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[@melaniemurphyofficial]

I feel like I can die now No but seriously, hearing someone I respect SO MUCH review my debut so positively...best 👏🏻 feeling 👏🏻 ahhh 💚

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Just put a reservation on your book at my library, exciting!

[@darkacademiacafe8238]

i opened this fully aware of the fact that my already too long tbr list is going to get even longer after watching this. i am Ready.

[@RoisinsReading]

I know this is entirely unrelated but damn you are glowing in this video! What highlighter / magical skin care are you using?

[@SavidgeReads]

Hurray for Lowborn. Such a brilliant book by such a brilliant woman. I had been put off Gone because I don’t love books about music but it sounds amazing. That’s Your Lot sounds brilliant too. I love the premise of The Flat Share, I’ve been unsure, you’ve tempted me. I’ve never heard of An Ocean of Minutes, sounds bonkers and therefore brilliant. Can I say brilliant anymore? This video was brilliant. Ha.

[@ehayys]

I'm curious how your 2019 no spend going?? Could you do an update video?

[@leenanorms]

Yes it's coming :)

[@TheAliceIllingworth]

So excited to hear someone talking about That's Your Lot! I read it a few weeks ago and laughed so much. Limmy's first book, Daft Wee Stories, has me laughing so much in public that I had to stop reading in cafes.

[@kathleenhargest418]

Been loving your videos recently 👍🏻

[@albaKonst]

"she's also just very cool, look at her fringe". I feel that.

[@msandycm5120]

I'm here in May 2020 and part of me is very intrigued of An Ocean of Minutes and the other part of me is like 'we're currently living through a deadly virus, should I really put myself through this?'

[@kirstenclow1467]

was looking for someone else form 2020!!

[@msandycm5120]

@@kirstenclow1467 I decided I'm reading it btw. I think the premise is too good to miss out on because of the current climate. But might not read right now

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Best books read in July Frankisstein by Janette Winterson Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Miracle Creek by Angie Kim With regard to poverty, things have become much worse for any family who has a disabled member. Because of lack of funding in mental health/ social care; more ( Women in particular) have had to give up work to care. It's also more stressful as there is no respite or support. You get £62 a week for caring 24/7.

[@shaunaisaJellyBean]

These are my favourite videos you do! Needed new books and now I’m sorted 🎉

[@secretosentrepaginas]

I could hear you talking about books for hours and hours and I wouldn't get tired of it! Both memoirs you mention sound really interesting and although i already knew Savannah and Melanie had published books recently and i already wanted to read them, now i feel like i need to! If you want a book recommendation from a Spanish-speaking subscriber of yours, I highly encourage you to read something from Isabel Allende (if you haven't already!) A few weeks ago I read 'The House of the Spirits' and it took my heart away. 💛💛💛

[@violet9jo]

Secretos Entre Páginas I love the house of the spirits!!! My favourite novel, I read it for school during a levels and have loved it ever since 😊

[@tess77262]

I meant to put Gone on my TBR ages ago and then forgot because my memory is like swiss cheese, so thank you for reminding me of its existence.

[@leoraifrailova4992]

Nonfiction memoir is my favorite genre too. Such a treat!

[@bookishshenanigans4769]

I'm currently reading Zami, Audre Lorde's autobiography and it is amazing, also I loved My Year of Rest and Relaxation and I think you'd like it a lot too. Thanks for the amazing recs! I read Hotel Silence because of you and it's one of my fave books this year.

[@mari6294]

I’m reading I and You which is from a therapist who wrote several lines from his sessions a day for a year. I have mental illness so i relate to a lot of what i’m reading. it’s nice to not feel alone

[@AmyJaneSmith90]

Who is this by please?

[@mari6294]

Amy Jane Reads Donald Moss

[@kittynekocat]

Very excited to hear you're relaunching your podcast 😄

[@VAA-42]

Proud working class northerner here, definitely be purchasing Lowborn! Although I'm now sat here thinking how my sons school just assumes privilege (we now live in london). Oh how we prefer to not see suffering in our own country 😞

[@booksvsmovies]

The plot of An Ocean of Minutes sounds so stressful. A swell of panic rushed into my body when you said she got rerouted to 1998. I've been on such a fantasy kick lately so if you're into that kind of thing I would highly recommend The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin. I haven't been able to get this book out of my head since I put it down.

[@softlilrat]

I have been loving the crazy ass earrings you’ve been wearing in a bunch of your videos recently !! 💞💖

[@mollyanderson_smith4987]

Ooooo... I can’t wait to have a little read of some of these Lowborn sounds fab! Also I fully love your channel! Never commented before but thought I might! (Sorry for all the explanations marks just couldn’t find any other punctuation to illustrate my sound?! 😁🧐😏🤯)

[@booksandquills]

An Ocean of Minutes sounds AMAZING. Definitely a misleading cover, as I for sure wouldn't have picked it up otherwise.

