Great! Have you read Claire Fuller's books before? I think you'd really like her, Russell. I highly recommend you read her novel Our Endless Numbered Days as well.
I do like the sound of Bitter Orange. It is funny how summer reads seem to stay with you. I don’t know if it is being on holiday so you have more time to really sink into a good book, or the wonderfulness of warm weather to read in along with the relaxing sounds of summer..but I remember a lot of books that I have read in the summer through my life and just thinking of them contours up summer even if they are not about summer in themselves.
Yeah, I think that might be it: being able to really focus and concentrate on a book. I know there are some books I've read while being squashed on public transportation and worrying about work and not taking the story in as much as I should. :)
Bitter Orange looks intriguing. I don't beach read, but when I'm here in London, my nearby park provides grass to sit on, benches in the sun or benches in the shade, ideal for whatever way you wish to read. I've always thought it's a great idea to get through something demanding during these relaxed days, so I've just finished The Brothers Karamazov, where the bright sun makes the pages much easier to digest, instead of ploughing through it in the depths of winter. BTW, on your recommendation I've read Soho by Richard Scott. I've enjoyed the collection, but some of them are quite gut wrenching, particularly those grappling with the notion of shame. I think that for that reason, "museum" with it's wistful lyricism is my favourite.
I have Bitter orange on order from the library,will be adding Can you hear me? to my tbr too, I think... Also, so happy the temperatures dropped for a while...
this actually sounds amazing i'll have to see if i can get a copy of it from my library! cliche as it was, last summer i read Call Me By Your Name late in the summer because the setting was just so gorgeously hot and languid and kind of the epitome of what i look for in a summer reader.
Bitter Orange was one of the new releases I was looking forward to this year, Clare Fuller is one of those authors where I have three of her novels on my TBR but have never read any, obviously needs to be rectified. I don’t think I really have summer reads although something like Room with A view might be a good one, all that Italian and then English sunshine, or am I just remembering the film!?
Yep, start with her first novel. It's so fantastic and I still think about it. Oh yes, EM Forster does have a real summer vibe. He had an unfinished novel called Arctic Summer as well (and Damon Galgut wrote a wonderful novel by the same name all about Forster himself.)
I do not read at the beach either! I sweat (of course) and love my books too much to get them wet and sandy... LOL Also, I must begin getting out more; I can absolutely relate to getting depressed inside while reading. (Currently reading "A Little Life," by Hanya Yanagihara - BRILLIANT!!!!) Love your videos! Best, - Adam
Yep, it is really difficult not to get books dirty on the beach - another good reason not to read there! :) A Little Life is brilliant but it's impossible not to get depressed reading it. Thanks for watching, Adam! x
Yes! So many good books on that list. I haven't added my votes to the comments section yet but must do soon. Are you voting? Which two would you vote for?
Eric Karl Anderson it's a fiddly process of registering, voting and leaving reviews. I can't remember my password. I'd vote for The Hoarder and The Sparsholt Affair
Oh I’m so torn about this book! It sounds so great (and that cover😍) and I’ve heard such great things about it - but I hated her novel Our Endless Numbered Days. I thought it was terribly problematic and was quite angry with it, to be honest. There were strengths to the novel, though, such as the writing and the atmosphere created, and that seems to be what carries into this novel. But even if I would enjoy this one - which it sounds as though I would! - I still feel hesitant to even pick it up, because of how I felt about the other novel. Does that make sense? Maybe I should get over it and just view this novel as a book in its own right. Help?! Haha!
I just finished Bitter Orange. What a read! I had to find someone discussing it. New to Fuller, but now I want to read more.
She's so good! Hope you enjoy her other books - they're all good!
@@EricKarlAnderson pls recommend one, I have read bitter orange and enjoyed quite a bit
@@auroraborealis565 Her most recent novel "Unsettled Ground" is brilliant: lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/3/14/unsettled-ground-by-claire-fuller
Hi Eric! So nice to see you. Thank you for the video. Two more gems to add to my list.
Hey Robin! Hope you're well & enjoy the books when you get to them.
I have had Bitter Orange on my radar! Now it’s moved up the list! Sounds great
Great! Have you read Claire Fuller's books before? I think you'd really like her, Russell. I highly recommend you read her novel Our Endless Numbered Days as well.
