One of the featured books is upside down. Is that because there's something off about it's characters? Or did I neglect to correct the footage? 😱🙃 We may never know...
Thank you for the recommendations. I love the way you shoot and edit your videos. So calm and elegant, it makes the books look so inviting. Definitely a winner. 😀
My favorite Women's Prize winner is also my favorite book of all times, "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke. Thank you for the video. I added a few of the recommended books on my list.
Loved the video and you showing us the books😀😀good to see you again. You are the first you tuber I discovered on you tube. Thank you so much for introducing me to book tube😀😀
Wow! Great list! Just added: room, the bees, the mermaid and Mrs hancock, the power, the signature of all things, and we need to talk about Kevin. Don’t know how I’ve overlooked these titles, but your beautiful descriptions wants me to read them now ASAP! Thank you!
Oh goodness, you've added so many good ones! I'm excited for you to read them. And I'd love to know your thoughts as you make your way through them, so feel free to pop back and share your experience when you get a chance to explore their pages. Happy reading, Julia!
Yooooo...I just typed in your name on a whim, not even expecting you to show up -- and you're BACK! This is great! Welcome back! Bandit Queens is the one I decided to pick up.
Oh, I love when things like that happen. It was nice of you to think of me, and thank you for that warm welcome back. ☺ The Bandit Queens is soooo good! Please pop back once you've read it and let me know your thoughts. Enjoy!
Welcome back!! So nice to see you back on booktube 😊Demon Copperhead and Pod are now must reads in my reading year. All the Light We Cannot See has been sitting on my shelf unread for quite a while - might be time to get to it! I ordered the Summer That Melted Everything too. Thank you for the recommendations!
Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for you to read those books, especially The Summer That Melted Everything. 🥰 I'd love to hear your thoughts on the book once you finish exploring its pages. Happy reading!
Great video, Hannah! Such a winner. Showing the books as you talked gave life to the descriptions. In January, I decided to revisit some Women's Prize winners from the past and picked up a few at my local used book store. One of them was We Need to Talk About Kevin. Two others I picked up were Piranesi and Song of Achilles. I also just received a copy of Demon Copperhead from a friend. Like you, I'm excited for the 2024 long list to be announced!
🐛Oh my goodness, Heather. You have some incredible books on your hands. Wow! I got chills thinking about you reading We Need to Talk About Kevin. I hope you'll come back and share your thoughts once you read it. And of course Demon Copperhead was one of my favorites last year. So excited for you to read it. I just got back from a spontaneous trip to a few used bookstores, and I found a WP nominee that I haven't read (How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House) for just $3.00! 🥳 I'm so happy you have so many wonderful books to explore. Happy reading!
Oh my goodness, Shelly, it's such an incredible book. Very excited for you to read. And you've added some wonderful others to your list too. I look forward to hearing your thoughts once you get around to reading them. ☺
I only started following the WP in the last few years so it was very surprising to me how many books I had read that were nominated/won at some point! I've added Sport of Kings to my TBR, that looks like such an interesting book. I've just finished How to Say Babylon from the longlist and really enjoyed it. I listened to it on audiobook (read by the author!) and it was a really great read. I hope it's a winner for you too!
🐛How marvelous that you've added The Sport of Kings to your TBR. It's an incredible book. I'd love to know how you feel about it once you've read it. I recently finished How to Say Babylon and it was such a moving book (and very relatable, sadly). That was my first of the nominated WP non-fiction that I finished, followed shortly thereafter by Eve, which I found even more amazing. I'll be getting around to posting some BookTube reviews on these books in the future, but for now I'm focused on the enjoyment of exploring their pages. 🥰
I enjoyed this video and I love the beautiful copies of the books you show us. My favourites include Milkman (fortunately the Booker came good with this one), How to be Both, Wolf Hall, The Blind Assassin, Fingersmith and a Girl is a Half-formed Thing.
Ooh, you've listed so many books I need to get to. I struggled with Milkman but think I may revisit it in the future. And I have a copy of The Blind Assassin that's waited far too long for me to read. (And it's going to have to keep waiting because I have got my eye on that 2024 WP longlist. Hah!). I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. Thanks for watching ☺
Me too ☺. Btw, good news: I ventured out to a library book sale recently and found a hardcover of Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land. Huzzah! It'll be a while before I pick it up because I only have eyes for the Women's Prize right now, but I was very happy with my find. How are the first rounds of reading for the BookTube Prize going?
