The "I’ll Get Around To It Later!" Tag

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

Thanks Hannah. Lonesome Dove is indeed a great novel. When this was a book club selection ten or so years ago, I anticipated four weeks to finish. I did it in 10 days.

[@michaelsamerdyke108]

I read "Our Mutual Friend" back in college and enjoyed it. "Lonesome Dove" is terrific. I gave it to a woman years ago in grad school, and she married me.

[@HannahsBooks]

Now you win! That is the best Lonesome Dove story I’ve heard!! 💜

[@WildHeartsandWildflowers]

'Now in November' sounds like a book I absolutely would love! I'm so glad you discussed it! I have Sanora Babb's memoir and am planning to read it soon, but I just added 'Unknown No More,' as well as Dunkle's biography, to my Christmas Wish List. 😊 Thank you for sharing!

[@tealorturquoise]

I'm the queen of "I'll get around to it later!" Put it this way, I finally took Swan's Way off my tbr because it was probably on my tbr for over a decade. 😐

[@HannahsBooks]

Ha! I have definitely had books on my TBR that long-but I haven’t gotten around yet to taking them off my list…

[@hannahwhittaker3951]

Lonesome Dove is an exceptional book! (My husband said “you can almost taste the dirt in your mouth”.” I enjoyed it so much that I continued on with the whole series. And Now is November is well worth your time. Happy reading!

[@eusaypdx]

Thank you Hannah, I have been procrastinating proust as well and you motivated me to try next year. Another I procrastinated long time was Lonesome Dove, which I finally read this year. I LOVED it. Hope you enjoy it. Happy winter!

[@HannahsBooks]

I’m so glad to hear your great review of Lonesome Dove! And we’ll be thrilled to have you join in for Proust!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

You mentioned Edith Wharton and I think I've heard you mention a couple of her books before, so I thought I'd share her books as my "I'll get around to it later" response. I've read Summer and loved her writing style, so I plan to read The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and House of Mirth this next year. They've been sitting on my shelf way too long!

[@HannahsBooks]

@@mitzireadsandwrites Ethan Frome is radically different from the other two novels you’ve thinking about. Be prepared for a shift! It is sometimes paired with Summer-as Winter. (I have not yet read Summer but must get to it!)

[@jodihowe7274]

I do not read westerns either however 5 stars for Lonsome Dove (and James McBride). I am excited and eager to hear your reviews and commentary related to American literature 😉👍

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you so much, Jodi! I’m getting more and more excited about Lonesome Dove!

[@JoeSpivey02]

I'll CERTAINLY be reading Edith Wharton very soon indeed! Thank you for tagging me. I'll have a video flying free from the chute in a day or so 😜

[@bradykelso8682]

Hi Hannah. Another terrific video. Like you, I have yet to read Our Mutual Friend. Yet. Thanks for the recommendation of Now In November. Can’t wait to explore. Wishing you restful, happy holidays. 🌹💐🥂🌷✌️🌻

[@rhodeislandrose]

OMG, my brother-in-law nagged me to read Lonesome Dove and for the longest time I thought he was nuts. Me? Read a Western? AND it was huge... ugh! Well, one day I found a copy in a second hand store and it was probably 50 cents. I bought it just to make him happy. I thought, what the heck, I'll read a few pages, how bad can it be? Honestly, I never expected to fall in love with it as much as I did. I was immediately hooked, one of those books that I couldn't wait to get home from work to read the next chapter. Hopefully, you'll love it too!

[@krzysamm7095]

I finally read O' Pioneers and for such a short book it packs an emotional punch. The descriptions are written so well I could actually close my eyes and feel the sun, smell the rain and feel the breezes across the land. Thank you for such a wonderful recommendation.😊

[@HannahsBooks]

@@krzysamm7095 I’m so glad you read it and appreciated it! Definitely one of my favorites…

[@readandre-read]

I've had Now in November on my TBR for awhile...someday! The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is an excellent book to read during troubled times - hopeful without being cheesy.

[@HannahsBooks]

I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of Now in November! And thank you for the troubled-times rec of Heaven and Earth-exactly the thing to hear right now.

[@TimeTravelReads]

I'd love for you to talk about American literature and its connection to various ideologies. I don't have the knowledge to even begin to study that, but I'm curious about it. Wonderful video as always.

[@HannahsBooks]

Thanks, Melissa, for being here!

