APRIL 2023 READING WRAP UP | new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, The Hours, Tar Baby
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2023
- Hiya!
Here's a check in with what I've been reading recently.
I was really grateful to receive a copy of Stephanie McCarter's brand new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses from Penguin Classics which I go into at length, plus three other books I read.
Books mentioned:
Tar Baby, Toni Morrison
The Private Lives of Trees, Alejandro Zambra (translated by Megan Mcdowell
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
Metamorphoses, Ovid (translated by Stephanie McCarter)
Thanks for watching!
Ben
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Cornflake Girl! What a great way to start a video! 🎉😊
Thank you especially for your discussion of the McCarter. Her translation is on my list!
Always nice to hear your views , Ben! I’m impressed to hear of an underwhelming Morrison work (I recently read her “The Bluest Eye,” excellent and provocative).
I’ve been reading Zola’s “Nana,” from his meta-anthropological series on France-I’m wanting to shore up my Belle Epoque knowledge for writing my own story!
I love The Hours! I have the same edition 🎬
I like the Hours movie but remember loving the book for its writing alone - it was so gorgeous. I have this paperback edition that looks like a close up of a Pre-Raphaelite painting or something with just a hand held up as if surrendering. I prefer that cover to the movie one or the other one you showed. Loved the Morrison talk too!
I'd love to watch the film again now I've really it :p
How odd, at this very moment I have Ovid's book on my night stand, I am about 1/3 of the way through. It is one of the old black and white cover Penguins, can't tell you the translator but will definitely make a note of it. I really am enjoying it. This is my first read through so I realize I have a bunch left to glean however..... onward and upward, I am ready to read it again with a different POV.
Hope you are well and your new job is satisfying and FUN!
It's wild isn't it! I'll be eager to read another translation soonish
I have a feeling we'll be chasing The Overstory feels for the rest of our lives. lol "the hours" poster is so iconic I just look at it and hear an announcer say "And the best Oscar for Hair & Makeup goes to..." Glorious hilarious lovely video as always Ben! I'll be here to listen to you talk about books whether it's none or infinity 🙆🏻♀
"By a nose, Nicole Kidman!" Thanks so much for watching 🥹
I've recently found your channel and,my goodness, I love it! Thank you for making me smile, and I am now busy making my way through your videos. I've just watched your Jane Eyre review, and it was pure joy! 😊
Thank you so much!
I’m inspired to finally begin reading Toni Morrison. At the very least Beloved. Love your reading catch ups. So diverse. It expands my mind every time 👍🤓
Thank you! And that's awesome that you're starting Morrison!
You are one of my fave booktubers! We actually have quite different tastes but I love hearing your opinion and descriptions of books. You introduce me to stuff I probably wouldn’t have thought about reading :)
That's really nice to hear, thank you 😊
I absolutely agree with you. I look forward to this channel each month!
It's really interesting hearing you talk about Toni Morrison's books! I've only read Recitatif but it was so incredibly written I've always wanted to pick up more by her
Her novels are immense!
This Ovid translation seems right up my alley. I read the David Raeburn translation in college and really enjoyed it, but that was so long ago I couldn't remember the gendered/violence aspects of the translation. Good luck with the Count! I read it last year and also had to take a multi-month break from it 🙃
It's fab! And I love hearing her talk about the process. Thank you re the count...
I can't wait to hear your review of The Count of Monte Cristo! It was my favourite read of 2022 and I find myself frequently thinking on it ever since I finished it 🙂
I'm looking forward to it! 😃
Been waiting for this episode and your comical character ❤
Thank you ☺️
Very interested in the new translation of The Metamorphosis, looking forward to reading it and comparing it to previous translations I’ve read before.
It's fascinating! I'd love to try the raeburn one next :)
I love MC's "The Hours" - one of my favorites. Spot on review. 😊
Thank you! ☺️
I’ve felt like a “bad person” for years for not liking Tar Baby. It’s good to know that someone else feels the same way! Also, so glad you brought up The Hours. That book got me started on Ms. Woolf, also. Thanks!
I'd love to read more of Woolf too. Thanks for watching!
I felt very similarly about Tar Baby. AJ and I are reading her fiction in publication order. I’m looking forward to Beloved next.
I read The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway together earlier this year. It’s been so long since I’ve seen the movie so couldn’t really compare. I have the same movie cover. 😊💙
Beloved is fantastic. Will be really interested to hear what you make of it!
I haven't read Virginia Woolf yet, but I'm planning to read both The Waves (because of you) and To the Lighthouse (a good friend's rec) this summer. Maybe next year I'll get to Mrs Dalloway and The Hours. I loved the movie, but haven't seen it in years... I don't remember anything about the scenes showed here. 😅 I should watch it again.
The Waves is amazing but very dense! And I'd definitely recommend the hours!
12:34 Yaayyy, you did the thing!! 😂👏👏
That may have been with you in mind 😄😄
I'm 400ish pages into the Count of Monte Cristo, reading one or two chapters at a time. I would like to read The Hours and Mrs Dalloway, maybe I'll add that to my 2023 goals.
That's probably a good way to do it, slowly but surely. Def read Mrs Dalloway!
I’ve been hanging back on reading Tar Baby - the only one of her first six that I haven’t read. Like you I love Beloved and Song of Solomon and I do want to read all of her books but I’m not looking forward to it now!
Oh no read it for def! It's interesting seeing her experiment with something less experimental but yeah just don't expect socks knocking off!
I think no actor cries so well (and so much) as Meryl Streep 😭
Especially in that scene! (Baring Sophie choice maybe lol)
@@doomantidote In Sophie’s Choice she established herself as the Empress of Crying Bitterly 👑
I love The Hours. Both the film and the book started my obsession with Virginia Woolf 😊
Me too. I've read mrs dalloway, the waves and Orlando, would love to read more.
Bleh to boring reads. I've been meaning to read The Hours for YEARS. Loved listening to your thoughts about translations.
Thank you! Definitely read the hours it's fabulous :p
You looking very handsome baby ❤
Thank you! ☺️ 😅
You've always been cute but you look so damn hot with the short hair 😅 anyway, I'm currently listening to Sula by Morrison and LOVING IT❤
Haha thank you 😄 Sula is crazy but awesome!