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@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged Күн бұрын
Dickens is a wordy bro. I’ve been in the middle of David Copperfield for 2 years. 😂
@AgricultureSpecialists 3 күн бұрын
I also don't like the way Dickens writes a lot of his characters as caricatures, but I did think that Pip in Great Expectations was a very complex, well-rounded character. I've also heard that Dickens's later novels (after David Copperfield) tend to have more well-rounded main characters overall :)
@mckenziekate 2 күн бұрын
@@AgricultureSpecialists thank you for this tip! I will not give up haha
@Faye_L 3 күн бұрын
Have you read Our Mutual Friend? Dickens had finally figured out how to write flawed but still wonderful female characters by then, so maybe you'd like it better. For what it's worth, though, I'm a huge Dickens fan but don't really like Dombey and Son.
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@Faye_L it IS very encouraging to hear that u love dickens but don’t necessarily love dombey and son I was bummed bc from everything I had been hearing online it seemed to be everyone’s favorite ??? Our mutual friend is def at the top of my dickens tbr list ! Thank you
@Faye_L 3 күн бұрын
@@mckenziekate I'm always surprised to hear someone say it's their favourite! It's one of the mid ones for me. My faves are A Tale of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend, A Christmas Carol, and Bleak House.
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@ this is great information to have!! Thank you so much for sharing hahah
@mattkean1128 3 күн бұрын
It's atypical Dickens, but A Christmas Carol is wonderful. I'm under read with him as well.
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@mattkean1128 yes I was planning on giving that another go this Christmas season!
@malikamuradova163 3 күн бұрын
I also don’t like Dickens…I am forcing myself every time 😢
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@malikamuradova163 lol sameeee
@annelies9494 3 күн бұрын
I like Dickens, but I can only take his writing in small portions. Two years ago I started reading his works according to the original monthly publication scheme and it is a wonderful experience just reading 3 chapters every month.
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@annelies9494 I have heard lots of people recommending that style of reading for his works. I feel like u are probably right in that it will make the reading experience that much nicer.
@cassiopeiathew7406 3 күн бұрын
I was way too busy last quarter and I didn’t read nearly as much as I would have liked to, I also started living on my own for the first time and I didn’t really account for how long commutes to university and cooking would take, so I’m so excited to be back for the holidays so that I can read more. I’m planning on reading Wuthering Heights and The Passion of GH. I really want to have a non-fiction year (except for one) next year to catch up on subjects I’m far weaker in than I would like to be so my reading list is pretty short but it’s what I feel like I can reasonably get to in 2025. -The Republic by Plato -The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt -The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser -The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz -State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin or Race, Gender and Class by Angela Davis -Civilization and it’s Discontents by Sigmund Freud -The Nichomachaen Ethics by Aristotle -The Complete Essays of Michel De Montaigne (read some)
@carolovegoodcast8394 3 күн бұрын
I love your videos! 💕
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@carolovegoodcast8394 oh wow thank you so much for saying that! I hope you have a beautiful day 💜
@bookishbianca 3 күн бұрын
It’s always interesting to hear other peoples sally Rooney rankings. I loved convos w friends, and thought normal people was good, really disliked beautiful world. Really excited to get to intermezzo. I’m also currently reading Tess of the durbervilles. Would you say you liked that book or was it a similar just “fine” feeling there too?
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@bookishbianca hello! Yes, I feel like everyone has such different opinions of Rooney novels which is really exciting and interesting. Yes, Tess was quite middling for me as well. How are you getting on with it?
@bookishbianca 3 күн бұрын
@@mckenziekate I love the nature writing like you mentioned, his prose is definitely the highlight of the book for me. im a little over 1/4 of the way through it so I don't have a fully formed opinion. I find things to enjoy when I pick it up, but there hasn't been a point where I'm ever itching to get back to the story or excited to know what happens next. hoping that will change as I get further in. but the quotes make my cold little heart feel warm. im making a reading vlog about it, but it's not up yet so here are my 2 current favs: "I suppose I am a bad fellow -- a damn bad fellow. I was born bad, and I have lived bad, and I shall die bad in all probability. But, upon my lost soul, I won't be bad towards you again, Tess." ^this is said by Alec so I don't believe him, but the language and sentiment just feels so raw and desperate which makes it beautiful to me "There was not a human soul near. Sad October and her sadder self seemed the only two existences haunting that lane." ^love love love this line. reminds me of a line on the first page of Moby dick (which I've only read the first few chapters of) which goes: "Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth, whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hopes get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can." the personification of months just hits, and its so delightfully emo lol
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@ oh my gosh I love the quotes you picked out 😍 I’ll definitely have to keep my eyes peeled for your vlog. And yeah I mean that’s the thing with there being so many writers, even if you can see their technical or artistic brilliance, doesn’t mean that it necessarily has the correct ingredients to really “zing” you personally. I need to read moby dick!
