A Day in the Life of A Girl Who Reads A LOT.

[@LienVNDL]

I just read East of Eden. It had been on my shelves for a little while but your classics video convinced me to finally pick it up. Loved it. Steinbeck truly is an amazing writer.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Oh my gosh, I am so happy you loved it. Reading more Steinbeck has changed what I expect out of American literature. We deserve the best!

[@natasha-lyonne-enthusiast8098]

Just when I think my Ana Wallace Johnson binge watching was over, ANOTHER VIDEO ARRIVES🥳🥳🥳

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I felt your pull and I hit that upload, baby!!

[@natasha-lyonne-enthusiast8098]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson and we’re forever grateful!!!!😋

[@AnastasiiaKudriaa]

Absolutely love this format from you, you’ve got such an entertaining personality and I really love listening to you Ana! You’re a joy, keep it up ❤

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thank you so, so much! I love your profile pic : )))

[@HeatherB81]

You are so talented, Ana!!! Love your unique style!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thank you so much! Editing is my happy place :)

[@pavicazamic8982]

I love spending time with you :*

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

you're amazing!

[@Carolina.FrayedPages.]

That blue eye shadow was perfection on you! also, loved the review on The Wayward Bus. I'll be adding it to my TBR. Love when books engage in character development in a more deeper way, the way Steinbeck does, so I'm all for it! P.S. Excited for the road trip videos!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thanks so much! I am on my 90's kick and blue eyeshadow is IT! And I think you'd love it--definitely has some older language in it, so be warned, but the story is so great. Makes me almost want to go on a Megabus again :))

[@cathyg.9996]

Another amazing Ana video!! ❤❤ The Wayward Bus is my favorite Steinbeck novel! Your makeup is beautiful, love the blue eye shadow.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thank you so much! I really loved that novel. Felt like I was a cowgirl for some reason

[@sophiethepegasus]

Queen is back at it again!!!!!! amazing as always mwah

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

love ya! Kisses and hugs and pats on the back and smiles!

[@myreadinglife8816]

I recently read Cannery Row. He was doing a similar thing with a bunch of characters, all stuck in one small town. It was super funny and slice of life and Americana. Enjoyed it very much.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Cannery Row is one of the major works by him I can't wait to read. I can imagine how great it is

[@rachelgoremusic]

Okay, just found your channel and I'm obsessed. That's all.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

baby, so happy you're here!!

[@meghanfaith2185]

Omg!!! The last book I finished was also The Guest!! I listened to it on audible, and liked it as well. Also its got such a cool cover. Currently reading Panama by Thomas McGuane because it was recommended as one of Denis Johnson's favorites. I dont know so much about the plot but Im loving the prose so far. And as always terrific video!!!

[@meghanfaith2185]

Also random question but did you go to school for theater?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I surprisingly really enjoyed The Guest! It was coincidentally when Oleg was in the Hamptons, so I felt like I was reading his imposter experience. I haven't read any Denis Johnson, but I know I'd love him and I feel like any of his recs would be great. And, nope, I didn't go to school for theatre (didn't go to school at all heheh). Have just been doing it for years!

[@finsfables]

this was just such a fun video! cannot wait foe the road-trip chronicles

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

MUAH!

[@finsfables]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@AthynVixen]

WORD!💚 Having so many thoughts about the great books I ordered from them during lockdown to help a "local" indie..

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You're so good! They reopened the downstairs and now have a dedicated nonfiction section. I would like to work there, honestly haha

[@nissasbookcorner]

i just bought a BEAUTIFUL orange penguin classic edition of east of eden i am so excited

[@itseIv]

how thrilling! i always love me a beautiful cover!! hope you find exactly what you’re looking for there😽

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

YEASSSSS!!!! Fun times ahead!!!

[@katelynlambert5343]

I love your curly hair! I’m hoping to see a curly hair routine in your next Day In The Life videos :)

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Great idea! And thank you for the compliment! My curly hair has taken years to love, but now I can confidently say it's my favorite thing

[@apos921]

I just reread the red pony and it broke my heart just as much as it did the first time

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Wasn't even aware of that one, but oh my, judged on the cover and synopsis, mama is gonna need some tissues too :`////

[@jobuckley2999]

That was a fun, insightful book review. I want to re-read it now. I do remember poor Pimples wants respect. To me the book is like a play as well as Steinbecks The Moon is Down. Have you read The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro? So good.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thank you so much :)) Such great books in my presence lately :))) I really, really loved The Wayward Bus--though I think I knew I would. Haven't read any Ishiguro, actually! Which is a shame, because I see the books everywhere in the thrift and tell myself, "Next time," and never pick it up! Shame on me!

[@forasterofunambulesco1584]

hi....The Wayward Bus ....... d. Victor Vicas with Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey and........(1957)

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Of course! I knew there would be a movie somewhere. Thank you!

[@JungianHeights]

I think you’d really like ‘the men on my couch’ by Dr. Brandy Engler!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Oh, I absolutely would. Manhattan sexy therapist? Sign me up.

[@JungianHeights]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson She has one about men and one about women, but the men was her first!

[@mafaldajmf]

Iconic intro!!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

It's a sitcom world and we're all just living in it :)))

[@JungianHeights]

I’m a writer myself, and I’d be interested to hear about the play you’re writing!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I’m not writing it, but a friend of mine is! She’s great! I’ve had a couple friends write some shows and it’s so amazing to me how expansive and stunning people’s minds are. Are you focusing on fiction? non fiction? Plays?

[@JungianHeights]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson To be honest, I do all! 🤣 I write Poetry, Fiction, and Non-Fiction! I specialise in short plays at the minute, and one is being published in a local magazine. I’m returning to Plays at the minute.

[@fernandoojeda2132]

Yeah, Steinbeck is the top!! 🙄😘❤️too😁

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

He's my icon for the century

[@rima4070]

your videos make me feel less alone

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Honestly, making them makes me feel less alone, so I understand

[@MothsAreTheBest]

Bit random but have you read "All our wrong todays" by any chance? I picked it up today (for free) and I trust your taste lol

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Haven't read it, but from what I looked up, she looks like a winner! (for free makes it even better)

[@MothsAreTheBest]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson the reason I ask is that I burnt myself on a book in what I perceive as inhabiting the same vein: "everyday contemporary fiction". The book was "The Other Hand" (alternative title "Little Bee") by Chris Cleave, which was SO bad it made me angry. So I'm a bit worried to stray again out of my normal haunts, genre-wise. I might give it a shot anyways :) thanks!

[@MothsAreTheBest]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson Update: It. was Bad.

[@SaraSara-rj9kr]

Where are the windows?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

eeek, one small one and then a door with a window. Always a little dark

[@javaguy5783]

What is the name of the play you are doing , and is it good read ?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

It's called Forgive the Kids! Original show! I'll post the flyer on here in case any NY'ers wanna come see it!

[@Sthemingway]

If someone reimagined The Glass Menagerie for a 2020s reality, you should play the Tom Wingfield character... I'd love to hear you say, "I'll rise, but I won't shine."

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Hahaha! I'm gonna use this as a manifestation section and say that by 2030 I will play that part

[@thevibrantvixen]

❤🥰

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

muah!!

[@funkmasterandre]

Oleg fan club

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

literally same. Always an Oleg stan

[@marleneartigues]

Why are you not on Saturday Night Live, woman?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Omg, total dream and I fantasize about it often

[@littlebookish5287]

Oi! First!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You're #1, baby!!

[@amymaddess3325]

I wanna recommend you America the Beautiful? By Blythe Roberson. It’s a comedy travel journalism book in which a New Yorker millennial travels to all the national parks. She touches on lots of current topics and mentions Jack Kerouac lots so I think it’s right up your alley ❤❤

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

omg ahahaha this sounds perfect. Just placed an audio hold in my libby app :)))))

[@intovertedextrovert_08]

My dearest internet aunt, Did you say that you really like your face oily? 🙃 Is it because you usually have dry skin or you just really vibe with your oily skin!????? 👍🏻

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

ohhhhh yes! I love it to stay oily haha. I've had incredibly oily skin my entire life, so I've just learned to lean into it. Oily vibe, baby!

[@favellaer]

do u have a plan to do smth to your horrendous book shelf?

[@JungianHeights]

Some of us don’t have the luxury of space for a bookshelf, nor do we have the funds.

[@Kiki-oo3bw]

the audacity

[@mafaldajmf]

In my opinion the bookshelf stands out really nice… I prefer a shelf like this than those all arranged without any personality

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Not anytime soon! No space for anything else!

[@teneshaanderson4761]

I didn’t like the guest

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I totally get that! I surprisingly sped read through it and like it much more than I thought. It was like eating a big bowl of ice cream for me (I love ice cream haha)

[@saintonfire77]

"THE WAYWARD BUS" [CinemaScope] Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey. 5-27-1957. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4iViopsrrtopLc

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Oh my gosh! Jayne & JOAN! Wow. Didn't realize the greats were on the screen together in this. So funny how dramatic they make it! I'll have to watch it. Thank you for the link!!!

[@saintonfire77]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson Always find your videos enjoyable.