Bob The BookererHello! I loved this bold, thoughtful and boundlessly creative novel!
I ended up not going into spoilers, so this should be a safe video even if you’ve not read the book yet!
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00:00 Introduction 01:13 Background and Taylor’s poetry 02:52 The Night Alphabet
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The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor- Spoiler-Free ReviewBob The Bookerer2024-03-13 | Hello! I loved this bold, thoughtful and boundlessly creative novel!
I ended up not going into spoilers, so this should be a safe video even if you’ve not read the book yet!
Video Details:
00:00 Introduction 01:13 Background and Taylor’s poetry 02:52 The Night Alphabet
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Congratulations Han Kang and all her publishers and translators!Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: Memory, Failure and Battling DemonsBob The Bookerer2024-10-06 | Hello, I’m Bob, and I hope you’re having a good week! Here are the books I’ve read this week!
Books Mentioned:
00:00 Introduction 00:29 Han Smith- Portaits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking 03:00 Michèle Roberts- Negative Capability 05:28 Sarah Moss- My Good Bright Wolf 08:29 Alan Hollinghurst- Our Evenings 14:01 End Chatter
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Here are the books I read (with the exception of Yael van der Wouden whose other books all seem to be in Dutch with no English translations, as far as I can see!)
Enjoy!
Books Mentioned:
00:00 Introduction and Context 02:48 Percival Everett- I Am Not Sidney Poitier 06:12 Samantha Harvey- Dear Thief 09:08 Rachel Kusher- The Mars Room 12:09 Anne Michaels- Fugitive Pieces 15:26 Charlotte Wood- The Natural Way of Things 20:34 End Chatter and Favourites
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00:00 Introduction 00:33 Sacha Coward- Queer As Folklore 03:22 Hisham Matar- The Return 06:01 Norman Erikson Pasaribu- My Dream Job 09:14 Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi- The Centre 12:09 Vanessa Kisuule- Neverland 15:45 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction and Context 03:13 Percival Everett- James 07:24 Samantha Harvey- Orbital 10:13 Rachel Kushner- Creation Lake 14:05 Anne Michaels- Held 17:40 Yael van der Wouden- The Safekeep 21:55 Charlotte Wood- Stone Yard Devotion 23:38 My Favourites and Predictions
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00:00 Introduction 00:19 Empar Moliner- Beloved (tr. Laura McLoughlin) 03:27 Katie Willis- The Quiet Act of Loving Bones 06:02 John Vaillant- Fire Weather 07:49 Zeinab Badawi- An African History of Africa 11:00 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction and Context 02:09 2011- Damon Galgut- In A Strange Room 04:11 2011- Emma Donoghue- Room 06:06 2012- Tan Twan Eng- The Garden of Evening Mists 08:30 2013- Ruth Ozeki- A Tale for the Time Being 10:17 2013- Colm Tobin- The Testament of Mary 11:52 2013- Jim Crace- Harvest 13:45 2015- Chigozie Obioma- The Fishermen 15:19 2017- Fiona Mozley- Elmet 17:36 2017- Ali Smith- Autumn 19:35 2017- Paul Auster- 4321 22:08 2019- Lucy Ellmann- Ducks, Newburyport 25:55 2019- Elif Shafa- 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World 29:30 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:21 Thomas Brüssig- The Short End of the Sonnenallee (tr. Jenny Watson and Jonathan Franzen) 05:16 Jonathan Walker- Push Process 07:17 Donatello Di Pietrantonio- A Girl Returned (tr. Ann Goldstein) 09:45 Ian Wade- 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer 12:13 End Chatter
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Books Mentioned: 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Rachel Dawson- Neon Roses 02:43 Christopher Fowler- Word Monkey 05:42 Ferdia Lennon- Glorious Exploits 08:29 Willy Vlautin- The Horse 10:27 Rachel Seiffert- The Dark Room 13:29 End Chatter
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Here’s me reflecting on them all, and the ways they cross over.
Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Background 04:33 Forgiveness and Atonement 07:01 The Natural World 09:22 History and Historiography 16:25 My Personal Shortlist
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00:00 Introduction 00:36 David Grossman- A Horse Walks Into A Bar (tr. Jessica Cohen) 05:23 Elaine Feeney- All The Good Things You Deserve 06:57 Crystal Jeans- Accidental Darlings 09:04 Anita Desai- Rosarita 11:01 Oliver Franklin-Wallis- Wasteland 13:43 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:44 Rachel Cattle- Uh Huh Her 03:06 Serge Neptune- Mother Night 04:33 David Shenton- Forty Lies 07:50 Naiose Dolan- The Happy Couple 09:52 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:24 Eva Baltasar- Mammoth (tr. Julia Sanches) 04:37 Adam Lowe- Patterflash 05:51 Rebecca Smith- Rural 09:37 End Chatter
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Contents 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Spoiler-Free Section 07:01 Some Spoilers
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00:00 Introduction 00:42 Lara Haworth- Monumenta 02:23 Kate Grenville- The Secret River 04:08 Miranda July- All Fours 08:03 William Hussey- Killing Jericho 10:22 Rita Bullwinkel- Headshot 11:31 Yael van der Wouden- The Safekeep 13:00 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:33- Jesmyn Ward- Let Us Descend 02:02 Anton Hur- Toward Eternity 05:23 Viola di Grado- Blue Hunger (tr. Jamie Richards) 07:12 Claudia Rankine- Citizen 09:47 Lara Pawson- Spent Light 12:33 Larry Kramer- The Normal Heart 16:27 End Chatter
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Let's see how right or wrong our predictions were!
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00:00 Introduction 00:52 Yasmin Zaher- The Coin 03:37 Tawseef Khan- Determination 08:12 Ammar Kalia- A Person is a Prayer 10:04 Julia Armfield- Private Rites 13:21 Terry Pratchett- Equal Rites 15:53 Andrew O’Hagan- Our Fathers 17:44 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 02:27 Bernardine Evaristo- Girl, Woman, Other 03:31 Lucy Ellmann- Ducks, Newburyport 04:04 Anna Burns- Milkman 05:02 Damon Galgut- In A Strange Room 05:44 Eimear McBride- A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing 06:50 William Trevor- The Story of Lucy Gault 07:41 Olga Tokarczuk- Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) 08:59 Mircea Cartarescu- Solenoid (tr. Sean Cotter) 09:53 Claudia Piñeiro- Elena Knows (tr. Frances Riddle) 10:45 Victor Heringer- The Love of Singular Men (tr. James Young) 11:55 David Diop- At Night All Blood Is Black (tr. Anna Moschovakis) 12:56 Geetanjali Shree- Tomb of Sand (tr. Daisy Rockwell) 15:02 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:30 Alan Hollinghurst- The Swimming Pool Library 02:52 Noémi Kiss-Deáki- Mary and the Rabbit Dream 05:44 Catherine Prasifka- This Is How You Remember It 08:11 Rebecca Watson- I Will Crash 10:46 Rachel Cusk- Parade 13:55 End Chatter
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It's a very US and Pulitzer-heavy list, and missing many South American, Asian and African authors. An interesting starting place nonetheless.
What are your thoughts?
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00:00 Introduction 00:15 Nicholas Padamsee- England Is Mine 03:58 Ann Patchett- Tom Lake 06:19 Nicola Dinnan- Bellies 08:59 Toni Morrison- Mouth Full of Blood 11:49 Anne Lamott- Bird by Bird 14:04 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction and Books I’ve Loved So Far 05:23 Upcoming Books I’m Excited For
Books Mentioned:
Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey Rónán Hession- Ghost Mountain Laura Pawson- Spent Light Ali Smith- Gliff Han Smith- Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking Rebecca Watson- I Will Crash Alexis Wright- Praiseworthy
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00:00 Introduction 00:36 Sarah Waters- Fingersmith 03:41 Yepoka Yeebo- Anansi’s Gold 05:42 Miranda Darling- Thunderhead 08:17 Sathnam Sanghera- Empireworld 10:53 End Chatter
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00:00 Introduction 00:19 Jenny Erpenbeck- Go, Went, Gone (tr. Susan Bernofsky) 04:14 Helen Garner- The Children's Bach 05:58 Tania James- Loot 08:07 Amin Ghaziani- Long Live Queer Nightlife 10:23 End Chatter
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I hope you enjoy the list and I’d love to hear about any you liked!