This sounds great Eric 👍 can’t wait to read this 😀 and thank goodness for the cooler temperatures in the UK
Rain wonderful rain! :)
I do like the sound of Bitter Orange. It is funny how summer reads seem to stay with you. I don’t know if it is being on holiday so you have more time to really sink into a good book, or the wonderfulness of warm weather to read in along with the relaxing sounds of summer..but I remember a lot of books that I have read in the summer through my life and just thinking of them contours up summer even if they are not about summer in themselves.
Yeah, I think that might be it: being able to really focus and concentrate on a book. I know there are some books I've read while being squashed on public transportation and worrying about work and not taking the story in as much as I should. :)
I read Crime and Punishment 30 years ago on a beach in Goa in my 20’s. What was I thinking?
Haha, it does have quite a gripping plot I found so not too crazy.
Bitter Orange looks intriguing. I don't beach read, but when I'm here in London, my nearby park provides grass to sit on, benches in the sun or benches in the shade, ideal for whatever way you wish to read. I've always thought it's a great idea to get through something demanding during these relaxed days, so I've just finished The Brothers Karamazov, where the bright sun makes the pages much easier to digest, instead of ploughing through it in the depths of winter.
BTW, on your recommendation I've read Soho by Richard Scott. I've enjoyed the collection, but some of them are quite gut wrenching, particularly those grappling with the notion of shame. I think that for that reason, "museum" with it's wistful lyricism is my favourite.
Yep, the park is preferable. It is such a brilliant book.
I'm so glad you read and appreciated Soho. 'Museum' is a striking poem!
I love gothic fiction, can’t wait to read Bitter Orange, sounds like a perfect summer read to me!
I bet you'll love it, Kelly!
I have Bitter orange on order from the library,will be adding Can you hear me? to my tbr too, I think... Also, so happy the temperatures dropped for a while...
I hope you enjoy them. The temp is coming back up again now. Ugh!
I'm ignoring what you've said about temperature!!! I'm to hot as it is.
this actually sounds amazing i'll have to see if i can get a copy of it from my library!
cliche as it was, last summer i read Call Me By Your Name late in the summer because the setting was just so gorgeously hot and languid and kind of the epitome of what i look for in a summer reader.
Yes! Aciman's novel is a great summer read!
Bitter Orange was one of the new releases I was looking forward to this year, Clare Fuller is one of those authors where I have three of her novels on my TBR but have never read any, obviously needs to be rectified. I don’t think I really have summer reads although something like Room with A view might be a good one, all that Italian and then English sunshine, or am I just remembering the film!?
Yep, start with her first novel. It's so fantastic and I still think about it.
Oh yes, EM Forster does have a real summer vibe. He had an unfinished novel called Arctic Summer as well (and Damon Galgut wrote a wonderful novel by the same name all about Forster himself.)
Oh I think I've heard you mention that one before Eric, I must seek it out!
I do not read at the beach either! I sweat (of course) and love my books too much to get them wet and sandy... LOL Also, I must begin getting out more; I can absolutely relate to getting depressed inside while reading. (Currently reading "A Little Life," by Hanya Yanagihara - BRILLIANT!!!!) Love your videos! Best, - Adam
Yep, it is really difficult not to get books dirty on the beach - another good reason not to read there! :)
A Little Life is brilliant but it's impossible not to get depressed reading it.
Thanks for watching, Adam! x
Bitter Orange is on the not the Booker prize run by the Guardian.
Yes! So many good books on that list. I haven't added my votes to the comments section yet but must do soon. Are you voting? Which two would you vote for?
Eric Karl Anderson it's a fiddly process of registering, voting and leaving reviews. I can't remember my password. I'd vote for The Hoarder and The Sparsholt Affair
Oh I’m so torn about this book! It sounds so great (and that cover😍) and I’ve heard such great things about it - but I hated her novel Our Endless Numbered Days. I thought it was terribly problematic and was quite angry with it, to be honest. There were strengths to the novel, though, such as the writing and the atmosphere created, and that seems to be what carries into this novel. But even if I would enjoy this one - which it sounds as though I would! - I still feel hesitant to even pick it up, because of how I felt about the other novel. Does that make sense? Maybe I should get over it and just view this novel as a book in its own right. Help?! Haha!
Yeah it totally makes sense. A bad experience with an author's writing can taint anything new the produce, but nevertheless I think you'd like it! :)