January Reads

[@maryhlavin5986]

So happy to have discovered your channel..Love your selections and presentation ..Bravo💕

[@whatpageareyouon]

Ah Leo! First Shawn and now you, I found Swimming in the Dark a snooze, laborious, predictable and melodramatic. I don't know, maybe I was feeling cynic at that time haha. However, that Brookner sounds like a good first for me! You and Sarah have always made me want to give Brookner a look, a study in loneliness is one of my favorite themes in books so I think I'd enjoy it. Happy February reading!

[@ReadABookGem]

In the City of Shy Hunters sounds amazing. I love the sound of Swimming in the Dark too. You had a great reading month! What a lovely way to start the year 😊📚

[@kirsten0929]

What a great reading month! I read So Big not too long ago and really liked it. Ooh interesting, a male Anita Brookner lead, sounds great!

[@mysunnyreadingcorner6777]

I had never heard of So Big before you but I love a story about a strong woman so I'm definity going to pick it up. The same goes for In the City of Shy Hunters. Sounds amazing. What a great start to your reading year!

[@DaeronK]

I must pick up In The City Of Shy Hunters, it sounds fantastic!

[@novellenovels]

I think you did so well with your reading and I’m glad you found books that you enjoyed 😊

[@tomlabooks3263]

Thanks for the updates. I have added In west Mills to my 2022 list.

[@Emmareads15]

I had never even heard of The City of the Shy Hunters, but I now really want to read it and it's now on my wishlist to get. I have Swimming in the Dark to read for the summer, I'm really looking forward to it.

[@CourtneyFerriter]

Wow, that's a lot of five-star reads! Way to start the year off on a high note. I, on the other hand, had an abundance of 2 and 2.5 star reads in January, so I'm hoping it will only get better 😂

[@CharlieBrookReads]

West Mills sounds really good and I'm also interested in Swimming in the dark XXX You read some fantastic books xxx

[@zubooks]

Hi Leo, Thank you for your video. In the City of Shy Hunters sounds very! I did not like A Little Life a very much for a number of reasons, but the friend group part of it is actually one of the aspects that I liked about the book. And I'm always interested in learning more about the 80s AIDS epidemics and its handling (or rather lack thereof) by governments.

[@alldbooks9165]

So many people have recommended West Mills to me lately. I need to get to it!

[@daytonadane]

Great first buddy-read, my friend. Looking forward to the next one. I need to give Tom Spanbauer a go at some point; I recently added I loved You More to my tbr.

[@daytonadane]

@@Leoslittlebooklife Wow, must have been a powerful read!

[@leeah8419]

What a great reading month! I've never heard of Edna Ferber before. Sounds like she's worth checking out, so too bad her books are not read any more, I find that weird especially since she was so popular and even won the Pulitzer.

[@HardcoverHearts]

Oh Leo- thanks for the kind words about my review of Patsy! I love that you always seem to introduce me to American women writers I never knew about (Alice Adams, Edna Ferber...)!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Nice video. Have been curious about swimming in the dark

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@Leoslittlebooklife im gonna pick it up

[@theaelizabet]

I’m so glad you enjoyed So Big. I’m going to find “West Mills.” You’ve sold me.

[@JyotsnaS]

Omg I have to read In The City Of Shy Hunters

[@JyotsnaS]

@@Leoslittlebooklife also to add (forgot to add it earlier) I like how you are diligently following all your reading projects

[@BookishTexan]

I have never read _So Big_ or anything by Ferber. I think I was put off by F. Scott Fitzgerald who really hated _So, Big_. Every time I start a new Balzac novel I have a similar reaction, though I do sometimes find their beginnings to be awkward and strained.

[@susprime7018]

@@Leoslittlebooklife Oh well writers can be catty, maybe he was inebriated. Fitzgerald is wonderful. I read So Big long ago and Fitzgerald too.