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  @toddbelanger19233 сағат бұрын

  Your so right about the pacing of reading poetry...I tend to read slowly as to enjoy and think about the picture she's painting for us all 😊...

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  @AuroraFirth3 күн бұрын

  Oh fun! A few that come to mind that I'd like to hear are The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins (both quite different from their books, both Julie Andrews movies, both very good); The Secret Garden (it's been made into a film multiple times, but has it been done well?), Anne of Green Gables. You've already touched on some of the Jane Austen adaptations, but you could include them for a more in-depth treatment. And maybe some Sherlock Holmes, speaking of thoroughly dramatized works 😄

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  @RelishBooks3 күн бұрын

  Anne of Green Gables is definitely on the list! And I'll have to do Sherlock Holmes too, I believe he is the most often portrayed literary character of all time.

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  @Martiniization4 күн бұрын

  Saying that you didn't like ir appreciate Great Expectations was enough for me no to want to continue listening. Best wishes.

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  @RelishBooks4 күн бұрын

  I do like and appreciate Great Expectations. It isn’t at the top of my list, but it is a good book.

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  @toddbelanger19235 күн бұрын

  Sounds great..😊

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  @davidmccalip57596 күн бұрын

  Hello. I hope all is well with you and your family. One book of Daphne du Maurier I really enjoyed was The King's General. I would recommend that book to you. Have a great day!

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  @RelishBooks6 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I hope to eventually read all her books, so I'll look forward to that one. :)

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  @joscribner6 күн бұрын

  Hercule Poirot is one of my favorites! Only David Suchet does him justice.

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  @joscribner6 күн бұрын

  Robinson Crusoe I would not have finished if I was making my kids listen to it on LibriVox for school lol

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  @joscribner6 күн бұрын

  I loved the movie Jamaica Inn as a little girl. How am I just now finding out it was a book and by the same author as Rebecca? Just found your channel by watching your previous video! I really enjoy your videos.

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk8 күн бұрын

  Yes, it's a great book. Best wishes.

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  @NahinAbdul10 күн бұрын

  Love this book, his prose and descriptions are just on another level!

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk10 күн бұрын

  Here's to a great reading summer. Love Hemingway. Recently read the Count of Monte Cristo. Great book. Happy reading to you.

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  @RelishBooks10 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk10 күн бұрын

  Not read it yet. So many books and so little time! Happy reading to you and good luck with the channel!

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  @blane181410 күн бұрын

  Subscribed 🌸

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk10 күн бұрын

  A good title can really help. Best wishes with what you choose to read. Happy reading!

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  @Tolstoy11113 күн бұрын

  Ever read “War and Peace”? :)

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  @79derikh12 күн бұрын

  Reading it now

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  @Tolstoy11112 күн бұрын

  @@79derikh as good as it gets

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  @Nanna_reader13 күн бұрын

  I have heard so much about this book but so many mixed opinions 😅Glad you liked it.

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  @sketchesbyboze13 күн бұрын

  I need to give this one a second read; I thoroughly enjoyed it when I first read it during the pandemic. I loved the parallels to my favorite Doctor Who episode, "Heaven Sent." Her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, is one of my five favorite novels.

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  @RelishBooks13 күн бұрын

  Oh yes, there were several little Doctor Who references in there that were fun! I'll have to give her first novel a try. :)

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  @sheanag8413 күн бұрын

  😊

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  @anderste464916 күн бұрын

  BH is my number one as well - first time I hear someone else with the same view. And ATOTC is my no 2! Haven’t read neither OMF nor LD.

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  @drphilreadstowrite17 күн бұрын

  I look forward to following you. I am a giant poetry nerd.

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  @sheanag8421 күн бұрын

  😊

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  @sheanag8421 күн бұрын

  ❤

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  @sheanag8421 күн бұрын

  ❤

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  @sheanag8421 күн бұрын

  ❤

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  @novelideea29 күн бұрын

  I have a du Maurier later this summer. I'm hoping I like it better than the last one I read. The Scapegoat.

