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Summer Reads, Summer Plans & A Summer BookTube Break | July 2024
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Күн бұрынA summery mash up of a video. A chat about some of the books I want to read this summer, some more I would recommend and my plans for a summer break, from pretty much everything including #BookTube. I also want to hear your recommendations for my summer reading mood/vibe/theme of unhinged, unapologetic, unravelling, unexpected, unflinching and unadulterated, a challenge(rs) for you lovely lot! I hope you’ve got some fab recommendations for me and I will see you all again soon…ish. #books #bookchat
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@MJ-in-Canada 29 күн бұрын
For the love of all that is holy, take as much time as you need on your BookTube break. It will give us 30-40 extra minutes per week to read.🤣Go bonkers and go bonking!
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha. Possibly give you all even more time than that with the length of some of my rambling chats. Hahaha.
@smileycindy 29 күн бұрын
Enjoy your break! You will be missed, but everyone deserves to take a much-needed break once in a while and we'll just appreciate your next video that much more. Happy reading and relaxing, and I look forward to what you have in store for us when you come back! 🌞📔📕📖
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Thank you! I don’t think I’ve taken a proper intentional break since I’ve started here I don’t think… apart from when I’ve been sick. So this will be good for me AND all of you.
@TKTalksBooks 29 күн бұрын
Have a lovely break! You are one of a kind! So fun to watch! 😊🎉
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Awwww thanks so much. Looking forward to a break but also looking forward to coming back in due course 😉
@catholictortillas777 23 күн бұрын
Olive kitteridge, Olive again, Oh william, Lucy by the Sea, and another... I love the Narrator! Thanks for all uour other suggestions!
@SavidgeReads 21 күн бұрын
I’ve not listened to them, and probably won’t cos I struggle with fiction on audio, but have loved the ones I’ve read regardless.
@nathansnook 29 күн бұрын
i SCREAMMED when i saw the shirt! love it! and ty for reminding me that i used to do seasonal tbr's 😭 this is prompting me to do so.. also i hope you have a good summer off! can't wait to see what you have on the channel when you come back
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Awwwww thanks lovely. And yes please bring those seasoned seasonal reading vibes back! Glad you enjoyed the tshirt 😜 🎾
@karenmiddlebrook5069 20 күн бұрын
"That, to me, was....unexpected" 😂 😂 iconic response to the shark man book 😂
@SavidgeReads 18 күн бұрын
Hahahaha. Thank you!
@LydiaLostthePlot 21 күн бұрын
Have a wonderful break, I will miss your videos but can't wait to see what you read over the summer!
@SavidgeReads 18 күн бұрын
Been a lovely if much busier than intended break so far and now it looks like I might have the you know what. Whispers ‘c***d’. So may be a little longer than I first thought. Though might pop back briefly for July wrap ups etc.
@LydiaLostthePlot 17 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Oh No!!! well get well soon and make sure you rest up (and of course use it as an excuse to read and binge watch reality tv as is your duty as an ill person)
@Nickelini 28 күн бұрын
Fun video. Have an amazing summer, Simon!
@SavidgeReads 27 күн бұрын
And to you too!!!!
@louisesavidgemuses4135 29 күн бұрын
Please take your mummy to Highgate 🫶❤❤❤
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Let’s see how she behaves. Hahaha.
@MJ-in-Canada 29 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Louise behave? Not on your life. But please, please take us along with you to Highgate.
@onourpath 29 күн бұрын
Pleeeeeeease take *us* to Highgate!
@TanyaWestley 28 күн бұрын
Have a fabulous break and we look forward to seeing you when you're back and feeling refreshed! Great picks for your summer reads too :)
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
I’m hoping it’s going to be a faaaaab summer. I have just had three days off grid, literally and it’s been the best start.
@TanyaWestley 25 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads I am so pleased to hear that! I have just signed up to your Patron so I can catch up on your content over there while you enjoy a break!
