This is such a fun video concept I have wanted to do for a while! It’s so fun to see how reading taste has changed over the years!

Ugh yes in love with the diviners series!!

Fun Video! A Tale for the Time Being was one of the books that really got me into reading!

I also love with my whole heart A Tale for the Time Being, and I really enjoy Pachinko, too. I've added all of your others to my list. Libbra Bray wrote a different YA series that I was quite attached to as a teenager. The first one is called A Great and Terrible Beauty. It's not groundbreaking, but it is a fun one.

I just finished a tale for the time being! Thank you for the recommendation xx

Happy booktube anniversary! So many of these sound really great. I *adored* The Anthropocene Reviewed!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

It's so good!

homegoing remains one of the first books i read for class that i ended up absolutely LOVING (excluding books i read in like, fourth grade for school). i remember being just so blown away by how it was written so seamlessly and it's just a book where the craft is simply insane. i still need to get to the other stuff yaa gyasi has written because i hear similarly good things!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

It's so good!

loving that you’re back, missed your presence here!!!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

That means a lot, thank you ❤

this is a great idea for a video! thanks for sharing your faves. Homegoing is so beautiful and haunting. I still think about it.

I picked up A Tale for the Time Being due to hearing you speak about it so highly and I'm so glad I did! It immediately made me a fan of Ozeki's writing. This was an incredible book!

@booksaremysociallife

6 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to hear this!

Finally catching up on your videos! Happy Anniversary! 🎉 I love your presence. 💯

gosh i still remember you everytime i see a tale for the time being, ahaha.

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

I've made it my personality at this point lmao

love this video concept! I still need to read Homegoing!

so many of these are on still on my tbr...my tbr's gonna outlive me 😭😭

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

I believe in you!

Congratulations on this milestone!! Sorry I’m only now catching up

I'm surprised Shani Mootoo didnt make the list. I started reading their work because of you so i associate you two pretty strongly. Either way Happy Anniversary🎉

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

I love Shani! I read the majority of her books ins 2020 actually, and that was the year I read A SILENT LIFE, which speaks volumes to how good that book is!

Happy Booktube anniversary! It's significant enough that I came out of lurker land to actually comment lol

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you ❤❤❤

I got 5 fantastic book recs from this! Thank you so much. And, Happy KZread Anniversary 🎉🎉

If you haven't read "America is Not the Heart" by Elaine Castillo, it's worth it. Multi-generational Filipino-american story that is so good and gets at a lot of interesting social commentary. Excited that you list so many intergenerational stories here. beefing up my TBR. Congrats on 8 years!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the rec! Immediately adding to my TBR ❤

my favorite multi-generational story i've finished most recently has got to be how beautiful we were by imbolo mbue, it's a BEAUTIFUL book and the storytelling is just immaculate, i highly recommend!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

Ooh I've gotta add it to my TBR!

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@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

💚💚💚

Happy BookTube Anniversary 🎉🎉🎉 That's a great list of favs.

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Homegoing is an amazing book!

Happy booktube anniversary! 🎉 This is a great list, I love Homegoing and A Tale For The Time Being too (and seriously need to reread the latter), and you just convinced me to order A Silent Life.

Happy Booktube Anniversary - always love to see a video from you 💜📚

The Anthropocene Reviewed is one of my all-time favorite reads!

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

JG did that!

I love multigenerational stories too. I think part of the reason I find them so fascinating is because my family doesn't talk a lot about their ancestors.

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

Same! At least my parents don't, they'll just talk about their parents.

@MsWOCReader

Жыл бұрын

@@booksaremysociallife Same! And sometimes my mom will talk about her granny, mention that I remind her of her grandfather and sometimes mention her great aunts. My dad doesn't even talk about his parents. But he didn't live with his dad so I would have to ask her sisters for info about that side.

Every time someone raves about the Anthropocene Reviewed I'm reminded that I still haven't read it. If everyone keeps this up I will get to it one day, thanks :)

@booksaremysociallife

Жыл бұрын

you need to!

Pachinko was 2019?? 🤯