Reading this book made me want to call my mom tbh.

"to read deeply instead of widely" ❤

reading is like a detox for the mind. a great way to engage your imagination!

you just made me realize that I'm suffering through the same ordeal of trying to academize (idk if that's a word) reading books when I started reading to understand a larger pov in the first place. I have forgotten what that feels like because I constantly put pressure on myself to find themes and symbolism and analyze every line yada yada from the books I read or "I am not smart enough" which probably explain why I an in a reading slump rn. great video! so glad I subscribed

thank you for using library books. in other book vlogs, they usually buy all the books brand new and let it sit on their shelves for years.

youtube is so true for putting your channel on my feed

I’m all for reading slow and truly absorbing the material. Try to annotate, write down your thoughts and opinions. And contemplate after you finish. But sometime I want don’t want to stop to think haha.

this video actually made me want to start reading again. Thank you

as a new 'woman' who is having trouble navigating life and learning all the things needed to survive, i heavily relate to what you said about feeling anger towards the lack of help and preparation from older people around me. i think this video helped me take my first step towards growth by learning to use reading as a way to gain my own skills instead of looking to other people to pass them to me. you might not have meant it as deeply as this, but i just wanted to share how much this helped me :) thanks so much hunter!

Just few scenes watching you read made me want to read

Hi Hunter! I love the solitude that comes with picking up a book and sitting down to read it. It feels like an intimate moment or sometimes a casual conversation with the author (or sometimes a bigger community). I feel connected to other people who also pick up books and spend the time reading. Whether I engage in sharing my thoughts with others or consuming fandom merchandise, events, or posts online - it’s all so simple but can be complex when I sit down to think about it. Thank you for sharing how you broke down how you have a discussion with the books you consume. I value writing and reading and this made me feel validated! Your takeaways from this book was awesome to hear. I appreciate the hard work you’ve put into understanding your own thoughts from the book and then being willing to share these golden nuggets with us. You’re the best Hunter!!

This is the first time I landed on this channel. I love books, but I also love mitski. And almost do the same things as you do after reading a book. And that's why I related so much with your rating system. I never hated any book I read. I picked up books that interested me and ended up falling deeply in love with them. I did not read too many books in my lifetime. Just the harry Potter series and handful during the lockdown. But every book changed something in me, brought something new to my life. I found new perspectives to look at things. There has not been a single video on KZfaq which I related so much with.

I had to skip the bulk because I didn’t want spoilers for this book. It’s on my TBR. But super happy I came across your channel. Following to see more! Love your style and storytelling here.

I know the main focus of this video is on how to engage with your books in a meaningful way. But on the topic of the book you discussed: 1.) Harpman was a Belgian born writer, not Dutch, Belgium has 3 main languages (dutch, french and german) while the Netherlands have only 1: Dutch. 2.) I think it's also interesting to look at the author and the context where the author lived in, Harpman was grew up during nazi-regime and had to flee the country. Knowing this will also enrich your interpretation and I just think nothing exists in just a vessel, there's always a broader context whether intentional or not. It's also one of my fave books that's why im so passionate.

Reading Deeply is soooo important and has been my reading goal for the past couple of years. I think going in with that intention changes the experience so entirely. You put it all sooo wonderfully here. This is a great video!!! your words are sooo appreciated :)

i’m so grateful this video found me , , i’ve been in a reading slump for a while now as i like to analyse the text , highlight parallels and things of that nature , i’ve always took my time with reading yet i’ve noticed it’s took me longer due to kinda making it a chore ? academically in a way too , i’ve told myself that i don’t always have to do this and that sometimes , you can just sit and read for enjoyment , this video reminded me of that and i appreciate it very much :) p.s , i’m totally needing to read this book you’ve been discussing !

you have such a way of talking, of getting your thoughts across through speech. as you were going through your reflection of the book - what is the author trying to say, how did they communicate, and how did the book make me feel - i couldnt help but reflect on one of my recently read books along with you. those are such helpful questions to ask yourself after a read! i think it makes you carry the story with you for a lot longer. thank you for sharing them xx

this was such a great video omg!! imma need more book videos (personally I particularly enjoy these in depth talks about books you read/ you’ve read) 💗💗

I’m so grateful I found your channel today! Im trying to read deeply books and this has made me reflect on so many ways!! Thanks❤

Awesome video, somehow I‘ve been watching videos about reading for years and this is only the first time I hear someone encouraging slow reading. ty

This video conceptualised and put into words a lot of thoughts that have been swirling in my head around overconsumption and what it means to be a 'reader' in a digital age. I'm looking forward to the direction of your channel and hearing your other perspectives :)

I just discovered your channel! Thanks to the youtube algorithm. This makes me want to read intentionally and deeply. ✨

I’m about to start using these questions to help me with my reading journal! Thank you so much for sharing

I rarely comment on videos but this video was exceptional! I loved how you make connections from the book to yourself. That is a great way of thinking/analyzing literature. Anyway I just wanted to leave this comment because I really enjoy how you think about books and are welcoming to new readers. (Especially those like me who are introspective and fell out of love for reading due to the school system). Thank you so so much for sharing this video! ❤

I randomly came across your channel. And I subscribed right away. You are wonderful! The way you word things effortlessly sums up things that most of us have a hard time saying out loud. 🙏 keep doing you! Xoxo

Since it's summer break and I got this little time for myself, I make sure to feed my mind with the books I am genuinely interested in! Thanks algorithm for this content! Definitely subscribed!

