March Reading Wrap Up | 2023
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Күн бұрынA very belated #MarchReadingWrapUp for you all today, chatting about (you guessed it) all the books I read last month. Well, with the exception of two as you’ll see. I didn’t edit this one so it’s a bit of a lengthy number (ooer) so settle down with a refreshment and I hope you enjoy! #ReadingWrapUp #BookTube
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Books Mentioned…
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Isaac and the Egg by Bob Palmer
Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon
Pessimism is for Lightweights by Salena Godden
Jollof Rice and other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
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@katrinaandallthebooks7993 Жыл бұрын
So agree on the estranged families, people expect you to accept actions by them that they would never expect you to accept from a partner.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Or a friend. And my friends are the family I choose to have.
@michelle.planteachread.413 Жыл бұрын
I know it doesn't matter if people disagree on opinions on books, but the absolute thrill of sharing the love of a book is just joyful. Clytemenestra was everything you said, I adored my experience reading it. Especially before I started to hear people talking about it. Pure joy ❤
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I think agreeing and disagreeing on books can both bring their own thrills. Especially if the latter is polite. So pleased you enjoyed Clytemnestra as much as I did.
@Steffi74ify Жыл бұрын
I have loved my 40s so far...there isn't much left in them, but looking forward to 50!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I think I’m going to love every decade more and more. That’s the plan anyway.
@spexi513 Жыл бұрын
Dig Ben Reads Good! His love of Bewilderment sealed the deal that I’ll be a subscriber for life, but overall I can’t recall disagreeing w you on any books thus far, but a couple ( literally 2 😂) w him, so long story long = gonna pass on Women talking . Ty for another 💎 video. HBD MONTH . 📖🪱💚
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hahaha maybe you should try Women Talking to see anyway. That could be interesting. I think it’s a book you know quite quickly if it’s for you or not.
@leeh4343 Жыл бұрын
“Wordy crack” is a perfect description of TJR’s writing - glad you enjoyed Malibu Rising otherwise that would have been that for us🤣🤣🤣 I DNFed Women Talking so there’s that as well. And now I’m super excited for Clytemnestra which I picked up the other day 😊
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy Clytemnestra as much as I did. Such a corker. I’m so chuffed I started reading TJR last year.
@rinceyreads Жыл бұрын
Yes to Secret Lives of Church Ladies! So fantastic. And I put Jollof Rice on hold at my library
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh I hope you enjoy Jollof Rice. I loved it. *almost as much as Secret Lives.
@wendycayless Жыл бұрын
So glad you loved The Secret Lives of Church Ladies!🍑
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I thought it was brilliant.
@sarahwallace2585 Жыл бұрын
Simon, I'm estranged from my family of birth and definitely empathise and agree about how difficult it is ❤
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I can imagine that’s very very difficult. Mines only been a few years but it’s tough. It’s also necessary.
@katrinaandallthebooks7993 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see the TJR video idea
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I feel like it’s a summer video waiting to happen.
@robgst100 Жыл бұрын
Love the new format of going worst to best. And yes, 100% agreed on Women Talking. I love the other Toews I’ve read, but it also left me so cold (perfect description).
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Ha. I might not do worst to best every month. Especially with so many women’s prize books next month, I don’t want anyone knowing my order of preference of them until the last possible minute… in June. Hahaha.
@cindyhaiken5644 Жыл бұрын
Desperately waiting for Clytemnestra to appear in my hoods pile at the library. Three cheers for Joanna Cannon! You have convinced me to read Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions. Very much looking forward to your WP shortlist predictions video!!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
The predictions will be over on my mother’s channel because I’m being very generous. There’ll be a vlog and a reaction video (hopefully) on here… so lots of women’s prize content ahead. Woohoo.
@bibliosophie Жыл бұрын
once again reminded I need to pick up The Secret Lives of Church Ladies at some point. I'm utterly intrigued by Isaac and the Egg!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh you MUST get to The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
@clairebanks1903 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon I also loved Secret Lives of Church Ladies and agree one of best short story collections I have read One of others is Daphne Du Maurice’s collection of short stories
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
It’s just so good. I loved the sauciness and the frankness felt really refreshing. Daphne is great with novels and short stories.
