I came to this video because I miss Edinburgh after soending 2 weeks there through uni this august. Thus was honestly ideal for me, bcs both Armchairs and Lighthouse Books were my favourute bookshops in Edinburgh and just hearing sb talk about them was soothing for my soul. I hole you have a great day.

Nooooo, babes. Put that mic down 😆 I am not a fan of ASMR hahaha. But all jokes aside. I thought it was hilarious your lecturer chose Houellebecq 😆

The whispering made me regret persuading you to get a mic

Human Kind sounds interesting. I might pick it up. I hope you will like Pachinko. It's one of my favorite books =)

I looooved Between The Acts! It was really beautiful. How that book made me feel is still etched into my brain. Love your shirt too. 😄

I'm so glad the Australian book got a positive review. So now I may just pick it up😊 Loving the vids❤

Thank you for this! Just binged all four seasons of KE on Netflix in 2 days 😊 I had seen most of the show when it first aired but didn’t finish S3 and had not seen S4. I started Saving Eve right before the binge and am really loving it so far. These two characters give me life 🥰 They deserved so much better than the show and by the sounds it the books. Grateful for fan fic 😄 Fantastic video!

I am not a part of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, but i love reading about the LGBTQIA+ community. It's just something that I find interesting and I love reading and learning about it. Would love to read the books you are recommending! Sending love❤❤❤

As an Australian, I'm glad someone's interested in the culture here. I swear I never see anything on Australia culture, so I'll love for you to leave a review on one one day. Love your videos❤

Damn, you had me there at the beginning. 😂 I thought you meant it took you ages to read The Living Mountain because you hated it. 😆 Glad that wasn't the case, haha! (I was the person who 'recommended' it.) Now I just need to read something by Jeanette. Which one would you recommend I start with?

Yay, quality over quantity! ❤Hope August treats you at least as good. I plan on reading Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright soon as my introduction to Australian literature. We'll see if that's actually a smart move. 😆

New subscriber here. I hope you're doing well. Thanks for the recs, I'm adding The Adventures of China Iron and H is for Hawk to my tbr list PS: keep up the good work

honestly I loved the killing eve series, I just absolutely hated the last 2 minutes I think it should’ve ended when they hugged. Laura Neal kinda butchered the show

Shout out to my striaght niggas that be watching this too

You're so hot❤

Hey love im starting E soon which is definitely different but I'm super excited but scared at the same time i love hearing your story i have to clock in to my work but i will finish your vid when im on brake 🫶

Re. the production interest, let's give a hat tip to Sally Wainwright, and the lead writers of Killing Eve.

I am getting ready to make my queer summer reading list and I just remembered I saved this video last year after it was recommended to me but I didn't have time to watch it. One of my goals this year is to read more classics and I'm always looking for queer stuff so this is perfect. I've added everything to my list except for one because I just read it two years ago.

The third book is written in the first person by Eve. She's thinking back on the shit show they had just lived through. Luke Jennings didn't want to make a continuing series out of these two women and their cat and mouse antics so he chose to close it out as a memory of Eve's. Well, he couldn't have made a series anyway. The first two books were putting these two women on a crash course and there was a definite ending coming. The third was clunky. Yes, Oksana was mean to Eve but that is because she was in a vulnerable place within herself that she didn't understand. The controller wasn't in control of herself when it came to Eve. The happy ending may have been too milk toast for many or most but not for me. I am so tired of same sex stories always having a tragic ending I was relieved and exhaled when they actually got to live together and be a couple and have love. I didn't really think they would. I thought Oksana was killed and had to force myself to keep listening. Thank God I did. And that's another thing. I listened to the books. Books 2 and 3 are read by Lucy Patterson and i love how she reads. She has perfect inflection and does great with the accents.I think it enabled me to have a different experience with the books. So, it was a weird book but I loved the happy ending. It's not the happy ending I would have pictured for the two but at least they didn't break up and they both lived!. Yea!

just watched four daughters from your rec!! wow what an experience. going to take me a while to process everything i felt

The way you pronounce the books names😅 I could never say the second books name you mentioned the same way you do.

You have a nice voice.