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  @athene200629 күн бұрын

  Most people know a good title when they hear it, but just what makes a title good is not obvious. I think you want a certain amount of strangeness (‘The Silmarillion’); it mustn’t be just common-or-garden prose. And you need resonance / mystery (‘The Maltese Falcon’; ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’). People should want to read the book to discover what the title means. I also think long / chatty titles (‘Everything That Rises Must Converge’; ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love’) tend to work better for short stories than for novels. You said you were disqualifying quotation titles (e.g. ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’). But several of those you included are quotations too: ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ [John Donne] ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ [Surely a nod to ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ by C. S. Lewis?] ‘Gone With The Wind’ [Ernest Dowson] ‘This Side Of Paradise’ [Rupert Brooke] There might be others I don’t recognise. ‘As I Lay Dying’ is a sort-of quotation (Homer) but it’s filtered through translation which is a bit different I guess.

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  @RelishBooks29 күн бұрын

  Thanks for pointing those out! I knew several of them were probably from literature, I just didn't take the time to look them all up. Again, I do think literature titles are great, they just aren't as inventive as original ones. I'm quite certain that The Magician's Elephant isn't a Lewis reference, if you read the book it's very much it's own thing. But I could be wrong. :)

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  @sketchesbybozeАй бұрын

  I'm reading House on the Strand now; I haven't made it very far. Rebecca is one of my long-time faves!

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Rebecca is one of my favorites too! I didn’t love House on the Strand, but I hope you enjoy it. 😊

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  @zureraovaАй бұрын

  hey, what do you think of "MY cheap blood" is that a good title? from 1-10? would you read it? do you have another suggestion maybe for me?

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  That might be a good title for a mystery or a thriller; that's what it makes me think of. I'm not a huge thriller fan usually, so I don't love the sound of it, but that's just me. :)

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  @zureraova29 күн бұрын

  @@RelishBooks thank you, yea its a thriller you can say. i guess it would go more to the youth-book section. its about two beings living on earth, humans and another one, and the other one is basically enslaved/seen as subhumane and thus treated as such, while the protagonists (one human and one that isn't) try to find some stability or peace.

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  @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xkАй бұрын

  Best wishes with what you are reading. I hope you get some great stories. So many books and so little time.

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  @madlynx1818Ай бұрын

  Good video. Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower and the second book Parable of the Talents are phenomenal you will love them both.

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  @RyanHReviewsАй бұрын

  I have the same quirk with name titles for novels, they never intrigue me, and I don't read them unless they are highly esteemed.

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  @yuridomosedov1481Ай бұрын

  It's hard to find a good book club. I have been trying for years, but they are either too crowded or too lethargic:( I'd love to read along with you though if you ever decide to start an online book club.

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @insearchofwonderАй бұрын

  Hardy is hit or miss for me, but this is one of his that I enjoyed.

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  @hellopauleАй бұрын

  This is the only Hardy I have read. The Woodlanders is on my shelf, I haven't gotten to it yet. I love depictions of rural living in Madding Crowd. It's not quite nature writing but I loved the salt-of-the-earth characters. Yes, the language is flowery but I just assumed that was due to the time in which it was written and I like that sort of thing as long as it is not to the point of confusion. It did take some concentration to read. There were times when I had to reread a paragraph. I never got over the name of Bathsheba either. But I suppose it suited her, as being an independent woman was more of a rarity in that day. As the story progressed, so did her maturation and I liked that character growth for her. She was an intelligent woman but also very young. There were impulsive and naive decisions that cost her a fair deal. I loved Gabriel Oak. Kind of like my own husband, he's the type that a mature woman can depend on. He's not flashy but he is loyal and diligent. Sargeant Troy was such a player, such a cad. I really wanted to see him get his in the end but I won't spoil that for anyone. Mr. Boldwood was quite creepy. I've seen him described as a Victorian-era incel. He wanted Bathsheba only as a possession and his sense of entitlement to her affections was quite chilling at times.

