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@azu_rikka Сағат бұрын
Thank you so much for the beautiful footage and interesting voice-over! Iceland has been a place I wanted to visit for more than a decade. I was completely hooked on Arnaldur Indriđason's crime novels at the time😊. I even recognized the name Thingvellir, it's the location in one of his novels! But- it is an expensive place and, as you mention, the tourist masses are intimidating...
@azu_rikka Сағат бұрын
Oh- and thank you for showing us all the delicious foods! We always enjoy exploring foods while travelling!
@eanayac 8 сағат бұрын
If you make another list, please include 100 Years of Solitude! It’s so boring, sad, and long… and the characters are called the same!
@eanayac 8 сағат бұрын
Thanks for this one!!! I got the short stories collection but the font was so small that I skipped this one!
@Sachie465 9 сағат бұрын
Iceland is, as they say, green. You will have had a well-deserved recharge. By the way, have you tried Hákarl (fermented shark)?
@BookishTexan 8 сағат бұрын
It is green. I decided not to try the fermented shark. We were going to go to the shark museum on the last day and I might have then, but we skipped it.
@barbaraboethling596 17 сағат бұрын
Wow! Thanks for the wonderful views of Iceland. I'll never get there, but it's always been an obsession of mine since discovering Icelandic horses, the sagas, and crime fiction. Now, I could add Photography, birds and botany to my obsessions. You are so lucky to have visited. Was there any visible volcanic action? I've been whale watching just south of me off Dana Point, CA, so I know how awesome that experience is!
@BookishTexan 16 сағат бұрын
I was surprised how affected I was by seeing the whales. Before we set off it was the thing I was looking forward to the least, but it was awesome. The most recent eruptions were on the peninsula very near The Blue Lagoon, but there hadn’t been any activity for a few weeks so we didn’t see anything. I think they just reopened to tourists the last week of June.
@CharlieBrookReads 17 сағат бұрын
Thank you for taking us along with you. The photos and the footage you & your wife got are just gorgeous. ❤
@BookishTexan 17 сағат бұрын
Thank you Charlie.
@deegrows7589 17 сағат бұрын
Awesome! The horses were my favorite 💚. Thanks for taking us along!
@BookishTexan 17 сағат бұрын
Thanks for watching. Getting to pet the horses was a highlight.
@novelideea 18 сағат бұрын
I had two friends last year who got married in Iceland and honeymooned there! It’s really gaining destination popularity! Have to admit, it’s beautiful in its austerity. + Bonus! Ponies and Puffins!! Thanks so much for sharing!
@BookishTexan 18 сағат бұрын
@@novelideea We saw a wedding party emerging from the big church in Reykjavik, but it didn’t occur to me that it might be a destination wedding. The landscape definitely appeals to my taste and the Puffins and ponies to my wife’s. Thanks Deea
@novelideea 18 сағат бұрын
@@BookishTexan there is a little chapel that is pretty famous there and both friends were married in it! It’s called VÍK Í MÝRDAL
@megansmiley9540 19 сағат бұрын
Iceland is absolutely amazing! I would love to go back. Thanks for sharing your trip! Lots of nostalgia for my trip almost 20 years ago! I'm glad you had a successful whale watch. We had very rough seas on ours, and I was sick the entire time. No whale sightings, either.
@BookishTexan 19 сағат бұрын
@@megansmiley9540 It is amazing and I definitely want to go back. I got lucky whale watching wise that they cancelled the trip on the day we were originally scheduled.
@InfiniteText 19 сағат бұрын
this is my dream vacation
@BookishTexan 19 сағат бұрын
@@InfiniteText It was great!
@EveningReader 20 сағат бұрын
Bucket list! Thanks for sharing this, Brian. Just beautiful footage, and your wife's photos are excellent.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thanks Priscilla. I love sharing my wife’s photos
@davidnovakreadspoetry 20 сағат бұрын
It looks like you had great fun. We have friends that are there now.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
We met so many Americans there that it seemed like there were more Americans than Icelanders.
@ellethinks 22 сағат бұрын
Beautiful footage! I went to Iceland in 2019 and loved it. I completely agree that the driving is so beautiful itself. That's so cool that you saw a few arctic foxes! The horses haircuts are amazing. 😂 Great puffin shots! I'm glad you and your family enjoyed!
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thanks Elle. I wish we had gone a few years back when tourism was really just taking off in Iceland.
@JessBookgirlTV 22 сағат бұрын
Nice photos of your trip.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thank you.
