 3 месяца назад

I thought, Oh! I’ve had a book by Bakhtin on my shelf for decades, and this is the first thing that’s made him sound interesting to me. Oops, no. That was Bakunin on my shelf. So it’s another name to search out. But Judi Dench sounds delightful and even more compelling. 😂

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Just to warn you: my take on Bakhtin is so non-serious that you should take it with a grain of salt!

@bouquinsbooks 3 месяца назад

Like many other viewers who left comments, Judi Dench’s book is the one that interests me the most. I am also curious about Grief is for people. I have been very lucky in my life so far that I never had to deal with the death of someone very close to me, but it is only a question of time before I will have to grieve for someone (unless I die first, of course, but I prefer to ignore that possibility 😁).

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Grief is one of the things that happens to all of us at some point, that unites us, but it is also has the ability to make us more alone than ever. I hope you won’t have to face it for a long time. ♥️

@LiterateTexan 3 месяца назад

I'm looking forward to the Dench book on Shakespeare, but I don't know when I'll be able to get to it. I always enjoy your videos. ❤

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I hope you get to peek at Dench, given your history of attendance at Shakespeare performances! It is cheerful and easy--and might be great if you ever have days when you find your concentration lagging...

@LiterateTexan 3 месяца назад

@@HannahsBooks It sounds wonderful. I miss going to the Dallas Shakespeare Festival each summer, but I hope to be able to go next summer.

@Leoslittlebooklife 3 месяца назад

Last year I read Lydia Millet’s novel Dinosaurs and was very impressed by it. It was the first book by her I read, and she addressed similar topics in it, our relationship with nature. I did not sense any religious undertone in it, but hearing this as an element in it this new book, puts me off. I’ll stick to her fiction 😬.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I've not read Dinosaurs and should really give it a try! The religious reference is fairly small--and I think she means it in a relatively metaphoric way. I might be overly sensitive to this issue...

@marciajohansson769 3 месяца назад

Thanks! sending an email with some of my daughter's writing she is allowing me to share with you on the grief of losing her father. As I mentioned before she destroyed so much of her writing which I treasure even the memory of reading them. Regards, Marcia

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for your generosity, Marcia! Both the tip and the shared poetry! I am eager to read it this evening! ♥️

@myreadinglife8816 3 месяца назад

Sounds like you got a lot out of your reading lately! I only picked up one book for Mental Health May and I haven’t finished it yet but it has been excellent.

@HannahsBooks 3 месяца назад

I’m looking forward to hearing about it!