December is made for slow and cozy days! Loved the opening montage on this video!! I also picked up a copy of Birnam Wood recently. It's not typically a genre I'd read (thriller-ish?) but so many people have been talking about it
i've heard the golden notebook is supposed to be good... but its just so big!! lessing's life was really interesting though. I read about her life in The Baby on the Fire Escape. hope u like birnam wood!! i thought it was a lot of fun
where is your bedding from in the beginning of the video, it’s so beautiful! haven’t read anything by eleanor catton, but added birnam wood to the tbr!
woooww big chunky books in this video! I read the golden notebook earlier this year after a previous, arrested attempt last year (I think?). I ended up liking it, but I understand stalling on it. does it get better? I think if you don't like the first hundred pages, you probably won't ever get hugely into it. the writing continues to be very pensive and internal and meandering, and the different notebooks are all basically telling the same story with different vantages/agendas. I think the length and ouroboros narrative of the book are assets, but I'm not sure you're going to start liking it more. I hope I'm wrong! I do suggest trying to read a big chunk of it in an uninterrupted way, bc that helped me
I so appreciate this insight! I’m only 68 pages in… so there’s a shot that my feelings improve before than 100 page mark. I’ve now been distracted my other books but plan to dedicate uninterrupted reading time to The Golden Notebook when I’m home for the holidays. I also think that my book club conversation may help me appreciate the pacing more. I enjoy Anna’s voice but perhaps not my style overall
I would recognise the ever incredible Jim Dale anywhere ❤
December is made for slow and cozy days! Loved the opening montage on this video!! I also picked up a copy of Birnam Wood recently. It's not typically a genre I'd read (thriller-ish?) but so many people have been talking about it
Thank you 😊 Birnan Wood is next up on my list
i've heard the golden notebook is supposed to be good... but its just so big!! lessing's life was really interesting though. I read about her life in The Baby on the Fire Escape. hope u like birnam wood!! i thought it was a lot of fun
I need to read up on Lessing! I think it’ll help me appreciate the novel more. Thank you :)
where is your bedding from in the beginning of the video, it’s so beautiful! haven’t read anything by eleanor catton, but added birnam wood to the tbr!
I believe it’s from Pottery Barn. I love the quilted look.
What is your job? :) Also love the new apartment
I work in marketing. Thank you :)
woooww big chunky books in this video! I read the golden notebook earlier this year after a previous, arrested attempt last year (I think?). I ended up liking it, but I understand stalling on it. does it get better? I think if you don't like the first hundred pages, you probably won't ever get hugely into it. the writing continues to be very pensive and internal and meandering, and the different notebooks are all basically telling the same story with different vantages/agendas. I think the length and ouroboros narrative of the book are assets, but I'm not sure you're going to start liking it more. I hope I'm wrong! I do suggest trying to read a big chunk of it in an uninterrupted way, bc that helped me
I so appreciate this insight! I’m only 68 pages in… so there’s a shot that my feelings improve before than 100 page mark. I’ve now been distracted my other books but plan to dedicate uninterrupted reading time to The Golden Notebook when I’m home for the holidays. I also think that my book club conversation may help me appreciate the pacing more. I enjoy Anna’s voice but perhaps not my style overall
@@pagesofcarolyn i think the structure of a book club definitely helps for a book like this (i finished bc it was a buddy read)