time stamps bc they might be helpful 4:27 Bastard by Max de Radiguès 5:30 Albatross by Terry Fallis 7:30 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 8:34 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 10:15 Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill 12:14 How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell 14:29 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 16:56 Ten Arguments For Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier 19:12 Sheets by Brenna Thummler 19:28 Anne of Green Gables by Mariah Mariden 19:57 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Ju 21:03 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
"..that's why I read! That's why I read in general, is to try and understand my life and the world, and our options and our choices." - Ariel Bissett, 2020
Anne of green gables helps me learn to cope with loss. I absolutely adore that book and recommend it to anyone and everyone!!!! It will relate with you at any moment in your life 💛✨
I once didn’t open my boxes of books while in-between homes and when I finally did, there had been significant damaged and some were completely lost in the process. I do hope you’ll open the boxes and meet the books every now and then, even before you get the shelves in. That said - Congratulations on your new home! May you be happy here ☺️💜
I started Station Eleven the day before the shut down order was given, totally on accident. it was absolutely surreal and scary reading it as it began, terrifying. But it’s a GORGEOUS book, I still have a hangover.
I had a similar experience with Anne of Green Gables. My Mom passed away this summer and I was going through so much. This graphic novel was the right thing at the right time and it gave me so much comfort and peace.
I read so many incredible books this year because of Books Unbound: Station Eleven, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Pumpkinheads, Nineteen Eighty-four, 172 Hours on the Moon, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and My Year of Rest and Relaxation... among others !! Thank you SO much ❤️
I glad you addressed how you have a bookish background bc I was dead thinking “There’s no way her house is unpacked enough for her to have a filming corner already.”
I came across your channel from your house videos. I don’t really read to often but these videos have 100 INSPIRED me to pick up a book. I’ve never been excited to read until now. Thank you!
I read the Hunger games trilogy for the first time this year and I was blown away by how good it actually was and how much I enjoyed it! I definitely will be recommending it from now on!
Thank you for telling what The Bell Jar is about! I actually didn’t know other than it being about a woman and mental health. Coincidentally, right before watching this video I was (in preparation for an exam paper) in the middle of reading a student exam paper review of one of Jaron Lanier’s books having never heard of him before. I love that you just explained who he is.
Ariel, you will be ecstatic to know that I LOVED Albatross. It was so good and the pacing and writing was just so good. And I love that it is Canadian, it shows in the writing.
Update: I watched further and I also really loved Station Eleven and found it comforting to read during the pandemic. During the summer before my move I sat outside to read a lot. I also find the attention economy super interesting and loved the Bell Jar when I read it. (I think we would be good friends)
Heyy, I just uploaded a new video on the topic of books for 2021, I would really appreciate if you could check it out and leave me some feedback. If you don’t have the time or if you don’t want to, that’s okay too. Thank you and have a nice day.🥺❤️
When I see your videos in my subscriptions I treat them as little presents and get so excited to watch them!! 🎁 I saved this one for after work so I had something to look forward to when I got home!
There's literally no words to explain how I enjoy your videos. You could be talking about some nonsense topic and still, I would listen as if you were saying the ultimate secret of the world. Love u Ariel!🥰 Already wrote down those titles! 🤓
Going through a really hard time right now and this video made me feel so good. Seeing you talk about something you love so much and exploring the world through the beautiful art form of BOOKS is so inspiring when the world feels so dark sometimes. I love your content Ariel and keep posting❤️
I read Station Eleven last december, before this whole pandemic started. Ironic uh? It made me so anxious but at the same time a bit hopeful? That's a weird combination.
Most adults can make responsible decisions about social media. If used for entertainment and enjoyment in moderation it's a good tool. Too much of anything can be detrimental. I love all of the Ann of GG books. Great recommendations. I'll try several of them. I'm most.excited about reading The Vanishing Half and Station Eleven.