As in incoming grad student this is perfect. I agree that social media makes us already determine a book before we read it but I’ve always been slow reader and it’s not because i am a slow reader. It’s because i annotate and think deeply in the books I read. I’m also a writer, so i also study how an author (and fiction as well) write their books to convey a story. I will definitely be adding these questions to my grad school journey🌸also… you’re editing is amazing and I thought you had thousands of subscribers by how nicely you edit with b-roll and all. You deserve more recognition! ☺️

Love the long book description 🙏🏽

Needed this reminder so bad

I came across this video, I only watched the beginning, and I knew I had to read this book... well I just finished it, and its one of the best books Ive ever read in my life. I wanted to thank you because Ive never heard of this book before, and your video was a very nice way of discovering this masterpiece. I watched the full video, and I really enjoyed it, thank you.

new favourite youtuber

Hi, i just discovered your channel, i love the way you talks about books ! i love RF Kuang, Mitski and i definitely want to read this book (especially bc i'm french). i hope i will see you soon for others videos 🩷

This video made me feel peace and want ro read this book

I think reading deeply has more overall benefit for not only the reader but the author as well because they are truly being understood through their writing. Thank you for posting and encouraging a deeper understanding.

Such a cool thoughtful video that found me just at the right moment!

I’m so happy I found your KZfaq channel

My new favorite channel!!

Omg this book was amazing!! I read it a couple months ago I’m glad I stumbled upon this vid to think abt it again

I adore your views on this book and reading.

I remember in secondary school I would go to the library every week for new books, it was soo easy to read, now, I’ve been obsessed with the same series since 2020 and haven’t finished another book since, idk

Thank you for this❤

I think I am going to read this book. Even though your video was enough to make me realise how distant and ignorant I have become of the women in my life ( my mother and grandmother) I have had similar issues because my father wasn't there with me and I was raised by my grandmother, I somewhat didn't understand her way of thinking. I still don't. Which is why I want to read this book.

Hello! I am so glad KZfaq decided to put this video of yours on my feed lol. I love the way you express your thoughts, it makes me feel special because I relate to them. I feel like not completely for sure, but in a way, I share the same spot as you. This is how I see reading as well. I can read with joy because I relate to author in some way, even when they tell something I didn't go through at all. We all share some same spot in life as human beings. That is the beauty of human nature and books. Oh I think I talked too much sorry haha. But I really appriciate this video. Thank you! So much love from me. -Selin

Thank you for sharing.

You deserve a lot of more followers❤

you’ve earned a subscriber! this is all the stuff i’ve thought about

I just found this channel and I love it so much already 💋💌💕

I love this video. If you have any more book recommendations Id love to see them.

I enjoy reading books too! Although I am not satisfied with the translated editions, I am not proficient enough to read English-edition books on my own. With the help of the web extension Immersive Translate, I can grasp the basic meaning of the passages. I hope I can get closer to these intriguing books.

What a terrific video!

Ugh love this!!!! ❤ Hawaii girlies stand up

More vids about reading and writing ❤

i love this video so much. thank you for sharing

You are super cool! Thanks for this!!!

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Thank you for this video, it has really been eye opening, showing that I have definelty not been reading deeply. I plan to implement these questions into my free reading. Also, do you have any book recomendations? I know you did a video on what you would read as an english lit major, but what about just regular free reading?

very well made video! I definitely feel like the recent "book community" are focusing much more on quantity over quality while reading. pressuring us to feel the need to consume and buy books for the vanity of it instead of doing it as a way to explore and widen our mind.

Nice video, thank you. Random thing to point out, but for you video editing, look at adjusting your white balance. Your skin tone here off, it's a bit greeny-yellow. You'll want to add a little magenta to balance out the greens (and maybe blue to counter the yellow; but a nice yellow tone is good tbh, it makes it look sunny).

