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I just finished this an hour ago and saved your video specifically for this time. It was completely gripping, I was utterly thrilled reading this story. My potential favorite of the year so far. I own Long Bright River and need to read it, but will certainly purchase her backlist now as well! ❤Great book chat and I’m happy this was a win for you 😊
@katem198Күн бұрын
Hi! I have some coming of age/toxic female friendship (also my fave genes 😂) recs which came to me when watching this vid! The End of Everything by Megan Abbott, and Marlena by Julie Buntin - both beautifully written with a summer wooziness x
@cereal_qilla2 күн бұрын
Omg I wanna read Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion about the coercive control thank you for telling me about it. I kind of want to see one where the coercive controller is a woman
@Hayrumi2 күн бұрын
Which audiobook app you recommend?
@MercysBookishMusings2 күн бұрын
@@Hayrumi I use everand 👍
@denisekrueger87452 күн бұрын
Just read White Ivy this week and whew it was a ride!
@katiehope21323 күн бұрын
I just finished this book and echo a lot of your sentiments! Such a beautifully written and layered story. I only diverge in the area re: social commentary-I found it interesting that a lot of discussion on land and ownership almost completely omitted mention of any indigenous communities (there was one acknowledging sentence if i recall correctly). I just found that omission more of an interesting meta-narrative than anything!
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
Yes, it was only mentioned briefly once. It would have added another layer to the discussions about the history of land ownership to touch on it more.
@jacquelinemcmenamin82043 күн бұрын
I hope you love Fellowship Point as much as I did ❤
@ameliabarlowbooks4 күн бұрын
caught up with loads of your videos this morning and the way my library holds list has just exploded, what a gem you are! can't wait to get round to this ♥
@Princess9996634 күн бұрын
Wonderful video. I thought I'd just watch ten minutes and watched the entire thing. I adore this genre and thank you for the definition. The Snakes by Sadie Jones is an incredible read and left me devastated. I also love Emma Cline, Donna Tartt, Laura McHugh, Tana French's stand alones are so wonderfully written (I also love her Dublin Murder series) and I always return to my Barbara Vine's. I've now added Penance and The God of the Woods to my TBR list.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the recommendations :)
@saalexanderson6994 күн бұрын
Really enjoy Rebecca Makkai’s books! Definitely recommend that you read more of hers, esp the hundred year house and the great believers
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk5 күн бұрын
Best wishes with what you choose to read. I hope you get some great stories. Happy reading to you and to your channel.
@NovelFindsByKassi6 күн бұрын
I am so excited to explore some of the book you've listed because of the ones I've read that you have read too, we are 100% in the same mind of them. Birnam Wood, I have some Questions for you both were so brilliant. I loved both of them. I'm so glad I found your channel! ::hugs::
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
Yay, I'm so glad to hear that :)
@timothymcglynn19356 күн бұрын
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@sharoninnes9417 күн бұрын
Fantastic video Mercedes Amazing review 😌 I have ordered a copy now Can’t wait to receive it xx
@Georgesmomsu7 күн бұрын
The audiobook is very well done.
@majelthesurreal57238 күн бұрын
This video just popped up in my feed today and listening to the first 2 min your channel is for me. I like dark thrillers but also good writing. I will be looking for Kala and Ohio first but the rest are on my radar now. TY.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you hear you enjoyed the video :)
@eviebeatricee8 күн бұрын
This was such a great review of a brilliant book. I just finished it yesterday and could re-read it immediately. I do love Liz Moore’s writing and I feel that this book in particular is perfect. 📚x
@lomazowr18 күн бұрын
Reading it right now thanks to your review.I am totally drawn in love each character their story you really brought this book alive.
@snamorsixteen8 күн бұрын
Gave this 5 stars. So gripping
@nicolereed29138 күн бұрын
I just finished The God of the Woods this morning! It was a wild ride for sure. It is a chunker of a book, but I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I got through it in two days! I absolutely love this author and think she gets better with every book she writes, which is a very high bar to set. Have you read her earlier book "Heft"? It is the story of Arthur Ott who weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his home in a decade. I read that book years ago and still think of it.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! Yes, I really enjoyed Heft too. I definitely need to reread it.
@jacquelinemcmenamin82048 күн бұрын
I had to wait until tonight to watch your review as I only finished the audio two hours ago. I loved it. I’m trying to collect and read all her books.
@karakask54888 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you talked about Shelter, it's so good and I don't think it gets enough love. Have you read The Snakes by Sadie Jones? It's about a woman who is recently married but is having marital stress with her new husband. So they go on a trip to France to visit her brother at the hotel he's running. It deals with racism, classism, familial strife, expectations of family and marriage, etc. It's so good and the ending just...😮
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
No, I haven't but I've read two of her other books and really enjoy her writing so I definitely need to get to it. I'm glad to hear how much you enjoyed it!
