The Mid Year Book Freakout Tag ! | 2020 whatpageareyouon 2020-06-14 | Black Lives Matter resources | Donation links, petitions, and general information- You can split donations to bail funds here: secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds- The End of Policing (free ebook) versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing- Black Lives Matter: blacklivesmatter.carrd.co- Justice For Breonna page: justiceforbreonna.org- Reclaim The Block (Google doc resources on site): reclaimtheblock.org/home- Black Visions Collective: blackvisionsmn.org- The Transgender District: transgenderdistrictsf.com/about- Order from Black-owned Independent Bookstores: lithub.com/you-can-order-today-from-these-black-owned-independent-bookstoresBlackness and Booktube -Seji: youtube.com/watch?v=pEIETa-IjeY&t-Diana: youtube.com/watch?v=PLelstgDSko&t-Marines: youtube.com/watch?v=yHWicIem330////////////////////////Questions:1) Best book 2) Best sequel3) New release haven’t read yet but want to 4) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year5) Biggest Disappointment(s?????)6) Biggest Surprise7) Favorite new author (debut or new to you)8) New Fictional Crush9) New Favorite character10) Book that made me cry 11) Book that made me happy 12) Most beautiful book I bought or received13) Books to read by the end of the year//////////////////////Tagging:Hannah @ Hannah’s Books: youtube.com/channel/UCoZWZSc556UqWLoAQDNKLhgBrian @ Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYAAlex @ Big Al Books: youtube.com/channel/UC9LESKAViM_Yq5kZnNZrpOASteve Donoghue: youtube.com/user/saintdonoghueCathie Grimm: youtube.com/user/rand8manStephanie @ Time to Read: youtube.com/channel/UCdIj2DwiU-UtuS2Ef-MIIHAVanessa @ splitreads: youtube.com/channel/UCqsPnTQ8jGeWuATkgdfLqtwJuan @ Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1KwBen @ doomantidote: youtube.com/user/doomantidote
My classics collection | (NYRB & Penguin modern classics) whatpageareyouon 2024-04-22 | People mentioned —-@taurossstar @ClaireReadsBooks @benjaminjournal @nathansnook @batumanslittleidiot @MatthewSciarappa
Top 10 Reads of 2023 whatpageareyouon 2023-12-31 | 10) Right to Sex / Amia Srinivasan 9) Disorientation / Elaine Hsieh Chou 8) The Happy Couple / Naoise Dolan 7) Long Live the Post Horn / Vigdis Hjorth 6) My Struggle Book 2 / Karl Ove Knausgaard 5) Swimming Home / Deborah Levy 4) Hurricane Season / Fernanda Melchor 3) The Birthday Party / Laurent Mauvignier 2) A Girl’s Story / Annie Ernaux 1) Mating / Norman Rush
Mid year book freak out tag | 2023 whatpageareyouon 2023-07-12 | rising from the dead real quick!Questions:----1. Best book you’ve read so far2. Best sequel you've read so far in3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year5. Biggest disappointment6. Biggest surprise7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)8. Newest fictional crush9. Newest favorite character10. Book that made you cry11. Book that made you happy12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?----@yenasung video: youtube.com/watch?v=g8uKk_CCXQI@nathansnook video: youtube.com/watch?v=1SOv8EsQdRs&tTagging:---@EricKarlAnderson @MatthewSciarappa @ClaireReadsBooks @alsopato @lucyrutherford @CJReads @TheBarandtheBookcase @somebenfen @modernmalady : youtube.com/watch?v=ltSmDzNGPVA&t
Top 10 reads of 2022 whatpageareyouon 2022-12-18 | 10) An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life / Paul Dalla Rosa 9) Dogs of Summer / Andrea Abreu 8) Sula / Toni Morrison 7) Three Rooms / Jo Hamya 6) Hola Papi / John Paul Brammer 5) Paradise / Fernanda Melchor 4) My Struggle Book 1 / Karl Ove Knausgard 3) Simple Passion / Annie Ernaux 2) Either/Or / Elif Batuman 1) All Down Darkness Wide / Seán Hewitt Claire’s video: youtu.be/3_lJGbvVkWc
Summer reading wrap up | 2022 whatpageareyouon 2022-08-14 | I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT BOOK LOVERS BY EMILY HENRY 😭 I liked it / great banter / will try another by her!! Books mentioned: - Writers and Lovers / Lily King - An Exciting And Vivid Inner Life / Paul Dalla Rosa- All The Lovers in the Night / Mieko Kawakami - Paradise / Fernanda Melchor - Bliss Montage / Ling Ma - Hola Papi / John Paul Brammer - All Down Darkness Wide / Seán Hewitt - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow / Gabrielle Zevin