@@hellobookworm Yay. Glad you found it. We're still early in round 1, but ballots are starting to come in from judges who had already read a couple in their groups.
@@Robert.Sheard Nice! I took a look at the nominated titles. Quite a few of the fiction titles have featured on prediction videos for this year's Women's Prize longlist. I'll be curious to see which (if any) get nominated for the prize and which make it to the final round for the BookTube prize.
@@hellobookworm I admit I'm always a little bit pleased when books we've included show up on other prize lists as well. And then there's the Booker, which didn't even include Demon Copperhead on their longlist? 🤷♂
@@Robert.SheardIn the last few years, it seems like the Booker has gotten away from commercial titles and books written by prominent authors. They've gone the way of the lesser known, the more obscure. It seems to be resonating with quite a few Booker readers. Meanwhile, I think the Women's Prize has drifted the other way, selecting titles that have more commercial appeal that will resonate with a broader audience, and I am 100% here for it.
Thank you for the history of the Women's Prize. I have added both books by Angela Carter to my TBR. Also, great B-Roll! I loved oogling all your beautiful hardcover books.
So many wonderful books here! Oh, The Bandit Queens! But call me surprised: I didn't realize that Gone Girl had been nominated for the prize. I hate that we haven't had another book from her because I enjoyed all three of her novels. I also loved The Signature of All Things--I wish more people realized what a beautiful writer Gilbert is. I've had Alias Grace sitting unread on my shelf for far too long. The Sport of Kings is probably my favorite here--even after making the prize list I think it was criminally underread. It lost to The Power, didn't it? I agree it should have been the WINNER. Thank you so much for the kind words about my channel! I'm so happy you're back on booktube!
🐛I think you're right about The Sport of Kings losing to The Power. Man oh man am I anxious for another book from C. E. Morgan. I've long hoped for another book from Gillian Flynn. She was supposed to write a book as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, but I believe that fell apart (not sure why). Now she has her own publishing imprint, so no idea if she'll be publishing her own work anymore. Sigh.
Thank you, Cathy. I'm so glad you enjoyed those books. Demon Copperhead got lots of attention, but I feel like We Need to Talk About Kevin is rarely mentioned. Such an unforgettable book.
Hello! ☺I'm reading a few books from this year's longlist (both fiction and non-fiction), and will start posting review videos in the next week or so. Really enjoying my reading so far. How about you?
@@hellobookworm I'm working my way through the fiction longlist and enjoying it. Had trouble with Hangman (everything is symbolic and it's written with short clipped sentences). I think Soldier Sailor is the best written but Enter Ghost was my favorite so far. 10 books to go!
@@Showmeyourshelfie Amazing! Reading a full longlist is no easy feat. I'm glad you've found some good ones and a favorite. I hope you'll keep me posted on your longlist journey as you continue to explore the books. 📚👀
🐛 Ooh, that's a good one! I hope you enjoy O'Neill's book. Please pop back when you get a chance to read it and let me know your thoughts. Happy reading!
I'm hoping Julia 1984 is on the list . I have added Alias Grace to my wish list, and you reminded me of books I already have that have been on the previous list that I still need to read .
Oh goodness, a new longlist coming right around the corner and you still have marvelous nominees on your shelf. Any that you're especially keen to pick up? I'm hoping Julia 1984 is on the list too so I'll have an excuse to read it (and Orwell's 1984). Seems like it would make for an interesting pairing.
Thank you for this video, Hannah! I've loved all the books I've read from this list, so I've definitely added all the rest to my to-read pile. I'm also curious about who will be the winner for both fiction and non-fiction this year. :)
🐛Have you picked up any books from the non-fiction longlist? I know I only mentioned two in this one, but I already ventured to pick up a third: Doppleganger. And now I kind of have my sights set on Wifedom, too. This is how it always goes with me and the prize. I pick a few shiny ones, but the more time passes, they all start looking shiny. Hah! 😅
@@hellobookwormI did! I got All That She Carried. I embroider, so I'm really curious about that story. I'm also curious about Wifedom and Matrescence. I feel the same way about these longlists and how all the books start looking shiny, especially after I start hearing/reading comments about each book!
