really rad recent reads recap

[@eiwaart]

i feel like you are the most interesting book channel at the moment so sponsors might feel like sending you books for you reviewing but they might also be terrified of how blunt you are, it's at their own risk, but damn that's so refreshing to get this kind of booktube

[@-alittletoowildinthe70s-]

when will you let me out of your basement charles…. it’s getting cold down here…

[@puppy2haley]

Lol - 😂

[@tunafets]

i thought i was the only one down here

[@bookofdust]

@@tunafetsHow big is it down there????

[@megjshark]

“luckily, i didn’t need a box cutter for my head”

[@Wheres_Bunny]

Perfect timing, I was like going to actual cry

[@lilizill]

Me too...

[@Wheres_Bunny]

@@lilizill cry gang🙂‍↕️🥹

[@kiranreader]

i just love the alliteration in today's vid title

[@daphne.bphnix]

Charles, the broad who lived

[@taffyj531]

Nice segue! (Wound care: wash gently with soap and water. Dry. Apply a thin film of Vaseline. Slap on a bandaid.)

[@jcthieman]

I loved the TV show for Gentleman in Moscow. Love when they make a good series into a book!

[@bailagringacovers]

in this house we stan alliteration titles

[@nathansnook]

burp at the end TOOK ME OUTTT so glad that Tom Lake made a mark on you! AI prose perfect is really spot on. idk how kween does it

[@thelefthandedreader6632]

I didn’t need a box cutter for my head is the title of this video. 😊. I love your point here. Great storytelling. It’s actually hard to talk about! In my upcoming video, I’m trying to talk about 2 freaking amazing books I’m reading. Not easy! I’m now going to read Tom Lake. Amen, Ann Patchett. She sums up how memories actually work. Amazing.

[@nicholas7695]

If you haven’t you HAVE TO read Giovannis Room by James Baldwin!! If you’re not convinced give it the first chapter and see how you feel. I feel like you’d really enjoy it.

[@Simmi_]

watching this video in 10 minute segments as breaks between my study sessions for a test, everyone pray for me pls 🙏

[@patriciapendlbury2603]

Thats hilarious😂😂😂 i am 67 and no matter how i lay my arm it has never gone numb but clawing your face was so extremely hilariou

[@kioumim]

I really love your takes on books you read, they are always so interesting to listen to. I often watch booktubers talk about books, but your reviews always have this one good additional thing that i can't seem to figure out what it is. Maybe it is the way you express yourself or the specific words you use ? Idk but good video!

[@koy6116]

Hey Charles, recent fan here. I know you are hesitant about classics, especially when they are translated, however I’d highly recommend the count of Monte Cristo. Also currently reading the secret history I’m loving it, you’ve got good taste!

[@Animaxx010]

Boy, I’m at work! Will watch this secretly lol 🤫

[@taske195]

I take a bath two to three times - a week.

[@lucasboi3102]

his vocab can fix me

[@taffyj531]

You really nailed Ann Patchett's style. I love Auntie Ann's writing, and "Tom Lake" is on my list. "State of Wonder" is probably my favorite AP book, but parts of it annoyed the crap out of me. Has a moving and shocking plot twist. Well done on the entire video.

[@maddiebeth_o]

I had similar feelings about State of Wonder - liked it but man did some parts irritate me! Especially the fact that Ann Patchett has clearly never been to Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It’s just a regular ass suburb and she described it like there are actual prairies there 😂

[@taffyj531]

@@maddiebeth_o 😂😂I don't imagine it's a Garden of Eden either.

[@Larats03]

Liking just for the title

[@jaimee-kate]

I was so nervous to read Amor Towles but I picked up A Gentleman in Moscow in May and WOW, it absolutely blew me away, and became one of my only 5 stars books of the year (ps. Atonement & All the Light are also two of my favorite books!)