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Totally agree. :)

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  @novelideeaАй бұрын

  This is the only Hardy I like. I have DNFd or wanted to rip to shreds the others I have read.😂

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Good to know 😄

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  @Tolstoy11113 күн бұрын

  Ever read Tess? It’s wonderful

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  @novelideea8 күн бұрын

  @@Tolstoy111 I have.

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  @Tolstoy1118 күн бұрын

  @@novelideea you didn’t like it? It’s one of the great prose tragedies ever written in English.

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  @novelideea8 күн бұрын

  @@Tolstoy111 I’m not a fan of tragedy😅 I enjoy Hardy’s writing, but his choices of subject and content are not enjoyable experiences.

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  @ammrshfzАй бұрын

  Thank you for this review! I would be interested what you would say about "Return of the Native". I had to put it down. Too convoluted.

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Maybe I'll try that one someday, but I'll give it a little time. I enjoyed this one, but I feel like Hardy is an author I would want to read sparingly. :)

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  @insearchofwonderАй бұрын

  I feel like Rebecca is very similar to Withering Heights because they both feature anti -heroes and a toxic relationship. Although I think du Maurier had Jane Eyre more in mind as far as inspiration. For a book club, try Emma at the Bookish Princess or ..... Ugh I can't think of the other channels name I'll look it up and add to my comment. But they both read mostly classics. They have different methods of discussion, but you can try them both and see what works for you. I am the same, by the way - I rarely read recently published popular books.

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  @insearchofwonderАй бұрын

  I found it! The channel is Miranda Mills and she calls her book club The Comfort Book Club.

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  @@insearchofwonder Thanks!

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  @toddbelanger1923Ай бұрын

  I own ..The House on the Strand.. I haven't read it as of yet but I'm definitely going to start it asap as to be ready for your review. I own 6 of Daphnes books..including Rebecca...please if possible watch the 1940 Rebecca movie..with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier...Beautiful movie

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  I absolutely love that movie!

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  @Thecatladybooknook_PennyDАй бұрын

  I loved C&P!! I tried Bros K and The Idiot and was not ready for them at the time but I've worked my Russian lit muscles since then and now i can't wait to read more.

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  @Thecatladybooknook_PennyDАй бұрын

  I really liked My Cousin Rachel by Du Maurier and The Scapegoat. I'll be interested in what you think about The House on the Strand.

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  @Thecatladybooknook_PennyDАй бұрын

  Errrr YT deleted my comment because they think I'm selling something when i was telling you about Beautiful Minutiae's channel and her p a t r e o n. There's 3 levels.

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  @Tolstoy111Ай бұрын

  Btw this is from Vladimir Nabokov’s lecture on C&P when he taught at Cornell in the mid 1950s... “I must have been twelve when I read 'Crime and Punishment' for the first time and thought it a wonderfully powerful and exciting book. I read it again at nineteen, during the awful years of civil war in Russia, and thought it long-winded, terribly sentimental, and badly written. I read it at twenty-eight when discussing Dostoevsky in one of my own books. I read the thing again when preparing to speak about him in American universities. And only quite recently did I realize what is so wrong about the book. The flaw, the crack in it, which causes the whole edifice to crumble ethically and aesthetically may be found in Part 10, Chapter 4. It is the beginning of the redemption scene when Raskolnikov, the killer, discovers through the girl Sonya the New Testament. She has been reading to him about Jesus and the raising of Lazarus. So far so good. But then comes this singular sentence that for sheer stupidity has hardly the equal in world-famous literature: ‘The candle was flicking out, dimly lighting up in the poverty-stricken room, the murderer and the harlot who had been reading together the eternal book.’ ‘The murder and the harlot’ and ‘the eternal book’ - what a triangle. This is a crucial phrase and a typical Dostoevskian rhetorical twist. Now what is so dreadfully wrong about it? Why is it so crude and so inartistic? I suggest that neither a true artist nor a true moralist - neither a good Christian nor a good philosopher - neither a poet nor a sociologist - should have placed side by side, in one breath, in one gust of false eloquence, a killer together with whom? - a poor streetwalker, bending their completely different heads over that holy book. The Christian God, as understood by those who believe in the Christian God, pardoned the harlot nineteen centuries ago. The killer, on the other hand, must be first of all examined medically. The two are on completely different levels. Raskolnikov's inhuman and idiotic crime cannot be even remotely compared to the plight of a girl who impairs human dignity by selling her body. The murderer and the harlot reading the eternal book - what nonsense. There is no rhetorical link between a murderer, and this unfortunate girl. There is only the conventional link of the Gothic novel and the sentimental novel. It is a shoddy literary trick, not a masterpiece of pathos and piety. Moreover, look at the absence of artistic balance. We have been shown Raskolnikov’s crime in all its’ sordid detail and we also have been given half a dozen different explanations for his exploit. But we have never been shown Sonya in the exercise of her trade. The situation is a glorified cliche. The harlot’s sin is taken for granted. Now I submit that the true artist is the person who never takes anything for granted.”

