7 Long Novels to Get Lost In - Part 2

Hello Everyone:
Today I bring back the most popular video ever on my channel. I know that people like to get lost in a big ol' chunkster - so, I am here to recommend 7 more for you to get lost in. I have linked the original video below incase you want to check it out first. Have you read any of these?
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Original Video :
• 6 Long Novels to Get L...
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Books Discussed
1. Ohio by Stephen Markley
2. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
3. Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
4. The Air You Breath by Frances De Pontes Pebbles
5. A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
6. The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas
7. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
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[@hope_moves_me]

You have the coziest channel on youtube. Is it possible for a channel to be cozy?.....i say yes.

[@ursula2165]

Hope Wilson we’d say “gezellig” in Dutch

[@InkandPaperBlog]

I will take cozy! If you only knew how nervous I am each and every video.

[@nancynurse4552]

Ready to read them all along with you!!!

[@victoryusprime8534]

Third video where I add almost all the books on my TBR. Keep up the great work!

[@hill7912A]

I love that you have the rule - you can't buy a book from an author unless you have read all their other books on shelves first. I have a similar rule, but I usually let myself have two unread books from any author at any one time. I am far to greedy for books:)

[@InkandPaperBlog]

If you only knew how many books I have to read on my shelves LOL

[@klagrcia]

“The Air You Breathe” is brilliant! I just finished that a couple weeks ago and I can’t stop thinking about it!

[@ashleyriggleson5994]

I love your videos! I just finished The Air You Breathe and loved it! The other books on this list sound amazing, too!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Yeah!

[@joanneorrico1761]

I am so glad you popped up on my home page; subscribed. I love your choice of books and the way you describe them. I like the way you speak clearly, descriptively, and gently as well (plus, you love dogs). My favorite book reviewer on KZbin is WellDoneBooks, but he doesn’t post anymore. I am looking forward to watching your other videos too.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

OH, thank you so much! I am so glad you like what I do. Thank you for watching

[@timetoread1795]

The Little Stranger is AMAZING. I was so pleased when I saw that Chris loved it so much :)

[@BilingualBookworm]

I’m so excited for Ohio!!!! Eek. Sounds right up my street. Funnily enough, I’m reading The Interestings right now which you talked about in your first one of these! 💚💚

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Ohio is so so so good. Want me to send you my ARC? I bought a hardback copy. I really liked The Interestings. So Good.

[@josmith5992]

The Air you Breathe has been added to the TBR and I have The Little Stranger but am trying to read her books in order so aren't there yet. You're right about the colder weather making you want to curl up with a big tome Russell.🍁

[@InkandPaperBlog]

I think you will like The Air You Breath - you must tell me -- So I read her books in order... I didn't think of that!

[@justjuanreader]

I just started Ohio, so hearing you talk about it so enthusiastically makes me very happy!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh I hope you like it. It was darker than I thought, but I was 100% bought in. I know that Leo also loved it.

[@SixMinutesForMe]

So many on this list that have been on my TBR! I love a good chunky book, nothing better than getting lost in a fabulous writing! Love the idea of dedicating a month to longer books 🙌🏻❤️ (ps I think I’ll get to the Nothomb this week so will keep you posted!)

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh I cannot wait! Nothomb is amazing. Lets do it! I dont participate in Non Fiction November do you? If not, maybe we do big books? ]

[@SixMinutesForMe]

Oooh I was thinking of dabbling in non fiction November because I’ve never done it, but also know I’ll go mad without fiction for a month so perhaps I can do both chunky fiction alongside non fiction?

[@kittymachine3798]

Ah, never apologize for furbaby interruptions! LOL And thank you for the lovely warm greetings, I truly feel invited into your space:-)

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Awe thank you... I cannot stop them - they want to be camera famous. LOL

[@32mybelle]

These all sound great! So many books, so little time!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

AMEN

[@renepierre9074]

I just ordered A Winters Promise and Ohio last night! I didn't realise Ohio was so large! Sarah Waters is an author I have almost picked up so many times but for some reason I always decide against it. Too many people are loving her though so I think I need to give her a chance! Kintu has been on my shelves for so long now, I really need to get to it, thanks for bringing that to my attention! haha I think these are my favorite videos of yours for sure, you give the BEEEEESSST recommendations!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Awe thank you sir. It is good to see you back. Ohio just broke my soul. It is so so so good. Why have we not read Kintu! I feel like we are missing out.

[@renepierre9074]

Ink and Paper Blog Nothing like a good ol’ soul breaking read! Why do we love torturing our selves like this? Right? I was so excited to get straight into it too!

[@winnie2379]

My son & his wife gave me The Little Stranger...my son said that it was the perfect combination of all my literary interests...creepy house, post-WWII, set in Britain...it was a very atmospheric read.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh I am so glad you liked it.!!! Great gift!

[@Ortisse]

I'm french so I could read the 3 first books from Christelle Dabos (a winter's promise is the 1st) and LOVED them. The world she created is complex so it's not easy to come into it, some people complained about the amont of descriptions. But once you're into it, it's really hard to get out of the story. I hope the translation is good because the world and caracters created by Christelle Dabos are AMAZING. Ohio seems great, I hope it's going to be translated. If not I may try to read it in english but I scared about the level of language. Thanks for your channel, I suscribed about 3 months ago and really like the way you talk about books.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh that makes me so happy to hear. I hope the translation does it justice. Europa is usually really good with that. Ohio was fantastic. It is not a hard read - so I think if you tried in English you could be okay.

[@bigalbooksforever]

Kintu is a really cool book! I also found the introduction to the book to be quite fascinating, as apparently the author had a hard time publishing this book for being too "African" and not conforming to the usual narratives seen in post-colonial lit. I also really loved My Favorite Thing is Monsters. It is such a unique graphic novel and such an intriguing story... I can't wait for the sequel! I hadn't heard about Ohio before but it sounds like I need to check that one out, so thanks! :)

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh, I will so read the introduction now. Good looking out. I think I am going to love My Favorite Thing is Monsters. Ohio was amazing.

[@beccamilton503]

I have just bought The Little Stranger. I will be reading it in October then watching the movie. I am so pumped for my first Sarah Waters! ❤️❤️

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Me too. I am so excited that you are going to be on this journey too

[@melina0903]

Hi, thanks for the recommendations! I will put "Ohio" on my wish list, it seems my type of book :) I've "The Little Stranger" on my shelf since 2015 and didn't read it yet... maybe I'll give it another chance this year :) Did you read "A Little Life"? It's a huge book and I love it! I think you would like to get lost in it :) I never comment here but I love your channel and yours videos. The way you talk about books is lovely ❤

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Thank you for commenting! I love new voices. I think that Ohio will be in my top ten at the end of the year . It was amazing. I think all of us have The Little Stranger on our shelves LOL --- I have read A Little Life - the best book I will never read again! So amazing and heartbreaking.

[@JustJanetAshley]

Will be interested to hear what you think of The Little Stranger. I saw the recently released movie version and thought it was a real stinker but I have no idea how true it stayed to the book. Loved Sarah Waters The Paying Guests so Hollywood may have just ruined her story as they often do.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh thats too bad - I know a lot of people are so excited for the movie.

[@torteragrotel3897]

you probably get this a lot ,still you're precious

[@InkandPaperBlog]

awe well isnt that sweet - thank you so much

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

A Winter's Promise : Ooooooo I love me a complicated plot and pawns in political games!!! Sounds awesome. And the cover? YES!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Right - Europa killed that cover. Get it, read it and talk to me all about it. I hear there are 4 more (and if you read French you can get them now lol).

[@RunwrightReads]

I think it would be great to get some long books in December after I've met all my other reading goals for the year.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Do you have one that is jumping out to you?

[@juliettechaplin2685]

I have been very disappointed by The Little Stranger (though I love Fingersmith!) and A Winter's Promise. I hope you will have better reading experiences than I did!

[@InkandPaperBlog]

I hope so... I need to get into some Sarah Waters.

[@Georgesmomsu]

Never apologize for a dog interruption 😉. My Favorite Thing is Monsters has been on my pile for too long. Ohio sounds fantastic too.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

I need to just sit down and read My Favorite Thing is Monsters -- I will likely love it. It is just so darn big. LOL.

[@ashleykimbrough3299]

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is so great! I can’t wait to read Ohio too.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

I just finished Ohio - and it broke me! It is amazingly good. So real and heartbreaking and ugh! ugh!

[@ashleykimbrough3299]

Ink and Paper Blog I’m getting “A Little Life” feels from the reviews on this one. My library hasn’t gotten it yet, so I’m going to have to buy it!! Ugh, ugh! I can’t wait! Thanks for the reply!

[@dawnziems3242]

I loved "The Resurrection of Joan Ashby" by Cherise Wolas that is until the last quarter of the book, the ending felt rushed and lost some passion. Or at least this was my experience, I was so disappointed in the end. I might try it again to see if I have the same experience because the first half of the story was so good.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh no... well I will let you know what I think.

[@dawnziems3242]

I am waiting to get the book from the library again, so I can reread it...the beginning was that good and maybe I will think differently about the ending. Oh, by the way - thank you for recommending books as my TBR will never slow down.

[@susiq4857]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is a big chunk of a book that I really enjoyed. I will definitely buy Ohio.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Ohio is amazing. I loved it very very much. I have talked about it with everyone!

[@curioushmm9027]

did read and enjoyed "the little stranger"but i've enjoyed all of sarah waters and some more than this one...delighted to hear you love dickens. i do too and just this morning read the end o an interesting though very objective essay on dickens by george orwell and since i immediately wanted to share it , now i will. he ends the essay with the image of an author's face shining through his works and says of dickens... "I see a face that is not quite the same as Dicken's photographs, though it resembles it. it is the face of a man about forty, with a small beard, and high colour. he is laughing, with a touch of anger in his laughter, but no triumph, no malignity. it is the face of a man who is always fighting against something, but who fights in the open and is not frightened, the face of a man who is generously angry--in other words, of a nineteenth-century liberal, a free intelligence, a type hated with equal hatred by all the smelly little orthodoxies which are now contending for our souls." (1939)

[@InkandPaperBlog]

You are so one of my favorites!

[@curioushmm9027]

i'm delighted. the feeling is mutual.

[@marybethtaranow1921]

I have Kintu on my shelves. It's intimidating me a bit.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Oh dont be... You can do it!

[@kittymachine3798]

A Winter's promise actually sounds a little like it may be a Hades and Persephone type retelling....

[@InkandPaperBlog]

Is it? Oh, I need to look into that right now.

[@endymionsrage]

Long Novels for me start above 600. Thanks for the suggestions.

[@InkandPaperBlog]

LOL... I can only think of a few books on my shelf that even reach that... Do you read a lot of fantasy they are usually a lot longer.

[@ZoeBeck7]

I’m going to try to read The Little Stranger next week when on vacation. Hopefully! It’ll be my 1st Sarah Waters book. Lots of good books! - Amy

[@InkandPaperBlog]

TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT!!!