Autumn Book Haul 🍂 10 Books

[@MadiCovington]

you’re my favorite youtuber!! 😙

[@MissTasseled]

In the sea of Booktube channels that all read the same twelve books, it’s nice to find someone who shares my taste in literature. 😊

[@TheActiveMind1]

Glad you found me :)

[@saphna2095]

hahaha sharing that fail with the cleaning felt so out of character in the best way:D refreshing and so sympathetic!

[@TheActiveMind1]

I broke my own heart 😭 haha

[@Whoisjohn.D]

It's really nice to get a different type of video on YT, with different types books and no sign or usage of 'term' cozy'

[@ajw99a]

To the lighthouse is a favorite.

[@curtjarrell9710]

I read Virginia Woolf for the first time this summer, To the Lighthouse, and I loved it.

[@dragoscbutuzea]

Hello, I really liked 2 Soviet authors: 'Farewell to Matyora' by Valentin Rasputin, a siberian author - about a village that must disappear; wonderful descriptions and an old woman, Daria, a russian Hamlet. Also, Viktor Astafiev, also a siberian author, who wrote stories, amoung others 'Queen Fish: A Story in Two Parts and Twelve Episodes'.

[@TheActiveMind1]

I'll check those out!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

This was so relatable, I got coffee on my copy of The Secret History last week--I was so bummed out! You should've listened to your wife though lol. Will be back here to hear your thoughts on Woolf

[@BobJacobs10]

Some very nice ones, as a matter of fact I also recently bought Sologub! As always, very curious to hearing your thoughts about these books. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is really good!

[@TheActiveMind1]

The Petty Demon as well or another work?

[@BobJacobs10]

@ The Petty demon, too. Though my edition is translated as The Little Demon!

[@aquariuslibrarian]

Man i relate to that book situation. I've spilled food on a book that took my months to find and i paid 60 bucks for. So I made a no-eating rule when im reading really valuable books and it seems to work. Also nice to see you hunting for some rare books! I also banned myself from doing that for financial reasons haha

[@TheActiveMind1]

Yeah I keep eating and books separate too. I still am not sure how drops of liquid landed solely on the spine, but I made it even worse lol. Lesson learned I guess!

[@christinabierk]

Omg, I didn’t expect you get the copy of Don’t Shoot The White Swans that fast 😂 I really hope the translation of this story is good and you will enjoy reading it! I haven’t read Encounter and The Trial. Probably should check them out, too :)

[@TheActiveMind1]

If it disappoints, I'm blaming you! Haha but I suspect I'll enjoy the stories. Thank you again :)

[@christinabierk]

Omg, so much pressure 😱😱😱 Anyway, it is short plus you now have another rare Russian book in your library 😊 FYI, if you don’t like it - it’s fine 😅 I won’t get upset or smth, I will just blame the translator 🤣

[@burke9497]

I have been reading Middlemarch throughout 2024 with a small group on Reddit, so it’s similar to reading it the way it was first serially published. Also, I will be interested in your thoughts on To The Lighthouse. I personally love that book. It has a powerfully moving and unusual vibe-definitely a unique reading experience. Your videos are always a treat!

[@hatethenewyou]

Some interesting books!

[@AnalysisWithAlex]

Interested to know what you’ll make of Symphony for the City of the Dead. It’s a go-to rec from me when people want just a good history book. Also glad you’re keeping on the Mishima train. Golden Pavilion is a trip. Haha.

[@mongolianqwerty123]

Good luck finding the Sea Tetralogy. Fortune smiled upon me when came across my copy in a Camden market bookshop in London for 5 pounds! I've never seen it anywhere in Canada and the same edition goes for like $240 on amazon

[@TheActiveMind1]

I suspect it will be a difficult and/or expensive find 😅

[@propagandaangie]

So many good finds! I don't think there is a box set of Mishima's Sea of Fertility. I would be interested to see if you find one. It is beautiful and he is a super interesting character. I just picked up Confessions of a Mask. I have found some Lispector used but it is hard!

[@marciajohansson769]

ahh. I have had Middlemarch on my shelf for a couple of year now. 😥 Nice edition Probably sitting somewhere near the two Virginia Woolf books I have *sigh* 😔 Interesting haul!

[@ireadbooks3475]

Another great George Eliot novel (and one that is much shorter than both The Mill on the Floss, and Middlemarch) is Silas Marner. Fantastic, short read, it gives you a good grasp of Eliot's writing style and the types of characters she uses in her stories. I'd like to thank YOU for a good book rec. I just recently finished reading The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski, and found that it was the perfect novel to write about in an upcoming term paper. Finally, I'd like to give a recommendation of the author W. Somerset Maugham. I haven't read very much of his, but I recently finished reading The Razor's Edge, which I loved. Maugham might have some problematic social views (a product of his time) but his writing and the way he depicts people is intriguing. Razor's Edge is definitely worth a read.

[@TheActiveMind1]

Stoked to hear you enjoyed The Painted Bird! I just finished another short Kosinski work yesterday. I’ll add your recommendation to the list!

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

May want to read more by George Eliot before Middlemarch as is her absolute best book,however, you may find her other books a let down after the greatness of Middlemarch. I am noting some of your haul. Thanks

[@ГаляАлексина]

So many wonderful books! I wish you an interesting reading. Hello from Russia. Subscribed)

[@TheActiveMind1]

Привет из Америки! Спасибо 🙌🏼

[@magnumopus7502]

By the way, Lev Tolstoy also had a plan to write the novel "Peter the First", he even started, but gave up. In the next century, his distant relative implemented that plan. Great work!

[@TheActiveMind1]

Very neat! I didn’t know that

[@FabriceLEQUEUX]

ITS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ON KZbin HELLO MERCI .....FABRICE

[@ГаляАлексина]

I saw that you read the book by Ilf and Petrov. I can also recommend their book One-storied America (or Little Golden America). This book is a 1937 book based on a published travelogue across the US. I think you as an american will find this book interesting)

[@TheActiveMind1]

I've heard of that work and definitely plan to read it. I'm currently searching for a good copy of "The Little Golden Calf"

[@so2627fia]

thank you for the video! 💌 your book taste is so great. have you read “a hero of our time” by lermontov? i recently finished it and still cant get over it, one of the best russian stories for me now

[@TheActiveMind1]

I have and enjoyed it as well, although I think I’ll need to read it again to absorb it even more

[@tonybennett4159]

With your great fascination for Russia, maybe you would be interested in books by Orlando Figes. I've only read one by him "The Whisperers : Private Life in Stalin's Russia" but found it very moving and disturbing. Other titles include "The Story of Russia", "A People's Tragedy : The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924" and "Natasha's Dance : A Cultural History of Russia" and a few others. No need to add more praise for "Middlemarch" except to say that along with "Jane Eyre" it's my favourite Victorian novel by far, better, in my opinion than anything by Dickens or Trollope.

[@TheActiveMind1]

I’ve got “A People’s Tragedy” - the only thing slowing be done is the length. I’ve got too many large books to work through I’ve yet to fall in love with any Victorian literature but I suspect that’s because I haven’t read enough of them yet or found my ideal writer from that period

[@milfredcummings717]

To The Lighthouse, very short less than two hundred pages 😅... ...two months later😯 well, at least you chose her best novel 😁👍

[@dragoscbutuzea]

PS. About The Sea of Fertility, the best is the first, Spring Snow. The other three ar not so good, in my opinion. Too much sadness.

[@58christiansful]

Shosta-KO-vich. (Composer’s name.) Stress the middle syllable.

[@TheActiveMind1]

Thanks!

[@58christiansful]

@ The only glitch in an otherwise most stimulating discussion.

[@sventhemoose1218]

Check out "Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman. It's a book that you won't forget once you read it.

[@TheActiveMind1]

I’ve had it on the shelf and plan to possibly fit it in before the year is over! We’ll see…

[@pouetpouetdaddy5]

don't get it why nobody ever mention how handsome you are. Don't get it.