Hello dear Hannah, thank you for sharing your life with us and David’s dreams and accomplishments. I love nonfiction and I love how you discuss these books. Sending you a happy Hanukkah. Shalom and Aloha
Thank you so much, Joshua, for your very generous comment. I am so behind on booktube, but I have a couple of videos of yours in my “to-be-watched” folder to get to today, I hope!
Our grandparent's solid separation between church and state now seems to be "anti-democratic, Christian supremacy and dominionism with it's addiitional threat of violence." The Times They Are precipiticously A-Changin'. I've added "The Violent Take it by Force" by Matthew D. Taylor to my titanic (or is it Titanic?) wishlist. Thanks Hannah!
Fascinating readings. I remember when conservatives were people who I disagreed with, sometimes, ok, often but there was respect and an agree to disagree attitude but now politics have become so polarized.
@@carolinefiller3745 Yes-exactly! We used to be able to have even fierce disagreements and yet treat each other with respect as friends and neighbors and family. I don’t know if we’ll ever get back to that world, honestly.
@HannahsBooks I don't either but I hold out hope , also I know we need to keep talking and keep devoting time to changing things. I believe in the goodness of people, truly.
All these books sound so interesting. I think I would enjoy Rough Sleepers when I'm in the mood for it. I work at a non profit treating poor people and I talk to the homeless almost everyday. A homeless guy comes by my window at the office everyday looking for cigarette butts in a cigarrette container that is right outside my window. I am always happy to see him even though he's one of the one's who gets scared and angry and runs off when my coworkers have tried to reach out to him. But thank you for sharing about David's work. It is so very important. I was on the verge of being homeless a few years ago and then miraculously got accepted into an affordable housing apartment. I would be dead right now if that had not happened. Everyday I am so thankful I am safe. Love your videos.
@@jennyjaybles Thank you so much, Jenny. I’m so glad you found a better place for yourself. I can imagine that you would find Rough Sleepers quite moving. 💜
I've had Rough Sleepers on my TBR all year but haven't gotten to it despite enjoying some of Kidder's other books. Thanks for sharing the related story about David's work experiences with underserved people.
Hannah, thanks for this video. Jane Eyre is one of favorite novels, and I have read it several times but always purely for enjoyment and not with a critical eye to themes and metaphors. I enjoyed your brief discussion of it and am looking forward to your future video on it. I hope you are spending a good amount of time being cozy at home and enjoying the change of seasons.
Hi Hannah. So lovely to see you and hear from you again. I am so thrilled that you were able to read Kidder's Rough Sleepers. As I think you probably know, this was one of my very top reads for the year. I loved hearing you talk about David and his connection to the work of Dr. Jim O'Connell described in this book. I judged only one round of non-fiction for this year's BookTube Prize before moving on to fiction, but this was my #1 book in the round I judged. This Matthew D. Taylor book also sounds both riveting and horrifying. I'm not sure that I can handle it right now, but maybe in the coming months. Thank you for this extraordinarily thoughtful discussion--as always. Hope to catch up with you some time soon.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Yes indeed, Pat! I knew about the book before it was published, but I think you might have been the first person I heard talking about it in a way that made me realize how much I needed to read it! Thank you for your kind words here. ♥️
Hannah! You're back! Loved hearing about David but that Taylor book review was absolutely horrifying. I have given myself the month of December to mood-read my way to year's end. Maybe in the New Year I will tackle it. It sounds fascinating and relevant. In a very terrifying way. Welcome back to the 'Tube. xo
When I feel like I can read about politics again I’m going to read the Taylor book. I’m not there yet, but soon. Thanks for the heads up about finding it on Hoopla. I found it and marked it.
I hear you! My son and I were talking the other night about how we seem fairly unusual-drowning ourselves in “relevant” books because, at least right now, we often can’t pay attention to the comforting stuff.
I’m (as of just now) holding for both Lee and Taylor at the library. Taylor had a bit of a queue. I don’t expect to read either, but intend to poke through them at least.
Hannah, thank you. Great collection. I recently acquired EUROPE LOOKS AT THE CIVIL WAR . (1962 Collier books). A take on the comprehension and interpretation of the Civil War.
Interesting discussions of the books. Much credit to you for reading books on difficult topics. Don't think I can read The Violent Take It By Force at this time. I did add it to my TBR.
@@stuartgriffin1001 It is definitely a good time to turn to less horrific topics. Do you have any favorites to recommend for the cold nights of winter to come?
