One thing I really appreciate about your videos is that you explain what books are about and why you like them. A lot of booktubers-who are charming and lovely in their own way-unfortunately tend to say “I love it it’s so good it’s just super good writing” telling me nothing, leaving me to have to look that shit up myself. Especially with books that are already on everyone’s radars, there’s little value to the viewer when they say “it’s so good” and leave it at that. Like, if I wanted to look it up, I would’ve already. Anyway I like that you actually explain!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@coconutmilch2351 thank you for that feedback! i love to hear it! (especially since i can get overwhelmed trying to find a short but accurate description of a book’s contents + my experience of reading) also, your comment made me chuckle
@coconutmilch2351Ай бұрын
@@bibliosophie you do a really good job!!! :D glad i made you chuckle lol
@casskrugАй бұрын
so many incredible books on this list, as always - your taste is unmatched!!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
🤍👼
@bookslugggАй бұрын
I picked up Art Monsters after you talked about it in a previous video. I had so much fun with it and was introduced to a whole crew of visual artists I was previously unaware of. I bought another copy for my best friend’s birthday and instead of trying to fit all my thoughts in marginalia, just tucked in hand written papers throughout the book. In turn, she has been sharing her (much more knowledgable and articulate than mine) thoughts with me as she reads through. It has been such a lovely experience- and we have you to thank!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@booksluggg that’s wonderful! thank you for sharing this with me!
@joelharris4399Ай бұрын
I love your shirt Sophie, how it's worn loosely, like a comfy interior curtain, the olive green bright as the sun🌻
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
aww, thank you! 🫒 it gives me early nineties tv show design vibes
@apocalypsereading7117Ай бұрын
i went thru a phase of being obsessed with "archive" mysteries so super happy to see a bunch of ones i've never heard of, thanks! just the cover of My Death is enough to make me go for it tbh ✨
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
i think my death will probably appeal to you! it’s got letters and twists and everything!
@nathansnookАй бұрын
honestly, seeing some of my favorites on this list makes me so happy to be so in tune with you! and so happy that finally!!! we've found a Heti that worked for you! also much glee to see Dictee on this list. knew you would love it! need to know how much your heart aches with Szabó...The Door will be my first from her!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@nathansnook i must remain adamantly curmudgeonly about heti - i’m still pretty dubious, but i think the sheer weirdness of the exercise of alphabetical diaries made me more generous. also, now that i’m thinking about it, i wonder if this worked more because the thoughts are necessarily truncated and chopped/screwed. maybe i don’t like her method of burrowing? the door is an excellent first szabó!
@kiranreaderАй бұрын
i'm so happy to be so many books on this list!! its so great to see that you've had so many enjoyable reads
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
ya! not so bad so far this year! i feel like i’m not reading very much at times, but i’ve had some excellent experiences :)
@TKTalksBooksАй бұрын
What a gift this is! Mmm Hmmm! Thank you! I have read and loved about half of these and can’t wait to read the others! XOTK
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
thank you! happy reading! 💖🥂 (so, which ones have you read? 👀)
@jameskatieАй бұрын
best list i've seen. every single book i was like YES. most of these are want-to-reads for me already so, hearing you praise them highly is a good sign. and big yes to archive-related writing!!! x
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
💜😈 may my list push you to reading them!
@r.enee.morrisАй бұрын
What a list. So many I want to get to Art Monster, My Death, Alfred Hayes, Martyr! Soooooo many.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@r.enee.morris ooh i want to get yr take on alfred hayes!
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xkАй бұрын
Great reviews Sophie. Have a great summer.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
thank you!!
@HH-zb5ulАй бұрын
Another great video ❤ Thank you for sharing
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
thank you!
@thelefthandedreader6632Ай бұрын
Oooh Alfred Hayes. 🥰🥰🥰. I looked through Ordinary Notes at the library. What a stunning, smart book. I’ve got the Olivia Laing new book coming my way. I’m looking forward to it!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
have you read the third hayes? (that is, the one that isn’t in love) i can’t remember. will be interested to know what you think of the new laing!
@rebareadsАй бұрын
So many wonderful books so far this year! As always, great recommendations and I have been encouraged and influenced to finally read some others that have been on my list for too long! Looking at Szabó particularly!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@rebareads do it do it do it 📣🤍💖
@camicarrenoАй бұрын
I loved this list and how you describe books! I might have to add Magda Szabó to my TBR. This year I've really enjoyed Just kids by Patti Smith, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, and a couple of novellas by Claire Keegan :)
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
ooh yes! very good 🖤
@robotnicАй бұрын
I also read and loved My Death early this year! I read it twice. The Door is a banger, I just gave it to a book club friend, every time it comes up I want to reread it. One of my other favourites of the year is The Details by Ia Genberg. I can’t recall you mentioning reading it, if you haven’t, it definitely has elements we both enjoy and I hope you will!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@robotnic i haven’t read the details, and actually it’s not really been on my radar - thanks for mentioning it! i think you’re right that it’ll probably appeal to me
@pastorytime2683Ай бұрын
Such a good list!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@pastorytime2683 👼
@MrBookaholic99Ай бұрын
I haven’t read that many books this year but if I had to name my so-far favorite this year I would definitely say “Jazz”. I‘m happy to hear that you enjoyed it as well. Great list!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@MrBookaholic99 very nice! have you read a lot of morrison?