Mid Year Book Freakout Tag! | 2022 whatpageareyouon 2022-06-22 | 1. Best book you have read so far this year2. Best sequel you've read so far this year3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022. 5. Biggest disappointment this year.6. Biggest surprise this year. 7. Favourite new author. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry this year. 11. Book that made you happy this year. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year. 13. What do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books For Male Manipulators whatpageareyouon 2022-02-21 | Happy late Valentine's!! 💞"West Elm Caleb and the Rise of the TikTok Tabloid": theconversation.com/west-elm-caleb-and-the-rise-of-the-tiktok-tabloid-175485"How 'West Elm Caleb' Turned Into 2022's Most Embarrassing Witch Hunt": nypost.com/2022/01/24/west-elm-caleb-is-2022s-most-embarrassing-witch-huntBooks mentioned:- A Single Man / Christopher Isherwood- The Master and Margarita / Mikhail Bulgakov- We Should All Be Feminists / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- Beautiful World Where Are You / Sally Rooney- The Last Samurai / Helen Dewitt
My Top 10 Reads of 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-12-30 | I'm so sorry about the audio!!! Happy new year!!
Fall Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-12-18 | Books mentioned:-Just Us / Claudia Rankine -What Are You Going Through / Sigrid Nunez-Pure Colour / Sheila Heti -Death of Vivek Oji / Akwaeke Emezi -Whereabouts / Jhumpa Lahiri -Sorrow and Bliss / Meg Mason -Here For It / R. Eric Thomas -The Crying Book / Heather Christle-Gentrifier / Anne Elizabeth Moore -A Swim in the Pond in the Rain / George Saunders -Sounds Like Titanic / Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
September Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-10-02 | Books mentioned:- Beautiful World Where Are You / Sally Rooney- Joan Is Okay / Wieke Wang- Transcendent Kingdom / Yaa Gyasi- Carnival of Snackery / David Sedaris - Punch Me Up To The Gods / Brian Broome - Real Estate / Deborah Levy My review of Beautiful World Where Are You: youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hiGX1EKfs&t
If you like The Secret History then read these whatpageareyouon 2021-09-19 | Books mentioned:- Villette / Charlotte Bronte- Tess of the D'urbervilles / Thomas Hardy- Picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte Victober hosts!Katie: youtube.com/watch?v=h-rqG8KGluEKate: youtube.com/watch?v=CYcb5d3pBeYLucy: youtube.com/watch?v=wHaSnQkkJj8
Beautiful World, Where Are You | Book Review whatpageareyouon 2021-09-12 | what I'm trying to say is I'd let Felix and Simon ruin my life ok
Books For Softbois whatpageareyouon 2021-09-05 | Books mentioned:-The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt-On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Ocean Vuong-Stoner / John Williams -Lanny / Max Porter-IV:essays / Chuck Klosterman-Guardian article: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/05/softboi-what-is-it-instagram-q-and-a-My Fictional F**kbois video: youtube.com/watch?v=h53MDIPQ-j0&t
August Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-08-28 | Books mentioned:- Infinite Country / Patricia Engel- O Beautiful / Jung Yun- Catch the Rabbit / Lana Bastasic - Everything I Know About Love / Dolly Alderton - Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels / Rachel CohenMy Denying the Dream video: youtube.com/watch?v=tMCHI5TJjzM&t
July Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-07-31 | Books mentioned:-Assembly / Natasha Brown-Trust / Domenico Starnone-Crying in H Mart / Michelle Zauner -Made in China / Anna Qu-Filthy Animals / Brandon Taylor
May + June Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-06-27 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:- Pop Song / Larissa Pham- Cool For America / Andrew Martin- Rainbow Milk / Paul Mendez - An I Novel / Minae Mizumura - An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures / Clarice Lispector - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies / Deesha Philyaw - Death In Venice / Thomas Mann- So You've Been Publicly Shamed / Jon Ronson
