Hi! I'm Camila and I love books - writing them, reading them and talking about them.
I read a bit of everything, but especially contemporary novels, romance, classics, world literature, but generally try to focus on female authors. On the channel, my content includes book recommendations, monthly wrap ups, with more to come.
Why is my channel called Haste Ye Books? It's a play on word based on the Scottish expression "haste ye back" meaning come back soon.
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Oooh, you just reminded me to put a hold on the new Sara Nisha Adams book!
What impressive predicting 🎉🎉
I predicted both winners, too, but my heart was with How to Say Babylon for the nonfiction prize. Still, I enjoyed every book on the NF list and would have been happy with any of them.
Congrats on predicting 2 for 2! I’m very pleased to see Brotherless Night win both the Women’s prize and the Carol Shields.
Congrats on the double prediction! I think both were well deserved. I haven't read Doppelganger yet but my partner enjoyed it and I hope to check it out at some point, and a few other of the non-fiction nominees. Next year I may try to follow those more closely too... looking forward to hearing your thoughts if you get to some of them too :)
I've read four of the shortlisted NF books and they were all great. Doppelganger and Code Dependent are the ones that are more "current affairs" and dialogue starters, or part of an important discourse, so I figured one of them for the win (and probably the famous one). Code Dependent is actually an easier read than Doppelganger, but Doppelganger is pretty unique and will give you so much to consider!
I think those were two good choices🎉
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I saw "An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good" in a bookshop once, and I wanted to pick it up! You seemed kinda lukewarm towards it but I still might like it better!
I loved In Defence of the Act and totally agree with how it stays with you. But my pick for winning will be Enter Ghost, although it might be too political for the prize.
Je viens de découvrir ton channel! Allo, enchantée 👋 j’ai vraiment aimé Dracula aussi quand je l’ai lu il y a quelques années déjà. Et A Psalm for the Wild-Built a aussi fait mon top 2023 🙏 teeeellement bon! Ah pis Oscar et la dame rose 🥲 Contente de te découvrir!
I haven't read any of them so I can't judge but I love watching you and several others guess!
Aw thanks Deea! It's been a fun adventure! Let's see the winners tomorrow! Though I know who won in my heart 😆
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I haven’t read any of the books but Soldier Sailor & Brotherless Night will be on my list - and whatever the winner is. I cannot wrap my head around reading so much lit fic in one go - great accomplishment!!
Definitely recommend both of these! Well all 6 of my shortlist of course haha
In Defence of the Act is currently my #1 read of the year. Such a singular reading experience! I'm delighted it was longlisted otherwise I might never have heard of it. I suspect Enter Ghost will win the fiction prize. I'd love to see Thunderclap take the win for non-fiction (such a beautiful book!), but I think Code Dependent has a good chance of winning because it's so topical. Thanks for this video. It was great to hear your thoughts!
I'm so happy to hear IDOTA is your #1! I agree, it felt like a wild pick from such a small printing press too, but like you so happy I got to discover it! Great to hear about Thunderclap, the more I hear about it, the better it sounds! Code Dependent sounds a bit too technical, but like you said very topical!
I just really need the winner to not be Dolly or River East. Every other choice can be justified. 😂 For the non-fiction I've read 4/6 and they were all really good, but I think Doppelganger will win.
haha yeah agreed that I hope it's not those 2! So glad to hear you've read so many and they were all good! It looked like a good list, but gosh NF doesn't read very quickly haha
@@hasteyebooks Funny you should say that. I did How to Say Babylon on audio, and it was so slow! I almost never turn the speed up, and if I do it's only to x1.2 but I had to stick Babylon on x1.75 😅 You can tell she's primarily a poet, she read the memoir slow and rhythmically like it was poetry.
@@TheLeniverse haha aww that sounds like one for reading print then! For I'll see when I can get my hands on it!
I enjoyed your list and your explanation of your choices.
Thank you Brian! Enjoyed your take on the plodalong series!
My pick for winner for the fiction prize is The Wren The Wren. Admittedly, I have only read four of the six ( I haven't yet read Brotherless Night or River East River West) but The Wren The Wren definitely felt the strongest novel to me and I loved the study on relationship. For non fiction, like you I am making a blind guess, as I haven't read any of the books, but I'm going for How To Say Babylon as that is the one I find most intreaguing and would definitely like to read it at some point.
I could see it winning! I think objectively it is a very good book, but it was definitely not for me. I'd be very happy for How to Say Babylon winning the NF prize as I've heard such great things about it!
How long does your library give you when you take a book out? The 'hot' in hot-desking doesn't sound very hot haha. However, my interest was piqued when you said fan fiction Agatha Christie haha, but it doesn't sound like one for me. It probably is worth sending Eve back and reserving it again haha, I did that for Kala and I got it back quite soon after (and still haven't read it). Good luck with your TBR for this month :)
It gives 3 weeks and yet it always seems to be only like 2? haha I think I'm never ready for my holds to come in! I actually went to the library and asked them if anyone was waiting and they just moved the due date to when I wanted 😂 totally worth making friend with the librarian!
