Our small office was our library. We rehomed a lot of our books so we could make our library into a room for our bunny. We knew we wanted him to have his own space where he could feel safe when we were sleeping or not around. If we are home, he free roams. The tour made me miss all our old bookshelves and books. On another note, I am reading The Guncle and I finished Fire Exit. I REALLY like Fire Exit, but LOVE The Guncle. I DNFd a book I was just not vibing with it. Perhaps magical realism is not for me....
A lot of people struggle with magical realism, so you wouldn't be alone. And I'm so glad you liked Fire Exit and The Guncle! Making space for your bunny sounds like a perfect idea.
Adore your library with the little knickknacks. I also watched Joe's cookbook video, his passion for his craft speaks from every gesture and word. Have a nice day :)
Excellent! It was fun to have a peek at your shelves. Glad to spot Oh the Glory of It All. It pairs so well with books like Running with Scissors, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, or the Tales of the City series. And more, no doubt. I kept remembering that kid skateboarding up and down the hills of SF -- and his dad eating pats of butter that his company made 😂 -- but I could never remember the title!
@@SupposedlyFun Although years can go by when I didn't log my reading into GoodReads, I did add this one, so I can look back and see I gave it 4 stars. But no review, didn't know at the time I should be leaving reviews as notes to my future self (have switched to Storygraph this year and am doing better so far)! I remembered what a charming narrator/character Sean Wilsey created, though. And while it's a memoir, it sticks in my mind like an engaging work of fiction. If it had been published later, I imagine it would've been picked up as a Netflix series or something. I couldn't remember how he was related to Danielle Steel, so googled it this morning and found a KQED article from 2006. She describes the other "characters" if you want to check it out as a detail refresher.
@@MsPixieD I've always thought that I would enjoy re-reading it, which is why I've kept it, but it's so hard when new books keep coming out and getting in the way.
@@SupposedlyFun Totally! This year I started a reading journal and started watching BookTubers to get ideas for my tbr -- at first I didn't even think I'd need a tbr, but now I have so many pages of new books that I want to read, it's unlikely I'd re-read anything. I also have to think long and hard about starting anything new that is more than 400 pages, as I imagine how many shorter works I might get through in the time it would take to read a longer work 😅
The bookshelf tour we've all been waiting for! Wonderful shelves, Greg! We recently traveled to Colorado and stopped in a few Indy bookstores so my wife could sign a few books 👍
@@SupposedlyFun Yes she is a nytimes bestseller! I am extremely proud of her. As you can imagine, like you & your husband, our house is filled to the brim with books. Jealous of your impressive Pulitzer collection!
Thank you so much for sharing! You are the first book talker I started following. As I looked at all your books I've read so many, probably due to hearing you speak about them but I surprised myself by saying, I read that but don't remember what it was about. Could you give a synopsis of all your books if asked? Kind of makes me sad. Love both you and Joel.
I remember when the miniseries of Roots came out on television when I was a kid. We watched it at my grandparents house (they lived just down the hill from us). I was traumatized by several scenes. I was only 5.
I have actually never seen the miniseries or read the book! But because Roots will be an addendum to my Pulitzer Project (it received a special citation but not a full prize), I aim to do both at some point.
Loved the tour. I’ve often wondered which books were just out of frame in our usual video setup. Question - how do you keep track of the books you own and which ones you have read or haven’t read yet?
Thanks so much lovely to see all the books and how they are arranged. I have A wrinkle In Time waiting time be read so nice reminder of that. Please make a note for the play 'An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley I know you will love that. ' Oh and Please look up The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West , both books would be beautiful additions to your fabulous library.
I saw 1619 Project in your nonfiction. Hell of a book! You have an amazing collection and gave me ideas for my own library. Thank you and are you hopefully going to do a separate video of a more in-depth library tour? ❤
Thank you for sharing your book collection with us. It is so much fun seeing what is on your shelves. I'm about to put together a new set of bookshelves and I've been pondering how I would like to shelve the books I have collected. I definitely know I would like to alphabetize them and currently I also have my nonfiction separated from my fiction. What to do? What to do? And as always, such a joy to see Teddy.
It was fun that Teddy got to pop in for a moment! How lucky that I stepped on one of his balls by accident. 😂 One of myself favorite things about the expanded library is having sections for nonfiction and fiction--and being able to separate out plays and graphic novels/memoirs.