@@carolabola33 Ooh yes, hearing other people chat about the books definitely helps to stoke the fires of intrigue. All That She Carried sounded interesting too. Perhaps I'll get around to that one eventually. I hope you enjoy the non-fiction titles you selected. ☺
We Need To Talk About Kevin really strikes a cord with me. Modern individualism weighs heavily on our minds - and it's a crucial mistake; the weight of an idealized existent. I have found that the individual reinforced through eager passion and furthered by his obsession with his identity (the idealized modern identity) is not the sort to withstand himself and his own sinful nature.
Thank you for sharing these insightful observations. I agree that individualism is a mistake, and it's terribly sad to see how prevalent it is now. It would be interesting to revisit We Need to Talk About Kevin while thinking about individualism and how it is demonstrated by the protagonist's son.
@@hellobookwormYou're welcome! And I enjoyed the video! But we also have to be careful with the other way of a "virtuous" collectivism. That's how we get entangled with something like the communist ideal, again, which is predicated on an idealism. I'm very much an idealist, but in a more Platonist way.
One of the featured books is upside down. Is that because there's something off about it's characters? Or did I neglect to correct the footage? 😱🙃 We may never know...
Thank you for the recommendations. I love the way you shoot and edit your videos. So calm and elegant, it makes the books look so inviting. Definitely a winner. 😀
🐛Thank you, Mark. That's very uplifting to hear. ☺
My favorite Women's Prize winner is also my favorite book of all times, "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke. Thank you for the video. I added a few of the recommended books on my list.
Ooh, that's a good pick! Thank you for watching, Maria. I hope you enjoy the books you added to your TBR. Happy reading! ☺
Loved the video and you showing us the books😀😀good to see you again. You are the first you tuber I discovered on you tube. Thank you so much for introducing me to book tube😀😀
What a lovely comment. Thank you! 🥰 I'm so glad to have played a role in you finding BookTube. 😀
Wow! Great list! Just added: room, the bees, the mermaid and Mrs hancock, the power, the signature of all things, and we need to talk about Kevin. Don’t know how I’ve overlooked these titles, but your beautiful descriptions wants me to read them now ASAP! Thank you!
Oh goodness, you've added so many good ones! I'm excited for you to read them. And I'd love to know your thoughts as you make your way through them, so feel free to pop back and share your experience when you get a chance to explore their pages. Happy reading, Julia!
Yooooo...I just typed in your name on a whim, not even expecting you to show up -- and you're BACK! This is great! Welcome back!
Bandit Queens is the one I decided to pick up.
Oh, I love when things like that happen. It was nice of you to think of me, and thank you for that warm welcome back. ☺
The Bandit Queens is soooo good! Please pop back once you've read it and let me know your thoughts. Enjoy!
Welcome back!! So nice to see you back on booktube 😊Demon Copperhead and Pod are now must reads in my reading year. All the Light We Cannot See has been sitting on my shelf unread for quite a while - might be time to get to it! I ordered the Summer That Melted Everything too. Thank you for the recommendations!
Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for you to read those books, especially The Summer That Melted Everything. 🥰 I'd love to hear your thoughts on the book once you finish exploring its pages. Happy reading!
Great video, Hannah! Such a winner. Showing the books as you talked gave life to the descriptions.
In January, I decided to revisit some Women's Prize winners from the past and picked up a few at my local used book store. One of them was We Need to Talk About Kevin. Two others I picked up were Piranesi and Song of Achilles. I also just received a copy of Demon Copperhead from a friend.
Like you, I'm excited for the 2024 long list to be announced!
🐛Oh my goodness, Heather. You have some incredible books on your hands. Wow! I got chills thinking about you reading We Need to Talk About Kevin. I hope you'll come back and share your thoughts once you read it.
And of course Demon Copperhead was one of my favorites last year. So excited for you to read it.
I just got back from a spontaneous trip to a few used bookstores, and I found a WP nominee that I haven't read (How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House) for just $3.00! 🥳
I'm so happy you have so many wonderful books to explore. Happy reading!
What a brilliant video. I’ve yet to read “We Need to Talked about Kevin” but now I want to! Loved Demon!! ❤ Adding Hamnet, The Bees, and Rush Oh!!
