Hey! I went through my history to find your channel and happy to see you still posting! Curious if you ever got a kindle?

Love your thoughts on Convenience Store Woman!

Kanopy is so fire!!! They have really great documentaries and movies on there.

I really loved convenience store woman. the essay/letter at the end made me cry fr.

Glad that you’re feeling much better. Keep striving…

The rewind 😭😂

Never feel bad about taking a mental health break! We all need to take one sometimes. Loved this video - keep it up!

Thanks for sharing!

Absolute king energy taking care of himself first, really proud of you 💛💪🏻

No Harry Potter? Did you quit ?

Hey I'm new to your channel and I love seeing the books you pick to read. ❤

Have you read the silent patient by Alex Michaelides yet? I just read it and loved it.

taking note of The Truth about the Devlins!!

thats a really nice edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray!

Always take care of you. Everything else can wait and glad you were able to do that and you’re feeling better !

Glad you're back. I hope all is well. You've inspired this mid 40s man to share my love of reading as well. Well done! Well done!

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I wanna read the devlins now

Happy to hear that you are doing better, welcome home!

As a retired Psych Caseworker I 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you. We all need a break and when we don't allow ourselves that break we run into problems. As a writer I also have to take breaks for health reasons and just to avoid burnout. I love that you're taking some writing classes. We release so much through writing. Our world opens up as we release, process and grow.

Glad to see you're back😊. You should give The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker a try. I hear it's a really good book, I'm curious to know what your review would be.

I LOVE the picture of Dorien Grey. It's amazing.

Hey man. Just wanted you to know let you know much my wife and I enjoy your videos. Put yourself and your health first. We will be here waiting and grateful for each new video you post.

Some of me want to get into romance novels but I can't. Romeo and Juliet was my fav but it was a tragedy. I need death and drama!

I've herd that S.A Cosby is a good writer. I need to check him out.

I am gonna buy every single book you recommend. So refreshing to see a guy who loves books.

So glad you're back!! Always prioritize your well-being. I thought I'd recommend a book that I read somewhat recently and that I found very entertaining. The book is Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.

we love a black man who reads! 💕 immediate subscribe ✨

Happy to have you back! Glad you are feeling better I will always be happy when you post even if there is a long time in between videos :)

So good to see you! And I am happy to hear you're doing better ❤

Omg love this! Welcome to booktube 🫶🏾

So glad you’re back with the book recs. I love your channel. All the best from Ireland

Was starting to wonder if you were ever coming back. So glad you took care of you, and are back to share your books.

Can you link your Goodreads

Another good thing about the library is that you can also borrow ebooks. Which works great for me if I'm traveling or out running errands. As a mood reader, using my reader helps, then im not carrying around different books. Even though there's about 3 hardbacks in the car .... cause you never know!! 😂

Love love book recommendations and so glad you are back and well much love.😊

So excited to see that you're back!! Im really glad to hear that you're doing better after your break :D Glad you got to read Convenience Store Woman! It is a slower pace, but I love it for all the same reasons you liked it too!

I literally just thought how I haven't seen any reading updates from you in a while and then I sew that you just posted something :)

@litvibeswithfive love your videos keep making them, love your book recs!!

Thanks for the book rec's. A lot of new books I hadn't read yet. My husband has read A Portrait of Dorian Gray, definitely a book I've been interested in. I appreciate your transparency also and sharing from your life. In the same spirit I'd like to recommend a book to you, but I'm new to your channel so I don't know if you've already read it... it's called Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, beautiful writing hard subject...at least for me anyway.

Welcome back. I'm glad you're doing better. Great reviews 🫡

So happy your back Cuz!! Thank you for some great recommendations No need to justify time off, you do you. I read The Picture Of Dorian Gray for a class in college and as an Indigenous student, found the language challenging. But I'm persevering with my last 2 classes & I'm on track to graduate at the end of the year. Sending you positive vibes.

I’ve seen many reviews on here for Convenience Store Woman and will have to order it. I’m glad you took care of yourself. It’s so important nowadays. Great video as always.

Some really great recommendations five , I’ve read 2/4 and I can say I agree with your reviews of those. Classics like Dorian can be a bit scary to get into because of the old language used but like ya said ya do get used to it and if you master Dorian well it does make you feel like you can delve into more classics because there’s some really brilliant ones. I wish Oscar had of wrote more novels this being his only one, the rest are plays but if you enjoyed it definitely read de profundis - he wrote that whilst in prison and it’s short but pssh I should of just underlined the whole book because it just hits you. The prophet by kahlil Gibran - another really short one that will have you marking up the entire book 😂 I’ve added the two books from this review I haven’t read yet to my tbr. I have another one (blacktop wasteland) you recommended before on there too , so looking forward to getting to those! Glad you’re feeling better , wishing you a good weekend!

Thank you for your recommendations I have just ordered one of the books.

Good to see you back!

Glad to have you back. I also loved Convenient Store Woman and I have Portrait of Dorian Gray on my tbr.

I have missed you. But life is life. Don’t apologize for taking the time. We all need it. I’m just glad you’re back. I now have more books to add to my TBR. I can’t tell you enough how refreshing your book reviews are. If I was teaching again you would definitely be required material. One thing that struck me this time. When you added ratings it felt odd. Because your review gave me everything I needed to know. I get that Goodreads requires it but your reviews are enough. They are honest, deeply felt and delivered so personally and with so much warmth… what can I say. I’m a fan!

Glad you took time fr your mental health. Like how your reads are different. Enjoyed hearding your honest thoughts about each book.

Any updates on your Harry Potter journey?