@AlmaPacheco58 күн бұрын
I’m already excited to receive my copy of this and now I know I’ll be obsessed.
@Paromita_M9 күн бұрын
Returning to say that while White Ivy was not quite for me, I loved God of the Woods and Tell Me What I Am was also really good. God of the Woods was another level...it's the kind which makes The Secret History or a lot of Agatha Christie mysteries so good imo and why they lend themselves so well to rereads - not the whodunit but the whydunit. The slow buildup, when it all makes sense and sees how it came to be upon revisiting the story. The multi POV in God of the Woods was also brilliantly done. I'll be checking out some of the other recs as well. Thanks so much.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I completely agree re The God of the Woods!
@philstrand9 күн бұрын
Great suggestions! Just found your channel and look forward to more of your recommendations. Birnam Wood blew me away. Another intelligent literary thriller on the same level is Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor. I loved I Have Some Questions for You. Penance was well done too. Fans of The God of the Woods might seek out The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett. Both are intricately plotted and exquisitely paced puzzle boxes with tons to admire even if I preferred The God of the Woods. I also had a few dozen theories about where it was headed, all plausibly hinted at by Moore.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I'm so glad to hear how many of these you enjoyed :) Thanks for the recommendations!
@susanpowers18759 күн бұрын
Big thanks for this. I have been searching for some good reads and you never disappoint 💕
@kfa68309 күн бұрын
Long Bright River was flawless. Grips you and doesn't let you go. Can't wait to read this!
@summer67879 күн бұрын
Why can’t so many bloggers say th, as a reader it’s not fought it’s thought 🤦♂️
@amivanzyl88769 күн бұрын
there are many accents (including within the UK) that pronounce th as an f. As a reader, it's ignorant to assume someone's accent means anything about them other than their region of origin (if even that) 🤦
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
It's my accent. Feel free to not watch my videos if it offends you.
@tammyripp9989 күн бұрын
Just started this book yesterday and am hooked, glad to hear it stays good/doesn't disappoint at the end!
@talithareads9 күн бұрын
It's on my tbr and I can't wait to read it! I loved two of her previous books and this is the first of hers to be translated into Dutch. I'm very excited about it and even more so after your glowing review :)
@thebritishbookworm9 күн бұрын
Brilliant review. You summarized it so well. I loved the layout of the timelines and wish more books did that. I can't stop thinking about the characters either. I need to pick something else up but I can't seem to move on from this story!
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I found it so hard to know what to read next!
@Paromita_M9 күн бұрын
I read this based on your recommendation in your previous video on 10 literary thrillers - just finished and it was excellent. Thank you so much and happy reading! P.S. Oops forgot to say really nice discussion.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
Yay! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
@rachelmatthews84899 күн бұрын
You don't give reviews like this often so, when you do, I know it's the real deal. Straight to the top of my TBR this goes 🎉
@beautifultomorrow1119 күн бұрын
I previously read Kala after watching your video - and really loved it! And I'm currently reading Ohio, also after your video. I'm only about 30 pages in so far but I'm enjoying it. So if this book got its own stand-alone review, it'll have to go on my tbr)
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed Kala so much :) I hope you enjoy Ohio - the ending is wild!
@cheryllovestoread9 күн бұрын
Just picked it up in audio! Can’t wait to dive in. ❤
@Justine_S9 күн бұрын
I just got a copy this week. Looking forward to digging in!
@Megan.eco-Instinct9 күн бұрын
What a glowing and spectacularly articulated review. This book was not on my radar, but I am going to pick it up immediately. Just lovely!
@BethKnight6649 күн бұрын
I’m reading it right now and I’m immersed. It’s so good!!
@svance10419 күн бұрын
Ooh, that sounds so good! I have read her last four books and can’t wait to read this one!
@elenapoe34249 күн бұрын
I'm sold!
@ucheaus9 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed this book!
@amandaskelton21329 күн бұрын
I’m already ready for an audio reread!
@katym62119 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for the brilliant recs ❤
@msrichelle889 күн бұрын
I read Kala and *didn't love it* - I am Canadian and maybe the Irish vernacular didn't translate for me?? Not sure. I LOVE your reviews though, and am halfway through God of the Woods, completely agree with you about the atmosphere there. Now I am reserving White Ivy and Penance. Thanks!