@@HannahsBooks I don't have specific recommendations. I tend to read books that engross me. I read fantasy, horror, romance, and more. I don't often read books more than once
The Taylor book sounds incredibly both fascinating and difficult. I hadn't heard of it so I am glad you highlighted it, the rise of recent white evangelical nationalism is a niche reading interest I have, so always on the lookout for new work about it, though its going to becoming harder and harder to find the emotional fortitude to pick them up in the coming months or years I think. If you haven't seen it The Ex-vangelicals is a very good one that takes some overlap of what you mentioned in Taylors, gives a lot of background of the past few decades a few key players working in concert to create a very insular yet political power seeking movement starting from the family and church level, that has got the specifically American evangelical church to what we see today. But it also has a lot of hope, as to the title it looks at those often very devout people who as a result of trump era have finally recognized that version of the christian church is cognitive dissonance to the message of christ, realizing the kinds of radical ideas about the outside world they normalize are extreme, and leave.
Thank you so much for this suggestion, Becca. I put it on hold at my library right after I saw your comment come in, and I am hoping it might arrive shortly! Sounds like a hard but important read.
I was working the Democratic booth this summer and a couple came up and wanted to pray for me because they believed I was evil. It really sparked a reaction from me…but your explanation described what they thought perfectly. This is very frightening stuff. I have a sister in law whose daughter and husband are having baby after baby (11 so far) and home schooling them to become ‘soldiers for Christ’. It is all about what May end up as a violent confrontation. I’m 71 and may not be around for it, but with Trump and the craziness in politics the last ten years I’m thinking that maybe it’s closer than we think.
What an experience that must have been at the booth! Democrats spend a lot of time thinking about why people might support Trump-including what might not be resonating in the Democratic message-but the idea of saying someone’s politics are set by demons is just not something I would have ever considered…. (The family situation must be complicated. I’m hoping that y’all can find some sort of common ground when you’re at gatherings together-but I can imagine it must be tense sometimes.)
I was particularly persuaded by the discussion on the painting in the 'Jane Eyre' chapter of Lee's book whereas I thought for example that FD initials being like Frederick Douglas I felt was weak argument - as Hale the younger is in fact Richard's son and indeed a surrogate son for Richard's wife's trusted servant.
I too was particularly impressed by the discussion of the painting. Overall, I was more persuaded by textual evidence of similar themes than with any direct linkages. It is so wonderful to have booktube friends read the same little-read books I do!
@@HannahsBooks Yes, it hadn't occurred to me that slave narratives could be influencing the way Victorian authors would write fiction. I thought that was interesting and plausible.
Very thoughtful reviews. I was fascinated by the first as it makes sense but has never occurred to me whilst reading Victorian novels. The Taylor is too scary to contemplate but makes more sense of why so many US Christians vote for a man as immoral as Trump. Lovely to hear you talking about David's work.
Thanks, Ros. It doesn’t really make sense, but focusing on such an intense book right now was easier than comforting books. But I think I might be getting over that problem now. Could you give me a recommendation of one of your favorite comforting books?
@@HannahsBooks I can't read deliberately feel-good books like Matt Haig. I find some nature writing comforting. Something like Nan Shepherd The Living Mountain. Also older crime fiction like Christie and Sayers because everything is solved and resolved. Probably the two most heartwarming reading novels I have read this year were Katie's new book The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst and the delightful Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp translated by Jo Heinrich.
Thank you! There is a reprint of The Living Mountain about to be released in the US in March, with a new introduction by Jenny Odell-and I have a review copy on my e-reader! And I had been holding out on Katie’s book to see if it might be released in the US-but I ordered a UK edition and might read it over the holidays. Marzhan sounds wonderful! Thank you very much!
I usually download them from either publisher websites or online bookstores. For example-if you go to a place like Amazon, you would go to the main page for a book, click on the picture of the cover to get the larger picture, and then click on it to download a jpg or png from there. Then upload it to your video editor (and make it the right size and crop). My understanding is that there is no prohibition on using the covers in this kind of situation.
Those books sound VERY interesting Hannah! I myself can't believe how unanimously the religious have knelt at the feet of that pestilential twerp! One book that I'm sure beats all three of those out of sight is Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence' 😉
Hello dear Hannah, thank you for sharing your life with us and David’s dreams and accomplishments.
I love nonfiction and I love how you discuss these books. Sending you a happy Hanukkah. Shalom and Aloha
Wow, this is such an eloquent and intelligent video. Thank you for this discussion, and for alerting me to these books. I found it fascinating.
Thank you so much, Joshua, for your very generous comment. I am so behind on booktube, but I have a couple of videos of yours in my “to-be-watched” folder to get to today, I hope!
Hannah! Loved that opening shot of the snow. I’m jealous. Another fabulous video! 💐🌻✌️🌹🌷🥂
@@bradykelso8682 Thanks, Brady!
Those were some fascinating reads for you in these recent times. Thank you for sharing them.
@@tealorturquoise Thanks. I think I might need to read a good classic novel or a cozy mystery or something next!