Nice! I was hoping you were going to pull a Barbra as Miss Marplestein and roll around on your gaming chair filming as you showed off the library! I love that you have children’s books and so prominently displayed. I too loved The Owl & the Pussy Cat, and even did an extensive puppet show version of it as a child. Try finding out what a runcible spoon is pre internet! It does seem like a rather Queer coded story, especially that wedding scene that seems like a prophecy of Gay weddings. I also loved The Gingham Dog & the Calico Cat.
I have very fond memories of my parents reading The Owl and the Pussycat to me. I still don't really know what a runcible spoon is! To Google I shall go!
What a wonderful library! Your Pulitzer collection is a thing of beauty. I also donated my Sue Grafton novels and then bought them back when the local thrift store put them out for sale, lol. I'm debating if I should donate my Carol O'Connell, another mystery author I've collected. Being an older book collector, I'm seriously out of room.
Fantastic video. Do you have a section for books that were given 'The Toss'? I've just started a section for any book that was long listed for the Booker Prize. I have around 500 to go. Makes the book hunting fun.
What an amazing library!😍such Lovely bookmarks and stickers too!❤ Have you read The Good Earth?How is it... I know it's a Pulitzer winner but would like your opinion... I just heard of a couple of days ago and thought it should be on my tbr....
My husband and I have regular discussions about your videos and reviews. We have a sizeable library in our home as well. I enjoy your reviews because I get a sense we have similar tastes in reading. I do have to comment, respectful of your opinion, about 'Gone With The Wind.' I have a Pulitzer collection, all hardcover and aim for first editions when I can score them, but a 'sanitized' GWTW would not be the Pulitzer winner. I get what you're saying and I struggle with racist content in older books (I'm currently reading 'Huck Finn' and it's a test of my endurance for racist language). As you go backward through the Pulitzers, it's not uncommon to find racist language. I'm a little over halfway through 'Andersonville' and not only does it have the racist language of the Civil War south, but it's also full of stomach churning visuals.
I'm so glad you and your husband enjoy the videos! My problem with Gone With the Wind isn't racist language itself, it's that the book itself is profoundly racist and promotes racist ideology.
A wrinkle in time was my first sort of sci fi book when I was 10! And eventually led to Vonnegut and others, especially when I was in university. What’s your fave Vonnegut? I read Gone With the Wind when I was 13 and loved it but I agree now that it is racist. I was more romantic at 13!
Mother Night was my favorite Vonnegut, but I also love Welcome to the Monkey House and Slaughterhouse-Five. A lot of people (myself included) got swept up in Gone With the Wind. The story is structured to lure you into the epic romance and adventure.
This was the video I’d been hoping for. Love that Ruth Bader Ginsburg watches over you. 👩⚖Thanks so much, Greg!😀
Thanks for watching!
@@MJ-in-Canada If I were the type to have an altar for personal saints and spiritual ancestors, RBG would definitely be on it! 👸
@@MsPixieD And I would worship at that altar.😆
Thanks for sharing your wonderful library! Such good vibes ✨
Our small office was our library. We rehomed a lot of our books so we could make our library into a room for our bunny. We knew we wanted him to have his own space where he could feel safe when we were sleeping or not around. If we are home, he free roams. The tour made me miss all our old bookshelves and books.
On another note, I am reading The Guncle and I finished Fire Exit. I REALLY like Fire Exit, but LOVE The Guncle. I DNFd a book I was just not vibing with it. Perhaps magical realism is not for me....
A lot of people struggle with magical realism, so you wouldn't be alone. And I'm so glad you liked Fire Exit and The Guncle! Making space for your bunny sounds like a perfect idea.
Adore your library with the little knickknacks. I also watched Joe's cookbook video, his passion for his craft speaks from every gesture and word. Have a nice day :)
Have a nice day as well! 😊
Love your bookshelves. Aspirational.
I remember the video you did when Joel had just finished re-doing your library, so it was fun to see how it has changed over time!
It is fun to do a little time capsule!
😂 📚 in the closet thinking about what they’ve done 💚💚💚
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Enjoyable as always, thanks for doing this.
Thanks so much!