[@EveningReader]

Now in November is such a beautiful book. In a weird bit of synchronicity, an Instagram friend posted about an event she went to last night for the woman who wrote that biography about Sanora Babb, and now here you are mentioning her again...hello, Universe! I hear you! I loved The Grapes of Wrath and counted it as a favorite for many years, and then about a decade ago I read Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time. The Dust Bowl is a period that fascinates me. I love the idea of your plan to focus on American lit in 2025. Also, I'll join the chorus of voices encouraging you to read Lonesome Dove. If it helps, McMurtry wrote it to be an anti-Western and break down a lot of the myths about cowboys and the West. Be well, Hannah!

[@tam1785]

Thanks for another great video. You are brave planning on dipping into the dust bowl reading so much, I read Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds” in 2022 and some of the scenes describing the level of starvation still haunt me.

[@bighardbooks770]

I'd like to reread _The Grapes of Wrath,_ next year (my favorite Steinbeck has always been _East of Eden)._ _The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,_ you say? Alright 😊 _Lonesome Dove_ is an all-time fav of mine! (I met him at the Mesa Book Store (AZ) circa 1995) 🎉 Glad you did the tag, Hannah ... I'm still "on the fence" regarding Proust 😮

[@RebeccaStultz-y9f]

Thank you for introducing Sandra Babb to me. Both the novel and memoir are now on my want to read list.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@RebeccaStultz-y9f I’m so glad you are thinking about reading her work! (It might be an autocorrect issue, but her first name is Sanora.)

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

You won't be surprised to hear that I love Our Mutual Friend. I too have heard multiple times that Lonesome Dove is wonderful but avoided it. One day maybe. Thanks for introducing me to Sanora Babb's story.

[@LiterateTexan]

I'm excited about cohosting the discussions of Proust next year. I know you don't typically read westerns, but Lonesome Dove isn't your typical western. You should certainly make Lonesome Dove a priority. Have you read anything else by McMurtry?

[@HannahsBooks]

Oh I am SO glad you will be one of the Proust hosts! Fabulous! No-I have never read any McMurtry. I think Lonesome Dove might be my foray into June on the Range this year!

[@LiterateTexan]

@HannahsBooks I think you'll love it. I got the idea for reading Proust in a year from a McMurtry novel, Duane's Depressed, and immediately discussed the idea with Greg.

[@HannahsBooks]

@LiterateTexan Now that is a cool link!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Hannah! I do love Dickens, but I also have not yet read Our Mutual Friend. One of these days….I haven’t read Lonesome Dove yet either, and I know I will like it. I’m going to be reading at least the first volume of Proust in January. We’ll see after that….I loved James McBride’s The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. You will like it too, I think. I do love your idea to focus on American literature in the coming year.

[@jackwalter5970]

Our Mutual Fruend is wonderful. Lonesome Dove is very good but not great. I'm interested in the Wharton bio as well.

[@HannahsBooks]

Everything I have heard about the Wharton book has been wonderful!

[@GenWivern2]

Hello Hannah, nice to meet you. I'm somewhat at odds with Katie Lumsden in a friendly way when it comes to Dickens in general, but wholeheartedly agree with her about Our Mutual Friend. A book that fits your first three categories for me is Dos Passos' U.S.A., and that will be keeping me out of mischief this winter.

[@bethannebruninga-socolar]

Oooh, I have not heard of Babb but she sounds like an author I would be very interested in!

[@rebeccathomas8126]

As often happens after watching your videos, I’ve added a few books to my reading list! Grapes of Wrath has been on my shelf for far too long, and I also have Timothy Egan’s The Worst Hard Time which looks very good. I’m adding Now in November to my list and Samora Babb. I’ve been rereading Edith Wharton’s books after visiting her home this summer. It was thrilling to be there! I’m a long time Dickens fan but haven’t read one of his novels in some time. I hope to do so in 2025. Nicholas Nickelby is on my shelf but Our Mutual Friend is another I haven’t read. So many choices!

[@HannahsBooks]

Egan and Steinbeck will be a great pair. And I would love to visit Wharton’s home! Perhaps I can work that out sometime soon…

[@kathyvullis172]

Hi Hannah, I am not a fan of Dickens either but Our Mutual Friend is also on my TBR list. And thank you for letting us know about Samora Babb. The Great Depression is an era that interests me and so I am looking forward to reading Babb's novel. I did read Now In November. I didn't love it but others might feel differently.

[@Dawnsbookreviews]

Great video!!🎉 I loved East if Eden and have The Grapes of Wrath on my tbr- I hope I like it as much as you do!❤ I think I remember Kim from Middle of the book March talking about Now in November!!😍 I also love Edith Wharton and I am actually planning to make a video discussion about The Age of Innocence with my psychological interpretation of the characters' feelings and motivations!!🤗

[@AZsunflower]

Grapes of Wrath is amazing, sad but wonderfully written.

