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Curatorially Yours
Australia
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2021
My name is Kelly and I am a teacher based in Sydney, Australia. This is primarily a booktube channel but you will also occasionally find me talking tea and cats.
August 2024 Book Haul
New books - yay! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR.
These are the books I mentioned in the video:
The Vincent van Gogh Atlas - Nienke Denekamp & Rene van Blerk (ill. Geert Gratama) (trans. Laura Watkinson)
The Archibald Prize 2024 catalogue
A Green Equinox - Elizabeth Mavor
Old Filth - Jane Gardam
Aunts Up the Cross - Robin Dalton
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Odyssey - Homer (trans. Robert Eagles) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Soundings - Doreen Cunningham
My Brilliant Sister - Amy Brown
Bright Shining - Julia Baird
Murmurations - Carol Lefevre
The White Girl - Tony Birch
Prophet Song - Paul Lynch
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett
Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett
Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
The Sirens Reading Challenge 2024:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/5fb31a31-def2-418b-86da-25b3b68f4b20
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These are the books I mentioned in the video:
The Vincent van Gogh Atlas - Nienke Denekamp & Rene van Blerk (ill. Geert Gratama) (trans. Laura Watkinson)
The Archibald Prize 2024 catalogue
A Green Equinox - Elizabeth Mavor
Old Filth - Jane Gardam
Aunts Up the Cross - Robin Dalton
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Odyssey - Homer (trans. Robert Eagles) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Soundings - Doreen Cunningham
My Brilliant Sister - Amy Brown
Bright Shining - Julia Baird
Murmurations - Carol Lefevre
The White Girl - Tony Birch
Prophet Song - Paul Lynch
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett
Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett
Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
The Sirens Reading Challenge 2024:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/5fb31a31-def2-418b-86da-25b3b68f4b20
Follow me:
Instagram - curatoriallyyours
Tiktok - www.tiktok.com/@curatoriallyyours
The Story Graph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/curatoriallyyours
Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/user/show/44781930-kelly
Theme: "Bossa Antigua" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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August 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here is my wrap up of the 7 books I read in August 2024. I'd love to hear your thoughts about these down in the comments! These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video: All Our Families - Jennifer Natalya Fink (DNF) A Land Without Jasmine - Wajdi Al-Ahdal (translator - William Maynard Hutchins) The Body Country - Susie Anderson In Limbo - Deb JJ Lee Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (budd...
Snow Trip TBR
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I'm going to the snow soon and I thought I'd look through my physical TBR to see if I had books with snowy, wintery words in their title... lots, it seems! Let me know if you have read and/or recommend any of these! These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video: Winter - Ali Smith If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino The Winter Dress - Lauren Chater In the Midst of Wint...
July 2024 Book Haul
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New books - yay! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR. These are the books I mentioned in the video: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - Satoshi Yagisawa (translated by Eric Ozawa) Coastal Poetry: From Yarra Bay to Watson's Bay - Libby Hathorn & Elizabeth Cummings Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman Crying in H Mart - Michell...
July 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here is my wrap up of the 4 books I read in July 2024. I'd love to hear your thoughts about these down in the comments! These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video: The Membranes - Chi Ta-Wei (translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich) Heartstopper Volume 2 - Alice Oseman Under Milk Wood - Dylan Thomas We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Sirens Reading Challenge 2024...
June 2024 Book Haul
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New books - yay! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR. These are the books I mentioned in the video: Persuasion - Jane Austen (Harper Muse Painted Edition) So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan The Forester's Daughter - Claire Keegan Maud Martha - Gwendolyn Brooks Pastrix - Nadia Bolz-Weber Late Victorian Holocausts - Mi...
The Mid Year Freakout Tag 2024
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It's the Mid-Year Freakout Tag once again! The original tag was created by @IsThatChami and @EarlGreyBooks. I treat this video as a reflection on what I've read so far in the year and a check-in with my goals to see what I still need to get done. Let me know in the comments if you have thoughts on any of the books I mention! These are the books I mentioned in the video: Western Lane - Chetna Ma...
