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looove those reissues of the southern reach trilogy. i def thought of you when i found out absolution was coming out -- i think i'll get to it myself before the end of the year. i started that zafón briefly i think last year and have always wanted to get back to it at some point!

I just finished re-reading Angel's Game, the second book in the series of Shadow of the Wind. I LOVE these books so much! And...also a Jess book club member haha. Absolution is on my list, of course, although I feel like I need to reread the first three too. Been too long.

I like how nature isn't just a helpless fragile flower-victim to human destruction. Nature kicks butt. Also, VanderMeer gives his characters the best arcs any characters have had in any novel. They get alienated, mirrored back, deprived of their memories, transformed into animal-human hybrids somehow according to their innate forms of mind, and clash against each other for a few decades of disjunct time-travel. There's no pity and its awesome.

So happy to see another video from you! Did you see that Jess (of sunbeamsjess) is going to interview JVM at the end of the month?! I'm so excited for that! I haven't read Absolution yet and Jess mentioned the interview might be a little spoilery so I need to get to it asap. Have you ever considered joining her book club? I have been in it for a little over a year and it is just the most wonderful community. There is a lot going on in addition to the monthly picks...we have a lot of great speculative fiction discussions that I think you'd enjoy, for example, and I've gotten some incredible recs from the group. I promise I'm not a salesperson for Jess, just thought it might be of interest to you. Oh and Shadow of the Wind is going straight on the list! I've heard such wonderful things!

the shadow of the wind and love in the time of cholera are both my faves! excited to hear your reviews

Just found your channel and I'm truly obsessed. You have very similar taste in big slow speculative tomes as me and I love how you talk about books. Can't wait to see more <3

It looks stunning!

*What's the total amount of books that you have ?*

I am currently reading Daddy's Gone A-Hunting and it is a stunning book. The prose is so beautiful. It touches on a reality of womanhood and motherhood and the stifling expectation of conformity in gender roles in a subtle and excruciating way. I wish I owned it so I could annotate it but it's a library book 😅

i really like your channel <33

Absolutely love the library! I’ve just bought my first Vandermeer because of your videos 😍 I’m starting with the 10th anniversary edition of Annihilation ❤️

try to leave a bit of space between the books and the shelf. Pushing the books all the way back against the shelf may cause mold due to the restricted air flow

I discovered your channel through this video. What a beautiful library - I love the color that you chose! The best comes to those who wait. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍

I love the way your shelves look and this was such a fun video to watch :)

the sweater, the green shelves, the BOOKS, immaculate vibes 🍓

Such GORGEOUS bookshelves, so happy for ya!!

Seeing the way people organize their books is always fun for me. I also do my shelves by genres. I love the idea of separating read and unread! I have to request a tour of what's on those unread shelves! 😊

The perfect green! 😱

It looks amazing :) Such a nice colour, it definitelt makes them look like built-ins! I love separating read/unread books as well, I also like to pull them out a bit so they look more even if that makes sense :)

Lovely stuff!Yes you were hitting a wall, it's right behind those shelves.I did chuckle when you said you'll eventually get a chair in,that will be a break out the champagne moment.😂

It looks so pretty! How nice that you have room to buy more books 😊

I got the new Southern Reach books too, I can't stop starting at them! Actually the most gorgeous books I've ever seen.

The colour 😍💚

What a beautiful home library, such a stunning colour!

Keep the Goldfinch! I started it twice and put it down (right book at the wrong time), and then finally read it and loved it so much. Give it a chance.

I really love your videos because our taste usually aligns quite well so I want you to give the spring a try! I really liked the seasonal quartet. It’s not a life changing series but each book is a nice and easy read about humanity and hopefulness (to me that’s what they were at least). I think they can easily be squeezed in every season and I think you won’t regret reading them :)

I read "Say Nothing" recently. As someone who had almost no prior knowledge of Irish history nor the IRA, it was an interesting read. Despite not reading romance at all, I found "Alone With You in the Ether" quite beautiful. And last but not least, I think your gut might be right about "The Goldfinch". As a fellow "The Secret History" lover, I found "The Goldfinch" to be underwhelming. I loved the first half, but it lost me in the second (and it's really long, so...). Only one way to find out I guess 😄

I personally loved Why Fish Don't Exist, but I am also a biology girly🤷🏻‍♀ It may not be for everyone, but I recommend giving it a try! :) I think it is a little slow in the beginning, though. glad that your video popped up in my feed!

I 200% recommend Kang's Human Acts, maybe even more than The Vegetarian since that one's quite disturbing & twisted and probably doesn't work for everyone, but Human Acts is a must-read, I think!