It took me three years mulling over books on Goodreads, as TommyLovesEli, to create my favorite 100 books and since then I've done really well reading. BOOKS was the theme of 2022. I read 52 books in 52 weeks. The books I read in 2022 was the following: 1) "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope 2) "Can You Forgive Her?" by Anthony Trollope 3) "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro 4) "Mark Twain: A Life" by Ron Powers 5) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain 6) "The Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain 7) "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene 8) "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady" by Samuel Richardson 9) "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark 10) "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote 11) "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver 12) "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy 13) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy 14) "Master and Man" by Leo Tolstoy 15) "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy 16) "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy 17) "The Raid" by Leo Tolstoy 18) "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs 19) “In the First Circle" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 20) "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo 21) "Clara Militch" by Ivan Turgenev 22) "Mumu" by Ivan Turgenev 23) "Kassyan of Fair Springs" by Ivan Turgenev 24) "The Portrait Game" Ivan Turgenev 25) " Punin and Baburin" by Ivan Turgenev 26) "The Inn" by Ivan Turgenev 27) "The Watch" by Ivan Turgenev 28) "Acia" by Ivan Turgenev 29) "Home of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev 30) "On the Eve" by Ivan Turgenev 31) "Rudin" by Ivan Turgenev 32) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev 33) "First Love" by Ivan Turgenev 34) "The Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev 35) "How Russians Meet Death" by Ivan Turgenev 36) "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" by Ivan Turgenev 37) "Volodya" by Anton Chekhov 38) "Ward No. 6" by Anton Chekhov 39) "The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekov 40) "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Alexander Pushkin 41) "The Captain's Daughter" by Alexander Pushkin 42) “Le Grand Meaulnes, or the Lost Domain” by Alain-Fournier 43) "Poor Folk" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 44) "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 45) "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen 46) "Kolyma Tales" by Varlam Shalamov 47) "An Island Hell" by S. A. Malsagoff 48) "The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy 49) "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy 50) “Strait is the Gate” by André Gide 51) “And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer” by Fredrik Backman 52) “Middlemarch” by George Eliot This year I have read so far... In January, I read... 1) "Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded" by Samuel Richardson 2) "The Moon Is Down" by John Steinbeck 3) "The Last 100 Days: the Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe" by John Toland 4) "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë 5) "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë I, also, have read four short stories, already this year. 6) "The Princess" by Anton Chekhov 7) "What Men Live by" by Leo Tolstoy 8) "How Much Land does a Man Need" by Leo Tolstoy 9) "The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev" by Dony K. Donev February 2023 books, I read... 1) “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens 2) “The Warden” by Anthony Trollope 3) “The 39 Steps”by John Buchan 4) “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery 5) “Less Than Zero” by Bret Easton Ellis 6) “Vilette” by Charlotte Brontë 7) “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë 8) “The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë 9) “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover
I love that you’re reading so many aware books on social media and the problems with it. It’s ironic for me as well! I’m a communications major who dislikes social media and all the vast negative affects it has on everyone.
ive had.... the worst morning imaginable. even if i explained it, the dread im feeling couldnt be conveyed (yes im dramatic lol). but this video has the best vibes, and hearing you talk about your favorite books this year is just so calming. thank you.
Wow! You read Kim Ji Young, Born 1982! Happy to see this book is translated into other languages and find its readers all over the world💜 The book had been made into a film as well check it out as well if you like!
I also read Station Eleven this year for the first time and oh boy, it was an experience to read it in an actual pandemic. Such a wonderful and perfect book!
I honestly love Anne of Green Gables! It was the first classic my mum bought me when I was 7 and I fell in love with classics, especially Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre and Little Women. It was the first book I re-read this year, and I want to read the whole series this year, and some more books by L.M. Montgomery
I've also reread The Hunger Games this year and had the exact same reaction! I don't read a lot of YA anymore, because there's just too many tropes that I cannot read anymore, but The Hunger Games is just genuinely a good book!
Gutted, the app isn't available in the UK yet :'( This is one of the few channels that makes me feel good for just reading and makes me want to read rather than comparing how much I read to someone else, Ariel you just ooze enthusiasm and the joy of reading!
I want to read every single one of these!! (Well except Hunger Games because I loved it but only want to read it once). Thanks for such enthusiasm in your recommendations! It's contagious.
Such a joy watching you discuss all these. You've made me want to read a lot of them especially Jaron Lanier and Jenny Odell's nonfiction books. The way you talked about The Bell Jar made me think of Jade Sharma's novel Problems which I'd definitely recommend if you haven't read it. Also, I loved The Vanishing Half too. So good! It deserves award!
I'm 24 and I read the Hunger Games for the first time this year and I have to say, it was pretty good and I enjoyed it! I used to be crazy about the Divergent series but when I re-read the first book of that series this year I was immensely disappointed. The books honestly aren't that good XD.
