Everything I Read in November 2024 + Le Guin Prize Shortlist

[@stefaniebrunner9376]

Jessie, will new vlogs ever come back? 😢

[@jessk7240]

So good to hear that the old vlogs will be accessible somewhere. Honestly, I don't feel Christmassy without your vlogmases! Thanks for being willing to keep them available, but I totally understand the thing of not wanting them available to every random person.

[@FayroseH]

I miss those old univlogs - they truly helped get me through my second degree, they help me through my depresso espresso days, and they help motivate me to leave my house so thank you for all that! I'll be so happy if and when we can access them again.

[@opaul6051]

You need to put back the vlogtober of your uni days!! They were so motivating.

[@Immyperks]

I could listen to you talk about books for hours. I love your recommendations and really has helped me to branch out and explore new genres that I maybe haven’t even heard of before ! Being a fellow mum I also read a lot of audiobooks as it just helps when I’m not feeling 100% focused but honestly I could just put your voice on in the background and it feels so relaxing have always been a fan even since your uni days but glad you are going with this new style videos I think it’s great & perfect just as they are please never stop uploading ❤

[@BookCreases]

Do whatever makes you feel good and safe with your vlogs. No one is owed those videos. As always, really enjoy your book wrap up :)

[@paulaquilina1103]

Just wanted to wish you and your family a family a merry Christmas from Australia. Thankyou for all your book recommendations,I have become acquainted with so many good books from watching your channel

[@bodhibutterfly7813]

Please may you do a new house update and bring get ready with me’s back!❤

[@alm519]

Are you in your new house yet ?

[@Lovelylofi554]

Thank you for making deep cleaning my kitchen more fun! You are my source of interesting books I wouldn't have been able to find other wise :)

[@flowerfawn]

Please put back your old vlogs 😢😢

[@SavidgeReads]

What a premise Morning and Evening has, I’m intrigued… though have been worried Jon Fosse is too big brain energy for me. Ha. It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over also sounds great. Fab wrap up as always.

[@laurenshults]

I'm a crime reporter in a town less than an hour from Santa Theresa so I'm really excited to read 2666!

[@rosettagrey2851]

I hope you're doing okay, you look very down and upset in all of the recent videos and particularly thumbnails.

[@poetrybysuhashani__]

love your wrap-ups ☕

[@awwmeoow]

Love the video as always! How do you decide its time to reread a novel while there are so many new books coming out continuously? would love to hear how you make decisions on this topic❤

[@hanakologan4862]

Who are your favorite writers on substack?…any vlogmass or Christmas vlogs coming soon i used to loove those ❤

[@zaraaqua]

I remember when you bought this top .was it zara? I went to buy it too .loved that stripe hoodie and wore it to death . Wish i still had mine. Looks great on you still jess x

[@mrnvelez93]

I recently finished It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over and I liked it. I also read my first Dostoevsky book. It was White Nights and the unrequited love was a little too relatable. Now that I read one of his smaller works, I am open to take on some of his bigger and more well known ones like Crime and Punishment. Although as a slow reader I am a little apprehensive because I can slow to a halt even while reading. LOL can you tell I am a fan of short books? Anyway, I am giving Fourth Wing a try and right now I don’t hate it. Maybe it will open me up to a new genre. As of right now I don’t plan on stopping and I’m reading at my normal pace. After that, I plan to start reading Annihilation. You have convinced me to try my first Jeff Vandermeer book. It has nothing to do with how pretty the 10th anniversary editions are. * cough cough* We love the wrap ups and the updates you give us. As your supporters we might seem impatient but whether you post week by week, month by month or even year by year WE WILL BE HERE!!! PERIOD. So shine on, Sumbeams! Stay strong and keep love in your heart!

[@Wolfhailstorm]

Love the background

[@natasharedmane]

What you said about Vajra being at his best when he's at his weirdest and wishing there was more: look forward to Rakesfall! It's a personal favorite of the year. I also recommend the interview with him done on the podcast Between The Covers, to me it shines a light on how brilliant he is! Very very good interview.

[@literaryleila]

If you are looking for a speculative fiction graphic novel suggestion I highly highly recommend Monstress !! It's a high-stakes story set in alternative 19th century asian-inspired matriarchal world with a protagonist who has a monster in her arm (it's so much more than that, but I don't want to give anything away !) psa that it's still ongoing so we don't have the conclusion yet :)

[@paulaquilina1103]

Hi Jessie, if you liked the Jon Fosse, read Septology. I read it early last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Really big book,which I like, and about Artists,my favourite subject as I did a degree in Visual Arts. Want to buy it but will wait for second hand as it’s quite expensive. Didn’t find out he won the Nobel until after I finished it. Same sort of stream of consciousness writing,which I also like. Cheers.

[@jessquinn5250]

Love your videos Jessie ❤

[@shannonkatereadsstuff]

It lasts forever and the it’s over is one of the very few books I read this year and it was excellent! Absolution is on my Dec TBR, I can’t wait! I last read the world is full of monsters on audio and it was so wonderfully weird.

[@mangoslushie14]

i'm kind of confused. you said you dont want your younger self to be available to the internet, but isn't vimeo public as well?

[@sabrinaahmed8197]

probably only accessible to those with the link / not as easy for random people to come across

[@sanja3065]

Need new vlogs ❤

[@nichole.caro.j]

So great to hear your toughts on Bolaño’s writing. I’m from Chile and sadly his work became more popular for most people in my country just after his passing. “The Savage Detectives” is a great book to continue with his works and I also recomend “Last Evening on Earth”, a collection of short stories that can serve as an introduction to his writing.

[@jazzgirlie]

Quite a demanding comment section lately 😕 really love your book videos Jess ! Thank you. Completely understand not wanting the vlogs from your younger years on KZbin.

[@MakennahBristow]

On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden is an excellent speculative graphic novel!

[@spexi513]

📖 🪱 💚

[@laurorodriguez200]

porque estudiar tanto s libros sin sentido y que al final no la llevará a ningún lado, porque mejor no estudia la biblia eso sí le traerá satisfacción y le salvará toda su vida.