Reading Wrap Up / January 2022

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It's the beginning of a new year and I had a very mixed reading experience in my first month! Some excellent new novels alongside some books that didn't work for me. Click ‘Show More’ for info.
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My full reviews of these books:
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
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Wayward by Dana Spiotta
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Tides by Sara Freeman
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More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman
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What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle
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Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti
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Born of No Woman by Franck Bouysse
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Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
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Books discussed & purchase links:
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
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Wayward by Dana Spiotta
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Tides by Sara Freeman
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More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman
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What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle
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Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti
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Born of No Woman by Franck Bouysse
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Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
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@wavaleebranch 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched your videos for several years, and marvel at how they never fail to be so well done! Thank you for being a treasure to us book lovers!

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊📚

@johnnamurraycamp5100 2 жыл бұрын

LOVED Tides by Sara Freeman which was not even on my radar until I heard your post. I was also thrilled by the multiple 'voices' in How High We Go and I'm glad to have read Strangers I Know (fascinating, flaws 'n' all). Thank you, Eric Karl Anderson! You have enriched my corner of the literary world! (Now in Part V of To Paradise. Onward.)

@ToddsBookTube91 2 жыл бұрын

A neat video Eric! Happy new Year!

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 📚

@cindyhaiken5644 2 жыл бұрын

I read the Grossman last year and liked it very much. And of course Trollope never disappoints. I have both the Nagamatsu and the Buckle on my night table and am also quite eager to read the Freeman. As to To Paradise, I have carved out a chunk of free time for that much anticipated novel in February. Best reads of January for me were a reread of Great Expectations (which made me want to reread all of Dickens) and Jessie Greengrass’ The High House.

@wilfamos7314 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video as ever, thank you posting. 🙂 I must get round to reading Trollope at somepoint. Have at least one of The Barchester Chronicles on my shelf waiting........you've encouraged me to move him further up my list! In Jan, I read: Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners, great read. Second Selvon novel I've read, very enjoyable and of its time. Rose Tremain, The Road Home. Not a book I will forget in a hurry. Brilliant read. Currently half way through the epice Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. A truely awesome book.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Those sound like some great books. I’ve only read one novel by Selvon and always meant to read The Lonely Londoners. I still need to read Tremain’s new novel too.

@teagalore 2 жыл бұрын

Would also recommend The Barchester Chronicles BBC TV adaptation too. You can find them all on KZfaq and believe it covers two/three of the Barchester books. I found it helpful when reading the books 😊

@AvAlanchian 2 жыл бұрын

I have just finished the Neopolitan quartet of novels by Elena Ferrante which were Amazing. I feel like I now grew up in Naples in the 50s and 60s. As a woman. Very highly recommended

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Great! I really need to read them at some point.

@janethansen9612 2 жыл бұрын

January was a no buy month for me, so I could make some inroads on my TBR pile which was very successful. My first book of the year was Tenderness by Alison Macleod which was terrific. From there I read Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor, Devotion by Hannah Kent, Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi. A surprising stand out was New Animal by Ella Baxter. And a couple of light crime and meh non fictions. I have just put in my first book order for the year and looking forward to that coming in, most excited to read The Books of Jacob.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Very good plan and I'm so happy you enjoyed Tenderness so much. I'm very curious about New Animal.

@triciapearce8545 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric, One outstanding book I listened to in January was 'Endurance' by Alfred Lansing (written in the 1950's, I believe). I found it to be absolutely fascinating and gripping, like the best fiction. I am now following the current search for the wreck and researching Antarctic exploration!

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds really interesting, thanks!

@enjay5087 2 жыл бұрын

I've just started the Durastanti and am loving it so far. Interesting to hear your thoughts and will see if I still feel the same by the time I get to the end.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying it and I’ll be keen to hear how you get on.

@barbarahelgaker390 2 жыл бұрын

The Trollope books are lovely, so good you are talking about them - sure more people would enjoy them!

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I keep recommending him to people. Such a pleasure reading his stories.

@andrewglasson592 2 жыл бұрын

I 've only read 3 books so far this year - Middlemarch, Ulysses and Gravity's Rainbow.