I just love your videos Ariel... the way you speak so earnestly is so comforting to me and I've really enjoyed your videos over the years. You are a lovely and timeless gem, I can't thank you enough and I look forward to seeing whatever you do next :)
During this wild year, I wrote my dissertation (partially) on the Hunger Games and one of my other papers on King Lear & Station Eleven, and it's just so fascinating that like, you know, I don't know you and we both were so moved by the same (not exactly new) books this year. Thank goodness for literature.
Thanks for recommending Albatross! I'm listening to the audiobook and am hooked!! The narrator (author) reminds me so much of Stuart McLean, who I miss so much, and it's like listening to a Vinyl Cafe storytime! Ahh, good times. :)
Your podcast totally convinced me to pick up Station Eleven even though it's usually not my thing at all to read speculative/sci-fi stuff, I agree so much that diving into the book in the middle of an ACTUAL pandemic elevated it a lot, you could just feel it on a deeper level. Also it may or may not have sent me into "what-if-technology-collapses-tomorrow" mode and I spent the summer printing photos of my family and dog because WHAT IF lol
I read Station Eleven in January before the pandemic really hit the states, and it definitely did help me process everything and put it all in perspective this year. It’s a great book.
It's always appreciated when reviewers give a head's up that something has content that can be offensive; especially if a certain thing bothers you. Different things really bother different people. Unless it's a trigger for you, it's good when people can put those things aside and still enjoy something. You can point out those issues, and I personally can get a bit aggravated when there is injustice and things that are unfair in a book or something and in a way that the author is approving of. Creations ,like people, are going to have flaws. I don't like when people ruin things and try to literally get them banned though, and I especially don't like when people attack the fans of something because it has problematic content. Some are missing out on some really good content just because it's not perfect. You can talk about problematic aspects of something while still enjoying it and getting a lot out of it.
Missed your videos! Thank goodness for your podcast with Rueben!!!!Congratulations on your move. Thank you for this list of books; half I have not read!!!☮️♥️
Gosh everytime I’m watching one of your videos, it costs me so much money! 😅 You’re so good at selling stories! My TBR pile just keeps getting higher! Love your reviews, always!
Last year I was so busy with final year of school and other life stressors that I only read 8 books, and that felt defeating. This year I set a goal of 35, and this week I met that goal!! Feels so good to crush the goal I had, and have it be so much higher than previous years. My top 5 of 2020 are Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Night by Elie Wiesel, Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, and Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
You mentioned your experience reading Station Eleven this year, and how it related to everything going on in our world, and I actually had a similar experience. I read The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker back in April, during which everything was shut down where I live. I haven’t read Station Eleven, so I don’t know how similar the plots are. What I really liked about The Dreamers, was that is depicted the effects of the epidemic on both an intimate level, and a larger scale. Maybe you’d like to check it out? Anyways, thanks for the recommendations, I’ll definitely be adding some to my (endless) to be read list!
The bell jar is my all time favourite book....but do not read it if you are feeling any sort of mental illness. I read it the first time when I was just beginning my first bout of severe depression and it made things worse. But however now doing much better, and reading it again and i was able to read it with a new point of view of overcoming mental illness
love hearing your favorites!! so great to see that you're still reading a bunch of genres and trying to diversify your tastes - anne of green gables was definitely one of my favorites growing up. also wanted to read kim jiyoung, so it's encouraging to hear you liked it!
I never know an aquicorn (an aquatic unicorn) was a thing, but I love it! I'm going to look up if it's a preexisting mythical creature or if that author invented them.
Love this video! I've never been a huge reader, but I started prioritizing it more in 2020!! With all these awesome recommendations, I can continue on with great reads for 2021 & STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA! :)
I have read a few books you recommended and ended up loving them - Station Eleven, The New Wilderness.... I want to buy Albatross and it is super hard to find in the U.S.! Sad indeed. No libraries have it, or any independent bookstore I usually frequent.
I re-read the hunger games as well thanks to one of your videos! It's just SO good! Ahah I spend a few days just waiting to get home from work to read it, obsessed ahah
Thank you Ariel! I feel like I needed this video. I’ve been really down in the dumps lately and needing a beautiful, impactful book in my life to give me some respite. I’m definitely checking out a few of these from my library this week!