What makes a gay novel? whatpageareyouon 2021-06-12 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coSection 1: For the Allies- The Great Believers / Rebbeca Makkai- The Prettiest Star / Carter SickelsSection 2: Forbidden- Maurice / E.M. Forster- A Single Man / Christopher IsherwoodSection 3: Fantasy - Red White & Royal Blue / Casey McQuiston- Song of Achilles / Madeline MillerSection 4: The Future- Detransition, Baby / Torrey Peters- Dancer from the Dance / Andrew Holleran- Memorial / Bryan WashingtonConclusion: What makes a gay novel?- A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara- The Atlantic article by Garth Greenwell: theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/a-little-life-definitive-gay-novel/394436
Short Story Collection Recommendations whatpageareyouon 2021-05-08 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:-Cool For America / Andrew Martin-When Watched / Leopoldine Core-The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake-A Manual For Cleaning Women / Lucia Berlin-How to Breathe Underwater / Julie Orringer
April Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-04-30 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:-Second Place / Rachel Cusk-Days of Distraction / Alexandra Chang-Detransition, Baby / Torrey Peters-Parakeet / Marie-Helene Bertino-Tokyo Ueno Station / Yu Miri
The Most Influential Books Ive Read whatpageareyouon 2021-04-16 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:2015• Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion• A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan• The Secret History by Donna Tartt• A Little Life by Hanya Yangihara2016• The Liars Club by Mary Karr• How to be Both by Ali Smith• Raise High the Roofbeams Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction by J.D. Salinger• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov• The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood2017 • The Lonely City by Olivia Laing• Stoner by John Williams2018 • The Idiot by Elif Batuman• The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri• The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer• The Waves by Virginia Woolf• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard• Outline by Rachel Cusk2019• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen• Middlemarch by George Eliot• A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood• The Years by Annie Ernaux• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong• Know My Name by Chanel Miller2020• Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan• Luster by Raven Leilani2021• Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
March Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-04-02 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:- Piranesi / Susanna Clarke- Milk Fed / Melissa Broder- The Copenhagen Trilogy / Tove Ditlevsen - The Cost of Living / Deborah Levy - A True Novel / Minae Mizumura Channels mentioned:Ben @somebenfen
Books by Asian Authors whatpageareyouon 2021-03-20 | 11alive.com/article/news/local/metro-atlanta-spa-shooting-victims-remembered/85-fb50b40c-cb5a-4db6-a25f-88363fbb732fAAPI resources:- stopaapihate.org/actnow- donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711- nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html- aapifund.org/donateAsian American bookstores:- Eastwind Books: asiabookcenter.com- Arkipelago: arkipelagobooks.com- Philippine Expressions: philippinebookshop.com- Kinokuniya: usa.kinokuniya.com//////Books mentioned:- Interpreter of Maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri- In the Country / Mia Alvar - The Body Papers / Grace Talusan- Sigh, Gone / Phuc Tran- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Ocean Vuong - Severance / Ling Ma- Minor Feelings / Cathy Park Hong
On Reading Big Books whatpageareyouon 2021-03-06 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co///Books mentioned:- War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy- A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara- The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt- The Luminaries / Eleanor Catton- Middlemarch / George Eliot - The Brothers Karamazov / Fyodor Dostoevsky March of the Mammoths hosts!Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse : youtube.com/watch?v=g4nq_mOwIj0Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868 : youtube.com/watch?v=zYrxR52AUuQ&tAlex @bigalbooksforever : youtube.com/watch?v=1pfKTIfuZBY
February Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-02-27 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:-Troubling Love / Elena Ferrante-Days of Abandonment / Elena Ferrante-The Lost Daughter / Elena Ferrante -Incidental Inventions / Elena Ferrante-Klara and the Sun / Kazuo Ishiguro -Black Buck / Mateo Askaripour-Lot / Bryan Washington-Let Me Tell You What I Mean / Joan Didion -No One is Talking About This / Patricia Lockwood
My Favorite Fictional F**kbois 💘 whatpageareyouon 2021-02-06 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coTier 3: "haha what would you do if I was there ;)"- Swimming in the Dark / Tomasz Jedrowski - Lie With Me / Philippe BessonTier 2: "pass me the aux cord"- War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy - Exciting Times / Naoise Dolan - Autobiography of Red / Anne CarsonTier 1: "Kyle from Lady Bird"- Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen - The Idiot / Elif Batuman - My Brilliant Friend / Elena FerranteThanks to Wilsonn for being the inspo for this vid 🙃
January Reading Wrap Up | 2021 whatpageareyouon 2021-01-30 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co-- Books mentioned --Memorial / Bryan WashingtonThe Prettiest Star / Carter Sickels Gay Bar: Why We Went Out / Jeremy Atherton LinInvisible Cities / Italo Calvino Hamnet / Maggie O'FarrellFake Accounts / Lauren Oyler
Top Ten Reads of 2020 | + Honorable Mentions whatpageareyouon 2020-12-28 | Honorable Mentions- Jack / Marilynne Robinson- Swann's Way / Marcel Proust- The Idiot / Fyodor Dostoevsky - Arturo's Island / Elsa Morante - Idaho / Emily RuskovichThe list!10) Selected Stories / Alice Munro 9) Thick: essays / Tressie McMillan Cottom 8) How We Fight For Our Lives: a memoir / Saeed Jones7) The Lying Life of Adults / Elena Ferrante 6) Real Life / Brandon Taylor5) Summer / Ali Smith4) Sigh, Gone: a memoir / Phuc Tran3) Uncanny Valley: a memoir / Anna Wiener 2) Exciting Times / Naoise Dolan1) Luster / Raven Leilani---Top Reads of 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=crH0Ld3uGf4&tReview of Exciting Times: youtube.com/watch?v=1HbadKrD_GcReview of Luster: youtube.com/watch?v=XHbi3f1y2hEReview of Real Life: youtube.com/watch?v=Zt8dpToAkv0&tReview of The Lying Life of Adults: youtube.com/watch?v=J01JeePA5iU&t
Fall Reading Wrap Up | 2020 whatpageareyouon 2020-12-06 | How to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co--------------------------------Jennifer’s video: youtube.com/watch?v=ov3pW6Lf-_8&t--------------------------------Books mentioned-Lying Life of Adults / Elena Ferrante-Daddy: Stories / Emma Cline-In the Country: Stories / Mia Alvar-The Body Papers / Grace Talusan -Sigh, Gone / Phuc Tran-They Called Us Enemy / George Takei -I Remain in Darkness / Annie Ernaux -Jane: A Murder / Maggie Nelson -Thick: essays / Tressie McMillan Cottom-Lie With Me / Philippe Besson -The Accidental / Ali Smith-Jack / Marilynne Robinson
On Ali Smith (the Seasonal Quartet) whatpageareyouon 2020-09-04 | Ways to help BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:-Summer / Ali Smith -Spring / Ali Smith -Winter / Ali Smith -Autumn / Ali Smith -Hotel World / Ali Smith -There But For The / Ali Smith -How to Be Both / Ali Smith Hope you don’t mind some snapshots from Summers’ past! Didn’t want just static of staring at me read for a full minute haha
Women in Translation recommendations whatpageareyouon 2020-08-22 | Ways to support BLM: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coMatthew: youtube.com/watch?v=9_lkl8yKC7Y&tJennifer: youtube.com/watch?v=2EhsjFH8ZdIKendra: youtube.com/watch?v=E2ghFz3i4-IBooks mentioned: -Convenience Store Woman / Sayaka Murata / trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori [Japanese]-The Memory Police / Yoko Ogawa / trans. Stephen Snyder [Japanese]The Nakano Thrift Shop / Hiromi Kawakami / trans. Allison Markin Powell [Japanese]-The White Book / Han Kang / trans. Deborah Smith [Korean]-The Years / Annie Ernaux / trans. Alison Strayer [French]-Childhood / Tove Ditlevsen / trans. Tiina Nunnally [Danish]-My Brilliant Friend / Elena Ferrante / trans. Ann Goldstein [Italian]/////////////Convenience Store Woman book review: youtube.com/watch?v=_otu02L2gaE&tOn Elena Ferrante: youtube.com/watch?v=0x3WAeckwB4&t
Luster | Book Review whatpageareyouon 2020-08-08 | How you can help Black Lives Matter: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coI know I said my next video would be a recent reads but I ended up writing thoughts that led to an individual review haha. Maybe next week!