Oh my goodness, Shelly, it's such an incredible book. Very excited for you to read. And you've added some wonderful others to your list too. I look forward to hearing your thoughts once you get around to reading them. ☺
I only started following the WP in the last few years so it was very surprising to me how many books I had read that were nominated/won at some point! I've added Sport of Kings to my TBR, that looks like such an interesting book. I've just finished How to Say Babylon from the longlist and really enjoyed it. I listened to it on audiobook (read by the author!) and it was a really great read. I hope it's a winner for you too!
🐛How marvelous that you've added The Sport of Kings to your TBR. It's an incredible book. I'd love to know how you feel about it once you've read it.
I recently finished How to Say Babylon and it was such a moving book (and very relatable, sadly). That was my first of the nominated WP non-fiction that I finished, followed shortly thereafter by Eve, which I found even more amazing.
I'll be getting around to posting some BookTube reviews on these books in the future, but for now I'm focused on the enjoyment of exploring their pages. 🥰
What a beautiful video! ❤ Thank you so much for the shoutout. 😊
Thank you, Kim! 🥰
I enjoyed this video and I love the beautiful copies of the books you show us. My favourites include Milkman (fortunately the Booker came good with this one), How to be Both, Wolf Hall, The Blind Assassin, Fingersmith and a Girl is a Half-formed Thing.
Ooh, you've listed so many books I need to get to. I struggled with Milkman but think I may revisit it in the future. And I have a copy of The Blind Assassin that's waited far too long for me to read. (And it's going to have to keep waiting because I have got my eye on that 2024 WP longlist. Hah!).
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. Thanks for watching ☺
That copy of alias grace is beautiful ❤
Thanks for the booktuber recommendations ❤
You're welcome. Thanks for watching! ☺
I always enjoy looking back at prize histories and picking out the best of the best (the winner).
Me too ☺. Btw, good news: I ventured out to a library book sale recently and found a hardcover of Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land. Huzzah! It'll be a while before I pick it up because I only have eyes for the Women's Prize right now, but I was very happy with my find.
How are the first rounds of reading for the BookTube Prize going?
@@hellobookworm Yay. Glad you found it. We're still early in round 1, but ballots are starting to come in from judges who had already read a couple in their groups.
@@Robert.Sheard Nice! I took a look at the nominated titles. Quite a few of the fiction titles have featured on prediction videos for this year's Women's Prize longlist. I'll be curious to see which (if any) get nominated for the prize and which make it to the final round for the BookTube prize.
@@hellobookworm I admit I'm always a little bit pleased when books we've included show up on other prize lists as well. And then there's the Booker, which didn't even include Demon Copperhead on their longlist? 🤷♂
@@Robert.SheardIn the last few years, it seems like the Booker has gotten away from commercial titles and books written by prominent authors. They've gone the way of the lesser known, the more obscure. It seems to be resonating with quite a few Booker readers.
Meanwhile, I think the Women's Prize has drifted the other way, selecting titles that have more commercial appeal that will resonate with a broader audience, and I am 100% here for it.
Thank you for the history of the Women's Prize. I have added both books by Angela Carter to my TBR. Also, great B-Roll! I loved oogling all your beautiful hardcover books.
Aw, thank you! I hope you enjoy exploring Carter's books. Happy reading!
I really enjoyed your recommendations. I would also enjoy seeing more content from the prize.
Loved the way you describe the books you love! You make them all sound like winners 😉
🐛Aww, thank you so much! ☺
So many wonderful books here! Oh, The Bandit Queens! But call me surprised: I didn't realize that Gone Girl had been nominated for the prize. I hate that we haven't had another book from her because I enjoyed all three of her novels. I also loved The Signature of All Things--I wish more people realized what a beautiful writer Gilbert is. I've had Alias Grace sitting unread on my shelf for far too long. The Sport of Kings is probably my favorite here--even after making the prize list I think it was criminally underread. It lost to The Power, didn't it? I agree it should have been the WINNER. Thank you so much for the kind words about my channel! I'm so happy you're back on booktube!
