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00:00 Introduction 01:02 Why I read this book (on Bloodlands & centering Eastern Europe) 03:00 Applebaum's thesis 03:18 Background geography & history 05:02 The Russian Revolution & Ukrainian uprisings 08:30 The USSR & "Ukrainization" 09:20 Diversity within Ukraine - urban vs. rural 10:13 Stalin & colonizing the peasantry 10:53 Collectivization (a disaster) 12:31 "Kulaks' 13:33 The purging of Ukrainian intellectuals 14:31 The decisions leading to the crisis 16:43 Starvation & cannibalism 17:24 The reaction in the cities 17:57 The international cover-up 20:28 Oral tradition & "genocide" 21:10 What is a nation? 22:06 Closing
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00:00 Introduction 01:02 Why I read this book (on Bloodlands & centering Eastern Europe) 03:00 Applebaum's thesis 03:18 Background geography & history 05:02 The Russian Revolution & Ukrainian uprisings 08:30 The USSR & "Ukrainization" 09:20 Diversity within Ukraine - urban vs. rural 10:13 Stalin & colonizing the peasantry 10:53 Collectivization (a disaster) 12:31 "Kulaks' 13:33 The purging of Ukrainian intellectuals 14:31 The decisions leading to the crisis 16:43 Starvation & cannibalism 17:24 The reaction in the cities 17:57 The international cover-up 20:28 Oral tradition & "genocide" 21:10 What is a nation? 22:06 ClosingI wrote a thesis and now I can read againJennifer Jelinkova2024-05-27 | Books Mentioned: -One is None by Kätlin Kaldmaa (translated from Estonian by Miriam McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov) -The Cerulean Bird by Matilda Olkinaitė (translated from Lithuanian by Laima Vincë) -Everything Indicates by Petr Hruška (translated from Czech by Jonathan Bolton) -Dream of a Journey by Kateřina Rudčenková (translated from Czech by Alexandra Büchler) -Julia Hungry by Hannah Louise Poston (video here!: youtube.com/watch?v=t_34IS0pDtY) -Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman -Album for the Young (and Old) by Vera Pavlova (translated from Russian by Steven Seymour) -Everything I Don't Know by Jerzy Ficowski (translated from Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer) -Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow by Natalka Bilotserkivets (translated from Ukrainian by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky) -The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson -Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius (translated from Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles) -Possession by A. S. Byatt -At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill -The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope -Distant Fathers by Marina Jarre (translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein) -Return to Latvia by Marina Jarre (translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein) -The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton -Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton -The Girls by John Bowen -Rattlebone by Maxine Clair -The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value by James F. English -Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the Writer in Eastern Europe by Andrew Baruch Wachtel
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00:00 A reading check-in 04:18 All about my thesis 17:18 The future is a gray cloud of nothingnessI Fixed My Book-Buying Problem | Life Check-In, My Studies, & Reading ChangesJennifer Jelinkova2023-06-01 | Classes from my first semester (including my class with Gospodinov): youtube.com/watch?v=n-EdJ7bI1q4
Books Mentioned: -In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale) -Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder -Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages by Maria Matios (translated from Ukrainian by Michael M. Naydan and Olha Tytarenko) -Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland (translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson) -Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel) -Mondegreen: Songs About Death and Love by Volodymyr Rafeyenko (translated from Ukrainian by Mark Andryczyk) -War with the Newts by Karel Čapek (translated from Czech by M. and R. Weatherall) -The Cowards by Josef Škvorecký (translated from Czech by Jeanne Němcová) -I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal (translated from Czech by Paul Wilson) -City of Torment by Daniela Hodrová (translated from Czech by Véronique Firkusny and Elena Sokol) -Dream of a Journey: Selected Poems by Kateřina Rudčenková (translated fromm Czech by Alexandra Büchler) -Everything I Don't Know: Selected Poems by Jerzy Ficowski (translated from Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer) -The War Within: Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad by Alexis Peri -Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance After Communism by Jelena Subotić -Jozef Pilsudki (Józef Piłsudski): Founding Father of Modern Poland by Joshua D. Zimmerman -Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow by Natalka Bilotserkivets (translated from Ukrainian by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky) -Transatlantic Central Europe: Contesting Geography and Redefining Culture beyond the Nation by Jessie Labov -The Fawn by Magda Szabó (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix)
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00:00 Introoo 01:12 My grad school classes 02:34 Summer plans 03:44 Reading changes 04:30 My book-buying evolution 06:05 Books of 2020 06:26 Books of 2021 07:38 Books of 2022: Part 1 08:23 Books of 2022: Part 2 15:25 Books of 2023 17:12 Final tallySchool started and I lost my mindJennifer Jelinkova2022-09-22 | But in a good way
(Czech speaker corner: I misspoke and said prosím when I meant promiňte. Both preferable to przepraszam to be honest)
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This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.My Top 3 Books of the Year (so far!)Jennifer Jelinkova2022-07-25 | My new page! You can buy me a coffee (once or monthly): ko-fi.com/insertlitpun
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Books Mentioned: -Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi -Embers by Sándor Márai (translated from Hungarian by Carol Brown Janeway) -Fifty-Two Stories by Anton Chekhov (translated from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Big Wrap Up | Central & Eastern Europe 2021Jennifer Jelinkova2022-02-15 | Bookshop.org (US): bookshop.org/shop/insertlitpun Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=insertlitpun
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Books Mentioned: -Gerta by Kateřina Tučková (translated from Czech by Véronique Firkusny) -The Hot Summer of 1968 by Viliam Klimáček (translated from Slovak by Peter Petro) -Full written Open Letters review: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-hot-summer-of-1968-by-villiam-klimacek -Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová (translated from Slovak by Janet Livingstone) -Current reads discussion: youtu.be/llWM1IQFgd4?t=676 -Abigail by Magda Szabó (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix) -The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnović (translated from Slovene by Olivia Hellewell) -Balkans Wrap Up discussion: youtu.be/KSTbU5MoDK8?t=844 -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=833 -My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović (translated from Bosian by Celia Hawkesworth) -Balkans Wrap Up discussion: youtu.be/KSTbU5MoDK8?t=560 -To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova -Balkans Wrap Up discussion: youtu.be/KSTbU5MoDK8?t=299 -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=911 -The Doll by Ismail Kadare (translated from Albanian by John Hodgson) -Balkans Wrap Up discussion: youtu.be/KSTbU5MoDK8?t=56 -Factory of Tears by Valzhyna Mort (translated from Belarusian by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright and Franz Wright) -Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=661 -The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich (translated from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky) -Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag by Monika Zgustová (translated from Spanish by Julie Jones) -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=107 -The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=559 -The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport -Chatty discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=0x_DzQ-jTZk -The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili (translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway) -Full video review: youtube.com/watch?v=r2i44NjoJpA -Favorites of 2021: youtu.be/Sq0bIIbbOL8?t=423
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00:00 Hewo 00:35 Czechia 02:48 Slovakia 06:00 Hungary 07:00 Slovenia 07:57 Bosnia 09:02 Macedonia, Albania, & Greece 10:05 Albania 10:57 Belarus 15:15 Russia 18:34 Georgia 19:09 BaiChatting about life & current reads (with an actual reread if you can believe it)Jennifer Jelinkova2022-01-21 | Bookshop.org (US): bookshop.org/shop/insertlitpun Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=insertlitpun
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Books Mentioned: -Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb -A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki -The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
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00:00 When life is frantic 01:20 When life is theoretically less frantic 02:27 Assassin's Fate (aka I can't finish a book) 03:36 An actual reread (A Tale for the Time Being) 10:03 No buy & library potential 11:14 I used to read more ya know 11:50 A reading habit I want to break 13:41 BaiMy Favorite Books of 2021Jennifer Jelinkova2022-01-09 | 2021 overall reading year reflections: youtube.com/watch?v=xoCi-LtobaQ
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Books Mentioned: (note: if I've discussed these at length in previous videos, those links are included below) -Chouette by Claire Oshetsky -Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag by Monika Zgustová (translated from Spanish by Julie Jones) -The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton -Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May -Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen -The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili (translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway): youtube.com/watch?v=r2i44NjoJpA -Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons -The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen -Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort Sample Poem ("To Antigone, a Dispatch"): griffinpoetryprize.com/to-antigone-a-dispatch -Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead: youtube.com/watch?v=LFl_NAoKWKI -The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnović (translated from Slovene by Olivia Hellewell): youtube.com/watch?v=KSTbU5MoDK8 -To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova: youtube.com/watch?v=KSTbU5MoDK8
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.2021 was not a great reading yearJennifer Jelinkova2021-12-31 | Bookshop.org (US): bookshop.org/shop/insertlitpun Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=insertlitpun
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Tag Questions: 1. The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish 2. A book you read this year that was outside of your comfort zone 3. How many books did you re-read? 4. Favorite re-read of this year 5. A book you read for the first time that you look forward to re-reading in the future 6. Favorite single short story or novella that you read this year 7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers 8. Specialized Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone 9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favorite videos you made, etc)
Books Mentioned: -Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George -Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George -Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier -The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang -The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay -Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb -Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb -The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope -The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson -The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen -Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead -The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton -The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells -The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich -The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain -Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola -Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag -The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili (translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway): youtube.com/watch?v=r2i44NjoJpA -Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort -Abigail by Magda Szabó (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix) -My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović (translated from Bosnan by Celia Hawkesworth): youtube.com/watch?v=KSTbU5MoDK8 -How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
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00:00 Why hewo 00:29 The longest book I read this year 02:09 The book that took me the longest to finish 02:45 A book I read this year that was outside of my comfort zone 03:44 How many books did I reread? 04:11 Favorite reread of this year 04:49 A book I read for the first time that I look forward to rereading in the future 05:58 Favorite single short story or novella that I read this year 06:45 A book I liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers 07:38 A book I liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone 09:10 My year as a bookish content creator 11:39 Reflections on the trashfire 14:24 The most random interlude ever 17:13 So looong fareweeell good riddaaance to 2021My Favorite Books of the Last 5 YearsJennifer Jelinkova2021-12-26 | Every title I mention can be found in the description boxes of the following videos :)
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00:00 Hello there 00:24 2016 Favorites 03:59 2017 Favorites 07:58 2018 Favorites 11:12 2019 Favorites 15:49 2020 Favorites 19:41 My Most Absolute Favorites aka my literary children read them love yourself 31:50 BaiGiant 2021 Haul & Wrap Up | (all the books Ive bought + what have I actually read?)Jennifer Jelinkova2021-11-22 | Bookshop.org (US): bookshop.org/shop/insertlitpun Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=insertlitpun
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Books Mentioned: -Summer by Ali Smith -Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts -All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson) -Notes from a Dead House by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky) -Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May -The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen -The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang -Obit by Victoria Chang -Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George -Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette) -Dressed for a Dance in the Snow by Monika Zgustová (translated from Spanish by Julie Jones) -The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich (translated from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky) -Abigail by Magda Szabó (translated from Hungarian by Len Rix) -Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová (translated from Slovak by Janet Livingstone) -The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells -The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport -Piranesi by Susanna Clarke -Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons -Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George -Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb -In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale) -Trieste by Daša Drndić (translated from Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać) -Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova (translated from Russian by D. M. Thomas) -Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder
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00:00 Hewo 00:46 Unread books from 2020 02:51 Books I've read from 2021! 16:54 Books I have NOT read from 2021 23:33 Some stats & observations 24:49 BaiWow or meh? No One Is Talking About This | REVIEWJennifer Jelinkova2021-09-23 | MY CAT DESTABILIZED THE CAMERA, SORRY TO THOSE OF YOU WHO GET SEASICK, SHE **PROMISES TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME
**(she promises no such thing and in fact thinks you should do better whoever you may be)
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00:00 Intro info 01:05 The First Half (aka how online are you) 09:37 The Second Half (aka weep o mine eyes) 13:30 Final Thoughts 18:17 BaiLittle Women & MarchJennifer Jelinkova2021-01-23 | The third in a series on classic and contemporary pairs Note: for those who care, there are no spoilers for either of these titles
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This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Currently Reading | Robert Alters Hebrew BibleJennifer Jelinkova2021-01-01 | Happy 2021, everyone! Starting the year by discussing Robert Alter's landmark 2019 full translation of the Hebrew Bible into English :)
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This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Haul of ShameJennifer Jelinkova2020-12-23 | Books Mentioned: -Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi -Proud to be a Mammal by Czesław Miłosz (translated from Polish by Catherine Leach, Bogdana Carpenter, and Madeline G. Levine) -A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott -Sing To It by Amy Hempel -The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope -Brute by Emily Skaja -Factory of Tears by Valzhyna Mort (translated from Belarussian by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright and Franz Wright) -Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts -Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb -All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson -Notes from a Dead House by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated from Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.The Oresteia & House of NamesJennifer Jelinkova2019-06-30 | The first in what I hope to be a series of classic and contemporary pairs - let me know what you think! Note: "spoilers" for The Oresteia (you can't spoil Greek tragedies, friends), but no spoilers for House of Names
Books/Articles Mentioned: -The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides) by Aeschylus (translated by Robert Fagles) -House of Names by Colm Tóibín -The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles) -Circe by Madeline Miller -The Heavens by Sandra Newman -"The Death of Tragedy" by Susan Sontag
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Command & Finesse: Things I care about as a readerJennifer Jelinkova2019-02-19 | Featuring a rambling extended metaphor
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.My Favorite Books of 2018Jennifer Jelinkova2018-12-30 | The books that will stay with me from my year of reading
(if I've discussed/reviewed them before on this channel, the respective videos are linked below)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.I Dont Like How We Talk About the BrontësJennifer Jelinkova2018-10-21 | Over the moaning of my radiator, I moan myself about how the Brontës are discussed on BookTube and in popular culture, including:
-Overlooking Anne (Ellis and I are not fans of this); -Constructing these authors in our own images of perfection; -Pitting the sisters against each other; -Lazily distinguishing them; -Treating their novels like autobiography; -Dismissing their work; -And treating Brontë romances like models for real relationships (love yourselves, people)
Books Mentioned: -Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis -The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family by Juliet Barker -Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë -The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë -Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë -Villette by Charlotte Brontë
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Three Trilogies | Robin Hobb (No Spoilers)Jennifer Jelinkova2018-06-15 | General thoughts on three giant (and excellent) fantasy trilogies - Farseer, Liveship Traders, and Tawny Man
Timestamps: -How I spaced them out: 0:40 -Farseer Trilogy: 2:30 -Liveship Traders Trilogy: 7:16 -Tawny Man Trilogy: 11:47 -Reading order: 17:21
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Three Things About Elsie | Womens Prize 2018 Review | Semi-RantJennifer Jelinkova2018-06-02 | My thoughts on the cozy novel Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon (longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | Womens Prize 2018 ReviewJennifer Jelinkova2018-05-23 | My thoughts on the sprawling novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction)
Other Works Mentioned: -Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie -One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez -"Poem Without a Hero" by Anna Akhmatova -Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.The Idiot | Womens Prize 2018 ReviewJennifer Jelinkova2018-05-16 | My thoughts on the debut deadpan novel The Idiot by Elif Batuman (shortlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Classic & Contemporary Pairs | Original TagJennifer Jelinkova2018-04-25 | My first original tag - pairing related classic and contemporary titles!