@@hasteyebooks hehe I think it's 2 if someone has reserved it, that's what mine is like anyway. But yes, sometimes when I'm collecting my books and some are due for renewal, the librarian who knows me will renew the reserved ones for me haha, so I agree totally worth being friendly!
@@PullDownTheMoon haha worth it!
It is such a joy to have a clear slate after lots of committed reading, isn’t it! Although it also makes me excited to see a Read Good Challenge pick 😂 Late finishes are totally fine!!!
haha I'm going to be a very late finisher but I loved the monthly themes/challenges, so wanted to participate! :)
I am currently reading eve and really enjoying it 😊
Great to hear! I'm finding it so interesting! Although a bit slow to read, I'm in the milk chapter and I keep glazing a bit 😆
I have planned 5 books, but we will see 🥰
haha yeah we always see what happens 😆 my plans have already changed!
It's quite funny how you say you're finally going to read something other than women's prize books, and then the two first books you mention are other women's prize books 😂I'm on my final longlist book now, and also trying to get through most of the non-fiction shortlist before the winners are announced. I read Romantic Comedy with a group last year, and I expected not to like it at all but it was actually a really nice summer read. Especially the first half, which is set in what's basically Saturday Night Live, was really fun.
😆 you know I thought I was free, but I saw that I put these other reading pressures on myself. At least it's not on any time deadline like I was trying to do with the fiction longlist! 🤪 so impressed by your reading of the NF shortlist! It's reading so slowly for me right now!
It must be lovely to move on from the women's prize now! I didn't read all of the list but it was nice to read other stuff now that I'm done with it. I hope you have a great reading month. I absolutely loved An American Marriage, and I'm sure you'll have fun reading Beth O'Leary, I always do.
Very pleased with myself with all the reading, but yes so pleased to move on haha and also not be bound by time pressure I guess! Aw so glad to hear about An American Marriage! I need to get back to it now that my mind is a bit more free!
I’m not a big romance reader anymore (I used to be years ago) but I did like Romantic Comedy.
Your comment made me push through because I found the beginning SO obnoxious (on audio especially), but really enjoying it up to now!
@@hasteyebooks Glad you’re enjoying it
It must feel so good to be finished with the prize reading!!
So good! I feel accomplished AND free 😂
Allo! The women est aussi sur ma liste mais je suis tellement loin dans la file à la Banq que j’ai le temps de l’oublier!
haha oui ca m'arrive aussi! J'ai vue que The Women est #1 sur Goodreads en ce moment pour 2024 - donc ca m'intrigue encore plus!
Is Eve available as a kindle or audiobook?
Not sure about Kindle, but it's definitely available on audio. I see it's on xigxag and Audible :)
"8 lives" sounds really interesting! Looking forward to hearing your overall thoughts on the list and winner :)
8 lives was soo good! Very traumatic though!
I really appreciated your thoughts on And Then She Fell. I recently finished this (like, 2 days ago) and it really shook me. However, I struggled with post-partum anxiety after the birth of my 2nd child so I could relate to it in a way that made me wonder how the book would work for others who maybe didn't have that experience.
My favourite book of the list was Soldier, Sailor which is very much about the post-partum experience, so I'm not sure that was it. I'd say parts of the book definitely shook me a lot too - but it's the other stuff, away from her pregnancy that sometimes didn't feel like they were connected together. But I appreciate what she was trying to do!
Have a great holiday! ♥️
Thanks Deea! Romania was lovely!
"And Then She Fell" - should have been my jam (Canadian - check; indigenous fiction with some magical realism, check), but I couldn't figure out what the author was trying to do with it. You're right that there was too much going on and therefore, it's very scattered and it just lost me. I put it down and then the ARC expired before I picked it back up, so it was an official DNF for me.
Yeah And Then She Fell should have been my jam too, fell short a bit. But I'd be keen to read other things by this author! Sometimes debut novels are a bit scattered!
Can't wait to hear your list. Great reviews. Read Enter Ghost for BookTube prize so can't say too much but did the audio like you. Have heard good things about the Tricker and really want to read Soldier, Sailor but its not yet available in US.
Aw I didn't realise Soldier Sailor wasn't available yet in the US! I recommended it for my mom, but it might be a while until it's available in North America and gets translated I guess!
I have been enjoying your reading/reviewing of the long list.
Thanks Brian!
I think Dolly Maunder shocked us all. River East River West seems a bit weird to me too, there are better books.
Both were shocking picks...I need explanations haha
So happy soldier sailor is there!!
Yes!! Such a great book!