Love love love your collection
Thank you!
How fun! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! 🥂
Love bookshelf tours. We get a glimpse of your personality and life.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent! It was fun to have a peek at your shelves.
Glad to spot Oh the Glory of It All. It pairs so well with books like Running with Scissors, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, or the Tales of the City series. And more, no doubt. I kept remembering that kid skateboarding up and down the hills of SF -- and his dad eating pats of butter that his company made 😂 -- but I could never remember the title!
I remember really liking Oh the Glory of It All but I read it so long ago that I've lost all the details. Funny how that happens.
@@SupposedlyFun Although years can go by when I didn't log my reading into GoodReads, I did add this one, so I can look back and see I gave it 4 stars. But no review, didn't know at the time I should be leaving reviews as notes to my future self (have switched to Storygraph this year and am doing better so far)!
I remembered what a charming narrator/character Sean Wilsey created, though. And while it's a memoir, it sticks in my mind like an engaging work of fiction. If it had been published later, I imagine it would've been picked up as a Netflix series or something. I couldn't remember how he was related to Danielle Steel, so googled it this morning and found a KQED article from 2006. She describes the other "characters" if you want to check it out as a detail refresher.
@@MsPixieD I've always thought that I would enjoy re-reading it, which is why I've kept it, but it's so hard when new books keep coming out and getting in the way.
@@SupposedlyFun Totally! This year I started a reading journal and started watching BookTubers to get ideas for my tbr -- at first I didn't even think I'd need a tbr, but now I have so many pages of new books that I want to read, it's unlikely I'd re-read anything. I also have to think long and hard about starting anything new that is more than 400 pages, as I imagine how many shorter works I might get through in the time it would take to read a longer work 😅
@@MsPixieD It's so hard to find a balance!
Thanks for the tour. ❤
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful library! 😍
Thank you!
The bookshelf tour we've all been waiting for! Wonderful shelves, Greg! We recently traveled to Colorado and stopped in a few Indy bookstores so my wife could sign a few books 👍
I didn’t know your wife is an author! How cool. There are so many great bookstores in Colorado.
@@SupposedlyFun Yes she is a nytimes bestseller! I am extremely proud of her. As you can imagine, like you & your husband, our house is filled to the brim with books. Jealous of your impressive Pulitzer collection!
@@GreatBooksGuy That is so cool! What a monumental achievement. And houses filled with books are the best.
Thank you so much for sharing! You are the first book talker I started following. As I looked at all your books I've read so many, probably due to hearing you speak about them but I surprised myself by saying, I read that but don't remember what it was about. Could you give a synopsis of all your books if asked? Kind of makes me sad. Love both you and Joel.
I think I could at least provide an anecdote about each book in my library-I managed to do that in my original book tour video from years ago.
I protect my hb's by covering the dust jacket with archive grade clear covers. Thus, book is protected all around. ❤
That's an interesting idea!
Great video.... i literally have books everywhere, so greatly inspired to organize them properly. Thx 🙏
Thanks for watching!
I remember when the miniseries of Roots came out on television when I was a kid. We watched it at my grandparents house (they lived just down the hill from us). I was traumatized by several scenes. I was only 5.
I have actually never seen the miniseries or read the book! But because Roots will be an addendum to my Pulitzer Project (it received a special citation but not a full prize), I aim to do both at some point.
Loved the tour. I’ve often wondered which books were just out of frame in our usual video setup. Question - how do you keep track of the books you own and which ones you have read or haven’t read yet?
Thanks so much lovely to see all the books and how they are arranged. I have A wrinkle In Time waiting time be read so nice reminder of that. Please make a note for the play 'An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley I know you will love that. '
Oh and Please look up The Betrayal of Thomas True by A J West , both books would be beautiful additions to your fabulous library.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Wait! We need more about a childhood terror of squirrels! Is it Beatrix Potter’s fault?
I hope you're over your childhood terror of squirrels. (See my avatar for why I'm hoping.)😆
It was purely that squirrels used to get aggressively hunt for food on the playground we usually frequented. I'm well over it now!
@@SupposedlyFun Bullies on the playground come in all sizes!