This is the list of books I read because of you 🥰 Station Eleven, Albatross, The Vanishing Half 🙌🏼 The Bell Jar is one of my favourites. I feel the same way, feeling so seen even after sixty years. Anne of Green Gables. My favourite book! Kim Jyoung, born 1984 is on my Christmas list because of you
Station Eleven is one of my favourite books! I was planning on reading it again this year but I read two other Emily St. John Mandel books instead; The Glass Hotel and Last Night In Montreal. I love her writing.
It was a pleasant surprise that you recommended "Kim Ji Young, born 1982" from South Korea (Which is where I am from!). I did not expect that! The book was a mega best-seller here in Korea initiating meaningful conversations on feminism and social issues. Also thanks for recommending various genres on your list, I will definitely grab some of the books for myself :)
I'm a fairly new subscriber and I just wanted to say I love how passionate you seem about reading, it really helps when people are in reading slumps and need that push to help get out (like I am needing now haha) thank you!
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time stamps bc they might be helpful
4:27 Bastard by Max de Radiguès
5:30 Albatross by Terry Fallis
7:30 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8:34 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
10:15 Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill
12:14 How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
14:29 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
16:56 Ten Arguments For Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
19:12 Sheets by Brenna Thummler
19:28 Anne of Green Gables by Mariah Mariden
19:57 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Ju
21:03 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
THANK YOU ❤️
@@BethatGirlSis_Andrea 😅❤️
Cool thanks!
Will you predict the next Goodreads colour? 😁
Something very big is coming your way...
I'm very excited
@@katnaz_ i was just about to comment on this thanks i am not alone
Good to know I'm not the only one who cares about that 😂
Most anticipated video of the year.
"..that's why I read! That's why I read in general, is to try and understand my life and the world, and our options and our choices." - Ariel Bissett, 2020
Anne of green gables helps me learn to cope with loss. I absolutely adore that book and recommend it to anyone and everyone!!!! It will relate with you at any moment in your life 💛✨
Would you recommend Anne of Green Gables the book or the graphic novel first?
'everything was shit but i read a lot so stuff's good' - my mood this year
Love all your videos Ariel! Always full of humor and just fun 🌈✨🤓
omg u read!! thats so cool. i used to watch your videos when i was younger lol
Lo siento no sé qué pasó
No hablo inglés pedon
Omg Natalie, hii I love your content and Jupiter ❤🐶
NATALIE!!!!!!! 💓💓💓
I got interested in "Station Eleven" and then I realized I already have it in my bookshelf.
What a mood
Station Eleven was my favorite book I read in 2019...and I’ve thought about it ALL 2020
I read station eleven at the beginning of 2020 and it got me real depressed
I once didn’t open my boxes of books while in-between homes and when I finally did, there had been significant damaged and some were completely lost in the process. I do hope you’ll open the boxes and meet the books every now and then, even before you get the shelves in.
That said - Congratulations on your new home! May you be happy here ☺️💜
nooooo i'm so sorry
she's back !! ❤
yay!!! thanks for tuning in, I'm so excited to be settled in to my new house enough to be back to making videos!
@@ArielBissett yay oml I love you !! ❤
your hair looks amazing in this video!! curly hair goals smh
thank you 🙈i was worried about the frizz levels so thanks for the kindness, haha!
The Bell Jar does the "slow descent into madness" thing so well.
I started Station Eleven the day before the shut down order was given, totally on accident. it was absolutely surreal and scary reading it as it began, terrifying. But it’s a GORGEOUS book, I still have a hangover.
I just discovered your channel the length of one video ago! Perfect timing!
hahahah i love that. HI!!
You're definitely going to make a brilliant graphic novel *(Hecate rocked my world)* & a beautiful novel about being mixed race. I believe in you
😭😭😭😭😭 thank you, Nkanyiso
Oh I was just sitting here listening to books unbound and painting when I got the notification 🧡
that makes my heart sing!!!
Just re-read The Bell Jar too and was blown away. It's one of those books that you instantly want to read again to unpick all of the characters
can you give us an update on your “Fear of Big Books” video?? I wanna know how it went!!!
On her podcast she talked about how she didn't complete it due to the stress of 2020
@@acorn_woman oh okay thank you!
oh my god station eleven!!! one of the best books ever, and i never hear people talking about it!!!!
less than 30 seconds in and have already laughed out loud, thank you!!!