July 2024 Holiday Book Haul
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This video was filmed while I was on a trip down the south coast of NSW and it is a haul of all the lovely second-hand books I picked up in the various op shops I visited there. Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR. These are the books I mentioned in the video: The Singing Bones - Shaun Tan Wuthering Heights - Emily B...
June 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here is my wrap up of the 8 books I read in June 2024. I'd love to hear your thoughts about these down in the comments! These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video: Enter Ghost - Isabella Hammad A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka Doppelganger - Naomi Klein A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Heartstopper Volume 1 - Alice Oseman Salonika Burning - Gail...
June Reading Vlog
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I had an unexpected day at home due to illness, so... reading vlog! These are the books I mentioned in the video: A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Heartstopper Vol 1 - Alice Oseman Song of the Sun God, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens & Safe Haven - Shankari Chandran Salonika Burning - Gail Jones The Sirens Reading Challenge 2024: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/5fb31a31-def2-4...
May 2024 Book Haul
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New books - yay! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR. Also, apologies for the crackling noise throughout the video - I have no idea what caused it! I hope it isn't too distracting or annoying. These are the books I mentioned in the video: Lightfall 3: The Dark Times - Tim Probert Island - David Almond Magnolia Wu Unf...
May 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here is my wrap up of the 8 books I read in May 2024. I'd love to hear your thoughts about these down in the comments... though no more about Praiseworthy please and thank you! These are the books I read that I mentioned in the video: Undiscovered - Gabriela Wiener (translated by Julia Sanches) She is the Earth - Ali Cobby Eckermann Western Lane - Chetna Maroo Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf What...
Reading the Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist - Introducing The Books!
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I am going to attempt to read the whole of the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist this year. In this video, I introduce the books, tell you what I think about those I've already read and, if you watch until the end of the video, you'll also get to see what my life is like living with my cat Xanthi who constantly wants to sit on my shoulder! These are the books I mentioned in the video: Hosp...
April 2024 Book Haul
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Another book haul for April, Kelly? Calm down, will ya! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and if you think I should prioritise any of them on my TBR. These are the books I mentioned in the video: What White People Can Do Next - Emma Dabiri The Tea Dragon Tapestry - K. O'Neill West Girls - Laura Elizabeth Woollett Thunderhead - Miranda Darling Mercies - Anne Sexton On Viole...
May 2024 Reading Vlog, in which I Have a Bad Back and Feel some Feelings about Books!
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I had an unexpected day at home due to back pain (I'm doing ok now - don't worry) and needed to stay sitting down to rest, so... reading vlog! You will also get to see some clips of my garden getting ready to bloom (Autumn is my favourite time in my backyard) as well as a delightful little clip of me reading with a cat on my shoulder - enjoy! These are the books I mentioned in the video: Mrs Da...
April 2024 Holiday Reading Vlog (featuring chickens!)
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April 2024 Holiday Reading Vlog (featuring chickens!)
February 2024 Reading Wrap Up (featuring an adorable cat nap)
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February 2024 Reading Wrap Up (featuring an adorable cat nap)
Wednesday Reading Vlog - February 2024
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Wednesday Reading Vlog - February 2024
Lovely haul matey! I have meditations on my shelf to read too (though a different translation I believe)
Gifts from your cats 😍
@@elzbethmrgn they’re very generous 😺
A recent unexpected (by me) fun place to find good and/or fun books is the bookshelf at my local dollar store. One favorite find from there is “Hannah’s War”, by Jan Eliasberg. It is a story that sheds “light on the story of Dr. Lise Meitner, the woman who discovered nuclear fission and has been erased…from history.” To me it reads like a story that is built from sound historical research, and also offers a possible (plausible?) answer to an unanswered question, “Why did the Germans never develop an atomic bomb?” Quotes are from the author’s notes.