@booksthehausdown Жыл бұрын
I also really love Nigerian fiction! Almost every book I’ve picked up I’ve really loved!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Yes, same. I can never quite articulate why though.
@lindaleehall Жыл бұрын
Loved Clytemnestra. She has always been one of my heroes. Her story also fleshed out her sister Helen as more than a blond bimbo.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yes. I meant to say that. Completely agree. Helen got layers.
@gailhewitt1467 Жыл бұрын
I've added Key in the Lock, and A Tidy Ending to my list. My dipping of my toe into the world of Greek retellings came to an abrupt end after slogging my way through the second half of Song of Achilles. But Clytemnestra sounds fascinating so might try again. Thanks for a fab wrap up!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Ha. I absolutely loved The Song of Achilles so maybe don’t heed my advice on myth retellings. Or at least hear that in mind.
@creationspast.janebowell1903 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Simon ! 📚 Really interesting as always and I am looking forward to Clytemnestra when I get a minute.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
@wooshell11 Жыл бұрын
I have Black Cake, Key in the Lock, Wayward and Isaac & the Egg on my TBR and very much looking forward to reading them in May, hopefully.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy them whenever you get to them 📚
@cecilialau_ Жыл бұрын
The natural lighting in the beginning of the video was absolutely mesmerising btw 💛 Also loved to hear you love your age. - Really looking forward to you and your mum speaking on your reading experience with the women’s prize longlist ☀️ Would be a treat to watch an author spotlight and/or backlist experience if you want to do them at some point.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh I’ve done a few of those but am definitely keen to bring them back and do them when those authors and I cross reading paths for sure. Love a naturally lit video, though can be tricky to get the timing right.
@d.m.3133 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon! I added Black Cake to my library app.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when you get to it.
@leannerenowden Жыл бұрын
I’d LOVE a TJR vlog on the most current 4 books, that’d be amazing 😊
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I’ve read all but Evelyn so couldn’t vlog the latest four but could do the first four.
@leannerenowden Жыл бұрын
@@SavidgeReads ah of course, sorry my misunderstanding. Dare I say the first four aren’t as good? I love TJR; Evelyn was a turning point in her writing.
@Nickelini Жыл бұрын
Simon, please don't give up on Mariam Toews (and Yay! to saying her name right). I find her books very different from each other and what appeals to one person might not strike another
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
No plans to give up on her. Will give her another try at some point for sure.
@valdeane6435 Жыл бұрын
Am breathing a sigh of relief with regard to Women Talking! Thought it was just me! I know you have hauled it - but am so looking forward to your thoughts on In Memoriam - which I think may well be my book of the year!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard sooooo many good things about Memoriam. I’m hoping to get to it in the not too distant future. I think there’s a few of us who weren’t sure about Women Talking. So nice to not be alone.
@dianedickson6366 Жыл бұрын
Am just finishing The Key in the Lock and I have really loved it. I don’t go easily to historic fiction but this was so well written and the characters were brilliantly drawn. Black Cake sounds intriguing. I read A Tidy Ending and found it okay but I don’t think I appreciated it as much as you did. Fascinating wrap up. Thank you.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
We can’t all love the same books so no biggie on A Tidy Ending. Glad you loved The Key in the Lock.
@angelacase3123 Жыл бұрын
Evelyn Hugo is my fave TJR. I'm jealous you've still got to read it. Midway through Tidy Ending at the min and saving Clytemenstra for my Summer.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy Clytemnestra when you get to it. As I hope I enjoy Evelyn when I get to her.
@SelinaAllinson Жыл бұрын
Ow thanks for all the wonderful content you make Simon ❤ Love the channel. I'm attempting to read all of the Women's Prize longlist this year. I usually only get through the shortlist but I'm really enjoying the challenge 💪🏻 It will feel a bit lighter once I finish Demon! I like your T-shirt btw 🩶 My daughter is called Sunny 😊
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh you should check out CJ Reads and her Sunny’s Book Truck and merch. That’s where I get these and many more tops from. So glad you’re enjoying the content and the longlist.
