Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join me as I talk about some of the great reading I did during my “no good, very bad” past couple of weeks. Only while filming this video did I realize that all four books are about how the experiences of marriage, illness and disability, various kinds of grief, and the process of writing are intimately linked.

Booktubers mentioned:
Ann Novella @AnnNovella
Bob the Bookerer @BobTheBookerer
Their interview with Fleur Pierets: youtu.be/u5qUDD7dPEQ?si=uyZEAN00yireUaqK
Micah Cummins @MicahCummins
Classics & Company @ClassicsAndCompany

00:00 What’s Been Happening at My House
03:49 JULIAN by Fleur Pierets
09:22 SEX WITH A BRAIN INJURY: Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas
13:27 “A Novel”
14:00 BAUMGARTNER: A Novel by Paul Auster
16:28 DAYSWORK: A Novel by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville (only briefly mentioned)

Essay about how Bachelder and Habel wrote Dayswork together: observer.com/2023/09/dayswork-author-interview-bachelder-habel

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