Our grandparent's solid separation between church and state now seems to be "anti-democratic, Christian supremacy and dominionism with it's addiitional threat of violence." The Times They Are precipiticously A-Changin'. I've added "The Violent Take it by Force" by Matthew D. Taylor to my titanic (or is it Titanic?) wishlist. Thanks Hannah!
@@greyfjr Oh gosh-the “Titanic tbr” is exactly what it feels like, doesn’t it?!
Fascinating readings. I remember when conservatives were people who I disagreed with, sometimes, ok, often but there was respect and an agree to disagree attitude but now politics have become so polarized.
@@carolinefiller3745 Yes-exactly! We used to be able to have even fierce disagreements and yet treat each other with respect as friends and neighbors and family. I don’t know if we’ll ever get back to that world, honestly.
@HannahsBooks I don't either but I hold out hope , also I know we need to keep talking and keep devoting time to changing things. I believe in the goodness of people, truly.
@carolinefiller3745 ♥️
All these books sound so interesting. I think I would enjoy Rough Sleepers when I'm in the mood for it. I work at a non profit treating poor people and I talk to the homeless almost everyday. A homeless guy comes by my window at the office everyday looking for cigarette butts in a cigarrette container that is right outside my window. I am always happy to see him even though he's one of the one's who gets scared and angry and runs off when my coworkers have tried to reach out to him. But thank you for sharing about David's work. It is so very important. I was on the verge of being homeless a few years ago and then miraculously got accepted into an affordable housing apartment. I would be dead right now if that had not happened. Everyday I am so thankful I am safe. Love your videos.
@@jennyjaybles Thank you so much, Jenny. I’m so glad you found a better place for yourself. I can imagine that you would find Rough Sleepers quite moving. 💜
Mountains Beyond Mountains is now on my TBR, thank you! Your husband sounds like a wonderful man.
@@Contraband_Pigments Thank you so much for your kindness. I hope you enjoy Mountains Beyond Mountains!
I've had Rough Sleepers on my TBR all year but haven't gotten to it despite enjoying some of Kidder's other books. Thanks for sharing the related story about David's work experiences with underserved people.
Thanks, A. The book is a great combination of a thoughtful book with very companionable prose.
Hannah, thanks for this video. Jane Eyre is one of favorite novels, and I have read it several times but always purely for enjoyment and not with a critical eye to themes and metaphors. I enjoyed your brief discussion of it and am looking forward to your future video on it. I hope you are spending a good amount of time being cozy at home and enjoying the change of seasons.
@@kristannonfire Thank you so much, Kristann! I’m always so pleased to realize friends also love Jane Eyre! I hope y’all are enjoying the season, too.
Hi Hannah. So lovely to see you and hear from you again. I am so thrilled that you were able to read Kidder's Rough Sleepers. As I think you probably know, this was one of my very top reads for the year. I loved hearing you talk about David and his connection to the work of Dr. Jim O'Connell described in this book. I judged only one round of non-fiction for this year's BookTube Prize before moving on to fiction, but this was my #1 book in the round I judged. This Matthew D. Taylor book also sounds both riveting and horrifying. I'm not sure that I can handle it right now, but maybe in the coming months. Thank you for this extraordinarily thoughtful discussion--as always. Hope to catch up with you some time soon.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Yes indeed, Pat! I knew about the book before it was published, but I think you might have been the first person I heard talking about it in a way that made me realize how much I needed to read it! Thank you for your kind words here. ♥️
Hannah! You're back! Loved hearing about David but that Taylor book review was absolutely horrifying. I have given myself the month of December to mood-read my way to year's end. Maybe in the New Year I will tackle it. It sounds fascinating and relevant. In a very terrifying way. Welcome back to the 'Tube. xo
@@Nina_DP Thanks! I go back and forth between reading horrifying books and cozy escapism…
When I feel like I can read about politics again I’m going to read the Taylor book. I’m not there yet, but soon. Thanks for the heads up about finding it on Hoopla. I found it and marked it.
I hear you! My son and I were talking the other night about how we seem fairly unusual-drowning ourselves in “relevant” books because, at least right now, we often can’t pay attention to the comforting stuff.
I’m (as of just now) holding for both Lee and Taylor at the library. Taylor had a bit of a queue. I don’t expect to read either, but intend to poke through them at least.
I’m thrilled you plan to look at them-and I would love to hear what you make of them!
Hannah, thank you. Great collection. I recently acquired EUROPE LOOKS AT THE CIVIL WAR . (1962 Collier books). A take on the comprehension and interpretation of the Civil War.
Ooh-that sounds fascinating! Do check in with me about what you think of it, if you’re willing!
Interesting discussions of the books. Much credit to you for reading books on difficult topics. Don't think I can read The Violent Take It By Force at this time. I did add it to my TBR.
