The Books My Dad Left Behind ... Benjamin Journal 2023-02-12 | I don't really have any words. This just simply felt right today.Daddy 02.07.2023 💔
Reading Vlog | A New Favorite Novel, The Anthropologists and Apartment Hunting Benjamin Journal 2024-09-01 | This one took me some time to put together but here we are!Books:I Who Have Never Known Men, Jaqueline Harman (translated by Ros Schwartz)The Anthropologists, Ayşegül SavaşWhite on White, Ayşegül SavaşPeople:@bibliosophie Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalSubstack: benreadsandwines.substack.comEmail me: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
17 new books! Benjamin Journal 2024-08-22 | A New York book haul! 17 new books, 26 apartments. Life is wild out here.Send us your good apartment-finding juju.What's new on your shelf? Let me know downstairs.Substack: benreadsandwines.substack.comInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
July books | 2024 Benjamin Journal 2024-08-11 | July reading wrap up time!8 books!So total hits and some misses as well...Online reader friend's mentioned:@jameskatie @TheBarandtheBookcase @CJReads Substack: benreadsandwines.substack.comInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email! benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Vlog | An Emotional Week, A Memoir, Translated Lit Benjamin Journal 2024-07-23 | Email: benreadsandwines@gmail.comSubstack: benreadsandwines.substack.comIn my thoughts and emotions this week so thanks for braving the internet tears. Some translated literature, a memoir and little daily moments.Go read A Flat Place by Noreen Masud!instagram.com/benjaminjournalCheck out @bibliosophie and her book club! bibliosophie.substack.com@jameskatie
Vlog | A Week of Books & Films Benjamin Journal 2024-07-12 | My try at a vlog after so long that I think I forgot how to do it. Enjoy a little babble about film we watched this week and getting through a messy novel about passion vs love!Books:Want by Lynn Steger StrongIf Only by Vigdis Hjorth (ARC*)Summerwater by Sarah Moss@r.enee.morris 's vlog about finishing things that have been started: youtube.com/watch?v=_jm0DVwtlpYSophie's 48 hour reading vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=GxeYvk9uNyoInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalSubstack: benreadsandwines.substack.comShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com.
Favorite books of the year (so far) Benjamin Journal 2024-07-10 | Jumping in line to share my favorite books of the year (so far) 2024 editionHere are the best books I've read so far. My reading has been at a low this year but there have indeed been some real goodies.Friends mentioned:@bibliosophie @jameskatie @EricKarlAnderson @literaryiggy Nathan: youtube.com/@nathansnookNathan's video on The Hour of the Star: youtube.com/watch?v=KsKtgPvC67g&t=723sSophie and Nathan unpacking Lispector's novels: youtube.com/watch?v=A1H0dKKiuHw&t=85sConsider subscribing to my Substack: benreadsandwines.substack.comInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
June books | 2024 Benjamin Journal 2024-07-05 | June reading wrap up Quantity low but quality high!Things I've learned from my reading in June:Read more books you don't know anything about.Maybe you like beat poetry?Maybe you like Shakespeare?To further support this channel please consider becoming a Substack subscriber: benreadsandwines.substack.com(Free subs will have access to a big group chat! So there is something for everyone.)Shoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com Instagram: https//instagram.com/benjaminjournal
Art, grief and not reading in Utah. Benjamin Journal 2024-06-17 | If you'd like to support on Substack and gain access to extra videos: benreadsandwines.substack.comInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournal
10 books for summer ... but Im bad at making lists Benjamin Journal 2024-06-06 | The Substack! benreadsandwines.substack.comMy attempt at making a list video and it's been confirmed that I'm pretty bad at itI think I didn't explain why any of these are "summer" books instead of "other times" books?But anyway there are 10 of them (or more?)Sophie's books for summer @bibliosophie youtu.be/ntcR0zLlP60?si=Q_8JPhLOzIvTWO33Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