SAME KAJDKA
hahahhahahhahaha
I’m so pleased the hunger games is on this list, I also reread it this year and I was so impressed
RIGHT? IT HOLDS UP.
YESS the Katie O'Neill shout out!!! If you haven't already read Tea Dragon Society it's easily my favorite of hers by a large margin. it's so lovely!
... CMON SANTA
I had a similar experience with Anne of Green Gables. My Mom passed away this summer and I was going through so much. This graphic novel was the right thing at the right time and it gave me so much comfort and peace.
As a non native english speaker, I just gotta say I love your accent ^^ specially when you say "about"
As a Canadian, I love that you love the way we talk! 😊
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Non english speaker here as well and I'm more focused on her accent than the words haha I love it so much!
@@abigase135 Yes!! Me too haha It's incredible, I wish I could speak like she does.
Ariel, I love how you passionately talks about your favorite books , it really motivates me to read more books! ❤
Crying because the app isn’t available in my country. Congrats on your new house! I hope you love it I can’t wait to see the video.
Same! It looked interesting but nope, denied.
i think it's not in mine either, i looked it up on google play and it wasn't there
Yup! Same here.
I’m so ready for the goodreads colour prediction
I read so many incredible books this year because of Books Unbound: Station Eleven, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Pumpkinheads, Nineteen Eighty-four, 172 Hours on the Moon, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and My Year of Rest and Relaxation... among others !!
Thank you SO much ❤️
I glad you addressed how you have a bookish background bc I was dead thinking “There’s no way her house is unpacked enough for her to have a filming corner already.”
Hahahaha nooooo way. I wish I could put photos on this TH-cam comment to show you the disaster that is everywhere else. 😅
You made me read Albatross by Terry Fallis and I do not regret listening to you!
I just love listening to Ariel 🌞🌸🌹 she’s such a pocket full of sunshine
I came across your channel from your house videos. I don’t really read to often but these videos have 100 INSPIRED me to pick up a book. I’ve never been excited to read until now. Thank you!
I read the Hunger games trilogy for the first time this year and I was blown away by how good it actually was and how much I enjoyed it! I definitely will be recommending it from now on!
You sold me on Albatross since you recommended it in your podcast!!
Same! added to my 2021 tbr
Its so expensive everywhere and so hard to find 😭😭😭
@@Maria-hq6dh i can email you the ebook if you want
@@aaishaht I would love if you could email me the ebook! I live in the US, really want to read Albatross and it’s so hard to find.
@@brookesilva6055 sure. What’s your email address?
Thank you for telling what The Bell Jar is about! I actually didn’t know other than it being about a woman and mental health.
Coincidentally, right before watching this video I was (in preparation for an exam paper) in the middle of reading a student exam paper review of one of Jaron Lanier’s books having never heard of him before. I love that you just explained who he is.
Ariel, you will be ecstatic to know that I LOVED Albatross. It was so good and the pacing and writing was just so good. And I love that it is Canadian, it shows in the writing.
Update: I watched further and I also really loved Station Eleven and found it comforting to read during the pandemic. During the summer before my move I sat outside to read a lot. I also find the attention economy super interesting and loved the Bell Jar when I read it. (I think we would be good friends)
I fully agree with the vanishing half and the bell jar! Two of my favourites from this year :)
Heyy, I just uploaded a new video on the topic of books for 2021, I would really appreciate if you could check it out and leave me some feedback. If you don’t have the time or if you don’t want to, that’s okay too. Thank you and have a nice day.🥺❤️
my 2020 standout is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. amazing!
thank you for another inspiring book video
When I see your videos in my subscriptions I treat them as little presents and get so excited to watch them!! 🎁 I saved this one for after work so I had something to look forward to when I got home!
There's literally no words to explain how I enjoy your videos. You could be talking about some nonsense topic and still, I would listen as if you were saying the ultimate secret of the world. Love u Ariel!🥰 Already wrote down those titles! 🤓
i'm ashamed to say that i've never read the hunger games (i thought it was like twilight) and now i feel like i really really need to
Yes!!!
Going through a really hard time right now and this video made me feel so good. Seeing you talk about something you love so much and exploring the world through the beautiful art form of BOOKS is so inspiring when the world feels so dark sometimes. I love your content Ariel and keep posting❤️
I read Station Eleven last december, before this whole pandemic started. Ironic uh? It made me so anxious but at the same time a bit hopeful? That's a weird combination.
