Autumn is Coming! 🍂🍁 Cosy September Reading Vlog 📚

[@jenvcampbell]

Thanks for watching! What books have you been reading recently? xx

[@KierTheScrivener]

I just read We Meant Well and working through the Double Life of Benson Yu from the Giller Prize and enjoying them.

[@helliza_]

Yours! Loved it x

[@juliette3423]

Yours! Had no idea you had a KZbin channel! 😂💜

[@amivanzyl8876]

I was in quite a sad mood and hearing you talk about the fox weeing on the pumpkins made me giggle so much.

[@jenvcampbell]

It was a funny sight. Sending hugs. x

[@EmmaCarpenterIllustration]

Great vlog Jen ☺️🍁 At least the vampires will stay away from you and your wardrobe too !

[@jenvcampbell]

😂

[@bonniehickey9978]

Atomic fireballs! I’d forgotten about those 😊 I’d like to read Sealed. I like a good suspenseful read!

[@curioushmm9027]

i'm so sorry that ice didn't hold up..that was such a great opening...and i hope your nap was a restorative and that you had a warm, cozy sunday.

[@jenvcampbell]

It was, wasn't it? Ah, you win some, you lose some. x

[@curioushmm9027]

@@jenvcampbell 😀

[@curioushmm9027]

@@jenvcampbell amen!

[@gemspangle23]

This is exactly what I needed to find. A UK booktuber who is a writer too! Don't know why KZbin hasn't suggested you before. Loved the recommendations, but also your writing sounds beautiful. Thanks

[@jenvcampbell]

Welcome to the channel ☺ x

[@onourpath]

I read Sealed on this recommendation, and *loved* it! I also found it creepy and claustrophobic! Thank you so much! 💚📚💚

[@PattiReadsALot]

This was completely delightful, as always. I hope to pick up The Harpy, and I'm curious about My Husband by Maud Ventura that you mentioned as well. Currently reading Wellness by Nathan Hill, an exploration of contemporary anxieties told through a particular marriage. The reading of your upcoming collection was brilliant, my copy comes in Novemeber 🙂

[@bethmw28]

You're such a beautiful writer! Everytime I hear you read your own writing I'm transfixed by it 😍

[@EllenFelicity]

The fox who wees on pumpkins sounds like a silly yet adorable children's book 😂❤️ I've picked up The Beginning of the World jn the Middle of the Night, inspired by LadetteM's Gothtober readathon prompts. October is going to be a good reading month!

[@jenvcampbell]

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[@mariluzgil-cervantes1030]

Hi Jen! So happy to have a cozy autumnal video. I’m currently reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Entangled Life as well as Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit!!! I’ve been totally pulled in by the poetry collection and been making my partner and family members listen to me read excerpts since I got it. Congratulations on its publication! ☺️

[@jenvcampbell]

Thank you ❤️ x

[@mradcaqbdb]

I loved The Harpy! I remember a particular “WHOA!” moment when either the first or second revenge was revealed. I agree the ending wasn’t quite there, but I loved it overall. Looking forward to her next one as I also loved The End We Start From.

[@jenvcampbell]

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[@aejlindvall]

Can't wait till I can prioritize to buy you book! Was so happy to see you read Ice. Read it in my bookclub earlier this year on my suggestion, after reading her short stories Asylumn pieces like 10 years ago, but her writing still amazed me. But it became a favorite of mine after because of how effectively she conveys this new chilling place and the confusion he experiences, as well as how dense and suggestive it feels. But yeah, agree on the issues on male gaze, which makes me want to read more on her and why she might have written it like such

[@marieke_lk]

Loved this reading vlog! I was so confused when you showed the new Nicci French book. I already have that book in Dutch, I read it earlier this year. I guess the book has come out in Dutch before it is even published in English? I didn't know that was even possible. I loved the book by the way, very excited for you to read it! Yesterday I read your new book and I really enjoyed it. I am not a poetry reader usually, but a lot of the poems spoke to me. It was wonderful ❤

[@jenvcampbell]

Yes, it's an odd one; they're more popular in mainland Europe than they are here, so they're published there first, even though they're written in English, ha. I'm glad you enjoyed their book (and mine!) thanks. x

[@jpi2228]

Hi Jen, thanks for the vlog, you made my book collection more variants, always got me interested in the books that you explained, thanks a lot! My current reading is A fool's life by Ryunouke Akutagawa

[@jenvcampbell]

Happy reading! x

[@sheltercoordinator8387]

I so look forward to your Sunday videos. Thanks for your insights and for sharing small slices of your life. Those bagels look delicious!

[@jenvcampbell]

Thanks for watching ❤️ x

[@ALias-jg3mb]

The myriad mentions you made to autumn in your video coincided delightfully with my current read, Ali Smith's Autumn. You've enthused about Ali Smith's writing in many a video, and I've glad to have finally gotten around to reading Autumn despite it being springtime here in Australia. I'm enjoying it a great deal! ❤

[@jenvcampbell]

I didn’t realise quite how many times I’d mentioned it until it came to editing 🤣 x

[@Diaryofabooklover]

Happy new release month :) Your new book finally dropped on my doorstep this weekend. It was incredible. 💕💔

[@jenvcampbell]

♥️ thank you for reading x

[@MilenaReads]

Beautiful introduction, can’t wait to read the collection. Congrats with the publication!

[@jenvcampbell]

Thank you x

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

Autumn is coming, and I'm excited!

[@jenvcampbell]

Hurray! x

[@BellesBooksbyCarly]

Thanks for the tip about the pumpkins! I have grown loads this year and we have a lot of foxes around here! 😂 I’ve only read one short story by Anna Kavan which was pretty weird but I think she’s a fascinating writer. I recently listened to a podcast about Ice but I was put off reading it for the reasons you mentioned so might try some of her other stories. I’m reading All the Little Bird Hearts and am very invested!

[@jenvcampbell]

I think she's fascinating, too, and there was so much to love here, just a lot of ick as well. I'm so glad that you're loving All The Little Bird Hearts! xx

[@EllieRoseMcKee]

Are audiobooks ever made of poetry books? I'd love to hear you read your new collection. Like, the entire thing.

[@jenvcampbell]

Unfortunately it doesn’t happen often because they’re normally with small presses. I would love to record an audiobook, especially for accessibility reasons, but unfortunately the ball is not in my court. I’ll be reading more of the poems at events in the next couple of weeks, if you want to listen www.jen-campbell.co.uk/events.html x

[@karenmiddlebrook5069]

Absolutely loved The Sixth Commandment, brilliant acting. I enjoyed A helping hand so sad to hear Sheep's Clothing isn't good.

[@jenvcampbell]

Give it a go if you like the premise; we all like different things, but I'm sad I didn't enjoy it myself. x

[@katherineallen4239]

“Looking forward” to body horror - LOL! 😂

[@theresepazell7875]

Your book so good.looking forward to getting it..Take care..

[@jenvcampbell]

Thanks, Therese. x

[@rgchristmas]

PDNTTE has just arrived in the post yesterday, very excited to read it 😊

[@jenvcampbell]

Thank you x

[@KyWill-ji8sg]

Love a Sunday blog I didn’t get on with The Harpy last year I hated the ending and thought she could of pushed the main characters rage more Recently finished Prophet Song which I loved deffo my fav from the booker and am currently listening to My Year of Rest and Relaxation which am having a right giggle with.

[@jenvcampbell]

Prophet Song to win! x

[@ghanshyamsingh3653]

Brilliant video Jen...awesome reading vlog, very much getting your book...the intro was quite strong, ngl! 💙👍💙👍💙

[@jenvcampbell]

♥️

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

Love your cozy vlogs!

[@jenvcampbell]

♥️

[@andrewburgin4580]

Thanks for the video (and many others) I have just read Tessa Hadley Free Love and am now reading Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann.

[@jenvcampbell]

Happy reading! x

[@tracys.mitnaul-xv7te]

Hi. I thought I wrote down the book that you mentioned in a past post, but I can't find it. I've scrolled and scrolled. It was about a woman who changed her face and went back to the town she grew up in. That's all I remember. Sorry, I hope you remember. Thx

[@jenvcampbell]

She changed her eye colour and her voice ☺️ it’s called A Little Luck by Claudia Pineiro x

[@tracys.mitnaul-xv7te]

@jenvcampbell Thx... You're the best! I'm ordering the book right now. 😊

[@elizabethgriffith8684]

Hi Jen! I love your reading vlogs! They are such comfort-watches for me. Thanks for this one:) I just finished Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh and loved it so much,. So I picked up Lapvona.... but not sure about this one. It is... very bleak:/

[@jenvcampbell]

I’m reading it at the moment for Patreon book club. Definitely seems to be her bleakest yet! x

[@paulwinchell6904]

Glad it turned cooler. Love these videos would really like to read Ice. Im trying to pay of some bills so i can order some of your books. You have more fortitude than i do, if the publishers had sent me a new Nicki French book i would have turned off the phone barracided the door armed the cats and possums and ponced on it like it was dinner. Loved the bagel making the walks cat and fox. And of course Lola. Take care of yourself feel better awaiting your review of Nicki French.

[@jenvcampbell]

Don't you worry, I'll be getting to it in the not-too-distant future :) x

[@wendyvilla2904]

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[@bmaei5]

Love ice. Slipstream at its finest. Does the protagonist need the world to be in chaos and the woman to be in peril so he can validate the violent actions he takes?

[@jenvcampbell]

I'm not really interested in 'man needs to save woman to feel alive' narrative. x

[@bmaei5]

Was there really a girl? Or really was anything relayed to us accurate? Interesting to consider all this knowing kavan, a female author, had a severe addiction problem.

[@jenvcampbell]

@@bmaei5 I got the philosophical question, but I'm saying that I'm just not interested in reading about a man fantasising about abusing a girl, whether she's stood in front of him or in his head.

[@kathy2539]

Hi Jen, lucky you being able to get your flannels on, we're in to Spring and heading onwards to Summer and going to heat up to fire season. I like the sound of Ice, the writing sounds really beautiful and the mystery woman intrigues me. I might read it next year during the Winter period, it sounds like a wintery read. I've just slipped back over here to thank you for putting up kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4bUaIh6iaZqhK8 to explain about EEC syndrome. You're right after I heard you say the syndrome I googled it to read a little more and it's quite rare as you said. I'm not one to ask you about this, but I will acknowledge that I have wondered about your illness. The life struggles that you've had are so much, and extraordinary. I think you are an amazing person and so inspiring. So thank you so much for linking this willingly for us. So kind of you. Kathy