@@CP-rc9sw I love finding a gem in an unexpected place!
Excellent use of the DNF! Well done!
I'm getting better at it!
🎉 I enjoyed this one (and no just the shoutout 😘). I always love it when you don't like a book 😂
@@elzbethmrgn I don’t DNF lightly - I overthink it and, apparently, I am pretty annoyed!
love this video
@@MD.IMRANHOSEN3769 thank you ☺️
hi
Your hauls are always so varied!
True! I have broad taste, I guess!
Yep, Gregory Day seems to write novels that don't have the hooks that make them compulsive reading. Takes more concentration that I usually have available. I was loving The Bell of the World at times but I just had to keep forcing myself to pick it up, so I dnf too. It's the second of his I've dnf and the one I read all the way through was a bit of a struggle. Too many other books that I want to read. I need to go back to some others that were shortlisted this year but it will be after I've read some other new releases that I'm more interested in and the Booker longlist. Happy Reading.
@@kimswhims8435 I think if it had just been over-writing I would have persisted with it (and possibly still have been disappointed with it, of course) but the age gap “romance” in Italy was gross and I lost faith in the author to make good narrative choices. The fact that he (Gregory Day) is currently about the age of the man in Italy too - I can’t help but believe he thinks there’s no problem with a person in their 60s sleeping with a teenager - that this could be a positive (or at least neutral) experience for the teenager. Perhaps that’s not the case, but it was written so sympathetically, in my opinion, that it’s hard to believe otherwise. Gross!
I did think of you as soon as I heard the Miles Franklin announcement! I hate DNFing a book but the relief when you finally decide to do it is so good
@@elzbethmrgn thoughts and prayers for me due to the Miles Franklin this year 😂 that was not on my 2024 bingo card!
I rarely buy new books .Always love charity shop mooching in the UK . I pick up second hand paperbacks for 50p and hardback normally a £1 . Also use library really to try and support them as much as possible . You picked up some great books
The thrill of finding something unexpected and inexpensive while second-hand shopping is the best! And yes to supporting libraries too 😊
Ooooh that copy of Persuasion is absolutely beautiful 😍😍 I really need to read something by Isabel Allende, every time someone mentions one of her books they always sound like just the kind of thing I might like.
@@JentheLibrarianreads it really is beautiful - the cover painting, the gold foil edges, the layout - it is luxurious! They’ve really thought of everything, which is what you want when you’re splurging on a completely unnecessary additional copy of a favourite book!
Those painted editions 😍 The Canterbury Tales has long been on my "should read that one day" mental list.
@@elzbethmrgn could be another good candidate for an Audrey annotated audiobook edition, if one exists, or at least to read alongside some kind of notes because the language is pretty dense and not modern English!
@@curatoriallyyoursDefinitely one that needs a reading/comprehension companion!
Making great progress towards your goals!
@@myreadinglife8816 thank you ☺️ I’m thankfully out of my slump so I’m feeling good about getting to where I want to be by the end of the year!
I am nearly done with your Sirens challenge! I keep borrowing library books for Library Lorelai and not having time to read them 😅 but I still have heaps of time
@@elzbethmrgn I am having a similar problem! I’m not going to visit the library for a bit until I know I’ve got some time then I’m going to go and let the library display speak to me!
I love these vids. Such a snapshot of our individual tastes (mines sci-fi heavy 😂). I actually want to read soldier sailor for the motherhood themes, but recently just dragged myself out of a Handmaid's Tale slump... Took me nearly a month to read it so not going for those heavy themes for a while. Hopefully a favourite author can get you out of it.
@@RAHowes I DNFed a book I wasn’t enjoying and read a volume of Heartstopper and I’ve been excited to read a little bit before bed the last couple of nights so I’m feeling hopeful!