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  This lecturer has entirely missed the point. Maybe because he's trying to see it from a possible Christian perspective when he clearly knows very little about Christianity. The beauty of the scene described is in the very fact that the characters are totally different-- and yet the same. I don't believe the author is equating their sins, Sonia is shown throughout to be a much superior person to Raskolnikov, but both have sinned, and in this they are equal in finding hope of redemption through the eternal book. The thief and the liar and the selfish person are all equal on this level. This is so simple and beautiful, it's hard to see how he could have missed it. I guess his imagined intellect got in the way. Secondly, to decide that an entire novel, a great and deep novel, is bad based on a single line that he has decided to give a significance of his own making, is pure stupidity. Basically: This guy is full of crap.

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  @Tolstoy111Ай бұрын

  @@RelishBooks Oh his intellect was considerable. And he was atheist. But Dostoevsky was his Bête noire. He regarded D as a sloppy, slipshod writer who should have been a playwright and not a novelist. When you read Nabokov’s fiction (“Lolita” for example) you can see how his aesthetic was just completely different. His orientation was too European.

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  @Tolstoy111Ай бұрын

  @@RelishBooks btw Napoleon is still regarded as a positive figure isn't he? An Enlightenment Icon.

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  @Tolstoy111Ай бұрын

  Hope you read “The Brothers Karamazov” some day! Mikhail Zagoskin described a typical literary evening in Moscow or St. Petersburg: “a whole crowd of deep thinkers who, having arrived at the age of 20, had managed to experience everything, feel everything and bore everyone.”

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  @Khatoon170Ай бұрын

  I gathered main theme of book you mentioned and author biography briefly here it’s secret garden plot summary tells story or Mary Lennox spolied young English girl being raised in India . After death of her parents, she is sent to live at her mysterious uncle Yorkshire estate misselthwaite manor . Mary is disagreeable , used to being waited on and initially doesn’t even know how to dress herself. It’s worth reading and lovely story in every sense of word . It’s fictional story not true . In the end Mary discovers renewed life for herself and her cousin in bringing her dead aunt garden back to life . Hodgson burnet ( 1849- 1924 ) she was British American novelist and playwright. She is best known for three children novels little lord Fauntleroy, little princess, secret garden . Iam so sorry to be little long but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English as non native speakers. My name is khatoon it’ Turkish origin means Nobel lady as princess. What is your name mrs . Best wishes for you your loved ones. I hope we became friends and have cultural exchange, share emotional of love and respect.

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  @toddbelanger1923Ай бұрын

  Best topic ever...How about Alice in Wonderland...or perhaps, Five Children and It,by E.Nesbit...hmmm Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH , by Robert OBrien..another One by E.Nesbit called...The Phoenix and the Carpet 😊...Morden Author, Karina Yan Glader..The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street.. Love your 3 choices..favs

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  @Tolstoy111Ай бұрын

  E Nesbit died 100 years ago today.