[@MarilynMayaMendoza]

Hi Hannah, I always am intimidated by big books. And I also don’t like Charles Dickens for many reasons. I read Oliver Twist when I was a preteen and it scared me. I read some of David Copperfield before I gave up. Maybe one day. Aloha friend.

[@theaelizabet]

Lonesome Dove is wonderful. Completely immersive.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@theaelizabet Now praise from you is what I needed to hear! On my 2025 list now!

[@carolinefiller3745]

Like you I have been putting off Lonesome Dove forever, 2025 will be the year!

[@HannahsBooks]

@carolinefiller3745 Yay! I think I have been convinced to read it this year too!

[@lindysmagpiereads]

📚 Happy reading Hannah!

[@HannahsBooks]

@@lindysmagpiereads Thanks, Lindy!

[@TheActiveMind1]

So glad you did this tag as I knew you'd have fascinating answers. I also am curious about Lonesome Dove - perhaps I'll squeeze it in next June!

[@HannahsBooks]

@@TheActiveMind1 Let’s both read it in June! It will fit right in!

[@David-sg1yi]

I added Whose Names are Unknown to my TBR

[@HannahsBooks]

♥️ Hope you enjoy it! It sounds fascinating!

[@nedmerrill5705]

Another class of book that's "I’ll Get Around To It Later!" ... Books I was assigned in school (high school or college) but didn't read. I've spent a large part of my reading lately catching up with my homework. Now that I'm retired I have the time. Some examples: _Madam Bovary_ and _Tender is the Night_ You really should read _Lonesome Dove._ You'll be glad you did.

[@HannahsBooks]

Madame Bovary is one of those books that I think might make more sense to adults-so I think you made a good choice to wait! McMurtry is on my list now-probably for June!

[@ariannefowler455]

I read Now in November a couple of months ago. It was wonderful. I have been meaning to get to Sanora Babb. I have to champion Lonesome Dove. I read it for the first time this past Summer and loved it. I wouldn't say it flies by quickly, but the length and the pacing of the novel fit the plot perfectly.

[@HannahsBooks]

Your endorsement of Lonesome Dove is wonderful to hear! I think I might read it this coming summer!

[@ariannefowler455]

@@HannahsBooks It's a great Summer book.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

_Whose Names Are Unknown_ has been sitting on my shelf for a while; I feel I owe her a reading before Steinbeck. His _East of Eden_ would be my answer for the book procrastinated on. I can’t offer prodding one way or the other on _Lonesome Dove._ You sound pretty committed.

[@HannahsBooks]

I’m excited about the Babb book-and am eager to chat with you about it if you are reading it too. And I love your plan to read it before Grapes of Wrath.

[@onetrickpony381]

thank you for your video. ❤

[@HannahsBooks]

♥️

[@sm-k5513]

I read 'Our Mutual Friend' a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It might be nice to read it during the Christmas season. Somehow, a Christmas without a Charles Dickens book or story does not seem a real Christmas to me. At the moment I'm reading 'The Dollmaker' by the American author Harriette Arnow. I found this book in a charity bookshop. Are you familiar with this author? I had never heard of her. The story takes place during the 2nd World War and is about a young mother who has to leave her beloved Hill farm in Kentucky and together with her children follows her husband to industrial Detroit. She feels completely displaced by this horrendous experience. I am two thirds through the book and am totally absorbed in it.😊

[@HannahsBooks]

Ooh! I have read bits and pieces from Arnow’s Cumberland books, but it has been a while. I will look for The Dollmaker!

[@TheBookedEscapePlan]

I don't read westerns either, but "Lonesome Dove" is an incredible novel and the late Larry McMurtry was a fantastic writer. Some of the best characters in American fiction are in that page-turner. Hermione Lee's biography of Edith Wharton is excellent, and Edith Wharton is one of my favorite American writers. I haven't read anything by Wharton that I do not like. I wish more people would read "Old New York". It is wonderful. I love "Age of Innocence" and "House of Mirth". "Custom of the Country" is the one that got me into Wharton's work though. It was sharp, funny and clever from the very beginning. As for Hermione Lee, I have her Virginia Woolf biography but have yet to read it. I do believe Lee's Wharton biography is the only book of hers I have read. You will find flaws in it, I am sure, but I think you will love the book as a whole. That's my guess.

[@eiketske]

I hear you on Lonesome Dove. I’ve been postponing it forever… and I love the first sentence. One of these days I’ll get to it.

[@HannahsBooks]

I think I am going to try it this summer for the booktube event June on the Range. Want to join in? It sounds like several people might possibly be reading it then!

[@eiketske]

@ oh that sounds great!

[@zsazsavoom]

Wow! many wonderful titles/avenues to explore,thanks for sharing them. This year I created a book calendar and plan to do so for 2025 (some months were subject focused, other months exploring a single author,etc.) so of course I find your project intriguing. Two titles that might fit are "Giants in the Earth" and "Storming Heaven" by Denise Giardina. And "Lonesome Dove"? prepare to be surprised at how quickly it zips by. Cheers.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@zsazsavoom I would love to hear more about how you created your book calendar, if you’re willing to share. Did you sketch out the whole year in advance? Sounds fascinating!

[@zsazsavoom]

​@@HannahsBooks I began this project thinking of doing a book journal similar to Plant Based Bride's.But then realized that wasn't quite the right track for my goal(s). Yes, I wanted a lovely physical record (which I've created) but was more focused on deep,directed reading 'dives'. So last March, I did sketch out all the rest of the year. Devoting blocks of days to a single topic or genre or author, then found titles that fit. (Sometimes made up of...books I need to read ;-))The most useful part was sufficiently narrowing each subject chosen but allowing myself to explore deep and wide. Virginia Woolf/Bloomsbury took a whole month, so did Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi/Speculative fiction. I left a few unplanned days in most months for off topic new releases. Sounds horribly regimented but I like the focus and purposefulness of my new system.Planning on a few tweaks for 2025, but yeah, basically I've put myself back in Grad School now that I am retired.

[@douglasreynolds7903]

Unfortunate for Ms. Bab, I think her manuscript was read by Steinbeck before the publication of the Grapes of Wrath. She did the groundwork on the subject and should have been recognized (this work) years ago. I did not know it was finally published. And in her lifetime. Must purchase.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@douglasreynolds7903 I’m so eager to learn more about this story!

[@kathleencraine7335]

Thanks for bringing Sanora Babb to our attention--not on my radar at all. Now in November is short and intense and a good place to start your Dust Bowl reading, as it was written in the early years of that era. It's a look at one struggling family from the inside, in a way that Steinbeck could not have known or experienced. Can't recommend Our Mutual Friend enough; it is complex and sometimes confusing, but well worth it.

[@HannahsBooks]

Thank you so much, Kathleen. I like the idea of starting with the slightly earlier book!

[@nathanfoung2347]

June on the Range 2025 needs you Hannah. Yeehah. 😂

[@HannahsBooks]

@@nathanfoung2347 I’m in! I think…

[@Shellyish]

I’ve considered doing a similar reading project about American literature and think Prairie Fires ought to be on your list if it isn’t already.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@Shellyish Oooh-we’ll have to compare notes a bit about our American lit plans. Putting Prairie Fires in this grouping is perfect! I have a copy on my shelves but have still not read it…

[@CionMohler]

If you would like to read a non fiction book about the dust bowl I would recommend The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. It won the National Book Award. Also True Grit by Charles Portis is a western that is a fast read and has a female protagonist.

[@HannahsBooks]

I read True Grit this past summer and really enjoyed it! And Egan is terrific, with clear explanations and smooth writing. Thanks!

[@jorgem71962]

I just read for the first time Steinbeck's East of Eden as a buddy read with Kim from Middle of the Book March. Before I had only read Of Mice and Men, a long time ago. With the recent read, I am in love with his writing and plan to make my way through all his books. If you are re-reading or reading any and would like to do a buddy read, I am game. Let me know.

[@HannahsBooks]

That would be wonderful! Let me play around with my plans just a bit and I’ll get back to you!

[@jorgem71962]

@@HannahsBooks Sounds good.

[@clarepotter7584]

I hope you get time to read about the painting in the 'Jane Eyre' chapter before you have to return the book.

[@HannahsBooks]

@@clarepotter7584 I have promised myself to get to that chapter at the very least!

[@stuartgriffin1001]

I think your plan for 2025 sounds good. Unfortunately, I have nothing to offer in the way of books

[@radiantchristina]

I had never heard of Sanora Babb until recently and now I want to read all of her works. I recently watched a great video about her on Zoe Bee's channel - worth a watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2jbp4yPj8mdY9Usi=j-A571VN-YZQnA6y 2025 may be a Sanora Babb year for me. I've been on the fence about Lonesome Dove. I've often thought of it as a "guy's book" but I know quite a few women who recently read it and adored it. I'm starting to plan my 2025 reading and want to mostly stick to what I've got on my shelves already, but I may add that in to 2025 TBR.