@CriminOllyBlog 23 сағат бұрын
This brought back some memories! We were there 2 summers (if you can call it summer!) ago and had a great time.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
I hope to go back one day when it’s colder and we can see the northern lights.
@1book1review Күн бұрын
I should not have watched this at work. Now I want to go outside and not be stuck here. Really looks like you had a great trip! Thanks for sharing.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thanks Wiebke. We had a near perfect trip.
@pennyg156 Күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing your trip. The landscape was simply beautiful. How brave to navigate the roads yourself. I'm afraid I would fail miserably but it does seem the perfect way to see the country.
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
The great think about driving in Iceland is that there aren’t that many highways. The whole drive on South Coast day was one highway.
@bookofdust Күн бұрын
Wow! Thank you for sharing! How much were you looking around searching for Boulder the whole time you were there? “Oh, there once was a Puffin, just the shape of a muffin, and he lived on an island in the bright blue sea!” You need to get your wife a copy of There Once Was a Puffin!
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
I thought about her, but I really didn’t see any food trucks.🤓 Adding the Puffin boom to my gift list for my wife’s birthday.
@bookofdust 20 сағат бұрын
@@BookishTexan It’s long out of print, much to the consternation of librarians who do toddler story time as it was always a perfect book for that program. You could ILL it for a Puffin story time of your own!
@bighardbooks770 Күн бұрын
My parents adored Iceland, too. Good one, bud (I would have loved the Blue Lagoon!) Interesting that they drive on the right side of the road 😮 Great shots of the waterfall!
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
The driving on the right made everything so much easier. I would love to have gone 20 years ago.
@TKTalksBooks Күн бұрын
Beautiful and mellow. Thank you for sharing your life. xotk
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thanks Tess.
@eanayac Күн бұрын
I really like your channel! I just discovered it today and wish I’d watched this video a year ago!
@BookishTexan 22 сағат бұрын
@@eanayac Thank you very much.
@clarepotter7584 Күн бұрын
That looks like a great trip, Northern European weather, I can't see the hill opposite for the mist today!
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
It was! I love cool/cold and misty (soft days). Maybe it’s because living in Texas they are rare.
@Barklord Күн бұрын
I'm envious! Back in the 90s, I was an avid Icelandic Sagas reader. Beautiful landscapes. Great photos! Lots of great waterfalls. The geometric volcanic rock formations look like Giant's Causeway. My wife and I are currently in Sopot, (Gdansk, Gdynia, Hel) Poland, enjoying the beaches. The kielbasa and sauerkraut are great, too. Still haven't found any fish soup here. 😢 Thanks for sharing your adventure!
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Poland is on my list of places to go. I’m hoping for a Poland, Baltic States, Finland combo. The basalt columns are similar to the Giants Causeway (from the photos I’ve seen). The black sand beach we didn’t go to has them as well.
@user-ts2yd8pj7c Күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your family's beautiful trip and your wife's great photography
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thank you. I love sharing photos.
@BookwormAdventureGirl Күн бұрын
Iceland is one of my favourite places that I've visited. Thanks so much for sharing your travels. We enjoyed the Blue Lagoon too. This brought back many memories. 😊💙
@BookishTexan 20 сағат бұрын
Thanks Jolene. We had a wonderful time.
@kl-ge9bg Күн бұрын
Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews? (Never read it myself--based on what I know about the plot I don't think I have the stomach for it ...)
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
@@kl-ge9bg I’ve never read it for the same reason.
@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd Күн бұрын
yes where would any of us be without our moms? well I'm afraid at least a few of us would be in a much better place haha. Elena Knows was highly recommended by another of my favorite booktubers though never got around to reading it.⚛
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
@@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd I think it is worth a read. I didn’t love it quite as much as others, but it very good.
@books_and_bocadillos Күн бұрын
Hi, I loved this list! I would add Mila (character based on the real life of Lyudmila Pavlichenko - a woman who served as a Sniper in the Russian army during WW2) to this list. Mila has been my favorite character in a novel so far this year and I'm really interested in Lyudmila Pavlichenko biography "Lady Death".
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
@@books_and_bocadillos Thank you for the great recommendation. Lyudmila certainly qualifies for the list.
@davidnovakreadspoetry Күн бұрын
It looks kind of gloomy and overcast.
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
We had two days of rain and wind, one dry gray day, and two days of mostly sun shine.
@katiejlumsden 2 күн бұрын
Excellent discussion!
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
Thank you Katie.
@OmnivorousReader 2 күн бұрын
It is great to see Lady Susan appear on a list so few people seem to get into this really unusual book by Austen.