@@stuartgriffin1001 It is definitely a good time to turn to less horrific topics. Do you have any favorites to recommend for the cold nights of winter to come?
@@HannahsBooks I don't have specific recommendations. I tend to read books that engross me. I read fantasy, horror, romance, and more. I don't often read books more than once
@stuartgriffin1001 💜
The Taylor book sounds incredibly both fascinating and difficult. I hadn't heard of it so I am glad you highlighted it, the rise of recent white evangelical nationalism is a niche reading interest I have, so always on the lookout for new work about it, though its going to becoming harder and harder to find the emotional fortitude to pick them up in the coming months or years I think. If you haven't seen it The Ex-vangelicals is a very good one that takes some overlap of what you mentioned in Taylors, gives a lot of background of the past few decades a few key players working in concert to create a very insular yet political power seeking movement starting from the family and church level, that has got the specifically American evangelical church to what we see today. But it also has a lot of hope, as to the title it looks at those often very devout people who as a result of trump era have finally recognized that version of the christian church is cognitive dissonance to the message of christ, realizing the kinds of radical ideas about the outside world they normalize are extreme, and leave.
Thank you so much for this suggestion, Becca. I put it on hold at my library right after I saw your comment come in, and I am hoping it might arrive shortly! Sounds like a hard but important read.
I was working the Democratic booth this summer and a couple came up and wanted to pray for me because they believed I was evil. It really sparked a reaction from me…but your explanation described what they thought perfectly. This is very frightening stuff. I have a sister in law whose daughter and husband are having baby after baby (11 so far) and home schooling them to become ‘soldiers for Christ’. It is all about what May end up as a violent confrontation. I’m 71 and may not be around for it, but with Trump and the craziness in politics the last ten years I’m thinking that maybe it’s closer than we think.
What an experience that must have been at the booth! Democrats spend a lot of time thinking about why people might support Trump-including what might not be resonating in the Democratic message-but the idea of saying someone’s politics are set by demons is just not something I would have ever considered…. (The family situation must be complicated. I’m hoping that y’all can find some sort of common ground when you’re at gatherings together-but I can imagine it must be tense sometimes.)
I was particularly persuaded by the discussion on the painting in the 'Jane Eyre' chapter of Lee's book whereas I thought for example that FD initials being like Frederick Douglas I felt was weak argument - as Hale the younger is in fact Richard's son and indeed a surrogate son for Richard's wife's trusted servant.
I too was particularly impressed by the discussion of the painting. Overall, I was more persuaded by textual evidence of similar themes than with any direct linkages. It is so wonderful to have booktube friends read the same little-read books I do!
@@HannahsBooks Yes, it hadn't occurred to me that slave narratives could be influencing the way Victorian authors would write fiction. I thought that was interesting and plausible.
Very thoughtful reviews. I was fascinated by the first as it makes sense but has never occurred to me whilst reading Victorian novels. The Taylor is too scary to contemplate but makes more sense of why so many US Christians vote for a man as immoral as Trump.
Lovely to hear you talking about David's work.
Thanks, Ros. It doesn’t really make sense, but focusing on such an intense book right now was easier than comforting books. But I think I might be getting over that problem now. Could you give me a recommendation of one of your favorite comforting books?
@@HannahsBooks I can't read deliberately feel-good books like Matt Haig. I find some nature writing comforting. Something like Nan Shepherd The Living Mountain. Also older crime fiction like Christie and Sayers because everything is solved and resolved. Probably the two most heartwarming reading novels I have read this year were Katie's new book The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst and the delightful Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp translated by Jo Heinrich.
Thank you! There is a reprint of The Living Mountain about to be released in the US in March, with a new introduction by Jenny Odell-and I have a review copy on my e-reader! And I had been holding out on Katie’s book to see if it might be released in the US-but I ordered a UK edition and might read it over the holidays. Marzhan sounds wonderful! Thank you very much!
@@HannahsBooks what a coincidence that you have a review copy of the Shepherd.
How did you find a picture of the book to put into the video? I keep looking at stock image sites but they don't have actual book titles.
I usually download them from either publisher websites or online bookstores. For example-if you go to a place like Amazon, you would go to the main page for a book, click on the picture of the cover to get the larger picture, and then click on it to download a jpg or png from there. Then upload it to your video editor (and make it the right size and crop). My understanding is that there is no prohibition on using the covers in this kind of situation.
@@HannahsBooks Thank you.
Those books sound VERY interesting Hannah! I myself can't believe how unanimously the religious have knelt at the feet of that pestilential twerp! One book that I'm sure beats all three of those out of sight is Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence' 😉
@@JoeSpivey02 I’m up for it whenever you like! Are you on Voxer by any chance?
@ I’d much rather we message on Instagram if that’s ok. My Voxer app seems to be very temperamental!