#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | Aoril 7, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - Restless Dolly Maunder- Kater Grenville - All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake- Tiya Miles, narrated Janina Edwards - also mentioned- The Five: The Untold Stories of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper- Hallie Rubenheld - The Rose Code- Kate Quinn, narrated Saskia Maarleveld - Beast in the Shadows- Edogawa Rampo, translated - Jaded- Ela Lee, narrated Rose Escoda - also mentioned: Prima Facie- Suzie Miller Currently Reading: - Family Lexicon- Natalia Ginzburg, translated Jenny McPhee - The Dubliners- James Joyce - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - A Love Story- Émile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - Brotherless Night- V.V. Ganeshananathan - How To Say Babylon- Safiya Sinclair Other Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | March 31, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death- Laura Cumming- narrated by Laura Cumming - The Late Monsieur Gallet (#2 of Inspector Maigret series)- Georges Simenon - Great Expectations- Vinson Cunningham - also mentioned Fear and Loathing on the '72 Campaign Trail- Hunter S. Thompson Currently Reading: - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - A Love Story- Émile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - Brandon Taylor's essay in London Review of Books: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n07/brandon-taylor/is-it-even-good - The Dubliners- James Joyce Other Channels mentioned: Sonya @anenthusiasticreader Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | March 24, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - Uncle Paul- Celia Fremlin - Prima Facie- Suzie Miller, narrated by actress Jodie Comer - Fire Rush- Jacqueline Crooks - The Assommoir- Émile Zola, translated Brian Nelson Currently Reading: - A Love Story- Émile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - The Late Monsieur Gallet (#2 or 3 of Inspector Maigret series)- Georges Simenon - The Dubliners- James Joyce - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death- Laura Cumming- narrated by Laura Cumming Other Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#bookhaul UK Book Haul and Surprise Invitation In this video, I share what I bought on my trip to London and share some details of a delightful morning with some luminaries! I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books purchased: - Thérèse Desqueyroux- Francois Mauriac, translated Gerald Hopkins - also mentioned The Dry Heart- Natalia Ginzburg, translated Frances Frenaye - Therese Ranquin- Emile Zola, translated Andrew Rothwell - Pietr the Latvian (Maigret #1)- Georges Simenon, translated David Bellos - Milk Teeth- Jessica Andrews - The Black Unicorn- Audre Lorde - The Rainforest- Olivia Manning - Bad Behaviour- Mary Gaitskill - This is Pleasure- Mary Gaitskill - Elizabeth and Her German Garden- Elizabeth von Arnim - The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (George Smiley # 3) - John Le Carré - The Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan - Hangover Square- Patrick Hamilton - hat tip to Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 for this recommendation! - A Different Sound: Stories from Mid-Century Women Writers- selected by Lucy Scholes - hat tip to Nora on IG at @pear.jelly - Great Italian Stories: Ten Parallel Texts, edited by Jhumpa Lahiri - Midnight Blue- Simone van der Vlugt, translated Jenny Watson - Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin - Hours Before Dawn- Celia Fremlin - Public Library and Other Stories- Ali Smith - Prophet Song- Paul Lynch The lovely people I met, in no particular order (and my deepest apologies for missing some people as I tried to mention everyone in the video): Katie- @katiejlumsden (the most amazing event organizer) Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf Matt @baskinthestory Ben @benreadsgood Bob @BobTheBookerer Robyn@bookendsandbiscuits Gareth @bookssongsandothermagic Oliver @ChaoticBibliophile Charlie @CharlieBrookReads Chattie @ChattieTheMadChatter Charlotte@CoynieReads Eric @EricKarlAnderson Gemma@GemofBooks Jennifer @jenniferlovesbooks Emily@novellenovels Olivia@OliviasCatastrophe Kirsten @ReadingNymph Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Jack@spreadbookjoy Tilly @tillysshelf Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | Feb 25, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - Ordinary Human Failings- Megan Nolan, narrated Jessica Regan - The Heiress- Rachel Hawkins, ensemble narration Dan Bittner, Eliza Foss, John Pirhalla, Patti Murin - The Black Notebook- Patrick Modiano, translated Mark Polizzoti - Honeymoon - After the Circus - Suspended Sentences - So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood - Villa Triste - La Place de L'Etoile - Paris Nocture - Get the Picture: A Mind Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See- Bianca Bosker, narrated Bianca Bosker - Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night- Jerry Saltz, narrated Jerry Saltz Currently Reading: - The Assommoir- Émile Zola, translated Brian Nelson - All Our Yesterdays- Natalia Ginzburg, translated Angus Davidson - Uncle Paul- Celia Fremlin Other Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Best of 2023- Classics: https://youtu.be/cuhV7WTBQGU?si=1cT3Cuc3c1-wEFpk Best of 2023- Translated Fiction: https://youtu.be/H3o1OiaWvko?si=9aa7MskgZAP5J-7p Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#bestbooks2023 #translatedfiction Best of 2023 | Translated Fiction In this video, I share a collection of translated fiction books I loved last year. (And yes, I filmed all day long, into the evening, hence why the lighting looks so weird! ) I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Translated Fiction: Time Shelter- Georgi Gospodinov , translated Angela Rodel Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - Satoshi Yagisawa, translated Eric Ozawa Will and Testament- Vigdis Hjorth, translated Charlotte Barslund A SIlence Shared- Lalla Romano, translated Brian Robert Moore The Forbidden Notebook- Alba de Céspedes, translated Ann Goldstein I Will Write To Avenge My People- Annie Ernaux, translated Allison L. Strayer, Iza's Ballad- Magda Szabo, translated George Szirtes Diary of a Void- Emi Yagi, translated David Boyd Boulder- Eva Balastar, translated Nicole d'Amonville Alegría Still Born- Guadalupe Nettel, translated Rosalind Harvey Other channels mentioned: Natalie @CuriousReader Other videos you may be interested in- Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#bestbooks2023 Best of 2023 | Classics In this video, I share a collection of books I loved in the classic works of literature category last year. (And yes, I filmed all day, into the evening, hence why the lighting looks so weird! ) I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Classics: Deerbrook- Harriet Martineau The Tenant of Wildfell Hall- Anne Brontë The Rougon MacQuart series 1-6 thus far- Émile Zola The Fortune of the Rougons The Kill The Belly of Paris The Conquest of Plassans The Sins of Abbe Mouret His Excellency Eugene Rougon The Portrait of a Lady- Henry James Other channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in- Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#bestbooks2023 Best of 2023 | Backlisted Fiction In this video, I share a collection of books I loved in the category of backlisted books or books written a while ago that aren't necessarily recognized as "classics." These are among the best I read last year, and I wanted to share them with you. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Backlisted fiction: South Riding-Winifred Holtby The Bluest Eye- Toni Morrison Sula- Toni Morrison Beloved- Toni Morrison The Slaves of Solitude- Patrick Hamilton The Bay of Noon- Shirley Hazzard The Evening of the Holiday- Shirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus- Shirley Hazzard The Last Samurai- Helen DeWitt Address Unknown- Katherine Kressmann Taylor Other channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in- Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#bestbooks2023 Best of 2023 | Literary Fiction In this video, I share a collection of books I loved that I am just calling Literary Fiction, though I know that may be a stretch for a few. But they are all recent published works, and not strictly genre books. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Literary fiction(ish): Enter Ghost- Isabella Hammad, narrator Sonia Nasir Let Us Descend- Jesmyn Ward, narrator Jesymn Ward My Phantoms- Gwendoline Riley The Rachel Incident- Caroline O'Donoghue, narrator Tara Flynn The Guest- Emma Cline Big Swiss- Jen Beagin Other videos you may be interested in: Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram