I love the shot with the light cut out in the background, your outfit, the fire and pup wandering. Great quality and content! (The edits are going next level - excited to see what 2024 holds for your channel)🎉❤

Looking forward to your next video of reviews!

Just discovered your channel…Love it! Also, the pooch is a sweet zen touch of levity … I have a few recommendations among a gazillion …The Map & The Territory by Michel Houellebecq, Stoner by John Williams, The Known World by Edward P Jones if you haven’t read them already … I thoroughly loved the bee sting … many complained about the ending … but I felt it fit well … I’m eager to read a bunch of the books you mentioned … Prophet Song… The Birthday Party … The Gospel ….etc … more recommendations … Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders … The Beginning & The End by Naguib Mahfouz … there’s an anthology of one act plays called Telling Tales edited by Eric Lane that are intense …if you like poetry you may enjoy Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery … have a great day ! 😊

Love the music and that red jacket is stunning

😂 @ struggled not to use southern accent- Demon Copperhead is probably my fav read of ‘23 & I read a sh**ton of bangers- I Also read Still Born , Chain Gang Allstars, Study For Obedience, Wandering Souls, Black Butterflies, The Bandit Queens & The Bee Sting this year. Read Prophet Song last week & I’m confident it’ll be one of my favorites of ‘24. PS: love this whole outside aesthetic/ambiance 📖🪱💚

You have inspired me to get back to the prize books sitting on my shelves. And I'm going to change gears and switch to The Birthday Party next. I wish I was talented enough to knit while listening to audiobooks but found I either get enthralled in the story and screw up my knitting or count out my stitches and find I missed much of the story. You live in a lovely part of the world - where I would expect it to be covered in a deep blanket of snow.

I loved Study for Obedience and the author’s writing style/choices! That book has stayed with me and thus made my top 10 for 2023

Great list! New to the channel and found you through this video. I know that this isn’t one of the book awards that you said you follow, but it Chain-Gang All-Stars was actually nominated for the National Book Award (States). Love seeing it on your list! It was my favorite of the year. I’ve been wanting to check out Study For Obedience and Black Butterflies. Both sound amazing. The Bee Sting is everywhere right now! 😅 I suppose I’ll have to read it after all of these rave reviews. I just got Wandering Soul from my library and am really looking forward to it. I’m skeptical about Prophet Song due to its formatting. I don’t love that style of writing where things just run on and on. Maybe I’ll try it as an audiobook. Adding Still Born to the TBR. I also have never want to have children, so I’ll be curious about the emotional impact. The Bandit Queens 🙌 I have this on my bookshelf. Love the concept for it. I’ve actually never heard of your favorite book, so I’ll definitely have to go check it out now. I’ve subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing more of your content soon!

A lovely presentation . I do think I would like all of them

Best wishes with your reading choices in 2024. Hope you get some great reads. Good luck.

I just found your channel🎉 What a great list! I have not read them all, but I just finished The Bandit Queen last night. I read it in one day because I couldn't put it down. Also LOVED Boulder. We need more books like these 2! ❤

Inspiring list and great camp fire!❤

👏🏾👏🏾 I agree! I read The Birthday Party in December and it is a masterpiece of suspense. It’s was both agonizing (as in slow motion) and enthralling at the same time. I will be thinking about it for a long time. I thought Black Butterflies was simply a brilliant and beautiful debut - I couldn’t put it down. I haven’t gotten to Prophet Song, but I am going to pick up Wandering Souls tonight before it’s due back to the library. I was looking forward to your 2023 wrap up, thank you!

The Bandit Queens and Black Butterflies are in my top reads this year. Prophet Song missed out for me, but I did think it was a worthy Booker winner, I preferred The House of Doors and Pearl on the list. Demon Copperhead was my top read last year. Theres a few there still on my TBR. Happy to hear that you had an excellent reading year.