Just "bruh" seems like such an apt review of that book 😆

so happy I found your channel. hell yes. sandra oh and jodie comer are amazinnngggg.

Villanelle is actually bisexual. For me as a guy the love story has to land somewhere so why not with Eve? The whole gay aspect of the story is part of the whole integrity the show overall has. It all just worked so well. Love and infatuation are things that everyone can relate to. I wish we could see V&E move to Alaska! It would be amazing! It's truly a shame that the show had to end the way it did. I truly wish it would come back! I mainly watched this show for the merciless bloodshed though. I compare Villanelle to Hannibal Lector, Freddie Krueger, Jason and in some ways Michael Corleone. The show has its resemblance of the Godfather series. Jodi Comer does a spectacular job playing the psychopath skilled assassin. I miss this show specifically for that dynamic. hat and the showcasing of different parts of the world and different culture and Food! Let's not forget about Villanelle's appetite and making you hungry watching her eat! The direction of S1 was superb. Phoebe Waller Bridge is just awesome! The change of directors I think is what led to the downward spiral of the show being a failure at the end. S4 was a complete failure, and I don't even acknowledge it.

Omg thank you for this list! I would also include Zami by Audre Lorde

Going to check out the saving eve fanfic based on your suggestion. The series finale was so dissapointing that I've been looking for alternate endings (first place i looked was the books which is why I clicked on this vid).

I would love to see Vanya! Sounds amazing.

The birds sound so nice 🥺 I’m going to have to find a copy of the sei shonagon book you mentioned! Oooh I’m excited to hear your thoughts on the autism book you are liking more than unmasking autism!

I love Edouard Louis, so glad you are mentioning his work. If you (or anyone) is interested in reading more dealing with french society, the working class, rural settings and queer identity, etc. from an even more sociology angle, I can also recommend the works of Didier Eribon, they also work together occassionaly (they are definitely friends). If I am not mistaken both also refer to Annie Erneaux's work as a huge influence on them. And just in general: I love your content and your recommendations and always look forward to your reviews and thoughts!

oh, to be young and read your first lispector!!!! the first one i've ever read was near the wild heart (also for school), and it was such an experience! it's her first book and you kinda go through her finding her own voice as a writer. it starts very modernist text book, you know? but the book changes completely and it just Becomes a clarice lispector. it's such a ride. i think you'll really enjoy it. it's a story about a young women coming of age, but like written by clarice, so... my favourite one though is the passion according to gh. insane. immaculate. life changing. humanity on a shell. purely divine. how you find out that you, too, would eat a cockroach if the existencial crisis was intense enough.

"Four months on T and I'm sneezing like my dad" iconic

My first Lispector will be coming in the mail soon and I'm so excited 🥹

Need to read some Lispector omg

The only down I've had getting diagnosed is being told I'm borderline autistic and no one knew how to deal with that when I was younger and messed my life up slightly 😂

What is it about February? 😆 Also read a lot of books but didn't finish any. 🙃

🤣 that whole piece of you hate ranting about that book is just hilarious 😆

That moment of silence after you said "Dr. Devon Price is a furry." 🤣

ur also gonna have to read the roman shakespeare plays now i don't make the rules (i do, and i also enforce them)

ancient greece era commence

u slayed

guy with deep voice says what

No sex in a Dutch classic?! Can we even classify it as a Dutch classic then? 🤔😂

I've read White Fang and it's basically about a wolf who gets used by multiple people and placed into Dog fights. Not sure if you'd enjoy that😅 but I will say I loved the story. Lov ur vid❤

20000 species of bees is high on my list! I’ve never cried so much as in All of Us Strangers!!! Andrew Scott should have been nominated for an Oscar!

We don't have the same taste in books but I love finding smaller trans readers on this wild web! I really loved "Fever Dream" though, and also tend to like argentinian literature funnily enough :D

i am very sure how i feel about ur beard…..

SHAKESPEARE FIVE EVAAAAAAAAAAAA i’ll explain his plays to u anytime and i’ll be thrilled ab it

u didn’t mention that slaughterhouse five is one of my faves of all time and i pressured u to buy it even tho that isn’t the best cover

books upstairs 5ever