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
That's a shame. I'd highly recommend the audio of Kala. I hope you enjoy the ones you pick up :)
@YaFeya1310 күн бұрын
Omg, Shelter was terrific! Read it when it first came out and didn’t hear anyone talking about it for some reason. Whoever is reading this, the book is a true gem 👏🏻
@angelacase312310 күн бұрын
As a fellow Donna Tartt fan. I fancy the book with Ivy in. Did you ever read The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood? Shades of Brideshead but also Secret History.
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
No, I didn't but I remember hearing people talk about it when it came out and being intrigued by it. Thanks for reminding me that I need to pick it up!
@MarilynMayaMendoza10 күн бұрын
The Gd of Woods is on my kindle thanks to a friend. What I miss most is the golden age mystery types and I’m wondering if you read the translated fiction mystery, Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto? It’s a wonderful book but difficult to find. I found it in Canada on vacation. Aloha
@MercysBookishMusings3 күн бұрын
I haven't but I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the recommendation :)
@annapajmel584310 күн бұрын
Great video, all the best 🎉
@Justine_S11 күн бұрын
Great list! I’ve read a number and have others on my shelf, but a couple of new additions to my TBR.
@karenmoore443011 күн бұрын
I have reserved the Una Mannion book from my library. Thanks Mercedes
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I just finished this an hour ago and saved your video specifically for this time. It was completely gripping, I was utterly thrilled reading this story. My potential favorite of the year so far. I own Long Bright River and need to read it, but will certainly purchase her backlist now as well! ❤Great book chat and I’m happy this was a win for you 😊
Hi! I have some coming of age/toxic female friendship (also my fave genes 😂) recs which came to me when watching this vid! The End of Everything by Megan Abbott, and Marlena by Julie Buntin - both beautifully written with a summer wooziness x
Omg I wanna read Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion about the coercive control thank you for telling me about it. I kind of want to see one where the coercive controller is a woman
Which audiobook app you recommend?
@@Hayrumi I use everand 👍
Just read White Ivy this week and whew it was a ride!
I just finished this book and echo a lot of your sentiments! Such a beautifully written and layered story. I only diverge in the area re: social commentary-I found it interesting that a lot of discussion on land and ownership almost completely omitted mention of any indigenous communities (there was one acknowledging sentence if i recall correctly). I just found that omission more of an interesting meta-narrative than anything!
Yes, it was only mentioned briefly once. It would have added another layer to the discussions about the history of land ownership to touch on it more.
I hope you love Fellowship Point as much as I did ❤
caught up with loads of your videos this morning and the way my library holds list has just exploded, what a gem you are! can't wait to get round to this ♥
Wonderful video. I thought I'd just watch ten minutes and watched the entire thing. I adore this genre and thank you for the definition. The Snakes by Sadie Jones is an incredible read and left me devastated. I also love Emma Cline, Donna Tartt, Laura McHugh, Tana French's stand alones are so wonderfully written (I also love her Dublin Murder series) and I always return to my Barbara Vine's. I've now added Penance and The God of the Woods to my TBR list.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the recommendations :)
Really enjoy Rebecca Makkai’s books! Definitely recommend that you read more of hers, esp the hundred year house and the great believers
Best wishes with what you choose to read. I hope you get some great stories. Happy reading to you and to your channel.
I am so excited to explore some of the book you've listed because of the ones I've read that you have read too, we are 100% in the same mind of them. Birnam Wood, I have some Questions for you both were so brilliant. I loved both of them. I'm so glad I found your channel! ::hugs::
Yay, I'm so glad to hear that :)
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Fantastic video Mercedes Amazing review 😌 I have ordered a copy now Can’t wait to receive it xx
The audiobook is very well done.
This video just popped up in my feed today and listening to the first 2 min your channel is for me. I like dark thrillers but also good writing. I will be looking for Kala and Ohio first but the rest are on my radar now. TY.
I'm so glad you hear you enjoyed the video :)
This was such a great review of a brilliant book. I just finished it yesterday and could re-read it immediately. I do love Liz Moore’s writing and I feel that this book in particular is perfect. 📚x
Reading it right now thanks to your review.I am totally drawn in love each character their story you really brought this book alive.
Gave this 5 stars. So gripping
I just finished The God of the Woods this morning! It was a wild ride for sure. It is a chunker of a book, but I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I got through it in two days! I absolutely love this author and think she gets better with every book she writes, which is a very high bar to set. Have you read her earlier book "Heft"? It is the story of Arthur Ott who weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his home in a decade. I read that book years ago and still think of it.
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! Yes, I really enjoyed Heft too. I definitely need to reread it.
I had to wait until tonight to watch your review as I only finished the audio two hours ago. I loved it. I’m trying to collect and read all her books.