@scoutdarpy4465 4 күн бұрын
Great video, McKenzie. Hope you have a great Christmas! My reading has been pretty much the same, lol, but I did increase it by a little. Currently on 26 books (half are rereads), so I'm keeping pretty busy. Writing projects are going well, and I should be finishing one soon. Maybe I'll get it out to a publisher. Latin studies are still trucking along - maybe this time next year I'll be reading Virgil, lol, fingers crossed. Also been going to the gym haha. The dream bod is only 10 years away lol. That's my little update. Have an awesome holiday!
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 omg 26 books! YOU MADMAN! Lolol That’s so awesome that you will be sending some of your work into publishers! Best of luck to you there and AYYYYYYY!! Gym bro!!!!! Love it
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 I hope you have a great holiday season as well 🌲
@scoutdarpy4465 3 күн бұрын
@@mckenziekate The gym is an interesting place. I noticed that most of the buff dudes had this constant look of constipation on their faces. Prolly too much protein powder. 😆 I guess it goes with the whole swoll aesthetic. I have the same expression, so I guess it's meant that I get swoll too. I guess I'll just add bodybuilder to my resume. Seems the only logical thing to do at this point tbh.
@gemgerm 4 күн бұрын
Dombey and Son almost put me a slump last month so I stopped reading it. Maybe I’ll revisit it but….😂
@mckenziekate 3 күн бұрын
@@gemgerm lol glad to hear I wasn’t it’s only victim but I’m also sorry you didn’t love a book u picked up haha
@joelharris4399 4 күн бұрын
Well, well, well 😃. McKenzie decides to drop by for the Christmas season🎄Welcome back!
@mckenziekate 4 күн бұрын
@@joelharris4399 haha thank you 😂
@joelharris4399 4 күн бұрын
@mckenziekate 🙏🫶✌️
@Faye_L 28 күн бұрын
I'm glad I'm not alone in not liking the Book of the Month editions! I've never signed up for it because they seem oversized and I don't like the way they look on people's bookshelves. I thought I was the only one! I felt bad for Emma's husband and daughter, too. They didn't deserve anything she put them through. I definitely interpret Madame Bovary as a cautionary tale. I think part of it was a warning against marrying for the wrong reasons, and that divorce should be socially acceptable.
@mckenziekate 20 күн бұрын
@@Faye_L ur definitely not alone in disliking book of the month editions haha they are way too clunky and I think they must use like cheaper materials And I love your perspective of madame bovary!
@Crooktwentytwo Ай бұрын
Try Blood on the tracks and Killing Stalking. 😅 i cant describe what its about.. u just gotta read it..
@oly_d9485 Ай бұрын
finally someone said what I've been thinking about Emma, I couldn't even finish the book when I first started reading it because of her character😭😭
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@oly_d9485 glad we are on the same page! Haha
@andrewuk4813 Ай бұрын
Loved this a really eclectic range of books - lots of new ideas for book hunting. Thank you. Like the way you say a little about each title, background etc.
@oliviabarker1346 Ай бұрын
i, personally, really enjoyed my husband because it perfectly depicts what it's like to be in limerence with someone. it is annoying and nonsensical because limerence is not based in reality. i understand why some people don't enjoy it though. it's not a pleasant state of mind.
