1000 Subscriber Q & A Celebration.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Congratulations! Your channel is brilliant and is absolutely one of my favorites. I am very glad to hear that your next book is near completion. I’m almost finished with Across the Wire and I really look forward to more. Also, thanks for saying such nice things about me and my dumb channel. I appreciate it!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you, you have been so kind to me. I really appreciate it. I love your 'dumb' channel (which is not dumb at all).

[@stews9]

I second, your channel's anything but dumb, and is a favorite, as is this one. Always room for more excellence. Say hi to Roger, I know he sometimes sulks at being neglected, and pet your cute wee canines for me, from mine to yours.

[@Paromita_M]

Also thanks so much for answering my questions! And no worries about the pronunciation - it was spot on. Donna Tartt 💜.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Oh good! I'm glad I didn't butcher your name. Love Donna Tartt. Can't wait for what she releases next.

[@Paromita_M]

Many many congratulations 🎊! Very well-deserved of course and sky is the limit. Best wishes and may your channel continue to grow!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you!

[@melodianarrativa_Rodrigo]

Amazing

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Hello! Thank you for being here. There is some Portuguese literature on the way.

[@melodianarrativa_Rodrigo]

@@ItsTooLatetoApologize 🤩

[@stews9]

You deserve 100,000+. Straight up. Keep doing what you do and you'll get there, too. You're a favorite, and please know you've got an audience that appreciates your sly, witty, brainy, and open analyses of books and reading. Brava. Bought a copy of your novel. Writers should get paid. Looks fantastic, too. Love the dedication to your Dad, and the layered aspects of your book's speculative aspects. The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene is top notch. He's hard to go wrong with but did distinguish his own work between Serious, usually focused on moral dilemmas, and Entertainments, usually espionage. They merge brilliantly in The Human Factor, which I think might've been his final work.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you so much for your kind words. They stopped me in my tracks and humbled me. The internet is a strange place where the cynic expects very little, but thank you for your warmth and compassion. Thank you for the Greene recommendations. After I finish a few reading challenges, I’ll definitely do a Greene challenge and keep your recs in mind. Thank you for buying a copy of my book, I hope it finds you well. And I hope it is a bit of fiction that will at the very least entertain.

[@BookBlather]

Hey Stella! Landed here and subbed because I just watched MKV’s review of your book. I love this sci-fi theme to begin with, and Michael made your book sound incredible. I’ll end up getting a hard copy as well, but would love an e-reader copy. Congrats on 1K! That’s awesome!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you! If you go to my About page, there is an email address there. If you email me there your information will be private. Let me know the type of Ereader you have so I can send you the right file format.

[@cariboujones3285]

Congrats on one million subs!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Doe! Thank you for pointing out the typo. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@bookrisingisclosed]

Gratz on 1K! Very happy for you - coming from a recent subscriber :) Loved the video, and enjoyed the Q&A. It is well deserved. And, heck yeah, I would love a free copy of your book! TY for the kind offer. - Also, 100% agreed on Michael K. Vaughan - an awesome individual without a doubt.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you. If you go to my About page, there is an email address there. If you email me there your information will be private. Let me know the type of Ereader you have so I can send you the right file format.

[@bookrisingisclosed]

@@ItsTooLatetoApologize - will do TY

[@BrandonsBookshelf]

Congrats!! I love your channel and am really happy to see you get here. Keep going!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you, Brandon.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Congratulations on 1k! And I agree, great, fleshed out characters is what matters most to me in books

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you! It's all about those characters for me.

[@janicecuroso1042]

I love your channel. My son, MKV was the one who suggested I watch your Faulkner review. From then on I watch every new video you do. Your review of Lord of the Flies made me realize that I didn't really dislike the book at all. I just never completely understood all the different threads that ran through the story, so I thank you for that. Congrats on 1,000 subscribers. I look forward to your second book. I enjoyed Across the Wire!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Hello Janice! You're Michael's mom? So nice to electronically meet you. Thank you for your kind words and for reading Across the Wire. Are you a Faulkner fan? I know Micheal has 'feelings' about him. Hahaha. I need to be brave and face another of his novels as I hear As I Lay Dying is one of his easier to read novels. Lord of the Flies was great, but if I would have read it at high school age, as a lot of people do, I don't think I would have understood it all either. Thank you for being here.

[@janicecuroso1042]

@@ItsTooLatetoApologize Have you read any Tennessee Williams? I gather he is out of favor now, but I would really like to hear your ideas about any of his books. I have a soft spot for Faulkner, though I can't say I always understand his writing! Yes, Michael is my son. Maybe if he had started with As I Lay Dying he wouldn't be so conflicted about Faulkner.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

@@janicecuroso1042 I have Mosquito, Soldiers Pay, Absolom Absolom, and The Sound and the Fury waiting for me on my shelf. I was wondering if after As I Lay Dying it would be better to read some of Faulkner’s earlier works before going to the later works he’s best known for. I haven’t read any of Tennessee Williams novels yet. What do you recommend? I have read the Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire. I loved both. I’m working on a review of The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy. It has a definite Faulkner influence as the editor he worked with was Faulkner’s also.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

So happy for you that you reached 1K! 🥳 Very interesting insights here. And yeah I agree, your Moby Dick video was 👌. And I was actually planning on buying your book later on after I'd trimmed my tbr pile down some, but, since you offered, I would totally love a copy! 😁 Here's to more great content in the future; cheers! 🥳

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you again! If you go to my About page, there is an email address there. If you email me there your information will be private. Let me know the type of Ereader you have so I can send you the right file format.