@@curatoriallyyours that certainly sounds promising! I've DNF'd so many books this year (I'm normally so bad at it) but I think I'm starting to learn when something is just not for me.
@@RAHowes it’s definitely hard to DNF but I think it gets easier the more you do it 😀
@@curatoriallyyours I think it's also the maturation of a reader too. You start learning what is not going to work for you. I really struggled with handmaid's tale but not because it was not for me. The motherhood themes got to me. I preserved and ultimately completed it. I read the first page of the song of Achilles and just knew it was not the book for me. A few years ago I would've forced myself to keep reading and probably would have put myself into a reading burn out.
That's a really good mid-year wrap-up and we agree on Dolly Maunder. I'm not interested in Solider Sailor and you've confirmed that I've made the right decision there 🙂 Reading slumps are the pits, I had one that lasted for most of June, My Friends by Hisham Matar got me out of it, great book. I think I might have completed your challenge except for the ebook, I tend to either read the paper copy or the audiobook, so probably won't do that one. Happy Reading 🙂
@@kimswhims8435 I read the second Heartstopper graphic novel last night and made the decision to DNF one of the Miles Franklin shortlist books I had been reading. I’m hoping the momentum of finishing a book and being free of the book I wasn’t enjoying will keep me rolling along!
I love buying second hand!! I pay no more than $10 for a book used!!
@@twartist1411 it’s the thrill of the chase too sometimes or just the serendipity of finding an unexpected gem 💎
Your holiday hauls are always so epic!
Your Middlesex reaction was priceless and the same as mine 😂 which is why I haven't picked it up. But I'll be brave and read it with you if you decide to read it!
@@elzbethmrgn 😂 all the emotions right there on my face! It sounds like it could be terrible if not executed perfectly but I know lots of people think it is amazing so maybe he’s managed it!
I can’t wait to hear if you like Love & Virtue. I read it in January 2022 and did indeed give it 5 ⭐️. I also have Prima Facie on my TBR; it sounds heavy but really interesting!
@@louisawilson561 now I just need to read it so we can talk about it! I’m so intrigued by Prima Facie too!
excellent haul!
It's too many books but I was excited to find each one!
@@curatoriallyyours "too many books"? S orry, don't understand the statement
Hi Kelly. Yes it is the same character. I enjoyed Greek Lessons. Prima Facie is an incredible book and is also a play.
Good to know - I thought I recognised the character name! I'm really excited about Prima Facie - the premise sounds so compelling.
Love Shaun Tan, I have a few of his too, and a couple of pins of some of his characters from Book Week. Sarah Waters is compulsive reading but I think I've only read The Little Stranger of those 3, I've seen the dramatisation of The Night Watch, it's excellent. I've done some rare all nighters with her books, be warned not to start at bedtime, lol. Love and Virtue is an interesting novel, not really my thing but covers some topics really well. Han Kang is an interesting writer but not read Greek Lessons yet. I really need to read Home Fires, bought it secondhand ages ago. The Lebs is brilliant, I read it when it was listed for the Miles Franklin and really enjoyed it. Came away with a lot from it. I really need to read more of his. Middlesex is on a lot of best book lists, most recently on the New York Times best books of the 21st Century, but I haven't read it yet. Always lovely to see lovely Bronte books. Happy Reading.
Thank you for the heads up about the addictive qualities of Sarah Waters books! I've heard good things!
Very cool! Happy to learn about this award :)
@@MargaretPinard I hope you’ll get a lot out of reading some of the books on the longlist 😀
The waves were definitely the Saturday arvo vibes I didn't know I needed 😍 I'm glad you liked Psalm!
@@elzbethmrgn I love the sound of waves - very calming!
Loved the wave sounds, it was very relaxing. Enter Ghost and Doppelganger are both unread on my shelf, I really need to get to them soon.
@@enjay5087 I did have to reduce the background noise a little in my editing software, but I doubt I could have erased it altogether! I’m glad it wasn’t too distracting!
