@@bridgetvollmer6337 lol I’m in Los Angeles, we literally have little earthquakes all the time. This one was weird tho bc it felt a bit more aggressive haha
Ah, that was my first Vonnegut! I read him in school because he was on a list of topics for a final exam (I was the only one who picked him). I became completely hooked! And the rest of your list is pretty good, too!
Modern classics y'say? Yes I have a few from Faulkner to Joyce. I recently finished "A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" by Joyce and really liked it. I'm reading "In Search of Lost Time" right now and enjoying that as well. Not much else to say, but here's one of my 30 second poems (where I try to write a poem in 30 seconds, lol). The grimy rocks of sordid spells Cause such bodies to rumble And entreat the groves of light and thunder Toward the sound a bee of bumble. In flashed the eye of color and vision Beside the one who infers its Intellect To which perfection abides the image A Notion of the one and only dialect. Lol.
Great list! I still need to read Vonnegut. I think I have Breakfast of Champions somewhere on my shelves. A couple of favourite modern classics of mine - everything Steinbeck but the Cannery Row/Sweet Thursday duology is a good time and on the shorter side. I enjoyed Jean Rhys’ Good Morning, Midnight and The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato a lot too.
I just finished The Fire Next Time yesterday! So educational and defo required reading to even start understanding how African Americans have fought through prejudice and hate. So good. And last week I read Giovannis Room and The Amen Corner. Both brilliant! I have Another Country on my bookshelf as well that I can’t wait to read. 😊
Nice list! I'm also a big fan of Vonnegut. My favorite book by him is actually Bluebeard, which I rarely hear people talk about. Also it's so funny I decided to watch this video right now when an hour ago I was actually rereading a couple chapters from Giovanni's Room and thinking about how sad it is😭 AND I was thinking about how similar CMBYN is to it lol. I saw an interview with Baldwin once where he said Giovanni's Room isn't necessarily about homosexuality as much as it's about "what happens to you when you cannot love", which I thought was very interesting. I also love his essay "Notes of a Native Son," and I want to read more by him. Also my favorite 20th century classics would be East of Eden by Steinbeck and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
@@AgricultureSpecialists haha that is really interesting that we you were having all of those thoughts right before watching this video haha I also adore Bluebeard. Great commentary on art and what people classify as art/find valuable. I have not yet read either East of Eden or One flew over the cuckoos nest but I do have East of Eden on my shelves and have heard great things about both. Baldwin is amazing. Thank you so much for your comment⭐️ I hope you are having a beautiful day
Pleased to know you're a James Baldwin and Toni Morrison fan 👍. Baldwin is experiencing a post-humous literary renaissance. In his own lifetime, however, he was not very popular amongst blacks/ white liberals in particular (like MLK) and spent many of his active years in Turkish exile where he wrote his books outside the "nightmare" of America. Something to keep in mind. Still, nice share!
@@mckenziekate You're welcome. I had read about James Baldwin's exile years in a Yale Review issue to which I was subscribed. Before he left for Turkey, Baldwin had attempted (unsuccessfully) to write a script for the film that would eventually become Malcolm X. He suffered a mental breakdown.
You mean to say this was your American modern classics. My five: mockingbird, blood meridian by Cormac McCarthy, the old man and the sea, on the road by jack keroauc, and catch 22.
@@markritchie926 haha! I suppose it was ⭐️ thank you for sharing your list, I am ashamed to admit that I have not yet read to kill a mockingbird OR anything by McCarthy. Looking forward to meeting their work one day ✨
My five would be: Borges' short stories (especially the ones he wrote before he went blind). Lonsome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty The Trial by Kafka The Lord of the Rings
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Thank you for your response. For sure you will enjoy reading it, my portrayal of one of the characters, Angela in that novel is similar to your look, a pretty one. My apology if the flow or execution are not in best form. This is my first time to write. It comes from my dream and thoughts for a long time.
1984 Rebecca Mrs Dalloway Sula The Secret History The Catcher in the Rye Giovannis Room American Psycho The Haunting of Hill House are my favourites 😊 It’s nice to see someone with similar reading taste to mine!
@@sodapopbrosky thanks for subscribing! And yeah man my gosh we’ve been getting so many little ones recently. Hope everyone near the epicenters are okay
I love how chill you are when there's an earthquake. I'm in the Midwest and I would be a basket case if there was an earthquake.
@@bridgetvollmer6337 lol I’m in Los Angeles, we literally have little earthquakes all the time. This one was weird tho bc it felt a bit more aggressive haha
James Baldwin was indeed earth shakingly good.
Indubitably
Great choices! Love your energy!
Ah, that was my first Vonnegut! I read him in school because he was on a list of topics for a final exam (I was the only one who picked him).
I became completely hooked!
And the rest of your list is pretty good, too!
@@MrUndersolo thank you! Yeah, Kurt Vonnegut is fantastic haha
So many books and so little time. Best wishes.
Modern classics y'say? Yes I have a few from Faulkner to Joyce. I recently finished "A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" by Joyce and really liked it. I'm reading "In Search of Lost Time" right now and enjoying that as well. Not much else to say, but here's one of my 30 second poems (where I try to write a poem in 30 seconds, lol).
The grimy rocks of sordid spells
Cause such bodies to rumble
And entreat the groves of light and thunder
Toward the sound a bee of bumble.
In flashed the eye of color and vision
Beside the one who infers its Intellect
To which perfection abides the image
A Notion of the one and only dialect.