Books I read before booktube & booktube shoutouts! whatpageareyouon 2020-08-01 | How you can help Black Lives Matter: blacklivesmatters.carrd.coBooks mentioned:-How to Be Both / Ali Smith-I Love Dick / Chris Kraus-Stoner / John Williams-The Secret History / Donna Tartt-Wild / Cheryl Strayed-The Liars Club / Mary KarrBooks discussed:-The Tidal Zone / Sarah Moss-Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov -The Year of Magical Thinking / Joan Didion -A Little Life / Hanya YanagiharaShoutouts!-Ben @ doomantidote: youtube.com/user/doomantidote-Jaylen @ The Bar and the Bookcase: youtube.com/channel/UCTZ9I9tX1zOmp7woF7xwPFw-Alyssa @ The Read Head: youtube.com/channel/UCnGnFHWx4bJ4ybLpetM_Uzw-CJ @ CJ Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCRhFlyn6UUR-GSr1BQRhvLw-Perry @ LiteraryKnitterary: youtube.com/channel/UCMkfsswG6e-Ylr4crDZ1nmQ
On Jane Austen whatpageareyouon 2020-07-25 | This video was a HOUR long unedited. You’ve been spared!
Exciting Times | Book Review whatpageareyouon 2020-06-20 | Think The Parent Trap but it’s Naoise Dolan and Sally Rooney and their parents are Sofia Coppola and Wong Kar-wai
20 books for your twenties whatpageareyouon 2020-04-18 | Books mentioned: Conversations With Friends / Sally RooneyThe Friend / Sigrid NunezThe Idiot / Elif Batuman The Waves / Virginia WoolfReal Life / Brandon Taylor A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara Outline / Rachel Cusk Pilgrim At Tinker Creek / Annie Dillard Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Joan DidionAutobiography of a Face / Lucy Grealy A Month in the Country / J.L. Carr Autobiography of Red / Anne Carson The Pisces / Melissa Broder Tess of the D’urbervilles / Thomas Hardy The New Me / Halle Butler Severance / Ling Ma Convenience Store Woman / Sayaka Murata Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger Uncanny Valley / Anna Wiener Howards End / E.M. Forster
Loneliness in Literature whatpageareyouon 2020-03-21 | **The Lonely City came out in 2016 but I read it in 2017** 🙃Books mentioned: -The Lonely City / Olivia Laing -Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger -The Pisces / Melissa Broder -Severance / Ling Ma
Books I most recommend whatpageareyouon 2020-03-14 | Books mentioned:- Uncanny Valley / Anna Wiener - Convenience Store Woman / Sayaka Murata - The Friend / Sigrid Nunez - An American Childhood / Annie Dillard - Nine Stories / J.D. Salinger - Dear Life / Alice Munro - Interpreter of Maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri
On Elena Ferrante whatpageareyouon 2020-03-01 | I’m here to tell you about your March of the Mammoths pick! Books mentioned:- My Brilliant Friend - The Story of a New Name- Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay- The Story of the Lost Child- Days of Abandonment - Frantumaglia
Cleanness | Book Review whatpageareyouon 2020-01-20 | Read Uncanny Valley or watch Parasite instead they’re great
The Curiosity Memoir: In The Dream House & Know My Name | Book Reviews whatpageareyouon 2020-01-05 | Books mentioned: The Art of Memoir / Mary Karr In The Dream House / Carmen Maria Machado Know My Name / Chanel Miller
Top Ten Reads of 2019 | + Honorable mentions whatpageareyouon 2019-12-26 | Live from my parents’ house in my sister’s childhood bedroom: the list! ///////////Honorable mentions:- Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy - The Pisces / Melissa Broder- The Friend / Sigrid Nunez- Where Reasons End / Yiyun Li- Brothers Karamazov / Dostoyevsky - The Stone Diaries / Carol Shields - There But For The / Ali Smith- Know My Name / Chanel Miller /////////////Top Ten:10) My Antonia / Willa Cather 9) Early Work / Andrew Martin 8) The Overstory / Richard Powers7) Pachinko / Min Jin Lee6) Milkman / Anna Burns5) Amongst Women / John McGahern 4) Villette / Charlotte Bronte 3) War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy 2) Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen 1) Middlemarch / George Eliot