🐛I think you're right about The Sport of Kings losing to The Power. Man oh man am I anxious for another book from C. E. Morgan. I've long hoped for another book from Gillian Flynn. She was supposed to write a book as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare project, but I believe that fell apart (not sure why). Now she has her own publishing imprint, so no idea if she'll be publishing her own work anymore. Sigh.
Great selection of books! I added quite a few to my TBR. I loved Demon Copperhead and We Need To Talk About Kevin. ❤
Thank you, Cathy. I'm so glad you enjoyed those books. Demon Copperhead got lots of attention, but I feel like We Need to Talk About Kevin is rarely mentioned. Such an unforgettable book.
Ahhh so many wonderful books!! Adding several to my TBR.
Hooray! Happy reading, Bonnie! 📚👀
Hello bookworm! How is it all going? You reading the longlist this year?
Hello! ☺I'm reading a few books from this year's longlist (both fiction and non-fiction), and will start posting review videos in the next week or so. Really enjoying my reading so far. How about you?
@@hellobookworm I'm working my way through the fiction longlist and enjoying it. Had trouble with Hangman (everything is symbolic and it's written with short clipped sentences). I think Soldier Sailor is the best written but Enter Ghost was my favorite so far. 10 books to go!
@@Showmeyourshelfie Amazing! Reading a full longlist is no easy feat. I'm glad you've found some good ones and a favorite. I hope you'll keep me posted on your longlist journey as you continue to explore the books. 📚👀
Winner! Always happy to watch your recommendations.. I just added The lonely hearts
Hotel to my tbr
🐛 Ooh, that's a good one! I hope you enjoy O'Neill's book. Please pop back when you get a chance to read it and let me know your thoughts. Happy reading!
Winner! Love your reviews.
🐛Aww, thank you so much, Mary! 🥰
I'm hoping Julia 1984 is on the list .
I have added Alias Grace to my wish list, and you reminded me of books I already have that have been on the previous list that I still need to read .
Oh goodness, a new longlist coming right around the corner and you still have marvelous nominees on your shelf. Any that you're especially keen to pick up? I'm hoping Julia 1984 is on the list too so I'll have an excuse to read it (and Orwell's 1984). Seems like it would make for an interesting pairing.
Thank you for this video, Hannah! I've loved all the books I've read from this list, so I've definitely added all the rest to my to-read pile. I'm also curious about who will be the winner for both fiction and non-fiction this year. :)
🐛Have you picked up any books from the non-fiction longlist? I know I only mentioned two in this one, but I already ventured to pick up a third: Doppleganger. And now I kind of have my sights set on Wifedom, too. This is how it always goes with me and the prize. I pick a few shiny ones, but the more time passes, they all start looking shiny. Hah! 😅
@@hellobookwormI did! I got All That She Carried. I embroider, so I'm really curious about that story. I'm also curious about Wifedom and Matrescence. I feel the same way about these longlists and how all the books start looking shiny, especially after I start hearing/reading comments about each book!
@@carolabola33 Ooh yes, hearing other people chat about the books definitely helps to stoke the fires of intrigue. All That She Carried sounded interesting too. Perhaps I'll get around to that one eventually. I hope you enjoy the non-fiction titles you selected. ☺
I keep adding and removing We Need to Talk About Kevin. Your video made me add it again. lol
Hooray! Next step, reading it! 😂 Seriously though, I hope this is the year you get a chance to read it. It's truly a one-of-a-kind reading experience.
I hope you enjoy “How to Say Babylon” as much as I did.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it so much and will be diving in just as soon as I finish reading Beloved by Toni Morrison.
We Need To Talk About Kevin really strikes a cord with me. Modern individualism weighs heavily on our minds - and it's a crucial mistake; the weight of an idealized existent. I have found that the individual reinforced through eager passion and furthered by his obsession with his identity (the idealized modern identity) is not the sort to withstand himself and his own sinful nature.
Thank you for sharing these insightful observations. I agree that individualism is a mistake, and it's terribly sad to see how prevalent it is now. It would be interesting to revisit We Need to Talk About Kevin while thinking about individualism and how it is demonstrated by the protagonist's son.
@@hellobookwormYou're welcome! And I enjoyed the video! But we also have to be careful with the other way of a "virtuous" collectivism. That's how we get entangled with something like the communist ideal, again, which is predicated on an idealism. I'm very much an idealist, but in a more Platonist way.