@prabhneetbhandaal7742 Ай бұрын
Totally agree with Nesta! As smart as she is though, I can never understand why she chose Cassian. He is not a good mate, has never been, and probably will never be one.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@prabhneetbhandaal7742 lol you tell her ✨haha He is just a bro dude
@prabhneetbhandaal7742 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate literally. When Eris checked him about Mor, that was brilliant. I'd rather she be with him than Cassian. There's been a lot of foreshadowing of her as a Queen/High Lady of the Dusk Court through the book series in this world and I don't think Cassian, as loyal of a general as he is, would go with her (more specifically, leave Rhys). I hope they aren't endgame🤞
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@ omg that would SHAKE THINGS UPPPPP if they weren’t!! Haha I’m here for it
@jibby1986 Ай бұрын
I loved War and Peace, but I cannot agree more that Natasha was the worst. I couldn’t stand her.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@jibby1986 thank you! Haha she really was
@ririschannelx Ай бұрын
“She doesn’t have any problems in her life” that’s my problem with Jane Austen in general, her characters and their so called spoilt brat problems get on my nerves. Their problems are mostly rooted in their own classist snobbery. No one has real problems through no fault of their own in her worlds and I find it annoying
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@ririschannelx I feel you. Good point about the classist snobbery. I do enjoy Jane Austen but yeah it just REALLY irks me in Emma
@Marylluvia92 Ай бұрын
I hate Emma with my entire soul but it was the main goal of Jane Austen so cheers to her for that! I feel the same about Mercedes but the count of Montecristo is a 5 stars for me😊😊
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@Marylluvia92 I am so glad you love the count of Monte Cristo! And lol Jane Austen NAILED it 🥂
@mattkean1128 Ай бұрын
I sympathized with Princess Maria in W&P so much. There was a scene where she cried that made me cry. I rank Sense and Sensibility higher than many people do. Love the Dashwoods.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@mattkean1128 yes, Marya is the absolute saving grace character for me in war and peace, she was such a strong and beautiful female. And YES, sense and sensibility is my favorite Austen (so far at least)
@pheebs9255 Ай бұрын
I knew Dororthea would be on your favs list haha, she's one of mine too, although Rosamond Vincy is one of my most hated ever - I just couldn't stand her total inability to see things from any point of view but her own. Which is the point of the character, I think, but god, she made me wanna throw the book across the room. I love Mary Garth from Middlemarch too and wish she had more of a role in the plot, she's so smart and funny, and I find her relationship with Fred so endearing. George Eliot writes great complex characters generally, I'm almost finished with Daniel Deronda and Gwendolen Harleth is becoming a favourite too - so wonderfully complex and realistic, same with Woolf's Clarissa Dalloway. My other most hated is definitely Levin from Anna Karenina because he bored me to absolute tears and I resent the fact that I was catfished into reading a book with a male protagonist. Doesn't do or say a single compelling thing in the entire very long 800 pages.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@pheebs9255 omg this is the most amazing comment ever 😂😂😂 I LOVE your take on Anna Karenina and Levin 😂😂😂 that is so funny Yeah I see that he was pretty boring and Pierre was similar (both being based on Tolstoy himself) And literally EVERY character in middlemarch is so amazing to read. YES YES YES Rosemond is another one of my most hated as well, I feel like my love for Dorothea overshadows my hatred of rosemond tho for some reason. The scene where Rosemond is flirting with Will ladislaw and Dorothea sees it and then resolves to still have compassion for Rosemond was like one of the most pivotal moments in my own personal emotional life. I was like wow, Dorothea is SUCH a strong and cool woman. And yeah, Mary is a slay. Love her too 💜💜💜 Thanks for making my day with this comment ⭐️ I hope you are doing well ✨
@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged Ай бұрын
So, I adore Jane Austen (my channel name is Austen inspired) and I’ve been reading her books for 30 years…and I totally agree with you on Emma 😂 I just can’t get on board with her snobbery and how she nearly ruins Harriet’s life. The scene where she is awful to Miss Bates is something I can barely read.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged oh my gosh thank you SO much for leaving this comment! I thought I was the only one, I literally only hear people speaking ardently about Emma. Lol Can’t wait to check out your channel ✨
@joelharris4399 Ай бұрын
Pointing out the inherent flaws in classic literature (namely character-building) when most readers put such works on a pedestal is definitely going to rattle the cage in some quarters. But then again, you can simply be demonstrating poorly written female characters ✅
@scoutdarpy4465 Ай бұрын
Raskolnikov is a favorite of mine. I dunno. Something about half starved, delirious, anti-social characters with a sincere heart that I really jive with. Anything less and they're too intellectual and boring, i.e. the epitome of modern characters in novels lol. I want a Raskolnikov and Sonya romance tbh. Anything less and the romance is too intellectual and boring, i.e. the modern relationship. 😂
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 haha I totally see raskolnikov as being a favorite of yours! 😂😂 I love that so much
@scoutdarpy4465 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate Haha. I was talking to someone the other day (relating to Sonya and Raskolnikov) and I told him I want a woman that leads me to God and Siberia and not to the bedroom or anywhere else. What do I care about such pleasures and gratification? And like I said, anything other than God and truth is boring as hell. It's like that Steve Winwood song "bring me a higher love." I don't care about the body. I want the soul. You can see why the dating game ain't it for me, especially at 26. 😅
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 hahaha hey, again, I do really believe there is someone out there for everyone. Just keep doing you Jacob ⭐️
@hanna-gk6fd Ай бұрын
Great choices! No ruffled feathers here 🐔 😃
@jamgart Ай бұрын
Good to see you back! Glad you’re feeling better 😊
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@jamgart thank you so much! I hope you are having a beautiful day ⭐️
@mattkean1128 Ай бұрын
It's been a while, but I loved Madame Bovary. In retrospect, I'd love to do a comparison with Anna Karenina.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@mattkean1128 I hear that a lot!