@cloudbusting88 26 күн бұрын
Enjoy your break! We all need one from time to time ❤ A Month in The Country is one of my favourite books! It’s beautiful x
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Isn’t it just a wonderful, wonderful book! Here’s to a fabulous summer for us all!
@woodlandbunny 28 күн бұрын
I hope you have a wonderful break, Simon!
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Thank you!!! Here’s to a wonderful summer for us all!
@enidlacob1157 29 күн бұрын
Go with it Have a summer of whim and enjoy your break I will miss you but understand that a break is needed Happy Summer break
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Oh I will be off having a lovely whimish time. But back before we both know it I’m sure.
@iamtherealjulia 29 күн бұрын
You will LOVE Shark Heart! Has a bit of everything you didn't expect. Enjoy your break!
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Oooh so many lovely people have loved it. I’m getting all the more excited 🦈 🩶
@1book1review 27 күн бұрын
Enjoy your summer break andreading by whim. My whim has led me to a lot of rereads recently. Always a good time guaranteed :D
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Hahaha fingers crossed. I’ve had some bumpy whimish reading journeys before. Here’s to a plain sailing whimish summer of bookish delights.
@ilovebillyjoel 27 күн бұрын
Have an amazing break 🌞📚👍
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Awwww thanks. Here’s to a fabulous summer for us all.
@EvieM1 29 күн бұрын
Happy Summer reading. ☀️
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
@@EvieM1 and to you too!!! ☀️ 📚
@onourpath 29 күн бұрын
Wow, A Month in the Country is one of my favorite books ever. You're the only person I've ever found who had read it! What a gorgeous book. 💚
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Ooh I’ve seen it around here and there on BookTube. Hopefully will maybe see it a bit more now if people take a fancy to my pitch of it.
@Nickelini 28 күн бұрын
I loved it too, and the film is also very good
@onourpath 28 күн бұрын
@@Nickelini yes, gorgeously done!
@onourpath 28 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads it definitely deserves a much, much larger audience!
@mradcaqbdb 29 күн бұрын
Can’t wait for Babylonia to get here! I ordered the gorgeous Goldsboro Books edition since I also have the Goldsboro edition of Clytemnestra. I adored Clytemnestra completely and I’m so excited to read her next book! Stopped the video after you described Selamlik and went to order it. Sounds fantastic! No idea if this is an “un” book, but I just started The Betrayal of Thomas True by AJ West about molly houses in 1715 London last night and I’m loving it so far. See you after your break. Hope you relax and enjoy! 💜
@Sarahsreadingjournal 29 күн бұрын
Obsessed with the cover of Selamilk 😅 Hope you have an unadulterated summer of reading!
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Fingers crossed. I’m sooooo ready for it!
@user-ff1uz4sy5g 27 күн бұрын
Have a lovely break ☀️📚📚📚
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Thank you! Here’s to a fabulous summer for us all.
@lisajacobs2206 26 күн бұрын
It will be wonderful to enjoy the summer without any pressure. In any case you really don’t need to feel pressure to make videos. As and when you make them, it’s great. Hope your reading goes well
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
I think sometimes you can’t help feel pressure as a creator. You want to keep making. I realised this is the first intentional break I’ve ever taken. It’s quite exciting.
@mrsbookworm72 22 күн бұрын
Shark heart is brilliant quite original 😊
@SavidgeReads 21 күн бұрын
Oooh this makes me all the more excited for it.
@juliehughes1258 27 күн бұрын
Enjoy your time off Simon. I'm going to miss your videos but everyone deserves time off to relax and recharge. Best regards from your California fan! I'm reading Sociopath now on my Kindle (about 70% complete). I'm enjoying it very much and I hope you do, too.
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
I’ll be back before you know it Julie 😉
@barbaralemon4170 21 күн бұрын
I read Cereus Blooms at Night. 5 enthusiastic stars, just phenomenal!
@SavidgeReads 21 күн бұрын
Such a brilliant book! I need to read more of her novels.
@katsfieldnotes 28 күн бұрын
Seven seconds in -- go off with that shirt!!!! Okay, let me settle down
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha. I looooove finding my people! 🎾
@shaynemonroeauthor 19 күн бұрын
I loved Challengers. I wish I'd gotten to see it four times.