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
It is unusual, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and agree that more people should read it.
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 2 күн бұрын
Great selection and I like the categories. But that Lady Susan cover image is truly hideous 😮
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
I chose that one on purpose because it was so different from all the others.😂😂😂 I didn’t even think about how ugly it was.🤓
@hdcbpxsytahdcbpx 2 күн бұрын
agreed. 💯
@BookishTexan Күн бұрын
Thank you.
@alldbooks9165 2 күн бұрын
Call me pretentious, but I really enjoy literary fiction. I was just at Barnes and Nobles this week, and they had separate sections for thrillers, mysteries, and horror. Seems like a lot of crossover there, but also all these genres could be literary. To me it’s just a descriptor. No need to be snobby about it. I mean, I generally don’t want literary when I’m in the mood for romance, but it’s ok when Jane Austen does it. Then again, I was just telling my kid this week that Jane Austen is more social commentary than romance.
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
Literary fiction is my favorite. Its just the name that bothers me. And you are absolutely right that all genres can be and sometimes are literary.
@readandre-read 2 күн бұрын
Most embarrassing mother: Mrs. Bennett from Pride and Prejudice. Difficult but fascinating mother: Olive Kitteridge Most ambivalent about motherhood: Boulder I could go on and on! This is a terrific topic, Brian.
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
I thought of Mrs. Bennet and I intentionally decided not to talk about Boulder because I fell like I mention that book every other video. I've never read Olive Kitteridge. Thanks Angelea.
@pamelatarajcak5634 2 күн бұрын
I have to add a couple of Genre fiction examples. Ysebeau deClermont in All Soul's Series. Nanny Ogg in Discworld. Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan from the Vorkosigan Saga.
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
I've never read any of those, but thanks for the suggestions and the comment.
@BookChatWithPat8668 2 күн бұрын
Hi Brian. As soon as I saw your topic today, I thought of Susie Boyt's LOVED AND MISSED--one of my top reads of the year so far--and I was so glad that you included the mom/grandmother, Ruth, from this novel. My list might also include the novel, The Queen of Dirt Island, by Donal Ryan where four generations of women in a family live together and survive and ultimately thrive. The grandmother, Nana, takes in her daughter-in-law, Eileen, and new baby after Eileen is widowed right after she gives birth. This grandmother and mother are just remarkable characters of strength, resilience, and great love. Another one of my top books this year. Terrific video with lots to think about, as always....
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
I have never read Donal Ryan, but now I know where to start. Thanks Pat.
@MarcNash 2 күн бұрын
I would offer the mother in Lost Children Archive, though I'm not sure if she fits into your categories exactly
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
I think she's kind of a bad ass in a way.
@Silvio67 2 күн бұрын
loved giovanni's room.. the prettiest star is on my shelf to be read soon!!
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
It’s a powerful read.
@davidnovakreadspoetry 2 күн бұрын
What?! No mention of _Boulder_ !!?? 😂🤔
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
Ha! I thought I’d let one video pass without mentioning Boulder.
@EveningReader 2 күн бұрын
Great list! I'll play. Disturbing: the mother in We Need to Talk about Kevin. Absent and mysterious: Cecilia in Collected Works. Overbearing but interesting in her own right: Aurora in Terms of Endearment.
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
How could I have forgotten Cecilia! I haven’t read the others.
@EveningReader 2 күн бұрын
@@BookishTexan I admit I DNFed We Need to Talk About Kevin. Terms of Endearment is definitely worth a read, though.
@JamesRuchala 2 күн бұрын
Fascinating video Brian. Most of these are new to me. How does the dead mother in As I Lay Dying rate? Or Moll Flanders, one of the most prolific mothers in literature --and the most inattentive
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
Thanks James. The mother in As I Lay Dying is definitely list worthy. I haven’t read Moll Flanders.
@readandre-read 2 күн бұрын
I second Moll Flanders as the least attentive mother. She must have at least 10 children in that novel and just keeps sauntering off!
@InfiniteText 2 күн бұрын
My husband walked by and heard "Bad, Eh? mothers" and that was the most Canadian-Texan crossover experience. One of the ones I loved was in Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies (both his mothers in that one).
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
I haven’t read that one, but it is going on my list. Glad my video could be a cultural bridge between our two peoples.🤓
@bsjeffrey 2 күн бұрын
there is no way you are a great-grandfather. you don't look old enough to be a grandfather.
@BookishTexan 2 күн бұрын
You are now officially my favorite commenter.