8 Book Wrap Up (unedited)

[@anenthusiasticreader]

I like the unedited version of the wrap-up. The editing process is one of the limitations to wanting to make videos, at least for me. I'm interested in the Erdrich, for sure. Your experiment is a success. :)

[@BookishTexan]

Thanks Sonya. I still like the security blanket of editing, but I may do less of it going forward.

[@readandre-read]

I read a couple of books in that Jar Ciry series. I had forgotten until you held it up. You have given me some inspiration to try Permafrost despite being burned by Mammoth. I'm at a crossroads since I did love Boulder. Watershed sounds good! You did much better with no editing than I could!

[@BookishTexan]

I think I will try one more Indridason book and see if I want to go on after that. Did I miss your not liking Mammoth? The main character in Permafrost is less abrasive than the characters in either Boulder or Mammoth.

[@readandre-read]

@@BookishTexan If memory serves, I read 2 or 3 from the Indridason series and moved on. With Mammoth, it was the cats. ☹️

[@myreadinglife8816]

No editing works for me! Sounds like you had a fantastic reading month. It’s so fun to read books set in places we visit.

[@BookishTexan]

@@myreadinglife8816 Thank you. I love that moment when you realize, “I was there! I know where that is.”

[@awebofstories]

Oh hey! I read Books & Islands in Ojibwe Country too! I really loved it...

[@BookishTexan]

@@awebofstories it was good. I just kind of thought it lost something near the end.

[@katietatey]

I like your unedited video, I think you could do that all the time. For those of us with no channel, we don't realize how much editing goes into producing videos. :) I'm on a Claire Keegan kick after Foster (from your recommendation). She has lots of things that work for shorty September.

[@BookishTexan]

Keegan does write short stuff beautifully. Editing, even the little that I do, does take time. But it’s kind of a security blanket for me. Thanks Katie

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

I don’t think I had heard of that Louise Erdrich book. I think I would like that. I keep hearing about Simenon. I’m always amazed at how many books Percival Everett has written! Thanks for this video, Brian.

[@BookishTexan]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 It wasn’t one I had heard of either. I have found Simenon’s Maigret series is very enjoyable. The mysteries aren’t all that deep or complex but Maigret is a great character and the books often provide a glimpse into life on the less glamorous side of Paris and the rest of France.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@BookishTexan Simenon has come up a lot lately. I think maybe Aaron Facer was also recently talking about him? I will have to investigate…😊

[@MarcNash]

Not read "Watershed" but I like the sound of it. Will be my Everett for this year. Thanks for the recommendation

[@BookishTexan]

It’s less experimental (can’t think of the right word) than Telephone but it has a similar feel.

[@MarcNash]

@@BookishTexan That still works for me!

[@MMjones6459]

I recently picked up a different Erdrich at the library. From 2009, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse.

[@BookishTexan]

I have had that one on my list of Erdrich books to get to for sometime.

[@EveningReader]

Such freedom in no editing, or as I like to call it, the "director's uncut." 😂 Definitely planning to check out the Erdrich. I've got The Train by Simenon to read on my shelf--have you read that one? Not part of the Maigret series, which I'd also like to check out.

[@BookishTexan]

It was nice not to edit, but I will probably go back to it. I like inserting the book covers instead of holding up the books and the time stamps. I usually only edit out mistakes anyway. Editing is kind of a security blanket for me. About the Simenon book: I haven’t read the train, but I did read another of his books. The Blue Room, that is not a Maigret novel. I liked it but it was much more sexually descriptive than anything I’ve found in a Maigret. There wasn’t a lot of it, but what there was was pretty frank in its descriptions.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Enjoy your "not hungover" coffee. I like Scandinavian noir the Icelandic book sounds intriguing, I envy you your trip to Reykjavik, I've been to Norway, Sweden and Finland but not Iceland...

[@BookishTexan]

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I envy your trip to Norway, Sweden, and Finland. My wife and I have started plans to visits at least two of the three.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

@@BookishTexan Norway is the most scenic. My first honeymoon was to the Lofoten Islands above the Arctic Circle, in Norway.

[@MargaretPinard]

And I have been to Denmark and Iceland! I don't count Sweden because I was 2yo...

[@Ihearbooks]

Was at Erdrich"s book store this summer and saw a display of all her books but that is one I must have missed. IGr"ll be looking for it at the library. Great wrap up. I read Jar City many years ago--early 2000. Remember liking it but never went much further in the series. In reality there are few murders in Iceland (from what I read) so I didn't know if this detective would be able to find enough new cases.

[@BookishTexan]

@@Ihearbooks Thank you. I would love to go to visit her bookstore. I’ve only been to the Twin Cities once and it was before I had read Erdrich. I had the sane thought about Iceland and the small numbers of murders there, but I have had similar thoughts about the Wallander mysteries that are set in Sweden. In those books there are often 3 or 4 connected murders in a short period of time which seems unlikely in a Swedish city. Usually though if the story is good enough I can get past the improbability.

[@karlalikestoread]

I swear your brain must run faster than mine, I take so long to form thoughts! I couldn't possibly do no edits, it would be a terrible video. You did great though! But I'm trying to improve my speaking skills so maybe someday. I was thinking of starting Septology sometime this winter, maybe I should try Aliss at the Fire first as a test. I've also been wanting to try some Annie Erneaux, The Story of a Woman sounds up my alley.

[@BookishTexan]

Thank you Karla. I don’t think it works faster, but I taught for a long time so I did a lot of public speaking. The Years by Erneaux was, I thought, better than A Woman’s Story, but it was good. Aliss by the Fire is shorter and so a lower commitment way to see if you like Fosse’s style.

[@alldbooks9165]

No editing needed!

[@BookishTexan]

Thanks Doris

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

Most people in the lit world I look up to say Fosse deserved to get the Nobel but he may be too “literary”. Even for someone like me who’ll still take a dive into the deeper part the reader’s pool now and then. I actually thought I’d ordered Permafrost until amazon informed me the card I use was a little too short of funds. But since you say it’s the lesser of her three books I’m kind of glad it happened. Didn’t read the Garden of Eden but heard it has some sort of gender switch aspect to it which may explain why a particular female librarian where I once worked really liked it.⚛️❤

[@BookishTexan]

If you read and liked the other Baltasar you might want to try to get a copy of Permafrost. I think it suffered a bit in my estimation because I read them out of order. Fosse’s books are all style, character, and emotion. There is little plot which is what I think people mean by literary. I liked Garden of Eden much more on this read than the first. It does contain gender blurring/ switching, but that is not found throughout l.

[@majelthesurreal5723]

I have listened to so many rave reviews about mammoth in Boulder that I wanted to like them. I tried both and dnf one and managed to get through the other. The author just doesn't work for me. Darn it. Decades ago I picked up A Woman's Story and Ernaux became one of my looked for authors. Glad you enjoyed that one.

[@BookishTexan]

@@majelthesurreal5723 Sorry that Baltasar doesn’t work for you. Not every writer or book works for every reader and that’s probably a good thing. Keeps reading more interesting. I like Erneaux’s stile and hope to read more of her work soon.

[@TKTalksBooks]

Hi Zelda!😊

[@BookishTexan]

@@TKTalksBooks She snuck in and out on me.