I'm so glad you talked about Shelter, it's so good and I don't think it gets enough love. Have you read The Snakes by Sadie Jones? It's about a woman who is recently married but is having marital stress with her new husband. So they go on a trip to France to visit her brother at the hotel he's running. It deals with racism, classism, familial strife, expectations of family and marriage, etc. It's so good and the ending just...😮
No, I haven't but I've read two of her other books and really enjoy her writing so I definitely need to get to it. I'm glad to hear how much you enjoyed it!
I’m already excited to receive my copy of this and now I know I’ll be obsessed.
Returning to say that while White Ivy was not quite for me, I loved God of the Woods and Tell Me What I Am was also really good. God of the Woods was another level...it's the kind which makes The Secret History or a lot of Agatha Christie mysteries so good imo and why they lend themselves so well to rereads - not the whodunit but the whydunit. The slow buildup, when it all makes sense and sees how it came to be upon revisiting the story. The multi POV in God of the Woods was also brilliantly done. I'll be checking out some of the other recs as well. Thanks so much.
I completely agree re The God of the Woods!
Great suggestions! Just found your channel and look forward to more of your recommendations. Birnam Wood blew me away. Another intelligent literary thriller on the same level is Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor. I loved I Have Some Questions for You. Penance was well done too. Fans of The God of the Woods might seek out The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett. Both are intricately plotted and exquisitely paced puzzle boxes with tons to admire even if I preferred The God of the Woods. I also had a few dozen theories about where it was headed, all plausibly hinted at by Moore.
I'm so glad to hear how many of these you enjoyed :) Thanks for the recommendations!
Big thanks for this. I have been searching for some good reads and you never disappoint 💕
Long Bright River was flawless. Grips you and doesn't let you go. Can't wait to read this!
Why can’t so many bloggers say th, as a reader it’s not fought it’s thought 🤦♂️
there are many accents (including within the UK) that pronounce th as an f. As a reader, it's ignorant to assume someone's accent means anything about them other than their region of origin (if even that) 🤦
It's my accent. Feel free to not watch my videos if it offends you.
Just started this book yesterday and am hooked, glad to hear it stays good/doesn't disappoint at the end!
It's on my tbr and I can't wait to read it! I loved two of her previous books and this is the first of hers to be translated into Dutch. I'm very excited about it and even more so after your glowing review :)
Brilliant review. You summarized it so well. I loved the layout of the timelines and wish more books did that. I can't stop thinking about the characters either. I need to pick something else up but I can't seem to move on from this story!
I found it so hard to know what to read next!
I read this based on your recommendation in your previous video on 10 literary thrillers - just finished and it was excellent. Thank you so much and happy reading! P.S. Oops forgot to say really nice discussion.
Yay! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
You don't give reviews like this often so, when you do, I know it's the real deal. Straight to the top of my TBR this goes 🎉
I previously read Kala after watching your video - and really loved it! And I'm currently reading Ohio, also after your video. I'm only about 30 pages in so far but I'm enjoying it. So if this book got its own stand-alone review, it'll have to go on my tbr)
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed Kala so much :) I hope you enjoy Ohio - the ending is wild!
Just picked it up in audio! Can’t wait to dive in. ❤
I just got a copy this week. Looking forward to digging in!
What a glowing and spectacularly articulated review. This book was not on my radar, but I am going to pick it up immediately. Just lovely!
I’m reading it right now and I’m immersed. It’s so good!!
Ooh, that sounds so good! I have read her last four books and can’t wait to read this one!
I'm sold!
I really enjoyed this book!
I’m already ready for an audio reread!
Thanks so much for the brilliant recs ❤
I read Kala and *didn't love it* - I am Canadian and maybe the Irish vernacular didn't translate for me?? Not sure. I LOVE your reviews though, and am halfway through God of the Woods, completely agree with you about the atmosphere there. Now I am reserving White Ivy and Penance. Thanks!
That's a shame. I'd highly recommend the audio of Kala. I hope you enjoy the ones you pick up :)
Omg, Shelter was terrific! Read it when it first came out and didn’t hear anyone talking about it for some reason. Whoever is reading this, the book is a true gem 👏🏻
As a fellow Donna Tartt fan. I fancy the book with Ivy in. Did you ever read The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood? Shades of Brideshead but also Secret History.
No, I didn't but I remember hearing people talk about it when it came out and being intrigued by it. Thanks for reminding me that I need to pick it up!
The Gd of Woods is on my kindle thanks to a friend. What I miss most is the golden age mystery types and I’m wondering if you read the translated fiction mystery, Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto? It’s a wonderful book but difficult to find. I found it in Canada on vacation. Aloha
I haven't but I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the recommendation :)
Great video, all the best 🎉
Great list! I’ve read a number and have others on my shelf, but a couple of new additions to my TBR.
I have reserved the Una Mannion book from my library. Thanks Mercedes