@leopercara3477 Ай бұрын
I finished Silas Marner. Really liked it. Eliot's prose was making a full body massage to my brain. The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones, a collection of short stories. All of them brutal and miserable as I like them, but the prose is so intense and muscular that you just keep going. Erasing History by Jason Stanley, super relevant for what's going on in your country. And I just started The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis. Crazy, messed up story. Are you gonna do Nonfiction November?
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@leopercara3477 erasing history sounds very interesting, thank you for bringing it to my attention And that is a fantastic way to describe Eliot’s writing. Such a beautiful “brain massage” And not necessarily planning on doing nonfiction November but I do have a few non fiction titles that I am eager to get to so that might happen soon either way ⭐️ Are you doing nonfiction November?
@leopercara3477 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate Yeah. I'm reading The Histories of Herodotus. Thieves of State by Sarah Chayes. The Prince by Machiavelli. And The Black Death by Philip Ziegler.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@leopercara3477 gosh I need to read the prince I hope you enjoy your nonfiction reading, those all sound great Do you find the histories to be an enjoyable read?
@leopercara3477 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate In the Tom Holland translation it is. But it is an insane amount of information and tangents. It's like having a conversation with a brilliant drunk uncle.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@ I would love to have a conversation with a brilliant drunk uncle haha 🤣
@scoutdarpy4465 Ай бұрын
Madame Bovary has me reflecting on my love life, lol, which has been pretty nonexistent for the last 26 years; haha. I dunno if I'll find someone who can actually put up with my shenanigans and ridiculous antics, saying the most absurd things, in some kind of term, trolling people (especially my partner if I have one 😅); if there is someone "innocently" out of his mind, I'd probably be in close proximity. I did ask a girl to go dumpster diving with me one time (I told her that I really felt like I could find a new aesthetic there), safe to say she said no. Apparently women don't find dumpsters romantic. Haha. Always good to see you post, Mckenzie. Hope you enjoy your Halloween.
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 haha I have absolute faith that everyone has someone out there for them. Maybe one day you will find someone who is as excited about dumpster diving as you are haha We all just have to keep being ourselves. Thank you for the Halloween well wishes 🎃 I hope you have a great one too!
@scoutdarpy4465 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate That's what I tell people: if you wanna meet someone who finds beauty in everything just go to your local dumpster diver or what the more liberal minded people call "trailer park trash." Fine dining ain't nothing more than choking on gold. But I digress. Have a good one!
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@scoutdarpy4465 haha eating out can definitely be overpriced 😂
@scoutdarpy4465 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate lol. Never understood people's fascination with food.
@joelharris4399 Ай бұрын
Let's light some scented candles for a change people, fill the air with soothing aroma, as pleasurable as hot pasta🕯🕯🕯
@mckenziekate Ай бұрын
@@joelharris4399 hot pasta and a scented candle is absolutely the recipe to a perfect t evening haha
@joelharris4399 Ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate 😅🤣
@littlelemoncurd6191 2 ай бұрын
LOVE The Woman In White! Moonstone actually bored me so I put it down and didn’t go back to it (by Wilkie Collins). The Law And The Lady wasn’t bad though (also by him). But by far The Woman In White is his best novel by a mile in my opinion.
@littlelemoncurd6191 2 ай бұрын
I read Jane Eyre in middle school for a book report and it ended up being my favorite book for years. Now The Count Of Monte Cristo is my favorite classic, followed by The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins. (I’m currently reading Anna Karenina and enjoying it)
@renee_angelica 2 ай бұрын
Educated was so good! People have wild lives.
@allisonk5007 2 ай бұрын
Missing Jennifer too😔😔
@Richard.HistoryLit 2 ай бұрын
The _Lay of the Niebelungs_ has interesting and splendid female characters and is indeed a significant German foundation text!
@joshohanlon7475 2 ай бұрын
This haul was so fun! I've been looking for a good nonfiction introduction to the Gulag, but Anne Applebaum's history is like 800 pages which stresses me out-- so I'm definitely going to check out the abridged version of Gulag Archipelago first. Happy reading :)
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@joshohanlon7475 yes! I would definitely recommend the abridged version haha Good luck with your reading!
