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Week of Reading | Dec 1, 2024
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Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | Dec 1, 2024

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | Dec 1, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am progressing through, and what I 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: - The Rainbow- Yasunari Kawabata, translated Hadyn Trowell - A Perfect Day to be Alone- Nanae Aoyama, translated Jesse Kirkwood - Tokyo Express- Seichō Mstsumoto, translated Jesse Kirkwood - Paint It Black- Janet Fitch - also mentioned White Oleander - The Revolution of Marina M and Chimes at a Lost Cathedral - Transit- Outlines #2- Rachel Cusk - Scaffolding- Lauren Elkin Currently Reading: - Orlando King- Isabel Colegate - Table for Two- Amor Towles - also mentioned Gentleman in Moscow Possible Reads: - Intermezzo- Sally Rooney Other Channels mentioned: Kazen @AlwaysDoing 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
Women in Translation Month | Pile of Possibilities
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Hardcover Hearts

Women in Translation Month | Pile of Possibilities

#WIT #WITPOP Women in Translation Month pile of possibilities 2024 In this video, I share a pile of possible books I would like to read for this Women in Translation Month. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books mentioned: - The Time of Cherries- Monserrat Roig, translated Julia Sanches - The End of Days- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated Susan Bernofsky - The Paris Trilogy- Colombe Schneck, translated Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer - Her Side of the Story- Alba de Cespedes, translated Jill Foulston - They Say Sarah- Pauline Delabroy-Allard. translated Adriana Hunter - Forgotten on Sunday- Valerie Perrin, translated Hildegard Serle - She Came to Stay- Simone de Beauvoir, translated Yvonne Moyse and Roger Senhouse 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
Recent Reads | July 28, 2024
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Hardcover Hearts

Recent Reads | July 28, 2024

#recentreads #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | July 28, 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: - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop- Satoshi Yagisawa, translated Eric Ozawa - Inspector Imanishi Investigates- Seichō Matsumoto, translated Beth Cary - The House Keepers - Alex Hay - The Glass Maker- Tracy Chevalier Currently Reading: - A Time in Rome- Elizabeth Bowen - Mrs. S- K Patrick - Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan - The Trouble with Mrs. Montgomery Hurst- Katie Lumsden - also mentioned The Secrets of Hartwood Hall Channels mentioned: Katie @katiejlumsden 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
Week of Reading | July 7, 2024
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Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | July 7, 2024

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | July 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: - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - Loved and Missed- Susie Boyt - Mayflies- Andrew O'Hagan - Midnight Blue- Simone Van Der Vlugt, translated Jenny Watson Currently Reading: - Nana - Èmile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop- Satoshi Yagisawa, translated Eric Ozawa - Selected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen- intro by Tessa Hadley - Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan 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
The Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag
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Hardcover Hearts

The Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

#midyearbookfreakouttag Tag Originated by IsThatChami: video no longer on YouTube The prompts 1. Best book you have read so far this year 2. Best sequel you've read so far this year 3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022. 5. Biggest disappointment this year. 6. Biggest surprise this year. 7. Favourite new author. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry this year. 11. Book that made you happy this year. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year. 13. What do you need to read by the end of the year? The Books mentioned: James- Percival Everett Long Island (Eillish Lacey #2- Colm Tóibín) The Details- Ia Genberg, translated Kira Josefson Crooked Plow- Itamar Vieira Junior, translated Johnny Lorenz Kairos- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated Michael Hofmann Soldier Sailor- Claire Killroy Her Side of the Story- Alba de Céspedes, translated Jo Foulston Table For Two- Amor Towles Undiscovered- Gabriela Wiener, translated Julia Sanches You Dreamed of Empires- Álvaro Enrigue, translated Natasha Wimmer Assommoir- Émile Zola. (Gervaise), translated Brian Nelson Natalia Ginzberg's works Heartstoppers Vol 5- Alice Oseman The Secrets of Hartwood Hall- Kaite Lumsden Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Katie @katiejlumsden Eric @EricKarlAnderson Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 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
Week of Reading | April 28, 2024
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Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | April 28, 2024

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | April 28, 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: - You Dreamed of Empires- Álvaro Enrigue, translated Natasha Wimmer, narrated Gabriel Porras - also mentioned Sudden Death - Sociopath- Patric Gagne - Dominoes- Phoebe McIntosh - Undiscovered- Gabriela Weiner, translated Julia Sanches Currently Reading: - A Love Story - Émile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - Family Lexicon- Natalia Ginzburg - Happiness, As Such- Natalia Ginzburg - The Hotel- Elizabeth Bowen - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - The Wren, The Wren- Anne Enright Want to Read Soon- The Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan The Last Summer in the City- Gianfranco Galligariche, translated Howard Curtis 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
Week of Reading | April 7, 2024
32:56
Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | April 7, 2024

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | April 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
Week of Reading | March 31, 2024
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Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | March 31, 2024

#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
Week of Reading | March 24, 2024
26:42
Hardcover Hearts

Week of Reading | March 24, 2024

#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

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