Pairs/Groups Mentioned: -Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie & The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles -Winter by Ali Smith & A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens -Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton & The Blazing World and Other Writings by Margaret Cavendish -The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell & Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill & All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, & The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell -The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex by Marita Golden, & Passing by Nella Larsen -The Tempest by William Shakespeare & Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood -Howards End by E.M. Forster & On Beauty by Zadie Smith -The Odyssey by Homer, Circe by Madeline Miller, The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, Hood by Emma Donoghue, & Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore -Florence and Giles by John Harding & The Turn of the Screw by Henry James -Grimms' Fairy Tales (edited and translated by Jack Zipes) & The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth -The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen & The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill -Among Others by Jo Walton & books by Ursula LeGuin -Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett, & Moby Dick by Herman Melville -Orlando by Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, & Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar -Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, & Johannesburg by Fiona Melrose -Middlemarch by George Eliot & My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine | Womens Prize 2018 ReviewJennifer Jelinkova2018-04-03 | My thoughts on the debut comic novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (longlisted for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.My Favorite Books of 2017Jennifer Jelinkova2017-12-26 | The 12 best books I read this year - books that make me feel lucky to be a reader!
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.A Very Good BookJennifer Jelinkova2017-12-11 | Scattered thoughts on Winter, the second novel in Ali Smith's seasonal quartet Sorry about the sound - the wind was howling outside!
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.Lincoln in the Bardo | Booker 2017 ReviewJennifer Jelinkova2017-08-27 | Thoughts on the unconventional novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders (shortlisted for this year's Man Booker prize)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.The Classics Book TagJennifer Jelinkova2017-08-17 | All things classics :)
Books Mentioned: -The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -The Iliad by Homer -I, Claudius by Robert Graves -The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson -The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch by Ladislav Klíma -Dream Story by Arthur Schnitlzer -The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles -Mansfield Park by Jane Austen -Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler -La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas -Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.Barkskins | Baileys 2017 ReviewJennifer Jelinkova2017-05-25 | Thoughts on the historical epic "Barkskins" by Annie Proulx (longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize)
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.My Favorite Books Ever (#1-3)Jennifer Jelinkova2017-01-10 | Kangaroo pouch status
Books Mentioned: 3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë 2. "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine 1. "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.My Favorite Books Ever (#4-6)Jennifer Jelinkova2017-01-09 | The love-fest continues
Books Mentioned: 6. "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara 5. "Fräulein Else" by Arthur Schnitzler 4. "The Cranes Dance" by Meg Howrey
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.My Favorite Books Ever (#7-10)Jennifer Jelinkova2017-01-08 | Memorializing this list before other books steal my heart
Books Mentioned: 10. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath 9. "Wives and Daughters" by Elizabeth Gaskell 8. "Persuasion" by Jane Austen 7. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.My Favorite Books of 2016Jennifer Jelinkova2016-12-30 | Terrible lighting. True love.
Books Mentioned: 9. "Villette" by Charlotte Brontë 8. "Bodies of Light" by Sarah Moss 7. "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien 6. "One" by Sarah Crossan 5. "The Laramie Project" by Moisés Kauffman and the Tectonic Theater Project 4. "The Accidental" by Ali Smith 3. "One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment" by Mei Fong 2. "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry" by Fredrik Backman 1. "The Portable Veblen" by Elizabeth McKenzie
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.Hot Milk (Man Booker 2016 Review)Jennifer Jelinkova2016-10-02 | In which I ramble about Kafka and obsess over the present perfect tense
This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought all these books myself.