May books | 2024 Benjamin Journal 2024-05-30 | A video every day?!May #readingwrapup @jameskatie instagram.com/benjaminjournalSend me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
A tipsy chat, San Francisco book haul, a big thank you and some haircut drama Benjamin Journal 2024-05-30 | Skip to 7:50 if you're not interested in the haircut dilemmaA big thank you for all your support and for the other book tube hotties who have jumped on the Photo Booth trainDefinitely the mood is tipsy on German pet-nat roséHauled some books from SF that I hadn't shared with youinstagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Grabbed these 8 books from the library! Benjamin Journal 2024-05-28 | Got myself my own library card after stealing from friends for years!Grabbed 8 booksLit fic, lit thrills, tiny books, authors in translationTravel updatesinstagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com@casskrug
New poetry books, hello from New York Benjamin Journal 2024-05-03 | 2 dollar book cartBrooklyn in Spring@bibliosophieNew (used) poetryinstagram.com/benjaminjournal
Reading Arlington Park and loving it, a chat Benjamin Journal 2024-04-24 | Needed a little Cusk in my life@jameskatie @r.enee.morris @casskrug Who's afraid of Parade?Chatty bits and fingerprints
Yesterday I met Patti Smith and Olga Ravn and Ill never recover Benjamin Journal 2024-04-19 | No words neededmy partner Ohad's substack: ohadmazor.substack.com@taurossstar McNally Jackson New York, I thank you for the best literary day of my life.
New books, art residency, updates Benjamin Journal 2024-04-18 | Clarice LispectorNew books, used books, gifted books@SavidgeReads @nathansnook Travel lethargySome updatesA very moody dog
Just a journal with an audience Benjamin Journal 2024-04-11 | Title dedicated to (stolen from) @bibliosophie A migraineThe new Deborah LevyA drastic haircutAries traits
Daily, ordinary, but never boring Benjamin Journal 2024-04-08 | a Melissa Broder "eating alone in my car"-esque Photo Booth recording. @AnaWallaceJohnson Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout out August 2024 by Random House. Thank you Random House for the early copy!The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies by Deborah Levy out later by FSG. via NetGalley.Life updates and a hug from New York.
The Best Books of 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-12-28 | it's been a minute. thank you for your patience while I've been taking a step back for a moment. I couldn't miss doing the yearly best books list though! hope you enjoy. what did you enjoy reading this year?instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Reading Vlog | Books I Read This Week, Autumn Energy, Rebellious Female Characters Benjamin Journal 2023-10-30 | edit soon xx@rebeccaeatsbooks
Reading Vlog | Books as Escapism & Days At Home Benjamin Journal 2023-10-11 | vlogging the current reads that are helping me get me mind of things while I'm spending these days at home. drinking a lot of wine and petting my dog. books mentioned:Vengeance is Mine, Marie NDiaye (out October 17, Knopf)*Self Portrait in Green, Marie NDiayeThe Trojan Women: A Comic, Euripides, Words by Anne Carson, Illustrations by Rosanna BrunoThree, Ann QuinThe Dark Dark, Samantha HuntGirls Against God, Jenny HvalOh William!, Elizabeth Stroutif you would like to support via Patreon and join the book club: patreon.com/benjaminjournallet's be friends on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com *thank you to Knopf & NetGalley for the digital proof of Marie NDiaye, Vengeance is Mine out October 17, 2023.
july, august & september books | 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-10-09 | thank you for all of your amazing messages on social media checking in on me and my family during these hard days. we are safe and we are sending a warm hug to all of you. this is a reading wrap up from the last 3 months. I hope you enjoy it, as it gave me a little break from my own anxiety filled days to film this. if you would like to support via Patreon and join the book club: patreon.com/benjaminjournallet's be friends on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com thank you to FSG & NetGalley for the digital proof of Sheila Heti's Alphabetical Diaries, out in February 2024.
