Ok I think the mic worked great. Your first book sounds like a good book. I have never read any of Agatha Christie’s books. I need to try one out. Great reviews. I never pay attention to Good Reads scores.
I read my first two Agatha Christie books this year and they were just ok. The Murder at the Vicarage (meh) & And Then There Were None (better). I feel like had I read them growing up I would be more drawn to them. Recently finished The Employees, We Don't Know Ourselves, and Pageboy. Don't know how I feel about The Employees, I don't think it's a book for me? Too conceptual for my taste. I know you enjoyed Fintan O'Toole's book, and I did too, but in some parts of this long book I did ask myself "hey do I *need* to know this much about Ireland history." The writing is good though and it reads like a book by a journalist but with a lot of opinions thrown in. Currently reading Naomi Klein's Dopplelganger, my first Naomi Klein, and am really enjoying it
Loving the mic clipped to pen situation. I kept waiting for you to say "reporting from...." lol. Good to see you again, I always enjoy hearing your take on the books you've read.
haha ok you've totally convinced me not to pick up Prophet Song ;DDD I do still feel like Old God's Time and House of Doors were snubbed not that's nothing new for the Booker (see Diaz's Trust).
I am loving your neon geometric earrings. Reminds me of my high school style in the 80’s. You’re not wrong about the wasps. I heard a wasp fact that said just before winter the queen boots the drones out of the hive so they don’t drain the limited resources and these lonely wasps with no homes or jobs get drunk on rotting fruit and get aggressive like divorcees in a mid-life crisis. Anyhooo I’m reading Patrick DeWitt’s newest The Librarianist. Enjoying it a great deal it is quintessential DeWitt.
Would you recommend the first book for someone who is going through a mental illness crisis with an adult child, or do you think it may be too triggering and scary? I know that's a lot to ask, but I'd appreciate your gut reaction.
This is a hard question. I think it depends on the headspace the reader is in. The book is really very funny and light. The final chapters get a bit serious about the state of medical care and the realities of being a person with mental illness, which I think could be interpreted as dark but I read them as a welcome bit of reality. I think it's worth giving a go - you'll might get a few laughs out of it and if it gets too tough it can always be put aside.
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Oh! I'm excited the memoir and the Japense novel are both on Scribd! Thanks for sharing these!
Ok I think the mic worked great. Your first book sounds like a good book. I have never read any of Agatha Christie’s books. I need to try one out. Great reviews. I never pay attention to Good Reads scores.
Okay, I can see you in the comedy world just based on your little "cold opens" you do before each video. It totally makes sense. -Becks
i ran out of new-to-me Christies in 2021 but now i think i’m going to reread The Body in the Library, just to feel something
I need to read Mona Awad!!
Microphone on a pen is giving FreshlyRead 🙌
I read my first two Agatha Christie books this year and they were just ok. The Murder at the Vicarage (meh) & And Then There Were None (better). I feel like had I read them growing up I would be more drawn to them. Recently finished The Employees, We Don't Know Ourselves, and Pageboy. Don't know how I feel about The Employees, I don't think it's a book for me? Too conceptual for my taste. I know you enjoyed Fintan O'Toole's book, and I did too, but in some parts of this long book I did ask myself "hey do I *need* to know this much about Ireland history." The writing is good though and it reads like a book by a journalist but with a lot of opinions thrown in.
Currently reading Naomi Klein's Dopplelganger, my first Naomi Klein, and am really enjoying it
Loving the mic clipped to pen situation. I kept waiting for you to say "reporting from...." lol. Good to see you again, I always enjoy hearing your take on the books you've read.
haha ok you've totally convinced me not to pick up Prophet Song ;DDD I do still feel like Old God's Time and House of Doors were snubbed not that's nothing new for the Booker (see Diaz's Trust).
Amen!!!! We cannot trust them wholly
I am loving your neon geometric earrings. Reminds me of my high school style in the 80’s.
You’re not wrong about the wasps. I heard a wasp fact that said just before winter the queen boots the drones out of the hive so they don’t drain the limited resources and these lonely wasps with no homes or jobs get drunk on rotting fruit and get aggressive like divorcees in a mid-life crisis.
Anyhooo I’m reading Patrick DeWitt’s newest The Librarianist. Enjoying it a great deal it is quintessential DeWitt.
Ma'am your youtube name is amazing
There is now an audio version of Prophets Song.
Would you recommend the first book for someone who is going through a mental illness crisis with an adult child, or do you think it may be too triggering and scary? I know that's a lot to ask, but I'd appreciate your gut reaction.
This is a hard question. I think it depends on the headspace the reader is in. The book is really very funny and light. The final chapters get a bit serious about the state of medical care and the realities of being a person with mental illness, which I think could be interpreted as dark but I read them as a welcome bit of reality. I think it's worth giving a go - you'll might get a few laughs out of it and if it gets too tough it can always be put aside.