October / Victober Wrap Up | 2019 whatpageareyouon 2019-11-01 | Books mentioned:- Tenant of Wildfell Hall / Anne Brontë- North and South / Elizabeth Gaskell - Tess of the D’Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy - Villette / Charlotte Brontë
Silence in Literature whatpageareyouon 2019-10-04 | Villette“Some rousing choruses struck me as the best part of the evening’s entertainment…Through the whole performance—timid instrumental duets, conceited vocal solos, sonorous, brass-lunged choruses—my attention gave but one eye and one ear to the stage, the other being permanently retained in the service of Dr. Bretton: I could not forget him, nor cease to question how he was feeling, what he was thinking, whether he was amused, or the contrary. At last he spoke. “And how do you like it all, Lucy? You are very quiet,” he said, in his own cheerful tone. “I am quiet,” I said, “because I am so very, very much interested: not merely with the music, but with everything about me.”/////Housekeeping“Sylvie did not want to lose me. She did not want me to grow gigantic and multiple, so that I seemed to fill the whole house, and she did not wish me to turn subtle and miscible, so that I could pass through the membranes that separate dream and dream. She did not wish to remember me. She much preferred my simple, ordinary presence, silent and ungainly though I might be. For she could regard me without strong emotion—a familiar shape, a familiar face, a familiar silence. She could forget I was in the room. She could speak to herself, or to someone in her thoughts, with pleasure and animation, even while I sat beside her—this was the measure of our intimacy, that she gave almost no thought to me at all. But if she lost me, I would become extraordinary by my vanishing.”/////The Goldfinch“It’s a big shift. I don’t know quite how to explain it. Between wanting and not wanting, caring and not caring. Of course it’s a lot more than that too…Things are stronger and brighter and I feel on the edge of something inexpressible…I watch the clouds reflected on sliding panes and marvel how even my sadness can make me happy…how it can all somehow seem necessary and right. I’d just as soon forget, but I can’t. It’s kind of the hum of a tuning fork. It’s just there. It’s here with me all the time. White noise, impersonal roar…And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to bitterness and sorrow, that beauty has to be wedded to something more meaningful.”-----Ashley's video: youtube.com/watch?v=6X1sXcUxaTQ
September Reading Wrap Up | 2019 whatpageareyouon 2019-09-28 | Books mentioned:- The Road / Cormac McCarthy - My Life In Middlemarch / Rebecca Mead - 84 Charing Cross Road / Helene Hanff - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept / Elizabeth Smart- Teaching a Stone to Talk / Annie Dillard - On Being Ill / Virginia Woolf - The Collected Schizophrenia’s / Esme Weijun Wang- Say Nothing / Patrick Radden Keefe - The Friend / Sigrid Nunez - Rules For Visiting / Jessica Francis Kane - The Handmaid’s Tale / Margaret Atwood - The Memory Police / Yoli Ogawa - Bottle Grove / Daniel Handler - The Liar / Ayelet Gundar-Goshen - Salt Slow: stories / Julia Armfield - Crossing to Safety / Wallace Stegner - Red doc / Anne Carson - Glass, Irony, & God / Anne Carson - Measure For Measure / William Shakespeare
My Favorite Writers whatpageareyouon 2019-09-12 | Not Quite:1) Elena Ferrante 2) Ali Smith 3) Alice Munro 4) J.D. Salinger 5) Jonathan Safran Foer6) Joan Didion ——-Favorites:1) Virginia Woolf2) Jane Austen 3) Marilynne Robinson 4) Annie Dillard 5) Mary Karr——Maybe?1) John McGahern 2) Leo Tolstoy3) E.M. Forster4) Anne Carson