@the-comments-poet 2 ай бұрын
Teardrop As I look out my window today I see a tree. In the field over there, among friends It stands tall and strong and I don’t know his name I do not know trees as some do Botanists and horticulturists know these names Greek and Latin. And family and ancestry too How tall they can be and how deep their roots go Bark and buds and leaves Me, I don’t know such things I just look out my window and see this tree Majestic and imposing. Kingly you might say And I don’t even know his name He has probably been here for a long time Long before my little window came to look upon him When these were fields busy, foxes and squirrels Wild grasses and noisy creeks Old and wise I imagine my tree to be And I look at him looking back at me His leaves dance gracefully in formal salute I would dare a question if only I knew his name How did you come to be Who have you met in your days. Were they kind and friendly What do you dream about in the cold of winter Is the summer shower warmer after the storm I should probably stop this daydreaming now Trees do not mind for intrusive onlookers Who know nothing about them Not even their name As I go back to work, I see a leaf falling from my tree
@theresas709 2 ай бұрын
I just rewatched some of Jennifer and Alice's video's. I just finished The Sign of Four and am in the middle of No Name. I want to get to Silas Marner and East Lynne.
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@theresas709 💔💜 I hope you enjoy everything that you read this month!
@mattkean1128 2 ай бұрын
Get hyped bro 🙌 I love the Brontës. Since you like Madame Bovary, I'll recommend Like Death by Guy de Maupassant. He was a student of Flaubert's and you can really see it in this short novel. I loved North and South; I really should read more Gaskell. I CERTAINLY need to start reading Eliot and Collins. I miss Jennifer too ❤
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@mattkean1128 I own like death! I need to prioritize it now! Thank you for that suggestion
@eileennielsen5165 2 ай бұрын
I also read Jane Eyre in h.s. re-reading it now and LOVING it! Didn't in h.s.
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@eileennielsen5165 I love this! I hope I have the same experience as you!
@JordynWise-f8j 2 ай бұрын
looking forward to Jane Eyre which i expect to be my new all time fav!!!! Honestly not sure if Jane Austen is part of Victorian period -_- but also getting to Persuasion this Victober!!!! <3
@JordynWise-f8j 2 ай бұрын
oh also Far from the Madding Crowd, but that will be in November <3
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@JordynWise-f8j I love and support all of your reading plans haha I believe Jane Austen is regency but honestly, tomato tomahto lol Persuasion is such a gem ⭐️ I hope you love everything you read
@Maddiexz 2 ай бұрын
I miss Jennifer so much I watched her all time. I just couldint believe it when her mom posted that video. Definitely will be reading a Wilkie Collin’s this month.
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@Maddiexz i was incredibly stunned as well 💔
@Faye_L 2 ай бұрын
I'm missing Jennifer like crazy too. 😢
@Praire22 2 ай бұрын
I have read all the books you mentioned. I loved them all. I have a love and hate reading relationship with Charles Dickens and I happily say that Dombey And Son is my all time favorite from him and is in my top 5 Victorian classic novels. 😊
@suissesse5460 2 ай бұрын
Ooh Wuthering Heights is my top favorite... I've reread that book more than any other ever, I think! But another atmospheric gem is The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I'm a sucker for a good moor, apparently lol.
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@suissesse5460 I literally cannot wait to reread wuthering heights!
@starlasell5698 2 ай бұрын
❤📚❤️ I just finished Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy, and it was perfect for fall! 🍁🍂
@js.3490 2 ай бұрын
HARDY....HARDY.....HARDY!!!
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@starlasell5698 ahhhhh! Can’t wait to read more Hardy!
@clarepotter7584 2 ай бұрын
My favourite Victorian novel is 'Jane Eyre' - l've just watched an older version (1969) of 'An Ideal Husband' with Jeremy Brett which was great fun, it's my favourite Oscar play.
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@clarepotter7584 I’ve never heard of that play! I will have to look it up
@clarepotter7584 2 ай бұрын
@@mckenziekate I recommend it, particularly the Rupert Everett version.
@eddiehampson5601 2 ай бұрын
If you’re watching The Importance of Being Earnest, you have to watch the 1952 movie. It’s the most faithful adaptation of the play and is great
@fionamacdonald8794 2 ай бұрын
Agreed!!
@mckenziekate 2 ай бұрын
@@eddiehampson5601 this is great to know thank you so much