[@meltheissa]

I'm reading the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett at the moment. Clever, funny, and insightful, while still being a lighthearted, easy read.

[@amberwilkinson8668]

Something interesting about the first book and to do with children in schools. I remember in primary every Friday the people with birthdays that week would come up, blow out candles on a fake cake and then take out their favourite present they received and explain why in front on the whole school. I remember being proud of like a barbie my mum had got my from a charity shop and then some other girl would just whip out her £50 luxury barbie. Schools are so bad for highlighting those class differences between children and possibly subjecting them to teasing by classmates. I hope it’s changed since then

[@isabbygabbyorcrabby]

My period gives this 5 stars (as does my brain when it isn't hormone addled) 😊

[@kaitlinberanek4539]

I remember you said you were interested in reading more translated works, so I'd really recommend The White Book by Han Kang.. it's the type of book that you get more out of with every read! It's a bit depressing though (han kang's mo tbh) loved these recs!

[@CharlesHeathcote]

I cannot tell you what I'm currently reading as I have decided not to finish it, but I'm sure the next book I read is going to break the trend of me tossing books aside. Glad to hear your thoughts about these books - I've seen The Flat Share around before, but for no reason whatsoever I thought it looked like a non-fiction book. It makes no sense to me, but that's what I thought.

[@majafilipovic1392]

i would really recommend the deep by alex rogers, especially if youre interested in climate change! its non fiction, its about the ocean and the role it plays in climate change, but its very readable and not too sciency but explains things SO well, its so interesting and also heartbreaking but at least for me, it didnt leave me feeling hopeless. it’s one of my fav books ive read in a while and i think its an important one

[@Linaker22]

I've recently finished reading The Possession of Mr Cave by Matt Haig. "a chilling investigation into the relationship between adults and teenagers, and a captivating, tautly paced story that chronicles one man's descent into madness"

[@stan6065]

Read humans by him will give this a go thankyou

[@ellabooray]

Just finished Flatshare - absolutely loved it ♥️

[@fridaherbst719]

I love the way you talk about books. Thank you for this video!

[@aimeehx13]

Excited for the podcast relaunch 🥰

[@MarianaCreme]

I'm reading Norweigan Wood by Murakami but just recently finished Half a Lifelong Romance by Eileen Chang and I absolutley loved it. A devastating and poignant love story that was so captivating that I'd actually finished the novel in one sitting, which rarely happens.

[@misssashleyrae]

I've lived in Taiwan for six years and I've been watching your videos all along...it's cool that we'll be on the same side of the planet! We have social media access here, though, thank goodness ;)

[@jasmynepierre9168]

I have been recommending Letters from Max by Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo to everyone lately. Non-fiction! Friendship! Beautiful minds in conversation! It is a heartening and heart-breaking and somehow comforting read.

[@flop2792]

I went to blackwells and ordered That’s Your Lot today!:)

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Agree agree AGREE with Lowborn, loved it so much. And have put reservations on all the others at the library! HURRAH!

[@softlilrat]

I’m reading The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker (translated from German by Kevin Wiliarty)

[@RonnaaFoogle]

Leena, on the topic of the first book, it would be awesome if you could explore some of that a bit more, especially the experiences of young people in the care system. It’s an area of life that people just don’t know about and there are so many misconceptions which were only cleared up for me when I was taken into care. It’s a world that’s so lonely when you’re part of it, there’s a language that nobody else understands and things young people experience that they can’t talk about with their friends. Given there are around 96,000 looked after children in the UK and that number is only getting bigger it’s a topic I really feel people should know more about. I’m aware I just waffled a lot, apologies if I make no sense 😂

[@JessicaLaw7]

Love watching these videos because my TBR is already overwhelming and I just can't help myself. Currently reading Where the Crawdads Sing. Mom loved it so we shall see 😂.

[@sewme1468]

great. now i want to read all of those.

[@BlackSNSmoke]

Just finished The lost girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff, it was amazing. Also Little fires everywhere by Celeste Ng.

[@alluxter]

Hi Leena, I recently discovered a Jane Austen / Mhairi McFarlane esque book “The Bookish Life of Nina Hill” and I think you’d love it. It’s witty, it has a bookshop and a book club and a trivia club as backdrops and it’s just wonderful. If that sounds at all intriguing, I urge you to give it a try. And if you like it, I hope you can spread the word as I think many readers out there would love this book, especially in the book tube community xx

[@CherryyBombs]

Wow you are so eloquent, I love to listen to you talk!!

[@julieannelovesbooks]

About Poet X, I really recommend the audiobook. She narrates it herself and it’s amazing.