Books Mentioned:
00:00 Introduction and Context 01:37 Merle Collins- Ocean Stirrings 04:14 Percival Everett- James 06:48 Samantha Harvey- Orbital 08:35 Hisham Matar- My Friends 11:20 Megan Nolan- Ordinary Human Failings 13:03 Andrew O’Hagan- Caledonian Road 16:17 Adam Thirlwell- The Future Future 17:50 Justin Torres- Blackouts 20:07 My Favourites
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00:00 Introduction 00:40 Mircea Cărtărescu- Solenoid (tr. Sean Cotter) 04:46 Deborah Levy- Real Estate 06:57 Ann Wroe- Litescapes 08:15 Sam Grabiner- Boys on the Verge of Tears 10:39 End Chatter
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Books Mentioned: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Karen McLeod- Lifting Off 03:57 Sian Northey- This House (tr. Susan Walton) 07:43 Caroline O’Dougherty- The Rachel Incident 11:45 Sathnam Sanghera- The Boy With The Top Knot 14:46 Sathnam Sanghera- Empireland 17:35 End Chatter
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I go into some spoilers later in the video but I announce when, so please feel free to jump out when you need!
00:00 Introduction and Spoiler-Free Section 08:44 Spoilers
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Video Contents: 00:00 Introduction and Context/Rules of the Prize 04:50 Big Hitters and Popular Books 11:03 Previously Listed Authors 16:33 Debuts, Indies and Wildcards 23:27 My List- Predictions and Hopes
My Wishlist is:
Kaveh Akbar- Martyr! Paul Auster- Baumgartner Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey Percival Everett- James Sinead Gleeson- Hagstone Samantha Harvey- Orbital Ronan Hession- Ghost Mountain Hisham Matar- My Friends David Nicholls- You Are Here Saraid de Silva- Amma Elizabeth Strout- Tell Me Everything Joelle Taylor- The Night Alphabet Justin Torres- Blackouts
(Yes, I know it is technically 14, but I am trying to decide between Auster and Strout!)
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I do go into spoilers, but I announce it before I do, so please feel free to log off at the below times if needed!
Video Contents: 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Non-Spoiler Section 03:55 Spoiler Section
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00:00 Introduction 00:24 Anne Enright- The Wren, The Wren 02:30 VV Ganeshananthan- Brotherless Night 05:05 Kate Grenville- Restless Dolly Maunder 08:08 Isabella Hammad- Enter Ghost 11:02 Claire Kilroy- Soldier Sailor 13:36 Aube Rey Lescure- River East, River West 16:01 My Favourites and Picks for Winner
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00:00 Introduction 00:21 Samantha Harvey- Orbital 02:04 Veronica Raimo- Lost on Me (tr. Leah Janeczko) 03:51 Nicci Gerard- What Dementia Teaches Us About Love 06:26 Alice Wong (ed.)- Disability Intimacy 09:02 End Chatter
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My review mostly talks about the book as a whole, rather than specific plot points, so should be fine even if you have not read the novel!
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No spoilers mentioned here, and I hope you enjoy the book!
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00:40 John Niven- O Brother 02:56 Armistead Maupin- Mona of the Manor 04:58 K Patrick- Three Births 06:09 Val McDermid- Queen Macbeth 08:07 Paul Auster- Baumgartner 11:49 End Chatter
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