I saw 1619 Project in your nonfiction. Hell of a book! You have an amazing collection and gave me ideas for my own library. Thank you and are you hopefully going to do a separate video of a more in-depth library tour? ❤
Thanks so much! Perhaps later this year. I'm still reeling from in-depth bookshelf tour I did a while back.
Thank you for sharing your book collection with us. It is so much fun seeing what is on your shelves. I'm about to put together a new set of bookshelves and I've been pondering how I would like to shelve the books I have collected. I definitely know I would like to alphabetize them and currently I also have my nonfiction separated from my fiction. What to do? What to do? And as always, such a joy to see Teddy.
It was fun that Teddy got to pop in for a moment! How lucky that I stepped on one of his balls by accident. 😂
One of myself favorite things about the expanded library is having sections for nonfiction and fiction--and being able to separate out plays and graphic novels/memoirs.
Nice! I was hoping you were going to pull a Barbra as Miss Marplestein and roll around on your gaming chair filming as you showed off the library!
I love that you have children’s books and so prominently displayed. I too loved The Owl & the Pussy Cat, and even did an extensive puppet show version of it as a child. Try finding out what a runcible spoon is pre internet! It does seem like a rather Queer coded story, especially that wedding scene that seems like a prophecy of Gay weddings. I also loved The Gingham Dog & the Calico Cat.
I have very fond memories of my parents reading The Owl and the Pussycat to me. I still don't really know what a runcible spoon is! To Google I shall go!
You can rip the covers off your read copy of GWTW and recycle it as paper. Think how good that would feel!
Ha! That would be funny.
What a wonderful library! Your Pulitzer collection is a thing of beauty. I also donated my Sue Grafton novels and then bought them back when the local thrift store put them out for sale, lol. I'm debating if I should donate my Carol O'Connell, another mystery author I've collected. Being an older book collector, I'm seriously out of room.
It's so hard to know when to hold on to a series or to let it go.
I’ve never read any Kurt Vonnegut. Author spotlight video?
I read most of Vonnegut's books twenty years ago, so I would have to do a majot refresher. But that's a great idea!
@@SupposedlyFunI read his books like 40 years ago! Refresher time.
Fantastic video. Do you have a section for books that were given 'The Toss'? I've just started a section for any book that was long listed for the Booker Prize. I have around 500 to go. Makes the book hunting fun.
I think all the books that have gotten the toss (other than Night Watch) have been traded in!
What an amazing library!😍such Lovely bookmarks and stickers too!❤
Have you read The Good Earth?How is it... I know it's a Pulitzer winner but would like your opinion...
I just heard of a couple of days ago and thought it should be on my tbr....
I haven't read The Good Earth yet! I've heard mostly good things, but I have also heard that it hasn't aged all that well.
@@SupposedlyFun Thank you....
My husband and I have regular discussions about your videos and reviews. We have a sizeable library in our home as well. I enjoy your reviews because I get a sense we have similar tastes in reading. I do have to comment, respectful of your opinion, about 'Gone With The Wind.' I have a Pulitzer collection, all hardcover and aim for first editions when I can score them, but a 'sanitized' GWTW would not be the Pulitzer winner. I get what you're saying and I struggle with racist content in older books (I'm currently reading 'Huck Finn' and it's a test of my endurance for racist language). As you go backward through the Pulitzers, it's not uncommon to find racist language. I'm a little over halfway through 'Andersonville' and not only does it have the racist language of the Civil War south, but it's also full of stomach churning visuals.
I'm so glad you and your husband enjoy the videos! My problem with Gone With the Wind isn't racist language itself, it's that the book itself is profoundly racist and promotes racist ideology.
It's fun seeing copies of books that I also own. Michael Thomas Ford was my introduction to gay fiction. I wonder what happened to him?
I believe he's still writing, but much more genre fiction and books for younger readers.
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A wrinkle in time was my first sort of sci fi book when I was 10! And eventually led to Vonnegut and others, especially when I was in university. What’s your fave Vonnegut?
I read Gone With the Wind when I was 13 and loved it but I agree now that it is racist. I was more romantic at 13!
Mother Night was my favorite Vonnegut, but I also love Welcome to the Monkey House and Slaughterhouse-Five. A lot of people (myself included) got swept up in Gone With the Wind. The story is structured to lure you into the epic romance and adventure.
@@SupposedlyFun Scarlett’s romances! 😁