Thank you for mentioning Libro.fm! It's perfect for anyone who likes audiobooks and doesn't want to support Amazon (aka Audible).
Most adults can make responsible decisions about social media. If used for entertainment and enjoyment in moderation it's a good tool. Too much of anything can be detrimental.
I love all of the Ann of GG books. Great recommendations. I'll try several of them.
I'm most.excited about reading The Vanishing Half and Station Eleven.
I just got "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy". "The Bell Jar" is in my TBR too. "Aquicorn Cove" was sweet.
It took me three years mulling over books on Goodreads, as TommyLovesEli, to create my favorite 100 books and since then I've done really well reading.
BOOKS was the theme of 2022. I read 52 books in 52 weeks.
The books I read in 2022 was the following:
1) "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope
2) "Can You Forgive Her?" by Anthony Trollope
3) "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
4) "Mark Twain: A Life" by Ron Powers
5) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain
6) "The Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain
7) "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene
8) "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady" by Samuel Richardson
9) "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark
10) "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
11) "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver
12) "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
13) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy
14) "Master and Man" by Leo Tolstoy
15) "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy
16) "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy
17) "The Raid" by Leo Tolstoy
18) "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs
19) “In the First Circle" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
20) "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo
21) "Clara Militch" by Ivan Turgenev
22) "Mumu" by Ivan Turgenev
23) "Kassyan of Fair Springs" by Ivan Turgenev
24) "The Portrait Game" Ivan Turgenev
25) " Punin and Baburin" by Ivan Turgenev
26) "The Inn" by Ivan Turgenev
27) "The Watch" by Ivan Turgenev
28) "Acia" by Ivan Turgenev
29) "Home of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev
30) "On the Eve" by Ivan Turgenev
31) "Rudin" by Ivan Turgenev
32) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev
33) "First Love" by Ivan Turgenev
34) "The Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev
35) "How Russians Meet Death" by Ivan Turgenev
36) "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" by Ivan Turgenev
37) "Volodya" by Anton Chekhov
38) "Ward No. 6" by Anton Chekhov
39) "The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekov
40) "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Alexander Pushkin
41) "The Captain's Daughter" by Alexander Pushkin
42) “Le Grand Meaulnes, or the Lost Domain” by Alain-Fournier
43) "Poor Folk" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
44) "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
45) "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen
46) "Kolyma Tales" by Varlam Shalamov
47) "An Island Hell" by S. A. Malsagoff
48) "The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy
49) "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy
50) “Strait is the Gate” by André Gide
51) “And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer” by Fredrik Backman
52) “Middlemarch” by George Eliot
This year I have read so far...
In January, I read...
1) "Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded" by Samuel Richardson
2) "The Moon Is Down" by John Steinbeck
3) "The Last 100 Days: the Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe" by John Toland
4) "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë
5) "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë
I, also, have read four short stories, already this year.
6) "The Princess" by Anton Chekhov
7) "What Men Live by" by Leo Tolstoy
8) "How Much Land does a Man Need" by Leo Tolstoy
9) "The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev" by Dony K. Donev
February 2023 books, I read...
1) “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens
2) “The Warden” by Anthony Trollope
3) “The 39 Steps”by John Buchan
4) “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery
5) “Less Than Zero” by Bret Easton Ellis
6) “Vilette” by Charlotte Brontë
7) “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
8) “The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë
9) “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover
I love that you’re reading so many aware books on social media and the problems with it. It’s ironic for me as well! I’m a communications major who dislikes social media and all the vast negative affects it has on everyone.
ive had.... the worst morning imaginable. even if i explained it, the dread im feeling couldnt be conveyed (yes im dramatic lol). but this video has the best vibes, and hearing you talk about your favorite books this year is just so calming. thank you.
I also freaking LOVED the vanishing half. They are twins! 🖤🖤 also added most of these to my goodreads which looks BEAUTIFUL BY THE WAY DUE TO YOU! xx
Wow! You read Kim Ji Young, Born 1982! Happy to see this book is translated into other languages and find its readers all over the world💜 The book had been made into a film as well check it out as well if you like!