@michelleneal2023 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna read MiddleMarch and Mill on the Floss. I heard nothing but good things about George Eliot's writing😊😊😊

@Jellyfishmz12 2 жыл бұрын

Well those are huge books so don’t say only 3 :)

@KanwarAnand 2 жыл бұрын

middlemarch is fantastic

@michelleneal2023 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Eric!!! I hope you are doing well. I would really love to read To Paradise and Wayward, they sound really good. I love the way you said "Booty Call"". Go, Eric!!! Great video!!! 😊😊😊

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! 🤣

@neetupd8510 2 жыл бұрын

I've been meaning to read The pull of the stars by Emma Donoghue since last year.it is set in the Spanish flu pandemic time and looks like an interesting read.... I read 5 books in January,the best being The fortune men... 😊

@danii6633 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for putting What Willow Says and The Strangers I know on my radar. They sound fascinating.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy them! 📚

@wednesdaygreenleaf9578 2 жыл бұрын

Just started How High We Go in the Dark last evening. I was NOT prepared for how immediately devastating it is (that second story of the kid euthanasia theme park...) Can't wait to see what else Nagamatsu has in store.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s very bleak! But I think it’s moving how the characters wrestle with grief in different ways.

@KierTheScrivener 2 жыл бұрын

I read The Warden and Barchester Towers and really enjoyed it. I love his style and humour.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! 😄

@Emma-Jayne100 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved How High We Go in the Dark. There were so many parts of the stories that will stay with me. Particularly the pig 🐖

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@heathersneddon8866 2 жыл бұрын

I read 10 books in January. The three that stand out are Claire Keegan - Foster - 80 pages of the most beautiful prose. Musa Okwonga - One of Them - how being a young black boy in Eton has shaped him. A real social anthropological study. And Mary Lawson - A town called Solace. A Wonderful story

@johnnamurraycamp5100 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to David Grossman and translator Jessica Cohen for the Booker International nom for More Than I Love My Life. On my to read list.

@LittleMew133 2 жыл бұрын

You live in Maine? I loved Maine - the forest and oceans are beautiful :D

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up there but have lived in London for many years. Maine is beautiful.

@LarryHasOpinions 2 жыл бұрын

Grossmans book sounds very intriguing, hadn't heard of it before

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

I’m hoping it’ll get a nomination for the Booker International.

@originaltwyla4991 2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure the virus released from the arctic is a plot line from the X-Files.

@jorgem71962 2 жыл бұрын

I just finished "Tides" and did not enjoyed it. I am curious about the David Grossman book. Sounds interesting.

@frgabrielmary4620 2 жыл бұрын

Grossman has been my favorite novel of the year so far, even calling me back for a second read which I rarely do. Otherwise, the Fell by Moss has some moments but didn't quite work as well as I hoped, and I'm just starting Unsettled Ground by Fuller.

@KanwarAnand 2 жыл бұрын

unsettled ground is fantastic.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you like Unsettled Ground!

@KanwarAnand 2 жыл бұрын

I read six books in Jan. Best - Project Hail Mary, The Dutch House, Heart's Invisible Furies, Unsettled Ground, Pachinko Worst - To Paradise

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

Oh your best are all great books - though I still have to read Pachinko. It’s been sitting on my shelf for ages.

@KanwarAnand 2 жыл бұрын

@@EricKarlAnderson Not to forget I am reading your "to read" now (A fraction of the whole) --- this could be better than all of the books from Jan. No joke. Im 3quarters in.

@ritas140 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t find a common link between all three books in To Paradise but it was interesting to read how much the world progresses in many way we regress (in relation to homosexuality). I thoroughly enjoyed book 1 and 3 but found book 2 to be a bit of a slog!

@cherylynlarking191 2 жыл бұрын

Great reviews of the books Tide and to Paradise. Have just about finished the Trollope series and watched the series on t.v./you tube. Didn't like the casting though.

@EricKarlAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve not watched any of the series yet. Think I’d rather keep the characters in my mind.