a book haul of thrifted classics 📕

[@kirawasadiver]

time to get reading - 2023 is the year of classics 🤓 (and manga)

[@dariiofernando]

Reading several Berserk volumes 😏 this is GREAT 😁

[@kirawasadiver]

@@dariiofernando it is!!! i need to get deluxe volume #2!

[@dariiofernando]

@@kirawasadiver I don't know how much money those deluxe editions will cost you but judging by the appearance they don't look cheap at all lol, the cover is beautiful..., I'm reading volume 14 and it seems that the manga will continue for many more ⚔

[@kirawasadiver]

@@dariiofernando they're ridiculously expensive

[@dariiofernando]

@@kirawasadiver uff 😕

[@markLLorens]

Penguin, oxford,signet oh my.😊

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

I have that same Totoro keeping guard over my classics shelf!

[@crus-]

love to get into slaughterhouse five soon. i've not read three musketeers but the count of monte cristo is my ABSOLUTE favourite book! do not let the size intimidate you - it is SO exciting, so fast paced, so plot heavy. there is something in there for everyone. if you ever have the time, i'd highly recommend! :)

[@kirawasadiver]

One of my best friends LOVES monte cristo! Definitely on my radar

[@sket179]

It's my favourite book of all time. It's the first book I remember receiving from my dad, and I've read it countless times. I've read the long and shortened Finnish translations, the English, French and Spanish ones, too, to learn the language and especially the French because it was original. Musketeers and Monte-Cristo were originally published as serials in magazines, and if I remember correctly, he was paid per line/word. So the incentive was there not to be concise. This is not to say that there's much fluff there, the things the second Finnish version edited out were some of my favourites. He's so good in depicting the scenes like rooms, how they smell, textures, light, which I appreciate so much. I just finished re-reading Alfred Bester's the stars my destination, which is a sci-fi classic that has been described the Monte-Cristo of sci-fi, because of similarities in the plot. A fun read of 197 pages.

[@circleofleaves2676]

I recommend the Hogarth Shakespeare series. It's a series of books put out by Hogarth Press where an author takes a shakespeare play and does a sort of re-telling or cover version of it. Margaret Attwood covered The Tempest with her book Hag-Seed, Jeanette Winterson covered The Winters Tale with her book The Gap of Time, Tracy Chevalier covered Othello with her book New Boy (setting it in a childrens playground in the 1970's), and there are others. I've read those 3 as well as Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (covering The Taming of the Shrew), and Dunbar by Edward St Aubyn (covering King Lear). There are 2 others that I haven't read. Hag-Seed was probably my favourite. I definitely recommend reading the corresponding Shakespeare play first though. Happy reading 🙂

[@MinxLaura123sWackyWorld]

hugs to u ! good video

[@stonefree67]

Hahaha,love that little Tribble next to your self biography Untamed,about to learn the game of Kings obviously!😂

[@kirawasadiver]

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[@davidellis5141]

Good Evening Kira 🌙 - I just read The Sun Also Rises & I really wish I was a member of " The Lost Generation " back 100 years ago .. perhaps dating Louise Brooks !

[@kirawasadiver]

I would really like to get around to some Hemingway eventually!

[@johnpfenning]

Have you read any Joseph Campbell? I remember you were reading about mythology some time back... I think you'd enjoy him. He was very influenced by Carl Jung. Also, take your time getting to Ayn Rand. It's fine.

[@kirawasadiver]

i've never read Joseph Campbell but I've just tabbed 'the power of myth' on goodreads thank you. I love Jung but haven't read something by him yet - i'm just interested in his theories. thanks for the heads up about Ayn Rand.... ugh

[@NotoriousPumpa]

Free-drick Knee-che is how I would pronounce it 😁 Nice haul! Have you read much Stephen King? He has several collections of short stories and novellas, they're great for when you want a shorter read.

[@kirawasadiver]

Oh I only own fat novels by him which is the reason for why I’m yet to pick him up. When I do my physical TBR video soon he will pop up!

[@mistery-ed7900]

In high school I read mostly Black writers and hipsters. No Shakespeare at all. My wife's family had people over to act out Shakespeare. Very different. We read one or two plays annually before seeing the plays. Erewhon, the one I'm now reading, has got me quite engaged. This place is back asswards. If you get sick you're punished. Some crimes are given the thumbs up. This guy can get away with more because he's fair haired. Sorta dystopian. It's a Penguin English Library edition. Enjoy your reading!!

[@kirawasadiver]

Wasn’t that book meant to be a utopia??? Utopias always turn into dystopians.. I wanna do a video just about dystopians actually. Gosh I love them!

[@VictorHernandez-dd5ls]

Hi Kira, Another great video! Keep um' coming! You look well rested and always beautiful! This may be a little off - kilter from the subject of classics but I want to know if you would consider reading horror novels by Clive Barker. Also, If you would check out my favourite poet Edgar Allan Poe.I love the poem - the Raven .

[@kirawasadiver]

Thank you Victor! I really love the raven, it’s my favourite poem. When I was a teenager I had the first few verses memorised haha. & I love other Poe works too

[@VictorHernandez-dd5ls]

@@kirawasadiver wow ! That is so awesome! I

[@andrespinzon1554]

Hello Kira! I'm glad to see you! 🥰🥰 I love the exchange where you live You write? It's good that you like romance, do you like terror? Lovecraft, Poe, etc. I'm reading crime and punishment (although it's not in this video, but you talked about it in a previous video) Also, most of the books in your video "Year-End Book" are in Spanish, very good. Have a nice day! ❤️

[@kirawasadiver]

'terror' is one of my favourite things in life, and horror is top 3 genres for me! Poe is great, and i have some Lovecraft in my TBR but haven't read it yet. Yes I'm still reading Crime + Punishment too... blaergh. slow process haah.

[@andrespinzon1554]

@@kirawasadiver Wow, it's good that you like it and that you're reading 'crime' You have to read Lovecraft, the best What about your TBB?

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

But it would be awesome and amazing if you go to a library and chat with a librarian and chat 💬 with them about studio album in my opinion both studio album and book 📕 both have number and song title example Chapter 3 This Time Around is chapter 3 which is chapter means A chapter is a main division of a book, usually with a number or title. And I hope it lines up with a book 📕 that would be awesome 😎 and amazing 🥲 too.

[@snuffcore9686]

Have you completely moved on from the kirawasareactor channel?

[@kirawasadiver]

Nope I’m planning on returning later this month

[@snuffcore9686]

@@kirawasadiver WooHooo!! 😀👏👏👏 Looking forward to it.