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Working with a new team is usually stressful. Reading and me time and a nice lake are much preferable.

I am sorry things did not go as smoothly as planned. I am glad you enjoyed your me time at least. I have some good news though. I finally got a job teaching at a local college!

Oh, one more thing... When you said something about "filling your days with exercise and fiction" I had a vision of Paradise🏝😊 Cheers

ACCIDENT!!!😲WHAT ACCIDENT??? Bicycle? Car? Airplane? Boat? Obviously, you survived, Thank Goodness. Hope you weren't battered or bruised. You be careful Young Lady🧐

Hope the accident was not too serious ❤❤❤

I enjoy these letters; the footage is always interesting. I hope the accident was not too bad or long-lasting.

Its been a weird month for me as well. And tomorrow ive got to talk to my doctor, not looking forward to that conversation. I hope July gives you health and some five star reads.

This and maybe try Ratner's Star by Don Delillo

I'm a 60 y/o male who can related to passing. I feel Jame's Johnson love for learning from his mother was instrumental in his development to achieve all that is possible. Most white men in the South could careless fathering a bunch mixed children like my dad who passed away last year at 88 y/o & my ggfather who was a slave until 12 y/o. They never knew who their father was. Also Jame's lived a up-scale life in Connecticut 1910 with the help of his father. Unlike my moms family in Southside, VA they were all blackred necks with racial attitudes of southern confederate democrats.

Hey I’m currently studying A-level literacy and starting my NEA, I’m struggling to find any pre 1900 books to compare The collector to if you have any suggestions please let me know some possible themes may be obsession and mental illness.

Hey I’m currently studying A-level literacy and starting my NEA, I’m struggling to find any pre 1900 books to compare The collector to if you have any suggestions please let me know some possible themes may be obsession and mental illness.

Hey I’m currently studying A-level literacy and starting my NEA, I’m struggling to find any pre 1900 books to compare The collector to if you have any suggestions please let me know some possible themes may be obsession and mental illness.

Hey I’m currently studying A-level literacy and starting my NEA, I’m struggling to find any pre 1900 books to compare The collector to if you have any suggestions please let me know some possible themes may be obsession and mental illness.

Hey I’m currently studying A-level literacy and starting my NEA, I’m struggling to find any pre 1900 books to compare The collector to if you have any suggestions please let me know some possible themes may be obsession and mental illness.

i've only just yesterday read the book but i am INFATUATED with it. i'm always keen on lipogrammic writing, i find it to prove a challenge and only brings out creativity, and this novel turns that up to 11! this may be the most immersed in a story i felt, no less than thanks due to me having my own pangrammic sentence (x quickly zapped j with five big mirrors, blinding him.) and saw how i would rewrite it if those restrictions were to fall upon me.

I have been curious about Villalobos from having seen him on social media and the awards he received. I just read the first chapter of Quesadillas and almost peed my pants!! Now I want to get all of his books.

I've followed you for most of your time on book tube, sometimes more actively than others (more related to my watching of RUclips, than your channel specifically though) Your channel is one of the first book tubes I found (I think it was a tag video on beautiful covers) so you're channel is very much part of me reminding my love for books. It's been a while since I read a Gail Carrier book, should probably chance that. I've had the finishing school series on my reader for a while now..

If you want to understand Western civilization, you must read the Bible for three reasons: it is a magnificent book about Judeo-Christian theology and its principles, values, virtues, and institutions; it is a superb literary work; and it provides a magnificent historical account of an incredible time in human history.

I started watching RUclips in 2015. I made videos for several years but then it started feeling like a lot of work for little reward so I quit in like 2022. But I still love watching Booktube. It and reading are my two hobbies. I pay for RUclips premium and even with the recent price increase I think it worth it because I don’t have Netflix or anything like that.

Such a cool tag video! Your BookTube channel is one of my favorites and I’m always interested in your recommendations. I always have to script my videos or take notes beforehand, otherwise I’m a deer in the headlights and filming takes forever. 😅 I do wish I could just turn the camera on and begin.

Pathetically idle commentary. Play it safe by sticking to comic books, Lady. You won't have to find a mind/brain in yourself to use, exercise, and help your "intelligence" develop.

I started watching BookTube during the pandemic, and I could see that you had a large backlog of videos, but 13 years is a long time! Thanks for sharing a bit of your history here. (Also, that shirt looks amazing on you!) I agree that BookTube is a great place to get book recommendations. I have a list of "someday" books, and it just grows and grows. I chuckled when you said sometimes you read books in genres you aren't particularly drawn to because you forget why the book was recommended. That happens to me too. I hope things are going well in your life. Looking forward to the next video!