[@bethbcrafts]

Um. You could talk me into reading ANY book, apparently. I opened Goodreads when I started the video, figuring I'd add one or two to my list. Nope. Added them all. Great work. I've been reading an incredible YA duology that I'd put off reading for awhile because I wasn't sure it was for me. But it is so damn good. Stranger the Dreamer (book 1) and The Muse of Nightmares (book 2) by Laini Taylor. She's one of those authors who writes so well it actually HURTS. I've slammed my book shut more than one time because of the perfection of her writing.

[@KingaZajacNNR]

I've got to give Poet X another try. I was listening to it as an audiobook and couldn't focus for some reason - maybe because of the accent. But so many people like it and I don't read books on slam poetry nor from the perspective of POC (she's Spanish, I think) - I need to get into it.

[@leenanorms]

Yeah I always find that the audio always adds an extra layer to a text - and sometimes it can make or break it. Haven’t heard the one for this one but I read in ebook and found it flowed really well 🧡

[@amazingemma216]

I'm reading The Spy by Paulo Coelho. It's about the life of Mata Hari, so interesting and beautifully written! Definitely recommend.

[@mc63404]

Loved this video! These all sound great.

[@kat6161]

i stumbled upon The Connection by Joyce johnson ? someone was throwing it out and I read the first page and just KNEW I liked the writing and three chapters in i still do. No idea where the plot is going!

[@harrietthomas-bush7274]

I'm currently reading Case Histories by Kate Atkinson and it's excellent so far- although I might like it in part because it's set in Cambridge and I used to live there so I know where everything is. I did also just finish A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes and it blew my tiny mind- incredible and beautiful and heartbreaking. 5/5 recommend!

[@ginanusha.g8944]

Loved this video !! Could you make a video about the reasons why you live in a flat ? I would love to hear your thoughts on it !

[@sonnyboris5236]

everytime i watch these videos i come away with a ridiculous ammount of books to read adding on to the ones i didnt read after the last video its a never ending cycle

[@ailishlalor9241]

I've been reading "How to do nothing" by Jenny Odell, which is kinda a self help book and kind of a really, really fucking smart commentary on social media and attention-- I don't want to spoil her conclusion but I will say that it isn't that none of us should ever use social media again :))) I would SO recommend it!!

[@Warda-H]

Well you’ve just made me want to buy all of those books. I’ve read The Flatshare and The Poet X and loved them.

[@ifursure]

I'm reading Dead Girls by Alice Bolin, an essay collection on America's fascination with murdered and abused women (not as bleak as it sounds, essays cover Britney Spears, True Crime, Gone Girl, Swedish Detective Novels, Joan Didion!) its really great

[@AlphabetSoup123]

The Poet X is an amazing book! I love Elizabeth Acevedo and all her writings! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@Shanandthebookofpureevil]

Right now I’m reading Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. It is definitely hard to put down I love it so far.

[@milesspink4754]

I am pumped for this

[@mark-chit]

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[@intellectgrime]

Omg I had no idea Limmy wrote a book! I think he's effing hilarious. Thank you for sharing!

[@eldiablo6327]

enjoyed this! im reading if beale street could talk by james baldwin, that man was BORN TO WRITE. he's off the scale good.

[@altairxiii7522]

This is not something I'm reading, but something I've read: I'd really like to recommend "The thing we lost in the fire" by Mariana Enríquez! I think you'd like it :)

[@moyse001]

Stiff by Mary Roach. Will change the way you think about death and make you appreciate dead bodies!

[@frannieforthoughts9527]

Oh I so want to read Flat Share! 😍

[@laurenbailey6869]

Bring and share? It’s show and tell!!

[@melintheskywithdmns]

hi, have you read the new book from david nicholls?, dying to read it, love this video c:

[@HaleyShealy15]

When you said frog snog out.. i !!!!!

[@angisnotcool]

The artist (Gabriel Moreno) who created the cover for The Poet X actually stole the face + art on the cover! You can see a comparison between the original photo and the cover over on @mandasjournal's instagram! She's the original artist and here's her post on the plagiarism: instagram.com/p/BzWyVatgVxg/? 💛

[@leenanorms]

Oh man I didn’t know that! That’s outrageous and such a shame!!!

[@noorhantony594]

Would be more than glad to meet u in person if u ever come to Egypt 😍

[@MBTHAIS]

had to google what a 'willy bin' is lol

[@glennewton7034]

Really awesome video

[@amosbehavedcalm]

that's a lot wow

[@kn6634]

you are so beautiful!

[@lisamarie9307]

So cool ❤❤

[@albaruizdunbar4565]

Woooo

[@heididewhirst]

Haha, a global pandemic...

[@frankiebaxter2590]

YES TO THE GUMPTION PODCAST IM SO EXCITED and that's your lot sounds amazing lmao