[@stevengentry9396]

Congratulations on reaching 1K subscribers. Your analyses and reviews of books are always well done and interesting to watch. I'm sure the growth will continue.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you for being here.

[@thirdspacemaker9141]

New sub! I subbed to MKV last night, and he released a review of your book this morning. Congrats on 1K. 🎉 I will be buying your book because it sounds like it revolves around themes that I am wanting to explore in a series of fantasy stories I’m working on.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

That's awesome. Thank you, and happy writing!

[@bobgdn]

I just watched Michael K Vaughan’s review of your book Across the Wire and I’m very interested in reading it and would love a free copy of your book! I’m a new subscriber and I like your content quite a bit. Congratulations on 1K and I’m sure your channel will be growing a lot.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you and welcome! If you go to my About page, there is an email address there. If you email me there your information will be private. Let me know the type of Ereader you have so I can send you the right file format.

[@brianbuch1]

Thank you. And Congratulations! Pretty new here, but really love what you're doing. I know there are so many novels to read, and I've already suggested at least one. But take a look at Louise Erdrich. Her characters are very well-drawn. Pretty much anything she wrote is worth the time, but, "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" is one I'll twist arms to get people to read. .

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

So many books so little time! But I always welcome a recommendation. Thank you.

[@raincityreads4933]

I've only read one Graham Greene book - Travels with My Aunt - but it's a lifelong favourite so I'd definitely recommend it!

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Oh, I hadn’t heard of that one yet. You’re the first one to recommend that one. Thank you!

[@raincityreads4933]

@It's Too Late to Apologize It's really funny, but I can't tell you how/why because spoilers. My parents read it to me when I was a kid (questionable parenting choices were made🤣) and I didn't understand all of it but still found it entertaining and cared about the characters. As an adult - when I DID get all the details - it just had more to love. Might not be everyone's taste as it's pretty irreverent and certainly has that dry British humour, but if that's your thing, it's great!

[@Snick3927]

Congrats again, Stella (already said so on IG)-I’ll add here that while this channel may help you feel more gotten, it has the same effect on your viewers, your fellow bookies. Not trivial, and so thank you.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you for being a fellow bookie!

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Read Graham Greene's The Quiet American.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Thank you for the recommendation. Have you read many of his works?

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

@@ItsTooLatetoApologize Only the Quiet American but I really enjoyed it.

[@steel_and_stones]

Ever read Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut? Would love to see an in-depth review of your thoughts on Middlemarch! Subscribed after seeing your video on The orchard keeper. I loved that video 😅

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

I haven't read Sirens of Titan yet. Are you a Middlemarch fan? Have you read the Orchard Keeper? It was such an unusual experience to read.

[@steel_and_stones]

@It's Too Late to Apologize sirens of titan was a trip, it's topical today for sure. I'm working my way through middlematch, trying a serialized approach and taking my sweet time! Yes, I read the orchard keeper. I loved it but definitely took a few days to sort it all out. Your video on it was a great help, haha

[@4jeffinseattle]

Read Stoner by John Williams. BTW you are fantastic.

[@4jeffinseattle]

Also, read Charles Bukowski ( Post Office, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Last Night Of The Earth poems.)Raymond Carver is another great wriiter

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

I have Stoner on my TBR. Can’t wait to read it. BTW you’re fantastic. 😉

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

@@4jeffinseattle I’ve read a little Raymond Carver. What do you recommend? I’ve never read Bukowski, but I feel like he is right up my alley.

[@4jeffinseattle]

@@ItsTooLatetoApologize Cathedral by Raymond Carver

[@4jeffinseattle]

What we talk about when we talk about love by Raymond Carver also you might like Flannery O'Connor A good man is hard to find.

[@hjaltigunnlaugsson3829]

I´d love a free copy :)

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

If you go to my About page, there is an email address there. If you email me there your information will be private. Let me know the type of Ereader you have so I can send you the right file format.

[@stews9]

Well ... a couple of novels that end where they begin but are world-class are Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and Dahlgren by Samuel R. Delany. Just saying. Yeah, it's possible, but those are circular novels, head games, and not intended for a mature audience.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

I knew a literary genius or two could pull it off!

[@cakecogito]

It's always too late to apologize.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Fair enough.

[@Hermit_mouse]

I could say so many good things about your channel but it would just be reiterating the obvious.

[@Hermit_mouse]

That said: -I hope we get your thoughts on The Crossing someday (McCarthy’s real jewel!) -If you haven’t read Flynn’s short story What do you do? Retitled: The Grownup, you’re in for a real treat. Apparently it’s been an optioned for a movie now.

[@Hermit_mouse]

Also: here’s another one for your TBR: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

[@Hermit_mouse]

Also: there’s a parallel universe version of you on KZbin called Better Than Food

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

@@Hermit_mouse I shall have to stop sleeping on The Grownup.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

@@Hermit_mouse I love Better Than Food book reviews. It was actually his channel that made me want to revive my channel in a completely different way then when I started it and failed all those years ago. Cliff definitely has a more aesthetic and transgressive tase in literature than I do but I love hearing his thoughts about books.