Thanks Kelly. Heartstopper is so heart warming. I just requested you as a friend. Hi from NSW
I am not usually that excited by YA books but Heartstopper is beautiful! What part of NSW are you from? I'm based in Sydney but I'm currently visiting the south coast.
@@curatoriallyyours North of Newcastle. I do like to get to Sydney a few times a year 😊
@@tanyam6197 I don’t go north nearly enough but I really should!
We should have 'sick' days at least once a month to catch up on reading (and vlog it 😅)
I could do without the actual illness but do appreciate having a slow, quiet day for reading!
I just started The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies - my cover has the ladies facing each other. Both covers are beautiful! So far, it's a fun ride - just what i needed ! I've been going through a lot and this type of book is perfect. Plus, I prefer books that have the romance as secondary because romance is not my thing. I hope to find more books like it ! :) p.s. the Stanley Tucci book was amazing. I didn't think I would love it as much as i did.
I hope you love it as much as I did!
I did not know Chanel Miller had written another book! I will be on the look out for that!
When you pulled out Psykhe I was 😍 at the cover, it would be an instabuy for me as well!
It had to be done!
That's a fun haul. I'm keen to read Kate's latest, have two of her early ones on my shelves and I've decided to try to get to those before I read Psykhe. Kate's lovely, I've met her a couple of times, once at The National Gallery when she was talking about The Pre-Raphaelites (at the Love & Desire exhib) Gail Jones is a brilliant writer, she made me very keen to read Joseph Conrad after reading "One Another". I really enjoyed North Woods, it has an American epic feel to it and it's a bit ghostly. With all the talk about "James" by Percival Everett at the moment, I've been meaning to get a copy of Huck Finn too. Future me will get around to it. I've been on a bit of a opshop haul myself. Yesterday it was halfprice and picked up 7 books for $14 plus a few for my 2 year old grandson. Shared it on Insta. My new books haul included "The book that shall not be named again" so promise I won't talk about it...until it wins the Miles Franklin... which I've now Jinxed by writing that 😀 Happy Reading 😀
7 books for $14 is a bargain and a half! I do love a good rummage at the op shop!
I love seeing Western Lane getting the love. It was such a beautiful book.
Agreed - I am so glad I read it!
So impressed you finished that huge book!
It was hard work!
Pretty sure that what Alexis Wright wrote was intentional, if anything she probably fought to keep it in that form. I don't think it was a lack of editing. Praiseworthy is on most major prize lists for good reason. However, it isn't for everyone. She's also not just an indigenous author, she's a Professor in Creative Writing at The University of Western Sydney and she holds a PhD from MIT amongst other academic accolades. I'm sure that you're not alone in your appraisal of the book but I think it will continue to do well in the prize lists for good reason and will prove to be a landmark novel. Sometimes we're just not ready for a body of work when we read it.
Don't feel obliged to respond, it's not like you ever have to read the book again, if you don't want to, but if you're really going to diss a quite important new novel, sometimes there's some respectful blow back 🙂
You and I have already agreed to disagree about this book in another comment section. And I agree that it’s likely she fought to keep it in this form, and is a big enough author that she probably got her way. I am saying it is to the book’s detriment - a good editor can make a book more accessible and readable. I’m not interested in discussing this book any further, as I mentioned in the video.
FORTY MINUTES?? #blessed 😂
I really need to bump Virginia Woolf up my TBR
I read a lot of books this month!
I loved the Seasonal Quartet, especially Autumn.
I'm looking forward to continuing with it!
Oh, lucky you did stick with Praiseworthy then 😅 two birds one massive stone
Quite!
