Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Hello! Inspired by @KDbooks I thought I'd talk to you about the books I struggled to read, and whether or not they were worth it in the end. Despite reading more than the average bear, there are still lots of books I struggle with, particularly it turns out mid century classics, medieval fantasy, and some literary fiction too.

The Big Book Book Club
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Books Mentioned:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - The Swan Book by Alexis Wright
3:58 - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan
6:12 - One Hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8:34 - East Goes West by Younghill Kang
11:09 - A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi Wa Thiongo
14:05 - Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak