Barnes & Noble Book Shopping + Fall Book Haul | Classics + Non-Fiction

[@joshohanlon7475]

This haul was so fun! I've been looking for a good nonfiction introduction to the Gulag, but Anne Applebaum's history is like 800 pages which stresses me out-- so I'm definitely going to check out the abridged version of Gulag Archipelago first. Happy reading :)

[@mckenziekate]

@@joshohanlon7475 yes! I would definitely recommend the abridged version haha Good luck with your reading!

[@nemo9528]

So excited to watch it after I finish studying!, I’ve been waiting for your fall books tbr 🥹🤎

[@mckenziekate]

@@nemo9528 good luck studying! Thank you for the kind comment ⭐️

[@scoutdarpy4465]

Lol. With Solzhenitsyn you either become more idealistic or pessimistic. I like to try to balance them. Really depends on the day. Which, that can sometimes get me in trouble. But, it's awesome you're reading Solzhenitsyn!

[@jessicayork9035]

The Will of the Many is amazing. And the audio is great too. The next book is coming out 2025 im pretty sure! And, i just started The Journals or Sylvia Plath and am taking my time with it. So good!

[@mckenziekate]

@@jessicayork9035 omg I hope I LOVE the Will of the Many And good to hear you are enjoying the journals!

[@renee_angelica]

Educated was so good! People have wild lives.

[@jamie_lynn_]

I highly recommend An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, it should be required reading. Also, The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins might also pique your non-fiction interests.

[@mckenziekate]

@@jamie_lynn_ thank you so much for these recommendations!

[@Dawnsbookreviews]

Great haul!!!❤ I loved Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn. I also have The House of the Dead on my tbr but planning to read it in 2025 as I have too many books to read by the end of this year!! ❤❤❤❤

[@maryellenhaworth]

Looks like lots of great reads! Agree we need to learn more about our history with Native Americans.

[@TildaHansson-u9w]

Oh so you are cool!

[@hollyc4624]

What an amazing book haul! We have very similar taste. I have read or own many of the books you hauled. I loved The WIll of the Many. I completely agree with you about the lack of eduction about the Native Americans in schools. But, honestly, I think its more that USA schools (and probably every country) whitewashes its own history for its people so that we think the US is the most righteous country and other’s feel the same national pride too about their countries. There is so much negative history that we wouldn’t know without actively searching for it.

[@mckenziekate]

@@hollyc4624 yes I absolutely agree with your statement about each country’s “specifically curated education” , it’s so eye opening to grow up and have larger access to other perspectives. So cool that you own/have read many of these books! I can’t wait to read The Will of the Many!

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Reading the handmaids tale is very different than watching the show. It’s an amazing novel! The testaments is also one of the best sequels ever!! I don’t like the show because it is heavily focused on the violence and I personally don’t like watching that stuff. Also, Educated by Tara westover is one of my favorite non fictions! Love that book ❤

[@mckenziekate]

@@kurlykaitlyn thank you so much for this comment, it makes me much more excited to read Handmaids Tale Also, so glad to hear you love educated!

[@joelharris4399]

Over the years, I've heard about the Gulag Archipelago. The material and the length are monstrous, so it's good to sample the abridged version ☑. If you want a solid primer on Russian history, I wouldn't start with Marx's "The Communist Manifesto" though (which is really about Germany). Sean McMeekin's "Stalins War" chronicles the story of America's consequential Lend-Lease program under President Roosevelt. I do have a new copy. It's a big tome (paperback, less than 900 pages). McMeekin shows how a 'marriage of convenience' between great powers to bring down Hitler's war machine involving substantial military and economic aid became the basis for the then emerging Soviet threat during the Cold War. Similar to how US manufactured the Mujahideen.

[@jamgart]

I’m dying to read Letters to Milena! 😊

[@faezafaeza7798]

Missing your videos😊❤ Please come bavk with new videos

[@mckenziekate]

@@faezafaeza7798 haha thank you for this comment! I will I promise I hope you are having a beautiful day ⭐️

[@jay_poet]

Blue Nights and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich are both excellent and very moving. I’ve added The Gulag Archipelago to my tbr. Fascinating stuff.

[@mckenziekate]

@@jay_poet glad to hear you loved those two books! Can’t wait to get to them

[@IntifadaUlul]

Can anyone tell me what song is it in the beginning? thank you

[@hollyc4624]

Loving Caliber is the artist and the song is Teenage Cliché. ❤

[@Engineer_kid_Max]

I wish you would have gotten that “written in bone” book. It looked super interesting

[@mckenziekate]

@@Engineer_kid_Max sorry to disappoint bro

[@joelharris4399]

@@mckenziekate

[@itsworthit_mindset]

Great video!

[@LadyKitsunetsuki]

This video greatly interested me. Because of the Russian books and the Native American book. You are so right about what we are taught in school about Native Americans. What very little and one sided we are taught.

[@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

I just recently picked up Letters to Milena as well! I read The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee earlier this year and reviewed it on my channel, it’s really good and I hope you like it.

[@mckenziekate]

@@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged I’ll have to watch your review!

[@jamgart]

I am probably so far behind the game that I’m the last person on earth to put this together, but, I’ve only just noticed that Barnes and Noble and Waterstones (uk) look exactly the same. So I just paused and checked. Yep. They are both owned by the same company. 😕 How disappointing. It makes me NOT want to buy from them anymore. Not that they’d miss my custom as I’m 90% a used book lover anyway 😂

[@mckenziekate]

@@jamgart I feel like I JUST heard this news as well. Makes sense why the sudden redesign. Used books are wonderful, I agree