I'm a newer subscriber of yours, so it's nice to see your tbr and look forward to hearing your reviews when they come! Really like the cool, calm atmosphere in your videos, super relaxing. Many of these titles sound really interesting! I read The Three Body Problem and really enjoyed the first one, but ended up dnf'ing the rest of the series as I felt there was too much of a tone shift, but it had also been about 1.5yrs since I'd read the first one. Definitely an intimidating trilogy. If you enjoy book 1 then I would recommend not doing it like me and waiting too long to read the rest hahaha 😅

The Goldfinch has been on my shelf for over a decade, with multiple starts and going nowhere past page 100... Seeing you unhaul is giving me the courage (I just love love love The Secret History!) along with The Night Circus.

Food for thought. So many books and so little time! Best wishes.

Yes to Dracula,Gormenghast,The Goldfinch,and of course Little Dorrit is quintessential Dickens(love it).❤

New subscriber, but we have VERY similar tastes (like...scary similar). I tried with the Goldfinch three times and just couldn't do it, finally re-homed my copy this year and I feel FREE. I also thought Say Anything was a big letdown. I listened to it, so maybe it's better when reading? But I expected a lot from it and it just didn't deliver. Still think you should give it a go, but maybe lower your expectations lol. Also you have the second and third one in the Dangarembga trilogy! The first book is Nervous Conditions. Finished the trilogy this year and really loved it! The second book was a bit of a slog, but as a whole, the trilogy is fantastic.

Saltwater is an all time favourite of mine ❤ I wouldn’t say it’s sad… maybe more reflective?

The Three body problem is a five star series for me..I love it so much and I hope you enjoy it too!

🎉Congratulations on your engagement.

aww I hope you like shifting the silence!! love etel adnan.. I've read three of her books now <3 i think you'll enjoy

I haven't read any China Miéville yet but I want to, and recently picked up a book that's said to be similar to Miéville's style. There's also the new book with Keanu Reeves, The Book of Elsewhere that looks interesting. I'm new to your channel so I don't know your reading preferences but I adamantly didn't like Alone With You in the Ether! It's not really a romance... I didn't like the characters, their flaws, or what happened. Thankfully I read a library copy, and was thrilled when I returned it 😂 I have 1Q84, Dracula and The Goldfinch on my shelf and I'm so keen to read both. I've heard good things about both. It's good to think of the Three Body Problem as like a prologue for the rest of the series. Once I realised that it made my reading experience of it this year much better and by the end it was getting good so I bought the next two books. I haven't read them yet 😅 I'd love to read Mary Oliver, there's a collection I can't remember the name of that I've heard great things about. I've got a few books by Virginia Woolf which I'm looking forward to reading: To the Lighthouse, A Room of One's Own, The Voyage Out, and The Waves. I've read Mrs Dalloway and that was a trip!😅 I've pre-ordered Playground by Richard Powers because it's on this year's Booker longlist. I started Bewilderment by him and was enjoying it but didn't get a chance to finish it before it was due back at the library.

Regarding Dangarembga's trilogy, you are actually missing the first (and best) book in the trilogy, Nervous Conditions. The Book of Not comes next, and This Mournable Body is the last one.

Saltwater is so wonderful ❤❤😊

I am a relatively new subscriber to your channel, but it sounds like you are not much of a fan of epistolary novels? Just an FYI - I believe Bram Stoker’s Dracula is told through letters and diary entries.

I just finished 1Q84. It’s a long book but it is such a page turner!

finally finding your taste in books >>>>>>> (also robin hobb 🫶♾️)

I LOVE Carlos Ruiz Zafon's writing <3 Any of his books are very much perfect for autumn! Also maybe an unpopular opinion but I hated The Goldfinch so much I DNF'd it 😅

It’s true the three body problem has a lot of science/cultural references, but I still found it more readable than other books that have a lot of references. I think it’s enjoyable even if i didn’t understand everything. The storytelling is amazing. The goldfinch was well written but it bored me after a certain point. For me, not super worth it.

Keep the Goldfinch! Especially if you’re loving your Dickens. And I also don’t think the night circus is your taste either 🤭

I loved “The Goldfinch”! 😍 also, I love your videos because you give such a cozy vibe 🥰

Hi ! I'm normally a silent subscriber but I just had to comment to say to please please please give The Goldfinch a chance. Its such a wonderful story and, in my opinion, even better than The Secret History. That's all, I love your videos :)

I was so scared you were about to say you were giving away your dad’s copy of Alice in wonderland ! Happy that’s not the case haha. Also, love that you love Irish fiction (I may be biased because I’m Irish hah) I just picked up the bee sting by Paul Murray, have you read it?