@SelinaAllinson Жыл бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Thank you! I will do 😁💕
@michalaharesnape5434 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you about ‘Women Talking’ I was so disappointed, I just couldn’t get in to it at all. I also loved ‘Weyward’, the revenge aspects were soooo good, very satisfying. I recently enjoyed ‘The cat who saved books’ by Sosuke Natsukawa, it’s such a lovely book about books! Thanks Simon, looking forward to hearing your Women’s prize shortlist predictions x
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh not long to go. Hoping to have that video out on mums channel on Tuesday and a women’s prize reading vlog on my channel the same day. It’s a huge vlog, I’ve just been editing just two thirds of it and still have a few days of filming ahead.
@benreadsgood Жыл бұрын
Nooooo my first Savidge burn
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
May it be the first of many 😉
@spexi513 Жыл бұрын
I lied I’m not finished- 7 Husbands, IMO, is her best !
@GreenBitterfly Жыл бұрын
As the daughter of a man who was estranged from one of his parents and his sibling, I empathise with people who are estranged from family members, although I don't directly know what it is like, I understand what a difficult and painful situation it can be.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
It’s not ideal. But sometimes it’s just the way things are.
@kathleenwalsh3556 Жыл бұрын
Hi Simon great haircut and lovely long video, listened to while sorting recipes. Agree, food, glorious food. Not read any of those (been rdg about Putin) but definitely want2 read J Cannon. Reading The Twyford Code. Do read The Appeal whenu can, but I know so many books.....
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I was put off The Appeal… by my mother 😮 Imagine. I am realising that the older I get and the more books are published, the more I look for a reason not to read something than read it. Isn’t that weird. That said if it ever ends up on my shelves I may get to it one day, having remembered your recommendation 😉
@kathleenwalsh3556 Жыл бұрын
@@SavidgeReads yeah i think Jen wasnt keen but lauren of Lauren and the books's husband!!!!!, David gobbled it up. As did i. Oh btw u were talking about friends n i was after saying that my hedge was v v unfriendly, v demanding , always wanting cutting. I call it the f******hedge.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 Жыл бұрын
Best book read so far this month is Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Now in the midst of Australian crime fiction Dead Mans Creek by Chris Hammer 🍀👋☘️📕📖💐📚☕️
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooh very antipodean reading from you on both fronts there.
@slbc812 Жыл бұрын
I really liked Black Cake, too. Currently reviewing it for my book club tomorrow night. I forgot about some of the twists!
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Ooh how did the book club get on with it!
@slbc812 Жыл бұрын
For the most part we all really liked it. Definitely looking forward to the next one by this author 😊
@mradcaqbdb Жыл бұрын
1000% agree about Clytemnestra. It’s currently my favorite book of the year. This book was what myth retellings should all strive to be. I love the reverence she had for the characters and the stories. I’m still working up the nerve for Stone Blind. It should be a slam dunk because I love the Medusa story, but then your mum mentioned that she takes the piss out of Perseus a bit and that put me right off. As I said about Clytemnestra, the reverence to the stories and characters is important to me. But I will pick it up at some point. There were a couple others in this video that I want to read as well. Funny how we see the ratings differently. I always equate 5-1 ratings to A, B, C, D, F grades in school. So 3 or 3.5 is a C or C+ which isn’t a good grade for me. 🤷♀️
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
It is funny how we grade things, also very arbitrary, 7/10 is really good to me lol. I think mum, and I have to agree, feel Perseus needs the piss taking out of him to be honest. I found it refreshing, though in a very different way from Clytemnestra. I think the difference though.
@mradcaqbdb Жыл бұрын
@@SavidgeReads I’d rather she document his faults and misdeeds than make him a buffoon. But I still want to read it… for Medusa. And I see 7 out of ten as 70%, which isn’t a great grade in school. I need to let that go. I’ve not been in school for nearly 40 years. 😱 I do give mostly 4s and 5s out of 5 on my books. If I give a three, the book is seriously meh.