Reading Vlog | Greece, Trying to Write, Deborah Levy Benjamin Journal 2023-09-22 | A montage of my week in Greece and a lot of Deborah Levy! Book Club on Patreon/other ways to support my channel and personal artistic endeavors: patreon.com/benjaminjournalBooks mentioned:Real Estate, Deborah LevyAugust Blue, Deborah LevyAlphabetical Diaries, Sheila HetiPeople mentioned:Ohad instagram.com/ohadmazorLet's chat on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
I recommend these books to you. Benjamin Journal 2023-08-29 | My few-glasses-of-wine-in attempt at the book recommendations tag. I don't remember if anyone officially tagged me but here I am giving myself permission.Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalBooks mentioned:Outline, Rachel CuskLESTE Erotic Magazine lestemag.bigcartel.comIn the Woods, Tana FrenchConversations with Friends, Sally RooneyMy Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante Things I Don't Want to Know, Deborah LevyCost of Living, Deborah LevyThe Stillest Day, Josephine HartThe Summer Without Men, Siri HustvedtEileen, Ottessa MoshfeghAutobiography of Red, Anne CarsonAnnihilation, Jeff VanderMeerThe Secret History, Donna TarttSlow Days, Fast Company, Eve BabitzWelcome to America, Linda Bostrom KnausgardIs Mother Dead, Vigdis HjorthDevotion, Patti SmithSouth & West, Joan DidionSlouching Towards Bethlehem,Joan DidionLet's be friends on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Reading Vlog | Unpacking Books, House Stuff, A DNF, New Reads Benjamin Journal 2023-08-26 | Get yourself a beverage because this is a long one! Quite a lot of house bits in this one so I hope you find that enjoyable in some way. I had only a few mental breakdowns this week but all shall pass eventually. What are you reading these days? Have you engaged in any Women in Translation books this month?Book Club on Patreon/other ways to support my channel and personal artistic endeavors: patreon.com/benjaminjournalBooks mentioned:Outline, Rachel CuskFlights, Olga TokarczukThe Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove DitlevsenSummer, Ali SmithMedea (Euripides), Rachel Cusk The Lake, Banana YoshimotoAsylum Road, Olivia SudjicPeople mentioned:Ohad instagram.com/ohadmazorKatie @jameskatie Renee @r.enee.morris CJ @CJReads Let's chat on Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Vlog | Women in Translation, New Hair, Days At Home Benjamin Journal 2023-08-16 | subscribe to Ciska or else!!!!!! @andtheyread Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournal
Vlog | days in the new flat, Eve Babitz, august book club Benjamin Journal 2023-08-11 | Getting into the vlogging game in the new flat & barely reading as of late. I did manage to finish one book and I loved it. Join me for our August Book Club!Book Club on Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalBooks:Medea, Euripides. New Version by Rachel CuskSlow Days, Fast Company by Eve BabitzInstagram:instagram.com/benjaminjournal
the moving vlog | 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-07-29 | Because every new move deserves its own vlog. let's chat on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
the 4k q&a | queerness, zodiac, living abroad, reading recs, etc. Benjamin Journal 2023-07-10 | Consider supporting this channel via Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalI am so grateful for all of you and the beautiful community we have built here together. 4k! Insane!Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournal (and yes I am on Threads lol, help.)shoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
I read this book and cried for 10 minutes straight. Benjamin Journal 2023-06-30 | Thank you @r.enee.morris for sending me this little gem all the way from New Zealand. Welcome to America, Linda Boström KnausgårdDeath by Landscape, Elvia Wilk (@jameskatie book club pick)Vertigo, Joanna Walshshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com befriend me on instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournal
What Im reading & wearing in Paris, France. Benjamin Journal 2023-06-07 | Uh oh, there are a few editing mistakes. Sorry for the repetition, that’s what I get for trying to edit at 1am. These are the books I am reading while working in Paris and a lot of little elevator outfit clips along the way. Books:This Is Not Miami, Fernanda MelchorSlow Days, Fast Company by Eve BabitzEileen, Ottessa MoshfeghAugust Blue, Deborah Levy**provided by publisher/ARC via NetGalleyPeople:Ohad instagram.com/ohadmazorGrace instagram.com/grace.sitaJessica instagram.com/jessicas_bookstackPato @alsopato Shoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.comInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalJoin on Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournal
I impulsively bought 20 books so I drink wine and tell you about them. Benjamin Journal 2023-05-16 | aka a big book haul. have you read any of these or have any on your list? what should we read together?become a Patreon member: patreon.com/benjaminjournalemail me: benreadsandwines@gmail.com instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalpeople:@pleasuresofthetext @literaryiggy @CJReads @SavidgeReads @louisesavidgemuses4135 @yenasung @jameskatie @r.enee.morris
Reading Vlog | Chaotic Reading Habits, A Nevada Desert Book Benjamin Journal 2023-04-18 | update in the morning xxPatreon book club: patreon.com/benjaminjournalInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournal #readingvlog #vlog
Vlog | 3 Quick Outfits Benjamin Journal 2023-04-12 | Look 1:White Tank - Comptoir des CotonniersJeans - MonkiJacket - Vintage / My Dad'sShoes - Fendi Loafers (Vintage)Socks - MujiEarrings & Ring - Ruby StarLook 2:Silk Shirt - Calvin Klein (Vintage)Vest - SoeurJeans - Levi's 94 BaggyShoes - Fendi Loafers (Vintage)Socks - MujiEarrings & Ring - Ruby StarLook 3:Blouse - Soeur (Secondhand)Jeans - UniqloJacket - Vintage / My Dad'sBoots - & Other StoriesSocks - MujiEarrings & Ring - Ruby StarInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com I would say I get my fashion inspiration from a mix of @BrittanyBathgate1, Dronme on Instagram (instagram.com/dronme) & Princess Diana.
Vlog | Settling Back In Benjamin Journal 2023-04-10 | Join The Book Club on Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalThe goal is shorter vlogs -- more often. This one didn't turn out so short but let me know if you like these more spontaneous vlogs. Settling back in at home after a month away and a lot of dog content.Books:The Shards, Bret Easton EllisOblivion, Josephine HartOptic Nerve, Maria Gainza People:@jameskatie Ohad instagram.com/ohadmazorInstagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalSend me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com #vlog #readingvlog
March Reading Wrap Up | 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-04-07 | Join the Patreon here: patreon.com/benjaminjournalA round up of the very few but mighty books I read in March during a major slump. Books:The Cost of Living, Deborah LevyAt the Bottom of the River, Jamaica KincaidAmong Flowers: A Walk in the Himalayas, Jamaica KincaidThey, Kay DickPeople:@rebeccaeatsbooks @jameskatie Instagram: instagram.com/benjaminjournalSend me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com #readingwrapup
I Read 6 Books & Most Of Them Were Great. Benjamin Journal 2023-03-31 | A record-breaking late February wrap up. Books:Delphi, Clare PollardTrances of the Blast, Mary RuefleThe Wellspring, Sharon OldsThe Woman Who Killed the Fish, Clarice LispectorKudos, Rachel CuskThe Fell, Sarah MossThe books my dad left behind: youtu.be/xYSfOLyMRCcI made a little cameo in @alsopato 's video: youtube.com/watch?v=yuDAsbUw5Tk&t=2673spatreon.com/benjaminjournalinstagram.com/benjaminjournal
January Reading Wrap Up | 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-02-07 | It's the first reading wrap up of the year! This year started out with some incredible reads, even though I might not have had as much time as I wanted for reading. What did y'all read in the first month of 2023?Patreon book club: patreon.com/benjaminjournalA Horse At Night: On Writing, Amina CainThe Body Artist, Don DeLilloThe Choreography of Everyday Life, Annie-B Parson * (Verso)The Door, Magda SzaboDelphi, Clare Pollard*ARC/review copy provided by the publisher and/or NetGalley.Jaylen’s @TheBarandtheBookcase podcast with Amina Cain: youtu.be/O5NOvxC2NWEshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com let's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournalStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benjaminjournal#readingwrapup