@SavidgeReads 18 күн бұрын
I think it’s on streaming services now 🎾
@swirlymay 29 күн бұрын
Have a lovely break, gorgeous!
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
I’m really looking forward to it.
@blairalderman5833 29 күн бұрын
I agree! Challengers is the best film of the year!!!
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Just sooooooo good 🎾
@pollyebaker87 29 күн бұрын
UN-hinged: recently read (listened to) Big Swiss by Jen Beagin. Cast of madcap characters, giving Fleabag energy. Genuinely funny. I know you don't do fiction audiobooks but the deadpan humour is delivered so well by a full cast of narrators. It was a roar.
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
I have Big Swiss so will have to whizz that up the TBR. Thank you soooooo much. I’ll see how I get on with it and report back.
@JardineraAnge 26 күн бұрын
Have a gorgeous summer of Strout Simon! I read Olive Kitteridge a couple of months ago and I was so invested in that world that I went straight on to Olive, Again. Strangely, even though I'd watched the series, instead of picturing Frances McDormand as Olive, it was Sarah Lancashire as she is in Julia who always popped into my mind while I was reading.
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Ha. I wonder who I will picture when I’m reading her? We shall see, I’ll report back in due course. I’ve never pictured Laura Linney as Lucy Barton oddly, even though I saw the one woman stage show posters and everything.
@katiechatseyeshadow4394 29 күн бұрын
Loved shark heart, inhaled it x
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Oooh this is really fab to hear 🦈
@cindyhaiken5644 29 күн бұрын
Olive Kitteridge is a gem of a book (and the TV series is superb). A summer of Strout sounds amazing. I have a proof copy of the Shafak and am determined to read it very soon! Just got my hands on The Glassmaker. Very excited for it! I have A Month in the Country on tap for a summer reread next month. Loved it so much when I first read it. Amazing clips in this one! Hope everything in London went incredibly well! Have a fantastic time with Flossie at Rhiw Goch!
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
London is tomorrow. Eek. Looking forward to a fun day of lots of bookish frolics though. Will be good. Then the bliss of Rhiw Goch. Can’t wait. There’s some BRILLIANT books coming out. Why oh why do I save them for rainy days, that said I’m not packing Elif or Tracy for Wales as I don’t want them getting wet… there’s a few showers predicted ☔️
@cindyhaiken5644 29 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Fingers and toes crossed for London!! So many great books, so little time!
@Raereadswithgrace 29 күн бұрын
Shark Heart is so fun! 🔥🦈
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
🦈🩶
@cecilialau_ 29 күн бұрын
Enjoy your break, Simon! I hope it’ll be everything summery and light and fun and delicious 🏹 And I wish you the best of times with Strout - and whims as well. Idk why but when you asked for a Challengers-ish book, I thought of Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan (very much fits the sexy, unhinged vibes), and I’d be so curious to hear your thoughts.
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
I’ve heard Daisy does saucy unhinged books but I’ve not picked one up as yet. Let’s see if one crosses my path at any point. Here’s to a lovely summer for us all!
@TamsinS 28 күн бұрын
Shark Heart is amazing - I read it at the start of the year and wasn’t sure I’d like it but it blew me away! It’s definitely unexpected and unhinged.
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Oooooh. I might start it next. If not definitely soon 🦈 🩶
@charlottemann5887 3 күн бұрын
Stargazer by Laurie Petrou is about a dark and twisty friendship which could be likened to challengers I think.
@SavidgeReads 3 күн бұрын
Oooh thank you, I will look this up!
@javaFlower 25 күн бұрын
Ah - I have read Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton books and enjoyed the characters a great deal! I think you might find their oddities and quirkiness interesting, as well. I am now reading her first novel, "Amy and Isabelle" - so far, so good!
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
I loved all the Lucy Barton books so I’m hoping it’s the same for all the others. I might do Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me before Olive and the Burgess brothers. We shall see.