@cathrineboysen1017 Жыл бұрын
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@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
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@62comet Жыл бұрын
Well Happy Birthday. I would say 30s. I’m 53 and you def can pass for mid-later 30s.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oh you absolute charmer. Hahaha. Thank you.
@62comet Жыл бұрын
Ha I’m a Libra. We are charming!
@susprime7018 Жыл бұрын
Ditto on Women Talking, which I purchased as a new release in hardback based on Margaret Atwood's blurb (angered by the book), an unpopular opinion, oh well. I too loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, but I will give the one you spoke of a pass, thank you. I think it is probably best to read books of an author in publication order, keeps you from buying them over again, when you can no longer remember if you read that one or not, which gives away the fact that I seldom read an author's works by publication order.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I think Women Talking was meant to anger, just maybe not in the way it made us angry. Hahaha.
@sniffingthesheets Жыл бұрын
Great to hear your thought on Malibu Rising. Just finished Evelyn Hugo and LOVED IT. Oddly, Daisy Jones didn't work for me. Also, why does 7/10 sound so much better than 3.5/5 😂
@sniffingthesheets Жыл бұрын
Ooo and it's about siblings! I'm sold. The older I get the more I value my sibs :)
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I loved Daisy but Chris didn’t which I found interesting and has sparked some discussion in the Savidge household. 7/10 is better sounding than 3.5/5.
@sniffingthesheets Жыл бұрын
@@SavidgeReads interesting. I don't know if it was the music theme for me and/ or the style it's written in but something really didn't gel with it for me
@gilltaber2187 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Simon. It's been one of those days so I am sitting here stuffing cherry bakewells and Bounty bars whilst watching you and you are lifting my mood. I have Bitter Orange next on my list so I hope it will take me out of myself as well as you do 🦊🐱📖
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Oooooh I loooooooove Cherry Bakewell’s. I’m originally from a town next to Bakewell. They are a treat. Glad I could lift your mood.
@r.enee.morris Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy Women Talking. I recommend listening to it on audio, that helps I think with the many voices. Although I don’t agree with the need to go deeper with each character I found the overall collective made sense for the decision being made for the community as a whole. Anyway I’ll stop going on now. 😂😂😂
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha. Never stop. I love a good book discussion and am fascinated and intrigued by how books can evoke such different responses in different readers. I think it’s fascinating. I think audio could have been a good call. I just found it so hard, in print, to differentiate the women even with their differing views, which made it all a muchness and less nuanced for me.
@kirstypritchard2872 Жыл бұрын
What a corkin wrap up 😂 I e been put off by the liz nugent book , it does sound good but I read lying in wait by her and found it so boring 🙈🙈🙈📚
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm I am going to see how I get on with Little Cruelties or whatever it’s called next and give her a second chance but if that’s no good, we’re through. Hahaha. Liz and I, I mean.
@katrinamuritala3207 Жыл бұрын
I’m reading black cake at the moment also I don’t you don’t read middle grade much Elle mcnicoll books are so good one has just been made on the bbc all the children in her books have disabilities
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy Black Cake as much as I did.
@jacquiheywood3142 Жыл бұрын
Hope you told the moaners to bugger off. So now you can't mention the name of authors you know or are friends with, otherwise you risk annoying people? LOL They need to get a life. Thanks for some new book reccies. I also have become addicted to TJR Word-Crack. Safer than the other type of crack. Read 'The 7 Husbands'....its brill.
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I politely told them that they’d given me the first laugh of the morning and to not watch my next vlog as I was having fun with my friends in it, which they would undoubtedly hate. Hahaha.
@spexi513 Жыл бұрын
Also :so random ( wrong video!) & obviously live your life & read what YOU want, but when I heard the fruit prompt i immediately imagined you reading Larger Than an Orange . I haven’t so perhaps I’m projecting or front lining you bc I’m curious about it 😂. Ok FR I’m finished Blahdiggityblah-ing 📖🪱💚
@SavidgeReads Жыл бұрын
I’ve not even heard of Larger Than An Orange. Ha.
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