Ever since you mentioned Albatross I have wanted to read it!! So you definitely sold me on it right from the get go!!!
anne with an e is literally one of the best and one of my favorite shows in all of existence. (imo lol, changed my life.)
Okies adding all these books in my wishlist. Thank you for being such an inspiration
I also read Station Eleven this year for the first time and oh boy, it was an experience to read it in an actual pandemic. Such a wonderful and perfect book!
I HAVE reread the Hunger Games lately and it was even better than the first time around!!
I honestly love Anne of Green Gables! It was the first classic my mum bought me when I was 7 and I fell in love with classics, especially Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre and Little Women. It was the first book I re-read this year, and I want to read the whole series this year, and some more books by L.M. Montgomery
I've also reread The Hunger Games this year and had the exact same reaction! I don't read a lot of YA anymore, because there's just too many tropes that I cannot read anymore, but The Hunger Games is just genuinely a good book!
Gutted, the app isn't available in the UK yet :'(
This is one of the few channels that makes me feel good for just reading and makes me want to read rather than comparing how much I read to someone else, Ariel you just ooze enthusiasm and the joy of reading!
I want to read every single one of these!! (Well except Hunger Games because I loved it but only want to read it once). Thanks for such enthusiasm in your recommendations! It's contagious.
Such a joy watching you discuss all these. You've made me want to read a lot of them especially Jaron Lanier and Jenny Odell's nonfiction books. The way you talked about The Bell Jar made me think of Jade Sharma's novel Problems which I'd definitely recommend if you haven't read it. Also, I loved The Vanishing Half too. So good! It deserves award!
I'm 24 and I read the Hunger Games for the first time this year and I have to say, it was pretty good and I enjoyed it! I used to be crazy about the Divergent series but when I re-read the first book of that series this year I was immensely disappointed. The books honestly aren't that good XD.
I just love your videos Ariel... the way you speak so earnestly is so comforting to me and I've really enjoyed your videos over the years. You are a lovely and timeless gem, I can't thank you enough and I look forward to seeing whatever you do next :)
I reread The Hunger Games triology this year too and I was blown away! Never remembered them being so good when I first read them at 13..
During this wild year, I wrote my dissertation (partially) on the Hunger Games and one of my other papers on King Lear & Station Eleven, and it's just so fascinating that like, you know, I don't know you and we both were so moved by the same (not exactly new) books this year. Thank goodness for literature.
i had seen the vanishing half all over my goodreads but never thought of picking it up until your explanation, wow!
I’ve only read The Hunger Games 😅
The Bell Jar was my favorite book of the year last year when I read it for the first time!
Thanks for recommending Albatross! I'm listening to the audiobook and am hooked!! The narrator (author) reminds me so much of Stuart McLean, who I miss so much, and it's like listening to a Vinyl Cafe storytime! Ahh, good times. :)
Your podcast totally convinced me to pick up Station Eleven even though it's usually not my thing at all to read speculative/sci-fi stuff, I agree so much that diving into the book in the middle of an ACTUAL pandemic elevated it a lot, you could just feel it on a deeper level. Also it may or may not have sent me into "what-if-technology-collapses-tomorrow" mode and I spent the summer printing photos of my family and dog because WHAT IF lol
amzn.to/2WlUDie It's an amazing book, you should check this out.
I read Station Eleven in January before the pandemic really hit the states, and it definitely did help me process everything and put it all in perspective this year. It’s a great book.
It's always appreciated when reviewers give a head's up that something has content that can be offensive; especially if a certain thing bothers you. Different things really bother different people. Unless it's a trigger for you, it's good when people can put those things aside and still enjoy something. You can point out those issues, and I personally can get a bit aggravated when there is injustice and things that are unfair in a book or something and in a way that the author is approving of. Creations ,like people, are going to have flaws. I don't like when people ruin things and try to literally get them banned though, and I especially don't like when people attack the fans of something because it has problematic content. Some are missing out on some really good content just because it's not perfect. You can talk about problematic aspects of something while still enjoying it and getting a lot out of it.
watching your videos always puts a smile on my face, glad you're back!!
2:26 Flashback to goodreads challenge colour
Ariel out here making the videos we didn’t know we absolutely needed❤️
Likewise sounds like a cool app! I hope it will be available in Germany in the future
Most peaceful 23 minutes of my day ❤😭 Thank you Ariel ❤
Just picked up Albatross to read yesterday based on your previous recommendation. I'm super excited for it!