Very disappointed that Ordinary human failings didn’t make it. I enjoyed Restless Dolly Maunder but don’t think it’s a shortlist worthy book
I expected Ordinary Human Failings wouldn't be there, but turns out when I made my top 6 after reading all 16, it was definitely part of my shortlist!
I think River East, River West is a weaker book than Wandering Souls but different judging panel and I still really enjoyed many of the themes in River East, River West especially the way it showed grooming and rape.
I agree with you about the way it showed grooming and such, but I think that was a b-plot and I felt like the main plot about cultural experiences and such fell a bit short. It's a weaker book than Wandering Souls like you said, but also from a lot of other books on this year's longlist. An interesting debut nonetheless and I'd be keen to see what this author does next!
I agree about feeling a bit underwhelmed, especially with River East River West. And I personally was not the biggest fan of Soldier Sailor either, though I can see both their merits in some ways. I loved Enter Ghost and am rooting for it currently, and excited to get to Brotherless Night! But I was hoping to see And Then She Fell, Hangman, and I'd heard such good things about In Defence of the Act that I was thinking we might see it on there too. Looking forward to your thoughts on Dolly Maunder - it's the one I know least about but will also get to eventually!
Looking back on it, I do feel like they went with some obvious choices for the shortlist! Except for RERW... Dolly Maunder was a bit forgettable I find! Which was your favourite after all? Still Enter Ghost?
@@hasteyebooks I agree, for the most part, though Dolly Maunder was a surprise for me! I don't think it'll be an overly memorable novel but I didn't dislike it. I think it portrayed a very realistic look at women's lives in the early 20th century which was interesting but I didn't find most characters too likeable haha. I think it's still Enter Ghost for me for #1, but I enjoyed Brotherless Night as well!
@@TheFictionalSarah totally agree! And yes Enter Ghost has a very very good chance!
Love your excitement
haha thanks!
Pleased my top two made it but sad In Defence Of The Act didn’t although not altogether surprised about it. Great to see your reaction lovely ❤
Yes you're probably right that it was never going to make the shortlist, but a fantastic read nonetheless :)
I find it hilarious that I have read 14/16 books and they still managed to shortlist a book I hadn't read 😂 And also one that I had dismissed as having no chance of getting shortlisted. I still feel like this isn't as bad as last year when they spurned Wandering Souls and gave us Pod. 😆
Omg haha did you managed to finish the other 2? And 100% agreed - last year was unhinged hahaha
@@hasteyebooks I have read River East, and was underwhelmed. I haven't quite finished A Trace of Sun, but I'll get there.
I was surprised too! Means I’ve only read 1/6 but I did get 4/6 right on predictions! I’d better get reading! 😂
you did amazing at predictions! Did you decide to read the other books? 😆
I too am now going back now that the shortlist has been announced. great video :)
Thanks!! It's great to get back to checking out the list, isn't it? Got a pick for winner?
i just bumped into your channel looking for shortlist predictions and i instantly subscribed! i really love your picks and i think you'll really enjoy brotherless night :) can't wait to see what you think of it!
Aww welcome to the channel haha! I did really like Brotherless Night! What a longlist it was this year!
Always love some good use of categories 😅 I feel like I see everyone’s predictions and think ‘well, yep, that’s probably right’ because the standard is so even across a lot of these books that so many of them could make it. Not long to go now!
haha yeah I took a page from your book for the categories! Although I could have had cooler names 😆 All the shortlists were interesting like you said, and I still feel surprised by some picks 🤪
I hear you on the longlist fatigue. (And I'm still sore about Wandering Souls too) We are pretty close in our predictions!
The fatigue was very real, I think I need to buffer myself a bit next year 😂
I love your picks. I would be happy if that was it ❤Not long to wait xxx
Thanks Charlie! Excited for the winners today!!
I think you have a good chance of doing well with your picks.
I tried! Although now when I make list they are just for my heart haha
One of the three Irish books has to be shortlisted. I’ve loved all three. I’ll be happy to see any of them in the list. My hope is Brotherless Night Enter Ghost Will be there on list. I think either could win. ☘️👋🍀📖📕🇮🇪📚☕️💐
2 out of the 3 Irish books making the list is great! Although all 3 deserved it!
Our lists are soo close. My predictions are Ordinary Human Failings (or) Soldier Sailor Enter Ghost In Defence of The Act Brotherless Night The Wren, The Wren Hangman I haven't read Hangman but it really does feel like it could be the Pod. I have to thank you because you talking about In Defence of The Act, when you talked about how funny it was I picked it up and it became my favourite of the books. I was pretty sure when I talked about Anne Enright but I've been suprised to see a lot of people haven't gotten along with it or found it forgettable. I found it both, and she's been listed five times but she's only been shortlisted twice so she's not as sure of a bet as I thought at first. I am really gunning for Ordinary Human Failings and I know how people love Soldier Sailor, so I can hope.
You got 4 which is pretty good! And I'm so pleased you gave In Defence of the Act a chance because of me! I loved it too!