Lol.
@@scoutdarpy4465 I am looking forward to getting to my Joyce books!
And I love the poem! I think that sounds like such a fabulous exercise
I’ve been reading more 19th century classics, so learning more about 20th century classics is just what I was looking for
@@gregorydavidson2744 that’s so awesome! I’m so glad this video could be of help. Have you found any favorites from the 19th century?
Great list! I still need to read Vonnegut. I think I have Breakfast of Champions somewhere on my shelves.
A couple of favourite modern classics of mine - everything Steinbeck but the Cannery Row/Sweet Thursday duology is a good time and on the shorter side. I enjoyed Jean Rhys’ Good Morning, Midnight and The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato a lot too.
I read Slaughterhouse-5 this year and I loved it. I really need to get to Cat’s Cradle, sounds so interesting!
@@theknightssayme Vonnegut is amazing!
I just finished The Fire Next Time yesterday! So educational and defo required reading to even start understanding how African Americans have fought through prejudice and hate. So good. And last week I read Giovannis Room and The Amen Corner. Both brilliant! I have Another Country on my bookshelf as well that I can’t wait to read. 😊
@@jamgart oh my gosh I want to read Amen country! I think his plays sound so interesting
Seriously good choices.
Just found your channel and it is the third video I am watching ❤ I have never agreed 100% with any booktuber on this app! Love your taste in books❤
@@malikamuradova163 omg this comment made my day! Haha thank you so much!
What’s your favorite book (or top three) ???
Nice list! I'm also a big fan of Vonnegut. My favorite book by him is actually Bluebeard, which I rarely hear people talk about. Also it's so funny I decided to watch this video right now when an hour ago I was actually rereading a couple chapters from Giovanni's Room and thinking about how sad it is😭 AND I was thinking about how similar CMBYN is to it lol. I saw an interview with Baldwin once where he said Giovanni's Room isn't necessarily about homosexuality as much as it's about "what happens to you when you cannot love", which I thought was very interesting. I also love his essay "Notes of a Native Son," and I want to read more by him. Also my favorite 20th century classics would be East of Eden by Steinbeck and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
@@AgricultureSpecialists haha that is really interesting that we you were having all of those thoughts right before watching this video haha
I also adore Bluebeard. Great commentary on art and what people classify as art/find valuable.
I have not yet read either East of Eden or One flew over the cuckoos nest but I do have East of Eden on my shelves and have heard great things about both.
Baldwin is amazing.
Thank you so much for your comment⭐️ I hope you are having a beautiful day
Pleased to know you're a James Baldwin and Toni Morrison fan 👍. Baldwin is experiencing a post-humous literary renaissance. In his own lifetime, however, he was not very popular amongst blacks/ white liberals in particular (like MLK) and spent many of his active years in Turkish exile where he wrote his books outside the "nightmare" of America. Something to keep in mind. Still, nice share!
@@joelharris4399 wow I had no idea! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@mckenziekate You're welcome. I had read about James Baldwin's exile years in a Yale Review issue to which I was subscribed. Before he left for Turkey, Baldwin had attempted (unsuccessfully) to write a script for the film that would eventually become Malcolm X. He suffered a mental breakdown.
@@joelharris4399 oh wow 🤯
@@mckenziekate 🤣. Just making conversation
My favourite modern classic is The Color Purple by Alice Walker it's beautiful coming of age story but it's brutal in places.
@@garyrobinson8665 I need to read that!
You mean to say this was your American modern classics. My five: mockingbird, blood meridian by Cormac McCarthy, the old man and the sea, on the road by jack keroauc, and catch 22.
@@markritchie926 haha! I suppose it was ⭐️ thank you for sharing your list, I am ashamed to admit that I have not yet read to kill a mockingbird OR anything by McCarthy. Looking forward to meeting their work one day ✨
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My five would be:
Borges' short stories (especially the ones he wrote before he went blind).
Lonsome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
The Trial by Kafka
The Lord of the Rings
@@leopercara3477 gosh those all sound like great picks, I REALLY need to read lonesome Dove. Everyone keeps recommending that!
Hi! Good day! I wrote a novel, titled: Archangel world at war. I watched your informative videos and it's my pleasure that someday you will review my book on one of your vlogs. It was not edited yet, nevertheless I published it to major EReading apps like Amazon and Kobo. Thank you in advance.
Hopefully I can send you a physical copy in the final format of my book in the future. God bless.
@@henriecasino wow so cool! I will have to check it out on Amazon! Best wishes to you ⭐️
Thank you for your response. For sure you will enjoy reading it, my portrayal of one of the characters, Angela in that novel is similar to your look, a pretty one.
My apology if the flow or execution are not in best form. This is my first time to write. It comes from my dream and thoughts for a long time.
❤@@mckenziekate
@@HenrieAsconir i am sure the flow is beautiful. We all have to start somewhere and you should be so proud for following your dreams ✨
1984
Rebecca
Mrs Dalloway
Sula
The Secret History
The Catcher in the Rye
Giovannis Room
American Psycho
The Haunting of Hill House
are my favourites 😊
It’s nice to see someone with similar reading taste to mine!
@@ririschannelx you have such phenomenal picks!!
Liked and subbed. That Bakersfield quake was a surprise recently!
@@sodapopbrosky thanks for subscribing! And yeah man my gosh we’ve been getting so many little ones recently. Hope everyone near the epicenters are okay