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  @toddbelanger1923Ай бұрын

  Lol, no kidding..wow 😊

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  @Khatoon170Ай бұрын

  How are you doing. As I told you before iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British American KZread channels. Thank you for your wonderful cultural literary channel. You remained us of our beautiful childhood memories. Honestly when were kids we watched cartoon dubbed into Arabic adventures of Tom Sawyer by American writer mark Twain. Several cartoons such as Tom and Jerry , scooby do do , richly rich , cartoon of Walt Disney he is pioneer of American animation. Yes we read children books in Arabic Snow White , sleeping beauty . Illustrated pictures in books encourage us to read . Children literature is important in child development. Purpose of children literature budding little children linguistic, social , emotional, intellectual development. Themes of children books such as family relationships or loyalty, value power of friendships, teamwork collaboration, acceptance differences, bravery, honesty trust . Golden age of children literature from mid 19 th century to early 20 th century in USA and Britain.

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @madlynx1818Ай бұрын

  I’ve been wondering for a long time if I want to read W&P. It always seems to fall into a category with Anna Karenina and Brothers Karamazov. I’ve been working my way through Brothers K for a while now and it’s not a fast or gripping read but I’m enjoying it. Where do you rate Brothers Karamazov I wonder. Compared to the other two. And if you’ve read We The Living by Ayn Rand. It takes place in 1920’s Russia and it follows the life of a young girl named Kira as she grows up in newly communist Russia. It was written in 1936 and feels like a “classic”. I love that book. 👍🏻

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  I like War and Peace a lot better than Anna Karenina. I think it's a worthwhile read, but not absolutely necessary. Brothers Karamazov is on my list. I'll have to check out that other one too!

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  @LittlebiglibraryАй бұрын

  Off subject but I really like that bookshelf? Behind you. I would like to get a couple of those. Nice video -James

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  Thanks! I love my shelf. An amazon find. :)

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  @madlynx1818Ай бұрын

  Frankenstein was so lame. Ever read any Dumas, Count of MC, Musketeers?

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  I have read The Count of Monte Cristo. I have pretty mixed feelings on it. The Three Musketeers is on my list to read this year.

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  @madlynx1818Ай бұрын

  @@RelishBooks I loved the count of mc and I would really only recommend the musketeers books for people who did also and also enjoy reading for the mental exercise. There’s a million long French names to remember and royal court type gossip and intrigue to keep track of with no real grand finales. And also the main characters are not even really likable as people lol. If you weren’t into the count of mc I’d say you probably shouldn’t bother with the musketeers books. I would however recommend The Scarlett Pimpernel as a shorter and faster paced adventure book with a great ending. Enjoy your reading 👍🏻

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  @@madlynx1818 I love the Scarlett Pimpernel! One of my favorites. :)

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  @madlynx1818Ай бұрын

  @@RelishBooks cool. Le Mis? Must have. That’s another one of my favorites too. Couldn’t make it too far into the Hunchback though. I wonder what your issue was with Count of MC. I also read a lot of nonfiction and history and always recommend one book that I feel is world changing, “Demonic Males; apes and the origins of human violence” by Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson. For those who dare….

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  @RelishBooksАй бұрын

  @@madlynx1818 Les Misérables is amazing. :) Nonfiction is a genre I rarely enjoy, but there are exceptions, like The Zookeeper's Wife and The Peregrine. I have a video talking about several of my problems with Count of Monte Cristo. I go back and forth on how much I like it because there are elements that I do appreciate, but I think it's overwritten and the characters aren't great. Plus I don't like the ending.

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  @gregoryross.303Ай бұрын

  Great Expectations is one of Dickens' best novels, hence people read it more often than his lesser novels. Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Little Dorrit, Bleak House, and David Copperfield are his best in my opinion, and they all follow the theme of poor child going through hard times, makes good in the end. Which is what Dickens himself went through as a child. I am currently plodding my way through Hard Times, which is a slow and somewhat dull read, after reading his other, more-exciting novels, mentioned above.