Reading Vlog | Best First Reads of 2023, Puppy Parenting, Amina Cain Benjamin Journal 2023-01-21 | First reading vlog of 2023 and it started off with some incredible reads. Join the bookclub (monthly zoom meeting) & support my channel on Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalVideo about the book club: youtube.com/watch?v=uuS1pe5YOuI&t=363sBooks:A Horse At Night: On Writing, Amina CainThe Body Artist, Don DeLilloDelphi, Clare PollardThe Door, Magda SzaboThe Choreography of Everyday Life, Annie-B Parson * (Verso Books)*an ARC/digital galley provided by the publisher. Let's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/ben_greenShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.comSupport my channel by donating the price of a coffee: ko-fi.com/benjaminjournal#readingvlog #vlog
Big Book Haul | 2023 Benjamin Journal 2023-01-16 | I've got to run to work but I will update this later! New books! Gifts from the amazing @r.enee.morris and @SavidgeReads plus some secondhand book shopping. Join The Book Club now on Patreon: patreon.com/benjaminjournalInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournal#bookhaul
The Book Club | An Exciting Announcement Benjamin Journal 2023-01-11 | Exciting news and even more ways for us to connect and read together...JANUARY 2023 BOOK CLUB PICK: The Door, Magda SzaboBenjamin Journal Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/benjaminjournalKo-fi for donating the price of a coffee :) ko-fi.com/benjaminjournalThank you so much for considering to become a patron and I can't wait to see your beautiful faces on Zoom! If you are unable or uninterested in the Patreon endeavors, simply thank you for subscribing here and being a part of my channel.Big love.instagram: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
The Best Books of 2022 Benjamin Journal 2023-01-01 | The infamous best books of the year video. I tried not to get stressed out this time. I am so grateful for your support this year. Here are my favorite 12 books (with some extra honorable mentions along the way) of 2022! So many amazing memories on and off the internet this year. To more in 2023...cheers!Let's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournalShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Reading Vlog | What I Read This Week, Holidays in Rome, French Authors Benjamin Journal 2022-12-30 | Hi from Rome! Hope all of you that celebrate holidays happening in December enjoyed yourselves and all your stomachs are full of good food! Here is a little reading vlog which surprisingly became cohesively themed. Big hugs.Previous vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=J8w4haAVN7s&t=656sBooks:Who Killed My Father, Édouard LouisA Man's Place, Annie ErnauxDon't Look Now, Daphne du MarierPeople:Ohad http://www.instagram.com/ohadmazorLet's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/ben_greenShoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.comSupport my channel by donating the price of a coffee: ko-fi.com/benjaminjournal#readingvlog #vlog
Reading Vlog | Journal of a Solitude, Wine, Holiday in Rome Benjamin Journal 2022-12-25 | A little reading vlog around the holidays. I read May Sarton and after finishing this video I have continued to discuss this book with my family. I like it more and more. Happy holidays!Books:Journal of a Solitude, May SartonJessica http://www.instagram.com/jessicas_bookstacklet's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournalshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com
Reading Vlog | Jeanette Winterson Blew My Mind, Rachel Cusks Travel Memoir, Dog Diaries Benjamin Journal 2022-12-20 | update later xx
November Reading Wrap Up | 2022 Benjamin Journal 2022-12-11 | It's been months since my last monthly reading wrap up, but I was determined to not let this one slip away...especially because I had some bangin' reads in November. Jane: A Murder, Maggie Nelson 00:29The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial, Maggie Nelson 2:13Lapvona, Ottessa Moshfegh 4:13The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020, Rachel Kushner 6:06Still Pictures: On Photography & Memory, Janet Malcolm* 8:57 (FSG)Island City, Laura Adamczyk* 11:14 (FSG)*ARC/review copy provided by the publisher and/or NetGalley.People mentioned:@CJReads Sunny's January Book Club: sunnysbooktruck.com/book-clubshoot me an email: benreadsandwines@gmail.com let's be instagram friends: http://www.instagram.com/benjaminjournal#readingwrapup