@javaFlower 24 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Olive and the Burgess Brothers intertwine with Lucy Barton - I don't know if Amy & Isabelle does yet, beyond the town.
@SavidgeReads 24 күн бұрын
@@javaFlower I don’t think it possibly does but I kind of want to read her books in order, well the ones I haven’t.
@emma-janelacey5181 29 күн бұрын
I haven’t seen Challenges (yet!) but the trailer which I just had to go and watch (x4 times at the cinema?! 😂) gave me Double Fault by Lionel Shriver vibes (more tennis though)
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
I don’t mind tennis at all… though I’m not sure I’ll ever read Shriver again. I just can’t seperate the art from the artist. And I’ve met her 🫠
@spexi513 29 күн бұрын
Read Shark Heart recently and loved it . I don’t like romance so I was apprehensive, but then I realized a love story isn’t the same as a romance.
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Sounds like it’s a banger 🦈
@wooshell11 26 күн бұрын
Uncontrollable recommendation: Tangerine by Christine Mangan. Think Ripley in North Africa, but with women.
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Oooh I’ve read it, think just before it came out. I liked it. 🍊
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 29 күн бұрын
If you get tired of sun. Come to N.Ireland. It has been raining constantly since May. It’s currently 13 degrees , pouring rain and muggy. Great idea for the Elizabeth Strout reading. I loved Olive Kitteridge, Lucy by the sea etc
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Ha. I’m in NI in two weeks.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 29 күн бұрын
Will you be in Omagh?
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 29 күн бұрын
Five perfect books for summer Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Haworth ( LGBTQI debut)☘️ Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Coast Road by Alan Murin
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
@@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 nope. Just a quick trip to Belfast.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 29 күн бұрын
Unsafe summer books? The In Between by Christos Tsiolkas The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The City of the Living ( set in Rome) Top Secret by Sarina Bowen A Dash of Salt & Pepper
@Katesgreenfingers 28 күн бұрын
A book I absolutely loved and I think hits several of the ‘uns’ is Cecilia by K-Ming Chang
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Ooooh I bought that at West Kirby Bookshop on the first weekend of Indie Bookshop Week. I shall pop it higher up the TBR.
@Tristan-L-Space-Books 23 күн бұрын
Oh my gosh I want to read Selamlik as well. When I saw the author present it on All story's Instagram, it piqued my interest with all the intensity of an untrained phlebotomist.
@SavidgeReads 23 күн бұрын
@@Tristan-L-Space-Books not sure about the untrained phlebotomist hahaha but glad it’s hot you intrigued. I’m going to read it very soon.
@jacquelineturner7206 29 күн бұрын
If you want a tennis vibe, try The Winner by Teddy Wayne. The story of a law student who teaches tennis (and other things) to the rich of Newport (I think). A fun read.
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Oh my goodness, The Winner was the book I had seen on Instagram and couldn’t remember the title of. Thank you soooo much Jacqueline.
@melissabee8522 19 күн бұрын
Maybe I’m too easily startled, but whenever you cut in brief little clips like with this video or the Freak Out video I jump each time the appear and it means that if there are too many of them in then I find those videos nearly unwatchable. I hope that’s not too rude, I’ve been watching you for several years now and really like your book reviews. Especially the prize lists. 💛
@SavidgeReads 18 күн бұрын
So sorry to hear that. Mostly people have been loving them. Thank you for letting me know though. They’ve been adding a bit of fun to the editing for me, but they aren’t in every video. I’ll try and keep them out of book hauls and wrap ups. Or maybe it’s a volume thing I could tweak that maybe.
@doreene11 29 күн бұрын
If you haven't watched the series: The Young Pope, The New Pope, and We Are Who We Are, I recommend that you watch them. It's the same vibe as Challengers and set and filmed in Italy, so summery. I'll see ya when I'll see ya, too! Have a wonderful time off this summer!☀️
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Oooh I’ll look them up. Thanks for the recommendations! Here’s to a lovely summer for us all!