[@grff_]

Would you recommend Lincoln highway? I have it and stopped reading after the 30 pages cuz i have no connection to the author and didn't know if the journey would be worth it😅

[@taurossstar]

ahh can’t wait to be at the point in my life where I can just reread my favourites, i love your take on “im just surveying books at the moment” also detested crying in h mart 😿, bumping the joy luck club up my tbr, sounds rad 😼

[@butterfliesareamyth]

The photo used for the cover of Rules of Civility is the cover photo of one of the french editions of The Great Gatsby (it's very confusing) o_o

[@habibaaly5000]

thanks i was ABOUT TO BREAK DOWN

[@riverIl0719]

i like how you “correct” your pronunciation 😢❤❤❤😢❤

[@Lionhearted626]

Yay another good video from Charles!

[@AndyZaturno]

Grow your hair back. ❤❤

[@KenzieCaiii]

Promise me you won’t die someday unconsciously because you rot in your bed too long reading and lost all your senses….

[@shabizlolly8134]

Very rad indeed

[@zuopengxu]

Man looks so good, amazing tastes too

[@fishingtonight404]

wonder video. you are my favorite parasocial relationship. much love

[@-AtomsPhere-]

Great video, Charles. I finished The Secret History and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Now I’m reading “the sympathizer” and I recommend it! It’s a Pulitzer Prize winner, and strangely meandering in an enjoyable way.

[@TirilUtgaard-tf1km]

So gonna try the lovers touch rn

[@isolated_raven2821]

How are you ? Your bluntness and in-depth analysis of books are so refreshing to me idk why , Love them. also do u have any book recs ? I need something to pull me out this feeling after reading a thrist for salt by madeline lucas.

[@f.arah_.a]

If recap, why 55 minutes long… jk im living for it

[@natalieelizabeth9052]

Love the Joy Luck Club!

[@PhilipRice]

I really enjoy your book reviews and thoughts!

[@Mdeline-cn7gq]

And here I was worrying you wouldn’t burp at all for 55 minutes straight

[@Turtlebochkinns]

i saw a first edition copy of atlas shrugged in the bookstore and thought of you 😔 but i’m a coward and can’t be caught with ayn rand at the bookstore counter

[@Wewe-wm3nc]

please please please open a good reads acc

[@evelilys]

i am unnaturally early and for that charles i am sorry

[@deejahj8933]

Ditto.... 😅

[@Gen-yh1jz]

Yes! Book reviews.

[@mattthepageturner9128]

this healed me :3 love u

[@deckchair41]

Charles, have you ever thought of writing your own novel? You would at least have your youtube 'broads' eyes.

[@cantspellrestaraunt]

sometimes scratching scabs scars skin

[@mellowcuddlekins]

Yay! You're back!

[@vesch5083]

"like a lover's caress but pleasant" what kind of lover's caresses are you getting? 😅

[@gpeaches]

Tom Lake was such a flop for me. The mother has told them this story dozens of times! So the plot was propelled by one of them saying "omg I forgot to ask about that", or "omg how did you omit that detail before?". And the story spanned over a week! So you're telling me Lara was monologuing at her adult daughters about story they've already heard and doing so over the span of numerous days??? And all of the girls remained interested and on the edge of their seat waiting to hear more about a story they already know? Get real Ann Patchett! The PC checks also annoyed me. "Omg mom you can't use the word crazy!", "omg mom don't comment about your friends legs!"... I actually had the reverse experience and enjoyed the first 100 pages then got so annoyed with the rest of the book. I enjoyed Dutch House as well, but Tom Lake was not for me. Nice writing but I couldn't get past the premise of a mom monologuing a story her kids already know over the span of a week. And the adult daughters all had the same immature and whiney personality. Still love and support you king

[@nextpageadventure9160]

You crack me up. 🤣

[@amandasantoso843]

so when will u buddy read with me?

[@bohemi17]

heeeey

[@deejahj8933]

Not the point, But Who the FRICK does actually The NY Times..... 🤮

[@LizzylovesLobo]

i miss when u were more underground and 4 hours was early…. too many fans Charles.., 👎