You got me really interested in Station Eleven! Definitely will pick it up soon.
Happy to see Albatross make your list! So so good, and definitely not talked about enough!
Missed your videos! Thank goodness for your podcast with Rueben!!!!Congratulations on your move. Thank you for this list of books; half I have not read!!!☮️♥️
Gosh everytime I’m watching one of your videos, it costs me so much money! 😅 You’re so good at selling stories! My TBR pile just keeps getting higher! Love your reviews, always!
Last year I was so busy with final year of school and other life stressors that I only read 8 books, and that felt defeating. This year I set a goal of 35, and this week I met that goal!! Feels so good to crush the goal I had, and have it be so much higher than previous years. My top 5 of 2020 are Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Night by Elie Wiesel, Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, and Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
You mentioned your experience reading Station Eleven this year, and how it related to everything going on in our world, and I actually had a similar experience. I read The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker back in April, during which everything was shut down where I live. I haven’t read Station Eleven, so I don’t know how similar the plots are. What I really liked about The Dreamers, was that is depicted the effects of the epidemic on both an intimate level, and a larger scale. Maybe you’d like to check it out?
Anyways, thanks for the recommendations, I’ll definitely be adding some to my (endless) to be read list!
The bell jar is my all time favourite book....but do not read it if you are feeling any sort of mental illness. I read it the first time when I was just beginning my first bout of severe depression and it made things worse. But however now doing much better, and reading it again and i was able to read it with a new point of view of overcoming mental illness
I always have your video up in one tab and Goodreads up in the other to add all these books to my tbr! Always look forward to your recommendations :)
love hearing your favorites!! so great to see that you're still reading a bunch of genres and trying to diversify your tastes - anne of green gables was definitely one of my favorites growing up. also wanted to read kim jiyoung, so it's encouraging to hear you liked it!
I never know an aquicorn (an aquatic unicorn) was a thing, but I love it! I'm going to look up if it's a preexisting mythical creature or if that author invented them.
Me watching this thinking I'll become a book person is 2021, even tho it'll probably just end up with more books I haven't read in my bookshelf.
Love this video! I've never been a huge reader, but I started prioritizing it more in 2020!! With all these awesome recommendations, I can continue on with great reads for 2021 & STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA! :)
I have read a few books you recommended and ended up loving them - Station Eleven, The New Wilderness.... I want to buy Albatross and it is super hard to find in the U.S.! Sad indeed. No libraries have it, or any independent bookstore I usually frequent.
Unfortunately it is the same here in Germany, Albatross is so hard to find, only one horribly overpriced used copy on Amazon
I re-read the hunger games as well thanks to one of your videos! It's just SO good! Ahah I spend a few days just waiting to get home from work to read it, obsessed ahah
no im so sad that the “likewise” app isn’t available for my country :( i needed it
ARIEL!!!!! I need a whole detailed video of that amazing house of yours! I neeeeed it😌😌❤️✨
accidentally fell into this video. the way you talk is so captivating!! love and likes from brazil! 💚
Thank you Ariel! I feel like I needed this video. I’ve been really down in the dumps lately and needing a beautiful, impactful book in my life to give me some respite. I’m definitely checking out a few of these from my library this week!
This is exactly what I needed right now! Thank you for being a great human being ✨❤️
This is the list of books I read because of you 🥰 Station Eleven, Albatross, The Vanishing Half 🙌🏼
The Bell Jar is one of my favourites. I feel the same way, feeling so seen even after sixty years. Anne of Green Gables. My favourite book!
Kim Jyoung, born 1984 is on my Christmas list because of you
Station Eleven is one of my favourite books! I was planning on reading it again this year but I read two other Emily St. John Mandel books instead; The Glass Hotel and Last Night In Montreal. I love her writing.
It was a pleasant surprise that you recommended "Kim Ji Young, born 1982" from South Korea (Which is where I am from!). I did not expect that! The book was a mega best-seller here in Korea initiating meaningful conversations on feminism and social issues. Also thanks for recommending various genres on your list, I will definitely grab some of the books for myself :)
I'm a fairly new subscriber and I just wanted to say I love how passionate you seem about reading, it really helps when people are in reading slumps and need that push to help get out (like I am needing now haha) thank you!