@MeMyDogAndBooks 29 күн бұрын
Gutted not to be a tee bestie!! 🫨
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
I know… blocked and reported. Hahahaha. 😉
@MeMyDogAndBooks 29 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads *cries into my HUGE pillow
@Bokmalin1 28 күн бұрын
Mrs March - Virginia Feito and Teddy - Emily Dunlay ❤️
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Oooh yes! Why haven’t I read Mrs March yet? It’s on my shelves and so the right sort of vibes.
@Bokmalin1 28 күн бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Happy Reading! 🥰
@thegoth_librarian 28 күн бұрын
Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin could provide the messy relationship vibes. It’s a really thoughtful, literary, kind of heady, kind of sexy (& queer!) novel set in an apartment block over two time periods.
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Ooooh I’ve put myself on a hardback ban for a while, that’s one that I have been looking at longingly. Maybe at some point I will crack. Hahaha. Fab recommendation.
@MeMyDogAndBooks 29 күн бұрын
Look forward to your thoughts on Sociopath …
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Definitely once I’m back as I’m super keen to give it a whirl while I’m off away.
@kimalawler 29 күн бұрын
I’m 75% through Babylonia and good lord, it’s a good ‘un!
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
This is what I like to hear 🐆
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
This is what I like to hear 🐆
@katiesikkes1527 28 күн бұрын
It makes sense that you want to take a break from KZfaq also to avoid comments like this one arguing with you that A Month in the Country *is* a perfect book. 😜
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
Hahahahahaha. This comment has really tickled me.
@TripleRoux 29 күн бұрын
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
@SavidgeReads 28 күн бұрын
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
@carolewatson2113 29 күн бұрын
Have a lovely channel break, Simon. Unflinching for me is Deborah Spungeon’s memoir And I don’t want to live this life about her daughter Nancy, difficult from birth until she was murdered by Sid Vicious.
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Oooh that does sound unflinching.
@jenniferrosebruce6385 29 күн бұрын
Hi. Jury still out on that one. I dont believe he murdered her, the book was very good, however Nancy was all kinds of wrong for Sid. Lots of people believe her drug dealer came in and murdered her. Glad you also enjoyed the book, good to see from a mother,s perspective. 😊
@carolewatson2113 23 күн бұрын
@@jenniferrosebruce6385 it isn’t really about her death, but her mother’s struggle with her since she was a baby and how she used drugs to blot out her pain. She paint Sid as a fairly pathetic person who she also mothered.
@LorraineTaylor-Tams 25 күн бұрын
Unhinged....Earthlings Sayaka Murata...
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Ooh I read that and you’re right very unhinged. I really want to read her short story collection Life Ceremony which I’ve heard is quite the ride.
@emmaselby4836 29 күн бұрын
I've heard Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt is pretty bonkers...not read it, so don't blame me if it's horrifying! 😂
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
Ooooh I have it on my shelves. 🧠 🪱
@SwevenIthe 29 күн бұрын
Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad
@SavidgeReads 29 күн бұрын
A light heart lasts a long time?
@janepeacock3704 25 күн бұрын
Have a most enjoyable & restful Summer Simon - obviously I’ll miss you on KZfaq 😘 but look forward to your return here & I can catch ya on Instagram 😌 my plans - I must first read some of my long term library loans 🙈 I’ve also requested some potential Booker longlist titles; just found The Weekend by Charlotte Wood in the library yay - I know you like her 🇦🇺 I’m currently enjoying another of your recommendations The Storm We Made (Vanessa Chan) 🥹👏🏻 I’m trying to think of an ‘un-‘ book 🤔😄 will think on ….. TC X
@SavidgeReads 25 күн бұрын
Hope you enjoy The Weekend. I may just be talking about a Charlotte Wood book when I return in due course. Hope you keep on enjoying The Storm We Made and here’s to a wonderful summer of reading ahead!!!
@janepeacock3704 24 күн бұрын
📚🐈 🌞 🚘 🚂 🌊🍹 🧁 ☕️ 🛋️ TC 😘 X
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