I see "I Who Have Never Known Men" on the thumbnail, I click

It's funny, when I read this book I thought of the Mitski song I Bet on Losing Dogs 👀

Comme beaucoup j'ai grandi dans la lecture, je lisais énormément et vite, et ait fini par abandonner l'activité vers le début de l'adolescence. J'ai, comme toi, appris très récemment à apprécier à nouveau la lecture. J'essayais déjà depuis quelques temps mais ayant beaucoup changé entre mon enfance et maintenant (né dans la fin des années 90 aussi) j'ai observé que ma lecture d'enfant était certes très rapide mais très superficielle, je ne retenais pas grand chose, alors j'ai souhaité en tant qu'adulte reprendre la lecture en prenant mon temps, mais le processus était trop ennuyeux, je me dispersais et perdais intérêt. Puis l'été dernier j'ai voulu lire un de mes passages préférés de mon livre préféré à une personne que j'apprécie, ça lui a plu (à la fois le passage et le fait que je lui lise), et j'ai continué à lui envoyer des messages vocaux de moi lui lisant des passages, voir même des petits livres en entier. Malheureusement on s'est un peu éloignés mais j'ai appris pendant cette période que j'appréciais énormément faire la lecture, pas seulement lire, mais lire pour quelqu'un, lire pour les autres, à voix haute. J'ai donc créé un compte twitch, un compte youtube (celui-ci) et je me suis mit à lire à voix haute, en direct, et à poster les lectures sur youtube, pour me donner l'impression de faire la lecture à quelqu'un et qu'accessoirement ça puisse servir à quelqu'un d'intéressé par une lecture audio de ce que je lis. J'ai commencé ça en octobre et je compte 66 lectures d'une heure en moyenne, je suis à mon 6ème livre, et je me retrouve beaucoup dans ta vidéo, dans l'aspect introspectif d'un côté mais aussi dans l'aspect relâchement, de prendre son temps. Lire à voix haute oblige à lire à rythme de parole, même plus lentement en général, ça oblige aussi à prendre des intonations différentes, selon le ton du discours ou le caractère du personnage, et ce jeu en dit sur moi, sur comment je m'exprime, ma diction, mon rythme, ma manière d'interpréter les phrases, etc. Tout ce processus m'a permis d'un côté d'améliorer mon expression à l'oral, mais aussi de m'ouvrir à un aspect théâtral de la lecture, et me force à peser chaque phrase, chaque mot, même si toute cette démarche peut parfois faire perdre le sens de ce qu'on lit et nous tirer dans une lecture automatique, la plupart du temps ça me permet au contraire de mieux mémoriser, car chaque passage est davantage vécu que s'il n'était lu que dans ma tête, et je trouve que ça correspond bien à ta démarche et ce que tu promeus. Je partage ça ici parce que je n'ai pas vraiment de lecteurs ou de gens intéressés par la lecture dans mon entourage, et je me dis que ça peut servir à quelqu'un qui, comme moi, serait tombé sur cette vidéo par hasard et n'aurait pas encore considéré la possibilité de lire à voix haute, ça peut être une solution, pour soi mais aussi pour connecter avec d'autres personnes :) Merci pour ta vidéo, j'espère que la traduction ne dénaturera pas trop le sens de mon discours si tu ne parles pas français, et je pense que j'irai lire le livre dont tu parles dans cette vidéo, je ne suis pas une femme mais les thématiques du livre et la manière dont tu en parle m'intéressent beaucoup !

Naturally overtime I have begun to read books that are only written by women. I have started reading introspectively to understand myself and the women in my life better. Even if I can't see myself in the words, I can see my aunt or my grandmother or mother. I can understand better the roles we played in each other's lives, and why certain decisions were made. Why they act in this frustrating way. Why I act this way. It's only been very healing on my end, and I want them to read these books and to know that I understand them better. And even if it's not understanding why, it's understanding them as a woman better. Most of media is created by men or for men, and I'm sick of seeing through the male lens. Men might write something I find interesting or entertaining, but they'll never write something that makes me feel. Honestly I think all women should read only female writings for like a year at least, you know?

My reading is like that. I read to learn, wether what I read is nonfiction or foction. But thats how I am. I remember reading 48 laws of seduction, when everyone i know that read the book wanted to learn how to seduce. I wanted to learn how to tell when someone was trying to seduce me and wanted nothing seriuose. I have to say, that this book help me alot to spot the players...

no way you said last “spoiler” AND THEN GAVE THR WHOLE ENDING LIKE WHAT THE HELLL MAN

I found your channel today and I love it already 🎀 are you on Goodreads?

i like ur vibes ma'am

Life feels numb

Can anyone please tell me the song by mitski that was mentioned in the video ?

do you use final cut to edit?

You should let your fringes grow Till your earlobe Longer hair in front will suit you more

I really liked your thoughts but you could've put a longer wait after the 'spoiler alert'. I barely had the time to process what you said before you spoiled the book and now I don't think I'll read it ever (I abhor spoilers).

You are saying such great things but please put more light! The picture is bad

your channel is so underrated ❤️‍🩹 thank you so much for such great content!

I’ve heard about Jacqueline Harpman recently in one of my lectures, I’m putting that book in my cart now. Your video was a sign lol! 🫶🏾

This made me want to read again i left it due to college and it's been more than two years 🥲 KZfaq trying to help me