I know you are reserved about Praiseworthy but it is a masterpiece IMHO, (another but) but her work does take effort. Her work lends itself to oral storytelling, I found that the audiobook helped me. Bob The Bookerer, another booktuber, recently read it and brilliantly reviewed it, I'd recommend listening to what he says about it. I'm also going to try to read the longlist, but my library still doesn't have Wall nor Hospital. I'm reluctant to buy any of the books unless I'm going to reread them. I probably will buy Praiseworthy or pick it up secondhand. I've only read 3 so far, including Praiseworthy, Edenglassie and Stoneyard Devotional. I'll pick up Angela O'Keeffe's next, I loved her Night Blue a couple of years ago. Happy Reading
We will have to agree to disagree about Praiseworthy, I think! I did do the audiobook in the end and it helped me get through it but didn’t really make the book itself better for me. It’s so tricky when libraries take time to get nominated books in - it was the reason I bought Hospital when it was announced on the Stella longlist - I couldn’t seem to find it in any format anywhere. I decided to bite the bullet and buy all the Miles Franklin longlist books I didn’t already have. I already owned 4, 2 were ones I had my eye on anyway and the rest were the more obscure ones that I figured would be hard to find in libraries etc so… add to cart!
Great summary of the long list. Edenglassie is so worth reading!
I’m so keen for it!
The Housekeeper and the Professor is such a heartwarming book. Very diverse haul!
I’ve heard good things so I’m looking forward to reading it!
I think the film of the surgeon of Crowethorne is called The Professor and the Madman (2019) really enjoyed it. Some great books there, a couple are sitting on my shelves unread too. Happy Reading.
Oh, I didn’t know there was a film version! I’ll have to let my husband know 😀
Xanthe 🥰
I left in the cat chaos for everyone’s viewing pleasure!
loved this video!!
Thank you ☺️
I always listen at 1.5x but I have been known to bump it up depending on the narrator. The highest I can go is 2.5x. Hope your back is better!
Thank you - I’ve had a remedial massage for immediate relief and I’ve got a Physio appointment for next week to hopefully make some longer-term improvements. I found myself bumping up to a 2x speed for a particularly slow narrator this week, so it turns out I break my own rules!
Oof we have both been in the wars (metaphorically). Hope you're doing better now.
I never speed up my audiobooks! My brain just can't do it, and I'd say I'm a slow reader as well. Unless the narration has really. long. pauses. between. words, but I'm more likely to give up on the audio rather than persevere at a faster playback!
I am doing better, thanks 😊
I listen at up to 3x but usually at 2.5x The ADHD is strong here. VERY frustrated with platforms that don't go over 2x - looking at you IndyReads! I DNFd Praiseworthy. I bought it on audio and think it needs to be read off the page and I cannot sit still for that long.
Omg! 3x is incredible! IndyReads is the actual worst in so many ways - my least favourite audiobook platform! Let me tell you that off the page does not make Praiseworthy work better! I’m sure I’ll drag out the decision to DNF it for a while longer but I’m currently reading books that interest me far more and don’t require mental gymnastics to follow the plot and characters! I can’t help but wonder if people feel confused while reading it and mistake it for genius? Perhaps that’s harsh 🤷♀️
@@curatoriallyyours I just figure that it’s like Patrick White and James Joyce. A level of genius beyond my ken and I’m ok with that
I’m a solid 1.7 but my sister in law can listen at double speed 🤯
Wow! Both speeds are impressive to me!
Thanks you've confirmed my decision not to read Soldier Sailor. I'm still thinking about listening to the audiobook of Feast. I thought the audiobook of Body Friend was quite good. Can't get my hands on Hospital, my library hasn't purchased it, I think I can wait on that one. I have Graft on reserve and looking forward to it. Happy Reading 🙂
There is so much hype around Soldier Sailor and it is obviously working for lots of people but it wasn’t for me.
I love it when you don't vibe with a book, your criticism is always considered and great to listen to 😅
I always get a bit nervous to upload a critical take on the channel but I always find it valuable to hear why people don’t like a book - sometimes that thing someone doesn’t like is something I’m fine with! Hopefully people don’t take it personally when I don’t like their favourite!