I always look forward to your videos Wiebke. You are always bright, always upbeat, and always real. And it would be great to see you participating in more tags.😉😊👍 Cheers

Excellent tag video. I remember when there were many tag videos all across booktube. They were my favourite thing about booktube, but you don't see them around much anymore.

Glad to hear reading has been really enjoyable! When I’m not feeling well, cleaning is one of the first things I cancel too. 😅

I recently did a re-read of this after reading it 30 years ago. I had forgotten that it doesn't really follow "Gen X" as we know them; the characters are a bit older -- maybe a gap generation between boomers and X. In my late teens, this was a fun, cynical look into what living an "alternative" lifestyle would be like. In my early 50s, I found it wanting, especially the ending. Some of the glossary words used then could be used today. Read it, and see what you think.

Thank you for a thoughtful, neutral (i.e. seems unbiased) review. Very few reviews of the novel are remotely neutral.

I was only half listening as you talked about voting, but when you mentioned the whole, "Why would a county make it harder to vote," I was like, "Hey! You're talking about US. That's the U.S." Yeah, it's not great living in a place where they seem to not want us to actually vote.

Like Lindsey said, the US voting system could be a lot better. Here where I live, we have early voting so I find it very convenient to find time to vote. Not every state has early voting which I find crazy. Like you, I also live close enough to walk to a voting site.

Juan Pablo Villalobos is a writer who is unfortunately still far too unknown for the way he likes to write. Because his books are simply magnificently different and absolutely lovable (if one can and should speak of lovability in connection with objects). In his own way, he is to the Spanish-language book what Pedro Almodovar is to the Spanish-language film.

This book review channel is absolutely charming and informative.

In Canada we get postcard things that shows us where to vote. It's pretty easy here I think.

It's so good that you devote yourself to exercising Wiebke, and it shows too.👍 You're probably in better shape than most people half your age. So proud of you. And it really doesn't matter whether you run, walk, or cycle, as long as you do it regularly. As for voting, that's a tough one.🤔 For one thing, elections are always held on Tuesdays here, which is a working day for most folks. Having it on a Saturday like you do, makes more sense to me, or how about Saturday AND Sunday!!! Now there's an idea.💡

In my experience with voting in the US, the ease and accessibility depends on each state. It’s unfortunate and could do with a lot of improvement.

Regarding Pride and Prejudice, I listened to the same Audiobook. I enjoyed it very much. The one problem I had was sometimes the sentences were long and complicated so I'd have to rewind and listen again. Other than that, it was great.

I am really glad things went better this month. :)

I agree on Wuthering Heights-I have never understood the appeal. I’ve read it twice-once in school and then once in 2022 to make sure I wasn’t missing something-and that’s enough for me.

I am struggling to maintain my interest in The Book of Form and Emptiness. The writing is excellent, but the story feels like an amalgam of other things I have read. I keep waiting for it to grab me a bit more so I can get through.

Oh good now i have reason to listen to books i already read. My libby account is going to love me.And yes listening to a book counts as reading

You misspelled the name of the book in the title.

Please do not false-equalise actions of David with the actions of the trio and Petras. It's like saying that slapping someone in the face is in the same league as beating someone almost to death with metal rods. Yes, both are bad, but we cannot be so utterly bereft of nuance. Also, David did not "get away with what he was doing": he lost his job, he lost his pension, he was beaten and burned alive, his child was raped, he had to accept that he is powerless to help or even avenge her, he could no longer sleep with women he desired, his daughter forsaken him, his grandchild will be a child of rape, he lost his family, he lost absolutely everything. What worse can possibly happen to a man? I would not wish this on my worst enemy. He surely paid for his crimes.

So you ended May on a high. Awesome. I hope that continues through the summer. Congratulations on the half marathon. Also, that looks like a beautiful, big park to ride or hike in.

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Glad you had a good if tiring month!

I think one of the ideas of this book is that when going through difficult trials in life, love (Beatrice) and common sense (Virgil) can help us. The end of the book makes us wonder whether we will be able to preserve our human appearance on the brink of life and death. Reading people who went through the Holocaust Edith Eger and Viktor Frankl we understand that this is so. Dante left us a kind of guide

She is Risen😊 So Proud of You👍 May this High carry you through the Summer🤞

Whoa... vertigo. Congratulations on running a half marathon. I still like these accelerated trips. Short sweet and fun

Congratulations on the half marathon!

To me, it was a nice book and I liked it, Hank’s narration of the stories was great, I mean the audiobook, its first story was the best in the whole collection,

This explanation is exactly the opposite of what the book said. The author was mourning the death of Canada. Which is entirely appropriate. That land will become a nature preserve.