@MrBookaholic99Ай бұрын
@@bibliosophie only “The Bluest Eye”but I would love to read more of her work 😊
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@MrBookaholic99 you have so many more wonderful novels ahead of you! 🖤
@floortjepeaceАй бұрын
Thank you ❤
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
you’re welcome! thanks for watching :)
@mildrumpusАй бұрын
I loved Olivia Laing's "Garden Against Time." You're the second person that I've seen today that has recommended the book, "My Death." Gotta check it out soon! Hope you are staying cool and hydrated out there!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@mildrumpus my death is so short that it’s quite easy to try! i’ve been in london and now in bretagne, so i’m actually cold most days 🤣
@clara_marsАй бұрын
Just finished The Door - absolutely stunning. Have you read Lote by Shola von Reinhold? One of my favorite recent archivey books
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
ha, i have read lote! it was one of my fave reads a couple of years ago! do you also watch nathan’s channel? he just described lote as bibliosophie coded, and i have to agree 💀
@Sean_neaSАй бұрын
Clarice Lispector (The passion according to G.H.) has been in my TBR for exactly a year and a day. I have high hopes though, both for getting to it and enjoying her writing.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
oooh, it’s one of my absolute faves of hers. 🖤 have you read any of her writing otherwise?
@Sean_neaSАй бұрын
@@bibliosophie No, I haven't ready any of her writing. Not yet. Soon! Soon! :)
@gabrielmiller4176Ай бұрын
lisa tuttle wrote windhaven, i believe w gearge rr martin
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@gabrielmiller4176 yes, have you read it? i’m not usually drawn to sci fi and fantasy, so i haven’t
@TheLinguistsLibraryАй бұрын
Adding Martyr! to my wishlist*
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@TheLinguistsLibrary woohoo!
@tj-wn8yeАй бұрын
All Fours knocked my sox off. I’m tangentially curious about the reading demographic of this particular novel. I’m a mid 50s man but the gender/biologcally specific elements in it didn’t detract in the slightest. My 50-something year old girlfriend does NOT want to read it. To be fair she’s not a big fiction person. But the chatter I’ve seen around the web regarding All Fours is that it’s appealed especially to women older than 30? I have no Data to back that up. Also: Clarice Lispector doesn’t seem just great to me she seems otherworldly. A beyond-human entity who happens to write. And that’s my impression from the translation! I can’t imagine what reading her as a Portuguese speaker is like. Cheers to you and your channel. I’ve started Malina.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
from my personal vantage and the people around me, all fours (and miranda july) seems to appeal to people in their latter 20s-30s, especially women/queer. but that’s also just the majority of people i follow in the bookspace, so i’m not getting many data points myself! i’m really happy to hear that you had such a strong reaction to it even though it wasn’t “about you” otherworldly is definitely a good term for lispector! which of her works have you read?
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
and thank you! happy to know you’re joining in on malina, too!
@SlothreadersclubАй бұрын
I am yet to find someone who dislikes Sheila Heti. I read her novel Motherhood and I thought to myself - What kind of a bourgeois BS is this?!
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
i was also not a fan of motherhood, nor overly of pure colour. i think i’m in a similar situation as you, where i kind of don’t quite see what there is to adore. but i also think i’m overall more positive on her than you are - there are glimmers of things i like. alphabetical diaries surprised me bc i thought it would be the most insufferable version of heti, and ultimately it kind of won me over
@SlothreadersclubАй бұрын
@@bibliosophie I was so put off by Motherhood that I am reluctant to pick up anything else. Maybe I will give it a go. I have the same problem with Cusk. I am so reluctant to start reading her work because I am very much sure that it will be a very bourgeois experience. As far as I am aware her female protagonists all live in suburbs and suffer from what I like to call bourgeois boredom leading a reader to develop some kind of sympathy for every day problems of the class that detaches itself willingly from the rest of society.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@Slothreadersclub that’s a very apt description! i like cusk much more, but she is extremely bourgeois. honestly, i’m not entirely sure either heti or cusk will appeal to you. who are your favorite authors?
@SlothreadersclubАй бұрын
@@bibliosophie My new favorite author is Alba de Céspedes and for nonfiction is Silvia Federici. I also enjoyed Claudia Piñeiro and Fatima Bhutto. I guess when I read fiction I would like to read what I find in nonfiction - important socio-political topics. Not interested in reading about the bourgeois woman's midlife crisis.
@bibliosophieАй бұрын
@@Slothreadersclub makes sense to me! (even if i can gobble bourgeois thinky crisis up myself ha ha)